I'm not making up the title. Soul Eater is another anime that was adapted from a manga of the same name, published by Square Enix and created by Atsushi Okubo. Wasn't into it at first, but the titular character kind of grew on me with his personality, so as with any title, I hung on for the ride. With anime, games, and two different manga, this series was another that, more or less, fell onto my lap.
The main story is set in the fictional Death City, the location of it being Nevada in the U.S. (hence why they sometimes call it Death Vegas?) The Death Weapon Meister Academy, or DWMA, is a facility where students undergo training, half of them are Weapon Meisters, and the other are actual human weapons. The story centers on a group composed of 3 teams, but the main two happen to be the titular Soul Eater, and his meister Maka Albarn. The two but heads often, but ultimately, they are the best of partners who look out for each other for better or worse. Alongside them are two other solid pairs. One of them is the ninja Black Star (who reminded me a little of Naruto when I first saw him, in fact may rival him) alongside his partner Tsubaki Nakatsukasa. The other happens to be a team of three technically, starting with Death the Kid. Always striving for perfect symmetry, he is the son of Death himself, who happens to be the head of DWMA. As his son, he can choose not to attend, but for his own reasons does so anyway. Keeping in line with his symmetrical disorder, the Thompson sisters Liz and Patty serve him well as his human weapons. While it starts out as a normal routine to make the Death Scythe, fit for Death to wield, it escalates to more serious matters early onward when more characters appear. Maka and Soul must have each others' backs to deal with it all.
The anime lasts for 51 episodes, running between April 2008 to March 2009 originally. It is dubbed under, and licensed by Funimation Entertainment, also premiering on their channel. This product was also done in the studio Bones. Like others, the anime deviates from the manga, but heavily when DWMA battles Arachnaphobia for the first time. In addition, another manga, Soul Eater Not!, serves as the side story, where as three other freshmen: the weapon Tsumugi Harodori, and meisters Meme and Anya are the central characters. The Not! portion of the title is an acronym meaning Normally Overcome Target, which is a non-combat class to control the powers and overcome matters to live normally, in opposition to the combative practices of the EAT (Extremely Advanced Talent) classes seen in the main story. And with Sid not a zombie and antagonist Medusa Gorgon being the nurse, it's safe to guess that it most likely precedes the main events of Soul Eater. Maka and Soul are voiced respectively by Laura Baily and Micah Solusod.
Soul Eater caught me off guard, and I liked it. The score here will be 8 of 10, though the plot devices were mundane in some areas. Still, nothing displeased me about this title.
2011/11/09
CLXXVI: "Ouran High School Host Club"
I didn't think the name Haruhi was that common, but it turns out that I was misled a litlte, as that name appears in other anime as well, one of which is Ouran High School Host Club. Ever since I heard of it, I was curious, but started to like it when I actually sat down and watched it.
Ouran Private Academy is a school unlike any other. For starters, it runs from the standard Kindergarten to 12th grade curriculum, and even caters to the university level. In addition, it contains students that seemed to come from esteemed backgrounds, mostly those from wealthy families. Graded A to D classes, these students are classified based on their background. The Ouran High School Host Club, thought up by A-Class Tamaki Suou, not only consists of all A-Class students, but its members seems to be the top of their respective classes. As expected, they all come from the wealthiest of families... save for one.
The premier focal character in question is Haruhi Fujioka, who, unlike other students, doesn't come from a rich, wealthy background, instead from a poor family. However, thanks to a scholarship, this person is able to attend Ouran High as a special A-Class student. At first glance, Haruhi isn't much to look at, sporting the book nerd attire effortlessly. When a vase gets broken, a pricey 8,000,000 yen/ $80,000.00 vase at that, Haruhi is forced to join the Host Club as a means of paying it back. Set with a number of requests to gain, Haruhi has to work tenaciously to pay it off. Thanks to an incident however, the truth comes out: under that ambiguous appearance, Haruhi is actually a girl. All it's members, save for Tamaki, knew initially, and having him discover this came as a shocker. Keeping this a secret, Haruhi is still part of the Host Club regardless until her debt is repaid. Only comedy ensues in the process within and outside the Ouran Host Club.
OHSHC runs for 26 episodes, but is also accompanied by a TV Drama series that has 11 episodes, and a live-action film. The anime was created in the studio Bones back in 2006, licensed by Funimation for U.S. release. It even appeared on their channel. The series is nothing beyond a romantic comedy, which is nice, because, at least to my knowledge, it doesn't have any off-the-wall content (well, a few...) It does have it's few moments of busting the fourth wall, but that isn't a bad thing per say (unless it's repetitive...) Haruhi Fujioka is voiced by Caitlin Glass in the dub, who voiced Chachamaru and Chisame in Negima! and Maya in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series (Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0)
Ouran High School Host Club is entertaining at best, though who the series may appeal to varies (though it feels like it's aimed for a female audience.) I honestly say that as far as romantic comedies go, this easily gets a 9 of 10. Even if I don't find anything worth laughing at, I can say that this title is up there on my list.
Ouran Private Academy is a school unlike any other. For starters, it runs from the standard Kindergarten to 12th grade curriculum, and even caters to the university level. In addition, it contains students that seemed to come from esteemed backgrounds, mostly those from wealthy families. Graded A to D classes, these students are classified based on their background. The Ouran High School Host Club, thought up by A-Class Tamaki Suou, not only consists of all A-Class students, but its members seems to be the top of their respective classes. As expected, they all come from the wealthiest of families... save for one.
The premier focal character in question is Haruhi Fujioka, who, unlike other students, doesn't come from a rich, wealthy background, instead from a poor family. However, thanks to a scholarship, this person is able to attend Ouran High as a special A-Class student. At first glance, Haruhi isn't much to look at, sporting the book nerd attire effortlessly. When a vase gets broken, a pricey 8,000,000 yen/ $80,000.00 vase at that, Haruhi is forced to join the Host Club as a means of paying it back. Set with a number of requests to gain, Haruhi has to work tenaciously to pay it off. Thanks to an incident however, the truth comes out: under that ambiguous appearance, Haruhi is actually a girl. All it's members, save for Tamaki, knew initially, and having him discover this came as a shocker. Keeping this a secret, Haruhi is still part of the Host Club regardless until her debt is repaid. Only comedy ensues in the process within and outside the Ouran Host Club.
OHSHC runs for 26 episodes, but is also accompanied by a TV Drama series that has 11 episodes, and a live-action film. The anime was created in the studio Bones back in 2006, licensed by Funimation for U.S. release. It even appeared on their channel. The series is nothing beyond a romantic comedy, which is nice, because, at least to my knowledge, it doesn't have any off-the-wall content (well, a few...) It does have it's few moments of busting the fourth wall, but that isn't a bad thing per say (unless it's repetitive...) Haruhi Fujioka is voiced by Caitlin Glass in the dub, who voiced Chachamaru and Chisame in Negima! and Maya in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series (Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0)
Ouran High School Host Club is entertaining at best, though who the series may appeal to varies (though it feels like it's aimed for a female audience.) I honestly say that as far as romantic comedies go, this easily gets a 9 of 10. Even if I don't find anything worth laughing at, I can say that this title is up there on my list.
2011/11/08
CLXXV: "Ojousama wa H ga Osuki: The Animation"
I know, I haven't updated in a while, but I do have other matters to tend to as of late (such as dodging my birthday.) In any case, another title came across to me, and like how it was for post 140 for I Don't Love My Brother At All!!, I came across the title Ojousama wa H ga Osuki: The Animation, which is based off an original h-manga of the same name that I found via Fakku. That said, it's a no-brainer that unlike the aforementioned anime of post 140, this title IS a hentai, and to my knowledge, is void of any incest. Foe those wondering, while it's not official, it somewhat translates to My Lady Is Crazy About Making Love (well, that's one of what it translates to.) Again, unsure about it's legal English name, if there ever was one, but that's a guess in regards to it.
Typical of some hentai, there's no point in seeking out any meaningful plots, as this title seems to lack any, well, anything to make a storyline out of. However, for what I can gather, the main female roles, Tamaki and Leila, appear to be sisters. And wealthy ones, at that! Yeah, hence the title, they appear to be mistresses, and the way they act, it REALLY shows. On the male side, we have Yuusuke, who is Leila's servant/toy, and Tatsuya, a commoner dating Tamaki. Aside from the sex they have with their respective partners, they appear to have something between them, sort of like a sibling rivalry of some sort, which is normal. But as with any hentai, it's basically sex, sex, and more sex. (shrugs) Of course, when it gets down into the act, it's more than just them.
The animation only lasts for 2 episodes, and when seeing this while looking at the h-manga made by Bosshi, it's more or less accurate chapter-wise, but with some added scenarios. The quality of it is almost dead on between the two, as the imagery in the animation looks almost completely like it's manga counterpart. Bosshi, who is the manga artist, had another work that was animated as well, which was also based of the manga of the same title, but lasted a tad longer. This OAV series was made last year, with its run finished, despite that there is much more to the manga in terms of characters and story. No English voice is there at all, so unless you understand Japanese dialogue, subbed is your way to understand what's going on (not that it's really necessary...)
Ojousama wa H ga Osuki is lacking in the length department, but in terms of adapted hentai, this is the first one I have seen that was transitioned almost perfectly into animation, even though a title preceded this one. With due respect, I'll give it an 8 of 10.
Typical of some hentai, there's no point in seeking out any meaningful plots, as this title seems to lack any, well, anything to make a storyline out of. However, for what I can gather, the main female roles, Tamaki and Leila, appear to be sisters. And wealthy ones, at that! Yeah, hence the title, they appear to be mistresses, and the way they act, it REALLY shows. On the male side, we have Yuusuke, who is Leila's servant/toy, and Tatsuya, a commoner dating Tamaki. Aside from the sex they have with their respective partners, they appear to have something between them, sort of like a sibling rivalry of some sort, which is normal. But as with any hentai, it's basically sex, sex, and more sex. (shrugs) Of course, when it gets down into the act, it's more than just them.
The animation only lasts for 2 episodes, and when seeing this while looking at the h-manga made by Bosshi, it's more or less accurate chapter-wise, but with some added scenarios. The quality of it is almost dead on between the two, as the imagery in the animation looks almost completely like it's manga counterpart. Bosshi, who is the manga artist, had another work that was animated as well, which was also based of the manga of the same title, but lasted a tad longer. This OAV series was made last year, with its run finished, despite that there is much more to the manga in terms of characters and story. No English voice is there at all, so unless you understand Japanese dialogue, subbed is your way to understand what's going on (not that it's really necessary...)
Ojousama wa H ga Osuki is lacking in the length department, but in terms of adapted hentai, this is the first one I have seen that was transitioned almost perfectly into animation, even though a title preceded this one. With due respect, I'll give it an 8 of 10.
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