Anime is famous for certain things among the fans of visual arts as a whole. One of these things is the looks of female characters – big bright eyes, cool artificially looking natural hair colours, pretty uniforms or great mecha-driving abilities. Some special machines, or otherwise understood as a controllable robot device with a driver, are another one of these things. They can transform, harm and cure, they have been around the world for generations (who hasn’t seen Voltron, based on two great Japanese stories?). The thing I am going to give my respects to this time, though, is neither moe nor a mecha. It is the weapons in anime as a whole. This is my list of top 10 anime weapons I would love to have.
Tag Archive: Soul Eater
Oct 07
Maaya Sakamoto New Song (Video)
The official website of Maaya Sakamoto released the official video of her new single titled “Sayonara Santa”. It was shot in the distant (for Japanese people) country of Ireland. Unlike with a lot other musicians, in Sakamoto-san’s video we can actually see why she travelled the mesmerizing distance to shoot her newest video in such a faraway place. The historical architecture, the green fields, the amazing clouds, the specific rocks- it is all there in the video of “Sayonara Santa”. Even more, it is all entwined with the singer’s personal feel or kawaii giant soap bubbles and a lot of passion.
If you are wondering why am I telling you about this, then read this piece of trivia:
Maaya Sakamoto is the original voice actor for: Ceil Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji), Crona (Soul Eater), Amelia (Trigun), Sayaka Nakasugi (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode), Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club), Matsuri (Naruto and Shippuuden), Lunamaria Hawke (Mobile Suit Gundam) and more. She is also the wife of anime voice actor Kenichi Suzumura, who on his side has roles such as Lavi from D. Gray Man, Zack Fair from Final Fantasy VII, Okita SOugo from Gintama, Shinn Asuka from Mobile Suit Gundam, Akatsuki Chika from Zombie-Loan and more.
Sep 20
Soul Eater – Anime vs. Manga Comparison
This is a post I was thinking of doing since the very start. Actually, I am planning on making it a traditional review style, but I am not certain I would be able to do it as often as anime adaptations differ from the original manga plot (also called canon). So, Soul Eater, being one of the anime that are still missing in The List , it is the first show to get this kind of special attention from me. Let me also mention that I am a very good friend with Death and his son Death the Kid. I know Death since he was Death the Kid actually… It got pretty complicated, eh? Anyway, I am also very familiar with Shibusen and all the good and not so good, fellows there. Naturally, there is no way for a show to be completely canon to the manga, but is it necessary to derail that much? Let me introduce to you my Manga vs. Anime comparison-type review of Soul Eater.
A lot of spoilers on the way, though I am trying to keep them hinted and not entirely explained, after all, to make a good comparison I need to compare two parts of the manga.