Top Ten Anime Of 2008

1. Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty
2. Code Geass R2
3. Toradora
4. ef - A Tale of Melodies
5. Soul Eater
6. Special A
7. xxxHOLiC Kei
8. Darker than Black
9. Kuroshitsuji
10. Nabari no Ou

Ten Television Shows I Look Forward To Watch In The Year 2009

Reasons I am Highly Anticipating 2009

1. Skins Season 3: My absolute favorite British drama will start, but with new faces taking over.


2. Gossip Girl: It will continue from where it left us waiting.
   
3. Scrubs: This will be the last season from my favorite t.v. doc J.D


4. How I Met Your Mother: This kind of Mother is always welcomed.


5. Nip/Tuck: Back after almost a year off air


6. The Office: Work-related comedy at its best.


7. Kath & Kim: Reminds of why i first liked office.


8. Cupid: A series from the man who brought me Veronica Mars


9. Grey's Anatomy: Doctors with drama


10. Dead Like Me: Life After Death : Please Please Be Real

Slumdog Millionaire

This is the most AMAZING movie I have ever seen. Simply mind-blowing from start to finish.

Since I subscribe to the skins podcast I already knew that Dev Patel was in Bombay filming a movie. Six months later I happen to catch the trailer while channel surfing and ended up jumping up and down like a little girl, I eagerly waited to see the movie, I'm the type that rarely gets worked up about seeing a movie, but not in this case. I got hooked in from the very second it played, my eyes wouldn't leave the screen not for a minute, I actually felt like applauding at the end. This movie is being called the little movie that could, its the movie to beat at the Oscars, and has already won a lot a awards. If you have to watch one movie this year its Slumdog Millionaire, no exaggerating.

I rate this 10/10

Happy Holidays

Hope you guys are having a Merry Coal-Free Christmas and a Happy Dui-Free New Year.

Hana Kimi

Short for Hanazakari No Kimitachi E aka For You in Full Bloom

The drama focuses on Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl who lives in California. One day an incident occurs involving herself and a high jumper she idolizes, causes him to lose his ability to jump. Unable to bear the guilt of causing his smile to fade, Mizuki decides to follow him to Japan and find a way to make him jump again. To make this possible must attend the same school as Sano. The tricky part is that the school he attends to is an all boys' school, so in order for her plan to work she cuts her hair and disguises herself as a male. She must live in the dorms without being found out until she completes her plan to get him to jump again.

I think this drama helped make versatile but unknown actors recognizable. Horikita Maki even though she is very talented was too diminutive, I thought her build and the fact she’s too pretty would raise some questions challenging her ability to even be considered a guy difficult, but she did well in the role nonetheless further along the series Mizuki lets her guard down a bit in regards to conceal her identity leaving Sano who found out early on, to cover for her. The competiveness between the Dorn heads is sort of a focus point in the series. I think the goal in this drama was to be as entertaining as possible, in which they succeeded. Especially in casting Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu, his monologues stole every scene he was in. The students of Osaka High are definitely fan favourites.

My rating 9.3/10

Special A

Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, She lives for the day when she will beat Kei. In school grades, sporting events - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her. The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.

I grew to love the character traits of the seven SA members, I was interested in their bond with each other, and also how they appeared to others. But I found it hard to see their characters as relatable. It started off slow in the beginning of the episode, but hooked me in with Kei feelings toward an oblivious Hikari almost to the point when I wanted to scream in frustration at her cluelessness. But I have to say I enjoyed the flashbacks of the SA members' childhood,it gave me more of a look into their pasts. Overall this anime was enjoyable and funny, but I found it more of a filler than anything else.

My rating 8.1 /10

Code Geass

Taken place in an alternate universe where Japan has been taken over by the Empire of Britannia and is now referred to as Area 11, and its citizens are called the Elevens. Lelouch a former prince of Britannia thought to be dead has kept himself hidden until one day during a terrorist attack he obtains the power of Geass and with its power uses it to defeat Britannia and form a world based on his ideas.

Just finished watching the anime, I had it on computer for a year. Overall I liked it, the charcter development was great and well thought out especially in terms when they came in contact of other charcter, either, school mates, enemies, family members, i found it interesting to watch their interactions, as well in certain situations how well they dealt with one another. The anime is well done, and well written, even though the fight scenes didn't do it for me, its definitely well worth a look, it has something for everybody.

My rating 9.5/10