Alice Academy

A great anime with a really fascinating story line. Its one of those stories that presses upon the strong bonds of friendship and about doing the right things, etc. Its a amazing way to pass the time and once you start watching you wont want to stop. You get to know all the characters really well and yourself form emotional bonds with them. Basically it's a funny, touching and entertaining anime.

The story line revolves around this girl, 'Mikan Sakura' who lives with her grandfather but one day finds out that she has superpowers. she is then recruited by a secret Academy called Alice Academy, where her best friend 'Hotaru' currently is, which is full of people with different powers. At first nobody knows what her powers are including herself but soon they find out and its a really rare one- I wont spoil the surprise. Most of the anime is about how she works hard and adapts to this new atmosphere around her and how she makes new friends, gets to know her teachers, and influences others. But the main story starts when she becomes attached to this guy called 'Hyuga' who controls fire. She soon stumbles upon a secret that changes everything for her and could seriously affect the Academy. She decides to fight for whats right and help her friends before something really bad happens. Who are her new friends? what's this secret? what does she do to make everything right? watch the anime to find out!

The drawbacks start with how late the actual story kicks in, and how fast it ends. Also; as usual some of the jokes or events can be really childish which can come to be a pain.

I give the anime a 7 1/2. Its quite old, and like all old anime it's great.

Flame Of Recca

A cliche story which is rather dull but not completely boring. This anime is not really that great but it can pass as something to watch in your free time. In fact the only parts of the anime that are actually interesting are some of the fighting scenes and the various weapons or attacks. The proverb 'Damsel In Distress' had shown its true meaning in this anime, as the reason for almost all developments in the story is a girl being kidnapped.

The story is about 'Recca' who wants to be a ninja and pledges his service to a girl called 'Yanagi'  who has the ability to heal wounds. Soon Recca finds out that he is a member of an ancient ninja clan and that he can control flames ans use them to fight in the form of dragons. Each of his dragons represented a particular power. The Ninja clan was called the Hokage and its members used special weapons called psychic weapons with different abilities. So the story has the most common plot, in which rich and greedy men try to kidnap Yanagi to use her powers and collect the psychic weapons to grow stronger. Recca and his friends do their best to make sure that peace prevails and that the bad guys don't win, and they do so by challenging them in fighting competitions, etc. So if you like great fighting sequences and slightly dull story lines you can watch this anime.

The drawbacks as I stated before are the uninspiring plot, the old and slightly poor animation and the frequent poor jokes along with the stretched episodes.

I give it a 6/10. Its not a bad pass time.

Nura: Rise Of The Yokai Clan

Nura: Rise Of The Yokai Clan or 'Nurahirion No Mago' has the potential to be an amazing anime with its great story line and great direction. Everything about this anime is really good, right down to its opening songs to characters and dialogue to everything else. Its extremely interesting as well as fun to watch. Its one of those anime which always leaves you wanting to know what happens next.

The plot is quite simple, 'Rikuo Nura' is the next heir to the great Nura clan of demons. There are various demon clans, which are hidden from normal humans. However Nura is half demon and half human who has a sense of justice and he does not wish to become the next head of the Nura clan, well at least his human form does not. His Demon form which can only come out when the sun is down, is extremely powerful and wishes to rule the Nura clan in the future. Rikuo loves his human friends as well as his demon ones and aspires to become strong enough to protect both of them, even though he wanted nothing to do with any of it at the beginning of the series. So briefly its all about how he earns the trust of all the other demons and help his friends without letting them find out about demons, even though one of them has a crush on his demon form while the other is an exosist. But don't miss this series because it is great to watch and has amazing action along with a few laughs here and there.  

The drawbacks are that the fillers can be boring, and in the anime Rikuo can only fight at night with his demon form which can be irritating at times, also some episodes are really cliche but still nice to watch.

I give the anime a 8 1/2. It's something you always want to watch.

 

Inu Yasha

The most epic anime with a story line that just attaches itself to your life. It feels like its a part of you at the end of the series which is ,'Inu Yasha Final Act'. You get to know all about each character like you just became friends with them, the animators have done a great job doing that. If I was ever given a chance to own a deadly weapon I always imagine Inu Yasha's sword (the Tetsusaiga). The battles in the anime, the story, the music, the comedy, the direction, its all really great; leading to an amazing experience.

I wont go into every detail of the story but it's generally about Inu Yasha who is a half demon and aspires to become a full demon, he has a tragic past and is often haunted by it. Then there is Kagome who was an ordinary high school girl who fell into a magic well in her family shrine and landed in the demon world where Inu Yasha is. There is a relic called the Shikon jewl which has a great amount of power and is the reason that Inu Yasha has suffered so much. Kagome destroys this jewl and due to which its fragments have spread all over the demon world. Now demons are trying to find these fragments and reform the jewl and control its power. Naraku who is a strong demon, is the biggest threat to the world and has caused problems to many people including all the people that are important to the story. Basically Kagome and Inu Yasha set out to find the jewl and stop Naraku, on their journey they meet Shippo a fox demon, Miroku a cursed monk and Sango who is a demon slayer along with her brother Kohaku. By the end of the series you will know all of these people well. So it's all about how Inu Yasha changes in character because of his friends and vice versa and become a better person (or demon...) there's much, MUCH more to the story but you'll have to watch to find out.

The drawbacks start with the fact that it can be a bit cliche, also there are a few love triangles in the story which are a good aspect of the anime, but they can be a bit of a drag. Lastly, SOME of the episodes are too monotonous.

I give it a 9/10. overall a great anime- you can't get bored of it!