New recommended anime: Sunday without God

For those looking to start feasting their eyes upon the last of the summer season of anime, Sunday without God is definitely one worth your time. God had abandoned the world on Sunday 15 years ago and now nobody in this world can die, or even for that matter have children. But God provided mankind with Grave keepers in the last moments of watching over the world. Grave keepers are special being who are able to burying those who are amongst the deceased and have yet to pass on, providing them with the closest thing to passing on in this world.

15 years later we meet our main character Ai, a little girl who is the Grave keeper of a little village where she grew up. So when the villagers' time comes her responsibility will be to bury the entire village, however that time will come much sooner than she expected. One day a boy arrives in the village calling himself Hampnie Hambart – the Man-eating Toy, and slaughters her entire village. But if that wasn't enough she believes that this boy is the father she never saw.

After burying the village Ai sets out to save the world, by burying the deceased and allowing them to pass on. Along the way she meets a living male who has lost his family, another Grave keeper who has something different about her, and even some other kids around Ai's age. Through this journey they visit many mysterious and strange places such as a city that holds a deep dark secret.

The story is gripping and consists of arcs that spread across 2-3 episodes, each one hooking you in to watch the next.

The series is currently ongoing and is available on Crunchyroll:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/sunday-without-god 

Kuroko's Basketball

For one as myself who is not a fan of sports manga or even anime for that matter, Kuroko's Basketball or Kuroko no Basuke was an anime I surprising enjoyed watching. The original run of this anime television series began September last year, so Its actually a fairly new anime to watch. The story follows Tetsuya Kuroko, a young short blue haired boy who has just made his transfer from middle school to high school and decides to join the basketball team at Seirin High School. Another candidate for the first years basketball is Taiga Kagami a extremely tall red hair boy tranferred from the US. Kagami shows promising strength and skills in basketball, but from a quick analysis Kuroko seems like a weakling. Looks are deceiving as Kuroko possess the mysterious ability of misdirection, making it easier for him to quickly pass the ball without attracting any attention from the opposing team. Oh and it also turns out he's the "Phantom" sixth member of a legendary middle school basketball team nicknamed "The Generation of miracles".

So the main plot of the story is the Seirin High School Basketball team versing the individual members of the Generation of miracles in their new high school basketball teams. Kagami is determined to defeat all the Generation of Miracles with the help of Kuroko, by being Kagami's "Shadow". The two of them train hard for the championship in which the opportunity arrives to go up against all of the Generation of Mircales.

Watching this series you'll find yourself on edge by the opposing team about to score a hoop and then stopped with the amazing skill and fast pace of the basketball players. Now I've never been one for sports anyway, but watching Kuroko no Basuke I found myself exhilarated with excitement with each episode leading up to the series finale. The characters are funny at times but all have personalities that will make you like them, well Kuroko has a bit of a stiff personality or none for that matter but he's still a loveable character.

There is actually a second series of Kuroko no Basuke coming out on the 5th October which will follow the Seirin team versus the final two mysterious members of the generation of miracles, and some old ones too. For those who have already seen this series you'll admit that it is a must watch for those who like or even those who don't even like sports. So I give it high marks, so make sure to watch it before the new series arrives and we'll see Kurokocchi soon! :3

Classic Starters in Pokemon X and Y, plus mega-evolutions?!

I just wanted to make a quick update for any of those keeping an eye on Pokemon X and Y and it was just recently announced that the original starters Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle from Pokemon Red, blue, and green way back in 1998; Will now be able to also be chosen as starters from the very beginning of your adventure. I'm not of how it would work in terms of it may being a promotional giveaway when players subscribe to the new Pokemon Bank system which allows players to store 3,000 Pokemon on the internet, at the cost of a annual payment fee. But not only that the classic starters have all been given mega-evolutionary forms as predicted from shots of CoroCoro magazine. For many long time old fans this will be a walk down memory lane with a slight twist, that may or may not be so good I'll let you decide on that.

Mega Venusaur taking on a new ability of thick fat, giving an defense and special defense advantage over its fire and ice weakness by 50%, also in this mega form its defense and special attack raise even higher making it the good old reliable balanced Pokemon.

Mega Charizard takes on the ability of drought changing weather conditions and powering up Mega Charizard fire type moves, but also in this form its special attack increases and with the design of this new form still seems to be the badass of the Kanto starters.

Mega Blastoise takes on a completely new ability that is introduced in the 6th generation called mega launcher, a unique ability that boosts the power of 'Pulse' type moves, such as water pulse and dark pulse. And obviously Blastoise defense and special defense increase in this form. The design of this form isn't one that appeals to me very well, but what do you think?

Danganronpa - The Animation

For those of you who are interested in comedic, mystery, murder genre; Danganronpa - The Animation is the ongoing anime for you. An anime adaptation based on the video game
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc on PSP; The story follows a special academy with a selected group of students with various talents, from basketball to shaman skills. Monobear or Monokuma is the principal of  the elite school, yes a stuffed bear with a very creepy half face. Students are not permitted to leave the school grounds- forever! The only way to graduate and therefore leave this imprisonment is to commit the murder of one of your fellow classmates and get away with it, a very happy chappy high school experience :)

I've only watched one episode so far, but I can say the concept and characters are quite interesting. Recommend watching it if you have the time.