Samurai Champloo Review

Series: Samurai Champloo

Genre: Action

Summary:  Mugen's a buck wild warrior - violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin - mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong as well. These two fiercely independent warriors can`t be any more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed when they are arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers." And their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage... NOT!

What initially attracted me to Samurai Champloo was the fact that Nujabes had composed most of the OST. But when from the moment I watched the first episode of Samurai Champloo, I knew that it was different, a very good kind of different. From the funky hip hop thematics to the fluid, thick, black line animation, Samurai Champloo became more to me than an anime with a good soundtrack.

FLCL Review

Series: FLCL/Fooly Cooly

Genre: Comedy, action, mecha

Summary:  Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her bass guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.

 A dear friend of mine recommended FLCL to me, which surprised me since he doesn't really watch anime. FLCL had a famous reputation on the internet for being excruciatingly different, and as the populous says, FLCL was definitely a different type of anime. If anything, it's about as close as a piece of literature as anime will ever get.  At first glance, FLCL seems like a fast-paced, random mecha anime that most people don't understand, but looking at it closely, it's absolutely brilliant.

AC:NL Journal #2: The Island!

Yesterday in New Leaf, for some reason, I got the island way earlier than I intended! It was a pleasant surprise. I was busy so I visited it at around 5 pm and I absolutely love everything about it. There's a 1,000 bell fee for Kapp'n to drive you there, which shouldn't be a problem. 

Best Italian and Starbucks Night

Last night I went to go eat dinner at a somewhat fancy Italian restaurant with four of my closest friends and it was probably the most fun I've had in a long looong time! After we ate Italian food (which stacked up to be $80), we went to Starbucks and talked and talked and laughed for another hour and a half. It was wonderful ❤

Kotonoha no Niwa Review

Movie: Kotonoha no Niwa

Genre: Romance, Drama

Summary: Takao, who is training to be a shoemaker, skipped school and sketches shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...

There was a lot of uproar in the anime community focusing around Kotohana no Niwa. Countless gif's of the movies beautiful animation were floating around all over the internet. Additionally, the movie was directed by Makoto Shinkai, the same man who directed 5 Centimeters per Second. All this information intrigued me greatly about the movie, so when it came out I gave it a try, high expectations in hand. However, I was disappointed and let down by this work. 

**SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT**

AC:NL Journal #1: First Day of New Leaf!

Yesterday I finally got Animal Crossing: New Leaf! So far, I love it so so much. The graphics are beautiful, the music is lovely, and everything else is just so cute! 

Last Day of School!!!

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been six months since the last post but school caused me to procrastinate really hard on blogging. But today was my last day so now I'll be updating more often with review on movies, anime, and fashion!

So today I walked to the beach with my track team and it was really fun. I just thought I'd post some cute pictures of the weather and my friends.