Featuring: CLAYMORE

Humans and demonic predator called Yoma learned to coexist in this world. These demonic predators feed on human internal organs and they blend into the human society by taking on human appearance. To protect the humans from these monstrous forces, a mysterious organization created a half-human and half-yoma warriors known as "Silver-eyed Witches" or "Claymores", which is taken from the huge Claymore swords that they carry. These claymore warriors are detested by humanity however, they are needed for their protection.

The story revolves around a young boy named Raki, who lost everything in a Toma attack, and the Claymore, Clare, who has been considered as the weakest Claymore Warrior because she is only a quarter yoma, unlike others. They began to quest for their adventure as they show their deepest qualities, powers, and Clare's unending devotion to the goal she swore during her childhood, her core reason for choosing to become a Claymore.

I am not surprised to know that this anime have so many viewers and followers. I love the unique story of this anime because of the idea of the Claymore warriors. I am very well pleased with the fighting scenes especially that it is a battle of swords and predators. It is also shown here that these warriors are not just what they seem. They are dedicated with their mission and will risk their lives in order to protect humanity.

What makes me love this anime is the seemingly unending introduction of great characters and the unexpected twists and turns of the plot! I just can't help myself checking for its updates in manga. I really recommend everyone to read the manga.


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Featuring: One Piece

Wanna go to an endless adventure where everything seems fun and exciting? Then you gotta love this anime!

There is a story about "ONE PIECE", something that all have wished to obtain due to its promise of unlimited amount of riches and fame, and what type of person is better to tempt than a pirate? The famed Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, is one of the strongest and famous pirate to have sailed the Grand Line, and so his capture and death brought about a change throughout the world. Before he drew in his last breath, Roger had revealed the location of "One Piece", thus starting a race for the greatest treasure of the world.

Yet a young lad called Luffy becomes a pirate not merely for the treasure, but mostly out of pure wonder.If it meant an adventure and encountering intriguing people, then he is most certainly up for it. Of course, finding One Piece is also a part of his agenda, but in order to follow the same path as his hero, Roger, he must first acquire a crew of his own, thus forming the Straw Hat Pirates.

Featured Anime: ONE PIECE

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Featuring: Alice Academy

Do you still remember Alice Academy? "Who wouldn't", right?

Upon watching this for the first time, I wanted to pack up my bags, sneak out of the house and get myself admitted to Alice Academy! It was that perfect! The main character, Mikan Sakura, was 10 and so was I, so I had every reason to go.

Mikan's friend, Hotaru, was an Alice and was given admittance. After a while, she packed her stuff and went to Tokyo in search of her friend.

Of course, like all perfect plans, there's a catch. Alice Academy only accepts people with special abilities called "Alice". If you have five stars, you'll get luxury accommodations and gourmet food. If you have little to none, you'll get a creaky shack or a dark attic room with nothing but a bowl of rice to eat.

Mikan, however, wasn't so lucky to be outside the TV as I am. She was categorized as a no-star Special Ability class, so "Hello, poor living!". Very opposite to Hotaru who was privileged to have five stars. But on the bright side, she gets to be in the same school as Hotaru.

Happy ending? well, I still don't know because I haven't finished it yet. So come and join me as I raid every anime streaming website I know to watch this. Alice Academy has a nice plot, fun characters, and "easy on the eyes" art. It's safe to everyone and satisfaction guaranteed on every page you read on manga! 



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Newest and Most Anticipated Anime Ever

1.) Sword Art Online - An anime series based on a light novel. In the year 2022, the Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG), Sword Art Online (SAO), is released. With the Nerve Gear, a virtual reality helmet that stimulates the user's five senses via their brain, players can experience and control their in-game characters with their minds.

On November 6, 2022, all the players log in for the first time, and subsequently discover that they are unable to log out. They are then informed by Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of SAO, that if they wish to be free, they must reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if their avatars die in-game, their bodies will also die in the real world. The story follows Kirito, a skilled player who is determined to beat the game. As the game progresses, Kirito eventually befriends a female player named Asuna who becomes his partner and lover. After the duo discover the identity of Kayaba's avatar in SAO, they confront and defeat him, freeing themselves and the other players from the game.

Upon returning to the real world, Kirito learns that Asuna and a small group of SAO players are trapped in another VRMMORPG called Alfheim Online (ALO). Their imprisonment in ALO is part of a plan devised by Nobuyuki Sugō to subdue Asuna and marry her, in an attempt to take over her family's company. Helped by old friends from SAO along with new allies, Kirito thwarts Nobuyuki's plans and finally reunites with Asuna in the real world.

Soon after, Kirito plays another VRMMORPG called Gun Gale Online (GGO) to investigate the mysterious connection between the game and deaths occurring in the real world. He eventually discovers that the culprits are former members of a murderous guild he had previously encountered in SAO.

After solving the murders in GGO, Kirito is recruited to assist in the development of a state-of-the-art game, UnderWorld (UW), which has an interface that is far more realistic and complex than that of the previous games he had played. In UW, the flow of time proceeds thousands of times faster than in the real world. However, Kirito ends up falling for a trap and wakes up inside the game, unable to log out and he starts looking for a way back to reality.,

2.) Magi - Aladdin, the primary protagonist, is traveling a desert land, with a magic flute that summons a djinn named Ugo. The djinn has a huge and muscular body, but cannot remove his head from the flute, giving him a headless appearance and frequently causing even people he is trying to rescue to mistake him for a monster. The two meet Alibaba, a seemingly aloof young man who is trying to get rich, and realizes that Ugo would be a powerful ally to explore a nearby treasure-filled dungeon. As they adventure together, they become true friends, along with Morgianna, a slave girl from a distant land that they free from her master. The three encounter other djinn and find hints that they may be destined to decide who will rule the world.

3.) BTOOM -  Ryōta Sakamoto is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game called Btooom!.

One day, he awakes in what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how or why he has come to be there. While wandering around, Ryōta sees someone and calls out for help. The stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him! Now Ryōta realizes both that his life is in danger and that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game! Will Ryōta be able to survive long enough to figure out how and why he ended up here?

4.) Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai - Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, had "adolescent delusions" (中二病 chūnibyō^?, lit. "junior high school second grade illness"), believing himself to be a 'Dark Flame Master' and alienating himself from his classmates. Finding his past embarrassing, Yūta attempts to start off high school with a clean slate, free from his old delusions. This proves to be difficult, however, as another delusional teen, a girl named Rikka Takanashi, learns of Yūta's other identity and becomes interested in him.

5.) K - Set in a world where history has taken a slightly different course from the one we're familiar with, K follows the story of a young boy whose life is caught in a psychic war between seven kings. Ashinaka High School is known for its unique setting: the entire campus is built on an island. Yashiro Isana, aka Shiro, is having lunch with a cat on one of the school rooftops. After his lunch break, Shiro goes on an errand for his classmate Kukuri to prepare for their upcoming school festival, only to be chased by some intimidating-looking men. 



    These animes had risen up through the ladder in a short amount of time. Thus making them at the top.

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Anime as an Art

As time precedes, Art has been rapidly evolving. From renaissance period towards modern arts. Due to this evolution, we have created life through arts. The illusion of moving drawings, the sequential compilations of drawings by frame which we call animations. Anime series are animations accompanied by musics, storylines, and dubbed by voice actors and actresses which gave them life.

Nowadays anime has been a big hit in the society, for it’s outlandish concepts. It did not only gave us fun but also motivations, insights, lessons, and for some people it gave them a reason to live. Not only the animators ( anime creators ) but also, we the Otakus ( anime fanatics ) verdict that ANIME is our PRIDE. 

by: Christopher Domaub

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The People Who Hate Otaku

By: Rejenn Feb Nagar

           One thing that I have started to notice is a lot of people avoiding as much otaku culture or appreciation for anything Japanese as possible. They assume that any further interest in Japanese culture is because the person is trying to “be all anime” or something. There is a disdain for doing anything related to the hobby besides just watching, reading. All discussion should be kept online, and giving out any indication of having an interest in anime in the real world is considered a horrible thing. There is a strong feeling of superiority over other anime fans. This person has a feeling of superiority due his interest being “genuine” while the average fan’s reason to like anime is not

       

        Overall I think this trend of anime and manga fans who hate anime and manga partially comes from this idea that people are surrounded by nothing but idiots. They enjoy anime and manga but see it as a fandom filled with people everyone should avoid. They get this attitude that they are above such things so they are thereby separated from what they dislike in fandom. But the answer is not to separate yourself from the community. It is to see the value it what makes anime and manga fandom great and and trying to encourage what is wonderful and productive anime being an otaku.

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My favorite couples

Ringo and Shoma (Mawaru Penguindrum)

By:Dinah Fe Manabogan

        I won’t say they are the best couple. That is just crazy talk. Everyone in Penguindrum is a crazy messed up person with more baggage than an airport. But Ringo and Shoma are a very fascinating couple and that alone secures their place in my favorite couple spot of 2011. They started off as strangers both obsessed with different goals that happened to be more interconnected than they first assumed. Ringo is an obsessed stalker devoted to seducing the man her sister loved at any cost. Shoma is equally obsessed with trying to find the Penguindrum to save his sister but is amazingly passive in his attempts to accomplish his mission. As the series goes on they both learn from the other as they grow as a couple. Ringo sees the folly in her single-minded devotion and Shoma learns that he must make a stand to get what he wants. Their wildly divergent personalities oddly complement each other. There are several major complications that keep them part when their pasts are revealed but it does not stop them from coming together in the end. Although their time together as an actual couple may be short, it is unforgettable. Their story engaged me and added to the story despite of their complications.

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