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.

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

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.

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.

A Colourful Life, Thanks to Anime

        Looking back, I never had considered myself as an “otaku” or anime-lover. Being a child, watching or enjoying different cartoons and animations seems natural. Everything changed during a summer vacation in one of my elementary years. My cousin introduced to me this anime called Naruto, a newly released anime series which he downloaded from the internet. At first, I wasn’t really interested but as I watched the whole episode, I started to like it.

        I thought it would be my first and last time watching the said anime since we don’t have any internet connection. Luckily, Studio 23 has already started airing Naruto. I had followed the series the whole summer vacation with my friends. At first, I thought it was quite the gag type, but following the series, I realized that the whole settings and plot are really amazing.

        Since then, I started to appreciate all the anime I watched in the TV, I had been looking forward to new anime that would be aired. While my classmates were hanging out after school, I was rushing back to our home to watch an anime series I had been following. Back then, I was only limited to anime series which are aired on television and was quite contented.

        My high school years were different. We were able to buy a DVD player and since then, my cousins who also loved anime have been buying Anime DVD tapes week by week. It really made me happy! I can already watch different anime, including those which are not aired in TV, anytime I want! I was able to exchange tapes with my classmates who also love watching anime. I also started watching anime online and reading manga every weekend because I have a relative who owned an internet café. Every weekend I used to visit their place and they let me use one of their units freely.

        My addiction to anime and manga recently, in my college days, worsens. I have a lot of classmates who are more addicted to anime than me. They had been downloading and streaming anime, which I haven’t done. They are more updated to new anime releases and are more aware of the latest updates of many manga I had been reading. I was really pleased meeting a lot of classmates who are also otaku!

         “You know you are an anime addict when you automatically become friends with another anime addict” – true, indeed. Befriending them is “as easy as one-two-three”. It is easy once you found out that a certain person is also an anime-lover like you. A single conversation about anime would lead you from a certain anime to another one until you completely lost track of time. And yet, the time spent would never be considered wasted since you both enjoyed the whole conversation and you also get to know more about each other. I guess that’s the start of a great friendship. Most of the time, we spend our time talking about the anime we have watched, which anime is good to see, and the latest updates in anime world. I guess cooperation is one of the traits every one of us has developed. Since most of us have our own laptop, we had been sharing the anime and manga that we have downloaded.

I never expected anime would be such a life-changer. Being an otaku affected me so dearly. My world seems to be wider; I learned basic Japanese words, I became more sociable – someone who can speak up my mind and talk with no worries, and most importantly, I was able to make a lot of good friends. Anime changed my life for the better. Compared to that dull, pathetic world before, I love the colourful life that I have now.  c(:

                                                                             by: Chemmy Lou D. Tutor

The World of Otaku

What is an otaku? According to the Wikipedia, it literally means someone who always stays at home (お宅, otaku) with no social life. In Japan, they are being called a nerd or geek with nothing better else to do than watch anime. This is an extremely negative thing to say to a Japanese person, being called an “otaku” is an insult to them. In English, it is usually used to refer to an obsessive fan of anime/manga, Japanese video games, and Japanese culture. But no matter what they say or what they choose as a definition, an otaku is still an otaku, and I’m proud of being one.

I was really just a plain girl, bored with her life, but then Anime came into light, and this changed my whole lifestyle into something new. Since then, I've been drawn into the world of otaku. In this world, I've discovered a lot of great things like manga (which is a Japanese comic), Japanese games, and Japanese cultures.  And in this world, I met new and real friends who can perceive things the way I see, and who can share the same happiness with me who contributed a lot to my personality. I love being in this kind of world where I can be myself without any restrictions and conditions. Even if the word “otaku” itself will disappear forever, the pride, the spirit, and the dedication of every otaku will live on.

"Otakus don't live in reality, we live on our own fantasy."

By: Jessa Mae C. Bermudez