Darker Than Black: The Forgotten Anime?

Hey guys! As promised I am back today do discuss with you guys about one of my favorite animes and one I wish got talked about a lot more and that is Darker Than Black. Now let me state that this is my opinion based on what I have seen and experienced Im sure there are more fans of this great show.

When I first really started to get into anime it was around late 2007 to early 2008 and besides the big 3 two anime that really got me hooked were Ouran High School Host Club and Darker Than Black. I fell in love with the characters and plot in darker than black and was just finishing it on megavideo(yup remember that)they announced the second series was coming out, now in hindsight this could have lead to what im talking about today but fans couldn't have known that the second season would be such a disappointment.

Earlier this week( or a few weeks ago) it was announced that funimation was losing the license to the show and that got me to thinking that i hardly ever hear anyone mention the show and i very rarely seen anyone cosplay from the show. When I look at the shows that came out in 2007 alone with darker than black there are some must watch animes such as Clannad, Gurren Lagann, Baccano and even Lucky Star and Claymore. These are series that most anime fans either know of or have seen and love( i mean Dongo Dongo!). Somewhere bettwen these shows Darker Than Black seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle, i feel that at least the first series should be considered a must see because it tells such a great story that you cant help but get hooked. I dont know if it just got left behind on the anime shelf or if that very average second season put new viewers off but but it seems that somewhere along the way it just seemed to disappear, now maybe the syndicate is behind that so if thats the case its ok.

Ok ill stop ranting now, but I just hope that since the show has come back to the forefront from this situation maybe it will bring new fans to the show and they will experience the greatness that is Darker Than Black and if i can i will be getting that boxset before its gone because i hear that Aniplex is not the easiest on the wallet.

Ok thanks for reading guys. hopefully we will be back with a con report next week for you guys.
so until then...

MAHO OUT!

Darker Than Black article coming up

Hey guys. I saw a few weeeks ago that Funimation was losing the rights to Darker Than Black and that gave me the idea to write a article about why I think Darker Than Black is a lost and forgotten anaime and why I dont think its as popular as it should be. Look for this article to be posted up on Wednesday.

So until then......MAHO OUT!

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Review

Its not often that you watch a anime that really takes you on a major roller coaster ride, with major ups and a ton of twist.  I went into Higurashi not knowing much about the series other than that there was a visual novel of the same name, I had attempted to play the novel before but never got to it so I went into these series basically blind.

I was not sure what to expect from these series, extrinsically when the opening scene was a very Gorey one. This series has a lot of main characters and they all play a major role in the plot, there is keiichi the main male character,Rena the bubbly friend but who also has a dark past,  Mion the non girly girl who pretends to act tough, shion the sister of mion who plays a major major role later on, and Satoko and rika who are other classmates of theirs. 

When I begin this series I was majorly confused by episode 2, early in the series they throw in a lot of random factsabout the town curse and and lots of random actions that you are not sure what is real and what is not. By episode 4 Keiichi thinks that Rena and Mion are trying to kill him and he in turn kills then and he also dies. By this point im thinking we have 22 episodes left so where is this going to go. Then episode 5 starts and they are all alive and seem to be best friends, this is when I knew this series was going to be weird. 

From episode 5 to about 14  there are random arcs that range from shion flirting with Keiichi, a government officials son being kidnapped, the main doctor of the village being killed an of course coming back to life. At this point I am about ready to give up on the series and then magical episode 16 happens and everything starts to become clear. This starts the arcs with Shion who we now get backstory on and her entire arc clears up everything. It explains why Mion who turned out to be shion was trying to kill Keiichi, it explains the curse of the town and it explains the main mystery and that is what happened to Satoko's brother. By the time this arc was over I was in love with this show and I felt like I was going crazy because this confusing show was making tons of sense now and I was connecting all the dots.

Once we reach the end of the Shion arc, we come into the final arc which goes into the rena arc. This are was the craziest, it involved two people being killed, kids being taken hostage and a attempt to blow up a school. I have to mention that having Rena have maggots coming out of her skin was had to watch and made my skin crawl, but this arc was by far the most violent and it wrapped up why Rena was crazy and even revealed a secret about Keiichi. 

Once the final episode is over, it fast forward back to something that happens early in the series and it brings the series full circle. I have tried to stay spoiler free as possible and this is more of a observation than a spoiler but I believe that the entire time Rika is actually Oyashiro and she knows the secret behind the curse. You have to listen to what she says and how she says it, I could be wrong but thats the conclusion I came to.

This series had many twist and turns especially in the beginning  but it really picked up half way and it never looked back. It is a series that you have to watch really closely and see everything that happens. When I fist started i was giving this series a 5/10 but after finishing it i have to say its a 9/10 I really loved it and if you like having your mind being messed with this is the series for you.

New App is active

Hey guys. I recently started a online game store called of course Otaku Puppy Games. To try to spread the word I have created a app for it so im hoping you guys will download it. I will be updating the store on a regular basis.

Thanks, and of course MAHO OUT!

http://app.appsgeyser.com/Otaku%20Puppy%20Games

New Bonus Puppy up today!

Hey guys! Hope you are all having a good day. Just wanted to let you guys know that there will be a new Bonus puppy uploaded by tomorrow.

I also wanted to let you guys know that I am working on setting up a online video game store, so as soon as I have more news i will inform you guys and will share the link.


Hope you guys will enjoy the bonus puppy, Have a good day.


MAHO OUT!

Quick Update

Hey guys! Just stopping to give you guys a quick update on what is about to happen in the next week. First there is a new bark up so head to the youtubes and check it out lol second I have been buying a lot of anime DVDs and also buying a lot of manga lately so within the next week I will try to make a video showing off the new stuff I have.

Hope you guys stick with us and thanks for reading.

MAHO OUT!

When recording a Bark Fails!

Hey guys! This will be short but I just wanted to let you guys know about my epic fail lol. Monday I got the bright idea that I was going to record a bark, so set it all up got ANN ready to talk about some news and then I preceded to record. Well when I was done recording for 25 mins, i got ready to play it back......AND THERE WAS NO SOUND!!!! So I know have a bark that is useless. So I will be recording another bark next week or may do one with Robert this weekend so be on the lookout.


Until my next fail

MAHO OUT!