Kingyo Used Books

Wow, I had this review done ages ago, just for some reason it hadn't posted! Oh well. You can read it now.

Based around a run-down second-hand manga store this book is surprisingly inspirational.
It's full of tales about why people read manga. It sounds pretty ridiculous, but it is extremely enjoyable. The employers are all pretty eccentric and the customers entirely believable!

The art style is very practical (it fits the genre of the book) but I much prefer shojo art so it's not very visually pleasing. Although some of the detail in the backgrounds is amazing!
In all it's a very good manga, but I think it's for fairly particular tastes. The chapters don't really link as such, there are various story arcs spanning over approximately 2 chapters. Personally, I prefer story's that develop more plot as the volumes go along, so this is not my preferred style. None of the characters are particularly interesting either. But the story's can really hit the spot; it really makes you want to get out there! This book definitely has something, I just can't put my finger on what.

Gilgamesh

This anime's been sitting around my room for a while now, It's about time I watched and reviewed it!

Gilgamesh is set in the strange world where the sky is a mirror and and computers don't work. It's all a bit weird and hard to explain, so bear with me.   The art.... is very odd. It's rather angular, and sometimes appears a bit warped. The noses are done a bit oddly and the eyes are a bit too wide in my opinion. But the eyes are very good for expressing emotion! And the animation is very nice, I'm quite impressed with their random fight scenes.                                           The characters are quite sweet. A brother and sister pair, orphaned and in massive debt. The girl's a snob at music and the boy pee's blood. Neither of them speak much, they look plain and rarely express emotion.  The other characters are more interesting, but there's so much mystery about them that I'm unsure of what to say about them.

Eden of The East

An extremely short but much loved anime that I borrowed from a friend. It's strange, funny and romantic. But it has it's fair share of negatives...
The world of Eden of the East isn't far off from our world; it includes things like terroism, NEETs and 9/11. Despite all that this show does not showcase the violence and explosions as a main part of the anime. It's full of misunderstandings, mysteries and unknown people which should bring you right to the edge of your seat. But I didn't really work for me; I felt more drawn to the romance between the two main characters. You'd think that with all that going on squeezing any jokes in would be an impossible task. But no, Eden of the East also pulls of a fairly exaggerated sense of humour between the scenes!
The pacing was great, especially as it only had 11 episodes. You slowly learn things: the Selecao game, Mr.Outside, the Eden of the East website and to climax this steady flow of information is Akira's past.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Oh, for to long I have neglected you, my avid readers. For too long have I left you blinded to what anime to watch. But fear no more, for I am back now. I return with anime and much anticipated reviews!

Once again my sister has pestered me, bugged me and then forced me to watch an anime just because she likes it. But why not? It was only 14 episodes, didn't take long and entertained me for a while.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a bit of a mouthful, so for convenience we shall call it Magica Madoka.
Magica Madoka looks sounds and has the op like that of your typical cute magical girl story, (think Tokyo Mew Mew or Cardcaptor Sakura) but it's misleading. This isn't a world where things always work out for our hero; we watch as tragedy upon tragedy befalls them. But to tell you about that would be giving spoilers!