RWBY

I was so conflicted about whether or not to review this series, it's not an anime as such; it's a web series, produced by an American company! However, after consulting CrazySaki, she encouraged me to publish this slightly abnormal post. So basically what I mean is: if you don't like this review, blame Liz!

It's based in a fantasy world with it's own fictional past where humans had to discover a mystical power source ("Dust") to combat the "creatures of Grimm".

.hack//The Movie

One of the first manga I bought was the .hack// Legend of the Twilight and I immediately fell in love with THE WORLD and the .hack// franchise. I watched the legend of the twilight anime, then bought the sign anime and my only light novel is a .hack// one! So when I heard there was a .hack// movie, I jumped on it with eager eyes!!

Now for those of you who don't know about the .hack// franchise let me tell you  all that you've been missing out on! Based in world more advanced than ours is a MMORPG called THE WORLD and extremely realistic world and some kind of calamity. In this movie it's based around Sora who is at first reluctant to join her friends in THE WORLD, but with some pushing from her friends she timidly begins an adventure into her first MMORPG. Whilst she's still trying to understand the basic game-play, she stumbles upon a mysterious, ghost-like girl who gives her a strange item. Soon after users of THE WORLD begin to fall into comas and Sora is told that she is the one to save them.

RDG: Red Data Girl

"Red data girls are girls in danger of extinction. The term is based on the Red Data Book which contains data on endangered wildlife. They are beings who hold a unique, mysterious power so great that all of humanity seeks to own them."
Suzuhara is slow clumsy and shy and finds it very hard to get a long at school. She is a Red Data Girl whose is set to succeed her mother as host to the Goddess. Raised as a shrine maiden in the country side she is easily scared by other people and destroys most the technology she touches. After an encounter with a God of the mountain Suzuhara decides to take her fathers advice and enroll in high school in Tokyo along with her childhood friend Sagara. Sagara is from a family of warriors whose fate is to protect people like Suzuhara but Sagara is repelled by Suzuhara's timid nature at first but as they spend more time together at school and Suzuhara breaks away from her shyness bit by bit.... Well it's a romance do I need to spell it out for you?

Karneval

From the same company who bought us Deadman Wonderland comes a totally different style of anime! Gareki lives a solitary life of stealing and travelling but that soon changes when he meets Nai, the young and eccentric boy who is searching for Karoku. Originally taking Nai along with him to earn some more money Gareki is quickly charmed by Nai's innocence and positive outlook on life and ends up caught up in Nai's search for Karoku. However, the two attract some less than welcome attention and end up under the protection of Circus, the nations ultimate defense. Circus only accepts the most capable fighters and after performing raids, capturing criminals and solving crimes for the government they will put on performances for the public as an apology for scaring them. Although seemingly sweet and harmless, Karneval is so much more than a silly children's anime!

Sword Art Online

When Nerve gear release their first fully-immersive MMORPG masses flock to buy the revolutionary game that engages all the players senses and is controlled by thought. However, after logging on the players soon discover that there is no way to log out, they are informed that if they wish to leave the game they must clear all 100lvls of the game. But they must do so without dying as death in the game equals death in real life  as the Nerve headset microwave their brains. The story follows Kirito a swordsmaster who had played in the beta and was actually the best beta player out there. After witnessing several people's death within the game Kirito is determined to complete the game and rescue every one from the game. Although at first shunned for the apparent advantage he had over normal players he eventually befriends Asuna, an equally powerful swordsmaster! Together they fight on the front lines to try complete the game but during there time fighting a love line starts to form!

Tsubasa Chronicles

I've wanted to watch this anime for ages!! Not only is it by the legendary CLAMP but it also uses the same characters from Cardcaptor Sakura. That might sound a bit lazy of them since this is in no way sequel, but I love the Cardcaptor Sakura characters and I was so sad when the anime ended that I'm really happy to be able to see them live a new life in this anime. However this anime would strike a chord with any CLAMP fan as I am informed that it is the combination of all of CLAMP's series.

The plot follows Syaoran who was following his father's dream of being an archaeologist  But when Sakura, princess of his kingdom and childhood friend loses her soul Syaoran gives up his ordinary life to find her memories that have been scattered across many world's in the form of feathers. However in order to travel across the worlds Syaoran has to give his most important thing: his relationship with Sakura. As such, no number of Sakura's feathers will make her remember him. You wouldn't believe how sad it was when she woke up and just had no idea who Syaoran was!! 

The series starts extremely lighthearted and comedic but quickly focuses more on the action and fight scenes.  But I think over all the balance is right. Albeit I think they spend too long in one world. It'd definitely be more exciting if they switched it up more often.

MAR (Märchen Awakens Romance)

Oh! Look! I wrote a review that isn't horribly long! Yay!!

I added this manga to my list AGES ago because I got a free poster of it a some convention. I kept putting it off because it looked like one of those really stupid childish animes that lead people to believing anime is for kids. Well, really it probably is aimed for kids..... but I must confess, I like it.
The story is about an useless boy named Ginta. He can't do anything with his life, poor vision, below average grades and dreadful at sport. He spends all his time playing video games or dreaming. Ginta has reccuring dreams about the world of Märchen (fairy tale in German) with fairies and talking trees. His dreams of Märchen become more and more common until one day he is invited into the world of his dreams with fairies and talking trees. In this world Ginta is a completely different person. He can run fast and for longer and is stronger than the average resident of Märchen. But soon Märchen is threatened by the Chess no Korma and Ginta's love for Märchen means he can't just watch it be destroyed, he decides he has to fight! By teaming up with the friends he meets and training vigorously Ginta forms the new group against the Chess no Korma: MAR.

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.