ISYS100 VIDEO BLOG

Hey guys,

Since our blog is based on anime, we decided for the video blog would be based on our favorite anime of all time. Each member, David Tanner and I, will choose our favorite anime and talk about it in the video.

David, Tanner and I all contributed equally to this blog. We worked on the ideas together, and held meetings after each and every tutorial session. We all posted on the blog either daily or every 2 days.



Enjoy the video! =)

Death Note

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Death Note is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It revolves around shinigamis, a god of death, who can kill any person - provided they see their victim's face and write their name in a notebook called a Death Note.

The story follows a prodigy high school student, Yagami Light. One day on the way home from class, Light stumbles upon a dark notebook with "Death Note" written on the front. Intrigued by its appearance, Light reads the first few sentences, only to find out that it states that anyone's whose name is written inside will die.

His human curosity takes the better of him and prompts Light to try the notebook, discovering the truth behind the first sentence. Now, with power in his hands, Yagami Light is on a quest to change the world and become God of the New World. His path to holy status wont be easy however, as another genius, known as L, is working against Light's beliefs and Light himself.

Who will win this power of Gods between humans?

Midori Days

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance

Midori Days is a shonen fantasy manga by Kazurou Inoue. The series is about a highschool boy, Seiji Sawamura, who one day finds his right hand replaced by a girl named Midori Kusugano. The adventure begins here as they work together to find a way to return her to her real body.

Seji Sawamura

Midori Kasugano

I recommend this anime for people who are into comedy and romance as the series is very orientated around these two genres. It is only 13 episodes long so it's also suitable for people who want to watch a short anime.

The drawing style of this anime is rather bland but the plot is interesting and intriguing. I do recommend this anime to people who want to watch a simple romance anime.

D.Gray-man

 

D.Gray-man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who make use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of Akuma. Many characters and their designs were adapted from some of Katsura Hoshino's previous works and drafts, such as Zone.




Allen Walker

 

Set in the 19th century, D.Gray-man follows the adventures of 15-year-old Allen Walker, whose left arm can transform into a monstrous claw/sword and destroy Akuma (Japanese for 'demon'), evolving machines created by the Millennium Earl to help him destroy humanity. As ordered by his master, General Cross Marian, Allen becomes an Exorcist, one of the people who can destroy Akuma for the Black Order, an organization attempting to stop the Earl. With his left eye, Allen can detect disguised Akuma, making him a powerful asset for the Order. He is sent to recover pieces of Innocence, a substance giving the Exorcists the ability to destroy Akuma. The Earl decides to call together the Noah Family, superhuman descendants of Noah, who can destroy Innocence. Both sides start the search for the Heart, the most powerful piece of Innocence, which will ensure victory for the side that finds it.

 

 

In his search, the Earl begins killing the Generals, the Order's most powerful Exorcists. In order to protect them, the Order attempts to bring the Generals back to their headquarters. Allen and three other Exorcists are sent to find the missing General Cross, but Allen and Lenalee Lee are nearly killed during the mission. They are saved by their Innocence, causing the Earl, Bookman and Bookman's apprentice Lavi, who are chronicling the war, to believe one of them possesses the Innocence Heart. Meanwhile, the Order learns that Allen is to succeed Nea Walker, the 14th Noah, who was killed for betraying the Earl. This leads the Order to suspect that Allen might betray them, and he is eventually confined. The Noah frees Allen to rescue him from the Apocryphos, a sentient Innocence that guards the Heart, causing the Order to revoke Allen's rights as an Exorcist and treat him as a Noah.


It is very attractive anime, let watch it.

Initial D Series

Genres: Action, Cars, Drama, Seinen

Initial D is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the moutain passses, and with a dirt racing style emphasized in particular.

The anime follows a high school student Takumi Fujiwara who works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for this father's tofu shop during the late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno makes him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina highway. 

Because of this, racing groups from all over the Guma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.

So if you are a die hard fan of cars and action, then the Initial D animated series is a absolute thriller!

Case Closed

Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since January 19, 1994, and has been collected into 89 tankōbon volumes. Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed to Case Closed. The story follows Kudo Shinichi, an amateur detective who transformed into a child while investigating the Black Organization.



Conan Edogawa & Jimmy Kudo

 

 Jimmy Kudo is a high school detective who sometimes works with the police to solve cases.During an investigation, he is attacked by members of a crime syndicate known as the Black Organization. They force him to ingest an experimental poison, however, the poison transforms him into a child instead of killing him.Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend Rachel Moore and her father Richard, who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Richard's cases, but when he is able to solve one, he uses a tranquilizer needle to put Richard to sleep, and impersonates his voice to reveal the solution to the case.He also enrolls in a local elementary school where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own Junior Detective club. While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with a variety of characters, including his professor friend Dr. Agasa, Rachel's friend Serena, a fellow teenage detective Harley Hartwell, Jimmy's parents, and many other characters.

Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student Anita Hailey, who reveals herself to be the creator of the poison that made him small. She too had ingested the poison, but she no longer affiliates with the Black Organization.During a rare encounter with the Black Organization, Conan helps the FBI plant a CIA agent, Kir, inside the Black Organization as an undercover spy.

 

 Aoyama hinted he had the ending planned out but does not intend to end the series yet.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DETECTIVE STORIES, LET WATCH  THIS ANIME.

Nisekoi

Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Slice of Life

Nisekoi, released in English as Nisekoi: False Love, is a Japanese romantic comedy series written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi. Nisekoi follows a high school student named Raku Ichijo, the son of the leader in the yakuza fraction Shuei-Gumi, and Chitoge Kirisaki, the daughter of the boss in the rival gang known as Beehive.

As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with this childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting this past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge accidentally knees him in the face and he loses his locket. 

Upon returning home, Raku leanrs that the Shuei-Gumi and Beehive gang have agreed to settle their feud by pairing the leader's childen together. Raku learns that his girlfriend-to-be is none other than Chitoge.

For the next three years, they must pretend to be in a relationship to maintain peace between the gangs.

If you are into a romance comedies than Nisekoi is a must watch! 

Gin Tama

 

Gin Tama is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested doing a historical series.

Gintoki Sakata

The story is set in the late Edo period. Humanity is attacked by aliens called "Amanto". The samurai of Japan join the battle against the aliens, but when the Shogun realizes the power of aliens, he betrays the samurai and surrenders to the aliens. The Shogun writes an unequal contract with aliens which allows the aliens to enter the country and places a ban on carrying swords in public. The swords of samurai are taken away so they can no longer resist the aliens. After that the Shogunate becomes a puppet government.

The plot is focused on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata (aka Odd Jobs Gin) who helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura save his sister Tae from a group of aliens who want to make her part of a brothel. Impressed with Gintoki, Shinpachi becomes his apprentice and works with him as a freelance odd-jobs man in order to pay the monthly rent on Gintoki's combination home and office, as well as to know more about him.

The two of them rescue a teenage alien girl named Kagura from a group of Yakuza who wanted to use her superhuman strength to kill people. Kagura joins Shinpachi and Gintoki to work as freelancers and the three become known as "Yorozuya" .
While doing their job, they encounter the police force Shinsengumi several times, who normally ally with Odd Jobs Gin in their work since the jobs commonly involve dangerous criminals. They eventually meet some of Gintoki's former comrades from the fight against the Amanto's invasion, including the revolutionary Kotaro Katsura who maintains a friendly relationship with them despite his terrorist activities against the bakufu. On the other hand, Shinsuke Takasugi acts as a major antagonist throughout the series, as he wants to destroy the bakufu and sees his former comrades as enemies.

Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there are also a few story arcs which are developed through several chapters.Across several story arcs Takasugi starts gaining allies including Kagura's brother, Kamui, and the elite unit Mimawarigumi to prepare for his large scale coup d'état.

你对这不动漫感兴趣吗？ 来观看吧

Are you interested in it? Come to watch.

Attack on Titan

Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Super Power

Attack on Titan is a Japanese anime series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The story evolves in the past time. Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by giants. Giants are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human begins and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of giants.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a giant in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a super giant that appears out of thin air. As the smaller giants flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single giant and take revenge for all of mankind.

So if you are into continuously heavy action packed anime with alot of bloodshead and tears, than attack on titan may be the perfect anime!

Will you survive the titans?

Boku No Hero Academia

Genre: Superhero, Science Fantasy, Comedy-Drama

My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア Boku no Hero Academia) was originally a manga written by Kohei Horikoshi, then it was published by Weekly Shonen Jump. It is quickly becoming a very popular new anime amongst young people because of its art style and story plot.

My Hero Academia is about a world where people are born and develop super powers, then they then grow up to either become heroes or villians. The main character, Izuki Midoriya, grew up idolising All Might and hopes that when he grows up, he too will be become a superhero and save the lives of others. However, the main character, Izuki Midoriya, is one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique power. But this doesn't stop Izuki.

Izuki Midoriya

All Might

Izuki Midoriya goes on to try out for the top superhero University, Yuuei University. And in a random encounter, meets All Might, who then goes on to tell him that he is able to obtain the power he has, because All Might's ability is able to be passed on, his superpower is called "One for All". This is where the journey begins for Izuki Midoriya, finally obtaining his superpower. We watch the story unfold as we follow Izuki Midoriya on his adventures and watch as he grows stronger and stronger into the superhero he always wanted to be.

If you are interested in superheroes, little bit of comedy, or even just the idea of watching someone who has little knowledge and is very weak, become knowledgable and strong, then My Hero Academia is for you.

Hunter x Hunter (2011)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Super Power

Hunter x Hunter is a Japanese anime series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi.

Hunter x Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks such as capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories.

The series follows a 12 year old boy named Gon Freecss. Gon is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a hunter himself and has long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieveing his goals is far more challenging than he could ever have imagined.

Along the way to becoming a officer hunter, Gon befriends the lively doctor-in-training Leorio and a vengeful Kurapika and a rebellious ex-assassin Killua. Throughout their journey together, Gon and his friends embark on an adventure that puts them through many hardships and struggles.

So if you want an action heavy packed anime that follows the main characters closely throughout their adventure then Hunter x Hunter is for you.

Are you ready to be a hunter?

The prince of tennis

The Prince Of Tennis is a Japanese manga series about a tennis prodigy written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The title is often shortened to TeniPuri ，a portmanteau of the two parts in the Japanese pronunciation of the words "Tennis Prince". The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1999, and ended publication on March 3, 2008. A total of 379 chapters were serialized, spanning 42 volumes. As of volume 40, the manga has sold over 40 million copies in Japan. News that a sequel to the manga series was going to be developed was announced in the December issue of the Japanese manga magazine Jump Square.The new manga series, entitled New Prince of Tennis, began serialization in the Jump Square magazine on March 4, 2009, with the story taking place several months after the end of the original manga. Viz Media acquired the license to distribute the series in English in North America.

The series is primarily set in Tokyo, and centers around Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy who attends Seishun Academy , or Seigaku for short, a private school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot as one of the team's regulars. In pursuit of their ultimate goal of winning the National Middle School Tennis Championship, members of the team make new friends while learning and mastering increasingly complex techniques. Ryoma also begins to develop his own style of tennis, and eventually realizes what the sport really means to him.

The New Prince of Tennis is set shortly after the end of the original manga. Ryoma returns to Japan after his trip to America as a candidate for the Japanese U-17 (under 17) High School Representatives Selection Camp, along with 50 other middle school tennis players. They begin a new adventure there.

The purported advertisement from the Jump Square issue says that everything in The Prince of Tennis up to now has been "prologue" and that "a new legend for [the main character] Ryoma and the others will begin."

Kuroko No Basuke

Genres: Sports, Comedy, Drama

Kuroko's Basketball, known in Japan as Kuroko No Basuke, is a Japanese sports anime series written by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The series starts off by following the basketball team of Teiko Middle School as they rose to distinction by completely demolishing all competition. The main starting members of the team become know as the "Generation of Miracles". After graduating from middle school, these five stars went to different high schools with top basketball teams. However, a fact few knew is that there was another player in the "Generation of Miracles"; a phantom sixth man. This mysterious player is now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if little-known, team.

Now, Tetsuya Kuroko, the sixth member of the "Generation of Miracles", and Taiga Kagami, a naturally talented player who spent most of middle school in the US, aim to bring Seirin to the top of Japan and begin taking on Kuroko'f former teammates one by one. The series chronicles Seirin's rise to become Japan's number one high school team. The rest of the Generation of Miracles include Ryota Kise, Shintaro Midorima, Daiki Aomine, Atsushi Murasakibara and Seijuro Akashi. 

Generation of Miracles

If you are into sports and high action thriller, then this anime is for you. The anime follows the relationship with the characters and their passion for basketball as they give it their all to win against each other. It showcases the struggle that the team must overcome together to be the very best. So, if you are a fan of high pace action drama then Kuroko No Basuke is for you.

Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 54 tankōbon volumes; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with the first released on December 15, 2006, and the 54th volume released on March 17, 2016. Fairy Tail follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, teenage wizard， who is a member of the popular wizards' guild Fairy Tail, as he searches for the dragon Igneel..



Natsu Dragneel

The fictional world of Earth-land  is populated by wizards who coalesce into guilds to hone their magical abilities and apply them to paid job requests. Seventeen-year-old wizard Lucy Heartfilia runs away from home to join Fairy Tail, a wizards' guild famous for its members' overly destructive antics. She is invited into the guild by Natsu Dragneel, a wizard with dragon-like abilities who travels the kingdom of Fiore  in search of his missing foster father, the dragon Igneel. Natsu forms a team with his cat-like companion Happy and Lucy, later to be joined by ice wizard Gray Fullbuster and armored wizard Erza Scarlet. The five embark on numerous guild missions, which include subjugating criminals, illegal dark guilds, and ancient Etherious (エーテリアス, Ēteriasu) demons created by the dark wizard Zeref.

Several of Fairy Tail's members encounter the immortal Zeref on the guild's sacred ground of Sirius Island (天狼島, Tenrō-jima). A conflict between Fairy Tail and the dark guild Grimoire Heart ensues over Zeref, which attracts the attention of the evil black "dragon" Acnologia. The Fairy Tail wizards survive Acnologia's assault when the spirit of Mavis Vermillion, their guild's founder, puts them into seven years of suspended animation with her defensive spell, while Zeref leaves the island to ruminate over his next course of action during this time. Deciding to eradicate humanity for summoning Acnologia, Zeref organizes a battle between Fairy Tail and Tartaros, a dark guild of Etherious demons who aim to unseal E.N.D., Zeref's ultimate demon. Acnologia returns to annihilate both guilds, but is stopped when Igneel emerges to battle him, revealed to have sealed himself within Natsu. The wizards defeat Tartaros while Igneel is killed by Acnologia, whom Natsu vows to defeat and avenge Igneel's death.

One year later, Natsu returns from a training journey to discover that Fairy Tail's master Makarov Dreyar has been staving off an invasion by the Alvarez Empire, a military nation ruled by Zeref. During their battle with Zeref's army, Natsu discovers his origins as Zeref's deceased younger brother, whom the dark wizard reincarnated as E.N.D. (Etherious Natsu Dragneel) out of a desire to end his own cursed immortality.


welcome to see Fairy Tail