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!