30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 30.......... AND SO IT ENDS

Surprise surprise it took two months for this to be finished but at least it's finished.

DAY 30- Hottest female- This as expected opinions like the red sea (An atheist making a non offensive bible joke. fucking crazy right) but the final winner was The Major from the anime classic Ghost in the Shell...

Major Motoko Kusanagi is not one to be fucked around for the simple reason that her hugely superior cybernetic enhancements will literally tear you limb from limb unless you a fuck off massive armoured super tank in which case she may strain herself until her own arms explode (spoilers). "Kusanagi is not only smokin' hot and she knows it but she isn't bothered by pesky problems like criminals or corrupt politicians, I'm not going to go into that scene in the manga."

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 29

DAY 29- Hottest male- With the Kerrang Awards now less than a week away I decided to close this off in style. These last two however have had no input by myself, everything you see here is the opinion of others, I will simply try to justify these opinions so without further delay...

This one was somewhat unexpected: Alucard from Hellsing with Sebastian (Black Butler). While not my first choice I can see why he would be for others. "He's a badass. Plane and simple," was one answer to the choice, "he's a thousand years old at least and his voice actor has a mother of a no fucks given accent."

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 28

 DAY 28- Anime cringe moment- I'm a huge fan of horror and the idea of a horror anime has always interested me but. It just doesn't work does it? Part of what makes a good horror is realism which just doesn't work and while anime has the potential to be really disturbing it often falls short of doing so but there is one anime that contained a scene that really did get to me. The only thing that really gets to me is nails being pulled more than they naturally are able, I think it's something to do with the how delicate the human nail actually is. With it also being Higurashi, an anime that does a convincing job of contorting facial features to make the horror of the event really hit home.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 27

DAY 27- Best anime setting- just about every Miyazaki film could take this spot if not every Ghibli film but there has to be one so as one of the most visually arresting films I can think of this goes to Spirited away. Anime fan or not I can not bring myself to fully trust anyone who hasn't at least seen part of this film (that doesn't mean I don't love my parents, I just don't trust them). A film that can be taken as anime's (original) answer to Alice in Wonderland with it's opening ten minutes coaxing your jaw open where it hangs inches from the floor for the remainder of the film, as it grabs you again and again with it's visuals, story telling and character development. The setting is astounding mixing classic Japanese architecture and mythology.

I swear I'm not a fanboy.
Okay maybe just a little.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 26

DAY 26- Anime based on games- It's no secret that most anime series based on games suck big time. The issue is a simple one. They over think it, It's all well and good taking a massively popular game like Dead Space or Mass Effect and turning it in to a half arsed money grabber, totally another to make something at least half watchable. I should mention that I did enjoy the first Dead Space tie in, the second installment however was absolutely shite. A game I would however love to see as an anime with the right team behind it would be Dark Souls. Done right this dark, gothic IP would make one hell of an anime with the same potential as Berserk. Of course it couldn't be a movie or even a series of movies. It would have to be at least 24 episodes long to fit in all of the rich mythology and horror tinged lore.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 25

DAY 25- Manga I want to watch- No I'm not intentionally being an awkward twat, I'm talking about the numerous awesome manga titles out there that could be turned into some awesome anime. I've been reading the Shinji Ikari raising project and thought that it would be absolutely brilliant as an anime for those (like myself) who come away from an Evangelion marathon feeling a bit heavy. ling a bit heavy.

Surprise surprise...

So once again I've screwed up, not as spectacularly this time but still. In my defense I've been ill for the last week so haven't been able to finish things up but and that's a big round, tender butt...

 I am putting in a deposit for the Vigilante edition... YOU WILL GET A REVIEW...

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 24

DAY 24- Most intense anime- There are a million and one anime out there that keep you on the edge of your seat but between this one and Evangelion no others do it better. The anime I'm talking about is a newcomer to this list... KARAS.

The action in this unappreciated anime is exhilarating in its not too shabby 3D rendering and oh if it weren't for the slow-mo work. I often find that a film can realise that this technique works once and just over use the fuck out of it and as someone with a visual impairment it gives me a mother of a headache but Karas doesn't over do it in the slightest, using it only to highlight really key moments and center peaces. It's an easy enough series (or films for some including myself in the UK) but contains a tone of otherworldly besties from Japanese folklore and mythology, many of which seem to have crawled out of a Ghibli movie.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 23

DAY 23- The anime I just can't get enough of- This was a no-brainer simply for the series use of unexpected mythology and folklore, pack in a twisting story and a plethora of crazy fight sequences and what do you get? Bleach, this is a series that at first I wasn't too sure of,.I just didn't get the whole freak of the week thing done in such a short time, even when it fleshed out another character. So it wasn't until the end of series 1 after a tone of stopping and starting that I found myself thoroughly enjoying the experience to find it end on a mother of a cliffhanger. I have to say that there are some issues with the pacing and the annoying filler episodes but unlike other shonen series *cough*Naruto*cough* these filler episodes do something to expand a complex universe filled with some awesome characters and spectacular worlds and is again a great anime for beginners.

While I did ask for an entire character roster I somehow don't think that that's everyone.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 22

DAY 22- Well that was odd, the strangest anime- Well I've seen some messed up anime over the last few years, Black Rock Shooter, Poni Poni Dash, Lucky Star; the infamous Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to name just a few but personally the one that sticks in my head as just plain wtf? Ranma 1/2. A guy who turns into a girl when splashed with water.

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 21

DAY 21- Most awesome vehicle- This for me was an instant winner. The Tachikoma from Ghost In The Shell. Their just so damn awesome (apart from their frankly aggravating AI voices), While not as shooty, killy (yes that's the official term) as many of the other vehicles in the GITS franchise these are some of the coolest. With the ability to be both manned tank stoppers and unmanned drones they are incredibly versatile with an added boost of good not-so-fashioned thermoptic camouflage, rendering them both invisible to both the naked eye and heat sensing vision such as advanced sniper scopes. Their armor however isn't the best which does beg the question: WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY BRIGHT BLUE...?

30 DAY ANIME CHALLENGE DAY 20

DAY 20- Beginners recommendation- This would have to be Naruto Shipuden. A series that I seem to jump in and out of and one that got me started on anime (Or rather the original series). Shipuden continues off from the original 220 episode run that drove me insane and took me a good three years to finish (not least because of the bloody filler episodes that did nothing for the story or characters). For those who are reading this for recommendations; don't bother with Naruto part 1, read the manga. even now I look back on it and think that it was alright.

Naruto Shipuden is still rife with annoying filler but it is still good enough to watch, and is reasonably enjoyable if you skip the shit. As a beginners anime it's a good mix of easy to handle shonen storytelling and some pretty impressive action set peaces.