Life After Class

If anyone has ever come across this blog while surfing the internet and read some of my posts. Thank you, but I must confess something. While these words are some of the truest words I've ever written they were products of a classroom assignment. They were to an extent design for a structured college introductory course.

Do you feel betrayed, probably not. So what happens to a blog that was never created for prolonged life. Well it becomes an abandon domain in a large universe of other abandoned or forgotten domains. Sad right, but do you want to know whats even sadder. Someone going back and writing on that forgotten platform that is likely to be read by no one. Just because he feels lonely and hopes someone would read it. Just the idea of having someone read the post is enough to make him feel good.

Because he knows that in the real world he will never say these words to someone else. There is a greater chance for these words to be heard on an obscure forgotten URL(now I'm just being rude to the blog sorry) than in a world where I'm surrounded by thousands of people, hundreds just in my apartment complex.

So what do I want to say, what are these words that cannot be spoken in the real world?
They are

"Hello, let me tell you a little about myself"
Yup I'm a narcissist

and this is not important, not even deep, just thoughts of an individual.

Podcast

Questionable interview with my neighbor Millionaire Mike, Enjoy!!

Anime=Art

When Anime Almost Took Over The WORLD!!!!!!

Take a look back at your childhood what do you remember, maybe playgrounds, summer baseball leagues, jumping on a trampoline, playing catch with your dog Skippy until he broke loose from his leash and ran away (oh Skippy please come back). Those are all wrong, our childhood was full of anime, whether you’d like to believe it or not. (Well maybe)

Remember the movie Matrix, it found critical acclaim around the world, and is deemed by many as one of the most influential scifi movies of our generation. Fun fact, the Wachowski brothers who directed the Matrix, note that the Matrix is highly influenced by the Anime Ghost in a Shell.

Whaaaat!?!?!

Yea, true story mate, back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s anime was hot, hotter than Jay Z (not really but go with me). Anime like Yugioh, Pokemon and Beyblade were taking over our youth. Not that these anime had complex storylines or great character development. Their main selling point was catchy phrases, cool character designs and merchandise (toys, trading cards etc) . Kids loved them and school playgrounds became battle arenas for children wanting to battle their friends for glory. I can attest to this, every kid around me had Pokemon, or Yugioh cards. Bathroom breaks were used to play Beyblade, which resulted in us getting in trouble and going back to class with full bladders.

Like every trend, slowly but surely, it died down, but it never completely vanished. Even today Pokemon and Yugioh cards are still extremely popular, not as much as their glory days, but still going strong.

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The second wave to hit in 2004 was Naruto, Naruto hit western television waves, it gained instant success and quickly took over Cartoon Networks entire Saturday night prime time slots. It became a gate way to other anime, many other individuals say Naruto was the anime to get them into anime. Naruto was an anime that translated well with western audience, the story was thrilling and character design was something that was relatable (Naruto's blue eyes and blond hair). Its success died down after the infamous 80 episode filler run. If you read my early post Things I Hate about anime you will know what I am talking about.

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Now with services like Hulu, Netflix and Crunchyroll anime is becoming more accessible to western audiences. The last huge wave was back in 2013 with Attack on Titan. It gained global critical success faster than any other anime on this post. Marvel even created a one-shot comic which was quite disappointing, but a western adapted movie is in the works for Attack on Titan, how bout that.

Spring Sports!!!

I should really go out and do some exercise, but why would I. When I have all these sports anime to get me into shape. Sports anime range from crazy unbelievable action, to well analyzed thought out shows.

For example, Baby Steps is a story about an honor student who takes an interest in tennis, as an activity to stay in shape. He falls in love with the sport and aims to become a professional. This anime analyzes tennis and each match perfectly. I play tennis and I find it interesting just how much thought is put into this anime. It's much slower paced than the other two anime on my list, but just as good.

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Secondly we have Kuroko no Basket, this anime is crazy over the top, anime fun. The matches are fast paced, and art is great. if you like basket ball give this anime a try.

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Last but not least is Hajime no Ippo, an anime about boxing. The Story revolves around a boy named Ippo, who is bullied at school. One day some bullies are beating him up and he gets help from a local boxer. Ippo decides to join boxing not to get back at the bullies but because he wants to know what it means to be strong. This anime is without a doubt one of my all time favorites, and in my mind a classic. This anime mixes in well thought out fights just like the first anime but it also delivers over the top crazy anime action that we all love. True underdog story with heart and style.

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What I Hate About Anime

My fellow bloggers I’ve asked all of you to join me here today because I want to address the accusations brought against me…….. They are true….

“Crowd Gasp”

Let me finish!!!………

“The room still in a frenzy begins to calm down”

Let me rephrase that, although some accusations are true, others are not…… I do love Anime

Individual in the crowd screams out “I KNEW IT”

I will never deny that, or at least my heart won’t allow me too, but I am not blind to the problems and issues that Anime faces.

Reporter “Such as?”

Fan service, it’s a horrible strategy to gain quick, easy and cheap popularity. By using female or at other times male characters as eye candy. Producers hope to gain increase sales in manga, DVD’s, and mainly merchandise. It’s sickening to see an Anime being devalued, because the producers or author think it would be okay to show a half-naked girl for no good reason, other than to just draw in an audience.

Crowd “good god this is awful”

Maybe something as bad as fan service is fillers, filler episodes are produced when an adapted Anime is catching up to its original source material. I understand why filler episodes are made but when a show is over infested with filler episodes, it becomes cringe worthy. A good example of this would be Naruto, or Bleach. Both Anime are exciting and my personal favorites but when you have almost 50 percent of the anime series filled with unexciting, unoriginal, or out of context fillers episodes, it becomes really annoying. Don’t get me wrong some filler episodes can be really good for example the DBZ driving episode or the Power Naruto filler arc but those cases are rare.

Last but not least is forced comedy, I love to laugh as much as the next guy.
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Anime can do a pretty good job of mixing action with comedy, but when you are in the middle of an intense scene the last thing I want to see is two characters exchanging comedic lines. This tends to happen from time to time and it leaves me wondering “Why, why would you do such a thing”.  It is not one of my biggest pet peeves but it is up there.

So I beg you Holy God of Anime please get rid of all of these hindrances or at the very least, lower the times I have to come across these moments. Thank you everyone that will be all

Crowd explodes in a sea of questions

Hey Liandro what the heck do you think you were doing, I only asked you to do a mic check, not go and rant about God knows what, now you've got the room in a frenzy and the guest speaker hasn’t even gotten on stage yet. 

Studio Ghibli or Disney ?

Disney, it’s a name known worldwide for its many animated masterpieces, Snow White, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Lion King, Fantasia Aladdin, and the list goes on and on. If Disney makes it you can almost guarantee it’s going to be a smash hit.

But what about Japan, can any of their Anime rival Disney huh Liandro? You’re always praising Anime and saying that nothing compares to it. Well Anime doesn’t compare to Disney.

Jeez why are you so defensive, you’re right nothing compares to Disney. What Disney has created and done for so many years is amazing. But don’t put all your chips on Disney because Japan has a studio that can rival, even Disney.

Studio Ghibli, have you heard of it, maybe, maybe not. Studio Ghibli has been around since 1985 with its first animated motion picture coming out titled Castle in the Sky in 1986. When the movie was released it gained critic success all around the world. From this point on anything Studio Ghibli produced was one hit after another. Grave of Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, Arrietty and Spirited Away are just name a few. Studio Ghibli saw both critical and box office success around the world. All of these movies became staples that laid a strong foundation of what the future held for Studio Ghibli.

Isao Takahata, and especially Hayao Miyazaki got very much attention from the media and fans alike for being the main driving forces behind the success of Studio Ghibli. At this point in his career if Hayao Miyazaki made a movie or was associated with it, you know it was going to be gold. Miyazaki pours his imagination and love for story telling in all his movies, and you can tell. Each movie he makes is extremely imaginative and pushes the bounds of animation. This is art at its best I'm not kidding guys check him  out.

As a matter of fact Disney recognizes Studio Ghibli and is their main U.S. Distributor so that says a lot.

These are my favorite Studio Ghilbi films so far. Sadly I haven't watched all of them.