Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki's animated movies are one of the best. They have a sort of surrealistic feel and they're packed with symbolism.

Here's a few of the titles by Hayao Miyazaki:

Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (this one moved me)
Grave of the Fireflies (this one moved me)
Howls Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service
Laputa
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Lupin III - Castle of Cagliostro
Whisper of the Heart
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Panda! Go Panda!
Only Yesterday
The Cat Returns
Porco Rosso
Pom Poko

Claymore | Humans vs Yoma

Claymore is a 26 episode anime that tells the story of Clare, one of the warriors hired by a secret Order that is the only force that keeps creatures called Yoma at bay. Yoma are creatures that rely on human organs as their food, and are thus feared throughout the land. Humans are basically no match against a Yoma.

The only people who stand a chance of fighting Yomas are Claymores. Females modified by the Order, by incorporating Yoma flesh in their bodies, which makes them very strong, but for the price that they are bound to become Yomas someday. The more they use their powers, the faster they will become Yomas. The more they come close to releasing a hundred percent of their strength, the greater the risk that they can no longer return to being human. Thus, a Claymore's only salvation is before she turns into a Yoma, she asks another Claymore, preferably someone close to her, to slay her. A Claymore generally wishes to die as a human, rather than a Yoma.

While I found the art for the female warriors called Claymore a little bit disturbing, in that they have this agelessness feature ( a face that may well belong to a baby yet with that look of knowing that just cannot belong to a child), I truly enjoyed the plot, the concept of the Claymores, the price they had to pay for that power, and the fast-paced fight scenes. Their apparent agelessness, by the way, sort of reminds me of the description for the Aes Sedai from the epic fantasy series novels of the Wheel of Time.

This anime would just give me the excitement, the thrill of battle. Whenever the Claymore unleash their powers, I get goosebumps and feel my adrenaline rise too.

While I was very excited to watch one episode and another, I felt a bit disappointed with the ending. Not that Claymore is a bad anime, but I guess I was craving for more! There were enemies that I wanted them to face, but they weren't given the chance to face them. It's like this anime ended just before the climax I was waiting for. I was expecting to see the battles against the top ranks of the enemies, but no, they had to end it just before that.



























I demand a season two for Claymore! hahaha

Rurouni Kenshin: Samurai X

Rurouni Kenshin, also known as Samurai X, is an anime about the wandering samurai, Kenshin Himouri. He is known as Batousei the Manslayer (hito-kiri), one of the most deadly killing machines in Japan.

Trigun

Trigun

Samurai 7

Samurai 7

Avatar

I just found this site where you can watch Avatar entirely for free. No ads, no fees, whatsoever.

Right now, I'm looking forward to the Book 3: Fire episodes.


Anyway, here's the site: http://www.watchavatartv.com