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just finished another Japanese anime series courtesy of realitylapse. the title of the series is “Black Blood Brothers”.
the main characters are vampires looking for home – the special zone in Japan. the special zone was created after the war in Hong Kong.
Jirou Muchizuki is from the bloodline of sage. he was the guardian of the sage Eve who died because of the traitor Casa – a lady vampire. Jirou was the one who defeated the Kowloon Lord, the father of the Kowloon Children, in Hong Kong. Who are the Kowloon Children? They are like uncontrollable vampires with a “deadly” bite.
Now that the war is over, Jirou wanted to expose his brother Kotarou to the real world. they left the holy ground and went to the special zone. but a group of Kowloon Children, headed by Casa, broke in and wanted to get the ashes of the Kowloon Lord to revive him.
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i don’t want to write a spoiler so i will end it at that.
the reason why Jirou wanted to live in the special zone with his brother is that he wanted Kotarou to have friends. and he will do anything to fulfill that promise to his little brother. even the risk of getting killed. because it is only in the special zone where humans and vampires live in harmony.
And all along I thought I had enough with Bleach.
Yes bleach – the Japanese anime. If you don’t know what it is, you can read about it here.
Finished reading already? You deserve a cup of coffee for that.
So there I was – bored. So i turned on my laptop, my little slave, hooked in my portable hard drive then watched the 20 episodes I downloaded.
Who are these Bountos? They are just mere experiments of the Technological Department of the Shinigami World of Bleach – a failed experiment at that. They are immortals and they feed on spirits and spirit particles. So when they invaded Soul Society which is made of spirit particles, they were like gods.They have extraordinary powers and dolls but the ending of the Bounto season was boring, dull, totally out of joi de vivre.
Then comes the Arrancai. A combination of a hollow and a shinigami. According to Captain Hitsugaya, even captain levels of the 13 protection squad of soul society will face difficulty facing these arrancai. Even Ichigo.
But a wonderful twist happened. Ichigo’s father is a shinigami as well.
CMB or Cooking Master Boy is also known as Chuuka Ichiban! or China’s Best. A few months ago, I was able to download the Cantonese-dubbed fansubs brought to us by anime-keep.
What makes CMB so amazing? The Story, The Character and even the Theme discussed.
The Story – taken from wikipedia.com
After the death of Mao’s mother, Pai, who was called the ‘Fairy of Cuisine’, Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother’s restaurant. However, before he takes his mother’s place as Master Chef, he continues to travel China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking.
The Characters – taken from the same site.
Liu Mao Tsing
The 13 year old protagonist of the story. Mao basically grew up in the kitchen watching his mother cook in her restaurant. Due to this, he grew up learning his mother’s cooking skills and also ended up with the same love for cooking his mother had. Mao didn’t cook much and everyone just thought of him as a kid who just played around and didn’t even know how to cook. It wasn’t until his mother’s restaurant was in jeopardy that he decided to cook. To everyone’s surprise, Mao was a genius chef. Seeing his talent, General Lee sends him on a journey to become a Super Chef. Eventually, Mao becomes the youngest Super Chef in history and decides to travel the country even more, so he can learn more about cooking techniques.
Mei Li
The 16 year old daughter of Chouyu. Originally, she was a helper at the Yang Spring Restaurant. She fell in love with Mao after seeing how much he loves cooking and how he also cares about others. She only knows a little about the cooking field, but she’s useful when it comes to little facts and often tries to help Mao. After finding out that Mao was leaving the Yang Spring Restaurant to travel China, she was heartbroken since she thought that she could live a life with him. She eventually made up her mind and decided to also leave the restaurant, in order to travel with him (In the manga, she did not accompany Mao in his journey around China). Mei often gets into arguments with Shirou and always ends up slapping or hitting him. She also gets very jealous every time another woman gets near Mao. Although, she says that her number one rival for Mao’s heart is his love for cooking. She’s a spitting image of her deceased mother, Meika.
For the other characters, you may read wikipedia.com .
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The most entertaining part of this anime is the fact that it only talks about food, food and more food. You can actually learn how to cook a certain Chinese cuisine if you watch this anime. It is not as flashy and magical compared to other animes except for some exaggerated cooking techniques. Violence? Not really. Violence in this anime is defined as “Cooking Battles” as they compete for the title “China’s Best”.
Here you can find topics like “Noodles…but not noodles” or “100 dishes in 3 hours”. It is also in this anime that I learned how to correctly pronounce siomai (siu mai) and many other things.
So what are you waiting for? Get a copy now!
Do you know this Japanese movie? The movie starred Joe Odagiri and Yukie Nakama and directed by Ten Shimoyama. If you are wondering who Joe and Yukie are, just look at the picture above. Joe played the role of Gennosuke-sama while Yukie is his love interest Oboro. This film is based on the book “The Kouga Ninja Scrolls” by Futaro Yamada.
The story is like a Japanese version of Romeo and Juliet. Two clans fighting. In the end, since both of them are shinobis, they had to defend their clan from each other. Oboro and Gennosuke had to fight in the end and someone has to die.
How about the Japanese anime “Basilisk”? You might have an idea already. Yup. This is also based on the book “The Kouga Ninja Scrolls”. The full title of this anime is “Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls”. You might be wondering if there is a difference in the storyline of the anime and the movie version “Shinobi”. This is a spoiler so if you plan to watch the movie, stop reading. If you really want to know, then continue.
Yup. There is a difference between the anime and the movie. But I don’t want to talk about it in detail so that people will not hunt me down.
Don’t you just love ninja stories? And I am writing this entry while listening to the soundtrack of Anna and the King particularly the theme used in the execution scene.
I can’t wait to watch the movie version of Naruto.
today is my third day in manila.been here since monday.i was so happy yesterday coz i discovered this store in SM North that sells dvds of japanese animation.i am so excited.i want to grab a copy of most of the animes i still dont have in my collection.
they also sell limited edition comics and japanese manga. they even have the manga of battle royale, now a movie that talks about a project of the japanese government to annihilate all japanese youths so they devised a scheme to do this – they turned it into a class project. isnt it interesting.
they also have magic cards and other collectible card. they even have posters and games for sale.it is kinda expensive but it is worth your money.
i forgot the name of the store but it is in the main building, 2/f in front of chowking.
go anime fanatics!
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