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I am not a very big mecha fan, but I have found some mecha to be great. Kurogane No Linebarrels is one of those great mecha anime.

The mecha are extremely well drawn and the fighting scenes are amazing. I would have given the art a 9, but I gave a 8 because the characters do not always look good. The characters seem to be very flat when drawn from the front.

The story line of Kurogane no Linebarrels is excellent. You never expect the outcome and certain events. It comes as a schock when something occurs, just like in Code Geass.

To make the series even more ... enjoyable, some episodes move away from the mecha aspect a bit, and focus on the main character and the girls that like him. Who will he choose in the end? But for now saving the world from the dangerous Kato-Kitan is the most important.

Character development in this anime is great, it is visible from the beginning as each character grows in the series.

This anime will keep you glued to your screen as it sucks you in with it's great story line and fighting scenes. Every episode after the introduction phase will leave you shocked and wanting to know what is going to happen next.

One thing is for sure, every little detail in the story line has an impact in the end.

Definitely a much watch, for mecha and non-mecha fans.

I am writing this review while I am still reding the manga.

Darren Shan (Cirque de Freak) is a manga version of the novel by Darren Shan. Darren Shan used his name for the main character even though it is not based on his life, however certain things in the manga did actually happen in his life!

The story starts with Darren Shan and his best friend Steve Leonard. A mysterious person gives Darren a flyer to a freak cirus and Darren and Steve end up going. Darren is fascinated by spiders and Steve by monsters.

At the freak circus Steve recognises that one of the performers Mr. ... Crepsley is in fact the famous vampire, Von Hurston. Steve asks Vur Horston to turn him into a vampire, but Vur Horston refuses because Steve has bad blood.

Further in the manga Steve get's bitten by a deadly spider (madam octa) and to save him Darren makes a deal with Vur Horston. Darren agrees to become a vampire and subordinate of Vur Horston in exchange for the antidode of the spiders venom.

The first volume ends with a schoking outcome. Steve decides to become the world's best vampire hunter, and so starts the two friends fate against each other.

If you like vampires this manga is deftinetly for you.

I have just completed this series and I can deftinetly say that this an amazing anime.

From ep 1 I was absorbed by this anime and its unique style. The artwork is amazing and like nothing you have ever seen before.

At first you think that this is your typical fighting anime, but soon enough you realize that there is more to the story.

The story revolves around three main characters and there weapens. The three main characters are students at a weapen school that use their powers to destroy witches and demons, and humans trying to become demons.

This series is an amazing anime in all aspects, story, ... art, sound, characters, enjoyment etc.

Deftinetly watch this anime.