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I personally really enjoyed watching Top wo Nerae 2!( or otherwise called Diebuster in english ). I've been meaning to watch Diebuster for awhile but it wasn't until this year's Anime Watching Challenge on My Anime List in which I gave myself the chance to watch this show, and I'm really glad that I did.

To give out my thoughts semi-orderly I guess I'll go by the ratings I gave for it by category, first off the Story. WOW, there was a lot of twists, around episodes 3 and 4 it started to feel a little formulaic but by episode 5 that DEFINITELY was not ... the case. The beginning of Diebuster was pretty interesting too helping create a bit more of a gritty atmosphere with Nono being the outlier in the whole galaxy. Though it's really easy to tell just by the synopsis on Diebuster and by my previous sentence this show is very much a science fiction anime. I think this is one of my favorite specifically science fiction anime too. Though that maybe more because of the wonderful ending instead of the first episode. I really do not like the sleazy, perverted, old dude archetype. Just seeing there antics is hard for me as a girl too watch because of weird it is.

The Art of the show very much show's off the current style of the time this was created that being 2003. Very much more " moe " and cute in design for all the characters in the show or at least it shows somewhat through all the designs, a lot more rounded shapes instead of pointed shapes in the character design. That is expect for the Buster Machines and the Antagonists. They show a lot more pointed shapes but there is somewhat of unifying theme due to the environment being so rugged and futuristic.

I can't really accurately gauge how good the soundtrack of Diebuster is because that's not my expertise but I do know that the tracks correctly allowed the viewer to be sucked into the scene plus the opening and ending themes of Diebuster is really good in my opinion my favorite being the opening theme Groovin' Magic and the main reason to why I wanted to watch Diebuster in the first place.

The main characters and supporting cast are incredibly well fleshed out and the only scene that was kind of sexual and showed the development of a character was what Nicola tried to do to Nono, ( which I will not further discuss but I thought it showed his fall from grace beautifully ). Onto Nono she really is the perfect main character for Diebuster, her cheery attitude along with her hardwork and guts help contrast her from her environment while also being a positive influence on characters such as Lal'c and Tycho. I also loved the role switch between Nono and Lal'c during episode 5 and 6 while Nono kept that amount of respect for Lal'c throughout the whole ordeal. Lal'c character arc has to be one of the best in the anime though, she starts off sort of arrogant being the top of her game but at the end thanks to Nono and her circumstances she becomes a more level-headed person and learns that she is more than her powers.

Overall I would recommend this to any anime fan but with warnings about a lot of breasts and some crude humor at the beginning.

As of today, the day I wrote this review I watch Howl no Ugoku Shiro(Howl's Moving Castle) for the first time today. I can't believe that I didn't watch it sooner though! Though I love the movie overall I thought I would write this review just too explain my thoughts on why I love this film so much.
Firstly, I want to mention the main character Sophie, even though she was cursed she eventually figured out how to handle being elderly and even embraced when she left her home.
I also loved the details of the setting, the 1800's plus elements of magic. Well, I may ... not remember the exact name of the whole kingdom they are in, I take a clue that the time period is similar to the 1800's or more specifically the late 1800's. Seeing how the king used the magic within world as a weapon along with more scientific weapons such as bombs is really interesting too me.
And can I say how amazing the music is! I don't know the names of all the songs yet but the main theme is just gorgeous and helped reinforce the setting of the movie.
The relationship between Sophie and Howl was plain beautiful too. Seeing that it wasn't the age that was cursed upon Sophie didn't deter Howl from thinking of Sophie as a beautiful person was just amazing.
Having Howl's emotional arc based around beauty was genius too! Who ever helped come up with that idea for Howl as a character deserves a medal or some form of a reward!
Also as many of Studio Ghibli's films, the art style was gorgeous. I think the scenery of the movie can tell most people that though. Even the moving castle had a lot of artistic merit too it, even though it was rusted and showed a lot of age.
I wish I could tell more reasons why I think this is a amazing movie in this review but I personally don't want to spoil too much. Overall I think that this movie should belong in the anime collection of any fan of anime or just films in general. It's a great film and deserves any reward it has gotten or any rewards it will get in the possible future.

First off before anyone goes watching this anime I personally have to warn you that this anime is not for the faint-hearted.
Now on to the review.
The Fruit of Grisaia A.K.A Le Fruit de la Grisaia is the most heart touching anime I've seen of the year of 2014. The story is outstanding not only that but goes smoothly and is unexpected. The art is wonderful especially in the background even though that this anime uses every chance it gets to make a panty shot.
Character wise though many of the characters are pretty common to find in anime. The Tsundere, the Maid, The Exhibitionist, ... The Quiet One, and the Moe character.
I enjoyed this anime a lot and can't wait until the Labyrinth of Grisaia and the Eden of Grisaia comes out.

I recommend this anime to hardcore otaku and fans of fanservice.