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Kanon is a truly touching story in my eyes, it affected me quite emotionally, at times making me laugh and smile, while others made me cry. It remains to this day my favorite Key work. The KyoAni version of Kanon is truly a beautiful masterpiece and it is an anime that deserves the love it gets from fans who love the series. I love how all the elements of the series flow naturally, and the touching stories of our main characters and those around them. I came to love all of them and found qualities that I admired in each of them. The music is ... very beautiful and the BGM for this series is among my favorites. The gorgeous artwork of the winter setting is a sight to behold and I just love the sunset scenes that accompany the snowy backdrop. The character designs are an improvement on the 2002 Toei version overall.

*Yuuichi Aizawa-I loved how much he cared for each of the girls he's connected to and how he tried to be a good person to all of them. Yuuichi also has a fun sense of humor whenever he's being a tease.

*Ayu Tsukimiya-Her child-like charisma is what moved me the most about her and how she was always true to herself, Ayu was in every way an angel, with her sweet and bright nature.

*Nayuki Minase-A personal favorite of mine, I loved her kind and gentle nature she possessed, Nayuki is a loving and caring person to everyone around her and I love how she has such a positive attitude.

*Makoto Sawatari-Despite her tsundere personality, Makoto is one of those rare ones I like, I loved her fun presence, she was like a ray of sunshine and loved the free spirit she is.

*Mai Kawasumi-This cool beauty is amazing, from her talent as a swordswoman to how she is protective of her best friend Sayuri Kurata, I love every aspect to Mai's character and how multi-faceted she is.

*Shiori Misaka-Even with all the things she had gone through physically and emotionally, despite all of that, she maintains her kind and sweet nature and lives her life to the fullest.

I loved Tomokazu Sugita's performance as Yuuichi, Yui Horie as Ayu Tsukimiya, Mariko Kouda as Nayuki Minase, Yukari Tamura as Mai Kawasumi, and Yuko Minaguchi as Akiko Minase most of all. Each of them did a great job as their respective character and the dub voices did a good job as well, bringing their own charm into the character.

Each of the stories for the Kanon cast touched me in more ways than one, such as the strong value of bonds between family and friends and to believe in hope and miracles, no matter how small. I also enjoyed how the series challenged the characters in difficult situations and set obstacles for them to overcome and face, and each was handled in a realistic manner. I believe that with everything that the characters go through, the rewards in the end are each deserved and not handed out to them out of pity. I truly reccommend Kanon 2006, and I say again that IT IS definitely worthy of the love it gets and is deserving of being a masterpiece, to give this beautiful series a 5 or lower, to not be touched by the story and it's characters, is in my opinion an insult to a great and inspirational anime.

Blue Seed is a work created by Yuzo Takada of 3x3 Eyes fame and anime produced by Production I.G./Movic/Ashi Productions and tells the story of 15-year-old Momiji Fujimiya, a descendant of the ancient Kushinada family, and due to circumstances is taken into protection of the TAC, a government agency that combats the Aragami, an ancient race of youkai that have awoken and are out to take over Japan. Another person, Mamoru Kusanagi, former protector of Kaede Kunikida, has defected from the side of the Aragami and becomes Momiji's protector. It turns out that Kaede and Momiji are twins separated at birth and the circumstances of ... their birth caused the Aragami to awaken with the splitting of the Kushinada blood between them. As things take a dramatic turn later on in the story, will the Japanese government have no choice but to sacrifice Momiji's life in order to defeat the Aragami once and for all? Not only that, but Kaede's reappearance causes a new twist in the events of the story as she along with the ressurrected god Susano-oh plot against humanity for their crimes against nature and Momiji, believing in the good of humanity, must confront her twin. I enjoyed how the story was told in blending in modern Japanese life and ancient Japanese legends and the romance between Kusanagi and Momiji.

The anime itself came out in 1994-95 with 26 episodes, the art itself improved in the latter episodes, but overall the characters looked very well drawn and their designs matched the personality of the character, such as the conservative appearance of Kaede to the ecchi appeal of Sakura Yamazaki when decked out in her revealing red dress.

I was pleased with the sound of Blue Seed with music by Kenji Kawai, OP song by Takada Band, and ED song by Momiji's seiyuu, Megumi Hayashibara. Intersting trivia about Takada Band, the male singer of the duo is none other than seiyuu, Fumihiko Tachiki(Gendo of Evangelion, Kenpachi of Bleach). Megumi Hayashibara has worked on other Yuzo Takada projects in lead roles as 3x3 Eyes' Pai and the title character Nuku Nuku of the Nuku Nuku of the franchise. Other talents include Kazuhiko Inoue as the bad boy male lead, Mamoru Kusanagi, Akio Ohtsuka as the TAC's leader, Daitetsu Kunikida, Ai Orikasa as the cool Ryoko Takeuchi, Yoshiko Sakakibara as the head scientist Asuza Matsudaira, Kotono Mitsuishi as the gun-happy Kome Sawaguchi(her character in Blue Seed is often nicknamed Sailor Boom due to her seiyuu also voicing Sailor Moon), Yuji Ueda as the computer whiz Yoshiki Yaegashi, and Jouji Nakata as the evil Murakumo.

I felt the characters were really well produced and developed well. I especailly liked how Momiji's character development was played out. She was presented as a character who doesn't settle into the role of a damsel in distress, she prefers to be out there fighting and doing her part and doesn't rely heavily on the others. Momiji does enter into an inferiority phase when it concerns her perfect twin Kaede and thinks her beloved Kusanagi rather be with Kaede than her, and even when she learns what Kaede has in store for humanity, Momiji never shows hatred for Kaede and bares no ill will towards her. So I commend Yuzo Takada in creating a balanced heroine with a strong will, a sensitive nature, and a good heart. Kusanagi is also another great character, although he's a pervet towards Momiji in the beginning of the series, he is dedicated to her, although he himself has a phase in which he is chasing after Kaede, he loves Momiji and resolves to be with her after settling things were Kaede is concerned. The Kusanagi-Momiji-Kaede story parallels the Inuyasha-Kagome-Kikyo story, but the former is handled much better with the supporting characters maintaining a neutral stance and not taking one side over the other, although Yaegashi himself had a crush on Momiji. Even Yaegashi's character is treated well as he shows good character development and is paired in the end with someone(usually characters like Yaegashi never get a girl and are left single in the end).

My enjoyment overall was a pleasant experience as it accomplishes what Inuyasha never did with well rounded character leads, a good set of a supporting cast around the leads, and a main villain I could take seriously. It's a shame that Blue Seed is an obscure title that few people have seen as compared to the runaway hit Inuyasha, as I felt Blue Seed has more likeable characters than Inuyasha and better than Inuyasha in terms of story and romance. I'm proud to be a Blue Seed fan and it is a title I would reccommend to anybody.

Macross Plus was an outstanding piece of anime, combining the talents of Shoji Kawamori, Shinchiro Watanabe, and Yoko Kanno. I really loved this particular OVA because of the depth of the story and the complexity of its' characters, gorgeous soundtrack, and excellent action scenes. I also felt the incorporation of CGI blended in well with the cel animation and together it came out flawless.

With the main characters of Isamu, Myung, and Guld, after watching the series a few times I came to understand them. In understanding their love triangle, it appeared to me that Guld deeply loved Myung, Myung loved both Isamu and Guld, ... but was leaning more towards Isamu, and Isamu was clueless to Myung's feelings(however things are different when it comes to Lucy). Once the star-crossed reunion of these three occur, Lucy gets entangled in it herself as she becomes close to Isamu.

I saw in Myung that her lack of desire to sing is connected to the incident of the past and I interpret her love of singing as a youth as a part of her innocence. The incident that happened caused her innocence to be taken from her and it took time for her to heal as it doesn't happen overnight and she was able to get her life together and become a hardworking young woman, although her reunion with Isamu and Guld re-opens old wounds. With the vituroid idol, Sharon Apple, she was quite a unique character, as she is an extension of Myung through feeding off of Myung's emotions and likely could read her thoughts and I also liked most of her songs, some had a seductive feel to it and I liked the concept of the many different images of Sharon shown, each with a different type of personality, either as seductive or capricious.

I enjoyed both the Japanese and English performances of the characters and one seiyuu from the original Macross series, Shou Hayami(Maximillian Jenius) portrays the character of Marje, a character obsessessed with technology and Sharon. We also hear Urara Takano portray Kate, a friend to Myung, and she also performs the roles of Veffidas and Akiko in the Macross 7 series. In the series, we hear Kate briefly sing Minmay's "My Boyfriend is a Pilot" at a karaoke bar in one episode and in the final episode, see the SDF-Macross make its' appearance during the armistice ceremony, connecting Plus to the original. So I enjoyed Macross Plus immensely as a Macross fan and it is a great title to watch for any fan of sci-fi with a well planned story, intense action, alluring soundtrack, and romance.