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I might be the only living anime fan that hasn’t enjoyed Death Note. The reason really is because it seemed to be gimmicky to me. It doesn’t mean this series is in any way bad, no not at all, it just isn’t my cup of tea as they say. After about half the series I began to feel less and less like finishing, counting the number of episodes I had left to watch. To be honest it is a quality series with many and more good features, themes, characters and ideas, but it just didn’t mesh with me.

The writing ... in the series is its strongest points and the voice it uses to tell the story in each episode is very strong, I suppose the real problem I had was with the supporting characters, I just didn’t find any of them really entertaining. The plot was good and can keep you on your toes. The series also keeps up a good pace throughout. Would I watch it again? No. Does that mean you shouldn’t watch it? No, if you enjoy decent anime with horror/supernatural themes with a splash drama then you’ll be truly happy with Death Note, so sayth Lord Nyarlathotep.

The Legend of Black Heaven…well it is a slice of life/comedy about Rock and Roll and Space…the two are not in fact mutually exclusive you see. The series is pretty good for the year it was made in, which really doesn’t affect anything unless you are some sort of visual-anime-snob. The series is fun to watch and listen too, the music in my opinion is pretty good. You’ll enjoy this series if you like less slapstick styles of comedy (although there is some of that in there). I finished the series in a single night, which says something for it, but ... it does get a little repetitive and when the novelty of the ideas and themes wears off it can become slow in the middle, B+ effort, so sayth Lord Nyarlathotep…

Berserk has been over the years the anime I think about the most. It had such a good basis, the single best Manga ever penned, well in my opinion, but the series fell short by far. By no means is the series bad, but it leaves a lot of questions and strays very far from the manga in places. It is a really good series though, the until around the last episode or more precise the three minutes or so of the last episode. The series suffered from what I call “The Anime Curse” where the ending neither has closure nor ... climax, so many otherwise good series suffer from this problem sadly. But don’t let that stop you from watch this series, full of goodness and violence if you are into, a B+ effort.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, is a series that some people might discredit as either “childish” or “unintelligent”. The first is true in many good ways, the second is something anime-snobs might say. I must say I came into the series with almost no hope it would be any good at all, I mean something voted number one on an internet site, how could it be good right? Well I’ve learned to trust the judgment of the oh so wise internet anime folks now, the series was amazing!!!

Oh you’ve seen the themes before; world has ended, giant mecha storming all over the place, ... machines drive by a persons will…but the way the story is told, the way the character develop and the general tone and tempo of TTGL make it a wonderful viewing experience! I began the series after a long day, I got less than two hours of sleep the night before, I was only going to watch the first episode…I ended up watching the whole series, from start to finish, before going to sleep, that is how engaging the story and characters were. (27 Episodes means like almost 14 hours by the way)

TTGL has everything one can expect from the action anime genre, super fights, heroic speeches and named Super Moves. I believe that every true fan of anime should at least give the series a try, you won’t be disappointed, so Sayth Lord Nyarlathotep…

Note: My first review and that must mean it is good right?!