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I played Steins;Gate last weke(or maybe 'read' since it is a VN) and had this urge to watch Steins;Gate again.
If you see the ';' in the name then it's probably from 5bp., the company that also created Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Head. Steins;Gate 0, the second game in the Steins;Gate series, is going to be released next week on Dec'10. Also, it's anime has been green-lit and it will air sometime in 2016. It will supposedly follow the storyline where Okabe failed to save Makise Kurisu.

The first time i watched Steins;Gate it sent chills down my spine every time the worldline changed(that was simply amazing, playing the game ... also gave me the same sensation maybe because i had already forgotten most of the story). After playing the game i realized just how much shallower the story is compared to the original story, but that is also to be expected as ~25 hrs of gameplay(for the true ending, others take relatively less time) has been stuffed into 24 episodes. All the complicated things that are in the story like the time travel theory as well as what kerr black holes are, how time paradox is avoided oh, and also lifters(if you haven't heard what a lifter is, google 'lifter ionocraft') as well as how they are directly connected to SERN are in the original story but has been removed to cater to a wider audience(maybe). Also, some of the scenes in the game have been changed to make it fit into the anime. The scenes that do change however don't really effect the overall balance of the story.

The part that is the most different from the original story is Mr. Braun's story. Nae doesn't play any role in the story and a backstory has been added to Mr. Braun's past to make the story more realistic.

If you have read up till here and have still not watched Steins;Gate then stop reading this and go watch the anime RIGHT NOW, or you may continue reading this.

The main protagonist in the story is a Chuunibyou('Eighth Grader Syndrome'[1] or simply 'delusional') Okabe Rintarou who calls himself Hououin Kyouma(Houou as in Ho-oh, you know pokemon, which means 'Pheonix' or so it said in the game) and he's being supposedly chased by 'The Organization'(Kikan). And one more thing, Chuuni's have a thing for 'power sealed in their eye and/or arm'(remember 'Burning Fighting Fighter' or 'Dark Flame Master'?). Hououin Kyouma also has a magic eye, it's name being 'Reading Steiner'(also a Chuuni name). You can hear more of these names throughout the story among which the first and foremost being 'Steins Gate'(it is supposedly a mix between German and English) and, oh i just love the next one, 'Stardust Handshake'(originally 'Stardust Shakehand' in Japanese??).

If you were to change the past, every small action stacks up which in term causes a large effect with time. The Butterfly Effect, which is one of the most feared effect of time travel has been depicted very well. To prevent time paradox, all the past event leading to that point in time will be altered to match what the observer sees that is every persons memory is altered so that they do not perceive the change that took place. But since Okabe Rintarou has 'Reading Steiner' he is able to retain his memories even after the worldline has changed. Ignorance is bliss and with knowledge comes responsibility. Since Okabe is the only one who retains his memories and also because he is the one who created the time machine, he takes it upon himself to save Shiina Mayuri whose death has been decided by fate. If you were the one who gave happiness to someone by changing their past and if you should undo the past and steal their happiness, would you be able to do it? As the creator of the time machine and because he is the only person who retains his memories between time lines, it is the responsibility of Okabe Rintarou to change the world to the way it was.

Since the world is round like a ball, even if we walk separate paths, as long as we keep going forward... we'll definitely meet again one day.(from Digimon Xros Wars) Could you say this line to the one form whom you are going to part from? Would you give others happiness just to steal it away from them? Could you sacrifice others memories or relationships to satisfy yourself? If you could send a mail and if that mail would erase a person, would you hesitate while pressing the send button?

Okabe has taken it upon himself to right all the changes that he has done to the past in order to save Mayuri which in turn saves the world. Starting with Amane Suzuha who came to 2010 to search for her father, Feryis NyanNyan who brought her father back to life, Urushibara Luka who chages his gender, Kiryuu Moeka who stole the IBN 5100 and finally the mail that started it all, Okabe Rintaro who brought Makise Kurise back to life. All of the mail must be undone in order to move onto the beta-timeline where the time machine hasn't been invented and SERN doesn't rule the world. Every parting that happens is really emotional and very good(really makes me want to just sit back and just think about it over and over again).

Words aren't enough to convey the feeling i felt then i watched Steins;Gate. How would you begin to define a series as a masterpiece? Because it made you cry, because it made you remember your childhood, because it gave you willpower, because it made you know what truly loving means?? For me, if i truly love an anime i wish that that anime would never end but an anime is only complete if it has an ending, these two feelings contradict each other. So i try to extend that anime as long as possible so that i can think back on the things that happened in that anime, so that i can remember it as long as possible, so that the feeling that i had when i watched that anime will never disappear from my memory. When i have these feelings, it is no exaggeration to say that is the time when i truly feel alive and believe i watch anime for that reason. In that sense, for me, Steins;Gate is a masterpiece.

Normally anime is bright and colorful to convey cheerfullness. But, Steins;Gate is closer to monochrome which gives a nice atmosphere to the story. Every small detail in the anime gives it a very nice feel and add up to make the anime closer to anything than a masterpiece. Never in this timline do i think i will ever find an anime based on time-travel that is this well depicted and can make me truly sad and sentimental and at the same time happy to see that the story has ended.

>>"Saa, unmei ni aragae soshite jikan wo koete, Ragnarok wa chikazuiteiru. Ima ga mirai wo kaerunda. Saa, issho ni ｢El Psy Kongroo｣"
>>"Come on, struggle against fate and transcend time, Ragnarok is near. We'll change the future. Come, say it together ｢El Psy Kongroo｣"

[1]. Chuunibyou: 'chuu' comes from the word 'Chuugakkou' meaning Middle School and 'ni' as in 'ninensei' or Second year student so Chuuni means Eighth Grade and 'byou' comes from 'byouki' which means Disease. Since people in the Eighth Grade are 'delusional', hence the term.

Akuma no Shitsuji continues onto the 3rd season with Book of Circus.

This arc takes place sometime after Madam Red's incident from the first season.

I am left speechless about what to say about this season. All the things that happen in this season is just so fuutsu(normal) that i just can't think of anything unique to write about this. Oh, i just remembered something. Was there so many shotacons(lolicons being 'lolita complex' and shotacon being 'shouta complex', shouta means small boy-the male version of loli) in the 19th Century? Or is this to please the fanbase of shotacons who want to see this or that done ... to shoutas? Whether it is fan service or reality, it just doesn't fit well with me. Once you notice this, you can see nothing but shoutacons and old men everywhere.

Shotacons will love this season(probably) as it has our Shota shuujinko(protagonist) Ciel Phantomhive who shows of his dizty self in the circus.

In the previous review of Kuroshitsuji II, i said something like 'this season is a must watch if you want to see the next season'. But, it looks like the Kuroshitsuji II is the end of the Kuroshitsuji series, at least according to the chronological order of the story.(As a side note, i haven't read the manga so i don't know if it ends then or not.)

As for whether you should watch this season or not, if you liked the first two seasons or if you want to complete the series, i recommend to watch this season but if you haven't watched any season yet, you can skip the series altogether as there is nothing worth mentioning about this series.

The next time you invite someone to your house, do take care for THEY may be IT.
They don't come uninvited but if THEY do come, they come during the night and if you are done in then you'll become addicted to it so much that you won't be able to talk about it.
And one more thing DO NOT GOOGLE the word 'Shiki' before you watch the series because it will spoil the fun.

In the course of the series, i couldn't even guess why the serial deaths were happening nor could i even get a gist of it. Who would've thought that IT would be used ... in this way. This is a medicore type of horror, mystery series so do not expect that you'll get scaerd(not that you would get scared because this is just an anime, or so some people think) and also this will not get you thinking about what the cause of the deaths is so much that you'll end up losing any sleep.
Can you guess who the protagonist is from the cast of people who drop like flies?

With a shonen type of art, i just couldn't get serious about the story at first. I would've liked to see this in seinen type of art(another, aku no hana) with a bit of reality so that the story would feel heavier. But with any series, you either get used to it by 2-3 episodes or you drop that series.

The story starts with a pink hair girl(guess what, she has the same voice as Lala from To Love-ru) who likes this boy called Yuuki(yes, Yuuki as in To Love-ru's Yuuki Rito. Damn, could this get any more similar than this!) and she's a stalker(oh, stalkers are scary). The only similar thing between them is that both of them wish to get away from the village as soon as possible, as the village is in the middle of nowhere. As for their fate let's leave that 'to the one who dwells above'. If you are wishing to see some romance, please look for another series.

The rest of the review you are by all means to skip it as it will just be me ranting.
The rest of the show touches part of human ethics and asks(the viewer) again and again what is right or wrong? Would you take the life of a fellow human being you knew knowing you wouldn't be judged because the chains of society no longer binds you? Would you be drunk in power knowing that there is no law to punish you for the wrongdoings that you do? Would you lose self-restraint when the shackles of society no longer binds you? Would you cease to be human when you are no longer bound by society?
What would you do if the lives of all the people in the village rests on you shoulder? Would you reveal the truth or wait until the time is right so that you can make everybody move based on their emotion and control them so that you can win? Win, but against whom? Would taking lives to save lives be even human? Would humans no longer be humans after they get used to killing each other?
The answers of these questions is shown throughout the series in a gruesome way, in the way that humans act based on their emotion, when they stop asking the question to themself "Is what I'm doing right?".
A quote from Rentarou from Black Bullet, "What I'm afraid the most is that I'll get used to killing someone".
Watch throughout the series where the ethics of people is put into test and people struggle to find the correct answer in a story circling around life and death and re;birth.

Akuma no Shitsuji continues on to the second season. At first, it feels as thought the show has reached the end of the story and the rest is just lengthened to make the story continue longer as seen in many other shounen anime/manga(with the cliche ****sia). But as you keep on watching the continuation finally gives some meaning with an unprecended ending that will surely surprise you.
For those of you craving to see more of the 'ikemen' Sebastian, you'll be surprised to find yet another butler added to the crew called Claude(Just do not droll) with his annoying Master, Alois Trancy. The rest, watch it ... yourself, so that I do not spoil it for you.
If you watched the first season and if you want to watch the whole series then I highly recommend you to watch this season too. But if you do not want to watch the whole series, you may skip this season as it is not that interesting. With the cliche type of shonen story, the plot just feels too normal with parts that you can feel are overused in anime. If you plan to watch the whole series then this season becomes indispensable as it explains a crucial thing.
As a side note, do not sell your soul to a demon.

Let's start with this: "For those of you who are searching for RomCom, this is not the one for you". This is a seinen anime meaning this is targeted at not horny brats but for those who watch anime other than for harem, drama, etc.
For a superb series like this, I found the overall rating to be too low, and hence this review.
First, let's dive in to the story. The story is superb in the way that it is told. Sinen anime focus more on the story so this is no exception. Even with some kind of superpower in this story, the story focuses more ... on the relationships than on the power.
I found the art of this anime to be especially good. That's all.
All the characters are lovable. As for the role-model in this anime, she awfully resembles Katsuragi Keima (Kaminomi, TWGOK) when he cross-dresses. And all the more because Keima is a Kami and she also has that Godly aura. All the characters(girls) in this series are very kawii. Damn, I just want to take all of them home ("Omochikaerii~~~!" from Higurashi no Naku koro ni).
For those who watch OP/ED of every episode, you won't get bored of the Ending of this series no matter how many times you watch it(even more if you understand it).
The overall satisfaction for me was great. Anime of this caliber is usually hard to find, and so I recommend this series to anyone who want to watch something other than the norm.
Personally I give 10 to any anime if I get sentimental after watching it(like you know, just wanting to lie down and just think about that anime and when it feels like I just lost a part of my life) so I gave this series a 9 as I think I won't be able to remember it for a very long time.

After watching the first season of Last Exile, watching this series feels somewhat off. First let's start with the story. In one word, the storytelling sucks. It feels like something that people come up when they brainstorm idea and have the Eureka moment. The story is unrefined and tries too hard to give roles to the 'Heroines' in this story. The end result: it just doesn't match with the story. This show tries too hard to integrate the FUN fact of flying into this war type of anime. The result being that the FUN part feels too shallow like watching some sport anime where the ... main character repeatedly says "This is so funnn~~~!".
Let's go to the Vanship design part. Everything I saw the Vanship I just thought one thing "Why the hell is the Vanship so small and why the hell has it not got any guard to protect the rider from the wind?(I don't know what it's called). Dude, when it flies at 180 knots you'll break your neck!!!" Just because it's an anime, there is a limit to how much you can make it deviate from reality is all I thought.
As for the opening and ending in this anime, there's only one, so it gets boring to listen to it halfway through the story and annoying near the end of the story. I personally prefer to watch the opening and ending of all the episodes but it gets tedious to watch as the episodes count goes on.
As for the character design, none of the characters really stand out that much. The characters gets annoying by the end of the series.
If you ask me whether I enjoyed this anime or not, "Well..." is all I can say. It's an unwritten rule of mine to finish any anime that I start and leaving judging the series after I have watched it.
If you watched Last Exile and fell whether you must watch this season to complete the whole series, I must tell you one thing: "I didn't see how the first season continued on to this season." (Well they may be standalone seasons.) You can skip this season if you want since it has nothing to do with the original series or so I think.