Halloween Weekend + Cosplay

Hello my dears!! I can't believe it, I opened up Blogger to type this post up today and I saw that this blog has over 3,000 page views!!! 

I never, ever in a million years would have thought I would get so many people reading my blog. Thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart! It continuously surprises me how much people actually care about what I have to say. When I started this blog, I thought it would be cool if even 1-2 people read this blog. I was surprised when even 5 people read it. Hell, I was surprised when I started my twitter account that 10 people would follow me and be interested in my thoughts let alone the 600+ that follows me now. I was always the weird kid in school. Growing up people generally didn't care what I had to say. I continually got ignored when trying to voice opinions, I even had some people tell me "Shut up, no one cares what you think". So to have so many people care and continue to read this blog and to support me in my endeavors makes me more happy and humbled than you could ever know. 

So again, thank you so much everyone. Without your support I probably would have abandoned this blog long ago. I'll continue to do posts that interest you and to share aspects of my life with you all. You're all amazing <3.


Enough feels now, onto the post! I love when Halloween falls on a weekend day - it tends to mean that I celebrate all weekend long. At the last minute I nearly ended up losing my plans and I was unable to make new ones. That crushed me. Halloween means a lot to me. I was at the point of swearing off the holiday because every single year some sort of drama/disappointment revolving around plans. Luckily things turned out alright in the end! 

My Halloween weekend kicked off Friday, the day before Halloween. One of my close friends came over. We made cocktails, did a face mask (I'll spare you all my scary goop covered face) and watched Rocky Horror and Hellsing Ultimate. I got tipsy which was quite funny. I got cut off when I started to crack up over my own laugh. 

We tried the Game of Thrones Ale that I mentioned in a previous post. I'm not a fan of beers or rather ale so I wasn't a big fan of it. It was pretty bitter. We made cocktails called Witches' Brew which contained coconut rum, pineapple juice, cranberry juice and sprite. 

It was really good *^*. We didn't get to the vanilla vodka pictured above but I had the small bottle of marshmallow vodka and it was really good. It reminded me of UV's cake vodka. Many lewd comments at Alucard's expense were made. When my friend Beckman and I get together, the floodgates to lewdness open. Vicky usually has to deal with the aftermath...she can tell when we've hung out xD. 

I accidentally got some blood in my hair from the knife so I just went with it. 

Though we didn't do much, I felt like dressing up. This was supposed to he a creepy ghost sort of costume. I wanted to see if I could do a scary type of makeup without blood or prosthetics and still have it be creepy . And I ended up having blood in my hair anyway. Oh well! I had fun doing the makeup and taking the pictures for it. I walked around without my glasses for half the day because I really liked how this turned out.

Blueee liiipsss. This is Sweetpea and Fay's Limited Edition Lip Joule Liquid Lipstick in Lottery Bride.

I admit the blue lips are a bit bright...but honestly I just wanted an excuse to wear it!

I tried to make the scary cute. DERP. 

Halloween, I spent with my friend again. We went to Home Goods in costume. I certainly got many odd looks which was hilarious! That's probably because I looked like a gothic-hooker-anime-drag queen xD.  Sadly there was an incident that ruined the mood of the day but we still had fun. We watched anime and horror movies.

For the first part of the day, I was a gothic version of Asuna from Sword Art Online. I even carried a little plushie of Kirito around with me. This costume was interesting to deal with all day. I had limited visibility because the two sets of false eyelashes I wore were so big! They also kept hitting my glasses. I need to try to get contacts before Connecticon!

Cookie fun. I made a huge batch of Halloween sugar cookies the Thursday before Halloween and I topped them with an orange icing I made. 

My friend Becky and I

This picture makes me feel short ._.

Doesn't he look kawaii???? 

Later in the day I did a costume change and became Sakura from Naruto. This was a spontaneous costume because I had a pink wig and the leaf headband.

Sensei's pet <3. If I had Kakashi for a teacher, there sure wouldn't be much learning happening (hehe).

I became the ultimate weeb on Halloween - we watched Sword Art Online while I was Asuna. My friend kept going "there's your husbando!" Whenever Kirito was on screen. I kept going "look I'm on TV!" When Asuna was on.

I should've watched Naruto dressed as Sakura. But that would have ended in either me telling myself to shut up....or lewd comments at Kakashi's expense.

Though my friend had to leave while the night was still young I still had fun by myself. I watched some horror movies and did some Samhain rituals. For those that don't know - Halloween evolved from Samhain. Samhain is a Wiccan holiday equivalent to the Mexican Day of the Dead; it takes place on the night of October 31st and the day of November 1st. It is where the term Halloween came from, as it was referred to as All Hallows Eve. It is the day where we honor our departed ancestors. It is when the veil between the worlds is thinnest and the dead roam the earth along with us. Samhain is also New Years to many wiccans/pagans. I just use the day to celebrate spookiness and to connect with my beloved dead. I did a few Samhain prayers and I set an extra place at the dinner table to invite a departed relative and to show them respect.

Later on in the evening I did an EVP session - my very first one where I didn't have another person in the room with me.  EVP stands for electronic voice phenomena for those that don't know. It is where you try to talk with spirits and record the session. Many times spirits can leave noises or messages on a recording that you don't hear while you are recording.The session definitely was interesting. 

This is a topic I tend to steer clear from because frankly I have no patience for skeptics. If you don't share the same belief, please kindly keep comments to yourself. My house is very haunted. So many strange and creepy things happen here nearly on a daily basis. This is what I am currently writing a book about. Many people have experienced things here, so it's not just me or in my head - some experiences with multiple witnesses.

Now I am a reasonable and intelligent person. I don't see something fall or hear a noise and automatically yell "ghost!". No I try to find a rational explanation of what happened first. But there have been SO many occurrences that simply can't be explained. On Halloween I try to connect with the spirits more in hope of having an encounter. The supernatural has always fascinated me and I consider myself an amateur ghost hunter. I do know how to handle myself and protect myself so don't worry guys! 

All weekend long I found myself giving Tarot readings from my new deck. Surprisingly 99% of them were spot on! It was getting pretty creepy actually. 

To end my Halloween, I finally watch the movie It Follows which I've been dying to see! It's a horror movie about this girl that has sex with this guy - then she finds that this thing begins to follow her. It is fairly creepy, it reminds me of the Halloween movies. It has such a unique premise! I really enjoyed it.

The aftermath of Halloween:

Lashes everywhere! At least my cats didn't eat my lashes like last year. Yes...in my house if you leave false eyelashes laying around my cats will eat them. I was so tired that I just took everything off in my living room and left it XD. 

Pumpkins I carved on November 1st because I wasn't ready to let go.

My favorite pumpkins! :D 

I'm going to cry this weekend when my mom forces me to take down most of my decorations. 

Anyway, that was my Halloween! What did you all do on Halloween? Comment and let me know!


Xoxo

Stay creepy! 

Tokyo Otaku Mode Premium Shop Review + GOT Finale Thoughts

Hi everyone! I apologize for my lack of posts. I have been dealing with a lot of things and have been extremely stressed. My life for three months now has been complete hell. It has been an extremely difficult time. I'm more focused on trying to get my health back to normal than anything else at the moment. So for anyone that didn't see my series of tweets on Friday evening, I am taking a break from twitter. I'm sure I'll return before you know it!


Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers below. The highlighted spoiler alerts are there so those of you that haven't seen the finale can scroll past the spoilers.

Spoiler Alert:

Okay who saw the Game of Thrones finale?? I am STILL fuming!!! What the fuck HBO?  I can't believe that they killed off Jon ;_____;. I literally was crying and throwing things across the room when it happened. After Daenerys, Jon was my favorite character. Seriously....WHAT THE FUCK!!! I'm sure I'm not the only pissed off fangirl. I knew that there would be a shocking death in the finale because we didn't really have any this season. But DAMN did we get some shocking deaths in this episode.

I was kind of sad that Ellaria killed Myrcella. Even though she seemed like a brat (granted she IS Cersei's daughter), she hadn't done anything to make me hate her. I was kind of looking forward to her going home and seeing what would happen with her there, if she would turn out like her mother or not. I'm fairly mad about not seeing Margaery in the finale. I was hoping to see what was going to happen to her. Plus I LOVE her so I am always happy to see her.

I was very happy about what happened to Cersei, I laughed a lot and smiled the whole time. She really did deserve all of that. Lena Headey is a wonderful actress, I can't imagine that that was an easy scene to pull off.  I'm so happy that karma finally got her ass. I also wonder who her new knight is. I hope Arya will be alright, her going blind was a gigantic holy shit moment for me, being a non reader of the GOT books. I have tried to read the books. I made it halfway through the first one. But to me they are so dryly written. Nothing against George R.R. Martin, he truly is telling a fantastic story...I just can't handle his writing style. Luckily there are some cool youtubers out there that compare the books and the show for those of us that can't read the books so I do get some additional information.

I have heard a lot of people hoping for Lady Stoneheart or another character carrying on her storyline. I do know a TINY bit about that, but not much. That didn't happen in the finale, maybe next season. I was absolutely convinced that Benjen Stark  would really return at some point in season 5.

Sansa!!!! I really couldn't care less about Reek but Sansa had better be alive next season. I want to see badass Sansa kicking some ass. Not this forever victim, weakling Sansa. And Daenerys running into the Dothraki again, wow! I definitely didn't expect that. I was very happy about what happened to Stannis. Him allowing Shireen to be burned alive broke my heart, I don't even think the red wedding destroyed me as much as that scene in episode 9 of this season did. He really did deserve it, I did have a feeling that eventually him following Melisandre's every command would screw him over in the end.


Now it's time for me to go weep because we have to wait until next March/April for more episodes ;__________; 10 weeks went by way too quickly.

End Spoiler alert

Onto the point of the post!

Disclaimer: I wrote this review of my own free will. Absolutely no one asked me to write it. I just wanted to share my experience for those that are wary. I was not bribed or paid to write this. All opinions are my own.

 While browsing online I discovered a new (to me anyway) site called Tokyo Otaku Mode. It is an online store that sells various anime merchandise and items from Japan. They are having a promotion where if you sign up via referral link, you will get 10 points ($10) to spend.

Here is my link if anyone wants to sign up:

https://otakumode.com/invite/4800a3

 Again- you only get the points when you sign up via referral.

If you confirm your email you also get a $5 coupon. The best part: you can use either one of these without having to buy a certain amount (I hate when stores make you spend a certain amount to use points/perks you have earned) . For new users there is also free shipping on certain items. So how was my experience with them?

I signed up through a referral I saw on reddit and indeed I received the points and the coupon. Just a note you can't use both on the same order, it's just one or the other.

I found an item with free shipping and went to buy it. I typically buy all of my otaku goods/nerd things from Amazon or Hot Topic. But the offer of free stuff was way too tempting to pass up.

Stupidly I used the $5 coupon instead of the $10 in points...I wasn't aware until after I placed my order that the free shipping on certain items only applied to new users. I thought that I would be able to use the $5 AND the $10 in separate transactions to get some things totally free. Oh well! At least I got something. I am a little miffed at myself though...I really wanted to order a Grell keychain too.

What is nice is with every item on their site, it will show you how many are in stock. It does make me a little wary though of ordering something with just 1 or 2 in stock. But that is something I haven't really seen on any other website.

They also seem to have a decent selection of products. I saw some cool things like Inuyasha and Sword Art Online memo pads that I have never seen anywhere else

I ordered a Kirito keychain for $4.99 and it had free shipping for new users. I'm unsure of the pricing for other items, but this was a really good deal. The same keychain was about $7 on Amazon. Hot Topic usually prices their anime keychains around $7-$10. I have never ordered from Right Stuf (they're another online store that sells anime and Japan related goods. They are extremely popular), but someday I hope to try them out! Then maybe I can compare these two shops.

I used the $5 coupon and I didn't have to pay a cent. Even though my order was free, they did still make me provide payment information. That did make me a little nervous that my debit card may get charged some ridiculous shipping fee. I checked my bank account after my order shipped and I wasn't charged a thing. They do accept paypal as a payment method. However, I tried to purchase this item with my paypal as the payment option and it wouldn't allow it for some reason. I had no other problems otherwise. Their website is also safe and secure.

I placed my order on a Friday afternoon and it shipped the following Monday afternoon. The website promises orders will ship in 1-2 business days and they were true to their word! It shipped via USPS from their California warehouse (they ship certain items from Japan apparently). They sent me a shipping confirmation email that included tracking. I HATE when I order something online and don't get tracking. Hence why every time I order from Jolse I pay the extra $2 to track my order. I don't want my shit getting lost! (I actually had an incident where usps lost my Jolse package...it would've been gone had I not payed for tracking).


It took 3 days to arrive here in Connecticut which is pretty impressive! Half the time when I order something online and it ships via USPS it can take up to a week to arrive.

When I got the box my order came in, I had to laugh to myself. It was a very large box for the small thing that I ordered. I also saw that they shipped my order via 2 day priority. I highly appreciate when people ship my orders that way instead of using the cheapest method possible.

If my mailwoman...yes I said woman didn't know that I was a nerd already...she does now! The boxes that TOM ships orders in has their logo all over it and the phrase "Otaku life" all over the place. I love it though, I'm proud of my otaku status!!

No I didn't order a book. That's just there to cover my address. I don't need stalkers .____. there are some seriously creepy people out there (probably including me. Hehehe). I'm currently re-reading the Fruits Basket series!

When I opened the box, I saw why they chose to send it in one of that size. They put my order summary form in a really cool folder! Please ignore the glare on the folder. It is SUPER shiny and difficult to photograph.

The back of the folder

Seriously, look at that artwork. They also included a thank you card with beautiful artwork and a button. I forgot to take a picture of the card. Oops!

My keychain was at the bottom, not only in original packaging but wrapped again and taped to the bottom so it wouldn't be floating around.

Kawaii Kirito!!! 

Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my experience with Tokyo Otaku Mode. If their shipping prices aren't outrageous I would definitely buy from them again. For me, shipping prices can be a deal breaker. I think their shipping prices vary by order, as I did not see a fixed shipping price anywhere. They do have the option of free shipping when you spend a certain amount...but I think that amount is something like $100.

 I am so very happy with my order, I highly recommend that you try them out!


Xoxo

Moon prism power, makeup!

My Asuna cosplay

Hello my dears! I truly did not intend to be writing again so soon. I spent so much time scheduling posts yesterday and I thought that I was done today. But I did a cosplay yesterday and had some requests to post about it, so here it is with spamming of my face and all.

I cosplayed as Asuna from Sword Art Online. She is one of my favorite female characters of all time. She is definitely on my waifu list (that's weeb for I love her a lot). She is a very strong, badass character. She doesn't need a man to protect her, she can literally fight amazingly herself (which is why she is also called Asuna The Flash and then The Berserk Healer in season 2). Sadly, in the 2nd half of SAO season 1, they destroy her strong and fierce personality by having her held hostage and nearly raped. I still love her though!! 

I was so mad that I didn't have a Kirito plushie to pose with. I've been meaning to get one for so long too! Now on to le piccys (piccys is what I sometimes call pictures/pics). :

In this one I sort of look like Rangiku from Bleach. I'm not the only one to say so!! 

Hiii Rangiku! 

                                

All of my cosplays focus on the makeup because I'm a makeup artist. In anime cosplays, the makeup is super important. People do not naturally look like anime characters, so we need to know some tricks to make ourselves look more like them. This mainly involves some tricks with contouring and eyeliner. The makeup for this look took me about 2 hours to do, the eyes taking the longest. I had been gradually researching Asuna's look with anime pictures as well as cosplays for a month to get a feel for what I wanted to do. That is important with any cosplay. 

Oh hey the hair on this one sort of looks like Rangiku too. At least this wig comes with a few cosplay options!

For Asuna, I went with a nice, clean face covering all redness and imperfections. You know, going a little crazy with the concealer. Asuna does have fair skin and I luckily am blessed with a similar complexion. For the eyebrows, I Just very lightly shaded in my own actual brows. I noticed after I had put the wig on that my eyebrows were a tad bit dark for the wig. Sadly, it was too late to fix it and I do not own a brow filler in the shade needed. I didn't work at shaping and defining any sort of arch. Asuna's brows aren't really like that. So I softly shaded. Women in Asia typically don't have arches or defined brows like we do in America. 

 I did some contouring, mainly around the cheekbones, the nose and the crease of my eyes. For the eyes, I used a white eyeliner, a black eyeliner and a matte white eyeshadow. I did whatever I possibly could to make the eyes appear larger and more Asian/anime like. I then added a little light blush to my cheeks for a bit of color (a natural tea rose sort of link that I feel Asuna would wear) and a highlighter. 

 For the lips, I used a mixture of a peach lip gloss/cream (Nyx Xtreme Lip Cream in Nude Peach Fuzz) and a milky, nude pink shade (Nyx Creme Brulee Buttergloss). Asuna wouldn't wear a bright lip color. 

The wig is an actual Asuna wig! This is my first cosplay where I have actually had the correct wig!! It is a Japanese fibre wig, in a light orange with brown undertones color. Asuna's trademark braid/ponytail is in the back. It is a very long and voluminous wig. Very high quality and it feels like real hair. There also wasn't any sort of fake shine to it. I do however need to work on wig styling! As an amateur cosplayer, it is pretty hard! Either my head is small or the bangs on this wig were a tad bit long. Oh well, at least I know now!

I don't own any sort of contacts. Asuna actually has sort of amber colored eyes. If I truly wanted to, I could have photoshopped the eyes to obtain the correct color. But truly, this is a cosplay where the eye color accuracy isn't important. So you're looking at my actual eyes. 

My outfit is really just a plain white t-shirt. I don't own Asuna's costume so I just used what I have. I like to think of it as every day Asuna! I also threw in my Yui's heart necklace (featured in yesterday's post).

Yes, when I'm in cosplay I take WAY too many selfies! 

And that's it! I was blown away by the reactions people had to this, everyone on  my twitter really enjoyed these pictures. I am rarely proud of my work but I am so proud of this!! Thank you to everyone that supports my cosplay work. It takes a lot to put ones self out there like that, especially in the cosplay world where people can be very harsh. It helps tremendously to have people cheering you on and appreciating your work. If I didn't have the support that I do, I would never post any of my work! So thank you guys, you're all awesome <3. I hope you have a lovely day!

Xoxo
Moon prism power, makeup! 

My top 6 favorite animes...because I'm SO indecisive!

Hi everyone! Yes, I'm back so soon! Did you miss me? It's been a whole few hours! Hehe. I decided to put this up quickly so that you will have a legit first post (my other two don't really count much) to read! Today I will be discussing my top 6 favorite animes (because I can't choose just 5). This is in no particular order.

                                                 1. Sailor Moon

This was the first anime I ever watched, I have watched it since I was a little kid further back than I can recall. I am a huge fan of it, it is very dear to my heart. I remember running home from the bus stop that I would get dropped off at after school every day to catch it at 4:00 on Toonami. I'm pretty sure I ended up falling and rolling down the hill I live on quite a few times but Sailor Moon was worth it! 

I literally cried when I heard that it was making a comeback, I had waited SO many years to have my beloved show back. I'm so happy to have it back as well as to have Sailor Moon Crystal ( I can write about that show too if anyone is interested).

Sailor Moon is an anime based on the manga by Naoko Takeuchi. It's about a young girl named Usagi (Serena if you watched the 90s DIC dub) who comes across a talking cat named Luna. Luna reveals to Usagi that she is Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon along with her friends of the Sailor Senshi (or scouts) uses her powers of love, justice and the moon to defeat their evil enemies, protect the moon, and the earth. It is the essential magical girl show and truly started the craze.

There are 5 different seasons or series to Sailor Moon, they are:

• Sailor Moon

• Sailor Moon R

• Sailor Moon S

• Sailor Moon Super S

• Sailor Moon Sailor Stars

Each season has its own villains and storylines. What I love so much about this show is it isn't a typical "damsel in distress" show. In this show, the women are the strong ones! Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon's boyfriend and "super hero" friend to the senshi usually is the one that has to be saved. He is kidnapped or captured at least a few times and the girls have to save him. Tuxedo Mask also doesn't always interfere; he many times has stood on the sidelines giving Sailor Moon the encouragement to realize that she does have the strength to get out of a bind on her own.

Sailor Moon pushes girl power, that friendship is worth more than gold, that it's ok to be different, to stand against discrimination and to fight for what you believe in.

                                              2. Black Butler

 

I fell in love with this show at the very first episode, the very first time I watched it. It is based in Victorian London (which I have a major obsession/love for). Black Butler or Kuroshitsuji is based on the manga by Yana Toboso. It is about a young orphaned earl named Ciel Phantomhive. He is the queen's guard dog. He has the job of solving macabre mysteries that the queen would rather have cleaned under the rug. His butler who also happens to be a demon that he made a contract with named Sebastian Michaelist assists him.
This show has so much that I love. It has the Victorian setting, which is a time period I have always been fascinated with. It has a beautiful gothic design. It also has a horror element. A lot of the storyline is dark and deals with the occult, such as demons, cult sacrifices, ghosts and Jack the Ripper. There is also a good deal of comedy to balance everything out.

Black Butler has 3 Seasons: Black Butler, Black Butler 2 and Black Butler: Book of Circus. The second season unless you truly enjoy the show isn't really worth watching. It has nothing to do with the over all plot and wasn't even in the manga. Many fans despise it. Season 3 also ignores everything from season two, leaving the poor anime only fans very confused. I do have to point out there are subtle yaoi undertones here (and I love it!). Yana was originally going to publish the manga as a yaoi, but her publishers would not let her thinking it wouldn't sell. She actually does make her own yaoi doujinshi (fan made manga) and from what I've heard sells them at conventions. Way to stick it to the man, Toboso-sama! 

I do read and keep up with the manga, it is my favorite manga. I really hope they develop more story arcs into anime. Book of Circus stayed very true to the manga.

                                               3. Sword Art Online

The show that everyone loves to hate! As a heads up, please don't comment about how much you hate this show. I really don't care.

Sword Art Online is based on the light novel series by Reki Kawahara. It is about a boy named Kazuto Kirigaya who is known by his username Kirito. He is a beta tester for the virtual reality game called Sword Art Online. He enters the game on the first day it is online to the public and realizes something startling: he can't log out! The gamemaker has trapped every single player in Sword Art Online. They can not log out and if they die in the game, they die in real life. Although Kirito is a die hard solo player, him along with his friends Asuna (Also his eventual girlfriend), Klein, Liz, Agil and the many people they meet along the way must beat the game to free everyone before it's too late.

I love this show so much, it has a lot of action but also some romance and a little comedy. The characters do have layers to them. It also has a beautiful and kickass soundtrack. I love the whole Sword Art Online world - the whole sort of medeival setting where you fight monsters with swords. I'm a sucker for a good sword fight.

I also love that SAO has strong female characters. Asuna is one of my favorite anime characters of all time. She fights for herself and is a badass at it! She isn't always hiding or waiting for a man to save her. She's even had to save Kirito before. I do however dislike what they did to her in the 2nd half of season 1, about Alfeim Online. They turned her into the damsel in distress. I really wish they had done the opposite and made Kirito the damsel.

There are 2 (technically 3) seasons of SAO - Sword Art Online and Alfeim Online (AKA the fairy arc) are both in season 1, but feel like two seperate seasons. Then there is Sword Art Online II, which features the Gun Gale Online arc, the Calibur arc and Mother's Rosario.

I do in fact read the light novels! I am currently on volume 9, Alicization Beginning. These books are amazing and even better than the anime. If a lot of the haters (especially the ones bitching about Kirito and Asuna's relationship being rushed) read the books, they wouldn't whine so much!

                                 4. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Pretty much every big anime fan has seen some form of Fullmetal Alchemist. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the re-do of the original anime, Fullmetal Alchemist. The original FMA anime veered drastically from the plot of the manga, so Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was born! It's based on the manga by Hiromu Arakawa, the whole point of the show was to do what FMA didn't...follow the plot of the manga! I haven't read the manga but I've heard it follows it to a T. 

FMA: Brotherhood is about two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric. Their beloved mother died when they were young boys, so Ed decided to use Alchemy to try to bring her back. In this show, Alchemy is the art of magic combined with science to manipulate and alter matter using energy. However, Ed failed drastically. Alchemy law calls for equal exchange and it is taboo to try to bring the dead back to life. Ed looses an arm and a leg in the process and Al losses his body. Ed happens to bind Al's soul to a suit of armor just in time.

As a result of the tragedy, Ed becomes a state alchemist to use his talent to help his and Al's quest to find the philosopher's stone to get their original bodies back.

This show is a masterpiece. The artwork is beautiful and so much better than the original FMA. When watching this show, it feels like you are watching a movie. It has such a rich plot as well as a fantastic score.

                                               5. Hellsing Ultimate 

 

 

     "The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame."

Hellsing Ultimate is like FMA: Brotherhood, another show doing what the original failed to do. Hellsing Ultimate follows the manga plot, by Kouta Hirano. It is a 10 episode (all episodes being about an hour long) OVA series.

Hellsing Ultimate is about the Hellsing Organization, which keeps England safe from supernatural threats. The Hellsing Organization is headed by Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing (who is a woman, despite being called sir) and she has a deadly tool - Alucard the rogue bloodthirsty vampire. She also has the badass police girl - turned vampire (by Alucard), Seras Victoria. In Hellsing Ultimate they fight their threat of the Millennium Organization  - a group of Nazis that transforms humans into vampires and their leader is obsessed with war, wanting war just for no other reason than to have a war.

This show is another masterpiece. Each episode is like a movie. It has so much horror in it. Very gory, which I love! Though is has very disturbing moments involving rape (I luckily was warned and able to look away from such scenes). This is the perfect show to any idiot that believes anime is just for kids. Alucard is a very badass character that is not to be messed with. He is also a sexy beast voiced by (the swoon-worthy vocal talent of) Crispin Freeman. I had always liked the original Hellsing, as soon as I saw this on Toonami I was in love. Right after Christmas I got myself volumes 1-8 (just need 2 more!!).

                                               6. Code Geass

 

 

Code Geass (or rather Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) is about a teen named Lelouch Lamperouge. He is a Brittanian prince in hiding in a place called Area 11 (formerly Japan), after his mother was assassinated. His real name is Lelouch Vi Brittania. Brittania invaded Japan and surpessed the Japanese people forcing them to live in poverty while they live a grand lifestyle (Hunger Games anyone?).

Lelouch had become very bored of his life and not only wants to do something meaningful but he is tired of what the Brittanian Empire has done. He wants to make the world a better place for his blind and disabled sister, Nunnally. As well as find out who killed their mother and take revenge on them.

On one of his gambling trips he stumbles upon C.C. (or C 2), who gives him the power of Geass. With this new power, Lelouch can command anyone to do whatever he wants. He uses this power to become Zero and starts a rebellion against Brittania. He has to juggle school, his secret identity as Zero and keep his best friend Suzaku, a member of the Brittanian military from discovering who he truly is.

This show is another masterpiece. It is very grand and has a rich plot which is extremely well written. It has a lot of suspense and action. It has a season two called Code Geass R2, but the first season is highly superior. In my fangirl mind I like to imply slight yaoi undertones between Lelouch and Suzaku, I love that  pairing.

Wow that was a long post! I hope you enjoyed it though ^_^! Would anyone else like to see 4-5 more of my favorite animes? Seriously, there are a lot I love.

Anyone watching this season's winter anime? I'm watching Sailor Moon Crystal, Tokyo Ghoul, Durarara 2 and Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (AKA the magical boys anime). I also really want to check out Death Parade, but I haven't gotten to it yet. It's kind of nice not to be watching a ton...I watched so many (for me anyway) over the summer O___O. 

If you liked that post, want me to review anything else mentioned in this post or simple just want to talk to me, please leave a comment below! ^_^ <3 

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