Old Anime
There are a lot of popular anime back in the day where the anime community was just starting, when the fans haven't really lost their minds and went crazy for the anime. I'd like to start with Samurai X. The anime has caught the heart of men and young women. The story revolves around the wandering samurai, Himura Kenshin. He helps a girl, the girl then offers him a place to stay and that's practically where their love story began. Kenhin has an aloof personality, he's carefree and very kind. Not much was said about his past but it only revealed the fact that he used to kill mercilessly with his reversed sword. Once he has gotten out of that era, he then became the wandering samurai. Stories like these make things more interesting. Every episode shows more facts about the characters.
Next is Hunter X Hunter. It's a more unrealistic type of anime but that just adds up to the twist. A young twelve year old boy sets out on a journey to find his father who left him at birth. Gon, the protagonist, concludes that being a hunter would be a step closer to finding his dad. In the Hunter X Hunter series, hunters are a common thing and even a job. Being a hunter gives you privileges to access information or transportation and the like. If someone wants to quit being a hunter they can sell their hunters licence which would usually cost a lifetime of money. I like that there is a goal in this story, he aims to find his father and the 'unofficial ending' was that he did find his father. Though the manga is still ongoing, sadly the story no longer focuses on Gon in the next part.
I'd like to throw in One Piece next. One Piece is an anime series that I'v followed since the sixth grade. Up until now the story never gets boring. Luffy, the hero, embarks on journey to become the Pirate King. With his kind and silly character, Luffy has no problems in making friends, and getting his crew. Everyone in Luffy's crew have a thing in their past that gives them their unique personality. Alongside One Piece, let's not forget about Naruto. Naruto is also another long time anime series that has just ended last year. Naruto, a twelve year old boy, aims to become hokage, the leader of his village but everyone thinks that he can't be a leader. Four years later he then proves to the people that he's not some cursed child and saves his village from an attack. Slowly he's then being known around the continent. The series ended with Naruto being the seventh hokage of their village and happily lives with his wife and two children.
I almost forgot to mention Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. This is a remake of the first series of Full Metal Alchemist. Personally it's better than the first one released because Brotherhood follows the manga. Most anime are based from it's manga, though some like Erased, Sengoku Basara and some others follow a light novel or is just an anime itself. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is about two young boys learning alchemy. In the anime Alchemy is something like magic. They can literally recreate and destroy things if their have the right transmutation circle. In the first episode of the anime it shows that their mother died from an illness and they wanted to bring her back alive. Resurrecting someone is a taboo in alchemy. In the end Edward, the older brother, lost his left leg. While his younger brother, Alphonse, lost his entire body. Edward sacrifices his right arm to bring his brother's soul back and fused it to an armor. Edward then got a mechanical leg and arm from their friend who was a mechanic. The two set out on a journey to get their bodies back.
There are also newer anime that has caught my eye such as Haikyuu, Kamisama Hajimemashita, Ouran Highschool Host Club, Erased, Garden of Words (movie) and Death Parade. I can't say much about these anime but they have caught my attention and I did enjoy them. Their the shorter anime series with either twelve episodes or twenty four episodes and two seasons. They're also the anime that I enjoy that have less action.
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