My everyday struggle ((a tide over post))

Dear readers, this is a tide over post until I can make my next evaluation. I'll go ahead and give you a hint, when the two main characters of my next evaluation got married, it was published in almost every anime magazine known to man. Please have fun with the hint of the next gateway anime I am to evaluate.

But I must continue on to today's main problem that I am discussing in my post.

About 90% of girl anime fans struggle with this problem everyday, as well as about 75% of male anime lovers. This problem is known, a obsessive-compulsive-otaku-fan-girl-disorder! This disorder is quite sad as it takes over the mind of it's victims and to outsiders, the host of this virus, may seem crazy as he/she is obsessed/in love ans constantly swooning over anime characters, which I regretfully inform you all do not exist. I fear I must inform you, I struggle with this problem as well. What has made me post this is the fact that for a time I thought I had laid my problem down, but in reality it was just dormant. There is no cure, for this and I have concluded that without a doubt, this illness has been revived within me. So I thought I should let you be aware of some of the more serious symptoms, as if you or a friend of yours has this disorder, it should probably be...looked after to make sure t doesn't get out of hand.

The symptoms for obsessive-compulsive-otaku-fan-girl disorder are as follows:

• When watching anime he/she may have 'episode' of swooning and squealing constantly when the anime character they are obsessing over come on screen. ((I've come to experience that the less screen time they have the bigger the swooning episode will be))


• WARNING: squealing may pierce your eardrums and you can be temporarily deaf.


• He/she may have posters, cardboard cut outs, life sized action figures, plushies, etc. in excessive amounts with which they constantly cuddle with and or kiss, ((etc. any kind of affection that isn't normal for things kind of inanimate objects))


• He/she may also cosplay EVERYDAY OF THEIR LIFE as a character either of their own design, or as a character that is paired up with the character of their affection.


• WARNING: His/her personality may be affected and they may begin to believe they are actually the person they costplay as.


• The second WARNING for this symptom: In a serious condition he/she may cosplay as they actual character which causes the swooning episodes. ((when dealing with these particular symptoms, he/she may no longer be the friend you know and love as they may believe the have magical powers, or etc. He/she may be come overly violent/manic and can act irrationally when faced with everyday problems.))

Please approach with sensitivity and try to get these people some help as they cannot help themselves. it will take the support of friends and family but I am struggling to get my disorder under control.

*side note forgivness*

I am sorry readers that I did not post yesterday due to the Pilgram Holiday that was upon us, but, alas, I fear I will not be able to post until tomarrow. I thought that I should let you know that I plan to write frequently and at leaste once a week if all else fails. So do not despair as I will return to you all with another WONDERFUL selection of writing tomarrow! But anyways hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to do a special review for a belated happy thanksgiving to you all. I hope you will enjoy it, and if you have any suggestions, please, let me know. I am always open to your comments and thoughts.
Merry -belated- Thankgivin'

Sincerely, As always,
~Alleigh Brown.

P.S. *hint hint* For tomarrows review I think you will all enjoy it. The clue is: 'If I don't get enough apples, I begin to go into withdrawl.'

Naruto/Naruto Shippuden

Hello happy surprise, today's review is going to be Naruto! I am going to start by breaking it down into three simple categories. The first series of Naruto, the Second series of Naruto ((Naruto Shippuden)), and general Naruto. I must say I am not a huge fan Naruto, but this review has both good and bad, so please keep reading.
Naruto in general has a relatively interesting plot line. Unfortunately to get to it you must go through mainly episodes of filler, too many flashbacks, countless, literally countless, annoying catch phrases that are repeated every two seconds on every single line, and that are probably just there because of the bad dubbing job. Not only all of that, but if you are like some of the people I know and can't follow with subtitles, you must listen to the most grueling dub job in the entire world as the voices can cause a migraine headache faster than you can say 'BELIEVE IT!'.
If you can cut out the filler, the flashbacks that arent' important to the plot -*ahem* all of them-, every single 'Believe it' in the series, and give it to me subtitled, I'll watch Naruto not only for the hot, emo guys,the annoying, pink haired girl we all love to bash on, the oh so loveable main character, but also the intersting plot, and ninjas!

I must say, while I am not a fan of really any mainstream animes, ((i.e. Bleach, Naruto, anything you can find the average american Hot Topic probably)) Naruto- the first series- was the worst anime I have ever seen in my entire life.
I found the comedy not laughable. The romance couldn't make a fangirl swoon, and the action put my 5 year old cousin to sleep, as well as myself. The character profiles might have looked good on paper as the blong-haired, spunky, kind-of-annoying, yet lovable main character pulls together the super-annoying, way to into herself and her problems, girl with pink hair - which i think is supposed to reflect her inner gentleness or somthing-, and the dark, depressing, silent, sad, emo guy together. As a trio, unfortunatly, when these three characters were thrown into the mixer and onto the TV and manga, I found it to be nothing but teenage drama of these three 'just-trying-to-fit-in-and-making-each-other-their-own-family' with a side of ninjas. When I watch an anime with NINJAS! I should not be more interested in the adults. If I had wanted a teenage drama I would have went to see the 'Twilight' of that time. I would go see it now, but that's just not the kind of mind-numbing drivel I enjoy. Thats for another review though. :) The only thing good that came out of this anime was the production of the following three things; Naruto Shippuden, Naruto:The Abridged Series, and somthing for the Naruto: The Abridged Series to make fun of.
In the second series of Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, I was able to sit through an entire episode without feeling like I should be in kindergarden again. Once the characters had matured and the plot line was a bit more worth it, I found the series not such a waste of my time. I couldn't cosplay for it since I have better things to use my time and money on, but it was definitely somthing I would watch again if I had lost my other anime DVDs-as well as my disney DVDs-,and all I had left were normal people movies. However this is where the positives come in. Like I said before the plot and the characters had both advanced and this made an enormous improvement. The dubs are slightly better in this Shippuden series...and that's the end of the positives. I give you characters, plot, and dubs. ((of course, for clarification, I am referring to the voicing; not how the words are lined up with the mouths.)) I will however stick to my morals as a dedicated anime viewer, if you were to watch this series, you would HAVE to endure the first series as well. It's just unfair for you to skip and the rest of us to deal with it.
In summing up my report:
Naruto in general is annoying, mainstream anime, and I dislike everything about it.
Naruto -The first series- : Is unspeakably terrible and makes my stomach turn simply thinking about it. It has a relatively good plot line, but thats about it, everything else about the anime is unenjoyable.
Naruto Shippuden : Better than the first series, definatly worth watching, but still I am not a huge fan of it.

Unfortunatly this is a very popular anime, I know, please do not judge me too much. These are just my views on the anime and I hope that even if you disagree you will continue to read my blog and not base my entire series on this one post. I have many different opinions on many different animes. Thank you for reading my blog and for your time. I appreciate any comments, readers, and support in any ways. >.< :) please have a WONDERFUL day.

Sincerely As Always, Signed,
~Alleigh Brown

Lets Start Main Stream

Alright everyone, for the first few posts I'm going to review some old anime's so you can get a feel for my views on animes and what makes them GRRREAT! Let me ask you this, how better to enter a new blog about mainly anime than through some reviews of mainstream - what I like to call "Gateway" - animes?NONE! The first two I will do will be of everyone's favorite anime 'Naruto' and of another great anime 'DeathNote'. The third I will be reviewing will be stepping into the past with 'SailorMoon'. I believe that these three animes can give you a feel for what I do and do not like in my anime. I hope that this will help you to continue reading my blog if you enjoy my opinions. I will be making these posts through the rest of the week and I hope that you all will enjoy reading them.
SPOILER: On my next three blog entries you will read three reviews of 'Naruto', 'DeathNote', and 'SailorMoon!' The sad thing is, is that you will unfortunatly only be reading 2 happy reviews, one of these reveared animes will be ripped to shreds ruthlessly and without mercy. Think you can take? Then I'd keep reading. >.O see you in my next blog entry.

~Sincerly as Always, Signed
Alleigh Brown
((P.S. I knwo the annoying txt colors, are well, annoying, in my reviews I will be typing in black. I assure you. this is oddly uncomfortable to read but this is how i will be typing the updates. Sorry for the inconvienance. *kowtows* ))

Anime Lovers Delight - Hello!

Hello I am Alleigh Brown and I would like to introduce you all into my new blog.

This blog is not strictly for anyone, but if you don't like anime or Japan I might not reccomend it, but let me elaborate a bit more clearly. In the soon to be following blogs you will be reading my articles i will write reviewing and giveing feed back over the following subjects; anime, manga, j-pop music, japanese movies that have come to the U.S., anime conventions that I attends, video games, and on (rare) occasion something else. -Don't be afraid of new things, on the (rare) occasion I stray from my usual topics I assure you, you won't be bored, but then again if I'm writing it you won't be anyways. In short I'll be making this blog worth your time and I will often have open discussions and frequent updates. On some anime's I may even have updates on single episodes! - I will have spoiler warnings!- I wish to be a journalist one day and I also wish to publish a manga or two of my own. I have high hopes and HUGE aspirations! I hope that you will all support me, read my blogs, and comment! I will look forward to our future blogs together, have a wonderful day!
~Alleigh Brown (11-18-09)