Friday, 28 November 2014

ZERO- Hero Or Nemesis ?

Hey readers, Bari here again today with a very interesting anime I want to discuss and I'd really like your views on this when I'm finished because I'd like to know where you stand.


         In a war torn world where every nation is fighting and deceiving each other for absolute dominance, one of the three superpower nations known as The Holy Empire of Britannia rule most countries including Japan. After taking over Japan they further establish dominance by semi-enslaving the Japanese people and even stripping them of their culture and rights to call themselves Japanese, making it illegal and somewhat demoralizing. Japan is therefore known as Area 11 and the Japanese people as Elevens.
      
         The only way "out" for the Eleven's was to apply for a Britannian passport and be known as "Honorary Brittanians" in which they would still be victims of racism and prejudice but given a false peace of mind and allowed  an education and overall better treatment than the Elevens.

         Code Geass follows the life of Lelouch Lamperouge (real name: Lelouch Vi Brittania), a boy who was abandoned and shipped off to Japan along with his blind and crippled sister Nunnally, by their Parents Charles Zi Britannia, the king of Britannia and Marianne Vi Britannia who has passed away since Lelouch was a young boy.
        

     Now in college, the only thing Lelouch really wanted to do was to protect his sister and to bring down the Holy Empire Of Britannia. His wish seemed to come through when one day he met CC (said as Cee-Two), who gave him the power known as Geass (Each Geass is unique- some stronger than others). Lelouch's Geass allowed him to give an order someone must absolutely follow once he made eye contact with them but he could only use it once on that person.
 
   After Attaining his Geass, Lelouch would ultimately hide his power and become a shadowy figure called Zero who hid his identity, becoming the leader of the Black Knight's- a hero to the Elevens and enemy of Britannia!
 
    Lelouch is a GENIUS and using his alternate identity as Zero, he would ultimately  go on to free Japan and declare its independence as the United States of Japan. He then succeeded after a few tries in killing his father and declaring himself the new king of Britannia . However things did not go 100% as planned... His sister, who he only cared for and loved, opposed his actions and ultimately rejected him. Now with nothing to live for, he erased his existence from the world by faking his death.
      
  
Throughout the 50 episode series, I found myself not knowing if I am for Lelouch or against him because he is very evil yet good at the same time. He was a traitor, manipulative, shady and often used his cunning ways to his full advantage. He was a tactician and was able to plan 3 steps ahead and even have back up plans incase he failed. He became enemy of the world and secretly united it through his reign and death. He understood that in war people had to die and that sometimes people must be sacrificed but what made him really bad was his not caring who died once he got his way- friend or foe. However, he did have a caring side to those close to him.
 
Trying to debate Code Geass can and will get political which made it a very good anime- the brilliance of some of the characters along with their actions really gets you thinking about who is right, if they are really right and what makes their blood stained hands clean enough to even be considered fit to rule.
 Let me know what you guys think tho... Is Lelouch really a good person deep down after all the casualties he has caused and betraying his friends, allies and allying nations just because he seeks revenge against one man? Or is he really an evil person even though all he has was to protect a loved one which led to the freedom of Japan and world peace? Lelouch is the definition of two sides of the same coin. 
 
    


         

Thursday, 27 November 2014

Pink Hair, Flying Cats & Demon Slayers!

                Hey bloggers, Jabari here again with another post about an anime I believe everyone likes or at least heard of. Fairy Tail is arguably the hottest new anime, its themed around a medieval yet somewhat futuristic European based alternate world filled with magic, dragons, demons, wizard guilds and even a parallel world with a kingdom of cat like warrior creatures capable of flying. That sounds crazy enough, right? What is even crazier is the two stars of the series- Natsu Dragneel, a First Origin Fire Dragon Slayer who has no known real parents but was raised by Igneel, a fire dragon and Lucy Heartfilia, a girl who has lost her parents and is taken in by the family like guild called Fairy Tail.

                   What makes this series -now in its second season- so good is the fact that there's never a dull moment. It combines an indirect love story between some of the characters including Natsu and Lucy, scenes which often leave you laughing until you get a stitch in your side, jaw dropping action and sometimes plot twists which leave you at the edge of your seat ALWAYS wanting more!  
           So guys let me know what you think about Fairy Tail- do you love it? Do you hate it? What is your favorite arc? Who are your favorite characters? do you like the storyline so far? Let me know down below in the comments and also let me know what you'd like me to blog about next, thanks for reading :)

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Origins

Greeetings guys and welcome to Ultimate Anime!. I will be analysing various anime series and also bragging about my favourite.  I figured since this is my first post calling it origins would be cool.
As this is my first post I will list and speak about some of my favourite anime.
So my favourite anime right now is Hunter x Hunter
This anime is full of surprises and action, I love it because it makes viewers think along with the characters and have some kind of empathy towards each character.
Another favorite of mine is..
Shingeki No Kiojin; everyone knows as
Attack on Titan
This anime is very suspenseful to me and anything can happen at anytime. Its no wonder why it was rated number 1
Dragon Ball Z
Yes i know the series is finished  and to you viewers it may seem old school but there is no reason why I don't consider this one of the best anime of all time.
I will leave you with this for now  and next time will get into more analysis.  :) later guys.