The world is a place filled with various opinions, which on the internet is especially prevalent, it’s just something you’ll come across no matter what website you’re on, including this site.   The number of anime that is available out there is absolutely staggering, even more so if you consider the amount of man-hours that animators put into all of it.

Where am I going with this?  Well basically I have a strong belief of the old adage “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, I believe this applies to anything such as people, other types of media, and so forth.  However, why does it seem that many in anime (and by no means am I implying that only the anime community suffers this) seem to ignore this almost entirely?

I’m rather pretty involved with the anime community, nothing special outside of this blog mind you, but as in talking with anime fans.  It seems the general consensus is that it’s ‘cool to hate what’s popular’ and because of that, those who feel this way, also feel it’s their duty to impose their beliefs as ‘right/fact’ among others.

An example, Code Geass is an extremely popular anime inside and outside of Japan, I’m not sure what it is myself that makes the series so addicting, but in the past few weeks I’ve met many of these people who don’t follow the old adage.  They’ll go as far as stating that Code Geass is “stupid”, or calling it “Code Gayass”, as well as various other insults.

Now, I know I was talking about opinions earlier, but these are NOT opinions.  Why?  Because a majority of these people never even went as far as watching the first episode of the series, be it the first or second season!

Sorry, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and call you people ‘not worthy of anime’.

I’ve managed this past week to get one of these people to watch ‘Code Gayass’.  The results is, we have a brand new rabid fan of Code Geass.  So everyone, rather than spending your time sitting there in ignorance, just check it out and see what all the excitement is about, you might end up…god forbid…liking it.

The point isn’t to go watch Code Geass, but the next time you look at that manga, anime, movie or whatever it is. Is that just because it “looks stupid” or “sounds stupid” shouldn’t stop you.  I’ve watched anime in the past where the art style was not my thing, but regardless it ended up having one of the most endearing stories ever.

So don’t cast things aside, and at least give those poor animators/writers who slaved over their work, a chance rather than being ignorant, because after all it’s really an art-form.

Many anime fans love cats, I’m not quite sure if its because it’s the “in” thing to do or not, or if many anime fans just happen to be cat lovers. I’m more on the cat lovers side, as I have two of my own.

Chi’s Sweet Home is about a kitten, who one day was out strolling with his mother and siblings, however as something caught Chi’s attention, he then lost where his family went while on their stroll.  Chi was then discovered by a young boy, whose family took Chi in until they could decide what to do with him.  If you’re a cat lover, this is simply a must watch, and there isn’t really any reason not to watch this, each episode is only 3 minutes long.  However those 3 minutes are enough to give you a cuteness overdose for the whole day.

Due to the fact the anime isn’t the usual half an hour long anime, I won’t be doing summaries for this anime, however I wanted to toss this out there for those not aware.  I’ll do a review if the anime should stop someday.  However, it’s definitely a good watch.

Viz has finally announced that the anime for Hunter x Hunter, created by famed mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi, is headed to the US for DVD boxset release. The release which Viz is hoping to have out by fourth quarter this year.  For many, myself included, this is huge news as the manga is one of the best selling titles worldwide!

To be honest, my first true anime back in the day was Dragon Ball Z, when it first aired here in the US.  After that I haven’t watched anime again until my junior year in high school, which is when friend introduced me to Bleach.  It wasn’t long before I met other anime fans online, and was suggested Hunter x Hunter, which at the time I easily said “okay, I’ll check it out”.

Around the fifth episode of the anime, I was instantly hooked.  It was absolutely amazing, and each episode that passed it got better and better, eventually it reached the status as one of my ‘all time personal favorite anime’ list.  If you’re a fan of Shounen anime, disregard the old age of the anime (1999-2001), as you will not be disappointed.  I’ll probably do a review of it someday with more in-depth information as I get some more time.

There is no word on who will play the dubbed voices of the anime characters, but when I find out more about this, I’ll be sure to post it.

Until then, I recommend those who haven’t seen the anime, or read the manga to do so! The manga is currently up to volume 19 here in the US, so you’ll be busy for quite some time!

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