Aquarion

Okay so Aquarion is probably the best anime I've seen since Kanon, which was the best anime I saw since uh... the one before it. It was epic either way, I just am sad I don't have the movie and OVA. Well I think that covers my epic anime stint for now, I have plenty more to watch, but I just don't think I should right now. Guess that's that, now I'm out of things to put here so uh..... *dances* okay maybe not *stops dancing* er..... have fun!

Kanon (2006)

Kanon is a pretty depressing series, they kill off people more readily then Str.A.In ever did! In between the depressing or sad moments are lots of fun and funny moments though and I think they got a beautiful mixture of emotions to keep you going. One issue I had though is three characters went into the hospital and the main character only visited two of them and he only visited them once... when they were admitted and never in the rest of the series (I think it was about half for those two, the third one went in later and she was NEVER visited). I don't know if there is a manga, but if there is I hope that he actually did visit.

I really don't know what I'm going to watch next, I have a large selection of anime to choose from that I haven't watched, but Aquarion is coming later with Sakura Wars so it's either going to be Venus Versus Virus, Magikano, Moeyo Ken, or Divergence Eve (including the Misaki Chronicles), but I want to save that last one till later so forget that.

Str.A.In: Strategic Armored Infantry

I just finished watching strain and I must say it was dubbed well. I like the plot a lot too, but it feels like it's rushed through and could have been expanded easily from 13 to 24 episodes. It's definitely depressing at points though because they don't care if they kill off a character as easily as slicing through a vacuum (which is super easy by the way). I like this though, they get rid of the whole "oh they're a main character, so they'll win this fight" kind of mentality. It also deals a lot with emotional problems

SPOILER {{the main character Sara loses everyone she's ever loved or cared about and puts up barriers so she won't make friends, then makes friends with a doll that is the key to her strain.}}

as well as showing issues with bullies and whatnot. I'm very confused by the ending though

SPOILER {{The main character ends up over 130 years in the future after fighting her brother due to near light travel, but her old crew picks her up! I can only assume they traveled enough at near light speeds to be able to barely grow older then her.}}

All in all I enjoyed the anime and would definitely suggest it, though there's not as much action as there internal struggles, but it helps develop the characters and really does work with the plot. I suppose my next anime will be Kanon (2006 I believe) but we'll see.