Thursday, 24 September 2015

Kuroko's basket ball

                                               Opening for Kuroko's basket ball (dub)


Kuroko's basket ball, (made in April 7 2012) is about basket ball. It's about this boy named Kuroko Tetsuya, a boy who gets forgotten easily and Kagami Taiga, a boy who lived in America until his 2nd year of middle school. Kagami enters the Seirin basket ball club as a first year and so doe s Kuroko, even though nobody remembers him applying.Then one day Kagami and Kuroko have a one on one game but Kagami learns that Kuroko is actually terrible at shooting and dribbling, but excellent at passing. Kuroko becomes Kagami's 'shadow' and promises that he will help Kagami beat the generation of miracles and become the best in Japan.

 Kuroko Tetsuya - The phantom sixth man of 'the generation of miracles' . His abilities include: Emperor eye, the 'vanishing drive', a few passing techniques and shooting.

 Kagami Taigi - The guy who lived in America until his second year of middle school, his abilities include: Jumping, a few shooting techniques and zone.

 Aomine Daiki - One of the members of the generation of miracles. His special abilities include: Speed and agility, street basketball, animal instinct and zone.

 Midorima shintaro - also one of the members of the generation of miracles. He is obsessed with horoscopes and is always carrying a lucky item. His ability is shooting with accuracy, meaning that he can shoot from the farthest end of the court and still make the net.

 Kise Ryouta - Another member of the generation of miracles, a part time model, and has a lot of fans. He has emperor eye, zone and perfect copy. Which means he can copy any opponents movements perfectly.

 Murasakibara Atsushi. Also a member of the generation of miracles, he is tall and very stupid. But when it comes to basketball he doesn't like to lose. His abilities are incredible defence, Thor's hammer and zone.

 Akashi Seijuro - former captain of the generation of miracles, his abilities are, intelligence, perfect Rhythmed play and ankle breaking


One of kuroko's throws. The cyclone pass


This sports anime, like most anime is 20 minutes long. There are the basic locations, becuase the episodes are only 20 minutes. The usual places are Seirin high school, the park and the competition court. Seirin's team consists of Kuroko, who is straight foward and barley ever talks, Kagami, impatient and has a temper but is still kind, Hyuga, the captain and puts people in their place, and their coach Aida Riko, who is a girl but her father was a personal trainer and a basketball player making her excellent at strategies and looking at peoples physical abilities by just looking at them. They eenter several games with a few tricks up their sleeves, especially in the winter cup where they learn how to add on new abilities with what they have. For example Kuroko's vanishing drive and phantom shoot.





I think that this anime is based around teenagers, mostly for boys. It is full of action and comedy making it a more suitable audience towards boys, even though lots of girls watch it. It is very funny because of the facial expressions and actions they make and the little jokes spread around the anime. Even though it isn't like Attack on Titan or, Tokyo Ghoul but it still brings you to the edge of your seat, as Seirin plays competitively against other schools that are stronger than they are, as their school basket ball was only made a year before Kuroko and Kagami became students of the high school. I personally got really frustrated when a member of the opposing team wasn't playing fairly and started to shout in frustration, but I still kept watching because I found it really interesting even though the whole anime is about basketball, which I know nothing about.




Modern Family

                                         

Modern family (23 September 2009 - ongoing) revolves around three families, The Dunphy's, the Delgado - Pritchetts and the Pritchett - Tuckers. The series is about the problems they face, mostly about family and job problems. Season 7 was released on September 23 2015.


 - The Dunphy Family.

 - The delgado-pritchetts

 - The Tucker-Pritchetts


Modern family is a sitcom meaning that there are stock characters. In the dunphy family the goofy dad is Phil, the bossy mum is Claire, the irresponsible child is Hayley (the eldest), the responsible child is Alex (the middle child) and the sllightly out of it child. This series is mostly about the Dunphy's and their roblems mixed in with the Tucker-Pritchetts and the Delgado-Pritchetts' problems mixed in as well. Their problems are relatable in a way, as the problems are mostly realistic, like child problems, work problems, family problems and friend problems. The general settings are the three families houses, the school and occasionally the mall, making it easier to know where the characters are in that moment. The show is around 20 minutes which doesn''t take up a lot of time but is enough to tell a whole story.



I think modern family is great for families, because it is really funny and you can relate to the problems. Even though some of the content can be a tad bit inappropriate itis still somethinga family would watch together and laugh about. The positive thing about this sitcom is that it is modern and the families aqll have 'modern problems'. Like Hayley. she seems to always be on her phone texting, calling and on social media, and Claire always seems to have a problem with that. Most mums can relate to their child being on their phone so this is a good laugh.


Sunday, 13 September 2015

Angel Beats!

                                                              Angel Beats! opening

Angel beats! was started on November 2009 and ended on May 2010 created by Jun Maeda and the anime created by Seiji Kishi. Angel beats! Takes place at a high school acting as a limbo for those who have died, where students learn to give up any lingering attachments before passing on. You cannot die, but the pain of what 'killed' you will still stay there for certain amount of time. Yuzuru Otonashi wakes up in the after life having no memories of his past. He meets Yuri, Masami, Hideki, Takamatsu, Fujimaki, Oyama and Yui (Even though she comes later in the series). Their main goal was to defeat Tenshi or Angel, because all of their unfair lives. , and trouble they had caused when they were alive. Yuzuru soon regains his memories, fulfills his wish which is for his friends to be happy and fades away.


 Tenshi - Also known as Kanade

 Yuzuru Otonashi - Was a medical student when he was alive. Final appearance episode 13

 Yuri Nakamura - Leader of the group that aims to kill Tenshi. The eldest sister of four when she was alive. Final appearance episode 13.

 Masami Iwasawa - The lead sing for GirlDeMo, was the daughter of two abusive parents. Last appearance

 Hideki Hinata - Played baseball when he was alive. Last appearance was in episode 13

 Yui - Second lead singer of GirlDeMo her wish was to get married. Paralyzed when she was alive. Her final appearance was in episode 10.

 T.K. - even though no one knows about his past and only speaks random bits of English. His final appearance was in episode 12.

 Takamatsu - No one knows about his past, but in episode 11 his soul gets eaten by a shadow and turns into an NPC (Non Player Character) and has to attend school for the rest of his life.



The thing about this show is that it is so sweet and sad at the same time. They show that all of the characters had a really sad past and are trying to overcome the past and accomplish what they have always wanted to do. For example Yui was paralyzed and could never go outside so she wanted to move around like a normal person would. she would watch things on TV, and accomplished all those things that she wanted to do except marriage. when Hideki says that she would truly marry her she dissapeared because she had accomplished her goal which was to fall in love. Another example was when Yui never got to know Kaname and her wish was to be friends with kaname.

       The ending for 'Angel beats!'



Sunday, 30 August 2015

Attack On Titan - on going series




                                             Attack on titan opening song episode 1 - 13


Attack on Titan is a dark fantasy, post-apocalyptic anime and manga. The manga was released on June 9 2012 and it became so popular that it got turned into an anime that was released on April 6th 2013. It is based around a boy named Eren Jaeger and his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and their friend Armin Arlelt. This story is about Titans, human eating giants that have wiped out nearly all of the human population, so mankind has built a wall around 50 meters tall to keep titans out. They try to survive and kill titans until a much bigger problem has been introduced to them. Eren nearly dies and is forced to attack a titan of much greater size to save the whole of mankind to destruction. The public get fed up and start attacking each other as they are desperate for food and water. Then mankind starts attacking each other until a new heir has been put on the throne as the previous ruler was not the real heir and was just a stand in.



A titan



Eren Jaeger

 Mikasa Ackerman

 Armin Arlelt


 Krista or Historia Reiss - The true heir to the throne

 Bertholdt - The colossal titan. The titan that breaks the wall

Reiner Braun - The armored titan

Annie Leonhart - The female titan

 Levi Ackerman - The captain of the scouting Legion

Erwin Smith - The general of the scouting legion

 Hanji Zoe - The researcher of the scouting legion



The positive thing about this series is that it isn't sexist. Woman are allowed to join the cadets and aren't judged. For example Mikasa is the top fighter in the cadets and everyone needs her in order for them to survive. Just because they aren't guys does not mean they can not fight they are all judged on skill, ability and talent.Many People love the first opening to the series as it's catchy and many people on the internet started to get mad when they changed the theme song. I agree that the first song is better than the second and they shouldn't have changed it, because no one can remember the lyrics to the song. The first song everyone kind of knew the lyrics to but the second song no one can remember the lyrics to because they aren't happy with the song choice.


                                              Attack on Titan opening song episode 14 - 25





Overall I think attack on titan is one of the best things I've ever watched in my whole existence and I hope that Season 2 comes out soon because I have been waiting for a very long time. I think this show shows valuable life lessons, even if they show them in the most disturbing way. I also like this show because it isn't all serious. There are some funny bits in it as well, and I like those bits as much as I like the gory bits.






















Thursday, 20 August 2015

Danisnotonfire - Youtube



Dan's channel trailer

Daniel James Howell is a British YouTuber. He was born on the 11th of June 1991 and started video blogging in 2009. He has 4.9 million subscribers and has 381.7 million views. He lives and mostly collabs (collaborates) With Phil Lester. When he collaborates with Phil Lester they normally do a 'Philisnotonfire'. they are both hilarious because they mostly do stupid things.



          Philisnotonfire 5



Dan's channel would probably rated from ages 11 and above because he does swear a little amount and he is pretty deep in the meaning of life. He cracks the most hilarious jokes and embarrasses himself without shame. For example trying to make a video for his 1,000,000 subscriber special he set himself on fire.  He can sometimes give very good life lessons to us like to not sell an axe to a minor and not to press red buttons under counters.    


My opinion on Dan is that he is a very funny You Tuber that tries to teach life lessons by doing funny activities and things. even though he does swear in frustration, which he rarely does now, he does try to keep his videos in the PG area. He's clumsy and relatable, so it is easy to relate to his videos.                                                  

                                                                                                      


Sunday, 16 August 2015

Sailor Moon - Season 1





Sailor Moon  (December 28, 1991 -  February  3, 1997) Is an anime based around a 14 year old cry baby called Usagi, or in the English version Serena.  In the first episode she was told by a talking black cat called Luna, that she is one of the sailor guardians that need to protect the solar system and also find princess Serenity, the princess of the moon. She is given a brooch to transform into sailor moon and defeats minions of queen Beryl, with the occasional help of tuxedo mask. Further on into the season she is joined by, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus. Towards the end of the season  the scouts find out that Usagi (Serena) was Princess serenity, and tuxedo mask was  Prince Endymion the prince of the Earth. In the last episode they defeat Queen Beryl and go back to their normal lives until the next season. 





Sailor Moon is a very good anime showing that men don't always need to save the day. Also during the season the sailor team got stronger as more members of the group appeared to defeat queen Beryl's minions. Towards the end the sailor scouts can not defeat queen Beryl without each of their powers and they learn that they all need each other to defeat evil. But when she is not defeating evil she can be quite witty and unusual because she is still a school girl, but the rest of the crew are pretty normal teenagers. 







The thing I like about Sailor Moon is it's humor. Especially Usagi. She tends to cry over the most stupidest things that nobody would cry about. Whether it be someone eating her share of the lemon pie, to crying over how Rei (Sailor Mars) would hit her for being late and a klutz. It is also great because this anime shows the daily life of a school student, with her academic troubles and family problems and on top of that, saving the world from destruction. This anime has a lot of action on in each episode but the producers have broken it down to pieces that link together, soi we know what is going on. But what i don't really like is the English dubbing. the voice actors don't seem to be putting a lot into their voice acting, so i prefer the English dubbed version, as most of us don't actually know what they're saying so we don't know if they are actually well or not.

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Facebook





Facebook is an online social networking site headquartered in Menlo Park, California. This website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg and a few others. This website was originally limited to Harvard students, but later expanded to collages in the Boston area. like the Ivy legue and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities and later high school students. Since 2006, anyone who is at least 13 years old is allowed to become a registered user of the website. 






Facebook is a very common use of social media of all ages from 13. It is a place where you can privately or publicly show your posts. This is an advantage because that means only your friends can see your posts and comment on them. This is a very safe way to keep communication with everyone via social media. Mostly Musicians, companies, actors etc. Will have public profiles but, normal everyday life people will have private profiles. Another good thing about this is that you can play different kinds of games on this website. 






What I find very good about this kind of social media is that you can choose whether or not you want to show your profile publicly or if you want it private and share private moments with your friends and family. But some of the disadvantages are, that there are a lot of stalkers and they could try and do something against your will through Facebook. But overall I think that this is one of the best communication we have in the world today, because nearly most of the people with technological devices have it. 







Friday, 31 July 2015

Full House Season 3, Episode 20 'Honey I broke the house'


                                       


This episode of Full House is about Stephanie being left alone with Joey's car but then accidentally reversing the car back into the house. Stephanie panics and runs off to Rebecca's house and doesn't face her problem. She then was told by uncle Jesse and Rebecca to face her problem, so she goes back home to apologies to her father (Danny) and Joey for breaking their house and Joey's car.


    



The target audience for this show is for people of all ages. It is a classic in sitcoms, it has many catch phrases and relatable situations. Even though we have never accidentally reversed a car into our house (I don't think so anyway), we have all tried to run away from our problems and hide. When we were younger we probably didn't relate to the deeper naming of the situation as much as we do now, but it is still fun to watch with the puns and jokes.

  



Full house is a unique sitcom as it doesn't have the classic stock characters like the bossy mum, the goofy dad etc, but has the bossy and needs to be in line person (Danny), the goofy person (Joey), the laid back person (Jesse), the responsible child, (DJ), the irresponsible child (Stephanie), the cute child (Michelle), and the character that becomes important later in the show (Rebecca). This show is kind of like Modern Family, with the stock characters and the puns and catch phrases.





What I really like about this TV show is the originality and the humor of it. It is very classic and old styled and you can never get sick of it. It's puns and jokes you can actually laugh to, and even the laughter in the show doesn't annoy you, because you're just so into the show. If the original show was still around, I would ask for them to not use a live audience. Even though it is nice, to have real live people watching you, I want to be able to watch the show without a few people's laughter heard in the background. But obviously, you can't really change that now because a, the original show is not around anymore and b, it is the directors choice. Even though the set wasn't as advanced as it is now, it is funnier than most sitcoms nowadays and I really enjoyed it.