Sarah’s AnimeAnime, Manga, Plushes, Japan, Everyday Life

Had to write a 300+ English assignment for an English course that im doing at the moment and thought I would share it with you all : )

Something I really like to do in my spare time is read. I enjoy reading many different types of novels, which include general fiction and Manga. Not many people know about manga in western country’s, It came about in the 1800’s in Japan and is very popular in Japan today, Manga constituted an annual 406 billion Japanese yen by 2007, around 3.6 billion US dollars.

Manga is a Japanese comic or graphic novel, that you read right to left instead of left to right. Many Manga’s are based on Anime’s which are Japanese animated shows and films. I have many Manga’s that are based on shows that I have watched, there are usually quite a few books to a series and are always numbered there can be 30 plus Manga books to one Anime show. The art work in Manga is very much like the animated characters in the shows and always very detailed and well drawn. Anime is drawn in much the same artistic style.

There are many Manga cafes in Japan where people drink coffee and read Manga, kind of like Internet cafes in western country’s. It only started to take off and become popular in the US in the early Nineties, It’s also become popular in Europe and the UK now.

I have to buy Manga online from specialist websites as there are not many stores in the UK. I’m hoping that in the future Manga will be more recognised and popular in the UK, so that it will become more widely available and more shops will open up for the demand. One of my favourite Manga’s which I have is called Dears and is based on the Anime of the same name. My hubby has 35 plus Manga books and I love reading then and hope to get many more in the future myself.

I bought 2 more Studio Ghibli films a while ago Kiki’s Delivery Service and Only Yesterday. Really loved Kiki’s Delivery Service. I also watched The Cat Returns which was on Film Four the other day and I want to get the DVD I thought it was a really good film another favorite of mine.

Finally got some dvd’s on order I’ve ordered My Hime episodes 3,4,5,6 to finish the first box which I’ve got and I’ve also ordered My-Otome DVD 1 (Hyb) special edition. Will post pictures when they arrive.

I cant wait to go see this film it looks awsome gonna go watch it as soon as it comes out at the cinema.

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Bought a keyboard a while ago and I would love to be able to play this song, better get some practice and lessons when I can.

I was looking to see if there was any dvd’s worth getting and I noticed that negima season 2 was out to buy it comes in two sets with episodes 1-13 in one and 14-to 26 in the other. I really want both at once but I think that I’ll only be able to get one cause there £34 each. I’ll have to ask hubby if he will get it for me I really love that anime one of my favorites

Here is a trailer for the new Queen’s Blade anime it might be a while before I can watch gotta wait until it’s available on dvd and that’s gonna be a while. It looks really good worth a watch me thinks : ) My hubby want’s to see it also but I dont think he wants to watch it for the story you will see what I mean from the trailer : )

Just found out that wallflower box set 2 is out to buy, I so wanna get it this month but I’ve still got to get the last dvd to the first box set. I Only can afford one thing this month me so poor so i think that I will just finish off the first series. Cant wait to see the second series It’s one of my favorite anime’s.

Recently me and my hubby have been watching a new anime called Sekirei so far its been really good were up to episode 6 It reminds me a little of ???? each of the sekirei have to have a master called an ashikabi for them to fight to there true abilitys and from what I can see to stop them growing ill and dying? My favourite character so far has to be Musubi who is Minato’s sekirei who seems a bit daft but very caring of Minato so far it seems like a good laugh maybe not the most original anime on earth but is worth a watch anyway.

Here’s an amv of the anime:)

Last Saturday me and my hubby watched the first death note film with the second one being shown this Saturday which were gonna watch, I thought the first film was really good although its a bit different to the anime light seems much more evil but there is still a lot of stuff taken from the anime. Were still waiting for the second series of the anime to be released so the second film might spoil the ending a little but oh well

Here’s both trailers to the films for you all to watch

Movie 1

Movie 2