Monday, January 31, 2011

Character Of The Week

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

My last post was basically all about the show Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), since I chose it as the anime of the week. This post is 'Character Of The Week', where I'll choose a specific character from the previously talked about show and tell all about them. Like Anime of the Week posts, these will reoccur every few weeks.

The character I chose for this week is...

Undertaker!! (from Black Butler)

Undertaker is a very eccentric man, as most would say. He was once a legendary shinigami, a god of death, but is now retired and works as an undertaker..and LOVES it.
Instead of making people pay in money for their loved one's funeral expenses, he makes them tell him a good joke for a good laugh.
His laugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzHbO8iVw4
and smile
are actually the two things most people know him by. (Doesn't this picture just make you smile? XD)

Another cool thing about Undertaker is his awesomely awesome death scythe.

While a shinigami, he used this to collect souls and such.

Here are a few more random facts about Undertaker:
-He is often seen eating bone shaped dog biscuits and driking tea from a beaker
-Him and Grell Sutcliffe are totally bff's

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Anime of the Week

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerdy thoughts on the world of anime!

In last week's post I described what anime is, so this week I will be telling you about a specific anime show. (I will be doing this every few weeks with a different show)
The show I chose for this week is...
Kuroshitsuji! (otherwise known as Black Butler)

The show follows Ceil Phantomhive, an angsty 12 year old boy, and his butler, Sebastian Michaelis.


Ceil actually died with his parents sometime before in a house fire, but was able to come back to life after making a deal with Sebastian, who is actually a demon: Ciel comes back to life and Sebastian serves as his butler, but once Ciel dies Sebastian gets his soul.
The setting is in London, England, in the late 1800's during the reign of Queen Victoria. Throughout the show, Ciel and Sebastian work for the queen to stop certain crimes. Some of the crimes actually happened in real life, such as Jack the Ripper and the opium 'war'.
Some other main characters in the show are:
-Madame Red
-Grell Sutcliffe and William Spears
-Bard, Finnian, Maylin, and Tanaka (Ciel's other servants)
-Undertaker
-Lau

There are many more characters and such throughout the show, and I would tell you how it ends..but that would just ruin it.

Oh! And a few more things:
Here are some links to a few Black Butler..films, or whatever you want to call them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeC-5c4uHoU - Kuroshitsuji Musical Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDxnnsNvEME - Kuroshitsuji Musical 2 Part 1
http://www.animecrazy.net/kuroshitsuji-ii-ciel-in-wonderland-episode-1/ - "Ciel In Wonderland"

That's all for now. See you next week!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Anime!

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!
From now on, all blog posts will be about something related to anime, ranging from different shows to manga to specific characters.

So, first I'll explain what anime is.
Anime is a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality [definition from dictionary.com].
An example of anime is shown in the picture above, from the show Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler).

Anime's often have certain types of storylines and genres, and different kinds of characters. Some of my later post will go into more detail of these things, and other things that go along with anime, such as manga, video games, and cosplay.