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Top 10 Anime Films

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This list isn't ranked or in any particular order. It's just 10 films that I either own, watched multiple times, or have a very special place in my heart. I won't be writing about how good these films are but rather how they make me feel when I think about them. Bleach: Memories of Nobody - This is the first anime movie I saw in theaters. I watched it with a good friend of mine back when we were in middle school and we loved it. I don't think there was a full crowd but I remember a guy whistling when Rangiku appeared and a lot of people cheering when Zaraki made his entrance. I got the film on DVD and let my 8th grade Math teacher borrow it............. he forgot to give it back. I think I've seen the film once or twice since then and I still liked it. The film's soundtrack specifically "Number One(Movie Version)" and "Sen no Yoru wo Koete" bring back nostalgic feelings when I listen to them. Memories of Nobody is something I saw when ani

Day 30 - Anime you wished continued

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Classroom of the Elite CotE was introduced as a show about meritocracy. It takes place in a school where classes are ranked A to D and treated based on how well they perform. Therefore Class A will have all the money and Class D will be at the bottom. It's an interesting concept ripe for social commentary but the show isn't very smart. Or good for that matter. But is interesting though and that's the main reason I want a continuation. The show has a lot of ideas and plot twists but with a run time of 12 episodes none of the ideas go anywhere. Let's say we find out a character has secret, maybe it's their past, their family or another side of their personality; we'll get that information as a cliffhanger in one episode but we won't find out anymore in the next episode. The show is just bait and switch, presenting us with one question but instead of answering said question just raising another question. There's enough meat in the story to be satisfi

Day 29 - Anime you wished was real

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KADO: TheRight Answer KADO asks the question "What would society do if the had unlimited energy?" or rather what would society do with an unlimited resource? Would we share it? Would we fiht over it? Would we regulate it? Awe better off with it or without it? The series spends most of its run portraying real world olitics surrounding an unlimited source of energy. But truth is often stranger than and given the world's current political climate there's no doubt in my mind that a real life version of this scenario would be significantly dumber than the events of KADO. Cynicism aside though a source of unlimited energy would mark a turning point in history and I think it be worth seeing.