Legend of the Galactic Heroes Review

My second review is going to be about an anime called The Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It is a different type of anime and an older one than most of the popular ones today but if you are looking for a high value anime this is the one for you. This anime is about a boy's rise to the top of an empire that spans throughout space. Although the anime is placed in space as well as multiple planets, it is populated only by humans with no signs of alien life anywhere throughout the episodes. Instead most of the episodes go from beginning with the main character Reinhard Von Lohengramm's rise to power, to his battles against the Free Planets Alliance to unite the whole of space under one rule, to the eradication of a terrorist group known as the Terraists, to the eventual end of his rule. The anime is filled with emotion, character development and a look into humanity and the power people have in themselves and what they get from others. If you like space battles, tactical thinking, character depth, and anime of the highest quality this is what you are looking for. All I will say is if you find yourself loving a character give up now, they will all die eventually just like in Game of Thrones.

One Piece Review

I figured I would start with a rather common and widely known anime for my first review, so I chose to do One Piece. One Piece is an anime about the age of pirates coming into play in the world they live in all looking for the greatest pirates treasure, which is named, you guessed it, One Piece. The pirate's final words were that all his treasure was together at the end of the most dangerous sea known as The Grand Line. The story follows our protagonist Monkey D. Luffy through his beginning adventures of finding a crew before setting off for the Grand Line. As a child Monkey D. Luffy ate a cursed fruit from the sea known as a Devil Fruit which turned him into a rubber man giving him powers to fight against others. While he isn't the brightest captain a crew has ever seen he creativity and loyalty grants him some of the greatest crew members he could have hoped for and together they make their way traveling through the Grand Line occasionally getting sidetracked and gaining more crew members but always continuing towards their goal.

One main reason I picked this anime over other common ones such as Naruto and Bleach is because although it's storyline and style is like theirs, One Piece tends to always follow towards its final goal, whereas Bleach and Naruto tend to fall off towards other things in the middle of the show. One Piece is a very funny and entertaining anime to watch if you are looking for one that still continues to put out episodes and have extra time to sit down and watch a couple of episodes a day. It is interesting seeing all the creative ways that Luffy and his crew come up with to fight off enemies or get past certain points in their journey. Although it can drag on some battles and make it seem a little Dragonball Zish it is still a worthwhile anime to watch and you will not be disappointed with the epic battles and the downtime between the traveling.