Gundam Seed Destiny

Gundam Seed Destiny starts a couple years after the first season ends. Please don't read if you have not seen the first season yet! As the first season ends with a truce between the earth and the plants, Destiny starts with Athrun as a bodyguard for Cagalli.  While on guard as she visits one of the plants, it is attacked by a group making an attempt to once again steal suits. Athrun is drawn back into mobile suit combat in order for him to try to bring an end to conflict. Kira is then also drawn back into the Freedom in order to protect Lacus when an unknown group of professional assassins tries to eliminate her. The Arch Angel and the Freedom set out to find the truth, engaging in fights with both the Earth Forces and ZAFT. A new disgruntled ZAFT fighter named Shinn Becomes deluded by the PLANT chairman Gilbert Durandel into thinking that the only way to end war is to eliminate those that pose a threat to his Destiny plan. A plan that would have everybody's DNA examined to determine their place in society. This is a very good sequel, as sequels are considered. By itself it would have been a decent series, but as a sequel to the original SEED its is great. It has even better animation and is only lacking in the fact that it tries too much to bring too many characters into development. Without the existing character development from the first season it would have been greatly lacking. However, first season considered, it only adds to the existing character development. I would recommend this only to those who have seen the first season. But I do GREATLY recommend it to those people! Enjoy

Gundam Seed

I will keep this fairly short because I could probably right a full story just describing a Gundam series. Gundam Seed is the story of coordinators and naturals. Coordinators are those that before birth had their genes altered in one way or another. Naturals, as you've probably guessed, have not had their genes altered. Hence the term 'naturals' is used. The main character in this particular gundam series is Kira Yamato, a coordinator. The ultimate coordinator! One day Kira is simply going to school on one of the plants(space colonies) when it is attacked by ZAFT, the coordinators military service. They attempt to steal a series of mobile suits, the Gundams, developed by the Earth forces. In the heat of everything Kira ends up piloting one of the prototype suits and re-writes it's operating system in a matter of seconds in order to save his friends lives. The story continues as Kira decides to continue fighting to protect those he cares for. Athrun Zala is introduced as a ZAFT soldier and childhood friend of Kira. They end up fighting each other in an attempt to make each other realize their point of views. Later on it is discovered that Kira is the result of experimentation to create an ultimate coordinator, however, Kira wants nothing to do with it. This is so far my favorite Gundam series. I do like quite a few others and Gundam Wing and Gundam 00 probably tie for second. This series has a full second season called Gundam Seed Destiny that is also quite good and I will soon write a review for it as well. The character development is almost always amazing in a Gundam series, and as always it has many complexities about it. That is one reason I enjoy them. The animation is also very good and I would recommend this to anybody who has ever liked a Gundam series or any other mech genre! Enjoy!!

Naruto

Naruto is the story of a young ninja from the village hidden in the leaves, Konoha. Naruto Uzumaki is a child who has one of the 9 great tailed beasts sealed within him. As a baby the fourth Hokage sealed the nine tailed demon fox, the Kyuubi, within him in order to save the village from destruction. The story starts with Naruto being a mischievous boy causing trouble in order to gain some attention. However all the grown ninja have told their children to stay away from Naruto in fear of the demon fox that is sealed within, actually thinking that he is in fact the fox itself. Naruto's gift is his determination to follow his will. He befriends anyone who he comes in contact with. He is placed in Hatake Kakashi's team 7, along with Sasuke and Sakura. They go on missions and undergo training to become great ninja. Along the way Sasuke deals with his past and hatred for his brother and Naruto deals with controlling the fox within. They have a brotherly relationship: Naruto always trying to best Sasuke because of his natural talent as a ninja. They act like they don't like each other but in fact feed off each other in order to gain strength and confidence. Until one day when  Sasuke leaves and turns his back on the village in order to gain even more strength in the need to fulfill his vengeance for his clan. Naruto makes an oath to bring him back, never giving in to peoples attempt to get him to give up on his friend that he joins one of the 3 legendary sannin. He travels for three years training and learning how to control his abilities. The story continues as Naruto Shippuuden in this way as Naruto has adventures and continues his training and battles to obtain his dream of becoming the Hokage and returning his friend to his life. All the while fighting off the Akatsuki( a group with the goal of controlling all tailed beasts.) I would definitely recommend this anime to anybody. It is a long running anime and not for those who lose interest quickly. There are some very annoying parts and pointless filler episodes but the ultimate storyline is worth putting up with these.

Claymore

The silver eyed witches with yomi powers. Claymore is the name given to those who have been purposely infused with a yomi. Yomi are demons with a hunger for humans. This story is about a claymore by the name of Claire and a human boy named Rocky. Claire is a little different from the rest of the claymore, she is only 1/4^th yomi. She was infused with the flesh of another claymore by the name of Teresa. Teresa was the former number one, but Claire is ranked number 47. The claymore are ranked by their abilities and are numbered 1-47. It becomes unclear later on that Claire does not necessarily deserve the worst ranking however. She is given it because she does not fight in the standard manner; instead of using primarily her eyes, she senses the yomi power of the other fighter. She is very adept at this because it was Teresa’s specialty. The problem is that she has trouble transitioning from defensive maneuvers while sensing to attacking. The biggest fear the claymores face is not the yomi they fight, but the risk of awakening. When a claymore uses too much of the yomi power they start to transform into yomi themselves. It is a difficulty for them because the power is so seductive and as a description I would use orgasmic. Each claymore is able to handle a different amount of power and once that threshold has been passed they become an awakened being. Awakened beings are severely more powerful than regular yomi and have the same hunger for flesh. A certain number of claymore realize that they might have already passed that threshold but pulled themselves back, including Claire. They learn that they can control the awakening and become even more powerful without losing control. I find the boy Rocky very annoying in this series, however I do greatly enjoy watching it. The ending was changed quite drastically from the manga making it nearly impossible for a second season, which was disappointing. But I think they handled it quite well, sort of… The animation is very decent, but aside from the main characters, the character development is almost non-existent. All in all, it was a good one to keep me entertained. If you’re trying to find something to keep you busy for a while, or like quick anime series, check it out. I prefer the manga with this one though, it could have been better and lasted at least another season. 

Chrome Shelled Regios

In a desolate world there are mobile domed cities called Regios that battle each other in contests for control of the devices required to operate the cities. The cities exist because the atmosphere is polluted to the extent that it is unlivable. There are also creature called Filth monsters or contaminoids that live in the polluted world and are drawn to the cities. Among one of the cities exists an elite group of fighters known as the Heaven’s Blades. Among them was once a young boy by the name of Layfon Alseif.  A very powerful young man who decides to go to a different city to study, after having been banished from the Heaven’s Blades. On the day of entrance he save another student from being injured and gains the attention of the student president. The student president is in control of the city and put Layfon into the military arts program and grants him a full scholarship, against Layfon’s wishes that is. Layfon doesn’t want to fight anymore so he makes an attempt to hide his true abilities from his platoon. Although it doesn’t last for long because there becomes a need for his strength and he must defend his friends and city. The fighters  use an internal power known as kei to enable weapons known as DITE. They transfer their kei energy into the DITE to use them as a weapon. The only problem is that Layfon’s kei is so powerful that normal DITE cannot handle it. He destroys DITE very quickly when he releases his kei into them. The DITE mechanic  for his platoon creates special DITE for him to use, but the only weapon that can handle his kei so far has been the heaven’s blade that was once his. I loved this anime, and wished it had further seasons. The animation, character development, and all around storyline are incredible. If you are a fan of fighting, magic, post-apocalyptic, or any similar genre, I would definitely  recommend this series.  Enjoy!!