Cosplay

Cosplay, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants wears costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and Sci-Fi as well as other pop-culture. Favorite sources include Manga, Anime, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Video Games and Fantasy Movies. Any entity from the real or cirtual world that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject. Inanimate objects are given anthropomorphic forms and it is not unusual to see genders switched, with women playing male roles and vice versa.

Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered around role play. A broader use of the term cosplay applies it to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.

Naruto cosplay, the cosplayers was a girl, and Naruto is really was a boy!

 Taiga Aisaka from Toradora!, cute?

From "trans-gender" to cute and beautiful cosplayers, some even goes to the extreme!

Yes... the beautiful girls of SailorMoon has become nightmare!

Well.. uh.. cosplaying as a book?

There is more hilarious, beautiful, cute, scary and tragedy coplayers if you ever been to an event that involves cosplaying. Malaysia too has this kind of things, in events such as Comic Fiesta and such, don't really know because its still not that popular yet.

Well, this is just an interesting part of "Anime Fan", it can be real-life hahaha!

Fullmetal Alchemist

Have you ever wondered what would the world turn to if everyone could 'Magic'? In Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, this 'magic' are produced by 'Alchemist', a scientist that have found a way to transmute alchemy. Yes, it is a work of science! however one can not produce something without sacrificing a thing in return, this is called 'Code of Alchemist'. For example, you need an iron as base ingredient to produce weapon, yes its sound normal.. but it is produced instantly without use of other mechanism's aid!

Summary
After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy taboo carries a heavy price. Ed loses his leg, and Al loses his body. Ed is able to seal Al's soul inside of a huge suit of armor, at the cost of his arm.

Years later, Ed (now with two mechanical limbs) and Al (still trapped in the armor) leave their childhood home, each brother concerned with the other's happiness. Ed, who has a natural talent and skill for alchemy, becomes nationally certified and is soon known everywhere as the "Fullmetal Alchemist." Their true objective is to search for any information on the fabled Philosopher's Stone, hoping it will allow them to regain their old bodies. All of their hopes rest with this mythical stone, which may not even exist at all. However, the brothers soon learn that they are not the only ones after the powerful stone...

A magnificent story about a brothers that trying their best to make up for their past mistakes.. a serious mistakes. With strong genre of science, brotherhood and slice of life, Fullmetal Alchemist becomes one of the most popular anime series in the world. For me myself, i learned a lot from this anime series.. about life.

With many peoples supporting them along their ways, a lot of things happened.. usually tragic.The most tragic incident would be about Hughes, a friend of Elric Bothers who helped them a lot in their quest for philosopher's stone.

Being a lovely dad and husband, State Military Officer Maes Hughes (Hughes) are one of the best character in the series. He is dedicated to his family, even in workplace, you can say he is the best dad ever! He often mumbling about his daughter's cuteness to characters of Fullmetal Alchemist, a kind of energenic and cheerful character. However he died in the hands of one that after the Philosopher's Stone, after he found more information of it, the enemy founds out and killed him mercilessly...

killed by whom you ask? well... Homunculus!

serve as the main antagonists in Fullmetal Alchemist. They are a group of artificially created humans who seek to fulfill their leader's goals of creating a Philosopher's Stone. They can be identified by their bearing of the mark of the Ouroboros somewhere on their body, usually in places symbolic with their identities. Each Homunculus is named after one of the seven deadly sins which are Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Greed, Sloth, Wrath and Pride.

Homunculus are created when someone performs a human transmutation to revive a dead person. If they failed to revive the intended person, it will instead create a homunculus that looks almost exactly like the deceased target. These Homunculuses are led by Dante. The only way to kill a homunculus is by finding a remnant of their original body (a bone, hair, etc.) and having it near them, weakening them and making them susceptible to death.

The Homunculus characters was incredible, each of them have their own special powers that could kill Elric Bothers instantly, for example Lust have the power to extend her fingers that could pierce anything in a distance and Greed have the power to harden his body as hard as titanium, but they won't... because Elric Brothers will help them to find the Philosopher's Stone! each of the Homunculus has their own attitude, but are controlled by Dante, who is she? well, you have to watch Fullmetal Alchemist for it!

 Where to Watch? : AnimeFreak.Tv

Bleach

First aired at 2006, Bleach anime series still on going until today! having tons of fan even at the beginning of the series, Bleach able to get people's attention and gain even more fans all over the world!

Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager gifted with the ability to see spirits. His life is drastically changed by the sudden appearance of a Soul Reaper —one who governs the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife—named Rukia Kuchiki, who arrives in search of a Hollow, a dangerous lost soul. When Rukia is severely wounded defending Ichigo from the Hollow, she attempts to transfer half of her reiatsu (literally, "spiritual pressure") energy to Ichigo so that he can defeat the Hollow. However, Ichigo takes almost all of her energy, transforming into a Soul Reaper and allowing him to defeat the Hollow with ease. With her powers diminished, Rukia is left stranded in the human world until she can recover her strength. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over Rukia's role as a Soul Reaper, battling Hollows and guiding souls to the afterlife realm known as the Soul Society, but it is only for a while...

Giving Soul Reaper/Shinigami's powers to a human is a serious crime in Soul Society, so Rukia is hunted down to be sentenced to death! Ichigo tries his best to stop peoples from the Soul Society from taking Rukia back which are Abarai Renji (Liutenant of 6th Division) and Kuchiki Byakuya (Captain of 6th Division), but he failed as the original Shinigami is very much more powerful..

Ichigo's Zampakutou (Soul Reaper's weapon) being sliced by Abarai Renji, this is quite humiliating...

Captain Kuchiki Byakuya were about to end Ichigo's life, but Rukia interfered to save Ichigo!

Badly injured and helpless, Urahara Kisuke and his companion helps Ichigo by giving him special-training! but it was not easy hahaha!

Urahara Kisuke also had a Zampakutou?!

After a very short training, Ichigo breaks into Soul Society to save Rukia from the injustice death sentence!

but his way will not be easy as all 13 Division's Captains will try to stop him to keep the law in Soul Society.

Ichigo had to fight almost all Captains and Liutenants of all Divisions that protects Soul Society to save Rukia. The story itself is hard to believe as a young boy who had just turned into a Shinigami and had a very short training can overpower a Liutenant and even Captain-Ranking Shinigami! the story itself was amazing, how about watching it yourself? hahaha

Managed to save Rukia, Ichigo only had one more obstacle; Kuchiki Byakuya!

Some people would say "The battle of the Century" between Ichigo and Byakuya. Both releases their Bankai (Full-Released Zanpakutou's power) in the fight and tremors the Soul Society. Byakuya is very shocked as Ichigo could master Bankai in only few days while normal Shinigami would take hundred of years to have a Bankai.

In the fight, Ichigo realized  his latent ability which are "Hollow Power" that if used properly, can be very powerful. He used the power unconciously while fighting Byakuya, and damage Byakuya considerably to archieve victory... not really his though, it was his Hollow Power's...

Saving Rukia was not the end of Bleach anime series as the true storyline of the anime begins in that very moment...

The traitorous Captain Ichimaru Gin , Aizen Sousuke & Tousen Kaname starts their plans!

After the defect of the three traitorous captains, Ichigo and his friends make their way to Hueco Mundo to Aizen's plan to destroy Soul Society by killing its supreme rule; Shinigami itself. That is not all, Aizen kidnapped Orihime (friend of Ichigo) to manipulate her mysterious power that controls time.

Orihime forced to wear the clothes of Espada.

Hueco Mundo, where Hollows live, and creatures that Aizen created.

Do not expect that the only enemy Ichigo and friends will be facing is only Aizen and two other Captains. With the power of an item he stole back in Soul Society, he created an upgraded level of Hollows he called Espada, a dozen of it!

10 Espada that guards Aizen and Hueco Mundo.

The battle with the Espadas was terrifying because each of them was insanely strong, and of course Aizen is always stronger. The battle with 4th Espada invoke Ichigo's true power, and transforms him into real Hollow!

Can you guess where is Ichigo in this picture?

After all Espadas guarding Aizen been finished off, along with other traitorous Captains along him, Aizen was the last. Bleach anime series are about to end i believe, because Ichigo used his "Final Power" that drains all his Shinigami power making him as good as normal human after usage.

Ichigo's final form, really looks like a real Shinigami (Death Reaper).

Rated as one of the best anime series in the world, Bleach anime is very popular! it will be a big waste if you never watched it, once you do, you will surely love it! It may takes long, but taking filler-episodes (episodes that has nothing to do with the storyline) aside, it is a truly an amazing anime!

Where to Watch? : AniLinkZ

Naruto Shippuuden

 Naruto Shippuuden take place few years after the end of Naruto, every characters have grown and of course, became more powerful.

Naruto keeps searching for his best friend Sasuke, while training himself to be stronger to be able to bring him back even by force. But same goes for Sasuke, he trains very hard to be able to take revenge on his brother Itachi!

But that is not all what Naruto Shippuuden offers, the Akatsuki finally make their moves in this series. Akatsuki is a organization consist of rogue ninjas from all over the world, taking orders from the leader, a msytery man with Sharingan (Clan that have sharingan believed to be extincted). Having some lead on the organization, Naruto's teacher done a investigation on them, but...

Akatsuki organization, led by the man at behind

Jiraiya (teacher of Naruto) finally found the "Leader of Akatsuki?". He used all his power to escape, to tell others what he found out about Akatsuki! will he made it? you will have to watch! One of the best fight ever on Naruto Shippuuden, they used very high level jutsu that will excites the viewers.

So many of Akatsuki's? who are they?

Jiraiya's Sage-Mode, full power!

Naruto Shippuuden later on focused more on deefating Akatsuki members and chasing Sasuke. Naruto's Demon-Fox powers also grows, as he met more desperate hours in this second season of Naruto!

Naruto learned Sage-Mode just like how his teacher Jiraiya did.

Yes, this is Naruto in enranged-Fox mode.

Naruto Shippuuden anime still have continous episodes, so i cant really put so much preview as even i didnt watch it all yet hahaha.

Loved by everyone in the world, Naruto series truly is a legendary anime. So you will have to watch it if you truly a fan of anime!

Where to Watch? : AniLinkZ

Naruto

Created around the year of 2002, everyone should already know what is 'Naruto'. The orange-haired boy is everyone's favorite as he walks through his life on becoming Hokage, the title for Village's Chief in his Village.

Naruto closely follows the life of a boy who is feared and detested by the villagers of the hidden leaf village of Konoha. The distrust of the boy has little to do with the boy himself, but it’s what’s inside him that causes anxiety. Long before Naruto came to be, a Kyuubi (demon fox) with great fury and power waged war taking many lives. The battle ensued for a long time until a man known as the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime, the strongest ninja in Konoha, fiercely fought the Kyuubi. The fight was soon won by Yondaime as he sealed the evil demon in a human body. Thus the boy, Naruto, was born. As Naruto grows he decides to become the strongest ninja in Konoha in an effort to show everyone that he is not as they perceive him to be, but is a human being worthy of love and admiration. But the road to becoming Hokage, the title for the strongest ninja in Konoha, is a long and arduous one. It is a path filled with betrayal, pain, and loss; but with hard work, Naruto may achieve Hokage.

Being inside Team Kakashi/Team 7 helps Naruto a lot in his journey. His team-mate Sasuke (blue-shirt boy), where he thinks as his best friend, Sakura (pink-haired), whom he really likes, and their teacher Kakashi (guy that shown only 1-side of eyes) cherish Naruto's life and his way to be the strongest ninja.

However, being a ninja is not easy. In the harsh life of a ninja and its dangerous missions, Naruto managed to get some friends that he can always depends on. They are attracted to Naruto's "Way of a ninja" and accept him as their trust-able comrade.

Naruto anime series shows a strong sense of justice, determination and friendship, so it is suitable for everyone to watch! Naruto's life has been hard because peoples been hating him because the demon inside him had killed countless of peoples in the past, and he is put to blame. It got worst by Sasuke, his best friend, betraying his friends and village... to have his revenge on his brother Itachi, that have killed everyone in the  Uchiha's Clan (Sasuke's clan) and even killed his own family, but left Sasuke alone and said "you are not worth to kill". This made Sasuke really mad and try to seek greater power, by making Orochimaru his master.

The legendary apprentices of the 3rd Hokage Sarutobi (the old man), Tsunade (the girl, who became the 4th Hokage), Jiraiya (guy with spiky hair) and Orochimaru (white pale guy).

Tsunade became next Hokage of Konoha Village after the death of 3rd Hokage in the hands of Orochimaru who become evil after practicing illegal forbidden arts and wanted eternal life. Jiraiya tried his best to stop his fellow friend Orochimaru... but failed.

3rd Hokage's Final-Jutsu that required the user's life!

You can see the devil's hand, 3rd Hokage only managed to "Seal" Orochimaru's hands before he died...

Before Sasuke went to see Orochimaru for his dark-training, his friend Naruto and Sakura tried to stop him. Sakura tried to stop him by a soft way; begging and crying, which are really useless... while Naruto used force! when words have no effect anymore. I can say that this is the best battle in Naruto anime series where two main characters fought with their full-power! (current power though)

Demonic Power (Naruto) VS Devilish Power (Sasuke) clashes! Naruto looks like that because of the Demon Fox/Kyuubi inside him resonate with his will to stop Sasuke, while Sasuke changed his appearance because of the power of Cursed Mark left by Orochimaru to him. Orochimaru already told Sasuke that if he overuse his power, the Cursed Mark will take over his body, but he will gain greater power; the reason Sasuke wants Orochimaru as his master and teach him how to control the Cursed Mark!

the ending of this battle is quite tragic.. which you will have to watch to know! hahaha

The story continued with Gaara, son of the Sand Village's Chief who also had a demon inside his body, and he can control it's power well... but he have quite a temper and hates peoples. In the ending of Naruto season 1, Gaara went berserk and Naruto had to stop him! with Sasuke and Sakura unable to do anything because lack of power... Naruto is the last hope for Gaara.

The battle between Naruto and Gaara has shaked the Earth as both used their Demonic powers inside them. It made Naruto feels Gaara as his best friend because they shared same fate in life, just like Sasuke. The ending of this battle matured both Naruto and Gaara and brought Konoho Village and Sand Village pretty much closer.

however this is not the end of Naruto anime series, Naruto Shippuuden up next!

Where to watch? : asvocr.com

Death Note

What would you do if you have the power to kill anyone at any time and place in few seconds? would you use it for good or evil? Death Note is the anime series that would be your best guide.

Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...

Death Note series is focused on how Yagami Light (Light) deliver his 'Justice' to all criminals out there, while L the legendary detective tries to stop him! the battle between them is truly amusing as each of them corners each other in a very much interesting ways that we will never thought of in our lifetime.

A lot of people tried to track who Light the holder of Death Note really is, but the clever villain are very hard to be caught. Despairs to the good side because most of them falls.

The story continues until Light is cornered at some point where he even killed everyone around him to protect himself, because the detective L almost exposed his true identity. It is not only L that chasing after Light, there is a lot other people chasing him because his ways of giving 'Justice' entice some peoples to be his fan. However don't expect that the good will always win, you will be shocked on how the story's twist and turn going on.

Truly a magnificent mystery, drama, psychological, supernatural and thriller anime series that will test your way of thinking today to another level! The sense of logic in this series is very reality where there's even a real-life action Movie on Cinema before, if you watch it, it is very similar to its anime.

Where to watch? : anilinkz.com

Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion / R2

Imagine if you are gifted with a power to control people that will obey you, what will you do? Code Geass anime series shows that such power can totally change the world! by only one man.

The Empire of Britannia has invaded Japan using giant robot weapons called Knightmare Frames. Japan is now referred to as Area 11, and its people the 11's. A Britannian who was living in Japan at the time, Lelouch, vowed to his Japanese friend Suzaku that he'd destroy Britannia. Years later, Lelouch is in high school, but regularly skips out of school to go play chess and gamble on himself. One day, he stumbles on terrorists 11's who've stolen a military secret and is caught by a member of the Britannian task force sent after them, who is Suzaku. As the rest of the squad arrives, Suzaku is shot for disobeying orders, while the military secret, a young girl, gives Lelouch the power of Geass, which makes anyone obey any order. While Suzaku is secretly made the pilot of Britannia's brand new prototype Knightmare, Lancelot, Lelouch becomes the masked Zero to lead the rebellion to destroy Britannia once and for all.

The girl that responsible giving Lelouch the power of Geass to be the King/Emperor!

Another amusing anime series where the main character which are not really from Japan, offers to help their poor cowardly peoples to stand out and rebels! Lelouch, with his Geass power that can control anyone he can see eye-to-eye and his genius mind will challenge the biggest empire in the world, which are Brittania that colonized the place he currently live. However he has many motive on doing that, one of them is to get his father's approval. Lelouch is being underestimated by his father when he was a child, and he is very frustrated because of that.

Lelouch's father, the Emperor of Brittania!

Why does Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion / R2 (sequel) is worth to watch? this anime shows how does one man try to challenge Brittania that are known throughout the world with its power and technology. Sometimes we can win even without power... with good strategy and the power of Geass! Lelouch's team of rebellion started with only few member, but grown to dozen of followers when he starts to work on his genius plans and strategy to defeat Brittania Empire!

Zero (Lelouch) and his Rebel's team

However, Lelouch not only fighting with Brittania's forces... he also fighting with his own family! which are known with their fearsome fighting skills and brilliant strategist, can he defeat them? you will have to watch to know.

Some of Lelouch vi Britannia's family members

Nothing much can i say about this anime series, because there is just too much exciting and adrenaline episodes. Just watch few episodes and you will get hooked with it! Suitable for those who loves mecha/mystery/love etc.

Where to watch? : anilinkz.com