FLCL

 

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Drama

It is also a manga. I have not read it yet. Yet. 

      This anime is only 6 (SIX!!) episodes long and often incredibly confusing. When I watched the first episode, I could not even tell why things were happening, but THINGS WERE HAPPENING! and I was like, OMG. But yeah, this kid in the anime club I am in recommended watching this to me. He mentioned Gainax was the producer of FLCL and Gurren Lagaan (which was another anime I was recommended to watch, but from another boy from my old school) AND some animators that had worked at Gainax worked with Trigger to make Kill la Kill. I have seen Kill la Kill and am currently watching Gurren Lagaan so I thought, "Hey why not?" And lemme tell ya', I was NOT disappointed. FLCL has the same appealingly sketchy animations style, outrageous characters, and twisted plot as the above mentioned animes (which I really enjoyed as well) and I'm so glad to have seen this. 

     So the whole plot is about this one twelve-or-something year old boy. Two girls practically dominate his life:

his older brother's girlfriend (?)

(art by this amazing artist. Go check out some of their other works here!)

and this girl who calls herself an alien.

(art creds to here)

     So in any case, the alien girl hits the boy in the head with her guitar which allows robots to grow out of his head.

     Here's a little preview of episode one. I usually dislike English dubs with a passion, but I'll make an exception this one time. For reasons...

     Ah, one last thing before I go, the soundtrack for this anime was amazing, It felt awkward at times, but after watching it again, really tied in the whole thing. The band that did it is called the Pillows. Furthermore, this year at Anime Midwest, the Pillows' "number one cover band", the Pillowcases, will be appearing! And I'm going! (My first anime con, so excited, much cosplay planning, wow.) So, yeah, there's that too. :) 

k, bye now!

(Further credits to the internet and YouTube for pics and vid.)

Skip Beat!

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Shoujo
This is also an anime, and although I have not watched it, I think I prefer the manga. 
     Normally, I dislike the old drawing styles of manga. But my boyfriend-at-the-time recommended this to me because the story was really good. Finally I gave in, and I ended up liking it a lot. The art took some getting used to, but the story and the characters are amusing and entertaining. There are, like, a billion chapters though, so I'm still reading it.
     Anyway, this is the story of a girl on her rise to stardom in order to get back at the boy who used her to become a popular idol. In the process, she undergoes a whole personality, appearance, and basically everything change. This is a refreshing and fun story.
That's everything I have to say. bye!