MANI'S ANIME CORNER
welcome to mani anime corner, mani anime momence, etc etc. i dont really watch anime anymore, at most i'll just rewatch something i like! but id like to gush about the ones that shaped me!
MAGI GIRL
SHOUJO
updated 1/18/23. . .
welcome to mani anime corner, mani anime momence, etc etc. i dont really watch anime anymore, at most i'll just rewatch something i like! but id like to gush about the ones that shaped me!
updated 1/18/23. . .
WAAAHHH MY FAVORITE MAGI GIRL SERIES EVER *ESSPLODES*
okok, so like the premise is that "all kids holds an egg in their souls.. the egg of our hearts.. our would-be selves... yet.. unseen......." (and if you watch this anime you WILL repeat this quote exactly like the narrarator says it EVERY single ep, or maybe i just had adhd. but it's so fun leave me alone)
so in comes this girl named amu (girlie on your left right there) and she's regarded as 'cool and spicy' and is super popular... but really she's just anxious as hell all the time! she wants to be herself around people and make friends but cant! so one night, she wishes she could be more like her true self...
and gives birth to three eggs LMFAOOO. she still goes to school like always, then bumps into her crush, tadase, the prince of the school.. and is super rude to him because, again, she never knows how to be herself... but thankfully not only is tadase forgiving, he also realizes she has three eggs (she's #special!), and helps her realize why she has them and what they are.. by asking her to join the student council, a bunch of students who also have eggs and the little guys who come out of them!
and what are those little guys...? SHUGO FREAKIN' CHARAS, BABY!!
like first off? amu solos all of your faves fashion wise. ALL. her style is what made me get a visual kei dress for my 5th grade graduation. i bought her bag she keeps her eggs in to keep my phone in for one of my elementary school field trips. (back in the days where there was no anime merch in stores, and i bought it on ebay..) i still want big ol slouchy legwarmers TO THIS DAY!
and amu was just.. so relatable for me. i was such a shy person that people thought was ~smart and mysterious~ but no girl, i just had anxiety! a lot of neurodivergent people pretended to be nonhuman as a child to cope but girl i was a magi girl in my head, you couldnt tell me nothin'.
my favorite character is amu obviously but i also really liked kukai! something about genki boys is so cute, i truly like a peppy jock mf. idr how i felt about ikuto, but rewatching the series i dont like him much anymore LOL hes kinda annoyang.
my favorite shugo chara guardian character has to be miki! not only is she blue, my fav color at the time, she's also a bit tomboy-ish and an artist!! but my favorite transformation/outfit is ran's. no matter what, i will always default to being a silly pink girlie..
YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE YOU DONT GET IT WUHH *WAILS* OH AMUUUU OOUUGHH *CRIES AND THROWS UP* i literally did the 'atashi no kokoro: UNLOCK!' bit SOOO much and yknow what ?! im bout to pepper it back into my gestures in 2022.
the music for shugo chara was so good too.. they were all done by this girl group named 'buono!'? and like, shugo chara had three seasons: the original, shugo chara doki (continuation), and shugo chara party (meh, also had live action segments) so there were MANY OPs/EDs but they all banged.
i'll share the very first OP so i dont accidentally spoil with future OPs, but man!!
hop, step, and jumpu your ass into watching shugo chara PLEAAASEEE, i swear it's the best! there is no dub . but that's fine because i now recognize amu's seiyuu anywhere, she's fantastic!
to any miraculous fans (yes, all three of you) you could finally see what your show would be like if it was original and actually good. ANYWAY TOODLES!
wanna see a closet cosplay i did of amu in 2018?
alright, close it, stop looking !! (*ﾉ∀`*)
IT'SSS SHOOOW TIME
DOKI DOKI SASETE NE ! ITSUDEMO TOKIMEKI TAIIII NO *RATTLING THE BARS OF MY CAFE* IRON NA WATASHI MISETE AGERU DAKARA!!!!!!!!!!
OKAY. we (i) will try to be SO normal about this. ANYWAY TMM is about 5 girls who get hit with a beam that infuses their DNA with endangered animal DNA + they become magical girls to fight off some aliens that wanna colonize earth. short and sweet right? its not that complex to understand yet this anime still left its effect on me chile LMFAO
OKAY so my favorite is ichigo unsurprisingly!! i was sooo into catgirls as a kid, i wanted to have cat ears and a tail SOOOOO bad so ofc she's my fav, shes CUTE! ugh i loved their lil cafe uniforms too omfg, maybe one day ill cosplay the cafe fit because it's adorable!!!
and guess what. over time he actually figures out her 'double life' but keeps his lips shut bc he knows she doesnt want him to know. just minds his mf business. SO many eps show him just being the most gentlemanly character towards her and his laugh is so nice (writing this made me realize he had the same voice as KOMAEDA. but lets ignore that.) i didnt even get to how much i love His love for ichigo, and also for the environment. its cute.
i wont spoil what happens w him but just know he is down for ichigo till the END!!!!! PERIODTTTT!!!!
(also idgaf if it 'wasnt in the manga', GIVE AOYAMA HIS MELANIN BACK DAMN!!!!!!)
rly random bt i needed to put it somewhere, but satoshi ishinos eps were the SEXIESSTTTT eps visual wise!! if you look at how i draw myself i kinda adopt how he does eyes. my style is v 90s/early 2000s anime inspired in general tho. :]
now before i get to my fav part, showing transformations and such, i will say there is a TMM reboot! and...! i haven't really watched it. i was so excited for it but 1. the first ep crammed ike 7 eps into 1. it was genuinely overwhelming like where are we rushing to ?! GJHNBFH then 2. the transformations..... its not giving. theyre beautiful! not tokyo mew mew though. everything from the music to the animation style is extremely precure. the transformations are actually a lil naseuating to watch bc the screen shakes like theyre being shot putting their clothes on LOL. the personality is rly lost, the big animation budget doesnt make up for it for me.
like my god. not even close. mew mints (she's blue lol) whole thing is she is graceful and a mf ballerina.... AND Y'ALL COULDNT ACTUALLY ANIMATE THE BALLERINA PART ??? THE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS BEND SHE DOES TO TOUCH HER BACK? HER ARMS TO IMITATE THE WINGS COMING OUT HER BACK???? Y'ALL ARE SICKKKK!!!
ok thank you for coming to my TED talk <3 i honestly might rewatch this anime soon or try again to give the reboot a chance but i got the anime rewatchability of a fish. OK BYEEEEE
PUSSOME RESPECT ON PPGZ RIGHT MF NEEOOWWW!! actually no, you will watch this before you read on.
okay now that im normal and no longer in tears! (<- lying)
ppgz is the spinoff anime version of powerpuff girls!!!! has somewhat of the same premise, the girls are normal humans that dont know each other until theyre hit bit chemical z (it was x, until the professors dog dropped food in it LOL) light rays and turned them to superheroes!! there were also Bad light rays that hit some other people and animals (like mojo jojo) and now they have to save tokyo from criminals and these new bad super ppl. :]
my fav is actually kaoru, or POWAAAAADO BUTTAAACUPPPP‼ tomboys will always be my first choice, and also i LOVE hammers!! i luv her powered down look as well bc its so spunky and cute !! the way she kinda bothers ken (utonium's son) is rly cute as well, tho i love how they All treat him like a little brother, its rly sweet.
my second fav is peach/poochi bc i mean look at him.
powapuff zeto da wan..!!!
as someone who loved the original PPG, PPGZ is such a fun series that doesnt take itself too seriously, but obviously has a lot of love for the original series that i cant say the 2016 reboot had LOL. it plays around with the concept respectfully and does its own thing!! the style is also extremely cute and dynamic, expressions on point, just a joy to watch !!
the transformations are iconic idc. sometimes when i have a big ol belt on, i cant stop from myself from yelling one of their names and magi girl transforming!!
princess morbucks transformation is kinda silly but it was so silly it became cute. like the lil stars twirling in her eyes wahhhh
GO WATCH IT PEAASEE ITS ONLY 52 EPS FR!! very episodic and easy to follow, tho the plot pops in every now and again !! you wont regret it ok *grips you* PLEA--
