This episode of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood deals with Ed going to Hawkeye’s place, and getting a history lesson from her about the truth that occured in Ishambal.

I thought that the Hawkeye eye-catcher in this episode was interesting, and a bit fan servicey, in that it showed of Hawkeye’s scar and tatoo’s that she has on her back. Despite Ed getting a history lesson in this episode, IMO (in my opinion) I thought it was cool seeing Hughes again, as the series isn’t the same without him. From a plot point of view I’m a little concerned how it may or may not play out, but as this series of Full Metal Alchemist is considered a faithful adaption of the manga, I’ll remain hopeful that the series can end on a good note.

As today is Vendetta day, I thought that I put up a parody picture of V for Vendetta, involving Lelouch from Code Geass.

As I thought that the Iron Man movie was pretty good, the team up of Marvel and MadHouse to do a joint animation piece of Iron Man IMO could be seen or not as a promotion for the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie. Judgeing from the promo, I like the the character designs and is something I’ll keep on my radar. Pictures of the Iron Man anime can be seen below.

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As the character Wolverine is one of Marvel’s more famous characters, I thought that the team up of Marvel and MadHouse to do a joint animation piece would be interesting, but judgeing from the promo the character designs aren’t my cup of tea. But it’s at least something I may check out in the not so distant future or not. Pictures of the Wolverine anime can be seen below.

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Got one more exam to go before I can kiss university goodbye for the time being.

This episode of The Skull Man goes into more detail of the cast of The Skull Man while fighting the evil big boss in the Byakureikai headquarters. Overall, I thought the plot of The Skull Man was interesting, and the anime doesn’t give the viewer the answers to the plot of this series, but the viewer has to do some research into source material to get the answers to the questions that this series raises which is good and bad depending upon how an individual likes their anime. I thought that the setting of this series was interesting, as it’s set in the mid 1900’s (estimate) and note set in the future or in the current 21st century. The music I thought from the series was particular good, in that the background music and opening and closing themes sounded quite good, though is not a series that has an outstanding soundtrack and /or background music. The animation I thought was pretty good and what would l expect from Studio Bones. I thought that the character designs and the characters personalities in the series were interesting and fresh.

Overall, I thought that this series was fairly solid, though the way how the series ended was interesting, and would recommend it to anime fans looking for a series that is different from the stereotypical high school anime shows. I thought the best thing about this series that there was no annoying teenagers in this series, and the cast in this series mainly were adults.

The final episode of Vampire Knight: Guilty firstly differs from the manga source material in that the manga continues the story of Zero, Kaname and Yuki, while this episode of Vampire Knight: Guilty pretty much ends the Vampire Knight story, though the ending is a little open-ended to possibly or not make a third season of Vampire Knight or not.

I thought that the way Rido died in this episode was lackluster, as I prefer how the manga handles the battle between Rido, Zero and Yuki. I thought the ending of this episode wrapped the series as best as possible given the manga of Vampire Knight is still ongoing in Japan, and is up to about now.

Overall, I thought that this 13 episodes of Vampire Knight IMO (in my opinion) was slower placed compared to the first season of Vampire Knight which was more faithful to the manga of Vampire Knight then Vampire Knight: Guilty. From an animation point of view the series was consistent from an art point of view, and is stereotypical animation quality from Studio Deen. I thought the music of Vampire Knight: Guilty was pretty average as there was no outstanding or bad musical pieces.

Being a fan of the manga of Vampire Knight I found it hard to say goodbye to Yuki, Kaname and Zero now, but I’m hoping that once the manga of Vampire Knight finishes that Studio Deen may consider making another season of Vampire Knight to wrap up the remaining manga material. Overall, I enjoyed this season of Vampire Knight and enjoyed the love triangle between the main leads of this series.

The second last episode of the Skull Man starts off with Ootomo city celebrating Christmas Eve, with the military turning on the police. I thought that the twist from last episode of Hayato now being the Skull Man instead of Yoshio was interesting, and Yoshio dying in this episode.

I thought it was interesting to watch some characters reactions in this episode when Haniwa got screwed by the President of the Gagou Poject, as Haniwa was the fall person in this situation. Despite the darkness that occurs in this episode, I thought it was interesting that this episode featured a short flashback of Yoshio before he was a priest, and how he founded the orphanage/church that he worked at.

I thought the truth about the monsters and the Byakureikai organization in this series was an interesting twist to the story, though thought it was cool of Shinjou to take care of Kiriko and the orphans from the church during the madness in this episode. I thought the way the episode ended with the Skull Man entering the headquarters of the Byakureikai organization was an evil cliffhanger to the conclusion of the Skull Man series.

Overall, I thought that this episode was pretty as it provide more detail into the characters of the cast of the Skull Man, while adding background information to the Skull Man’s past, and goal in this series.

With the Fall 09 in full swing, I though that I post what anime shows that may or not be airing in Winter 2009/2010.

The second last episode of Vampire Knight: Guilty starts of an interesting note, with a flashback between Yuki and Kaname as children. After the episode starts off, the episode focuses on Rido Kuran and Yuki. I thought that the scythe that Yuki has as a weapon in this episode was pretty cool and thought that the way that Chairmen Cross doesn’t want history to repeat itself with Kaname, Zero, Yuki and Rido is interesting and a bit twisted.

Overall, despite this episode starting off on a slow note, the episode certainly picked up as the episode went on. As Kaname as yet to reach the location where Zero, Yuki and Rido are, hopefully things will pick up when Kaname reaches the same destination as the other main leads are currently at, to add a little spice to the scene.