Hello, I’m a professional Otaku and I’m here to guide you through the world of Anime. But be warned, the world of Anime can be a dark, dangerous place just as it can be wonderful. Hopefully, you’re reading this to learn about some good shows to watch if you’re new to Anime. If not, you can still witness the culture that is contained within this article. Let’s get to it.

First, we have Death Note. I’ll warn you, not all content on here may be suitable for some watchers. Death Note contains death as the title implies. Basically, the show is about a high school student, Light Yagami, who comes across a note book. The notebook contains pages that explain whoever’s name is written, they will die of a heart attack within 40 seconds prior to writing the name. Light Yagami, also known as Kira, starts killing people who he thinks deserve to die. These people aren’t the ones you’d think. At first, he only kills criminals or former criminals then, things get out of hand. As other nations start repenting to Kira, authoritative figures realize that something needs done. They call in the all famous investigator, L.

L is a crime investigator who has the desire to take down Kira and bring justice. Can Light really be defeated? What is the death note really capable of? If both believe what they are doing is right, who will prevail? Who has a stronger sense of justice? One can only figure this out by watching the show. Or by looking it up on the internet but that isn’t a good choice here. I don’t recommend doing so.

Coming up next next we have Sword Art Online. Protagonist Kazuto Kirigaya, more commonly known as Kirito is one of the first beta testers out of 100. SAO is a show about these virtual reality game players who have no escape out of the SAO platform. Upon the opening of the game Sword Art Online, people are told by the creator that they cannot leave. If they die in the game, they die in real life. If someone takes off their virtual reality headset in real life they die there too. The only way to escape is to win the game. In order to win, you must complete all 100 floors where you either have to battle other players or monsters. So, the question of the day is...do they win? And if they do, what will they have missed in the real world. If they stay, how will they survive? Will they ever be able to keep a real life here?

Okay, imagine. You’re at school minding your own business and suddenly you run into your classmate. Are you imagining? Alright, now picture that one of your classmates are asking to come home as her fiance. That’s just a little crazy, is it not? That’s what Kenji thought, and yet he went along with it anyways. Kenji Koiso is a mathematical genius. He’s entrusted to be a part time helper with keeping an entire virtual reality world together. Keep in mind that this is used nationally. This keeps the world together from power to phone calls. So, when Kenji is brought to his classmates home to celebrate her grandma's 90th birthday, things go wrong. The server is hacked and the world is in chaos. This story is great for showing how a family comes together in a time of crisis. But how do you work together with a family you don’t even know?

 

Seid ihr das essen? Nein, wir sind der Jager!

Translates to: Are you the food? No, we are the hunter.

If you are up to date with pop culture, you’ve probably seen or heard this at one time or another. This is the first two lines of the hit anime, Attack on Titan. Attack on Titan is about an army of these monsters called titans. The titans seem harmless until you see their massive size. And once you get used to that, they seem harmless again. Kinda like a giant totoro. Oh look, there’s the village in the wall Maria. If you look above, it’s not hard to see. There’s a titan peering over. Look at that, he broke down the wall. Now there are titans roaming the streets eating people. And you thought they were harmless. Well you thought wrong. Main protagonist, Eren Jaeger is the one thought to be the savior of humanity. He is a living weapon that can be used to defeat the titans. How though? How is it that a child can wipe out an army of monsters? And can the rest of his team trust him. LIkewise,  can they be trusted?

Well, it’s been real, it’s been fun, it hasn’t been real fun. I’m joking, I’m joking. Chill out and go watch one of these shows already. Don’t pretend that these were mundane because both you and I know that these shows sound better than what you’d find on television. Watch them and you won’t regret it. I know now that I regret my life choices as a writer.