Soul Eater!
It's a great anime, and still running in Japan. Funimation announced on the last day of the year of 2008 that they would be doing a dub, but the original Japanese is definately going to be the best!
The main characters live in Death City, and go to Shibusen, a trade school dedicated to teaching people how to kill Kishin, demons who have abandoned the way of man. They're taught how to kill Kishin so that the world will be safe. THe school is run by SHinigami- the Grim Reaper himself!
There are two types of people at Shibusen- Meisters (Masters) and Weapons. Meisters are much like you and me, normal people who learn how to master weapon. Everything from guns to swords to scythes. Weapons themselves are not like us- they are, literally, weapons. Weapons can transform into they're genetically designated weapon at the snap of a finger. but obviously, they need someone to wield them or they'd just lie of the ground like a scrap of metal. Not fun.
The two main characters, Maka, a scythe meister, and Soul, a scythe weapon, are working towards the ultimate goal of Shibusen- creating a Deathscythe. When a weapon eats 99 Kishin souls and one soul of a witch, they become a deathscythe.
Death the Kid is son of the Shinigami himself, and a great character! OCD over symmetry and perfection, but tough as nails, he provides comic relief as well as key plot points and pure awesomeness!
Black Star is bitterly reminiscent of a very popular orange-wearing ninja whom EVERYONE should remember! He's a ninja assasin, master is several ninja tool weapons that his partner Tsubaki can tranform into, but he has an ego that's greater than the weight of the entire planet. No, not earth. Jupiter. They one difference between him and naruto, though: Naruto says he's all that, and he isn't. Black Star? He says he's all that- AND HE IS. He kicks all butt. He warded off the son of the shinigami WITH HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS. Black Star is great.
But of course, Soul is the best character of all. With odd red eyes and unusually sharp teeth, this sarcastic, wise-cracking weapon has me watching every episode giggling and crying. He'll make you laugh one minute, and cry the next when he does something you never saw coming to protect someone- Soul is the ultimate character. He even has hair to rival Cloud Strife's in odd dimenstionality.
ALso, on a side note- the Voice Actor for Soul is the same as the voice actor for Roxas in the japanese KH! His only two roles, this is a no-miss for ANY fan of ANY genre!
Soul eater - 11 out of ten!
Recently, I was chosen to take part in the Quake Live Beta! In case you have never heard of Quake Live, it is the multiplayer component of Quake 3 Arena in a web browser. I was a little skeptical at first, I mean, how could they take they awesomeness and epicness that was Quake 3 Arena and put it in a browser? With this on my mind, I just needed to get in this beta, and now I have.
