Fate Zero! Awesome Anime Prequal to Fate Stay Night.

I somehow managed to talk Cheryl into watching Fate Zero.  An action anime about the quest for the holy grail.  This particular anime happens before Fate Stay Night.  This one is a little darker...( Ok, a LOT DARKER!)  There are psychotics,  Assassins, murderers ( I know,  redundant...but slightly different) and lots more blood!   Not for the "made for TV crowd.  
To boil it all down:  Every generation, Mages from several families fight a war to gather the Holy Grail.   The Grail grants one wish to the winner then disappears.  The grain chooses who will fight from each family and who the winner will be.   Pretty easy so far to follow, right?   Now things get confusing a bit...
 The chosen mages choose a 'servant' to fight for them in the upcoming war.    However,  these are not mere servants,  they are HEROS from the past with magical powers.  Each hero differs in their ability and are so named..  i.e. Archer,  Saber, Lancer,  Rider....Etc.  If a servant dies,  the master is out. Unless he can get another servant.  If a master dies, the servant will seek out  new master and keep fighting.    Now the stage is set...I hope you will want to watch it.

The fight scenes are pretty cool along with the animation....not to mention Fate Stay Night happens right after this war.   Cheryl and I are still in the middle of it,  so I'm excited to see how it all pans out.   I may even have to re-watch Fate Stay Night to  remember how things went down with the background filled in finally.  Watch Fate Zero now on Crunchyroll!

My Little Monster..Anime review.

We just finished My Little Monster...A cute little anime for those girls who fall for the "Bad  Boy" in high school.

 Honestly, I'm not sure how the average teenage girl thinks when choosing a boyfriend,  but apparently this anime gives us a glimpse into the female mind and tells us that, apparently, they don't know how this happens either.
   I have heard that you can't control who you fall in love with.   This might be true in more ways than one.

 That is to say:  You can't control someone you love,  nor can you control yourself when it comes to those mythical biological attractions that cause love to blossom.  Anyway,  If I was this girl, I would have Dumped Haru the first time he "accidentally" smacked me while trying to "defend" me. (Which happens several times!) Or the time he dumped his beverage on me for offering him some help.  But, perhaps it is me with my "adult" brain doing the thinking.  I'm sure when I was enduring those "teenage" years,  I was just as dumb in my decision making skills. ( And I'm not an adolescent female!)  As we say at ACT, "  Developing skill"  Also known as a score of "3" .

  So enjoy My Little Monster.  It's not your typical high school comedy/romance anime.  In fact, that is one of the reasons I liked it.  There is no "missed opportunity  to confess your love"  that happens so many times in anime.  In fact,  they confess to each other a LOT!  But there is always that doubt that one has when they are first getting to know each other.   So give it a try!  You can find it on Crunchyroll. If you are a premium member, you can watch it without those annoying commercials.