My favorite anime -Love Live-

My favorite anime is Love Live. This anime's first season was broadcast for two month from January, 2013. The second season was broadcast for two month from April, 2014.

This story is about idols.

The heroine is Honoka Kousaka. She is a student Otonokizaka high school. It is a girl's high school. She is a eleventh grader.

One day, she knows that her school will close. She is very surprised. So she decides to be come a school idol because she wants to stop it. She thinks that if she will be famous, the project stop.

After that, she forms a group of school idols. The group's name is μ's. The group member's are three. It is Honoka, Kotori Minami and Umi Sonoda. Of course, leader is Honoka. Kotori and Umi are eleventh grader too. They are Honoka's childhood friends.
Kotori is a daughter of their school's cheif director. She is a kind person. She is good at make clothes and draw a picture.
Umi belongs to kyudo club. She has confidence in her stamina. She is very shy. At first, she got angry because she thank that Honoka takes this thing easy. But she knows that Honoka thinks seriously. So she decides to join in it.

They try to make a new club, but the student council president opposes to it. Her name is Eri Ayase. She has a negative opinion. But the vice student council president does not think it. Her name is Nozomi Toujou. She is Eri's friend.

But they do not give up. They decide to hold a first live at auditorium.
Honoka asks a girl who is good at play the piano to compose their song. The girl's name is Maki Nishikino. Maki is a tenth grader. She met Honoka when she sang to her own piano accompaniment before. At first, she refuses the offer, but she composes a song. Because she was tempted by Honoka.
Kotori makes their stage costumes and advertising flyers. They hand out it to students. Hanayo Koizumi, Rin Hoshizora and Niko Yazawa take an interest in μ's. Umi writes the lyrics to the song composed by Maki. They practice singing and dancing hard for the live.

That day is coming. Their live is stating, but nobody is here. They nearly become discouraged, but Hanayo and Rin appear that time. They revise their opinion. They show their dance and song named "START:DASH!!" I like this song. Maki, Eri, Nozomi and Niko look at their performance behind the secretly.
After that, they join in μ's!

It continues to part 2.

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My favorite novelist

My favorite novelist is Nishio Ishin. Nishio Ishin is a man. He is a favorite novelist. He write many books.

I encountered his book when I was a high school student. My friend likes his book. So I was recommended that I read his book by her.

At first, I read books of a series named Katana Gatari.
This book's main characters are two. It is Shichika Yasuri and Togame. Shichika Yasuri is a man. He lives in an island with his elder sister named Nanami. One day, a woman visits the island because she wants to meet them. The woman is Togame. Togame is a person who serves shougnate. Togame asks Shichika to help with her project. The project is that they collect twelve katanas all over Japan.
The katanas was made by Kiki Shikizaki. He is a legendary swordsmith. He made one thousand katanas while he was alive. There is a rumor that his katana has ability to control the world. His katana has wonderful ability.
This book is easy to read. His book's content is complex. It is famous too.

Next, I read books of a series named Zaregoto Series. This series is his first work. It is difficult for me to introduce about it. So please read it once. This story is very complex too.

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Movie Review 6 Baymax

I will try to introduce a movie. It is called Baymax. The movie was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. I watched it recently so I want to write about it.

The hero is a boy. His name is Hiro Hamada. He is 14 years old and a genius of robot engineering, but he is living a self-indulgent life. He had graduated from high school because he skipped a grade. he has no interest in university. He is absorbed in the robot fight, but robot fights are illegal. He uses his ability for a robot fight. He has an elder brother. The brother's name is Tadashi Hamada. He goes to university. He is the only person who understands Hiro.
They live in San Fransokyo with their aunt named Cass. Their parents had already died when Hiro was three years old.

One day, Hiro goes to Tadashi's university and meets his friends and a professor. The professor's name is Robert Callaghan. He is a leading figure in robot engineering. Hiro wants to study with him.
He must to make an original presantation because he wants to be recognized from the professor. So Hiro invites microbots!
Microbots are very small. Their size like the size of finger-tips. But the characteristic of microbots is that they gather together and form an aggregate with each other. The operator can control them when the operator is wearing a nerve trasmitter on head so microbots form the shape of the operator's own way. It is a revolutionary invention. Hiro is admitted to the school.
But, just after that, a fire breaks out in the hall. Hiro lost Tadashi, Professor Callaghan and microbots at that time. Hiro closes his heart to others.

One day, he finds a microbot and meets Baymax. Baymax is a robot made by Tadashi. Baymax has a mission of cure injured persons and heal psychological wounds. Baymax tries to heal Hiro's pain.

After that, they find a warehouse. They know that a large number of microbots are made there. So Hiro infers that someone caused the fire because someone wanted to steal his microbots. He decides to find out the truth of the case with Tadashi's friends and Baymax. They confront evil with the power of chemistry.

It is a very exciting and heartwarming story. I want to meet Baymax.

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My favorite anime -Uta no Prince-sama-

My favorite anime is Uta no Prince-sama. The original of this anime is a game. This first season was broadcast for two month from July, 2011. The second season was broadcast for three month from April, 2013. The third season was broadcast for three month from April, 2015.

This story is about idols and songs. Many characters appears in it.
The heroin is Haruka Nanami. Haruka is a composer. She belongs to Shining entertainment production agency. She offers her music to two idol's groups. They belong to Shining entertainment production agency too. It is ST☆RISH and QUARTET NIGHT.

ST☆RISH's members are seven. It is Otoya, Tokiya, Masato, Ren, Natsuki, Sho and Cecil.
Otoya Ittoki is cheerful. He likes to sing a song. He is good at play a guitar. His image color is red.
Tokiya Ichinose is cool and a hard worker. He is good at sing a song. His image color is purple. Otoya is his roommate and his rival.
Masato Hijirikawa is a very honest chracter. He can play the piano. His image color is blue.
Ren Jinguji lives freely. He is a friendly feminist. He can play saxophone. His image color is orage. Masato is his roommate and his rival.
Natsuki Shinomiya is a mild personality. He is very gifted in music. He can play a viola. His image color is yellow.
Sho Kurusu is a person of confidence and very manly. He usually wears his hat. He is good at play a violine. His image color is pink. Natsuki is his childhood friend. Natsuki is his roommate and his rival too.
Cecil Aijima is a prince of Agnapolis. Agnapolis is the music capital. He can play a flute. His image color is yellow green.
Otoya, Masato and Natsuki are Haruka's classmate when they were high school students.

QUARTET NIGHT's member is four. It is Reiji, Ranmaru, Ai and Camus. They are seniors of ST☆RISH.
Reiji Kotobuki is a leader of them. He is a graduate of the same school. He is good at shake the maracas. His image color is green. He lives with Otoya and Tokiya.
Ranmaru Kurosaki was a bandman before, but he is an idol now. He is good at play bass. His image color is wine red. He lives with Masato and Ren.
Ai Mikaze is an android. He has the mysterious composure. He can handle synthesizer. His image color is lavender. He lives with Natsuki and Syo.
Camus is a count. He is from Permafrost. He is  good at play cello. His image color is light blue. He lives with Cecil.
They teach their junior each in the same room.

It continues to part 2.

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My favorite novel -Durarara!-

My favorite novel is Durarara! It is written by Ryougo Narita. This anime was broadcast for five month from January, 2010.

The set of this novel is Ikebukuro in Tokyo. This story is about high school students, the occult and color gangs.
The heroine is Celty Sturluson. My favorite character is her too. She is not a human. Celty is a Dullahan. Dullahan is a kind of fairy from Ireland. Dulllahan is a fairy without the neck. She does not have her head too. She can not speak, but she usually talks with PDA. She is a carrier. She is wearing to a black rider suit and a helmet of cat's ear. It is cute!

Main characters are three. It is Mikado Ryugamine, Masaomi Kida and Anri Sonohara. They are students of Raira high school in Ikebukuro.

Mikado Ryugamine came to Ikebukuro because he wanted to go to Raira high school with his friend. He has an introverted personality, but he longs for the extraordinary things. He is a member of the Dollars's originator. Dollars is color gang. Mikado hides it from his friends.
Masaomi Kida is Mikado's friend. He is a frivolous man and cheerful in nature. But he was a leader of a color gang when he was a junior high school student. He hides it from his friends too.
Anri Sonohara is Mikado's classmate. She meets them in their school life. Her character is gentle. She retains a deamon sword named Saika in her body. She hides it from her friends too.

The characters surrounded by them are many. I try to write about three men.
The first man is Shinra Kishitani. I like him too. He is a back-alley doctor. He lives in Ikebukuro with Celty. He loves her.
The second man is Shizuo Heiwajima. He is the strongest man in Ikebukuro. He has a quick temper. So no one can stop him when he gets be angry. He has an unusual power. He can pull out road traffic signs and guardrails. Shinra is his chilhood friend. Celty is his best friend.
The third man is Izaya Orihara. He is an informant. He often acts secretly in the shade of the case. He has younger sisters. They are twins. Shizuo and Izaya are on very bad terms. Shinra is his only friend.
They were graduates of Raira high school.

The story of this novel is complex, but I think that it is intersting. Please read and watch it once!

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My favorite comic -Blue Exorcist-

My favorite comic is Blue Exorcist. It is written by Kazue Kato. It is a dark fantasy comic. This anime was broadcast for six month from April, 2011.

Two heroes appears in this story. It is Rin Okumura and Yukio Okumura. They are twins. They were brought up by a priest. The priest's name is Shirou Fujimoto. They live in a monastery.

This world is divided in two. It is a world called Ussher and a world called Gehenna. Ussher is a world which humans live in. Gehenna is a world which devils and demons live in. Devils possesses material in Ussher and interferes in human's life.

One day, Shirou is possessed by a king of Gehenna. His name is Satan. Rin knows that his brothers are sons of Satan that time. Satan wants to take him to Gehenna, but Shirou protects him at the risk of his life. He lost his life.

After that, Mephisto Pheles appears in front of the Okumura brothers. Mephisro Pheles is an exorcist and Shirou's friend. Shirou is an exorcist too. So Rin decides to become an exorcist because he wants to avenge Shirou's death.

Rin is an elder brother. He inherts an ability from Satan. Satan's ability is blue fire. The blue fire can be disappeared material and devils. His ability is sealed in a sword named Kurikara. Rin received it by Shirou before.

Yukio is an younger brother. He is already an exorcist. He does not have the Satan's ability. So he is not a devil.

My favorite character is Kuro. Kuro is a devil of cat. Shirou summoned him. At first, he can not take the case of Shirou. He went out of control, but Rin shares the feelings with him. Rin can talk with him, because Rin is a devil. Kuro is very cute!

Please read it once!

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BR 2-08 The Man in the Iron Mask

"The sun visits me every day. It comes through my small window. At night, I look at the stars. Am I free, Bishop?" (p.8)

This book is a part of the D'Artagnan story. It is a trilogy. It is The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne.
The Man in the Iron Mask is a part of The Vicomte of Bragelonne. It is a part three.

The hero is named Raoul. He is a son of Athos. Charcters which appeared in The Three Musketeers had grown.

This story is about the man wearing an iron mask. He is not a fictional person, but he covered his face with a veil. So nobody know his face. He was imprisoned the Bastille prison.

Escott, John. Dumas, Alexandre. (2002). The Man in the Iron Mask. Oxford: Macmillan Guided Readers.

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BR 2-07 Northanger Abbey

"Will you be my partner for the next dance, Miss Morland?" he asked. (p.12)

This story is about the love of boys and girls. The heroin is a girl who is 17 years old. Her name is Catherine Morland.
One day, she takes part in a party which is held in Bath and meets many people. She meets a man. The man is named Henry Tilney. Catherine falls in love with him. Henry has an elder brother and a younger sister. It is Frederick Tilney and Eleanor Tilney.
Catherine meets a girl too. Her name is Isabella Thorpe. She makes a friend with Isabella. She has a elder brother. It is John Thorpe. He makes approaches to Catherine after.

After that, Catherine goes to Northanger Abbey because she accept an invitation of Henry and Elenanor. She stays at their house and finds a mystery of their family. What is the family's mystery...?

Bell, Florence. Austen, Jane. Pendle, Alexy. (2002). Northanger Abbey. Oxford: Macmillan Readers.

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BR 2-06 Billy Budd

"You are young and strong, Billy," he said. "I'll take you. I don't want any of the others." (p.15)

This book was written by Melville Herman. He is an American novelist. I read it for the first time.

This story is about a seaman. His name is Billy Budd. He is kind and honest. He is a person of extraordinary beauty too. He wants to serve in the military.
Finally, he was executed because he was completely taken in by other seamen.

I could know the state of seamen in English battleship. It is interesting to me.

Tarner, Margaret. Herman, Melville. Large, Annabel. (2005). Billy Budd. Oxford: Macmillan Readers.

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Movie Review 5 Toy Story

Toy Story was showed 1995. It is my birth year too.

This story is about toys. A hero is a cowboy doll. His name is Woody. A boy named Andy has him. Andy likes him the most of his toys. Their leader is Woody.

One day, Woody has a fear. Today is Andy's birthday. His toys that he will get a new toy. Woody thinks that the new toy may become his favorite too. His foresight proved right. Andy gets a new toy named Buzz Lightyear. Buzz is a popular toy. Andy and his toys likes him very much, but Woody does not like him. So Woody tries to play a prank on Buzz, but he accidentally pushes Buzz off the window.

After that, Andy goes out with Woody. Woody is divided from Andy because he wants to look for Buzz. Woody could find him, but he was left behind. Woody and Buzz strive to return to Andy, but they are caught by Sid Phillips. Sid is Andy's neighbor. He is famous because he handles his toys cruelly. Woody asks his friends for help from the window of Sid's room, but they refuses it. So he punishes Sid with Buzz and Sid's toys.

Do you know Toy Story MANIA? It is an attraction in Tokyo Disney Sea. This attraction is a shooting game. The passengers can feel like seeming to have been a toy at all because something in the distance to the start spot is big. Please go and ride it once.

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Movie Review 4 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

This movie is popular and famous. I had watched it, but I did not remember the movie's story.

The hero is Indiana Jones. He is an archaeologist and an adventure.
In 1935, Indiana is in Shinghai because he wants to trade with gang. But the trade goes wrong. He escapes with a woman and a boy.
The woman's name is Willie Scott. She is a singer of a nightclub. She works in Shanghai. She get caught up in the trade.
The boy's name is Short Round. He was a war orphan. He was picked up by Indiana before, so he is an Indiana's partner now.

After that, they reach Indiana and met an old man. They are guided to a village where he lives in. A well is dried up in the village. There were no children too. A group from an evil religion stole the children and a sacred stone. Indiana is asked that he saves the children. Indiana decided to go to Pankot Palace.

People who live in Pankot Palace are believers in Thuggee. The priest of Thuggee is Mola Ram. He sacrifices a heart of God. The God is Kali. Indiana finds three sacred stones named Sankara stones from the altar. Indiana finds the children too. Children were made to work in the mine. There are five stones in total. So Mola Ram wants two remaining stones.

I like the scene where they run away by truck. It is a very impressive scene.

Do you know that there is an attraction of Indiana Jones in Tokyo Disney Sea? It is Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull. The passengers can experience Indiana's adventure. It is an adventure in search of a spring of the youth. The passengers can meet Indiana Jones too! You should go there if you like this movie. You may have a splendid experience if you go there.

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My favorite anime -World Trigger- part2

I wrote about World Trigger before. Please read it.

My favorite character is Yuma Kuga and Replica.
Yuma is Neighbors. The ability for his battle is extremely high because he was trained by his father, Yugo. They were hired soldier when they traveled in Neighborhood.
Replica is a robot. He was made by Yugo. He is a supervisor of Yuma. He has many knowledge. He helps Yuma. He was modeled on an author's rice cooker.

There are persons having mysterious ability by nature in Trigger user. The ability is named Side Effects. Yuma has it too. He can see through lie. "You tell a trivial lie, aren't you?" is his favorite phrase.
I like this establishment. Chika Amatori and Yuichi Jin have it too. Chika can sense the danger when Neighbors aim to her. Jin has precognitive ability.

Osamu forms a team with Yuma and Chika. The team's name is the second Tamakoma because they belong to the Tamakoma branch. Team's leader is Osamu.
Yuma's position is attacker. He is good at combat at close quarters.
Osamu's position is shooter. His physical power and his Trion is law. He is a commander of team.
Chika's position is sniper. Her attack is very strong because she has many Trion. Her character is kind, so she does not shoot at person.
They aim to become A grade.

Please watch it once!

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My favorite anime -World Trigger-

My favorite anime is World Trigger. The original of this anime is comic. It is written by Daisuke Ashihara. It is an action comic.

The set of this anime is Mikado city in Japan. This place is fictitious. Mikado city was attacked by extraterrestrial life four years ago. They are called Neighbors. They came from different world. They come over to the earth through a hole named Gate. Certain people appeared to save citizens there that time. They belonged to organization named Border. Border is an organization to fight against Neighbors.

Two heroes appears in this story.
The first hero is Osamu Mikumo. He is fifteen years old and a junior high school student. He belongs to Border, but he is a trainee at that time.
Osamu meets a mysterious boy. The boy is the second hero. His name is Yuma Kuga. He has white hair. He is not a human. He is Neighbors. He visits the earth because he obeyed a will of his father named Yugo Kuga. Yuma wants to meet Yugo's friend. Yugo said that the friend named Souichi Mogami belongs to Border.

One day, a transfer student comes in Osamu's class. It is Yuma. After, they make friends through a case about Neighbors. Osamu knew that Yuma is Neighbors that time.

After that, Yuma meets a girl and a man. The girl is Chika Amatori. She is Osamu's childhood friend. The man is Yuichi Jin. He is called Jin. He is a S grade combatant at that time.

Border's combatants were divided into four groups. It is S grade, A grade, B grade and C grade. C grade is trainee.
Border's combatants use Trigger. Trigger is the only weapon to fight Neighbors. Two Triggers appears in this story. It is normal Trigger and Black Trigger.
Trigger is formed Trion. Trion is vital energy. Human have a Trion organ, but it can not see. Trion organ secretes Trion. There are individual difference.
But Black Trigger is different. A great user of Trigger can make Black Trigger. It is made with all Trion of a user and the user's life. Black Trigger's performance is highly than normal Trigger. A combatant who use Black Trigger is S grade.

There are three factions in Border. Border's members belong to which factions. It is the Kido faction, the Shinoda faction and the Tamakoma branch.
Kido is commander. He is a member of a foundation group of Border. He hates Neighbors. The Kido faction aim to be completely destroyed. It attach importance to expedition to Neighborhood. Neighborhood is the place that Neighbors lives. Kido is Yugo's friend.
Shinoda is a manager of main office. He does not feel any will toward Neighbors. The Shinoda faction attach importance to depend Mikado city against enemies.
The Tamakoma branch's members are few. The manager of the branch is Takumi Rindou. Jin belongs to the branch too. They are friendly for Neighbors without their hostility.

Yuma's Trigger is Black Trigger. It was made by his father, Yugo. So Yuma is aimed by teams of the Kido faction. Kido decides to rob Yuma of his Black Trigger. Jin recommend that Yuma joins Border and belongs to the Tamakoma branch because Jin wants to protect him.

At first, Yuma refuses to join, but he decides to join Border with Chika. Chika decide to join because she wants to rescue her elder brother. Her brother was swept away by Neighbors. Yuma decides to help her with Osamu.

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Musical Touken Ranbu

I watched Live Viewing of the musical named Touken Ranbu with my sister at last month.

The original of this musical is browser game. I wrote about it before.

Appeared Touken Danshi is 6. It is Mikazuki Munechika, Kogitsune Maru, Ishikiri Maru, Iwatoshi, Imano Tsurugi and Kasyu Kiyomitsu. They except Kasyu Kiyomitsu are called Sanjou because they were made by a sword maker named Munechika Sanjou in the Heian period.

Mikazuki Munechika is a sword. It is famous because it is one in World five sword. His image color is blue. The part was played by Mario Kuroba.
Kogitsune Maru is a sword too. His image color is yellow. The part was played by Ryo Kitazono.
Ishikiri Maru is a large war sword. His image color is green. The part was played by Tsubasa Sakiyama.
Iwatoshi is a pole sword. It is famous because Musashigo Benkei used him. His image color is purple. The part was played by Daichi Saeki.
Imano Tsurugi is a dagger. It is famous for what Yoshitsune Minamoto had. His image color is white. The part was played by Syunya Ohira.

Kasyu Kiyomitsu is a Japanese long sword. It is famous for what Souji Okita had. Souji Okita is a great swordman of Shinsengumi. He is very famous too. Kasyu's image color is red. The part was played by Ryuji Sato.

I bought a booklet and a poster. I decorated a room with the poster.

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