Anime craze - part 1

My anime addiction started in year 2005 after moving in to our own home. Prior to that whenever my hubby watches his favourite anime - either Bleach or Naruto, I'll be surfing the web, playing pinball on his computer or just lazing around at his parents home. The first Japanese anime series that I am exposed to is Naruto - it was still the season of fillers before the current Naruto Shippuuden. Prior to that, I do watch animes by Hayao Miyazaki such as Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away etc. Since that day, the day I sat down and for once completed the whole episode, I am a certified anime fan from then onwards.

My favourite anime by far is still Naruto - I'm intrigued by the life of a shinobi. Naruto the main character is a special person - anyone who comes into contact with him becomes his friend no matter how brief the contact/manner of contact. It may be his grit and determination to help someone and see things through. Naruto was born in Konoha village during the time of turmoil i.e. when the kyuubi attacked Konoha. The Hokage at the point of time was Yondaime (i.e. Yon means number 4 in japanese thus Yondaime means the fourth hokage). Yondaime managed to defeat the kyuubi (a monster with 9 tails - the more the number of tails the more powerful it is) and sealed the kyuubi in a baby - more specifically baby Naruto. Yondaime died soon after that and the previous hokage i.e. came out of retirement and resumed the Hokage position. Sandaime (Sarutobi) gave a directive that no one is to mention that Naruto has the kyuubi sealed in him. Albeit the directive, parents of other children shunned Naruto and their children without knowing the reason followed. It was a trying and lonely time for Naruto growing up alone - he is an orphan, in the process of growing up suffered being shunned by society. Slowly through his hardwork and determination, he wins them over one by one. One important point on Naruto, the boy's ambition is to become a Hokage when he grows up and he trains very hard to get stronger (also to save his best friend Sasuke from evil Sannin, Orochimaru).

When Naruto enters the Shinobi school, he is placed in the same team as Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke. Their sensei is the Copy ninja of Konoha, Hatake Kakashi. Kakashi by far is my favourite anime character of all - he is described as a genious, a ninja of a thousand jutsus. He spots an ever present face mask that covers the lower half of his face thus remains a mystery of how he actually looks like without the mask (use your imagination).

Other than watching the anime, I am also an avid fanfiction reader of kakashi & sakura (picture on the left) pairing ;-)

The other animes that I am watching now with hubby would be Bleach - the main character being Kurosaki Ichigo. The ones that we have completed would be Full Metal Alchemist and Mushishi. Hubby watched the Samurai Champloo alone because it was too gory for my taste. Lastly, there is one anime that I am waiting to purchase once it is available in KL - Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 cm. I saw the preview and it being an anime with a romantic theme, it should be worth the wait, at least for me. Click here for the link to preview ;-)