My top 5 anime to binge watch

Okay, so this is something I haven't mentioned yet although I probably should have, due to the Coronavirus around the world, so many people are having to be quarantined inside their houses, and this is quick note to everyone to stay safe and I hope you all are okay. But something that a lot of people are talking about are the different things people are saying is that they're binge watching a whole bunch of different shows. And so, with me doing the same, I thought I'd use this post to talk about the different anime I think everyone should watch if they're a fan of anime and wanna know which ones to watch at the moment, or even just people who want to watch anime and don't know where to start, this is probably the best time to get into them. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
5. The Seven Deadly Sins:

Starting us off is this Netflix exclusive anime and another anime that I started last year, The Seven Deadly Sins. Say what you will about the recent season and it's disappointment with its animation quality, the original couple of seasons were so good and so high in quality. For those two whole seasons, the story and animation were so on point and they were fun to binge watch for a long time. It sure was great to be able to go from episode to episode whenever I wanted and when the episodes would end it was great to experience the story of the show as well.
4. Hunter X Hunter:

The first appearance from an anime from Yoshihiro Togashi's mangas is at number 4. I personally haven't finished this anime yet, but, with what I have watched, it's been a lot of fun to, not only watch it, but also binge watch it. And I've had a great time doing that. It's helped me enjoy this anime a lot more and it's made the experience that much better. And a lot of other people seem to agree with me about that too. Following Gon, Killua, Leorio and Kurapika is awesome and the different situations they encounter is great to watch.
3. Yu Yu Hakusho:

Coming in at number 3 is the other Togashi anime and, maybe his best, Yu Yu Hakusho. Definitely an anime that's easy to binge watch due to being super investing as a story, having so many awesome and memorable characters, a great layout and being really well planned out. While it's ending may be slightly disappointing, the rest of the series is so good that that doesn't really matter.  Going into the different episodes with these characters is so much fun that it makes it that more fun to watch and experience.
2. My Hero Academia:

Coming in close to number 1 is the more recently released anime on this list, My Hero Academia. Another anime series like Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter X Hunter and The Seven Deadly Sins that I started last year, this series has been celebrated ever since it begun as something to look forward to every time a new season comes out. Given how quickly the manga comes out and the series gets made, it makes it all the more fun to watch and experience. Following this geniusly planned out story about heroes is already awesome to think about, but the characters are also so well written and likeable and memorable that it's almost impossible to not feel investment through the entirety of the runtime.
Honourable mentions:
Death Note:

Dragon Ball Super:

Sonic X:

And the number 1 anime to binge watch is... Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

And finally at number 1 is the greatest anime of all time, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I don't even know how many times I've talked about this anime on this blog so I don't know what more I can say, but the story and series as a whole is just so incredible that I can't help but put it at number 1. I recently rewatched the whole series again for, probably, the fifth or sixth time and it's still incredibly rewatchable. I even picked up on some new things this time and it's all still just as interesting to watch as I remember. The story of Ed and Al as they go through this plot is great to go along with and seeing them uncover different things is all too fascinating to explain. And the different plot lines, like the hunt for the Philosopher's Stone to the realisation of the Homunculi to the betrayal from Central to the journey to Briggs to the Promised Day are all so well planned out that it's hard to imagine any other anime story topping this. And it's amazing to binge watch from beginning to end. You just have to watch the series during this time of quarantine to really appreciate it. If you haven't, definitely do. The series is just that worth it. And so everyone, those are my picks for the top 5 anime to binge watch. Again, I hope everyone's doing okay with the virus being around and I hope everyone is safe. And so, yeah, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

The Lion Guard: Season 3

All right, guys, so I know this might seem out of nowhere. Especially since I haven't spoken much about the Lion Guard much in a long while. But, the honest truth is that I kinda lost interest in it for a while, but then some time ago last year, when Season 3 was ending, I began to find myself getting interested in it again, especially from some of the images, clips and songs I was seeing. And, from the things I was gathering and putting together, the premise that I was seeing looked really interesting. And, eventually, I manged to watch the whole season. And, with it, I can easily say that this was my favourite season of the show. There's definitely some things in it that I didn't like so much, but there was so much here that I loved and I can't wait to share my thoughts about it. Also, this will have all the spoilers for the season. So after the events of Season 2 when Scar returns, the Guard moves in to fight him. And they even have another member. An eagle named Anga.

Anyway, this also takes place much later in the story so everyone is older, especially Kion who not only looks older, but he sounds older too, which is great, I always love seeing shows where we see how far the characters have grown and changed. And they also get Janja and the other hyenas on their side too, which is already awesome. And we even see that Simba already knew about Jasiri and knows her to be a good guy. All that is cool to know. And then, during the first episode during the fight with the Outlanders, they managed to get inside the volcano where Scar is and Ushari the bites Kion and gives him a scar like Scar himself.

That was a surprise to me and something that I think helps with the character. For one thing, I think it helps give him a cooler design and it adds more with everyone now worried given how the scar has venom which is now inside Kion and could turn him evil. And then Rafiki informs them that the only way to heal him is to go somewhere called the "Tree Of Life", which is apparently where Rafiki first met Makini. Ono also gets hurt in the eyes which means he needs to be healed too and this is what makes Kion give Anga the position of Keenest Of Sight. And so, the Guard, along with Makini, begin to head off to it and the journey itself is kinda hit and miss. There are some really good parts to it and some parts that kinda fall a little flat. On the one hand, I liked seeing the return of some villains like Makucha, and I liked the inclusion of new characters like Azaad. And with him, I liked how they included a love interest for Fuli.

But that point kinda has something do with another that I'll talk about later. And, yeah, then there're the episodes that feel like they kinda drag a bit and feel like they just move it along. And they're even doing this thing where Kion can sorta slip a little bit, as in, he sorta begins to turn on the others and act like a jerk because of the venom and the only way to help is with Tuliza plants. But, then, the eventual arrival at the Tree Of Life is what I was really looking forward to. And when they get there doesn't start off so great with the protectors of the land, The Night Pride, thinking that they're enemy invaders.

And once they kinda dismiss them and Kion kinda goes off to be by himself briefly, I like the song they have for him. Again, the songs the Lion Guard are kinda hit and miss, but this season has some amazing ones, and I've been listening to a lot of them a lot ever since around August or September of last year, which is when I began to get back into the show. And his song here is really fantastic in my opinion. Listen.

And I noticed how they got another person to do the singing voice for Kion. It's obvious that Max Charles did the singing for him in the first episode but then afterwards, they got someone else to do it. Which is kinda weird and I'm curious to know why they did that. But either one is fine and I still like a lot of the ones they have for him. But at least Max does the talking voice for him. But then, the leader of the Night Pride, Rani...

... Speaks to her grandmother, Janna, who's also the queen of the Tree Of Life, and she says that they should welcome them. And we even see that Rani can talk to her parents in the sky like Kion is to Mufasa. And then she welcomes the Guard in. And the Tree Of Life also refers to the land that the tree is in. And, once there, they begin to heal Kion and Ono along with fighting off the villains that followed them. Rani even shows the Guard around.

But it's got more to it when Janna eventually dies and Rani is named the new queen of the Tree Of Life. And I really like the death scene. Obviously not the death itself, but the scene itself is really well done in my opinion. Really well animated and acted. Watch.

And then the coronation for Rani is nice too. I like the song they use and the animation is really cool.

But as it keeps going, we even see that Kion is thinking of training with the roar and is finding different uses with it. He even learns it from Askari.

And that eventual use of it was pretty cool. But then we see that Kion and Rani have both fallen for each other, which is great, because I love both characters and I love seeing them together. It also has probably my favourite love song, and maybe my favourite song in the series, "We're Of The Same Pride".

All that was really great to watch and they then even have the tie-in for The Lion King 2. The whole thing with Kion going to the Tree Of Life explains why he wasn't in the movie and then they have it where the Guard has to go back to the Pride Lands to stop Zira now that Kion and Ono are healed. They then go back only to find out that everything's okay and they find out what happened. And I really like the scene between Kion and Kiara when they're talking about Rani.

Though I still think Kiara especially should look a little older since she still looks like a cub here. Anyway, apparently, even Vitani and a group of lionesses have become the Lion Guard. And he seems willing to give up the roar to her and decides to go back to Tree Of Life where he then marries Rani and become king of it himself.

And I love this ending. I love how it ends with Kion ending up with Rani and it's cool that he actually becomes a king himself. This kinda goes back to what I was saying before, the fact that I originally wanted Kion to end up with Fuli, though I'd understand why that would sound really silly. And this whole thing with the ending made me think of something. The fact that this technically means that Kion became a king before Kiara became a queen. How's that for irony? And so, as a whole, I really loved a lot from this season. As a fan of the show for so long, this was such a satisfying experience and I loved how a lot of these characters ended up and where they went. And it's especially nice for me to see as I've been watching the show since 2016. And even more so me, and I'm sure we can all agree, and so many others have loved the Lion King franchise our whole lives. I don't know if this'll be the last from this franchise, but it's definitely a part that I've loved a lot of. Yes, like I said, I did lose interest for a while and there are some parts in this season that I didn't like, but the positives outweigh the negatives in my opinion. I just loved so much in this and I would highly recommend it if you haven't already. And so, everyone, those are my thoughts on Season 3 of the Lion Guard. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 10 world themes in Kingdom Hearts

So, going back to another top list for Kingdom Hearts, I decided to talk about something I don't think I've talked about before, the different world themes in the games. Yoko Shimomura has not only done an amazing job with doing the themes for regular music for the games, but has also does a great job capturing the feel of a world with these themes as well. And not just the different Disney movies, but also just themes of new original worlds as well. And while one or two themes may not exactly fit the world in my opinion, none of them are bad at all and are still great to listen to. And so, this will be counting normal world themes as well as battle themes when the music changes when you have to fight Heartless. Also, I'll just say the world where the theme is from. I know a lot of these themes actually have names, but some don't, or at least I can't find out what they are, so I'll just be saying the worlds. And so, let's get into this and I hope you all like this.
10. Port Royal (Battle theme):

Starting us off is the only battle theme for a world in Kingdom Hearts. I'm placing this at the start and this is the only battle theme on here because it does sound really cool, but I like the other nine of these more. Anyway, I've always loved when these Kingdom Hearts games adapt a music theme from a Disney movie that's actually from the movie. And this is no exception. The fact that it's the Pirates Of The Caribbean theme is even better. The theme is already awesome in the movie, but when you're going up against Heartless and pirates in Kingdom Hearts 2, it's made even more awesome when you're running around and are actually fighting as Sora. The normal theme and the two theme for this world in Kingdom Hearts 3 are great too, but this is just my favourite throughout all the times we've gone there.
9. Atlantica:

Say what you will about the weird inclusion of the singing in Kingdom Hearts 2 when you go to Atlantica there, but I do still love the music when you go to this world. I would also include the theme from Kingdom Hearts 2 when you go there again, but, like I said in the last pick, I really love it when these world themes sound like the themes or songs from the Disney movies and so the fact that it this one sounds like Under The Sea, one of my favourite Disney songs ever, makes it really cool.
8. Destiny Islands:

Now we're getting to the theme of Sora, Riku and Kairi's home world. And this is the first one like with the last one in Atlantica. Later on, for Chain Of Memories, they made a new one that they used again for Kingdom Hearts 2 and Birth By Sleep, but I prefer this original. It sounds both kinda relaxing but also really fun. And I think that's put to really good effect when you're just running around the Destiny Islands and just exploring everything in the first game.
7. Halloween Town:

This is something I should have mentioned in the part for Atlantica, but some of these themes that adapt these Disney songs for the world's themes is how I first heard these. So it was cool to hear a lot of these and then see the movie and hear the song for real and get a feeling of familiarity, which is weird considering it's supposed to be the other way round for pretty much all of these. Anyway, back to the theme itself, I love how this world has the song This Is Halloween as it's theme. It's by far the best, or at least, the most popular song in the movie and being able to hear it as you're going through Halloween Town is awesome.
6. The Land Of Dragons:

Now we get to a Disney world theme that isn't an adaptation of an actual Disney song. This ones completely original and I love it. For one, I love the instruments used to make the music and the way it's done. I'm not sure what instruments they used for this, but whatever they're using, it sounds great and awesome to listen to. And it fits the world really well. And it definitely has a bit of a Chinese feel to it, which is great for capturing the world's environment.
5. The World That Never Was:

At number 5 is the world theme for the Organization's world. Like the last one, I don't know what instruments they're using for this theme, but it sounds great. But the best part of it is the choir it totally makes sense given how they'd want a big music piece like this to be the music for the final world in the game and it's really effective. I especially love the part near the end where the music goes down and all you hear is the choir. I really love that part. But the whole thing itself is really great anyway with some really great uses in the cutscenes as well.
4. Arendelle:

Now, this one might sound weird, but whenever I listen to this theme, I can't help but feel like it sounds like a opening theme for a show. That may be a weird thing to say, but from the way it starts and finishes, it just kinda comes off that way to me. But, even taking that part out of it, I still love this theme. I properly got into listen to the theme of Arendelle a while back because I really wanted to hear it properly, and it does sound really awesome. And, while it doesn't like any of the songs or themes from Frozen, the actual theme here is still great to listen to.
3. Toy Box:

So, out of all the Disney themes in Kingdom Hearts, and especially ones that adapt a theme from the Disney movie itself, the world theme for Toy Box is my favourite. I already love the You've Got A Friend In Me song, so the fact that they did an adaptation of the song for this world's theme is even cooler. It sounds perfectly accurate to the original and adds so much to it here that it still feels fresh. So when you're running around the world, especially Andy's room and talking to the toys there, it makes it feel all the more like you're really in the Toy Story movies. And it does do a great job of immersing in the world immediately if you love the Toy Story movies and this song.
2. Twilight Town:

Coming in close to number 1 is the first theme we hear in Kingdom Hearts 2. And this is just like what I was saying about the Destiny Islands and Atlantica themes, meaning that there's more than one version of it. There's two for the different characters. This one is when you're playing as Roxas at the start and then we get a different version when you start playing as Sora. But Roxas's version is the one I prefer. It sounds really beautiful and really relaxing, just like the Destiny Islands theme.
And my number 1 favourite world theme in Kingdom Hearts is... Hollow Bastion:

And finally at number 1 is the world theme for Hollow Bastion. It's honestly kinda hard to explain why I'd put this at number 1, but just from the sound of the music, I can't help but love it and give it the number 1 spot. I think I preferred it the most in Kingdom Hearts 2 when you got the listen to this while exploring a lot of the outside of Hollow Bastion itself as well. And, like I've said already on this list, I may not know what instruments are being used here, but, whatever they're using, it all comes together to help create music that really fits the world. I especially love the part at the 0:44 mark where it almost kinda sounds like it has a bit of a chorus, if that's the right term to use. But that part is still awesome nonetheless. When you go there in Birth By Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3 when it become Raidant Garden, they do two different remixes of it and, yeah, they sound good too, but, like I've said already on here, I prefer both the original from the first Kingdom Hearts game and Kingdom Hearts 2's version, and I guess Re:Coded because it was the same. I just really like hearing it and it really does fit the world perfectly like all these other themes. And all that is why Hollow Bastion has my favourite world theme in Kingdom Hearts. And so, those are my top 10 world themes in Kingdom Hearts. And so, everyone, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think or, if you like Kingdom Hearts, please let me know what your favourite world theme is.

My thoughts of Frozen 2 in Kingdom Hearts 4

So, going back to my Kingdom Hearts entries, I don't think I've made a thoughts entry for a Disney movie in a Kingdom Hearts game for a while. Maybe since I did the Moana one a few years ago. And so, with Kingdom Hearts 3 and Re:Mind done, I wanted to talk about worlds I want to see and the way I want to see it be done. Now that Arendelle is already in Kingdom Hearts 3, I think it would be cool to see it appear again in Kingdom Hearts 4, or just whatever the next Kingdom Hearts game is. Also, this will have spoilers for Arendelle in Kingdom Hearts 3 and Frozen 2. And so, let's begin. So, for the beginning when Sora, Donald and Goofy arrive in Arendelle around the point where Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven are leaving for their adventure. They meet up and reunite since the last game. Afterwards, they explain what's going on and they agree to go along and help them. And on the way, Sora, Donald and Goofy begin to explain what's been happening. I doubt they'd explain about what they were up to due to keeping the world order, but I mean, they'd explain what they're doing and why they came back. So, all of them begin to walk to the forest or maybe they'll get there on Sven. But, with that, it's most likely you'd have to walk there. It would also be cool if Elsa was a party member this time. Anyway, they eventually make it to the forest and meet the people in there. They explain everything there too and then they head off to find the ship that Anna and Elsa's parents were in. And, once they find it, they find out the truth about what they were doing and then they make a plan to go to Ahtohallan. But then, at this point, Kristoff and Sven are separated from them and so, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Anna, Elsa and Olaf are the only ones there, so Elsa sends the others away to go to Ahtohallan by herself. But then, Sora, Donald and Goofy get separated from Anna and Olaf so they're by themselves wandering through the forest trying to decide what to do. They then find Kristoff at around the time Elsa has already shown Anna the truth. This is also around the time when Anna has gotten the giants to chase her and is heading towards the waterfall to destroy it. And maybe there could be a small minigame where you have to get the giants to chase you and you have to avoid getting hit. I would also imagine we see a scene with Elsa in Ahtohallan and seeing all the things that happened. Or maybe they'd show a bit and then cut away after some moment and that's it or they might show a bit and then continue it later on. They've done that in some of the other game. Anyway, they eventually get to the waterfall with Sora, Donald, Goofy and Anna trying to provoke the giants to destroy the waterfall and then it's heading towards Arendelle. They could also fight a Heartless that helps them destroy the waterfall once it's defeated, but the waterfall goes anyway. But then, Elsa stops it and saves Arendelle. They all eventually reunite with Elsa and she then restores Olaf. And, before that, Anna tells Sora and the others what happened to him. Also, and I know this is a weird thing to say, but then they all go in for the group hug and I would say that Kristoff proposes to Anna, though they'd probably cut that part and say that that happened off-screen. They then go back to the forest and explain what happened to the people there. I would like to include that they go back to Arendelle and Sora, Donald and Goofy and see Anna's coronation as queen, but they'd probably end it when they're at the forest or when they meet up with Elsa again. But I would like to see them say goodbye this time because, in Kingdom Hearts 3, they just stood there with not saying anything to the others and then it ends. Here, I'd like to see them say goodbye and have a real ending for the world. And so, everyone, those are my thoughts on how I want to see Frozen 2 implemented in Kingdom Hearts 4 or any other future Kingdom Hearts game. And, yeah, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My paintings of Phineas & Ferb characters

So, going back to my cartoon paintings, I'm moving onto Phineas & Ferb. I honestly really wanted to do this entry for a while, and now I finally did it. As I said before, Phineas & Ferb is tied with the Lion Guard as my favourite Disney show ever. It's just super fun to watch, super entertaining and super likeable. Some of these were a little tricky given the shapes of some of these characters, but I did the best I could and so, here they are and I hope you all like these.
Phineas:

Ferb:


Candace:

Isabella:

Baljeet:

Buford:

Perry:

Doofenshmirtz: