My top 10 Naruto villains

So, for these next few entries, I'm going to be talking about my favourite villains from different animes like this, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail and Dragon Ball. And so, to start it, we're going to look at the villains from Naruto first. Some of the villains here are some of the best anime villains of all time and some of the most complex, interesting and sympathetic. And so, with that, I'm going to be counting down my top 10 favourite villains from the whole show. And so, let's begin.
10. Mizuki:

Starting us off at number 10 is the very first villain in the show. That being Mizuki. When he was first introduced, he was a Leaf Village Chunin who felt like he wasn't getting enough respect, he was then hoping to use Naruto for his own goals. He's even the one who told Naruto about his past and about Kurama being inside him. I wouldn't necessarily say he's a cool villain, but, he was intimidating at the start. Also, his returning filler arc was one of the only ones I liked in the original Naruto show.
9. Danzo:

So now we get into one of the most despicable characters, if not, maybe, the most despicable character in the entire franchise. Danzo is considered by many to be the most hateable and unlikeable character out of all of the Naruto characters, and, yeah, they're not wrong. This guy is so despicable. Where to even start with him? He ruined the original Akatsuki's goal of world peace, he forced Itachi to kill the Uchiha, is technically the one responsible for ruining Naruto's childhood, endangered the entire village by not letting the messenger toad deliver the message of Pain back to Naruto and even went so far as to try to get the other Kage into voting for him as the leader of the Allied Shinobi Forces and almost killing everyone. And most of that was due to him wanting to become Hokage and controlling Kurama. And, ya know what? That's really great. Obviously not what he did, but I mean that doing all that made him really unlikable and made him a great villain.
8. Kaguya:

At number 8 is the main villain to the entire series, Kaguya. This character was finally introduced near the end of the show. While she may not of had the biggest set-up ever, she did have a vital part to play for the end of the story when it's revealed that she created Black Zetsu and it was him who's been manipulating everything that's happened to the very end. I thought, while maybe a bit cheesy and maybe a little odd, I actually really liked how everything we've seen up the end was all because of the two of them. And Kaguya herself is a very cool villain with almost god-like powers. And it's pretty cool with what she can do with teleporting to other locations, shooting spikes from her hands, transforming into a being with all the tailed beasts chakra. And I can't wait to watch the entire fight with her once it's been dubbed. She's just really cool.
7. Obito:

With Black Zetsu being the one who was controlling everything, before that, we saw that Obito was actually the one behind a lot of things happening as well. Kakashi's childhood friend and teammate, this guy had a crush on their other teammate, Rin. When on a mission, it looked like he had sacrificed himself until it was revealed that Madara saved him and gave him knowledge and told him to pretend to be him for many years. When Obito thought Kakashi killed Rin, he began to think that maybe Madara was right and began to do everything he could to make Madara's orders happen. With that, he did many things. He began to collect the tailed beast, he manipulated Nagato to do his bidding, used Kurama to destroy the Leaf Village and kill Naruto's parents and many more. And finally, at the very end, he turned back to good and become more likeable. I like him more as a good guy than a bad guy, even if he was killed afterwards, but still, he was pretty cool as a villain.
6. Kidōmaru:

One of the members of the Sound Ninja Five, out of all of them, Kidōmaru is my favourite. Not only do I think he's the most creative out of the five, but his character's also kinda entertaining and he's a really violent character, as we saw in his fight with Neji during the Sasuke Retrieval Mission. A sorta half man/half spider character, he has spider-like abilities with different creative ones like being able to solidify his web-like substance into a strong weapon. He's also really smart and knows his way around a fight. And, when I was younger, his fight with Neji was one of the most brutal I had ever seen up until that point.
5. Kabuto:

One of the more long-going villains in the series, Kabuto is also one of the smartest Naruto villains ever. After being taken in by the Leaf Village as a young boy and spending time with Orochimaru, he sided with him and decided to help him achieve his goals. During the first Chunin Exam, he posed as a Leaf shinobi to gather information on Naruto and Sasuke in particular. After it's revealed he's a villain, Kabuto becomes pretty despicable in a lot of situations with him being very cunning and great with Ninjutsu, especially medical Ninjutsu. He's also the first person Naruto ever used a Rasengan on. Not only that, but when Orochimaru was absorbed by Sasuke, Kabuto absorbed a bit of him too with caused him to become part of Orochimaru too. And with that, he became one of biggest parts of the Fourth Great Ninja War with using the Reanimation Jutsu and reviving Madara.
4. Zabuza and Haku:

Now we get into the first really big villains in the show, Zabuza and Haku. When Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi had their first proper mission with transporting Tazuna back to the Hidden Mist Village, they meet Zabuza, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist along side Haku. Haku was the one who taught Naruto everything he cares about now and it meant a lot to him and Haku was known as kind of a friend to Naruto. And when Naruto is telling Zabuza about how much he meant to Haku, Zabuza's speech and death along side Haku is still one of  saddest and heartbreaking in the series.
3. Orochimaru:

When it comes to Naruto villains, Orochimaru is easily the most popular and well known. The first real villain in the show, Orochimaru's powers are non-human with him being half snake. A genius with lots of knowledge, he was once a Leaf ninja and one of the legendary Sanin like Jiraiya and Tsunade. But after desiring to know every single jutsu there is, he went rogue and became a criminal. A super powerful ninja with different types of jutsus he made himself. He launched the destruction of the Leaf, was the one responsible for the Third Hokage's death, tempted Sasuke to leave the village t try to get his Sharingan, caused Naruto to go into Tailed Beast form stage 4 and was the one who helped Sasuke bring back the four previous Hokage for the Fourth Great Ninja War. At the time when it looked like he was the main villain for the series, he was really cool and was a great adversary for them. He's also really entertaining. And I mean he's such a great villain that he entertains you because of how great a villain he is.
2. Madara:

Coming in close to number 1 is the villain that's often credited as the best Naruto villain ever, and that's Madara Uchiha. Being one of founders of the Leaf Village, this man was planning ahead even for a century and after he died. Before he died, he manipulated Obito and was the one behind a lot of the events that transpired in the series. Sure, it was mainly Black Zetsu doing all the planning, but Madara was the one who orchestrated a lot of the events too like setting everything together with the plan to use his Infinite Tsukuyomi. His powers are like Kaguya with being god-like and he's super cunning as well with many plans up his sleeve. And with even more reasons with him, Madara is easily one of the top 3 best Naruto villains ever.
And my number 1 favourite Naruto villain is... Nagato:

And finally at number 1 is the villain that I doubt many of you are surprised is here, that being Nagato. I say that because I already explained how Nagato is my favourite anime villain back when I made my top 5 anime villains. And, yeah, he still stands as that. I think Nagato is a great and really sympathetic villain with a really tragic backstory that you can completely understand. Unlike other villains who are bad just because they're bad, Nagato has reasons for ding this and even though you don't condone his actions, you understand and sympathise with him. And even after he's reanimated and is under Kabuto's control, you feel sorry for him because of what he's doing because you know he's being forced to do it. Read my top 5 anime villains list to get my better thoughts on him. And all that is why Nagato is my favourite Naruto villain ever. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think or, if you like Naruto, please tell me who your favourite villain is.

New Daniel Danger, Maya, Darren and Olivia annoyed anime face picture

So I'm hoping to start doing even more Daniel Danger stories really soon. I'm not sure when my next story will be published, but, I'll do the best I can with writing them. And so, with that, I decided to make another anime faces entry. The same one that I've done before, but, this time, I'm including Maya, Darren and Olivia with me. This sorta funny, anime-like humour is the kind I'm going for when making these kinds of stories and I hope these stories are able to show that. And so, here's the picture and I hope you all like it. (Again, I'm hoping to do more stories soon.)

My top 10 other characters I want to see become Pop Vinyl Figures

So in May of last year, I made a list of my top 10 characters I want to see become Pop figures. And with more ideas coming to me since then, I decided to make another one continuing that. Actually, some of the ones I mentioned in my last entry actually did happen, which is pretty awesome. And, like last one, this can be anything and it can also have more inclusions of ones that have already been made before. And, also, if you haven't read my original list, go read that and then read this. All right, so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
10. More Bleach characters:

Starting us off at number 10 is the continuing of the Bleach Pop figures that's already started. The only ones that have happened with this so far have been Ichigo, Rukia and Hollow Ichigo. And so, I would really love to see more of them like Renji or Toshiro or Orihime. There's tons of characters to choose from and they could really lend themselves to being really good options to be made into figures. And I would love to get them all if they did.
9. More Fairy Tail characters:

Like the Bleach one I just mentioned, I would love if they included more characters from Fairy Tail. They've already made two sets for this one too. For the first set, they had Natsu, Lucy and Happy. For the second one, they had Gray, Wendy, Erza and Carla. So, like what I said for Bleach, there's a lot more characters they could use for a third set like Gajeel, Makarov, Tiger Lily, Zeref, Elfman, Lisanna, Gildarts and many more of the Fairy Tail guild members.
8. Fairy OddParents:

Okay, now we're moving onto stuff that hasn't gotten one yet. As I said a lot of times before, I really love the Fairly OddParents show. It might be one of my favourite shows ever. And so, with that, I think there's possibilities for them to use the characters from the show and turn them into Pop figures. The best I can think of are Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, Poof, Vicky, Jorgen, Chester and AJ. I can actually imagine them looking the way they would if they did. I think it would be a cool thing to do and it would be really good to have especially since they've already done a SpongeBob set and I would love if they'd do other Nickelodeon show ones like Danny Phantom, Jimmy Neutron and Tak and the Power of Juju.
7. The other M.C.U Netflix show characters:


Now, the reason I'm saying it like that is because there've already been figures made of some of the other M.C.U Netflix shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones. But I wish more could be made for Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the Punisher. True, a Luke Cage one was already made with the Jessica Jones one, but I think he should get his own set. And the Punisher was one of the ones from the Daredevil: Season 2 set, but, again, I wish he could get his own set version and all of them could have their own and it would be cool to see and to see join the rest.
6. Avatar: The Last Airbender:
Now, this is something I've only spoken about a small bit, but I really love the Avatar: The Last Airbender show. It's probably one of the best animated shows I've ever seen and it amazes me that Nickelodeon was able to do an anime like show, but was an American original show. And so, with that, I would love to see some of these characters turned into figures. The best I can think of are Aang, Saka, Katara, Toph and Zuko. They're the real main characters of the show, so I would love if they were to be turned into figures and I would absolutely collect them.
5. Dragon Ball Super:

With Dragon Ball Super, as well as another anime that we'll talk about in a second, just started, I think it would be cool to see the characters get turned into figures. They've already done some of the shows before like the original Dragon Ball show, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F. So, maybe, in the future, when the show is done and more characters have been created, they could do another set for this show like a different version of Goku and Vegeta. Especially Ultra Instinct Goku. But, as the show progresses, and once they've introduced new characters, having a lot of them being made for the figures would be great to see.
4. Boruto:

Next on my anime list of characters I want to see is one of the most recent anime series to happen, and that's Boruto: Naruto Next Generation. We've already gotten a Naruto set as I've said before, so I would love if they sorta continued it by giving us characters like Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki, Himawari and the adult Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. And as the show is progressing with new characters, they could include the most important characters in the whole show. It doesn't even have to be finished in order to do that since they've already made ones for shows have haven't concluded yet. And it would be a cool thing to see to see the Naruto ones still going on.
3. Even more Kingdom Hearts characters:


Now, if you read my original list, then you know that I put more Kingdom Hearts characters at number 1. And so, here, I'm saying I would like that deepened. What I mean by that is that they actually did make more. They made Sora, Kairi, Riku, a Heartless, Halloween Town versions o Sora, Donald and Goofy, Valour and Final Form Sora, Magician Donald, Knight Goofy and Space Paranoids Sora, Donald and Goofy. So, with that, I'd love it if even more was added. I think it would be really cool to see Organization XIII, Ven, Aqua and Terra, Xehanort, Ansem, Wisdom, Master and Limit form Sora, Vanitas and maybe even Sora, Riku and Kairi from the first game.. That might sound like a lot, but, personally, I think it would be great to have them all and they could have fun with how they're all positioned, or something like that.
2. Characters of the Disney Classics:

Coming in close to number 1 is one that will most likely not happen, but I would love to see if it was done. They've already made some for the Disney Classics that have come out in recent years like the Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootropolis and Moana. Sure, they made a few for other ones like some of the princesses, the Lion King, Aladdin, the original Beauty and the Beast. But, what I would love to see each movie getting their own set with new looks for the ones that have already gotten their own ones. I know, that might sound far-fetched, but, for a huge Disney fan like myself, personally, I would love if that would happen.
And my number 1 other Pop Vinyl figures I want to see is... More SpongeBob Squarepants characters:

And finally at number 1 is me wanting to see more characters from SpongeBob Squarepants getting turned into figures. So far, we have SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy and Mr. Krabs. But, in the future, I would love if more characters could be added to that too like Gary, Plankton, Mrs. Puff, Larry, Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, Pearl and SpongeBob's parents. There's so many possibilities to choose from and I think utilising a lot of them would be great to see and I would love to get them all too since I love a lot of these characters so much. And so everyone, those are my picks for my top 10 other characters I want to see become Pop Vinyl Figures. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think or tell me what characters you want to see become figures.

Coco

And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the latest Pixar movie and one of my most anticipated movies of last year. As I said, the reason it's this late is because it literally just arrived to where I live today, so I had to wait until now to do this review. But, now, I finally got to see it and here's my review. And, yes, this will have a non-spoiler part for the first half of the review, then I'll do a spoiler part with a warning. So don't worry, if you don't want it spoiled, that'll have a part for itself. And, yeah, after a kinda disappointing bump in the road for Pixar with Cars 3 that came out last year, this was such a huge step up. I was very surprised with how much I liked this because, before seeing it, I thought it was going to be really good and really emotional from what I was hearing from reviews. And, while it was definitely all that, there was a lot more to it than I ever imagined. This is one of the most emotional movies I've seen in a while. But, when you're talking about a Pixar movie, what do you really expect? It's not perfect though, but, a lot of this is just fantastic. But first, what's the story? It opens up with a back story of a Mexican man who loved music and even abandoned his family to pursue his dream. Then we see a young boy named Miguel who loves music and wants to grow up playing it, but his family forbids music and says he should do what they do and make shoes for a living. But, somewhere, he keeps going to a hideout that he made dedicated to a famous musician he's always looked up to named Ernesto de la Cruz. And, one day, when there's a music festival on, he decides he wants to join and use a guitar he made himself. But, when his family finds out, especially his grandmother, they say he can't. When he sees there's a guitar inside the building where Ernesto is buried, he decides to use it. But, as soon as he uses it for the first time, he teleports into the land of the dead. There, he meets the other members of his family who are all dead. Now, he has to find a way back before a time limit. And I'll stop right there. There's a lot more to the story than that, I promise. There is so much to talk about here and it's kinda hard to talk about this without the spoilers, but, I'll try. Obviously, as to be expected from Pixar, this animation is phenomenal. It's some of the best I've ever seen. Not the best. (For me, the best looking animated movie I've ever seen is Moana.) But, still. This is top-notch Pixar animation. The characters are also all really likeable. Miguel is the classic kind of character who learns about what family really is, but there's still more to him to make him seem unique. And the rest are all likeable. One of my favourite characters in the movie is Hector.

He's the main person who helps Miguel get back. Not only is he pretty funny, but he also adds a lot of heart to the movie I didn't expect at all. There's something that happens to him that really surprised me. And I liked that. And with the rest of the characters, there's not one that I thought was a waste of time, all of them were great and I thought the main villain was pretty intimidating. I obviously won't give away who the villain is. Probably the thing I loved the most about this movie was the heart of it. This is easily one of the most emotional Pixar movies ever. I'll save that much for the spoilers, but, yeah, a lot of this is really emotional. Especially the last 10-15 minutes. Now, I just want say something else here, this film was directed by Lee Unkrich, the director of Toy Story 3 and the co-director of Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. And he really brings his a-game to this. This is one of the best directed animated movies I've seen in a while. By comparison, I'd say this is his second best behind Toy Story 3. And with him being one for the biggest heads at Pixar, he did a great job here. This is also a movie that's not all that fast. It's kinda slow paced. But that's good because it helps make the characters feel more interesting and helps make the story more engaging. Something else I really liked was the music and the songs. They're all centred around Mexican music with spectacular singing and a great score. Another thing I liked here, I liked how clever they used the title. It actually has a reason to be called Coco and I really liked it, especially, again the ending, which helped explain it. I also found myself getting really invested in these characters and their dilemmas. All that was really interesting and I enjoyed a lot of it. Also, I thought the Pizza Planet truck Easter Egg here was pretty funny. These Pixar movies always have a Pizza Planet truck in them and I really liked the one  here. And quick last thing I liked here, I thought the actually twist part, like the villain revealed was really surprising and I had no idea it was coming. Especially the scene that came right after that. Now, as far as any negatives, there's not a lot, but there are a few. Firstly, and probably the biggest, is that I found the story, while really well told, can seem kinda formulaic. Like, some of this stuff we see here, it reminded me a lot of other Disney and Pixar movies. Especially Brave and Moana. I'll get into that in the spoilers, but I thought the comparisons between them all were noticeable. Second, I thought the characters, while, again, I really like and I was interested in them, didn't have the most intriguing stories with them. I know I said I found their dilemmas interesting and I thought they had investing personalities, but, at points, it can feel like they're going through an arc that's been done before. I'm not saying that that's a bad thing, but, it can feel like the character's arcs are kinda going through a samey thing that we've done before. And last thing here isn't really a negative, I guess, it's just kind of a personal thing. When I was going into this movie, I was obviously super hyped for it. And I mean SUPER hyped. Just because it's another Pixar movie and I'm always excited for one of those even if the end result isn't fantastic. But, when walking out of this film, even though I really enjoyed it and really, really liked it, I didn't have the same love for it or appreciation for that I had for other animated movies I've seen lately, mainly Moana. But, I'm sure once I see it more times, I'll begin to develop the same appreciation. So, in conclusion, for the non-spoiler part of the review, I thought Coco was really fantastic. It's not totally perfect and I don't know if I'd put it in my top 5 Pixar movies, but it's still great to see Pixar represent this culture like this and that was great for me to see. Definitely see this if you're interested. As far as my top 10 movies of 2017, I'd put this between the Lego Batman Movie and Logan. And so, that's my non-spoiler review of Coco. Thank you all for reading, I hope you all liked this and please comment down below to tell me what you think. Okay, now we're going into the spoilers. If you haven't seen this yet, go see it and then read the rest of this.
Spoilers:
Okay, first, I want to talk about that big twist. Where it's revealed that Ernesto is actually the villain and that Hector is actually Miguel's great, great grandfather. That was the part that I didn't see coming and it really surprised me. And it was really touching. Especially the part where we see about how the dead actually stay dead forever with how if a person who's alive begins to forget you, you begin to disappear forever. And I really thought the ending with Coco remembering Hector and Miguel helping was really powerful and sad. That other part where I said this movie was starting to remind me of Moana was at the start where Miguel's family told him that music is forbidden and his grandmother destroyed the guitar he made. That reminded me a lot of that opening scene of Moana with Moana's dad forbidding her to go out onto the ocean. And, obviously, the fact that music is a passion he has, but, his family wants him to do something else. I also thought the scene where Miguel's family talked to him about family was really touching. That was a really beautiful ending. And then the actual ending with them having their celebration was really nice. I'd say, probably the funniest part was Ernesto's skeleton getting beaten the same way he was actually killed. That made me and the whole audience laugh. And, so everyone, that's really all the spoilers for Coco. Thank you all for reading, definitely see it if you haven't, or, even if you have, see it again, and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

The Lion Guard: Divide and Conquer

So finishing my reviews of the most Lion Guard reviews is the one I was most anticipating, Divide and Conquer. This is one I spoke about before on my list of episodes coming soon a while back. And, yeah, this episode is really good. I had a really good time with this and it's one of the better ones to come out in a while. And, again, as I always say, this will have all the spoilers, so, if you don't want it spoiled, see it and then read this. What's the story? Scar advises the hyenas and jackals to try something together. He's thinking of a plan to have the Guard spilt up to go after them on a mission. When they decide to try this, Kion thinks of an idea with Tamaa the Drango, if you remember him, he's the bird who could impersonate anyone. And so, Scar sends the Janja and the other hyenas to try to attack Rafiki while Rei Rei and her Jackals go after other animals. And this is where Tamaa comes in. While the Guard stops the hyenas, Tamaa stops the Jackals until they spot him and head back to fight the Guard. And this fight has some really great moments, but I get into that in a second. But, near the end Janja is about to give up on the fight until Scar appears in some fire and tells him to stop, but then Kion sees him for the first time. Watch.

Afterwards, right after they beat all of them, the spot where Scar was, there's a burnt piece of the ground in the shape of his right eye. For one thing, that whole part there is really cool. Obviously, Kion sorta feels like forgetting it at first because he doesn't know what's going on and it was only for a brief second he saw Scar, but it was still cool that he did see him after all this time. But that's not the only good thing about this episode. The interactions are really good and I really liked how the hyenas and jackals were sorta working off each other because they don't really like each other. So that whole part inside the volcano with them arguing was pretty fun. And, one of the things I liked about this the most was the ending fight scene. Even Rafiki joins the fight and he does the same kind of fighting moves he did in the first Lion King movie when he was fighting the hyenas. I really like call-backs like that. And I like seeing things like that. But, not only that, but also, I liked the different plans the Guard thinks of to do these fights. And it was nice to see Tamaa back after a while. I liked him here and I liked how he had more to do as well as him being a good guy the whole time here. But, I really, the thing I liked the absolute most here was that scene with Kion seeing Scar. Obviously, he doesn't know what it is and he's confused about it, but, him seeing him and then Rafiki going off to find out about it in the paintings could lead to a lot of great opportunities in the future. I really hope that they have a fight with all of them in the future. That would be really cool. There was also a funny line with Bunga as Fuli and Ono were fighting the jackals. And that was something else this episode has. There're a few funny moments here and I liked that. And even the song, while still not the best, is pretty cool. It's between the hyenas and jackals. Overall, I finished this episode pretty happy and couldn't wait to see what they're going to do with all this in the future. And so, everyone, that's my last review of these latest Lion Guard episodes. I hope you all liked them and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And also, expect my review of Coco to be uploaded tomorrow.

The Lion Guard: The Little Guy

So next up on these newer Lion Guard episode releases is another one of the smaller scale ones and probably the weakest of the most recent ones. Not the worst, but still. And, again, as I always say for Lion Guard reviews, this will have spoilers, so, if you want to see it, do and then read this. What's the story? The Guard see Makuu's crocodiles fighting and try to stop them, but realise that they're just training for real combat. There, they meet a tiny gecko named Hodari who's always looked up to the crocs and wants to be a part of their float. When they say he can't, obviously, the evil geckos from the Outlands sees this and tells Kiburi and his gang, the crocs who were banished to the Outlands after they tried to kill Simba. When they do, they pretend to let Hodari so he'll tell them secrets about the Guard and crocs. When they go into the Pride Lands, Hodari has already told them about the other crocodile's weakness and they begin to fight, but, he realises what he did was wrong, of course. But when the Guard arrive, they manage to get them away from them. And, afterwards, as you'd expect, Makuu lets Hodari in because he helped. Okay, so, not a ton to say about this one, this episode just sorta follows the typical Lion Guard episode formula. I'm not necessarily saying that as a bad thing, it's just really noticeable if you've watched the show for as long as I have. But, still, the actual character of Hodari isn't really anything that special. He actually reminds me a lot of Mtoto. And, by that, I mean Mtoto was a huge fan to the Guard and wanted to do whatever it took to be a part of it in a way and that's kinda like what this is with him. And also the fact that Beshte is his favourite out of all of the members. Beshte himself gets more things to do here. He's sorta like the main Guard character here. And I liked that. Again, sorry I can't say a whole lot here, but, when I watch these kinda episodes and I have to do a review of them, it can be kinda hard to think of different things to say because I try my best to not recycle what I say. And, really, this episode doesn't really have a lot of stuff to really talk about. It's another enjoyable episode, but, yeah, it's a tiny bit generic. However, again, sorry this isn't long, but, this is all leading up to the next and the episode I was most excited for out of these recent Lion Guard episode, Divide and Conquer. As for this one though, if you're curious, watch it if you want. (Also, after my next review, expect something special to come out on this.)

The Lion Guard: The Golden Zebra

So yesterday, I did a review of the latest episode of the Lion Guard, the Golden Zebra. Like the last episode, I didn't know what this would be about. Only that I couldn't wait to see it and see what they would do with it. I dunno, a lot of the time they show these cool titles for the episodes and it can get me thinking of different possibilities for the episode and it gets me excited to see it. And, while, again, this episode wasn't the best, I had a better time with this episode than I have in a while. And, yeah, like every other episode, if you want to see this episode with no spoilers, I'm going over all the spoilers. What's the story? When a bunch of animals are getting incredibly thirsty because it's still the dry season and the watering hole is dried up, the Guard hear about some other watering hole in another part of the Pride Lands called the Back Lands. When they get there, they meet a golden coloured female zebra who's the leader of a bunch of zebra whole lives there. When the Guard asks if the Pride Landers can use their watering hole too, she says they have to bring her something first. They manage to, but then she says they can't and reveals that their watering hole is dried up too. Well, sort of. It hasn't dried up. The leopards are using rocks to block the waterfall and keep the water for themselves. (I don't get that considering they could have just stayed with the water above the cliff. I guess they just wanted it and didn't want anyone else to have it, it's just kinda weird.) Anyway, the Guard manages to stop them and get rid of the rocks with the zebras of the Back Lands and the Pride Landers using their watering hole. That sorta helps explain what they're going to do in the future and they could do something like that in future. Anyway, yeah, sorta in line, plot wise, when it comes to how this episode feels similar to the other episodes. But, other than that, like I said in my last entry, I had a fairly good time with this one. I would say though, before I get into the good stuff, the only thing I didn't like here was the actually golden zebra's attitude towards the Guard because she lies to them thinking they won't be able to find the planet that she wants them to get her. She said she was kinda hoping they wouldn't find one. So that makes me think that that was kinda mean of her, especially when she must have known that the Pride Landers are in need of help. But, something I found funny was Bunga, Beshte and Ono's reaction to her when the five of them first meet her. That was pretty funny. And the actual leopard fight at the end was pretty cool with them getting the rocks. Especially given how that one leopard is a character that was already a villain in a previous episode. And the actual journey, like a lot of episodes in the show, is also fun to follow. I also liked those two main servant-like zebras of the Golden Zebra. They were pretty likeable, especially during the middle part. I also thought that, even though, again, the song isn't great, it was pretty clever to have it be what introduces the golden zebra. (Sorry I'm not saying her name. I forgot what it is.) But, I still enjoyed the idea. And, I think overall, I'm more positive on this episode than I have for some other ones that were released a little while back. It's not really anything special and it doesn't stack up to some of the previous episodes that I love, but still, if you're curious to see it, I would recommend it. And so, my next two entries will be more episode reviews because more are being released and I'm seeing them. So, expect to see more of those coming up soon.

The Lion Guard: The Morning Report

So with the Lion Guard starting back up for 2018, it's about time, we get back to the episode reviews, and here, we're starting with The Morning Report. Two were released today, this one and The Golden Zebra. That episode will be my next entry. But, for now, we're doing The Morning Report. If you remember when I did my last episode list that was including this episode, I said this episode sounded like it would most likely be a Zazu centred episode, and, yeah, it is. And, is it good? Yeah, it's pretty good. Nothing special, again, but, I had a pretty enjoyable time with this. Especially one thing in particular. And, yes, like all my other episode reviews. I'll be talking about the whole episode, so, if you don't want it spoiled, go see the episode, then read this. What's the story? It starts off with the Guard helping an animal out of a tree. When Zazu sees this, he decides to add it to the morning report. Afterwards, Kion and Bunga explain a story of how Zazu once saved them from crocodiles. When we hear that, Zazu is then kidnapped by Janja, Cheezi and Chungu hoping to get information out of him. When they do, the Guard are talking to Simba who's wondering why he hasn't come and the Guard decide to go look for him. Zazu manages to get their attention and they manage to get him out of there. So, yeah, not that special a plot, but, these episodes, for the most part, don't really require much special writing. Now, what I was talking about a second ago with that one thing that I really liked the most here, and that's that flashback we see of Kion and Bunga as young kids. We even see Fuli as a young kids too. Watch.

Not just because it's kinda cute, but it's also fun to see something like this and shows more about some of their pasts. And I thought that was nice to know. But, besides that, the rest is enjoyable too, like, when we see Cheezi and Chungu being their usual stupid selves when Zazu is trying to mess with them and trick them. I also just really liked the whole thing with Simba and his concern for Zazu. Obviously he cares for him and he appreciates him, but, if you were to take Simba the way he was like to Zazu at the start of the first Lion King and see the way he thinks of him now, it's actually really touching. Also, quick thing here I just want to mention about it, I didn't really like the song all that much. The part that Zazu is in where he has to get the Guard's attention is with this song. And, the song, overall, for me anyway, was just kinda skipable. The songs in the show lately haven't been as good as the early episodes as I've said before. However, pushing the song aside, I think this is an easy to enjoy episode if you're curious to see it with some likeable scenes and good character moments. Sorry if these Lion Guard episode reviews kinda sound small and similar, but honestly, the more I talk about the same thing like this, the less and less I can think of different things to say considering I'm mostly saying the same thing. However, with the next episode, The Golden Zebra, expect a more positive attitude on it. For this though, yeah, if you want to and if you're curious, I'd say see it. It's not bad and there are some parts I found really enjoyable. See it if you're curious.

My paintings of Death Note characters

So, like I said in my last entry with me doing paintings of characters from Cowboy Bebop, I said that I was going to be doing another anime paintings entry, and that's what this is. Here, I'm going to show you all paintings I did of some characters from Death Note. There weren't too many I wanted to do, so, I only did four of them. I tried my hardest again and I hope you all like these. And so, let's begin and please comment down below when you're finished to tell me what you think.
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My paintings of Cowboy Bebop characters

With me already doing a ton of different anime paintings before like Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail and Dragon Ball Z and so on, I decided to keep it going with this new one, a paintings of entry of Cowboy Bebop characters. Again, as I said before, I'm not the biggest fan of Cowboy Bebop, but I still enjoyed it and I liked the characters. I'm going to do another anime painting for my next entry and you'll find out which one when I do it, but, for now, we're doing Cowboy Bebop, and, I hope you all enjoy.
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Jet:

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