Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Haikyuu!! - Review

Genre: Sport / Comedy
No. of episodes: 25
My Rate: 9/10

Even someone that actually doesn't like sport can fell in love with this anime (example: me). How can animated volleyball can be so good? I actually don't know how! I think that characters just gave too much charm as everyone of them is precious and unique!! In addition, did you see that animation?! I love how the whole match goes as it makes it not only interesting but also exciting!! It plays with your emotions! Also it contains bunch of humour which will make you cry! The plot is also interesting as it shows the 'fallen' volleyball club which wants to climb higher and higher and become stronger and better.

Plot:
Hinata Shoyo, small ginger-haired boy, one day became really passionate about volleyball. He practised to fullfil his dream, but by himself which didn't really bring any results. In his middle school he was the only memeber of male volleyball club, however he didn't gave up. In addition he was seem as too small for this sport. One day he got a chance to play his first match so he gathered his friends and told them the basics as they literally didn't know how to play. Unfortunately, their first group of opponents had a genius player which was Kageyama Tobio - 'King of the Court'. Hinata's team didn't got even a small chance to win, despite of this Hinata was acknowledge as his speed and his ability to jump was beyond imagination. Kageyama asked furiously where was he all along. Hinata decided to practise more often on his own, with his friends and female volleyball club to beat the 'King of the Court'. When he moved to Karasuno Highschool, he wanted to join their volleyball club and then participate in tournaments and beat his rival. Unfortunately, his rival joined the same school and also wants to join the same club. How can you defeat a person if he will be your teammate?

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 Other links: Impression at my Main Blog

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Free! - Review

Genre: Sports / Slice of Life
No. of episodes: 12
My Rate: 9/10

Water, half-naked boys and good plot? It seems impossible yet I think it came out very good. The story is very interesting and also the times when they compete with others was so exciting! Even though sometimes I see the characters as 'gay' XD I feel like I extremely enjoyed watching the series and especially their friendship and team work!! However it seems like the target audience for this is girls. Well 'gay' boys in swimming suits with abs :D not really a target for boys.......

Plot:
A group of boys; Haruka Nanase, Nagisa Hazuki and Makoto Tachibana were participating in a Iwatobi swimming club in their primary school. A transfer student Rin Matsuoka joined their class and the same club and become their friend. After winning the tournament Rin went to train in Australia and other boys separated and do what they want to do. So the story settles when they attend Highschool. Haru quitted competitive swimming for unknown reason and always repeats "I swim free", however Nagisa came out with an idea to open up a swimming club and swim togather again. At the same time they see Rin who came back from Australia but he changed........... Does the club will be a success and Haru will want to join it? What happened to Haru and Rin?

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 Note: Characters introduced are not gay but they may seem like it as a result of their behaviour overall and actions towards their guy-friends. I'm not intending to offend anything or anyone :)