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In ThatDudeInTheSuede's video on Top 11 Anime Villains, he mentions that when people talk negatively to him about anime, they usually mention one of three words: childish, weird, or creepy.

The fact that some people find anime weird is both surprising, and totally expected at the same time. I'm so used to the oddities found in anime that I can sit through pretty much any show and not find it strange. But when I take a step back and think about it I have to admit there are some things that are just plain weird. That being said, I wonder what other people are comparing anime to in their minds when they call it weird.

I've met plenty of fans of American comic books who think Japanese manga are strange.

Comic Fan: "What's with the big eyes? It looks weird!"
Me: "Why does Superman wear his underwear on the outside?"

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Ah, heros, they stand for the good inside everyone of us and usually we should try to identify us with them and their behavior, but sometimes it's the villains that truly fascinate us, because they are cool, creepy or just really evil. There are a lot of villains and it wasn't easy to decide, but these are the TOP 10 most evil villains in Manga(at least in my opinion). Why TOP 10? Because I can narrow it down to just 10.

10:
Askeladd(Vinland Saga)
A character I really like and he would have been much higher on the list, if it was completely clear, that he is a villain. It seems like he is only a bitter old man, who actually just wants to help, but I think there is more to it. He hates the Vikings(even his own crew), the English, the Danes and seems to only like his own people and is ready to do everything to gain power over England even if it means bowing down to an incompetent king. You could argue, that he is not really evil, so he is only number 10.

9:
Yakushiji Tenzen(Basilisk)
This whole character just screams out „evil“. I mean he allows all his opponents to kill him, just to surprise them and kill them afterwards when they are confused, because they don't get, that he is immortal. That's just cocky and that's why he is number 9.

8:
Sosuke Aizen(Bleach)
The main villain of the Bleach series. At first he is a charming and nice guy, there is actually no reason not to like him, but then it turns out, that he was using nearly everybody in Soul Society against each other. So much, that Rukia nearly gets killed. His swords ability is hypnotising and that way he tricks all of them.

7:
Makoto Shishio(Kenshin)
Shishio is just badass. He wants to fight Kenshin to prove that he was the stronger assassin. He takes on Kenshin then Aoshi, Sanosuke and Saito and he beats all of them. In the end, this is the only villain Kenshin couldn't really beat. I'd say it's a tie, because Shishio still got up even after Kenshin used his strongest attack on him. He is so evil, that he even tries to take control over hell.

6:
Naraku(InuYasha)
I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me on this one, but he just had to be on this list. Right from the beginning he tricks Kikyo into sealing InuYasha to a sacred tree, just because he can't have her for himself. All over the series he is just evil and damn arrogant, because he is so sure that his plans will never fail.

5:
Kira(Death Note)
This one should be no surprise. Everybody knows he is bad and you have to give him credit for actually killing the good guy. I don't think I have to explain much mor about this character.

4:
The Wolf(Rabbit Doubt)
Doubt is a really great manga, because you are wondering right from the start, which one of those teenagers is the wolf. All the time he is just toying with the „rabbits“ until they all start suspecting and even attacking each other. If you haven't read this manga, do it!

3:
The Major(Hellsing)
The Major from Helsing just HAS to be on this list. He is just SO evil ;) . I mean he is a Nazi and he was even in the SS and his only motivation for fighting is just for the fight's sake. He doesn't act because of an agenda or politics or to gain anything, he just wants to wage war, because he loves it so mach. He makes his life unnaturally longer, just so he can fight one last giant battle with his enemy. For this reason alone he kills hundreds of people, be it soldiers or civilians. For a life lead only to kill in battle and to be killed in battle he deserves to be the number 3 on this list.

2:
The Stalker(Zashiki Onna)
I doubt that many people know this manga, but it's the creepiest manga I've ever read, honestly. If you are a nice and helpful person right now, you won't be after you read it. You will never again trust someone you meet outside your apartment. That's the effect the stalker has on you. While I read the manga there were times when I just had to look over my shoulder to see if there was someone standing right behind me. You just have to see her face and you can guess how creepy and evil she is.

1:
Griffith(Berserk)

Berserk is a classic an the villain just has to be great, but this guy is just pure evil. He will do everything to accomplish his dreams even if it means to sacrifice all his companions. His only real weakness as a human was his complete trust into Guts, but as a god he is invincible. He even makes everbody believe that he and his demon warriors are fighting for a righteous cause. Combine this with his freakishly evil smile and you have the most evil villain. 

I hope you enjoyed my list and you will probably have a different opinion, but that's fine. You can find this and other great Manga and Anime articles at http://mikesmangablog.blog.com!

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Franken Fran is easily one of the better manga series I have read in the three short years I have actually been reading manga. The promise of the series is that this crazy ass scientist was able to make, for all intents and purposes, a living teenage girl out of dead body parts, and that girl happens to be Franken Fran, or simply Fran. If there was ever a reason to support necrophilia, Fran is that. Then again, is really still necrophilia if the dead body was reanimated? Such questions are the bane of my existence and have resulted in many a sleepless night for me.

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i have been watching anime ever since i could remember

 

i used to watch it on toonami when i was a kid  and because of that most of these are from toonami (in the uk anyway)

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There are a lot of great things in Anime and Manga, but there are those certain moments when there are chracters, you really connected with through several volumes and just started to love, taken away from you. These deaths make you realise how great the Manga (or Anime) really and these are the TOP 10 - in my opinion- saddest deaths in Manga or Anime:

***WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS!***

10:
Tae Kojima(Gantz)
Kei Kurono's girlfriend. You might ask 'How can such a minor character be in the TOP 10?', but her death is so tragic and sad, i just couldn't leave her out of the list. The relationship between Kei und Tae starts as an unimportant subplot, but during one of the fights against Aliens she gets involved and takes a picture. Now the Gantz-Team has to kill her and Kurono has to fight his friends to protect his girlfriend, but fails in the end.

9:
L(Death Note)
I had a really hard time deciding wether i should put L or Light on the list, but in the end i chose L because he is the good guy and Light is the main villain, so it can't really be that tragic if he dies.

8:
Tomoe Himura(Kenshin)
Kenshin Himura's wife and her death is the cause of all his pain and grief. Their whole relationship is just one big tragedy and it'd take too long to write it down here. Everybody who knows the OVA, will agree with me and those who haven't watched it, yet, should watch it right now! ;)

7:
Gennosuke/Oboro(Basilisk)
I could make a whole list only with Basilisk characters, but i had to narrow it down to one. I still couldn't decide wether Gennosuke's or Oboro's deaths are sadder, but since they practically die at nearly the same time, I just put them both on the list. 

6:
Wolfgang Grimmer aka The Magnificent Steiner(Monster)
Many people don't know this Manga even though it's one of the best Seinen. Wolfgang Trimmer is haunted by his childhood memories and as a defense-mechanism he 'transforms' into the Magnificent Steiner, his favorite hero as a child. As Steiner he is incredibly strong and violent and kills whatever is in his way. Grimmer on the other hand wants to live a normal life as a good person and in the end dies, because he gives his life to defend a small town.

5:
Kikuchiyo(Samurai 7)
One of my favorite Anime and also a great character. Here goes the same as Basilisk, but Kikuchiyo has by far the saddest death of all the 7. Just shortly after he promissed Komachi, he would mary her, he just gives his life without a second thought to save the village from the Nobuseri. 

4:
Jirayia(Naruto)
Naruto is imo the most overhyped Manga of them all. I know there are many people who love it and i loved it, too,but after the chuunin-exams it all started to get worse and worse. So I'm not a big fan of the series, but i still love Jirayia. Not only is he the funniest character, but he is also one of the strongest. His death was so sad, because his former disciple killed him and he gave his last breath to deliver the information how to beat Pain to Naruto.

3:
Spike Spiegel(Cowboy Bebop)
This shouldn't be a big surprise, right? Yeah, we don't really know he's dead, but i think it finishes the story in a better way. The last 10 minutes of the series are just awesome and it all develops to the showdown between Spike and Vicious. As he walks down the stairs after he killed Vicious, he forms a gun with his finger and after a 'Bang', he collapses. Spike Spiegel is one of the greatest Aime characters of all time and his death is just as great.

2:
Nicholas D Wolfwood(Trigun)
Also an old and classic Anime. Wolfwood is from the beginning a very mysterious character and you are always a little suspicious of him. I mean a Preacher who fights with a giant cross with a machine gun and rocket launcher in it, wow. His death is really close to number 1, just not as sad. After all he went through to become a good person and after he developed a relationship with Milly, he gets shot by his own mentor, who is being controlled. He then draggs his body to the church and after he prays to god to forgive him for all his sins, he dies. The scenes after his death are so incredibly sad. You see Milly crying and screaming out loud and Meril and Vash are crying, too. Wolfwoods death is the last thing needed to push Vash into complete despair.

1:
Maes Hughes(Full Metal Alchemist)
And here is the saddest Anime or Manga death. Hughes is a great character, that everybody just loves. He is Roy's best friend and he is kind of a father for Ed. He shows everybody all the time pictures of his cute little daughter und always wants to help everybody. You just gotta love him. And still his death is the most tragic of them all. He discovers the Fuhrer's evil plot and on his way to tell Roy he gets attacked by Envy, who can change his shape to any person he wants. Hughes fights him, but as Envy takes the form of Maes' wife, Hughes can't attack him anymore and Envy shoots him. He couldn't kill his wife an that's what got him killed in the end.


I hope you enjoyed my list and you will probably have a different opinion, but that's fine. You can find this and other great Manga and Anime articles at http://mikesmangablog.blog.com!

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The manga Luno by Toume Kei is about a boy called Tete, who lives with his mother in a small town. His father died a few years back in a war and his sister went into the city and has most probably died there, too. He is all that's left for his mother and therefore not very adventures, but reads a lot at home instead of going out with friends. But his calm life changes dramatically when he befriends the young girl Geeta, who lives under a bridge of the town. When he learns about her tragic past and the people who are after her, he is determined to help her. But who is the strange old man who moved into the run-down house on the town's hill and who are the people in white robes who suddenly appear in town?

With Luno, which has only one volume, I'm reviewing a pretty short manga, and why not? Those short ones tend to be often overlooked, while much too long mangas are stretched out until there is nothing left that even resembles a plot. Luno is a nice manga, I liked the drawing style very much, even though it's kinda minimalistic and the characters were very sympathetic. I normally don't like manga about small children too much, but this one was pretty good. Even though the characters are just small kids they have already serious problems, and deal with them in a pretty comprehensible fashion.

The whole atmosphere of the manga is pretty sad, from the beginning to the ending, and if you only like happy little manga this one definitely isn't one for you to read. But if you can appreciate some tragedy and sadness in a story you will definitely like Luno. Just check it out ;)

If you want to see more reviews of manga, just check out my blog http://mikesmangablog.blog.com/ 

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    Hey, everyone! Recently, I got Mario Kart Wii, and have been having lots of fun with it. After unlocking the option to play as your Mii, I went and downloaded the Check Mii Out Channel (before this, I hadn't updated my Wii in maybe 6 months >_<) Every since, I've gone crazy creating and posting Mii's.

    So here they are, the submission codes for all of the Mii's I've posted!  Or at least most of them...   Grab a pen and paper, and take a deep breath.  This is a long list!  I think  you'll like some of these, though.  PLEASE NOTE that these are the codes used to identify Mii's on the Wii's "Check Mii Out" Channel.  If you don't have a Wii, or you do but don't have it connected to the internet, you probably won't be able to see these.  Sorry.

First up are these two: 2810- 1801-9993

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