Avatar: The Last Airbender

Earlier this week The Last Airbender opened in the cinemas, it is based on an Anime style cartoon which tells the story of a young boy named Aang the last of a race of humans who can manipulate (bend) air and happens to be the current incarnation of the avatar, who is the master of all four elements and the bridge between the human world and the spirit world. Thus I take this opportunity to write a review about the animated cartoon which has inspired the movie.

The story revolves around Aang who was frozen in ice for a hundred years without realizing it, a hundred years later when the ice is broken thanks to Katara and Sokka and Aang discovers that he is the last of the airbenders. Afterwards the story starts to follow his attempts in mastering the other three Elements (Water, Earth and Fire) in order to stop the Fire Nation which is waging war on the entire world.

The Story is cut in to 3 parts called books, each book named after one of the elements Aang is trying to master and in that book he begins learning the said element, book one is called Water, book two Earth and book three Fire. Each book contains at least one major war which helps the main characters to grow and mature.

there are 7 main characters that appear in all three books however an eighth joins in the second book, i found the adding of a new character in to the original group an interesting move, though sceptical about it at first the new character fit in the group perfectly, like ebony and ivory fit Dante in the DMC Games.

The story is what I would call a serious comedy, there many comic events, actions and reactions throughout the story however the main plot elements remain of a serious nature which happen to reflect a world at war with the Fire nation on one side and the Earth kingdom and water tribes on another. Some of the plot elements could be shown to reflect the current world, but that’s politics and those who wish to discuss please do.

It is the first time in a very long while that have I found an American cartoon that I thought this is worth watching, the story is enjoyable, there is a comedy, romantic factor and action, all which complement each other and make the experience enjoyable and does not boar the viewer.

It gets a 9/10 in my books, with the missing mark being on the fact that some episodes are nothing more than filler episodes.

ASDA Story

I have been trying out different Free MMORPGs over the past few months and would have to say that the one that has pulled me the most is ASDA Story, after signing up and downloading the client you get in to a fantasy world which is truly addictive.

In game you create a character who must become a hero and discover the reason behind the monsters becoming hostile and you also get to find a partner from the in game players (PCs)and become soul mates, which gives you advantages those who don't have one cannot have.

The game is fun over all, and is suitable for solo play, if you do not want to form parties with other players, however doing dungeons is next to imposable unless your level is far above the level of the dungeon.

This is a game I would give a 8/10, its a fun addictive game but it does have its boring point when leveling up and having to spend a lot of money or time travelling between cities for quests.

Fall of the Lich King

Blizzard has been providing great entertainment for its customers since a very long time and World of Warcraft has been one of its biggest successes and with every new patch a new addition to the excitment, however the newest and what is called the last patch of the Wrath of the Lich King expantion came to me with a dissapointment.

Eventhough the gamepaly has somewhat improved and the new features in the game are a good addition patch 3.3.0 comes at least to me with the greatest disspointment in the story line, i will not go into it since that will be a spoiler but i will say this many players i met have also expressed dissapointment with this storyline development, however on the upside non has shown the inclination that it would stop them from further playing the game.

Here is a link to a video in youtube that shows the ending of the storyline i talked about: watch.

Lyrical Magic

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is an anime I recommend to anyone with an interest in anime. It tells the story of a young girl who one day rescues an injured ferret only to find out he was in fact a magician who is trying to recover magical items of immense power, called Jewel Seeds, which have by accident fell into her world. Nanoha decides to help him since he is injured and collect them in his place.

Though the general plot seems rather common for a magical girl setting however the enemies she faces are not always specifically bad, but tend to have a rather understandable reasons behind the acts they commit.

The characters are well developed in my opinion, and the plot does not have any continuity issues and there are always reasons for many occurrences in the series.

This is one of the few series that I would give an overall 10/10.

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