TV
- The Devil is a Part-Timer - It's fun, silly and has many a love triangle. A fun, short (so far) and easily accessible anime to people that are new to the fold. The characters are learning about Japanese culture as they are not from this world but have ended up there after losing a battle, so is probably quite a good first anime to watch! highly recommend for a few laughs and cute characters.
- The Pet girl of Sakurasou - This is certainly a strange one but horrendously funny and entertaining. The relationships are frustrating because you just want them to get together but it's so conflicting because there are conflicting relationships that you, as a viewer, want to happen. A strange show about a boy living in a dorm filled with weirdos, and all he wants to do is escape but not for long as along comes his new pet, a girl that can't do very much for herself apart from paint and draw manga. It's about self-discovery and accepting others talents and not letting their greatness think that you are any less than they are just because they have found success earlier than you. It's such a real show, based in reality completely, only the characters are weird and wonderful but also relatable because they're just people.
- Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun - Perhaps the most unsatisfying shojo anime I have ever watched but it was still very good. From a romance/shojo point-of-view I was kinda disappointed by the ending but after thinking about it for a minute it wasn't very surprising based on the type of guy the love interest is. Very funny and cute with lots of high school mayhem which will keep you entertained no matter what you're age.
- Blue Spring Ride - This is quite a cute shojo anime based on a manga of the same title. It is quite comparable to Orange which is honestly one of my absolute favourites when it comes to romance anime/manga. It is very cute, with relatable characters and storyline (somewhat). I would quite happily recommend this anime to anyone new to anime that enjoys the teen romance genre, especially girls/women/ladies (whatever you wish to be called)
- Maid-Sama - A very funny anime with a very tsundere female lead. The lead has worked her butt off to become student body president but also has to work at a maid cafe in order to keep her family afloat. This anime is a shojo/romance anime again (sensing a theme yet?) with a powerhouse female character that is tsundere and fights for what she believes and wants. A very good anime, with old style anime character designs and honestly some of the funniest moments. It's strange yet delightful.
- Attack on Titan season 2 - I know there is another season coming next year apparently so I'm ok with season 2 being so short...kind of. I had so many questions after the first season, some of which got answered but now I have even more questions plus the ones that didn't get answered in the first place. Never the less this was an amazing continuation on the first season which I adored.
- Eromanga sensei - This was a weird one although I do want another season I'm not quite sure whether it will happen or not to be honest. A lot of people hated on this anime series even though it wasn't very serious about its themes. The key to this one was really just not taking it serious, I wrote a blog post on it at the beginning of last month that I have linked below for you guys to read if you are interested or want more info.
- Akashic Records of a Bastard Magical Instructor - A very intense anime right off the bat pretty much. It didn't take very long for this anime to go insanely serious, whereas most anime series will hold off on this until the second or third season this one did it in season one. However, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable as it still has its episodes of calm and fun but also with a very snarky main character, Glenn Sensei, it does continue to be funny throughout even when it gets serious. The character chemistry is very good, the shipping is handed to you on a plate, but even when you don't want them to date the characters have strong friendships with one another.
Film
- What The Health (2017) - This a documentary (yes, that counts as a film) about what the current diet of humans is doing to humans and the planet. It is pretty much a documentary trying to convince people to go vegan for the good of themselves rather than the animals which is normally the take of documentaries similar to this. I enjoyed it and actually learned quite a bit about health that I didn't know before, it made me even happier to be vegan. I think that everyone should watch it, even if it doesn't make you go full out vegan (which you should) I think it would at least convince people to cut down the amount of meat they eat on the daily which is a start. Available on Netflix and YouTube.
- The Circle (2017) - A very strange movie and I'm not entirely sure what it was trying to tell me about privacy and technology to be honest. An interesting and captivating watch, with stars Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in staring roles, (although I don't think I'll ever understand why Hollywood keeps casting Emma Watson as an American). There performances are good and the narrative is intriguing and very relevant in this technology driven world. Worth a watch, available on Netflix.
I feel bad about the basic nothingness that is my film section this month, I feel ashamed to call myself a film student. It's not like I haven't been watching films, I just haven't watched anything new. Been watching a lot of Joss Whedon (who y'all know is my fave if you've been around a while) and PIXAR in anticipation for Cars 3 to come out (only like two weeks!) I also just want to add that the last three shows that I watched were being aired over the past few months so I didn't binge watch all those shows. Anyway, thank you very much for reading. It would be majorly helpful if you could maybe share this post or maybe leave a comment if you've watched any of these or if you have some recommendations for me to watch in July.
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