Full Metal Panic

Full Metal Panic is one of my first anime (and one of my early favorites). Basically, FMP is about Sousuke Sagara, an Arm Slave (giant robot)) pilot in the mercenary group, Mithril, who is assigned to the task of protecting Chidori Kaname. The highlights of FMP are the rather good character development and the nice balance between fight scenes and non-filler interludes. Between the first and second seasons, which mainly focus on Mithril and are very battle heavy, there is a transitional season called Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, which focuses more on the romantic comedy high school life of Chidori and Sousuke.

My rating: 8/10

Hellsing

Hellsing is by far one of my favorite (non-comedy) anime next to Death Note. Part of this is the simple fact that the vampires in Hellsing provide a nice contrast to the modern romantic vampire, which is nice, especially when Eclipse (the third film made out of the romantic, glitter ridden Twilight Saga) is about to come out. In a nutshell, Hellsing is about Seras Victoria, a young police officer who is turned into a vampire (sired?) by Alucard, a servant of the Hellsing Organization. Victoria then joins Hellsing in its quest for peace through destruction of evil vampires (and the occasional non-vampire). In Hellsing Ultimate (Hellsing's more grusome OVA), the story starts pretty much the same, but by the second episode or so, the story line has completely changed and there are neo-Nazis trying to take over the world. I personally like both Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate equally, although Hellsing is a bit easier to watch due to its shorter episodes.

Sorry about my excessive use of MegaVideo, it will be replaced when I can get the videos on a better player.

Hellsing episode one:


Hellsing Ultimate episode one:

Twilight

In preparation for Eclipse (the movie), I decided to post this video of Crispin Freeman (mainly for the Twilight, but I also love the rest of the video).

K-ON!

K-ON! (and the second season K-ON!!) is the story of Yui Hirasawa who, despite having no actual musical experience, joins the Light Music Club at her school as a guitarist. Throughout the anime, Yui becomes a more accomplished musician and bonds with her fellow club members.
Despite the rather basic and linear plot of K-ON!, I rather enjoyed it as a short anime between longer ones.

My rating: 7/10