"Sought by the greed of men since the dawn of human kind, but only bestowed upon the women whose fate it forever scars... The Witchblade. Is it the righteous sword of God? Or hand of the Devil himself? Now a new bearer has been chosen. And she must discover the answers for herself. As she stands on the brink of destiny, she is forced to seek the balance between ecstasy and ruin."-Anime prologue for each episode.

In this new approach to the Witchblade universe, the lead character (and blade wielder) is Masane Amaha, a kind-hearted woman who, despite her good intentions, is fairly clumsy and not good around the house. She lost her memory during "The Great Quake" that ravaged Tokyo and, curiously, Masane was found unscathed in the phenomenon's ground zero, holding a baby in her arms. Six years later, she returns to Tokyo with the child, whom she believes to be her daughter, intending to live a peaceful life. Unfortunately for the two, Masane becomes entangled in the struggle for power between a huge corporation and a government agency. She discovers that a mysterious jewel attached to her right wrist is actually the legendary artifact known as the Witchblade.

This series is a branch off from the original comic and TV series by Top Cow. Due to it being extremely ecchi, the American dub had to replace almost 80% of Masane’s almost naked body with clothing. You can buy the original Japanese in subs and see this anime in all it’s full-frontal nudity.

You’re probably asking yourself why an otaku, like me, would be watching something that was really intended for men. Simple. I just happened to appreciate the storyline and character design. I am wholly in love with the character designs! I love when all the girls take on their “Witchblade” forms. It really inspires me. I just tend to look past the entire perverseness that the Japanese are known for. I just like the way it looks, not the way THEY look in it. I’m also a big fan of the American Witchblade; I do believe that one was less graphic and more action.

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HELP JAPAN!

Queen's Blade (クイーンズブレイド, Kuīnzu Bureido?) is a series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan, based on the licensed works from Lost Worlds. First published in 2005, it features only female characters in sexual art situations.
Beginning with the 7th series, it uses all-new game rules compatible with the Lost Worlds books. The overall plot of the game revolves around a tournament held every four years to determine a queen. Only young women who are considered beautiful in their home town are allowed to enter.

I’ll admit that I haven’t watched this entire series the whole way through. It was just so damn funny! I mean really, clothes are being torn to shreds, boobies shooting out deadly acids and panty shots galore! Oh, you Japanese, you never cease to amuse me.

This series was just bad, to be honest. It has a plot line, really, it does but, it gets lost behind the exaggerated battles. It probably would have had potential if it weren’t as ecchi as it is. I realize that the anime was based off the PSP game and other works but, c’mon! Really?!! I can’t even say that I appreciated the character design at all.

Overall this was just a sad disappointment to the anime industry. I’m sure some otakus would disagree with me and even become quite upset over this but, oh well. Plus, this anime was entirely biased, “Only the most beautiful woman can hold the title of Queen”, this was seriously created by a man.

NOT INTENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

(Pork buns will be out for a couple of weeks. She is sorting some matters out at the moment. On that note, no, we do not have a theme for this month so; it’s kind of like a free for all until she gets back.

I’ll be posting for the majority of the time. Thanks for reading).