Black Swan Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1998) is a chilling psycho-thriller about Mima, a young (pop) star who embraces the darkness within her in order to achieve her dream (becoming an actress), willing to alienate everyone who cares about her to do so. Mima has an overbearing but loving maternal figure (her manager, Rumi) who doesn’t approve of her new shady career choices. She is emotionally tormented by an unknown outsider who begins to destroy Mima’s already tenuous grasp on reality, and Mima is soon haunted by a doppelganger who represents both her mental anguish and the duality of her soul.

Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010) is a chilling psycho-thriller about Nina, a young (ballet) star who embraces the darkness within her in order to achieve her dream (becoming the lead player in Swan Lake). She alienates, she’s got an overbearing but loving mom who disapproves, emotional torment, tenuous grasp on reality, and a doppelganger who represents both her mental anguish and the duality of her soul.



Darren Aronofsky bought the rights to Perfect Blue for just $59,000 in order to replicate the gorgeous bathtub sequence for his 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The staged rape scene in Perfect Blue also inspired a scene toward the end of Aronofsky's film in which a group of perverted men circle around and cheer on a vulgar sexual event.

Essential Anime 2009

1. Bakemonogatari
2. Eden of the East
3. Afro Samurai Ressurection
4. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
5. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
6. Umineko no Naku Koro ni
7. Trapeze
8. Kimi no Todoke
9. Darker Than Black: Comet of Gemini
10. DragonBall Kai

My choices for must watch animes for year 2009. Selections are based on the storytelling, character development, animation quality, and the most troll attraction from board /a/.

Recently I just like these kind of list of selling records..

*1　174353　GAINAX (Evangelion)

*2　*81499　Sunrise (Gundam)

*3　*66422　SHAFT (Bakemonogatari)

*4　*52923　Toei Animation (DragonBall GT)

*5　*52900　Bones (Fullmetal Alchemist)

*6　*46082　Satelight (Macross F)

*7　*42509　Kyoani (K-ON!)

*8　*38436　Production I.G (GitS SAC:SSS)

*9　*38349　Xebec (Nadesico)

10　*26910　J.C.STAFF (Azumanga Daioh)

11　*26093　A.I.C (Tenchi Muyo!)

12　*26047　DEEN (Fate/Stay Night)

13　*22591　Seven Arcs (Nanoha)

14　*20192　Madhouse (Cardcaptor Sakura)

15　*19297　A-1 Pictures (Big Windup!)

16　*18683　Studio Pierrot (Bleach)

17　*17874　Hal Film Maker (Aria the Animation )

18　*16262　Daume (Onegai Teacher)

19　*13789　Gonzo (Strike Witches)

20　*13360　ZEXCS (Da Capo)

21　*11243　Nomad (Rozen Maiden)

22　*10316　Brain's Base (Natsume)

23　**5476　Asread.(SHUFFLE!)

24　**4799　P.A.WORKS (Canaan)

FOA anime award 2009

Most overrated: Bakemonogatari

Most superficial: TIE --- Queen's Blade and Kampfer

Most misleading premise: Nyankoi!

Most horrible: Shin-Chan's creator found face down in a ditch D:

Worst music: Guin Saga

Worst voice acting: Trapeze

Worst animation: Fairy Tail

Worst attempt to be DEEP: Eden of the East

Worst OP: Sacred Blacksmith

Worst ED: Pandora Hearts

Worst remake: Dragonball Kai

Worst adaptation: Umineko

Worst moe: K On!

Worst action: Kampfer

Worst romance: Toradora

Least original: Seitokai no Ichizon

Biggest disappointment: Haruhi season 2

Remember Orochimaru?

You know what's great about Orochimaru? He doesn't have to punch and kick all his problems away. He has a brain. Only top tier ninja to actually earn his shit. Figured everything out with study and dedication, all while running around from hideout to hideout evading every nation out to get him. Gave a big "fuck you" to Akatsuki and kept one of their rings, they never managed to catch up to him.

Killed and impersonated the goddamn Kazekage without anyone even noticing. Further proceeded to kill the Hokage. Founded an entire new nation without anyone realizing he was the one behind it. All without the benefit of eyehax or tailed beasts. Just raw genius.

Orochimaru was a Kage level. Sasuke is nowhere near as strong, he only beat Orochimaru because he was sick and dying. Also he had to use the eyehax he was born with in combination with the cursed seal OROCHIMARU GAVE HIM to do even that. Sasuke uses the eyes he was born with, the upgraded eyes Itachi gave him, the powerful minions that Orochimaru collected and he stole, the cursed seal Orochimaru invented and gave him, the chidori Kakashi invented and gave him. Just how far can Sasuke advance if it wasn't for Orochimaru's help?

Orochimaru was also much much better than Jiraya. If Orochimaru was fighting Pein instead of Jiraiya, he might have won. Orochimaru can raise the first through fourth hokages from the dead, and I'm pretty sure 5 kage level ninjas are better than 5 of pein's fodder bodies any day. Of course Jiraiya was stronger than Orochimaru, though they were all Sannin but Orochimaru was the genius of the group.

Orochimaru replaced the Kazekage without raising suspicion, and infiltrated the chunnin exams being held in his home town disguised both as a student and as a judge and no one caught on. Jiraya tried to sneak into the rain village and blew his cover in like 5 seconds.

Also make note of how armless Orochimaru kicked Jiraya's ass when they fought. Here's a fact that even you faggot Jiraiya fanboys can't ignore: Jiraiya was almost killed by naruto's four tails.
Orochimaru owned the four tails with no arm for jutsus and while he was sick.

The only other decent character is Kakashi, he learned how to use the eye hax even if he doesn't have that much stamina and also he had a rough childhood and is not an emo like half of the main cast in Naruto.