Striking that BLOOD!

ANIME REVIEW TIME... FEATURING.... STRIKE THE BLOOD!

well as you can see today I Lehvorak, owner of Defensor Artz will be talking about Strike the Blood and my first comment on it when I first watched it was... I NEED TO SEE MORE!

It is your typical action anime and I understand not many people would enjoy it due to how it is like a harem and a lot of anime have that fan-service set-up, but I am not here to argue... but to present why I enjoyed this series.

First things first we all know the whole vampire idea was overused like couple years ago and such and really got killed by the Twilight series... YUCK!

I am sorry but if you are a die-heart Twilight fan I respect your fan-base and all, but it wasn't for me. There were also a ton of anime that featured vampires and it started to become overused...

The uniqueness of this anime is you got this magic shaman girl who does her magic and a computer hacker who is the best in her world.

Yes... I am talking about these 2 characters:

Himeragi Yukina

Asagi Aiba

And you can tell from the very beginning like the opening of the series that these girls is going to fall in love with the main character, despite how many times these producers try to cover it up... but they fail at!

If you saw the video, you see basically almost all the characters that will show on this series right at the very beginning. It was obvious how this would be a harem series just after seeing all the girl characters.

I do warn you, that this is a one-sided anime that only appeal to men... if I were a woman I would be offended by this series.... but oh well, all we have to do is appreciate the story.

There are a ton of story arcs in this series which made it exciting, it kind of reminded me of bleach in a way because of how many story arcs that series has or even.... yeah Naruto....

The concept idea of how the main character: Kojou Akatsuki is the 4th progenitor is pretty interesting and how he has to help protect his island home or even protect Yukina. I don't want to spoil too much of the series despite the openings of the series already does spoil a bunch... unless you are bad with the metaphors/hints in those videos. Overall, I did enjoy it and would suggest checking it out!

-Lehvorak

Concept vs. What We See (Finished Product)

The idea of having anger portrayed onto your artwork or having the image's message say "DO NOT ABUSE!" is all concept!

So how do we determine whether it is the finish product than conceptual art?

Art by: Andre DeFreitas "Megatherium" 

From what I understand from Professor Kari Friedstad from painting. She said that if I describe what I want on the painting or have everything set to stone, that basically gets away from the concept idea. Still a bit confused on what I am saying?

Well, concept is something abstract and not exactly what is being shown on the image because concept is basically what the artist is trying to message to us. For example, if I want the image to explain something as stop abusing animals and keep saying that this suppose to explain to me that the image is saying stop the abuse of animals... that is basically concept.

To actually relay what the image is saying to me are the elements that are placed onto the image like if the image has a happy looking bear that is colored brown but half of its body was sliced in half and showing blood dripping out onto the dirt and having this image be placed in a forest preserve, that basically is showing the viewers something is wrong and that avoids the idea of concept, because that is what I see being portrayed onto the artwork instead of saying this suppose to mean "Do not abuse animals" because people can see it as something as "Don't poach."

Art by: Kari Friestad

My opinions with concept vs. final product is still a little vague, but slowly I am getting the clear picture of what it is because usually my style is a chaotic style and it just needs to be controlled properly. As I continue to hone my skills on my thesis project... this is what I can show for now that society is always hiding from the truth, but that is only just the concept idea.... most likely I want to show that sadness or whatever emotion is behind the story!

-Lehvorak