Fruits Basket!

Tohru Honda.

Fruits Basket is about a young teenage girl named Tohru Honda who just recently lost her mother in a car accident. Tohru was left to live on her own in a tent. One day as she was walking to school she came across a cute house that she never noticed before. On the porch she sees little figurines of the twelve Chinese Zodiacs. A man named Shigure Sohma steps out and begins talking to her about the Chinese zodiac. Next thing she knows the most popular boy in school, Yuki Sohma, steps out of the front door. Yuki insists on walking to school together. Later that night Tohru was at home in her tent, as she crawls out she sees Yuki and Shigure standing right outside of her tent. They later convince Tohru it isn’t safe for a young girl to be living on her own in the woods. They make a deal if Tohru cooks and cleans she can live with them.

Yuki Sohma.

There is a lot more to the Sohma family than Tohru knows. Later Tohru discovers that the family has a curse set upon them. Thirteen people out of the family are cursed with one of the Chinese Zodiac animals and when huged by someone of the opposite sex they are transformed. Yes, there are only Twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar but the thirteenth member is the cat who has always been shun from the rest of the animals. Just as the Chinese Zodiac story goes the cat is also shun from the Sohma family.

Tohru is now living with Yuki Sohma, possessed by the rat, Shigure Sohma, possessed by the dog, and Kyo Sohma, possessed by the cat. Everyday Tohru learns more about the Sohma family and plans of understanding everything about them. It’s a dangerous thing to allow an outsider to know of the secret, but the family believes Tohru is different. The head of the family, Akito Sohma, is against Tohru and wants her gone.

Kyo Sohma.

To find out what becomes of Tohru and the Sohma’s I highly recommend watching this show. It does not come on any specific television station, but it's online to watch. There are only 26 episodes of Fruits Basket they never completed the cartoon but the manga has the whole story. Fruits basket was written by Natsuki Takaya and the series was directed by Akitaro Daichi.

Adventure Time!

Adventure Time is about a 12 year old boy named Finn and a 28 year old dog named Jake. They are best friends who go on tons of amazing adventures together. They live in the land of Ooo with many other creatures. The land of Ooo is a world built for adventure, which Finn and Jake love. Jake has magical powers where he can stretch his body in various shapes. Finn is the fighter and the problem solver. Finn and Jake are both very kind hearted and are always up to do anything that doesn’t have to do with sitting down.

                Time comes on Cartoon Network on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Adventure Time first aired on April 5^th 2010, so this show is fairly new. Adventure Time has 3 seasons with 78  episodes total. Adventure time was created by Pendleton Ward and produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network.

               In Adventure time, Finn and Jake are always saving various different princesses from the Ice
King. Some princesses are Princess bubblegum and Lumpy Space Princess. The Ice King is always up to no good trying to steal Princesses as his own, but thankfully Finn and Jake are always there to save the day. Along the road of their adventures, Finn and Jake always learn new lessons.  No matter who it is in danger, Finn and Jake are always ready to help them. The land of Ooo is home of many of Finn and Jakes friends. Some of their other friends are Marceline, Lady Rainicorn, BMO, The Duke of Nuts, Tree trunks, and many others. Every character has a completely different personality which I find to be very creative.
             Adventure Time is full of action, comedy, and various adventures. The land of Ooo is very colorful with beautiful odd landscapes, which makes adventures even better. I highly recommend watching Adventure Time. It is full of comical situations and various characters who all look very interesting. The different places are cute and colorful with cute names such as “The Candy Palace.”

The Amazing World of Gumball

                The Amazing World of Gumball  is about a twelve year old boy who is a cat. His name is Gumball. Gumballs best friend is his pet fish, Darwin, who one day grew legs and became a part of the family. Gumball has a little sister named Anais who is a rabbit. Gumball also has two parents, his mom is a cat named Nicole and his dad is a rabbit just like his little sister named Richard. Gumball and Darwin are always getting themselves into a mess. They always try to do everything on their own which always turns out bad. The two boys attend Elmore Junior High. There are many other characters who attend Elmore Junior High, such as a huge t-rex, a banana, a balloon, a ghost, and many more weird creatures.

                The Amazing World of Gumball first aired on May 3, 2011 on Cartoon Network. It comes on every Monday at 7:30 p.m. on Cartoon Network. They are still coming out with new episodes, so there not quite done with the whole series yet. So far they have a total of twenty-two episodes and two seasons.

                The Amazing World of Gumball is a comedy. Gumball and Darwin don’t really know what they’re doing half the time. They helped a fingerprint rob a gas station, remade a movie because they lost the one they rented, stole a stuffed animal from a t-rex, and goes in to the Forest of Doom.  The two boys are always up to no good, they have no idea what the world is about. The Amazing World of Gumball isn’t only a funny show it’s super cute. The animation is different from any other cartoon I have seen before. Everything in the background is real. It looks like drawings of characters are just placed on to the real world.