Android: MangaWatcher

MangaWatcher is the best app for viewing/downloading/storing your library of manga, and now comes with a browser counter part and allows for syncing across devices.

MangaWatcher in google chrome browser at mangawatcher.org

I have been using MangaWatcher for a few years now, I found it while on a safari hunt for a decent manga viewing app on android, but most of them were just glorified image viewers, MangaWatcher was the first to bring a true manga experience to me.
Not only does it have a good amount of settings to tinker about for downloading the manga pages, deleting after having read them (or not) checking for updates to the mangas (!!!!), the ability to sync to an online account (to never loss your library), as well as being able to search/view from your favorite site!




There is no genre search or filter as of now on the site, instantly making the android app better (see two sections down).

As I mentioned above, you have a lot of different options when it comes to WHERE to get your manga, and you dont have to pick just one. I grab a bunch of manga from MangaHere, but also love MangaPanda, sometimes I even use the "search" option which will search through ALLLLLL the different sites at once. I prefer searching one catalog at a time instead of using the search option, but that is because I normally use the android app instead of the browser (all images so far are from the browser).




Mangawatcher in android using the android app only found at manga-watcher.com

The android app of MangaWatcher is what started it all, and its better than ever now a days, that little black "cloud" you see in the top right corners of my manga is an indicator telling me the manga and my progress/info regarding it has been backed up to the browser version. This allows easy moving of my library to another android device.
Enough about that. The android app is amazing, even more so than the browser. This mainly is attributed to the apps filtering options (seen in next section). But also because its so handy, I use a nexus 7, which is perfect for viewing manga on this app. There is one or two hiccups with the app, as can be expected with something free and so amazing with tons of features. You will not find this app in the playstore so dont waste your effort, it does however have its own site (link under image above). Grab it, use it, love it, spread it.




^ All that porn...

The biggest difference (minus options obviously) between the browser and app is the catalog/manga picking. As seen above you dont have the same interface as the browser, instead you pick a catalog first, then are moved to a new screen to pick a manga (next section). You have probably noticed you have more options to, such as google drive and other cloud options plus adding from SD card. MangaWatcher app really lets you do everything.




Im doing a review on "Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari", soon, sooooooooooooon...

As I think I mentioned before, the android app allows for filtering genres to search for manga within a catalog (the browser is not capable of this...yet). This I love, though I do wish I could exclude genres (I hear its being worked on). This system makes it just as easy to find manga with the app as it would be using the actual websites (mangapanda,mangahere,mangafox) without the hassle of loading them on your device.

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I even create new groups (in one pic you see the title "unsorted" at the top, that is what you get when you have no groups made) for my mangas, I added 5 star, 4 star, 3 star, and 2 star (1 star I just delete). 5 star mangas are my rereadables, ones I just keep going back to. 4 star are my memorable ones, mangas that I really love and recommend to others but just dont read much more than once or twice. 3 star are the ok ones that I forget about after a day or so. 2 star are ones I end up not really caring about, but want to care about.

Warframe: Archwing

Archwing is nice part of Warframe that brings ninjas to space, and straps deadly jet packs to their backs. The Archwing modes are very different, it doesn't matter what frame you take (at least right now) what matters is what Archwing you choose, as you dont use Warframe abilities, but instead get unique abilities from the Archwing. Admittedly this makes Archwing detached from the rest of the game, and feels apart from regular Warframe.

This might be changed when they introduce dual mode missions, where you switch from Archwing combat to Warframe combat (yes they said this is coming). With that update we all hope for some Warframe to Archwing integration so that it matters what frame we take with us.

What Archwing Do I Prefer?

Itzal, the clan research Archwing, its a fast (tele) close combat Archwing, which goes well with melee (which is the most powerful attack type in Archwing missions so far).
Theres also the fact that Itzal can go invisible which is perfect for those tight situations or healing a teammate. The tele makes capturing points super quick, and getting to a downed ally quick as well.
Mind you, you do need to constantly move around, dont ever stand there, and also get use to maneuvering in strange ways as to avoid missiles. Such maneuvering can also be beneficial when trying to close the space between enemies oddly spaced about.

At the end of the day, I just love zipping around at high speeds.

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Check out my Warframe review here!

Hemlock Grove

Yea, thats a human arm coming out of that wolf being RIPPED in two.

Truly the most original concepts for werewolves and vampires I have ever seen, and the production/special effects sells it really well. The brutality of these races (in different ways of course) is shown in this tv series like you have never seen them before. Not only do you deal with these races though, there are others, and some magic. Its the best vampire/werewolf tv series to come out, face it Teen wolf is laughably childish, vampire diaries is as well, and the one series that had something going for it "The Originals" could be better (though I do like the originals). This is a dark, ADULT oriented, gore fest horror series, there are no trifle crushes, or high school love crap here.

Werewolves

Our werewolf MC, changing into wolf form.

These are my favorite werewolves since Wolf Lake. Remember that all to well known version of werewolves transformation where they physically shape shift into a half-man half-beast monster? Well this series said fuck that, and went the route of total mind fuck and full wolf (full wolf like Wolf Lake did). The transformation in this series is so primal and you see the skin being ripped off, and torn apart, and in the end, that bad ass wolf (human in full control btw) eats his human skin. Theres not much so far about wolf packs or wolf organization in the series, I imagine we will see more of that in season 3.

Vampires (Upir)

She is Upir, her son just ripped her tongue out with his teeth and said "You talk to much".

No doubt, if the werewolves sounded like your kind of thing, you will love the vampires in this series (known as Upir). They dont just eat blood, but human flesh as well. The vampires we meet so far are trying to develop a means of an easy access no fuss food source, the church has even been allowing it (they kill all things monster apparently or something). But theres so much more going on, so much more awesome to the whole story.

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Whats even better about this series is how much like anime it is, theres no inherently good/evil person or organization. Sure one of our main characters doesn't really kill innocents, but he also just doesn't give any fucks. The church is clearly, when you watch the series, NOT the "good" guys as it were, they are fucked up in their own ways. Then theres the Upir, which when you think about it just want to live in peace, so they are trying to develop a none "kill everything you eat" approach to feeding. Sure theres a few bastards here and there that I wish would fucking die because I hate their guts, and sure they have done some evil shit (that mother). But honestly when I think about their position I can understand.

WATCH THIS SHOW DAMN IT!

Top Picks: Korean Drama

Korean Drama (k-drama): A form of T.V. serial made in South Korea, often short full written stories with endings. Western series tend to continue till they stop making money, so the story never ends. However K-drama has a set story, and only goes so far as to tell it, often leading to 20 or so episodes only.

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Panda And Hedgehog

A love story, with a mysterious past, a quest for revenge and best of all, PASTRIESSS!!!! The creativity shown in this show makes you want to make pastries or find one of these shops (I live in a rural area :( ). The main characters are fun to watch and enjoyable to see together, and the cooking that takes place is also tasty.

City Hunter

A story all about revenge, which leads to love and a battle of right and wrong with morals. You have a highly skilled/trained man, dishing out revenge by finding those responsible for his fathers betrayal, and instead of killing he finds it in himself to bring them to justice by bringing their bad sides into the public light. Hes also hiding his identity as he gets a day job at a national network security center (blue house). Theres many funny moments as the love story is between him and a presidential bodyguard.

Holyland (2005)

This story, is similar to the manga Tiji-kun, you have a guy who masters an attack, and only that attack but is soon forced to learn others under pressure. Make no mistake, I said similar not the same, they are both very different, for one Holyland is very realistic with its fights, and has a deeper meaning rooted in reality as well. Its a fantastic tv show. There is also another Holyland (I think spelled with two words instead of one) that was made in 2012, its a newer remake of this, but I have not see it yet.

The Strongest K-POP Survival

The guy on the bottom has no idea the guy on top of him is actually a girl, lol.

This story has amazing and fun music, and a crazy love story where a girl is pretending to be a guy, and a guy falls for her thinking shes a guy and goes a little crazy thinking hes gay (Coffee prince is another good one). I love the struggles she goes through to keep her secret while living with a bunch of other guys and trying to survive training to become a star.

My Love From Another Star

This is the latest Korean drama I have watched, and it blew my mind. Its a scifi love tale between a 400 year old alien and an aging actress who resembles someone he knew in his past. Its a touching love story with the fun of super powers (time stopping and more) and a mysterious rich man working as a professor. Things get real crazy as people try to kill the actress, and once or twice try to kill him. The ending was amazing, and surprising.

Healer

This one is a secret favorite of mine. It has the fun story vibe of Panda and Hedgehog while have that fake, and hilarious "forbidden" love interest of one of the main characters all the while keeping that warm feeling in my heart. As the title tells, this story centers around a particular business involving mainly coffee, a small cafe, and a mans mission to not, lol, loss his fun and happy go lucky life style as his grandmother requires he either gets married, or is successful. Our two main characters happen to meet before this dilemma. In the obvious fun manner our main girl is taken as a guy, and used by our main guy to pose as gay to avoid marriage interviews.

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I have watch a bunch more than this, but these are some of the more memorable ones I have watched.

Kuiba

Our hero in the middle of his great triumph.
You are probably as skeptical as I was when I heard "Chinese anime", if not more so, but don't let that hold you back. Kuiba is an amazing movie, it has what you crave, an adorable main character to love, a hidden past, end of the world possibilities, futuristic SciFi as well as ancient time lines, a relationship built on love, and finally it doesn't go to far.

-STORY-

Our story is about a man (Kuiba) who sparks a rebellion against the gods (super tech guys), however our story starts long after his rebellion failed (they satellite nuked him). Our main character is a little boy, who is training to be a warrior to fight Kuiba (who is thought to have survived). The governments are calling warriors to gather to fight. Its a fun adventure that stops before the war nicely (don't worry, there are two sequals to continue the story).

-ART-

This movie seems to be a CG movie in an anime style, it looks very nice, lots of color and creative designs. This is not a dark art style, everything is well lit with lots of light.

-SOUND-

This is not my first Chinese movie,or my second or even my third, so the spoken language did not bother me much. I loved the music, it was loud and actions when needed, while still keeping up with the slower smoother paced music needed for the heart tug moments.

-Characters-

This story is being told across three different movies, so don't expect to fall for half the characters. In this first movies you will love and feel close to at least four characters, each one is unique and interesting, and I can't wait to see more of them.

-ENJOYMENT-

Laughter, tears, and hysterical "oh, shits" followed me through this movie, I love it and want every one todo the same.

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I must warn you, the second Kuiba movie has been out for a while now, but there is still no English subtitles out there for it. If on wrong the for the love of god correct me.

Top Picks: OPMC Manga

Over Powered Main Character (O.P.M.C. for short): Is a genre of anime where the main character is more powerful then anyone else and thus never needs to train or anything else in order to win. This genre is not well known right now, but has always been extremely popular in manga and anime (Trigun for example was an OPMC anime), and is slowly gaining recognition.

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Noblesse

One of two web manga on this list, Noblesse is definitely my favorite, I have read it two and half times (the half meaning I skipped some chapters here and there to get to the parts I like). Theres vampires, werewolfs and best of all humans trying to gain power as great as theres via experiments using technology. It gets even better with doctor Frankenstein as one of my favorite side characters ever showing up in this manga. Rai is our badass OP character who gives out beating after beating with a grace never before seen, and its hilarious. Also, its fully colored.

Dendrobates

Do you ever get sick and tired of the old hate killing hero types, I do, in fact I have come to really hate them as its done far to often, but in Dendrobates theres no issue there. This guy is an assassin for hire, his price doesn't really matter, I think he just really enjoys killing assholes. Also, did I mention the guy works in the police involved with evidence, so he literally has unlimited access to a ton of weapons, and the guns always come back to him, he is the man with a thousand guns.

Aiki

This is for adults (seriously full sex, ecchi, nudity). I love this manga, I have read it about two times fully, its a fun ride (theres also a sequel that is ongoing). The main character is a super genius and master of martial arts, and has a twisted personality that is crazy. He does go through a little tiny bit of power up, but its not really a power up, and its super short so I dont count it. You follow this guy as he trains a girl, and slowly gains his own little group, and people for the most part have no wish to challenge him, hes just to powerful. The story is great, its worth reading at least 10 times.

Shina Dark

A super not well known manga that is so amazing it deserves more then it ever got. It never actually ended, it just stop, like it was canceled. It follows the whole Maou-sama thing, he gets resurrected based on a timeline, when he awakens his island is revealed, its called "shina dark". The world is really cool, a mix of medieval/ancient and scifi, sadly what we see so little of everything due to how short it all is. I have read this one two times already, and im getting ready for a third.

Tiji-kun

Another short manga, but this one (THANK GOD) is complete, and it was well done. I love the main character of this manga, and as to not spoil to much let me just say his dream is to protect the dreams of everyone else. This follows an individual only known as "tiji-kun", a martial arts master that defends the weak, and he does it in the blink of an eye, no one ever sees him hit you. I said the manga was well complete and well done, but I do wish more from the end, but it was still good. Also, he does a tiny bit of training to power up near the end, but aside from that he is definitely OP.

Ubel Blatt

Another anime for adults, adults, oh did I say adults? Btw, I dont say adults on the grounds of violence in anyway, I do it on grounds of sex, just fyi. Anyway this story is epic, and I mean epic in the awesome, AND length categories, and thats not a bad thing. The story is well told, lots of history to the tale, and lots of emotion in the characters. This is a dark story, theres mostly no comedy relief, or happy times going on, and still manages to be a good read.

Black Haze

Sorry, myanimelist didn't have this.


Another Full colored web manga! A magic society, with ranks for mages, where our main character is a top ranked mage who is well known and famous. He also happens to be younger then anyone could imagine, and thus his boss has him go to school (lol, love that guy) as an undercover body guard to a kid. You have to understand, its a magician school, so our main character has no issue with classes, he already knows everything. Dont worry, its not about school bullies long, its more about whats after the person hes protecting and the craziness that ensues.

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I still feel I need to say this...
Mangas like one piece, naruto, bleach and so on are not OPMC, they are your basic shounen battle manga of constant power ups and training.

I have a great love for this kind of manga/anime, I have used this list Male Protagonist That Starts Out Strong for a while, its good.

Mabinogi: Music

Yes, horrible quality, but still sounds beautiful (damn I need to get myself a piano in mabinogi).

In mabinogi, one of the greatest, most amazing things, is that you can compose music and play it in game (even in a band). Seriously, people often recreate popular songs in game, easy enough to just google, then copy and paste to make it in game. Music is not just in the game, its an actual form of combat type you can choose and rank up, it has many nice support skills and a few attack skills.

Theres also singing in the game, but I mostly stay clear of that crap, it sounds horrible, I have yet to find anything that sounds good with the singing system.

This is not a tutorial or a guide, just a peek into music in mabinogi, however for those looking to compose in mabinogi I point you towards here.

For most people though I don't recommend trying to compose, as it mostly just sounds bad, but I do suggest just finding a song you like here or here.

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Check out my Mabinogi review here!

Kodi: Media Center

Media Center: Used for viewing/interaction of media (music, photos, video, games) in one place. This also is usually a one stop shop, with plenty of eye candy and functionality.

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Everything says "new" because I through this together on my PC for screenshots for this guide.

When you first saw this post some of you knew what I meant by media center, some of though were thinking some kind of theater setup where the only difference between it and a normal living room was you used a projector. That is wrong, a media center is far more then simply a bigger screen or speaker system or dark room.

The media center I will show you to setup to day is a one stop shop for your anime, tv series, movies, pictures, music and if you really want retro gaming. It requires only four things...

• A Computer (desktop, laptop, android device, tv box/stick <-- data-blogger-escaped-choice="" data-blogger-escaped-li="" data-blogger-escaped-personal="">
• Internet (to download all the files you need)
• Media collection (on your computer hd, memory stick, disc)
• Time

Lets make something clear, im not going to show you how to simply download and install the software, im going to show you how to setup your media center for anime (requires some changes) and give you tips and tricks I have come across, as well as give you an idea of other things you can do (you can message me for details/further info). Ok, got your shit together? Lets do this.

-Step One Setup-

Some links you need...

• Latest Version Of KODI (this guide used 14.2)
• Superrepo
• Wallpapers/screenshots you might like

Install Kodi.
This should be very simple regardless of what device your doing it (unless your trying openelec, but thats another thing).

Install Superrepo.
This should not be a problem as the link gives you step by step with pictures as to what to do.

Once your done there lets move on to getting some of those fancy new addons.

-Step Two Skin-

This is the skin you will be getting in this step, later you can try other ones.
Go to the main menu (press back all the way).
Then follow me!

System
(submenu)Settings
Add-ons
Get Add-ons
All Add-ons

In here we can see a great many categories for different kinds of add-ons, from web interfaces, to skins. Speaking of which, lets grab a new skin.

Go into the category "Skin", near the top is one called "Convergence" lets grab that one for now (its the one shown in the screenshot).
Mind you, different skins change many things, including the location of menus, name of menus and can even change contents of menus and functionality of different things, its not just new colors and pictures. In the future you might want to play around trying different menus for different things.

-Step Three Add-ons-

I suggest using google to find new add-ons as the shear number of them is staggering.
Go to your main menu, looks alot different doesnt it. Go ahead, play with it a bit, but once your done head back to it and click "Add-ons", then "Get More", thennnnn the two dots at very top "..". We are now going to get a bunch of new addons.

Install these...

• Tv information / AniDB.net [MOD]
• Services / Watchdog
• Video add-ons / animehere
• Video add-ons / Icefilms
• Video add-ons / pick a few more if you want, click it it will show more info.

AniDB.net [MOD]
This is a scraper, but its modified, trust me its better then the default one.
Watchdog
You just install this, you dont have to do anything, when you add content (say a new episode), to one of your media sources (folder) this will auto update your library of anime/tvshows/movies to include that new episode.
animehere
This allows for online streaming through kodi from animehere, there are many others you can get as well, some may be even better.
Icefilms
This one is like the animehere one, but its for tv shows, and movies, and it does require a little setup to get the full experiance (just go to add-ons, click on this one, go to settings and download the metadata).

Now lets get to adding videos and such to your Kodi library!

-Step Four Media-

My anime, my beautiful beautiful anime. I also add my anime movies separately as their own source.
Go all the way back to the home menu again. Click "Videos", then click "Add Videos...".

• Browse
• Find the location of your files (the first couple, usually C: E: F:, etc., are your harddrives.)
• Once you find the correct folder, click "OK" on the right.
• Enter a name for the videos (anime for anime, tv shows for tv shows you get it).
• Click "OK"
• BREATH, I know it looks like alot but its not.
• Choose what kind of media it is by clicking the arrows under "This directory contains" (pick tv shows for anime)
• On the right side choose the "scraper", which is where you want KODI to get information about the media. (pick anidb for anime.
• Click "OK"!

With that you your Kodi will start downloading all the information, depending on the size of your collection this could take forever, so give it a while. You can continue on with the steps while it does that. If you notice issues, such as episodes not showing for an item, then see the last step, it will help fix such things.

-Step Five Menu-

Time to make some smart playlists. Not all skins support smart playlists.

In this step we will edit the main menu to your preferences, and add in a few menu items for our media (only if you add anime, or home video type stuff, normal stuff will work with standard movie/tvshow menus).

First we need to make those playlists...

• Click on "Videos" on main menu.
• Click on ".." at top.
• Click on "Playlists"
• "New smart playlist..." (had to break that trend)

You should now be here!

This shows what settings I used for my anime playlist.

The options are pretty self explanatory, you can ignore "playlist options" if you want to, the important parts are "Type", "Name of the playlist", and "New rule...". "New rule..." is likely the only one a person needs help with, it tells Kodi how to determine what to put in the playlist (it fills the playlist itself, thus smart playlist).

As you can see in the picture above I choose the option "Path" (in the first box) and "Contains" (in the second box), you can change whats in the box with the arrows. Once your finished move on.

Alright next go all the way back to the main menu (yes again). From here go to "System", then "Appearance", "Skin", then "-Settings".
In the new menu that pops up go to "Home Menu Items", scroll down to "Menu Item - 7", it should be blank. When you click on it a side menu opens, click on "Playlist Menu", then "Videos - Playlist", here you should see the playlist you made earlier, click it. It will pop up asking for a Menu label. You could name your anime playlist "Anime" as I did, or even "SUPERDUPERSHIT" as I wanted to, its up to you.

You can do these steps for anything you want to put into a playlist, and if you look through the different rules, you will find all kinds of interesting things you can do (you can do more than one rule to).

To remove a menu item (im sure you noticed this though), click on the menu item of your choice (like "Menu Item - 7") and click the first option "clear menu option". Thats it.

-Step Six Tweaks/Fixes-

First and foremost we need to edit how Kodi looks at your episodes (for anime only) so that it can tell the difference between them, for a normal tv show its set as S01E01, but as you might know anime does not follow that. Go Here, its the page shown in the picture, its from the Kodi anime wiki page, where a the community has compiled a lot of useful information for anime users on Kodi. Just follow their instructions and you should fix most problems with Kodi not seeing episodes.

Showing Files On Disc In Kodi
So you can have part of your collection on dvds, and they, and their information/pictures, will still show up in Kodi.

What we are going to do will allow for media to be added to your Kodi that you dont actually have, then when you choose to play an episode of such an media it will instruct you to put in the dvd (you can edit the message). We will accomplish this via media stubs Wiki info here.

Alright lets get to it...

• Make a folder in the directory where you store your media, name it the same as the dvd.
  (For example if its Trigun, name it trigun. However, if its Psych season 2, name it "Psych", but then make another folder inside that one called "season 2")
• Create a new text document inside the folder.
• Name the text document "1" for episode 1, or name it "1,2,3,4" for episodes 1 through 4. Or if you have such info, the name of the episodes.

After all that edit the Text document, and put this info inside.

<discstub>
  <title>.HackSign</title>
  <message>Episodes are on disc in 3rd case.</message>
</discstub>

Of course you should edit the title ".hacksign" and the message "Episodes are on disc in 3rd case." to what you need. When done simply refresh your library (not sure if watchdog will notice this file), which means you just need to restart Kodi (theres other ways to do without restart but I want to tell you in the simplest way).

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If you have any requests or comments regarding anime kodi setup let me know in the comments!

YouTube: VisibleDesireStudio

This is my favorite MeP (Multi Editorial Project) group. There stuff is extremely well edited, and has a music sense I really enjoy, it also helps that im a romantic and love shoujo/love anime. The first video I saw from this group was on Feb 14, yep, valentines day, that video is one of my favorites from them.

My first, and my favorite MEP from VisibleDesireStudio. This could be mostly for the song, but still I love it.

I shared their entire MEP playlist above, but I still urge you to visit their youtube page and subscribe to this awesome group.

Budget Gear: Siberia v2

Amazon Many Choices.
Cheapest On Ebay 35$ About.
Dota 2 Pair Is What I Got 60$ As Of Now.

The pair I own is the Dota 2 with red leds on the sides, I bought mine a few months ago for only 37$. This head set has built in surround sound (so it plugs into PC via usb) and a mic that can be pulled out and pushed in easily. I use the mic often (teamspeak) with no issues, its very easy to move around (rubber) I can twist and turn it any way I want without hurting it. The ability to push it back into the left side ear is perfect for when im not using the mic, but iv left it in there before and no one even realized that there was an issue.

Iv said it many times, im an FPS gamer, and this headset is great, its perfectly loud, and even comes with a built in volume control on the cord for easy adjustment. I can easily hear people coming from behind or the side (I play Nosgoth a lot recently, great for detecting deceivers).

The head band looks fragile, but mine I use everyday for hours and it still shows no troubles or wear. It fits really comfortable to, I have kinda large ears, and this does cause me a bit of discomfort if I place the headset angled wrong, but thats a given.

My only complaint with this headset is the short cord, which is only a problem due to how I sit and my shitty chair/desk.

I recommend this as a great early headset for gamers, seriously its not just me, I searched around a bit for a cheap headset and I saw plenty of good reviews for this with few to none negative reviews.

Budget Gear: Sensei Raw

Get It Here 20$ used at this time.
Other Sensei Raw All Over 20$.

I have been using this mouse for a few months now, and I have zero problems with it. Keep in mind im not coming from naga or some 100$ mouse, im coming from generic 10$ mouse. The Sensei Raw I got is the call of duty black ops 2 version, with heat orange lighting, so its looks bad ass. The reason I choose this version is not for that though, it because its cheaper, I don't know why but its about 10$ cheaper then the ordinary Sensei Raw.

The light is a nice tough, its not to bright though as I sleep about 5ft from my always on PC. The software that comes with steel series products is nice as well (shown in image). As you can see theres not a huge bloat of options as found in some other mice, which some may find a turn off, but the two side buttons with the standard buttons is perfect for me. I heard complaints about the scroll being loud/rough, but I don't think its bad at all, the rough is there to let you know how much you scroll with it, the noise is just a side effect and its not intrusive (I don't even notice it).

I recommend this mouse as a great mouse for a low price, I play FPS games with it, and find nothing wrong with my aim, the DPS settings work well (I have setting for fps and then normal). Just be sure to disable the two buttons on the side you don't have your thumb (you will click them sooner or later).

Top Picks: Serious Anime

Serious Anime: An anime where it takes itself very serious, and has a deep, or serious story. Normaly these would be limited to seinen, as it targets an adult audience while shoujo, and shounen targets children and teens.

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Kurozuka

Kurozuka is a fairly unknown anime, though I have no idea why, its one of the best anime out there, it has ancient japan, future japan, vampires, scientific experimentation of vampires, a kick ass main character, and, the cherries on the top, a love story and mystery. The dark world looks fantastic, the action is well done and fun to watch. The only thing this story might need is to have started sooner in one of the main characters previous "lifes" so that we could see more.

Ghost In The Shell

I should warn, not all ghost in the shell are equal, mostly im referring to the "Arise" movies and their series "alternative architecture". These are newer and they have a different feel to them. This series is more about thinking, philosophically, strategically, and probably morally. Don't let that trick you though, this is a top scifi creation, plenty of action and cool gadgets/tech to look forward to. The world looks amazing and shows so many different nooks and crannies of it. This anime is also considered a classic, on par with Akira (which is another serious anime you MUST watch).

Darker Than Black

This anime is different in how it arranges itself, the episodes are doubles, so episode one and two are one story, three and four another, and so on. This makes it less of a series and more of multiple movies all thrown in one collection, which isnt a bad thing. The story is nice, and really unique, one not really seen anywhere else. The main character is a hired gun for an organization (he does all kinds of jobs), hes great at his job and has a personality that says he gives no fucks. Many people in this anime have special abilities, with side effects, which really make it interesting to see what they must do after using the ability. The world is dark, not always art wise but just in general. The show can feel slow, as its not all action packed, its a more mild speed anime, but the action is great.

Speed Grapher

Another lesser known anime, and as iv said about all these, its a dark, very serious, and has a nice twist of super powers. This anime invovles a stripper/prostitute along side our main character, if that helps tell you something. The girl's dna awakens abilities in certain people, our main character was lucky enough to be one of these and his power allows him to blow shit up when looking through the focus of his camera. Shit gets real as special powered people keep showing up for this girl. The story does have its fun moments, but its definitely worthy of a slot here.

Zetman

I wasn't sure whether to put this up or not, it is fairly serious (manga way better btw) but the anime cuts certain things out to allow for a younger age. Its still good, but not nearly as dark as it should have been given the manga. Our main character is not human, he was in fact created to kill non-humans. He was stolen and raised in secret in a homeless group. Needless to say people die left and right around this guy. I put this up here still mainly because it has so many sad moments that make it feel dark.

Terror in Resonance

Theres no super powers in this one. WHAT!!! Yea, its a great anime though, here we have two main characters who set out bombing tokyo as a form of revenge. They have an awesome background that is slowly revealed in the series and adds to the seriousness of their imposing bombings. They post youtube videos prior to each bombing with a riddle (they are geniuses) that the police scramble to solve. Buts lets not forget the organization that shows up after these two. The point is the story is a fun ride with great jumps.

Iriya Summer of UFOs

Oh, my, fucking, god, why... its not that I wish I didn't watch this, its that it made me feel so sad and fucked up inside that I fear watching it again. This story is one of the saddest love stories I have ever seen, its a scifi with aliens (or so we assume) attacking the planet and one girl left to defend them. She goes to school, that's where she meets our main character is a boy who ends up saving the girls life by giving her some medicine during an attack (one giant needle in her heart). This is a physiological roller coaster that will stab your heart with a giant fucking needle over and over and over till theres nothing left of that pin cushion.

Witch Hunter Robin

I havent actually watched this anime in a while, its a bit older (as our the rest on the list). The story and super powers are the best in this anime, I absolutely love this story. Its how human kind (or japan) reacts to the surprising awakening of "witches" in the world, these are ordinary people who suddenly gain a super power, usually they go insane. We follow our main character Robin who joins a group who is in charge of capturing witches. Human rights questions will pop up in your mind, how far will people go to "feel" safe, and whats really moral.

Wolf's Rain

This story is an iffy one to put up here, as it does have a bit of lightheartedness to it, but the core story is definitely dark. The story is a post apocalyptic one with dome cities where people live. Our main characters are wolves, in this world wolves and other animals have the ability to appear human to humans (though not physically change). Theres even some questioning on the origin of man and how they might have evolved from wolves. Our wolves are searching for a way to paradise, a place where only wolves can enter.

Akira

I mentioned this one earlier, this is a movie, no series, and theres even been rumors of a someone making a live action adaption. Physic powers and scifi society are the best parts of this story, but the only ones with physic abilities are few and under watch by the military. This is one of the iconic movies of anime, and I promise its a great serious story worth every minute.

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Yes, I did go a bit over board, once I started adding a few I just couldn't bring myself to stop, this is a often requested type, and a type hard for most people to understand what is being asked.

Top Picks: OPMC Anime

Over Powered Main Character (OPMC for short): Is a genre of anime where the main character is more powerful then anyone else and thus never needs to train or anything else in order to win. This genre is not well known right now, but has always been extremely popular in manga and anime (Trigun for example was an OPMC anime), and is slowly gaining recognition.

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Problem Children Are Coming From Another World Aren't They?

Theres more than one main character in this anime, but that doesn't stop Izayoi from standing out, a lot. Hes powerful, defeats people with ease, and loves fights. Whats more, him being awesome and OP does not distract from the great interesting story being told. As always the manga of this anime came first and its story continues past where the anime stopped, but that doesn't stop the anime from feeling fine where it stopped. Sure you want to know more about Izayoi, and uncover the secret of his immense power, but as I said, hes not a distracting character, there are two other main characters that you will love as well.

Irregular Magic High School

Onetruetatsuya a reddit group that more then proves just how awesome and OP Tatsuya is in this anime. This anime is all about Tatsuya and his life as an emotionless, super powered magician (due to his mother removing his emotions at birth). Some make the mistake of thinking hes weak in magic, but brilliant and thus makes the most out of what he has, that is wrong, his magic is super over powering to the point of his sister having a magic seal on him to hold his interference level down. The point is, Tatsuya is a genius, with a huge amount of power and every intention of using it with no emotional attachments (aside from his sister, his only emotion left was sibling love). This anime did not spawn from a manga surprisingly, and very few people have read the original material, the light novel (translation here). I have read the light novel, in fact I read the light novel before the anime came out, and the anime disappointed me. The anime cuts out more than half the information (internal dialogue of Tatsuya) which gives you insight into his character.

Kaze No Stigma

Kazuma is a decendent of a fire spirit wielding family, but is basically thrown away as his lack of ability to control the spirits is evident. This anime starts out when Kazuma is returning to Japan in his adulthood, not just as a spirit user, but as a wind spirit contractor the first contractor to be seen for thousands of years. Needless to say, hes powerful, and his character has a great back story (time between leaving family and coming back to japan), its sad, tragic, and yet full of happy memories. The other characters fill out the anime nicely, the crazy bitch girl who falls for him, the adorable little brother whos since of justice is even greater then his older brothers, and the old man trying to fix his daughter up with Kazuma. I like this anime a lot, but for some reason I feel like its out of place here, not sure why, but I had to include it.

Hagure Yuusha no Estetica

Akatsuki, stolen from his world by a well known phenomenon that wisps children away to other worlds, has become the great hero who defeated the demon lord of this other world, and returns back to his world as a super powered (though people underestimate him) adult. Oh, he also spirited away the demon lords daughter to his world with him without letting anyone know. Hes not the only one that returns, many have, theres even an organization that takes these people, and trains them (as if to be weapons in their world). Any way, Akatsuki pawns off the demon lords daughter as his sister, this whole "not really his sister" thing makes the ecchi moments easy to accept. Speaking of ecchi, theres a lot, its a really fun and enjoyable mix. The characters consist of pretty much all girls, with two exceptions but they rarely get screen time. The story is great, and makes you want to know all about these other worlds, and everything. Unlucky for us you will have to go to the Light novel to see what happens after the anime, its found here.

Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari

Familiar with the Tenchi Muyo series? Yep, this is another spin off of Tenchi Muyo, its subtle in its connections, but its there just enough to let you know. Kenshin is amazing, seriously, hes like the perfect guy in this series, what ever he does, he does perfectly (lol, even giving massages). Not only that, hes an expert swordsman, a pilot of a giant robot (males are rare to be able to), and hes from another world! The story is great, the world is interesting and unique, with a post apocalyptic history and ruins that contain great secrets to the downfall of that civilization. Theres some school life story here to, which is really fun as Kenshin is at first not a student, and the short time he is a student just further enhances are view of the world without distracting from everything else. I have not read any manga, or light novel for this anime, and saw no reason to look for any, as I love this anime.

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Why Not This, or That?

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SAO? Because its not something I felt like watching again and again, and though Kirito was powerful, he was annoying in other ways and the series didn't show enough of him being bad-ass.
Trigun? Because its well known and you have seen it (or better see it), its definally one of my top picks but is well known enough you are not looking for it.
Naruto/Bleach/One Piece/etc.? These are NOT O.P.M.C. anime, their main characters are NOT over powered, as they constantly get power ups and go through training, and even loss fights.

That all being said, yes there are other great O.P.M.C. anime out there not on this list, this list is only of five that I really love and watch again and again. There is no order to this list either.

Warframe

"Please stay calm and avoid any sudden moves that might frighten the hamsters." -Red Text

You may of heard of warframe, its the coop mmorpgtps that people often refer to as "a better version of destiny", or "what destiny should have been". Just to clear up some thoughts people often have, Warframe has been in beta for years, it has been around since before destiny.

I love Warframe, it has thousands of gameplay hours, many different game play modes (including pvp arena, hijack, defense, survival, sabotage, data retrival, excavation, assassination, void missions, nightmare missions, alerts). There are tons of weapons, warframes (suits, they are basically equipments like weapons), mods (modifications to equipments).
Theres so much to do its crazy, not to mention there are like 13 planets, lots of areas, and the areas are dynamic (they are a tile based system so the same area is never the same).

The game is updated weekly, huge game change updates once a month, lots of DEV streams where the developers talk to the community and discuss whats coming while answering questions.

The Devstreams are live on twitch.tv/warframe. This is the Youtube playlist for Devstreams.

-Nodes-

View of planet Ceres in navigation console.

There are many different planets in the solar system you can navigate. Each one looks like this (pic above) with many "nodes" or areas you can play. Each one may have different levels, game mode, enemy type (see section below), and each use the tile set of Ceres, making them seem similar while still being different. Tile sets from planet to planet differ greatly, or are suppose to, as of this point they dont have tile sets for each planet yet, they are working on it though (earth has a jungle set, another planet ice based, and now a water based tile set).
Nodes can also host nightmare missions (a harder version of a normal node), mission/quests, and syndicate missions (not mentioned in this review, as there is so much to warframe that theres much left out of this review).

-Enemies-

Corpus
"Drench them in water I say! In Water!!"

They favor long-medium range attacks, but most annoying are the anti-power types this race has. The anti-power type mob has a type of bubble extended around them and nearby allies, which prevents your abilities and damage from reaching them, it also negates abilities so they do nothing. Dealing damage takes the bubble down, or you can get dirty and close with melee in the bubble. This race is the tech race, lazers, electricity, robots, robots, robots, they also have my favorite tile sets. Infested
"These guys provoke an irresistible urge to poke."

I love these little critters, and not so little critters. They favor melee combat, but there are some medium range types thrown in, also higher levels have auras which really fuck you up. Those auras can go from energy drain, to heal allies to toxin, and so on. Other races have auras as well, but I feel like infested have more, alot more. Obviously these guys are the biological weapon types, you know, the whole weapons made of fleash types.

Grineer
"Effing bleed toting turtles"

These guys are the most annoying for me, partly because of bleed damage (health drain over time) but also because I just dont like their ugly faces or design ideas. They are the human (or most human) race, they actually live through cloning. Their maps have tons of pipes and such, almost steam punk like race, but more "grimy". These guys are the projectile based weapons enemy, missles, bullets, and the like.

Tenno
"Oh crap, am I a girl? A boy? Oh god, oh god, oh god..."

This is the race the players play as, we know a little bit about them and where they get there tech (another ancient race that died out), but not much about who we are. Anyway, we make use of all races tech, plus our own, as you may already know (and should) the "warframes are the main tech of this race, they are suits you can wear giving you super abilities. We also get our own dojos (clan halls) that we build to our likeings (adding rooms) which includes adding research rooms to research and build tech not in the shop.

There have also been rumors of a fifth race (or fourth enemy race), some details have been released via devstreams and events, but nothing that really tells us anything. Cant wait to see what they are, and start customizing my weapons to destroy them.

-Equipment-

Weapons store front.

There is a ton of equipment in this game, guns or all kinds plus bows, swords, daggers, cross bows, axes, whips, hammers, gun sword, and they just keep adding more as they get more ideas. But the fun doesnt end there, theres also tons of warframes (and more being added all the time), I think around 20 or more so far, and more planned. Warframes are not just the same thing with different skin or different visual, their abilities are very different, one might create a bubble to protect anyone in it (snow globe), while anothers ultimate ability may lift everything up around you and slam it into the ground (reckoning), and yet another will spread out and slow down enemies while increasing damage done to them AND causing them to explode on death and deal damage to others (allowing for huge chains of explosions from one kill), and way way way more. And thats just the ultimates, warframes have four, 4, FOUR abilities, and with mods (see customizaion below) you can change them to act differently or reduce one part of it (like range) in exchange for greater duration or strength.
Annnnnnnd the fun still doesnt end. They also have Archwing, a different form of battle (open space battles with jetpacks) with different abilities and mods, and they are adding sharkwing (name may change on release) like archwing but underwater battling. Oh, then theres the sentinels and kubrows, which are pets, sentinels are techy, while kubrows are...well they are dogs. Theres so much to this game, I mean seriously, so so so much to this game, and they keep adding more.

-Customization-

Customizing your stuff is awesome in warframe. From mods that augment your weapon, adding damage, fire, ice, electric, toxin, or even combos of these adding up to corrosive, viral, radiation and more, all with their own unique procs, all the way to increasing range, or clip size and so much more. Then you get to color the shit out or your stuff, all kinds of colors all kinds of combos and you can add accessories. They even added a type of "tattoo" now that you can put on your warframe, some change colors depending on different conditions, other glow, some show something different depending on your rank. Warframe is a great game for showing off individuality, I never see people looking like me, and when I do it takes only one sec to change things. They have bobble heads for your ship, capes for your warframe, parts (wings, tail, face) for your sentinel and they even added arrow skins recently. It never ends.

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Bottom line, Warframe is F2P game, with more content then most pay to play games, and you can get everything in game (you can trade the IRL money currency ingame) and they dont do P2W period. So theres no guilt in giving it a try.