Eating Time Along With Your Soul

So, awhile back I stumble upon a list of ten anime that didn't make it onto some prestigeous list of the decade and a few favourites of mine were on there (Full Metal Panic, Last Exile, Eureka 7, Samurai Champloo) so I decided to look into the ones that I hadn't seen yet. I immediately jumped at Sengoku Basara because it totally plays on my Dynasty Warriors heart string but the real hook was an anime called Soul Eater. At first I thought it was a chibi version of the other shinigami series Bleach but this anime puts a fresh spin on the death god genre.

Souleater
All of the characters are unique and fun to watch develop. In Soul Eater, the teams are comprised of meisters and weapons. It is the meister's job to help the weapon acquire 99 human souls and 1 witch's soul. I actually with the series played on this a bit more but other than that the pacing of this anime is superb - you never feel like it's going to fast or crawling. One noticable exception is the Excalibur episodes in which the plot pretty much hits a brick wall and you're treated to the antics of possibly the most annoying but oddly endearing anime character in any and all anime series.

Needless to say, this Soul Eater is an instant favourite. I mean, it's been two day and I'm already buffering the 42nd episode as we speak...