When Japanese author Tite Kubo created the popular manga Bleach, he would never have imagined the immense popularity the comic would receive. Bleach is the story of a 15 year old teenager named Ichigo Kurosaki who soon finds himself as a soul reaper, someone who fight evil spirits known as hollows. For many popular anime cartoons, the first season can be a little slow and dull, as they have to introduce the characters and story. However,with Bleach, the show starts off with a bang and continues to entertain all through the first season.

In the first three episodes of the popular anime, we are introduced to Ichigo Kurosaki, his crazy dad, and his two sisters. Ichigo one days sees a hollow attacking a young girl and attempts to save it. During this a woman starts to fight the hollow and attempts to destroy it. We later find out the girl is named Rukia and is a soul reaper. After the fight a hollow comes to Ichigo's house and during the fight Rukia is injured, however, Ichigo gains her powers and is successful in subduing the monster.

Later in the series, we are introduced to more characters such as Orihime, a slow but beautiful red headed girl who is very sensitive to spirits in the other world. Also, the show introduces Chad, a tough guy who also can sense evil spirits.

By the end of the first season of Bleach, the show has covered a lot of ground, but is still packed with action. The fights in the show really take off around episode eighteen and Ichigo's weapon soon becomes even more powerful. Bleach is highly recommended and the first season while great, is just the beginning of the adventure.

Anime Naruto

Naruto is an anime and manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto centered around a loud, hyperactive, young ninja who is in a constant search for both approval and recognition, and with a great aspiration to become Hokage. First published as a manga series in Japan by Shueisha in the 43rd issue of Shonen Jump magazine in November 1999, the Naruto series has risen in popularity exponentially and has since been licensed in the USA (becoming VIZ Media's top selling title) and nearly two dozen other countries, with the anime series currently airing in 18 countries.

Twelve years before the start of the series, a Kyuubi (nine-tailed fox demon) attacked the Hidden Leaf Village. A swing of one of it's mighty tails could raise tsunamis and flatten mountains, chaos reigned throughout the village as it killed many people, until the leader of the Leaf, the Fourth Hokage, defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a new born child, that child is Uzumaki Naruto.

The Fourth Hokage would forever be celebrated as a hero for sealing the Kyuubi and saving the entire village. It was his wish that Naruto would also be respected in the same way he would be, however, this was not the case. Everybody in the village avoided Naruto, regarding him as nothing more than the evil demon fox. The Third Hokage made it a rule within the village that other villagers were forbidden from mentioning this event to anyone, even their own children, however because of the way their parents treated Naruto, they mistreated him as well throughout most of his childhood.