Soul Eater: THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

(Note the madness ensuing in the Halloween Town-like "Death City" in the opening for Soul Eater, the show boasts some sharp visuals that never fade throughout so it looks consistently crisp and spastic.)

So, to sum up the image of Soul Eater it's like Harry Potter meets Bleach wherein students learning at the bony feet of the Grim Reaper as they slay tainted souls before they become something worse and try to upgrade their human/weapon partners to be worthy enough to be wielded by Death himself!

Let's cover some significant aspects that might entice you to watch this:

-A Zombie Commando is amongst the primary faculty for the school. He's got a female mummy for a partner that turns into a heavy duty combat knife. No joke.

-Death talks funny, acts silly and wears a mask to keep the kids from being afraid.

-The Legendary sword Excalibur is revealed to be pampered snob who demands to bore everyone to tears with constantly contradictory tales of his exploits, youth and preference in beverages.

-Death's son is OCD and obsessed with symmetry, to the point that he will run home to make sure he flushed something properly or that his picture frame is aligned in perfect symmetry.

-Blackstar the assassin is unable to approach his targets in silence without screaming wild boasts at the top of his lungs.

-There's a Twin Peaks reference that is consistently present throughout the show wherein Maka's partner soul enters the Red Room where a devilish little man dances out of time with Jazz music and spouts cryptic attempts at temptation for Soul to turn to the dark side.

I'll blather more on the matter at another time, but I wanted to get this thing out there ASAP. I would have had this on sooner, but my entire Halloween weekend was spent picking fights with a Honda dealership. This is a fun series to enjoy around Halloween and even more so with it on Netflix's Instant watch in four separate sections.


(This closing give a good look at the main characters & human weapon pairings including Maka/Soul, Blackstar/Tsubaki, Death the Kid/Thompson Sisters, Crona/Ragnarok and a look at the opposition that develops around the second primary story arc.)