Name: The Law of Ueki
Genre: Action, Comedy
Year: 2005
Rating: Enjoyable
Ueki Kousuke is a Hinokuni High School student with a strong sense of justice. After observing Ueki’s personality, Koba-sen a god candidate decides to select Ueki as his representative in the competition to decide the next god. The tournament created by the current god involves heavenly beings becoming candidates and then selecting a representative who will participate in the competition in order to decide a winner. Each representative is then given a power of which can be used to defeat other participants of the tournament. As a prize for the successful competitor he or she is given a blank Zai of which can be used to give its user any talent they wish. There are many participants who are consumed by hatred and greed. Ueki on the other hand is determined to prevent evil from obtaining the precious blank Zai.
The Law of Ueki is a nice choice for all those shounen genre fans out there. Similar to Hunter x Hunter, this series features a group of determined people defending what they believe in. What was interesting though was the power Ueki chooses. He wields the ability to transform garbage into various types of trees and plants. Typical of a shounen series there is a strong element of friendship and perseverance. There are allot of anime out there that are similar to this one but as you can see from the screenshots there are allot of cool effects and animation featured in this series which makes it something worth a try.
