My new found love: Arcana Famiglia.

Weird name? Check.

Swords and Blades? Check

Mafia? Check.

Badass? Double Check.

Arcana Famiglia, released just about a week ago, has officially made its way to my must-watch list. The moment my eyes skimmed through the Summer'12 anime schedule and stopped at it's promotional picture, I knew this was the anime for me. A-Arcana Fami...glia? The anime's name rolled off my tongue weirdly. 

And so, I embarked on this adventurous journey to watch, this, the anime with the weird Italian or whatever language name, Arcana Famiglia. 

Of course, my eyes are never wrong, few minutes into the first episode and I was already jumping up and down on my chair (sorry chair), squealing internally (sorry uhh... brain) and smiling like a retard to control my excitement as the plot unfolded. 

Set in Italy, the anime revolves around a self appointed 'mafia' organization that helps protect their hometown from sumgglers/thieves/any evil person you can think of. The episode first started with Nova, chasing down an illegal trader and after that, getting surrounded by pirates with knives and blades. 

Nova - Small but skillful 

Of course, the hero takes down all of them, with the help of Liberta, who arrived in time, but carelessly allowing the leader of the illegal trading ring to escape from their blades. 

Men in Black 4

While chasing the ring leader, we're then introduced to the many other characters who would soon join in the chase, such as Pace, and the oh-so-important female character, Felicita, her attendant, Luca and her other bodyguards. 

The 'Milady'

Finally, everyone who joins in the chase caught up with the evil ring leader and surrounds him. And of course, the ring leader got his ass kicked for attempting to run away. 

"Run any further, I'm going to shoot!"

Dante when he's about to shoot

Luca - the not so gentle attendant

Papa says HI

At his party, he announces the beginning of the Arcana Duello, which is a competition that is going to be held to decide on the next leader of the organization and his daughter's husband. Everyone enters a state of shock, including the daughter as no one has expected this. 

Somehow, it seems that Luca had expected this

Little Miss gets angry

So far, this anime's plot has been rather fast, which is a good thing for all viewers because that simply means we won't have to wait for yet another filler episode before the actual gist of the anime is shown. The character designs are pretty well done and the background, I guess is pretty suitable for a small island in Italy or wherever it is. 

Can't wait for the next episode!