Critics and Connoisseurs

Club Description:

First and foremost, I would like to make it clear that this is not an elitist club. Our goal is to come up a list of highly recommended quality shows that are exemplary either within genre or universally. However, everyone has different standards when it comes to this, so I have made up a short list of basic requirements with the goal of ensuring maximum participation from our members.

Entry Requirements:


Club Goals:


Activity Policy


THIS Week's You Decides:
OPEN - Spirited Away (Anime)
OPEN - Bradherley's Coach (Manga)
OPEN - Kenji Harima (School Rumble) (Character)

For Re-vote:
OPEN - Detroit Metal City (Anime)
OPEN - Nodame Cantabile (Manga)

Resurrected:
[none]


THIS Week's Spotlights:
Pale Cocoon (Anime)
D-ASH (Manga)
Neuro Nougami (Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro) (Character)

For Re-vote:
Barefoot Gen (Anime)

Resurrected (2nd week):
Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)
Genshiken (Manga)
Edmond Dantes (Gankutsuou) (Character)


NEXT Week's Spotlights:
Seikai no Monshou (Anime)
Please Save My Earth (Manga)
Daisaku Kusama (Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still) (Character)

For Re-vote:
Perfect Blue (Anime)


Nomination Lists:
Nominate an Anime
Nominate a Manga
Nominate a Character


RE-VOTE Dates:

Anime:
11/27/09 - Barefoot Gen
12/04/09 - Perfect Blue
12/11/09 - Nodame Cantabile
12/18/09 - Maison en Petits Cubes, La
12/25/09 - Dennou Coil
02/12/10 - Berserk
02/19/10 - Planetes
03/01/10 - Master Keaton
03/21/10 - Hunter x Hunter
03/28/10 - Honey and Clover II
05/02/10 - Top wo Nerae!

Manga:
01/08/10 - Touch
02/05/10 - Pluto
02/12/10 - Hikaru no Go
02/19/10 - Onani Master Kurosawa
03/21/10 - Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
04/25/10 - Rose of Versailles

Characters:
12/25/09 - Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
01/01/10 - Kyoko Mogami (Skip Beat)
01/15/10 - Kenzo Tenma (Monster)
01/29/10 - Munsu (Shin Angyo Onshi)
02/05/10 - Paul von Oberstein (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
02/12/10 - Johan Liebert (Monster)
02/19/10 - Oscar Francois de Jarjayes (Rose of Versailles)
03/01/10 - Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
04/04/10 - Itto Ogami (Lone Wolf and Cub)

Old Spotlights:
"Y" Means it has been accepted
"Y*" Means it has been accepted permanently
"N" Means it was rejected
"N" Means it was resurrected and rejected for a 2nd time
"R" Means it has been accepted AND has a club review
"R*" Means it has been accepted permanently AND has a club review
"L" Means it didn't meet minimum of 15 combined y/n votes
"Y" Means it has been accepted but still publishing. A final vote is in order once it is finished.
"N" Means it has been rejected but still publishing, and can't be resurrected until it is completed.

Anime:

N - 5cm Per Second
N - Akira
N - Aria the Animation
Y* - Aria the Origination
R* - Baccano!
Y - Barefoot Gen
N - Bartender
N - Beck
Y - Berserk
N - Clannad
R* - Cowboy Bebop
N - Death Note
Y - Dennou Coil
Y - Detroit Metal City
N - EF - A Tale of Memories
N - Ergo Proxy
N - Eureka Seven
N - Furi Kuri
N - Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
N - Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
N - Fullmetal Alchemist
N - Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Y* - Gankutsuou
N - Ghost Hunt
Y* - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
N - Golden Boy
N - Grave of the Fireflies
Y* - Great Teacher Onizuka
N - Grenadier
N - Gunslinger Girl
R* - Haibane Renmei
N - Hajime no Ippo
Y* - Hana Yori Dango
N - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
N - History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
R* - Honey and Clover
Y - Honey and Clover II
Y - Hunter x Hunter
Y* - Juuni Kokuki
N - Kaiba
N - Kaiji
N - Kamichu!
N - Kanon (2006)
Y* - Kino's Journey
Y* - Legend of the Galactic Heroes
N - Macross: Do You Remember Love?
N - Mai-HiME
Y - Maison en Petits Cubes, La
L - Master Keaton
N - Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
Y* - Millennium Actress
N - Mind Game
Y* - Mononoke
R* - Monster
R* - Mushishi
N - Natsume Yuujinchou
Y* - Neon Genesis Evangelion
Y - Nodame Cantabile
N - Now and Then, Here and There
N - Ookiku Furikabutte
Y - Perfect Blue
N - Place Promised in Our Early Days, The
Y - Planetes
N - Pokemon
Y* - Princess Mononoke
Y* - Princess Tutu
N - Revolutionary Girl Utena
Y* - Rose of Versailles
R* - Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
Y* - Samurai Champloo
N - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Y* - Seirei no Moribito
N - Serial Experiments Lain
N - Spice and Wolf
N - Sword of the Stranger
N - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
N - Texhnolyze
Y* - Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
N - Tokyo Godfathers
Y - Top wo Nerae!
Y* - Touch
N - Towards the Terra
N - Trigun
N - Vision of Escaflowne
Y* - Welcome to the NHK

Manga:

Y* - 20th Century Boys
Y* - 21st Century Boys
N - A, A'
N - After School Nightmare
Y* - Akira
N - Alive!
N - Angel Sanctuary
N - Aria
N - Battle Angel Alita
N - Battle Royale
N - Because Goodbyes Are Coming Soon
N - Beck
Y - Berserk
N - Bitter Virgin
N - Black & White
Y - Blade of the Immortal
Y* - BLAME!
N - Cardcaptor Sakura
Y* - Cat Street
N - Chrno Crusade
N - Claymore
N - Death Note
N - Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari
N - Domu
Y* - Eden - It's an Endless World!
Y* - Emma
N - Enigma of Amigara Fault, The
N - Eyeshield 21
N - Fruits Basket
N - Full Moon wo Sagashite
Y - Fullmetal Alchemist
N - Gantz
N - Genshiken
N - Goth
Y* - Great Teacher Onizuka
Y - Hajime no Ippo
Y* - H2
N - Hana Yori Dango
N - Hellsing
L - Hikaru no Go
N - Ichigo 100%
N - Immortal Regis
N - Island
Y* - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
N - Kare Kano
N - Kowarehajimeta Tenshi Tachi
N - Life
Y* - Lone Wolf and Cub
N - Love Hina
N - Mermaid Saga
N - Millennium Snow
Y* - Monster
N - MPD Psycho
N - Mx0
Y - NANA
Y* - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Y - Neon Genesis Evangelion
N* - Nijigahara Holograph
Y - Nodame Cantabile
N - Ohikkoshi
Y - Onani Master Kurosawa
Y - One Piece
N - Pet Shop of Horrors
Y* - Planetes
Y - Pluto
N - Pocket Monster Special
N - Pretty Face
N - Revolutionist in the Afternoon, A
L - Rose of Versailles
Y* - Rurouni Kenshin
Y* - Sanctuary
N - Shadow Star
Y* - Shin Angyo Onshi
N - Socrates in Love
Y* - Solanin
N - Tokyo Babylon
L - Touch
Y - Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
N - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Y* - Uzumaki
N - Vagabond
N - Watashitachi no Tamura-kun
N - White Clouds
Y - xxxHolic
R* - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Characters:

N - Akari Mizunashi (Aria)
Y* - Alpha Hatsuseno (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou)
N - Alucard (Hellsing)
Y* - Balsa (Seirei no Moribito)
N - C.C. (Code Geass)
Y* - Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)
N - Claire Stanfield (Baccano)
N - Edmond Dantès (Gankutsuou)
N - Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Y* - Eikichi Onizuka (GTO)
N - Franz Epinay (Gankutsuou)
Y* - Ginko (Mushishi)
Y* - Griffith (Berserk)
Y* - Guts (Berserk)
N - Haruko Haruhara (FLCL)
N - Hei (Darker than BLACK)
Y* - Heinrich Runge (Monster)
Y* - Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
N - Horo (Spice & Wolf)
N - Hosaka (Minami-ke)
N - Ippo Makunouchi (Hajime no Ippo)
L - Itto Ogami (Lone Wolf and Cub)
N - Julian Minci (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
Y - Johan Liebert (Monster)
N - Kaiji Itou (Kaiji)
N - Kamina (TTGL)
N - Keith Anyan (Toward the Terra)
N - Kenji Endo (20th Century Boys)
N - Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken)
Y - Kenzo Tenma (Monster)
N - Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
N - Kimihiro Watanuki (xxxHolic)
Y* - Kino (Kino's Journey)
N - Kintaro Oe (Golden Boy)
N - Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)
Y* - Kusuriuri (Mononoke)
N - Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Y - Kyoko Mogami (Skip Beat)
Y* - Lafiel (Crest/Banner of the Stars)
N - Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
N - Light Yagami (Death Note)
N - Lina Inverse (Slayers)
N - Lucy (Elfen Lied)
N - Lupin (Lupin III)
N - Makoto Konno (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
Y* - Megumi Noda (Nodame Cantabile)
N - Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Y - Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Y* - Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
N - Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
Y - Munsu (Shin Angyo Onshi)
N - Nana Osaki (NANA)
N - Noriko Takaya (Top wo Nerae!)
N - Nozomu Itoshiki (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
L - Oscar Francois de Jarjayes (Rose of Versailles)
Y* - Oskar von Reuenthal (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
N - Oyaji (Denno Coil)
Y - Paul von Oberstein (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
N - Pikachu (Pokemon)
Y* - Reinhard von Lohengramm (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
N - Revy (Black Lagoon)
N - Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier)
L - Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
N - Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
N - Shigeru Akagi (Akagi)
N - Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai)
N - Shinichi Chiaki (Nodame Cantabile)
N - Shion Yasuoka (Shion no Ou)
N - Shuurei Kou (Saiunkoku Monogatari)
Y* - Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic)
Y* - Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
N - Takashi Natsume (Natsume Yuujinchou)
N - Tarou Sekiutsu (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
N - Tatsuhiro Satou (Welcome to the NHK)
N - Tomoya Okazaki (Clannad)
N - Tsukasa Domyoji (Hana Yori Dango)
N - Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
N - Vash (Trigun)
Y* - Wolfgang Grimmer (Monster)
Y* - Yang Wenli (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
N - Yomi Isayama (Ga-Rei Zero)
Y* - Youko Nakajima (Juuni Kokuki)
Y* - Yukino Miyazawa (Kare Kano)
N - Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC)
N - Yuuta Takemoto (Honey & Clover)

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions:
Open Discussion Thread
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Pending Club Reviews

Members who are inactive for an extensive period of time may be removed from the club. This is in effort to make sure that this club maintains an active member base and prevents it from becoming just another one of MAL's many, many dead clubs. If you are removed you can always request later to be readmitted and if for some reason you are wrongfully booted (due to admin error) I sincerely apologize in advance.