Critically reviewing anime and manga is based on a nine point scale considering a rating under 1 is impossible. Most of the factors are out of a three point system, except in the case of intellectual content which is out of one; either a series has it or it does not:
0: Inadequate
1: Adequate
2: Exceptional
The Following Pieces Are Aggregated Into A Possible Score of 1-10
(2) Characters – Are the characters rational? Interesting? Believable?
(2) Plot – Is it riddled with tropes? Does it pull the viewer/reader in?
(2) Enjoyment – Overall, did I value my experience or was it a mistake?
(2) Production Value – Is the voice acting good? Is the script well written? Is the animation and art of high quality?
(1) Intellectual Content – Does the media have any historical or cultural relevance? Is there depth or purpose to its existence?
What Does The Total Score Mean To You?
(1) Garbage; it has no value whatsoever and nobody should bother.
(2) Horrible; perhaps it retains some slight shred of potential, but it is unlikely that one should watch this unless it is “so bad it’s good”.
(3) Very bad; not all is lost, you may enjoy if you really love the series or genre, but most should stay away.
(4) Bad; this may actually be somewhat entertaining, but it has serious problems.
(5) Lower-end Average; had potential, but is mostly forgettable.
(6) Higher-end Average; if you were interested in it, give it a try, but it likely will not exceed your expectations.
(7) Good; it still has several significant flaws, but it is not a waste of time.
(8) Great; there are few reasons to avoid this unless you really think you will hate it.
(9) Amazing; there are hardly any flaws that keep it from the top and almost anyone would enjoy it.
(10) Phantasmagoric; I recommend you most definitely watch/read this, no matter what you usually like!
俺・Me:
I have had an immense interest in Japanese culture since I was very young. My interest in Japan started because of a teacher in my elementary school and led to my family taking in three different Japanese exchange students. I started to gain interest in the culture, the geography, the history, the food, and cinema. It was not til a couple years later that I finally I opened up to Japanese animation and have grown to like it quite a lot. After being interested in all aspects of Japan I started learning the language. I am currently studying to get my B.A. in Japanese Language and Culture at my University. This fall I shall be studying abroad in Tōkyō.
My other interests include listening to music, playing guitar and sanshin, reading books and American comics, playing video games, and adventuring.
I really like learning languages. I know English, learned Spanish since I was a child, some Japanese, and I studied Korean for a short time (I was not very good, and I was told I spoke with a Japanese accent).
俺は愛憎・アラバスターだ。
나 아있오 알어바수타 이에요.
I am a music snob, most definitely. I have strong opinions and I speak my mind.
アニメと漫画・Anime and Manga:
Moe tropes make me sad.I attempt to watch anime and read manga when I can. Some series progress more slowly than others as there are certain ones I only watch with specific people. If there are series on my "Currently Watching" I am watching one episode of the series at least once a month. It seems my time is limited more and more as of late. I have too much homework and beyond that I am a fan of gaming, play guitar, am quite social, and currently attend a University full-time. I don't know how some people do such immense things.
ゲーム・Games:
I have an Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, 3DS, PSP, PC, Xbox, and PS2. I play on PSN, LIVE, and Steam. On Xbox, I mainly play fighters and various action titles. On PlayStation I mainly play RPGs and various Japanese titles. Let’s play!
Games I Play Most Often
Fighters
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
King of Fighters
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
SoulCalibur (IV)
Super Street Fighter IV
Tekken 6
RPGs
Demon's Souls
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts (I,II, BBS, and 3DS)
Pokemon White
Action/Adventure
Castlevania (LoS, DoS, PoR, OoE, SoS)
Devil May Cry (All)
Megaman (All)
Minecraft
Favorite Games
Microsoft Systems
Xbox
Jet Set Radio Future
SSX Tricky 360
Beautiful Katamari
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Brütal Legend
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Dragon Age: Origins
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 2
Sony Systems
PSP
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep PS2
Devil May Cry 3
Final Fantasy XII
God Hand
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Resident Evil 4
Shadow of the Colossus
Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner PS3
LittleBigPlanet
Sengoku Basara 3
Uncharted 2
Nintendo Systems
GBA
Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword
Megaman Battle Network 3
Megaman Zero 2 DS
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
JUMP! Ultimate Stars
Pokemon White
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
The World Ends With You 3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance SNES
Super Mario World N64
Star Fox 64 Gamecube
F-Zero GX
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Wii
No More Heroes
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
PC
Beat Hazard
Comand & Conquer: Red Alert 2
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Just Cause 2
Minecraft
Team Fortress 2
Warcraft III
音楽・Music:
I am a musician; I play guitar and sanshin. I also enjoy electronic music composition. The most influential musicians in my life are:
Camui Gackt
Paul Gilbert
I listen to many Japanese, but this is far from exclusivity. I listen to many different genres: Metal (Heavy, Classic, Core, Melodic Death, Folk, Power, Progressive, Neo-Classical), Classical (Mainly Chopin), Hip-Hop/Rap (Mostly underground stuff),Turntablism, Electronic (Trance, Big Beat, Drum & Bass, EDM, House, Electro-House, Chiptune, Dance, Industrial), Jazz (Big Band, Classic, and Swing), Rock (Alternative, Punk, Post Hardcore, Hardcore, Post-Punk Revival, Skapunk, Progressive), Ska (Second Wave/Third Wave), Indie/Folk, Latin (Pop, Norteño/Tejano)
Favorite Music (Very Favorites Bolded)
Rock
Alkaline Trio
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Beat Crusaders
Billy Talent
Cake
Coheed & Cambria
The Decemberists
Maxïmo Park
The Rasmus
The Strokes
Classical
Frédéric Chopin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
J-Rock
abingdon boys school
Gackt
Kagrra,
L'Arc～en～Ciel
Maximum The Hormone
NoGod
UVERworld
J-Pop
Akeboshi
Aqua Timez
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Mr.Children
T.M.Revolution
Utada Hikaru
K-Pop
Girls' Generation
Sunny Hill
Hip-Hop/Rap
Childish Gambino
CYNE
Just Jack
Ken the 390
nobodyknows+
Shing02
Electronic
80kidz
Above & Beyond
Aesthetic Perfection
Capsule
The Faint
Lights
OceanLab
Pendulum
Sabrepulse
She
Unicorn Kid
Jazz
Al Di Meola
Frank Sinatra
Miles Davis
Mouse On The Keys
The Seatbelts
Tokyo Jihen
Metal
All That Remains
Arch Enemy
Children of Bodom
Eluveitie
Galneryus
The Human Abstract
Kamelot
Versailles
Ska
The Aquabats
Big D & The Kids Table
Mad Caddies
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Planet Smashers
Reel Big Fish
Star Fucking Hipsters
Streetlight Manifesto
Suburban Legends
Punk
The Blue Hearts
The Clash
Dropkick Murphys
The Misfits
Sex Pistols
Whole Wheat Bread
Indie/Folk
Against Me!
Bigmama
Bright Eyes
Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett)
Mae
Murder By Death
Sufjan Stevens
Latin
Allison
Intocable
Juanes
Panda
Video Game/Anime Related Music
Ace+
Akira Yamaoka
Daisuke Ishiwatari
Hideki Naganuma
Jeremy Soule
Jonathan Coulton
Nobuo Uemetsu
Tenmon
Yoko Shimomura
Music I’ve Seen Live
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
Jimmy Buffet
Ziggy Marley
Ozomatli
My Morning Jacket
Bob Dylan
Through The Eyes Of The Dead
Haste The Day
All That Remains
As I Lay Dying
The Fall of Troy
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
65daysofstatic
The Cure
Haley Bonar
Cake
Big D and the Kids Table
Sonic Boom Six
The A-Oks
Ferry Corsten
The Widow's Bane
Reel Big Fish
The Aquabats
Suburban Legends
InnerPartySystem
Pendulum
Victor Wooten
Stanley Clark Band
Childish Gambino
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Jaytech
Above & Beyond
Yes
Styx
Delicate Steve
Andrew Bird
Places
Nine Days
Eve 6
Eluveitie
Children of Bodom
Arkells
Lights
Truth
The Faint
Streetlight Manifesto
本・Literature:
I like very surreal and dark stories. I go through phases of reading in which I read several books in a couple weeks which makes me forget a lot of what I read. I have such a large amount of reading for university that I do not read very often for pleasure. Some of my favorites
I think our system is different from yours. We have 2 terms in a semester, which are 10 weeks then we have a 2 week break after these 10 weeks. At the end of our second semester (after 4 terms) we have a 2 month holiday. So it balances it out, the 10 day small Uni course during my holidays was of my own will rather than my school. So I'm not complaining.
Not sure how our University/College semester and vacation system works. I'm 90% sure it's different to our high school one.
After my break ends I got 2 weeks of vacation. I think even during that time I got on for about 10 days (maybe). So I basically have about 4 days of vacation. ;_;
Just wondering, but you don't mind calling you Jack right? For me it's easier to call you Jack rather than Albastre, of course if you don't like it I can stop.
SJG was hilarious,onizuka strikes again(who I am kidding he always strikes).But outcome of his efforts in this ova was pretty predictable considering we all know onizuka was a virgin even in GTO and for me most of charm this franchise has the unpredictablity of his attempts to solve problems of students that ova lacks.But overall a pretty good watch.
I haven't read SJG yet, but I eventually plan to do so.
Oh, and since me and my friends put our manga together you'll have to wait a bit before you can actually see a part of my collection. I'm in another city right now.
