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Ok, I will change my previous introduction a little, this time with, I hope, a slightly better english
First things first, I don't believe in objectivity and I think we all rate stuff based on things we noticed or not in the specific moment when we watched it. Everyone has a different criteria as well, with others prioritizing visuals for anime is a visual medium, others focus on directing and visual storytelling as a form of narrative and the way a certain show or movie tells, and more importantly, shows its content, others may focus on how much they personally enjoyed the product and how much, and it what way, they connected with the anime, perhaps some even place sound above all the rest of the elements, others may think every aspect equally important.
Frankly, I don't care about others' criteria and consider all of them perfectly valid, I only care about my own, which is story and characters being more important than visuals and sound, depending on the type of story the anime is trying to tell, and the tone it's using for telling such a story, something that I find very overlooked.
I try to be as critical as possible, yet I admit that I have a strong bias towards certain genres or elements and that can make me inconsistent at times. Also, I never studied something related to arts, and never will, so my ratings and reviews should be seen with the utmost care and as just another random perspective at best.
My ratings reflects how much good and bad things I think the show did in overall taking what I said before in count, that does not mean that the shows that I rated 10/10 are perfect,just that their flaws are too minimal when compared to everything that they did right.
But rating things taking a show's purpose in count does not mean that I'm going to give a 10/10 to anything that accomplished what tried to do, I think that doing that wouldn't be fair with shows that aimed for much more complex stories. These are my highest ratings for specific type of shows:
5/10--->highest for promotional videos that are listed on the site like Hellsing Psalm of Darkness or Hoseki no Kuni, they do not deserve higher ratings.
Same for 5 minutes per episode shows since they tend to be episodic,plotless, without any type of development or good characters, they just accomplished what were trying to do,which is not much since they usually don't aim too high.
Same for plotless comedies.
Same for plotless slice of life.
Same for hentai, because I no longer see any value in porn.
6/10--->highest for slice of life with some plot. If I give a slice of life anything more than that, it must be because it has some other element that makes it stand out.
Exactly the same thing I said above applies to comedies with plot.
Same for anthologies, which are mostly just fine compilations.
7/10--->highest for "rule of cool" type of shows, because they are mostly mindless action.
Of course if I find a show that belongs to these categories but is an exception (Bebop for rule of cool, for example) I'll rate it higher.
There are anime that I didn't rate on my list, here's an explanation:
-Cowboy Bebop Ein no Natsuyasumi-It's a one minute short about a freaking dog, I can't rate that properly.
-Trigger-chan-Literally a 30 seconds short, how the hell could I rate that.
-Katsudou Shashin-You know, the supposed first animation in the history of Japan. It's just a few seconds loop, how the hell can I rate that?
-Medabots-I watched the whole first season when I was a kid but I don't remember anything about it so I won't rate it with a random number.
-Shows that I dropped on first episode-For me, it wouldn't be fair to rate them just based on the first episode.
-Shows that I watched years ago that I never completed and don't know how much did I watch of them and I remember very little or nothing about them,and I don't intend to re-watch. Just like with Medabots, I don't want to rate them with a random number.
I also didn't rate the movies that I dropped for the same reason with shows dropped at first episode.
Since I don't rate things based on my enjoyment alone, I put some stupid faces on the "tags" section that reflects that department, I know, is retarded, but it's the best idea I had, here, they are explained:
:/ --->Didn't give a fuck about it(personal rating --). Almost every anime that I watched on my childhood falls here since I don't care about them anymore and I don't even want to revisit them.
D: --->Hated it(personal rating 1-3/10)
:( --->Didn't like it(personal rating 4/10)
>:) --->Liked it to some extent(personal rating 5/10)
:) --->Liked it(personal rating 6-7/10)
:D --->Loved it,one of my favourites(personal rating 8-9/10)
:D :D--->Serial Experiments Lain(my #1,personal rating 10/10)
Or you can go to my AP profile, where I rate stuff based purely on my own enjoyment.
I decided to add another number from 1-10 on tags from what's basically ThatAnimeSnob's scale with little modifications made by me since I pretty much agree with it. It'll help identify which titles I value more, even among those with same rating. Here's my version of said scale:
-Rank #1-Cash Grabs-Lowest rank, it covers recaps and spin offs which have nothing to do with the original. I added pointless specials, ovas and movies. Some shows included here aren't necessarily bad, but they shouldn't exist.
-Rank #2-Failures-Shows on this rank may or may not be bad, but they didn't reach their full potential. Thus this is easily the rank which encompasses the biggest amount of titles. Short mindless schlock ovas are also placed here 'cause they are a failure by default and I also added bad ecchi/harem.
-Rank #3- Stuff that is not good nor bad-This rank encompasses the biggest amount of genres such as well made ecchi/harem, episodic stuff, parodies which don't go beyond stating the obvious, school comedies and romance (since they are derivative and repetitive as hell) and moe/CGDGT/light slice of life (aka slice of nothing happens). I added watchable hentai, shorts and anthologies without a central theme in this rank. A few of these will get a pass (6/10) for different reasons on each one.
-Rank #4-Sports-Or should I say sportzzzz? Just like previous rank, they are not bad but this genre suffers a lot of being derivative, repetitive, very slow paced and kinda pointless. It still tries a little harder with likeable characters, little tension and inspirational messages. What kind of elements make a sport series drop from rank 4 to 2? Too much rule of cool, fan service (either explicit or undertones), hypocritical and sickening ways of showing their messages.
-Rank #5-Slice of Life/Coming of Age/Drama-Pretty much self explanatory, this rank covers meaningful or not moe slice of life and well made drama.
-Rank #6-Action/Adventures-Of any kind, whether they are kodomo, shounen or seinen, they belong here. Anthologies with elements or themes in common are placed here too. I added not good rule of cool titles.
-Rank #7-Rule of Cool-Also self explanatory, well made style over substance stuff goes in this rank.
-Rank #8-Psychological/War Dramas/Sci-Fi/Political/Philosophical-Basically meaningful stuff
-Rank #9-Subversions/Deconstructions-Well made subversions/deconstructions, that is. Shows which accurately defied the stereotypes and tropes from their genres and managed to evolve to something more.
-Rank #10-The best-Basically those shows I consider the best in the whole medium, which are easy to recognize since they will have at least a 9/10 rating. Fun fact Snob calls this rank "Because I said so".
I've added a link to my profile on another site, which I hope you will be able to see, where my ratings are quite differents from the ones here, basically, I use a different rating system there, the priorities are the same but I use the obligatory system for making reviews there, which are not mandatory to vote, but I did it anyways. To sum it up, you rate every aspect out of total six to get an average, and what you get in total, is the average in your review, you can still vote whatever you want.
Thus, I decided to use the same system for my votes there, basically, my ratings here are what I truly think about an anime, and what I actually think they deserve, while my ratings there are more honest, if you will, for they take in count what I think is the value of every show in the medium, as well as my own enjoyment, among other 4 things.
And now, my favourites:
Hentai doujinshi:
#32-Natsu no Ao by Mori Manpei
#31-Mayugomori 〜Nee Ya To Boku No Midarana Himegoto main story
#30-Oshikaku Byouin Netorare-ka
#29-Niku Joi Gifu ni Ochita Teishuku Bizuma main story
#28-Incestism
#27-Classmate no Ane by Mogiki Hayami
#26-Okasare Saimin Danshi Shikai Inai Gakuen De Seikaku Saiaku No Ijimekko ni Makuru series
#25-Mamakui!
#24-Futairo X Yuugi ~Mimi O Nurasu Inbina Duetto Wa Shou Akuma-Tachi No Wana~ 2
#23-Wild-Shiki Nihonjin Tsuma No Netorikata Sono Wild Method chapters 2, 3 and 4
#22-Haha to Majiwaru Hi stories 1, 3, 8 and 9
#21-Family by Kiki
#20-Summer Business Trip by Abbb
#19-Yonjyouhan Monogatari and Yonjyouhan Monogatari Nijoume
#18-Twin Milf
#17-Fukuyama-san series by Fueta Kishi
#16-Akarui Kazoku Seikatsu
#15-Mamazuri
#14-MamaSand and MamaSand Triple
#13-Ikinari! Harem Life chapters 5 and 6 and AFTER
#12-Virgin Chauwa! by Herio
#11-Shinnyuu Shain No Chuuseishin
#10-Fe^2Male Friends by Abbb
#9-Kimi ga Suki's main story
#8-Shojo O Chirasu Heya Kimoota no Boku ga Class no Gal-tachi no Shojo Soushitsu ni Tsukiau Koto ni Katta Ken and sequels
#7-Sensei x Oshiego Series, also known as Sensei, Sukidesu by Machiro Shirako
#6-Kite by Herio
#5-Nanaka no Rakuen 1, 2, and 5
#4-Oshikake Bakunyuu Gal Harem Seikatsu!
#3-My Sister 3, My Mother and My Oyakodon by Xter/Xtermination
#2-Fellatio Kenkyuubu
#1-Hakoniwa no Hoshizora
Manga:
#14-Onanie Master Kurosawa
#13-Hoshi o Tsugu Mono (Inherit the Stars)
#12-Aku no Hana
#11-Hellsing
#10-Claymore
#09-Outlanders
#08-Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
#07-Aishiteruze Baby
#06-Akira
#05-Neon Genesis Evangelion
#04-Girl Friends
#03-Fullmetal Alchemist
#02-Solanin
#01-Gunnm
Anime:
#30-Aku no Hana
#29-Seikai no Monshou and Seikai no Senki (the first season only)
#28-Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode 02
#27-Boogiepop wa Warawanai: Boogiepop Phantom
#26-Ozanari Dungeon: Kaze no Tou
#25-Outlanders
#24-Chinmoku no Kantai
#23-Kenpuu Denki Berserk
#22-Mind Game
#21-Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade
#20-Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (both seasons but not Solid State Society because I didn't like it as much as the series)
#19-Tetsuwan Birdy
#18-Black Lagoon (first season and Roberta's Blood Trail but not Second Barrage because I don't like it)
#17-Porco Rosso
#16-Blue Gender
#15-Area 88
#14-Usagi Drop
#13-Aishiteruze Baby
#12-Hibike! Euphonium (first season and second recap movie only)
#11-Kaleido Star
#10-Neon Genesis Evangelion+The End of Evangelion
#09-Hellsing Ultimate
#08-Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
#07-Perfect Blue
#06-Magnetic Rose (but not the other two shorts in Memories)
#05-Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
#04-NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
#03-Shin Sekai Yori
#02-Ghost in the Shell
#01-Serial Experiments Lain
If someone actually read all of this, watch whatever you want, respect other people, their opinions and their taste, and have a good day.
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