*** Continues to be a work in progress and always subject to change.***
If I am inactive for an extended period, I AI'NT dead!
Just dealing with real life. ☺
I once was told that my tastes in reading are eclectic, although I don't read manga (I like my comic books in color, so don't bother looking at the manga list). Didn't know if I should be insulted or proud. I like to think that my tastes in anime are pretty much the same. Although I do notice that I tend to lean to the comedic side for the most part. Probably because I grew up in the LoonyTunes rather than the Transformers and Robotech era. I still enjoy the occasional mecha-based anime, just not for a regular diet.
And before you ask, yes, that is my real age.
RATING SYSTEM:
I did some serious digging and finally found the rating guideline that I normally try to use. Basically what it boils down to is that both the anime and it's creator should be capable of walking on water before you gave it a 10. So an anime has to be really, really good before I grade it much higher than a 7 or 8. If you are interested, it goes as follows:
Regardless of how many levels you decide to use in your vote, there are in the end still only 10 main levels. To make a proper vote there are 3 easy rules you should follow:
* First, try to use 3, 5, 7 and 9 in the beginning; the most used one is 7.
* Second, the use of 1, 2 and 10 is very rare.
* Third, don't think of 10 as perfect and 1 as worst possible since those do not exist.
Basically 0 and 11 represent those values and as those don't exist you can't vote for them.
10 - Sugoi
This anime is something really big; it changed your mind, gave you a whole new perspective on life and broadened your horizons. If this sounds unfamiliar to you then you have yet to watch a truly sugoi anime. This grade is reserved only for those animes you'll never ever forget.
9 - Great
This anime is absolutely great, you were very impressed by it. Everyone should watch it, not only anime fans because everyone will enjoy it as this is the kind of anime that creates anime fans. Everything in the anime is on a very high level. Use this for only the best animes you've watched.
8 - Very good
This anime is better than good, there are a few moments you were very impressed by it and every anime fan should watch it. However, it is still not great as it still has a few points to improve.
7 - Good
This anime is good, the animation and sound is quite good and it has an original story and different characters as well. You can recommend it to the average anime fan; use this for animes you like.
6 - Fine
This anime is better than decent but still not good, there are a few moments you enjoy although you can't really recommend it to others.
5 - Decent
This anime is neither good nor bad. People can watch it whenever they are bored or when they've run out of other anime to watch.
4 - Bad
This anime is just plain bad. It has nothing to recommend, it is just plain boring. While there are worse animes it's still too bad to recommend to others.
3 - Very Bad
This is a very bad anime although still anime. There's nothing appealing about it. You cannot recommend it to anyone, not even die hard anime fans of this specific genre. If you think an anime is one of the worst ever vote a 3.
2 - Hopeless
You cannot say anything good at all about this one. Animation, sound, story, everything was really bad.
1 - Unwatchable
You were not even able to watch it; it was probably the worst thing you have ever watched.This grade is reserved only for the worst cartoons. There is probably nothing as bad as this on the planet. Use this only if you are absolutely certain.
All-time favorite animes. While I like a lot of anime, it seems like there are a few favorites that I keep coming back to watch over and over.
#1 -
The very first anime I ever intentionally sat down and watched, back when the Sci-Fi Channel was doing anime on Saturday morning, was the movie "Tenchi Muyo in Love". I keep going back and watching it for the soundtrack and the story. It was the one that introduced me to more than just "Transformers" and "Robotech". It used fully developed characters and in order to find out more about those characters, I had to rent/buy the series. And you know what they say about pushers and your first chance at an addictive drug. "That first one is cheap/free, then it gets really expensive."
#2 -
Ah, My Goddess - how can you go wrong with a beautiful goddess that wants to grant you a wish?
#3 -
Read Or Die - both the series and OAV since it pretty much sums up my philosophy of life. Read, or Die. I have more books than some libraries I know about. Although, I have to admit that Yomiko has me beat by a really long shot.
*** Continues to be a work in progress and always subject to change.***
Occasionally I go through and update my list when I find an anime that I knew I had watched but for some reason wasn't marked as such here at MAL. Usually because AniDb lists specials as part of a series and MAL lists them separately.
Go Figure!?!
Memorable Quotes
Anime Related and Otherwise (mostly Otherwise)
T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L. - Woodrow Wilson Smith
The police enforce man's law, but Nature's Law is far harsher. - Kumagami Takeo (PatLabor on TV)
Achieving Life is not the equivalent of avoiding Death - Ayn Rand
I know my place in the food chain and am quite happy with the view up here at the top - Unknown
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane. - James William Buffett
HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. - Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE/DEATH
If you find somebody to love in this world, You better hang on tooth and nail.
The wolf is always at the door. - Donald Hugh Henley (New York Minute)
If ignorance is bliss, then knowledge must surely be an ulcer - Florence Ambrose (Freefall web-comic)
The abandonment of the republic is a matter of 2 steps; from being “the people” to “the governed” to “the policed”.Brooke McEldowney (Pibgorn Webcomic, Sunday Jun 9, 2013)[/i]
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.Friedrich Nietzsche
The fact that you had to add a line in your bio about your birthday is funny. My parents are from '57 and '58. They're obviously not as cool as you though.
I stumbled on your profile and noticed you watched Patlabor. Did you watch it back in the 1990s or later on in life. I noticed it was pretty big in the west with fan subs and yahoo groups till about 2002, and now its pretty dead, way before my time! I am currently trying to unite the fandom, but I do not know any original fans and was curious on someone's take of it from the past!
i actually asked about it and got an answer by the mod who does this challenge and told me that Zipang does indeed fit the criteria of "Watch an anime that takes place outside of Japan but on Earth"
Thank you for the detailed answer, i had Zipang in my "plan to watch" list and i am doing the 2017 Anime Watching Challenge and was wondering if it would fit the criteria for the Challenge.Thank you again
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