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Konnichiwa! I am Proxy11 and I, like you, enjoy watching Anime! I've been watching since a very young age although I never considered myself a fan. Just thought the shows were rather cool, besides I didn't even know they were Anime at that time. Within the last few years my interest in Anime has picked up to the point it is now. I've seen good and bad and now I'm proud to call myself a fan!
My interests go further than Anime though, Gasp! The passion that has taken over my life is Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA. It is a growing combat sport that I tried to hate but it hooked me regardless. This is the number one pastime for me, to be honest Anime happens to be third being as my second is playing online shooters! Can't get enough. Than well, let's marathon some series damnit.
Sorry to disappoint that I'm not the stuck in a basement full of ecchi action figures type of guy! Unless you have some action figures to donate :D
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All Comments (8) Comments
I totally hope Guilty Crown turns out great, the potential's there.
I think they are good but there is definitely space for improvement. I think the Wolf Rain review is the strongest one.
I'm really not good at giving suggestions, but perhaps you could try to tie different parts of a review a bit. It's a good approach to have different paragraphs dedicated to different aspects of the anime but, imo, there should be some kind of transition between them, even if it's only a linking phrase or something (like for example 'which brings us to the next forte of this anime which is a very unique art style...'; this is just a stupid example but you get the point). That way, the review flows naturally...at least, that's what I think.
I really like 'final thoughts' part. From my experience in writing essays and similar stuff, I can say it's always a good thing to have a good conclusion, it can be informative but also a bit funny, witty...The most important thing in any kind of writing is to develop your own style.
A few general observations about writing reviews:
From my point of view, a successful review is one that combines objective aspects with subjective opinion (backed up by examples if possible) of the reviewer. It should also include both good and bad points of an anime which will enable readers to decide whether they should watch it. It should not be too spoilerific. It should have some sort of an introduction, at least a sentence long. I especially appreciate witty reviews writing, but that's just my preference.
Welp, dunno what else to write (i said I wasn't too good at this x.x), if I remember anything more I'll drop you a comment again.
I've been somewhat busy lately so I haven't been watching much anime (I have to do a lot of catching up with the summer shows and even some of the spring anime x_x ) I'd been planning to watch No.6, but after hearing from a friend about the current progression, supposedly corny dialogues and shonen-ai vibes I decided to take it off from my ptw list. I have neither time nor patience for it, plus I've been trying to cut down on the number of anime I watch every season.
Fall season... Well, there are several anime that have a potential to be very good, but honestly I don't think that any of those will blow me away. So I could say that so far, the fall season seems like a season with a decent amount of good and even very good anime, but nothing with an noticable impact that will be remembered for a longer period of time.
Anwayzzz, my list looks something like this (though I'll probably shorten it):
Guilty Crown - can't say I expect something special from this title, but it's in the noitaminA block and the director is renowned so it's definitely going on the ptw list
UN-GO - second noitaminA occupant of the season, hence a default ptw for me (even though NoitaminA titles have been kinda mixed bag lately), the plot and character designs seems interesting; hope it doesn't disappoint
Fate/zero - I've never been a fan of Fate/Stay Night, but will watch this anyway since it's supposed to be a prequel; a great plus are the people involved in this anime - simply put the line-up is stellar - ufotable, urobuchi Gen, Yuki Kajiura - enough to convince me to give this a chance
Working'!! - not many people considered the first season to be anything special, but I enjoyed it more than I had thought I would so I'm happy to see the sequel. While I'm not expecting anything great, I hope it will be a fun ride.
Mirai Nikki - the OVA was pretty disappointing and with a totally unknown studio animating the TV series I'm expecting it to be another fail adaptation. But the manga readers are praising the manga, so I will prolly watch the anime, and if it proves to be interesting enough I might check the manga.
Persona 4 - I have a feeling I might not like this cuz video games adaptations often have paper-thin plots, plus I've read a bit of the manga but the trailer looks intriguing. Well, we'll see...
Shakugan no Shana 3 - Oh, GOD, just let this damn anime end; it's been dragging for way too long. Will watch it just to see it finally end (at least I hope it ends). And for the crazy awesome drunkard that is Margery Daw (she needs more screen time instead of annoying tsundere Shana)
Bakuman 2 - the first season annoyed me quite a bit and I hated the romance parts but I have to watch the second season if I want to see how the story, which just got somewhat interesting towards the end, continues. Note to the producers: NEEDS more Nizuma and LESS MashiroxMiho crappy attempts at romance
Chihayafuru looks like a potential sleeper of the season, so I'll wait for other people's responses before deciding whether to watch it or not.
HunterxHunter - I've planned to watched the original HunterxHunter anime for some time, but I've never found time. Ss this is a great chance to get into it - since this is a remake I don't have to watch the original.
Last Exile Fam: The Silver Wing - I need to watch the first season ASAP; there is very little quality steampunk in anime so this is a must for me. Why I haven't watched the first season yet is beyond me x_x
Well, I think that's pretty much all...
P.S. Dayum, I wrote a huuuge wall of text here XD
Baccano is better that Durarara imo, but I don't consider either a masterpiece.
I'm actually from a place more to the southeast, Croatia to be precise. Surprisingly, it's the Balkans (the peninsula my country's located on) that have some of the highest average annual precipitation. It's not that it always rains around here, on the contrary, there are a lot of sunny and incredibly hot days, but there are also intervals when it constantly rains for days (like right now, damn it) so you can't go anywhere without an umbrella. Consequently, I expect to see some flooding >.< I don't mind rain myself unlike most people but I prefer snow (being born in the middle of winter that's not surprising); unfortunately, there hasn't been much snow recently (from 2000 onwards I mean)
Do visit Europe if you ever get a chance, and yeah, if you like rain, Britain is a great choice, especially in November and December.
I myself love traveling (although i rarely have a chance to do so) so I hope I'll visit the USA some time though I still can't decide which part of it xD