Oh Hey:
Welcome, welcome. I have been known to watch Animu on occasion, and this is where I list them for convenience. Short blurbs and/or thoughts under More. Yes, I know my "Plan To Watch" section is FUCKING HUEG WHAT, but I have a lot of free time and a lot of catching up to do. Feel free to message me and tell me how massive of a faggot I am, I'm happy to discuss the matter. Or if you just want to talk about Animu or ask if something is worth watching, I guess. On hold section is next up.
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Other things I like to do include: Playing vidya games, running around in the dark, drinking and smoking way too much, having horrible sleep schedules, studying way too little, occasional programming, trying to cry and talking to strangers on the internet.
A Word Or Few On Ratings:
Yes arbitrary numbers are pointless, so I'm not going to rate Audio/Video/Animation/Character etc. separately and tot them up. My ratings tend to factor in heavily weighted enjoyment and lightly weighted technicalities. Though if the OST is amazing or the style or animation is particularly interesting it will be mentioned, generally speaking 7s, 8s, and 9s will all have been enjoyed on a similar level with at least decent technique, and 10s will have both massive enjoyment and shining technical brilliance in some aspect to back them up.
I don't have many low ratings because 1) I have a broad enjoyment range and I've enjoyed most everything I've watched, 2) I know how not to pick terrible stuff for the most part and 3) I'm working my way through a backlog of recommendations that are confirmably good. Once I start striking out on my own I'd imagine my average will drop like a rock.
Rating Breakdown:
1: Horrible
The simple fact that this exists and I am aware of it has darkened my life irreparably. 2: Appalling
Holy shit what am I doing with my life I mean god damn what the fuck. Atrocious, shockingly so. 3: Very Bad
Deciding to watch this was a terrible decision. Very memorable, but in an awful way. 4: Bad
Not extensively so, but bad enough to remember it being bad. Regret deciding to watch. 5: Average
Not particularly memorable or life-changing, but still watchable. Might have a moment or two, but nothing major. 6: Fine
Has a few memorable moments, and is generally enjoyable, but not quite there yet. 7: Good.
The majority. Good is as good says, enjoyable and pretty recommendable. Was worth watching for sure. 8: Very good
Tends to be best-in-class or very enjoyable and go-to recommendation material. Fond memories of watching. 9: Great
After watching this, I had to sit back and take a breather to appreciate what I just witnessed. Amazing technically, or perhaps spoke to me personally, either or it will stay on my mind for a while to come and will be spread as best I can. 10: Masterpiece
As above, but even moreso. Astounding in one way or more, be it technique, enjoyment, emotion or simply stabbing straight into my hippocampus and refusing to leave. Probably cried or shouted while watching at least once, has possibly had a lasting impact on my life.
As always these are guidelines to how my fucked-up thought processes work, and there will be exceptions, but in general this is how it goes down. Things may also be bumped up or down when considering the series as a whole over individual moments. In my opinion, your average rating should be well above 5. If it's below, you are either terrible at picking stuff you enjoy, you watch bad stuff intentionally, or rate stuff undeservedly harshly, all of which make you seem kind of dumb. I'm sure you're not, but come on, take a step back and look at yourself. Look, if you're reading this and get that flustered over a rating, the comment box is right there. As is the door. Well, not really but you get what I'm saying.
Also there's probably some discrepancy between TV/OVA/Movie ratings because the former have more room to fuck up than the latter and other format differences as regards time and plot development and such, but really I'm not all that bothered implementing a massive scaling system with decimal points. I do this for fun and myself, not for scientific exactitude on the level of moe in a series. If you think I'm an idiot or are curious about a rating just drop me a line.
Also, if there was a box I could check to exempt my ratings from MAL's rating calculations I'd be all over it like something that's usually all over something. Just sayin'.
Favourites:
Classics
Will Always and Forever love and cherish, as will many others.
Evangelion: Mindfuckery, speculation, iconic designs, great characters, in-depth discussions and speculah, heated debates, homolust. Love it all. Sasuga Anno-Sensei.
FLCL: Watched it at an important time in my life, has left an enduring mark on me personally. Still has wonderful animation and some of the coolest sequences I've ever seen, plus an amazing soundtrack. Every time I watch it (8 at last count) I still notice something new, and my favourite character changes regularly.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Believing in yourself and sheer hotbloodedness on a GARactic scale. Super fun and great to shout YES at.
Cowboy Bebop: Noir, glorious OST, engaging atmosphere and strong characters. A well-deserved classic, and upholds its rep finely.
Others
Somewhat more personal loves, for varying reasons.
Redline: Stellar design, style and animation, impacted me very much as an artist and creator. Supremely enjoyable too. UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ.
Nichijou: Laughed all the way through, cried bittersweet tears when it was over. One of the most "complete" feeling series I've had the pleasure of indulging in, and I will forever adore it for that.
Sora No Woto: Expected Military Trumpet K-On, got Band of Brothers. Tears of sadness and some of elation, OST still makes me choke up. I'm a pansy, but fuckit, what are you going to do about it?
Diebuster: Nono is love. Tons of fun, stellar mecha designs, great nods to Gunbuster. Gunbuster x FLCL, and being that I liked and loved those two this makes sense.
Welcome To The NHK!: As a dude who can identify with Satou, and who watched it while in a somewhat similar situation, affected me pretty deeply.
Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei: Wondrous puzzlestory, great use of looping, and a finale that blew me away and seared the taste of the word WOW into my mouth. Greatness, in a word.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: My goodness I enjoyed this so much. It's terribly unsophisticated but I'm a sucker for clever ideas, great animation and plain ol' fun, and boy does PSG deliver on all counts. S2 when?
Sequences
Little snippets that I love to rewatch, time and again.
Evangelion 2.22: Sahaquiel Run
The music, the urgency, the beginning of Shinji's rise. Also the CG and the hurdling and the Eva parkour and the improvements and the complete package oh gosh.
FLCL: Blues Drive Monster / Daicon V
Coolest N.O. Manifestation and enemy design, Naota's standing up for himself, Haruko and Canti teamup, Gibson EB 0, the moment when it flips and you're like "OH MY GOD THAT DESIGN IS SO FUCKING COOL IT'S ACTUALLY A FUCKING MASSIVE-"... Yeah.
Redline: Oasis Fistfight
What I wouldn't give for a hand to hand or CQC based movie or OVA with Redline's art, design, direction and sound. Though that would probably require 7 more YEARS HAND DRAWN but, I think it'd be worth it.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Leliel's defeat
Animalistic, horrifying, the moment I started to realise just what Evangelions WERE. SIN FROM GENESIS, BITCH.
End of Evangelion: Asuka's Stand
I'm certain I'm not alone in loving this, but GOD DAMN. How can anyone not love it? I mean... The first time I watched it, I was all like "THROW IT, THROW IT! GRAB IT AND FIGHT BACK! PUNCH THROUGH HIM, GET THE OTHER ONE" and guess what? SHE DID. YESSSSSSS.
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira: Opening Credits
Rotoscopy or no, the animation, music and direction are phenomenal.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: P&S vs. S&K first battle
Ye gods, everything about this sequence from Fly Away onwards, then I Want You, then the fight, and the music and animation and all the transformations and clever mechanics fuck the first time I watched this I couldn't stop grinning like an idiot. Greatness.
Genres:
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Sci-fi: Pew pew pew. Love clever tech and interesting questions regarding progress/morality/humanity.
Mecha: Specifically hot-blooded thus far, but I haven't dug too deep into realistic so it's a possibility.
Action: Is this even a genre? Shit needs to happen I guess is what I'm saying.
Psychological: Being a dude with BRAIN PROBLEMS and all, I generally find it interesting.
SoL: Sometimes you just wanna watch Cute *s * Cute *s. I like watching people go about their daily business if said business is different enough from mine.
Comedy: Sometimes you just wanna laugh.
Tragedy: Or maybe you just wanna cry.
Romance: Or maybe some of both?
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Drama: Meaning FORCED DRAMA ARE YOU SAD YET? Actual dramatics are okay.
Harem:OH LOOK I'M A MILDLY ATTRACTIVE, SELF-INSERTABLE GUY! OH NO, ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ARE THROWING THEMSELVES AT ME, WHATEVER WILL I DO? Yeah, fuck that noise. The best girl never wins anyways.
Studios:
Gainax: I adore everything of theirs I've watched, and have enjoyed each immensely. Dead to some, but their latest was also great so I don't know if it was a last gasp or a rebirth.
Trigger: Little Witch was astounding, INFERNO COPPU was enjoyable, their next sounds amazing. We shall see, but I'm expecting great things.
Khara: Rebuild. That's all thus far, but I mean, it's Rebuild.
Madhouse: Redline's art style, design and animation were top-notch, looking forward to more original projects. Paprika, Tatami Galaxy and Akagi were amazing visually too. Love their art direction and style in general, it's always striking to say the least. Reliable studio for producing quality works.
KyoAni: Superb animators and adaptors for the most part, see: Nichijou, Clannad, Chuu2, Hyouka, Haruhi. Though they can mess it up sometimes too (Endings mostly), I still love them. Are they pushing the industry forward or holding it back? Hard to say, but I have enjoyed all of the above so I'm okay with them for now.
Sunrise: Bebop and Nichibros, among other things.
Anime is for nerds and losers, go out and have sex with a girl or something gosh.
