Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
This review includes 2nd season (NEXT).
+1 Out loud laughs
I recommend this for some shameless laughs and smiles. This is definitely an Ecchi Comedy, but not really a romance.
I don't think I laughed every episode, but I did get some good laughs in, especially in the 2nd season.
I didn't generally find the rivalries funny. I did find the Ecchi parts funny sometimes.
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Jul 7, 2023
Angel Beats!
(Anime)
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Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
+2 Story Arc +1 Laughs +2 Music (Iwasawa my song and "My soul, your beats") The story is a +2 story, and I usually only give +1. Most of the characters are pretty flat, but there are some surprises in store. I watched this over 10 years ago, and still remembered Iwasawa. Although TK was kind of flat, he's not a stereotype you can find again. I think this is a really good laugh, and although the laughs diminish toward the end, it's worth finishing. Just a fun side ... 
Jul 5, 2023
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
+2 Beautiful Visual Art/Animation (I love the animation to this thoroughly. The colors, the moods, the camera panning) +1 Music (Row Row fight the Power! Also, Is a mole just a mole.) +1 Engaging 1st Arc (I remember being so happy watching this in my teens, just so peak!) +1 Original/Confidence (The writing is like, so simple, confident, and somehow deep. I still get feels that haven't worn off from this. So epic, so nostalgic!) It's been over 10 years since I've seen it, and I still feel super ... 
Jul 5, 2023
Death Parade
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Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
+1 Complete Story Arc +1 Engaging Throughout +1 Serious Feels (Mostly the feeling I get when the elevators close, especially if the screen pans up to the masks after they close) The story is unique, and not predictable. The art good. The characters are well-rounded, even the characters that are only around for 1 episode. It's a good 12 episodes. I appreciate when a story makes a point, and reaches that point, without plot or relationship armor on any of the characters. This has some really dark themes, ... 
Jul 5, 2023
Bakemonogatari
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Review of Monogatari series as a whole except Kizumonogatari.
Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below. +1 Character Dialogues & Dynamics (A toast to the entertaining mix of tangents, sexual harassment, and drama that is Araragi vs his sisters *yes he sexually harasses his sisters, you've been warned*, Senjouhara, Kanbaru, and Hachikuji.) +1 Somehow Engaging (Has you thinking left, right, upside down, and then forward again, studying road signs & other symbols, and pausing with the space bar like it's a gun duel "draw""draw""draw". Somehow still engaging.) The story is very unpredictable. The characters are ... 
Jul 5, 2023
Koe no Katachi
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Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
+1 Beautiful Visual Art (It's as pretty as the cover photo) +1 Meaningful Story Arc (Afterward I listened to one of the main songs and contemplated my life) +1 Engaging Experience (I was engaged throughout, and not able to predict what would come next) +1 Crushable Shoya (Watching him do sign language "girl sigh") +1 Music (Lit) The story is unpredictable. The characters basically have the amount of reveal and development that is needed for their part in the story. Their motives are left to the audience's emotional iq to ... 
Jul 5, 2023
Rule: I start at 5, and add or take away points based on anything that stood out. I have listed below.
+1 Beautiful Visual Art (The use of lighting, camra angles, and sunsets is the bomb.) -1 Poor Story Arc (It goes on and on without a clear or meaningful resolve). -1 Characters Dialogues (What do the Dilly Dallians do all day? They don't do anything that is the sad fate of the people of Dilly Dally). +1 Music (I haven't seen this in years and I still remember the tune that plays when Yukito first sees Misuzu. This is kind of a dating sim turned into an anime, but ... |
