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Add - More Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

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Add - More 3-gatsu no Lion Overall, this is a great anime. The shogi element is cool- it's basically a Japanese version of chess and it makes it into a sports anime at times when it focuses on the game. The first part of this season is extremely strong- especially the relationship between our main character and the three sisters who befriend him. The characters are done very well- they're complex and believable and have interesting back stories. There's some fun comedy throughout. The animation is fantastic with a watercolor sort of style. I dig the whole competive board game premise. On the downside, the anime doesn't have much of an arc through the first season. It seems to follow the manga closely and it has a very manga feel with the short chapter breaks and the feeling that it could just go on and on introducing characters and arcs in perpetuity.

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Add - More 3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season The anime is still good in its second season but the bullying arc that forms most of the first half is easily the worst part of the series. On the plus side, it's still beautiful, the characters are still good and interesting, and once it gets back on track in the second half of the season it's very good again. I could see a third season being great and I don't think the bullying arc takes much away from the quality of the series as a whole, but it's tough not to ding this season a point or two when I didn't enjoy half of it.

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Add - More Afro Samurai Kind of a cool short series with some fun action and style. I don't think it quite delivers on some pretty big potential but still not bad.

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Add - More Ai (ONA) I'm normally not too critical of these shorts because they take so little of your time. But there's just nothing at all to this- just a still image that has some blurring effects applied.

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Add - More Aki no Puzzle This is a several minute long movie with flashing modern-art-style images. It would be vaguely intriguing in artsy sort of way except that the strobing is too intense and it just gives me a headache.

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Add - More Akira Perhaps THE classic anime. Akira is just out of this world, especially for 1988. The animation quality is amazing, again especially for the time. The music is great. The world feels rich and dense and alive. The story is some crazy sci-fi with some gore. The only negative I can think of is that the plot seems a little condensed, even at a rather long 2 hours. I'd like to read the manga for the full story. Anyway, it's fun to imagine watching this in 1988, it would have been mindblowing, it still kind of is.

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Add - More Angel Beats! Quite a good short 13 episode series. At first what pulled me in was the comedy which is especially strong through the first part of the series and thankfully it remains funny throughout the more dramatic and story-packed second half. So it pulls off the sometimes sad and touching, sometimes goofy and funny combination that anime seems to do so well. The characters are pretty good and quite a bit happens for such a short series.

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Add - More Angel Beats! Another Epilogue This little 2 minute epilogue is unnecessary since I liked the original ending fine. But alternate ending is just about equally good I'd say. This one is maybe a little sadder and could set up a sequel of some sort.

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Add - More Angel Beats! Specials These OVA's feel like good, very funny, episodes from the first part of the main series. The first episode (Stairway to Heaven) is included on the blu-ray set. The second episode (Hell's Kitchen) is not so I watched it elsewhere.

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Add - More Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. This is a ghost story but not of the usual spooky sort. Instead this is a rather emotional drama involving a group of high school kids. It kind of reminds me of Erased with the flashbacks to their childhoods and we see how they've changed and remained the same. It would have been better to have the child versions of the characters better developed. I liked the angle of the ghost being our main protag's conscious which they do early on. The production values are great. It's melodramatic, which I tolerate much better in anime than in other media. It was fine until the last couple episodes and then it just became a little to much.

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Add - More Another Pretty good horror anime. Definitely has a ghost story vibe. The atmosphere is good. It's rather slow moving but it works. In the last couple episodes it goes crazy and some of the characters act a little strange but not enough to ruin it.

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Add - More Ansatsu Kyoushitsu This has a very weird premise but it works very well. It's a convoluted set-up but it ends up feeling like a coming-of-age high school type deal with a great teacher helping a bunch of kids who have been relegated to E-class. But it also mixes in some fighting and violence, but for the most part this doesn't fith the shonen battle anime mould. It's got some fun weirdness and the characters are pretty good- the teachers and Kuro-sensei especially, the students themselves are less interesting. The anime is quite good but loses its way a bit in the arc that ends the series. I still enjoyed this quite a bit. I'm not sure where it could go from here but I've heard the second season is good so I'm on board.

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Add - More Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2nd Season This is about on par with the first season. The animation is very high quality. The premise is weird but it works. A lot is explained in this season. The explanation is fine but also not that amazing- I was kind of digging the unexplained weirdness of the whole thing. Also much like the first season, I don't think the ending arc (with the exception of the actual end- the last two episodes) works that well for it. At it's best it's a fun, funny, coming of age, school anime, mixed with a lot of weirdness and action. Overall it's very solid and close to being bumped up a rating. But I think that when it goes off track and the students become a and elite squad trying to accomplish some mission then it gets significantly worse and, like the first season, I was starting to check out during the final third, although, again, the last couple episodes bring the series to a close quite nicely.

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Add - More Ao no 6-gou This anime has such a 90's aesthetic- the CGI looks like cut scenes from a PS1 game. It's bad but nostalgic and retro and it's hard for me to not like it. I think this could have been a little longer and the characters could have had a little more room to breath and time to develop. A lot is explained but it also leaves you with some gaps to fill in. It's rather trippy and weird and I like that. Not great, but not bad at all either and definitely worth a watch, especially if you dig the older stuff- I do.

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Add - More Ao no Exorcist This is beautifully animated. I think virtually every aspect of it, characters, premise, etc are good. But at the same time I don't think anything really stands out. It's just solid. The main problem with it is that it takes a while to get going at the beginning and just seems to be a little slow. But the pacing picks up and it becomes more interesting later on.

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Add - More Bakemonogatari The show has a cool style. And occasionally there is some really cool animation. It's split into several multi-episode arcs, each involving a different paranormal problem to be confronted by our main character. It's also a pretty good quirky romance at times. For the most part it's low-key. It's very talky and can be a little slow at times. But for the most part it's interesting enough to hold my attention. Pretty good overall. As a side note, the logical ending episode seems to be 12. 11 starts a new arc. 12 wraps up the overall story/romance arc. Then 13-15 finish the arc started in 11. 13-15 were apparently not aired but instead were officially placed on the internet.

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Add - More Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon 1-20 Sub 21-end dub What can I say about Sailor Moon? I appreciate the cuteness and the retro vibe and transformations and overall coziness. For the first half at least it feels very much like a children's show with it's rather slow pacing, moral lessons, and one-dimensional characters. But it is a show for little girls after all. It does get a little more interesting as it goes. It's a 90's classic and worth watching, but overall it's just fine.

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Add - More Black Lagoon An anime about the adventures of some modern day pirates. The premise of a Japanese salaryman becoming part of the crew is interesting. And this seems like something I'd really like but it never really came together for me. I guess the characters aren't all that great. And while I like the episodic nature of the adventures arcs that last 3 episodes or so seem to drag here. It's not bad but I had hoped I would have liked this more.

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Add - More Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage This is really a continuation of the first season and my earlier comments apply to this too. I thought this was the type of thing I'm inclined to like, but maybe not. But I found it rather disappointing. I think my main problem with it is that it's basically a series of three episode arcs and they all seem to drag a bit. I don't find the pseudo-philosophical musings of criminals very interesting and at worst they it be rather annoying or off-putting. This could use a little more fun or comic relief or something.

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Add - More Boku dake ga Inai Machi Quite a good mystery/thriller with some time travel stuff going on. Good characters. The stuff in the past, with the kids in Hokkaido in the late 80's is particularly cool. I liked how it all came together too.

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Add - More Boku no Hero Academia It starts out slow and the main character is a bit whiny. But Allmight is fun from near the beginning. And it does get better and better as the series progresses. The characters are pretty fun. The animation is quite nice too. So overall, the series is getting better and I suspect the second season will be quite good.

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Add - More Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season A definite improvement over the first season. Deku isn't as annoying and is becoming more interesting. The rest of the cast and the world with its history gets developed very nicely. Animation and action is great. Certainly a top tier shonen.

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Add - More Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season There are several different arcs here so the season feels a little choppy if you consider it as a whole. The beginning feels kind of like past arcs but then some significant things happen. There are some great fights and the animation is intense- think season 1 of One Punch Man. The characters are developing nicely. There's some comedy. All-in-all a first rate shonen.

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Add - More Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season This season is split into two parts. Both are different and really good. The first is sort of a rescue mission while the second they are preparing for a concert for the school festival. Really kept my attention and kept me watching.

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Add - More Charlotte This anime is a mess. It has a kind of fun concept- superpowers but they're all lame. Could have been a good idea for a comedy. It settles into an okay rhythm. Then everything gets upended several times. It's surprising at least. I feel like I would have really dug this when I was a teenager back in the late 90's or early 2000's. Maybe I'm just jaded now. The lead character is unlikable and none of the other characters are very interesting or developed. This actually could have been good with some tweaks and maybe twice as many episodes (or even more) to develop everything better.

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Add - More Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji I like old anime and I like weird stuff. I like the retro vibe and it's kind of fun to imagine watching this in the early 90's on VHS. Otherwise if you've watched a lot of weird stuff already then there's not much to distinguish this. It's just kind of average.

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Add - More Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Kind of a neat wrinkle for one of these run of the mill school comedies. This one is about growing out of playing pretend and sort of childhood delusions. It's kind of strange and tiresome at times but it mostly works and as the story unfolds and we find the reason for the delusions it becomes less annoying. The series ends its short 12 episodes very strongly. This one is close to a higher rating. I might give the second season a try but this ends at a really nice place.

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Add - More Clannad It looks nice but I'm not a huge fan of the super-big squared off eyes and sort of washed out look. But after a few episodes none of that bothered me. Also, the cast looks rather similar, but again, their personalities are distinct and they're quickly easy to tell part. Part drama/romance part harem comedy, both parts are rather understated. Maybe a bit melodramatic at times. Perhaps it shows its roots as a visual novel at times. But overall, it just all works rather well. Touching at times, funny at times, pretty good.

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Add - More Clannad: After Story The first part of this is very similar to the original series. When it gets into Tomoya and Nagisa's life after high school it becomes much better. It makes me wonder why there aren't more stories like this- just about people falling in love, getting married, working blue collar jobs, trying to do the right thing, experiencing happy and sad times. Of course there is a little bit of a supernatura/alternate universe thing going on but it's mostly in the background. When it does come into the main story I think it works pretty well. Anyway, I don't think any movie or tv show or anime has every made me cry, except for Clannad After Story and it happened twice. So I'd say it's pretty effective. I think you could see this as being little emotionally manipulative. But on the other hand it seems that you don't really appreciate a person in your life or your situation in life unless you experience or can seriously consider the loss of that person or a change in that situation.

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Add - More Clannad: After Story - Mou Hitotsu no Sekai, Kyou-hen Not bad alternate Clannad ending and it's probably best watched after Clannad along with the Tomoyo alternate ending. As an add on to After Story, which is a rather emotional and strangely powerful story, I don't think it makes much sense. As it is it's fine, but not as good as the Tomoyo alternate ending.

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Add - More Clannad: Mou Hitotsu no Sekai, Tomoyo-hen A solid Clannad alternate ending episode. My comments for the main series apply here too.

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Add - More Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Quite a mixed bag. The series has lots of positives. I think overall, it's a solid mecha anime. There's some interesting supernatural stuff going on but none of it is really explained in the first season and it ends on a big cliffhanger too. It's done in a sort of cheesy and over-the-top way which I dig. I also like Lelouch's arc from mostly hero to mostly villain. The main problem I have with it is that it feels choppy- like the pacing is too fast. This seems to be more of a problem with the second season but it applies to the series as a whole. Scenes are very short, there's a bunch of characters (each of whom know or partially know or don't know different information and each of which have different and shifting allegiances), and basically just a bunch of stuff going on in different places. And the anime has these very quick scenes which jump around between all the different characters. And the plot moves fast. It's not that hard to track if your paying attention but, as I said it feels choppy too me. Still, this is a good anime, just overrated.

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Add - More Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 My comments for the first season apply here too. This is perhaps even more choppy and I definitely liked the first season better than this. I do see the comparisons to Death Note but the difference is that Death Note makes sense and this is rather incoherent.

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Add - More Cowboy Bebop An absolute masterpiece of style. One of the all-time greats and a must see.

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Add - More Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira Maybe not as good as the series, but like a good episode of the series. I'm not sure what more you could ask for from an anime movie. And of course it looks even nicer. Lots of action and great style, as you'd expect.

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Add - More Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha This one throws you into the action without much explanation. Gradually we get an idea about what is going on- the stars have vanished and been replace, there are people called contractors who have special powers and have some other characteristics that separates them from normal humans, there are dolls which are people who are more or less puppets, there an anomalous zone called the gate, there are a couple mysterious organizations. It's got some fine characters, a little comedy, some action, but a lot hangs on the mysteries of the world and the hope that they will be revealed. Quite a lot is left unexplained. I liked this one well enough at first but by the end it was wearing a little thin.

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Add - More Darling in the FranXX I'm basically a Trigger fanboi so take this with a grain of salt but this anime kicks major ass. Animation is top notch. It's strangely transgressive in a way that seems very aware of the current clownworld state of things and that is why opinions of it are somewhat divided. The beginning is especially good and then it gets into some equally good quiet character development and romance episodes. Then there's an exposition dump before the batshit ending few episodes. It all makes sense though. Mostly happy and hopeful and very human. There's probably some nitpicky criticisms I could make but I don't feel like it. Rather beautiful overall.

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Add - More Death Note A little hard to describe. It's very talky. And it's basically a psychological thriller and more specifically a cat and mouse game between two people. There's certainly a supernatural element, and religious and philosophical themes. But the main focus are the many schemes and counter-schemes between these two people. The art feels sort of retro and subdued with muted colors and lots of grays. It seems like something that couldn't be interesting for 37 episodes but it is. Really great stuff and worthy of its popularity.

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Add - More Death Parade Interesting concept about judgment of people after death. The first episode is pretty dark, and it remains a bit dark throughout, but the tone lightens up somewhat. A lot of the episodes are somewhat standalone and tell their own story. There's always a bit of mystery in wondering how the people died and how the game they are forced to play will play out. Generally it's not about who wins and who goes for reincarnation and who goes to the void but instead is about these little character studies. The workings of the place where the judgments take place is interesting too. Overall a very solid anime, and a short one too at 12 eps and no sequels.

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Add - More Dr. Stone Weird premise but it's all a set up for rebuilding the world from scratch. What if you started with virtually nothing (except knowledge and genius) how would a group of people rebuild civilization- what would the steps be. Of course it might not be realistic but it feels close enough. The main character seems like he would be an annoying know-it-all but he's actually pretty cool. It's sort of a minecraft vibe- crafting one thing and another thing to make the next thing and so on, but more fun.

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Add - More Dr. Stone: Stone Wars Everything good about the first season is continued here. They keep on making cool stuff. I was on the fence about the "war" thing, but it's resolved nicely. And it sets up for more if they want to make more. Very good stuff.

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Add - More Dragon Ball The first 30 episodes or so are about the most perfect shonen anime I've ever seen. It's crass and crude and hilarious and just super fun. From there, through to the end, the show remains extremely strong, amazingly strong for how long it is. Still a show this long is bound to have some slow bits. As it goes on, the battles become longer and more padded. But I never found it to be too slow. Truly a top tier shonen. All time great. And well deserving of its classic status.

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Add - More Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka This is like the trapped in a video game genre but there's no mention of it actually being a game or the outside world. Still, the characters have skill levels, and level up, and adventure on floors of a dungeon with bosses that respawn and monsters that drop loot. The setting works but at this point it's not very unique or interesting. But mainly this is a harem anime and a fairly solid one.

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Add - More Durarara!! A strange anime. The characters are an ensemble of characters living in a neighborhood of Tokyo and it doesn't seem to follow any particular one. There's some supernatural stuff and some crime stuff. It has an interesting atmosphere- sort of low key and it's like everything is sort of urban legends and rumors of the weird stuff that's going on in town. There are a bunch of different events that seem disconnected but everything comes together if you're patient. Episodes focus on a couple characters or a particular side on an event. It's feels a little scattered for the first half and it's a little slow (or even boring) at times. I still like it- it's weird and has a cool vibe, and like I said it does come together in the second half of the show.

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Add - More Elfen Lied I like dark and strange and violent animes like this but they can get a little tiring if there's not some fun moments or comic relief. This is downbeat but it moves along fast enough through a quick 13 episodes so that it doesn't become old. Looking back though it's not particularly memorable.

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Add - More Ergo Proxy This is the type of old-school serious sci-fi/post-apocalyptic anime that was always my bag back in my first bout of anime fandom in the 90's. Since then my tastes have expanded to include many more types of anime but I still have a soft spot for this sort of thing. This one is done very well- it feels like the plot of a very good Japanese video game from the early 2000's. The vibe is mysterious but things are mostly explained as it goes and it doesn't revel too much in making you wonder what the hell is going on. The whole world is really cool and atmospheric. I like how once the anime settles in it takes time to use the setting for some neat adventures that develop the characters and develop the world even further. Great opening too.

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Add - More Fate/Zero The premise is seems like its derived from a video game or rpg- mages summon up historical personages to fight for them. The summoned characters are of different classes and are usually referred to by their class name (lancer, archer, etc). The battle is for the holy grail which appears every once in a while, arranges these contests, and then grants a wish to the winner. It's corny and seems rather dumb but somehow it's rather good. The first season doesn't have much of an ending. I'm curious to see how it turns out in season two.

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Add - More Fate/Zero 2nd Season See my comments for the first season. The second season is just a contiuation of, and conclusion of, the first season. Basically its a 24 episode anime split into two parts. I don't think the second half is significantly better or worse than the first. The premise feels like its adapted from a video game and is rather goofy but it's taken seriously. But it has some quality. It sounds and looks good. And the story and characters are good enought that I wanted to see how it turned out. Overall, it's fine, but seems a bit overrated.

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Add - More FLCL The plot is crazy and all over the place. But it's not really about plot- it's style and setting and characters and atmosphere and fun. And FLCL checks all those boxes. Awesome stuff.

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Add - More Fruits Basket Sort of a Shoujo reverse harem rom com where the guys transform into zodiac animals. This type of thing isn't exactly my bag but I liked this. Our lead girl is super nice. The guys fit various types. It's funny at times. I think it's strongest through the first two thirds as it develops and then it becomes a little weaker. Still, I'd be open to watching the recent reboot series.

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Add - More Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Great characters who are enjoyable to watch and get to know. Also the tone of the series is perfect- it can be heavy or deep or sad but it's got a great comic streak running through it. And it's fast paced with lots of stuff happening and a fair amount of action. Pretty remarkably consistent through 64 episodes. One of the best of all time.

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Add - More Gake no Ue no Ponyo Not all Ghibli movies are great. I like the little boy and his family and the seniors. But the fantastical element of this falls a little flat. Ponyo herself is uninteresting. The weird sea guy and the godess don't really work. The plot doesn't make a lot of sense. And really there isn't much story. It's cute of course, and kind of charming, and really for little kids more than adults. That's okay, the vibes are okay, and the whole movie is really just okay.

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Add - More Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie) The appealing thing about this movie is the atmosphere of the different planets and the appeal of each offering a different environment and space for new adventures. If I had seen this as a kid it probably would have been a favorite and fuel for pretend play and my own stories. As it is, it still awakens some of that spirit from my boyhood, and that's pretty cool. The animation is very nice, especially the landscapes which give the movie much of its atmosphere. It's dated, but it still looks good. What does drag this down a bit is that it takes a while to get going and it's too long. As a movie the pacing just feels a little off- too slow and episodic without enough of a real arc. Still, this is pretty solid and likely better than watching a whole 112 ep series.

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Add - More Green Legend Ran I'm pretty sure this is the first anime I every saw. I think it was on late at night on SciFi or something. Anyway it left an impression, but for a long time I forgot the title and was trying to figure out what it was. I dig the old school look. The sci fi stuff and the post-apocalyptic world are pretty cool. There's some interesting weirdness, especially if this was your first anime and you were watching it back in the 90's. The terrorist/revolutionaries plot is rather generic and boring really just serves as a backdrop to the main story of Ira and Ran and for us to learn more about the weird world they inhabit. Pretty good for how old it is. Perhaps a bit slow at times and you really have to wait for the third episode to get to the more interesting parts.

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Add - More Haikyuu!! It seems that the subject matter of an anime has little to do with how good it is. This is about volleyball and its not like its mostly about growing up and friendships or something like that and just uses volleyball as a backdrop. No this is primarily volleyball. Volleyball matches. Volleyball strategy. And yet somehow it's pretty great. Tense at times and it leaves you wanting to watch the next episode to see how that match turns out.

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Add - More Haikyuu!! Karasuno Koukou vs. Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou You'd think maybe this would get old- I mean it's a lot of volleyball. But Haikyuu is really good and these ten episodes that close out the tournament are still very good.

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Add - More Haikyuu!! Second Season All my comments for the first season apply again here. I think this one might be just slightly better than the first.

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Add - More Hametsu no Mars I like bad movies (like The Room, Plan 9, etc). This is supposed to be the, or at least one of the, worst anime. Going in with that expectation, it's really not that bad. It seems like a pilot or proof of concept for a bad 80's or early 90's anime. It's not particularly unwatchable or agonizing or boring since it's 18 minutes. It's just that there's absolutely no reason to watch this or for it to exist. Again, it seems like some kind of preliminary thing that a studio might produce internally to quickly explore an idea. It's rushed or amateurish or both. But it's not this stunningly bad thing that its made out to be- that would actually be more fun.

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Add - More Hataraku Maou-sama! This has a really bad title. The devil (not really the christian devil, just some evil entity from another high-fantasy style dimension) is in fact a part time worker at McDonalds- so it fits, but it just doesn't sound very good. Thankfully the anime is solid. It's a classic fish-out-of-water thing mixed with a little harem and slice-of-life with a supernatural back drop that just makes the whole thing more amusing. The characters are fun. Overall it's surprisingly really good, if not all that original.

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Add - More Hellsing Ultimate One hell of an anime. Super over-the-top, violent, and bloody. Very cool. But it does seem like the plot drags a bit and is stretched a little thin over 10 long episodes and it probably could have been trimmed a little bit.

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Add - More Higashi no Eden This is a very solid short anime at 11 episodes. It's a bit of a mystery throughout, although the main aspects are revealed about four episodes in. It perhaps doesn't have that much of an arc- essentially just more and more details about what is going on are revealed. The plot deals with some contemporary (in 2009) issues in Japanese society which is kind of interesting. The characters are good. It reminds me of Terror in Resonance but this is a little better. Definitely worth a watch especially since it's so short and tight.

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Add - More High School DxD I like ecchi elements in an anime where it isn't the main focus and just adds to the craziness (something like Kill la Kill). This is more of a straight-ahead traditional ecchi where the ecchi is more of a focus. In fact at first it seems like there's little else going on. The whole thing is rather generic but it does get better as the series progresses. I'm also a little put off by the blurred out or artificially covered up nudity. It's better to just be ecchi with extremely scantily clad girls, underwear, etc. Despite its problems, the show is very watchable. It's fast paced, occasionally funny, and worth a watch.

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Add - More Highschool of the Dead Solidly, even primarily, ecchi. Still this manages to combine several genres into a fun zombie anime. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, often pervy. It somehow consistently works and it's pretty good.

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Add - More Higurashi no Naku Koro ni This looks like a horror anime but it comes off as more of a mystery. There are a bunch of short arcs, some of which take place in alternate timelines. After a fast and crazy beginning arc, the anime settles down and slowly develops its characters and starts revealing bits of the mystery. It kept my attention despite occasionally not completely making sense and I was interested to find out more details of what was going on. With that said, the anime is a bit jumbled and slow at times. It's a mixed bag but ultimately worth a watch.

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Add - More Hotaru no Haka This is a fascinating look at Japan in the final days of WWII. It's an obvious masterpiece, I think mostly because of its realistic feel and because it mostly resists the temptation to be overly melodramatic. It's understated and it needs to be with such a heavy story. As it is, it actually goes by quickly and is easily watchable. The animation is great too.

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Add - More Howl no Ugoku Shiro I think this squeezes quite a bit into its two hour run time. It's interesting that it's based on a western fantasy novel from the 80's. And I can get that vibe a little bit from it. This is yet another great Ghibli film, but you need to be paying attention.

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Add - More Hunter x Hunter (2011) This is an excellent long shonen anime. It's one that really would be entertaining for kids but it's interesting to watch as an adult too. It's a kind of weird fantasy world that reminds me of something that might be from an 80's Japanese video game. The vibe I'm thinking of is something like Alex Kidd in Miracle World from Sega Master System or something like that. The best things it has going for it are the cool eclectic world and the variety in the story arcs. It's the kind of world kids would want to make the backdrop of their own adventures. And although there is the occasional drawn out battle, for the genre this is quite fast moving and there's always something cool and new happening.

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Add - More Inferno Cop This is an over-the-top comedy done on what appears to be a budget of $0. The animation is just static cut-outs and explosion effects but it works with the overall silly vibe of the show and the drawings are pretty cool. Each episode is a new couple minutes of stupidity. Maybe not all that amazing but short and very fun. Trigger is also one of my favorite studios and it's cool to see their first anime.

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Add - More Inferno Cop: Fact Files These are 30 second clips that are best watched one after each episode of the series. Their isn't much to them but there is the occasional joke that's pretty good and they're so short it's hard to criticize them too much.

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Add - More Initial D Extra Stage This follows Mako and Sayuki- the two female driving team from the first season- and their interactions with Emperor- the Lan Evo team from the second season. It's fine and it's interesting to see what these two characters have been up to. Theres some fanservice even a bit of nudity (!) with a glimpse of nipple (!!). It's not as interesting as the main story line involving Takumi and his 86.

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Add - More Initial D First Stage I like sports anime and this is basically a sports anime about street racing. Ironically, the show is rather slow paced but it builds up very nicely. There's some teen drama that feels surprisingly realistic. The characters are nicely developed. The animation isn't that great but it doesn't really matter. The 1998 CG cars are bad too but it's all somehow kind of charming. Of course it has all the things I like about sports animes- the rivalries, the actual races, etc- are all here and work well.

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Add - More Initial D Second Stage The first season of Initial D isn't the greatest looking show- but it's good enough that it overcomes any technical flaws. Somehow in the second season they made it look even worse. I could see some argue that the animation is better, but although it's cleaner, it's not as charming and the change is quite jarring. The story is still good but it's still kind of slow paced. It's close to the quality of the first season- it's basically a continuation of everything that was going on previously. I'm very close to giving this a higher rating but it feels like there's a little less interest now that Takumi's origin story has been told an he's now an established racer.

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Add - More JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV) Jojo takes itself seriously and it's also crazy and fantastic and bizarre. The manga these arcs are based on are from back in the 80's and it it definitely has a retro feel, which I dig, but with modern production values. Great animation and music. It's hard to describe. But it's sort of like a manly 80's super-hero shonen but made in 2012. And it's campy. Although its campiness doesn't feel intentional- kids would enjoy this for just what it is. But as an adult I really appreciate all the weirdness. Its just trying to be the most entertaining and stylish shonen possible. Lot's of stuff happens and battles don't drag too much like in many animes of this type. Just great and definitely to my taste.

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Add - More JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Jojo is the best of these long battle shonen, actually I'm not sure if it really fits that genre but it's close. The show is just over the top and fantastic and there's always something different happening and that keeps it interesting. This arc has a good ensemble of characters, introduces stands, has a great variety of settings, villains, and battles. Just really great stuff.

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Add - More JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season The second half of Stardust Crusaders is just as good as the first, maybe even a little better.

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Add - More JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai Jojo continues to exceed my high expectations. It's over the top fun as usual. But this season is the best so far. I like the series of adventures in an average town where strange things are going on. It's cool how the villains all end up being friends. The creativity with the powers is very cool and there's an incredible variety in the encounters/adventures/fights with the underlying Jojo craziness being a constant throughout.

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Add - More Jujutsu Kaisen Seems like just another kids with powers shonen type deal. And I think the main character is kind of uninteresting. But the supporting cast is quirky and cool. The villains are sick. The action and animation is absolutely top notch.

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Add - More Juubee Ninpuuchou Classic violent old school anime- all stuff I like. Has a great look. Iconic moments. Really cool character designs. Groteque at times.

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Add - More Kaguya-hime no Monogatari Beautiful sort of watercolor style that I've never seen in an anime before. This is an adaptation of a Japanese folktale. It's very good. Several lessons to be learned here. She loves her simple life in the country but is not particularly happy as a rich noble, so mostly money can't buy happiness. Long for a childrens movie but very good.

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Add - More Kanashimi no Belladonna This is animated and it's Japanese so it's anime. But this is really early 70's psychedelic occult erotica. The art and art style is fantastic, even if often it is stills and not animated. It has the weird feel of some euro-sleaze satanic sex film- like Jess Franco stuff. I dig that kind of stuff. And that's a better reference point than what you usually think of as anime. For a lot of its runtime I was thinking it was really great. But with about 20 minutes left it seems to loose its way. Tightened up to about 1 hour this would have been great. It just lingers a little too long. Also, although it's tastefully done and is not similar to what you usually think of as hentai, this is an erotic cartoon and so it's not something you're likely to break out and watch with various groups of people.

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Add - More Karigurashi no Arrietty This is one of Ghibli's good ones. I'm actually tempted to bump up my rating. I think this movie is a little underrated because it's perhaps not anime enough. It's an adaptation of an old children's book, "The Borrowers" which I know I read as a kid and which has been adapted into several films. So, while it takes place in Japan, it's much more western than most anime. But I love the idea of a world in miniature underneat our own. The borrowers lives are fantastic fun to imagine. So it's got great atmosphere but the plot is also pretty tight. The animation is top notch, and the music is particularly good, even for Ghibli.

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Add - More Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä This is the first big Ghibli movie. I love the post apocalyptic mold and bug world. It feels like a big rich world with lots of stuff going on. The story has a mythic quality. I read the manga before watching the movie. It's kind of odd that the movie came out before the manga was completed. The two deviate quite a bit and the manga is much more fleshed out. I really dig the old school 80's animation too.

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Add - More Kenpuu Denki Berserk This is the first time I've read the manga before seeing an anime adaptation. The manga is certainly better but it's an all-time great after all and I think this does a pretty impressive job of bringing the golden age arc to life. I like the somewhat retro look and handdrawn style, even if it uses a lot of stills and pans. The music is probably worth a 10 all on it's own. Susumu Hirasawa's music is so awesome I just wanted to hear more of it. I think if you saw this before reading the manga you'd probably still like it but it might be a little bewildering- not that it's hard to follow, but the tone and plot are kind of strange and their slightly condensed here so you have less time to settle in. So I'd recommend reading the manga first.

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Add - More Kill la Kill Sort of a parody of several things, most obviously of how seriously school life is taken in Japan with the school becoming a sort of military dictatorship run by the student council president. There's other references here too like the parody of Sailor Moon in the transforming scene. Part comedy, part action and both parts really hold their own- its funny and the action kicks ass.. The basic concept is that school uniforms have powers depending on your status in the school. Our heroine has a kamui, a sort of unlicensed uniform that is super powerful and that only she can wear. She is just awesomely cool and she takes down the various club presidents in fights. So sort of a fighting anime although it doesn't exactly fit that mold either. It is completely over the top, like you can't get any more over the top. It is ecchi enough that you might be a little embarassed watching this with some people but it almost seems necessary for complete over-the-topness and the anime really wouldn't work as well without it. The art is great and has some old school vibes and it looks super cool. The music is epic and cool. There are several moments in every episode that are just hype as F*** and the show generally had me grinning like an idiot throughout.

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Add - More Kill la Kill Specials The first special is the 25th episode- just a bit longer than a standard episode. The second special is a quck recap episode made rather entertaining by the narration. The 25th episode is fantastic- another (?!) huge epic battle. Pretty much required viewing. The second special is a skippable recap but it's very quick and entertaining enough- worth your ~10 minutes.

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Add - More Kimetsu no Yaiba This is a very solid shonen with great animation. There's some pretty horrific stuff too, even though the tone is solidly shonen with a fair bit of comic relief. The supporting characters are fun but also can be annoying from time to time. It's not the greatest thing I've ever seen but it is pretty good and it's hard to tell if it can sustain it's momentum but I'm on board for a second season.

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Add - More Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen A short arc that takes place on a train. It's a cool setting. And we have the flame hashira who's a simple but fun character. The animation and action is great- I love the flame and water effects. There's a pretty awesome climatic battle over the last few episodes. Tragic, but I don't know if it could have ended any other way.

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Add - More Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen Demon Slayer is feeling more like a standard shonen over the past couple arcs. It's got long battles with lots of talking and the arcs have been pretty much stand alone with not a ton of forward momentum in the overarching story. We have a new hashira they are with and a new setting in the red light district. For a while it seems like we might get some comedy with the boys going incognito as geishas but some demons soon come on the scene and we get a ton of action again. You know I've seen a lot of anime action but the battle over the last few episodes is pretty ridiculous. And the anime retains a dark and sometimes twisted edge while at the same time being very watchable and even cozy. It's a quality that feels very very anime going back to series that got me into it in the 90's like Evangelion. But again packaged up in a pretty standard shonen structure.

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Add - More Kimi no Na wa. The story is a nice sci-fi romance. The body swap thing has been done before but this still manages to have a certain freshness. I wasn't drawn into the story right away but it started to win me over and by the end it definitely had me hooked. But the real standout aspect though has to be the animation. Your Name is just fantastically beautiful throughout each second of its runtime. The music is nice too.

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Add - More Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu The start of this is really great. It's like some awesome body horror movie from the 80's. Very grotesque- reminiscent of The Thing or Cronenberg movies. And it's really pretty good throughout the first half. Then it seems like it loses focus and doesn't know where to go and drags through the second half. It's a shame really since it starts out so well.

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Add - More Koe no Katachi The animation is top notch. The story and characters are pretty good and pretty believable. The secondary characters are actually the best- I like our protag's relationship with Tomohiro, a nerdy guy, better than his relationship with the deaf girl. It's a little too long and meandering for a film. It probably would have worked better as a 12 episode series. It's got that big emotional moments thing going on that I dislike in other media but seem to be okay with in anime. Definitely worth a watch and I'd say its a good movie but it's not perfect by any stretch. Not bad but a bit overrated.

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Add - More Kokuhaku This is a short little CGI video from Takena. You know some horror thing is going to happen. It's bad, but it's only about 1 minute.

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Add - More Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! These sort of sucked into another world that's like an RPG video game isekai animes seem to be a dime a dozen these days. This one has a really screwy, episodic, funny, slightly pervy harem thing going on. It's quite entertaining and good overall. I found myself watching almost the whole thing in one sitting.

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Add - More Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 This is a fine comedy isekai but for me it's schtick is wearing a little thin in its second season. The characters with their distinct foibles are fun but it's all a little one-note and samey. The masochistic Darkness, the lecherous main character, the explosion obsessed Megumine, they're funny but they're just all funny for the same reason all the time.

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Add - More Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2: Kono Subarashii Geijutsu ni Shukufuku wo! This is basically like an above average episode of the series. It pretty much blends right in. Worth a watch if you're watching the show but not worth seeking out.

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Add - More Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!: Kono Subarashii Choker ni Shukufuku wo! This is plays just like an episode of the series. It's a little below average I think although it's even more heavy on the fan service than usual. You might as well watch it if you like the series- it's fine. But it's also not really necessary to seak out.

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Add - More Koukaku Kidoutai Beautful animation and a trippy sci-fi story that feels retro cyberpunk. The world is great and it begs to be fleshed out more than is possible in a single movie like this. Still- classic and very cool.

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Add - More Kurenai no Buta This is a Ghibli movie that I was a little more skeptical of- a pig flying ace? It turns out that the pig is really the only fantastic element. And that's maybe a reason for skepticism too- Ghibli movies are usually more fantastic. But the movie is really great. Its oozing the Ghibli charm. It feels like the plot of some classic film in a way but with an anime quirkiness. It feels like a small story in the middle of a great created world, even if that world is closer to reality than usual. Michael Keaton is a great casting choice for the main character in the English dub.

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Add - More Little Witch Academia This movie is less than half an hour so it feels like a single episode or pilot of a TV series. The Trigger animation is great, as always. The characters are well developed even in the short amount of time. Very good stuff and shows a lot of promise for the TV series.

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Add - More Little Witch Academia (TV) Sort of a Harry Potter rip off. I dug the movies more than the series which surprised me somewhat. It's Trigger, which is one of my favorite studios, and I like the look but it looks a little cheaper than something like Kill la Kill. Like many animes that I rate 6 out of 10, it's fine and entertaining enough but by the last quarter of the series it started to lose my interest.

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Add - More Little Witch Academia: Mahoujikake no Parade This is the second short movie in the franchise and again it's very solid. This is a little more substantial than the first one at about twice the length but it's still less than an hour long. The characters continue to be very good. The plot is simple but fun. The animation looks great- especially the characters in motion.

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Add - More Lodoss-tou Senki I seriously dig the old school anime meets D&D vibe this has. It's good but unfortunately it drags a bit and feels a little choppy with plot holes and references to events outside of this anime.

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Add - More Love Bites This is butt ugly 2 and half minute CGI animation. I like Takena's claymation much better. There's the usual horror twist that you're waiting for. You can't ask much from these types of videos but this is pretty bad.

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Add - More Love Hina One of the first anime I watched back in my teenage years- downloaded it, along with a lot of other stuff of IRC around 2000-2002. So I'm a little nostalgic about this one but there's not all that much to distinguish it. It's a fairly typical harem anime. Lighthearted with a lot of slapstick comedy. But it's a personal favorite.

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Add - More Love Hina: Motoko no Sentaku, Koi ka Ken... "Naku na"

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Add - More Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro I've never watched any Lupin before. I get a distinct Cowboy Bebop Spike and Jet vibe from the main two characters and it works. This is a big caper-style adventure in a picturesque european nation, the titular Cagliostro. The animateion is beautiful, espeically for its age- it establishes the atmosphere and setting very well. It's obviously for kids but it's all fun action with lots of little comedy moment sprinkled in. Fast paced. Overall just good vibes all around.

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Add - More Macross I tend to like old school classics, but even so I was surprised at how much I dug this. It's got mechs. But there are several other aspects that overshadow the giant robots. First is a very solid sci-fi story involving aliens attacking earth. There are many cool reveals of surprising twists involving the aliens origin, their society and culture (or lack of culture), etc. Next is a romance, really a love triangle, drama between the main characters. It's a little cheesy but somehow also very engaging. It also grounds the mecha sci fi story in a way that elevates both aspects. Finally there's some catchy old j-pop. I like the handdrawn animation but it varies in quality throughout- the machinery and battles are particularly nicely done. Remarkably consistent throughout it's 36 episodes. It's especially strong through the middle while the main action is aboard the Macross and the city they build inside it. Really great stuff and I'd be the first in line to preorder a reissue dvd or blu-ray.

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Add - More Macross: Do You Remember Love? I really dig the original Macross series. This is sort of a summary or retelling with some significant changes. Obviously lots is cut completely. Since I've seen the series I knew exactly what was going on, but I'm wondering if it would be a little confusing if you went into it with no knowledge of Macross. The plot is a little choppy. But the animation is absolutely sick for 1984. And the music is good, as you'd expect. The series is better but this is still a pretty great movie version.

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Add - More Made in Abyss This is an adventure with pretty animation and a cutesy chibi art style. The world is cool- there is a giant hole going deep into the earth with different layers each with fantastic settings and beasts. It gets quite weird and dark near the end. But then there are funny moments throughout too. Overall it's interesting and really good. It's left hanging a bit, although it ends at a reasonable place, and my opinion of this first half could change depending on where it goes from here.

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Add - More Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Very good take on the magical girl concept. The story has some nice twists and weirdness. If for some reason you went in to this thinking that it's what it seems to be, then you're in for some big surprises. There's a lot of plot for 12 episodes- which is good, it's got a nice pace. Good animation and I dug the surreal sequences during the battles.

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Add - More Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari Visually this is a real treat. I liked the series quite a bit and this is more of the same in a lot of ways. The thing is that to add this on to the series it has to make the whole thing more convoluted. The plot in the series is a weird time travel thing but ultimately it makes sense and works. This pushes it a bit too far and it feels a bit unnecessary to me.

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Add - More Majo no Takkyuubin Very low key and pretty. Although it's a fantasy it has a very slice-of-life feel. The whole idea is appealing and childlike- going off on an adventure when you're 13, making friends, starting your own little business. Of course there are problems to confront and overcome, and things aren't necessarily easy. But it's very optimistic. It's far from epic and sometimes it seems like not all that much is happening. But it's always entertaining. Quite good.

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Add - More Mimi wo Sumaseba I really dig the mid-90's Ghibli slice of life stuff through the first 2/3 or so, even though not much happens it's really pretty and has good vibes. When we actually get to the main action of the plot it starts to get worse. I just don't buy this author and violin maker in their mid-teens falling in love and having their futures all planned out. It seems kind of hokey. Also the fantasy stuff with the baron- a sort of metaphor for the story shes writing and her imagination seems shoehorned in.

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Add - More Mob Psycho 100 The show has a quirky art style that seems inspired by American animation. It's dynamic and it looks cool especially in the action sequences. It's at its best when it's funny and weird. Reigen is perhaps the best character. He's amusing and also, although he's a con man, strangely wise. On the downside, the series isn't funny and weird very consistently. Instead, its surprisingly conventional- kid with super powers etc, etc. But it's very solid and good.

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Add - More Mob Psycho 100 II The series is at it's best when it's funny. Reigen, the body improvement club, etc. The random one-off adventures are great. I like how the world and characters are developing. The ending arc is a lot of battles as they take on an evil psychic organization and I think that's a little worse. But that develops nicely too and the anime is pretty badass when it's doing its action fighting stuff too. Overall this season is a little heavier but manages to retain it's charm. Really good and it grew on me- could bump up the rating to a ten.

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Add - More Mononoke Hime A stone cold ghibli classic with all that entails. Mainly its a sort of charm and atmosphere. This one feels like a Japanese folk tale and it's awesome. It's a little more grown up and a little more violent than usual for the studio.

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Add - More Mushishi Each episode is a little self contained story. All of them revolve around Mushi, which are t type of life form, inviisible to most people but all around us. A mushi-shi travels around and fixes problems caused by these mushi. It's quiet and pretty and kind of magical. Each episode feels kind of like a Japanese folk tale. But unfortunately all the episodes play out in a very similar way. It's almost always someone who has some strange affliction and then this "mushi doctor" comes by and fixes them up. So it ends up being rather boring and the 26 episodes feel long. Overall it's a mixed bag, but I was expecting to like this one a lot more so I was a little disappointed by it.

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Add - More Nanatsu no Taizai Big battles with everyone being extremely powerful and launching named attacks at each other. Some comedy and very light ecchi elements. Overall, it's fun and it grew on me. But the the plot is told in a weird way. It feels like there's always more we need to know for things to really make sense. Gradually more is revealed- often in flashbacks. It's not a bad story telling technique but it's overused here to the point where needed context just isn't there for a lot of what we see when we first see it. So it probably would be better on a second viewing, but I don't think it's good enough for me to watch it again.

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Add - More Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi This is a short 4 episode mini-series. It's basically some disconnected episodes that build up some of the characters and their relationships. I think it works pretty well, especially since the main series seemed a little rushed and choppy at times. It has me more interested in seeing more of a series I was just lukewarm on. I hope that they keep to this somewhat slower pace and character focus in the next season.

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Add - More Neko no Ongaeshi This is sort of a spin off of Whisper of the Heart but only in that two of the cats are the same. There's no need to see Whisper of the Heart to see this- they're barely related. This is kind of like Spirited Away but a little more childish and not as good. I could see watching this as a kid and it being a favorite- the cat kingdom and the adventures they have are pretty cool. The anime is really short at 75 minutes. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. It certainly doesn't drag or overstay its welcome. On the other hand, the world could have been fleshed out a little more and some more adventures could have been had. Pretty good, but not top tier Ghibli.

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Add - More Ningen Doubutsuen Very old short animation from the early sixties. It's just the same series of quick animations of sketches of humans in cages making animal sounds. You keep waiting for something to change- maybe something will happen or the sounds will become musical. Sadly it just repeats for a couple minutes. Actually boring despite its very short length.

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Add - More No Game No Life I don't care much for the overall concept of unbeatable game players just because they will never have perfect knowledge (and you can't know what it is that don't know) and not everything is deterministic and even deterministic things are often unpredictable. And for similar reasons I don't like the idea of politics or running a country or conquering the world being thought of as a sort of winnable game. If these ideas were treated with seriousness I think they would annoy me quite a bit. But it's so goofy that they didn't bother me all that much. The setting is odd- sort of like being in a computer strategy game in a fantasy world but it's actually really another world where everything is decided by games (betting on games). The art style is ok but very heavy on pinks and purples and sort of washed out. The two main characters are slightly annoying. It's very solidly ecchi. It takes a little while to get going. But the anime is very fun, and funny, espeically starting around the introduction of Jibril halfway through. Both Jibril and Steph are especially amusing. Overall a bit of a mixed bag but I had enough fun that I'd definitely be on board for another season.

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Add - More No Game No Life: Zero The movie is a prequel that takes place in the distant past of the world from the series. The characters are different from the ones in the series, they are in a complete different time after all, but they are also very similar- they could be reincarnated versions of each other. The movie is stand-alone but it's mostly going to be of interest for people who watched the series- they both provide a lot of context for each other. It doesn't have nearly as much ecchi or comedy. It still works but I wish it was a little funnier- that was a big part of the series. On the plus side, this version of our two protags is a little less annoying. Also of note is that this isn't isekai- no one is transported from our world to this world. Instead you just have this stand alone fantasy world and a story that takes place in it. And that gives it a sort of old-school anime feel.

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Add - More No Littering This is a 1 minute claymation short. It's got some blood and has a little joke at the end that made me smile. What more do you want from a 1 minute video?

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Add - More Noragami The animation is top notch. And I dig the world they create with the Japanese gods. And that's really what this short series does- establish an interesting world and characters. I don't think it really has much of an arc. But I suspect the second season becomes better since this sets everything up pretty nicely.

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Add - More Noragami Aragoto My comments for the previous season generally apply here. I still dig the world with its Japanese gods. I think that the plot through the first half of this season was interesting. But the last few episodes seemed a little boring and padded out.

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Add - More Omoide no Marnie Very pretty and it's nice sort of slice of life low fantasy. Still Anna's kind of a stick in the mud. I wasn't digging it through the majority of the movie. But it has enough mystery to keep you watching and it winds up pulling it together being touching at the end.

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Add - More One Punch Man When done correctly, an unbeatable Superman type hero can be a great character and can make for a great story. This is how to do it. A big variety of other heros are featured and cosmically powered villains show up. They create a very cool world. It's often funny. And the action and animation are seriously badass. One of the best animes and one of the best superhero stories in general that I've seen.

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12

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Add - More One Punch Man Specials These are amusing short episodes that seem to go between episodes of the main series, maybe two episodes of the main series, then one special, and so on. It's cool that there are six of them since it amounts to about three extra full length episodes on a 12 episode series. Mostly comedy rather than action. More One Punch Man is always a good thing.

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Add - More Ookami to Koushinryou There are a couple aspects to this. First it's a light romance between a merchant and a supernatural wolf girl demigod. Second it's an odd drama about the nitty gritty dealings of the merchant. It's got a good quiet vibe and I like the pretty pastoral medieval setting. But on the other hand, it's a little slow and I'm not sure all the wheeling and dealing mumbo jumbo makes sense or is very interesting.

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Add - More Ookami to Koushinryou II All my comments for the first season apply to this as well. This is basically a continuation. This series has a strange charm and I think it gets better as it goes. It really needs time to settle in. With that said, it's very slow and bogs down in the trade deal talk.

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Add - More Ouran Koukou Host Club This is a reverse harem anime but the girl really isn't interested in the guys, is often in drag, and only one of the guys is really all that into her. It's in an ultra rich high school where they all run a host club, something I wouldn't have been familiar with a few years ago but host and hostess clubs are featured in enough anime and manga that you eventually become familar with them enough that the idea doesn't seem that strange. The anime is way too pink. It's funny and perfectly watchable but nothing really special.

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Add - More Overlord The premise is not all that disimilar to SAO- a guy is stuck in an MMO-RPG. Actually, I'm not sure if he's stuck- if he's stuck then he doesn't have any sort of angst over his situation. And that's a big difference- the outside world isn't mentioned, but there are moments each episode that remind you it's in a game. Our main character was powerful in a game that is being shut down. He's there when the servers are supposed to turn off but instead of the world disappearing he's transported to a different game world along with the NPC's in his group who all start to behave more autonomously. The animation style is a little retro and looks cool. The characters and the reltationships between them are becoming fun and are developing nicely. Our main character is overpowered but has challenges managing the other characters around them. Overall its a good time, I'm on board for the next season. It seems like it has a lot of potential to get better from here too.

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Add - More Petting a Dog At first you don't know what you're looking at. Then the animation starts and it clicks. Kinda neat. And you can't ask much more from a 16 second animation.

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Add - More Popee the Performer Extremely weird and surreal CG shorts. I dig the weirdness. The episodes are a little hit or miss but they're so short I found it interesting enough on average.

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Add - More Psycho-Pass This is very good. The premise isn't all that original- it's quite similar to Minority Report. On the other hand, it's not a premise that I've seen done very often. It's sort of a futuristic utopia where everyone lives in peace but this is made possible through strict monitoriing of people's psychological state by a central system. Latent criminals are locked up or executed before they can commit crimes. Anyway, it's very good. The characters are interesting and well developed. It's got a good villain. It brushes up against some interesting philosophical stuff in an non-stupid way. It makes you think occasionally. It's got some twists and turns. Entertaining throughout. It looks good. My only criticism is that it's a little heavy on exposition at times. But still this is a pretty great anime.

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22

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Add - More RahXephon This is the closest anime I've seen to Evangelion although as the series progresses it becomes less similar. This is one you definitely need to be paying attention to. And even so the plot is a bit convoluted. Rather trippy. And the characters are pretty good. And the ending is good as well. Overall it's worth a watch especially for fans of Eva even though it's not quite in the same league.

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Add - More Ranma ½ This is a classic comedy from the early 90's. There's no big plot arc and it's almost completely episodic. I usually like episodic but over such a long anime feel like there should be some character changes otherwise it feels a little stagnant. It's kind of hit or miss from episode to episode. I do like the funny types of martial arts- gymnastics, pancake cooking, tea ceremony, eating, just about anything you can think of. Interestingly there is nudity, even nipples, but only on Ranma- maybe that's ok because he's really a guy? Anyway, this isn't that great but it is pretty good and kind of cozy.

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Add - More Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu This is an isekai through and through. Our main protag, Subaru, gets sucked into another world and takes it pretty much in stride. How or why he is in this other world isn't explored at all. The anime plays out sort of like a video game, when Subaru dies he restarts from some point, he even refers to them as save points once. So it has a sort of Groundhog Day vibe which is cool, especially at first. But as he advances past various "save points" the video game comparison becomes more accurate. The anime looks good and the characters are pretty good too. I like the bad guys, the evil cult leader is completely unhinged and cool. There are some good battles and action although they aren't the focus to of the anime. The world building is cool and it feels like there's a lot here to explore but by the end it seems like quite a bit is left unexplored. And that's due to the anime's main problem which is that plot is a bit slow, especially in parts. It happens because Subaru has to repeat the same story multiple times to make it to the next "save point." Plot elements explored early, the first villain for example, are never followed up on. This has a lot going for it and I'd be in for another season. On the other hand, it did drag for me at times and didn't fully deliver on the promise it had early on.

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Add - More Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - Memory Snow This is a pleasant enough. It's listed as a movie on MAL but it plays more like an OVA bonus double episode of the series. It slots in I think right after episode 11. It doesn't have much action it's not really essential. At the same time, you might as well watch it while you're watching the series.

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Add - More Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan 1-55 sub 56-94 dub A classic shonen and it's quite good. Kenshin is the silent dude with a dark past. He's sort of the Bruce Lee type who no one thinks much of, but then turns out to be super powerful. I don't think the character is all that great- he seems strangly childish (or maybe a little effeminate?) perhaps because it is meant for kids. But at the same time he's a badass with a very dark past. Anyway, the series moves along nicely and is pretty cool. I dig the 90's, occasionally over-the-top samurai thing this has going on. On the downside, it's a little uneven and drags occasionally through it's long run. I also don't like Kenshin's voice in the sub and the dub isn't that great either (although Kenshin's voice is better.)

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94

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Add - More Samurai Champloo The three characters are great- all very different and it makes for an interesting set of companions. Going in I knew this as a sort of sequel to Cowboy Bebop and as a hip hop samurai thing. There are some similarities to Bebop in the overall vibe. The hip hop culture mixed with a samurai period anime sounds bad. But it's not nearly as obtrusive and corny as it sounds. Instead, when it incorporates something like and episode about graffiti, for example, it just comes off as light hearted and a little comical. I like the stand alone, single episode arcs. It's just really consistently good- engaging and fun. And it manages this even though it's constantly doing different things. There are also little moments here and there that are just lit as f***. I'd like to point out the traditional song in episode 14 as an example.

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26

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Add - More Scrap Diary This is a kinda neat abstract animation. It's rather psychedelic with some electronic music in the background. The animation looks like it could have all been done on a sketch pad with pencil. Not bad for what it is and it's worth 4 minutes. On the other hand, there's not that much to it, nothing really to latch onto or remember about it.

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Add - More Seihou Bukyou Outlaw Star This is a very solid series, not great but very worth watching. I think the beginning is actually the weakest part, which is abnormal for anime- much more often the first few episodes are good and then a series trails off. Here, the intro episodes are kind of jumbled. But once the characters are developed and they have their space ship it gets quite good. There's some fun space adventures and the overarching plot is fine too.

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Add - More Seihou Bukyou Outlaw Star Specials These are episodes 16 and 23 of the 26 episode series which didn't air on TV. They're good. I think the series works well when the characters are having these little stand alone adventures.

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146

Add - More Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai A really good anime in the romance slice of life genres with some supernatural stuff thrown in and a bit of a harem element, but not really I guess. It seems like lots of other stuff I've seen before but it's got enough interesting wrinkles to keep it engaging throughout. Divided into several roughly three episode arcs focusing on different characters but all very much related, which is a nice structure. Serious for the most part, but not overly heavy. Winds up feeling pretty unique. The arcs are maybe a little uneven with he first one being the best but the floor is pretty high.

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13

sub, buy sub, buy

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Add - More Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Maybe my favorite ghibli film. Like a beautiful Japanese fairy tale. And like good classic fairy tales it has a bit of a dark side to it. Lots of weirdness. Very good.

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148

Add - More Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso This sort of shonen romance, or romance from the male perspective in general, seems to be nearly non-existent outside of anime. And the first half of this is just a great romance anime- just spectacularly beautiful. Then in the middle it drags a little and loses its way a little by introducing some other characters and minor plot lines. Then it gets good again at the end, although it's heartbreaking. This is also kind of like a sports anime at times but with piano playing as the "sport." It doesn't work all that well, but it's amazing that it works at all. Overall, it's very effective and actually got me emotional at times. It knows how to mix in a little comedy too. Not perfect, but really great. And it helps that the animation is just gorgeous.

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22

dub, buy, expensive dub, buy, expensive

149

Add - More Shigurui Dark and violent period samurai anime. It's downbeat and there's no comic relief whatsoever. Good but there's not much fun here and that makes it a little tiring to watch.

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12

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150

Add - More Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing The anime is a hot mess. It doesn't make much sense. The plot is very choppy. And yet I found myself liking it for the most part. There's lots of mech battles. The intrigue and wartime politics are somehow entertaining. The characters allegiances and what they're fighting over seem to change all the time, and I don't think it makes a lot of sense. But looking back I guess it's just barely coherent enough. I dig the intros and the outro too.

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49

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Add - More Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz The hot mess of the series continues here. And my comments for the series apply here too. The production values are maybe a little better than the series, but it's pretty close. The series looks good already. The anime feels just like another three episodes of the series. There's more mumbo jumbo about peace and war. The action is good. If you like the series you'll like this.

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Add - More Shingeki no Kyojin The concept is dark and cool and the action scenes are great. There's some mystery but it's mostly left unresolved. It seems like it drags a bit- it could easily been have condensed to about 20 episodes without losing anything. Lots of emotional shouting. Not as good as its reputation but not bad and I'd watch the next season.

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Add - More Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 Production values were high on the first season and they're sky high here. It's pretty in parts and grotesque in parts. The season brings up more questions but it also feels like we're making progress toward some answers. The show strings you along but it also feels compulsively watchable. I'm interested in where this all goes. Overall, I like this season a little better than the first. The show is really at it's worst when Eren is emotionally shouting, which is really all he does. And thankfully season focuses less on him and developes a bunch of other characters who are interesting and fun. Occasionally characters actions don't seem to make much sense but I like that the characters often get called out on their stupidity.

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Add - More Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 The first half of the first half of season 3 starts off a little slow with a lot of talking and conflict amongst some factions of humans and not enough titans. But it starts to pick up around the middle of these 12 episodes and ends up being quite good. A lot of questions are answered and a few new ones are raised. There is a super massive titan that is really gross and fun. And it's got everything that's made Attack on Titan good through the previous seasons. I continue to enjoy the action, mystery, look, and world building in the series.

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Add - More Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2 This second half of the third season gives us a lot of answers. We finally make it to Eren's basement. Overall, the information and backstory that is revealed is pretty sweet. The world building and overall vibe is even evokative and unique. As usual, the fights, action, and animation are great. For me, Attack on Titan has consistently got better over it's run. It's maybe a little tough to rate sections of a show like this. This is close to a 10/10. The third season (and the second season too) also makes the show as a whole better. I'd say as a 59 episode series (so far) it feels like a very strong 8. So yeah, Attack on Titan is really good.

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10

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Add - More Shinseiki Evangelion You could consider this as a sort of take on the giant mech genre. It mixes a bunch of stuff up- there are moments of comedy and action but at it's core it's dark and deep and philosophical. Extremely classic and influential. This was one of the first animes I saw back in the 90's and it's always been a favortie.

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26

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Add - More Shinseiki Evangelion Movie: Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi ni So the last few episodes of the series get a little abstract. My friends and I always interpreted this as "what really happened." It's very dark and solidly R rated. It's not supposed to be pleasant. But I liked it.

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Add - More Shitcom Another claymation short from Takena Nagao. This one is rather disgusting. There is a little comic surprise at the end. Probably worth the minute it takes to watch but I didn't like this one much.

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Add - More Shokugeki no Souma Goofy ecchi fun. It's a bit of a one trick pony. But it's a good trick- lots of cooking and eating and then moaning in ecstasy or having your clothes blown off. It's funny and I like it. But on the other hand the all the talking about cooking can get a little boring after a while.

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24

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Add - More Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara I love how weird and over the top Food Wars is. I think this is better than the first season- I liked the tournament arc and the short work experience arc at the end really worked too. The characters are becoming better developed. It still remains a little one note and a little boring at times. And I want to like this more than I actually do. But I do like it well enough, and it's improving, so I'd be on board for the next season.

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13

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Add - More Steins;Gate This is a very good time travel anime. I found it to be a little slow but not slow enough that I was distracted or didn't want to keep watching it. The whole thing is rather low key. It's obviously sci-fi but feels down to earth. The anime traverses a certain ground throughout the first half. Then an event occurs and then the anime has to basically go back to the beginning. It's a structure that works quite well especially for this anime, partly because it's a time travel anime. That probably sounds cryptic but if you watchi it you'll see what I mean. The time travel stuff isn't too convoluted or stupid and makes for some interesting situations. There some tension. The characters are good and well developed. Very good overall.

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24

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Add - More Steins;Gate 0 The original Steins Gate is very good and it's cool to spend some more time with these characters and in this universe. There's sort of two arcs here. The first one is fine but not all that consequential and it takes a while to get going. The second has a lot more at stake but it all just becomes a little too convoluted. I kind of prefer the version where Okarin has to make a tough choice that's unavoidable. The idea that Steins Gate is reachable- that if everything was done just right then all the bad stuff could be avoided is just a little too idealistic or something. Okay, but not as good as the first series.

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23

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Add - More Sword Art Online A couple of the negative reviews on here liken this to a fanfic and I can see the comparison. There's an immaturity to the writing. It's very much like an adolescent male fantasy. It's about video games. It's got violence and a little blood. It's got sex, or at least sexy situations. It's overly sweet and romantic at times and also a little pervy at times- again the sort of thing an adolescent fan might write in a fanfic. The main premise is pretty cool- being stuck in an mmo with your life on the line. There are two rather separate arcs in the first season and I think the first one is better. Overall it's a little uneven. I don't think its great but it's very watchable and I did like it. I'm not sure what that says about my taste. Basically SAO is just complete junk food- if that's what you want and are expecting then I think this is good.

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25

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Add - More Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Amazingly epic. It often gave me goosebumps from its epic awesomeness. Super cool. Great looking old school animation. Cool mecha. Great characters. Strong contender for the best of all time.

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27

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Add - More Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa Great early Ghibli film, the second one after Nausicaa I think. The adventure is fun and there's some comedy throughout, but the world building and atmosphere and settings are really where it's at. Magical, like most ghibli stuff. I'm also digging Mark Hamill as the villain in the dub.

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Add - More Tokyo Ghoul I tend to like violent and dark anime so I guess I'm inclined to like this. I think they do a good job of building a world- the ghoul infested Tokyo. I dig the concept of the ghouls and how they fight and the hunters with their weapons and the vibes and overall atmosphere. It looks great too. It seems too fast paced at times with events sort of happening out of nowhere and characters introduced very quickly or barely at all and some time jumps. Otherwise this is pretty good.

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12

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Add - More Tokyo Ghoul √A I thought the pacing of the first season was a bit fast and choppy. The second season slows down a bit and some of the secondary characters are developed mroe. Our main character is a little less involved and his motivation in temporarily joining the bad guys seemed weak or just not well explained. I've heard this deviates from the manga quite a bit. There are less big memorable moments than in the first season. It looks great. I like the world. The action is good. So its a mixed bad but I thought it was enjoyable enough.

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12

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Add - More Tonari no Totoro A nice magical slice of life story. It seems like it's sometime not too long after WWII and two little girls move into a country house with their dad. Their mom is sick in the hospita, so there is a tinge of sadness. But nothing really tragic happens. Of course there is the forest spirit Totoro who the girls befriend. Pretty archetypal slice of life/low fantasy done with the usual ghibli style.

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169

Add - More Toradora! The opeing sequence/song is annoying. Maybe a little slow, especially through the first half. All the time is really spent developing the characters. But in retrospect, it's time well spent. The characters are distinct and interesting. They're easy to get invested in. I think the ending, and whole end chunk of 5 or 6 episodes is really strong.

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25

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Add - More Toradora!: Bentou no Gokui This is a solid and amusing episode. It does feel very much like a little self-contained side story so it makes sense as a one-shot ova with the dvds.

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Add - More Toradora!: SOS! Kuishinbou Banbanzai These are amusing little shorts on the dvd.

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4

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Add - More Trigun Suffers from inevitable comparisons to Cowboy Bebop. And even though Trigun isn't as good as Cowboy Bebop it's still very good. Watching it now, 20 years after it was made, it holds up. I dig the old school look. Cool atmosphere. It's mostly a comedy for the first half which works quite well. Then it becomes more serious as we learn about Vash's past. It also becomes more sci-fi and weird. And that aspect of it works well too.

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26

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Add - More Trigun: Badlands Rumble This is like good arc of the series. The animation is stepped up a couple notches from the series. There some CGI mixed in which is always kind of off-putting, but here it's done pretty well especially for when this was made. You need to watch the series to know what's going on. If you like the series you'll like this but it doesn't seem particularly essential or necessary.

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Add - More Utsu Musume Sayuri You ever walk into the modern art section of the museum and there are these nightmarish erotic scenes with deformed humans. That's like this. It's three minutes. It's weird for sure. It's not nearly as uncomfortable or disturbing as some reviews make it seem.

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Add - More Vampire Hunter D Pretty damn cool for 1985. I love the old school vibe and look. The pacing might be a little uneven- slow at times and fast at times. But the atmosphere is great. Nudity and gore. Very historically significant for the rise of anime in the US. Great stuff.

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Add - More Vampire Hunter D (2000) I absolutely love the look of this- old school but detailed and beautiful. I also really like the atmosphere and world. There's a lot that isn't explained but every weird character or location or ability or event opens up a bunch of space in the world and your imagination is left to fill in the gaps. I get the impression of a rich, weird, far future, sci-fi, gothic world. Very cool. Lots of good action. The plot is pretty simple and feels like an excuse for a bunch of cool scenes. I like the original too but I have to admit this is better- I'm glad it's a sequel rather than a remake.

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Add - More Violet Evergarden When this show is at its best is when it does one episode stories. These tend to be poignant and very good. The bigger story about Violet herself is fine and somewhat necessary to set things up but it's not as good as the one episode stories. Her character is fine but it's not all that interested in itself (essentially a robot [or brainwashed human] learning to become human). She is however interesting as a sort of catalyst for other little stores. It really helps that the animation and music are absolutely top notch.

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13

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178

Add - More Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou Like all the Violet Evergarden stuff this is beautiful and very good in a very quiet sort of way. I enjoyed it as I was watching it but it's also a little forgettable- I had to look up the plot synopsis to remind me of what this was.

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179

Add - More Violet Evergarden: Kitto "Ai" wo Shiru Hi ga Kuru no Darou A solid episode of a good series.

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Add - More Yakusoku no Neverland The story has a classic feel- movies about plotting and executing an escape are pretty common after all. It get's pretty dark and twisted in that great anime way at the end of the first episode and the backdrop remains dark and twisted but it's rarely in your face and the children's world, while they're there is pretty and idyllic. It's a good juxtoposition. The anime does a great job stringing you along revealing bits and pieces about the world at a steady but slow pace. There's still lots I want to find out and I'm looking forward to more.

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12

buy, dub buy, dub

181

Add - More Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho This is a top tier long shonen. It has top notch old school animation and action. The series seems to never go through a slow or boring patch through its entire 112 episodes which is quite a feat. I dig the characters. There's really nothing to dislike about this and there's lots of stuff I love.

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112

dub, buy dub, buy

182

Add - More Zankyou no Terror Very nicely animated. There's a bit of mystery as to just what is going to happen, what the characters' motivations are, etc. It's interesting enough to keep watching to find out and the end is satisfying enough. Still, it's a bit slow and feels like maybe the plot of a movie rather than a series, even though the sereis is pretty short at 11 episodes.

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11

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Add - More Gintama This is nealy a pure comedy- there's other little plots but they're just carriers for zany comic antics. I prefer my comedies wacky like this. It's very talky, fast paced, and scatterbrained which could all be a little tiring but Gintama manages to be easily watchable and enjoyable.

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Add - More Akame ga Kill! The top recommendation for this show is Seven Deadly Sins, and that is the show that came to mind while watching this. Both are shonens with fantasy settings. I don't love Seven Deadly Sins but it's funny and over the top and ecchi and so it's kind of fun. This feels like a generic shonen with some blood. Nothing really stands out. None of the characters really stand out. The action isn't that great. I don't think its terrible- it's definitely watchable. But after an okay beginning it starts to get a little more scattered, introducing a bunch of new characters quickly and the plot starts to feel a little random.

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Add - More Guilty Crown The rebellion premise involving an angsty teenage boy with some super powers seems a little tiresome. But this does a pretty decent job of developing its characters and world and there are some really cool moments here and there. On the downside, it feels like it's lacking a clear arc. You don't have much of an idea where it's going. It gets really wild near the middle of the series and actually feels like the logical ending of a first season. Overall, it's not terrible but it's also not very good.

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Add - More Mirai Nikki (TV) This has a neat concept. People are keeping diaries on flip phones, which seems rather strange- I've never heard of anyone doing this. Then there's a god who gets a bunch of them and makes their diaries show the future. They are then supposed to kill each other an the last one standing becomes a god. The concept is odd because the future is fluid and doesn't take into account that you are using the diary to avoid a bad fate. So while the concept is neat it doesn't quite work. Having a future telling device is cool but if the future is constantly changing that that makes the whole concept a lot less interesting. (The diary tells you what would happen if you didn't have any foreknowledge. But you do. So then what the diary says doesn't actually happen because you adapt your actions. It's strange.) Now, I'm not a stickler for realism. An anime can set up crazy worlds with crazy rules- it doesn't have to be realistic. But the characters actions, motivations, etc need to work within whatever crazy world it is set up- there needs to be some sort of coherance and the characters need to seem human (act like humans, have human motivations). And the characters in this show are just weird and don't make sense too much of the time. Overall, it is a bit of a trainwreck, and it is entertaining for a while, but it's not very good.

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Add - More Naruto The first five episodes or so are entertaining. Then it gets into its first major arc (in the mist with the bridge builder) and it immediately bogs down into long drawn out battles that take multiple episodes and that just aren't very interesting. And it doesn't help that the first arc is all in this mist- it's visually uninteresting. It's actualy pretty good when it's light hearted and funny with Naruto and his friends getting into trouble. I like these long shonen battle anime quite a bit but the caveat is that they can't be too drawn out and need to have some interesting stuff happening each episode- Hunter x Hunter is a good example. And unfortunately, many examples of the genre, like Naruto, are too drawn out and too often become boring which makes it tough to get through such a long series. With that said, I made it through quite a bit of this, it's pleasant enough, it's just a really average shonen.

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Add - More Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season The first season was good. It's an isekai and the fantasy world seems like it's got some depth and potential. The groundhog day thing when he dies and resets at a save point is neat. There's some horror and surprises. The bad guys are interesting- crazy cultists, giant monsters. There's some intense and well done action. The production values are good. It's got some sort of harem thing going. The characters are fine. But the faults were also starting to show in the first season. It's problems really are a lack of focus and a lack of fun. Halfway through the first part of the second season and the plot is just gone. There's a bunch of stuff going on but none of it is interesting or seems like it's going anywhere. It's scatterbrained. Are we supposed to be concerned about the ruler selection? Where's the witch's cult? They're dicking around in some sanctuary with some trial bs. There's lots and lots of talking but there's no arc or forward momentum to the story. Maybe this meandering would be bearable if there was some comedy or fun. But alas, the anime is stone cold serious. It's too bad because the show had promise the first season is ok. But it's steadily gotten worse and at this point it's pretty hard to watch. Stunningly overrated.

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Add - More Sword Art Online II I liked the first season, especially the first half of the first season well enough for what it was. It's not that good but it's just a sort of junk food or guilty pleasure anime. In general the quality of SAO seems to get worse and worse. There's a big decline between the first and second half of the first season. This is maybe on par with the second half of the first season but it's also really slow moving. No Asuna. Kiroto with a sort-of-female avatar. And the search for Death Gun just doesn't feel that interesting or high stakes. And strangely it just seems slow.

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8/24

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TV: 6, OVA: 0, Movies: 0, Spcl.: 0, Eps: 0, Days: 3.83, Mean Score: 4.0, Score Dev.: -3.55

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