Critics and Connoisseurs

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Club Description:

First and foremost, I would like to make it clear that this is not an elitist club. Our goal is to come up a list of highly recommended quality shows that are exemplary either within genre or universally. However, everyone has different standards when it comes to this, so we have created a short list of basic requirements with the goal of ensuring maximum participation from our members.

Entry Requirements:

1. The 'Completed' section of either your Anime or Manga list contains at least 100 rated entries.
2. The 'Completed' sections of your Anime and Manga lists each may not contain more than 10% of entries awarded a perfect rating of 10. In most cases this will prove that you are able to rise above the hype and will not give a rating of 10 to any show just because it is popular.
3. The 'Completed' sections of your Anime and Manga lists each may not contain more than 5% of entries not awarded any sort of rating for TV and Movies. 
4. The 'Completed' sections of your Anime and Manga lists each may not contain more than 49% of entries rated 8 or higher.
5. The 'Completed' sections of your Anime and Manga lists each can not have a 'mean score' of 7.0 or over.
6. Your Anime and Manga lists must be publicly visible.

If you meet all of these requirements and wish to join, but have yet to receive and invitation then feel free to send request. One of the club officers or admins will then review your profile. After reviewing it they will either accept you on the spot or send you a PM explaining the specific reason(s) why your request was declined. We reserve the right to deny an application even if it fits all the requirements.

For any questions regarding the entry requirements, send a PM to  Suna_Kujira
Club Goals:

1. To have members nominate an anime or manga series that they believe is of particularly high quality and that deserve to be added to our 'Club Related' list.
2. To then have a discussion thread for members to debate the good and negative aspects of the nominated series.
3. To then hold a poll to decide if that nomination truly deserves to be added to our 'Club Related' list.
4. If it is decided that a series is befitting a position on our 'Club Related' list then we will go one step further and create a small committee to write for the series a proper review. It will then be posted on the series' page under this account:  TheCriticsClub.
This would be our way of putting a stamp of approval to a select few series that belong to the upper echelons of their respective medium.
Activity Policy

The most important thing is participation in the You Decide Polls so that is how we measure activity within the club:
1. If you fail to vote in a single You Decide poll in a given week, you receive a STRIKE.
2. If you accumulate 3 STRIKES in a month, then you will be removed from the club due to inactivity. STRIKES won't rollover so each month you start with a clean slate of 0 STRIKES. However, we are very lenient with this so if you know ahead of time that you won't be online, just message ShadowGentleman and your absence will be excused whether it be a single weekend or an extended vacation.
Club Admins
Member Approval: Suna_Kujira
Activity Tracking: TruePein
Nomination Counting: Zaitengrate
Spotlight Creation: Unowen
You Decide Creation: Lightfellow
Vote Counting: TruePein
Old Spotlights Maintenance: Dr_ Tokami
Resurrection Calendar Maintenance: Dr_Tokami
Review Team Management: Lindle
Events: LindleTo express interest in an admin role in this club, please PM any active admin in this club with the role you are interested in and it will be put forward for discussion amongst the admins.Current Voting and Spotlight period: 19/07 - 09/08

Current You Decides:
OPEN - Mysterious Cities of Gold (Anime) (39/10)
OPEN - Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte (Manga) (138/28)

Resurrected:
OPEN - Freesia (Manga) (84/21)

For Challenge: 
[None]


Current Spotlights:
Turn A Gundam (Anime) (50/12)
Beastars (Manga) (185+/37)

Resurrected:
Made in Abyss (Anime) (13/4)

For Challenge:
[None]

Double Advance Spotlight Notice:
In order to give everyone more time to get fully acquainted with these entries, we'd like you to take note in advance of the fact that both [] and [] will be spotlighted for the week starting on ________.

Please note: each anime and manga entry is followed by a number denoting the total amount of episodes or chapters and the amount you must have watched/read in order for your vote to be legitimate.

Nomination Lists:Nominations will now be updated every three weeks to fall into the same schedule as the voting and spotlighting. Now you have three votes every three weeks for each of the "Nominate an Anime", "Nominate a Manga" and "Resurrect an Anime/Manga" thread, so nine votes in total, you can use them however you want. Challenge Nominations will be open every three months and there you also have three votes.Nominate an AnimeNominate a MangaResurrect an AnimeChallenge Nominations (OPEN) 

If you notice any discrepancies in the nomination counts please PM Lightfellow

Resurrection Calendar

Old Spotlights:
Click For ListEvents:
The Critics & Connoisseurs Awards:
2015: Discussion Thread
2015: Results

2016: Discussion Thread
2016: Results

2017: Discussion Thread
2017: Results

2018: Discussion Thread
2018: Results

2019: Discussion Thread
2019: Results

Misc. Stuff:
C&C Weekly
The Blue N Rescue Mission

Affiliates:Do you like challenges? Are you looking for one? Test your limits and explore new anime and manga on the way.Anime Watching Challenges
Manga Reading ChallengesThey have ongoing challenges based on our club's inducted anime lists. Click the banner below to participate!If you have any questions, comments, suggestions:
Open Discussion Thread
Ideas for Club Improvements

Feel Like Joining a Review Team?
Review Team Signup Thread
Editors and Proof-Readers Signup Thread

Need a Recommendation?
Anime Recommendations
Manga Recommendations

Want to just chat with fellow members?
Open Discussion Thread
You Decide - Afterthoughts
Your Favorite Scenes

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Server: Critics and Connoisseurs
 Facebook
Page: Critics and Connoisseurs

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Club Discussion

Sticky: Resurrected You Decide: Freesia (Manga) (84/21) HiroM_ - Jul 22	39 replies	by Mini_Lancer »» 2 hours ago
Sticky: You Decide: Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte (Manga) (138/28) ( 1 2 ) HiroM_ - Jul 22	50 replies	by Mini_Lancer »» 2 hours ago
Sticky: You Decide: Mysterious Cities of Gold (Anime) (39/10) ( 1 2 ) HiroM_ - Jul 21	61 replies	by Mini_Lancer »» 2 hours ago
Sticky: Relation List Challenge Thread danz - Aug 2, 2014	7 replies	by BriceMAL »» Jul 28, 8:00 AM
Sticky: Nominate an Anime danz - Sep 20, 2014	7 replies	by BriceMAL »» Jul 28, 7:56 AM

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Club Comments

HiroM_ | Jul 22, 9:45 AM

Obviously 91 Days

abystoma2 | Jul 22, 7:06 AM

>With today’s results it came to a point where I no longer can ignore it

Out of curiosity, what specifically do you disagree with?

HiroM_ | Jul 22, 4:06 AM

Thanks for all you've done, there's no doubt that the club probably wouldn't exist anymore if it wasn't for your dedication. It's only natural to move on at some point in life and we'll definitely try to keep the club alive.

On that note, the club isn't going to die off any time soon. We had problems with inactive admins for quite some time now which is partly reason as to why there hasn't changed as much after new years as we had hoped for yet, although the change to three week rotations did help quite a bit. There will still be changes in the coming months and we'll continue trying to revitalize the club and make it more attractive. First up will probably be reviving the blue N rescue mission as the blue Ns for manga still pose a problem. Club reviews are still on-hold for the forseeable future as we still have problems accessing the account that we post them on and Lindle leaving the club, as he was responsible for organizing the reviews, which I myself don't feel qualified to do.

Lightfellow | Jul 22, 3:39 AM

Well, this looks like a goodbye, folks.

Why? The reason is as simple as it is complicated.
Those of you who have been with the club for a considerable amount of time probably remember how much time and effort I dedicated to this place. I say this without any false modesty, because I really did keep this place afloat after the admin exodus we had when some of them made their questionable exit.

I decided that I would not let this place die because of how much it meant to me. Not only on a personal level, with all the friends that I’ve made here. Critics and Connoisseurs club reinforced my deep critical beliefs that everything should be questioned and nothing is to be taken as granted.

We all know what is the main purpose of this club — to be an annoying elitist to gather exemplary shows that are highly recommendable for any given reason. But some time ago I started feeling that maybe my views of what was exemplary didn’t exactly match that of the club’s members’. This isn’t inherently wrong and I just kept at it while ignoring this feeling.
But as my life got busier, as I dedicated less and less time to this place, the feeling only grew stronger. With today’s results it came to a point where I no longer can ignore it.
And, therefore, I’m leaving this club.

But this isn’t a bitter feeling, it’s more akin to a relief that you feel after taking a huge dump finishing a long task.
I leave you in the capable hands of the good admin team, and I have no doubt that if they decide to add more people, they will make right choices, unlike me.

I want to thank everyone involved in all my years being a member or an admin. Thank you, Critics, thank you, Connoisseurs.

I consider my job here done. I feel like I did it well.
See you, space cowboys.

HiroM_ | Jul 22, 3:23 AM

Oh yeah, also: 3-Gatsu no Lion getting into the relation list protects it from being challenged until 19/07/2021.
Reminder, that all the resurrection and challenge dates can be seen in the Resurrection Calendar

Mei-o_Scarlett | Jul 22, 3:12 AM

yaboii

HiroM_ | Jul 22, 2:58 AM

Ressurection Calender updates:
The Neon Genesis Evangelion manga can now be challenged.
Due to Spice and Wolf falling out of the relation list it can't be resurrected until 19/07/2021.

HiroM_ | Jul 22, 2:43 AM

You Decide results:

91 Days (Anime) (22/7/20)
- Yes: 9
- No: 30
- Haven't Watched: 29
~ Abstained: 3
~ Ineligible: ResaLunn (Not Listed), Lazy (Not Listed)

- 23.08%

3-Gatsu no Lion (Manga) (22/7/20)
- Yes: 12
- No: 1
- Haven't Read: 35
~ Abstained: 1
~ Ineligible: D-ohnuts (Progress), Konakana (Private List), Natsuaki (Not Listed), Zanky (Not Listed)

- 92.31%

Resurrected You Decide results:

3-gatsu no Lion (Anime) (22/7/20)
- Yes: 38
- No: 9
- Haven't Watched: 20
~ Abstained: 2
~ Ineligible: KimVcg (Not Listed), ravepillman (Progress)

- 80.85%

Challenge You Decide results:

Spice and Wolf (Anime) (22/7/20)
- Yes: 24
- No: 13
- Haven't Watched: 9
~ Abstained: 4
~ Ineligible: zaverix (Progress)

- 64.86%

Club Stats

Members: 210

Pictures: 9

Category: Schools

Created: Mar 7, 2008

Club Admins and Officers

8GaugeBrett (Admin, Creator)

Dr_Tokami (Admin)

HiroM_ (Admin)

ladyxzeus (Admin)

Suna_Kujira (Admin)

TruePein (Admin)

Unowen (Admin)

Zaitengrate (Admin)

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Anime Relations

3-gatsu no Lion

3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood