| Reviewing in general is very rarely an objective undertaking. It's basically just a formatted rant accompanied with ratings about one's subjective feelings on their personal experience with the anime being covered. Thus why most reviewing is, in my opinion, quite bad at being of good use to others interested in the covered anime. While I'm sure mostly informative/objective reviewers are out there, they are not worth the effort to seek out in my experience. At the end of the day, you yourself are going to be the best critic for what you personally like. So if you have time to read a bunch of reviews, looking for a fair one, you probably are better off just watching a few episodes yourself. |
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jc9622 said: The only Youtube anime reviewer I like is Glass Reflection. Compared to that fucking shitty ass biased reviewer "Digishit, GR's reviews are somewhat professional, he doesn't shit on English Dub, and his reviews are not 100% biased. Pretty much agree with you there. I sat through Digibro's hour long rant on Sword Art Online and many of his complaints were due to him not paying attention or not being able to put 2 and 2 together. |
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| Glass Reflection and Bobsamurai is the best I've seen. GR is little more light hearted and Bob's are more detailed but he is biased of the "elitist" shows. |
| most of them are so bias against anime itself their opinion is worth shit. I watch for the reactions, king of lighting and uzumaki khan are good at that. |
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| ThatAnimeSnob comes off a bit pretentious at times but I still like watching him. Demo is hilarious. I wish he had a better MAL, the only score he's given is a 10 for End of Evangelion. His "Should you watch?" videos are pretty good and semi-serious. Glass Reflection is also pretty good, though I miss his calculated scores. |
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ichii_1 said: tbh, everyone is. I love digibro, but I'd be lying if said the fact that we have almost the exact same taste wasn't part of it. I think it also comes down to what you're looking for in a review. I don't read reviews when deciding what to watch, I enjoy analysis, so his videos are perfect for me.most of them are so bias against anime itself their opinion is worth shit. I watch for the reactions, king of lighting and uzumaki khan are good at that. |
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Dark_Chaos said: TheBrainintheJar said: Let's say that most of my personality is hidden when I write. You see words, but these are words I have time to think about and consider. It's calculated. Freudian slips probably won't happen. The only information you have is the ideas - currently we're discussing the idea of Medium is the Message. Information such as my age or where I'm from is unavailable to you because you don't hear my voice. I don't see what's the use of bolding or italics when writing. It's expressive, but a review shouldn't just be an outpouring of emotions. It should present clear ideas and arguments why a show is good. I've seen some some of these reviews with emphasis. All they do is appeal to your emotions, going 'lol @ ridiculous'. It's closer to Mystery Science Theater rather than actual reviewing. Entertaining, yes, but not informative. Scripts and multiple takes cover that. What? :S This makes a difference somehow? :S I feel a good review needs to be able to highlight the important bits. Otherwise, people may miss those bits and have to go back and read everything again, and that's no fun. You're probably watching the wrong reviews then. If you're going to bother to write a speech, why speak it? Present a transcript instead. The speaker's voice, his tone, his words-per-minute and others such things are not important for an anime review. The anime is the point. This is information about the reviewer which is irrelevant. The best way to highlight the important bits is to arrange your review in such a way that will highlight those. Italics and boldings are weird graphics thing in a medium that's not graphic at all. They're not a replacement for a coherent argument. |
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