Arachnophobic's Profile

Half-friendly and half-evil hobbit-physicist.

Note on my ratings:

In short, it's personal enjoyment/10. To state the obvious, I'm not trying to bring any so-called 'objective' factors at all when giving these scores.

I'm usually very generous with my ratings, so feel free to decrease my scores by whatever the difference in our mean ratings for shared anime is. However, also note that I tend to be VERY picky about the shows I watch, choosing only the ones that I'll probably end up liking. So the rare disappointment has at worst received a 4 or 5.

<3: Terrible. I simply don't watch shows like this. Probably what I'd rate the average ecchi/harem show.
4: Bad. Something or the other went really wrong with these shows, or they failed to appeal at all.
5: Mediocre. Disappointing, certainly not recommended.
6: Fine. Watchable, but has loads of flaws (aka aspects I didn't like). This goes for a lot of the old classics that I watched as a kid that wouldn't hold up to a re-watch if it wasn't for their nostalgic value.
7: Good. Still have some very obvious flaws or are lacking in enjoyment value.
8: Very good. Enjoyable shows that are ahead of the curve. Would recommend more than half of them.
9: Great. Highly enjoyable and all definitely recommended shows. Some thing or the other keeps them from being masterpieces in my eyes though - maybe a lack in novelty, execution or ambition.
10: Masterpiece. All of these have a special place in my heart.
NEW! 11: This tier has been necessitated to fill the void between 10s and LotGH. Universally recommended shows, for people unused to the medium too.
12: This is for Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, aka Legend of the Galactic Heroes, which is a towering achievement for the medium and in a league of its own. To scale everything I'd have to decrease the ratings of all my other anime, and I'm too lazy to do so.