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My aesthetic, which informs how I choose shows to watch and how I judge them:
https://www.pinterest.com/Recynon/pins/
For pretty looking ass whooping, check out my compilation of the best fight scenes across live-action and animation:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg1v2eEVwW-ZmBLgKGY7EWMpqi8rrvyuE
I'm not going to have a top 100 list because ranking shows by a hierarchical order is not helpful in describing what the shows are good at. So here's a different kind of list:
Best slice of life/comedy/social commentary: The Boondocks.
Best Cute-girls-doing-cute-things show: Noir
Best Harem: Spectacular Spider-Man
Best school slice of life: Arthur
Best magical girl: Wordgirl
Best isekai: Cyberchase
Best Coming-of-Age Show- Land of the Lustrous
Best Trauma/Connecting-with-others Show- Argento Soma
Best Arthouse Show: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Best Moral/Cultural Show: Twelve Kingdoms, Beast Player Erin
Best Scifi: Ghost in the Shell SAC, Real Drive
Best Action-Adventure: Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, TMNT (2003), Star Wars the Clone Wars, Xi You Ji, the entire DCAU
Best Comedy: Tom and Jerry
Best Drama- Ristorante Paradiso, Red Garden
Best Overall Show (strong in multiple categories but not the BEST): Avatar the Last Airbender.
Best style (art, cool factor, music, environment): Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Acca 13, Ristorante Paradiso, Noir, Land of the Lustrous, Tatami Galaxy, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Record of Lodoss War, Iblard Jikan, Fantastic Children, The Big O, The Batman (2004), Wolf's Rain, Bubblegum Crisis, Sol Bianca: The Legacy, Lupin III Part V, Magic Knight Rayearth, Casshern Sins, Arslan Senki (OVA)
Best romance: Earth Maiden Arjuna
Hot takes:
Wolf's Rain and Casshern Sins >>>>> Texhnolyze
Real Drive > Serial Experiments Lain
Twelve Kingdoms > Haibane Renmei
Irresponsible Captain Tylor> Planetes
Red Garden >Madoka Magica
Id:Invaded > Psycho Pass
Twelve Kingdoms and Argento Soma > Neon Genesis Evangelion
Shiki > Shinsekai Yori
Saraiya Goyou >Rakugo
Earth Maiden Arjuna> Parasyte
Secret of the Cerulean Sand > Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water
All Comments (227) Comments
Twelve Kingdoms > Neon Genesis Evangelion
Absolutely.
As an idea piece it did its aim, and the scenarios that unfolded had some intrigue. I'm personally not a fan of everything being so deliberately crafted for the show's aims, with little to the characters beyond that and such, but I don't have as big of a problem with that as some do. Whereas magical girl shows generally go for a more padded out approach ("monster of the week" e.g. Tutu or "character of the week" e.g. Doremi), Madoka goes for a hyper-focused approach that also pay homage to a lot of things common in Magical Girls shows. It's probably far more appealing to fans of the genre.
I will say that my experience with the show was ultimately detached, where I was just watching to see how the events would unfold, rather than caring about what happens to the characters.
I have yet to read your review, but I did see some of your conversation with Mumi and Kai on Justice from 5 months ago.
There's a TON of cute girl shows out there. If you ever need help on those stormy seas let me know. Interesting first choice, but you got the right idea about it. It's a pretty decent drama. A lot of 2000s anime has that subdued quality I feel.
My friend and I with whom we saw both series often joke that if there ever is a 3rd Sol Bianca series, maybe then they'll decide on what story to tell. haha
Dialectical materialism is basically the deep analysis of things in accordance with their history and circumstances... Pretty much making for a very thorough analysis. I was just saying that some things I've seen you say could be perceived as being in line with that philosophy! That's all.
I take it I was off the mark? Apologies if I caused any offense.
1) Part of me can't help but feel like there was a concerted corporate effort to bash it's reception...
and 2) Bro... Are you a communist too?!
...I can almost feel the dialectical materialism coming off your posts...
It's a better version of Gundam Wing. It's a bit messy and generic (and with a lot of the same problems), but it's alright as someone's first Gundam I guess. I'm watching it with friends and we're about halfway through the first season.
I noticed you've watched Sol Bianca as well! The first episode of the original series was a great short burst of fun, but the second one didn't really go anywhere and soured the experience for me. The second series seemed much more promising at first, but didn't really go in any direction either and it's as if they forgot they had a plot to begin with about halfway into the series. Still, I liked it a lot more than the original How about you?
Real shame it didn't do it for you, I actually liked the slow pace and slice-of-life aproach to war. Some of my favorite episodes were usually the ones with the characters messing around, like the one where Dianna was a nurse!
I like how they handled Guin overall as well. He never felt like a true villain and it wasn't until late into the show that he revealed his true colours. The reveal was slow, just like his buildup, but I felt it was handled well. His cunning, his ulterior motives; there were hints about his true intentions from the start, so when he finally made the face-feel turn it didn't feel like it came out of nowhere like most "non-villain villains" end up doing in media.
The rest of the shows are nothing like Turn A. If you want a completely opposite experience, you should try Victory; that's when Tomino's depression hit rock-bottom and he made by far the darkest of all Gundam shows. G Gundam is dumb, shonen fun, but it's awfully predictable. At the very least I'd recommend the original entry (TV series or the 3 compilation movies). It's campy and old school, but it set the stage for other realistic mecha shows and is a pretty big deal in Japan.