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Feel free to send me recommendations if you have any. Here is a list of anime types I'm looking out for:
- Any anime with soundtracks primarily consisted of Minimalist, Post Minimalist, and atonal music such as 12 tone (serialist) or spectral. I am also looking for Avant Garde or Experimental music soundtracks.
- Any Obscure anime, OVAs, ONAs, etc. Something at least past popularity rating 1000 on MAL, and not within the top 250 in the highly rated page.
- Anything Avant Garde, Experimental, or Surrealist that I haven't seen yet.
- Anime with tragic endings, tragedies. The main cast doesn't necessarily have to die, but the ending should be tragic.
- Anime with ambiguously good or bad endings on a similar level to Carpenter's "The Thing"
- Anime where the main character, or a side character, has a negative mental spiral into insanity in a way that is permanent and not retconned.
- Anime released between 1995-2010.
- Has psychological, philosophical, or existential themes.
- Gag or Slapstick comedy.

Please do NOT recommend me something if it matches the following criteria unless you are absolutely certain I would love it.
- Is on my plan to watch list
- Is in a franchise that has more than 100 episodes
- Is more than 100 episodes long.
- Would have relations to other anime that would in total exceed 100 total episodes following the trail of that anime.
- Is an Isekai, physical sports anime, or Battle Shonen
- Is Ecchi, Hentai, or is a fanservice anime.
- If it's one of those romances where the end of the series is just the characters finally saying "I Love you" to each other.
- Is the Nth other slice of life school anime.
- Is the Nth new fantasy anime but technically isn't an Isekai.
- A horror anime that only focuses on gore. I like horror that has existential or psychological implications in real life, I don't enjoy gore for the sake of it.
- Currently airing seasonal anime, or seasonal anime that was aired this year. I look at those myself if something interests me normally.

So please if you are aware of something I haven't seen yet with this kind of music please give me a rec in my profile comments :)

I am an advocate for a Non-Monetary Economy. I would not consider myself to be communist but I would consider Communists, Marxists, and Socialists to be a close ally. I am anti-authoritarian, but not anarchist or libertarian. I am a moral anti-realist and non-objectivist. I am a feminist and support LGBTQ+ rights. My critiques therefore are mostly politically focused based on this leftist perspective. I dock points for things I consider authoritarian supportive, and visa versa.

I care a lot about the presentation of a series and how it maintains its atmosphere. Generally speaking this is through the consistency of the art style and the soundtrack. I believe the presentation should follow the genre and themes of the series, because it elevates the watching experience higher than what it would be otherwise. Secondly, a cohesive and well thought plot is very important to me. The kinds of serious plots I enjoy the most are ones that are philosophical, and cover psychological or existential topics. In comedy, or nonserious shows, I enjoy slapstick or gag humor the most.

I tend to favor watching shows that were produced around the turn of the millennium, because it has a unique art style which I enjoy. I also very much enjoy hand drawn animation produced between the 80s and 90s. I do enjoy some anime that is produced more recently, however that tends to be in more of a limited capacity. I tend to not actively watch airing seasonal anime besides the franchises which I have already dipped into or unless something in particular interests me.

I judge an anime based considering multiple factors, based on different topics of design of which there is an outline below:

Overall: (X/10)

• Worldbuilding:
  
  
  
  • The depth and quality of the world
    
  • The quality of the development of the world
    
  • The logical coherence of the world
    
  • The way the atmosphere of the world relates, affects, and benefits the plot and genre.
    
  
  
• Plot:
  
  
  
  • How the plot innovates its genre
    
  • The structure, pacing, and form of the plot/arc. The consistency of each arc in the scope of the entire series.
    
  • The logical coherency of the plot
    
  • Minimal use of Cliches, and if/when they are used, the quality to which they are used.
    
  • Power scaling (if applicable), or the buildup towards the climax.
    
  • Quality of the introduction
    
  • Quality of the ending
    
  • Minimal use of flashbacks (and if they are used, the proper use of them)
    
  • In Episodic series, whether or not I can describe it as "Each episode they fight a monster and win, and the monsters are all similar".
    
  
  
• Characters:
  
  
  
  • Whether the characters are primarily three dimensional versus one/two dimensional.
    
  • Strong Protagonist/Antagonist if applicable.
    
  • Characters have a complex sense of morality (no absolute good or evil)
    
  • Minimal use of cliches and tropes in personalities or motivations (and if they are used the quality to which they are used).
    
  • Strong Character Development.
    
  • The realistic portrayal of a character (would the character make sense as an actual person)
    
  • Informed and correct portrayal of minority groups (e.g. LGBTQ+, racial minorities, sex, disabilities) if any. I judge this relative to the time the show was produced.
    
  
  
• Art:
  
  
  
  • The graphical quality of the art style.
    
  • Consistency of character designs.
    
  • The consistency of the quality of the art style throughout the series.
    
  • Background art matches the character art
    
  • Uniqueness of the art.
    
  • How well the art style matches or fits in the genre.
    
  • CGI quality.
    
  
  
• Animation:
  
  
  
  • The production quality of the animation.
    
  • The consistency of the animation quality throughout the series.
    
  • A distinct animation style which fits and coordinates with the art style.
    
  
  
• Sound:
  
  
  
  • Voice Acting:
    
    
    
    • Quality of voice actors.
      
    • Ability to express a wide variety of emotions and express themselves as their characters.
      
    • Quality of Accents and Languages (If the voice actors speak in English, is the English good?)
      
    
    
  • SFX:
    
    
    
    • SFX Production Quality
      
    • Emotional Impact and logical choice of SFX.
      
    • Uniqueness of SFX
      
    
    
  • Music:
    
    
    
    • Production Quality (bitrates, quality of performance, etc.)
      
    • Appropriate emotional impact for scenes, consistency of genre to create that impact.
      
    • Good compositional techniques (lack of cliche chord progressions, good melody writing, good instrumentation, etc.).
      
    • Variety of Soundtrack, without over-repetition of specific tracks.
      
    
    
  
  

There are a few types of things which significantly affect my rating of a show other than the rubric that is shown above to the point where a score my drop by a full point or more if depicted in a show:

• Use of Fanservice especially if contradicts the genre of the show.
  
• Inappropriate, Immoral, or Strong Sexualization without purpose.
  
• Defending Discriminatory Ideals against minority groups.
  
• Non-Satirical Authoritarian Political Biases, or pro-Capitalist Biases.
  
• Media is propagandized, over-glorifying a single country or otherwise promoting Nationalist ideologies.
  

Additional Notes:

• When I am commenting on voice acting it is exclusively based on their English sub because of the inconsistencies of the voice acting quality in English dubs.
  
• When I make a formal review on a show, I may summarize or exclude some or most of this information based on their relevance to the main points I want to make. This allows me to keep my review simple and concise if need be.
  
• This sheet is only something I use for shows within the TV, Movie, and some ONA/OVA.
  
• For Specials, and some ONA/OVA I will rate them relative to the original TV/Movie they were based on judging based on certain quality aspects in such a way that those specials cannot be rated higher than what they area adapting from. With the exception of Recaps and Promotional videos which are automatically given a 5/10 unless it is adapted from a show that is lower than 5/10 of which it receives the same score of the show.
  
• For Summaries (such as movie summaries) or alternative versions of a show that take the same scenes and either re-animate them or compile them into another format (such as a movie or TV show), I will almost always give a 5/10 or a matching score if the original animation was scored lower than a 5.
  
• Some ONA/Specials, or Chibi series, or other general side content I might watch sped up if it's from a series or genre that I dislike or am not a fan of, and I disliked the franchise it is from (for example, the naruto specials, etc.). For franchises I'm REALLY not a fan of to the point where I hate, (Scoring average of 3 or below with the franchise) I may also watch sped up especially if they involve high episode counts. This is because I don't drop anime and is a needed caveat to keep me from going absolutely insane.
  
• Music Videos are judged solely from the "Sound", "Animation", and "Art" sections of the list.
  
• Any Anime that uses AI in a way that generates full images gets an immediate 1. Any anime that uses AI solely for generating intermittent frames while key frames are still being hand drawn gets a minus 6 points to its score.
  

I define my scores fairly obviously, I follow the general idea behind myanimelist descriptions of each number. This number is determined by my rating rubric. Following is a slightly more elaborate description of how I define the myanimelist score system.

• 10 - A Masterpiece: Shows that are as close to perfection as possible.
  
• 9 - Excellent: Shows that are close to being a masterpiece, but are not entirely perfect.
  
• 8 - Great: Shows that are extremely enjoyable but have small issues in a few areas of my rating system.
  
• 7 - Good: Shows that are very enjoyable but have issues in a few or several areas of my rating system which have affected overall quality.
  
• 6 - Okay: Shows that are enjoyable, but have prominent issues that while outweighed by the show's strengths, have significant impact to overall quality.
  
• 5 - Average: Shows which do not stand out, and generally have an equal distribution of strengths and weaknesses.
  
• 4 - Meh: Shows which might have certain strengths, but overtaken by significant issues to the point where it has outweighed the strengths and affects enjoyment.
  
• 3 - Bad: Shows that suffer from extremely major issues in a large amount of different areas and significantly outweigh the show's few strengths, as a result not being very enjoyable to watch.
  
• 2 - Very Bad: Shows that are completely unenjoyable due to having almost no positive aspects whatsoever. Nearly a catastrophe.
  
• 1 - Terrible: Shows that are a catastrophe, nearly zero positive aspects of the show whatsoever. This is reserved also for shows that I find to be despicable due to awful content (such as me finding out halfway through that what I'm watching is actually bad porn), or shows that use AI.
  

So hopefully this gives a bit of an idea what I think when I give a show a number.

I judge series both on a rough bell curve and by my standards as I've described above. This means that my rating of shows is influenced by the total number of shows I've seen. Since I am aiming for a bell curve, as the number of shows I have seen goes up, the mean score of shows will tend to approach between 5. However in application, my mean tends to be balanced between 4-6. This is because while I try to be balanced in the shows I am watching and my rating of a show, because I enjoy anime, I have a natural bias to watch shows that I am interested in. This means that my curve will always be slightly skewed, though with my rating system this has been somewhat mitigated. However, because MAL does not separate things such as promotional videos, music, and specials from the list, I'm not sure how accurate this will stay towards a bell curve since I value my ratings of those shows much differently. Below is my current distribution of scores:

I define my favorites as following:

Manga/Anime:
My Manga/Anime favorites are purely subjective based on my enjoyment of the show. I don't follow any of my guidelines for ratings with my favorites, so while my favorites tend to be things I've rated highly, it doesn't necessarily mean that they will always be the most highly rated.

Characters:
My favorite Manga/Anime Characters are primarily chosen through a combination of how well I think the character was written, and how well I can relate to them. Does not necessarily mean that they are from my favorite anime/manga and also doesn't mean I rate the show more highly.

People:
This section is dedicated purely to my favorite composers from anime I've seen.

Companies:
These are a list of production companies that are generally behind anime that I have rated highly or are on my favorites list.

Drop: I do not drop anime, if I watch or complete a first episode I will complete it and give it a rating. If I do not finish something I will add it to an "On Hold" section to watch later. I do not rate shows I have not completed because I do not have a full perspective on the show and all of its strengths and weaknesses.

Hold: If for some reason I have not finished a show, I will put that show on hold. While on hold the show will not receive a rating. I do not have any timeline where I may finish a show, but I do plan at some point to finish watching it.

Watch Policy: I watch everything to completion with only a few exceptions. Those are recaps and summaries / alt. versions. If it is a recap and I already have seen all the scenes in it, I will automatically add it to my list because I have seen those scenes, as it is just added to mal for courtesy separately for some reason. If the recap is in a format where it contains new scenes, I will watch those new scenes in exclusion and consider it fully watched. Instead of dropping content, the way I deal with completionism without going insane is to watch it at higher speeds.

I will write notes in a description of every anime I watch to give my opinions on it. There's no rules/regulations I have on my self for how long these notes may be. Please keep in mind, that if I've only written down 'meh' or other 1liners on the notes and the score is between 3-5ish I probably just found it to be boring or disinteresting in some way. Also please keep in mind for shorts with notes like that, if they are for something obscure or extremely old I probably could not find it in subtitles so it would be hard for me to talk with you about the anime since I literally don't have the translation to understand plot points. Otherwise, I may/may not be able to talk about the anime, it will depend on how much it stuck out to me among the large amount of anime shorts I've seen, so please do not be surprised if I'm not like, able to hold a conversation for those ones.

If you have read a review or a post of mine and disagree, feel free to criticize me! I'm always open to hearing other people's viewpoints, and I also want to refine my own skills at reviewing shows. Just please keep these things in mind when criticizing me:

• Please be civil and respectful in your criticism. I'm looking for constructive criticism on how to improve, not insults.
  
• Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean my opinion isn't valid.
  
• Don't expect me to change my mind. I'm open to hearing and trying to understand your views, and I will definitely take into consideration what you say. However that does not necessarily mean I will automatically agree with you and if I don't, please don't get upset over it.
  

With that in mind, I totally look forward to hearing your opinions! :D