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Rock the cashbah.
Returned to the world of anime in 2015 after many years of absence, and becoming a seasonal watcher in the process. Currently it's one of my most rewarding hobbies.
My favourite genres are Postmodern/Mindfuck, Sci-fi, Proper Comedy™ and Slice of Life. But I am able to watch almost anything, except horror. I guess my preferences are a natural consequence of my constant urge to think, overthink and imagine things while overthinking and analyzing life, and of my desire to strive a quiet, peaceful and happy life full of laughter. (What? This is an "about me" spot XD)
Milestones:
Anime #1: Digimon Adventure (probably)
Anime #100: Gankutsuou (especially selected due to being based upon my favourite book)
Anime that made me like anime: Samurai Champloo
Anime that made me return to anime: Space Dandy
Anime that made me a seasonal viewer: The Rolling Girls
Target for 2018: Watch more classic anime, or oldies and hits.
Watched: Fate/stay night, MS Gundam Thunderbolt, Madoka Magica, Gankutsuou, Uchouten Kazoku, Shinsekai yori, Uchouten Kazoku S2, Puni Puni Poemy
Currently watching: Re: Cutie Honey / Orphen
As someone easy to please, with strange tastes and even stranger critic sense, here's a little guide on how to interpret my ratings. Note that they're basically based on feelings and hunches rather than any "objective" quality criterium (that's how I enjoy anime!):
1 - Why does this exist?: Work that makes me question what happened on the artist's mind for deciding it was a good idea doing it and showing it to the world.This simply goes out of the rating system and enters the world of pure fascination, curiosity and philosophy. Why? How come?
2 - Insulting: Work that spits at your intellect and laughs at you for being such an idiot to actually have managed to endure it.
3 - Directly Bad: Work in that I haven't found a single redeeming quality or a true reason for considering it likeable.
4 - Failure: Work that tries to be good but doesn't succeed because of important issues in its production, or a pretentious work that wants to be seen as good but truthfully it knows it's bad.
5 - Free time filler: Work that is watchable. Period. Not as bad to have important issues that especially bother me, but neither as good as to be considered a worthwhile watch. The kind of thing you watch when you are bored and helps for distracting you a bit.
6 - Entertaining: Work that somehow catches my attention, is actually alright and fun to watch, but also perfectly forgettable once I finish it.
7 - Enjoyable: Work I sincerely enjoyed and had a good time while watching, in spite of being clearly flawed in some aspects that didn't really ruin the experience.
8 - Excellent: Work which was a very worthwhile watch, I loved and looked forward to, and could even consider to rewatch someday. However, it obviously wasn't the very best thing in the world.
9 - Classic: Work that fulfills this definition: "A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class."
10 - Plus Ultra: Work that takes a step further and adds to the Classic the quality of art, beauty, postmodernism, plot or topic depth, symbolism, philosophy/science/spirituality or relevance outside of the manganime sector and marked me like no other could.
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