| Seen all▲▼ | Rating▲▼ | Comment▲▼ |
| Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (movie) | Very good | What an unexpected treat. Was thinking it'd be awfully hard-edge and "cool" but emotionally cold film, coming into this Sci-Fi "Psychosexual Thriller." While definitely hard-edge, it was more appropriate than not for the setting, and Balot and Oeufcocque were pretty good characters within the sixty minute time frame. Also, props for a cathartic arrangement of Newton's "Amazing Grace" in the end credits.... can't wait for the rest of this trilogy. |
| Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye (TV) | Good | This was definitely a more valuable viewing experience than I could've imagined, coming into the second season that I thought would be roughly be the same exact cheesecake experience as the first. The characters and the story became much more developed-- enough so to actually get attached to and invested in a few of them! By comparison, whatever fan-service there was felt more arbitrary than not and whatever nudity there was was noticed much less. |
| Dusk maiden of Amnesia (TV) | Very good | This series had some alright-to-good comedy at the start, but then it became a vessel for some surprisingly great drama and suspense entering into the second half of the series. Top this off with a truly superb visual direction (discounting the "okay" character designs), and this was a certainly memorable series for 2012. A bit of a mixed feeling on the ending-- some may feel it's a "cop-out"-- but there's still plenty of inherent value in the emotional finale, as long as you interpret it in a certain light. |
| Boogiepop Phantom (TV) | Excellent | This ended up becoming a much more involved and complex series than I thought as I started watching. I adored it from a very literary standpoint-- the symbolism and metaphor put into here is very noteworthy, especially in regards to the Pied Piper, and the themes that include childhood's death and transitioning into adulthood add up to some great commentary (surely a critique on Japanese society) that can sometimes be particularly poignant. The visuals are favorably distinctive, as is the whole sound design. I only kinda wish that this was able to stand even better on its own (though it seems to mostly do), looking at all the media that's out related to it. Highly recommended, and definitely worthy of one more re-watch, if not more. |
| Nisemonogatari (TV) | Very good | It would be nice if this series was tighter, even though some of the extended comedy scenes that filled up time were quite funny. Some of the scenes got a little too long awkward as well, like the Sengoku bathing scenes and the infamous force toothbrushing of Karen. Still-- again, the humor worked very well most of the time, the characters were fun to watch, and both arcs came to pretty nice conclusions. |
| Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos (TV) | Very good | A very dumb-fun series that's definitely worth more than the sum of its parts; it's been a while since a series has made me chuckle or laugh as constantly as this did. And even better, I am now even more intrigued by H.P. Lovecraft's universe... |
| Cowboy Bebop (TV) | | A true anime classic. I watched the entirety of this series on DVD spread across 16 days, the vast majority of the episodes (including the two-parter ending) for the very first time, and it was so wonderful. I probably didn't fully realize until the very end how much the characters with al their experiences grew on me and until those last few episodes. Upon further examination of and listening to the final ED "Blue," I truly cried.
Other than the main "plot" episodes like "Ballad for Fallen Angels" & "The Real Folk Blues," some notable episodes for me in particular were "Speak Like a Child," "Mushroom Samba" and "Hard Luck Woman." |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) | Masterpiece | A timeless story with a beautiful ending.... a one-of-a-kind series, for sure. So much spectacle, so much absurd humor, and yes, so much artistic and literary substance that make me sure I'll want to revisit this series again and again. |
| Kids on the Slope (TV) | Excellent | A thoroughly enjoyable and emotional roller coaster through the eyes of a few Japanese teenagers living through their jazz and friendship and (jazzy friendship?) in the mid-to-late 1960s. Though some pacing issues became definitely noticeable in the last few episodes, it was still altogether sweet and wonderful, especially given the episode count Watanabe & co. had to work with. |
| 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) | | |
| Akira (movie) | Good | |
| Angel's Egg (movie) | | |
| Animation Runner Kuromi (OAV) | | |
| Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (OAV) | | |
| Appleseed (movie) | | |
| Appleseed: Ex Machina (movie) | | |
| Baccano! (TV) | | |
| Bakemonogatari (TV) | Excellent | |
| BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV) | Excellent | |
| Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 (TV) | | |
| Birdy the Mighty: Decode (TV) | Very good | |
| Black Lagoon (TV) | | |
| Black Rock Shooter (OAV) | | |
| Blood+ (TV) | Very good | |
| Blood: The Last Vampire (movie) | | |
| Blue Exorcist (TV) | Good | |
| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV) | Decent | |
| Cannon Fodder (movie) | Good | |
| Castle in the Sky (movie) | Excellent | |
| Cat Shit One: The Animated Series (ONA) | Good | |
| Cat Soup (OAV) | Good | |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) | | |
| Comedy (OAV) | Good | |
| Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Excellent | |
| Deadman Wonderland (TV) | Decent | |
| Death Note (TV) | Very good | |
| Detroit Metal City (OAV) | | |
| (The) Diary of Tortov Roddle (ONA) | | |
| Eden of the East (TV) | | |
| Elfen Lied (TV) | Very good | |
| Elfen Lied (OAV) | | |
| Eureka Seven (TV) | Excellent | |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (movie) | | |
| Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie) | | |
| Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) | | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (US CG movie) | | |
| (The) Final Flight of the Osiris (OAV) | | |
| FLCL (OAV) | | |
| Fruits Basket (TV) | Excellent | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) | | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) | Excellent | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa | | |
| Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| Genshiken (TV) | | |
| Ghost in the Shell (movie) | | |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) | | |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) | Excellent | |
| (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) | | |
| Gungrave (TV) | | |
| Gurren Lagann (TV) | | |
| .hack//Legend Of The Twilight (TV) | Not really good | |
| .hack//SIGN (TV) | | |
| Haibane Renmei (TV) | | |
| High School of the Dead (TV) | Good | |
| Howl's Moving Castle (movie) | | |
| INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (movie) | Very good | |
| Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | | |
| Is This a Zombie? (TV) | Very good | |
| Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) | | |
| Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (TV) | Very good | |
| Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) | Excellent | |
| Last Exile (TV) | | |
| Lupin III: Dead or Alive (movie) | | |
| Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (movie) | | |
| Lupin III: Island of Assassins (special) | Very good | |
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (movie) | | |
| Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) | Excellent | |
| Macross Plus (OAV) | Excellent | |
| Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic (TV) | Very good | |
| Magical Witch Punie-chan (OAV) | | |
| Magnetic Rose (movie) | Excellent | |
| (La) Maison en Petits Cubes (movie) | Masterpiece | |
| MAOYU (TV) | Good | |
| MD Geist (OAV) | Bad | |
| MD Geist II - Death Force (OAV) | Bad | |
| (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) | | |
| Memories (movie) | | |
| Millennium Actress (movie) | Masterpiece | |
| Monster (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV) | Excellent | |
| Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku (OAV) | Very good | |
| Mushi-Shi (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| My Little Monster (TV) | Excellent | |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) | | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) | | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) | | |
| Now and Then, Here and There (TV) | Excellent | |
| Only Yesterday (movie) | | |
| Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (TV) | Good | |
| Paprika (movie) | Excellent | |
| Patlabor 2: The Movie | | |
| Patlabor: The Movie | | |
| Penguindrum (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| Perfect Blue (movie) | | |
| (The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) | | |
| Pokemon 2000 - The Movie | | |
| Pokemon 3 - The Movie | | |
| Pokemon: The First Movie | | |
| Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (movie) | | |
| Porco Rosso (movie) | | |
| (Le) Portrait de Petite Cossette (OAV) | | |
| Princess Mononoke (movie) | | |
| Princess Tutu (TV) | | |
| Psycho-Pass (TV) | Excellent | |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| Queen's Blade Rebellion Premium Visual Book (OAV) | | |
| Queen's Blade Utsukushiki Tōshi-tachi (OAV) | | |
| Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin (TV) | Decent | |
| RahXephon (TV) | | |
| Read or Die (OAV) | Very good | |
| Record of Lodoss War (OAV) | | |
| Redline (movie) | Excellent | |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie | Excellent | |
| RIN - Daughters of Mnemosyne (TV) | Very good | |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (OAV) | | |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) | Masterpiece | |
| Seitokai Yakuindomo (TV) | Good | |
| Serial Experiments Lain (TV) | | |
| Shakugan no Shana (movie) | | |
| Shaman King (TV) | Good | |
| Shamanic Princess (OAV) | | |
| She and Her Cat (OAV) | | |
| Shinesman (OAV) | | |
| (The) Sky Crawlers (movie) | Very good | |
| Spirited Away (movie) | | |
| Squid Girl (TV) | Excellent | |
| Stink Bomb (movie) | | |
| Summer Wars (movie) | Excellent | |
| Superflat Monogram (movie) | | |
| Sword of the Stranger (movie) | | |
| Tales of Symphonia the Animation (OAV) | | |
| Tiger & Bunny (TV) | Very good | |
| Towanoquon (movie series) | Very good | |
| Trigun (TV) | | |
| Trinity Blood (TV) | Good | |
| Vampire Hunter D (OAV) | Decent | |
| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) | Very good | |
| Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) | | |
| When They Cry - Higurashi (TV) | Very good | |
| Witchblade (TV) | Very good | |
| Wolf's Rain (TV) | Masterpiece | |
| Wolf's Rain (OAV) | Masterpiece | |
| Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (TV) | Very good | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 2/2000) | | |
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