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frentymon's Anime

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Air (TV) Good (+) Gorgeous and fluid animation, beautiful soundtrack, Misuzu is super moe ("Nyahaha" is something you'll never forget), moe, immersive and strong plot, OP is amazing both song and animation-wise

(-) Gets bogged down by a severe lack of focus (in other words: is it really about Misuzu when it's focusing on others for more than half the series?), the "tear-jerker" parts were not that particularly grabbing to me (and there were many of them), boring at times IMO

Enjoyment: [70/100]
Quality: [93/100]

Overall: (Not an average)[74/100]
Aishiteruze Baby (TV) Good (+) It's cute, male lead isn't a wimp and is also a very down-to-earth character, strong character development (even in the minor characters), nostalgic in a way

(-) Lackluster animation, weak voice acting, some parts weren't all that interesting

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [77/100]

Overall:[79/100]
Akane Maniax (OAV) Weak (+) Akane gets the spotlight

(-) Everything. Seriously, it's awful.

Enjoyment: [50/100]
Quality: [20/100]

Overall:[39/100]
Azumanga Daioh (TV) Good (+) Cute (Chiyo-chaaan!), funny (especially the rather unique imaginiation of some of the girls), large cast of unique and lovable characters

(-) It's pretty much 26 episodes of short mini-stories and doesn't have a continuative storyline, there's no main male character other than the perverted Kimura-sensei (which means no ecchi or romance whatsoever...none at all...)

Enjoyment: [73/100]
Quality: [83/100]

Overall:[74/100]
Battle Royale (live-action movie) Decent (+) Unique premise, a lot of bloody action and violence, exciting and keeps you on the edge of your chair, good acting

(-) Apparently a highly condensed version of the original novel, ending was a cop out

Enjoyment: [80/100]
Quality: [65/100]

Overall:[74/100]
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV) Good (+) A unique and interesting plot, main lead who really has the motivation to get somewhere, interesting and...good soundtrack, relaxed voice acting (in a good way), animation is pretty good, tells a good bit of the manga story and cuts off at a good place

(-) ENGRISH! While it may not seem like a big deal, it was highly detrimental to my viewing pleasure.

Enjoyment: [73/100]
Quality: [84/100]

Overall:[79/100]
Berserk (TV 1997) Very good (+) Wonderful fantasy setting, well-developed characters, fights are done pretty well, entertaining plot, Griffith is a very enchanting character

(-) Ending was ambiguous and unsatisfying, Guts' "fight fight fight!" attitude makes him rather hard to sympathize with at times

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[85/100]
Bible Black (OAV) Decent

Enjoyment: [74/100]
Quality: [57/100]

Overall:[66/100]
Black Lagoon (TV)
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV)
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (TV) Good (+) Beat-to-death ecchi angels like Dokuro-chan are pure hotness, really funny and random at times, parodies other anime, ended before it got too repetitive

(-) very crude humor sometimes (more like a great deal of the time), the plot (if there really is any) is pretty stupid

Enjoyment: [83/100]
Quality: [67/100]

Overall:[74/100]
Boogiepop Phantom (TV) Very good (+) Unique non-linear plot that jumps around, intriguing and keeps you yearning to piece together the pieces of the puzzle

(-) Animation is...not l, many won't appreciate the non-linear nonesnsical plot that completely mixes up the chronological order

Enjoyment: [66/100]
Quality: [91/100]

Overall:[83/100]
Burst Angel (TV) Not really good (+) Animation was pretty good, attractive fights, hot girls, shoujo-ai!?, a select few episodes were entertaining

(-) Plot had potential but went to complete and utter hell, almost all filler, main male lead is neglected completely after the first few episodes, forced and fabricated character development, really cheesy and predicatable.

Enjoyment: [70/100]
Quality: [47/100]

Overall:[58/100]
Chobits (TV) Good (+) Chii is really cute and is voiced by a great seiyuu, viewer is able to sympathize with Motosuwa and his poor college student life, the viewer can really feel a sense of development as Chii gradually goes from a robot that can only say "Chi" to almost human-like, fun and entertaining to watch while getting a few laughs along the way, well-developed characters, plot gets interesting toward the end

(-) The very end was...not so great, not that much happens plotwise (in other words, a lot of filler/stand-alone episodes), excessive ecchi drags the plot down

Enjoyment: [85/100]
Quality: [75/100]

Overall:[79/100]
Chrono Crusade (TV) Good

Enjoyment: [76/100]
Quality: [81/100]

Overall:[78/100]
Comic Party (TV) Decent

Enjoyment: [64/100]
Quality: [68/100]

Overall:[67/100]
Discipline: The Hentai Academy (OAV) Decent

Enjoyment: [66/100]
Quality: [56/100]

Overall:[63/100]
Dragon Ball (TV) Good (+) Original for its time, large cast of lovable characters, entertaining, provides some good laughs as well

(-) Fights start dragging out for too long, becomes somewhat repetitive, fillers are pretty terrible

Enjoyment: [81/100]
Quality: [64/100]

Overall:[71/100]
Dragon Ball Z (TV) Decent (+) Entertaining to an extent, cool fights for its time/(-) Drags out WAY longer than it should, extremely repetitive, really corny, extremely predictable

Enjoyment: [75/100]
Quality: [46/100]

Overall:[61/100]
Elfen Lied (TV) Good (+) Character designs were done well, strong character development for Lucy (by means of flashback), ended fairly well, plot was enjoyable for the most part

(-) Nyuu is lame and sometimes quite irritating, Yuka (sp?) is really posessive, animation is mediocre, although it was entertaining the everything felt overly simplistic for a series of its tone and atmosphere

Enjoyment: [85/100]
Quality: [76/100]

Overall:[79/100]
Fate/stay night (TV) Very good (+) Attractive fights, attractive girls, plot is interesting if you have not played the game, main characters get good character development

(-) Lackluster character development for everyone else, way too much is left out from the original game.

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [78/100]

Overall:[81/100]
Full Metal Panic! (TV) Very good (+) Great animation, great soundtrack, good for comedy + laughs (a battle-hardened soldier in a high school...), good for some great mecha action, eccentric and well-voiced main female lead

(-) Not good for comedy + laughs AND mecha action (i.e. cannot decide which it wants to be), serious pacing issues, the "serious" part is not all that interesting

Enjoyment: [86/100]
Quality: [76/100]

Overall:[81/100]
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) Excellent (+) Lolicest twins, strong character development, some romance tossed into the mix (finally!), great animation and great music like always, "serious" plotline actually makes sense and is very interesting this time, a very...interesting and sadistic villain, is "edge-of-your-chair" exciting

(-) Many things are not fully explained

Enjoyment: [96/100]
Quality: [91/100]

Overall:[94/100] Top 10: # 5
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Excellent (+) HILARIOUS, great animation, great music, extremely entertaining and amusing to watch in general, Bonta-kun is adorable

(-) If you want anything down-to-earth, you're not going to find it here...

Enjoyment: [92/100]
Quality: [91/100]

Overall:[91/100]
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Very good (+) Solid plotline, good music, good animation, characters were pretty well developed, tear-jerkers and philosophical elements galore, an immersive and believable world

(-) Dragged on longer than it should have, felt too broken and incohesive, tear-jerks and philosophical elements are outdone by MANY other anime out there, not particularly grabbing if you don't take it as seriously as it takes itself

Enjoyment: [77/100]
Quality: [92/100]

Overall:[83/100]
Futakoi (TV) Good (+) It's entertaining, voice acting was really good, one guy and...10 girls!?

(-) Cliche, predictable, cheesy sometimes

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [63/100]

Overall:[72/100]
Futakoi Alternative (TV) Good (+) Original, pretty darned funny, good action in the beginning, Sara and Sonju are teh awesome, Rentarou is a pretty good male lead, soundtrack was really good, wonderful atmosphere set

(-) Although soundtrack was good, it really did NOT fit the tone of the series, incoherent, all the crazy action in the beginning is traded off for a lackluster Kurogane twins/Rentarou angstfest toward the latter half of the series

Enjoyment: [77/100]
Quality: [78/100]

Overall:[77/100]
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (TV)
Genshiken (TV) Very good (+) Very accurate as to the otaku culture, hilarious characters, you could really learn a lesson or two from it, entertaining and fun to watch, animation is pretty good, great voice acting

(-) Music is not that great, hard to comprehend for newcomers

Enjoyment: [89/100]
Quality: [89/100]

Overall:[89/100]
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Very good (+) Wonderful depiction of the horror of WWII times, draws you in

(-) Too unbearably sad for some to watch

Enjoyment: [68/100]
Quality: [94/100]

Overall:[81/100]
GTO Drama Special (live-action special) Very good

Enjoyment: [83/100]
Quality: [81/100]

Overall:[82/100]
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Excellent (+) Hilarious, wonderfully done characters, entertaining plot that never gets dry or dull, exposes some typical education problems very well, very quirky and unpredictable, great soundtrack, wonderful blend of "serious" and "wacky"

(-) Lackluster animation, crappy ending

Enjoyment: [96/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[93/100]

Top 10: # 4
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action TV) Excellent

Enjoyment: [93/100]
Quality: [92/100]

Overall:[93/100]
Haibane Renmei (TV) Very good (+) Relaxing, great animation and character designs, wonderful soundtrack, well-developed characters, can really deliver a powerful message to the viewer

(-) May be described as "boring" by those who prefer a faster paced plotline, nothing much really happens in terms of plot

Enjoyment: [73/100]
Quality: [97/100]

Overall:[89/100]
Hikaru no Go (TV) Excellent

Enjoyment: [94/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[92/100] Top 10: # 10
Honey and Clover II (TV)
Hunter X Hunter (TV 1999) Excellent (+) One of the most innovative plotlines of any shounen series, interesting and lovable characters, themes of friendship are done in a tasteful way, villains are really badass and cool, some of the best filler ever to be shown in a shounen series

(-)Always gives off the illusion of moving very slowly

Enjoyment: [94/100]
Quality: [91/100]

Overall:[93/100] Top 10: # 9
Ichigo 100% (TV) Not really good (+) Cute girls, entertaining if you ignore all the cliches

(-) Too many cliches to be ignored, main character is whiny and annoying and a wimp

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [42/100]

Overall:[63/100]
Ichigo 100% (special) Not really good

Enjoyment: [79/100]
Quality: [51/100]

Overall:[63/100]
Inukami! (TV)
Kaleido Star (TV)
Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage (OAV)
Kanon (TV 1/2002) Very good (+) Very lovable characters, snow setting is wonderful, the story of Kanon ranks among some of the best I have ever seen, music is great, voice acting is extremely good, unpredictable, very cute at times and moving at other times

(-) Animation and character designs were godawful, much of the visual novel story was omitted

Enjoyment: [97/100]
Quality: [76/100]

Overall:[87/100]
Kasimasi - Girl Meets Girl (TV) Good

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [76/100]

Overall:[80/100]
Kiddy Grade (TV) Decent (+) Beautiful animation, good soundtrack, promising premise, cute girls, strong plotline in the middle, immersive and beautiful world

(-) Beginning is all dull filler, less than half the series is actual plot, much needed flashbacks weren't there, latter 4 episodes are complete garbage.

Enjoyment: [75/100]
Quality: [75/100]

Overall:[75/100]
Kino's Journey (TV) Masterpiece (+) A slow-moving and relaxing approach of countering stereotypes and problems with society, great animation, great relaxing soundtrack, wonderful plot which can be both entertaining and hold meaning at a much deeper level, fascinating characters who have vibrant personalities underneath a somewhat dull exterior, wonderfully thought out situations and happenings throughout each country visited with deeper meaning and symbolism, opening and ending theme are both wonderful

(-) A few small arcs in a few episodes were not the most interesting.

Enjoyment: [95/100]
Quality: [100/100]

Overall:[99/100] Top 10: # 6
Kyo no Gononi (OAV) Decent

Enjoyment: [78/100]
Quality: [50/100]

Overall:[69/100]
(The) Law of Ueki (TV) Weak (+) A good watch for fans of tournament-oriented shounen anime/(-) Too bad it sucks.

[Have seen Ep 1-3]
Looking Up At The Half-Moon (TV) Very good (+) A great and moving love story, strong character development, music and animation were both done well, got right to the point, ending was done very well

(-) unrealistic sometimes

Enjoyment: [70/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[74/100]

Enjoyment: [85/100]
Quality: [87/100]

Overall:[86/100]
Love Hina (TV) Good (+) Everything there is to like in a typical harem series (craziness, attractive females, ecchi, hot springs)

(-) Everything there is to not like in a typical harem series (wimpy male lead, romance that moves at a snail's pace, the reactions to mistaken pervertedness)

Enjoyment: [81/100]
Quality: [72/100]

Overall:[76/100]
Love Hina Again (OAV) Good

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [73/100]

Overall:[78/100]
Love Hina Final (special) Good

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [72/100]

Overall:[74/100]
Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve Weak

Enjoyment: [68/100]
Quality: [67/100]

Overall:[67/100]
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) Excellent (+) Very entertaining and funny, parody is done in a HILARIOUS fashion, strong characters, plot is actually existent and done pretty well, soundtrack is good, animation is good, Everything is OSAKA

(-) Ending was not very good

Enjoyment: [93/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[92/100]

Top 10: # 10
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV) Very good (+) Great voice acting, tells a seemingly simple slice-of-life story while carrying a deeper plot underneath, Mahoro's past was slowly revealed in a respectable manner, very entertaining and hilarious whenever the shoutacon teacher shows up (and other times as well), fights were done pretty well

(-) The main character Suguru is somewhat annoying, ending was inconclusive

Enjoyment: [89/100]
Quality: [87/100]

Overall:[88/100]
MeiKing (OAV) Not really good

Enjoyment: [67/100]
Quality: [51/100]

Overall:[58/100]
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Masterpiece (+) Great characters with very distinct personalities built on typical anime character types, very subtle details hidden throughout the series, brilliant order of airing the episodes, gorgeous animation, great music, very strong plotline,

Enjoyment: [90/100]
Quality: [96/100]

Overall:[95/100]

Midori Days (TV) Very good (+) Midori is really cute, ending is satisfying, very funny at times, Seiji is a strong male lead, entertaining the whole way through

(-) The older sister is very annoying, there's not really a continuous plotline



Enjoyment: [88/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[88/100]
Momo: The Girl God of Death (TV) Very good

Enjoyment: [71/100]
Quality: [89/100]

Overall:[81/100]
My-HiME (TV) Excellent (+) VERY exciting and fast moving plot in the latter half, extremely large cast of characters whom were all developed fairly well, attractive fights, wonderful music, great voice acting, comedy is done pretty well

(-) Slow start, cheesy ending

Enjoyment: [93/100]
Quality: [90/100]

Overall:[91/100]
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie)
Negima! (TV) Weak (+) Cute girls

(-) Very poor manga-to-anime adaptation.

[39/100]
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Good

Enjoyment: [67/100]
Quality: [83/100]

Overall:[76/100]
Noir (TV) Decent

Enjoyment: [56/100]
Quality: [81/100]

Overall:[67/100]
One Piece: Chinjō Shima no Chopper Ōkoku (movie 3) Weak

Enjoyment: [53/100]
Quality: [46/100]

Overall:[50/100]
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) Good (+) Beautiful animation, great music, a unique and interesting world-premise and an interesting take on what "could have happened"

(-) Character designs were bland, some pacing problems...moves too fast here, moves too slow there

Enjoyment: [71/100]
Quality: [86/100]

Overall:[81/100]
(The) Prince of Tennis (TV) Good (+) Fun to watch, unrealistic tennis matches are cool and make you wish you could pull off those moves too, good voice acting, good soundtrack

(-) Becomes extremely, and I mean extremely repetitive after a while, very predictable

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [65/100]

Overall:[74/100]
RahXephon (TV) Excellent (+) Good plot, main male lead Ayato isn't whiny like Shinji, great mecha fights, great jazzy soundtrack, ending was good

(-) Isn't entirely original

Enjoyment: [90/100]
Quality: [94/100]

Overall:[92/100]
REC (TV) Very good (+) Extremely energetic and wonderful female lead with great voice acting to back her up, an interesting and fun plot about the rising of a talented seiyuu, romantic and drama elements don't fail either, really cute

(-) Way too short (equivalent to 4.5 episodes), dull and uninspired main male lead, some parts were a bit cheesy

Enjoyment: [87/100]
Quality: [85/100]

Overall:[86/100]
Rozen Maiden (TV)
Rozen Maiden: Träumend (TV)
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Masterpiece (+) Very immersive and wonderful drama storyline, is able to keep you anxiously wondering what is going to happen next, great balance between the heavy drama and bits of comedy, realistic well-developed characters you are able to sympathize with (I was able to sympathize with just about every single one), soundtrack is very good, animation is also very good, a satisfying ending

(-) First two episodes cause people to dismiss it as "another dull harem series"

Enjoyment: [100/100]
Quality: [92/100]

Overall:[98/100] Top 10: # 1
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) Excellent (+) Amazing soundtrack, amazing animation, wonderful historical setting, fights are done very well, great characters (Kenshin is not "I won't kill I won't kill!" like in the series), wonderful romance story and ultimately, tragedy

(-) Sometimes felt like a "you must cry! You must!"

Enjoyment: [94/100]
Quality: [95/100]

Overall:[95/100] Top 10: # 8
Samurai Champloo (TV) Good (+) Amazingly choreographed fight sequences, great soundtrack, great animation/(-) Too episodic, main female lead is always the "damsel in distress"

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [85/100]

Overall:[85/100]
School Rumble (TV) Excellent (+) Love triangle comedy at its very best, eccentric and great characters, good soundtrack, random in a good way, some of the best voice acting I've heard in any anime

(-) Relationships go nowhere (actual romance is neglected), character designs are...different and really not that...appealing (although definitely toleratable)

Enjoyment: [93/100]
Quality: [88/100]

Overall:[90/100]
Scrapped Princess (TV) Excellent (+) Wonderful fant

[92/100]asy setting, great music, great animation and fights, plot picks up very quickly toward the middle and becomes very exciting while turning a whole new direction, great cast of well-developed characters, one of the best endings I have ever seen in any anime

(-) Pacifica can really...get on your nerves.

Enjoyment: [95/100]
Quality: [93/100]

Overall:[95/100] Top 10: # 7
Shadow Star Narutaru (TV) Very good

Enjoyment: [82/100]
Quality: [79/100]

Overall:[80/100]
Shakugan no Shana (TV) Excellent (+) Shana is moelicious, brilliant premise, fast moving plot with plenty of action, a large cast of characters, attractive animation and character designs, great music, great fights, fanservice is done just right, a very good balance of "serious" and "light-hearted" episodes

(-) Lackluster character development for everyone except Shana, cheesy sometimes (but still watchable)

Enjoyment: [94/100]
Quality: [86/100]

Overall:[90/100]
She, The Ultimate Weapon (TV) Excellent (+) Realistic depiction of the horrors of war, great character development and love story, leaves the viewer in tears, some scenes are amazingly and subtly tragic in its own regard, brilliant ending

(-) Ugly character designs (red scribbles on everyone's cheeks!?)

Enjoyment: [88/100]
Quality: [94/100]

Overall:[91/100]
Shuffle! (TV) Very good (+) Latter half was "edge-of-your-chair" exciting, very strong character development in the latter half, very immersive drama and romance plotline in the latter half, latter half was just plain good, main male lead Rin is not a wimp

(-)Fomer half was pretty dull for the most part (an uninspired harem, pretty much), voice acting was pretty bad, animation is not very good

Enjoyment: [86/100]
Quality: [84/100]

Overall:[85/100]
Sola (TV)
Speed Grapher (TV) Good (+) Promising premise that had potential to go somewhere, characters are pretty good for the most part, great jazzy soundtrack, strong villains

(-) Freak of the week was...weak, animation is...not very good, the plot starts weakening after the first 6 or so episodes.

Enjoyment: [73/100]
Quality: [74/100]

Overall:[74/100]
Spirited Away (movie) Good

Enjoyment: [67/100]
Quality: [90/100]

Overall:[79/100]
Suzuka (TV) Very good (+) Well-conceived characters, main male lead is not a wimp, Suzuka is HOT, good blend of sports and romance, not much fanservice, is able to tell a serious romance story without being distracted by ecchi, wonderful soundtrack.

(-) Cheap animation, ending felt rushed, that blonde guy is very annoying

Enjoyment: [89/100]
Quality: [84/100]

Overall:[85/100]
Tenjho Tenge (TV) Good (+) Attractive girls, fights are done pretty well, plot is pretty interesting

(-) Everyone who is not named "Maya", "Shinn", "Bunshichi" or "Mitsuomi" gets very little character development, flashback takes up too much of the series, lead characters were extremely irritating, ending was complete crap

Enjoyment: [84/100]
Quality: [72/100]

Overall:[77/100]
Tohai Densetu Akagi -Yamini Maiorita Tensai- (TV)
Tokyo Godfathers (movie) Good (+) Realistic view of the lives of the homeless, great animation, story was interesting enough

(-) I, personally, abhored the character designs, random gags in an otherwise realistic setting

[79/100]
Trigun (TV) Decent (+) Vibrant personalities from the characters, cool gunfights, beginning half was very entertaining albeit episodic, soundtrack was pretty good

(-) Latter half was pretty much garbage with the "villain of the week" setup, ending was awful

[68/100]
(The) Twelve Kingdoms (TV) Masterpiece (+) Beautiful, expansive, and immersive world done in incredible detail with complicated workings which are all well-explained, very strong character development, wonderful soundtrack, fights are done pretty well, wonderful plot, good animation, everything is done in incredible detail

(-) Couldn't do enough in only 45 episodes.

Enjoyment: [98/100]
Quality: [95/100]

Overall:[97/100] Top 10: # 2
Viper GTS (OAV) Decent

Enjoyment: [74/100]
Quality: [56/100]

Overall:[67/100]
Wet Summer Days (OAV) Very good (+)Beautiful standalone stories dealing with the themes of death (in a gentle and nonviolent manner), great character designs and above average animation, great music

(-) Well, it's hentai...

Enjoyment: [87/100]
Quality: [84/100]

Overall:[86/100]
Whisper of the Heart (movie) Good

Enjoyment: [70/100]
Quality: [81/100]

Overall:[76/100]
Zettai Shonen (TV) Excellent (+) Refreshing and very relaxing setting which draws you in, great animation that uses darker colors to emphasize the tone and the setting, wonderful and relaxing mystery plot that leaves you interested in what is really going on, the "switch" in setting toward the middle is done really well, soundtrack is good, characters in the latter half of the series get very good character development

(-) Main male lead (former half) is pretty dull and uninspired, won't be appreciated by those who want action and a fast moving plotline

Enjoyment: [89/100]
Quality: [96/100]

Overall:[95/100]