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Seen some Rating Comment
Akira (movie) Very good Strong movie with good themes and dilemmas. Truly earns its classic status but was a bit slow for me in certain moments. At some point I said "I get it, move on with the story." This is worth a proper rewatch as it's been far too long and apparently the new English dubs are a massive improvement.
(The) Ancient Magus' Bride (TV) Good Ever gone into a series really wishing it actually delivered on its promising start? Went into this expecting a 9, came out maybe a 7. Aside from a few episodes that had a lot of impact (Chise's origin story is particularly notable) and a few really beautiful scenes here and there, the latter half managed to get itself bogged down repeating the same issues that annoyed me early on, namely the cliffhangers at the end of episodes that had drama free resolution within an episode or two. When this sort of pattern gets repeated throughout the entire series, well then the only qualities to enjoy are the ones I already mentioned. The visuals and some story beats were its strong points, but its repetition and lack of gravitas were disappointments.
Ani-Kuri 15 (special) Tough to rate as a whole. Given that all the snippets were just one minute in length, there's almost no Time for anything to develop, other than just a brief glimpse at a very short story. So I'll keep my review brief too. It's fun, not a long investment, and a good half of them were funny.
Berserk (TV 2016) Decent
Berserk (TV 2017) Decent
Bible Black: New Testament (OAV) More of what people come to expect from the series.
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (movie 4) Good
Brave Witches (TV)
Crying Freeman (OAV) Saw it many years ago. Not sure if all of it was watched.
DARLING in the FRANXX (TV)
Death Note (TV) There is a point where the plot twists just become too much and everything just feels mashed together. I've hit that point and can no longer easily suspend disbelief.
Deathtic 4 (movie)
DEVILMAN crybaby (ONA)
Expelled from Paradise (movie)
Fist of the North Star (TV) Saw a bit. Might get to it later.
Food Wars! The Third Plate (TV)
Gall Force - Eternal Story (movie)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV) A retelling of a classic Dumas novel, so is inherently good. And luckily it is good so far.
Girls und Panzer das Finale (movie series)
Girls und Panzer der Film (movie) Very good Woo this is tankery fan service at its finest. Though still heavily CGI, the continuous action is glorious and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
Girls' Last Tour (TV) How can such a quiet, contemplative series prove to be so powerful with very little action? Lessons of life and philosophy are brilliantly executed despite the otherwise simple appearance.
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Saw one episode. Will have to watch it later.
Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight (TV) Good
Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny (TV) Watched this quite a while ago. And I can't remember it. So maybe that's a good thing...
Inuyashiki Last Hero (TV)
Is This a Zombie? (TV) The first episode was truly epic. The second episode just completely sucked the wind out of the sails. There goes the show's momentum.
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (TV) So-so Interesting potential way overburdened with inner monologues and predictability capped off by a tepid ending. Such a waste.
Junji Ito "Collection" (TV) Weak
Kyo no Gononi (OAV)
Kyo no Gononi (TV)
Laid-Back Camp (TV) Very good This show is an animated representation of all the homey and comforting things you can surround yourself on a relaxing weekend morning. The show did not have great ambition and the characters were fairly one dimensional, yet it still managed to be one of the shows I looked forward to seeing every week as soon as it was available.
Land of the Lustrous (TV)
(The) Last Kunoichi (OAV) Super skilled, deadly but smokin' hot ninja girls who continuously manage to get themselves dominated by men after only one thing. Well duh, they're hot.
Level E (TV) It's Occult Academy! Only everything about this is better. While I really enjoyed that show's character of Maya, the story ultimately didn't do a lot for me. This series reminds me of all the elements I liked about that show with almost none of its flaws.
Love Doll (OAV) Hard to say much about this series so far, other than the lead character sure has a difficult life so far.
Love Live! School idol project (TV 2/2014) Good
Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV) Good
Love Live! The School Idol Movie Good
Mitsudomoe (TV)
Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū! (TV) More of the same. They're playing the fat girl angle more heavily, especially visually. I thought the first episode was great, contrary to popular opinion.
Mob Psycho 100 (TV) Very good
My Love Story!! (TV) Very good
Paranoia Agent (TV)
Parasyte -the maxim- (TV) Very good
A Place Further Than the Universe (TV)
Pop Team Epic (TV)
Princess Principal (TV)
Princess Tutu (TV)
(The) Qwaser of Stigmata (TV) The shame of it all is that the series could potentially be interesting and earned itself much higher ratings had it not resorted to... breastfeeding... Not all hope is lost, since this series contains voicework by not only Haruhi Suzumiya herself, but also by Mio and Yui from K-On. Wait, is this really a good thing??
Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) I don't see it. I don't see why this is considered among the greatest ever. Not yet, anyway.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie Still trying to process in my head what exactly it is that I saw.
Romeo × Juliet (TV)
School-Live! (TV) Very good
A Silent Voice (movie) Very good
Sound! Euphonium (TV) Very good
Sound! Euphonium 2 (TV) Very good
Space Dandy (TV)
Squid Girl (OAV)
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie (OAV) Need to verify whether I actually watched all of this monstrosity or not. Budweiser... the King of Missiles...
Touch (TV)
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (movie) The classic. Will need to rewatch to properly rate. However it did get caught up in its own magnificence and I did find the original viewing rather dull despite the subject matter, which is offensive. I like offensive. But I fell asleep at the first viewing years ago.
Violet Evergarden (TV)
Wandering Son (TV) The first episode was something of a mess. The show would be far better served had the first episode been devoted mostly to background and some exposition, rather than jumping right in. And after the second episode I'm still having difficulty differentiating all the characters and back stories, but something compels me to continue wanting to watch this series. Not that I'm into cross dressing or homosexuality (I'll stick to wearing pants and wooing womenfolk, thank you very much) but I am sympathetic to the difficulties of others, especially in those important formative years.
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: The Washio Sumi Chapter (TV)
Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shō (movies)
Yurikuma Arashi (TV) Very good