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Last edit: 2025-05-01
Edit: 2024-6-10
It looks like I've triggered an algorithm that has identified me as someone who consistently tries to manipulate the percentages either up or down. Oh, well.....

I try to add enlightening commentary, but let's face it:
I'm far from perfect.
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    EDIT: 2020-12-31
    I have seen two three videos that examine the concept of "classics" from distinctly different perspectives:
  1. Gigguk | Garnt Maneetapho

  2. Mother's Basement | Geoff Thew

  3. Bonsai Pop | Mike ?
EDIT: 2020-04-11
In this video YouTube user Gigguk (Garnt Maneetapho) talks about SAO in the context of gateway anime.
    2 Videos That Share a Common Theme:
  1. "The Greatest Thing Anime Has Done"|Gigguk (Garnt Maneetapho)
  2. "A Love Letter to a Place Further than the Universe" | Isla McTear (Line/link added 2020-06-24)
EDIT: 2020-06-10
3 Different Perspectives On the Importance of The Ending EDIT: 2021-05-10
Geoff Thew ("Mother's Basement") has a fascinating video essay on the concept of "sakuga".
EDIT: 2021-12-27
10 Anime That Are Fantastic But Hard To Recommend
Anime only continues to get more and more mainstream, but these are 10 anime we wouldn't want to recommend even though they're great.
By Jacob Buchalter (posted on cbr.com on 2020, Mar 30)
Edit: 2025-04-06
In Case of Despair, Break Glass: Anime for the Tired Soul
by Leaked Experience (D.A.)
Edit: 2025-05-01
The Beginner's Guide to The King's Avatar by Rebecca Silverman
Seen/Read All (public list)▲▼ Rating▲▼
Eternal Family (TV) Good
It's an art house film. Seeing as how even I rated it at 8/11, I don't think that most people will like it. Check out this comparison.
Eureka Seven (TV) Very good
(The) Executioner and Her Way of Life (TV) Masterpiece (dub & sub)
  1. 10/11
  2. 10/11
  3. 10/11
  4. 10/11
  5. 11/11 "Orwell" lives up or, rather, down to her name.....
  6. 11/11 So [future] Akari is living for the day when Menou can and will kill her..... That's pretty twisted!
Jean-Karlo Lemus & Steve Jones
    I like the ED!
  1. Lots of shady stuff happening in the port of Libelle.....
    There's a missing explanation, though; so rating at 10/11
  2. The investigation continues..... But what's up with the repeated use of the bar scene animation?! 9/11
  3. So now Akari has questions for Manon Libelle..... 10/11
  4. 11/11
  5. Damn, but this is exciting! 11/11
  6. I'm just dying for a 2nd cour! 11/11
The Ending is Paramount. Rating it at 11/11 for both sub & dub.
Expelled from Paradise (movie) Excellent (dub & sub)
NIce OST and good character development on Angela Balzac's part. I cannot decide whether or not to change my rating from 10/11 to 11/11.
Fate/Grand Order: First Order (special) Excellent
From ANIME NOW!:
Based on the popular Japanese mobile game, Fate/Grand Order is set in a world where, due to a series of temporal anomalies caused by wishes from the Holy Grail, the extinction of all humanity is only a year away. To fix these broken timelines, the last time travel-capable mage and a girl merged with the soul of the mysterious hero “Shielder” must travel back and fix what once went wrong. Their first stop? A world where the events of Fate/stay night went very, very badly.
    Pros:
  • Nice graphics!
  • The ending is paramount.....
  • "Fou"'s reaction at the 1:07:59 mark is almost priceless ― sorta breaking the 4th wall, really!
  • Meaningful death confirmed.....
  • Really open-ended ending.....
Con: The ending is paramount..... (and at the end the show was telegraphing "Leff"'s intentions)
Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (special) Very good
Although it's basically a 30-minute info. dump, I have changed my mind about my rating for it. Initially, I was going to rate it at 8/11 (good); but both the beginning and the ending neatly bookend each other. Therefore, I will rate it at 9/11 (very good).
Fate/Prototype (OAV) Very good
Read Kim Morrissy's essay.
Fate/stay night (TV) Good
Fate/stay night TV reproduction (OAV) Excellent
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Nice OP/ED!
"trying to understand the fate series"|Gigguk

"So You Wanna Watch The Fate Series? - Starter Pack"|Get In The Robot

"In Defense of Deen/Stay Night (A Newcomer's Guide to Fate)"|Glass Reflection Tristan "Arkada" Gallant
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Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (movie) Good
Fate/Zero (TV) Excellent
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Fate/Zero (TV 2) Excellent
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) So-so
Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom? (movie) Not really good (dub), Excellent (sub)
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44:00- a seemingly erotic scene.....
47:15- symbolism

get the OST
read novel
The ending is over my head.
08:08 symbolism evoking lighthouses
10:46 contrasting reactions

Pros: great graphics!
Nice OST!
More symbolism than you can shake a stick at.....

    Cons:
  1. What's the movie about?
  2. Does the symbolism actually mean anything?
  3. What does the ending signify?
  • Needs to be watched twice!
  • Watched the 1st five minutes of the dub (need to watch more) and one of the lines has its meaning changed.
I'm rating this 6/11 'till I rewatch it! Also, watch the dub.
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First Squad - The Moment Of Truth (OAV) Very good (dub & sub)
Would have rated it higher, but the OAV ends abruptly; as though there is more to the story that is not being told. Also, a tolerance for art-house films is required. You have been warned.
Voice Direction: Alex von David
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