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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▲▼
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Very good (dub & sub)
The philosophizing is pedantic.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise (OAV) Excellent
Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture (TV) Very good
The logic of episodes 3 & 4 (Ghost Pain Parts 1 & 2) is really tenuous.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Excellent
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven (OAV) Masterpiece
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) Masterpiece
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (movie) Excellent (dub & sub)
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Excellent
There is less philosophizing here than in G.I.T.S. 2: I ─ and that's a good thing!
Ghost Talker's Daydream (OAV) Good (dub & sub)
    Carlos Santos pans this. Wikipedia says two of the episodes are anime originals.
  1. "Ghost Talker"
    The events of a mother who apparently killed her daughter Miku and herself.....
    The OST is subpar. The animation is barely serviceable. The plot is OK. Rate sub & dub at 9/11
  2. "Bindweed"
    Mysterious phenomena in the Nakano district reminds Misaki of her childhood.
    I am only rating this at 11/11 because the issues resonate with me. The OST and animation issues still remain.
  3. Anime only. Pt.I
  4. Anime only. Pt.II
    Pro: T&A
    Cons: Subpar OST & animation. Also, what is the plot about?
    Rating both the sub & dub at 6/11
8/11
Check out the manga. It has to be better.
(The) Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún (OAV) Masterpiece
A ten-minute art-house film. Just watch it to see if you enjoy it!
(The) Girl in Twilight (TV) So-so
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Asuka-TsuchimiyaAsuka Tsuchimiya
Yuu-TonakaYuu Tonaka Mia-SilverstoneMia Silverstone Nana-NanaseNana Nanase Chloe-MorisuChloe Morisu

There are no episode reviews for this.....

  1. Ep.#1: Story setup.
  2. Ep.#2: It would seem that, going forward, that these episodes are gonna be 2-parters.....
    Nana is persuaded to stay and marry this male idol.
  3. Ep.#3: Okay, so who, exactly was that so-called "fortune teller" from episode #2 who gave Nana that frequency number? That is not explained! Also, what's with the analogue tapes?!
    Episodes 2 &3 need to be rewatched in order.
  4. Ep.#4: (sigh) rewatch 4 & 5
  5. Ep.#5: This business of transformation sequences is becoming tiresome.
  6. Ep#6: "It's a trap!" Personally I rate the OP at 6/7 and the ED at 7/7.....
  7. Ep.#7: The girls -- even the loner -- all come together to fight the foe.....
    No, these last 2 episodes don't make sense ─ there is no coherent plot here.
  8. Ep.#8: The girls go to her fragment.
  9. Ep.#9: The people in her fragment are really stupid.....
    Stupidity in this episode aside, that ending is..... wow. (This alone bumps up the ranking by a notch ─ it's too bad that so much of this series is such a clusterfuck.)
  10. Ep.#10: 9:50 mark: So why wasn't that "clutter" detected?
    "You are me"? what's up with the exposition?!
  11. Ep.#11: I'm sorry, but I find the action sequences to be absurd..... (Having said that, I find the girls' camaraderie to be infectious.)
  12. Ep.#12: OK, so it had an emotionally intense scene at the end, but can that really compensate for the crappiness of most of this series?
For a different perspective.....
Theron Martin wrote:
While the story ends with a major crisis seemingly having been averted, it doesn't feel like the major mysteries of the story – such as what happened to make Asuka's younger brother missing in every world – have been solved, nor is it clear how safe the base world may be. Despite that, the season's late episodes bring together the balance of serious and goofy story elements well enough for the story to be effective as a tale of personal growth.
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(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) Very good (dub), Masterpiece (sub)
  1. With a good plot and great character development, it has an open-ended ending that forces you to think long and hard about the movie -- after seeing it a second time, of course!
  2. It offers a message of hope.
Girls und Panzer (TV) Very good
Harmless fun.
Girls' Last Tour (TV) Excellent (dub), Masterpiece (sub)
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  • Nice No, a terrific OST!
  • the OP just grew on me.....
  • I just loved the insert song Amadare no Uta the very 1st time I heard it!
  • graphics are "retro"
  • At the end of ep.#6 Yuuri says something unexpectedly philosophical.
  • I just love Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou -Main Theme-
  • Ep.#8: Seeing the girls get drunk was mildly amusing; very much a slice-of-life series.
As noted above, this is quite the slice-of-life series; but it does have ─ limited though it is ─ an overarching arc of a beginning, a middle and an ending. It quite reminded me of Haibane Renmei because Haibane Renmei spent its first five episodes in world-building mode before kicking off the plot in episode #6 ─ and it is a 13 episode series.
  • I must remember to ID the insert song in ep.#11.....
  • I must also remember to check out the manga.....

Regarding the English dub: The adult Voice actresses just didn't sound like children.....
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Golgo 13: Queen Bee (OAV) Decent
Unfortunately, a great ending – on it's own – cannot overcome a rather crappy plot. (Rated: 7/11)
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