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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▲▼
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: BeginningsMasterpiece (dub & sub)
compilation film
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: EternalMasterpiece (dub & sub)
compilation film
Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: RebellionVery good (dub & sub)
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  • So as I see it, this is Gen Urobuchi trying to outdo himself with a mysterious ending. Nice try; but for me it didn't work.
  • So I saw it a second time (dubbed this time) and I think that I understand it better. Still, any comparison with the original is bound to be fatal for the one being compared.
Con: How was Sayaka summoned from the Godesses' (Madoka's) plane/world to the witch's labyrinth of Homura/Kyubey?
Addendum: So it turns out that the production committee was milking this cash cow for all that it was worth. It seems that Urobuchi was commissioned for a script and he turned in a script that called for a two-part film, but that idea was rejected because the committee members didn't want to risk that kind of box office flop.
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Pumpkin Scissors (TV)Very good
Puppet Princess (OAV)Very good
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  • So the animation budget was definitely limited.....
  • Visually, the OAV does show its age.
  • I would have rated it as Excellent (10/11) except that there's a plot hole involving the illusionist at the beginning of the OAV. So I'm rating it at 9/11.
  • Oh, and the humor is decidedly quirky!
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(The) Quintessential Quintuplets (TV)Excellent (dub & sub)
Does not quite stick the landing.....
(The) Quintessential Quintuplets the MovieMasterpiece (dub & sub)
Yes, I did some crying.
(The) Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ (TV 2)Excellent (dub & sub)
(The) Qwaser of Stigmata (TV)Very good
R.O.D -The TV-Excellent (dub & sub)
Surrender Artist recommendation.
  • Two of the sisters are just like Yomiko Readman!
  • Nenene Sumiregawa's personality is the polar oposite of Yomiko Readman's. [PRO]
  • The animation budget seems a bit limited; it is seemingly rationed for the action sequences.....
  • [PRO] "Moments in the Sun" by kazami with Home Grown (eps 1-13)
    "Confidence" by Rieko Miura (eps 21-26)
  • Noam Chomsky???!!!

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/J8ZYhzztfVayCc4F6

    American Power and the New Mandarins

baseline=8/11
ep.#9: A betrayal of trust. Things have been largely episodic up until now. [PRO]
ep.#10: The Sisters's Christmas Day Birthday is explained.
ep.#13: Meaningful death [PRO]
ep.#13: Hong Kong is submerged?! [CON]
ep.#14: Info. dump
ep.#15: The Joker finds Yumiko Readman and Nancy.
ep.#16: So the British Library invades Tokyo and burns books? Doesn't make sense. I thought their war was with some Chinese outfit. [CON]
ep.#17: "She's your mother!" But wait, I thought that Nancy was a clone....
ep.#18: So Junior was raised in order to die. But wait, then who is the father?
ep.#19: The Mirror Man makes his appearance; Anita and Yumiko are cornered.
ep.#20: The helicopter blows up; Anita and Yumiko cannot find any survivors.
ep.#21: We are shown how Junior fooled The Joker.
ep.#22: Junior cannot handle the knowledge he gained when he handled the Book of the Eye.
ep.#23: Joker, A.K.A. "John Carpenter" announces the Dominion of the U.K. Library.
ep.#24: The Three Sister's Detective Agency prepares to assault the British Library.
ep.#26: Anita's revival/recovery is just too damned pat. [CON]
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (TV)Very good
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (movie)Very good
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Rating it at 9/11. Would have rated it higher, but the logic of the ending escapes me.
There is no English dub.
Kim Morrissy wrote:
The film brings all the major themes and characters in its greater story full circle and will probably make you laugh and cry in the process. If you're a fan of the Rascal series, it's your duty to see its grand climax in this movie.
"A Heart to Give - Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl Review"|AH Brandon Anime Reviews
Spoilers.
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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (TV)Masterpiece
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Ask Theron Martin about specific line in his Aniplex review.
"Bunny Girl Senpai: A Show That's (Not) About Bunny Girls"|Gigguk

"What Bunny Girl Senpai is Really About"|Mother's Basement (Jeff Thew)

"Bunny Girl Senpai's Best Girl Montage - What's in an OP?"|Mother's Basement (Jeff Thew)

  1. Concept of "Adolescent Syndrome" is explained.
  2. People are forgetting who Mai Sakurajima is and they are failing to observe her presence.
  3. I must say, the second ½ of the episode had me grinning like I haven't done so in a long time! (PRO)
  4. Mai finds Sakuta in a compromising position with Tomoe.
    The ED sequence now features Tomoe.
  5. Tomoe is seemingly becoming romantically attracted to Sakuta.....
    Why didn't Sakuta return Mai's phone call?
  6. Tomoe finally decides which time loop / scenario that she will accept. (PRO) Next up: One Shoko Makinohara (the girl in the OP with the red umbrella) who is definitely too young to be the girl that Sakuta once had a crush on.
  7. The plot twists are really something.
    The ED has Rio Futaba ("Science Girl") and two boys.
  8. 16:30| Cats walking over me is something that was a regular occurrence for me growing up. They also monopolized my lap!
    I was saddened to see one of the Futabas disappear; but that was inevitable.
    So now the romantic pairing of Sakuta and Mai is on hiatus.....
  9. 5:45| More childhood memories (Cats in my face!).....
    Complications to the nth degree!
  10. They certainly have the cliffhangers down pat.....
  11. OK, so what does Sakuta mean when he says that Kaede has no memories?
    Sakuta is easily one of the most admirable characters in this series.
  12. So that's what Sakuta meant when he said that Kaede has no memories.....
  13. The best scenes are saved for the last episode.
No English dub (2020-6)
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Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World - The Frozen Bond (OAV)Excellent
This OAV is one hour fifteen-plus minutes!
PRO: The demonstrated love between Emelia ("Lia") and Puck is a bond that will never be broken.
CON: Not everything about Puck's origin/past is explained.
Therefore, am rating at 10/11.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (TV)Masterpiece
Pro: Not only does the guy get the girl, but he grows.
Con: There are enough unexplained things that prevent this from being 11/11. Therefore, I'm rating this 10/11.
EDIT: Because of episode #18 I am bumping my rating up by one notch.
"The Villain in the Mirror: Subaru Natsuki and Betelgeuse" by Nicholas Dupree
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