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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▲▼
Ascendance of a Bookworm (OAV)Excellent (dub & sub)
  • So these 2 dimwits get sent by this blue priest to get information on Myne.
  • Myne is assertive; and the family is so cute!
  • ADR Director unlisted
Ascendance of a Bookworm (TV)Excellent (dub & sub)
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"Ascendance of a Bookworm - My Favorite Fantasy of 2019">|Mother's Basement (Geoff Thew)

"The Art of Worldbuilding - Ascendance of a Bookworm"|Mother's Basement (Geoff Thew)

"Ascendance of a Bookworm Is the Perfect Kind of Fantasy"|AH Brandon Anime Reviews (Brandon)

Why Ascendance of a Bookworm Refreshes the Isekai Genre by Nicholas Dupree & Steve Jones

Episode reviews by Theron Martin

Series review (1-26) by Rose Bridges

What makes a good isekai? | Ascendance of a Bookworm | Basedimouto (YouTube)

Isekai Incision: Ascendance of a Bookworm | Trash-Tier Waifu (YouTube)

  1. Series setup (9/11)
    BUT: No explanation is given as to how she died in her previous life (when she was presumably an adult librarian).
  2. Interesting OST.
    09:30 | 5-year olds don't have romantic feelings. CON
    Main Myne has to learn a different alphabet.
    Main Myne comes to terms with losing the name "Motosu Uranu"
  3. Main Myne introduces several new technologies.
  4. Main Myne tries to create cuneiform tablets.
  5. For whatever reason, it never occurs to Main Myne to create the parchment used by the guards.
  6. Main Myne finally starts scheming about how to make paper.
  7. Lutz wonders who Myne really is.....
  8. Myne explains to Lutz; the paper-making project produces prototypes.
  9. Myne & Lutz meet Frieda.
  10. Myne has more problems with the Devouring
  11. Myne has adapted to her new world; now she must choose between dying with her new/adoptive family or becoming a noble's concubine.
  12. Myne may have found a way to live without becoming a noble's concubine.
  13. Myne makes arrangements to keep as many options open as possible.
  14. THERE WILL BE A 2ND COUR!!!
ADR Directors:
THERE ARE LIGHT NOVELS!!!
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Ascendance of a Bookworm (TV 2)Masterpiece (dub & sub)
  1. Myne enters the religious order and is confronted by office politics and societal politics.
  2. Gil goes hungry because Myne doesn't realize that she is responsible for his care.
  3. Myne wins over both Gil and (possibly) Delia. But who is being locked away?
    • How much can Delia be trusted?
    • Compositing problems. That's unusual.....
    • Apparently, Delia can be trusted.....
    • Rating at 11/11.
  5. Myne takes to the job of Orphanage Director with gusto; but her health suffers for it.
  6. Lutz and his father get into a heated argument over his (Lutz's) work ambitions. Myne and the Head Priest end up getting involved.
    • Myne and Rosina get into an argument over Rosina's duties.
    • After they resolve their differences Rosina tells Myne that Wilma had been sexually harrassed and assaulted. That's keeping it real; so I'm rating this one at 11/11.
  8. After two long years, Myne has finally figured out how to make a book.
  9. Myne produces educational books, reorganizes the one-room library and makes plans for a Guttenburg Press.
  10. Myne is committed to a "battle"; but it looks like she's going to be betrayed.
  11. Schicicoza attacks Myne; as a result, a trombe grows and attacks Myne, seeking her mana. This all reflects poorly on the knights. Rating this at 11/11 because the battle unexpectadly displays class divisions.
  12. "The ending is Paramount." And it's about a bibliophile! Rating this at 11/11.
ADR Director: Julie Kliewer
Assassination Classroom (TV)Masterpiece
It's not just that that watching the children doing their level-headed best to kill their teacher is so funny; it's watching the class come together that is so inspiring!
Assassination Classroom (TV 2)Masterpiece
The ending – episode #24 – made this a masterpiece (11/11) for me in spite of the fact that that episode #25 was unnecessary.
Attack on Titan (TV)Excellent
Attack on Titan: No Regrets (OAV)Masterpiece
The death count is not just large, it's personal as well.
Bâan -The Boundary of Adulthood- (movie)Excellent (dub & sub)
Bamboo Blade (TV)Very good (dub & sub)
BAOH (OAV)Very good (dub), Excellent (sub)
So the dub is marginally -- but only marginally -- worse than the Japanese audio track. I like the ED.
Bartender (TV)Excellent
Battle Angel (OAV)Excellent
*Read this essay.
*Of course, this OAV is from the mid-90's, but even so; the graphics don't look all that impressive. I really don't know what to make of the graphics.
* Ep.#2: 12:20 mark -- What's up with the breaking glass?
*Every time Yugo's name got mentioned, I couldn't help but think of this.
*The ED (to me, anyway) seems to have an '80s sound to it.....
*Must remember to check out the manga.....
Belladonna of Sadness (movie)Excellent
  • Art house film ─ your enjoyment will be in direct proportion to your tolerance for the genre.
  • Minimal animation / limited budget (see above note)
  • The nudity reminds me of the nudity found in Elfen Lied: It's there for a purpose ─ not merely titillation.
  • This film really piles on the death and despair.
  • I think that the film's message is that sexuality is something to be embraced, not shunned.
BELLE (movie)Masterpiece (dub & sub)
Best Student Council (TV)Decent
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