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Last edit: 2021-12-27
I try to add enlightening commentary, but let's face it:
I'm far from perfect.
For cartoons that are not listed in the encyclopedia please click here.
    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)
Seen/Read All (public list)▲▼ Rating▲▼
Wolf and the Amber-colored Melancholy (OAV) Very good
Wolf Children (movie) Masterpiece
A sweet, endearing film. Not for young children -- they'll be bored out of their little minds!
Wolf's Rain (TV) Very good (dub & sub)
(The) Wonderland (movie) Excellent (dub & sub)
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (movie) Excellent (dub & sub)
I was touched by the scene near 1:07:00 in which Smile is metaphorically trying to heal her heart while trying to glue together the vinyl LP record.
World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (TV) Decent (dub & sub)
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  1. I have no idea what this series is supposed to be about. 6/11
    • Is this supposed to be a harem comedy?
    • Definitely seems ecchi.....
    • An ecchi harem action comedy? (5/11)
    • I'll watch this to the end because I want to see if this turns out to be as bad as I think it will be.....
    • Looks like a 2:1 harem.....
    • The lack of agency for Shizuno Urushibara is a turn off for me. (4/11)
    • So I checked Rebecca Silverman's review; and she seems to think that the source material is better than this adaptation. Oh, brother; this seems like it's gonna be a slog.
    • Now a 3:1 harem? Tell me it ain't so.....
      It is.....
    • Shizuno Urushibara is still lacking in agency..... (5/11)
  5. This ecchi beach episode is too much.....SERIOUSLY. (2/11 | Awful)
  6. Well, this episode wasn't half bad; everyone comes together for the good of each other. I'll call it 8/11 (Good).
    • If the harem becomes 4:1 then I refuse to rate this series higher than 3/11.
    • I dunno; I guess I'll rate this episode at 8/11 (Good).
    • Shizuno Urushibara seems to be establishing some (limited) agency.
  8. Interesting character development for Elena Arshavina; but it's looking like the harem is becoming 4:1. Rating this episode at 9/11 (Very Good).
  9. Ends on a cliffhanger; and the harem isn't present. Rating at 10/11 (Excellent).
  10. All right, I'll admit it: I'm impressed. Everyone came together as a team. Rating at 10/11.
    • A surprisingly humorous pajama party.
    • A cliffhanger; still, I'm reluctant to rate it at 10/11 ─ It barely qualifies at 10/11. Can it even deliver the promised payoff? I have my doubts; and even if it does, it cannot make up for all of those other crappy episodes!
  12. No explanation is provided for the dragon; and that is a fatal flaw. Add in the ridiculous humor, and I'm rating this at 7/11 (Decent).
Surprisingly enough, the average comes to ~7/11 (Decent).
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(The) World God Only Knows (TV) Very good (dub), Excellent (sub)
(The) World God Only Knows Season Two (TV) Excellent
(The) World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol (OAV) Very good
(The) World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc (TV) Very good (dub & sub)
Pros:
Ep.#3 has a pretty funny scene! So does ep.#4! As does ep.#7.
Ep.#9 has me wanting to slap Keima Katsuragi
Ep.#12 -- the last ep. -- ends on an ambiguous note.

Cons:
This series has an epic failure of logic.
In ep.#11 Keima Katsuragi procures a horse on short notice without any explanation. This episode is surreal.
Ep.#12 has a break/flaw in the world setting.

(The) World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc (OAV) Good
(The) World Is Still Beautiful (TV) Masterpiece
A great plot and a great OST make this a Masterpiece for me!
On rewatch:
I'd forgotten about the comedy.
Even though the audio of the Japanese dub is markedly inferior, I still choose to rate this series at 11/11.
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (TV) Masterpiece
Geoff Thew
  1. The basic setup is given..... (10/11)
  2. The group seems to be coming together! (10/11)
    • Humor is surprisingly effective.....
    • Unexpected sleepover.
      (10/11)
  4. Love is hard for an otaku. (10/11)
    • Did Starbucks sponsor this episode?!
    • Hirotaka Nifuji's younger brother, Naoya, is introduced.
      (10/11)
    • If Starbucks didn't pay for sponsorship, then someone on the writing staff sure loves them!
    • Christmas Eve (10/11)
    • I like the internal monologues.
    • Boys night out & girls night out.
    • The fourth wall is broken.
    • Narumi and Hanako dish on what Hirotaka and Taro would be like as gay lovers. (11/11)
  8. The 2 couples compare & contrast their respective relationships. (11/11)
  9. The 2 couples go to a theme park. I just realized, there have been no girls in miniskirts. +!!! (11/11)
  10. Friendship is a beautiful thing, isn't it? (11/11)
  11. Slice-of-life. Still, pretty good! (10/11)
OAV:Reminiscing about high school.
Check out the manga.
X (movie) Very good
X OAV Very good
I haven't seen the TV series; but I know the general plot points and I think that "Ep.#0" does an acceptable job of id'ing the major plot points.
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