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Last edit: 2024-6-10
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)
Seen/Read All (public list)▲▼ Rating▲▼
Noblesse: Awakening (OAV) Excellent
nice OST
nice graphics

It's ~30 min.s in length -- just take the time to see if you like it!
Noein - to your other self (TV) Very good (dub), Excellent (sub)
Noir (TV) Excellent
Noragami (TV) Masterpiece
Episodes nine and twelve brought tears to my eyes.
Noragami Aragoto (TV) Very good
I'd have rated it Excellent (10/11) but some things didn't add up / make sense.
Now and Then, Here and There (TV) Masterpiece (dub & edit.dub)
Very grim -- not for young children.
Oh My Goddess! (OAV) Excellent
Okamikakushi - Masque of the Wolf (TV) Good
While it has its good points, it also very much has its bad points.
Okko's Inn (movie) Masterpiece (dub & sub)
also, see Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! in this listing.
  • What is real and what is illusion?
  • Flashbacks, apparently.
  • Animation is superior to the TV series.
  • A demon wearing glasses to read ─ too funny!
  • A reboot of the TV series
    A bittersweet ending.

  • ADR Director: Michael Shcneider
  • Asst. ADR Director: Stephanie Sheh
Only Yesterday (movie) Excellent (dub), Masterpiece (sub)
Reminded me of my own childhood.
Orange (live-action movie) Excellent
Hit me on a personal level.
Orange (TV) Excellent

Pros: Reminded me of me.
Cons: Time travel concept never completely fleshed out.
Orange: Mirai (movie) Masterpiece
    ↓
  • One hour long.
  • The 1st 10 minutes are a preview of the entire film; but in this alternate telling, there is no mention of Hugh Everett's Many-worlds Interpretation of the Schrödinger Equation.
  • When something makes me tear up; then you're damned straight that I'm automatically gonna consider giving it a high rating ─ 11/11 in this case.
  • This retelling of the series spends ½ of the film presenting the POV of the protagonists ten years in the future, with different timelines presented.
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Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie) Good
↓
I love the opening sequence, but the movie ends with more of a whimper than a bang.....

From Theron Martin's review:

What it lacks is a soul. A lot of things that look and sound good go on, but the story has all the depth, development, and spirit of an average fantasy RPG computer game.
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Other Worlds (movie) Masterpiece
1 min. OAV by Makoto Shinkai -- look, just take the time to see what you think of it.
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