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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.
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▲▼
Outbreak Company (TV) Excellent
Outlaw Star (TV) Very good (edit.dub & sub)
Pro: Nice OP & EDs!
Con: I know that comparing it with Cowboy Bebop is unfair, but Bebop has the better ending.
Overlord (TV) Excellent (dub & sub)
Even though it doesn't explain how Momonga got trapped in the game and couldn't log out, I found the action to be quite exciting! The OP is great, as well!

Because the studio Madhouse produced this, there is unlikely to be a 2nd season.....
Overlord II (TV) Excellent (dub), Masterpiece (sub)
Pros:
  • Great OP & ED!
  • Great OST! (BGM)
  • The animation is great!
  • morally compromised characters
Con: I really didn't care for the farce being acted out in episode #13 by the morally compromised characters.
Overlord III (TV) Excellent (dub), Masterpiece (sub)
see episode reviews
So now Ains is morally compromised.....
Rebecca Silverman's review is more eloquent than what I might write.
Pale Cocoon (OAV) Excellent
Paprika (movie) Very good (dub & sub)
Pro: The OP & ED are great!
Con: In my opinion, Dr. Atsuko Chiba loses her agency to (Japanese) structure in the very last scene -- she isn't even in it!
Patema Inverted (movie) Excellent (dub & sub)
↓
This is the expanded version of the ONA series.
  • 20:30 interesting use of OST.....
  • 23:25 nice graphics/animation
  • Would have rated at 11/11 (Masterpiece) but the plot just wasn't quite good enough.....
  • The dub is remarkably good.....
    ADR Director: Stephanie Sheh
    Assistant ADR Director: Anthony Tortorici
↑
Patema Inverted: Beginning of the Day (ONA) Very good
This is the original version that was expanded upon in the movie.
Patlabor 2: The Movie (movie 2) Very good (dub & sub)
Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1) Weak (dub), Decent (sub)
Perfect Blue (movie)
Pet Shop of Horrors (TV) Good (dub & sub)
Pros:
  • Psychological depth.
  • I always admire internal monologues.
Cons:
  • Animation has not aged well.
  • How does the detective not notice the flying bat???!!!
  • Maybe it's just me, but a detective just would not act that way. Also, what's with the miniskirt?
Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (TV) Decent (dub), Good (sub)
  • CON: Zwei improbably survives being shot.
  • PRO: Deaths prior to ep.#20 are compelling.
  • CON: Episode #20 ("Homeland") is just so implausible.
    I have three episodes left and all of the episodes from episode #20 break the required suspension of disbelief. The final three will have to somehow knock it out of the ballpark, and right now I'm doubtful that they can.....
  • PRO: KOKIA OP & ED (and the OST as well.....)
    It's a bad sign when (3 episodes away from finishing) the OST & KOKIA's OP/ED are the highlights of the series.....
  • CON: The series is a goddamned commercial for the source material! (In this case a visual novel.)
(The) Piano Forest (movie) Very good
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