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I've loved anime since I was a kid, but I took a big hiatus when I was in middle school. I got back into it in high school, and have been back for many years at this point. I now have a mission; To catalog, rate, and review every anime I watch.

An important note here regarding this mission is that MAL doesn't allow me to manipulate the list in great detail, and also that when I write a review for an anime I do it for the anime as a whole in the review field for the 1st season, leaving the other seasons blank. I never believed in reviewing different seasons as different pieces of media. If the second season excels or falls behind, it will affect the score for the entire anime in the review I put under the 1st season.

My Rating System:

10 ~ A transcendent masterpiece. Exceedingly few get this score, as the difference between a 9 and a 10 is some elusive, unknowable quality that is almost like magic.

9 ~ An incredible experience. Those that attain this score not only nail every creative aspect, but are also anime that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

8 ~ A Great anime by all s. A lot of work and/or love was obviously put in, and it shows, though certain minor art or story decisions hold it back from being a 9.

7 ~ Decidedly better than average. These anime meet all the basic standards for enjoyment, but something still sets them apart, be it in story or some audiovisual aspect.

6 ~ Imperfect, but still worth watching. Something is keeping this otherwise good anime from what it could be, like lackluster art, weird plot, or inconsistency between episodes.

5 ~ The bare minimum, and the great filter. An anime must be at least a 5 to be bearable. These are at best ingly entertaining, and at worst boring or even just bad.

4 ~ Disappointing. Those which receive a 4, receive it because some major mistake or series of bad decisions ruined what could have been a 5 or even 6. Not worth watching.

3 ~ Bad. While some distant glimmer of quality might still be seen in some places, anything that gets this score is a lost cause, and its only hope is a remake.

2 ~ Garbage. Everything about an anime at this level is unwatchable trash, right down to the core concept upon which it is built. Doomed from the start, only fit to laugh at.

1 ~ Insulting. An "anime" at this level either offends the senses, doesn't make any sense at all, or is simply very, very boring. Not even worth laughing at.

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All Anime Stats Anime Stats 5z481x
Days: 33.6
Mean Score: 6.36
  • Total Entries321
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  • Episodes2,296
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Nessa no Haou Gandalla
Nessa no Haou Gandalla
Jun 1, 5:12 PM
Completed 26/26 · Scored 6
Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
Apr 14, 7:35 AM
Completed 2/2 · Scored 5
Juu Ou Sei
Juu Ou Sei
Apr 10, 1:53 PM
Completed 11/11 · Scored 6
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joemaamah Feb 13, 8:03 AM
Nope, didn't have a moment's warning, so I had no chance to back anything up. Quite literally I was in the middle of going through the comments section, and POOF! Everything, and I mean everything, disappeared. I threw a hissy fit at CR customer disservice. Might as well talk to the hand. I bailed on Funimation when Sony bought then out and destroyed them. Don't know what possessed me to believe there would be anything different after they shanghai'd CR. If anything, their monopolistic grasp on the market bodes no good.
joemaamah Feb 13, 7:18 AM
Oh, I appreciate the effort you've put in. I used to have 300+ reviews at CrunchyRoll before they screwed the community over. I'm slowly starting to build up a repetoir again.
joemaamah Feb 13, 7:10 AM
Thanks for accepting the FR. Looking forward to perusing more of your reviews.
DTBx91 Oct 25, 2024 12:25 PM
What would it take for a anime to be as good as Berserk and Samurai Champloo, in your eyes?
abystoma2 Jul 23, 2024 12:39 AM
I see. Well to be honest, I don't think that is sustainable in the long run anyway - at least personally I can't see myself differentiating for more than just the brackets, even if MAL were to use decimals. For example, multiple anime ranked with 7/10, but many for different reasons - how would you sort those for specific ranking placement?
abystoma2 Jul 22, 2024 11:52 AM
Yeah, it makes the text more organized, and also makes it seem less like a wall of text, which in turns means people are more likely to read it.

What specific order function are you looking for?
abystoma2 Jul 22, 2024 3:45 AM
Hi, just dropping in a note because it's my pet peeve - the content of your reviews itself generally reads well, but I'm begging you, plese use paragraphs, lol.
Clamshell May 11, 2024 10:10 AM
Only the was made yesterday, the list itself dates back to 2011.
DTBx91 Dec 28, 2023 6:27 PM
Is it just me, or do you think Maria the Virgin Witch would have been a better OVA? It felt stretched out to be a 12 episode series. I was pretty excited after looking at the art direction, and some of the more mature themes. Then later half it just dropped off for me.
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.