One Punch Man is the best anime of 2015. In truth, 2015 was disappointing, but OPM would have been good eight years ago as well. It was that good.
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I'll be waiting.
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AND NOW A MESSAGE TO ALL YOU WEEABOOS OUT THERE; JAPAN IS NOT THE WONDERFUL UTOPIA OF DREAMS AND MOE YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS. NO, SADLY I AM NOT LYING.
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Weep for Satoshi Kon, the most consistent director/story teller this rotten business has seen. He was a fucking hero.
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Entertainment value is everything.
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In most cases what I give 5/6 you give 9/10. My 8's are like your 12's and my only 10 would be a 20 for you.
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Best piece of animated entertainment ever:
Spirited Away
Best anime ever made (excluding films):
NHK ni Youkoso!
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Hunter x Hunter 2011
I want to make one thing clear. I agree with the majority of your opinions, but some of your negative ones I feel did not properly analyze what made said anime so good to others.
The most notable criticism you did was with Clannad, which I know does get negative reviews a lot, but unlike the other reviews, your phrasing made it seem like it had nothing else going for it. If you don't take it very seriously, Clannad did have pretty nice humor and I am really surprised you left out how good its animation is, especially during the Illusionary World sequences and the soundtrack is great, even if it is ripped from the game. That aside, I can fully agree with you and say that the game is the way to go, since there's a lot more exposition in it, even if the supernatural stuff still feels a bit strange, it works a lot better when the characters have a lot more time with you, rather than speedrunning it the way the anime did. Even Nagisa's arc in After Story was rushed a bit, despite being dedicated to her, on top of the main series already having her onscreen a lot. Sometimes, the more serious moments could feel rushed in the anime in a bad way, if not coming out of nowhere.
But, I do agree with you on just about every other review. To Heart 2 was pretty trash. My rating is higher than yours, but as you can see, I analyze a lot of other aspects beyond just the story of an anime, which is why I have pretty forgivable ratings for the most part. But, I am not afraid to go low if the anime really did try to annoy me. Combat Butler is not overall amazing, but I can't deny it had an amazing first episode with great comedic timing, writing and even animation in some areas. The episode with the highest budget was definitely the sequence with Yukiji refusing to let Hayate into the school, where her "fighting style" had a lot of unique frames and detail, even though the fight itself never happened because she inadvertently walked around him. Green Green is complete garbage.
I like your criticism on more of the mainstream stuff. It's nice to read these opinions, that is if they are legitimately fair and not just criticism for the sake of it. Keep up the good writing and I look forward to reading more of your stuff is what I would say, but you appear to have lost interest in anime, or at least stopped updating your list.
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The most notable criticism you did was with Clannad, which I know does get negative reviews a lot, but unlike the other reviews, your phrasing made it seem like it had nothing else going for it. If you don't take it very seriously, Clannad did have pretty nice humor and I am really surprised you left out how good its animation is, especially during the Illusionary World sequences and the soundtrack is great, even if it is ripped from the game. That aside, I can fully agree with you and say that the game is the way to go, since there's a lot more exposition in it, even if the supernatural stuff still feels a bit strange, it works a lot better when the characters have a lot more time with you, rather than speedrunning it the way the anime did. Even Nagisa's arc in After Story was rushed a bit, despite being dedicated to her, on top of the main series already having her onscreen a lot. Sometimes, the more serious moments could feel rushed in the anime in a bad way, if not coming out of nowhere.
But, I do agree with you on just about every other review. To Heart 2 was pretty trash. My rating is higher than yours, but as you can see, I analyze a lot of other aspects beyond just the story of an anime, which is why I have pretty forgivable ratings for the most part. But, I am not afraid to go low if the anime really did try to annoy me. Combat Butler is not overall amazing, but I can't deny it had an amazing first episode with great comedic timing, writing and even animation in some areas. The episode with the highest budget was definitely the sequence with Yukiji refusing to let Hayate into the school, where her "fighting style" had a lot of unique frames and detail, even though the fight itself never happened because she inadvertently walked around him. Green Green is complete garbage.
I like your criticism on more of the mainstream stuff. It's nice to read these opinions, that is if they are legitimately fair and not just criticism for the sake of it. Keep up the good writing and I look forward to reading more of your stuff is what I would say, but you appear to have lost interest in anime, or at least stopped updating your list.