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Earliest known anime I can remember watching is Robotech in the early 90s. Yes, I know it's the bastardized version of Macross. Since then I've had a very broad range of anime to watch. From Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon to Gundam 08th MS Team and Cowboy Bebop.
My all time favorite manga is GTO. All time favorite anime is much harder to determine. I loved DBZ's action but hated its pacing. I love Log Horizon's setting and development, but hate its lack of action. I love Attack on Titan for its setting and the intensity of its action scenes, but hate its awkward pacing. I love Princess Jellyfish's and Genshiken's characterization, but I hate.... well, I don't hate anything about them really, but at the same time they're not cherry on the top of my sundae.
I like in-depth reviews on anime and what makes them good and bad. I also like to rate anime compared to their relative peers instead of an overall popularity contest. For example, I would not compare Sword Art Online to Naruto, but instead would compare it to Log Horizon since they're both a virtual gaming setting. And I wouldn't compare Kill La Kill to Attack on Titan, but instead JoJo's Bizarre adventure since they're both stupid fun action anime.
I will also rate an anime's overall score based on my final thoughts and overall enjoyment of the series. My overall score isn't based on the average of what I rated its content, because I believe that limits us on how we can truly judge an anime's worth. For example, Shin-chan's artwork is a grotesque 1, but I would still rate the series a 7 due to what it strove to accomplish and as my overall recommendation. Same with Sword Art Online being a follow able but disappointing 3, yet I enjoyed the series enough to give it a 6.5, which rounded to a 7. There are some people that don't understand that (see my profile comments below, it's a riot), and believe the overall score HAS to be an average score because OMGMATH. People with that narrowminded line of thinking make me facepalm.
Here's a list that gives you an idea of what the numbers stand for in terms of overall rating and recommendation (the score that really counts):
1 - Garbage. A disgrace. An eyesore to the medium of Anime. Only completionists would care about watching this. (Ikki Tousen)
2 - Awful. A little more creativity or effort compared to 1, but not enough to redeem it. Would watch just for the sake of laughing at how bad it is. (School Days)
3. Bad. Some effort here and there, but lacks overall polish. (Street Fighter II V)
4. Poor. Has some good ideas or decent animation, but falls flat on its face. A little more TLC would've made this more worthwhile. (Maoyuu Mao Yuusha)
5. Average. Not great. Not terrible. A ho hum title that isn't for everybody. Easy sell for niche fans; hard sell for anyone else. (Tenjou Tenge, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
6. Decent. Does more things right than wrong. Worth streaming/renting at the very least. (Inuyasha, Speed Grapher)
7. Good. Tends to hit all the right marks. Falls short on some areas, but still enjoyable overall. May be worth a permanent purchase. (Naruto, Dragonball Z, Sword Art Online)
8. Excellent. Usually a very exciting or engrossing series. Does great in a particular area - story, animation, etc. - enough to carry on its few flaws. (Log Horizon, One Piece, Attack on Titan)
9. Outstanding. High marks in almost every category. Most importantly, it achieves what it strives for, and then some. Would have to nitpick to find anything wrong with this series. (Trigun, Code Geass, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
10. Classic. These anime have made a mark in the history of the medium, and should be essential for any anime fan to watch at LEAST once. Note this does NOT mean an anime is perfect; no such thing will ever exist. Think of it as a "must see" list. (Almost anything by Studio Ghibli, Akira, Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
You may or may not like my reviews. But as long as you understand there's a method to my madness, I can take your criticism with a grain of salt. Or I could just pompously laugh at you.
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Couldn't agree less.
Honestly, I couldn't really care about your other reviews but I'd like to say:
Story - 3 - overall - 7.. Your review method is jacked.
Curry, trains, apples and oranges, what?
If you want to stop 'communicating' then just don't reply back.
I'll say this again; both shows where shit. And you actually seen character development in SnK? I would of loved to watch the series through your eyes, it would of made it much more interesting.
REAL WORLD SETTING... Wait, we are talking about Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) here right? When an apocolypse happens and the world is driven to a mediocre amount of humans being alive by oversized humans, I'll call that the 'real world setting'. It's an apocolyptic series based on fiction and it will never happen. You're talking about Kirito defying the laws of the game when a HUMAN can turn into a TITAN in SnK? Okay.
I'd also like to say, I don't know this Mary Sue or whoever it is. Here are the facts I do know however:
- SnK had some of the worst pacing I've ever seen
- Overpowered Eren (Turns into a titan by hurting himself) and you're talking about SAO having overpowered characters.
- Bland, uninteresting character base
- Where did the titans come from? 100 years ago they just arrived, like a demon summoned them? Hmm...
- No detail into why the titans attack, they just eat and throw up - interesting.
- Unstability within characters, it's supposed to be action not psychological
- Looking at our mains, Levi played more of a role in the series after episode 9 than Armin, who was just a coward all the way through spouting he would 'change'.
- If anyone was threatened with death, you'd throw it away and do what you could for the ones you love, except they only want to live to carry on being weak and doing nothing with their mediocre lives
Want me to carry on?
Look! More curry.
All the other 'features' make up the anime, so to not take them into consideration is honestly, quite stupid.
I also like spicy curry, but not too spicy.
By the way, you haven't counteracted much I said except speaking about food, trying to interpret it for anime. I didn't say I don't like SnK, I just said that it's nowhere near as good as a 10. It came in the year of all hype, SAO being your main example and look where it is, it's the most voted anime on MAL and still sits quite high up the ladder whereas SnK popularity wise is lower than it. I certainly found out recently that overall rating means nothing since people who hype up shows never live up to expectation which is why I enjoyed SAO (part I) so much and didn't enjoy SnK as much as it lived up to be the 'rebirth of anime'.
Okay, first off; a show which has had a few hiccups should never be a 10 rating, a 10 should refer to something which is flawless and SnK is nowhere near that.
Story, a 9?! What? It's an apocalyptic anime where everything is so easy to follow. Heck, I dropped the thing at episode 7 last year and finished it last week; it doesn't have much plot except 'kill the titans; live through this pain' which happens in every apocalyptic anime you'll ever watch, currently the main one right now is Black Bullet because it's airing.
Right, so now we're onto the art; it's so basic that other anime shows could do it in a week. Do you think Shingeki no Kyojin has better art than, let's say Sword Art Online because they are both from 2013 albeit different seasons; still the same year. No, it doesn't. It doesn't focus as much on the background themes like SAO does. SAO is much more appealing to the eye; heck, Black Bullet is also much more appealing and shows more art style than SnK too while they have the same apocalyptic theme.
Honestly, I only watched SnK last week and I don't remember anything about the OST or EST; that itself says a lot to me. I'll admit the sound effects in the show itself were pretty good though but I don't see how this is the highlight of SnK.
Characters... Character development is a thing of the past, the character they develop could die or he could just vanish into thin air or turnings a Titan; a kid who's obsessed with revenge for his mother when he can do nothing at the time is just pathetic, Armin who is a cowardly little child and Mikasa, who was the highlight of the show but not for her character, just her good fighting style. I thought her character was bland and did nothing to improve the series.
Enjoyment is down to you; I can't really disagree with what you liked about the series because it's your opinion.
Overall...honestly, it didn't deserve the hype it got. Just like SAO p, they were overhyped and didn't live to any expectations, their was so much they could of done; better character development for starts. They did better in the anime than the manga but it's still bland. Also; that pacing was pitiful for a series with such a huge fanbase, the producers should feel ashamed.
Well; if you got this far, thanks for reading.