I started watching anime while being fully aware of what anime was back in 2004 thanks to a channel called Buzz which only broadcasted anime during the daytime and hentai at night . My parents had subscribed to a Spanish broadband called ONO that provided numerous TV channels, including that one. Back then, the only ways were either having internet (which I didn't), VHS tapes, or TV channels.
The first anime (not counting anime broadcasted in mainstream TV) that I remember watching were, in this order: Tenjou Tenge, Gantz and Basilisk. These will always hold a special place for me, and laid the foundations of my current taste.
The first manga I remember reading was Renai Junkie (chapter 10) because it was included in a Spanish adult magazine from back then called Interviú, lol. From that point on, Oh! great's works since he was the one who made Tenjou Tenge.
I use both MyAnimeList & AniList, and I sync both platforms using this add-on: MAL-Sync.
About reviews, I got a very few well written ones, but for the most part you will find brief and silly notes meant for a quick glance to recall my impressions, for both myself and my friends.
MAL-Sync doesn't not sync notes yet so they can only be found on my AniList/Fwry profile for now. I'm too lazy to copy paste all of them. There are thousands!
Since I'm on MyAnimeList and AniList, I decided to stick to MAL's score system for consistency between both. To add a bit more nuance, I created a table which you can find a bit further down that describes each rating as a range where I categorize titles based on how I feel after finishing them.
I decided to stick to this method because organizing thousands of titles is an endless task, and when I used to use other more complex systems, I always ended up finding inconsistencies and was never fully satisfied.
So, to categorize a title, I primarily rely on how I feel about it when I finish or decide to stop watching. If it's something I enjoyed so much that I find myself reflecting on it and it evokes emotions beyond the mundane, I consider rating it above the 7 range. From there, the technical aspects will determine how high it goes up to the maximum score. If it's a title that I liked but it didn't resonate with me or made me feel something exceptional, I categorize it between 6 and 7, depending on its technical elements. And the other categories are self explanatory, mostly for unremarkable titles that I neither enjoyed nor would ever rewatch for various reasons.
In the very rare occasions where I'm a bit lost scoring a title and felt it's worth the effort, I use this spreadsheet I made a while ago to get a way more accurate weighted score, so I know where to categorize it.
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Category
Description
10
Monster
Exemplary in every single aspect. Timeless works of art. The magnum opus of the genre.
9
Masterpiece
Unequivocal masterpieces but with some minor imperfections preventing it from perfection.
8
Exceptional
Overall great and memorable titles, but this time with some notable flaws hard to overlook.
7
Good
Very solid titles from a viewing experience standpoint, though not necessarily exceptional.
6
Fair
Decent and passable titles. Fulfills its purpose adequately, but I'd suggest something else.
5
Unremarkable
Titles that I don't consider bad but fall in the middle ground, and I wouldn't watch again.
4
Underwhelming
Notably flawed titles that initially seemed to have potential, but turned into disappointments.
3
Mediocre
What you can expect from the average seasonal lazy garbage, full of archetypes and clichés.
2
Awful
Abysmally bad titles that are terrible in every single aspect. A severe misuse of brain cells.
1
Trash
A waste of human resources. A piece of shit. Reserved for the dumps that I genuinely detest.
Only Rule: To nerf Naruto and Gintama, each anime is limited to just 1 OP!
1. Monster:
2. Dragon Ball Z (Castilian Spanish) - OP 1:
3. Hunter X Hunter (1999) - OP 2:
4. Shingeki no Kyojin - OP 2:
5. Tokyo Ghoul - OP 1:
6. Elfen Lied:
(Only first 30 seconds because of the fucking YouTube age restriction...)
. My parents had subscribed to a Spanish broadband called 
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lmao also funny profile :)