My review scores use a strict Ladder-style ranking. I force myself to use the full 1-10 scale, and I can only give duplicate scores once the entire scale has placements. To diversify things a bit, I separate the different media types (TV, Movie, OVA, etc.) into their own ladders.
Favourite Characters From Various Shows/Series:
A Place Further Than The Universe: Yuzuki
Aho Girl: Yoshiko
Aria: Akari
Azumanga Daioh: Chiyo
Clannad: Tomoya
Cowboy Bebop: Faye
Cromartie High School: Kamiyama
Cyber City Oedo 808 (McFarlane dub): Gogul
Flying Witch: Chinatsu
Food Wars: Souma
From the New World: Minoshiros
Ghost Stories (dub): Satsuki
Ginga Nagareboshi Gin: Cross
Gintama: Kagura
Girls und Panzer: Anzu
Grappler Baki: Yuujirou
Great Teacher Onizuka: Eikichi
Gurren Lagann: Lordgenome
Haikyuu!!: Tobio
Hokuto no Ken: Raou
House of Five Leaves: Yagi
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Dio
K-On: Yui
KonoSuba: Kazuma
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Reinhard
Little Witch Academia: Diana
Made in Abyss: Ouzen
Madoka Magica: Madoka
Mob Psycho 100: Reigen
Mobile Suit Gundam: Lalah
Monogatari: Hachikuji
My Hero Academia: All Might
Natsume Yuujinchou: Madara
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji
Nichijou: Mio
Ninja Scroll: Shigure
Non Non Biyori: Renge
Nyanko Days: Yuuko
Paranoia Agent: Tsukiko
Patlabor: Gotou
Plastic Memories: Isla
Plastic Nee-san: Iroe
Polar Bear Cafe: Polar Bear
Popee the Clown: Frog
Ronja Rövardotter: Ronja
School Days: Kotonoha
Silver Spoon: Aki
Squid Girl: Ika
Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomas
Strawberry Marshmallow: Chika
Urara Meirochou : Kon
Your Lie in April: Kaori
Yuru Yuri: Kyouko
Aoki Honoo was hilarious! It started off quite slow, and I initially thought the characters were quite flat, but by the end I was fully engaged. Kaizu reminded me of one of my favourite characters, Akane Minagawa from Scum's Wish. For a 47-minute OVA, he was quite the well-realized narcissist. My rating will probably lower after sleeping on it, but I do appreciate that it tried something different. One of my favourite things about older anime is their freedom from the modern tropes you see again and again.
Enjoy Berserk. It takes a lot of convincing for me to read manga, but I couldn't put down Berserk once I'd started. The anime, aside from cutting a few scenes for run-time, is one of the great adaptations. Griffith's speech in the anime is probably my favourite moment of any media.
Regarding scores, since there're so many options out there, I believe that some just aren't worth the time investment. I too take something away from everything, but some of the series I've subjected myself to were absolute misery. For example, Tsukumo is the only thing I've ever begged my friend to turn off. It's quite short, so if you want to take that as a counter-counter-recommendation, be my guest xD Most people seem to rate it, so perhaps I'm the odd one out.
Happy New Year! I'm happy you enjoyed my recommendations thus far. You'll find Berserk a treat. And I'm glad School Days went over well xD I enjoyed it a lot, but it's a controversial pick for sure.
Happy to hear your recommendations. I think our tastes are quite similar (save for our polar opposite opinions on GTO & OPM xD)
Wow, terminou Rurouni Kenshin agora em setembro. Eu estou tentando assistir ele por completo a anos. Finalmente tomei coragem e agora que cheguei no ep. 30 acho que vai ser fácil continuar.
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 32.19 days , Average time: 31.45 min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Military, School, Historical, Space, Shounen, Romance, Psychological
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Artland, Production I.G., Magic Bus, SILVER LINK.
Manga
--no change--
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Hadashi no Gen (10)
TV: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (8)
OVA: Kyoufu no Bio Ningen Saishuu Kyoushi (8)
ONA: Flying Witch Petit (2)
Special: Mei to Koneko Bus (7)
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 26.28 days, Average time: 34.23 min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Military, Romance, Space, Mecha, Psychological, Supernatural, Seinen
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Production I.G., Artland, Magic Bus, Silver Link.
Manga
Completed: 15 - Chapters: 522, Volumes: 58, Days: 2.91, Mean Score: 4.7, Score Dev.: -2.79
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 3.53 days, Average time: 4.60 min/day
Top five genres listed by Weighted Score: Sci-Fi, Action, Historical, Horror, Seinen
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Otomo, Katsuhiro; Araki, Hirohiko; Azuma, Kiyohiko
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (10)
TV: Clannad: After Story (10)
OVA: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Gaiden (9)
ONA: ---
Special: Girls & Panzer Specials (9)
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 15.83days, Average time: 31.21min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Seinen, Romance, Space, Mecha, Military, Shounen, Historical
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Production I.G, Artland, Magic Bus, Silver Link.
Manga
Completed: 4 - Chapters: 125, Volumes: 21, Days: 1.05, Mean Score: 6.5, Score Dev.: -1.31
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 1.25days, Average time: 2.46min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Historical, Horror, Vampire
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Araki, Hirohiko; Urushibara, Yuki; Hiroyuki
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Perfect Blue (10)
TV: Cowboy Bebop (9)
OVA: Legend of the Galactic Heroes (10)
ONA: Mahou Shoujo Sonico★Magica (3)
Special: Gakkou no Kaidan: Kubinashi Rider!! Shi no Noroi [English dub] (10)
Manga: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 1: Phantom Blood (8)
1-Year MALnniversary stats continued (VERY late)
Top rated media
Movie: Akira (10)
TV: Hokuto no Ken (10)
OVA: Nichijou: Nichijou no 0-wa (9)
ONA: Plastic Neesan (9)
Special: Gintama: Nanigoto mo Saiyo ga Kanjin nano de Tasho Senobisuru Kurai ga Choudoyoi (8)
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 7.07days, Average time: 27.61min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
Top three studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Production I.G.
Manga
Completed: 2 - Chapters: 31, Volumes: 6, Days: 0.30, Mean Score: 5.5, Score Dev.: -1.93
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 0.22days, Average time: 0.84min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Comedy, Ecchi, Vampire
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Araki, Hirohiko; Ichimura, Hitoshi; Bandai-Namco
All Comments (8) Comments
Enjoy Berserk. It takes a lot of convincing for me to read manga, but I couldn't put down Berserk once I'd started. The anime, aside from cutting a few scenes for run-time, is one of the great adaptations. Griffith's speech in the anime is probably my favourite moment of any media.
Regarding scores, since there're so many options out there, I believe that some just aren't worth the time investment. I too take something away from everything, but some of the series I've subjected myself to were absolute misery. For example, Tsukumo is the only thing I've ever begged my friend to turn off. It's quite short, so if you want to take that as a counter-counter-recommendation, be my guest xD Most people seem to rate it, so perhaps I'm the odd one out.
Happy to hear your recommendations. I think our tastes are quite similar (save for our polar opposite opinions on GTO & OPM xD)
Anime: 206 - TV: 68, OVA: 33, Movies: 74, Spcl.: 23, Eps: 1947, Days: 32.76, Mean Score: 5.2, Score Dev.: -1.84
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 32.19 days , Average time: 31.45 min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Military, School, Historical, Space, Shounen, Romance, Psychological
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Artland, Production I.G., Magic Bus, SILVER LINK.
Manga
--no change--
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Hadashi no Gen (10)
TV: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (8)
OVA: Kyoufu no Bio Ningen Saishuu Kyoushi (8)
ONA: Flying Witch Petit (2)
Special: Mei to Koneko Bus (7)
Manga: --none--
Anime: 169 - TV: 56, OVA: 22, Movies: 65, Spcl.: 21, Eps: 1573, Days: 26.48, Mean Score: 5.2, Score Dev.: -1.83
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 26.28 days, Average time: 34.23 min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Military, Romance, Space, Mecha, Psychological, Supernatural, Seinen
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Production I.G., Artland, Magic Bus, Silver Link.
Manga
Completed: 15 - Chapters: 522, Volumes: 58, Days: 2.91, Mean Score: 4.7, Score Dev.: -2.79
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 3.53 days, Average time: 4.60 min/day
Top five genres listed by Weighted Score: Sci-Fi, Action, Historical, Horror, Seinen
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Otomo, Katsuhiro; Araki, Hirohiko; Azuma, Kiyohiko
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (10)
TV: Clannad: After Story (10)
OVA: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Gaiden (9)
ONA: ---
Special: Girls & Panzer Specials (9)
Manga: Akira (10)
Anime: 115 - TV: 31, OVA: 18, Movies: 51, Spcl.: 12, Eps: 909, Days: 15.37, Mean Score: 5.5, Score Dev.: -1.12
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 15.83days, Average time: 31.21min/day
Top 10 genres listed by Weighted Score: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Seinen, Romance, Space, Mecha, Military, Shounen, Historical
Top five studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Production I.G, Artland, Magic Bus, Silver Link.
Manga
Completed: 4 - Chapters: 125, Volumes: 21, Days: 1.05, Mean Score: 6.5, Score Dev.: -1.31
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 1.25days, Average time: 2.46min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Historical, Horror, Vampire
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Araki, Hirohiko; Urushibara, Yuki; Hiroyuki
Top rated media of past year
Movie: Perfect Blue (10)
TV: Cowboy Bebop (9)
OVA: Legend of the Galactic Heroes (10)
ONA: Mahou Shoujo Sonico★Magica (3)
Special: Gakkou no Kaidan: Kubinashi Rider!! Shi no Noroi [English dub] (10)
Manga: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 1: Phantom Blood (8)
Top rated media
Movie: Akira (10)
TV: Hokuto no Ken (10)
OVA: Nichijou: Nichijou no 0-wa (9)
ONA: Plastic Neesan (9)
Special: Gintama: Nanigoto mo Saiyo ga Kanjin nano de Tasho Senobisuru Kurai ga Choudoyoi (8)
Manga: Maleficarum: Darkstalkers/Red Earth (6)
Anime
Completed: 57 - TV: 15, OVA: 6, Movies: 32, Spcl.: 2, Eps: 435, Days: 7.02, Mean Score: 5.7, Score Dev.: -0.79
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 7.07days, Average time: 27.61min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
Top three studios listed by Weighted Score: Madhouse, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Production I.G.
Manga
Completed: 2 - Chapters: 31, Volumes: 6, Days: 0.30, Mean Score: 5.5, Score Dev.: -1.93
Extra stats from Graph Anime Plus
Total time: 0.22days, Average time: 0.84min/day
Top three genres listed by Weighted Score: Comedy, Ecchi, Vampire
Top three authors listed by Weighted Score: Araki, Hirohiko; Ichimura, Hitoshi; Bandai-Namco