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Somehow I found out
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2010-01-24, 04:26 | Link #63 |
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When I am picking up Old Anime I do make it a point to read summary and reviews . There are few anime reviews which correspond to my tastes . One of those sites is Anime Academy . There Top Rated List is suited to my liking , leaving a few I agree with every anime up there .
http://www.animeacademy.com/libgrade90.php
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2010-01-24, 19:49 | Link #64 |
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I used to read reviews just to get an idea of the plot to see if it might interest me. I subscribed to Animerica which did a good job of reviewing anime IMO,then Newtype USA which was out to sell everything they reviewed. Both magazines are now gone and I found ANN.... To say these guys are overly judgemental is an understatement!
Now I either read the back of the DVD cover for the storyline or log onto Animesuki and read what the buzz is from my fellow otaku! |
2010-01-25, 01:38 | Link #68 |
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MAHQ is the only site I trust for reviews but it's only a sci-fi and mecha anime orientated.
I'm not too fond of ANN's review because rather than going over the entire series, it's just individual volumes of dvds or first boxset most of the time.
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2010-01-25, 02:06 | Link #69 |
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Well, considering that I sample every fansubbed anime with a 3 episode grace period (barring obvious yuri/yaoi ones which only get 1), I really have no need for anime reviews. Considering, you know, I can make a good judgement call by then whether or not the show is worth watching still.
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2010-01-25, 12:58 | Link #70 | |
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And there are certain blogs I'll read because those people have led me to enjoyable series in the past as well as certain posters here at AS.
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2010-01-25, 13:02 | Link #71 | |
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2010-01-26, 00:09 | Link #73 | |
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2010-01-26, 02:33 | Link #74 |
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Yes, and it's also possible to dislike otaku tropes without grandstanding about how much you dislike them.
The "pitchfork media" comment has about as much hyperbole in it as some of the ANN reviews I've read of series I've watched do. Somehow, a short scene of two 13 year old girls in swimsuits splashing water on each other turns into a full paragraph rant about "shady wank material". In a two paragraph mini-review. I can't make this shit up. Needless to say there's very little talk about the other merits and problems in the show. Don't get even get me started on the loaded language. ANN is the only place where I can remember hearing a character's eyes described as expressing "bovine passivity". Basically, many of their reviews read exactly like what you get when someone is being a troll, and in general they're not offering me enough to put up with that kind of thing.
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2010-01-26, 15:32 | Link #75 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Aye... my take on ANN is that it is a dressed up troll site with the express goal of maximizing ad-hits via outrage.... in other words, a tabloid rather than "news". I tend to point people away from it other than as a "last resort" site.
The sites used by AS in the torrent database are usually better... for that matter, just googling on the series often gets you more varied and useful opinions on any series.
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2010-01-26, 18:42 | Link #76 | |
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I don't read reviews. I don't like reviews. Which is hypocritical since I blogreview every series I finish... but I don't care about others' opinions, and I just voice mine for my own reference. Sometimes friends read them which is nice but not why I do it. Never read reviews of any media, anime is no exception. I can form my own opinions based on a synopsis of the show, generally. |
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2010-01-26, 20:58 | Link #77 |
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The best are when the "critics" say something bad about a movie but everyone else says its great and the movie does great in the box office and vice versa.
Of course, there are exceptions like Avatar for example.
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2010-01-27, 03:26 | Link #78 |
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It may sound funny, but I usually read anime reviews after watching the anime. I like to read and listen to other people's opinions and I respect them. Reviews are also useful to support my opinion or to convince me of things that I was not really aware of.
I don't prefer reading reviews before watching the anime. I like to watch the anime without knowing anything about it to maximize the fun and to discover things based on my own thoughts to build a personal first impression. I think it is just my spoiler-phobic nature. And as for recommendations, my friends watch anime and know what I like and I also trust their recommendations. If they tell me to watch a certain anime, I will watch it without asking too many questions. |
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Maybe this is the most important job of the critic... to speak for the titles that don't get the attention they deserve.
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2010-01-27, 04:05 | Link #80 | |
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I think it depends on the writer's ability to deliver useful information without any signs of spoilers and/or hints. And to be honest, many writers lack this ability. |
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