12-14-2003, 05:21 PM
Hmmm... seems people are grading anime... well I'll grade on a curve
From best to last
Nadesico - A
Overall fun series to watch with a lot of situational irony like anime within anime :p~~~
Steel Angel Karumi - A-
Really lovable characters, wonderful colors, an annoyingly catchy theme song that will make you want to commit seppukku after listening to it 100+ times...
Rayearth (1+2) - A- (for both)
Nicely done anime by CLAMP, prolly one of their first for all I know that got on anime... great storyline... rarely any episodes wasted that were not plot involving though not a terribly comedic anime
BGC2040 - A-
Love the artwork, love the opening song, enjoyed the characters and the storyline... it's a well done version from the original...
Princess Nine - A- (biased)
Biased as I'm a baseball fan and baseball and anime had to get an A though despite my bias I thought the rather normal storyline to be quite enjoyable, though at times overdramatic... but then again these are youngsters and heavens knows how bad my younger sisters are...
Evangelion - A-
I often thought I'd knock this down to a B+ but I just can't... The story is just too good even if the movies were rather... off... I think the religious aspects and the fact that I absolutely adore Asuka force me to give this an A- even if Shinji really needs to get more of a spine...
Slayers (TV, Next, Try) - B overall (B-, B+, B)
This is a terribly funny series to watch even if the graphics aren't the best in the world... I think Next was the best overall due to character development which seemed to sorely lack in the last due to time spent on developing new characters like Filia and Valgaav...
The OAV's and Movies are in a class of their own, done by a separate dubbing company but IMO not any better than the TV series as I hold no particular love for Naga the Serpent...
Wanderers (El Hazard TV) - B
Again graphics not too advanced but it is an older anime... Good characters and a fun story to follow though it does seem to lag in places... at least one filler episode concerning the fire and wind priestess come to mind that hardly did anything except advance the understanding of said characters which could have been better done with actual realtime events instead of flashbacks...
Lost Universe - B
If you've watched Slayers Try, you'll prolly pale at the names used in this anime... definitely a lot more creativity could have been used in the developing of this anime but overall the story really gets good halfway through the anime and prior to that it's all slayers type silliness...
Blue Seed - B
Graphics somewhat lacking but the Omake theatres easily make up for that :p~~~ The script for this anime could have been a little less repetitive but if I wanted to get picky, I'd say the same about Rayearth... same things said over and over to keep everyone up to date... but other than that a really good story with decent characterization and a waffy ending...
Oh My Goddess - B-
One of my firsts and I absolutely love the characters but the short series didn't last long enough to really hold any real impression upon me... waffy all the way... The movie was a little better as far as plot goes but altogether not terribly impressive
Key - B-
Lovely music and I absolutely adored this series all the way up to the horrendous two part ending on the third disc... bleh... sitting on a bench and explaining the past is the most annoying way to divulge the many secrets of Key...
Gunsmith Cats - C+
One of my firsts and based in Chicago too!!! Very well done artwork close to the original but sadly I can't bring myself to rank this any higher as it lacks the length to properly develop the characters and the storyline was resolved waaaay too quickly...
Ranma (All seven series and OAV's) - C
Okies, I'm being a little unfair since the OAV's and the first three sets were not all that bad but the last four tapered off into meaningless filler episodes dedicated to making laughs and keeping the status quo... character development is fine but character growth lacks severely in just about every single character in this series... sadly even if they did go back and remake the rest of the manga as anime there would be no change in that as that was the way the creator left it... as an older anime the graphics are pastel like (think Sailor Moon) and the music is mediocre...
Record of Lodoss OAV - C
Far too many characters and honestly, disappointing character growth IMO for such a short series... The graphics are okay but the music really didn't catch with me and there was a lot more that I wanted to see done with the series...
I don't have the Chronicles but I'm of the understanding that it's no better...
ADPolice - C-
With such a promising trailer I had expected a lot more from this series... the graphics were so so but the characters just needed a lot of kicking... I wanted to strangle half of them and the couple that I did like rarely played an important role...
Lain - C-
And no I won't reconsider grading this... Lain has excellent shade work and obviously was trying to put across some message about existance and whatnot but it lacked the entertain quality that I'd expect from anime... In many parts I felt like I was reading something instead of watching it and at first I thought it was just a horribly done dub but turning on the subs proved no better... The whole thing is detached and prolly would be great if I was on some pain meds or something... Great theme song though and character designs though...
Bubblegum 2032 and Crash - D
Yea, how can I grade the original so low and the revamped version so high... well, I didn't like the over the top Priss in the original and I watched this first BTW... Of course I preferred Nene with the red hair but oh well... Honestly, Nene was the only character I liked from this series which seemed to concentrate most of it's attention on a hotheaded Priss... character designs were prolly good for the time it came out... storyline was in shambles and Crash attempted to put a cap on it... still the music is great if ya want to hear a lot of 80's type rock...
Project A-ko (and VS) - D
My very first Anime!!! (okay the first I watched was Sailor Moon but I'd never consider owning that) While A-ko is quite funny at times the overall story isn't terribly impressive and the graphics aren't that great either... VS brings back some of the characters and is more like a movie than anything else... characters are not really developed at all beyond the first introduction...
Dominion Tank Police (Orig) - D-
Again another series waaaay too short to properly develop the characters... sadly, I felt Buako (sp) was more developed than any of the other characters in this short series... the graphics are old and the music is not too impressive...
I have the New Dominion on VHS but I wouldn't rank it much higher... the graphics get a bit better and there are hair colour changes and what appears to be an actual plot involved... Tossing this in I'd prolly give Dominion an overall C rating but no better since the New Dominion music was worse than than the original...
Legend of the Lost Labyrinth - F
And my only fail since I was sorely disappointed to find out after I bought this series that it was discontinued... it had an Oh My Goddess feel to it and possibly could have turned out better but even as is the story seems to move alarmingly fast with no villain development at all and hardly any development of the main chars... I don't even feel sorry for her when things happen and can't even sympathize with other characters that display feelings towards the main char... oh well... at least it was cheap...
And I think that's a comprehensive listing of all the anime I own ~.^
From best to last
Nadesico - A
Overall fun series to watch with a lot of situational irony like anime within anime :p~~~
Steel Angel Karumi - A-
Really lovable characters, wonderful colors, an annoyingly catchy theme song that will make you want to commit seppukku after listening to it 100+ times...
Rayearth (1+2) - A- (for both)
Nicely done anime by CLAMP, prolly one of their first for all I know that got on anime... great storyline... rarely any episodes wasted that were not plot involving though not a terribly comedic anime
BGC2040 - A-
Love the artwork, love the opening song, enjoyed the characters and the storyline... it's a well done version from the original...
Princess Nine - A- (biased)
Biased as I'm a baseball fan and baseball and anime had to get an A though despite my bias I thought the rather normal storyline to be quite enjoyable, though at times overdramatic... but then again these are youngsters and heavens knows how bad my younger sisters are...
Evangelion - A-
I often thought I'd knock this down to a B+ but I just can't... The story is just too good even if the movies were rather... off... I think the religious aspects and the fact that I absolutely adore Asuka force me to give this an A- even if Shinji really needs to get more of a spine...
Slayers (TV, Next, Try) - B overall (B-, B+, B)
This is a terribly funny series to watch even if the graphics aren't the best in the world... I think Next was the best overall due to character development which seemed to sorely lack in the last due to time spent on developing new characters like Filia and Valgaav...
The OAV's and Movies are in a class of their own, done by a separate dubbing company but IMO not any better than the TV series as I hold no particular love for Naga the Serpent...
Wanderers (El Hazard TV) - B
Again graphics not too advanced but it is an older anime... Good characters and a fun story to follow though it does seem to lag in places... at least one filler episode concerning the fire and wind priestess come to mind that hardly did anything except advance the understanding of said characters which could have been better done with actual realtime events instead of flashbacks...
Lost Universe - B
If you've watched Slayers Try, you'll prolly pale at the names used in this anime... definitely a lot more creativity could have been used in the developing of this anime but overall the story really gets good halfway through the anime and prior to that it's all slayers type silliness...
Blue Seed - B
Graphics somewhat lacking but the Omake theatres easily make up for that :p~~~ The script for this anime could have been a little less repetitive but if I wanted to get picky, I'd say the same about Rayearth... same things said over and over to keep everyone up to date... but other than that a really good story with decent characterization and a waffy ending...
Oh My Goddess - B-
One of my firsts and I absolutely love the characters but the short series didn't last long enough to really hold any real impression upon me... waffy all the way... The movie was a little better as far as plot goes but altogether not terribly impressive
Key - B-
Lovely music and I absolutely adored this series all the way up to the horrendous two part ending on the third disc... bleh... sitting on a bench and explaining the past is the most annoying way to divulge the many secrets of Key...
Gunsmith Cats - C+
One of my firsts and based in Chicago too!!! Very well done artwork close to the original but sadly I can't bring myself to rank this any higher as it lacks the length to properly develop the characters and the storyline was resolved waaaay too quickly...
Ranma (All seven series and OAV's) - C
Okies, I'm being a little unfair since the OAV's and the first three sets were not all that bad but the last four tapered off into meaningless filler episodes dedicated to making laughs and keeping the status quo... character development is fine but character growth lacks severely in just about every single character in this series... sadly even if they did go back and remake the rest of the manga as anime there would be no change in that as that was the way the creator left it... as an older anime the graphics are pastel like (think Sailor Moon) and the music is mediocre...
Record of Lodoss OAV - C
Far too many characters and honestly, disappointing character growth IMO for such a short series... The graphics are okay but the music really didn't catch with me and there was a lot more that I wanted to see done with the series...
I don't have the Chronicles but I'm of the understanding that it's no better...
ADPolice - C-
With such a promising trailer I had expected a lot more from this series... the graphics were so so but the characters just needed a lot of kicking... I wanted to strangle half of them and the couple that I did like rarely played an important role...
Lain - C-
And no I won't reconsider grading this... Lain has excellent shade work and obviously was trying to put across some message about existance and whatnot but it lacked the entertain quality that I'd expect from anime... In many parts I felt like I was reading something instead of watching it and at first I thought it was just a horribly done dub but turning on the subs proved no better... The whole thing is detached and prolly would be great if I was on some pain meds or something... Great theme song though and character designs though...
Bubblegum 2032 and Crash - D
Yea, how can I grade the original so low and the revamped version so high... well, I didn't like the over the top Priss in the original and I watched this first BTW... Of course I preferred Nene with the red hair but oh well... Honestly, Nene was the only character I liked from this series which seemed to concentrate most of it's attention on a hotheaded Priss... character designs were prolly good for the time it came out... storyline was in shambles and Crash attempted to put a cap on it... still the music is great if ya want to hear a lot of 80's type rock...
Project A-ko (and VS) - D
My very first Anime!!! (okay the first I watched was Sailor Moon but I'd never consider owning that) While A-ko is quite funny at times the overall story isn't terribly impressive and the graphics aren't that great either... VS brings back some of the characters and is more like a movie than anything else... characters are not really developed at all beyond the first introduction...
Dominion Tank Police (Orig) - D-
Again another series waaaay too short to properly develop the characters... sadly, I felt Buako (sp) was more developed than any of the other characters in this short series... the graphics are old and the music is not too impressive...
I have the New Dominion on VHS but I wouldn't rank it much higher... the graphics get a bit better and there are hair colour changes and what appears to be an actual plot involved... Tossing this in I'd prolly give Dominion an overall C rating but no better since the New Dominion music was worse than than the original...
Legend of the Lost Labyrinth - F
And my only fail since I was sorely disappointed to find out after I bought this series that it was discontinued... it had an Oh My Goddess feel to it and possibly could have turned out better but even as is the story seems to move alarmingly fast with no villain development at all and hardly any development of the main chars... I don't even feel sorry for her when things happen and can't even sympathize with other characters that display feelings towards the main char... oh well... at least it was cheap...
And I think that's a comprehensive listing of all the anime I own ~.^
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