I'm back, baby. To start, I've finally seen the much-maligned film by Hayao Miyazaki's son, and I do think it's unfair to uphold it to the high standards set by his father. So, I'm going to go right ahead and say...read the revieew to see how I think it holds up on its own. And for the record, here's an updated personal top 10 Japanese cartoons:
10. My Hero Academia
9. Den-Noh Coil
8. Death Note
7. Dragon Ball (the original, not DBZ)
6. Gurren Lagann
5. Cowboy Bebop
4. Black Lagoon
3. Full Metal Panic!
2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
1. Trigun (still the champ)
Honorable mention:
- The Ancient Magus' Bride (my #11)
- Made in Abyss
- The Promised Neverland
- Girls' Last Tour
- Dr Stone
- Future Boy Conan
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Hey man, thanks for the kind words! Sorry for the delayed response, things have been chaotic for the last few months for me and haven't really checked the site much. I enjoyed your Earthsea review, you've convinced me to steer clear of that one (it's been loosely on my list for...a long time.) Usually I am not too big a fan of touching on all the off-screen director drama, but I think you kept the length and depth of it done well to the point where I actually didn't mind. I've seen a lot of reviews over the years which tend to go way overboard on this sort of thing to the point where it feels like the reviewer is just circle-jerking their "anime knowledge" for social cred points. I think there's a time and a place for such discussion, but it should be relatively limited and needs to be treated with a deft hand. Talking about Shinkai, Miyazaki, Ghilbi, etc are good examples of this with just how prolific they are, but even then it can be hit or miss.
I try to be extremely pragmatic with my assessments -- to convey a gut feeling backed with enough premise to give someone a similar instinctual leaning as to what I thought about a show's delivery. Probably a byproduct of being an engineer and not a writer haha. I know exactly what clunky, cliquey story delivery is like, and I felt like your review conveyed that general premise very well which is precisely what I look for when determining whether or not to watch something. Kudos, keep up the good work!
I started playing Okamiden and was enjoying it but then edned up kind of stalling on it so I've yet to finish. Really should finish it at some point. I think part of the reason I stalled is because you keep changing companions. While it's kinda cool at first, I still prefer to keep one constant.
Yeah, that sounds about right to me :D
I can only assume Vivisqueen didn't change it because she felt it was the right score for it. I personally don't feel it needs changing at all because from the mix of responses she's had, it looks like she was spot on.
I'd actually give a slightly lower score than Vivisqueen because I think she was a little generous at times, but the gist of what I felt was bad about it is in there, so I feel no need to retread the ground on that one :D
The guy in my avatar is Yaichi from Sarai ya Goyou (House of Five Leaves).
\r\nhttps://www.anime-planet.com/anime/sarai-ya-goyou
\r\nRather good series, one of my favourites from 2010. :)