Comments on: Fifty noughties animu speculation (second half)

By: KarmanMonkey

KarmanMonkey — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:09:17 +0000

I’d like to say that I stumbled upon your blog while surfing for more information about Cencoroll (of which there’s very little out there, and your post was quite helpful) I normally don’t read many (read any) blogs, but I found your post interesting, informative, and much in line with my tastes and thinking.

Now your blog is my first stop when I’m looking for a new anime to check out, since I tend not to like the “mainstream” titles, and many/most of your reviews are about series that deviate from the norm in one way or another. Please keep it up!

I always love to find new series, but often go through dozens of first episodes trying to find a series I’m willing to stick through. Since finding your blog I’ve been able to find a lot more :-D

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, and I hope they give you as much success and attention as you want out of them!

Only one constructive criticism… Would’ve loved to have seen links in your top 50 for more information about the series you refer to… Though that’s just my laziness speaking more than it’s any shortcoming of yours ;-D

By: pakshet

pakshet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:19:13 +0000

hooora happy birthday to me

By: pakshet

pakshet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:47 +0000

TTGL’s story line is a bit of old skul but, wat was impressive about it was the directing

By: pakshet

pakshet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:16:02 +0000

yah dude,the story was very depressing, but the content was realistic and the show really is one of the best of all time,

By: pakshet

pakshet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:13:05 +0000

whoa dude… monster at no. 19 only?…man oh man, sumthins rong wid u it was one hell of a show..even deeper than the manga

By: thelolrockgeologist

thelolrockgeologist — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:07:49 +0000

Yes! I knew you wouldn’t disappoint. Haibane is a remarkable anime, and one of the only titles I haven’t ever changed in my mental list of favorites — from the moment I finished it, it remained in first place. We also share three other top tens: Gunslinger, Summer Wars and Eve no Jikan.

But what the hell were you thinking not putting Now and Then, Here and There in there? >:(

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:21:58 +0000

@lelangir and @Sasa: I liked what I saw of TTGL, but haven’t finished it yet sadly. [+1] for Haibane rewatch.

@Hanners: Toradora! was good fun, but not quite up there with the all-time greats; I agree with Ubiquital that it’s a bit generic (but still good, mind). Code Geass is another one on my ‘to watch’ list (hopefully I’ll pick up the DVD box sets sometime soon).

@Hige: Texhnolyze is another one I’m still working through; maybe I should’ve put Kaiba higher, but it was so hard to decide on the order!

@chaostangent: I thought about doing just ten, but there are so many shows I wanted to draw attention to! I’ll admit Mushishi is probably the best objectively speaking, but my admiration for Haibane is more personal (same goes for placing 5cm/s so high too).

@Peter S: what surprised me more than how many I’d seen over the years was how many I hadn’t; I’ve only been a fan for the second half of the decade so maybe that’s not surprising. I’m hoping to finish Azu in the next few weeks though.

@Sorrow-kun: glad to see some more love for Millennium Actress, Monster and Aria! It’s sad to think that only the first of those three is out in the UK…I’ll have to import the other two to rewatch them.

@coburn: I didn’t really think about dividing it up between TV shows, OAVs and movies…for some reason I don’t discriminate, but whether that’s fair or not I’m not sure…

By: Sasa

Sasa — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:51:41 +0000

Code Geass and Toradora are not on my list either… although I liked both of them. But oh my God, no TTGL is really wow. XD

By: coburn

coburn — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:16:37 +0000

Hurrah for Haibane! Nice that you included films/short OVAs here (even if that does mean a wall of Shinkai), not least because it makes me wonder about the balance of power/value between tvworld and the cinematic productions. That wide-coverage approach certainly does suit your blog anyway.

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