Reviewing Anime
Recently, well not so recently given its been a few weeks - what counts as recently? - Kapodaco posted some of his thoughts about how trends effect the quality of Japanese media. While there were many thought provoking points my brain latched on to the idea of repetition as being seen as a negative and so here are some of my thoughts, incredibly filtered through sleep deprivation and general over-work.
I recently had someone ask me what they could do to improve their reviews (or something similar) and it occurred to me at the time that what they were writing was perfectly readable. Which then of course made me wonder what actually made for a good review and made me think about my own writing which after three and a half-years of blogging (and nearly 4000 posts) is still a work in progress.
At last we come to the final feature of October and so that last post in our quest to figure out what the best horror anime needs. This week, naturally, we turn our attention to the finale. Spoilers will follow.
In our quest to determine what the best horror anime needs we've meandered our way through starting the anime, the importance of a good cast and explored settings. This week it is all about the feels.
Last week we looked at how the best horror anime should start and the importance of characters that are at least believably constructed even if they aren't likeable. However, our quest to discover what the best horror anime would need is just beginning as this week we turn our attention to setting and atmosphere.
Another October rolls around and it is time to decide on what I'll be watching for Halloween. In the meantime though, I'm wondering what the best horror anime would actually need to be good. Here is part one of the discussion.
While we don't necessarily watch anime to learn, that doesn't mean we gain nothing outside of entertainment. It probably won't make us smarter but it is amazing the variety of topics one can expand their knowledge about by viewing diverse anime stories.
I'm hoping this one isn't coming out like a rant: female lead characters in anime - do we have enough of them? Are the well written? Why don't they seem to appear in the genres I largely enjoy? Jump in and let me know your opinion of female leads in anime and who your favourite female lead character is.
There are so many great anime out there so it is natural that newer viewers would ask those who have watched more for recommendations about what to watch. Yet for me this question is a mine-field as recommending the wrong anime might just scare away a potential friend in the fandom. How do you go about anime recommendations or do you just not over-think it?
Cute and quirky anime characters are definitely an appeal and for some people it will be enough to make them watch an anime? But is being cute all they need to be and does kawaii appeal to everyone?