Mt. Moon Community

Watched a recent anime? Thought it was pwn? Mehish? An eyeblinding insult anime? Do you wish to share you opinion to tell others of it's awesomeness (or lack thereof)? You mean yes!? Well then you've come to the right place!

The....*drumroll*

ANIME RATING THREAD!

Here you can tell others about how you'd rate a certain anime.

First, you have to read the rules. Skip over these, you perish. >O

1. Please follow the rules set up in From Japan, With Love forum.
2. This is for RATING ONLY! Nothing else. Nothing.
3. It will be okay to double post with a seperate rating on each post, or if the rating gets so long to the point that it needs more then one post.
4. Don't rate loosely. This means no giving all ten's to tons of anime. Popularity also can't be an excuse for giving an anime a good rating. Please give fair, unbiased ratings. Every anime/manga has it's weak point.
5. Follow the form, please.
6. Make your ratings legible, please.
7. Put thoughts into your ratings. No giving cruddy ratings.
8. NO SPAMMING PEOPLE FOR GIVING A CERTAIN RATING TO A CERTAIN ANIME! This is to share opinions, okay? If you don't like the rating someone gave an anime, give your own rating of it.
9. You can rate something even if someone else already rated it. However, please don't rerate it if your opinion is the exact same as the previous rater. Noone wants to read the same thing twice.
10. Please only rate stuff you've actually read/watched.
11. The form is just a guideline. You can edit it with some more sections, or replace a few, the form is just a general idea. I suggest using it if you have little rating experience, though.
12. Just because the form is a guideline, however, doesn't mean you can give partial ratings. Partial ratings are where you grade only a small part, like plot or rating.
13. Don't grade something if you still in 'ZOMG FANTARD' mood. These tend to create biased ratings. Wait a week or two for you to calm down, then rate it.
14. Don't feel personally offended if someone gives an anime/manga you like a bad rating, or vice versa. It happens to everyone. It's okay if they opinion differentiate from yours.

Now time for the form:

Name: I hope you all know this.

How far you are in it: " "

Age Recommendation, Reasoning: " "

Plot Overview: In other words, just go to Wikipedia and copy the paragraph about plot.

Plot/Use of Potential: Was the plot original? Did it hold your attention every second, or were you begging for it to be over? Also, did it pull it off well? The most unoriginal plots can be good and the most original horrible-it just depends on presentation. Don't forget to put a rating after each section.

Art/Sound: Sound doesn't apply to manga. Was the song and voice acting good? Was it pleasing with eyecandy, or was it terribly obvious they had a low animation budget?

Characters: Were they developed well, or were they flat as paper? Character originality also counts as a factor~

Overall Enjoyment: Self explanatory. Did you enjoy it?

Overall Grade: The end.




This is a Bad Rating:It's a bit exaggerated, but I think you'll get the point.

Name: Fulmetl Alcemst

How far you are in it: i gotz all teh collectibles!!!111111 =D

Age Recommendation, Reasoning: i'm 12, so i guess 12

Plot Overview: ed n al sacryfic der moma and loz tehr bodies. dey need teh philsphrs stn now, an dey go thru b4d stufz.

Plot/Use of Potential: teh pwn!!!1111111 bst eva! it mkes me lgh, cry, vry or1gnal!11! 10/10

Art/Sound: PERDY! IT'S TEH PWN! 17489179817/10

Characters: 1 lyke Rath. An Ry!11! Teh pwn!121341341414/10

Overall Enjoyment: TEH PWN! 43898308908/10

Overall Grade: =D 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/10!

Finally, a small rating guide as to what all the different letters should mean. This is just to keep the general idea the same:

A: Good points greatly outweigh bad points. Stuff put in this category should be the cream of the crop. Don't put just anything in here. The stuff in here should be : rewatchable, entertaining, original, well executed, have good music and art, and other stuff.
B: There are a few noticable bad points, but it's still fun to watch. It may have a good concept, but maybe the voice acting was a bit off. Maybe the animation and music was amazing, but the characters weren't developed as much as they should've been. This section is for all those anime that could've been near perfect, had it not been for a few details.
C: This is more of an equal balance between good and bad parts. Maybe it had an amazing idea, and had a great beginning, but it was obvious the author had no idea where it would end and just dragged on and on. Maybe there were too many plot holes to be comfortable. This is for those 'meh' anime. You know, the one's that aren't bad, but the ones that aren't good, either.
D: You watched it, and it left a bad taste in your mouth. Yet, it did manage to scratch out a few redeeming qualities. Maybe it was the most perverted thing you've ever thing, but the art was amazing. This is the stuff where the bad outweighs the good, yet it has a few qualities that might make it worth watching a tad bit in spare time.
F: Wow. This stuff is just pure crud. The voice acting and art is horrid, and there's bland music. The stories leave you overly confused, and the characters are cardboard cutouts. This is the kind of thing that's actually painful to watch.

FIRST ANIME RATING!111!!!1

Well...technically it's a manga, but you get the point.



Name: +Anima

How far you are in it: Read all 7 out.

Age Recommendation, Reasoning: K. It's fairly scotch free- not too much violence, no gore, and the like, but there is some stuff that wouldn't be good for really young kids to read, such as was and racism.

Plot Overview: The plot revolves around four +Anima children: Cooro, Husky, Senri, and Nana. Brought together by their +Anima powers, they search for others like themselves and a place to belong. Along the way, they encounter villains and friends alike, as well as other +Anima. The story shows, through flashbacks, the different histories of the characters. In Husky and Nana's case, their pasts seem to have influenced their current fears of water and forests at night, respectively. Senri and Cooro's pasts, however, remain for the most part a mystery, with only small pieces of Senri's past shown and none of Cooro's with the exception of the very beginning. Another factor is what appears to be a war of some sort brewing, with swords being forged and soldiers assembled. The army is encountered twice (as of volume three) by the main characters, and both times the four find themselves being looked badly upon. As the story progresses, more and more is revealed about the characters and the present predicament alike.

Plot/Use of Potential: To start off with, I am going to tell you one thing:

If you like deep, in depth plots, where some miniscule detail turns out to be a major plot point, this is not the story for you.

This is because, for the first few volumes-the first four or five, it tends to be small stories. The real plot starts to begin at chapter six, where they meet the Kim-Um-Kur clan on their way to Sailand.

But before you get turned off, I do suggest reading this. Out of all the manga I've read, this is the only one I've seriously considered buying. It's cute, but it flawlessly pulls off serious moments.

The stories do a good job, and are fairly unique, mostly dabbling into the prejudices the +Anima end up facing (raging from awe to downright hatred), and the nature of the +Anima themselves. It also tends to show the childlike qualities of the main characters fairly well, including some outlandish dreams (Nana wants to be a princess.)

Now, let me tell you:

If you like more cute, yet sometimes deep, stories with flashbacks that reveal more about the characters, unique characters, and stories that can tug at your heartstring, and a few plot twists this is the manga for you.

This is set in medieval times, and the stories often reflect that (for example, a teenage boy getting married to a young girl to unite kingdoms.)

Overall...the plot deserves an...8.5/10!

The only reason it lost the 1.5 points is that the plot begins kinda loosely...thing is, it pulls it off REALLY well. However, people being prejudiced for having strange powers is also fairly coming. Once again, this manga pulls it off REALLY well.

To Summarize: This is a cute and fluffy story, but the stories in it often include prejudice, the nature of +Anima, how they come to be, the seperation of family that seems to occur when you become one, and the like. It manages to juggle cute and serious flawlessly.

Art/Sound: Wow, this is a manga, but there is absolutely one thing I have to say: Absolutely loved, LOVED, the character designs. The clothing is fantastic, from Alabaster's (?) more eyecatching outfits to Sailand's more formal decorative clothe. I love it- the attire's are creative and realistic (they don't wear heavy armor), but you're still able to tell the culture. The tribal looking clothes usually belongs to the Kim-Um-Kur, if they're wearing more flowery stuff, Sailand, and the etc.

Now that that little rant is over, I'm going to talk about the overall style. It's a more cutesy type of art. However, it's not to the point of being overly cute. Everything is still fairly realistic, except for some of the character's overly large heads. I'm not going to say it's the epitome of art, but it is good, and fits the mood of the manga fairly well; and handles the more serious jobs well. Overall, I have few complaints, and those themselves are very small..

Overall, I give this factor a...

9.5/10!

To Summarize: Art is good, and appealing to the eye. It manages to strike a serious tone when needed. However, it might turn you off if you dislike more cute styles, or more simply, large heads.


Characters: Let me tell you one thing: the plot begins loosely. The characters would HAVE to be pulled off well to attract me to this story.

The characters all have realistic personalities, yet still attain a level of cuteness that accompanies this story (I'm serious. Cooro-leadery, yet cute. Husky-serious, yet cute. Senri-silent, yet cute. Nana-...just cute.) Thing is, you have to remember, these are children. They aren't adults yet, and this manga captures the essense of their childlike spirits pretty well. They act like children, thing like children (they do have their occasional times of wisdom), and they react realistically as children who face hardship (e.i. Having to perform as a 'mystical creature' in a circus after getting caught in a fishing net.)

Before you say it, no, they're not all: 'Woe is me! I became a freak of nature! *slashes wrist*" Actually, they all tend to be fairly optimistic.

Still, a childlike essense can be hard to mantain in things like this. One of my absolute favorite parts was when Husky admitted that he wanted to go see his mother to tell her he was alive. (And, in case you care, Husky is my favorite character.)

And as I said, character designs=awesome.

I have only one major mistake-it took me two books to figure out if Husky was a boy or girl. (He's a boy.) Because of that, the grade on this is...

9.5/10!

To Summarize: Characters remain a happy, slightly optimistic air that a child in real life would have. Despite this, the characters are interesting and unique enough to catch you attention. It was only of that one major complaint that this section got a 9.5. Oh, and might a mention, I love the clothing to pieces.

Overall Enjoyment: Yes. I HIGHLY recommend this is you have even the slightest sweet tooth. If you don't have a small sweet tooth...you will gag yourself reading this, even in the more serious moments. This is just one of the manga that I could easily get sucked into.

Grade: 10/10

To Summarize: YOU REALLY NEED A SUMMARY FOR THIS? Just read the original, sheesh.

Overall Grade:

Let me calculate this....

9.375---->9.4

Overall...94% A!

Now, let me repeat, you will not enjoy this if you don't have much of a sweat tooth.

Ok, lets begin the operation:


Anime-Speed Grapher

Age Rating-This is not good for kids at all. This anime is TV-MA-S-V. Theres also alot of material thats not fit for childern. Theres also to much blood and gore and porn and sexualality.For Mature audiences.


Manga-Di Gi Charat-This is a good series for children. All the characters and stuff is just soooooo cute. Piyoko and Pujiko and Dejiko. So cute. Mild violence but no language or anything.

It's great to see another reviewer. =D (Now I won't be stuck with all the work.) You just need to remember to elaborate a bit more in order to tell us whether you suggest us watching it or not (you don't have be write as much as I do, but just a few sentences per subject).

I look forward to future reviews!