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Name: Courtney Email: neohope@aol.com Url: None Reviews: 62 Posts: 0 |
Hey there, Otaku! I'm a 19 fem who likes to pretend her opinion counts and hates it when people say crap like:
a) "I don't care if the plot sucked, it was the best movie cause it looked (insert fo-trendy slang here)." (Like most things in life, just because it looks good doesn't mean it is and there's no excuse for keeping your standards otherwise)
b) "You have to love this movie because it's classic/cult favorite/pioneering in its genre." (Bull, you don't have to like anything just because a legion of people say you should)
c) "I thought it sucked because it was more mature/realistic/explicit than cartoons should be." (About 90% of anime that makes it to America is not intended for children. In Japan, Anime is considered to be a cheap and expressive medium of storytelling and is as much for adults as it is for kids.)
d) "If it's not Dragonball/Sailormoon/Pokemon/Digimon/Card Captors then I don't want to know about it!" (There are so many better titles out there than the ones I listed and people shouldn't cling to these security blanket titles blindly)
If you fit into any of the above groupings, you'll despise my reviews (Hey that's okay in it's own right) so you might just want to ignore me all together. In addition to my reviews I include a grading scale which is not unlike the ones you were familiar with in school.
A=Excellent/Instant Classic
B=Above average/Worth Seeing
C=Average/Take-it-or-leave-it title
D=Below Average/Not much to see here
F=Failure/Don't waste your time or money
If you actually bother to read my profile along with my reviews, do me a favor and write me an e-mail telling me what you think of my reviews. I like praise (don't we all?) but I like criticism too, it doesn't really matter how good I think my evaluations are if everyone thinks they're horrible. So let me know, but if you're just nasty and mean, I probably won't read more than a line of your letter let alone respond...fair warning.
| Genre | |||
| Action(4) | Comedy(1) | Cyberpunk(1) | Drama(3) |
| Horror(2) | Mystery(1) | Romance(1) | Suspense(1) |
| Tragedy(1) | |||
| Setting | |||
| Fantasy(1) | Historical(1) | Modern(1) | Sci-Fi(3) |
| Demographic | |||
| Shoujo(1) | |||
| Style | |||
| Artistic(1) | Surreal(1) | Weird(1) | |
| Keywords | |||
| Adventure(1) | Artificial Girls(1) | Dark(2) | Fan Service(1) |
| Friendship(1) | Gun-action(1) | Mecha(1) | Reboot(1) |
| Samurai(1) | Soul Mates(1) | Swordplay(1) | Violent(1) |
| War(1) | Yuri(1) | ||
| Type | |||
| Movie(1) | OVA(1) | TV(4) | |
| Release Year | |||||||
| 1998(1) | |||||||
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| Title | Rating | Synopsis | |
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| A | |||
 Adolescence Mokushiroku |
Rent | Utena arrives at Ohtori Academy possessing a very mysterious past. She is presumed to be a boy by many and seems to have a past relationship with Touga. After seeing that he wears a ring she questions of it. Getting a mysterious answer leads her to Anthy Himemiya,the Rose Bride. She unknowingly becomes involved in the Student Council's duels for the Rose Bride. Yet, she seems intrigued about Anthy and her past. | |
| Adolescence of Utena | Rent | See Adolescence Mokushiroku | |
 Angel Links |
Rent |
Meifon is an extraordinary girl, with an extraordinary tale to tell. Join Meifon as she and the crew of the Angel Links run a free pirate-fighting service. in this spin off of Outlaw Star. |
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| B | |||
| Bubblegum Crisis 2040 | Buy | See Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 | |
 Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 |
Buy |
Six years after the earth quake that destroyed most of Tokyo, a group of vigilantes have appeared to counter the threat of boomers gone mad. Can they stop the force behind the berserk boomers before it's too late? |
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| C | |||
| Crest of the Stars | Buy | See Seikai no Monshou | |
| P | |||
 Pet Shop of Horrors |
Buy |
The mysterious Count D sells exotic pets from an exclusive shop in New York's Chinatown. These creatures represent the customers' deepest desires. But with each pet comes a contract which must never be broken ... |
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| R | |||
| Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie | Rent | See Adolescence Mokushiroku | |
| Rurouni Kenshin OVA 1 | Buy | See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen | |
 Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen |
Buy | This is the story of a man stained with blood and of the woman who could save him from himself. The dark and tragic prequel to Rurouni Kenshin, which tells the tale of the Hitokiri Battousai, before he became the cheerful wanderer of the series. The love of one woman redeemed him, but at a terrible price... | |
| S | |||
| Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal | Buy | See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen | |
| Seihou Tenshi Angel Rinks | Rent | See Angel Links | |
 Seikai no Monshou |
Buy |
In a distant future, the powerful Abh Empire is actively extending its influence and control to many of the adjacent star systems. The arrival of the genetically modified Abh and their different ways changes the life of a young human named Jinto Lin. As part of his world’s peace agreement with the Abh, his family is elevated into the noble elite of the Abh Empire, and he has trouble accepting that he is now the heir to his family’s hereditary title. His new importance as an Abh noble gets him sent off world to be schooled in the Abh language and culture, where he happens to first meet and become first-name-friends with a young Abh female trainee pilot. It is only later does Jinto come to understand that his cute friend Lafiel is really a granddaughter of the ruling Abh Empress and a royal heir to the throne. So together, they start a journey to travel to Abh capital, an adventure troubled with many difficulties which helps them realize that their friendship and trust in each other is something stronger than any imperial title or difference in race. |
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| Space Guardian Angel Links | Rent | See Angel Links | |
| Stellar Angel Angel Links | Rent | See Angel Links | |
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