How I Approach the Very Serious Business of Scoring Anime

The idea for this blog post came to me after reading the lovely Irina’s post, titled: “I Don’t Know Who I Am Anymore… Why My Anime Scores Do Not Represent Me!” During this post Irina discussed why we ought to take her scores on Anilist and on MAL, which fluctuate over time, with her mood, and as a result of comparison, with a pinch of salt. Please do give this post a read, as it’s very entertaining! Anyway, this got me thinking about my own scores. I don’t know about you, but I take the process in which I score anime very seriously! I think that each show represents an investment, in terms of time spent watching it, so if my scores have a part to play in encouraging people to or warning them off of making a wise or unwise investment, shouldn’t I take scoring seriously? As part of this (very serious) business, I consider lots of different things and use many different rules of thumb. Join me as I discuss some of these! Who knows, maybe you use a few of them yourself!

Ty’s Pirate Crew

This week I was nominated twice over to participate in the “My Pirate Crew” tag. Thanks to both Karandi and Winter Reverie for considering little ol’ me! Whilst a fun tag, the idea of being stuck on a boat indefinitely is not my idea of a good time. I’m not the strongest of swimmers and, to be honest with you, the ocean freaks me out (did you know that we’ve explored more of space than we have our own oceans? Who knows what kind of horrors lurk in the deepest depths?). I’d much rather stick to exploring land, thank-you very much! That said, that wouldn’t be in keeping with the “My Pirate Crew” tag, so, to make up for being stuck on a boat, I’ll pick the most fun shipmates there ever was!

The Rules:

1. Display the My Pirate Crew logo and add ‘My Pirate Crew’ as a tag.
2. Thank the blogger who nominated you and post a link to their blog.
3. Link back to the original post here (so I can compare your crews to mine).
4. Select seven anime characters and give them a position on the crew. These are the positions you can to fill. Warrior, sniper, chef, doctor, scientist, navigator, strategist, mechanic, entertainer.
5. Nominate 5-10 bloggers.
6. Set sail and rule the seas!

Without any further ado, here’s my crew!

Why I Still Love Anime – a Community-Wide Project

There’s a reason why, after nearly 10 years, I still love anime. In fact, there are many reasons why it’s as much a part of my daily routine as eating my breakfast (a single Pop Tart every morning – yum! nutritious!) and taking a shower. But for the purpose of this post I wanna expand on just one of those reasons.

I thought it might be neat to turn this into a community-wide project of sorts, partly because I’m still trying to introduce myself to all of the new faces that have popped up during my five year absence and partly because I want to know what other people have to say about this topic! There are many bad things about anime, for example: its treatment of things like mental illness and minority groups, the industry’s tendency to play it safe and churn out the same uninspired, monotonous schlock every season, and toxic fandoms. BUT, in spite of these things, many of us continue to watch anime and have committed a sizable chunk of our lives (and finances) to this hobby. So why is that? Let’s explore this question together!

Remembering Love: Kino’s Journey and sharing the love

Ah, so Trzr23’s Remembering Love project has come to an end! I’ve got to say, I thought squeezing in parts of shows I’ve already watching around all the others shows I feel obligated to watch that I haven’t already would be a bit of a choir but, it’s actually been brilliant! Reminding myself why I even bother dedicating as much time to anime as I do has had almost a rejuvenating effect, it’s made me excited for all the anime I am yet to watch that I may also come to cherish over time, ‘cause you know, there’s always more out there!  This season’s Sakamichi no Appolon is proof of that.  Even after three years of anime watching under my belt and, consequently, a hardened outlook on the stuff, it is still possible something perfect will come along, reminding you just why you love anime so!

Without any further ado, my final Remembering Love post! This time I’ve chosen to write about another classic, (albeit a more quietly praised show than Death Note) Kino’s Journey.