I am undertaking to organize a list of all the anime series I've watched since getting sucked into this hobby in Spring 2002. Each series I've watched will have its own individual entry and will be organized here, once I figure out how Blogger works. Here I have organized my ratings systems, including definitions of terms. Each term will be a linked tag in the individual entries.
Comments and discussions are welcome, as well as anime recommendations.
MEYDAY Rating:
What I thought of it (sometimes with Mr. Quickly's input included)
- God Level: The kind of series I'd watch again and again and recommend to anyone who holds still long enough to listen.
- Rewatchable: The kind of series I'd totally sit through a second or third time.
- Good Once: I watched it and enjoyed it but wouldn't want to sit through the whole thing all over again.
- Bad End: The series was great up to the last ep or few eps, and then it pissed on the rug.
- Poor-Completed: I watched it all the way through, but it was pretty weak from start to finish.
- Poor-Dropped: I watched at least five episodes and just didn't have the interest in continuing.
- Awful-Completed: I suffered through the entire thing and for the most part, hated every minute of it.
- Awful-Dropped: I suffered through at least five episodes of this thing, and then I was completely done.
- Previewed: I watched one episode and never went back, for better or for worse.
Sexual Rating:
How sexually explicit is this series?
- E for Everyone: (Sex-E) Puritan Approved. No fanservice, nudity, or sexually suggestive situations.
- T for Teen: (Sex-T) Mild Fanservice. Panty-shots, boob-bouncing, guys whose shirts like to unbutton themselves. Not the main focus of the series.
- M for Mature: (Sex-M) Hardcore Fanservice just shy of porn, with sex quite possibly being one of the main focuses of the series.
- X for Xcellent?: (Sex-X) Pornography. Y'know. The stuff where they actually show the sex scenes.
Violence Rating:
How violent is this series?
- E for Everyone: (Vio-E) Harmony, harmony, oh love. The biggest conflicts you'll see will be sibling quarrels and lovers' spats.
- T for Teen: (Vio-T) Tame. Fist-fights after school, sports-related fight-scenes, non-graphic battles with off-screen/non-graphic death.
- M for Mature: (Vio-M) Satsugai, Satsugai se-oh. Graphic depictions of death/torture/violence/suffering.
Genres:
- Action: A series which focuses on stories where people run around/drive around/fly around really fast. Sometimes things blow up.
- Children's: Series made for children. Think Sesame Street here, folks.
- Comedy: A series written with the intention of making you laugh.
- Drama: Series that are serious without being horror- or action-oriented. Serious-business self-reflection, usually very plot-heavy.
- Horror: Series written with the intention of frightening wimps like me.
- Porn: Uhh … porn. Sex happens on screen instead of in your dirty little mind.
Settings
- Current: Set in or around the time in which the series was produced (so bad 80s styling is okay if it came out in the 80s).
- Future: Set far enough in the future to be more technologically advanced than iPhones and RealDolls.
- Historical: Set far enough in the past that anime didn't exist yet.
Themes
- Baww: This series contains something that will do its best to make you cry like a little kid.
- Boys-Love: This series contains some element of romantic affection, implied or explicit, between two male characters.
- Ecchi: This series contains elements pervy in nature - panty-shots, bared male chests, high-school level dirty jokes.
- Fantasy: This series takes place in a fantastical setting in which fantastical things happen.
- Girls-Love: This series contains some element of romantic affection, implied or explicit, between two female characters.
- Incest: This series contains some element of romantic affection, implied or explicit, between family members,
- Loli: This series contains themes enhanced by a female character being or appearing to be under the age of 16.
- Magical Girl: This series has one or more characters who undergo a magical transformation as part of the plot.
- Mecha: This series has giant robots in it which may or may not be piloted by people.
- Otaku: This series addresses the lifestyle and issues of otaku in Japan and around the world.
- Sci-Fi: This series contains elements of science fiction such as aliens, robotic implants, space ships, life on other planets, etc.
- Slice-of-Life: This series focuses on the simple things in life that occur in the absence of or despite magic, science fiction, alliance, and the supernatural.
- Social Underbelly: This series contains elements of organized crime, under-the-table dealings, and other illegal in-the-shadows themes.
- Sports: This series contains themes heavily tied to some form of sport.
- Steampunk: This series contains elements which combine futuristic technological capabilities with the historical design of steam-powered machinery.
- Supernatural: This series contains elements of magic, spiritualism, and fantasy in a normal, earth-bound setting.
Character Ages
- Adult: The main character or majority of characters are older than traditional college-age.
- College: The main character or majority of characters are aged 18-24 and not necessarily attending college.
- Elementary: The main character or majority of characters are children, ages ranging anywhere from infancy to 11 years old.
- High School: The main character or majority of characters are high school/junior high school age (12-17).
Target Audience
Note: Who did the company intend to sell this series to - NOT who I think should or shouldn't watch it
- Shoujo: Junior high/High school girls.
- Jyosei: Women older than high school.
- Shounen: Junior high/High school boys.
- Seinen: Men older than high school.
- Mixed male: Aimed at seinen and shounen audiences alike.
- Mixed female: Aimed at shoujo a jyosei audiences alike.
- Mixed adult: Aimed at seinen and jyousei audiences alike.
- Mixed youth: Aimed at shoujo and shounen audiences alike.
I'll add things if I come across 3 or more series which need a label that isn't listed here. Let me know what you think if you stumble upon this page and have an opinion! :D
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