Putting all the anime from the 90s 80s and 70s into the Anime Interest Index

For the sake of completion of this Anime Interest Index project, I went ahead and dug up everything from the 90s and earlier, which all fits nicely into this little list.

Unlimited Boredom Works: a review for Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (S1+2)

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya,

Season one released in Summer 2013, adapted by Silver Link.

Season two released in Summer 2014.

Prisma Illya, also known by its shortened name ‘Prillya’, is an anime you’ll inevitably run into whether or not you know anything about the Fate franchise. But you don’t need to know anything about the Fate series to figure out how this universe works. If you’ve ever seen a traditional mahou shoujo story before, Prillya follows similar guidelines, but with a Silver Link style parody spin on it. This is a pure non-canonical nonsense premise, and unlike the ‘real ‘Fate stories seen in light novel adaptations like Fate/Zero and Fate/Apocrypha, Prillya has some room to goof around and have fun with its characters. However, you shouldn’t expect any level of coherence when pairing up Silver Link’s off-the-rails standards of ‘parody’ with the grim environments of the Fate series.

Using the Anime Interest Index again to find the most hyped up anime of the 2000s

The Anime Interest Index is back to analyze another decade, this time looking at the progression from the beginning to the end of the 2000s. This is the time period where anime as a medium truly exploded past its niche appeal into a full-on culture of weebism. All your favorite anime cringe begins here; the Hare Hare Yukai dance, Hetalia, Am I Kawaii uguu, Naruto running, high school anime clubs… At this point in time, western anime culture was its own cult of nerds. Yet, you can’t help but look back fondly at the childish fascination western viewers had towards anime as a medium.

Using the Anime Interest Index to uncover the best anime of the 2020s

Hello my fellow painters, and welcome to every nerd’s favorite pastime, NUMBERS. And what’s better than numbers? Putting those numbers in order, especially when those numbers are going to represent which anime of the last five years are the ‘best’ ones.

But listing out what are purely the highest rated anime would be a bit too simple. After all, that’s what the MAL charts are, and you don’t need some random blogger to explain to you that Frieren is ranked #1 because people gave it high ratings. No, we need MORE than that. We need a way to rank anime in a way that suits our refined tastes. I refuse to accept that The Angel Next Door is a 7.82 while Do It Yourself sits at 7.45. This just isn’t right. We need TASTE if we’re going to single out which anime are worth watching in 2024.

a short review for Date a Live

 

Released in spring 2013 by the studio AIC Plus+

Date a Live makes a promise of the one thing us dating sim enjoyers like to stick around for here in the anime industry: The anime girls. Date a Live proudly waves their waifus out in front with flashy Tsunako character designs. Heads up to any self-respecting anime watcher out there reading this: You’re being BAITED. The power of its vibrant colors and five season allure of a show with an odd premise is exactly how people get suckered into mediocre Hyperdimension Neptunia games. The same logic applies to the Date a Live series, and if you don’t heed this warning, you will pay the price with your precious time.

a short review for Nourin: Silver Link's OTHER farming anime adaptation

 

Released for winter 2014 by the studio Silver Link.

Nourin is de-facto Silver Link light novel adaptation fodder, and you can truly only blame yourself if you end up watching it and feeling disappointed. But admittedly, Nourin isn’t an unwatchable comedy anime. By seasonal anime standards, I could call this dumb, I can cry about it not being funny, but I wouldn’t call it boring, and I wouldn’t call it meaningless.

Though I have to say, it’s a bit meaningless trying to review something like this… Blame my past self for taking on the “review some random dumbass anime” challenge, but when I said I was going to revisit all my previous anime reviews and touch them up for the Red Sea, I wasn’t kidding!

a review for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

 

Originally released in 2012 by Spike Chunsoft.

Steam version released in 2016.

This review contains spoilers for most Danganronpa media.

I love all three of the main Danganronpa games almost equally. Despite having a similar premise and structure, each game has its own unique aesthetic and approach to the killing game ‘last man standing’ situation. They’re so unique from each other that they generally don’t even feel connected to each other canonically until you get to the very end of each story. But regardless, this series was intended to be played in order, so make some time in your schedule, because it’s a beast of a visual novel series from start to finish.

Little Busters: English Edition (I reviewed this thing AGAIN)

 

Originally released in 2007 by Key.

English Edition released in 2017.

I've written so much about Little Busters already that it feels almost pointless to write more about it. But, seeing as it stands today as one of my favorite visual novels, it'd be wrong not to include something so dear to my heart on another new blog I happened to shift onto. My story with this game dates back over ten years ago when I played the fan-translated version for the first time. Little Busters was the first 'real' visual novel I ever played, that being a big budget Japanese one. Something in my teenage heart drew me towards anime media with cute girl characters in them. Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh, K-on, you get the idea. So why not spend some one on one time with them?