Re: Lists from Anime Insider

On 28 Nov 2003 22:20:32 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vince Lamb) wrote:

>I found this set of lists lying around on alt.fan.utena.  Since the
>regulars there take a dim view of cross-posting and I like to stay on
>the regs good side there, I'm reposting it to raam and
>alt.fan.sailor-moon, where you all can have at it, while leaving
>alt.fan.utena (snAFU, anyone?) alone.
>
>Speaking of Anime Insider, what do you think of its "positioning" in
>the anime magazine marketplace?  It strikes me as a bit low end
>(someone actually gets paid to write a stupid fight thread every
>month?  If I had the talent for such things, I'd be envious.  Instead,
>I think it's a bit silly).  Then again, we might need a low end
>publication!
>
>Anyway, the lists:
>
>BEST OF GIRL POWER ('Only with high heels can asses truly be kicked')
>1. Revolutionary Girl Utena
>2. Princess 9

I would hate to see *anyone* play baseball while wearing high heels.
^_^

>3. Sailor Moon
>4. Fruits Basket
>5. Card Captor Sakura

What?  No mention of "Bubblegum Crisis"?  Silly newbies - ignoring a
good show just because it's over a decade old...

>(Yes, you can tell that it was on alt.fan.utena from which list came
>first)

<snip>


>BEST OF GIANT ROBOTS:
>1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
>2. Gundam Wing
>3. Patlabor
>4. Gundam Seed
>5. Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
>6. The Big O
>7. Vision of Escaflowne
>8. Rahxephon
>9. Mobile Suit Gundam
>10. Macross Plus

No mention of "Nadesico"?  "Macross Plus" rated below "Evangelion"?
What are these people smoking?


>BEST OF COMEDY:
>1. Excel Saga
>2. Great Teacher Onizuka
>3. Azumanga Daioh
>4. Urusei Yatsura
>5. Ranma 1/2
>6. Project A-ko
>7. Roujin Z
>8. Slayers
>9. Irresponsible Captain Taylor
>10. Dragon Half
>
>BEST OF ACTION-ADVENTURE:
>1. Inu-Yasha
>2. Yu Yu Hakusho
>3. Rurouni Kenshin
>4. Dragon Ball Z
>5. Trigun
>6. Lupin the Third
>7. Dragon Ball
>8. Read Or Die
>9. Ninja Scroll
>10. Nadia, Secret of Blue Water

Ah, so they *have* heard of shows that were made before 1995.  But why
does "Nadia" rate below "Dragon Ball"?

>BEST OF SCI-FI:
>1. Akira
>2. Cowboy Bebop
>3. Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.
>4. Martian Successor Nadesico
>5. Ghost in the Shell

How could *anybody* put "Akira" at #1?  And they put "GitS SAC" above
"GitS"?  <sigh>


>BEST OF THE WEIRD:
>1. FLCL
>2. Di Gi Charat
>3. Super Milk-chan
>4. Panda Go Panda
>5. Cat Soup

They seem to have missed a few here - "Miyuki-chan in Wonderland" and
"Excel Saga" (which made #1 on their comedy list, so they know about it)
should both have been listed here...

<snip>


>BEST OF FANTASY:
>1. Record of Lodoss War
>2. Berserk
>3. Slayers

Why only three entries, when other lists have at least five?  (It can't
be because of lack of titles - "Ruin Explorers", "El Hazard", and
"Heroic Legend of Arislan" weren't listed.)


>They also had a "best of the rest" category...
>A Guy Surrounded by Hot Girls
>1. Love Hina
>2. Tenchi Muyo!
>3. Mahoromatic

How did they forget to mention "El Hazard"?

<snip>


>Transforming Chicks
>1. Sailor Moon
>2. Saint Tail
>3. Pretty Sammy

That's just silly - "Cutey Honey" belongs at #1 on this list, but isn't
even mentioned...  <shakes head in disbelief>

<snip>

Let me guess - they made up these lists based on how many ads each
company bought, as opposed to what shows actually deserved to be on the
lists?

-- 
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> robkelk -at- jksrv -dot- com
  "I'm *not* a kid!  Nyyyeaaah!"  - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of
 childishness and the desire to be very grown-up."    - C.S. Lewis, 1947