How My Grades Work

I think for the most part my reviews are pretty self-explanatory, except for my grading system. So this post will explain how I grade what and why.

A: Anything with an A grade is something I would Highly Recommend. A graded anime and manga are ones I highly enjoyed, have very few to none unenjoyable traits, and I believe most other people would enjoy too.

B: Anime and manga with a B grade is something I would Recommend. B grades are the average for my grading scale (I know my grading scale is skewed) as B works are things I enjoyed, I feel have few unenjoyable traits (or these traits are mitigated by the enjoyable traits), and have broad appeal.

C: Works with C grades are things I would recommend if the specific work appealed to you. These works usually have some sort of problem be it pacing, plot, voice acting, artwork, characters, etc. that diminished the enjoyability of these works. Now C anime and manga do have several traits that make them enjoyable, but they are works, because of their flaws, that won't have the mass appeal or enjoyment that A and B works will.

D: Anime and manga with D grades mean that they have several problems that detract from their enjoyability and not enough positives to really make it worth ones time unless you are looking for the specific aspects the work has. This also includes a lot of artistic works where the anime or manga is focused only one aspect at the expense of the others. Don't expect me to review a lot of D works.

F: I would be shocked if I ever reviewed a work I gave an F to, as I probably would've stopped watching/reading before I started. But these are works that are universally bad. Think Star Wars Christmas Special bad. Basically anything I give an F to I would not only not recommend, but I would also suggest not touching it or looking at it's general direction.

+ and - are more of a personal ranking of where they belong within each category. For reference a B+ work will either be more enjoyable or have more mass appeal or both than a B or B- work.

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor

Introduction: There are just some anime that you just love. It's the anime that makes you love all that is anime. For me it's this 1993 anime which is an adaption of The Most Irresponsible Man In Space light novels.

Plot Overview: In this Sci-Fi comedic space opera we follow the trials and tribulations of Justy Ueki Tylor. He is a lazy bum who dreams of the easy life and so decides to join the United Planet Space Forces so he can have a cushy desk job. While on a routine pension delivery he accidentally saves the life of a very well respected retired general and his daughters who were being held captive. The UPSF confronted with the fact that Tylor is now a national hero, but clearly incompetent, decide to promote him to captain of a decrepit ship full of other cast-offs, the Soyokaze. And so begins the infamous career of the most irresponsible man to ever captain a ship.

Review: While on it's surface The Irresponsible Captain Tylor appears to be a straight comedy, full of laughs and unconcerned with proving a point, the more you get into it the more you start to realize that nothing is exactly as it appears. The cast of characters are surprisingly deep even though only a couple are ever fully developed and everybody has a twitch of mystery that not only makes you question their motives, but also their state of mind. The plot overall isn't the strongest, but it doesn't need to be. In fact as the entire show is so character driven I think a strong plot would've probably made it worse as it would've detracted away from the characters.

Conclusion: This is a great anime for those who want a deeper, more intriguing comedy rather than the thin and superficial gag comedies that seem to populate the anime universe right now.

Guardman's Grade: A

Categories:  Space Opera, Sci-Fi, War, Comedy

Introduction

Yo. So a lot of people have been asking for my anime recommendations and reviews (though I am pretty sure 90% of those asking are Psi and Psi gimmicks) so I thought I would make a blog where you can see what anime I like, which one's I don't, why I think that way, along with what the anime is about. I might also throw in some manga reviews as well.

I hope you enjoy and please comment and tell your friends. And I am going to try and update on Mondays.