As promised, my review of Hanbun
no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora has been finally posted. If only I had known it was
added to the anime database sooner.
merged: 06-20-2006 ~ 12:10pm
I have to say that I am becoming rather distraught with this group. My belief
was that this group's reason for existance was to write reviews, critique
others, do what needed to be done to improve the review system and overall
maintain the integrity of MT reviews. Granted, I'm not dumb enough to believe
that every waking hour should be spent on MT going through reviews, but it seems
that I see very little in the way of interaction with this group. I make a point
(time permitting) to read every review that hits this site and try to comment on
it in hopes of bettering the system, improving lacking writers, or encouraging
good ones. It seems now that people are writing just plain awful reviews and the
only comments they are recieving are "good review ^^" with very little
in the way of constructive criticisim or kudos on a good review in proper
form.
I'm not saying that everybody needs to do as I do and try to comment and read
every review, but it would be nice to see some interaction from the group that
is supposed to be working closest with them. Besides that, I thought we should
be trying to at least better one anothers works, and I seem to rarely see that.
When I see a review written by one of our own, I make sure to carefully review
their writting. Very rarely do I see anybody else seemingly making an
attempt.
I am not trying to attack any members, I just think that right now there is
virtually no need for the existance of this group. We don't seem to do anything,
or for that matter interact with one another. I just figure a group that should
stand for quality, should seek to provide just that by their own writing or
assisting others. Just a thought.
Quote by shinsengumiAt least some of
you still stop by to update the board with your latest reviews, so I just wanted
to plug shoujoboy's thread on whether or not reviews should be written for
series that are ongoing (and therefore incomplete).
Hasn't this been discussed
before?
I know, old long-dead thread Perfectly
valid to start a new one. But some of us weighed in on the subject before, so
it'll be interesting to see if anyone's changed their opinion. Rereading my own
response in that thread, I still stand by my opinions.
Also, I note that one of my only arguements against partial reviews was the lack
of an editing function. This has now been remedied
At least some of you still stop by to update the board with your latest reviews,
so I just wanted to plug shoujoboy's thread on whether or not reviews should be
written for series that are ongoing (and therefore incomplete).
Quote by shoujoboyI just came across a
short 6 episode show entitled "Hanbu no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora". The
plot synopsis according to Anime News Network is "During the winter, Yuichi
was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the
hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika,
a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but
she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be
attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she
acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live."
As soon as it is added to the list I will be posting a review for it. Also since
it is a new add-on to the list, I'll try getting some screens up as well.
I loved Hantsuki. I will be joining the review bandwagon when that happens.
All, I just want to let you know that as I've retired from the moderator staff,
there currently isn't a Review moderator. Given that there aren't that many
reviews that are submitted, all of the current moderators will chip in to take
care of handful of review reports that are received every month or so.
Quote by shoujoboyI just came across a
short 6 episode show entitled "Hanbu no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora". The
plot synopsis according to Anime News Network is "During the winter, Yuichi
was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the
hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika,
a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but
she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be
attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she
acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live."
As soon as it is added to the list I will be posting a review for it. Also since
it is a new add-on to the list, I'll try getting some screens up as well.
That's a great story. I might try and go get a copy myself.
I just came across a short 6 episode show entitled "Hanbu no Tsuki ga
Noboru Sora". The plot synopsis according to Anime News Network is
"During the winter, Yuichi was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he
would try to escape from the hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One
day, he happened to meet Rika, a girl of his age, in the next building. He was
fascinated by her beauty, but she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by
the nose, he began to be attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her
illness, he knew why she acted so selfish; she didn't have long to
live."
As soon as it is added to the list I will be posting a review for it. Also since
it is a new add-on to the list, I'll try getting some screens up as well.
I agree with shoujoboy. Its a nice thing to have a personal opinion portion,
though I wouldn't call it that because a review is entirely made of personal
opinion. Maybe something like a Miscellaneous Comments or something like that.
I just recently did a review on Maria-sama ga
miteru and I was wondering if I was the one that updated it on the page when
I did a new one or does somebody else within the group do that? Also if it is
me, how do I go about doing that? Sorry for the potentially retarded
question.
merged: 02-16-2006 ~ 11:44pm
I think that the review system is lacking one additional grading section,
something to the likes of Tilt. I think that it is a bit misleading when you
have a show that say had an awful plot and horrid presentation but a good
soundtrack and fantastic animation. If you give the plot and presentation a 2
and the music and art gets a 9 you end up with an overall 5.5 overall average,
which shouldn't be the case. If we added a "Tilt" or a personal
opinion portion that could be used to either explain the scores that were given
or give a score entirely based upon preference as opposed to the confines of the
categories we have.
Maybe I'm out there on this thought, but I would hate for an undeserving show to
get a score any higher than it should or a great one get destroyed because it
had a bad animation department. I would like to at least toss around ideas for
future changes.
Quote by Tama-NekoWhen writing a review
of the Utena movie I realized there was no checkbox for movie under the category
options; only TV, OVA, manga and game. Could we get that
added?
Noted. I'll see what can be done about it.
__________
In case any of you have not noticed it in the Minitokyo Discussions forum, I've
gone ahead and posted A
Reviewer's Guide to Minitokyo Reviews, which is in fact the Reviews section
of the (never released) MT3 Draft FAQ. Please let me know if you have any
suggestions or need clarifications on any part of the guide.
When writing a review of the Utena movie I realized there was no checkbox for
movie under the category options; only TV, OVA, manga and game. Could we get
that added?
Quote by kawaiiguyAs for the topic of
the "revised" review categories, what ever became of the manga
reviews?
Given that it doesn't seem as if Sheqel ever got
around to making adjustments, for now if you decide to review manga, please feel
free to use the Sound category to review whatever aspect(s) not adequately
covered by the other categories, such as the dialogue.
Quote by shinsengumiAs a heads-up,
I've gone ahead and banned power reviewer hokahoka for submitting upwards of a
dozen reviews lifted from animenewsnetwork over the course of a few weeks. If
any of you find evidence of other members plagerizing reviews, do not hesitate
to let me know. It should go without saying that plagerizing reviews is every
bit as unacceptable as ripping wallpapers.
Who would have thought that ripping would happen in the review domain as well. I
suppose it makese sense, people are just that lazy!
As for the topic of the "revised" review categories, what ever became
of the manga reviews?
Quote by shinsengumiAs a heads-up,
I've gone ahead and banned power reviewer hokahoka for submitting upwards of a
dozen reviews lifted from animenewsnetwork over the course of a few weeks. If
any of you find evidence of other members plagerizing reviews, do not hesitate
to let me know. It should go without saying that plagerizing reviews is every
bit as unacceptable as ripping wallpapers.
I didn't know that kinda thing happened here... oh well... I'll tip you in shin
if I find others like that.
As a heads-up, I've gone ahead and banned power reviewer hokahoka for submitting upwards of a
dozen reviews lifted from animenewsnetwork over the course of a few weeks. If
any of you find evidence of other members plagerizing reviews, do not hesitate
to let me know. It should go without saying that plagerizing reviews is every
bit as unacceptable as ripping wallpapers.
I'm so glad the letter grades finally got replaced! The
two-word descriptor system is a lot more standardized and meaningful than a
grade. Like Shinsengumi remarked, an "average" grade, especially for
college students, is really a function of the class itself, and a grade in and
of itself has little meaning. Besides, the two-word descriptors fit my view of
rating: Below a 4, it's not really worth trying; 4-6 are worth a rental, 7-8 are
solid series but nothing outstanding or new, and 9-10 are things that are
exceptional.
Quote by Kryuzeiwow..the
"A,B,C,D" Rating has been changed to "good, sufficent, quite
sufficent, very good " rating ?
Letter
"grades" are in many ways ambiguous, because different people have
different ideas of what different letter grades mean. Ask a roomfull of college
students what "average" is, for example, and you'll get dozens of
different answers. Also, if you recall, the letter assignment followed a really
strange formula, which only added to the confusion.
In the end moving away from letters and towards one or two-word descriptors is
best. I personally keep the following rule in mind when I grade: 1 is atrocious,
5-6 is average, and 10 is perfection, with the distribution following a normal
bell-shaped curve.
Of course, in our sample distribution of submitted reviews, we're going to have
far more reviews with scores above the mean, but that's just a function of the
fact that few people have the patience to watch through a bad anime, read
through a bad manga, or play through a bad game in order to write a review for
it.
Quote: The "writing"
review allows someone to review how good the prose in the manga is. In addition
to dialogue, manga often also have blocks of text that are explanatory in
nature; how well these are written, how well they flow, etc. would be the
subject of review. If you can read Japanese and have read both the original
Japanese version of the manga and a translated version, you can also comment on
how well the manga was translated, but this is by no means a
requirement.
like i said.... there's so many different translation in this world for just
one
manga.. so sometimes people may get confused if someone reviewed a different
translation from the reader.
well duh... just give it a try
and put it
As promised, my review of Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora has been finally posted. If only I had known it was added to the anime database sooner.
merged: 06-20-2006 ~ 12:10pm
I have to say that I am becoming rather distraught with this group. My belief was that this group's reason for existance was to write reviews, critique others, do what needed to be done to improve the review system and overall maintain the integrity of MT reviews. Granted, I'm not dumb enough to believe that every waking hour should be spent on MT going through reviews, but it seems that I see very little in the way of interaction with this group. I make a point (time permitting) to read every review that hits this site and try to comment on it in hopes of bettering the system, improving lacking writers, or encouraging good ones. It seems now that people are writing just plain awful reviews and the only comments they are recieving are "good review ^^" with very little in the way of constructive criticisim or kudos on a good review in proper form.
I'm not saying that everybody needs to do as I do and try to comment and read every review, but it would be nice to see some interaction from the group that is supposed to be working closest with them. Besides that, I thought we should be trying to at least better one anothers works, and I seem to rarely see that. When I see a review written by one of our own, I make sure to carefully review their writting. Very rarely do I see anybody else seemingly making an attempt.
I am not trying to attack any members, I just think that right now there is virtually no need for the existance of this group. We don't seem to do anything, or for that matter interact with one another. I just figure a group that should stand for quality, should seek to provide just that by their own writing or assisting others. Just a thought.
Retrospective project
this should interest some of you members :3
Hasn't this been discussed before?
I know, old long-dead thread
Also, I note that one of my only arguements against partial reviews was the lack of an editing function. This has now been remedied
At least some of you still stop by to update the board with your latest reviews, so I just wanted to plug shoujoboy's thread on whether or not reviews should be written for series that are ongoing (and therefore incomplete).
No more partial reviews
I loved Hantsuki. I will be joining the review bandwagon when that happens.
Too bad you need to go. Oh well.
Someone forgot to change the "th class" when they edited the staff list.
sorry guys, i will leave this group. too many groups to join.
hope u can understand that and remove me from d group's page.
thanks.
All, I just want to let you know that as I've retired from the moderator staff, there currently isn't a Review moderator. Given that there aren't that many reviews that are submitted, all of the current moderators will chip in to take care of handful of review reports that are received every month or so.
That's a great story. I might try and go get a copy myself.
I just came across a short 6 episode show entitled "Hanbu no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora". The plot synopsis according to Anime News Network is "During the winter, Yuichi was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika, a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live."
As soon as it is added to the list I will be posting a review for it. Also since it is a new add-on to the list, I'll try getting some screens up as well.
I agree with shoujoboy. Its a nice thing to have a personal opinion portion, though I wouldn't call it that because a review is entirely made of personal opinion. Maybe something like a Miscellaneous Comments or something like that.
I just recently did a review on Maria-sama ga miteru and I was wondering if I was the one that updated it on the page when I did a new one or does somebody else within the group do that? Also if it is me, how do I go about doing that? Sorry for the potentially retarded question.
merged: 02-16-2006 ~ 11:44pm
I think that the review system is lacking one additional grading section, something to the likes of Tilt. I think that it is a bit misleading when you have a show that say had an awful plot and horrid presentation but a good soundtrack and fantastic animation. If you give the plot and presentation a 2 and the music and art gets a 9 you end up with an overall 5.5 overall average, which shouldn't be the case. If we added a "Tilt" or a personal opinion portion that could be used to either explain the scores that were given or give a score entirely based upon preference as opposed to the confines of the categories we have.
Maybe I'm out there on this thought, but I would hate for an undeserving show to get a score any higher than it should or a great one get destroyed because it had a bad animation department. I would like to at least toss around ideas for future changes.
Noted. I'll see what can be done about it.
__________
In case any of you have not noticed it in the Minitokyo Discussions forum, I've gone ahead and posted A Reviewer's Guide to Minitokyo Reviews, which is in fact the Reviews section of the (never released) MT3 Draft FAQ. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or need clarifications on any part of the guide.
After a dry spell, I've gone and whipped up a review on Aria: The Animation.
I swear, getting screenshots to fit the dimensions required far too much effort on my part, especially the one that came to file size...
When writing a review of the Utena movie I realized there was no checkbox for movie under the category options; only TV, OVA, manga and game. Could we get that added?
Given that it doesn't seem as if Sheqel ever got around to making adjustments, for now if you decide to review manga, please feel free to use the Sound category to review whatever aspect(s) not adequately covered by the other categories, such as the dialogue.
Who would have thought that ripping would happen in the review domain as well. I suppose it makese sense, people are just that lazy!
As for the topic of the "revised" review categories, what ever became of the manga reviews?
I didn't know that kinda thing happened here... oh well... I'll tip you in shin if I find others like that.
As a heads-up, I've gone ahead and banned power reviewer hokahoka for submitting upwards of a dozen reviews lifted from animenewsnetwork over the course of a few weeks. If any of you find evidence of other members plagerizing reviews, do not hesitate to let me know. It should go without saying that plagerizing reviews is every bit as unacceptable as ripping wallpapers.
I'm so glad the letter grades finally got replaced!
The
two-word descriptor system is a lot more standardized and meaningful than a
grade. Like Shinsengumi remarked, an "average" grade, especially for
college students, is really a function of the class itself, and a grade in and
of itself has little meaning. Besides, the two-word descriptors fit my view of
rating: Below a 4, it's not really worth trying; 4-6 are worth a rental, 7-8 are
solid series but nothing outstanding or new, and 9-10 are things that are
exceptional. 
Letter "grades" are in many ways ambiguous, because different people have different ideas of what different letter grades mean. Ask a roomfull of college students what "average" is, for example, and you'll get dozens of different answers. Also, if you recall, the letter assignment followed a really strange formula, which only added to the confusion.
In the end moving away from letters and towards one or two-word descriptors is best. I personally keep the following rule in mind when I grade: 1 is atrocious, 5-6 is average, and 10 is perfection, with the distribution following a normal bell-shaped curve.
Of course, in our sample distribution of submitted reviews, we're going to have far more reviews with scores above the mean, but that's just a function of the fact that few people have the patience to watch through a bad anime, read through a bad manga, or play through a bad game in order to write a review for it.
merged: 12-10-2005 ~ 02:43am
Awesome, Tama! Keep up the great work
wow..the "A,B,C,D" Rating has been changed to "good, sufficent, quite sufficent, very good " rating ?
wow..
I'm in a writing mood...
oi...i've reviewed Makai Kingdom.
like i said.... there's so many different translation in this world for just one
manga.. so sometimes people may get confused if someone reviewed a different translation from the reader.
well duh... just give it a try
and put it