So, at which point should you submit a review for an anime?
Minna san, since MT has a review function, I am sure a lot of you have
submit or will submit reviews for animes here
Question to you guys, at which point would you consider submit a review
For example, if it is a new anime and there are no current reviews on it in
MT, would you submit a review for it just so you can guide the community into
this anime
Or, do you wait until the entire series to finish then submit a review
Mods, I do not exactly know where to put this thread, whether in Suggestions
or Complaints or .Help or Everyday Life, so feel free to move it
I do not think that you should submit a review just to guide people into it,
even when you haven't watched half of it yet. So basiclly, i would wait until
the end of it to write a complete and well informative review on it to give
people a better understanding of the show.
Actually it is best for you to wait til the series ended... But I think halfway
through the anime is fine...it just depends on whether you actually understand
the anime aspect or not before you submit the review,.. I mean, you are not
trying to give spoiler on the story so finishing the anime is not required..
However, with finishing the whole anime, you will understand the whole
Presentation, Art & Music aspect better and therefore can write a more
reliable review on that but
sometimes there are animes that maintain its Music (i.e. same soundtrack,opening
and ending) and Art (i.e. no development in drawing or BG aspect) and
Presentation (same way, such as Doraemon) throughout the anime... so.. it really
depends on your own understanding, I guess..
What I do not understand how people can submit a review to something that is not
even out yet ^^" , that is.. ffvii : ac... Yup, there is a review for this,
though the movie would only came out this September
Well, the thing being that currently, there is no review for Suzuka, I
thought the MT community might not be aware of such an anime. So, I simply
warned ahead that it is being a 2 episode review and people could choose to read
it if they want
I think submitting partial reviews would be best if we wait until the review
editing feature is implemented. Currently, once a review is submitted, it is
"set in stone," if you will. If a review is only based upon a few
episodes, there would probably be large holes in the review regarding things
that the anime has yet to cover. Changes may take place that the reviewer cannot
foresee.
Thus, I think that partial reviews should only be submitted when we have a
review editing feature, which I believe would be available on MT3. Even then, I
agree that partial reviews should be used sparingly.
Quote by EternalParadoxI think
submitting partial reviews would be best if we wait until the
review editing feature is implemented. Currently, once a review is
submitted, it is "set in stone," if you will. If a review is only
based
upon a few episodes, there would probably be large holes in the review
regarding things that the anime has yet to cover. Changes may take
place that the reviewer cannot foresee. Thus, I think that partial
reviews should only be submitted when we have a review editing feature,
which I believe would be available on MT3. Even then, I agree that
partial reviews should be used sparingly.
Yes, That I completely agree
However, based on my anime experience, I could sort of tell where this is
aheading and I also have the manga to backup, so the story+presentation+art part
would not be too much different even though the sound could be, ie via the
release of OST or something
Quote by hiddensnakehands
Yes, That I completely agree
However, based on my anime experience, I could sort of tell where this
is aheading and I also have the manga to backup, so the
story+presentation+art part would not be too much different even though
the sound could be, ie via the release of OST or
something
95% of the time, the anime does not follow what it says in the manga. It is not
a good idea to completly rely on the manga instead of the anime, since you are
reviewing on the anime.
And it is difficult to say for sure that you do know where the anime is heading,
since sometimes the creators do enjoy adding twists and turns in the show for
more excitement. They always change some details from the manga in the anime.
And now, for someone on the other side of the fence: I think partial reviews
of the newest series being currently released in
Japan are a good thing. Note the emphasis. I don't think a partial review
of say, Tenkuu no Escaflowne, is warranted, since it's been out and released
Japan-side, State-side, world-wide for years. However, each new anime season
brings out a spate of new shows, and I, for one, can never keep up. At this
point I've given up on trying to keep up, and partial reviews helps me decide
what series to pursue or not. From reading hiddensnakehands review, for example,
I've decided that I won't try to follow Suzuka because I'm not a fan of the
shounen high-school romance genre, although it looks like a better-then-average
take on the dumb-guy-meets-cute-girl plotline.
The only problem is that as mentioned before, reviews currently cannot be
edited; if you watch 10 more episodes and want to change some parts of the
sound, or presentation, then you have to delete the review and submit a new one.
Hopefully a more thorough review script will be implemented in MT3, but for
right now, that's the limitation.
At what point do you write a review? Well, that's a personal preference. For
example, if I try a series I will give it 5 episodes to draw me in, or I stop
watching it (there are exceptions. Some things I just hate so badly that I won't
give them 5 episodes. So, were I to write a partial review I would wait until I
had seen 5 episodes -- however, as I said before, this is a personal measure.
hiddensnakehands seems to have a good grasp of the plot from the manga, and
while most anime adaptations eventually deviate from their manga originators,
they will still (usually, I'm sure there's exceptions somewhere) follow the same
premise and direction of the manga (most major anime deviations from manga occur
when the animators run out of manga storyline to follow, and thus must make
their own story separately from the manga author - but up until this point the
anime and manga are relatively similar.) Perhaps hiddensnakehands can more
clearly delimit the plot points gained from the manga as opposed to those from
the anime in his review in order to make sure there is no confusion. Conclusion:
In a nutshell: I do not mind partial reviews, as long as the reviewer
understands the limitations of the current MT review system, and the review is
only partial because the series is currently being aired and has not completed
its run, and not because the reviewer lacked access to all the episodes for
other reasons.
So, at which point should you submit a review for an anime?
Minna san, since MT has a review function, I am sure a lot of you have submit or will submit reviews for animes here
Question to you guys, at which point would you consider submit a review
For example, if it is a new anime and there are no current reviews on it in MT, would you submit a review for it just so you can guide the community into this anime
Or, do you wait until the entire series to finish then submit a review
Mods, I do not exactly know where to put this thread, whether in Suggestions or Complaints or .Help or Everyday Life, so feel free to move it
I do not think that you should submit a review just to guide people into it, even when you haven't watched half of it yet. So basiclly, i would wait until the end of it to write a complete and well informative review on it to give people a better understanding of the show.
Actually it is best for you to wait til the series ended... But I think halfway through the anime is fine...it just depends on whether you actually understand the anime aspect or not before you submit the review,.. I mean, you are not trying to give spoiler on the story so finishing the anime is not required..
but
sometimes there are animes that maintain its Music (i.e. same soundtrack,opening
and ending) and Art (i.e. no development in drawing or BG aspect) and
Presentation (same way, such as Doraemon) throughout the anime... so.. it really
depends on your own understanding, I guess..
However, with finishing the whole anime, you will understand the whole Presentation, Art & Music aspect better and therefore can write a more reliable review on that
What I do not understand how people can submit a review to something that is not even out yet ^^" , that is.. ffvii : ac... Yup, there is a review for this, though the movie would only came out this September
Well, the thing being that currently, there is no review for Suzuka, I thought the MT community might not be aware of such an anime. So, I simply warned ahead that it is being a 2 episode review and people could choose to read it if they want
I think submitting partial reviews would be best if we wait until the review editing feature is implemented. Currently, once a review is submitted, it is "set in stone," if you will. If a review is only based upon a few episodes, there would probably be large holes in the review regarding things that the anime has yet to cover. Changes may take place that the reviewer cannot foresee.
Thus, I think that partial reviews should only be submitted when we have a review editing feature, which I believe would be available on MT3. Even then, I agree that partial reviews should be used sparingly.
Yes, That I completely agree
However, based on my anime experience, I could sort of tell where this is aheading and I also have the manga to backup, so the story+presentation+art part would not be too much different even though the sound could be, ie via the release of OST or something
95% of the time, the anime does not follow what it says in the manga. It is not a good idea to completly rely on the manga instead of the anime, since you are reviewing on the anime.
And it is difficult to say for sure that you do know where the anime is heading, since sometimes the creators do enjoy adding twists and turns in the show for more excitement. They always change some details from the manga in the anime.
And now, for someone on the other side of the fence: I think partial reviews of the newest series being currently released in Japan are a good thing. Note the emphasis. I don't think a partial review of say, Tenkuu no Escaflowne, is warranted, since it's been out and released Japan-side, State-side, world-wide for years. However, each new anime season brings out a spate of new shows, and I, for one, can never keep up. At this point I've given up on trying to keep up, and partial reviews helps me decide what series to pursue or not. From reading hiddensnakehands review, for example, I've decided that I won't try to follow Suzuka because I'm not a fan of the shounen high-school romance genre, although it looks like a better-then-average take on the dumb-guy-meets-cute-girl plotline.
The only problem is that as mentioned before, reviews currently cannot be edited; if you watch 10 more episodes and want to change some parts of the sound, or presentation, then you have to delete the review and submit a new one. Hopefully a more thorough review script will be implemented in MT3, but for right now, that's the limitation.
At what point do you write a review? Well, that's a personal preference. For example, if I try a series I will give it 5 episodes to draw me in, or I stop watching it (there are exceptions. Some things I just hate so badly that I won't give them 5 episodes. So, were I to write a partial review I would wait until I had seen 5 episodes -- however, as I said before, this is a personal measure. hiddensnakehands seems to have a good grasp of the plot from the manga, and while most anime adaptations eventually deviate from their manga originators, they will still (usually, I'm sure there's exceptions somewhere) follow the same premise and direction of the manga (most major anime deviations from manga occur when the animators run out of manga storyline to follow, and thus must make their own story separately from the manga author - but up until this point the anime and manga are relatively similar.) Perhaps hiddensnakehands can more clearly delimit the plot points gained from the manga as opposed to those from the anime in his review in order to make sure there is no confusion.
Conclusion:
In a nutshell: I do not mind partial reviews, as long as the reviewer understands the limitations of the current MT review system, and the review is only partial because the series is currently being aired and has not completed its run, and not because the reviewer lacked access to all the episodes for other reasons.