Reviews

Welcome to our review section. This area is dedicated to general reviews without spoilers. (Spoilers are bits of information that reveal something about a show people may not have seen yet.) If there are any spoilers, there will be a warning in front of the review. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to mail us.
 

     Meet the review panel!
We are pleased to present Japanimation Haven's volunteer review panel. Remember, all the opinions presented here are just that; opinions. Why should you bother to read them, then? Because we here at Japanimation Haven have taken pains to make the judging panel as varied as possible to provide as many different points of view as possible. All of our panellists have been anime fans for a different amount of time, have different influences, likes, dislikes, and inputs. So read on and judge for yourself. Here at the 'Haven, we try our hardest to present anime as something everyone will love.

     Reviewers!
Reviewers are listed alphabetically. In order to protect the panel, nicknames only are used. These are, of course, not the real names of the panel members. Each name is followed by a short description of the member's qualifications and personal preferences. To email any of them, email the 'Haven directly with the panellist's name in the header and your letter will be duly sorted.

Chibi-Jef - Politician, gamer, watching anime for 1 month. Prefers anime with swordplay in it. Our chibi mascot.

Dilandau - Professional animator, watching anime for 10 years. Prefers anything, as long as it's anime. Our professional voice of reason.

Kas - Student, professional goof-off, watching anime for 8 years. Prefers anime with cheesy characters that make little sense. Our token cheesemonger. (On vacation)

Laura-chan - Computer engineer, watching anime for 4 years. Prefers anime with cute characters and nice storylines. Our technical advisor.

Miss Amelia - Public relations professional, watching anime for 7 years. Prefers animes with good music, great special effects, and cool guy characters. Our do-gooder. (On vacation)

Roque-ja - Student, music major, watching anime for 8 years. Prefers anime with good music and interesting character design. Our music moocher. (On vacation)

Shinigami - Animation grad, geek, and God of Death, watching anime for 1 year. Prefers shoujo anime with lots of cool bishonen boys. Our artistic cheerleader.

TwinSeven - President of Japanimation Haven, watching anime for 5.5 years. Prefers all anime. Only votes when he feels like it. Our absentee leader.

Wicked Lady - Professional film editor, watching anime for 5 years. Prefers pretty anime with beautiful art, good storylines, and good voice actors. Our film reference.

Zorro - English major, web designer, watching anime for 2 years. Prefers anime with references to roleplaying genres and chintzy Hong Kong action. Our creative input.
 
 

        Voting!
Here is an expample of how the voting is conducted. If available (or requested), each members' voting reasons will be posted as well. Here is an example of a simple review with explanations.

Title: The Slayers
Episodes: First season
Votes: For: 4
           Against: 2
           Indifferent: 1
For: Dilandau, Miss Amelia, Laura-chan, Wicked Lady
D: "Nice costumes. Sometimes characters go off-model, but they're so funky! And the fire attacks are great. Catchy music!"
M: "Costumes are cool. Jokes are good. The spells ROCK! And, of course, the music is good."
L: "I like the colouring, the music, and the characters. The adventures are weird but interesting. and the music is pretty good."
W: "I like the colours, well-done. The spells are archaic, as I'd expect. Some repetitiveness in the art, but the characters are pretty humourous. Good fight scenes."

Against: Kas, Roquejaw
K: "Slayers is cool, I guess, but it gets boring after a while. And Lina's English voice bites."
R: "I thought it was more long than boring. The fight scenes are ok, the music is a bit irritating."

Indifferent: Zorro
Z: "Spells and such just aren't my thing."
 

In lieu of this huge review, a short summary will be posted with the title, episode, and votes.
So, shall we proceed?
 

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