rvengefulobster:

iamthedukeofurl:

unpretty:

unpretty:

my two categories of anime rec are “it’s okay if you don’t really like anime, you’ll probably like this” and “this will not make any goddamn sense to you if you have not wasted years of your life on trash”

y’all took about five minutes to turn this into some kind of contentious madoka post when i was just sitting here innocently contemplating the spectrum from miyazaki to the bread anime

Okay, so, I feel like I should explain the greatest invention of the modern age…that was produced by my apartment. 

We call it, the Weeb Ass Shit scale, after our traditional method of asking what anime somebody was watching (”What Weeb Ass Shit is this?”)

It grades a given Anime from 0-10 on three different methods: Weeb, Ass, and Shit. An individual will have different degrees of tolerance for various levels on the different scales.
0 is low, 10 is high. 

Weeb is the degree to which the show assumes a familiarity with japanese pop culture or anime tropes in general, not only in terms of the actual content of the show, but occasionally at a conceptual level. Hyperspecialized high schools with all-powerful student councils, for example, add a couple points to the Weeb scale. Same goes for the presence or use of tropes that would be bizzare and off putting if you weren’t used to seeing such things in other anime. 

A zero on the Weeb scale could be enjoyed by somebody who doesn’t even know that Japan exists, a 10 assumes the audience possesses a PhD in japanese cultural studies with a focus on animation. Something like Cowboy Bebop comes in at a 1, while I’d put Kill-La-Kill at a 6. Anything of the form “These Girls are anthropomorphic versions of something else” rates at least a 7 in my book. 


Next comes the Ass Scale. Put simply, how much Fanservice is in the show. busty character design, male-gaze camera angles, skimpy outfits, hot spring episodes, character A tripping and landing in a compromising position on top of character B, all that nonsense. 
At a 0, you’ve got something you would watch with your Grandmother after church (Miyazaki’s stuff comes in at a 0). 

Finally, the Shit scale, which covers general overall quality. A 0 indicates that the show is flawless, a 10 holds that you would rather sandpaper your own face than watch it. It should be noted that the Shit scale should be judged independent of the others. Too much T&A shows up on the Ass scale. 

Proper use of this scale is in the form W/A/S. 
For example, Shokugeki no Soma (Aka Food Wars) would come in at W 4/  A 6/ S 3

This is a game changer!

  1. lizz-blizt reblogged this from tobemadeofglass
  2. skynnerspace reblogged this from darth-loki
  3. genogenocrazycatman reblogged this from fire-lark
  4. zgirlly reblogged this from zgirlly
  5. behira-the-bard reblogged this from rayshippouuchiha
  6. runebucket reblogged this from maguneedsalife
  7. jaimelanisterisatwink reblogged this from iamthedukeofurl
  8. lilith-the-first reblogged this from natsspammityspamspamham
  9. cly321r reblogged this from doras-battle-axe
  10. cookiesemilyy reblogged this from nyx-nymphette
  11. doras-battle-axe reblogged this from nyx-nymphette
  12. nyx-nymphette reblogged this from iamthedukeofurl
  13. duran-duran-less-official reblogged this from theindefinitejames and added:
    So Dr. Stone would be something like W2/A5/S1?
  14. theindefinitejames reblogged this from locked-keye
  15. locked-keye reblogged this from sunder-the-gold
  16. dragonmancers reblogged this from orange-plum
  17. disposablestorageurl reblogged this from chalkunderstars
  18. haventbeentotivoli reblogged this from pomodoko
  19. p-ardin-me reblogged this from yungbicon
  20. siderealdei reblogged this from rayshippouuchiha
  21. benbarpenny reblogged this from olyollyoxenfree
  22. olyollyoxenfree reblogged this from tomecko
  23. tomecko reblogged this from wulffridge
  24. warfangwhowrote reblogged this from peridotwraith
  25. irhen07 reblogged this from duksisdarker
  26. duksisdarker reblogged this from indicativeof-sideways-escalation
  27. namida221b reblogged this from indicativeof-sideways-escalation
  28. unpretty posted this