The Four-Word Anime Review List
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The concept behind this list is simple: Describe an anime in exactly
four words; no more, no less.
Last update: 18 January 2008.
New entries are marked with an asterisk.
Acknowledgements:
My thanks to these regulars of the rec.arts.anime.misc and
uk.media.animation.anime Usenet groups and the Drunkard's Walk web
forum for their submissions:
Peter Boulter Kees van Reeuwijk
Laurie "elsie" Cubbison Dave Watson
David Damerell Oliver Wong
Shayne "Rev Dark" Dark Phil Yff
Logan Darklighter Aaron "Acyl" Choo Yilun
Stuart Dawson :phant
Abraham Evangelista AGOL
June Geraci anonymous coward
Antonio E. Gonzalez dbbrandell
Logan "Foxboy" Goodhue ECSNorway
Jeanne Hedge eomdal
Heikki "vermes" Heiska Florin
Derek Janssen Hiroyuki
Chris "Chika" Johnson HoagieOfDoom
Rob Kelk Hoodoo
Bill Martin marklungo
Tom "****nDangaioh" Mathews Morganni
Richard Newns Necratoid
Justin Palmer Offsides
Jorge A Pratt ordnance11
Aje RavenStar Rod H
Nick Roberts sweno
Bob Schroeck Timote
richard.smol Valles
Mark van Gorkom WengFook
Catherine ("Fish Eye no Miko") Johnson
Robert "eternal lost lurker" Morrison
The descriptions for "Black Heaven" and "Burn Up!" are taken from the
advertising materials for the respective anime.
The List:
..hack//sign: Which game, which reality?
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot & Marple: Girl, Duck, Solve
Crimes.
Agent Aika: Guns. Panties. Fighting. Fun!
Ah My Goddess OAV/Movie: Anime fans blessed be.
Ah My Goddess TV: Please wake Belldandy, somebody.
Ai Yori Ao****: Starts well, loses plot.
Air: The good die young.
Akira: When doormats go crazy.
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku: Meow. Bang. Bounce. Bounce.
Amazing Nurse Na****o: Blatant fanservice, worse misogyny.
Angel Links: "Outlaw Star"'s mediocre spinoff.
Angelic Layer: Barbie dolls that battle.
Armitage III: Blade Runner The Second.
Armoured Trooper VOTOMs: Chirico. Hard. As. Nails.
Astroboy: Preteen Robot Culture Hero.
Aya**** no Ceres: Oh, My Angry Goddess.
Azumanga Daioh: Jolly but rather loli.
Berserk: Uber Swordsman, Evil jewelry.
Big O: Batman with giant mecha.
Binbou ****mai Monogatari: Poor Sisters Work Hard.
Black Cat: Fun Happy Reforming Assassins.
Black Lagoon: John Woo meets "Sopranos".
Black Heaven: Hard rock saves space.
Bleach: Big swords, bigger boobs.
Blue Gender: God, this is depressing.
Blue Seed: Bear panties save Japan.
Bokusatsu Ten**** Dokuro-chan: Gratuitous *** And Violence.
Bubblegum Crisis: Warbots. Babes. Music Videos.
Bubblegum Crisis 2040: Warped remake kills music.
Burn Up!: Big Crimes, Big Busts!
Burn Up W: More Sci-Fi Police Fanservice.
Burn Up Excess: Yup, even more fanservice.
Burn Up Scramble: Different continuity, same fanservice.
Burst Angel: Musicless BGC, done badly.
Card Captor Sakura: Fifty two card pickup.
Chobits: Who needs human girlfriends?
Chrono Crusade: The Nuns With Guns.
Code Geass: Chicks, Robots, Pizza Hut.
Comic Party: Otaku tolerance training video.
Cooking Master Boy: Chinese Iron Chef EXTREME!
Cowboy Bebop: So Long, Space Cowboy...
Coyote Ragtime Show: Blam! Boom! Robot maids!
Crescent Love: Another horribly animated conversion.
Crest of Stars/Banner of Stars: Blue Haired Space Elves.
Cyber Formula: Racecar's smarter than you.
Cyber Team in Akihabara: Magical Girls. Cybernetics. Illuminati.
D4 Princess: Schoolgirls fight with drills.
Dai Guard: Comic bureaucrats drive robot.
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue: Girls' outfits defy physics.
Death Note: Die by the pen.
Dennou Coil: "The Matrix", Miyazaki style.
Descendants of Darkness: Horror comedy with yaoi.
Devilman: Nietzsche calls collect. Damn.
Di Gi Charat: Oh, god! Too long!
Dirty Pair OAVs: Boobs. Bad luck. BOOM.
Dirty Pair TV: It's not our fault!
Dirty Pair movies: Even more boobs, destruction.
Dirty Pair Flash: Kei and Yuri rebuilt.
Divergence Eve: Big Breasts In Space.
Dominion Tank Police: Catgirls take the piss.
Dragon Half: A dragon-girl's misadventures.
Dragon Quest: The game, sans grinding.
Dragonball Z: Self Parody, More Power!
* El Cazador De La Bruja: Ellis loves her bodyguard.
El Hazard: Crossdressing across space/time.
Eureka 7: Rip everything, mix well.
Evangelion: Angst, angst, angst, squish...
eX-Driver: Future troubleshooters, classic cars.
Excel Saga: Spastic blonde mocks everything.
Fairy Defence Force Yukikaze: Man loves plane. Reciprocated.
Fate/Stay Night: Gender bending folk tales.
Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo): Wimp turns into boxer.
Final Fantasy: Advent Children: Where is my mommy?
Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals: Crystals make butts ****ne.
Fist of the North Star: Road Warrior, Boom-Fu.
FLCL: Giving head causes robots.
Flame of Recca: MY ARM SPITS DRAGONS!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Philosopher's stone's heavy price.
Full Metal Panic!: Army brat meets schoolgirl.
Full Moon o Saga****e: ****nigamis' Sick Singer Show.
Fu****gi Yugi: Miaka! Tamahome! Ad nauseum.
Galaxy Express 999: Are we there yet?
Gankutsuou: Alexandre Dumas, future style.
Gasaraki: Realistic mecha. Noh dancing.
Gate Keepers: Retro schoolkids save world.
Gate Keepers 21: Schoolkids, The Next Generation.
Gen****ken: Embrace your inner Otaku.
Geobreeders: Girls hunting evil nekojin.
G.T.O. (Great Teacher Onizuka): Lucky doesn't get lucky.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Hacking complicates plot
Majorly.
Gigantor: New idea: Giant Robot!
Girls Bravo: Massive Mammaries, Convoluted Story.
Golden Boy: Studying life and women.
Godannar: Giant robots, enormous breasts.
Grander Musa****: It's about fi****ng. Really.
Grave of the Fireflies: Japanese youth's wartime struggle.
Great Dangaioh: A cheerful "Evangelion" take.
Grenadier: Trigun with big boobs.
Gundam: Robot Pilots Die Tragically.
Gundam Double Zeta: Tomino on happy pills.
Gundam SEED: Angsty SI owns ZAFT.
Gundam SEED Destiny: Annoying SI gets owned.
Gungrave: John Woo's "Godfather: Zombie".
Gunbuster: Bouncy girl space hero.
Gunbuster 2: Planets provide no cover.
Gunslinger Girls: Brainwashed cybernetic girls breakdown.
Gunsmith Cats: Bang bang bang KABOOM.
Haibane Renmei: Halo. Wings. Can't Fly.
Hamtaro: Hamsters save the day!
Hanaukyo Maid Tai: Every geek's wet dream.
He is My Master: Underage maids in debt.
Hell Teacher Nube: Teacher with wacky hand.
Hellsing: You suck! You bet!
Higura**** No ****u Koro Ni: When Demonic Lolis Attack.
Honey And Clover: Art, angst, triangles, triumphs.
Iczer-1: Lesbian, tentacle, mecha show.
Iczer-3: Small girl with superpowers.
Iczelion: Girls wearing cybernetic bikinis.
Infinite Ryvius (Mugen no Ryvius): "Lord of the Flies".
Inuyasha: "Dragon Ball", doggie style.
Inu-Kami!: Rich cousin's harem outfoxed.
Irresponsible Captain Tylor: Captain Kirk on Acid.
Jigoku Shojou: Huh... Mean people suck.
Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu (Hare + Guu): Hare causes sympathy
headaches.
Kaleido Star: Cirque du Soleil animated.
Kamichu!: What do gods do?
Kanon: Sad Girls in Snow.
Karas: Can't. Blink. So. Pretty.
Karin: Vampirism Is So Embarrassing.
Ka****ma****: Transgendered schoolgirl love triangle.
Kiki's Delivery Service: Witch has confidence crisis.
Kimagure Orange Road: Cool girl gets guy.
Kimba the White Lion: The adorable future king.
King of Bandit Jing: Devoid of Actual Plot.
Kino's Journey: Many places, three days.
Kirameki Project: Mecha Musume Make Friends.
Labyrinth of Fire: Samurai Panties in Russia.
Last Exile: Clean water is tasty.
Leina Stol-Wolf Sword Legend: Gynoid as Earth's protector.
Lensman: Smith turning in grave.
Lost Universe: The Slayers in space.
Love Hina: Laziest harem series possible.
Love Love?: Voice actress love tesseract.
Lupin III: Master thief and friends.
Mach Go Go Go/Speed Racer: Childish race car driver.
Macross 7: Singing idiot saves universe.
Macross Zero: It was good, dammit!
Magic Knight Rayearth: Schoolgirl Knights, Sentient Marshmallow.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Magic Ninja Saves World.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: Ninja Good, Necronomicon Bad.
Magikano: Witches make life difficult.
Mahoraba: Narutakisou's Landlady Split Up.
Mahoromatic: Make Beds Not War.
Mai-HiME: Schoolgirl Highlander? Happy Ending.
Mai-otome: Battle maids, wait what?
Maison Ikkoku: Widows need love too.
Mama is a Fourth Grader: Raising your future daughter.
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!: Mega tsundere, shota
boyfriend.
Manabi Straight: Future Highschoolers Look Young.
Maria-sama ga mite iru: The definitive yuri schoolgirls.
Marmalade Boy: Brother and sister love.
Mao-chan: "Stand Alone Complex" parody.
Martian Successor Nadesico: Crew wacky. Enemies Fanboys.
Meitantei Conan: Conan Sees Dead People.
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: What's going on here?
Metal Fighter Miku: Bubblegum Crisis Wrestling Tournament.
Midori No Hibi: Delinquent gets hand job.
Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland: Where is the plot?
Mobile Fighter G Gundam: It's International Robot Wrestling.
Mu********: Debugging can be beautiful.
My Neighbor Totoro: The Troll Next Door.
Nadia: Jules Verne by Gainax.
Najica Blitz Tactics: Aika All Over Again.
Naruto: Fights, filler, Believe it!
Nausicaa: Please save my Earth.
Negima: He needs a SCORECARD??
New Cutey Honey OVAs: Show us your tits.
Niea_7: Stranded Aliens Like Curry.
Noein: Troubled kids across dimensions.
Noir: Female assassins seeking answers.
Nurse Witch Komugi: "Soultaker" without the darkness.
The Ocean Waves: Confused girl steals money.
On Your Mark: "Nausicaa" in music video.
One Piece: Rubber band seeks fortune.
Operation Sanctuary: Fun school life, OOOOOOOM.
Otaku no Video: Guidebook or cautionary tale?
Otome wa Boku ni Koi****eru: Misplaced lesbian tendencies abound.
Outlaw Star: Space, magic & mayhem.
Ouran High School Host Club: Crossdressing makes good money.
Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual: Two Worlds, One Dork.
Paranoia Agent: Wow, psychosis *is* contagious!
Patlabor: Giant mecha with revolvers.
Pita-Ten: Clumsy angel, kind demon.
Planetes: Diapers, meteor ****elds, psychosis.
Please Teacher: Kusanagi's class project - Mizuho.
Please Twins: Kami****ro's no lose situation.
Pokemon: Monsters stored in spheres.
Popotan: Time travelers hunt dandelions.
Powerpuff Girls Z: Silly schoolgirl superheroine sentai.
Princess Mononoke: Greenpeace's favourite anime, maybe?
Princess Nine: Girls who play ball.
Princess Tutu: Princess Ballerina Superhero Duck.
RahXephon: Mayan robots love Ramune.
Ranma 1/2: Cursed springs causing trouble.
Read or Die OAV: 007 meets cute bibliomaniac.
Record of Lodoss War: Dungeons and Dragons tribute.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Psychedelically confusing innuendo
shenanigans.
Risky Safety: Angel, demon share body.
Robotech: Three shows squished together.
Roujin Z: Socialized medicine FLCL style.
Rune Soldier Louie: Four girls, one schmuck.
Rurouni Ken****n: Bi****e swordsman save Japan.
Saber Marionette J: Pretty androids harem series.
Sailor Moon: Short skirts save lives.
Sailor Moon R: Strong argument for contraception.
Sailor Moon SuperS: Stronger argument for contraception.
Saint Seiya: No! Not another staircase!
Saiyuki: Chinese folktale, anti-hero prettyboys.
Saiyuki Reload: More action, more angst.
Saiyuki Reload Gunlock: On the road again.
Sakura Taisen: Musicals and steampunk mecha.
Samurai Champloo: Long, Pointless "Bebop" Clone.
School Rumble: Wow, they're stupid, huh?
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: Everything will explode. EVERYTHING.
Scrapped Princess: Yet another blonde savior.
Serial Experiment Lain: One major head f**k.
Shakugan no Shana: Loli tsundere, dead boyfriend.
****nesman: Funny parody of sentai.
Shrine of the Morning Mist (Asagiri no Miko): ****nto showcase, story
secondary.
Silent Mobius: Female police fight monsters.
Sister Princess: Siblings by the dozen.
Slayers: Travelling fire tempered sorceress.
Sokyuu no Fafner: Are you over there?
Someday's Dreamers (Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto): Tale of modern
magic.
Soul Hunter (Ho****n Engi): Chinese immortals, magic sci-fi.
Space Runaway Ideon: Trucks combine, destroy universe.
Spirited Away: Bathhouse Girl Rides Train.
Star Giant Dangaioh: Amnesiac youths flying mecha.
Starblazers: Early dub's still good.
Star****p Operators: Space Cadets fight empire.
Steel Angel Kurumi: Kisses wake three angels.
Stellvia: Shoujo hacker space opera.
Stratos 4: Pilot Panties in Peril.
Super GALS!: "Clueless" in anime form.
Tattoon Master: Tribal kawaii cures misogynist.
Ten**** na Konamaiki: I'm a man. Really.
They Were 11: So, who's the impostor?
Those Who Hunt Elves: Elves Shall Be Stripped!
To Heart: High school in slo-mo.
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo: Quest to view painting.
Touka Gettan: Director gets story backwards.
Trigun: Goofball gunman saves world.
Trinity Blood: Priests, vampires, crusniks, angst.
Tsukihime: Vampires go to pieces.
Tsukiyomi Moon Phase: Nekomimi goth moe power.
Ultimate Girls: Embarassment Powered Kaiju Schoolgirls.
Urusei Yatsura: Aliens annoy me anytime!
Utawarerumono: It's surprisingly not hentai.
Vampire Hunter D: Dracula's son rights wrongs.
Vampire Princess Miyu: Teenage vampiress fighting demons.
VanDread: Man merges with lesbians.
Variable Geo: Battling waitresses replace WWE.
Vision of Escaflowne: Tale of two worlds.
Voices of a Distant Star: Don't SMS long distances.
Welcome to the NHK: Just because you're paranoid...
A Wind Named Amnesia: On The (apocalyptic) Road.
Wings of Honneamise (Royal Space Force): Another world's space
prayer.
Witch Hunter Robin: Mary Poppins from hell.
Xenosaga: Play the game first.
xxxHolic: Watanuki works witch's wishes.
Yakitate!! Japan: Babe befriends bread boy.
YamaNade: Taming of the Goth.
Yokohama Kaida**** Kikou: The robotgirl next door.
You're Under Arrest: Dynamic duo battles crime.
Yu Gi Oh!: Cheating? For Great Justice!
Yugioh GX: Once Wasn't Bad Enough?
Yu Yu Hakusho: Juvenile delinquent fights demons.
Yume de Aetara: Loser guy saves woman.
Yumeria: Harem? In Your Dreams!
* Zaion: I Wish You Were Here: Make love and war.
Zegapain: Restoring files really sucks.
Zero no Tsukaima: Lost geek is familiar.
Zeta Gundam: More Robots More Death.
Zone of the Enders: Delores: Giddy teenaged giant robot.
The H list:
Ai No Kusabi: Pets can be fun!
Angel Blade: Masami Obari makes ****.
Angelium: Hammer of the god.
Another Lady Innocent: Sato**** Uru****hara goes 18+.
Beat Angel Escalayer: *** powered magical girl.
Bible Black: High school is hell.
Buttobi CPU: Computers need love too.
Can Can Bunny: OMG with *** scenes.
Cream Lemon: Naughty bits pixelated, glow.
F^3--Can't come to terms.
Futari Ecchi: Newlyweds explore each other.
G-taste: Pantyhose can be ***y.
Hatsu Inu: Much improved silent treatment.
La Blue Girl: *** ninjas and tentacles.
Magical Twilight: Witch exams cause trouble.
Rei Rei: Goddess gives strange help.
Marine a Go-Go: World's wildest sperm bank.
Milk Money: Descent into udder madness.
My ***ual Harrassment: Title does not lie.
***friend: Don't you guys wish...
The Song of the Wind & Trees: French school boy ***.
The Story of Little Monica: Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...
Urotsukidouji: Tentacles shouldn't go there.
Venus Five: Sailor Moon meets Urotsukidoji.
Viper GTS: She-devils on heat.
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/>
e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis
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