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Clarkson's Farm (2021)
Fantastic
It was so interesting, and I learned a lot.
Best bit of TV Clarkson's done since last trip to Vietnam.
I love the guy who mends the walls. LEGENDARY! I was pissn myself.
Vikings (2013)
Season 6 Part 2
I agree with other reviewers that the first three seasons are incredible.
It takes some time after that to re-establish the story arcs and characters.
Season 6 Part 2 is absolutely superb, and satisfactory in every way.
I can't wait for the Norman Conquest series set in the 11th Century.
High School DxD (2012)
Perfect
EDIT 2018:
The fourth season (Hero) is not as well animated or rendered as earlier seasons. Quite a large step backwards in quality as far as the animation is concerned. I suppose the first two seasons are Classic. It's a shame the animation suffers very noticeably in the latest season.
I'm 36, and have a doctorate. I also have a knight elf mohawk,am covered in tattoos, and I'm a university lecturer.
The dialogue in this anime is perfect. This is exactly the way that my friends and I talk to each other at home (boys and girls). Everyone is a sordid pervert, which is completely normal if that is what your friends are like too.
I've seen many anime, favourites including Fist of the North Star, Monster, Parasyte: The Maxim, Death Note, GTO, Code Geass, Samurai Jack, Fate/Zero, etc. This is one of the best I've seen.
The characters are fun and interesting and lighthearted, so I always feel happy and gleeful when I watch it. The animation is good,and the banter is otherworldly. I don't think the banter in many anime reach this standard. The innuendos are slightly more subtle that those my friends and I enjoy drinking beer outside after work on a Friday, which is smart.
Of course, if you like boobs and hot females; you will love this. It's hilarious to see the excitement the male characters feel when see a someone hot, in this animation. It's just like real life was when one was younger. To be honest, the only difference with getting older (I'm 34) is that you kind of have to act somewhat more maturely. Mind you, as we get older, we certainly don't suffer from the embarrassment or lack of self-confidence experienced by these characters.
You could certainly pick holes in this anime, but I think they made a great job of creating something that has a great deal of truth to it.
As a person who doesn't believe in the supernatural (Gods, Devils, Jesuses, etc) I particularly like the stance that the devils are good and the angels are evil. There's far too much television and film based around Christian mythology, which is irritating. It seems like a cop-out most of the time, because we've had and still have much richer creative ideas than those conceived by the individuals whose literature formed the bible. Nevertheless, this fresh take on Christian mythology is refreshing.
If you consider yourself a non-sexual, or strongly feminist or religious person; I would advice watching this, if only so that I can imagine you cringing at ideas and actions that mirror real life; but are so alien to you that you abhor them.
Enjoy!
Fate/Zero (2011)
Absolutely excellent
I've watched a lot of anime in my 35 years on this Earth. Recently I've been binge-watching series after series. I've seen some ones that I have truly loved, and others that were excellent.
I find this anime different from those. Firstly, the script is astounding. The way it has been translated into English is fantastic, and the depth of the philosophical conversations, and the concepts and trains of thought therein, are highly intellectual. This adds massively to the richness of the characters, in what could otherwise be considered as a kind of swords and sorcery story.
The different characters from history concept made me dubious before they appeared, but they are done in such a unique way and so unexpectedly; that again it adds to the depth of the story. The voices are marvellous in some instances.
This animation is engrossing and fun, with a story that does not feel episodic. I rate it very highly. It's better than Stein's Gate, and on par with Parasyte: The Maxim and Elfen Lied.
Cleverman (2016)
The Almighty Johnsons
First IMDb review. Sick of shows plagiarising other shows. This is a copy of The Almighty Johnsons, a great show from New Zealand; but modified to fit some kind of Australian theme and failing miserably.
The Almighty Johnsons was a brilliant show. This copies it all the way to the ways in which the powers are revealed, and even the 'Hairies'.
Pathetic.
For those who would like to see what this show could have been, I suggest you watch The Mighty Johnsons.
Shows that are poor, rehashed copies out for f other shows, should be singled out for what they are.
Viewers have a right to know that there's another show out there, that has all the qualities that this copy attempts to realise and pretends to have conceived.