We rated the Top Ranked Anime's on MAL | Trash Taste #186

Garnt reviewing FMAB is like if an AI had to write a review about FMAB but could only read AO3 content to do so.

Garnt has some great takes on FMAB because he watched it time and time and understands the story deeply.

I just have to say that the way Garnt described how the Edward brothers finally open their Domain Expansion - sent shivers down my spine. Truly Garnt and co understand all the subtle complexities of Fate Metal Apron Evangel Lion.

Garnt is the biggest Mob Psycho 100 peddler and i love him for it. I stand behind him 100%

garnt having ptsd and being worried about joey possibly dropping a hot take is so funny

Joey's heartfelt rant about Gintama then saying it's not in top 10 but in his top 50 made me laugh

Parasyte is one of the shows that deserves its place by being a completed and consistent show that keeps a constant high quality. It doesnt necessarily reach as high as some shows, but it really doesnt dip in quality at any point either. That is incredibly rare.

29:00 The boys talking about Gintama just perfectly sums up the show. Its one of the best shows I have ever seen and every little stupid plot is somehow memorable.
Gintama is the Anime of Anime. It's every anime and also it's just Gintama

I liked that Garnt acknowledged that the boys have rated shows that the boys haven't actually watched in the past

> Mistakes Roy Mustang for Hughes
> "The Edward Brothers"
> "Nino"
> "The dog scene they were trying too hard"

I can feel my brain cells liquidizing with each sentence about FMAB that comes out of Garnt's mouth

They got so close to talking about Fruits Basket and then they just ... didn't. Absolutely devastated

I think one of the defining feats of FMAB, especially in comparison to almost every shounen, is that it understood how to properly end a story. It understood pacing, and knew when to reach its climax and wrap up its story, while almost all flounder trying to stick the landing. People will always remember you for how you finish the race, and will judge you purely on that (look at GoT, Bleach, Promised Neverland, HIMYM, Death Note, Akame Ga Kill, Dexter, Soul Eater, Lost, and even AoT to its divisive ending for examples), and overlook the mistakes you made in the middle. In fiction and anime, creating a cool concept is easy, but telling a complete story is always difficult.

1:10:00 Joey is wrong. Popularity is calculated based on the number of people who have added the entry to their list, not to their favorites.

Joey talking about anime on an anime podcast. What an amazing feat!

If the boys were to do another video on MAL again, I would love for them use the waybackmachine and see the most popular anime during the 2010s era. I'm curious to hear their opinion on anime back then versus now.

Everytime joey talks about any recent anime I feel like he is BSing his way around 😭😂

Joey: mad because Erased is so high in popularity
Connor: mad because Erased isn't called "Erased"

It's not that people nowadays would think of Okabe's character as cringe, but that he IS supposed to be cringe. Even the other characters in the show think that and have said so. That's why when he shifts from a character who is cringe and joking to serious and somber due to the events that happen in the story, it hits really hard.

42:16 to answer Joey's question. Yes, there is many changes and anime exclusives scenes that add more to the story of Bleach. Kubo wanted to add this in the manga but couldn't

“If I’m in this game I’m selling that shit for xp, I’m not fucking raising it” Yui got demolished by Connor here, that line killed me. 1:15:31