Student Review Contest Extravaganza Action Prize Pack Finals!

[Two-twenty]

Welcome to the Student Contest Extravaganza Action Prize Pack finals!

As per the Student Review Contests in the past you get to decide the winner! Also, just like the Student Review Contests in the past, you only have one week!

In this thread you are allowed to discuss the entries, but once again, any discussion about the contest itself should be done in this thread (http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24993).

(Note: It's come to my attention that SaiRong and Miko have below 50 posts weren't able to include screencaps with their entries as a result of people in such situations not being able to post external linking urls. As such, I ask people to take this into account when deciding the winner.)

[animanic_critic]

SaiRong - The review sounds too opinionated rather than objective. Reviews that are not factual and mostly based on the 'thinking' side are not strong enough to stand on themselves.

Akimichi Choji - The review is good but the numerous paragraphing bugged me.

ShinoMatrix - Concise, descriptive and to the point. I can't complain much about the review here, so my vote's on him.

Miko - The opposite of Choji's review problem - no paragraphing.

So there you go. ShinoMatrix, I'm crossing my fingers on you winning the prize.

[Shadowmage]

SaiRong - It's not a terrible review, but the prose is relatively dry. I admit that you do attempt to spice up your writing with a few decently placed metaphors, but the whole thing doesn't flow the way it should.

Akimichi Choji - I really liked this review. It had flair and it was entertaining to read. My main problem with the review is the fact that it presents an idea, and doesn't fully capitalize on it. Okay, it's possible that there is no need for further explanation, but a bit of cohesion couldn't have hurt. Also, cut down on superfluous information. Drawing parallels to the Last Samurai was a bit of a stretch.

ShinoMatrix- Nice, very nice. Your review flowed nicely and it was a good read overall. You get my vote.

Miko -I'll be blunt. Your review is clunky. When you switch ideas mid-paragraph, I think it's better to split it off and create another paragraph. With some formatting and a bit of embroidering, I think it could turn out to be a good review.