Anime Abandon (2011– ) User Reviews

Entertaining reviews for any anime fan

[ReptiDomus · 7/10 · 30 November 2016]

Internet critic Bennett "the Sage" White has been reviewing anime since 2011. Close to 150 titles have been reviewed so far, and most are of the infamously bad 90's variety. He regularly makes fun of some obscure piece of trash, providing historical context and trivia where available, though it all comes from a place of fandom and the effort put into each review is clear, so that even when you disagree with his opinions, they're still entertaining to watch.

Unfortunately, the sound mixing is awful. The volume difference between Sage's voice and the anime being reviewed is often too much and worse, there are a few speaker-blowing moments thanks to his yelling. I also have no interest in his live-action sketches or characters, which are admittedly not used that often.

The real reason why this guy is nitpicky and it's a good one.

[tdenny-22574 · 8/10 · 14 July 2019]

Sage is nitpicky for a reason and a good one. He wants to stop nostalgia-blind anime fans from saying all modern anime is bad and wants them to know even classic anime has their flaws as well. While his jokes can get bland. He does have good jokes and he makes good reviews (not all of them are bad). He just wants the anime community to shape up and stop acting like blind fanboys that over-obsess on what they like and hate.

Dishonest reviewer

[elonmusk-is_a_moron · 1/10 · 30 April 2022]

I am not "blinded by nostalgia" nor I think "all modern anime is bad".

But Sage is a bad reviewer.

His Grave of the Fireflies is completely dishonest and is based in rumors. He provides zero sources about how Isao Takahata wanted to "guilt-trip" the Japanese youth of the 80s. He just read that fake data somewhere on the internet, probably made up by someone from the United States,

Basing reviews in "urban legends" is just bad criticism.

Great for a source of titles of unknown and forgotten anime that you might want to check out.

[c-conley90 · 3/10 · 15 December 2015]

I really don't know what to say about this show. It's awful. I've never seen a guy who really hates anime actually try to act like he does like anime. And it's kind of sorry. I mean this guy, Bennett whoever. His reviews are nice I guess for just seeing certain unknown anime titles I never knew existed. Well some I did know existed, like Wicked City, Golgo 13, Akira etc.

Mostly it's lame nitpicking of things throughout these titles. It's rather stupid. And some of his problems come down to personal problems he has with the Anime. Like his Golgo 13 review, which just is so lackluster and come down to him just having personal problems with the main character being the way he is. I mean sometimes, I do agree with him, I think Genocyber and Jungle De Ikkou he did. I could understand those. But most of the others, nope.

It's like some film school reject tried to review anime and act like a fan of it afterwards. It's really sad. Plus the man chickened out on reviewing Violence Jack like a fool. I don't get that. Especially since Discotek released the whole OVA now on DVD. The chicken needs to review it now and stop being a baby about it.

And how negative can this guy get about most anime? I mean with the exception of maybe 5 to 6 titles, he is relentlessly tearing into the anime he's got on there. And his Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie review was well, divisive, probably not going to get him any places of great appreciation in the anime community.

And even when he likes a title, he still tears into it like a jerk. I'm actually surprised this guy has a IMDb page. He's pretty forgettable and not famous or anything.