The anime expert is the one who knows what he is watching and can explain it to others. The anime noob is the one who watches something and just says "AWSUM!!1~`."
In the anime blogging world, there are a crapload of aspiring anibloggers who just churn out episodic reviews in the stereotypical format of:
The more masterful anime bloggers write episodic posts with an argument and lots of personality, not just a brainless reiteration of what the episode was.
EDIT: I have 128 completed series under my belt (with 50 dropped ones, some of them at the 90% mark), which is a decent amount. Yet I know some anime "noobs" who've watched upwards of 500 series and still can't successfully explain why a series was good. Or remember it for that matter.
EDIT #2: Though of course, there's a minimum to how much anime you NEED to have watched before you can think of considering yourself an anime expert. There's no way you can be an expert if all you've watched is Haruhi and FMA, no matter how good you think your tastes are.
In the anime blogging world, there are a crapload of aspiring anibloggers who just churn out episodic reviews in the stereotypical format of:
- A bunch of screencaps
- A summary
- A short "thoughts" or "reactions" section
The more masterful anime bloggers write episodic posts with an argument and lots of personality, not just a brainless reiteration of what the episode was.
EDIT: I have 128 completed series under my belt (with 50 dropped ones, some of them at the 90% mark), which is a decent amount. Yet I know some anime "noobs" who've watched upwards of 500 series and still can't successfully explain why a series was good. Or remember it for that matter.
EDIT #2: Though of course, there's a minimum to how much anime you NEED to have watched before you can think of considering yourself an anime expert. There's no way you can be an expert if all you've watched is Haruhi and FMA, no matter how good you think your tastes are.