Of course, I'm going to talk about anime as a work of art, but let's go a bit deeper here, especially since this will be Tweet #1,000 for me.

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I recently included a new rating system called the Raw Score, which is how good I think a show is factoring out most of my genre biases and personal preferences. I have updated my MAL scores to reflect these Raw Scores (including my old, personal scores as tags).

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Of note, under this new system, I have a mere seven shows that scored the "masterpiece" 10/10 score. These seven shows are *not* my seven favorite shows of all time; they are simply the seven shows that I believe are truly artistic masterpieces, featuring an overall incredibly well-crafted show that can appeal to many people, even non-anime fans. These seven shows are:

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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (a.k.a. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.) - a tale about friendship and loss featuring the best overall cast of characters in anime
Bunny Drop (a.k.a. Usagi Drop) - a beautiful tribute to parenthood and family (anime only!)
Clannad After Story (includes the first Clannad season) - it's not just a love story; it's a life story
Haibane Renmei - a tale of discovery in a mysterious world with many poignant themes
Nichijou (a.k.a. My Ordinary Life) - the art of comedy, perfected
Silver Spoon - a story of personal growth combined with a very immersive look at farm life and the many aspects thereof

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...and the absolute best anime of all time, and my favorite work of art...

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Aria the Animation/Natural/Origination - There is so much to this series that I could easily go over the character limit just talking about this show. I'll probably talk more about it on my blog at some point.

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I'd go more into all of these shows but these responses have character limits, so I'll stop here. Anyway, here's to 1,000 tweets and counting!

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