E-Blast (The Encyclopædia Britannica Internet Guide)

Here's a detailed analysis of our site from E-Blast:

2 stars (Recommended)

Resource offering general information, critical reviews, and trivia for Japanese animated films. Also provides a guide to pronouncing Japanese words, images, audio files, links to related sites, and more.

Ironically, you can't actually see this entry unless you search for 'Japanese animation'. Entering 'anime' will bring up A Parent's Guide to Anime as an one-star ('noteworthy') site, however.

The World of Genesis

Here's a detailed analysis of our site from the World of Genesis:

This site's design is very simple and straight to the point without much handy dibbles here and there. Though simple, one might be tempted to browse elsewhere, but hold on!! Take a deeper look into the site and you'll be finding yourself drowning in a sea of reviews and infos of tonnes of anime series. Every single episode of any specific anime title is reviewed. Apart from their highly rated and quality reviews, visitors can also take a break and order a few different types of coffee depending on their taste. Brief documentaries and trivial insights into the anime world is presented while waiting for your coffee to be served. If you feel a bit lucky why not join their monthly cafe contest and be able to win anime prizes too. Overall, the design is simple but the content is humongous. This is a lesson to teach us that we should not judge a site by it's cover.

OK. So we did enter their awards contest... But the folks at Genesis are very straight-forward about what they're looking for... the type of site that we like!

We must be doing something right -- The 'Pike has made us a pick of the week for December 29, 1997:

From reviving cups of "Latte" (the lighter side of anime) and "Expresso" (the dark side of anime), to main courses like "The Anime Encyclopedia". Also on the menu: reviews, trivia and contests. I liked the palate-tickling 'about...'

To be perfectly honest, a lot of credit has to go to the many wonderful people who have contributed suggestions. These pages reflect not only our work, but the feedback we get from all of you out there who care enough to make a contribution. Thanks!

And earlier, barely four months of our existence, we were featured in July's 'Last Exit Before Toll' column by Ryan Matthews:

Although its selection isn't all that impressive, The Animé Café deserves attention for the care given in writing its reviews. It's nice to read a review that explains, clearly and concisely, why the reviewer has the opinion he or she does, rather than just a sentence or two saying basically that the anime "rocks" or "sucks". Many of the reviews end with little trivia questions about the anime, a cute touch I liked. Mind you, I didn't always agree with the reviews. The lowest possible score for Ultimate Teacher? I laughed my ass off at that anime.

We'd be the first to agree that our selection is not huge -- yet. But, we're not a very old site -- yet. The number of reviews will continue to grow. As for Mr. Matthews' opinion of Ultimate Teacher -- well, different strokes...

Speaking of the 'pike, here's an interesting comment:

What? Is this heresy I see before me! You are, in fact, probably the ONLY anime website that does not have a link to the Anime Web Turnpike! Blasphemer! Get to it now! Add that link! Go on...fire up your text editor and add it! http://www.anipike.com/ You see? Now that wasn't so bad, was it? : )
- Tom Price, AnimeLink

Surprise, surprise! We finally broke with tradition, and put in a links page... Must be the peer pressure.