Reviews Rules
Reviews Rules
When writing a review for Yummy Anime, it's important to follow a few guidelines, which will significantly increase your chances of getting your work accepted without further revision. It's important to understand that we define the term "review" somewhat broadly, so avoid writing a text that falls under the academic definition of the term.
First and foremost, your review should thoroughly explain to the reader who should or shouldn't watch a particular work and why.
1. Themes and Specifics
The plot description should set the scene and reveal the setting. It's also important to identify protagonists and antagonists (separate the conflicting sides) and highlight the key goals that will guide the characters through the plot.
Don't generalize, but rather be specific about events and characters. Almost any work can be described with general terms. If the descriptions in the review can be applied to any other anime, then the text is crude.
2. Analysis
You must analyze the work and describe the qualities of the plot (how logical, predictable, understandable, etc.) and characters (complexity of character, persuasiveness in words and actions, vividness and contrast between characters). It's important to highlight the anime's strengths and weaknesses, draw parallels with other similar works, and accompany these comparisons with your own opinion.
3. Grammar and Spelling
The text must be correctly written and formatted in accordance with the rules of the Russian language. If you lack the necessary knowledge or attention to detail, you can use appropriate services that will highlight your errors, allowing you to correct them. The use of editors and neural networks that automatically correct text errors is prohibited.
4. Minimum and Maximum Character Set
• Minimum number of characters: 1500;
• Maximum character limit: 80,000.
5. Format
Reviews must be formatted correctly: reviews consisting of continuous text are not allowed. Divide the text into paragraphs and use other formatting tools (italics, bold, underline, etc.). It is not recommended to compose text into paragraphs longer than ten lines (1,000 characters).
Use tools wisely and sparingly to highlight specific sections of the review and create emphasis. Do not format the entire text.
6. Season Reviews
If a series has multiple seasons, it is important to indicate at the beginning of the review which seasons will be reviewed. If the review covers multiple seasons, the review text is placed under the earliest season being reviewed. Even if your review doesn't cover the first season, you must still adhere to the guidelines in this set of rules regarding plot introductions, setting, characters, etc. for the seasons in question.
You don't need to explain the plot and characters in detail for previous seasons, but it is important to briefly outline key points and explain where the story left off before the seasons in question.
It's acceptable to omit previous events entirely if they aren't significantly relevant to the events being reviewed (for example, if established characters don't play a significant role in the seasons in question, and the plot is still in its own arc).
7. Spoilers
Spoilers for events not related to the plot of the work should be hidden using appropriate tools.
If spoilers are overwhelming, a warning about their presence should be provided at the beginning of the review. However, hiding the text behind spoilers is no longer necessary.
8. Ongoing Seasons
Reviews of unfinished seasons are prohibited.
Reviews of ongoing series are permitted if more than 26 episodes have aired in a season (the number of episodes from different seasons is not cumulative for this rule). However, you must indicate how many episodes have aired at the time of writing the review, or which arcs are being discussed in your text.
9. Slang
Using slang is permitted to draw the reader's attention. Excessive use of slang is prohibited.
10. Use of AI
Using artificial intelligence in writing or editing reviews is prohibited.
If there is a suspicion that your text was written using artificial intelligence, your text may be rejected without detailed explanation.
11. Review Translations
Translations of foreign reviews are permitted. However, at the beginning of the review, you must provide a warning that the following text is a translation, along with appropriate links and attribution.
When translating, the review must be adapted to the site's rules if the original text violates them.
12. Reviews on other websites
Publishing other people's reviews is prohibited.
If there is suspicion or evidence of a violation of these rules, your review may be deleted without warning or explanation.
13. Language
Currently, only reviews written in Russian are accepted for publication.
14. Review Verification
After writing your review, your text will be reviewed by the site's reviewers. Review verification can take up to one week, depending on the reviewers' availability.
The reviewer is not required to explain each error in your review in detail and may identify a general pattern of errors and shortcomings in the text.
If your text has been rejected three times during review, the reviewer reserves the right to refuse further review of the text.
If the author repeatedly submits reviews in violation of these rules, the reviewing department reserves the right to refuse further publication and review of the author's text.
In exceptional cases of repeated violation of the rules, the author may be blocked at the request of the reviewer.
15. Additional tips and recommendations for writing reviews
Try to adhere to a clear structure: one section is devoted to the characters, a second to the graphics, a third to the musical score, and so on. It's important not to repeat the same ideas. For example, if you revealed certain character traits while describing the plot, don't repeat them in the character description section.
It's recommended to structure the text so that each section flows seamlessly into the next, so the review feels cohesive.
As a rule, plot twists in the first two episodes or the first 20 minutes of a full-length film aren't spoilers, but there are exceptions. There are series where the plot unfolds later in the series, or, conversely, the entire setup unfolds in half an episode.
Your job as a reviewer is to highlight the key events in the story that set the protagonists on the path to the plot, rather than simply recounting the events. When hiding text behind a spoiler, it's recommended to use a special tool to indicate which episodes the spoiler applies to or what important information it contains.
Texts with a large number of spoilers require the author to perform more analysis and reflection on the events described, as well as a more detailed assessment of the quality of the plot, events, characters, etc. In other words, a large number of spoilers should be justified by the author's desire to conduct a more detailed analysis of the events, rather than simply recount the plot.
16. Questions
For any questions, contact the Head of the reviews department ofuser or other reviewers.