How Anime Critics At IGN Navigate The Complex, Score-Obsessed Discourse Highlight

I asked Motamayor, Adlakha, and Carey what they look for in the rarely awarded masterpiece, or 10, IGN review score.

“Whether or not it accomplishes what the show is trying to do from the beginning,” Motamayor said. “Different shows are trying to do different things. Not every show is trying to be serious, dramatic, [or] epic. But whether or not the goal of the show is accomplished and whether or not it does something unique for the tone, genre, or the space in which the show occupies.”