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1. PING PONG THE ANIMATION Well, dua. Not much more to say that hasn't already been said, it was legitimately innovative in how it was made, and is filled with characters who bring out the best in one another. The kind of show that makes you want to be more you. Really happy it's on so many lists so far! 2.   Animators given the loosest guidelines and then told just to do whatever, and the results are eclectic and a whole lot of fun. 3. Mushishi Zoku Shou  Came back not only as if it never left, but so much better. Every week is different, and every week finds some new way to be really really interesting. 4. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun  Mines the endless well that is mismatch between how someone views themselves and how the rest of the world seems them, which meshes surprisingly well with shoujo manga. 5. Hunter X Hunter Couldn't find a good gif for this one that wasn't spoilery as hell, but this show always owned and the last string of episodes in particular owned. Basically, this year was hella awesome, hail anime.
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Outer Science posted:I tried to watch Ping Pong but the animation made me so motion-sick I literally threw up irl after episode one so that idea didn't work out Used to lovely anime like No Game No Life, when presented with good anime your body rejected it.
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Dec 21, 2014 22:54
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Homo Boys Bike Club- I like to imagine Onoda getting a hot gently caress from the team captain Same but Makishima and a bicycle. 
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Dec 22, 2014 00:17
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Blhue posted:I'd emptyquote this if I could. its a boring story carried by good direction. Clearly inferior to the average visual novel, that's for sure.
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Dec 22, 2014 06:29
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Srice posted:(I even know someone who loves the hell out of Chihayafuru but doesn't like to admit that it's a sports anime because he enjoys "every genre except sports" so I've had no luck in getting him to check out Ping Pong). Ping Pong is too good for this stupid person.
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Dec 22, 2014 15:43
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Hagop posted:A card game anime that is not hot garbage. What the hell Japan, now I have to watch the next 30 of these hoping to strike gold twice. You really don't, as you won't.
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Dec 22, 2014 17:06
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A lot of people, when they really love an anime or manga, will completely overlook an aspect of it in order to get over their embarrassment about it. Attack On Titan isn't formula shonen but really a survival story, or Madoka isn't really a magical girl show but some kind of "deconstruction". "It's not about the sport but it's really about the characters!" ignores the fact that, even in great sports anime like Ping Pong or Chihayafuru, the characters themselves are shaped by the sport they play. This is not a bad thing, because sports are awesome and make good narratives. Ping pong as a sport is something that people can take way too seriously and miss the joy in it, which is a theme a lot of people can relate to even if you know nothing about ping pong. Same with karuta being someone no one understands but also something very engaging, particularly for high schoolers who have the kind of time to get really into something like that. These shows are smart enough to end up saying something you can understand even if you know nothing about the sport, but in the end they really are about the sport.
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Dec 22, 2014 20:36
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ViggyNash posted:This could be tennis, or badminton, or squash, and the story wouldn't really change. Squash The Animation: wanting to get in shape over his lunch break, company man Smile's life is changed forever when he meets squash hero Peco.
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Dec 22, 2014 21:36
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Drinkfist posted:If anything I should have put Superjail up there but I already was using too much bait to pull you fucks back down to earth in your weebo bullshit. I am laid low by your list of dece American cartoons 
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Dec 23, 2014 14:21
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It's all of us.
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Dec 23, 2014 22:13
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:1. Space Dandy Good list.
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Dec 23, 2014 23:08
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Lucy Heartfilia posted:4. Chaika Believable, rational characters like brother complex hammer lady, magical moeblob who talks like a child, and the psychopath who's so excited to murder poo poo for his moe master the he doesn't care if he starts a war that will kill thousands.
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Dec 24, 2014 22:17
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icantfindaname posted:Are you implying that Truthism is somehow not anime? Because IMO it's boiled down, extra concentrated anime straight from the hills of Colombia Truthism isn't an anime, it's a manga.
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Dec 30, 2014 22:21
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The opening song has been on repeat in my iTunes for like a year now. It's even better once you learn the lyrics.quote:I’m completely alone in this world It's the kind of thing that gets you really pumped, and not just in a fleeting inspirational burst but every day, even when things suck.
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Dec 31, 2014 02:58
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That video is great but, his hair looks like it has a fungus!
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Dec 31, 2014 04:00
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Kick UBW off the list so Bahamut can get on the top, but leave Jojo because Jojo is good.
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Jan 3, 2015 19:40
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I didn't vote for Jojo this year but fully expect to next year cause the second half of Stardust Crusaders is awesome.
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Jan 3, 2015 20:57
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This is a doubly weird situation as both Amagi and Bahamut were handicapped by not being on Crunchyroll (and Amagi wasn't on any streaming service). People are more likely to wait and watch later when that's the case, so that causes an even bigger problem for fall season shows like those two. Ping Pong probably wouldn't have been so dominant if it wasn't a spring season show. That said, in the end this is just a list of what ADTRW cared about this year, for better or for worse. I say leave as is, and maybe just expand the list on the wiki to 12 because it was a really good year.
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