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 1. Beastars Studio Orange again showing how CG should be done. Looking forward to S2 and the promise of even crazier bullshit (but please get back to Houseki someday!)   2. Given Perfect pacing and resolution for a short season. Healthy relationships and expectations. Akihiko is my spirit animal. 3. Jojo: Golden Wind It's more Jojo. I ain't gotta explain poo poo! Incomplete Honorable Mentions that shall not count as 4 and 5: No Guns Life Mob Psycho S2 Machikado Mazoku Ranzear fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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dogsicle: I assume the Thunderbolt Fantasy movie is fair game for nomination, I remember seeing in in a previous best anime thread. 1. Thunderbolt Fantasy: Bewitching Melody of the West: The most satisfying iteration of puppetry so far. Brisk storytelling, awesome songs and some of the best fight sequences so far. 2. Kaguya-sama: Love is War: Death Note Rom Com is a combo that works very well and the anime did a good job of capturing the spirit of the manga as well having some cool shots. 3. Mob Psycho 100: Excellent sequel to the first season that continues the insane animation work and emotional beats. 4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind: JoJo has always been a favorite of mine and this season had a lot of fights I was looking forward to animated, and it delivered on them. 5. Dr. Stone: Great adaptation of a fantastic manga. My only gripe is they weren't able to finish the first story arc. Honorable Mentions: The Promised Neverland: Another good adaptation, this is tied in spirit with Dr. Stone. It captures the mood of the original manga well. Dororo: A unique take on an old classic by looking at the series from a realistic angle, but the delivery is lacking. The concept is cool, but the series doesn't have a lot of moments that really draw you in. Kemono Michi: Rise Up: I enjoyed watching this and it was funny, but I have to admit the story it tells is not for everyone. Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious: Has some pretty funny moments and the animators do great work with Ristarte's reactions. However, the writing itself is mediocre (and has some questionable moments) so it's not something I would recommend to others.  I did not actually finish watching these but I'm pretty sure they're good based on what I've seen (and I've read the manga): Hi Score Girl Season 2 Demon Slayer How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Beastars Can Of Worms fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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I didn't really realize it till looking at lists but I'm kinda lukewarm on this year. There was plenty, lots, many, plenty of shows I liked, but so much of it was just like 'be sure to watch next season' or kinda flubbed the ending in general. Make more March Comes in Like a Lion. 1. Wasteful Days of High School Girls 2. Ascendance of a Bookworm 3. Machikado Mazoku 4. Run With The Wind 5. Beastars Run With The Wind was so long ago, how was that possibly this year.
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Can Of Worms posted:dogsicle: I assume the Thunderbolt Fantasy movie is fair game for nomination, I remember seeing in in a previous best anime thread. yeah, that one just slipped by over Christmas and i hadn't been reminded it exists to watch it/add it to the list, will get that taken care of today
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I don't remember doing this in previous years so what the hell, I'll do it for once. In no particular order, -Kimetsu no Yaiba: I hadn't checked the manga before but I absolutely had to after because of how good it was. The Ufotable treatment was in full show with excellent animation and music, the former fixing one of the manga's weaknesses in a grand way. Character writing was also very good even if Zenitsu's intolerable, the world and powers are neat and interesting, and overall my only real problem with it was the wonky pacing, especially by the end. However, that kind of pacing may help later seasons, so we'll see what Ufotable does there. Also my usual figures shop is getting the main four next month and you can be drat sure I want them. -Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note: I'll be frank here: I came in with no real hopes for this one. I love Waver, and I love Fate, but Apocrypha and Extra had killed all my hopes in Fate spinoffs. This one (and the cooking show) revived those hopes big time. A super neat series with a great, if weirdly underused at times, main cast, and an interesting hook for those coming in from Zero with Waver's growth and change as Lord El-Melloi II. The mysteries themselves weren't as interesting to me as the focus on Waver himself, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy them, and seeing Flat on screen really makes me want a Strange Fake adaptation...if it ever gets enough material to adapt... -Mob Psycho 100 Season 2: My life is my own but it seems my opinion here is universal. An excellent follow-up to a just as excellent first season, with more of the characters we love and the excellent animation that made full use of ONE's simple artwork. It takes one hell of a series to make a fight as insane as the last one of the season and make me not enjoy it, and it goddamn succeeded, I just wanted it to end because Mob was suffering. It completely avoided the "wow cool robot" factor and that alone is deserving of absolute praise. It also somehow managed to make an opening better than the first one which I thought would be completely impossible. Probably my overall Anime of the Year. -Vinland Saga: See the first line of Kimetsu because it's absolutely true here as well. I went in with a lot of interest considering its legendary reputation and it did not disappoint. It's definitely its own kind of show, with a focus you don't see anywhere else and a message that, while a bit forced, overall is never lost despite the sheer amount of violence and depressing mood. It apparently got a reputation as despair porn which is weird as hell to me considering how it basically never stops screaming VIOLENCE IS BAD at the viewer (and at Thorfinn, who refuses to get it). Thorkell is also the best but that hardly needs to be said. Also voice acting was insanely on-point, mad props to the VAs and directors. -Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2: Why this wasn't S4 is beyond me, but stupid title aside, this was a really, really good season for AoT. Stuff that has been going on since the very beginning of the series finally had its payoff and what a pay it was. Action scenes were at their best, world-building went crazy and it felt like a massive game-changer that, had it been done worse, it could've felt like a massive rear end-pull but instead felt like a natural progression for the show that, nonetheless, was one hell of a change. I'm not reading the manga but I'm still super excited for the endgame, if heavily worried due to the studio change. Honourable Mentions: -Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind: It's Jojo, but not at its best. Giorno is one of the worst protagonists I've seen in my life, with zero personality and a power that does whatever the plot needs in a series with far better-defined abilities. Diavolo is just as bad of a villain with only slightly better of a power. The rest of the characters on both sides, including Diavolo's alter-ego Doppio, are far better, and Bucciarati is easily my favourite JoBro, but the series suffers a lot from those two driving the show. Also, character interactions are just worse than previous parts, with too heavy of a focus on stuff constantly happening without breaks. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoyed the hell out of this trip through Italy anyways, with crazy action and great characters and that's what I want in Jojo anyways. Every death also hit really hard. But after the near-perfection of Part 4, Part 5 felt lacking. That said, I am a filthy manga reader so I know fully well things are only looking up anyways. -Fruits Basket (2019) First Season: I actually avoided this one for a bit due to having no real knowledge of the original material and finding the premise really weird, but heavy recommendations from friends got me to watch it and I'm glad I did. I can see why this one's a classic, with heavy-hitting emotional moments in both sadness and happiness. The characters are great (and a bit too relatable at times) and the series constantly keeps this feeling of mystery which I really like. It does have its failings (kind of forced at times, too large of a cast so some get very little focus, Akito's plot twist is blatantly obvious) so I can't put it in the top five, but it's definitely my top sixth of the year, and I'm greatly looking forward to S2. -Dororo: Literally watched this yesterday so I have it super fresh. It was a very good show, and I loved both Hyakkimaru and Dororo. Hyakkimaru's struggles with his newfound senses were also a really neat touch, such as being overwhelmed by sound or talking super roughly at first. Made it feel real. That said, some of the drama felt really forced (oh no Hyakkimaru will lose his humanity!) and the ending felt okay at best to me. -Kemono Michi: Rise Up: Konosuba's author doing another isekai wasn't something I could ignore. And I'm glad I didn't because I laughed my rear end off. However, it's undeniably a much weaker series than Konosuba, and it can get a bit too awkward for my taste, but hell I enjoyed it in how dumb it was. Things I still need to watch: -Promare: Sorry I live in a poo poo third-world country so this wasn't in my cinemas. -Konosuba movie: See above. -Beastars: See ab...okay no I can't pull that excuse here but it came out during a really bad moment for me and then I kind of forgot to watch it. I probably will this weekend. Blaze Dragon fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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5. Fire Force - starts weak, but the rare anime where my interest level rose over time. great design work and an impressive production from david 4. Kaguya-sama - i have high standards for anime comedy and this is good. it's good 3. Mob Psycho II - this didn't have the same impact as first season had for me, but since mob 1 is one of the best anime ever made that's hardly a negative 2. Stars Align - yes, this is a half finished series, but it's depiction of characters living with abuse and emotional trauma and forming strong bonds with one another through sports is beautiful. the ending, too, is shocking and in a weird way, considering the circumstances, did more for me than some actual anime endings do. hope akane continues his foray away from sci-fi/mecha jail 1. Hulaing Babies - hulaing babies is why cartoons are good
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I honestly only watched a few shows from this year. But I think they were good enough for a top 5 list. Let's do this. 5. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure ~Golden Wind~: Not the best part, but it has some super memorable fights. And David Productions continues to bring their A-game. It could've made top 5 just on production values and voice acting alone. Also, the last part of the manga I've read, so I need to catch up. 4. Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files ~Rail Zeppelin Grace Note~: Fate is my jam, and it is nice to see Waver again. Also Inori Minase does a great ojou. Holy poo poo. I didn't think I'd like Reines as much as I did. 3. Kaguya-sama Love is War: I think Can of Worms put it best. A romcom in the vein of Death Note, and it's hilarious. I didn't expect much coming into it since I never read the manga, and you can easily miss with this kind of premise. But I'm glad it lived up to the hype. 2. Attack on Titan S3P2: I was never an AoT "true believer". I watched the first season a year and a half later than everyone else, and while I enjoyed it, I didn't consider it the godsend that a lot of people did. In fact, I kind of forgot about it until earlier this year when I had nothing to watch and figured I'd play catch up. The show had me by the balls by the end of the second season, and I binged the rest of it. The show has seriously payed off so far, and here's hoping they stick the landing. 1. Mob Psycho 100 S2: My number one for the year, and for those who read the Anime of the Decade thread, my AotD. I can understand why some people say it didn't hit them as hard as season one, but for me, I found it to be even better. It is the most wholesome shounen series I've ever watched. Honorable Mentions: Isekai Quartet, Kakegurui XX, Beastars Shows I Haven't Watched but Probably Should Based on This Thread: Dumbells, Machikado Mazoku Also, holy crap, there was a Boogiepop & Others series this year? Is it any good? I loved the original anime and read a couple of the novels.
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Kaguya-sama was my favorite for last year. I keep rewatching random episodes over and over whenever I need a laugh because those kids are so stupid it becomes endearing. I can't wait for season 2 and hope it ends up being my favorite for this year. I liked O Maidens and Joshikosei no Mudakuzai for similar reasons (dumb teenagers being awkward and watching the consequences) and watched them to fill the Kaguya shaped hole in my heart. Other than those the rest of the year was fine but nothing that jumped out to me.
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Bang Dream s2 A lot of the time the CG was pretty ugly, but occasionally they managed to make it fairly expressive. A definite downgrade from s1, visually, but the writing was real solid. Still Popipa-focused, but a good amount of love for other characters, and Otae's arc really shined. Looking forward to s3 in a few weeks! Kimetsu no Yaiba  I mostly don't do shounen action anymore, but the massive amount of fanart this thing inspired lead me to give it a shot. It was beautiful, touching, and all around rad as heck. The pacing was a bit janky, and not all the comedy worked for me, but when this show was firing on all cylinders it was some of the best poo poo I've watched recently. Hugtto! Precure  The first precure I've finished since Heartcatch. There were plenty of not-so-good episodes, and 2/5 of the main Cures were pretty weak characters, but Hana was a really endearing protagonist, and Emiru and Lulu were absolutely fantastic. Oh, and Henri! The good eps of hugtto were absolutely fantastic, and that's the kind of thing that lets me forgive many flaws. Machikado Mazoku  This show was funny+cute at levels I certainly wasn't expecting. A cut above most kirara adaptations. Re:Stage! Dream Days  A sweet straightforward idol show - girls want to idol -> make club -> recruit members, each with their own focus ep -> rivals! -> idolatry. Cute characters with good chemistry, good music, I liked it a lot. Honorable mentions: Actors: Songs Connection - for all the reasons Squark said Manaria Friends - cute + chill + yuri, very good Promare - awesome visuals and the boys kissed, what's not to like Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - I decided it was too boring a vote to put it in the 5, but Mob is just really good anime
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AlternateNu posted:Also, holy crap, there was a Boogiepop & Others series this year? Is it any good? I loved the original anime and read a couple of the novels. Yes. No. It was one of my worst of the year, despite being, in theory, my kind of thing. The bland character design would be enough of a fault normally, but it combined with the non-linear storytelling to make even simple scenes confusing. What I've seen from people who like the novels also said that the show kind of cuts the heart out of the books. The raw events are there, but the stuff that makes you care is pretty much gone.
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yeah but it has that one va so its all that but also still good
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I did a top 10 somewhere else, I'll try to sort this into a best 5, but it's a bit arbitrary. Good year for anime. Things that would be equally likely to be in the top 5 as anything else, if I'd made this list in a slightly different mood: How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift? - Genuinely made me start exercising more. Ascendance of a Bookworm - somehow the only real isekai on this list, by virtue of being different. Actually takes its premise seriously in a way most of the genre doesn't, and goes somewhere very different with it. The Case Files of Lord something something Zeppelin something - That kid from Fate Zero grew up to be both Snape and Sherlock Holmes, pleasing certain parts of the internet. A detective show where everyone's a wizard. Manages to demonstrate that mystery stories can still be compelling when the truth is certain to be nonsense. Also very pretty. Vinland Saga - Unusual historical setting for anime. Manages to strike the right balance with its "these violent people are monsters but also very cool to watch" thing. The Promised Neverland - Tense, claustrophobic thriller. With kids, for kids. 5. Beastars - This one's weird melodrama, which is good. Anime should be weird. Has no idea what any real world animal is like, but that's ok. 4. Kemurikusa - A weird one (see Beastars). Seems to start in the final part of a longer story. "what if Kemono friends, but edgier?" isn't a fair summary, but might help explain the appeal. 3. Mob Psycho 100, season 2 - more Mob, possibly even better than the first season. I'd have to rewatch the whole thing to be sure. 2. Dr Stone - Arguably the actual best isekai show on this list. Demonstrates a real love (and understanding) for science, not just its results, even if it does get a little rear end-pully to keep up the pacing at times. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for anything where some crazy supernatural thing happens and someone asks "okay, but where did the energy come from?". 1. Machikado Mazoku - Silly gay demon show makes me happy. Adorable, and the best comedy of the year. Honorable mentions that weren't as good as other things: Symphogear was more Symphogear, thus good. Demon Slayer and Fire Force were both extruded shonen action product, elevated by amazing direction, plus the latter is about a guy with rocket feet. All those comedy isekai shows - the wrestling one, the "average" one, the paranoid one and I guess Iruma-kun counts too - kept me watching and deserve a mention together, if not separately.
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chiasaur11 posted:Yes. No. I really liked Boogiepop Phantom, and was very disappointed with & Others. Phantom had this overarching sense of alienation and societal pressure that added a lot of texture to the events, which Others had basically none of so it came across as kinda perfunctory.
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People talked about Boogiepop & Others being nonlinear and confusing, but I thought it had the opposite problem. Every mystery is resolved before it's even really introduced. Like, we learn all about Boogiepop's deal in the first episode before we even have any reason to care about them. It's bizarre.
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Elephant Parade posted:People talked about Boogiepop & Others being nonlinear and confusing, but I thought it had the opposite problem. Every mystery is resolved before it's even really introduced. Like, we learn all about Boogiepop's deal in the first episode before we even have any reason to care about them. It's bizarre. It's both. That's the impressive thing. The mysteries and ambiguities are resolved with obvious explanations before you had room to start theorizing, while basic questions like "Which brown haired guy was this? Is he the serial killer? Is there more than one?" were difficult due to awkward presentation. It's the opposite end of the spectrum from shows like Gridman, where the big mysteries had people theorizing (and were satisfying when you got the answer, even if you guessed it already), but where the basic "Who is this, what happened, is that an Evil Chief Over-justice?" is obvious.
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In no real order here’s my top 5: Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu Wa Ha Ha! Kaguya-sama: Love is War Chika is a treasure and the comedy is on point. O Maidens In Your Savage Season This made me cry. A wonderful coming of age story. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl A wonderful big screen adaptation that felt like a full arc of the show, genuinely touching at the end. Sarazanmai This made me cry too. Also a good coming of age story. numerrik fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jan 5, 2020 |
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Top 5 in something like an order:
Almost but not quite: Demon Slayer Hitoribocchi
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1. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - I wish they'll never stop making Mob Psycho but also hope it never falls into the wrong hands like with One-Punch Man Season 2. 2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind - I still like Diamond is Unbreakable better but never stop pumping JoJo into my veins. 3. Aggretsuko Season 2 - How come this wasn't on the list? It was released June 14th, 2019. 4. Pokémon Sun and Moon - Surprisingly great animation for such a long-running series. It does help that I went back into Pokémon for S/M so things were more relevant when I watched. Things I know I would like but never got around to watching: -PROMARE -The Promised Neverland (Please tell me it turned out good, manga is great)
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Paracelsus posted:I really liked Boogiepop Phantom, and was very disappointed with & Others. Phantom had this overarching sense of alienation and societal pressure that added a lot of texture to the events, which Others had basically none of so it came across as kinda perfunctory. I feel the exact opposite for different reasons. I tried watching Phantom shortly after Others premiered and couldn't get into it. There's a harsh judginess to Phantom's pov that really turns me off, whereas Others has a way of feeling more impartial outside of Boogiepop's proclamations and just the sheer bleakness of a lot of what happens. Others was oftentimes obtuse for odd reasons, but I feel like I got what each arc was aiming for emotionally by the time it was all over.
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No particular order Mob Psycho S2 Sarazanmai Hitori Bocchi Machikado Mazoku Kimetsu no Yaiba Pretty strong year all around
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In light of an English version of Ride Your Wave becoming available and being the true best anime of 2019 I have to revise my list. 1) Ride Your Wave 2) Mix: Meisei Story 3) Sarazanmai 4) Lupin the Third: Fujiko Mine's Lie 5) O Maidens In Your Savage Season Sorry Attack on Titan, you're great and all and I didn't want to cut you but you were too outclassed to roll with the biggest of the big boys. Better luck next season.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - I'm hyped for the movie and the anime did great w/the original manga. The VA and fights were amazing for this series and I can't wait for an S2. given - the most underrated character drama of the season that no one has watched but I loved every ep. It's one of the realistic takes towards loss and how it changes a person but eventually, how they will accept it. Also, the hype for the movie and reading the manga. My Roommate is a Cat - great cat animation and i miss my cat alot guys Tsurune - somehow better resolution than Free! S3 and I liked the art /calm setting Sarazanmai - Strange but interesting exp and good boys who are trying their best
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I apparently finished 25 shows this years. Top Five Run With The Wind: Great characters, simple but amazingly effective plot. I'm still amazed that a relatively minor show like this got two full cours, but I'm glad that it did, as it makes the slow but steady growth of the team and its individual members that much more satisfying to watch. Demon Slayer: I'm not usually a big shonen action person, but Demon Slayer deserves credit for being consistently well-written, well-produced, and (with some minor exceptions) well-paced. Fun characters, a distinctive and stylish visual style, and a good mix of action, exposition, and comedy beats. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2: A very strong second season. Managed to significantly expand its scope and cast without ever forgetting about its core characters, and did an amazing job of growing these characters in a way that felt organic and earned. Kaguya-sama: I found the source manga a bit too repetitive, but this adaptation was a delight. Snappy and inspired direction, good comedic timing, and an all-round solid performance from the cast. Hitoribocchi:Just a really sweet, lighthearted comedy. Honorable Mentions Kono Oto Tomare!: I can't really explain why I enjoyed this show as much as I did. It's generic, predictable, cheaply made, and often embarrassingly sincere, and yet it somehow manages to be an enjoyable mix of character drama, comedy beats, and club stuff (even if the show at times seems almost comically averse to showing any actual koto playing). The final episode made me tear up more than any other anime episode this year. Stars Align: It's a real shame that this was cut in half by the production company, and that we might never see the originally planned second half. Without any resolution, the drama ends up feeling heavy-handed and repetitive. Still, it's a really well-made show, and I love the character designs. Really crossing my fingers that we get an ending somehow, that might retroactively lift this into the top five. Astra Lost in Space: I realize some people did not care for this one, and I'll admit that the ending was kind of a wet fart, but I found everything up to the ending an enjoyable ride. The first half of the season has a pleasant planet-of-the-week feel, and a solid chain of cliffhangers and dramatic revelations in the second half cemented it as one of my favorites of the season. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl: Looked like a dime-a-dozen light novel adaptation with supernatural elements and harem potential at first glance, but managed to sell it by keeping its supernatural elements firmly rooted in well-written character drama. Not the most inventive show this year, but confidently told and produced. O Maidens In Your Savage Season: Equal parts hilarious and awkward.
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verbal enema posted:Its k-on
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I did not watch enough anime this year! Far more shows got added to my backlog than removed, and I feel a bit bad for posting my top 5 without having seen Sarazanmai, Demon Slayer, most of Dr Stone, the Fruits Basket remake, Granbelm, or Run With the Wind. I want to watch them all now that I have a bit more time - currently working through Dr Stone which is a lot of fun so far. Of the anime that I did manage to watch, my top 5 in no particular order are: Mob Psycho 100 season 2 - Maybe not as charming as S1, but still really good! I love ONE's characters. Machikado Mazoku - Way better than I was expecting from the synopsis. Binged it and immediately went to read the manga. Tied for "heartwarming fluff of the year" with . . . Hitoribocci - WA HA HA Kaguya-sama - Great adaptation of an incredibly funny manga. Narrator-san was spot on. As the manga progresses it just keeps getting funnier / more well-written, so I'm eagerly looking forward to a second season. O Maidens In Your Savage Season - Okada sure as hell knows how to write troubled, confused teenagers! This show was frequently nerve-wracking but consistently hilarious. Honorable mentions go to: Wasteful Days of High School Girls Given
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1. run with the wind 2. kaguya-sama: love is war 3. pokemon thats all the new stuff i watched this year, mostly been catching up on old series...
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This has reminded me how little anime I watched last year but How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Genuinely made me start working out more Edit: I thought about it more and took Fire Force off my list Kaguya-sama: Love is War Hilarious, brilliant Run With The Wind In the same way Dumbbells inspired me to start lifting, this got me back onto running Bullbar fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jan 8, 2020 |
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Top heavy year for me. 1) Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Romcoms are usually not my jam but something about this one just came correct and I loved it, AOTY. 2) Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - Still an incredible show. Escalated a whole lot without budging an inch from the themes I loved about the first season. Mob is a good boy. 3) Ascendance of a Bookworm - I've liked the LN for a while so it was nice to see it adapted. Still wholesome and cute in anime form. 4) Kimetsu no Yaiba - I had some issues with the show but dang were the visuals great and that one episode was amazing. You know the one. 5) Thunderbolt Fantasy: Bewitching Melody of the West - Didn't feel too strongly about the other shows I watched this year so I'm chucking my puppet movie on here. I love me some puppets. Shows I didn't get to: Run With The Wind, The Promised Neverland, Beastars, Vinland Saga
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1. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - Still amazing. Still wonderful. 2. Ascendance of a Bookworm - This was very well animated, and a great joy to watch. 3. Dr. Stone - The production really knew how to made good use of the source material. Seeing all the science animated was beautiful. 4. Isekai Quartet - A bit of a guilty pleasure, but I felt that the 4 series played off each other really well. It's mainly Tanya who carried it though. Watched quite a few others but nothing makes it to the top.
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In no particular order: Demon Slayer Machikado Mazoku Mob Psycho 2 Kaguya Kemerikusa
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My 5 favorites in no particular order: Beastars-    The art direction is so good and the characters are often incredibly expressive. Legosi, Haru and Louis are all likable and compelling leads. OP is the best in a long time too. Fruits Basket (2019) First Season-    I've never watched the original or read the manga but man did I love this show. It just feels so warm. Vinland Saga-       I'm very biased, I was probably always going to love this adaptation. The background art is so great at capturing the moody atmosphere. Askeladd is a fascinating character and scumbag. Thorkell is the most adorable 7ft6in 50 year old bloodthirsty awful-uncle you could ever meet. It's not until the next arc that Canute and especially Thorfinn come into their own though. Ascendance of a Bookworm-    The author put a lot of thought into this work and it shows. Main's a great main. Given-    Rock bands are always a good aesthetic. I enjoyed the cast, Haruki is my favorite. Honorable mentions: Mob Psycho 100 Season 2  Animation is spectacular. Episode 1 and 7 of season 2 are some of my favorite episodes of any anime this year. But World Domination is just the weakest arc in the entirety of this series and it really drags the last half of the season down. Claw Boss sucks. Lord El-Melloi  I love Waver Kaguya Sama: Love is War  I love Chika Kemono Michi  I guess I'm just a sucker for wrestling animation 'cause I still enjoyed this show despite almost never finding it funny.
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Since the deadline is approaching and I haven't had as much free time to watch anime lately, I'm going to have to include a couple shows I haven't finished yet. 5: Bungou Stray Dogs s3: Surely I'm not the only one who watches this? The villain of this arc was pretty neat for most of it, even if he eventually crossed the line into Mary Sue territory a little at the end. 4: Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files ~Rail Zeppelin Grace Note~: Shows some new sides of the Nasuverse, including fleshing out post-Fourth War Waver's characterization. The "mystery" elements tend to be rather arbitrary, though. This is one of the two I haven't finished yet, although I'm most of the way through. 3: Astra: Lost in Space: I liked most of the characters and the weird planets they explored. I wasn't a fan of some rather convoluted twists towards the end, but I wasn't as bothered by them as some people seem to have been. 2: Golden Wind: A solid adaptation of a JoJo part with some great crazy battles. It still falls apart towards the end (I'm noticing a pattern here...). 1: Vinland Saga: Yes, I'm putting this one in first place even though I haven't finished it yet. It has one of the most compelling depictions of a pacifist or near-pacifist I can remember, because it lets the character follow his convictions through instead of giving him easy outs, thus making a strong argument that nonviolence is often the right thing to do because it's hard. Admittedly this fits a bit awkwardly with the over-the-top battle scene that follows the time skip (a result of the anime adapting a flashback from the manga before the main storyline), but the main storyline is compelling in its own right so far.
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Honorable Mention - Stars Align: This is only an honorable mention because the story is so blatantly unfinished. If everything had gone as planned, this would have only been the first half of a split-cour show, and probably a front runner for my #1 pick of 2020, but with so many things left unresolved, I can't in good conscience put it on the list. Still, I have to mention it because while it was airing I was completely engrossed, and I hope the creative team has a chance to finish the story in some way or another. 5 - BEASTARS: I didn't watch Land of the Lustrous, but if this is what ORANGE's CGI work looks like, maybe I should. 4 - Dr. Stone: I feel like this show's premise could have easily turned out insufferable, but it totally won me over. This show is just such a great ode to human curiosity and progress. The scene where Senku reinvents the lightbulb still gives me chills... 3 - Sarazanmai: God, this show was a blast. Every week I was buried under a barrage of surrealism, symbolism, and butts. The craziest thing is, this is probably the most easily digestible of the Ikuhara shows I've seen. 2 - Mob Psycho 100 Season 2: This show could have pretty much only consisted of the Shimazaki fight and it would probably still have made my list. It's amazing how BONES was able to top their efforts in the already strong first season, and it definitely made it harder to watch what happened to One Punch Man the very next season... 1 - Vinland Saga: I had heard of the manga in passing before but otherwise went in completely blind. I thought it was pretty good from the first couple episodes, but I never would have guess how riveted I would become. The transformation of Askeladd week to week from a pretty entertaining villain to one of the most compelling characters I've seen in any medium was a hell of a thing to watch. :edit: Also, just for fun: Favorite OP: Love Dramatic - Kaguya-sama: Love is War Runner-Up: 99.9 - Mob Psycho 2 Favorite ED: Stand by Me - Sarazanmai Runner-Up: Drown - Vinland Saga GyroNinja fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Jan 11, 2020 |
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Jan 11, 2020 04:02
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1. Run With The Wind 2. Carole & Tuesday
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Jan 11, 2020 04:04
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1) Carole and Tuesday 2) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind 3) How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? 4) Demon Slayer 5) Fruits Basket S1
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5.Hulaing Babies A short comedy series about girls who want to hula-dance. Has a really fun aesthetic and art-style, and is pretty good at switching between laid-back and zany bits. 4.given I wish the best of luck to these dumb gay boys. This is a story that has a lot of heart put into it, and it really does warm my heart thinking about it, even now. 3.How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Best OP of 2019. Not a lot of depth to this one- it's just a really funny show that does a good job of making you want to get into a workout routine. Also is canonically a part of the Kengan Ashura universe, which will never not be funny to me. 2.Hugtto Precure This was was one of the most enjoyable shows that I watched last year-from the lighthearted and goofy comedy, to the occasionally well-directed episodes and action scenes, to the actual tender moments of earnest love depicted between characters and the struggles we face as we work towards an uncertain future. It also includes many firsts for the Precure franchise, and that kind of risk-taking is generally something I'm in favor of. I want more people to be aware of how good and meaningful for people shows can be, even if they're longrunning children's shows. 1.Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Continuing off of the first season and then some, this show's just a great exploration of how our connections help us grow as people, and lots of fun, goofy antics with ghosts and psychics. And the animation at times is outstanding. Will definitely be thinking about this show for years afterwards.
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Phone posting right now so I’m going to do the bare minimum for formatting. I’ve been watching less and less anime over the years and I’m dying 5. Hitori Bocchi: This was okay. Uh yeah. 4. Yaiba: After the first six or so episodes I started to get really into it. It looks nice and I like all the characters 3. AoT S3P2: Now this is the good poo poo. I am loving in now boys! 2. Kaguya-Sama: Some good rear end comedy 1. Mob Psycho 100 2: absolutely incredible. Peace.
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Jan 11, 2020 18:09
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PROMARE:  Machikado Mazoku: cute and funny and good Kaguya-sama: Love is War: see above Senryu Girl: see above How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?: 
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Jan 11, 2020 18:50
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The Top 5:
Honorable Mentions 10. Thunderbolt Fantasy: Bewitching Melody of the West - Holy poo poo how is this so drat fun? 09. Senryuu Girl - Kana Hanazawa could mug me and I would give her my wallet and at least one of my guitars. 08. 07. Symphogear XV: All the buttrock and j-pop with the responsibility that entails. 06. Demon Girl Next Door: I liked this, but not as much as Bocchi. It was pretty fun.
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Jan 11, 2020 19:22
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Skĺl!
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This year I only have three that I feel strongly enough about to vote for, so in no particular order: Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! - You'll accuse me of hypocrisy when you see my post in the worst anime thread because I'm not that into isekai and find most bland, but at least this one has the acknowledgement that the main character is OP and she tries to bring her companions up to her level. Also I found it funny. Boogiepop Never Laughs - I really liked this. I found it stylish and the fact that the stories are told from different perspectives didn't put me off because I like stories that are told in interesting ways. Kaguya-sama: Love is War - It funny, bring me iino
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