The Best Anime of 2019

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AFancyQuestionMark: Feb 19, 2017; Long time no see.

I only have two:

Hi Score Girl Season 2 - Both the OVA in March and the second season itself are very well done, comfortable and heartwarming, continuing on from the excellent first season. I can't recall any other show that had me feeling the same sense of earnest joy and relief this show regularly provides in the interactions between Ono and Yaguchi. Also, Etsuko Yakushimaru did a phenomenal job with the EDs.

Sarazanmai - Ikuhara did it again, the absolute madman. Symbolism, surreal sequences, emotionaly engaging characters, all that good stuff. Another excellent ED. I liked the otter cop song.

That is all.

# ? Jan 11, 2020 21:41

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 04:17

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

It was otterly sexy.

# ? Jan 11, 2020 21:44

Julias: Jun 24, 2012; Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Voting is officially over :siren:

# ? Jan 12, 2020 23:24

littleorv: Jan 29, 2011

Vote on my balls bithc

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:14

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

I'm excited to see some stats :neckbeard:

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:42

Namtab: Feb 22, 2010

Is it just me or were both threads kinda quiet this year

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:50

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

Namtab posted:

Is it just me or were both threads kinda quiet this year

the forums're dyin', cloud

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:51

Julias: Jun 24, 2012; Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Namtab posted:

Is it just me or were both threads kinda quiet this year

Yes. Though I also felt this year had a smaller assortment of shows to get excited about compared to the last few. :shrug:

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:02

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Both 2017 and 2018 were stacked as gently caress, tbh.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:17

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

Namtab posted:

Is it just me or were both threads kinda quiet this year

Both threads wound up just being a repository for lists, barely any discussion.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:00

littleorv: Jan 29, 2011

Forums dying Cloud

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:10

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; ASK ME ABOUT MY
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It seemed like there was pretty broad agreement, not much to argue about

# ? Jan 13, 2020 03:48

Homura and Sickle: Apr 21, 2013

Namtab posted:

Is it just me or were both threads kinda quiet this year

i kinda just procrastinated until i saw oops time is up

i would have voted for beastars and wasteful days of high school girls.

but yeah 2019 had far fewer stand outs than 2017 or 18 IMO

# ? Jan 13, 2020 04:04

dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

from 85 voters, the 2019 AOTY results are

code:

Unweighted Top 10:

1. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 (42 votes)
2. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (31 votes)
3. Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (22 votes)
4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (21 votes)
5. Machikado Mazoku / The Demon Girl Next Door (19 votes)
6. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (15 votes)
7. How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, Beastars, Vinland Saga (13 votes each)
8. Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note (11 votes)
9. Run With The Wind, O Maidens In Your Savage Season, Sarazanmai, Ascendance of a Bookworm (10 votes each)
10. Symphogear XV (9 votes)

code:

Weighted Top 10:

1. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 (114 points)
2. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (74 points)
3. Machikado Mazoku / The Demon Girl Next Door (45 points)
4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (32 points)
5. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (30 points)
6. Beastars (28 points)
7. Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (27 points)
8. Run With The Wind (26 points)
9. Symphogear XV, Vinland Saga (25 points each)
10. Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note (24 points)

tally of votes is here, i did grab the votes of stuff that i forgot to put in the list (sorry, looks like i missed a bunch and never added them retroactively)

# ? Jan 13, 2020 05:31

Spiritus Nox: Sep 2, 2011

Mob!

# ? Jan 13, 2020 05:46

littleorv: Jan 29, 2011

.

good work everyone

# ? Jan 13, 2020 06:07

Emmideer: Oct 20, 2011; Lovely night, no?; Grimey Drawer

Spiritus Nox posted:

Mob!

littleorv posted:

.

good work everyone

# ? Jan 13, 2020 06:11

Emmideer: Oct 20, 2011; Lovely night, no?; Grimey Drawer

I enjoy that Golden Wind is fifth.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 06:11

an actual dog: Nov 18, 2014

Congrats to Mob!!!

And if you passed up Beastars cause of Netflix jail plz watch!

# ? Jan 13, 2020 08:05

Maxwell Adams: Oct 21, 2000; T E E F S

Good to see Machikado Mazoku making the list. Attack on Titan didn't, though, what the hell.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 08:34

Evrart Claire: Jan 11, 2008

Happy to see Beastars that high on the weighted list for being a late in the year series that a lot of people probably haven't checked out at all yet.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 08:42

MiddleOne: Feb 17, 2011

What is The Demon Girl Next Door. :stare:

Started watching Dumbbells, thanks thread!

# ? Jan 13, 2020 09:45

Homura and Sickle: Apr 21, 2013

MiddleOne posted:

What is The Demon Girl Next Door.

Started watching Dumbbells, thanks thread!

its a silly magical girl yuri comedy with a surprisingly ambitious plot. its from the director of hinamatsuri so it has fantastic comedic timing

# ? Jan 13, 2020 10:12

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

I can only speak for myself but 2019 was just kind of a weak year for what I had to talk about, I barely was able to construct a top 5 and the last couple of slots were *shrug*.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 13:34

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Also while Mob S2 was legit better than season 1 and easily proved to be Top 5 material for 2019, I feel like the whole thing belongs more in the "Best Anime of the decade" as a whole instead of just a seasonal/yearly thing.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 13:40

Blaze Dragon: Aug 28, 2013; LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Wark Say posted:

Also while Mob S2 was legit better than season 1 and easily proved to be Top 5 material for 2019, I feel like the whole thing belongs more in the "Best Anime of the decade" as a whole instead of just a seasonal/yearly thing.

That'd just be unfair though, Mob would take both the first and second places!

# ? Jan 13, 2020 14:24

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

I personally vastly preferred Mob S1 because the evil psychic organization plotline is probably my least favorite part of the overall story.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 14:41

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

Looking over what I picked I feel it was an extremely strong year for me since all my choices were by creators (mostly directors but a few writers too) with really distinct voices such that I couldn't imagine anyone else handling them, people whose work I'm almost always excited to see.

(Given the timing I completely understand how it panned out that way but it's a strange feeling nonetheless to be the only person to vote for a new Yuasa anime)

# ? Jan 13, 2020 14:58

Homura and Sickle: Apr 21, 2013

Srice posted:

(Given the timing I completely understand how it panned out that way but it's a strange feeling nonetheless to be the only person to vote for a new Yuasa anime)

i didnt know that was available ( :filez:

) until you made this post but yeah it'd probably be in my top anime had i watched it

# ? Jan 13, 2020 15:17

Eeepies: May 29, 2013; Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.

2019 felt like many average animes, you won't mind watching them but you won't feel enthused about them either.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 15:34

dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

i just did the same stuff i always do, ignore some of the stuff i watched that already is getting high praise in favor of voting for stuff that i just found some value/fun in watching that i didn't expect, usually due to or in spite of apparent flaws

which was basically just my middle three i guess. i totally blanked on posting in gorf's usual thread but my bigger anime experiences of the year were all toxx stuff that was old lol. i'm already feeling a similar indifference with jumping on the treadmill of seasonal anime so it might just be one of those periods.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 16:16

MiddleOne: Feb 17, 2011

Nate RFB posted:

I personally vastly preferred Mob S1 because the evil psychic organization plotline is probably my least favorite part of the overall story.

Funny. I found the arc a lot more charming in the anime since it didn't drag out for a year as it did in the manga.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 16:31

darkgray: Dec 20, 2005; My best pose facing the morning sun!

For comparison or whatever, this is 5ch's top 50 for 2019:

1. Machikado Mazoku / The Demon Girl Next Door (488p)
2. High Score Girl II (368p)
3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (344p)
4. Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 (341p)
5. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (334p)
6. Dr. Stone (327p)
7. Astra Lost in Space (298p)
8. Wataten! An Angel Flew Down to Me (287p)
9. Vinland Saga (282p)
10. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 (261p)
11. Wasteful Days of HIgh School Girls (255p)
12. kemurikusa. (252p)
13. Run With The Wind (198p)
14. How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? (170p)
15. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (162p)
16. Re:Stage! Dream Days (160p)
17. Kono Oto Tomare! (155p)
18. Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (142p)
18. Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (142p)
20. Kiratto Pri-chan (137p)
21. Demon Lord, Retry! (122p)
22. O Maidens In Your Savage Season (118p)
23. Chihayafuru s3 (117p)
24. Beastars (109p)
25. Ascendance of a Bookworm (104p)
26. How Clumsy You Are, Miss Ueno (97p)
27. Dororo (93p)
28. Teasing Master Takagi-san Season 2 (85p)
29. Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (74p)
29. The Promised Neverland (74p)
31. Rising of Shield Hero (70p)
32. Sarazanmai (60p)
33. Cinderella Nine (57p)
34. Sounan des kua? / Are You Lost? (56p)
34. BanG Dream! S2 (56p)
36. Babylon (55p)
37. Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (49p)
38. Bermuda Triangle ~ Colorful Pastrale (46p)
39. ENDRO! (45p)
40. Stars Align (41p)
41. Magical Sempai / Tejina Senpai (40p)
42. The Magnificent KOTOBUKI (39p)
43. Carole & Tuesday (38p)
43. Hensuki (38p)
45. Rifle is Beautiful (37p)
45. We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (37p)
47. Kakegurui XX (35p)
47. After School Dice Club (35p)
49. Cop Craft (34p)
49. Symphogear XV (34p)

And most of the decade in an image:

# ? Jan 13, 2020 16:59

Davincie: Jul 7, 2008

and most watched in japan of the year

https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2019/12/09-1/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-is-the-most-continuously-watched-anime-in-2019

# ? Jan 13, 2020 18:48

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

Congrats to all the fans who made it possible.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 19:09

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Davincie posted:

and most watched in japan of the year

https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2019/12/09-1/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-is-the-most-continuously-watched-anime-in-2019

Dug Ushio and Tora and currently loving Souboutei. Was Karakuri Circus anywhere as good as either of those?

# ? Jan 13, 2020 19:39

gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

the anime? nah, it cut out most of it and was pretty low budget. the manga is still being translated, but it has a problem with how the puppet and circus arcs are kind of bad but the automaton arcs are strange, violent and interesting. right now the translation's on another puppet arc.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 19:44

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Here's my little principal components analysis for this year. Not sure how helpful it is this year since Mob and Kaguya kinda ran away with it.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 22:51

Julias: Jun 24, 2012; Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

It's pretty funny that I'm on the opposite side from Wark Say, but it makes sense, our top 5s were completely different.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 23:00

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 04:17

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Julias posted:

It's pretty funny that I'm on the opposite side from Wark Say, but it makes sense, our top 5s were completely different.

You're next to me so you have good taste

# ? Jan 13, 2020 23:01

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