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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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