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If anyone wants to go ahead and start the tradition in the next couple days. I'm still waiting for Girlish number's last episode to finish and that might or might not take a while. At least 7 days from now because HS release~ But others might be done with the season sooner seeing as Izetta is already done, Stella no Mahou is already done, Magical Girl raising project is done, yuri on ice is done, Keijo is done in 20 hours etcetc.
Of course like always, you're free to add whatever kind of category you want yourself at the bottom for shitz and giggles. The above is just the standard one.
Does non-completed anime count? I hardly watch airing so prob won't be able to do much for such a tradition.
If anyone wants to go ahead and start the tradition in the next couple days. I'm still waiting for Girlish number's last episode to finish and that might or might not take a while. At least 7 days from now because HS release~ But others might be done with the season sooner seeing as Izetta is already done, Stella no Mahou is already done, Magical Girl raising project is done, yuri on ice is done, Keijo is done in 20 hours etcetc.
Of course like always, you're free to add whatever kind of category you want yourself at the bottom for shitz and giggles. The above is just the standard one.
Does non-completed anime count? I hardly watch airing so prob won't be able to do much for such a tradition.
If you are talking about running 2-cour shows then I would say yes. I'm not going to wait another 3 month to state that 3-gatsu is AotY...
yeah same, I'm going to include 3-gatsu as well and just bank on Shaft not screwing up in the next 3 months. Don't think we really had a situation like that before with a 2cour that actually deserves to be on the list while not being finished. iirc we consider stuff to be from the season it started airing (so 3gatsu would belong into this year and not the next) but at the same time because it's fall season it's not finished yet
OH BTW, it's dec 21st, so Kizumonogatari is out on BDs. If someone finds something on nyaa or elsewhere would be nice if you could mention it in here. With Christmas days incomming I'm probably going to forget about it and so far I could only find the OST
Izetta sucked. The premise was good, but they squandered it. + Show Spoiler +
Using magic for nukes and cruise missiles is a novel (and arguably logical) idea, but it ends up being silly because the entire setting basically becomes irrelevant.
It's cool that they were willing to kill characters, but the way they went about it made often made it feel pointless. The deaths of Rickert, the random boy soldier, and the head advisor were all pretty meh.
In general, the way they used characters sucked. The ace pilot was relevant for a total of what, two episodes? I don't even know why they bothered showing him in the ending, because he literally didn't do anything after his one dogfight with Izetta.
Probably one of the worst written shows I've finished this year, alongside Kabaneri.
Eupho s1 > Eupho s2. The writing's bizarre. A third of the season is spent talking about literal nobodies. Two of the main four girls are relegated to the background. Shuuichi is still billed as the love interest despite being a laughingstock of a character. Reina's unrequitted love is cute when used as a joke, but once they start addressing it seriously, it gets creepy. + Show Spoiler +
Seriously, what am I supposed to feel when Reina visits the wife's grave? I honestly can't tell what the author intended. Is this supposed to be a heartwarming scene? It's just a really fucking weird thing to do.
Why is Kumiko the sole POV for this show anyways? Everything's shown through her eyes, but half of the stuff that happens isn't even related to her. She's not even particularly introspective.
Brave Witches is pretty awful. It's a little weird, because the OVAs had perfectly good animation and stories. There's also no Eila/Sanya to carry the show, I guess.
Drifters is Drifters. Either you like B-movies or you don't.
Yuri on Ice is probably the disappointment of the season. The skating animation looks good when they put effort into it, but on the other hand, it really shows when they skimp. The story is actually nonexistant. There's no real sense of development or progression. It's really telling that to me, the most interesting storyline was the rivalry between Yurio and JJ, and even that got an unsatisfactory resolution. In the end, the show is a bunch of skating scenes loosely tied together with fujoshi bait. It sure did sell though.
Girlish Number was awful. Chitose was entertaining for maybe 2-3 episodes, but after 11 episodes, I've grown pretty tired of her. Yae and Koto are fairly irrelevant. Kazuha and Momoka are pretty decent, and the show was actually good when it focused on them. I couldn't care less about the current Chitose/Kuzu focused arc. Frankly, it's a little surprising that the characters in this show are so bad, considering that Oregairu had so many decent characters. Hell, Gojo is practically a Hachiman clone.
Jojo was alright, but as much as I like Kira, part 4 is definitely one of the weaker parts. Even in the climax, it lacks the intensity that stuff like Wham's fights or Dio's World had. That said, I'm pretty satisfied with their adaptations of the Italian and sniper rat stories.
Haikyuu was better than the manga. Again. It's pretty impressive how consistent they've been.
3-gatsu is good. I think this is one of the few Shaft shows where they actually manage to put the Shaftiness to good use.
Bernard-jou Iwaka was pretty enjoyable for a short.
Before the season started, I said that it was impossible to screw up Natsume. It's honestly true. After 5 seasons, some of the youkai of the week stuff has gotten pretty repetitive, but even then, it's not outright bad. This season in particular had some really strong episodes. We even got some rare Natori and Touko stories. And now we get Natsume Roku in 2017. They're on a roll.
I also finished MJP. The story... was not very good. Can't say I liked the character designs either. The fight choreography was really good though. Heck, ep 14 had such a good fight that the finale paled in comparison. I don't think any of the main characters were particularly good, but all things considered, the supporting cast ended up being surprisingly likeable.
Next season...
Watching Little Witch Academia - If this is on par with the OVA and movie, it'll be one of the better shows of the season. Rewrite s2 - Mostly so I can bitch about it. Also they better use canoe. Rakugo s2 - I liked the first season a lot. Youjo Senki - Literally Hitler. It'll be edgy as fuck, which will either make it great or awful.
Maybe Chaos;Child - Honestly, sciadv stuff has been pretty awful lately. They've had what, four animes now, and only one of them was actually worth watching? Granblue Fantasy - I fully expect this to suck. Kuzu no Honkai - 99% guaranteed to be love triangle bullshit. Onihei - A promise of vaguely legit historical fiction? Sign me up. Seiren - Who knows.
There's also a new Goemon-centric Lupin movie which is supposed to be a sequel to the Jigen movie. The Fujiko tv series sucked, but Jigen's Gravestone was pretty good, so I'm actually feeling positive about this. I also wouldn't mind a new series considering how well made Lupin 2015 was. Regardless, we won't be seeing it for another 6-9 months.
Don't think we really had a situation like that before with a 2cour that actually deserves to be on the list while not being finished. iirc we consider stuff to be from the season it started airing (so 3gatsu would belong into this year and not the next) but at the same time because it's fall season it's not finished yet
Wat. It happens every year.
The bottom line is put whatever you want on the list because it's all arbitrary anyways.
AKIBA PASS launches the first AKIBA PASS Festival in January 2017. We will take the event to movie theaters in Germany and Austria. Previously known as peppermint anime festival, fans can expect a variety of exclusive anime premiere screenings and special activities at the event. For the first time we will include screenings with english subtitles in the cities of Cologne and Vienna.
[german subtitles for below, only a couple in english] 21.01.2017 - Hamburg - UCI Mundsburg 22.01.2017 - Berlin - CineStar - Potsdamer Platz 28.01.2017 - Köln - Cinedom 28.01.2017 - Leipzig - CineStar 29.01.2017 - Frankfurt - CineStar - Metropolis 29.01.2017 - Nürnberg - Cinecittá 04.02.2017 - München - Mathäser & Neues Gabriel Filmtheater 05.02.2017 - Stuttgart - CinemaxX Liederhalle 11.02.2017 - Wien - UCI Millenium City
09:00 Garo - Divine Flame 09:00 Milky Holmes 10:40 Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso 10:45 Assassination Classroom: 356 Days 10:50 Doukyusei 12:40 Haikyu!! - The Movie #1 12:45 Sound! Euphonium - The Movie 13:15 Initial D - Legend 14:45 Cowboy Bebop - The Movie 15:00 In This Corner of the World 17:00 Seven Souls in the Skull Castle 17:20 Honey Works 17:45 Black Butler: Book of Atlantic 20:30 Kizumonogatari I - III / Bakemonogatari - Hitagi Crab 20:00 Patlabor: Gray Ghost 22:30 Erased
I'm just linking this for myself since they changed names and that's probably why I couldn't find any info on Kizumonogatari screenings in Germany... www.eventbrite.de
On December 22 2016 04:18 Toadesstern wrote: yeah same, I'm going to include 3-gatsu as well and just bank on Shaft not screwing up in the next 3 months. Don't think we really had a situation like that before with a 2cour that actually deserves to be on the list while not being finished. iirc we consider stuff to be from the season it started airing (so 3gatsu would belong into this year and not the next) but at the same time because it's fall season it's not finished yet
OH BTW, it's dec 21st, so Kizumonogatari is out on BDs. If someone finds something on nyaa or elsewhere would be nice if you could mention it in here. With Christmas days incomming I'm probably going to forget about it and so far I could only find the OST
should only really count those that ended in 2016 =\
Best Animes for 2016 Keijo Schwarzesmarken Gundam Thunderbolt
Best Thing that Nobody Watched of 2016 Schwarzesmarken?
Most Surprising of 2016 Keijo Tales of Zestiria
Stockholm Syndrome Award for 2016 Its either going to be Izetta or Vivid Strike. Probably Izetta.
Worst anime that I wasted time on of 2016 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
Best Anime Season of 2016 Fall
Worst Anime Season of 2016 Spring
Most Disappointing of 2016 Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
Guilty Pleasure Love Live
'Elem Award' for Most Overrated Anime of 2016 Whatever Shaft anime has come out this year
OP of 2016 Keijo
Best Scene of 2016 Vacuum Butt Cannon, Hips of Babylon, W-Acceleration... I'm regularly blown away by scenes in Keijo, its too hard to pick Any First-Person scene in Gundam Thunderbolt
Best Seiyuu for 2016 Tamura Yukari in Schwarzesmarken
Best Animes for 2016 Erased probably. Re:zero. Alderamin
Best Thing that Nobody Watched of 2016 Schwarzesmarken ? No idea
Most Surprising of 2016 Tales of Zestiria : Wasn't expecting much from a video game anime. Joker Game Kiznaiver : Wasn't sure what to expect and was pleasantly moved/surprised.
Worst anime that I wasted time on of 2016 Kabaneri
Most Disappointing of 2016 Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
Best Animes for 2016 ReZero KonoSuba S1 Haikyuu S3
Best Thing that Nobody Watched of 2016 Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan
Most Surprising of 2016 Keijo
Worst anime that I wasted time on of 2016 Mayoiga for sure.
Best Anime Season of 2016 Spring for sure, mostly 'cause ReZero was damn addictive for me. Other than that it had Sakamoto & Boku no Hero Academia and the later parts of the first season of Bungou Stray dogs were good.
Worst Anime Season of 2016 Summer?
Most Disappointing of 2016 Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
Guilty Pleasure Keijo
'Elem Award' for Most Overrated Anime of 2016 Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
Best OP/ED of 2016 I'll say Keijo like Sent, but have to say I skip most of them because of spoiler potential. ReZero also had a few nice ones.
Best Scene of 2016 Has to be one of the plenty awesome Keijo moves. Though Megumin's explosions also were pretty awesome!
Best Male Character of 2016 Saiki Kusuo or Dazai from Bungou Stray Dogs
Best Female Character of 2016 Megumin of KonoSuba!
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