September 13th, 2023
anime 2021
Anime Relations: Turn A Gundam, Musekinin Kanchou Tylor, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Neko Hiki no Oruorane
fuck man this shit is about to look bogus. in an attempt to finish my physical backlog of fifty plus i forbade my self from seeing anything that came out in twenty-twenty-one past march I think. expect re zero and eva four but also fuck re zero. now i also made a bunch of video game goal to get back into them, mainly beat every matsuno rpg (which i did and was a lot of fun!), and my penchant for wanting to binge absolutely random shit i got through about ninety-three different animations. hey not bad!
now to rank fifteen of them, to make up for not doing two lists, and disagree with it six months later.
hey maybe i should actually write down some thoughts while also avoid work. sure!!
i have a bad (?) tendency for not wanting to watch shows that are revered unless it’s in some puritan form, like a $50+ disc boxed in plastic spinning in a game console i received as a christmas gift (as they all are) on a television (maybe a projector) while laying on a couch with candles being the only ambient light that lets me navigate my way to the kitchen or washroom, shuffling my feet hoping to god i don’t trip over my semi-uncoordinated brain-fogged ass while also hoping no one DM’s me cuz im busy watching people 20 years younger than me scream at the injustices torturing their lives internally and externally.
it has led me to buy a lot of anime that i don’t know if i will truly like without some sort of bias since my brain parasite forced me to feed a website my credit card, but i often think that by pirating a show could lead to a reverse bias (a sense of laziness) in engaging with a work since there were no stakes with initiating that engagement.
BUT ALSO ECONOMICS IS BUSTED AND THAT MONEY AINT COMING WITH ME WHEN I DIE SO YOU’RE WELCOME SEAN KLECKNER RETIREMENT FUND BE DAMNED.
it felt real fucking good, and i mean -fucking- good to watch almost nothing but classics. on the side i’ve been watching all anime related to the visual novel Key and Maeda Jun since middle of 2020, bleeding over to 2021 where we are now starting fate unlimited blade works, fate being another franchise i only wanted to chance at puritanly by starting with the novel. i did not like most if not all those works from maeda. their approach is much like shinkai where the core drama just is never enough. playing clannad is gonna be another year and rewrite will have to be a another some years after that cuz rewrite is a such higher concept than everything else which makes sense when it’s a different set of writers.
lodoss war was a trip. gobbling the first novel and all the core anime minus crystania and barring the obvious lack of visual splendor the tv series has it helped me obtain peace with swathes of fantasy shows being pumped out by the light novel industry and the reservation of creative freedom i saw from staying within the rpg code. faraway paladin, the novel, carries lodoss’ mantle by reaching for the more literal inspiration of table top rpgs that even more don’t. Other japanese fantasy fiction go for the nearest point of imagination instead of what’s outside of it or even its progenitor. lack of time and need for cash are good excuses, but it’s also an excuse for me to be fully confident that I will not enjoy goblin slayer when i peak at it in my attempt to “watch 200 of the most popular anime I have yet to see” goal for 2022. respect the lore!!
15.gundam the origin
14.patlabor TV
13. alien 9
12. yokohama travel log (both ovas)
11. yamato 2202
10. Cpt Tylor
9. they were 11
8. evangelion 4
7. wind rises
6. birdy the mighty decode both seasons
5. cyborg 009
4. dennou coil
3. turn a gundam
2. Aria origination
1. neko hiki no oruorane
now to rank fifteen of them, to make up for not doing two lists, and disagree with it six months later.
hey maybe i should actually write down some thoughts while also avoid work. sure!!
i have a bad (?) tendency for not wanting to watch shows that are revered unless it’s in some puritan form, like a $50+ disc boxed in plastic spinning in a game console i received as a christmas gift (as they all are) on a television (maybe a projector) while laying on a couch with candles being the only ambient light that lets me navigate my way to the kitchen or washroom, shuffling my feet hoping to god i don’t trip over my semi-uncoordinated brain-fogged ass while also hoping no one DM’s me cuz im busy watching people 20 years younger than me scream at the injustices torturing their lives internally and externally.
it has led me to buy a lot of anime that i don’t know if i will truly like without some sort of bias since my brain parasite forced me to feed a website my credit card, but i often think that by pirating a show could lead to a reverse bias (a sense of laziness) in engaging with a work since there were no stakes with initiating that engagement.
BUT ALSO ECONOMICS IS BUSTED AND THAT MONEY AINT COMING WITH ME WHEN I DIE SO YOU’RE WELCOME SEAN KLECKNER RETIREMENT FUND BE DAMNED.
it felt real fucking good, and i mean -fucking- good to watch almost nothing but classics. on the side i’ve been watching all anime related to the visual novel Key and Maeda Jun since middle of 2020, bleeding over to 2021 where we are now starting fate unlimited blade works, fate being another franchise i only wanted to chance at puritanly by starting with the novel. i did not like most if not all those works from maeda. their approach is much like shinkai where the core drama just is never enough. playing clannad is gonna be another year and rewrite will have to be a another some years after that cuz rewrite is a such higher concept than everything else which makes sense when it’s a different set of writers.
lodoss war was a trip. gobbling the first novel and all the core anime minus crystania and barring the obvious lack of visual splendor the tv series has it helped me obtain peace with swathes of fantasy shows being pumped out by the light novel industry and the reservation of creative freedom i saw from staying within the rpg code. faraway paladin, the novel, carries lodoss’ mantle by reaching for the more literal inspiration of table top rpgs that even more don’t. Other japanese fantasy fiction go for the nearest point of imagination instead of what’s outside of it or even its progenitor. lack of time and need for cash are good excuses, but it’s also an excuse for me to be fully confident that I will not enjoy goblin slayer when i peak at it in my attempt to “watch 200 of the most popular anime I have yet to see” goal for 2022. respect the lore!!
15.gundam the origin
14.patlabor TV
13. alien 9
12. yokohama travel log (both ovas)
11. yamato 2202
10. Cpt Tylor
9. they were 11
8. evangelion 4
7. wind rises
6. birdy the mighty decode both seasons
5. cyborg 009
4. dennou coil
3. turn a gundam
2. Aria origination
1. neko hiki no oruorane
Posted by ZweihanderSteve | Sep 13, 2023 7:22 AM | 0 comments
January 22nd, 2021
2020 anime yeyeye
Anime Relations: Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven, Giant Gorg, Uchouten Kazoku, Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2nd Season
lmao watched about 120 anime in 2020. 12 of them aired that year so boy did i watch some random stuff. it was extremely fun.
top 10 anime that aired in 2020 that i watched
1. keep your hands off eizouken!
2. ascendance of a bookworm season 2
3. gotcha! - the pokemon music video
4. ascendance of a bookworm OVA
5. lupin III the first
6. bna: brand new animal
7. beastars
8. burn the witch
9. somali and the forest spirit
10. in/spectre
honourable mentions: fucking nothing cuz they both sucked ass (isekai quartet 2 and rezero season 2)
top 10 anime i watched in 2020
1. eureka seven
2. the eccentric family
3. tokyo godfather
4. giant gorg
5. read or die: the tv
6. the rose of versailles
7. keep your hands off eizouken
8. megazone 23
9. princess tutu
10. ascendance of a bookworm season 2
honourable menchies: windaria, only yesterday, ghost hound, k-on!!, azumanga daioh, bubblegum crisis, birth, symphogear axz, tailenders.
top 10 anime that aired in 2020 that i watched
1. keep your hands off eizouken!
2. ascendance of a bookworm season 2
3. gotcha! - the pokemon music video
4. ascendance of a bookworm OVA
5. lupin III the first
6. bna: brand new animal
7. beastars
8. burn the witch
9. somali and the forest spirit
10. in/spectre
honourable mentions: fucking nothing cuz they both sucked ass (isekai quartet 2 and rezero season 2)
top 10 anime i watched in 2020
1. eureka seven
2. the eccentric family
3. tokyo godfather
4. giant gorg
5. read or die: the tv
6. the rose of versailles
7. keep your hands off eizouken
8. megazone 23
9. princess tutu
10. ascendance of a bookworm season 2
honourable menchies: windaria, only yesterday, ghost hound, k-on!!, azumanga daioh, bubblegum crisis, birth, symphogear axz, tailenders.
Posted by ZweihanderSteve | Jan 22, 2021 10:35 AM | 0 comments
January 20th, 2020
Fav anime 2019
i only saw 80 shows/seasons/films/whatever of anime in 2019 š± much more reserved than 2018's 150!! so this list accounts for about 35% of 2019's anime for me. honours are in no special order.
fav anime that aired in 2019
1. Sarazanmai
2. Promare
3. Fruits Basket
4. DragonBall Super: Broly
5. Penguin Highway
6. Ascendance of a Bookworm
7. Dororo 2019
8. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection
9. Granbelm
10. Black Fox
Honours: Promised Neverland, Boogiepop Phantom, Mix: Meisei Story
fav anime i watched in 2019
1. Armored Trooped Votoms (the whole franchise to date)
2. Kaiba
3. Twelve Kingdoms
4. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
5. Sarazanmai
6. Perfect Blue
7. Promare
8. Genmu Senki Leda
9. Aria the Animation
10. Martian Successor Nadesico (TV series and film)
Honours: Ancient Magus' Bride, The Case of Hana and Alice, Fruits Basket, Asendance of a Bookworm, Pokemon the Origins, Magi Season 1 & 2, Spice & Wolf, All the Ranma 1/2 OVAs and films
this was done up quick and dirty using my mal scores. if i wasn't using those and was genuinely thinking this list it would be mostly different lol
fav anime that aired in 2019
1. Sarazanmai
2. Promare
3. Fruits Basket
4. DragonBall Super: Broly
5. Penguin Highway
6. Ascendance of a Bookworm
7. Dororo 2019
8. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection
9. Granbelm
10. Black Fox
Honours: Promised Neverland, Boogiepop Phantom, Mix: Meisei Story
fav anime i watched in 2019
1. Armored Trooped Votoms (the whole franchise to date)
2. Kaiba
3. Twelve Kingdoms
4. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
5. Sarazanmai
6. Perfect Blue
7. Promare
8. Genmu Senki Leda
9. Aria the Animation
10. Martian Successor Nadesico (TV series and film)
Honours: Ancient Magus' Bride, The Case of Hana and Alice, Fruits Basket, Asendance of a Bookworm, Pokemon the Origins, Magi Season 1 & 2, Spice & Wolf, All the Ranma 1/2 OVAs and films
this was done up quick and dirty using my mal scores. if i wasn't using those and was genuinely thinking this list it would be mostly different lol
Posted by ZweihanderSteve | Jan 20, 2020 3:15 PM | 0 comments
Fav anime of 2017
Anime Relations: Tiger Mask W, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen, Houseki no Kuni, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
a friend reminded me i put this on my facebook. it still seems accurate.
1. Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen
2. Land of the Lustrous
3. Girl's Last Tour
4. Made In Abyss
5. Little Witch Academia
6. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
7. Princess Principal
8. ACCA 13
9. Re:Creators
10. Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
Honours
Tiger Mask W, March Comes In Like A Lion, ID-0, BLAME! Movie, Kado: The Right Answer
1. Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen
2. Land of the Lustrous
3. Girl's Last Tour
4. Made In Abyss
5. Little Witch Academia
6. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
7. Princess Principal
8. ACCA 13
9. Re:Creators
10. Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
Honours
Tiger Mask W, March Comes In Like A Lion, ID-0, BLAME! Movie, Kado: The Right Answer
Posted by ZweihanderSteve | Jan 20, 2020 3:13 PM | 0 comments
May 13th, 2019
Muh Top 2018 Anime
Anime Relations: Slayers Next, Planet With
Posted this list to my Facebook because that's where most of my friends would see it, but I may as well have it here for the sake of posterity.
Favourite Anime that aired in 2018
10. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
9. Aggretsuko
8. Laid-Back Camp
7. Megalobox
6. A Place Further Than The Universe
5. SSSS.Gridman
4. Devilman Crybaby
3. Lupin the III: Part V
2. Hakumei & Mikochi
1. Planet With
Honours:
Gegege no Kitaro, Pop Team Epic, Grancrest War, B: The Beginning, Hinamatsuri
I had a gameplan of “catching up” on the 2018 anime, but then I moved 3000km. Here’s wot I regret missing:
Uma Musume, Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, Hanebado, Banana Fish, Gurazeni, Iroduku: The World in Colors, Sirius the Jaeger, Mo Dao Zu Shi, Slime Reincarnation
Favourite Anime I Watched in 2018
15. Psycho Pass (1st Season Only)
14. Hunter X Hunter (2011 TV Series)
13. Space Adventure Cobra
12. The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
11. Night on the Galactic Railroad
10. Samurai Champloo
9. Space Dandy
8. Hakumei & Mikochi
7. Ping Pong the Animation
6. Planet With
5. Tomorrow’s Joe (1st Compilation Film + 2nd TV Series)
4. The Vision of Escaflowne
3. Millennium Actress
2. Space Battleship Yamato: 2199 (including the original 1974 TV series)
1. Slayers Next
Honours:
Lupin the III: Part V, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (All 3 OVA Series), Captain Harlock (1978 TV Series), Hades Project Zeorymer, The Tatami Galaxy, and the entire rest of the Slayers Franchise (4 TV Series, 5 Films, and 2 OVA Series) because i'm a dork and Slayers is for dorks.
Favourite Anime that aired in 2018
10. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
9. Aggretsuko
8. Laid-Back Camp
7. Megalobox
6. A Place Further Than The Universe
5. SSSS.Gridman
4. Devilman Crybaby
3. Lupin the III: Part V
2. Hakumei & Mikochi
1. Planet With
Honours:
Gegege no Kitaro, Pop Team Epic, Grancrest War, B: The Beginning, Hinamatsuri
I had a gameplan of “catching up” on the 2018 anime, but then I moved 3000km. Here’s wot I regret missing:
Uma Musume, Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, Hanebado, Banana Fish, Gurazeni, Iroduku: The World in Colors, Sirius the Jaeger, Mo Dao Zu Shi, Slime Reincarnation
Favourite Anime I Watched in 2018
15. Psycho Pass (1st Season Only)
14. Hunter X Hunter (2011 TV Series)
13. Space Adventure Cobra
12. The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
11. Night on the Galactic Railroad
10. Samurai Champloo
9. Space Dandy
8. Hakumei & Mikochi
7. Ping Pong the Animation
6. Planet With
5. Tomorrow’s Joe (1st Compilation Film + 2nd TV Series)
4. The Vision of Escaflowne
3. Millennium Actress
2. Space Battleship Yamato: 2199 (including the original 1974 TV series)
1. Slayers Next
Honours:
Lupin the III: Part V, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (All 3 OVA Series), Captain Harlock (1978 TV Series), Hades Project Zeorymer, The Tatami Galaxy, and the entire rest of the Slayers Franchise (4 TV Series, 5 Films, and 2 OVA Series) because i'm a dork and Slayers is for dorks.
Posted by ZweihanderSteve | May 13, 2019 12:44 PM | 0 comments