| Look.I am a beginner in the anime world and there is no way I am claiming knowledge about the best anime of all times but looking not only at myself but at many people impressions about different anime the year 2006 really looks a good one with some great anime,what do you think? |
| it would help with you gave some examples of anime released in this year but as far as i remember it surely was very good but the most acclaimed best years of anime are 2011 and 2007 |
| Higurashi is the shit, I knew nothing about anime. Then I watched the first episode completely dumbfounded. 2006 was especially good death note, steins gate, the tatami galaxy, code geass, kenichi, NHK, haruhi, and nana. |
| For me it's whatever year Code Geass and Death note came out because I know they came out close to eachother, if not simultaneously. Also TTGL came out close to that time too if I remember.. that was a great time. |
| Broadcast order was fking annoying but it was a good show though. |
| Let's check my scores: Rec: 7 Binchou-tan: 6 Papillon Rose: 2 Haruhi: 7 Ouran: 5 Disgaea: 5 Zero no Tsukaima: 5 Binbou Shimai Monogatari: 7 Death Note: 9 Code Geass: 7 Bartender: 8 Average: 6.18 My mean for full-length is around 6.5 so 2006 would actually be a bit below average. It's still not too bad of a year, but there must have been better. |
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| @Mkim sensible choice I do really like 2006 but aoi bungaku came out in 2009 and no anime can compare. |
| @zombie_pegasus Higurashi is a major contender in best of 2006, it puts erased and other mysteries to shame. If you want to judge 2006 you need to watch higurashi! |
| @Mkim I forgot haruhi season 2 came out in 2009 I watched it in 2011 when I had time. |
| It's literally called "Haruhi Suzumiya (2009)". I've even made jokes about an Angel Beats (2009) (it would a silly title since the first season was from 2011, but it would still be a nice reference). How is Higurashi? I've heard a lot about it, both good and bad. How different is it from Gakkougurashi? |
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| I don't think there are many people who have enough experience to talk about years and seasons in a comprehensive manner. Even if we set the bar pretty low and said you needed to see five anime released each season, that would be twenty anime per year. That means even if you focused exclusively on getting a decent global view of anime from 2006 until now, you'd have to have seen at least 210 seasonals from then until now. Although there are many people on MAL who have seen well over one thousand anime, it is my unsubstantiated perception that their viewings would tend to cluster in certain periods rather than distributing somewhat evenly over an increasingly large period of time, unless of course they were intentionally pursuing the goal of having a global view. This isn't anything against you personally, OP, but it's because of that that I wonder why these questions tend to pop up. Even if we set aside taste, I don't think there are many people who could answer a question like this with a noteworthy degree of credibility. |
| @zombie_pegasus lol I haven't watched gakkougurashi but higurashi is pretty confusing going in but it's well paced. It doesn't feel like a normal show with mysteries where they force a solution down your throat. They give you info and you make sense of it as it goes. It has nice contrast with it's two major elements a lighthearted school life and horror. The animation is done well by studio deen really great work. The characters are all very unique and relatable and it explores a lot of archetypes beyond the tsunderes and yanderes. It's one of the rare yangire shows, I highly recommend it. Also bring a friend and don't watch it at night in the dark. Seriously I'm not kidding watch a reaction video with the show and you will not be as scared hopefully. |
| @TripleSRank first off do you play elsword? Second, the point of the question was discussion of the period rather than getting the answer from a credible source. Anyway, what's the point of debating whether or not one year was better or not. Ultimately opinion can never become credible. Critiques are not right even in the multitudes. |
| Death Note came out in 06. That alone makes me think it was a bad year. |
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MechaGod said: @TripleSRank first off do you play elsword? Second, the point of the question was discussion of the period rather than getting the answer from a credible source. Anyway, what's the point of debating whether or not one year was better or not. Ultimately opinion can never become credible. Critiques are not right even in the multitudes. No, I don't play elsword. I disagree with your stance completely. While it may be true that opinions are not facts, it is entirely possible for someone to have a more credible and more relevant opinion due to experience. That's actually why these questions surprise me; many are so woefully inexperienced to be talking about what they're talking about that it just comes across as trumpeting ignorance. It's hardly any different conceptually than the newbies who have only seen a handful of anime and want to make sweeping statements about the industry. I would be interested in @lanblade's take on this topic if he doesn't mind answering, though. |
| Haruhi carried. Ergo Proxy helped. |
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| @TripleSRank You can assume levels of credibility. But the biggest issue in asking some with experience is methodology. Even if they've completed a lot of anime, when you ask if they enjoyed a year of anime. Then they'll tell you the shows they liked, and the criteria for a good show has no exact system. You can have some be fanatic about one thing and then proceed to give an opinion based on what they wanted at that time. When I watched anime in 2006, I was a kid and expected certain things. Action, comedy, and an overpowered male lead to project on. Or big flashy battles that take episodes. That's why opinions are so frivolous that you shouldn't let it influence you. The elsword thing was because triple s rank is my rank on the game. I don't know that many mmorpgs that use that system beyond s rank. |
MechaGod said: Higurashi is the shit, I knew nothing about anime. Then I watched the first episode completely dumbfounded. 2006 was especially good death note, steins gate, the tatami galaxy, code geass, kenichi, NHK, haruhi, and nana. Steins Gate & Tatami Galaxy is from 2006? Thats so cool omg :o |
| Actually tatami galaxy was 2006 I got that wrong and forgot to edit it. |
MechaGod said: @zombie_pegasus lol I haven't watched gakkougurashi but higurashi is pretty confusing going in but it's well paced. It doesn't feel like a normal show with mysteries where they force a solution down your throat. They give you info and you make sense of it as it goes. It has nice contrast with it's two major elements a lighthearted school life and horror. The animation is done well by studio deen really great work. The characters are all very unique and relatable and it explores a lot of archetypes beyond the tsunderes and yanderes. It's one of the rare yangire shows, I highly recommend it. Also bring a friend and don't watch it at night in the dark. Seriously I'm not kidding watch a reaction video with the show and you will not be as scared hopefully. I agree that Higurashi is awesome but you just can't say the animation is good. @zombie_pegasus I haven't seen Gakkougurashi but you might like Higurashi. It's one of the only horror anime to ever creep me out. OT: I haven't seen that much from 2006 but the stuff I have seen was very good. I have too littke experience to call any year good though. |
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| The animation for gore was great and well executed. The way it was used was one of it's greatest strengths. Like the eyes a character would have at a certain moment, the scene set-up. |
| 2005 was pretty good I mean the best anime to hate on was aired then Mars of destruction! |
| @mechagod I've never been genuinely scared by any media (book, movie, anime, ect.) so if you think Higurashi will actually scare me then I'll take that as a challenge. Keep in mind that I watched Elfen Lied as a comedy. |
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| @zombie_pegasus Look gore and jump scares aren't scary. Elfen lied was just a lot of gore, another was just gore. They never scared me, but god damn higurashi has me have a night light. Try it but I'm just getting shivers thinking about it right now. |
| Yea, because it was the year Gintama started airing. |
| Everyone who hasn't seen both seasons of Higurashi needs to binge watch it from start to finish. While the artstyle isn't very appealing and you get a very cutesy vibe from it because of it's characters, but think of it on the same level as Madoka Magica in that appearances are deceiving. Not to mention it's one of the few visual novel adaptations to actually succeed and be as good as the source. |
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| @paul nice catch paul I forgot about gintama you really get to appreciate the jokes after a lot of anime. @OmegaOtaku What about the artstyle isn't appealing? I thought it wasn't as smooth as current animation but was still pretty good. But art choices were great I can't get over rena's eyes when she's angry. |
| Neither Tatami Galaxy, or Steins;Gate are from 06... |
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| 2006 is often regarded as the year where the current anime boom began... Forget about scores, one only has to see the lasting popularity of many 2006 anime such as Death Note (who is STILL #1 in MAL), Haruhi, Code Geass, Higurashi, Ouran, and YES even 2006 Fate! All of these anime have stood the test of time...10 years have passed and they are still watched and talked about. |
MechaGod said: @OmegaOtaku What about the artstyle isn't appealing? I thought it wasn't as smooth as current animation but was still pretty good. But art choices were great I can't get over rena's eyes when she's angry. Maybe it's just me, but when the show was being comedic and fun I couldn't help but think the artstyle and animation was too childish compared to that when it was more violent. Maybe that was their goal and I go back to my point about appearances being deceiving. But yes, I do agree that Rena was legitimately creepy when she was angry and the way they captured it was perfect too. |
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| @OmegaOtaku Well I will admit the childish animation was weird but ya it was the point. Weirdly it was hurt to get invested in the comedy moments deep into the season. |
| There was some crap like NHK and Air Gear, but also some very good shows like Death Note and Code Geass. There are still some shows I'm planning to watch from that year like Gintama and Kenichi which should be fun, so I guess it was a good year. |
JustALEX said: 2006 is often regarded as the year where the current anime boom began... Forget about scores, one only has to see the lasting popularity of many 2006 anime such as Death Note (who is STILL #1 in MAL), Haruhi, Code Geass, Higurashi, Ouran, and YES even 2006 Fate! All of these anime have stood the test of time...10 years have passed and they are still watched and talked about. Most of those shows wouldn't be popular if people had better taste. |
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| @kamisama751 lol he got you there MysticGoose @Gator Air gear wasn't great but NHK was pretty good whereas code geass was kind of insufferable at times. The show would have been perfect if suzaku had just died from the beginning. Also, Lelouch actually takes the path of blood instead of losing morale. If I wanted to yell at a character to do something. I would watch Evangelion just to get shinji in the fucking robot! |
MechaGodAug 26, 2016 12:35 AM
| I consider it my favourite year for anime, so yeah. |
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MechaGod said: @Gator Air gear wasn't great but NHK was pretty good whereas code geass was kind of insufferable at times. The show would have been perfect if suzaku had just died from the beginning. Also, Lelouch actually takes the path of blood instead of losing morale. If I wanted to yell at a character to do something. I would watch Evangelion just to get shinji in the fucking robot! While Air Gear indeed was pretty bad, NHK was complete shit in my opinion. Though I know there are a lot of people who think otherwise I couldn't get into it at all. Code Geass on the other hand was very addicting for me to watch because the story never got boring. I agree with you that Suzaku was annoying. |
| Motherfucking Tekkon Kinkreet. That on its own makes it good. TTGL was also released around that time, and Death Note which was awesome up until that very special episode. Then there's all the ones I haven't seen but are well liked that everyone has listed. It's definitely a great year for anime fans and a pretty good year for me too based on what I've seen. |
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MysticGoose said: JustALEX said: 2006 is often regarded as the year where the current anime boom began... Forget about scores, one only has to see the lasting popularity of many 2006 anime such as Death Note (who is STILL #1 in MAL), Haruhi, Code Geass, Higurashi, Ouran, and YES even 2006 Fate! All of these anime have stood the test of time...10 years have passed and they are still watched and talked about. Most of those shows wouldn't be popular if people had better taste. You're talking about anime fans tho.... |
| @gator NHK is really good if you've had social anxiety or have been depressed. But if you can't face those issues or relate to them then it won't be that good. |
MechaGod said: @gator NHK is really good if you've had social anxiety or have been depressed. But if you can't face those issues or relate to them then it won't be that good. |
Well I guess there's no arguing with that, It was an okay show. But seriously hypocritical suzaku god dammit, the only thing he can do is this |
| @TripleSRank + @JustALEX >>>2006 is often regarded as the year where the current anime boom began... 2006 was the end of the anime boom, not the beginning. 2006 was a historic high for the number of anime on TV with 300+ versus 2005 with ~200 shows. 2005 was an extremely high earning year for studios who in turn invested that money into themselves for more anime for 2006. But the bubble burst. 2006 provided less revenue even though they made way more anime. And the following year even less. It had a big influence on the global community. Geneon started closing its doors (in 2007 they sent that letter that said they are stopping DVD sales and distribution) and ADV shut down formally in 2009. No media can always be at a climax. It will wax and wane and dip down into the pits and sky rocket into the heavens. 2006 was the heavens for production but the waning for invested returns. Studios had a lot of money to use and could make quality anime; the same can be said for Hollywood movies. If you give a good director a big budget he's most likely going to be a damn good show compared to a good director with an average or below average budget. In general we see a higher quality amount of anime in 2006. But know that every studio got the 2005 bump. So even though there are many more good shows in 2006 than there were in 2005--there are a lot more mediocre and shit shows in 2006 as well. It's just human nature to ignore or even forget stuff that's "not good" and only look at the "good" and only compare the "good" to other years. Having 10 good in 2006 looks great compared to 5 in 2005. But nobody cares to look at 50 meh shows in 2006 versus the 25 in 2005. EDIT: IDK if it matters but I watched 301 anime from 2006 and the average rating is 5.79. For 2005 I saw 256 shows with an average rating of 5.77. This does include movies/specials/etc. |
lanbladeAug 26, 2016 1:21 AM
| I see 2006-2007 as a period when production committees were willing to experiment with a broad diversity of programs, many of which targeted adults. When the recession hit, the committees became much more risk-averse and began relying on more formulaic shows that they knew would sell to the primary audience of Japanese otaku. We've started to move back toward more diversity (ShΕwa Genroku Rakugo ShinjΕ« and Joker Game are good recent examples), but I don't think we're back to the 2006-2007 period yet. Here's a list of some of my favorite shows from those years: 2007: Ghost Hound Shion no Ou Moyashimon Baccano! Mononoke Dennou Coil Seirei no Moribito Oh! Edo Rocket Claymore Hidamari Sketch Nodame Cantabile 2006: Bartender Hataraki Man Black Lagoon: Second Barrage Welcome to the NHK! Saiunkoku Monogatari REC Ergo Proxy |
| That's the year when Nana stated airing so it's automatically one of the best years for anime yeah |
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| Maybe, but 2007 was god-tier. We really started to see digital animation forge an identity of its own that year. |
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