| THE LIST BELOW IS ACCORDING TO MAL RATINGS So I did this at the mid of this year too as MAL stopped it (after 2016) Before I start there are some rules to follow with this list: 1.List without any sequels in it 2.No OVAs or Movies 3.There are none but anyway no spinoffs 4.Only the shows which are completed are in here I had a lot of fun making this so I hope you like it as well. And thanks to all the reviewers for helping me out. WARNING: No. 1 will be controversial and I know it's kind of unfair 10. High score girl  Recommended by: @Shirokuza "A unique love story that takes the theme where the game is on the rise, to be honest this series makes the viewers will be invited back to the past where you experienced childhood. The conflicts they face are simple but viewers are also invited to think about what the right solution is when like this. This series is very interesting and worth watching for romantic genre enthusiasts. I highly recommend it." 9. Asobi Asobase  Recommended by: @papsoshea "Asobi Asobase is a balls-to-the-wall comedy that’s completely Beavis and Butt-Head levels of surrealism and vulgarity, like if Nichijou was on steroids. Not only does it grab the book of how to write “Cute Girls Doing Cute Things” and rips out the pages, but proceeds to use those same pages as toilet paper in the most shockingly hilarious way!" 8. Yuru camp  Recommended by: @Pipe "Yuru Camp is a lovely slice of life that can be considered the best iyashikei anime. No matter how you feel, after each episode, you will end up with a big smile on your face. Yuru Camp is not about pretty girls doing cute things. It's about how to enjoy simpler situations and how to maintain the right mood and be happy in any circumstance. More importantly, the series irradiates that feeling to all viewers." 7. Banana fish  Recommended by: @Ryuseishun "Unique Westernized setting with urban action, sorta romance between guys, but not to point of yaoi. Full of thrilling action, mature moments, has harsh themes with gunfights and drugs all attached beautifully with an amazing plot that runs high on emotional moments." 6. Hinamatsuri  Recommended by: @papsoshea "A strange premise, relatable feelings and experiences, mixed together with absurdity makes up the one weird anime that you should be watching. In an almost satirical way, Hinamatsuri conveys the message that the best people can be found in the strangest places. Beneath the humour lies a rich layer of social commentary and life lessons. It perfectly balances the thought-provoking themes and gut-busting moments through a combination of situational comedy, visual gags, emotional punches and plenty of misunderstandings." 5. Grand Blue  Recommended by: @saiyan_junio "Disguised as a summer anime full of fun and the sport of diving, Grand Blue easily becomes the comedy of the year with outrageous adult scenarios, the "sport of drinking" and the most hilarious cast in a comedy since prison school or (most recently) Konosuba! The story isn't the main point, neither is character development, however as a comedy, Grand Blue has the viewer bursting out laughing every single episode without fail with a new style of Japanese humour reminiscent of classic American college banter! Bursts of laughter, crazy scenarios, an insanely fun group of characters and a great, catchy opening song make this anime one of the best this year! What more could you ask for?" 4.Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai  Recommended by: @Ryuseishun "Ore seishun meets Monogatari. Simple but brilliant execution of interpersonal dialogue with short arcs (3 episodes each) but good characterization of the cast with our main guy that helps out other girls with their problems, but keeps faithful to his own girlfriend. Full supernatural phenomenon occurring with many challenges and hardships faced by all the characters." 3. Violet Evergarden  Recommended by: @KANLen09 "With respect to KyoAni, it's visually stunning and beautiful. The only elephant is the melodrama in which MC Violet goes through a lot of confounding feelings and emotions to discover herself not just as a meta-weaponized android, but as one with a human heart discovering the meaning of love. Regardless, this is a controversial anime in terms of story, but everything else just overshadows the story a lot, to the point that you can watch just for the visuals." 2. Sora yori mo Tooi Basho  Recommended by: @saiyan_junio "A madhouse original fuelled with charm, a fantastic sense of adventure and youthful exuberance! The anime itself is straight forward and to the point as we follow our 4 main high school heroines on their own personal journey to the Overall,icy land of Antarctica in which each one of the girls has their own motives and reasons behind their curiosity. In addition to a colourful and impressive main cast as well as an intriguing and simplistic plot; the music and animation are some of the most beautiful this year and aid in providing the best adventurous atmosphere throughout this series. Overall, it succeeds in providing a sense of adolescent discovery and captivates the audience with heart warming moments paired with fantastic visuals." 1. Mo Dao Zu Shi  Recommended by: @ballroomdancer "Want to draw a bit of attention to this show since I think it flew under a lot of radars, or people saw the BL tags and figured it wouldn't be interesting. It's great, sweeping charismatic cast with a lot of action and fantastic art/animation. In general the whole series looks incredible and the characters have been a lot of fun.(Plus they do animated commercials every week where the characters pitch food products which is hilarious.)" I HOPE YOU LIKED THIS LIST So, what do you think about this list?? What are your favorites?? Again thanks to every reviewer who contributed. Anyway, thanks for passing by :D Last time - https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1746697 |
BigBlueBashJan 7, 2019 8:15 PM
| Finally out!! Yeah, it is kind of unfair..but great list overall A+ for the effort (same comment) |
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| NICE LIST!! I think this year was pretty good and also far better from last year I never got why MAL stopped doing these cause it was always fun to look at the top scorers. |
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| Apparently I'm missing out since I've only seen Violet Evergarden out of these. |
| - Asobi Asobase is lower than Grand Blue? - Bunny Girl is too high. - I dropped Violet Evergarden but since it looks like a highly acclaimed anime so, so be it. - I don't even know the 1st placed one lol |
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| Just to clarify here that Sora Yori and Bunny Girl, and Banana Fish and Yuru Camp are technically tied. They have the same average rating, and I think in these cases MAL's ranking is determined by the alphabetical order. |
| Pretty decent list tbh exept for the fact that asobi asobase and hinamatsuri are below grandblue but whatever Not planing to watch that chinese bl anime |
| Most underated anime on mal: https://myanimelist.net/anime/4651/Yume_no_Crayon_Oukoku?q=Yume%20ni%20crayon |
| Yay! High Score Girl made it into the top 10! That's all i really care about. |
papsoshea said: Interesting how it turned out. Glad I could help! Happy New Year MAL! I also made reviews for ones I recommended in OP + some more, check em out! Number 10: High Schoo Girl Review Number 9: Asobi Asobase Review Number 6: Hinamatsuri Review Number 5: Grand Blue Number 3: Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai Quick edit: Let's just have fun with the list, people need to stop taking scores and rankings seriously. Yeah I am glad as well. It's been a good year for anime. Thanks for helping out |
jal90 said: Just to clarify here that Sora Yori and Bunny Girl, and Banana Fish and Yuru Camp are technically tied. They have the same average rating, and I think in these cases MAL's ranking is determined by the alphabetical order. Yeah I should have mentioned that.. Happy new year though! |
| This was a good year, I enjoyed all anime on the list , but here's my personal top 10 1 Golden Kamuy both seasons as a whole 2 Hinamatsuri 3 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni 4 Sora yori mo Tooi Basho 5 Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara 6 Megalo Box 7 Gakuen Babysitters 8 Zombieland Saga 9 Hataraku Saibou 10 Killing Bites |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| 3-The first 7 episodes of Violet evergarden 2-Overlord 2 1-The first 5 episodes of Bunny girl senpai... |
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FMmatron said: This was a good year, I enjoyed all anime on the list , but here's my personal top 10 1 Golden Kamuy both seasons as a whole 2 Hinamatsuri 3 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni 4 Sora yori mo Tooi Basho 5 Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara 6 Megalo Box 7 Gakuen Babysitters 8 Zombieland Saga 9 Hataraku Saibou 10 Killing Bites Whoa! This is really a great list (I didn't knew Killing bites was good though) Happy new year! |
| Nice list. My favs from this year are golden kamuy and sora yori. I feel sad seeing bunny girl on 3rd place. I am so NOT proud of this community |
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BigBlueBash said: FMmatron said: This was a good year, I enjoyed all anime on the list , but here's my personal top 10 1 Golden Kamuy both seasons as a whole 2 Hinamatsuri 3 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni 4 Sora yori mo Tooi Basho 5 Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara 6 Megalo Box 7 Gakuen Babysitters 8 Zombieland Saga 9 Hataraku Saibou 10 Killing Bites Whoa! This is really a great list (I didn't knew Killing bites was good though) Happy new year! Thanks and happy New Year to you as well. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Cool stuff! I already had plans to watch Asobi and already watching HSG so this one is kind of encouraging! I find it interesting how you keep an ONA but exclude OVAs/ Movies. Would have been nice had you explained the reason. Anyways, I guess it's alright. Using your same set of rules, here is the list of Japan's Best Anime of 2018: *1 位 宇宙よりも遠い場所 [Yorimoi] *2 位 ゆるキャン△ [Camp △] *3 位 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン [Violet Evergarden] *4 位 ハイスコアガール [High Score Girl] *5 位 ヒナまつり [Hinamatsuri] *6 位 からかい上手の高木さん [Takagi - the Master Of Tease] *7 位 はたらく細胞 [Cells at Work! ] *8 位 あそびあそばせ [Workshop Of Fun] *9 位 ゾンビランドサガ [Zombie Land Saga] 10 位 恋は雨上がりのように [After the Rain] Comparison between the two Top 10s: - Grand Blue is ranked 17 - Rascal is ranked 23 - Banana is ranked 26 - Mo Dao Zu Shi is unranked (either because it is an ONA and not TV, or most likely because it was never released in Japan. Either way, dunno.) Source: anikore. Fun fact: The Top 3 in Japan aired in the same season. |
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| I actually laughed at Number 1. I don't have a problem with Chinese and Korean stuff being included on MAL, but it really shouldn't be the "anime" of the year. |
jal90 said: Just to clarify here that Sora Yori and Bunny Girl, and Banana Fish and Yuru Camp are technically tied. They have the same average rating, and I think in these cases MAL's ranking is determined by the alphabetical order. Probably will be more movement in the scores for Bunny Girl and Banana Fish as more people complete them and put in their scores. Thought Bunny Girl was at 8.77 just last week, and Banana Fish < 8? Two shows going in different directions with their rankings. At least Sora Yori and Yuru Camp have been fairly steady in their scores since the middle of the year. |
shanimebib said: Cool stuff! I already had plans to watch Asobi and already watching HSG so this one is kind of encouraging! I find it interesting how you keep an ONA but exclude OVAs/ Movies. Would have been nice had you explained the reason. Anyways, I guess it's alright. Using your same set of rules, here is the list of Japan's Best Anime of 2018: *1 位 宇宙よりも遠い場所 [Yorimoi] *2 位 ゆるキャン△ [Camp △] *3 位 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン [Violet Evergarden] *4 位 ハイスコアガール [High Score Girl] *5 位 ヒナまつり [Hinamatsuri] *6 位 からかい上手の高木さん [Takagi - the Master Of Tease] *7 位 はたらく細胞 [Cells at Work! ] *8 位 あそびあそばせ [Workshop Of Fun] *9 位 ゾンビランドサガ [Zombie Land Saga] 10 位 恋は雨上がりのように [After the Rain] Comparison between the two Top 10s: - Grand Blue is ranked 17 - Rascal is ranked 23 - Banana is ranked 26 - Mo Dao Zu Shi is unranked (either because it is an ONA and not TV, or most likely because it was never released in Japan. Either way, dunno.) Source: anikore. Fun fact: The Top 3 in Japan aired in the same season. I must be a Japanese at heart since that list is almost a carbon copy of my faves of the year; other than Violet slotting below Hinamatsuri (or Hitomimatsuri...). What happened to SSSS.Gridman though? Thought it was a real big thing in Japan. |
Onsa_Rin said: What happened to SSSS.Gridman though? Thought it was a real big thing in Japan. SSSS.Gridman is 18th, just below Grand Blue. |
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shanimebib said: Cool stuff! I already had plans to watch Asobi and already watching HSG so this one is kind of encouraging! I find it interesting how you keep an ONA but exclude OVAs/ Movies. Would have been nice had you explained the reason. Anyways, I guess it's alright. Using your same set of rules, here is the list of Japan's Best Anime of 2018: *1 位 宇宙よりも遠い場所 [Yorimoi] *2 位 ゆるキャン△ [Camp △] *3 位 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン [Violet Evergarden] *4 位 ハイスコアガール [High Score Girl] *5 位 ヒナまつり [Hinamatsuri] *6 位 からかい上手の高木さん [Takagi - the Master Of Tease] *7 位 はたらく細胞 [Cells at Work! ] *8 位 あそびあそばせ [Workshop Of Fun] *9 位 ゾンビランドサガ [Zombie Land Saga] 10 位 恋は雨上がりのように [After the Rain] Comparison between the two Top 10s: - Grand Blue is ranked 17 - Rascal is ranked 23 - Banana is ranked 26 - Mo Dao Zu Shi is unranked (either because it is an ONA and not TV, or most likely because it was never released in Japan. Either way, dunno.) Source: anikore. Fun fact: The Top 3 in Japan aired in the same season. Japanese people are having so different yet so similar tastes to the western fans |
| My pick would have been Lupin III: Part V. Beside the fact that it's nowhere near popular enough in the west to even be mentioned, it is "technically" a sequel despite being completely independent of prior parts. |
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| I watched three episodes of Mo Dao Zu Shi, and it is so boring. No idea why it is the 1st place. Most Chinese anime I tired to show are not as good as japanese ones Most of the one in the list are not good in my opinion. I say that only Banana Fish deserve to be in top 10 for 2018 |
| my favorites from here are Hinamatsuri, Violet Evergarden, and Banana Fish |
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| In my case, without any particular order/ranking: YORIMOI (Sora yori mo Tooi Basho) Zombieland Saga Hinamatsuri Violet Evergarden Koi wa Ameagari no You ni Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Golden Kamuy Hataraku Saibou Banana Fish Yuru Camp Honorable Mentions: Planet With AOBUTA (Bunny Girl) Hisone to Maso-tan Asobi Asobase Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight SSS Gridman P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! |
| Sora Yori is AOTY for sure. Yuru Camp is closest. Grand Blue for Best Comedy |
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| 6546546 thread about AOTY. Well, my AOTY is Angels of Death. |
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| That BL Chinese alt upvoters is first i see. I am not so proud of this community. I try to watch to see how its a masterpiece to them. |
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MemeRetro said: what a fucking terrible top ten list What is it you don't like ???? Be specific |
Damn this one took a lot of time to make... Thanks for the "positive" comment.. Happy new year |
xchyssa said: In my case, without any particular order/ranking: YORIMOI (Sora yori mo Tooi Basho) Zombieland Saga Hinamatsuri Violet Evergarden Koi wa Ameagari no You ni Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Golden Kamuy Hataraku Saibou Banana Fish Yuru Camp Honorable Mentions: Planet With AOBUTA (Bunny Girl) Hisone to Maso-tan Asobi Asobase Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight SSS Gridman P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Happy new year!! And what a great list you have there! NICE |
Pylia said: My opinion on the top 10 my opinion "in more detail" on the anime from winter - summer 10 High Score Girl - I think it deserves the spot. 9. Asobi Asobase - I'm not a fan of it, I did give the third episode another "chance" later, and as expected, I couldn't stand it aside of one or two faces. 8. Yuru Camp - I like it and wish it would have been, at least, in the top 5. 7. Banana Fish - Can't say anything to it since I haven't seen it yet, but it's on my agenda, and I overall have seen only positive receptions, so I'm hopeful. 6. Hinamatsuri - It's the best comedy of 2018 for me, much more isn't to say. 5. Grand Blue - Same as Asobi Asobase did I gave it a second chance, and similar only to an even worse extent did I "hate" it. 4. Violet Evergarden - I think it's a pleasant show, which thanks to the amount of technicality alone deserves to be recognized, even if I would have liked certain elements to be a bit more fleshed out. 3. Bunny Girl - I don't have too much to say about Bunny Girl since I think it's a fairly average show neither much positive nor negative. Not, that there aren't any issues I have, especially with the visual presentation, and the overall character dynamic, but those are more complaints, holding the anime back for me, instead of making it "worse." 2. Sora yori mo Tooi Basho - Great show, and a well-deserved silver medal in my eyes. 1. Mo Dao Zu Shi - Can't complain about this one because I failed to watch it in the last two weeks. I seriously wanted to, but I was too lazily about watching anime as of lately. my top 10 (series only) 10. Planet With 9. Harukana Receive 8. Hisone to Maso-tan 7. Zombieland Saga 6. Akanesasu Shoujo 5. Hinamatsuri 4. Yuru Camp△ 3. Sora yori mo Tooi Basho 2. Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight 1. Yagate Kimi ni Naru my top 10 (including movie, OVA, sequels...) 10. Akanesasu Shoujo 9. Hinamatsuri 8. Yama no Susume: Third Season (haven't finished it, so it might change places with Yuru Camp△, depending on the rest) 7. Yuru Camp△ 6. Sora yori mo Tooi Basho 5. Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight 4. Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou 3. Yagate Kimi ni Naru 2. Asagao to Kase-san. 1. Liz to Aoi Tori shanimebib said: Using your same set of rules, here is the list of Japan's Best Anime of 2018: *1 位 宇宙よりも遠い場所 [Yorimoi] *2 位 ゆるキャン△ [Camp △] *3 位 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン [Violet Evergarden] *4 位 ハイスコアガール [High Score Girl] *5 位 ヒナまつり [Hinamatsuri] *6 位 からかい上手の高木さん [Takagi - the Master Of Tease] *7 位 はたらく細胞 [Cells at Work! ] *8 位 あそびあそばせ [Workshop Of Fun] *9 位 ゾンビランドサガ [Zombie Land Saga] 10 位 恋は雨上がりのように [After the Rain] Source: anikore. I like the Japanese list, guess they win my personal sympathy contest, against MAL's top10, even though Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight nor Planet with made it into this list too. Great list! Gotta try Liz to Aoi tori and Yagate Kimi ni Naru Can I watch it without watching Hibike! ? Happy new year! |
| Haven't watched 1 and 10 Bunny Girl and Asobi were meh to me I like the rest As for my personal top 10 1. Hataraku Saibou 2. Hinamatsuri (very close such that it is switchable with first) 3. Golden Kamuy 4. Place Further than the Universe 5. Banana Fish 6. Grand Blue 7. Megalo Box 8. Violet Evergarden 9. Yuru Camp 10. (don't really have a definitive one yet as it's basically composed of multiple anime that I liked at one point then got disappointed or repetitive) If we could count ones that haven't finished...then the Slime one is projected to be in my top 10. (Haven't tried Baki, Revue Starlight, Planet With as well) |
MechKingKillbotDec 31, 2018 11:15 PM
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| I haven't watched all of the shows listed but for me amongst the ones that I've watched sora yori takes the first place, it was a pure gem by Madhouse. |
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| Good list, tho I have no idea what that #1 is. My personal list would be 10. Boarding School Juliet 9. Steins;Gate 0 8. Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san (weird choice, I know) 7. Hinamatsuri 6. Gintama.: Silver Soul Arc 5. Yuru Camp 4. Cell's at Work 3. The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments 2. Grand Blue 1. Bunny Girl Senpai |
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| @KANLen09 Thank you soo much!! I think I should have posted on just one place though.. HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
HopefulNihilist said: 1. Baki 2. Zombieland Saga 3. Violet Evergarden Name me any other anime better than these three. If you are asking for recommendation then according to your taste I think you will enjoy SoraYori Happy new year! |
MechKingKillbot said: If we could count ones that haven't finished...then the Slime one is projected to be in my top 10. I wish I could've included Slime cause I really like the show myself. Happy new year! |
| I respect chinese culture and everything but Mo Dao Zu Shi must go and be at the top of list with only chinese titles. |
-Stray said: Good list, tho I have no idea what that #1 is. My personal list would be 10. Boarding School Juliet 9. Steins;Gate 0 8. Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san (weird choice, I know) 7. Hinamatsuri 6. Gintama.: Silver Soul Arc 5. Yuru Camp 4. Cell's at Work 3. The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments 2. Grand Blue 1. Bunny Girl Senpai Don't know about Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san but great list otherwise! Happy new year! |
alshu said: I respect chinese culture and everything but Mo Dao Zu Shi must go and be at the top of list with only chinese titles. I actually conducted a poll just for this and people voted 'yes' to include ONAs |
iSenhower said: It's 3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season because it finished airing in 2018, people need to realize that the started airing date doesn't matter for aoty rankings because one shouldn't judge an anime before it's finished. I mean, in this case it's a double offender because apart from starting in 2017, the OP is not counting sequels. |
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