| So we are halfway down the year 2019, and i feel like months pass by but nothing interesting is happening anime wise. Am i just imagining this or has 2019 been a really bad year for anime ? Please hit me with your opinions and also recommend me your favorite animes of this year. |
| It's too early to make a good judgment on that. Ask again when we're halfway through Fall 2019. |
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| Dororo, Kaguya-sama, Domestic Girlfriend, AoT S3 part 2, BSD S3, Isekai Quartet Nah it has definitely not been an awful year plus like mentioned it's too early |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Someone's always creating these repetitive threads. Anyways, the answer is no. |
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| No, anime is doing fine. If anything, it's been a terrible year for you. Either you're just losing interest in anime and try to blame it on some suden change in the medium that doesn't exist, like so many before you, or you're just really unlucky and have a very narrow taste that has not been appealed to so far this year. You could also just be uninformed and missed all the good stuff so far, like Mob Psycho for example. There's a whole bunch of options that are all more likely than the whole anime medium having suddenly declined. When you stop enjoying something, introspection will usually give you the answer as to why, rather than just assigning blame to any outside factors. You are more likely to have changed all of a sudden than the whole anime medium. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Pullman said: Jesus, calm down, didn't mean to hit a soft spot. What the hell are you even ranting on about lol? No, anime is doing fine. If anything, it's been a terrible year for you. Either you're just losing interest in anime and try to blame it on some suden change in the medium that doesn't exist, like so many before you, or you're just really unlucky and have a very narrow taste that has not been appealed to so far this year. You could also just be uninformed and missed all the good stuff so far, like Mob Psycho for example. There's a whole bunch of options that are all more likely than the whole anime medium having suddenly declined. When you stop enjoying something, introspection will usually give you the answer as to why, rather than just assigning blame to any outside factors. You are more likely to have changed all of a sudden than the whole anime medium. I made this thread because i feel there havn't been too many good animes so far (because it's a subjective opinion you know?), and i was interest whether other people are feeling the same or not. FYI, anime as a medium has nothing to do with the topic at hand. For example: even if all TV-series became objectively crap all of the sudden or even dissapeared entirely, the medium is still the same as before, the series are not since they either lowered in quality or ceased to exist. |
CasperJun 6, 2019 10:08 AM
| It's hard to say for sure just yet. I'm still hopeful it will get better. But so far it hasn't been very impressive. For me it's probably the worst year since I began to regularly watch ongoings. But there are some interesting things planned for next 2 seasons, so let's see. They may still turn it around. |
| I like 5 shows that came out this year. So 2019 is likely to bat above average at this rate. my average is like 6 anime per year i think are good enough to recommend. |
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Tropisch said: I've formed my opinion about the published animes of the year and i'm asking whether people agree or disagree. There is no yes or no answer that is the "truth", there is only subjective opinions. So before you get touchy, differentiate between someone who states something and someone who asks a subjective opinion something.Someone's always creating these repetitive threads. Anyways, the answer is no. |
| It hasn't even been half a year yet. Give it some time. |
I'm also filled with pure-hearted ulterior motives. |
| I mean, summer has not even started and already the whole year is toast for you? Personally, I believe this has been a great start of the year, TPN, Mob, Kimetsu no Yaiba only to name a few. Winter was a hell of a season |
| You're just as sane as I am |
| Yeah, no. Winter was one of the best seasons in years. |
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ComboSmooth said: Interesting! Which shows? Also, i've liked a couple, but i feel that the "bangers" of this year have had less bang than prior years.I like 5 shows that came out this year. So 2019 is likely to bat above average at this rate. my average is like 6 anime per year i think are good enough to recommend. |
S0uya said: If you read anything i wrote for even a second, or just used common sense, you would notice i'm talking about 2019 so far. Not 2019 as a whole.I mean, summer has not even started and already the whole year is toast for you? Personally, I believe this has been a great start of the year, TPN, Mob, Kimetsu no Yaiba only to name a few. Winter was a hell of a season |
| Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki is the saviour of anime...I mean it! |
Casper said: S0uya said: If you read anything i wrote for even a second, or just used common sense, you would notice i'm talking about 2019 so far. Not 2019 as a whole.I mean, summer has not even started and already the whole year is toast for you? Personally, I believe this has been a great start of the year, TPN, Mob, Kimetsu no Yaiba only to name a few. Winter was a hell of a season How am I misinterpreting "has 2019 been a relly bad year for anime?" You stated that you thought it was a disappointing first half of the year, and I answered by telling you at least 3 anime I thought made it pretty good overall. Sorry if it came out wrong, but I clearly speciefied that winter 2019 was a great season, not talking about the year as a whole. |
| You're just as sane as I am |
| No way, last season was one of the best seasons in a really long time. We got Kaguya, Promised Neverland, Mob Psycho and Dororo. Heaven's Feel 2nd movie also came out but can't watch that until the blurays are out. The current season is okay I guess, Attack on Titan new season is amazing, Kimetsu no Yaiba and Fruit Basket are good. Don't know much about next season but looking forward DanMachi season 2 and Vinland Saga. OP have you seen some of the anime I mentioned? Kaguya and Promised Neverland are really good. |
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| Wouldn't say it's a bad year for anime, but not as good as last year lol but not gonna judge it, still half of the year is left. Also there were pretty few good animes this year as well Dororo, Mob, kimetsu no yaiba, Bnsd, Kaguya sama, Snk. But yeah there were lots of meh animes (particularly this season :/ ). Still looking forward to get good ones hopefully. |
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| so far so good. judge too early btw...there is 2 season left in this year, calm down. |
| Yeah, shitty year so far. We only got The Promised Neverland Kaguya-sama Mob Psycho 2 Dororo Shingeki no Kyojin Diamond no Ace act 2 Kimetsu no Yaiba Carole & Tuesday And those are merely the hyped ones Seriously, if nothing among them isn't even slightly appealing to you, then I dunno what to say, except, rather stay away from seasonals for a while xD |
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| Winter season was good Spring season is bad I guess on average so far it's still been alright then? |
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| There is currently, from this year which is only half way through, 17 new anime in the top 500 (8.0+), and near 7 of them in the top 100 (8.5+), 3 in the top 50 (8.7+, 2 of which are Rank 18 8.96 and rank 2 9.16). All of which you haven't watched. 2018 there are 41 that are 8+, all of which you haven't watched. 2017 there are 38 that are 8+, of which you have completed 4 (Made in Abyss, MHA S2, Tsuki Ga Kirei, Little Witch Academia (TV)) Maybe you just don't update your list, but if that's the case asking for recommendations is ill thought out, my opinion is that you haven't even tried looking yourself. What i recommend is anything from the top 50. Your list is nice to look at. |
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| Boogiepop wa Warawanai Domestic na Kanojo My Roommate is a Cat And maybe Yakusoku no Neverland Also Tate no Yuusha has been great fun for me and I have high hopes for Dororo. The spring anime are coming to an end and I can't wait, remind me to recommend some of them to you, after I'm done. |
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| To me, it's already a whole lot better than 2018. |
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| What about Kimetsu no Yaiba and the Fruits Basket remake? Haven't seen a single episode yet of either, but was hoping to hear a more positive reception and enthusiasm for when I get to them (probably after they're done airing). |
Casper said: ComboSmooth said: Interesting! Which shows? Also, i've liked a couple, but i feel that the "bangers" of this year have had less bang than prior years.I like 5 shows that came out this year. So 2019 is likely to bat above average at this rate. my average is like 6 anime per year i think are good enough to recommend. Mob psycho season 2 was great I really liked Yakusoku no Neverland as well then Dororo and kimetsu no yaiba are pretty decent and finally shield hero is ok |
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| The answer is always no. Every season has at least 2 good shows and that's enough at least for me |
| What have you even watched? And what answer do you want? Do you not notice the amount of modern SJ hits getting adaptations lately (and doing very well)? Or that there is an Ikuhara series airing right now? Or that One Punch Man has an airing sequel? Or that there is a series co-directed by Watanabe right now? Or the amount of acclaimed shows at this point of the year like Kaguya-sama or Dororo? Fruits Basket getting a remake that will adapt the whole manga? Do you want controversies, like the fan reaction about OPM 2 or anything regarding Shield Hero? And we are in early June. There's more big names being aired in the following seasons. Either you begin to explain yourself or this is an aimless rant to get attention. |
jal90Jun 6, 2019 1:06 PM
| We just got too spoiled last year with some banger animes that came out of left field. This year has been pretty decent for sequels though like mob psycho 2. |
| Everyone seems to think that 2018 was a great year for anime and 2019 isn't as good, but I have enjoyed shows in 2019 more... |
| I think there are like three to five shows from the winter 2019 season that I'm interested in (Manaria Friends, Endro, The Price of Smiles, Grimms Notes, Kotobuki the Magnificent, maaaaaybe Circlet Princess?); I haven't looked into the spring 2019 season yet. Naturally I haven't watched any of these yet because I don't watch seasonals and I'm already busy with other shows. But this seems pretty decent, I guess? I mean, compared to 2018, for which I just looked up a list and found that there's about 8 to 14 shows I wanted to watch (Violet Evergarden, A Place Further than the Universe, (Laid-Back Camp?), Grand Blue, Cells at Work, FranXX, (Piano no Mori?), (Dragon Pilot?), (P5?), Nanoha Detonation, Beatless*, (Magical Girl Site?), (Million Arthur?), Record of Grancrest War), of which I've watched one (Beatless) which surprisingly became one of my all time faves. |
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NthDegree said: Everyone seems to think that 2018 was a great year for anime and 2019 isn't as good, but I have enjoyed shows in 2019 more... And this right here is the reason why we don't need to discuss such subjective topics. We can talk about why you enjoyed the year X however this is not the OPs question. OT: From winter we have Yakusoku no Neverland which I enjoyed quite much. Made me start reading the manga too. The second season of Mob was superb in terms of writing and animation. I love Kaguya-sama manga so seeing its adaptation was a bliss. 5-Toubun no Hanayome was a surprise for me. I don't like harem shows but this one appealed me to the point of reading the manga. Lastly, Dororo is a different experience from the rest so that might be interesting too. As for the rest, no it's too early to say something. |
| I have no trouble finding good shows, so no. |
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| I strongly disagree. For me there's been a lot of great anime this year, Mob Psycho s2 being the highlight so far. The year's not even over yet, so we have the Dr. Stone and Beastars anime to look forward to as well. |
| Don't know, I don't follow seasonals like it was some kind of obligation because anime of the season and because everyone else is doing so. However, I did watch MS1002 and it was a disappointment; everything after the Reigen part was mediocre with a boring villain segment. And I also tried TPN, but found it edgy and annoying so I dropped it. The same for Demon Slayer. So yeah you could say I haven't got a very good impression from 2019 given that sample lol. |
NthDegree said: >everyone seems to thinkEveryone seems to think that 2018 was a great year for anime and 2019 isn't as good, but I have enjoyed shows in 2019 more... >everyone Nah... |
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| I haven't given anything higher than a 7 yet this year. Most of the seasonals I've attempted to get into could barely hold my attention for one episode before I dropped it (I don't list anime I drop with only a single episode- btw, it's a lot). Albeit, a 7 is still a very good score in my book, so shows like The Promised Neverland and SNK have been quite enjoyable, but far from amazing. But here's hoping to an 8 or higher at some point this year, lol |
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| It has been less than spectacular for me. I am hoping Accelerator and Railgun III rescues it for me. |
| Doesn't feel any different from any other year. Stats say I watched 2 series from this year and gave both an 8, which I consider a success. I'm a bit disappointed in Gundam NT and Hathaway being movies, though. Mostly because I rather not watch anime movies if I can help it. |
| Not really, we just came off one of the best years so maybe that's why it seems bad. |
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| That depends entirely on who you ask. To me just the the 3rd season of Bungou Stray Dogs and the 2nd season of Mob Psycho 100 are enough for me to disagree. And I haven't even touched stuff like Dororo yet. |
| Huh?! There’s been a LOT of great anime so far this year... I’d say it’s doing better than usual! |
| Sadly, no. This year has been pretty great, which is terrible for me, since my backlog just keeps growing and growing. |
| Well... considering that you don't have a single anime from 2019 in your Watching, Completed, and Dropped list (If I missed one, please do correct me), I just think that you're not trying hard enough. I say this with no hostility. |
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