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What a great contest! Thanks a ton for running it every year, voltch! Started out pretty rough for me honestly, losing some shows I liked in the early rounds and I thought I was in for a tough time this contest. But after those first couple rounds stuff I was rooting for continued to squeak by and I don't think I really lost something I really liked again until maybe Chainsawman? And in the end I think we ended up with one of the best Top 20's we could have! I've really been on an anime kick the last 2 years or so (having coworkers I can shoot the shit with about stuff we're watching has been very helpful in this regard) and I've definitely expanded the kinds of shows I've watched during that time (like Haikyuu and Oshi no Ko I probably wouldn't have watched without their recommendation). Which in turn has led me to try out other shows like Lycoris Recoil and Odd Taxi. It's been a fun time!

As for Steins;Gate...it's been a wild ride! I don't think I backed anything in the 2nd contest but I was dedicated to S;G in the 3rd one and when it made the finals I was like "well I guess next year" not realizing how hard it was to actually get a series into the finals! And then I think during contests 5-7 I was working 3rd shift and was either sleeping through entire rounds or just being able to get 1 save in for S;G and at that time I was really the only dedicated S;G trader (others were saving it but I was the only one trading for it). Figured once I moved back to 1st shift it would have better success and it did (7th and 3rd I believe) but again...hard to get a show to the finals! Big thanks to duck and Suprak for helping trade for it this year as my H1 and H2 trades wouldn't have been enough and to everyone else who backed it as well! But yeah nothing more to really say here...I don't tend to get really emotionally invested in too many things around here but getting S;G a win was definitely one of them so pretty stoked it finally got the win!

MartinFF7 posted...

Also, Stan: you avoided the potential "lost twice in the finals" pain which some of us know all too well in other contests... very nice! S;G can join the ranks of "past champs hanging around the midpoint mark or exiting the contest due to falling outside top 20/not being renominated" now, though you could always join the back-breaking-placement-effort ranks of Haruhi and Baccano alongside Inviso and lefty, respectively.

Oof. Which contest is that one? The Final Fantasy character one? That one always seems so intense. But yeah, totally expect Steins;Gate to take a backseat now. I may go the route of backing it for placement sake like you say but man...too many other series that I like for me to really be that dedicated to it I think. I like to see new things win when possible! And man...I absolutely remember making that El Psy Congroo post lol

Seems Bocchi got a lot of love and recommendations from a lot of people this contest so I'll probably try and watch that at some point. I should probably return Martin's favor and watch LotGH at some point as well. Kaguya routinely does well in this contest so I'll probably have to watch that as well and I'm enjoying Oshi no Ko so seems like it might be an easy transition there.

I'm definitely down for a OP/ED contest! I've got a playlist of just OP/ED anime songs that I've been building the last year or two so that would be something I'd definitely participate in!