Board 8 > Anime of the Decade - Results

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Oh FUCK yes!

My #1 and #2 both hitting their numbers!

Best Visuals
+5 Land of the Lustrous
+3 Mob Psycho 100
+1 Made in Abyss

It doesn't make any sense to put movies and TV anime in the same category for visuals, and I think most voters voted that way, or everyone would've picked three movies.
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Best Visuals
+5 Land of the Lustrous
+3 Mob Psycho 100
+1 Attack on Titan

Oh hey this worked out wonderfully for me

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Best movies:
+5 A Silent Voice
+3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion
+1 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Your Name is definitely a well produced movie, but not one I fell in love with.

Best villain:
+5 Kira Yoshikage (Jojo)
+3 Gilgamesh (Fate)
+1 Kirei Kotomine (Fate)

Kaiki's good though.

Best visuals:
+5 Sound! Euphonium
+3 Mob Psycho 100
+1 Fate/Zero

At least MB100 placed, and Land of the Lustrous was a strong consideration for me, so that's fine.

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It's official though

Violet Evergarden is best KyoAni looking show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_PTlM5quRc

Beats Sounds Euphonium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2pRHJYU9QQ

and Nichijou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z30Y572EmCk

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Best Villain
+5 Carol Malus Dienheim (Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX)
+3 Altair (Re:Creators)
+1 Quinella (Sword Art Online: Alicization)

I kinda ran out of villains after the first two. I probably should have put Kaiki on here even if I like him more for his non-villain stuff.

Best Visuals
+5 Kimi no Na wa.
+3 Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
+1 No Game No Life

Three HMs!
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Best Visuals
+5 Attack on Titan
+3 One Punch Man
+1 Mob Psycho 100

Best Visuals
+5 - The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
+3 - Land of the Lustrous
+1 - Devilman: Crybaby

Comparing movies and series against each other for visuals is a bit weird, but I don't think it's impossible to do. Movies are usually have much better animation quality, but there's not a huge gap in other aspects these days and I feel like the overall aesthetic is what most people are going to remember most anyway.
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Best Visuals
+5 One-Punch Man
+3 Devilman Crybaby
+1 Mob Psycho 100

Best Villain
+5 Annie Leonhart (Attack on Titan)
+3 Garou (One-Punch Man)
+1 DIO (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Damn, mostly happy with visuals results but the villain results were a bit of a letdown


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I feel like lots of people didn't even watch OPM S2...
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Tag

Didn't participate, barely watched anything not from early in the decade unfortunately. Would have given top points to Haruhi.

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The OPM votes were for S1 which looked incredible. I didnt hold it against the series for S2 being far less visually good

swordz9 posted...

The OPM votes were for S1 which looked incredible. I didnt hold it against the series for S2 being far less visually good

yeah I definitely mentioned that in my vote 2. S2 was ok visually but nowhere near the quality of S1

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I watched all of S2.

There were good 15 second chunks in most episode that were clearly very talented animators trying to put their stamp on an incredibly underwhelming production, which is smart because it's going to be very obvious when it happens and a lot of people are likely going to take notice. Also strangely good CGI in places.

Mostly it's trash.

swordz9 posted...

The OPM votes were for S1 which looked incredible. I didnt hold it against the series for S2 being far less visually good

Garou isn't even in S1.
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I mean even season 1 of OPM is like decent and entertaining to me but I wouldn't put it among my top in things

I almost considered Garou in my Villain list actually, I do think he's neat

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Couldn't find a spot for him in the end, but I do like me some Shigaraki.

For shorter runs, Stain and Annie stood out too.


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Damn, I forgot to submit mine in time. No Kyubey as Best Villain is a travesty, but Squealer is a fun pick that I didn't even think of and would have put in mine if I remembered

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https://youtu.be/XTPr71wM77M

How could anyone not love this man?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3ufkZPm1s

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/172662564405408386/8142CD0F0A91F8840535313B57CC9243D349A28F/

oh man i do love shigaraki
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These results were pretty good. Best Visuals is probably the least important category to me, and I didn't consider movies at all for it. I still enjoyed OPM2 well enough, but the animation didn't play much of a factor in the difference. Garou was a pretty bad character, and I'm surprised people like him.

Hisoka is my favorite character from HxH by a good margin. I almost forgot to include him because I'm not so high on the series in general.

Best Visuals
+5 Land of the Lustrous
+3 Katanagatari
+1 Eccentric Family

Best Villain
+5 Squeeler (From the New World)
+3 Kaiki (Monogatari)
+1 Hisoka (HxH)

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Oh I definitely forgot about Katanagatari and it is a damn shame it didn't place in visuals.

Hard to blame people because it was 10 years ago and didn't stream anywhere, but yeah.
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I don't expect it to place anywhere, but that didn't stop me from giving it a bunch of nominations

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Well, visuals is the only place I would have voted for it anyway. Maybe best opening, but probably not because the competition was extremely tough there.
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oh man Best Fight is one I totally could've voted Katanagatari

Can't remember what the awesome ones were, though. Nanami vs. the ninjas in ep. 4 is the best one I remember?
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Best fight is totally Shichika vs Sabi Hakuhei. Even though that wasn't really a fight.

But Nanami vs the ninjas stood out to me. It's been a while; I need to rewatch it. It gets my pick for second favorite of the decade.

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All the fights with Nanami are the ones I remember but it's been so long I'm not really sure. The fights in the final episode are kind of neat also
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Best Film

+5 Rascal Doesnt Dream Of A Dreaming Girl

+3 Your Name

+1 Kizumonogatari Reiketsu

Best Villain

+5 Kaiki (Monogatari)

+3 Askeladd (Vinland Saga)

+1 Kyubey (Madoka Magicka)

Best Visuals

+5 Violet Evergarden

+3 Madoka Magica

+1 Monogatari Series
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Wow, can't believe I forgot about Kaiki

Best Villain
+5 Hisoka (HxH)
+3 Tooru (Haikyuu)
+1 Pitou (HxH)

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I thought Monogatari's was Shaft at their best in the visuals department, but Madoka was the vote getter, woops!

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Dat stain glass.

Best Visuals
+5 Land of the Lustrous
+3 Violet Evergarden
+1 Hyouka

Best Villain
+5 Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
+3 Kyubey (Madoka Magica)
+1 Quinella (Sword Art Online: Alicization)

voltch posted...

I thought Monogatari's was Shaft at their best in the visuals department, but Madoka was the vote getter, woops!

Monogatari may have been "better" from a conventional PoV, but Madoka had a unique and charming style.

Reg posted...

voltch posted...

I thought Monogatari's was Shaft at their best in the visuals department, but Madoka was the vote getter, woops!

Monogatari may have been "better" from a conventional PoV, but Madoka had a unique and charming style.

This was exactly why I have Madoka higher yeah.
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See, I saw it as Monogatari having its own unique look to it.
The character designs may be more conventional but everything else stood out.

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Very casual anime fan here. Ended up watching A Silent Voice pretty much on accident last night (my oldest daughter put it on, just before bed time). Hadn't heard of it before, went in completely blank, not expecting what I got, which was a boatload of feels. We both stayed up well past our bedtimes to watch the whole thing (2 hours +), and it was beautiful. Heartily recommend to anyone, and definitely to parents of older (even preteen) kids with even the slightest disposition to watching anime, if somehow, someone is 9 pages deep ITT and doesn't already know about the movie and is on the fence.

Carry on.

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Best Cast

Honourable Mention: Steins;Gate, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Durarara!!

Yeah, so we got votes for large casts of interwining characters with smaller bright moments and smaller more compact crews which made pushes to make each character stand out while having some occasional high impact appearances from more minor characters. There wasn't too much of a trend here.

3rd Place: A Place Further than the Universe

Notable Characters: Tamaki Mari, Kobuchizawa Shirase, Miyake Hinata & Shiraishi Yuzuki

https://i.imgur.com/pQaJKj6.jpg

Runner Up: KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!

Notable Characters: Sato Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin & Darkness

https://i.redd.it/tf4fdrf42ds21.jpg

Winner: Monogatari Series

Notable Characters: Araragi Koyomi, Senjougahara Hitagi, Hachikuji Mayoi, Kanbaru Suruga, Sengoku Nadeko, Hanekawa Tsubasa, Araragi Karen, Araragi Tsukihi, Ononoki Yotsugi, Oshino Ogi, Oshino Shinobu, Kaiki Deishu & Gaen Izuko.

https://pm1.narvii.com/7154/c020a2068b3664cf3c1b5807514aa049f66a0183r1-1280-720v2_hq.jpg

There are a lot of Monogatari episodes and each arc is really short, but the featured characters almost always shine through when the spotlights on them. This is one of the main strengths of the show, they managed to make the characters feel like they matter and theyre all memorable. Having an OP sung by the characters with a starring role for each arc also makes them look more important.

But this also means that for a while each cast member ascends to the status of main character. Since the stories being told are so good, youll naturally be associating each of them with an enjoyable song + story.
For a number of these characters, youll get one arc featuring the problem of the week, but will then have a later arc which shows how far theyve progressed since resolving their initial issue. So it keeps them fresh in the mind and makes the waifu rankings an ever fluctuating thing as everyone gets a bump post-storyline of the day.

For the other competing series, A Place Further than the Universe was a hugely popular series last year that won almost everything it could. The four main girls developed a strong bond with each other as they supported each other and overcame their vulnerabilities to achieve their goals. It started off looking like any old 4 cute girls doing cute things type of show, but ended up giving you more depth to the cast.

But our runner up KonoSuba aint about giving you big emotional arcs or layers of depth, sure there might be a moment or two here or there. What we get from KonoSuba is a fuckton of antics and a rapid fire number of jokes and punchlines coming mostly from our 4 main leads. Each of them complete idiots and together you just get a deluge of stupidity as they always find ways to make their situation worse. But they do so in such an entertaining way, that youre looking forward to how theyll fuck up the next task.

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Didnt get anything for best cast

Best Cast
+5 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
+3 Mob Psycho 100
+1 A Place Further Than the Universe

Yea I figured my cast one wouldn't hit much, but hey that 3rd place! Also wasn't sure if Jojo was cheating but whatever I'd specify Part 5 I guess then if I had to pick one

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Best Cast
+5 Monogatari
+3 Antarctica
+1 F/SN Unlimited Blade Works

Konosuba is also good though

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Lots of comedies with great casts I thought underwhelmed, but hey we only had 3 picks and gotta pick some dramas too.

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Bleh.

+5 A Place Further Than the Universe
+3 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
+1 Steins;Gate

I really have trouble thinking of the Monogatari characters as a proper group, which at least to me is an important part of having a good cast (which is not exactly the same as having good characters, in my mind). I guess this stems from the fact that it's a show about a bunch of people and their relationship with Araragi rather than a show about a group in any real sense. Rationally I can identify that there are scenes where various non-Araragi characters interact with each other and that Araragi isn't even a major figure in all the arcs, but because Araragi is such a centralizing figure it never feels that way to me. Though, Monogatari was in my final 6 or so that I considered for whatever that's worth. (Note: "Araragi" refers to Koyomi here and yes I know he has siblings)

I don't like Konosuba much.

Edit: added a missing "not"
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Also if this were "best characters" instead of "best cast" then Monogatari would have been my +5 most likely.
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Another thing that works in Monogatari's favour is the really low number of filler characters.

Just about everyone matters, like they're in a school but classrooms are often empty besides the main characters.

Just adds to the focus on em

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Best Cast
+5 DB Super
+3 Sket Dance
+1 YuruYuri

Wow, LITERALLY a 1:1 result.

Best Cast
+5 Bakemonogatari
+3 Konosuba
+1 A Place Further than the Universe

Studio of the Decade

Honourable Mentions: Ufotable, Kyoto Animation

This is mostly going to be about the top 2, cos oh boy did they have some big hitters.

3rd Place: Studio Bones

Known for: My Hero Academia, Mob Psycho 100, Space Dandy, Noragami, Bundo Stray Dogs and Carole & Tuesday

Runner Up: Shaft

Known for: Monogatari Series, Arakawa under the Bridge, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Nisekoi, March Comes in like a Lion, And Yet the Town Moves

Winner: Madhouse

Known for: Hunter x Hunter, Chihayafuru, No Game No Life, Ace of Diamond, The Tatami Galaxy, A Place Further than the Universe, Parasyte the maxim-, Highschool Of the Dead, One-Punch Man, My Love Story!! & Overlord.

Madhouse came in to this past decade with an already stellar reputation, they had under their belt shows like Cardcaptor Sakura, Yawara!, Trigun, Death Note, Ippo, Monster, Black Lagoon and One Outs, but you look at their catalogue in the 2010s and theyve at the very minimum maintained those high standards.
Their output has been prolific and has produced a number of AOTY winners, they also cover a wide variety of genres. Shonen fans will adore HxH, No Game No Life was one of the best Isekais, Ace of Diamond was a very well received sports series, Ore Monogatari was a wonderful romantic comedy. Its easy to see why they did so well with such a broad range of appeal.

It wasnt a given theyd win either though, because Shaft gave them a true fight. They dont do as many series and when they miss the mark we end up having disastrously bad shows, but when everything clicks, you get some of the highest quality shows that have die hard fans. Madoka and Monogatari are hailed as some of the very best shows out there, but its March that comes in like a Lion that boasts the highest score on MAL.
With Shaft youre going in expecting a signature style, some head tilts, generally solid cinematography and top tier characters. That style can sometimes have a huge effect on their adaptations too. The Nisekoi manga and anime just feel so different.

Studio Bones did surprise me a bit, pipping Kyoto Animation for the 3rd slot, I thought Hyouka, Sound Eupho, Violet Evergarden, Chuu2, Nichijou, Free, Maid Dragon and Disappearance would be enough. This tells me that Mob Psycho 100 was likely the driving force for Bones placing so high. My Hero Academias a great show, but I didnt see it being enough to surpass say a Ufotable level studio. Their other shows are popular enough to either be long runners or have plenty of fans on MAL, but not too many people raved on B8 about Noragami and Bundo Stray Dogs.

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