Board 8 > Anime of the Decade - Results

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Hardly results to complain about.

Studio of the Decade
+5 Ufotable
+3 SHAFT
+1 KyoAni

+5 MADHOUSE
+3 White Fox
+1 Bones

We already talked about this one a bit in the last topic and I don't have much to add. Surprised not a lot of people voted White Fox, but I guess the most significant contributors along with Steins;Gate for me were Katanagatari and Girls' Last Tour, which I don't think a lot of people watched?

I was definitely a big fan of Noragami for the record.

Edit: Also yes, apparently I remembered Katanagatari when voting on best studio but not for best visuals...in fairness I did decide pretty quickly after thinking about it for 2 minutes that I didn't care enough to vote in best visuals.
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Studio of the Decade
+5 Studio Bones
+3 David Production
+1 Ufotable

Wasn't expecting much after the talk I was seeing so I guess Bones getting in at all is nice for me

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Studio of the Decade
+5 Shaft
+3 Madhouse
+1 Trigger

Best Cast
+5 Monogatari Series
+3 Steins;Gate
+1 Madoka Magica

Konosuba bad cast

pyresword posted...

Also if this were "best characters" instead of "best cast" then Monogatari would have been my +5 most likely.

I think most people would see those two as meaning the same thing.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

pyresword posted...
Also if this were "best characters" instead of "best cast" then Monogatari would have been my +5 most likely.

I think most people would see those two as meaning the same thing.

This is part of why I framed that post the way I did. The result makes me feel like I was voting in a different category than everybody else was.
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Studio
+5 Wit
+3 David
+1 Madhouse

Probably shouldve changed the order a bit, but the top two didnt get anything anyways so whatever

pyresword posted...

+5 MADHOUSE
+3 White Fox
+1 Bones

We already talked about this one a bit in the last topic and I don't have much to add. Surprised not a lot of people voted White Fox, but I guess the most significant contributors along with Steins;Gate for me were Katanagatari and Girls' Last Tour, which I don't think a lot of people watched?

I was definitely a big fan of Noragami for the record.

Edit: Also yes, apparently I remembered Katanagatari when voting on best studio but not for best visuals...in fairness I did decide pretty quickly after thinking about it for 2 minutes that I didn't care enough to vote in best visuals.

People did however watch Re:Zero, the thing is though, I think after their top hits they've got either well liked but kinda niche shows like Jormungand, or kinda divisive like Goblin Slayer

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I mean, people were putting ufotable up there just because of Fate and Demon Slayer. Their other shows were even more niche than White Fox's (Tales of Zestiria/Symphonia, God Eater, Touken Ranbu...)
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I typically rank studios by how impressed I am with their production and style overall. Liking the show isn't an enormous factor.

Best Cast
+5 Durarara
+3 Blast of Tempest
+1 Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun

Studio
+5 Bones
+3 Shaft
+1 Brain's Base

Meh. Coulda acknowledged the Gataris for best cast.

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Best Cast

+5 Monogatari Series

+3 Kanata No Astra

+1 Konosuba

Studio of the Decade

+5 Shaft

+3 Madhouse

+1 Bones

I now regret giving points to Madhouse oh well.
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Best Story

Honourable Mentions: A Place Further than the Universe.and a whole lot of other shows

Tbh, after A Place Further than the Universe there was no real consensus as to which series had the best storyline. Im the guy who threw one of his votes at Your Name, but what ended up happening was we got a three way race to the top.

3rd Place: From the New World

https://c.wallhere.com/photos/c7/ae/Shinsekai_Yori_anime-112473.jpg!d

Runner Up: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

https://static.zerochan.net/Mahou.Shoujo.Madoka%E2%98%86Magica.full.1242858.jpg

Winner: Steins;Gate

https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gate00-copy.jpg

Steins;Gate, among one of the best videogame adaptations ever? Its certainly better than the Mortal Kombat or Prince of Persia movies. And one of the reasons why this series did so well was on the strength of its story. (ok it also had a really good pair of leads). Tbh I dont know how much Steins;Gate 0 affected the voting here.
The premise though is all about time travel and how a quirky scientist is trying to achieve it. His work will go slowly go down a darker path and itll be up to him to save everyone who got caught up in this mess. Steins;Gate moves along at a very deliberate pace, it takes its time establishing core concepts while also giving you more backstory on the characters and their motivations.

Madoka, Ive seen it being compared to Evangelion, in the sense that it deconstructs the magical girl genre the way Evangelion deconstructed the mecha genre. Like with Steins;Gate, Im not sure how much the Rebellion movie played a factor in the voting, but Im sure it made just enough of a difference. Madokas one of the darker and more dramatic storylines out there, with the girls finding out that being a Magical Girl just isnt all it was cracked up to be. To make matters worse, youve got a looming impending doom to add to the drama. Add a little character instability and some major shocks and youre left wondering how on earth can they possibly defeat the coming evil. Then when you think shits as bad as can be, the show will just drop another bomb on you. Lot of despair was felt watching this one.

Though the same can apply to From the New World, set in a future where much of humanity has changed, we now all have psychic powers! Only it then shows why thats not necessarily a good thing. A seemingly utopic society, everyone has to follow a lot of rules to keep the peace, so of course every rule gets broken and disaster strikes.

Since all three of these shows were pretty close, the order might differ here.

Which of these 3 shows had the best climax?

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Best Story
+5 Fate/Zero
+3 Steins;Gate
+1 A Place Further Than the Universe

Hey I can't complain with that

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Best Cast
+5 Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
+3 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
+1 Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A

Madoka not even reaching HM was surprising to me. I didn't expect much from Chuunibyou and I would be surprised if anyone else voted for Saki. >_> The ultiamte winners were all good choices even if they didn't make my final submission.

Studio of the Decade
+5 Kyoto Animation
+3 P.A. Works
+1 J.C.Staff

Other than first place, I don't think I had any idea what I was doing for the Studio category. >_>

Best Story
+5 Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
+3 Angel Beats!
+1 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Steins;Gate and Shinsekai yori were on my short list so I'm fine with how this went.
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Best Story
+5 Kanata No Astra
+3 Madoka Magica
+1 Violet Evergarden

Well at least one made it. Steins;Gate was my fourth also so not bad I guess.

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Best Story
+5 Monogatari Series
+3 Madoka Magica
+1 Jormungand

Story Series doesn't get votes for Story smh

Angel Beast would've been a gooder for story too now that TRE mentions it.
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I didn't include Monogatari in best story for a similar reason to Pyre with it and best cast. Monogatari is many great stories, not one amazing story. I was maybe leaning into the plot aspect of stories too much but it doesn't quite have enough of a plot that I considered it for the category.

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Best Story
+5 Puella Magi Madoka Magica
+3 From the New World
+1 Steins;Gate

...I am ok with this result!
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Best Story
+5 From the New World
+3 Steins;Gate
+1 Re:Creators

Great results. I am pretty confident that S;G has a chance of going home with the overall gold here for AotD.

Would be very interested to know if anybody else gave any points to Re:Creators.

voltch posted...

Which of these 3 shows had the best climax?

Steins;Gate for sure. God I love the future Okabe call so much.

I don't think I view the story structure of From the New World as really having a climax. It's very open ended and really give a proper resolution on any of the major problems in the world. I don't really view the story as something with a beginning, middle and end--to me it's more like just a set of experiences intended to show the viewer the society of that world, what it means, and what it says about human nature. I guess if you want to point to any scene as the "climax" it's the trial, which is one of my favorite anime scenes and at least gives the Steins;Gate climax a run for it's money, but yeah.

For Madoka the climax isn't really my favorite part of the series. The highlight for me is the stretch from episodes 5 to 11, roughly.
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FtnW is odd, because the show is incredible almost all the way through, and the last episode is sublime...but the second and third to last episodes are pretty terrible.

It's very rare for a show to nail the climax but squander the buildup towards it.

I'm not really a fan of Madoka or Steins;Gate winning story, but overall results were pretty good for these three categories.

I thought about White Fox, but there's quite a drop off after Katanagatari for me. I couldn't get into ReZero or Jormungand.

Bones would have probably been fourth primarily due to Blast of Tempest and Mob

Best Story
+5 From the New World
+3 Blast of Tempest
+1 Space Brothers

Studio of the Decade
+5 A-1 Pictures
+3 Madhouse
+1 Kyoto Animation

Best Cast
+5 Konosuba
+3 SNAFU
+1 Monogatari

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Forgot to vote let's go JoJo + HxH

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tazzyboyishere posted...

Forgot to vote let's go JoJo + HxH

Damnit more Jojo voting would have been appreciated

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Would've +5d it for Kira and +3d it for visuals...

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I wish I could have voted for Blast of Tempest in more categories. Same with Penguindrum, a show I always compare to Blast of Tempest for some reason.

(I think I voted for both in 1 category each iirc)
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tazzyboyishere posted...

Would've +5d it for Kira

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

rip

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I would be surprised if anyone else voted for Saki

I did!

Just, uh, not in that category

Side-A >>>>>>> Saki

Glad Blast of Tempest has multiple other people appreciating. Makes me wonder if it would have made a difference if it didn't get 4th or 5th place in a bunch of categories for me.

Best Story
+5 Steins;Gate
+3 Attack on Titan
+1 Madoka Magica

Studio of the Decade
+5 Madhouse
+3 Shaft
+1 Kyoto Animation

Best Cast
+5 DRRR!
+3 Whatever Monogatari shows came out this decade
+1 Steins;Gate

Specifically on why I picked DRRR as best cast. It's because while on an individual level I don't feel like they stand up pound for pound to monogatari. I do feel like as a collective they are much more important to how the show moves and feels than any show of the decade. As a collection probably only matched by Golden Kamuy in this regard.

DRRR is fine enough, but it's never going to be more than "that thing that's not Baccano" to me.

Should be able to go through another 3 categories today.

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Between Best Fight and Best Couple I'm expecting a lot of misses for myself today

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Im positive I wont get anything for Best Couple because I dont like any of the trash pairings everyone else did lol

2 of my 3 for Best Couple aren't for romance so I'm good on that front!

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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

2 of my 3 for Best Couple aren't for romance so I'm good on that front!

Same

My Bunnygirl and Monogatari pairing votes are guaranteed positions, don't think anybody is expecting otherwise.

My crossed fingers are for my +5 Madoka x Homura.

I'm actually quite proud of the ones I picked that aren't romance, don't think they'll place but I'm glad I put them

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Only one proper romance in my top 3, but man, I was trying hard to put Your Name in just about everything I could.

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Top 3 are probably locked as Kaguya, Monogatari and Bunny Girl for couple in some order

Ya know, I think people are gonna like the HMs more than the top 3

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I hope Bloom Into You at least got an HM.
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Best Couple

Shoutouts to the guys who reserved their +1s for Rider x Waver

Honourable Mentions: Sora x Shiro (No Game No Life), Kaguya Shinmiya x Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya: Love is War), Madoka Kaname x Akemi Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Takagi x Nishigata (Teasing Master Takagi-san), Yuuta Togashi x Takanashi (Chuunibyo), Takeo Gouda x Rinko Yamato (My Love Story), Yuu x Touko (Bloom into You), Kumiko Oumae x Reina Kousaka (Sound Euphonium), Mob x Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100)

A decent number of people voted for a romantic pair as their #1 slot, but then just went nuts on the best non-Romantic partnership, of course theres still a majority of proper romantic pairings.

3rd Place: Makise Kurisu x Okabe Rintaro Steins;Gate

https://i.redd.it/jtpfg4gmoum11.png

Runner Up: Azusawagawa Sakuta x Sakurajima Mai Rascal does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

https://i.redd.it/2nva2gx8n7d21.png

Winner: Araragi Koyomi x Senjougahara Hitagi

http://www.baltana.com/files/wallpapers-9/Koyomi-Araragi-And-Hitagi-Senjougahara-Widescreen-Wallpapers-26311.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmIbvd9sTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGZZ77bjU0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDdmlY-gX4

The big two claim top billing here to no ones surprise. Only Araragi and Senjougahara have been building on that relationship for an entire decade. It was already a solid pair established way back in 09, but then Nisemonogatari, Koimonogatari and so forth kept on building on that foundation. These two will always be looking out for each other and in Koimonogatari, they didnt even need to be onscreen together for their
relationship to feel stronger than ever. Monogataris got a ton of great girls, but Senjougahara will always emerge the winner when it comes to Araragis heart. Others may have powerful scenes with him, but viewers will quickly enough come to accept that Araragi and Senjougahara are just meant for each other.

With Mai x Sakuta, this pairing came in much later, near the end of the decade, but it drew many a comparison with Monogatari and quite favourably too. But it sure left a strong impression, with only 13 eps and a movie to show for it.

Next up we go from all these lovey dovey couple to rivals and enemies smacking each other silly. Its time for Fight of the Decade!

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Best Couple
+5 Mob and Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)
+3 Meruem and Komugi(Hunter X Hunter)
+1 Sakuta and Mai (Rascal)

Yep that's about how I thought it was gonna go. Ah well.

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Oooooh Okabe x Makise...hmmmmm might have actually put that in there if I had dwelled on it more. Wonder what the vote differences were, if it would have made a change...

Oh, kinda surprised on 3rd, but that wouldve been my next guess. 0 for 3 on pairs I like still anyways so whatever

Spoilers, nothing was beating Senjougahara x Araragi.

It was a formality on par with Monogatari winning best cast.

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Well yeah if we actually removed series that started before 2010 it wouldnt have won a couple categories now either >_>

Best Couple
+5 Yuu Koito/Touko Nanami (Bloom Into You)
+3 Koyomi Araragi/Hitagi Senjougahara (Monogatari)
+1 Rider/Waver Velvet (Fate/Zero)

Nothing even remotely close to my #1. My #2 through #4 were also very cleanly ahead of anything else I was able to think of. (#4 was Okabe/Kurisu)

But really though Yuu/Touko so much better than any of these it isn't even funny.
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Remind me to watch Bloom Into You when I run out of action anime to catch up on