Board 8 > Anime of the Decade - Results

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Best Female Character
+8 Tachibana Kanade (Angel Beats!)
+5 Gokou Ruri (Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
+3 Konno Yuuki (Sword Art Online II)
+2 Akemi Homura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
+1 Sakura Kyouko (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)

I was really hard to cut this down to 5. I really liked the 3 winners even if they didn't make the cut for my entry.

Best Male Character
+8 Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
+5 Oreki Houtarou (Hyouka)
+3 Togashi Yuuta (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
+2 Sora (No Game No Life)
+1 Okabe Rintarou (Steins;Gate)

Very good top two here. I don't know too much about Joseph Joestar besides hearing his name a lot.
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Anime of the Decade:

Honourable Mentions: Attack on Titan, A Place Further than the Universe, Mob Psycho 100, Kill la Kill, Jojos Bizarre Adventure

I find it mildly interesting that none of the big 3 Isekai shows ended up being in contention, it certainly was one of the bigger genres of the past decade. Of the stuff that did get votes, Attack on Titan was the major new hit, though other big name shonen shows like Hunter x Hunter and My Hero Academia were a little overlooked.
While A Place Further than the Universe was the best 4 cute girls doing cute things shows.

3rd Place: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09mEDCqSx4

Runner Up: Steins;Gate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsr-UiTPWsU&list=EL3n57TtnN3tY&index=3&t=0s

Winner: Monogatari Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ZwmEse40c

Well these were the three most hyped series entering the contest. Bakemonogatari was an alright show, but that was back in 09, with some of the final few eps being released in 2010. On its own, it would have been a series I really enjoyed gave a good score to and then moved on. I dont really read LNs ahead of time, I just watch whatever content gets animated and if the stuffs good, then Ill catch up on it.

I wasnt prepared then for the sheer amount of quality content that would follow. 2012, Nisemonogatari? Oh cool Senjougaharas back and the sisters get some shine, awesome. Then I get the Nekomogatari arcs elevating a character I wasnt all that into. Then you get the Monogatari Second Season stuff and the quality content just keeps piling up throughout the decade and before you know it, Monogataris dished out like a 100 eps worth of good memorable storylines. The Monogatari series is now known for a lot of different things, tons of waifus, many different openings and a looot of talking.

Its also got a lot of offputting content which is why I thought Steins;Gate would win out. The toothbrush scene, the interactions with Hachikuji and some of the fanservice content do make some people uncomfortable so I get that this series isnt for everyone.

Steins;Gate, not much more to say, best videogame adaptation? Its up there. Okabe has now firmly established himself as the greatest protagonist of the decade with Kurisu showing shes the best female lead there is. With this show, youre getting well written characters, a gripping intricate plot and a lot of fun subplots. This is the type of show you can binge watch on Netflix because youll be so engrossed into Okabes story.

As for Madoka, Shaft x Urobuchi was one hell of a successful collaboration. The original plotline was pretty short, took just 12 eps to tell one of the most dramatic magical girl stories there is. This was recapped into a pair of movies and expanded upon with a third that sorta changed everything. Madokas the darkest show here, which you wouldnt have guessed based on the character designs. Though how it applies that heavy mood is also effective, it breaks a lot of characters down emotionally and mentally. Again this shows probably not for everyone, but if youre ok with a darker fantasy show with some horror undertones, its worth a shot.


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Well that was a pretty boring expected set

It's nice to see Monogatari come out ahead of Madoka and Steins;Gate. I wasn't expecting that. Kill la Kill as a HM is surprising, but otherwise this was a predictable group.

Anime of the Decade:
+8 Mushishi Zoku Shou
+5 Katanagatari
+3 From the New World
+2 Kaguya sama Love is War
+1 Usagi Drop

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Anime of the Decade
+8 K-On!!
+5 Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
+3 Angel Beats!
+2 Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A
+1 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

It's hard to cut down to just 5. All three of the winners were some of my favourite anime ever.
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Honorable mentions were better overall, but I like the runner-up at least.

Damn, really thought we were heading for S;G! Would have been a Hollywood Ending.

Still, can't complain!

Anime of the Decade:
+8 Steins;Gate
+5 Puella Magi Madoka Magica
+3 Land of the Lustrous
+2 Bakemonogatari
+1 Re:Zero

swordz9 posted...

Well that was a pretty boring expected set

It's expected for a reason my dude.

Anime of the Decade:
+8 Monogatari Series
+5 Kill la Kill
+3 Steins;Gate
+2 Aku no Hana / Flowers of Evil
+1 Hunter X Hunter (2011)

Good result!

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Anime of the Decade

+8 Monogatari series

+5 Rascal Doesnt Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai

+3 Konosuba

+2 Violet Evergarden

+1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Fuck yes
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Anime of the Decade:
+8 Monogatari Series
+5 Re:Zero
+3 Antarctica
+2 Haikyuu
+1 Attack on Titan

forgot Euphonium as I've said ad nauseum

good finish

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+8 March Comes In Like a Lion
+5 The Tatami Galaxy
+3 Steins;Gate
+2 The Eccentric Family
+1 Durarara

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So uh Monster/Death Note/Clannad/Baccano/Code Geass for the 00s?

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Haruhi would do well here and even Bakemono by itself would

Gurren Lagann obviously wins 2000s
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Baccano and Ergo Proxy would be my top 2 but only Baccano has a chance of winning lol
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I think my only lock ins for 00's are

+8 Eureka Seven
+5 Baccano!

Im not sure what Id pick for 00s. Id have to check a ton of charts and see what came out those 10 years. Some series I loved, but disliked the ending enough to probably not give them points....

Hey what if we just, you know...

Actually ran that?

Most of us were active in that time, we just weren't doing this topic series.

DIY, I'm onto SMFAS.

Maybe Steins;Gate can finally win this year.

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Hmmmmm....

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=350800&tclass=

I did an anime of the 00s contest on the anime board here back at the start of last decade. Had pretty good results I think.
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I think we would see very different results now. Obviously some still hit very strong like Gurren and DN, but Aria isn't coming close. That's not a knock against Aria, just being realistic.

Also....the Anime OT board is a, uh...place.

Even ignoring all that, there's the obvious difference of weighted votes versus brackets.

I dunno, I may actually wanna do this if people care.

Oh yeah, I was just posting it for interest.

Even back then Aria getting that far was a bit of a miracle, though.
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Pretty sure I'd go with this. I expect Death Note, Baccano, Monster, Code Geass, Haruhi, FMA:B, and TTGL to be the favorites.

+8 Monster
+5 Mushishi
+3 Ghost in the Shell : SAC
+2 Moribito
+1 Black Lagoon

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