It’s “Oscar” season, and again time to pay tribute to the best anime had to offer in 2013. And my earnest congratulations to Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli for representing anime at the Academy Awards this year. This year’s winners: Best Song: “Yokan” by Itou Masumi – Red Data Girl ED […] Read more
No major surprises in the results this year. Shin Sekai Yori claimed the top spot on the first day of voting, cruising to an easy victory in the 2013 reader poll. The only real drama at the top was the see-saw battle between Shingeki no Kyoujin and Kyousougiga for third […] Read more
No surprises in the results this year. Shin Sekai Yori claimed the top spot on the first day of voting, cruising to an easy victory in the 2013 reader poll. The only real drama at the top was the see-saw battle between Shingeki no Kyoujin and Kyousougiga for third place. […] Read more
Four words I never thought I’d say pertaining to anime – thank goodness for summer. As I speculated in the 2012 edition of this post, 2013 didn’t turn out to be quite the year 2012 was. But thanks to a better second half than first, it recovered from looking like […] Read more
This was one brutally hard list to compile. Without a doubt, the cuts for this list were even harder this year than the ones for the Top 10. Looking at the first 10 as compared to last year, I think they come up short as a group. The second 10 […] Read more
There’s really only one thing wrong with this year’s #1 series. Once Shin Sekai Yori was revealed as my #2 anime for 2013, there certainly wasn’t much mystery left about the last entry on the list. It could only be Coppelion. Or… not. #1 – Hunter X Hunter 2011 Believe […] Read more