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Best anime of 2016


Which anime series and films do you think have been the best this year? I've fallen pretty far behind on my viewing, but out of the series I've watched all the way through, I rather enjoyed Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (even though I have some problems with it towards the end), Orange, Sakamoto desu ga?, and Konosuba (which is a great satire). The others I watched were either mediocre or quite poor.

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Really enjoyed:

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
Boku no Hero Academia
Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou


Liked:
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri

Kinda a weak year IMHO.

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Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, Yuri on Ice, and Mob Psycho 100 are probably my top 3. Mob Psycho is really great looking while still telling a worthwhile story with great characters, YoI is well-written and super entertaining, and Rakugo is downright masterpiece material. I think it has been a pretty good year, all things considered.

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Yuri on Ice and Mob Psycho 100 are both in my queue, but I couldn't make it through Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. It just wasn't my cup of tea. I don't mind things that are slow, not at all, but it was just kind of tedious for me unfortunately. I did like the art style, though, and I appreciated that it was doing something different.

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I didn't watch many new ones this year.

Hai to gensô no Grimgar. Absolutely loved that one for it's somewhat dark tone. There were a lot of series' of this kind since SoA, but I thought Grimgar stood above all the rest.

Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows. Slightly better remake of the original short. Quick watch, hard to be disappointed, but not special either.

Kono subarashii sekai ni *beep* o!. Sorely disappainted with Konosuba. Starting out terryfingly and went downhill into a snore-fest quick.

Kizumonogatari: I Tekketsu-hen. The absolutely and by far worst anime film I've seen in a long time. I'm not sure how you can mess up such a premise, though it being 'ovarrated' (sorry, in lack for a better word) had to do with my disappointed.

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Haven't seen as much anime as I would have like to (mainly due to procrastinating) but I go with Boku No Hero and Kiznaiver. Only two I honestly really enjoyed this year

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The Best Anime BY FAR is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable.

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Of course there was also Planetarian this year. People ravingly, madly loved that series and I can see why. It wasn't for me, probably partly due to way too high expectations, but it should still be mentioned among the best 2016 animes I guess.

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I really enjoyed Kimi no na Wa and Yuri on Ice (surprise surprise) but I also enjoyed BNHA (in part because Midoriya, to me, looks like the love child of Gon and Killua from HxH, but that might just be me); Haikyuu s3; Ansatsu Kyoushitsu s2; I also thought Joker Game was interesting and cool since I hadn't really seen something like that before.
Nijiirou Days probably isn't one of the best but it was entertaining and the characters were hodgepodge (which I liked) so I'm hoping for a second season.
I've really been meaning to see MP100 but just haven't got round to it yet, but judging from the response it seems well liked.
I also really liked ReLIFE (hoping for another season) and Orange but Battery was a little bit of a let down (possibly because I'd been hoping for something similar to Diamond no Ace) but the art was really nice so there's that.
I was also slightly confused and disappointed with Planetarian, but I wasn't expecting it to be what it was.

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