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The Best Anime of 201217

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As the end of the year is approaching, let’s just wish all have a great holiday and be thankful that we are still here, after the Armageddon. We had some really great series this year and I know I always say that. Some Kyoto Animations are probably the winners of the year and we cannot fail to mention few of them like Hyouka and Chuunibyou. And for the few of them, which had a great start but later fell into the cliche that is full of disappointment, very quickly. Say, Accel World and Sword Art Online which happened to be the same author (and them sold well, amazingly). I was lazy enough not to give opinions on most of the series, except I like them and in that way, the debate will be short. However, opinions vary and it is always difficult to tell how bad a series is, but it is also true that gold will shine in the end.

The Best Anime of 2012

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  • OkamiSan

    I’m quite surprised about the number one most voted! I must say it IS really good! Though I did find it surprising that a lot of the other series that had really good stories didn’t make it higher than I thought they’d be.

  • ShuA

    A really good year for anime and yeah for two KyoAni’s anime on top

  • Rob Collins

    It is absolutely disgusting that Sakamichi no Apollon has only 6 votes. It was one of the best animes I’ve ever seen, in my life due to the slice of life (or “coming of age” they called this), JAZZ music, and the animation during the JAZZ music.

    It has JAZZ music, guys! JAZZ!

    Now granted, I will get why people probably hated it because of the continuous ‘friend hate friend and run away’ moments.

  • aolas

    yup, kyoani’s anime get the top 2…
    quite as expected it seems

    • Anon30

      isn’t SAO A-1′s?

  • Rene

    It asks for BEST anime, not your favorite guise.

  • vane

    Hyouka is my fav… and Oreki Houtarou is the best male character in this year :)

  • asdfasdf

    sword art online?? seriously?? lol how about sakamichi??

  • Tenc

    What was that blond girl’s name on the main page that was linked to this page?

    Not surprised that SAO made it up there to one, but i agree with the above some animes should have gotten more vote.

  • http://www.neonrelay.com NeonRelay

    SAO getting #1 is just an insult to almost every other show on the list.

    • OkamiSan

      lol

    • Cresando

      It seems like 286 people are not not agree with you. And i’m sure the number will increase again.

      Although i didn’t vote for SAO, i still think it deserve it.

    • http://theakiba.com YoU

      SAO is mainstream Anime, that’s why it gets the most.

  • Yui~chan

    Cool! More awesome Anime! =^.^=

  • Narukami75

    The voting chart is nice, but I don’t take any consideration in voting charts. They only show how popular an anime is, and this should not be looked at as a popularity contest. Just wanted to make sure no one took voting pulls seriously. Think if movie awards had a voting pull, Twilight would be best movie of the year. And I’m sure we all know SAO does not deserve to be anywhere near best anime of the year at all. Well that’s what I have to say.

    • http://theakiba.com YoU

      That’s the deadly truth :) More people get involved in the Poll, more obvious the public opinion reveals. Not a fan of SAO or AW though. And if you get to know the demographics of the blog, you get to know your audience better.

  • Takazuki

    Accept reality, guys. SAO wins. If you don’t like it, then keep quiet. Don’t spread your hate.