/a/ - Animu & Mango

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It hasn't really been a great year. It'd be easier to name the shows I hated the most than the ones I liked. There's been a decent number of good shows but nothing that really stands out as amazing enough for me to call my favorite of the year. Some honorable mentions:

>Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho

>ID-0

>ACCA

>Konosuba 2

>BanG Dream!

>Shouwa Genroku S2

Can't decide between Made in Abyss and Little Witch Academia. When they were airing, I took one and then the other as my favourite, and now that they're both over I can't say which I like more. I got really attached to Akko while watching LWA, but MiA has the more compelling setting and cooler villains by far.

>>766020

>Zerokara

>ID-0

>Bang dream

All honorable mentions indeed. Certainly worth watching but wound up being almost completely overshadowed by more popular titles. Zero, Claire and Arisu best girls respectively.

Favorites:

>Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome (if movies count)

>Kemono Friends

>Tsuki ga Kirei

>Made in Abyss

Honorable mentions:

>Konosuba 2

>Gabriel Dropout

>Urara Meirochou

>LWA

>Aho Girl

KonoSuba 2

Made in abyss, but I haven't watched a lot this year because my depression has killed my motivation to watch anime.

Youjo Senki!

Houseki had a good shot at it, but now that's out of the window.

>SSR

>Demi-chan

>Gabu-chan

>Clockwork Planet

>KonoSuba

I don't know, probably SSR.

>>766005

Excellent taste my friend.

>>766057

>Taiga W

Not that I'm complaning, but I'm noticing /a/ is growing it's inner /wooo/. What's up with that?

>>766134

>Acca 13

Man I really liked that one. I like this whole conspiracy aspect of it handled by a completely no fucks given protagonist who just wants his qt boss to love him back while the rest of the show is just chill beautiful food and scenery and the occasional tense moment.

Music wasn't half bad either.

This year has been kinda boring, ended up watching

>konosuba s2

>aho girl

>LWA

>Youjo Senki

>YuYuYu S2

>Koe No Katachi

>Maiddragon

>GabuDropu

and I liked knk the most

Theres going to be a lot. I'm not picking a favorite from the favorites. Theyre all good in their own way.

>Winter watched

Maiddragon, Youjo Senki, Demichan, Urara, Gabriel, Kemono Friends, Idol Jihen, Masamune, Fuuka, Handshakers, Superlovers, Minami Jitensha, Bang dream, Schoolgirl strikers, One room, Nyanko days, italian, 3-gatsu as leftover

>Winter favorites

Urara, Gabriel, Idol Jihen, Demichan, Youjo Senki

>Spring watched

Eromanga, Akashic Records, Recreators, Virgin soul, Zero, Sukasuka, Renai Boukun, Clockwork planet, Sakura Quest, Sagrada Reset, Angry old man tells off cloud, Tsugumomo, Hinako Note, Frame Arms Girl, ID-0, Twin Angel Break, Warau Salesman

>Spring favorites

Eromanga, Sukasuka, Clockwork planet, Angry old man tells off cloud, Hinako note, Frame Arms Girl

>Summer watched

Kakegurui, Gamers, Fate/Apocrypha, Koi to Uso, Smartphone, new game, Isekai shokudou, Knight&Magic, Princess Principal, Owarimonogatari, 7O3X, 18if, horsepussy, Hell girl, tenshi no 3p, Hina Logi, Battle girl high school, symphogear, Tsurezure, aho girl, NTR, clione no akari, teekyuu

>Summer favorites

Kakegurui, new game, Knight&magic, princess principal, owarimonogatari, hina logi, symphogear

>Fall watching

Kekkai sensen 2, dies irae, netjuu, shuumatsu, blend S, imoto sae ireba ii, umaru, 3-gatsu 2, konohana kitan, love live, animegataris, urahara, two car, classicaloid 2, osake fuufu,

>Fall projected favorites

Shuumatsu, 3-gatsu 2, love live, konohana kitan, urahara

Kemono Friends. I haven't gotten so attached to any other anime that aired this year (or the past few years for that matter) as much as I have with this. Konosuba S2 is up there, too; there was something special about that winter 2017 season in general. Made in Abyss, too, but that's summer.

So far I'm watching Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou, Houseki no Kuni, and Made in Abyss this year. I usually stick to older anime, but these three managed to get my interest. SSR is the most comfy, Houseki actually did a pretty good job of a 3DCG anime, and Made in Abyss is a great adventure so far. While they all have their merits, i'd say Made in Abyss is the winner here.

I should get around to watching Youjo Senki, Konosuba, Kemono Friends, and Little Witch Academia. Maybe some of the new Gundams too.

ACCA, Kakegurui, and Kekkai Sensen have been good. I just realized I haven't been watching nearly as much as I have in past years. Really sucks

>typed out a list of what I watched each season and when I thought of them

>post hung while uploading, I refreshed without thinking and lost everything

Not retyping all that.

Best of each season out of the shows I watched were Urara, Hinako, MiA, and SSR, with MiA being best of the year.

Kemono Friends, Made in Abyss and Urara Meirochou

Pretty much what everyone else already have mentioned, but I really liked Ballroom e Youkoso and All Out (even if it started in 2016 but ended in 2017).

I don't usually keep up with recent shows anymore but if I had to pick a favorite from the few I've seen this year, it would be Maid Dragon. I haven't enjoyed an SOL so thoroughly since Yuru Yuri. Yuyuyu S2 was also nice. I must be one of the few people who genuinely like Yuyuyu. Youjo Senki was surprisingly good as well.

I had a real problem with maintaining interest throughout this year, and I dropped a lot of shows for being 'too cute' or not having enough conflict. The ones I was hyped for every single week were:

Made in Abyss

Kakegurui

Tsugumomo

Sukasuka

I enjoyed Gabriel Drop enough to watch it to completion, and watched Konosuba s2 out of loyalty.

>>766510

Konosuba S2 was definetely one of my top picks for this year. I couldn't get enough of it.

>>766532

Baiting is also considered shitposting.

>>766541

>>>/reddit/

Non Non Biyori

>>766607

I'm sure more people would've loved it if it wasn't muh 3DCG, but it was one of the good ones when it comes to that because it looked great in spite of that. The human models were a bit iffy but all the robots and ships were fantastic.

It had a tone and setting you don't really see much of these days. It felt like it was inspired by older sci-fi anime and it was refreshing in a way to see a show like that nowadays when we're so used to fantasy and modern settings dominating.

Aside from that it just did pretty much everything right. It didn't show off but it had quality in every aspect. The only thing that was kind of a letdown was the final confrontation and how that whole thing played out. The villain was absolutely right and was only taking the most logical and reasonable course of action considering what he knew. His plan only failed because of an asspull and the good guys only won because of an asspull.

>>766601

>there are so many bad shows it became meaningless to elevate one on a pedestal

I think Ousama game sits above the rest of the shows to be the worst show of this year. It isn't even finished but from the first episode it was worse than anything else I had seen this year.

>>766601

>Gabriel Dropout has to be my favourite. It had the best threads

Fixed that for you

>>766615

>muh 3DCG

Thats the worst kind of autism. Kemono Friends had a smaller budget and used 3DCG to become a hit while ID-0 had more budget and it barely gets noticed.

>>766778

To be fair I don't think anyone was praising Kemono Friends' 3D before it became a meme. It was only after it won everyone over with its characters that people started thinking the 3D is charmingly shit.

I've been watching a lot of anime this year. So for my favorite anime this year it will have to go to.

>Favorite anime of 2017

>Houseki no kuni

>Kemono friends

>made in abyss

>Boruto

I picked houseki no kuni because of how beautiful the cg is. Its honestly shows the true potential cg anime has. Also Phos is best girl.

Made in abyss because of its whimsical story, and its dark enough so its not edgy.

Kemono friends because it was a cute anime and there are so many funny moments

Boruto was the biggest surprise this year. I don't know why 8ch talks about it, but boruto has truly broken my expectations. The SOL moments truly fleshed out konoha 12. The nue arc was fantastic, it showed off bort's eye and gave us best girl Sumire. Also currently, best episode has to be episode 36 by far. It truly shows boruto's internal flows as a main protagonist and it has the potential to be better than naruto and shippuden if it plays its cards right. I hope you guys had a happy anime year for 2017. hope 2018 was better.

Bahamut Virgin Soul

Kobayashi's Maid Dragon

The once that are finished so far certainly include:

Kemono Friends

Made in Abyss

Konosuba S2 + OVA

Currently running, so I can't telll for cetain:

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Mahou Yome

Houseki no Kuni

>>767868

>Kimono Friends

>tfw the Friends will never wear traditional Japanese formalwear

>>773973

Are you talking about the director getting fired?

What does that have to do with that album?

>>766035

Same here.

I kind of started listening to old anime intros/outros that are love songs and that's making me sad.

Made in Abyss was my favorite.

>>767869

>The once that are finished so far

>Mahou Yome

Good taste but you know it is far from over, right?

>Konosuba S2 + OVA

Holy hell, I forgot that it was this year. I thought it was at the start of last year, if not older.

>>774089

His post was just badly formatted; he did list it as still running.

Heroaca

Konosuba

>>774003

>Are you talking about the director getting fired?

Yes,

Was random Kemono Friends pic

Youjo Senki was the surprise of the year. A show about a salaryman pissing off god and being resurrected as a magical loli to fight in World War 1. And it's actually good and fun to watch.

Konosuba and Hero Academia second seasons were both fairly good.

Tsurezure Children was decent but forgettable.

>>775252

John Titor, get out!

>>775252

You have to go back, Marty, back to the future!

>>766001

Made in Abyss. No contest. I've never seen a show so horrible and fascinating simultaneously. I liked it so much I went ahead and read its manga, being the first manga I've ever read. still waiting for the next chapter