Favorite Anime of 2013

The anime premiered in 2013 were pretty good. I've chosen to talk about them by categories rather than by ranking since numbers means nothing to me. I watched a lot of shows last year and many of them were quite impressive. There was a lot more light novel to anime adaption which is pretty cool. There were also the usual fan service shows, manga turned anime shows, and slice of life shows. I also notice the decline of original series. A little bit of everything for everyone.

Before we start, here's a quick recap of my 2012 Favorite Anime:

Best Anime of 2012: Fate/Zero (I adored this show so much. Ufotable please have the FSN remake out soon.)
Best Sci-fi: Psycho-Pass
Best Comedy: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
--> Honerable mention: Daily Lives of High School Boys and Tsuritama
Best Educational: Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers)
Best Slice of Life: Sakamichi no Apollon ( Kids on the Slope)
Best OVA: Thermae Romae (time travel, Japanese bath house/onsen and Roman architect..stuff happens)
Best Horror: Another (The last episode is crazy.)
Best Mystery: Hyouka (I Really enjoy this show.)
Best Shoujo: 3 way tie My little Monster, Kamisama Hajimemashita, and Suki tte Ii na yo (Say "I Love You")
Best Short Episodes Anime: Recorder and Randsell
Best Sports Anime: Kuroko no Basuke
Best Light Novel Adaptation: Sword Art Online
---> Honerable mention: Accel World and Kokoro Connect
Best Anime Movie: Wolf Children


Now to My 2013 Favorite Anime ^O^

Note: Some shows started in 2012 but ended 2013 so I'll count them for 2013.


Best Light Novel Adaptation: Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi

I didn't know what to expect because I thought this was a magical girl anime. O! I was so wrong. There are many story arcs in this show. I really like the depth of the story. It's unique and interesting. It's great seeing Ai's adventures in the outside world. Also her traveling companions were entertaining too. The series has many arcs that had its own strong point and it made me feel the feels toward the end of the series. It's a really well done anime.


Best Educational Anime: Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon)

Gin no Saji is a completely different feel than Arakawa sensei's FMA. Her new agricultural manga got an anime adaptation in 2013. It's funny and I find it really informative. I love the quirky characters and the strange agricultural situations they dealt with. It makes of think of animals and bacon differently. Its second season starts this year too ^O^


Best Horror/Drama/Sci-fi: Shin Sekai Yori

This was a strange show. I wasn't really sure what was going on until later in the series. The mole rat people are creepy and when you find out the truth of everything, it's just very sad. The show gets better as the story progress and its complexity kept me wanting more.


Best Comedy: Hataraku Maou-Sama

I just love seeing extraordinary characters in ordinary setting. Episode one threw me off. It started out really serious and became more lighthearted and comical later in the episode. I love Mao's character. His assistant is funny too. His fight with the hero Emi is really fun. I really love the characters' facial expressions in this show. It's a great comedy with a unique storyline. There were still so many unanswered questions. It definitely needs a season 2.

Honerable mention: Blood Lad-It was funny and it was short.

Best Paranormal/Slice of Life: Kanata no Kyoukai

Combo of slice of life with paranormal and a moe megane bishoujo. It has loveable characters and awesome fight scenes. It's strange. It's different. It's fun. I'd also give this show the best bishoujo award too because of the megane moe Mirai-chan.

Best Original Anime: Kyousougiga

Based on original ONA and 5 more ONA eps that came out in 2011, this anime expand the Kyousougiga world. It's really good. Kind of like a twisted version of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in alternate universe with a bit of Japanese culture. The coloring and animation reminds me of FLCL but the story here actually make sense.

Best Game Adaptation Anime: Devil Survivor 2: The Animation

I don't know what happen to Devil Survivor 1 anime but Devil Survivor 2 anime stands on its own. It has an excellent casts and great animation. Hiroshi Kamiya and Sakurai Takahiro ❤❤❤. The story was really well written and dramatic in a way. Overall an excellent anime.


Best Shoujo Anime: WATAMOTE (Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!)

O man. How I laugh so much in this anime. Not the typical series I'd choose for best shoujo anime but it should be considered one. It stands out and is really different. Kind of sad in a way but she's just trying so hard.

Best Short Episode Anime: Senyuu

A mess up RPG world with crazy character. So funny.

Best Fantasy: Red Data Girl

It's a different type of anime that's hard to describe. The story is really well written and the animation is really good.

Honerable mention: Log Horizon-It brought the usual stuck in the MMORPG world type of anime up a notch. Very promising title.

Best Sport Anime: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

Is it because of the manly triceps and biceps? Maybe. All in honesty, Free! is just one of those show that is fun to watch. It involves high school swim club, teamwork, and friendship. Perfect combo.

Honorable mentions: Yowamushi Pedal, Daimond no Ace-these two are really fun so far.

Best Sentimental Anime: Uchoten Kazoku

This show came out of nowhere. It's about a tanuki(raccoon) family that lives normal lives posing as human. It focused on four tanuki brothers with their incompleteness and their mother living everyday while trying to find out how their father died. It's quirky and had lots of build up and lots of feels. A really great show.

Best anime episode: Episode 8 of Uchoten Kazoku
Watch the show and you'll find out. Lots of feels.T0T

Best Sci-fi: Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

The premise of this show is really interesting. Seeing a teenage boy from a different world trying to live in a dystopian less advance Earth filled with his giant mecha is really interesting. Can't wait for the sequel.

Best Anime Movie: Garden of Words

It's so beautiful. It may have a strange set up since it's about a high school boy who wants to make ladies' shoes who met an older office lady during a rainy day. It's the conversation and the relationship that builds up that turn this anime into a great film. It has a really wonderful music and beautiful story that made me feel the feels.

*Note: I haven't seen Studio Ghibli's Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)yet so I'm not sure how this will compare to that film.

Best Animated Short: Little Witch Academia

It's cute. It's short. It's solid. The story has potential.

Best Anime of 2013: I chose two series as my favorite show of the year. Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)and Psycho-Pass

Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)

I don't have to say much about this show. I'd give it best manga adapted into anime too because the anime did the manga justice. It has beautiful animation, great fight scenes, the giants are as creepy as ever in animated form. This show has a great storyline and great casts. It's not for the faint of heart but it's just an amazing show. I can't wait for the next season. (I would recommend for those who wants to know what happens next to read the manga ^O^)

Psycho-Pass

Although Psycho-Pass premiered in Fall 2012, it didn't end till Winter 2013. It was my favorite sci-fi series of 2012 and it continues to become my favorite of 2013 too. After I finish watching the last episode, I'd would have to say this is one of the most fascinating sci-fi/psycho thriller series I've ever seen. The story was written by Nitroplus + the character design by the manga artist Akira Amano who did Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn. This means gorgeous characters and awesome/complex sci-fi story. There may be some loopholes in this series I just adored it so much. I love both the protagonists and the main antagonist in this show. It also had an excellent casts. It's really nice to hear Seki Tomokazu voicing a cool guy gain. Also Sakurai Takahiro voice a great villian. This serie went above and beyond by expectation. Love the fight scense and the suspense in this show. The cycle begins...Can't wait to see what season two is going to be about.


That is all my favorite anime of last year. What were some of your favorite show of 2013? Feel free to comment below ^O^

Anime Review: Code:Breaker

Code:Breaker
13 episodes + 2OVA?

Why is this anime so short? The manga is over 200 chapters long and they shrink the series into one arc --> 13 episodes. I haven't read Code:Breaker manga before I started watching this anime. After I finish watching it, I thought it was not bad. I had a bit of problem getting use to the character design but I guess they kept it like the manga style. The story was interesting. Rei and Sakura duo was really entertaining to watch. Sakura was just a very righteous and Rei was just the danger she should not get involve with. The other code:breaker were cool too. There were some twist here and there to keep the story going. I can also recognize some of the seiyuu in this show right away. Some are quite popular. I can tell that Suzumura Kenichi was Toki and Saiga Mitsugi was Rui. Miki Shinichiro voiced Hitomi, which was really well done. Lastly, it was very cool to hear Nobuhiko Okamoto voiced Rei, the main character. Rei's character was more calmer than when he voiced Rin in Ao no Exorcist.

The animation quality was good. The fight scenes were engaging and well drawn. There was so many unanswered questions in this show though. If only there was a season 2. There were just 2 OVA out after the series so I'm not sure if there will be anymore Code:Breaker anime. I guess this series was like an intro into code:breaker. I've read that there was so much more left out. Therefore, I shall go read the manga to find out what happen next.

Overall:
Fun show. Not bad. Should go read the manga.

Fall 2010 Anime Sampling Review

I am a fan of Japanese pop culture. So anime, manga, and videogames are some things I love too. Watching anime is one of my hobby. It's always fun to watch some new series out there. It's relaxing and enjoyable. I wanted to write a short review of the anime sampling I've done for Fall 2010 anime. These shows are series that premiered in Japan in October 2010. I'm reluctant to give a letter grade or number grade because I've only sample the first episode. I found out after watching anime fore several years that some anime can turn really awesome a few episode later on so I can't be bias by just the 1st ep. I will, however, say which one I'll pick up for frequent watch though and those that I won't keep. This season there's a lot of returning shows as well as manga turned anime...and some harlem,mystery, and shows I have no clue what it is? No pics yet because I'm just getting use to this. OK Let's start ^O^


Arakawa Under the Bridge x 2 ep 1

(Arakawa Bridge Bridge)Couldn't be happier to see the return of Arakawa season 2. Episode 1 hadn't fail to make me laugh with the typical Arakawa silliness and humor.
Recruit and Nino was awesome as always. The opening was called Cosmos vs. Alien..the lyrics made no sense but it's good. A new character was almost introduce in this episode(a buff amazon lady). We got to find out that Shiro-san was not a dead beat after all. It was pretty good. The Arakawa sentiment and charm continued. Definitely a lighthearted show I'll pick up. ^O^

Psychic Detective Yakumo ep 1

Interesting new show. It involved a college protagonist who can see spirits and helped people solve mystery murder cases. Somehow the main character reminded me a little of Light Yagami(from Death Note) but not as evil. A bit of drama, ghost, and mystery. Clique..I'd say yes but it does have potential. Will have to watch more to see if it's good or not.

Toga inu no chi ep 1

Nitro Chiral yaoi game turn anime. ^o^ So many bishies. Akira, the main character, is being accused of murder and was blackmailed into an assassin game to collect dog tags in a live or dead battle with many dangerous groups of people. The character design looks really good and we get to see 2 of the main guys so far(I so adored the red eye dude with the sword). A light hint of shounen ai in this episode but I don't know how much they are gonna go with that. Thank you Nitro Chiral and A1-Pictures studio for bringing this goodness to us fans. Hopefully if this series does well they will turn their other game Lamento into an anime. Some blood and violence and boy love so. Not for everyone. A keeper for this one.


To Aru no Majutsu no Index season 2 ep 1

Yes!! The cast of To Aru Majutsu no Index is back. I didn't get to see Railgun yet so I don't know a lot of the new characters(will watch that soon). A little refresher was done to tell us a bit of season 1 and the first bad guy appeared. He was ok. The episode was good though. Touma and Index quarrel like always. It's great to see Touma and Index back in action again. This will also be in my to watch list.

Panty and Stocking with Garter Belt ep 1

What the??? The girls are cute but they are more mature than what they look like. This show is kind of like an adult version of the Powerpuff Girls. Got through half of the episode and gave up cuz it's not something I'd expect from an anime. It's really different. Panty is a sex addict and Stocking is a sweet tooth. The premise is the girls are fallen angels that try to solve different cases so that they can go back to heaven. The first episode has an excrement thing that wasn't for me. Don't think I'll continue with this one.

Yosuga no Sora ep 1

Totally not what I thought it would be. Why do I feel like this was an eroge game turned anime. Oh wow and I was right. The twins(Sora and Haru) were really cute and apparently many of the girls had a crush on Haru-kun, the main guy twin. Character design is really good. Quite a bit of fan service and definitely Sora-chan has a total brother complex(to a really great extent). I can see a formidable love triangle/square going on..Aiming for fanboys mostly. A forbidden love will ensue but it's just too harlem for me. Not really good for younger audience due to some suggestive scenes. >o< Not really my thing. Drop. The World God Only Knows ep 1

My friend told me about this manga and coincidentally it got popular enough to have an anime on its own. Episode 1 was good. It stick to the manga most of the time but a few scenes wasn't there. The main character's voice fits him well and the shinigami girl's voice is good too. Looks like it's gonna be a fun romantic shounen comedy. It was kind of fun to see how the gal game obsessed main character try to win the heart of a real girl based on his gaming skills. Will look forward to this one. A good watch for light fun series. Pick up..gonna go read more of the manga too.

Otome Yokai Zakuro ep 1
Shoujo manga turned anime. Character design is pretty but the background and colors are a bit average. Pretty ghost girls with cat ears paired up with bishonen boys to defeat spirits. One of the main guy is afraid of spirits so he provide the humor to the anime. It was fun..I'd have to see more of this to have more input about it. Pick up.

Bakuman ep 1
It's amazing that the story writer and the manga artist of the infamous Hikaru no Go and Death Note brings out an anime about 2 teenagers becoming manga artists. A total turn from the serious and dark Death Note..I haven't read much of the Bakuman manga but the anime seem to be following the manga nicely. It's pretty good. The fake opening kind of make go "what??" but the real opening came after. I can see shonen comedy in this. It looks fun so will keep.

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru ep 1
I keep thinking Maka from Soul Eater when I heard the main girl's voice in this anime. It's an interesting comedy where the main girl work as a maid in a cafe trying to be a maid cafe. Her female friends started to work there too and we started to see their relationship with their guests. A slice of life manga turned anime. The first episode was fun and interesting. We see character development and an attempt of a love triangle. Will keep.

Fortune Arterial ep 1
Harlem with more bishounen too. The main male character returned to his hometown to dorm in a school in that area and meet many childhood female friends(yes clique). Coincidentally the female Student Council VP feel in love with him at first sight(or just have a jolt when she touch him). He's getting use to the school in the first episode and something interesting happen at the end of this episode which makes it a bit more interesting. >o< Will try out the next episode. Keep.

That's it for now. There are still more shows that I haven't seen yet in this season. Will put some more reviews after I've watch them.