it's that time of year again when we all pop a squat swat a thot
and jot down our thoughts as we look back over another wonderful year of
anime the ups the downs and the
whatever this is as is tradition i'm going to do a spoiler-free breakdown of
the best and worst anime of the year using the sacred system of
categorization known only as close your eyes and point
and for the second year in a row our first category is harem
a genre near and dear to my heart it's going to be tough picking between all
the incredible options this year psych obviously it's oregairu after five
long years of anticipation we finally get to see the genuine conclusion
or should i say climax to perhaps the most iconic harem of all time season
three perfectly executed on all the character development
and relationship dynamics built up in the first two seasons
and most importantly heavily featured everyone's favorite kohai
and best girl ishiki iroha ending as expected
in one of the most emotional and heartwarming rap battles that anime has
ever seen this category doesn't actually get a
worst of the year award because how can i really go wrong
next up shields up with the bizarre decadence coming out of nowhere and
the unprecedented rise of the webtoon it was an interesting year for action anime
which certainly isn't my favorite genre so forgive me if i'm missing anything
important we had decadence magia record tower of god re-zero
bofuri and of course diary of our days at the breakwater
honestly some sort of underwhelming choices here so i guess re zero wins by
default since it was only the first half of the
season there wasn't actually a ton of action
but it still managed to disturb me to my core in the way that only re zero can
and obviously the worst action of the year award has to go to tower of flawed
not necessarily because it was so awful but because it was just good enough to
keep me hoping that things might get better
but nope the show peaks with its premise and then it's pretty much
all downhill from there alright magic finger give me something good
comedy it is 2020 was a year particularly in need of a laugh or two
and boy did the anime industry pull through
we had
shield hero 2 rise of maple kaguya-sama season 2
rent a girlfriend oregairu season 3 uzaki-chan
over the moon for you the day i became a god and
asteroid in love but only one of these anime is home to perhaps the best girl
of our generation the lovable the pure and the kawaii
ishigami when i first laid eyes on the chika dance i thought my life had
peaked and it would be all downhill from there
but somehow someway a1 pictures managed to outdo themselves with kaguya-sama
love is war season 2 doubling down on everything that made
the first season so great while still keeping things fresh with a ph
i laughed i cried and most importantly i simped
uh oh looks like my fingers are voting to unionize that's not good
okay take a quick ten minute unpaid lunch break and then get your phalange ***'s
back to work we'll have to make do and just power on alphabetically
for some reason i thought we usually skip this category but i don't remember
get it cause like dementia literally only one came out this year so i guess
higurashi is both the best and the worst
according to the neet awards rule book passed down to be by my neee-cestors
no anime can winneth greater than one category per sun cycle
otherwise oregairu would pretty much have a clean sweep so we're left
choosing between heya camp asteroid and love and sing yesterday for
me although i was blown away by the mind-bending plot twist in heya camp
without much strife it's time to cue the fife and give the
slice of life award to sing yesterday for me
because for me it worked on just about every level from its slow pace
to its beautiful portrayal of suburban tokyo and even its ost
making it not only the sliciest but also the lifeist anime of 2020.
alright what's next no please youtube's gonna ban me again
alright let's make this quick what came out this year inter-species reviewers
sure scantily clad climbing girls no
i'm going to pretend i didn't see that ah here we go although many may try
only one can win the prestigious kinda ecchi award
and this year it belongs to an anime that made incredible contributions to
science and technology i'm talking of course about the
innovative 3d uzaki-chan manga covers put on your
pajamas it's time for drama youtube or otherwise but mostly
otherwise we started this year on a sour note as a huge fan of magi madoka
i could not have been more hyped for magia record the spin-off series
based on a mobile game what could possibly go wrong
after that mess it was a pretty slow
year for serious anime and that's probably good timing not sure
how many people were looking to sprinkle some extra depression on their 2020
but we now have some light at the end of the tunnel and our prayers were
literally answered by god herself from the man known for reaching
into your soul and tearing it into a million little pieces
comes the new anime the day i became a god which although
seemingly light-hearted and fun i have a feeling that it's just another one of
maeda's traps if only once shame on you fool me twice
shame on lee it's time for everyone's favorite
coping mechanism disguised as a hobby romance anime scrolling through this
year's list it was clear was going to be a tough call but after narrowing it down
to three finalists and then putting them through a rigorous series of a b
testing one anime has emerged victorious put your hands together
for yaro nanana i opened the envelope and it said wacky tv banana
adachi to shimamura was without a doubt the most criminally under-appreciated
anime of the year starring not one but two contenders for
best girl 2020 while also featuring an incredible op
outstanding character development and an all-you-can-eat buffet of yuri
goodness and the worst romance of the year award goes to
origaira season 3 because hikigaya has no taste
and with that it's time to move on to the 999th annual
lightning round first up best anime feature film of the year
and keep in mind that a lot of them have yet to premiere in the land of the
rising beaver and therefore don't qualify like violet
evergarden demon slayer shirobako etc better luck next year so
that only leaves us with a couple options
so without a doubt the best feature film of the year was the incredibly
disturbing made in abyss movie 3 which i do not
recommend you watch while eating jelly donuts our next
category is for the best op/ed of 2020 and i'm giving it to
oregairu season three's megumi no ame and this probably goes without saying
but the worst op of the year was tower of god and that brings us to
this year's patreon pick where i asked the discord gang what
their favorite anime of the year was and after an incredibly scientific poll
the winner by an absolute landslide one vote was
kaguya-sama love his war season two and at last we've reached the
penultimate category the kinda neet reheat
an award given to the best anime that i watched this year regardless of its
original release date and what's this a tie is that allowed
oh of course i'm making this all up as i go along kubikiri cycle
and lucky star from the author that taught you how to brush your teeth
comes the anime adaptation of the game of clue a jumble of geniuses
are all invited to a remote island mansion to talk shop
it's now up to boku no piko or
otherwise to find the killer was it the maid triplets the chef or
perhaps his own reclusive neet partner if you like monogatari style dialogue
murder mysteries and beautiful artwork make sure you give vampire homes a watch
ten out of ten and of course what more can really be said about lucky star
other than... and last but also least the best and worst anime of 2020
drumroll please
japan sinks 2020 was the worst anime that i watched this year
when i heard there was going to be an anime adaptation of the rock's san andreas
directed by the legendary misaki yuasa himself
japan sinks jumped right to the front of my hype train and the first couple
episodes actually lived up to his name and then
well japan sinks and takes my hopes and
dreams with it but hey at least there was a rap battle
"hey hey let's get it" but just when all hope seems lost
in swoops the service club to pick up the pieces my teen romantic comedy snafu
climax is not only a mouthful but also my
favorite anime of the year despite a five-year gap between seasons
and a fanbase divided into three bloodthirsty factions
or i guess four in just 12 episodes studio feel somehow managed to wrap
everything up in a genuine neat little bow
putting an end to the waifu wars and completing hiki's arc by moving him to
the desk by the window feel provided fans with the closure
that they've been waiting seven years to receive
and did i mention there's a rap battle click here to watch the 2019
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see you then