Getting into the top 5 anime in 2017 KonoSuba Season 2 is kicking this off and
really not a surprise for anyone watching me for a while.
KonaSuba season 1 was a surprise hit last year. It introduced you to the
useless Bunch the asshole Kazuma also known as the guy that fights for gender
equality, that crazy village girl Megumin aka miss Michael Bay, the thick
knight Fifty Shades of darkness and of course the useless goddess Aqua.
Altogether Megumin and friends were stuck in fantasy Australia. So most
people love season 1 chances are you did too
but how about season 2? Was another season with this party be as funny as at
first? I really want to know what you thought of season 2 so let me know!
Personally for me I got to be honest season 1 felt a lot stronger and sure I
know you have your own unique complaints about it if at all. Here's a couple of
mine. I do have to bring it up one of my main issues watching it the first time
was just a change in animation styles between season 1 and season 2. I'm not
saying that one was better than the other and I don't think I would have
minded if they were consistent with it in season 2. I'm sure you might have
noticed too how they kept on switching back and forth sometimes it looked like
season 1 other times it look like the new style. The issue was just that this
constant change made it hard for me personally to adjust it kept on taking
me out of the scene but who knows maybe this was just me. Was this an issue for
you or maybe had the opposite effect! I will be fair by saying that I didn't
notices almost at all when rewatching season 2
and at this point I seen season two like five or six times already. Anyway another
thing for me was that season 2 of KonoSuba seemed to peak really on episode 3. The
rest of the episodes were still enjoyable I mean this is freaking Kona
Suba but it wasn't laugh-out-loud funny. Part of the reason for this might have
been cuz there was a lot more Darkness on screen and hey it's totally cool if
you find her funny comedies super subjective anyway but darkness and her
masochist deal just doesn't do it for me at all. It really didn't help that season
2 had a lot more of her in it and I know I have washes with friends and people
from work they just find darkness to be the funniest part of Kona Suba
so who knows maybe I'm the crazy one. Although I will mention that darkness
and her joke do work for me in the to manga and light novel. Anyway at the end of
the day this is still kono Suba plus my favorite Megumin was still a complete
blast and not to mention the ova for season 2 was freakin hilarious
bonus points right there. So here's hoping we'll be blessed with another
season or two of this useless Bunch.
Getting into the top four Sakura quest. Looking around online it
seems like a lot of people haven't checked this series out. In the time
where anime is focused mostly on a high school or younger cast Sakura Quest is
very welcomed but anyway what is this anime even about? Sakura Quest is a
slice of life series. The anime focuses on this girl Yoshino.
She's a young girl fresh out of college in the big city of Tokyo. The struggle is
super real for her she's gone through like thirty interviews without any luck.
Thankfully this is one part I cannot relate to! At this point Yoshino doesn't
know what she's doing with their life. One day out of the blue she gets a phone
call it's from this advertising agency she previously worked for. They had an
offer for her. The desperate Yoshino decided to take the job which required her to
become the queen of this small town. Yeah the freaking queen unfortunately it
really was Queen a name only. She basically became the mascot of this
small town the problem was that she unknowingly signed away her life for one
year. Now Yoshino's new job was to work hard to revive this dying town. Manoyama
is really the type of place it's only being kept alive almost entirely by
tourism. Forget about becoming the Hokage, defeating the demon king, or taking out
the beast Titan that right there is easy but this this is mission impossible!
Anyway I'm not too sure if that sounds too interesting based on that
description but I'm sure you can relate to this cast too especially if you're
someone that just came out of high school. The focus in the story here of
course involves Yoshino and the team she puts together. I personally found Sakura
quest to be extremely relatable. I mean I did grow up in a big city Los Angeles.
right now I happen to live in a smaller place with less than 50,000 people.
Throughout the series you see Yoshino struggling in what really is an uphill
battle. This anime makes you laugh but also tear
up in unexpected moments. Any small victory these girls get is really
achieved through sweat and blood. What I really loved about Sakura Quest was
overall how it feels very grounded. You might be watching this and expect some
sort of Disney like miracle sorry that magic is not here.
If you get a chance definitely check out stock at a post it'll be a worthwhile
binge and you won't be disappointed!
Getting into the top three Re Creators. I freaking loved this series! Out of the
mountain of sequels last year Re Creators felt like a much-needed breath of
fresh air. This anime takes the isekai genre and flips it. You have
characters from all type of series that are suddenly transported over to our
world. They all come from anime manga visual novels light novels dating games
you name it! All of these summoned characters then pick their side to fight
in what they believe is truly right. In a series you got the magic girl the holy
knight the mech pilot the super-powerful swordsman the demons psychotic girl the
mage character which by the way is voiced by best girl Rem! The old
battle-torn gunslinger and more. Altogether the mastermind pulling the
strings in the story is a military uniform princess. She's pretty much like
Aizen. The princess has unlimited power. her
ultimate goal is a complete destruction of our world and any parallel existing
road of the other characters. Honestly there's just so much to love from this
series. It feels like every character gets enough screen time to be fully
fleshed out. They all bring their different perspective to the table from
their stories they come from and even though you're gonna find some characters
that are really frustrating at times you understand them you get to see that
they're justified in how they feel. Re creators also lets you see the
attraction between these characters and their actual creators. Sometimes it
really is like parent and child. That just makes it for a fun back and forth.
Other times it gets really dark. The soundtrack for recreated is also
freakin awesome. It's by the same guy too that worked on attack on Titan. I do
appreciate how the series establishes pretty early on how these characters are
not safe. You'' grow to love them and then cry when they're gone. I might be tearing
up just thinking about it. Even the villain for this series is pretty
fleshed out here. You just feels so bad for her and feel for her pain poor girl
and really I don't think this short section here does his anime enough
justice. Definitely watch it to be have it or leave your thoughts that we have!
But anyway is it perfect? For me it is as close as possible but I do see everyone
having different complaints about what they wanted to see in the finale.
Personally I was hoping that a certain character would have a bigger role in
the final battle. There was also some interaction I wanted to see at their
very end that unfortunately did not happen. Let me also mention that as soon
as I finish Re creators I wanted to watch it again as soon as possible. I had
to get a bunch of my buddies to come over right away. This was where I didn't
notice a slight issue. At times Re Creators can be a little too dialog heavy. I was
super into it the first time around it maybe that's why I didn't notice and
don't get me wrong I do love the discussion these characters get into
especially as a type of creator myself. A lot of the stuff they do talk about and
really hits home. But anyway when you do step back I think that is a minor issue.
Once you get into it you'll love it! It does help that there are enough action
scenes sprinkled all around to help this flow really well so have you seen this
anime yet? If not definitely treat yourself it's easily the best new anime
from last year!
My second pick Attack on titan season 2. Seeing how much of a colossal hit the
first season was I'm sure you're very familiar with this series. The important
question is did the sequel live up to the hype? Especially taking into account
a super long wait.Tthe answer to that is surprisingly complex. For season 2 attack
on Titan this picks up on the same day that Eren battled against the female
Titan. The highlights of the season include Eren versus the armored Titan.
They really did a wonderful job bringing this to life in the anime. It definitely
elevated the source material very nicely. Let's not forget the grand finale in the
final two episodes. It gave us mr. badass himself you just
can't keep this commander down. Ot also showed you this wonderful confession
scene from Mikasa and there really is a lot to love here and that's just
since overall especially the final two episodes elevated the source
material so much. So that means it's better than season 1 right? Definitely
let me know how you thought about it. I think largely I've seen two different
views for season 2 and where you stand really depends on whether or not you
read the manga. As an anime only person to be perfectly honest I found season 2
very frustrating. As a manga reader season 2 wonderfully captured the manga
again similar to what season 1 had done. So in general if you're a manga reader
season 2 rocked. If you're anime only you might have been led down, disappointed
over the short season, confused or some combination. Do let me know where you
stand! I think season 2 is really better seen
as a transitional season into the upcoming third season. This season has a
lot of things being set up that'll come into play later. It will be one of those
seasons that gets better on re watches once season 3 and season 4 are out. I do like
how the animation got a huge improvement over season 1 which I heard the wit
studio just had a crazy time trying to finish season 1 on time.Tthe awesome
soundtrack is also still here which was just as great as season 1. Story wise I
could totally understand if you were frustrated compared to season 1. Season 2
was way shorter and it also took a shift from the story just to set up the
next two arcs that's why I think it is a bit unfair comparing it
season one. Attack on titan season three should be able to recapture that
excitement of the first season brought, so back to the original question was
season two better than the first? Personally I don't think so but I also
think it didn't have to be. Season two is gonna be elevated by the
upcoming story that follows anyway so look forward to season three. Top anime
of 2017 for me Sword Art online ordinal scale also known as the SAO movie. If
you've been around a while no surprise to see this is my top 5. Just like attack
on titan or my hero macadamia Sao needs even less of an introduction!
This time you got Asuna and Kirito stepping up to their next challenge in
augmented reality. Personally I've been in love with the SiO series since the
end of season 2. After that I thought that the story was done at least at least in anime
form. That's why this ordinary scale movie being announced was a total
surprise for me. For the longest time I was worried about what would happen with
the movie I mean with news and trailers coming out all of that just kept on
raising everyone's expectations for it. At the time I was a little bit in denial
thinking there is no way this movie is going to live up to all the hype No way
and my god thankfully I was so so wrong. SAO
ordinal scale perfectly built on everything that the series has set up in
season 1 and season 2. It's the next chapter in a story for kirito and asuna
especially for their relationship. In the movie I don't think I found any slow
parts in the pacing and once again the soundtrack was simply amazing
but anyway why is it that number 1? I mean as you already do you know it really
does come down to personal taste but to be fair any anime in my top 5 are really
similarly ranking to one another. In the end it comes down SAO ordinal scale
being a more special experience for me. I was lucky enough to watch the movie in
the private screening in Japan. I was also lucky enough to meet the director
of the movie and meet Reki in person too.
That's the abridged story anyway you heard me mention this in my full review
of the movie, but back to the movie this ordinal scale movie does cover the
latest adventure for kirito and asuna if they really wanted to this could be
the perfect way to end the series. Thankfully they're not doing that you
got SAO season three coming out soon! Hey guys thanks for watching click
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Also unfortunately this top 10 was a lot longer than I expected I didn't
really get to do a proper honorable mention list that I wanted to. I might do
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