Best anime of 2019! Happy New Year's guys! So let's get into it my top anime of
2019 fourth year in a row too. So far I've seen 66 anime in 2019 so if you're
awesome go ahead and smash that like. If there is enough love I will do a second
follow up to 2019 anime. Kicking this off honorable mention number one and My Hero
Academia season four. What is this the crunchyroll anime awards?
And yes you know I've been a long time My Hero Academia fan but despite
that I did have to knock this down this year. You heard about the reason My Hero
Academia movie finale leaving the sour taste along with some of the stuff going
on in My Hero Academia season four currently. I gotta say I really love the
Mirio character if anything in some ways I prefer him over Deku which is why I
was extremely let down by his big moment versus Overhaul. Still this is My Hero
academia I'm hoping at least some of the upcoming Deku scenes have some of that
top animation. Second honorable mention Mob Psycho season 2. If you loved Mob's
journey and development in season 1 you're gonna get more than here almost a
conclusion to that. Personally it does feel like this anime is extremely
overhyped nowadays but it still is worth experiencing. This is coming from a
long-term manga reader by the way. Honorable mention number 3 Isekai
Quartet Rezero, Konosuba, OverLord and Tanya mixed into one. I really can't
think of a single thing not to love about this anime maybe the short run
time? Any fan of those Isekai anime got this small appetizer hopefully until
the sequel anime comes out. Definitely the standout for me here was the Konosuba
cast. I mean who doesn't just love the screeching Aqua? Number 10 the Promised
Neverland. Really a refreshing take for shonen anime. You got the trio Emma, Ray,
and Norman raised in this remote peaceful orphanage however things aren't
at all as they seem. Can the trio here ultimately escape their predestined fate?
What exactly is this orphanage? What is in the outside world? For this anime you
got some lovely horror elements mixed with this ominous mysterious setting.
Bonus points if you watch this late at night lights turned off. If you liked
anime like attack on titan or death note the promise Neverland anime feels
like a lovely mixture of both. You often got characters involved intense mind
games with one another. Just knowing some of the upcoming major plot points I am
super tempted to just read the manga. The promise Neverland season 2 is coming
this 2020. Number nine the Violet Evergarden
movie. The anime for this did happen to be my top pick for 2018.
So really no surprise that I was looking forward to this OVA and movie coming up.
Originally this was really just supposed to be an OVA screened in theaters but
the Kyoto Animation Studios decided to expand this into a movie length anime.
Once again its cry time for Violet Evergarden. In the first half you have Violet
going off into the wild to do her thing. It involves this academy girl with
her set of issues. Then part two Violet tackling a different errand. Ultimately
both of these missions tie up nicely together. I would say that I heavily
enjoyed the first part a lot more but still enjoy this Violet Evergarden
movie as a whole and I'm sure you're gonna have your favorite too. Violet's
first request or her second. Bonus points for this movie for fleshing out a
character too that didn't get a spotlight in the anime. Number eight the
Slime Isekai Anime. Despite there being like a hundred new Isekai anime in 2019
surprisingly only this Isekai anime made it onto my list.
You got the standard Isekai stand up which leads into the twist of the second
anime the main character reincarnated as a weak slime monster. Oh but did I say
weak? In typically Isekai fashioned the little slime quickly turns into this
overpowered force. Honestly this Isekai series surprised even me. It has
so many cliche second tropes. The random Isekai death, an overpower main
character, that overpowered main character easily overcoming any
challenge, the harem troupe oh yes the ladies are into the slime but then you
got this slimy Isekai anime. It made me realize perhaps i don't dislike all of
these elements. Previously they were just done super poorly. This anime as a whole
is pretty much world building slice of life Isekai anime. Huge credit for
the series making you care for practically every single character
introduced including any villain figure. I'm definitely looking forward to season
2 coming up. Number 7 Dr. Stone. Trust me you know how much
I enjoyed the action filled shonen but now with Dr. Stone you're getting a
more scientific take on shonen anime. You got this mystery plus end of the
world combo set up. All of humanity somebody got super stoned one day.
Thousands of years later a couple of humans broke free. The World now has pretty much
been recent no human interference. Now it's time for main character Senku
to science a crap out of the situation. The challenge?
Senku really is only armed with the STEM background. Standing in its way mother
nature and one particular person who is completely against Senku's goal. I was
honestly so surprised at how much I ended up loving Dr. Stone really for two
reasons. First off the super strong emphasis on science. Just having this
closer relationship with science in school and my career really made all of
the science shenanigans hit very close to home for me and two I totally
surprised at how hard this anime hit me when it came to Senku and his father. Out
of nowhere a couple of episodes simply destroyed me once again hitting close to
the heart involving science and my own father. As a whole here the science
aspect combined with Senku's journey feels extremely inspiring. That said
early on there are some pretty major --is-h issues for me. Either way I need
Dr. stone season 2 right now. I might just start the manga. Number 6 Demon
Slayer you got the Ufotable studio bringing you this new Shonen anime that
alone is definitely something that most anime series would kill for and
definitely don't forget about the kick-ass soundtrack. You got Tanjiro
this world invested with demons. After suffering through a familiar of shonen
intro you got his family getting killed off by demons. Tanjiro is now left to
continue on with his only surviving partial demon sister. His adventure
involves not only becoming this ultra powerful demon slayer but ultimately to
take down who causes this and to one day cure his sister. So putting aside the orgasm
you're gonna get from the animation alone there's a lot to love here for even a
long-term Shonen fan. From the sword combat, the various demon designs, the
demon slayer ranking system. Watching this i kept getting vibe from past anime
series such as bleach and Boruto's Dad. I even got a hint of Claymore and at
this point I'm sure you've at least heard about Demon Slayer. Surely every
anime fan has I mean I feel like it's heading towards the point of becoming
super overhyped similar to what has happened to my hero academia.
if anything I'm predicting it'll be this year's my hero academia for the
crunchyroll anime awards and no Funimation is definitely not anime of
the decade by any means but still worth watching.
Number 5 Promare. After the disaster that was darling in the Franxx and the
okayish Gridman triggers back to full form with Promare. It's pretty much
Gurren Lagan and Kill La Kill put into this blender
some fun new delicious chunks added in and do trust me when I say this is
trigger at 200%. Promare goes to ridiculous levels with any action piece
you even got references to practically every anime from the trigger family.
Promare being this anime movie meant that I had a few chances to catch this
on the big screen. That included catching the screening at
Anime Expo with a colossal trigger audience that definitely raised my
hype for it. The amazing visuals here are worth the ticket price alone. I
wouldn't be surprised of years or decades later Promare scenes get
heavily referenced and fair warning Promare does lean more towards Gurren
than Kill la kill. Unfortunately this also does lack in the
story Department as well as under using the side cast so if you're at all a
major Trigger fan or simply enjoyed their past anime projects this is a must
watch. Number Four Weathering with you which is Shinkai has fallen to his
colossal hit Kimi No Na Wa instead of this incoming space disaster you got
something more down-to-earth the rain. There's so much rain here in Japan which
is something that I had to get used to since moving you naturally all these
rainstorms and sunshine really just give Shinkai wide ranges for amazing visuals,
If you're a fan of these elements you will love a lot of the animation pieces
in Weathering with you that alone is worth the experience by the way where any of
you blue mode by the Kimi no Na Wa ending if so you will be happy to hear that
weathering with you is much more of a love story the two little lovers here
actually spent a good chunk of screen time together but does that mean a happy
ending. I will mention Shinkai then hint at the ending here being potentially
controversial. I think it'll be controversial for a different reason.
It'll really be Kimi no Na Wa versus Weathering with you
which I really really hope doesn't divide the fan base you can enjoy both
like I did there really will be so many comparisons to kimi No Na WA she Inca
himself actually does do that on purpose by including some Kimi No Na WA
references in this movie and I know Weathering with you is barely coming out
in 2020 for some places. Definitely a strong recommendation from me. Top 3 the
Konosuba movie oh yes the super useless broke party is back. Kazuma, Megumin,
Aqua and Darkness return for this Konosuba sequel. Unfortunately you
no Konosuba season 3 just yeah but don't cry this cornice about crimson
movie takes place right after season 2. yes it's canon oh but did I say Konosuba
movie you might as well just title this a Megamin movie you got your favorite
KonoSuba bunch off to visit Megumin's village and then you could expect the
usual KonoSuba by shenanigans and let me just put it out there.
Unlike practically every anime in this list definitely don't expect some ultra
amazing visions right here. To be fair this is the best KonoSuba has ever
looked for Konosuba if anything that should be a compliment to how wonderful
Konosuba is. You got a characters, story, and comedy shining through and yes the
comedy honestly this is better than practically every single corner super
episode and yes I know that's not a fair comparison I do have to say sorry to
aqua and darkness fans definitely don't expect too much from them Kazuma and Megumin
get most of the spotlight in this movie in case you are wondering about
Konosuba season 3 or other Konosuba spin-offs let's just say this gonna swap
movie has a ton of teases. Number 2 SAO Alicization this includes the last 12
episodes of part 1. Me being this hardcore SAO fan this should come as no
surprise. You're now getting SAO post Quinella after that ultimate sacrifice
you now also have Kirito potato mode in other words time for the other SAO
characters to get a spotlight. The first half of SAO Alicization was really Eugeo's
story Kirito was just mixed in part 2 now has
Alice with main character status. The main event for us eh oh now involves the
underworld war the human Empire versus the dark territory side thousands versus
tens of thousands. Naturally things don't always go as planned this includes
outside invaders that wanted to capture and taste Alice's delicious soul.
Personally I did come into SAO Alicization as an SAO light novel reader.
I'm sure you've heard about my own issues regarding cut out content for us
in season 3 as a whole gradually I think I've been coming to terms with it it
just seems like this is an unavoidable problem that most like my anime face
other popular Isekai anime like ReZero and Konosuba definitely face a similar challenge.
That said I did get an overall better experience compared to the first half of
SAO season 3. A huge bonus for me it SAO fixed several the issues I had
when reading this part of the SAO story here's hoping more SAO fixes are coming
and animation wise hopefully there would have continued this up until the
very end. There's so much potential for gorgeous visuals coming up. Number one
Attack on Titan season 3 part two. Freaking finally Eren Mikasa Levi and
friends all made it to that damn basement for you it only took like half
a decade later to watch it in the anime now the story has been changed forever
the cause of mystery of the Titans has been revealed unfortunately all of this
did come with a heavy heavy toll not to mention certain characters
changed forever especially Mr. Eren Jaeger or would that be Mr. freedom
whatever happened to that raging little boy and really at this point it feels
like Attack on Titan doesn't need even more praising for me I'm sure you've
already heard some people calling this a masterpiece of an anime one that'll
surely be a classic down the line naturally I'm extremely biased for the
attack on Titan anime and series as a whole that said I am keeping my fingers
crossed that Attack on Titan could actually make the landing for the attack
on Titan finale I'm predicting attack on Titan will be remembered in two distinct
parts attack on Titan part 1 Eren witnessing the console Titan smashing
wall Maria up until Eren Mikasa and Friends reached the ocean which I would
say this part is actually close to that masterpiece term that a lot of you like
to throw around. Attack on Titan in part two. The events
coming up with the Attack on Titan season 4 pose time skip upcoming is a lot of
great development potentially stuff better than anything in attack on Titan
part 1 I don't think that's an overstatement and yes I do have more than a
couple of issues here's hoping that attack on Titan does not devolve into
anything resembling Game of Thrones season 8 attack on Titan won't be ending
in 2020 so let's put our trust in Isayama. Anyway go ahead and check out my
top upcoming anime for 2020 there are a whole lot of anime sequels. Let me know
below are you interested in underrated or worst anime of 2019 definitely post
below your favorite anime and I'll see you guys later!