Best Anime Series of 2002 – All About Haibane Renmei & Azumanga Daioh
Posted: November 24, 2013 Filed under: Anime, Series, Top Ranking | Tags: Anime, Anime of 2002, Anime series, Azumanga Daioh, Best anime series, Haibane Renmei, Japanese animation, Top 10 6 Comments
I’m really interested to look at 2002 because the year contains one of my favourite series (Azumanga Daioh) and the series that came out on top on the decade list I made (Haibane Renmei). I want to know how they actually rank against other series and am rooting that they do well! Below are a list of the top 10 series from this year based on the various Western source. I have also interested a few interesting findings from this research and an initial comparison with the 2ch list, which produce markedly different results.
Best Anime Series of 2007 – Top Ten Best-Rated
Posted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Anime, Series, Top Ranking | Tags: Anime, Anime of 2007, Anime series, Azumanga Daioh, Best anime series, Code Geass, Death Note, gurren lagann, Japanese animation, Top 10 6 Comments
After a few posts on AKB48, here it is back on an anime topic. Many people on the netsphere considers 2007 to be one of the best, if not the best years of anime. They certainly contain some of the most well-known animes, both widely and within specific anime community (Death Note, Gurren Lagann, Lucky Star, Nodame Cantabile among them). Therefore, this is the year that I am particularly interested in seeing which anime series comes out on top. Note that similar to other analyses I did recently, I am considering an anime to be of a particular year based on when it finished, thus Code Geass, Death note and Nana (all released in late 2006) are considered as 2007 anime in my book.
Without further ado:
Best Anime Series of 2009 – Meta Ranking & Analysis
Posted: July 5, 2013 Filed under: Anime, Series, Top Ranking | Tags: Anime, Anime of 2009, Anime series, Best anime series, Japanese animation 12 Comments
Now that I have just over a month of free time before I start working again, I finally have some time to write a few more articles for my blog. Since we are still have a year away from a 2013 anime review, I am going back in time and catching up with earlier years, which brings us to 2009. Here are the top ten anime series based on composite scores from different anime websites:
Best Anime Series of 2012 – Meta Analysis From around the Web
Posted: January 20, 2013 Filed under: Anime, Series, Top Ranking | Tags: Anime, Anime of 2012, Anime series, Best anime series, Chihayafuru, Japan, Japanese animation, Top 10, top anime series 5 Comments
Another year, another set of animes to analyze. Similar to previous years, I try to collect as much data from around the web as I can to see what are the best anime series in 2012. Coming into the exercise, I have no idea what good series there are that I should follow so this yearly analysis benefits me as much as anyone else. I hope a few of you also find some use in it too!
Below is the final list of anime based on all the sources (listed in the appendix at the end)
Best Anime Series of 2011
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: Anime, Anime 2011, Series, Top Ranking | Tags: Anime, Anime of 2011, Anime series, ano hana, Best anime series, bunny drop, Chihayafuru, fate/zero, Japan, Japanese animation, madoka, steins gate, Top 10, top anime series, usagi drop 25 Comments
We are now in 2012 and that tells me that it is time to visit all the polls, wrap-ups, ratings of anime in 2011 and see which one is rated above all others in 2011. I still like having a comprehensive ranking that I can personally look to with some confidence for the best animes to watch over the last year (considering I’m so far behind and have not heard of most of the top 10 before I wrote this!). Unlike 2010, there seems to be a consensus that 2011 is a very good year for anime with as many as five titles acclaimed as the best in the last few years. The roster at the top is more loaded with a clear consensus on what the top animes are. I sure cannot wait to watch them alll!
I have now also extended the data research to cover MAL among others, making the list more comprehensive that the 2010 version.
Best Anime Series in 2000s Rank 1-10 Previews
Posted: June 9, 2011 Filed under: Anime, Series, Top Animes of 2000s | Tags: Anime, Anime series, Haibane Renmei, Japanese animation 1 CommentIn the very first post in this blog, I wrote about an analysis of the most highly rated anime of the last decade. However, the post is definitely for serious anime fans only as most people will likely have a hard time recognizing a lot of those titles in the top 10. I would like to use this post as previews of each series in the top 20 and hopefully entice the reader to check them out:)
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1). HAIBANE RENMEI
Number of episodes: 13
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Follow up?: None
Similar anime titles (if you like this, what else you should check out): Mushi-shi, Kino’s Journey, Someday’s Dreamer
Date shown: 9-October-2002
Studio: Radix
Director: Tokoro Tomakazu
Synopsis: Rakka, a newly born Haibane (Angel), awakens into an unfamiliar world with only a strange dream of falling from the sky as her only memory. Alone and scared of who and what she is, she is cared for by fellow Haibanes as they try and search for the meaning of their existence as well as what lies beyond their town’s imprisoning walls. [ANN]
Pros: Rife with symbolism and metaphors; completely original setting; gripping in its oscurity; rich atmosphere; [Anime Academy] sountrack is very soothing and haunting
Cons: Nothing happens; Pace can be very slow
Excerpts:
- Haibane Renmei started off a bit slow, but it closed off with one of the strongest finales I have ever seen. It has both a very imaginative setting, and truly excels at its character-development. [Star Crossed Anime]
- Haibane Renmei sings of wisdom and beauty too elusive and immense for our comprehension. A truly special place is Haibne Renmei, where we can spend an eternity swimming in a pool of thoughts, or losing ourselves in its rejuvenating warmth. [Guri Guri Blog]
- This anime is, in a nutshell, a philosophical one that concentrates on character development. So expect no high octane, fast and furious action. At thirteen episodes, the focus, plot and pacing is just right. It neither drags nor contain unnecessary fillers or recaps [THEM Anime]
In My Own Words: Story is originally based on a doujinshi produced by Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiment Lain, Niea_7) Series was ranked FIRST 7 times (the highest frequency) and also rank in the TOP FIVE 14 times (also the highest). THis is also the only series on the list for Radix. I also love the soundtrack in this, especially ‘Ailes Grises’
More reviews: Anime Academy (87%);
Source: Wikipedia, Anime News Network
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