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Anime aired in 2010 that I’ve (nearly) finished watching, in alphabetical order:
- Angel Beats: Horrible anime. The flow is bad, inconsistent, the characters are boring and cliche, the story is full of plot holes and just a big mess. But the worst thing about Angel Beats was how the director tried to tell the viewers what to do, the best example would be Kanade’s story, the main character (forgot his name) kept chanting “she is such a poor, sad girl, she has such a tragedy past blah blah”. Right Maeda Jun was telling you to feel sorry for her and love her, do it. No fuck you Maeda. Well at least the Opening PV and Opening song was good, I really like the Ending song – “Brave song” too.
- Arakawa under the Bridge: I forgot most of it, but when I watched it I liked it enough to add to my favourite list so it must be good, probably. Gotta rewatch it….
- Arakawa under the Bridge x Bridge: It’s pretty fun but kind of all over the place. Actually that would be fine if there was no plot like Ika Musume but there was actually something about Nino’s past. Alas, they never went anywhere with the story. I also don’t understand the appeal of Nino, many people keep praising her for being so deep, wonderful, complicated, fascinating but I only see her as a weirdo like every other characters in the series, and a pretty boring one at that, can’t see any personality whatsoever. The best thing about this second season is Billy and the Ending song – Red coat.
- Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: Best example of how you can lose your own judgment because of the crowd. When I first watched it I really thought it was a great comedy anime, Hideyoshi was a really cool trap, Shouko was a little too much but cute in her own way along with many other fans. Now that I’ve escaped the crowd, looking back, my thought changed totally. Baka to Test is an average comedy, I did laugh a bit here and there but it’s not great. Hideyoshi is only a gimmick the creators tried to make, he is alright as a character but there is nothing special nor interesting about him. Shouko is just another yandere character that I can’t stand. All in all, Baka to Test is simply a forgettable comedy.
- Black Rock Shooter: Good animation, nice fighting scene, stupid story about love (yes love, friendship doesn’t work that way). An average anime at best. My proposal: cut the BRS world scenes and make a music video out of them, it’d be so much better. And I’m sure many people would think so too.
- Durarara!!: Everything was good and cool until the story focused on how emo and immature the trio are. I also want to take a piss on the shallow people who like Anri because she has big boobs and her power is cool. Who needs personality? Anyway, I hate her, emo coward Mikado and Masaomi are annoying but she is worse. I especially hate her personality, admitting herself all of her bad points doesn’t make her any better if she doesn’t have any intention of improving or making up for them, they are still bad. And well, she is more emo than Mikado and Masaomi, if that is even possible. Brains Base spent too much fucking time on the trio, they should have just make it short to move on more interesting events. There are so many interesting characters but they have too little screen time for me to like them. It’s impossible for me to like a character that I know so little. Or maybe I was so overwhelmed by the horrible last arc that I forgot everything else. I need to rewatch Durarara!!.
- Heartcatch Precure: I’ve read a few blogs about it and decided to give it a try. I’m glad I did because Heartcatch Precure is a great anime.
- Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: I read a few chapters of the manga, thought it’s pretty nice, but I hated the manga’s art because most characters kept blushing like they had a permanent fever. So I decided to watch the anime instead. It’s anything but a good decision because the anime is pretty bad. There are only 2 episodes that I like and both of them are fillers. It’s average at best, I’m not watching the second season.
- Katanagatari: I hate the 2 main characters, and this anime is character-driven. It’s not bad, I just hate it, at least it’s better than Bakemonogatari. Another bad decision of mine, I only watched Katanagatari because it has the same author with Bakemonogatari, but least now that I know his stories don’t worth my time.
- Kuragehime: This anime’s really fun to watch but omg the ending, it’s so freaking abrupt! It’s like watching Moyashimon all over again, everything was cool and entertaining until the ending: “Huh? What? Is that it???”. At least some group is translating Kuragehime manga.
- Ladies vs Butlers: I watched it because I liked the art style, bad and shallow decision.
- MM!: This show is pretty nice but kind of forgettable. Yuuno is cute but they screwed up her character in the later half and nothing got solved. Still the first few episodes were pretty good and some of the comedy episodes were really hillarious, the ending was quite sweet too.
- Otome Youkai Zakuro: Riken x Susuki Hotaru are really cute together~ I like Zakuro’s mother’s story. Overall it’s a good anime but it’s just above average, there is not much to talk about.
- Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin: I totally don’t know how I feel/ think about this anime, it’s kind of… weird. The beginning and ending was really good though.
- Shiki: I don’t like horror but Shiki is a great anime. I don’t understand people’s love for Sunako and Muroi at all though, I find them boring and sometimes annoying. That is why I didn’t really like the last episode when Sunako and Muroi survived and escaped Sotoba, it’d be so much better to let Tatsumi take Sunako away. Muroi came back from death to become a superman is kind of stupid.
- Shinryaku! Ika Musume: A very entertaining anime, it’d be nice if they make a second season. Ika Musume is a especially fun character to watch, her imaginations and reactions are really hilarious. Though most of the casts are boring and cliche, some are borderline annoying, I only like Eiko and Koyomi.
- Sora no Oto: Pretentious, bad characters, boring story, generic character design, good animation.
- Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra: Great anime but I’ll need to watch it again to put all of my thought together.
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: One of the shows I really enjoyed. The drama was kinda out of place and I can do with less Twenty but it’s a good comedy show nonetheless.
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Out of 19 animes, the ones I find worth watching are:
- Arakawa under the Bridge
- Durarara!!
- Heartcatch Precure
- Kuragehime
- Otome Youkai Zakuro
- Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin
- Shiki
- Shinryaku! Ika Musume
- Tatakau Shisho: The book of Bantorra
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
About half of it, it was alright because I had a lot of free time this year but I’ll choose more careful next year.
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Other anime I watched:
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
- Kemono no Souja Erin
- Moyashimon
- Planetes
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Saki
- Seirei no Moribito
- Simoun
Since they are the old ones that I chose to watch, I like all of them.
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Other anime of 2010 I didn’t finish but will do in 2011
- Full metal alchemist: ONLY if I have too much free time since I’ve read the manga.
- Kuroshitsuji II: not so sure about this though
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Saraiya Goyou
- Star Driver: ONLY if the ending completely satisfies me.
- Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei
And in comparison, here is the real Kamenashi of KAT-TUN xD
