Best Anime of 2010: Tournament-style

[Falx]

Peter Jackson's Return of the King debuted December 1, 2003. The Academy went on to name it Best Picture. Next year, 2004, the extended edition was released on DVD, including "Numerous extra scenes that fleshed out the characters a great deal."

In order to qualify for an Academy nomination, a film must have a theatrical release. Are you telling me, Falx, that had you been on the board of the Academy, and had the extended edition of Return of the King received a theatrical premiere, you would defend its inclusion in the 2004 Academy Awards and possibly have voted for it over other contenders?

This quibbling is a bit silly? This isn't the Academy Awards, this is blkmage's awards and to compare the two is a little out there.

[Fish and Chips]

This quibbling is a bit silly? This isn't the Academy Awards, this is blkmage's awards and to compare the two is a little out there.

Wow. Point missed entirely.

Let's try this again.

I don't think adding a few new scenes and re-airing something should qualify it for this sort of contest because it isn't a new work, it's simply an old work redressed. This is my opinion. For similar reasons, I plan on voting for Tatami Galaxy over Bakemonogatari, though I'd probably lean towards Tatami Galaxy regardless.

[MasterDias]

<25|Zakuro>

Haven't seen Time of Eve, although I'll make a note of it for the future. I like science fiction.

[mechana2015]

Time of Eve is great. I'm not sure if it should be on the list though and would have to think it over so I won't be voting yet. <17|TimeOfEve>

Edit:
I'll go with it.

[blkmage]

1. You can use whatever metric you like to vote for or against something. I don't care what it is. Hell, I'm also going to eventually start voting against things because I don't think they're really 2010 enough.
2. Don't feel like this is a thread that is only here for copying and pasting things in between brackets. Talk about stuff, like whether or not Sora no Woto is complicated or whether Time of Eve really deserves to belong here.
3. I thought about what should qualify as a 2010 thing. One thing I was worried about was not having enough titles in the pool to make running this thing interesting enough, so I was a little liberal on what could go in. Obviously, that ended up not being too much of a concern, but I didn't really have anything to go by at the beginning.
4. I haven't seen the movie version of Time of Eve, but I'm going to assume that the changes are significant enough that it's more substantial than just a compilation movie. I mean, I would consider the Gurren Lagann movies different enough that they should be considered separately from the works that they're derived from.

[Falx]

Wow. Point missed entirely.

Let's try this again.

I don't think adding a few new scenes and re-airing something should qualify it for this sort of contest because it isn't a new work, it's simply an old work redressed. This is my opinion. For similar reasons, I plan on voting for Tatami Galaxy over Bakemonogatari, though I'd probably lean towards Tatami Galaxy regardless.

I did get your point, I just didn't feel like having an argument over it so I didn't address it.

[blkmage]

Otome Youkai Zakuro: 2
Time of Eve: 9

Welcoming our new robot overlords.

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[SIZE="6"]Darker than BLACK Gaiden OVA vs. HEROMAN[/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]Darker than BLACK Gaiden OVA (DARKER THAN BLACK 黒の契約者 外伝)[/SIZE]
"What second season?"
Rank: 18
Aired: Winter 2010
Studio: BONES
Director: Okamura Tensai
Cast: Kiuchi Hidenobu, Kukuen Misato
Adaptation: Original
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <18=DtB2OVA>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]HEROMAN[/SIZE]
"Stan Lee's AMERICA the ANIMATION"
Rank: 21
Aired: Spring 2010
Studio: BONES
Director: Nanba Hitoshi
Cast: Komatsu Mikako, Obata Mayu
Adaptation: Original
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <21=USAUSAUSA>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]

[Falx]

<18=DtB2OVA>

[TheSubtleDoctor]

<21=USAUSAUSA>

It won't win. I know it won't. The DtB OVA is probably objectively better in an artistic sense. But I don't care. I enjoyed the heck out of Heroman. Funnest show of 2010 for me (yup, even more fun than Letter Bee). Looked forward to it every week.

Here's hoping it gets more than one vote.

[CrimsonRyu17]

<21=usausausa>.

[mechana2015]

<21=usausausa>

[Atria35]

Abstaining. I haven't even seen the original DtB, and I didn't really want to see Heroman. Maybe I should put that on my to-watch list, just to see how I like it.

[MightiMidget]

<18=DtB2OVA>

No competition, even if I didn't see Heroman, admittedly.

[Fish and Chips]

<18=Dt

"What second season?"

<21=USAUSAUSA>

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

I should vote for Darker than Black. I really should. But I haven't seen it, soooo...

<21=USAUSAUSA>

[blkmage]

<18=DtB2OVA>

Chinese Electric Batman.

[MightiMidget]

as DtB faces defeat I'm thinking maybe I should pick up Heroman...since I just noticed it being by Bones. Hm...maybe then.... someday.

[blkmage]

Darker than BLACK Gaiden OVA: 3
HEROMAN: 5

Robots of the Patriots

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[SIZE="6"]The Tatami Galaxy vs. Bakemonogatari[/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]The Tatami Galaxy (四畳半神話大系)[/SIZE]
"The rose-coloured campus life"
Rank: 6
Aired: Spring 2010
Studio: MADHOUSE
Director: Yuasa Masaaki
Cast: Asanuma Shintaro, Sakamoto Maaya
Adaptation: Novel by Tomihiko Morimi
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <6?TatamiGalaxy>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]Bakemonogatari (化物語)[/SIZE]
"Best anime of 2009"
Rank: 22
Aired: Summer 2009
Studio: SHAFT
Director: Shinbo Akiyuki
Cast: Kamiya Hiroshi, Saitou Chiwa
Adaptation: Light novel by NisioisiN
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <22?Bakemonogatari>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]

[Atria35]

<6?TatamiGalaxy>

I laughed, I laughed, and I laughed some more. When I watched Bakagari, I didn't.

Simple as that.

[MightiMidget]

Abstaining. :/ I've seen part of Tatami, and none of Bakemonogatari

[TheSubtleDoctor]

{21=USAUSAUSA}

[Heroman] won't win. I know it won't...

Here's hoping it gets more than one vote.

Darker than BLACK Gaiden OVA: 3
HEROMAN: 5

5

:wow!:

Surprise, surprise.

To quote a certain genie, "Boy do I feel sheepish."

[Falx]

<22?Bakemonogatari>
<22?Bakemonogatari>
<22?Bakemonogatari>
<22?Bakemonogatari>
<22?Bakemonogatari>

That counts as five votes right?

[Tancos]

<6?TatamiGalaxy>

[Fish and Chips]

<6?TatamiGalaxy>

Deserves it for the line, "Upon seeing him, eight out of ten concerned citizens would have thought him a hellish demon, and the remaining two would have been absolutely convinced of it," alone.

Or you know, whatever it was that was said.

[mechana2015]

<6?TatamiGalaxy>

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

I believe we've lost, but I must vote for <22?Bakemonogatari>

Though, I think this might be the first match up where I've seen part of both shows.

[blkmage]

It was a tough choice, but I love Bakemonogatari way more than The Tatami Galaxy, as good as it was.

<22?Bakemonogatari>

[blkmage]

The Tatami Galaxy: 4
Bakemonogatari: 3

Better than getting stapled in the mouth.

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[SIZE="6"]Bakuman vs. Tamayura[/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]Bakuman (バクマン。)[/SIZE]
"Anime of manga about manga trying to get an anime"
Rank: 16
Aired: Fall 2010
Studio: J.C. Staff
Director: Kasai Kenichi
Cast: Abe Atsushi, Hino Satoshi
Adaptation: Manga by Obata Takeshi and Ohba Tsugumi
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <16/Bakuman>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]Tamayura (たまゆら)[/SIZE]
"Healing and photography"
Rank: 24
Aired: Summer 2010
Studio: HAL Film Maker
Director: Sato Junichi
Cast: Asumi Kana, Taketatsu Ayana, Iguchi Yuka, Gibu Yuko
Adaptation: Original
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <24/Tamayura>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

I'll have to abstain for this one, as I would have seen neither.

[blkmage]

<24/Tamayura>

A fantastic new iyashikei show from the director of ARIA vs. an anime adaptation that doesn't seem to capture what's great about the original manga.