Once more, with feeling: Finding the Best Anime of 2012

[skreyola]

Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 71
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing 77

Sadness and happiness intertwined. For all that it wasn't as good as the first show, FTSW was pretty good on its own merits. Ah, well.


Sword Art Online 57
Guilty Crown 80

Wow! I'm surprised at these two. Haven't seen either of them, but I thought they were the popular kids.

TEAM JANE
-
1 Humanity has Declined
2 Joshiraku
3 Kids on the Slope
4 Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
5 Medaka Box
6 Nekomonogatari: Kuro
7 Psycho-Pass
8 Smile Precure!

TEAM JAKE
1 Bodacious Space Pirates
-
2 Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
3 Binbougami ga!
4 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
5 Gintama': Enchousen
6 The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
7 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
8 Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

I'm an ill-informed voter.

[Crossfire]

TEAM JANE
1. Humanity has Declined
2. Kids on the Slope
3. Psycho-Pass
4. Smile Precure!
5. Medaka Box
6. Joshiraku
7. Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
8. Nekomonogatari: Kuro

TEAM JAKE
1. Gintama': Enchousen
2. Bodacious Space Pirates
3. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
4. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
6. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
7. Binbougami ga!
8. The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc

[goldenspines]

SAO losing by two points is certainly a rough outcome. Almost as bad as K beating out Inu x Boku SS. 8(

Let the sad faces begin.

TEAM JANE
1 - Humanity has Declined
2 - Nekomonogatari: Kuro
3 - Medaka Box
4 - Joshiraku
5 - Smile Precure!
6 - Kids on the Slope
7 - Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
8 - Psycho-Pass

TEAM JAKE
1 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
2 - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
3 - Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
4 - Gintama': Enchousen
5 - The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
6 - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
7 - Bodacious Space Pirates
8 - Binbougami ga!


EDIT: I was so distraught (or something) I forgot to add the numbers.

[Vii]

TEAM JANE
1 Kids on the Slope
2 Humanity has Declined
3 Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
4 Psycho-Pass
5 Smile Precure!
6 Medaka Box
7 Joshiraku
8 Nekomonogatari: Kuro

TEAM JAKE
1 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
2 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
3 Bodacious Space Pirates
4 Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
5 Gintama': Enchousen
6 Binbougami ga!
7 The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
8 Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

[KazeShiki]

Hmm I need to vote more strategically. (At least I managed to knock SAO out fufu)

TEAM JANE
1 - Smile Precure!
2 - Nekomonogatari: Kuro
3 - Humanity has Declined
4 - Medaka Box
5 - Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
6 - Joshiraku
7 - Psycho-Pass
8 - Kids on the Slope

TEAM JAKE
1 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
2 - The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
3 - Bodacious Space Pirates
4 - Binbougami ga!
5 - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
6 - Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
7 - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
8 - Gintama': Enchousen

[John_Smith]

TEAM JADE
1. Sword Art Online
2. Persona 4 The Animation
3. Ginga e Kickoff!!
4. Guilty Crown
5. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
6. Ano Natsu de Matteru
7. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
8. Kokoro Connect

... Just watch, somehow my scheme will turn against me.

ENTER THE TOURNAMENT
Persona 4 The Animation 55

DISQUALIFIED
Sword Art Online 57
Ano Natsu de Matteru 60
Ginga e Kickoff!! 78
Guilty Crown 80

Ah... the self-fulfilling prophecy... If I had put P4A in fourth, SAO would be sitting pretty. And in one fell swoop, every anime I've seen has been taken out.

[skreyola]

I've been losing most of my seen titles, so I kinda know what that feels like. Though mine weren't that close.

[MangaRocks!]

TEAM JANE
1. Psycho-Pass
2. Nekomonogatari: Kuro
3. Kids on the Slope
4. Humanity has Declined
5. Joshiraku
6. Smile Precure!
7. Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
8. Medaka Box

TEAM JAKE
1. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
3. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
4. The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
6. Gintama': Enchousen
7. Bodacious Space Pirates
8. Binbougami ga!

[ForeverInspired]

Okay, I get that most people don't like Guilty Crown, but how on earth did Sword Art Online not make the cut?????

TEAM JANE
1 Psycho-Pass
2 Kids on the Slope
3 Humanity has Declined
4 Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
5 Smile Precure!
6 Medaka Box
7 Joshiraku
8 Nekomonogatari: Kuro

TEAM JAKE
1 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
2 Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
3 Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
4 The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
5 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
6 Gintama': Enchousen
7 Binbougami ga!
8 Bodacious Space Pirates

[Maokun]

Speaking of surprising DQs I have to say that I'm surprised that Another didn't make it even into the second round. I had my doubts it could enter the tournament but I thought that at least it would advance once. It had many flaws (and some unintended hilarity) but the underlying mystery was cleverly laid out with with all the hints hidden in plain sight so someone /really/ paying attention could solve it. That's actually very difficult to manage and a feat that I believe should warrant some credit. Anyhow:

TEAM JANE
Kids on the Slope 1
Nekomonogatari: Kuro 2
Humanity has Declined 3
Psycho-Pass 4
Medaka Box 5
Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine 6
Smile Precure! 7
Joshiraku 8

TEAM JAKE
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
Gintama': Enchousen
Bodacious Space Pirates
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Binbougami ga!
The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc

[GeneD]

TEAM JANE
8. Medaka Box
5. Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
4. Smile Precure!
1. Kids on the Slope
7. Joshiraku
6. Nekomonogatari: Kuro
2. Humanity has Declined
3. Psycho-Pass

TEAM JAKE
2. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
6. Gintama': Enchousen
8. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
5. Binbougami ga!
1. The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
7. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
4. Bodacious Space Pirates[/quote]

[blkmage]

TEAM JANE
Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Smile Precure!
Joshiraku
Humanity has Declined
Kids on the Slope
Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Medaka Box
Psycho-Pass

TEAM JAKE
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Bodacious Space Pirates
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Gintama': Enchousen
Binbougami ga!
The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

TEAM JANE
1 - Kids on the Slope
2 - Nekomonogatari: Kuro
3 - Humanity has Declined
4 - Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
5 - Medaka Box
6 - Joshiraku
7 - Smile Precure
8 - Psycho-Pass

TEAM JAKE
1 - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
2 - Binbougami ga!
3 - Bodacious Space Pirates
4 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
5 - The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
6 - Gintama': Enchousen
7 - Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
8 - Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

[Maokun]

Results for Day 3 of the pre-qualifying round:

ENTER THE TOURNAMENT
Humanity has Declined 27
Kids on the Slope 33
Nekomonogatari: Kuro 47
Psycho-Pass 54

DISQUALIFIED
Smile Precure! 54
Lupin the Third, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine 58
Joshiraku 61
Medaka Box 62

(Parity broken between P-P and SP! using round 1 points.)

ENTER THE TOURNAMENT
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou 31
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) 36
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 44
Bodacious Space Pirates 45

DISQUALIFIED
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 54
Gintama': Enchousen 57
The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc 58
Binbougami ga! 62


Now for the last batch of titles! Like always, order them from 1 to 8 for each group.

TEAM DIRK
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Teekyuu
Fate/Zero 2nd Season
Kamisama Kiss
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
Girls und Panzer
Library War: The Wings of Revolution

TEAM ROXY
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Accel World
Area no Kishi
009 Re:Cyborg
Wolf Children
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies

I'll post the results for this round tomorrow and the layout of the 1st round of the tournament proper over the weekend. Tournament starts next Monday at the usual time!

[Crossfire]

I'm a tad bit angry, albeit not surprised, that Gintama failed to be a top-contender again. Sigh.

TEAM DIRK
1. Girls und Panzer
2. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
3. Teekyuu
4. Fate/Zero 2nd Season
5. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
6. Kamisama Kiss
7. Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
8. Library War: The Wings of Revolution

TEAM ROXY
1. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
2. Wolf Children
3. Area no Kishi
4. Natsuyuki Rendezvous
5. Mysterious Girlfriend X
6. Mirai Nikki (TV)
7. Accel World
8. 009 Re:Cyborg

[blkmage]

TEAM DIRK
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Teekyuu
Fate/Zero 2nd Season
Library War: The Wings of Revolution
Kamisama Kiss
Girls und Panzer

TEAM ROXY
Wolf Children
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Area no Kishi
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
009 Re:Cyborg
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Accel World

[goldenspines]

@Crossfire: It could be because Gintama is not widely known as it should be. :< A lot of super long series are like that. (One Piece wouldn't have made it either, despite being great and probably one or if not the most popular anime in Japan inside and outside the otaku society).
Though, actually, as great as every Gintama episode is, they really outdid themselves in the Enchousen arc. Ah well, we must move on, leaving a trail of tears and regret behind us.

I'm disappointed that Psycho Pass somehow got through, but it's interesting that Smile! Precure tied it up.


On to voting.

TEAM DIRK
1 - Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
2 - Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
3 - Girls und Panzer
4 - Kamisama Kiss
5 - Library War: The Wings of Revolution
6 - Fate/Zero 2nd Season
7 - Teekyuu
8 - Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate

TEAM ROXY
1 - Wolf Children
2 - Accel World
3 - Mirai Nikki (TV)
4 - Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
5 - Area no Kishi
6 - 009 Re:Cyborg
7 - Natsuyuki Rendezvous
8 - Mysterious Girlfriend X

[MangaRocks!]

@Crossfire: Just so you know, in the second group you skipped Natsuyuki Rendezvous and put Wolf Children in there twice instead...

TEAM DIRK
1. Library War: The Wings of Revolution
2. Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
3. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
4. Kamisama Kiss
5. Girls und Panzer
6. Teekyuu
7. Fate/Zero 2nd Season
8. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate

TEAM ROXY
1. Wolf Children
2. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
3. 009 Re:Cyborg
4. Accel World
5. Area no Kishi
6. Mysterious Girlfriend X
7. Natsuyuki Rendezvous
8. Mirai Nikki (TV)

[Crossfire]

Thank ye!

[skreyola]

TEAM DIRK
1 Girls und Panzer
2 Kamisama Kiss
-
3 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
4 Teekyuu
5 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
6 Library War: The Wings of Revolution
7 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
8 Fate/Zero 2nd Season

Panzer wor!

TEAM ROXY
1 Natsuyuki Rendezvous
-
2 Mirai Nikki (TV)
3 Mysterious Girlfriend X
4 Accel World
5 Area no Kishi
6 009 Re:Cyborg
7 Wolf Children
8 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies

I feel weird putting NR first, because the ending really hurt the show, a lot, but it's the only one in this grouping that I've seen more than a few minutes of.

As always, the order is: things I've seen, things I might be interested in watching, things that sound cool, things I know almost nothing about, and lastly, things I saw and hated.

[ForeverInspired]

TEAM DIRK
1. Library War: The Wings of Revolution
2. Fate/Zero 2nd Season
3. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
4. Kamisama Kiss
5. Girls und Panzer
6. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
7. Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
8. Teekyuu

TEAM ROXY
1. Accel World
2. Mirai Nikki (TV)
3. Wolf Children
4. Area no Kishi
5. Natsuyuki Rendezvous
6. Mysterious Girlfriend X
7. 009 Re:Cyborg
8. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

TEAM DIRK
Library War: The Wings of Revolution
Fate/Zero 2nd Season
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Teekyuu
Kamisama Kiss
Girls und Panzer

TEAM ROXY
Wolf Children
Area no Kishi
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
009 Re:Cyborg
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Accel World
Natsuyuki Rendezvous

[KazeShiki]

Speaking of surprising DQs I have to say that I'm surprised that Another didn't make it even into the second round. I had my doubts it could enter the tournament but I thought that at least it would advance once. It had many flaws (and some unintended hilarity) but the underlying mystery was cleverly laid out with with all the hints hidden in plain sight so someone /really/ paying attention could solve it. That's actually very difficult to manage and a feat that I believe should warrant some credit.

I think many people didn't watch it, but the hilarity of absurdity was a huge flaw. It took what otherwise was a suspenseful and intricate mystery novel, added a bunch of random, overly-dramatic deaths, which ruined the atmosphere of the setting, and then added their own "hey look here's the answer that makes no sense at the time" parts. Classic P.A. works adaptation. But hey, it was certainly entertaining.

TEAM DIRK
1 Fate/Zero 2nd Season
2 Teekyuu
3 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
4 Kamisama Kiss
5 Girls und Panzer
6 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
7 Library War: The Wings of Revolution
8 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

TEAM ROXY
1 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
2 009 Re:Cyborg
3 Wolf Children
4 Area no Kishi
5 Natsuyuki Rendezvous
6 Mysterious Girlfriend X
7 Accel World
8 Mirai Nikki (TV)

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

I actually dropped Another halfway through because the absurdity mostly had to do with how absurdly boring it was.

[GeneD]

TEAM DIRK
4. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
5. Teekyuu
7. Fate/Zero 2nd Season
6. Kamisama Kiss
2. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
3. Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
8. Girls und Panzer
1. Library War: The Wings of Revolution

TEAM ROXY
6. Natsuyuki Rendezvous
7. Accel World
8. Area no Kishi
5. 009 Re:Cyborg
1. Wolf Children
4. Mysterious Girlfriend X
2. Mirai Nikki (TV)
3. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies

[Vii]

TEAM DIRK
1 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
2 Library War: The Wings of Revolution
3 Kamisama Kiss
4 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
-----
5 Fate/Zero 2nd Season
6 Girls und Panzer
7 Teekyuu
8 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate


TEAM ROXY
1 Wolf Children
----
2 Mysterious Girlfriend X
3 Mirai Nikki (TV)
4 Area no Kishi
5 Natsuyuki Rendezvous
6 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
7 009 Re:Cyborg
8 Accel World

[Maokun]

Sorry about yesterday, guys, got insanely busy. Here are my votes, results will go up in a bit.

TEAM DIRK
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
Girls und Panzer
Library War: The Wings of Revolution
Fate/Zero 2nd Season
Teekyuu
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Kamisama Kiss


TEAM ROXY
Wolf Children
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies
009 Re:Cyborg
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Accel World
Area no Kishi

[Maokun]

Results for last Day of the second pre-qualifying round:

ENTER THE TOURNAMENT
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 36
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi 36
Library War: The Wings of Revolution 42
Fate/Zero 2nd Season 52

DISQUALIFIED
Girls und Panzer 53
Kamisama Kiss 55
Teekyuu 58
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate 64


ENTER THE TOURNAMENT
Wolf Children 22
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 movies 45
Mysterious Girlfriend X 47
Mirai Nikki (TV) 52

DISQUALIFIED
Area no Kishi 54
Natsuyuki Rendezvous 57
009 Re:Cyborg 59
Accel World 61

We now have all entrants for the main tournament! I'll post the make up of the knock-out round between today and tomorrow and we'll get started the Monday!

[skreyola]

Ack! Everything I've seen from that group lost!

[John_Smith]

Ack! Everything I've seen from that group lost!

This seems vaguely familiar...