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Eric’s 2010 Year in Review: Top 5 Best and Worst Anime
2010 has been one odd year. Despite it being a year that marked the release of a few excellent gems, it has also been a year filled to the brim with an obscene amount of generic titles that should, frankly, be destroyed from existence. For these reasons, I present you with a list of what I perceive to be the best and worst anime of 2010.
Best of 2010
#5: BAKA and TEST- Summon the Beasts (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
Of all the shows to come out this year, Baka to Test was the one that was able to be consistently hilarious for every episode, whether it be the amusing characters, the quick pace of its humor, or the jokes that make fun of many other tropes of the genre. It also helps that the story gets pretty interesting, and even epic, in the final episodes of the series. It doesn’t do anything groundbreaking when it comes to the school life genre, but it at least shows that not all shows of the genre have to be the same generic crap every time. With the help of some clever writing, well executed humor, and interesting characters, even a show that strongly resembles others of its genre can be quite amazing.
Currently available at funimation.com
New York Anime Festival 2010 Announcement Roundup
This year’s New York Anime Festival marks the end of the convention season. With that, there were several exciting new announcements from the companies.
Aniplex announced the release dates for Durarara!! The series will be released in 3 parts. Part 1 will be released on 1/25/11, Part 2 is coming on 3/29/11, and Part 3 will street sometime in May 2011. Part 1 will include a clear slip case and 5 collectible postcards. Some new dub cast announcements were made: Mela Lee will take the role of Erika, Brian Beacock will be Walker, and Steve Blum will be Kyohei.
R.O.D. (Read Or Die) Blu-ray will be available on 1/18/11 and includes all 26 TV episodes and the 3 OVA episodes. The box set will mimic the R2 box art and feature a 48-page booklet… all for the insane price of $159.98. Yes, really.
Otaku in Review Podcast – We Haven't Gotten to a Sex Scene… Yet
Scott & Jon talk about technology (again), with Jon being especially impatient about not getting his iPhone 4 yet. Jon’s playing the extremely long dating sim Kira Kira and hasn’t gotten any yet. Scott states his qualms with the B Gata H Kei finale and the possibilities of why the writers have been receiving death threats. Also, Jon talks about the totally awesome shooter game Deathsmiles (check out his review).
K-ON!! has been confirmed to be 26 episodes. Where will the series be headed in its third and (possibly) final season? We speculate in this episode.
And of course, we talk about all of the totally freakin’ awesome license announcements that came out of Anime Expo 2010.
Otaku in Review Podcast – The Crunchyroll Special
This episode we present a special in-depth review of all the ups and downs of Crunchyroll. Although the site is clearly the leader in the anime streaming business, it still has a lot of issues to iron out, which we go into detail about. See also: Crunchyroll’s Premium Subscription: Why You Should.
Otaku in Review Podcast – They Put Mayonnaise on Everything
This week we invited my friend Steven D’Onofrio to come on the show and talk about his recent trip to Japan. Listen and learn about some of the crazy stuff that goes on there!
We also discuss some recent anime news, including the upcoming Toradora! release, as well as:
Janai
Antz
OtakuAnthony
jaysteevee
vtine
matty
machineslife
Nyanman
