J-E Discussion

[Arcanine]

2009 and 2010 created very little in terms of memorable series in my opinion

2009:
Sora no Otoshimono
Clannad: After Story (Started at the end of 2008, but the bulk of the eps were in 2009, so take your pick on this one)
Toradora! (Same as Clannad)
K-ON!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

2010:
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Started at the end of 2009)
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
Durarara!!
Angel Beats!
WORKING!!
K-ON!!
Sora no Otoshimono Forte (Started at the end of 2010)
STAR DRIVER (Started at the end of 2010)
Ore no Imouto
Otome Youkai Zakuro


And there's some others.
I'm not saying that 2009/10 was more or less memorable then 2011. But them two years had some really really good series and to dismiss them like that...

 

[Weeaboo Name]

SOme of those titles are ok but compare that to 2007...

Baccano!
Darker than Black
Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
First Eva remake film
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Higurashi
Hidamari Sketch (Totally non biased inclusion on list.)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Kara no Kyoukai
Lucky Star
Mononoke
Gundam 00
Moyasimon
Nodame Cantabile
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Shakugan no Kugimiya
Shugo Chara!
Genshiken
Strike Witches

08, 09, 10 were pretty bad.

 

[parallelzero]

Apparently 2007 wasn't very good either. XD

 

[digi-kun]

I like how you're grouping the entire series into one year like that. Like the Strike Witches OVA (in which Strike Witches wasn't all that good either), Shana II wasn't that good, The fist two Kara no Kyoukai don't have as much impact as the rest, etc.

Also, I can easily generate a list that big of good anime from 2008-2010 (each) given a list of stuff that aired. It's not really that hard.

Also the Touch DVD box set came out late 2005, watch me call the curve there being people buying the Touch Box set XD

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Took another look at this years shows and imo it's actually not a lot stronger than the last few, the only real standout show has been Penguindrum and that might fall flat on it's face in weeks to come. Of course we have titles like Guilty Crown and Mirai Nikki to come but it doesn't look like it'll be better than 03 - 07, meh.

And for 08 and 09 I couldn't.

 

[Arcanine]

Digi has a new theme OMG!
Had to get that out there. XD

As for Penguindrum being the only stand out series this year? Really?... I don't know what to say... I'm speechless.

 

[digi-kun]

No faith in the guy that directed Utena. For shame

At the same time, look at how many shows there were airing along with them. The saturation of good shows is without a doubt better. As for 2011, here's my list currently (including prospective, not including stuff I watched and liked, but nearly no one else watched, or stuff I haven't finished)
Madoka Magica
Gosick
Cardfight Vanguard (My biased inclusion)
Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?
Tiger & Bunny
Nichijou
Hanasaku Iroha
Steins;Gate
A Channel
Control
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Denpa Onna
Ao no Exorcist
Ikoku Meiru no Croisee
Usagi Drop
Penguin Drum
Guilty Crown
fate/zero
Persona 4
Mirai Nikki
Gundam AGE
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (very debatable)

And then to prove a point and back up my statement. At the very least, all the shows noted are worth looking at. (Besides Strike Witches. That's just there cuz -Lapras- put the series into the 2007 slot)
2008:
Spice and Wolf
ARIA the Origination
Chii's Sweet Home
Allison and Lillia
Macross Frontier
kure-nai
Itazura na Kiss
Daughter of 20 Faces
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
(actual) Strike Witches
Natsume Yuujinchou
Eve no Jikan
ToraDora!
Casshern SINS
CLANNAD After Story
Tentai Senshi Sunred
Kannagi
To Aru Majutsu no Index
ga-rei Zero
ef ~A Tale of Melodies

2009:
White Album
Hetalia (regardless of my thoughts of it, the fandom is obviously there)
Sengoku BASARA
K-On!
Phantom
Valkyria Chronicles
FMA Brotherhood
Natsu no Arashi
Eden of the East
NEEDLESS
Bakemonogatari
CANAAN
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Railgun
Sora no Otoshimono
Kobato
Kimi no Todoke
Sasameki Koto
Fairy Tail

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Ok, Penguindrum and Usagi Drop are the only real stand out shows so far this year. Madoka, Steins;Gate, Squiddy and Mardock Scramble were close as well.

As for your lists I only really loved Tokyo Magnitude, Clannad, Spicy Wolf, Bakemono and the ones from this year I mentioned above. I'm yet to watch a lot mind.

Baccano!, TTGL, Moyasimon, Higurashi, SZS from 2007 all scored 8 or 9/10 with me and well, nothing has so far this year.

 

[digi-kun]

On the exceptionally good, my 2011 list becomes Madoka, Vanguard, Tiger & Bunny, Steins;Gate, Flowers, Usagi, Penguin, with high hopes on Guilty Crown, fate/zero and Mirai Nikki. Trails in the Sky I want to be good, but don't think it'll end up being so. Gundam Age is the initial "lol Inazuma Eleven characters are dying" feeling XD persona 4 i have the hope for a good translation over to anime

I'm generally a lot more lenient on my rankings. I really need to go into my list someday and rerank everything sometime, get that Gaussian curve going.

 

[MagicalNeko]

I have to say I thought 2009/2010 was kinda boring ^^;; there was some stuff I watched but nothing that will stick in my mind in a few years time apart from Bakatest and Toradora. I loved 2007 soooo much, I hope we get a return of 2007 ^^;;

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Oh Kenji Kamiyama, director of Seirei no Moribito, GitS SAC and Eden of the East has a new anime coming out. The announcement will be made on the 4th of October but just having a new work from him is sorta exciting.

 

[digi-kun]

Still calling an underestimation of 2009, but that's me knowing that absolutely no one here has watched/will watch Cross Game, watched Summer Wars until recently, counts Eden of the East complete due to Paradise Lost apparently not having been subbed, rant rant rant, rage rage rage, etc.

 

[parallelzero]

So Kamisama Dolls... looks like we're getting a movie or a second season or something? The last bit of the last episode made no real sense to me. XD

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Doooods, Giant Killing was good stuff. Should have really been a 50+ episode series but as I said, really good stuff.

 

[Arcanine]

Yea I see Kamisama Dolls getting a movie. Because I think they were pretty much at the end and could have finished things with 2 or so more eps.
Overall I liked the series, nothing mind blowing or anything like that. But it's one of the shows I wanted to watch right away when I downloaded it every week.


Know what else doesn't make sense? Blood-C. OMG that show is messed up. I swear they all got together and said "Lets make a show. It's going to be about blood, gore, blood, and clueless stupid people with no common sense." and then wrote a story based around the blood to go along with the blood.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

The developments of episode 11 should have happened in 4 or 5, i mean everyone saw that coming. I also called the antagonist right at the beginning. If only the show had some sence of forced deepness it could have been the new Elfen Lied. As a Clamp fan I will forgive them as long Gate 7 stays interesting.

 

[Arcanine]

Ep 11 had a few twists but still... it's all stupid. I don't know where they wanted to go with the show, it's like it was written by a bunch of 10 year olds that think blood and gore is awesome and cool.

As for the antagonist... I called it from the first moment I saw him. I don't know if I said something about it to David at the time, but still I knew it was him right from the start.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

Homerun-chan said (5/27/11):
How much you wanna bet that Funimation will get it [the Persona 4 anime] and completely replace the entire cast?
Alan S. said (5/27/11):
fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu--

Well, it was Sentai who got it, not Funimation. Close enough.

Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday it has licensed the Persona 4 The Animation television anime series.

Sentai Filmworks will digitally distribute the series "soon through many outlets," and will release the show on both DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.

In any case, if Sentai's going to bother getting the original English dub actors for bloody Rozen Maiden just to dub a two-episode OVA, then they had better get the original actors from the game. Then again, these were the same morons who thought it was a good idea to replace the entire cast of Xenosaga when they licensed the anime adapation for that one, back when they still called themselves ADV Films.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

I'm not planning on watching any of those dubbed so it's all gravy.

I read some manga about an idol becoming a pro wrestler is getting animated, I would have watched if she was joining an underground UFC league.

Ryuusei no Gemini gets a lot of hate but I quite liked it, enjoyed the UNTZ, liked Suou and the plot wasn't much worse than the first season. I will be hoping for a third season or at least another ova.

 

[parallelzero]

Wow, this week's Penguindrum...

Spoiler:

I was a bit afraid near the end there, thinking Kanba was going to give up his life in place of Himari. I'm glad it didn't work, but only because I like his character more than Himari. I'm not sure where they're going with all this though. The black rabbits are obviously the two children with Mr. Pink Hair (who I can see being the antagonist, though I guess "Fate" is really the antagonist at this point). All we can do is wait until next week... when we hopefully get a new opening and ending sequence.

EDIT: lol @ the ending to BLOOD-C. If I didn't hate the antagonist so much I definitely wouldn't be catching the movie finale when it comes to DVD in like 2013. >.>;