Top 25 Anime of 2011 So Far
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 28, 2011 15:37 JST
- Tags: Ano Hi, Endings, Hanasaku Iroha, Moe, Otaku, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Rankings
A ranking of the top new anime of 2011 so far already yields a surprising turnabout – after a tearful ending and doubtless thanks in no small part to the extreme popularity of Anal, the magical puellae have been ousted from their formerly secure top spot.
The ranking (billed as limited to new anime airing in 2011 proper, not that Index and company deigned to take any notice of this):
1. Ano Hi Mita Hana
2. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
3. Tiger & Bunny
4. Steins;gate
5. Blue Exorcist
6. Hanasaku Iroha
7. Hidan no Aria
8. Nichijou
9. Dog Days
10. Star Driver
11. [C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
12. To Aru Majutsu no Index II
13. Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
14. Kaminomizo Shiru Sekai II
15. Ore no Imouto
16. A Channel
17. Kimi ni Todoke 2nd
18. Yondemasu Yo, Azazel-san
19. Gosick
20. Yumekui Merry
21. Gintama II
22. Infinite Stratos
23. Fractale
24. Hourou Musuko
25. Kaiji II
The message would appear to be that when it comes to killing off little girls, quality (Menma) can trump quantity (Madoka et al.). Alternatively, it may be just that anime fans are so fickle as to quickly forget last season’s classics…
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1. Ano Hi Mita Hana
ANARU!!!!
Anaru is definitely best of 2011 for me, I want to see more of her...
she isn't that great
They're all selfish jerks, but she's slutty and is named "anal" so of course she'll be popular.
I did, and yes, she's slutty, at least earlier in the show. She seems to realize it later on.
@01:10: You didn't watch the show if you actually think she's "slutty".
Anime is going to shit..
Ironically its shit is still better than most of the shit produced here.
HOWEVER!
If Game of Thrones starts a trend, which I beg to every being in the higher planes of existence that it does, then we will be in our era finally of books generating SERIES! No more shitty truncated rewritten book movies, but a SERIES to give majesty and power to a whole story as it was meant to be!
Breaking Bad, Falling Skies, Game of Thrones, all of these excellent series are truly showing that great writing IS what makes true art and money!
However even Anime's shit is usually 10 times better than America's best currently. Get Steven Spielburg to produce some more cartoons and we'll have gold again.
> Lots of people disagree with you.
Lots of people wouldn't know any better to begin with.
WTF is up with all these western examples. The whole world isn't USA ya know
I think the 2 above anon's forget that most of the best US Cartoon's aren't even barely shown on Cartoon Network these days. Shit Boomerang has such a backlog of shows they can't even show'em all. Also if you read the credits normally the animation is done on Cartoons are by Japanese or Korean animators. Next he's saying that America's "best" which are normally bad, extremely expensive action movies and drama whores on reality shows.
U no like Schlong of Ice and Fire?
tho i agree with the above said, it still enrages the shit outta me when i hear "america this/that" it is NOT "AMERICA", it is "USA".
america it's the name of the whole motherfucking continent, for fuckin out loud!!!!!
(i also know that most of you ppl, are "americans", so just start your bitchin)
i lol at all the fail anons. Like a pro HouseLife - 3 - b
@23:36 listen america produces the most retarted shit I have ever seen. Never has america ever made ANYTHING as good as Death Note or Code Geass. Plus america flew two planes into two buildings and has the biggest fkn debt in the whole fkn world yet supposedly its the best!?
house life is one of those americans who cannot accept the fact that america is not the best anymore
Too bad Song of Ice and Fire sucks shit through a crazy straw. It's lollerific how bad the first book is.
Lots of people disagree with you.
What are you, anti-america? A crazy japanese anime worshipping fan? Even america produces better cartoons than most of this crap Japans producing.
Slice of Life animes make you think too much?
Does that upset you?
Ano Hana deserves its spot on that list.
It's honest, and doesn't jerk you around like all the wham-moment drama that usually makes an anime popular. For that alone, it deserves to outrank those anime.
Fail list: The World God Only Knows is forgotten after being on some lists as the most anticipated for Spring. Heck I just watched the last episode and it was a great season.
And I liked C. But you don't hear anyone talking about C either.
I won't rank it high, seeing how they didn't air "Keima's shopping with mom" episode.
Heck, that was my most favorite chapter in it's manga.
No it is not forgotten, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II is the world god only knows
Self-inflicted *facepalm*
Manga beats the anime hands down.
It was pretty good I agree. But somewhat underwhelming compared to first season, and Manglobe kind of dropped the ball with animation. Not quite as solid animation-wise either.
Still pretty fun show.
you are a girl?
How is this relevant? o_o;;
It means he is going to rape you o_o .......................... RUN!
So hidan no aria is better than denpa/imouto/gosick/C? you are fucking kidding me....
probaly the queen of tsundere? and the fellows otakus u.uU
this whole list is a wreck, so that's to be expected.
Aria is mediocre at best. The only reason I see it so high is because of the Taiga+Ryuuji VAs.
The only reason for see it its Rie
and that's not even a good reason. After Shana, the poor girl's been pretty much pigeonholed to death. The fact that Aria's mediocrity was being noted by many was a hopeful sign that even the geeks in Akihabara are getting tired of this shit... and then I saw this list. -_-
I am with you, I am going to have to disagree with the order of pretty much all of this.
Yeah...
I flipped my desk over when I saw that.
No, it's merely more popular.
tiger and bunny ... my fave this season
Persona 4 and Fate/Zero will dominate this pathetic list by end of the year.
Yeah cant wait for Persona 4!
*brofist
Welcome home big bro!
Mahou Shoujo should be 1st ><
Oh noes!
Oh yeas!
If a crybaby show about a ghost girl and unlikable characters can beat Madoka's popularity, perhaps Madoka isn't that great of a show.
Dont know how To Aru is not in the top 5, though I'm glad Tiger & Bunny is up there, the show is great considering how cheesy it is (then again old-school super heroes shows = cheesy inherently). I'm much more pleased that Seikon no Qwaser and Yosuga are completely missing from this list. Maybe theres hope for anime fans after all.
To Aru isn't in the top five because it's such an obviously lazy anime. Why rank it higher if they didn't even try?
agree, JC didn't even try to animate that series seriously. The animation was horrible, the drawing was inconsistent, also, too much important information is removed, causing confusion to the anime viewers.
Thanks god I read the novel.
agree maybe there is hope