First of all, I want to wish you a happy new year!
Well, this year was a good one. There have been some anime adaptions that I was looking forward to watch, like Btooom! and Code:Breaker. Also, this year we got the new PS Vita console, which is just too awesome.
And now a little overview for 2012~
~Notable anime that aired in 2012~
~Btooom! – is definitely one of my favourites this year. It has everything a good anime should have- likeable characters, a good storyline, nice graphics and some plot twists here and there. And most important there isn’t even a second when you get bored. The main character, a NEET who is in top ten world players on the online game Btooom! is thrown on an island and forced to play the game in real life. If you like survival animes, this one’s for you. Also, if you liked Mirai Nikki, you’ll like Btooom! too.
~Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai – it’s been a while since I had so much fun watching a comedy. This is one of those stories where you can emphasize with the characters because you’ve been through similar situations. The anime is about a guy who had ”eighth grader syndrome”(he thought he had super powers and such) enters high school and meets Rika, a girl who still has the ”syndrome”. The story isn’t only comedy, it gets serious at the end and is more deep than you think at first. I found it really cute and enjoyable.
~Another – one of the best horror animes i’ve ever seen. You can find a review here
~Inu x Boku SS – I don’t know if this one’s shonen or shoujo, but I think anyone can enjoy it. It’s about youkai who live together in a luxurious mansion, using the Secret Service- personal bodyguards who are, of course also youkai. The protagonist is Ririchiyo, a tsundere who doesn’t get along with people and her SS is Miketsukami, a fox youkai who does anything she says. It’s a cute love story, but it also has lots of action. If you like the anime, I suggest you read the manga too.
~Tasogare Otome x Amnesia – I cried a lot at the last episode T-T. You can read the review here
~Kuroko no Basket – it’s the best sports anime I’ve seen so far and I like how it doesn’t require to know how to play to enjoy it. I love how it makes you so curious who’ll win the match. Also, here’s the review.
~Hyouka – it’s a detective story, but not some exaggerated story. The protagonist doesn’t solve murder cases, or other serious things. He just solves everyday mysteries, like stolen objects, or what someone was thinking, or finding out who wrote a letter. Things like that. But the beauty of this anime consists in making any small thing look like an important matter. Also, the characters have some interesting personalities, like Oreki who ”conserves energy” (reminds me of myself :)) ), or Chitanda who is very curious.
~Kore wa Zombie desu ka? – I can’t believe I actually enjoyed this anime :)) .First, I thought it would be just another storyless harem. Well, it IS a storyless harem, but it’s an awesome comedy. The main character is a guy who is killed and becomes a zombie and somehow he gets to live with 3 girls- a loli with a chainsaw, a necromancer and a ninja. This anime is epic, really 😀
~Code:Breaker – it’s a great shonen which has a lot of potential, and the manga has 200+ chapters, too bad it ended at episode 13 (I’m hoping for a season 2…). Well, there are those people with special powers, and 6 of them work for the government – the code:breakers. Their job is to kill those who are evil. There’s lots of action and cute characters.
~some sequels this year : Natsume Yuujinchou season 4, Kimi to Boku 2, Hakuoki Reimeiroku (um, this is a prequel 😀 )
~other great anime this year that I’ve been too lazy to do a small review: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, Hiiro no Kakera, Arcana Famiglia, Sword Art Online, K, Zetsuen no Tempest, Say ”I love you”, and almost every winter season anime.
~notable things in 2012~
~First of all, I’m happy to see some interest in the otome gaming industry, and hopefully, we’ll even get some English game releases. There’s an English otome game called Dandelion,
made by a korean company, and hopefully they’ll release more otome games. Also, Aksys Games will release Hakuouki Bakumatsu Musouroku in English, which isn’t an otome game, but at least it’s from the same series as the Hakuouki otome games.
~Another thing is that this year there have been some otome games anime adaptions, like Hiiro no Kakera and Arcana Famiglia. Maybe this will make more companies release English otome games :3
~The PS Vita hand-held console was released this year, and I have to tell you that it impressed me. And so, Sony is still my favourite console producer. And there are already many good games for it, like Persona 4 Golden, Shinobido 2, Dinasty Warriors Next, Gravity Rush, Ragnarok Odyssey and many more.
~Many of my favourite manga have been finally released in English, like Watashi ni xx Shinasai and some of Tokyopop’s titles have been re-released, like 07-Ghost and Loveless.
~things I’m looking forward to in 2013~
~Well, there are some sequels I can’t wait to watch, like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Uta no Prince-sama, Kuroko no Basket, and of course, Hetalia!
~Animes that I’m looking forward to watch : Amnesia, Maoyu, Hakkenden, Cuticle Detective Inaba and many more.
~MMOs this year: the long-awaited Ragnarok Online 2!! also, Blade&Soul and Phantasy Star 2 (I hope I’ll have enough time T-T)
Well, that’s it for 2012’s overview and I hope you liked it!
Please continue to support me this year too!