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medea10 · 2 years

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Medea’s Superstar Superlative Anime & Games of 2021

So 2021 was one of those years that…what can I say that anyone else hasn’t? We all are getting back into the swing of things and trying to find a bit of normalcy after the shit-storm of 2020. Many of us are stepping back out in the world after being holed up for 18 months or trying to move on after possibly losing a family member to Covid-19. Whatever the case, anime was there to make things bett…or just gave us a distraction while the world turns to shit.

You all know the deal with what I do every year. I give respect to the anime and games I played throughout 2021 with this horribly outdated meme I’ve done for over 10 years. Seriously, I’m sure there are far better ones I could be doing here! If there’s an anime that came out in not 2021 times but I watched it this year, it counts. Now let’s hit it!

First Fandom of 2021: Cells at Work – CODE BLACK

You guys remember Cells at Work, right? Cutesy opening theme where the cast (even the English cast) sing the song, everyone’s happy and peppy, everything is colorful and nice, and the only time there was a big worry was when a cancer cell came in. Yeah…the anime was fine and dandy. But I chose not to give it a proper review for reasons that are out of my hands. So imagine my excitement levels when it was announced that Cells at Work was coming back along with a side-story that was going to be so totally opposite of the actual Cells at Work airing in the same season.

Wow, I did not expect a Cells at Work anime was going to catch my attention, but Code Black reeled me in. Every day in this body is literally a CODE BLACK. It makes Frank’s body from Osmosis Jones look like the peak of physical fitness compared to what this body has going on. There’s obesity, gout, impotence, renal failure, alcoholism, and heart failure that lead to a mighty, big heart attack! We sure this guy wasn’t Roger Ailes? Never mind fighting a cancer cell. Those fuckers appear at random and once a season in the original season! Everyone in this body is fighting to live because the human has some really shitty habits. This is an every day hell! So yeah, this Cells at Work series was addicting to watch.

Favorite Main Character of 2021: Shouko Komi from Komi-san Can’t Communicate

I’m joining the plethora of people who say, “Yes, this was me in high school, #Relatable”!

Okay, where the fuck were these #Relatable people when I was going to school? Because I felt really fucking alienated growing up and the number of people sprouting up relating to Shouko Komi is starting to piss me off.

God bless this girl! She’s trying her darndest to try and make 100 friends at school despite having extreme social anxiety. She’s not cringy like Tomoko from Watamote or super needy like Hitori Bocchi, Komi-san is Komi-san! Aoi Koga just sounds so cute when voicing this character with every gasp, squeak, and grunt she has to voice. Seriously, how much is Aoi Koga being paid here? Komi-san has severe social anxiety that has rendered her unable to communicate properly in front of others. The only way we know what she’s feeling is through facial expressions and what she rights in her notebook. And that’s only if you’re another person she trusts! But I love how determined she is to making new friends at school (even if some of them are certifiably insane). Keep going for that goal Komi-san! You go girl!

Favorite Villain of 2021: The Dark Triad of the Spade Kingdom from Black Clover

I know I gave a villain group from Black Clover a nod last year, mostly for pity sake. This year, wow these guys gave the Clover and Heart Kingdom some major beatdowns. With the introduction of the Dark Triad (Dante, Vanica, and Zenon), manga readers were super ready and super spoily about this. Seriously guys, shut the fuck up and let us enjoy what’s coming. I gotta say it was hard to believe so many characters changed within 6 months time, but I suppose the extra training came in handy for some. Dante, Vanica, and Zenon were just OP and every week an episode hit it was like, “OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK! HOLY SHIT! DID THESE GUYS JUST FUCKING DIE! WHAT THE OH HOLY FUCK”! And other sentiments because you couldn’t believe the shit they did. Unfortunately for me, Black Clover’s anime came to an end back in March leaving me at a total stand-still with seeing more from these ultra baddies (and what the fuck happened to Yami and William). Maybe in 2022, we’ll learn more with the movie they (only) announced. Noelle, Asta, and Yuno need another round two with these guys.

Favorite Video Game Character of 2021: Ni…

…We good here, pal? We got that shit out of our system? Okay then!

Niko from Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise

I adore this little monkey. You know what? I love everyone in HHP, even Wardell. But Niko is just so cute and so helpful. He makes so much use of all those ores and sticks you’ve been storing for a year to make you helpful items for when you’re designing vacation homes. I’m usually not a monkey fan, but I’m willing to make an exception for Niko. Look at how tiny he is! I love it! Oh and the way he hops in picture shots! Somebody get me an amiibo of him!

Favorite Game of 2021: Animal Crossing New Horizons + Happy Home Paradise

Tough choice! There were a lot of games I actually played this year. Miitopia came back and I had fun with the quirky madlib of RPG’s. Pokemon Snap and several Mario games also came into the picture. And then Diamond and Pearl! But Animal Crossing had that staying power from last year and continued to dominate for more fun. Trust me, the world becoming a bleaker hellhole made it less so with this game. And with recent additions like Brewster’s café, crops, cooking, new recipes, random islands with Kapp’n, and even the DLC extra game, Animal Crossing gave fans so much they asked for and more.

And Senor Froggy chair!

Favorite Het Couple of 2021: Tamahiko Shima x Yuzuki Tachibana from Taishou Maiden Fairytale

Oooh, this couple is just too cute for me to pass up! Tamahiko came from a prominent family that recently shunned him. Yuzuki was purchased by Tamahiko’s father to be his bride. Yeah, this part of the story does not look good on paper. Tamahiko’s father is scum and this is the 1920s! Thankfully, Tamahiko doesn’t act like a spoiled brat of a wealthy family. In fact, he’s quite the gentleman to Yuzuki. And then there’s Yuzuki! Because this is the 1920’s, I can’t help but think she’s an ancestor of Tohru Honda. She is that pure! She came to Tamahiko’s house to be his bride and she will happily do that.

Granted, both of these silly kids are awkward when actual romance does ensue! I do believe Tamahiko cares for this girl. Probably because this is the only kindness Tamahiko received in his entire life. His family refused to show any sort of love and because of the wealth, he was seen as an outcast everywhere else. Yuzuki doesn’t get bothered by anything really (aside from her floofy hair and giant tits). Tamahiko deserves every kind of happiness and I’m glad Yuzuki is in his life.

Favorite Yuri Couple of 2021: Tohru x Kobayashi from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

Before this came along, I had a lot of Yuri contenders because of animes like Otherside Picnic and Bloom Into You. But fuck that, Tohru and Kobayashi are back!

Yes, this is very much one-sided as fuck! We all know how crazy Tohru can get about Miss Kobayashi. At times, it did hit fever-pitch like when Tohru artistically expressed her feelings for Miss Kobayashi. This season we got a lot of choice moments between Kobayashi and Tohru and a few silly moments. Kobayashi will continue to be there for Tohru no matter what Tohru’s father says. And Tohru will always be there to protect Kobayashi. Seriously, that man should have never slapped Kobayashi. We all knew Tohru was going to go savage on his ass.

Best of all, the second season gave us a genuine “I love you” from Tohru. I know Kobayashi didn’t respond like Tohru wanted, but it’s what we all knew she would take it. And then the faux wedding scene! A dragon can dream, right?

Favorite Yaoi Couple of 2021: …

I did not watch a yaoi anime this year. I know, shocking! I could have put any old slightly canon yaoi ship in this category, but my heart wasn’t really into it. Ash x Goh is still on my mind, but I don’t support it up the ass like I normally would. I mean, I did technically finish one this year. But what else can I say about this couple that I haven’t already in last year’s list and the review I put out?

Ash Lynx x Eiji Okumura from Banana Fish

It was beautiful while it lasted.

Fandom That You Didn’t Expect to Get Into: Mushoku Tensei – Jobless Reincarnation

Yeah, I didn’t think I was going to love the fuck out of this going in. I mean let’s face it, it’s another fucking isekai. But sitting there watching every episode and watching Rudeus grow from episode to episode was just amazing to watch. This guy gets to have a second chance after having the worst experiences ever in his previous life and eventually grow from it. We watch Rudeus grow from episode to episode, not just physically from baby to teenager but grow as a person and mage. Now the actual isekai adventure doesn’t really happen until the end of season one, it was nice to see Rudeus mature (for the most part). Yeah, this series can get very perverted. VERY perverted! Perversion aside, Rudeus being reborn as someone from a different world and time gave this poor soul a chance at redemption. And who doesn’t like a good redemption?

Fandom That Made An Unexpected Comeback: Violet Evergarden

We had good comebacks in 2021 like Demon Slayer. We had bad comebacks in 2021 like The Promised Neverland. And then…I watched the Violet Evergarden movie and…

DAMMIT, WHO’S CUTTING THE FUCKING ONIONS?!

Of all the fucking stories to make a comeback in the movie, it had to be Ann. The one story that made me ugly-cry! Okay, it wasn’t just this and it wasn’t just the movie. I think it was because of Miss Kobayashi’s return to television that I found myself looking at other KyoAni productions and rewatching a lot of the work I’ve seen once before. Violet Evergarden was just so beautiful that I couldn’t stop it at one viewing. Also with rewatching, I went back to this annoying thought in the back of my head that had to do with Violet and the major. I felt like something was off and thought it would be nice if the movie could address that uneasy feeling I had. I was right to feel that way. I’m glad I saw what I saw. This movie is beautiful. The entire series is a treasure. Long live KyoAni!

And as much as this will make me ugly-cry, I’m so happy Ann lived a full and happy life after losing her mother at a young age. *sniffs* She kept the letters even after her death! She deserves all the happiness in the world.

Fandom That Inspired the Most Crack: Redo of Healer

Most crack or most pussy?!

I couldn’t believe this. Remember last year when Interspecies Reviewers crossed a line with consensual sex between brothel workers and paying John’s? This anime nuked that line! This anime had no consenting when it came to sex. It wasn’t even sex. It was rape! Not just rape, but date-rape, incest-rape, gender-swapping-rape, and revenge-rape. And what is revenge rape? It’s Redo of Healer! How could I continue watching this after episode 2? Because apparently women like me are drawn to this smut. At least that’s what the creator said! And was he right? Sadly yes.

And to top it all off, this series wasn’t even banned from Japanese television and the U.S. licensor was willing to keep airing this week by week. Sentai Filmworks has no shame whatsoever and they should have been the ones to license Interspecies Reviewers last year and not those prudes at FUNimation. How?! How was this anime allowed to air with everything happening?! It was addicting to watch. This series was an addiction that even people who aren’t fully into ecchi material had to continue binge watching because you wanted to know what happened next to Keyaru. And we really need a continuation! I’m a sick fuck for even asking this, but come on guys. There was one last person Keyaru needed to exact revenge upon. Granted he’s a sick fuck that violated Keyaru numerous times, I would just like to see closure. I’m also curious to know how far this series is willing to go after everything we saw up to this point.

Last Fandom of 2021: Blue Period

I love this anime and to tell you the truth, this anime hurts. I’ve been in this situation (though different from Yataro). I’ve been an art student before. I’ve struggled trying to get into college with my work. I suffered through the pain of being among peers who are clearly better than me. I’ve experienced all kinds of critiques that caused a shift in my mood and my art work. So when an anime decides to delve into art students trying to enter the college world and suffering through all the things I went through, I feel a sick twinge in my stomach and want to see how this plays out.

And then all the beautiful art work. All of the beautiful art…God damn, these are high school students and I feel fucking inferior with everything I’ve ever created. And yet…every week, it does light a bit of a spark in me to see if I can pick up a sketchbook or canvas again.

#blue period #redo of healer #violet evergarden #mushoku tensei jobless reincarnation #banana fish #ash lynx #eiji okumura #tohru #Kobayashi #miss kobayashi's dragon maid #taishou otome otogibanashi #tamahiko shima #niko #animal crossing new horizons #komi-san can't communicate #shouko komi #cells at work code black #black clover #yuzuki tachibana

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metalandmagi · 2 years

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So a couple of weeks ago, I made my own list of nominations for the Anime Awards, just because. I posted some of the other more jokey categories I came up with, including: Worst Girl and Prettiest Protagonist, but I never posted my full real list.

So here are my real picks if I were making my own anime awards. How many do you agree with? Or should I have my weeb card revoked?

Couple things to consider: I’m counting JoJo Stone Ocean as 2021 because an entire cour dropped at once, so why not? I’m not going to include the categories for best director (because I don’t have a good way to measure who should be considered the best) or best film (because I’ve only seen a few anime movies from 2021 and felt it wouldn’t really be fair to compare things I haven’t seen) But my pick for best film is the Shirobako movie, and best director should probably go to Sonny Boy.

There is no rhyme or reason for which title translations I use. Some are the English version, some are in Japanese.

Also I’ve only seen one episode of Odd Taxi and Vivy, so don’t @ me. I included them where I could.

Anime of the Year:

To Your Eternity

Fruits Basket the final season

King’s Ranking

Attack on Titan the final season part 1

The Aquatope on the White Sand

Shadows House

Best Boy:

Tamahiko Shima (Taishou Maiden Fairytale)

Izumi Miyamura (Horimiya)

Boji (King’s Ranking)

Noé Archiviste (Vanitas no Carte)

Red Blood Cell AA2153 (Cells at Work Code Black)

Gugu (To Your Eternity)

Best Girl: (yes there’s 8 nominations)

Yuzuki Tachibana (Taishou Maiden Fairytale)

Emilico (Shadows House)

Shouko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate)

Sawaki Momoe (Wonder Egg Priority)

Sarasa Watanabe (Kageki Shoujo)

Parona (To Your Eternity)

Ogiwara Sayu (Higehiro)

Fuka Miyazawa (The Aquatope on White Sand)

Best Protagonist:

Koguma (Super Cub)

Kukuru Misakino (The Aquatope on White Sand)

Fushi (To Your Eternity)

Jolyne Kuujou (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)

Shiroe (Log Horizon season 3)

Yoshida (Higehiro)

Best Antagonist:

Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket the final season)

Adam (Sk8 The Infinity)

Edward (Shadows House)

Hayase (To Your Eternity)

Kanade Uryu (Platinum End)

Tetsuji Suwa-aka Kukuru’s asshole supervisor (The Aquatope on White Sand)

Best Fight Scene:

Jujutsu Kaisen cour 2- Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami

Demon Slayer Mugen Train- Rengoku vs. Akaza

Vivy Flourite Eye’s Song- Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani

Dragon Maid S- Elma vs. Tohru

Boruto- Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki (I don’t even watch Boruto, but I have to admit, once a year, they pull out a fight scene that’s absolutely god tier)

Takt Op. Destiny- Cosette/Destiny and Takt vs. Black Stone D2

Best Animation: (I think it’s cheating to count Mugen Train because it’s movie budget animation, but otherwise, it would be on here)

Demon Slayer Mugen Train

Beastars season 2

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

Vivy Flourite Eye’s Song

Jujtsu Kaisen cour 2

Mushoku Tensei (I don’t even like this show, but it definitely deserves to win this one)

Wonder Egg Priority

Best Character Design:

Odd Taxi

King’s Ranking

Heike Monogatari

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

Takt Op. Destiny

Sk8 The Infinity

Best Score:

Fruits Basket the final season

To Your Eternity

Those Snow White Notes

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Sonny Boy

Best VA Performance, Japanese:

Yuuki, Aoi- Kumoko (So I’m A Spider, So What?)

Sakamoto, Maaya - Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket the final season)

Satou, Rina - Hiling (King’s Ranking)

Kawashima, Reiji - Fushi (To Your Eternity)

Kamiya, Hiroshi - Uramichi Omota (Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan)

Koyasu, Takehito - Adam (Sk8 The Infinity)

Best VA Performance, English: (I didn’t watch many dubs this year, but some of the English performances were just as good as the Japanese, so that’s why there are some repeats)

Colleen Clinkenbeard- Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket the final season)

Marisa Duran- Lou & Louise (Shadows House)

Kira Buckland- Jolyne Kuujou (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)

David Wald- Adam (Sk8 The Infinity)

Adam Gibbs- Hyakimaru (Dororo) YES I’M COUNTING IT, THE DUB CAME OUT LAST YEAR AND HE DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED

Ricco Fajardo-Tatsumi Koutaro (Zombie Land Saga Revenge)

Best OP:

Sakugan

My Senpai is Annoying

Pretty Boy Detective Club

Attack on Titan the final season part 1

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

To Your Eternity

Best Ed:

Shadows House

King’s Ranking

Beastars season 2

Sk8 The Infinity

So I’m A Spider, So What?

Horimiya

Best Action:

Demon Slayer Mugen Train

Kemono Jihen

Jujutsu Kaisen cour 2

Dr. Stone season 2

Attack on Titan the final season part 1

Wonder Egg Priority (I don’t consider this an “action show” but it does have good action scenes)

Best Comedy:

My Senpai Is Annoying

Heaven’s Design Team

Cells At Work season 2

Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

Osomatu Season 3 cour 2

Best Drama:

Beastars season 2

Cells at Work Code Black

Kageki Shoujo

Blue Period

Heike Monogatari

Best Romance:

Taishou Maiden Faiytale

Fruits Basket the final season

Horimiya

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

My Senpai is Annoying

The Quintessential Quintuplets season 2

Best Fantasy:

Shadows House

To Your Eternity

King’s Ranking

Fena Pirate Princess

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime season 2

The Faraway Paladin (yes, I chose this instead of Mushoku Tensei, because Will is actually a likable protagonist)

But who cares what I think? What does everyone else want to win? Is anyone else as ridiculous as I am and made their own list of nominees? I need to be validated.

#i'm fully aware that no one will read this #i was just bored okay #crunchyroll anime awards #anime recommendations

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