Sorrow-kun’s List of 50 Great Anime of the Decade 2000-2009

Sorrow-kun — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:30:25 +0000

Our staff’s review of the decade continues, and today I’ll be taking on the massive task of trying to list the best fifty anime that came out this decade, as I saw them. As is fairly obvious by now, I can only list the anime that I saw, and I’ve taken the policy of not putting ongoing series on the list, even though there are a couple of gems that are still currently airing (such as Cross Game and Kemono no Souja Erin). Also, some of the series on this list started airing in 1999, but ending in 2000. You can find a collection of other lists that have been posted on the blogosphere here, and our good friend gaguri, from Ha Neul Seom (하늘섬) has posted his Top 50 here, which I highly recommend.

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Attitudes to Slice-of-Life Comedy Anime

Sorrow-kun — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:16:40 +0000

There’s been a lot of disparity in reactions to the slice-of-life moe comedy genre of late sparked by the recent end of K-On!. A lot of its defenders have fallen back on the idea that “it is what it is”, while its critics have argued that that’s no excuse for mediocrity. My own opinion is that there’s no question that K-On! is mediocre, but there’s merit in the “it is what it is” defense provided one adds appropriate riders. The problem with the “it is what it is” defense is that, if you take it to its logical conclusions, you can’t criticize anything, because everything “is what it is”. What you can criticize something for is how well it achieves its intent. Personal preference inevitably plays a role in criticism, but the fact of the matter is that every genre (and arguably every individual title) has its own unique set of criteria which depend on a number of things, and sound, reasoned criticism is about minimizing the number of criteria which cannot be controlled or influenced by the creators themselves.

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Sorrow-kun’s List of 50 Great Anime of the Decade 2000-2009

Attitudes to Slice-of-Life Comedy Anime