Best Anime of 2010: Tournament-style

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Postby blkmage » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:14 pm

<23\Eva2.2222222222>

This is the reason I like Evangelion now.
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Postby Mr. Hat'n'Clogs » Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:15 pm

Abstaining. I really want to see Rebuild, but I have to get a copy of it first.
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Postby TWWK » Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:17 pm

I'm a pretty big Evangelion fan...but I'm gonna vote Working! here. I LOVED that show. It was funny, sweet and had some unique and fun characters. The setting was fun, each episode was better than the last, and it was completely new, unlike Eva.

Go Working!! Let's take down Goliath, people!

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Postby blkmage » Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:29 pm

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Working!!: 1
Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: 4


Young boy, became a legend

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[SIZE="6"]Kuragehime vs. Shiki[/SIZE]


[SIZE="4"]Kuragehime (海月姫)[/SIZE]
KURARA
Rank: 4
Aired: Fall 2010
Studio: Brains Base
Director: Takahiro Omori
Cast: Hanazawa Kana, Saiga Mitsuki
Adaptation: Manga by Higashimura Akiko
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <4+Kuragehime>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]Shiki (屍鬼)[/SIZE]
They work just like in the movies
Rank: 8
Aired: Summer 2010
Studio: Daume
Director: Amino Tetsuro
Cast: Uchiyama Kouki, Ohkawa Toru, Okitsu Kazuyuki
Adaptation: Novel by Ono Fuyumi
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <8+Shiki>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]
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Postby Atria35 » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:03 pm

<4+Kuragehime>

Funny/sweet trap anime vs. badly-paced (though recently doing much better) vampire anime with strange hair?

It's a trap!
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Postby Tancos » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:06 pm

<4+Kuragehime>
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Postby MightiMidget » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:14 pm

I love them both, but....

<8+Shiki>

I love the trippy art, I love the music, I love the pacing, characters, everything about it. That plus I'm fairly sure it's going to lose so it needs at least one vote. :P
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Postby Falx » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:24 pm

Didn't Working get two votes?

Anyway, abstaining from this, haven't seen either.
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:02 pm

<4+Kuragehime>
I'm voting for the Princess Jellyfish! :D It's a really refreshing anime, and very different from anything I've seen.

CLARA! :D

I haven't seen enough of Shiki to really adore it or hate it yet... I only got to like episode 7, but the art style just...really freaks me out! XD
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Postby mechana2015 » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:01 am

<4+Kuragehime>

Wins, if only because the art style is consistent and enjoyable to look at.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:38 am

<8+Shiki>

Gotta keep those vampires down man.
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Postby blkmage » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:36 am

Falx (post: 1441838) wrote:Didn't Working get two votes?

Anyway, abstaining from this, haven't seen either.

The second vote came in after the deadline.
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Postby MasterDias » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:06 pm

<8+Shiki>

It's actually pretty amusing that the two currently airing noitaminA shows wound up facing each other.
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Postby blkmage » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:10 pm

<8+Shiki>

Both shows are good, but I'm kind of surprised that it's so close. I thought it would swing heavily towards one or the other.
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Postby Mr. Hat'n'Clogs » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:52 pm

<4+Kuragehime> I haven't seen either yet, but Kuragehime is Brains Base, so I'll vote for it.
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Postby blkmage » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:21 pm

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Kuragehime: 5
Shiki: 4


No hipsters allowed.

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[SIZE="6"]Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto vs. Bungaku Shoujo[/SIZE]


[SIZE="4"]Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto (STAR DRIVER 輝きのタクト)[/SIZE]
Mecha-Utena
Rank: 11
Aired: Fall 2010
Studio: BONES
Director: Igarashi Takuya
Cast: Miyano Mamoru, Hayami Saori, Fukuyama Jun
Adaptation: Original by Enokido Yoji
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <11 StarDriver>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]Bungaku Shoujo (文学少女)[/SIZE]
Bibliophagy
Rank: 15
Aired: Spring 2010
Studio: Production I.G.
Director: Tada Shunsuke
Cast: Hanazawa Kana, Irino Miyu, Hirano Aya, Mizuki Nana
Adaptation: Light novel by Nomura Mizuki
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <15 BungakuShoujo>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:41 pm

YAAAAY GO Jellyfish you're my underdog! :3

I'm voting for:
<11 StarDriver>
Because not only do I want to see this, but there is a fox in it....
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Postby Atria35 » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:50 pm

I helped nominate it, and haven't seen the other, so

<15 BungakuShoujo>
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Postby blkmage » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:04 pm

<11 StarDriver>

I really like Bungaku Shoujo. I like the concept and I liked the first volume. Heck, I even liked the OVAs and the movie. But that's only because I have the necessary grounding from reading the first novel. The story that's presented in the movie requires so much prior investment in the characters that it doesn't work as a standalone movie and that's where I think it fails.

Star Driver is something I've been pushing and praising since before the first episode. It's got the perfect storm of the right people working on it and so far it hasn't disappointed me. Maybe I am a bit too forgiving, but this thing is totally my cup of tea. It combines the best of various genres that I like, it breaks a bunch of tropes, and it also does something that not many shows do now, which is having an episode structure that it strictly adheres to.

A show like Durarara!! is all about what's going to happen and what the characters do. Because the plot and much of the mechanics of the world of Star Driver is so structured and almost predictable, it becomes a show about why these things happen.
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Postby Falx » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:38 pm

<11 StarDriver>

While it isn't my cup of tea and I am actually no longer watching it, at least it didn't have characters that I outright despised.
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Postby MightiMidget » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:26 pm

<11 StarDriver>

Haven't seen the other, but love SD. =)
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Postby blkmage » Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:39 am

Falx (post: 1442041) wrote:<11 StarDriver>

While it isn't my cup of tea and I am actually no longer watching it, at least it didn't have characters that I outright despised.

But you're supposed to despise Miu; they even got Hirano Aya to voice her, dohohohoho.
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Postby MasterDias » Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:04 pm

<11 StarDriver>

Star Driver is pretty good. Haven't seen Bungaku Shoujo.
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Postby blkmage » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:27 pm

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Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto: 5
Bungaku Shoujo: 1


Book Girl and the Galactic Pretty Boy

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And there you have it, the first round is over. And here is your Round of 16:

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Ties
Now that we have some datums, ties will no longer be broken immediately by the power of randomness. Instead, we'll be using total score differential from here on out. Unless, of course, that's also a tie.

Matchups
Randomness was just for seeding. They'll be heading down their respective brackets in the normal way. This also means that you can trace out possible future matchups and vote accordingly taking into account the above.

9 December: Sora no Woto vs. FMA: Brotherhood
10 December: Summer Wars vs. Katanagatari
11 December: Black Rock Shooter vs. Cross Game
12 December: Ookiku Furikabutte: Summer Tournament chapter vs. Tegami Bachi
13 December: Eve no Jikan vs. HEROMAN
14 December: The Tatami Galaxy vs. Tamayura
15 December: Durarara!! vs. Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0
16 December: Kuragehime vs. Star Driver

We'll be taking a break today. Voting for the next round will begin in approximately 24 hours.
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Postby Atria35 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:33 pm

Oh, man. This is gonna have such hard matchups! I'm honestly torn on how I'm going to vote on some of them.
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Postby Midori » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:15 pm

Oh I am so not looking forward to the day after tomorrow.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:21 am

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Postby Falx » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:25 am

15th is going to be the hard one for me.

Everytime I make up my mind to vote for EVA 2.22 I think of a reason to vote for DRRR!! instead.

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Postby Mr. Hat'n'Clogs » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:15 pm

I think I'm going to have be hoping for Summer Wars to win this, though I doubt it can beat out Brotherhood. I don't think it's going to be hard for me until round 3, however.
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Postby blkmage » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:26 pm

Round 2 begins.

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[SIZE="6"]Sora no Woto vs. FMA: Brotherhood[/SIZE]


[SIZE="4"]Sora no Woto (ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト)[/SIZE]
"K-ON! with Guns"
Rank: 12
Aired: Winter 2010
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Director: Kanbe Mamoru
Cast: Aoi Yuuki, Endo Aya, Kitamura Eri, Kobayashi Yuu, Kanemoto Hisaka
Adaptation: Original work
Defeated: K-ON!!
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <12~SoraNoWoto>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]FMA: Brotherhood (鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST)[/SIZE]
"Just like the manga"
Rank: 2
Aired: Spring 2009
Studio: BONES
Director: Irie Yasuhiro
Cast: Park Romi, Kugimiya Rie
Adaptation: Manga by Arakawa Hiromu
Defeated: House of Five Leaves
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <2;FMA:Brohood>[/color]

[color="Red"]Voting closes at 2300 EST.[/color]
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