I don’t know that I’d call Nanachi one of my favourite characters of the 2017-18 anime year, but I certainly think there’s no other quite like them, either physically or in terms of what they’ve been through story-wise. The Blue Ribbon of Fabulosity (aka Best Character) Tanuma and Taki (who are rarely seen together in other episodes) both get in some great screen time here, and all up it’s a fantastic opener that serves to remind everyone exactly why Natsume is the way he is, and just how far he’s come since the first season. Not so with season 6, which begins with an episode where Natsume is transformed back into a much younger version of himself – complete with all the insecurities and fears of his childhood and no knowledge of the friends he meets later. That said, I’m used to each season starting off relatively lightly in terms of emotional punch and saving the really big guns for the last couple of episodes. I’ve been a fan of Natsume Yuujinchou for a number of years now it’s one of the few long-running shows I count among my all-time anime favourites. Winner: Natsume Yuujinchou Roku/ Natsume’s Book of Friends season 6 The Shiny Entrance Medal (aka Best Debut Episode) Neither is the idea of going to Antarctica merely used as some kind of gimmick in place of forming a band or whatever somewhat unrealistic as the story might be, it’s serious in all the right places as well as genuinely heartfelt. While Sora yori mo Tooi Basho has its fair share of cute moments, I’m happy to report that the girls do actually progress steadily towards their shared goal – and that they show a truly impressive amount of focus, determination, and spirit along the way. You know the type – moe as hell, with a four or five-strong main female cast who, upon deciding on some lofty goal, then spend the rest of the series drinking tea, having sleepovers, and attending beach ‘training camps’. Going by the synopsis, I naturally assumed this would be nothing more than one of those “cute girls do cute things in a school club that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual club activity” kind of shows. Winner: Sora yori mo Tooi Basho/ A Place Further Than The Universe The Congrats-For-Not-Being-Shit Trophy (aka Biggest Surprise Title) Films, specials, and OVAs, along with any shows that I dropped part-way through or are still ongoing, are automatically disqualified. Also important to note is that only televised shows I watched right through to the end are in the running here. This is because a) scrolling through best-of lists in late December and early January gets old fast, and b) there tends to be less in the way of ongoing titles between the winter and spring seasons. Welcome to the fifth year running of the AAA the one-woman award ceremony where the dress code doesn’t matter and the results are clearly 100% objective/the pinnacle of fine taste.īefore we kick things off, a brief explanation for those who may not be familiar with this highly prestigious ceremony: contrary to the post title, these awards are not for those anime released solely in 2017, but rather for shows released from the start of spring 2017 and finished by the end of winter 2018.
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