Welcome to ResetEra's Anime Series/Franchise of the Decade voting thread. This thread allows us to look back on the various anime's that came out this past decade. We use this thread to celebrate those that stood out in the crowed rabble of the medium that is anime. As well as to help guide both newcomers and veterans of the medium towards interesting anime.
For better or worse anime can be a difficult medium to get into. Whether it be from the lack of knowledge of what shows are out there; to certain stereotypes (both true and falsely equated ones) associated with anime as a medium making one uncertain if they want to try it out. The overall goal of this community AOTD voting/results thread is to both celebrate the quality works of the past decade, while also being a reference in helping someone find a better example of the medium to watch.
Please read the rules below, failure to comply with the rules can lead to your ballot being disqualified. If you are uncertain about any aspects of the rules, please PM me and I'll do my best to clarify on the subject.
AOTY 2019 Voting Thread
Voting Rules
Cut-Off:
The vote will be closing on June 30st, 2020 at 11:59PM EST. Any vote posted or editing of previously posted vote after said time will not be counted.
Categories:
There are two main categories that everyone will be voting on:
Anime Series/Franchise of the Decade – Top 25
Anime Movie of the Decade – Top 10
You will be voting up to your top 25 TV + OVA (please read OVA section below for more info) Anime series of the decade. Further clarification on what this exactly means will be included in the below section of Eligibility. You will also be voting up to your top 10 Anime Movies of the decade. You can include any number of Honorable Mentions. Honorable Mentions can be Shows/Movies/OVA from this decade that didn't make the list you felt others would enjoy. When listing Honorable Mentions, please include the words Honorable Mentions above said list so we don't accidentally confuse them for your main voting ballot.
You do not have to use up all 25 of your slots, for some of you there may be only 10 shows you really liked this past decade. If so, just do a list up to 10 and don't bother trying to fill out the other 15 slots with shows you didn't enjoy. This larger number of slots is for those of us who eat a much higher quantity of anime. There is a handful of us who wouldn't have trouble filling 50 slots if given the chance. All I'm saying is, don't feel pressured to fill out all your slots; if you can't think of any other anime you watched the was enjoyable enough or well made enough to get a spot on your list. Then there is no need to just fill the space with something you felt subpar.
Please note for Anime Series/Franchise vote, the voting goal is to rank based off a series for any tv/ova content that has both aired between 2010 and 2019 and you have seen. You only need to rank via content of the franchise you have seen. So if you've only seen Pokemon Sun & Moon from the Pokemon franchise this past decade; you will only vote off that content quality. Please attempt (key word attempt) to keep any enjoyment or dislike of any content of a series that aired prior to the 2010 deadline from affecting your vote. There really is no true way to do this, thus the focus on the word attempt.
Eligibility:
Anime TV + OVA Series – Any Anime TV series that aired between 2010 to 2019 and any OVA Series that released in Japan between 2010 to 2019 is eligible to be voted for. Also, any series that began airing prior to 2010, but lasted at least one season into 2010 (March/April) is eligible as well. This means shows like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is voteable on, as well as never ending long runners like One Piece or Case Closed can also be voted on.
Why Series/Franchises are bundled together: This choice to bundle shows into just Series/Franchises came together after talking with various others the past few weeks. Trying to find what the best solution is to this no-good solution issue. Thus, it was decided upon that bundling up shows by their Series/Franchises (excluding the exceptions to the rule which can be found below) would be the fairest way of conducting this vote. There are 2 main factors behind this: the first being this make it an even playing field for many split multi-season shows. This includes shows like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure which would be split into 4 seasons normally (and 4 possible votes), compared to a single run of Hunter x Hunter 2011. By bundling it together, it is forcing you to view JoJo a single entry just as HxH 2011 is. The second being, it allows for more variety on said lists with these multi-seasons, by split seasons being pushed into a single vote. This also allows shows that had a single season have more chance to appear compared to the public mindshare hogging multi-season split series.
Exceptions to bundling: I'll get this out of the way, there is logic and reason behind why A series is forced to be bundled while B series is allowed multiple votes for its various entries. It generally comes down to the factors of if there is source material involved and continual. When there is source material involved (usually manga/LN),a multi-season anime is either adapting the same exact series or is adapting a sequel to said series. In both cases, there is continual connection between the two shows thus they get bundled when it comes to voting.
Continual aspects are often found even in original Animes that get sequels, but, since I'm writing all this out there are obviously exceptions to the rule. This often times comes about from certain spin-offs that extremely differ from their base material, kids anime and Fate with it's continual aspects being much harder to grasp due to it being a VN with branching paths
The Following are Exceptions from Series Bundling (Please note, this list may not be final. If someone finds a show or spinoff, I didn't include please alert me. If it fits the bill, I will add it to the list here and inform anyone who voted the bundled entry about said change):
Precure/Pretty Cure Series: I don't believe there are any entries that are direct sequels/prequels of another, so all entries can be voted on separately for this series.
Aikatsu!: Same as Precure, unless an entry is a direct sequel/prequel each can be voted separately
Digimon Series: As like above, unless direct sequels/prequels each can be voted separately
Yu-Gi-Oh! Series: Same as above.
PriPara & Pretty Rhythm: These two series will be separate entries.
Gundam Series: The splitting for Gundam entries are the following. Gundam Age = Gundam Age. Gundam Build Fighters = Gundam Build Fighters + Try. Gundam Build Drivers = Gundam Build Drivers + Re:Rise. Gundam: G no Reconguista = Gundam: G no Reconguista. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn = Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA + RE:0096 tv entry. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin = Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin OVA + Advent of Red Comet tv entry. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans = Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S1 + S2. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt = Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt S1 + S2.
Fate/Zero: Just Fate/Zero Series entries
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works: Just the UBW Series Entries
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note: Just this show
Fate/Apocrypha: Just this show
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: All seasons + OVAs of just this spinoff .
Fate/Grand Order: Any TV entry or OVA entry from the Grand Oder line of Fate included here.
Garo Series: Each of the three entities of the Garo Series will be separate entries that can each be voted on separately.
A Certain Magical Index & A Certain Scientific Rail Gun: These two will be separate entities, with each sequel under said series umbrella.
Love Live Series: For reasons Sunshine and the Original Love Live Series will be separate entries.
OVAs: Just to clarify, any OVA that is extra content to a preexisting show like High Score Girl: Extra Stage would be included into your ranking of the High Score Girl franchise. Another type of OVA are just full on series like Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, they are their own entry in the TV Series and OVA series side. Since they are normal series that happen to be released via OVA format instead of TV. But, if an OVA is just a single episode standalone like Asagao to Kase-san or even Black Rock Shooter OVA (that later gained a TV show) it is placed into the Anime Movies side of the list.
Anime Movies – Unlike AOTY voting which has flakey rules to the nature of how we can watch said movies. For this AOTD voting it will be quite simple, any movies or single episode standalone OVA's that were released in Japan anytime between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2019 are eligible. Like the TV/OVA Series voting, any movie that is a direct sequel to a prior movie will be bundled together. That means a single vote for Kizumonogatari and Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel's movie series. Any movie from the same franchise but isn't connected to the other movies like One Piece's movies don't need to be bundled.
Not Anime/Fake Anime/ Etc... – If it's not anime you can't vote on it, only Japanese productions. Any western produced shows animated by Japanese studios are not allowed either. The only exclusion to this rule is Thunderbolt Fantasy series, which has been the one constant exception on this front since the prior site's AOTY voting.
The exclusion of other countries works is not to be elitist, nor to belittle the animated works of other countries. This thread's purpose is to focus on Anime (and Thunderbolt Fantasy Franchise) and the quality works produced this year from the medium. Though you can't include non-Japanese produced works in your list, please feel free to include them in your Honorable Mentions section.
Voting Format:
All votes should look like this format:
Example Template
Please check the below example before posting your list. Thank you!
Anime TV Series
1. Series A - Your thoughts on Series A.
2. Series B - Your thoughts on Series B.
3. Series C - Your thoughts on Series C.
4. Series D - Your thoughts on Series D.
5. Series E - Your thoughts on Series E.
6. Series F - Your thoughts on Series F.
7. Series G - Your thoughts on Series G.
8. Series H - Your thoughts on Series H.
9. Series I - Your thoughts on Series I.
10. Series J - Your thoughts on Series J.
11. Series K - Your thoughts on Series K.
12. Series L - Your thoughts on Series L.
13. Series M - Your thoughts on Series M.
14. Series N - Your thoughts on Series N.
15. Series O - Your thoughts on Series O.
16. Series P - Your thoughts on Series P.
17. Series Q - Your thoughts on Series Q.
18. Series R - Your thoughts on Series R.
19. Series S - Your thoughts on Series S.
20. Series T - Your thoughts on Series T.
21. Series U - Your thoughts on Series U.
22. Series V - Your thoughts on Series V.
23. Series W - Your thoughts on Series W.
24. Series X - Your thoughts on Series X.
25. Series Y - Your thoughts on Series Y.
Anime Movie/OVA Series
1. Series A - Your thoughts on Series A.
2. Series B - Your thoughts on Series B.
3. Series C - Your thoughts on Series C.
4. Series D - Your thoughts on Series D.
5. Series E - Your thoughts on Series E.
6. Series F - Your thoughts on Series F.
7. Series G - Your thoughts on Series G.
8. Series H - Your thoughts on Series H.
9. Series I - Your thoughts on Series I.
10. Series J - Your thoughts on Series J.
Honorable Mention
x. Honorable mention - Your thoughts on it.
Remember to get your votes in before the deadline of June 30st, 2020 at 11:59 EST. Also, once again if you have any questions please PM me.
Have fun writing up your lists and watching through your anime backlog to get your list finalized! Good luck, everyone!
For better or worse anime can be a difficult medium to get into. Whether it be from the lack of knowledge of what shows are out there; to certain stereotypes (both true and falsely equated ones) associated with anime as a medium making one uncertain if they want to try it out. The overall goal of this community AOTD voting/results thread is to both celebrate the quality works of the past decade, while also being a reference in helping someone find a better example of the medium to watch.
Please read the rules below, failure to comply with the rules can lead to your ballot being disqualified. If you are uncertain about any aspects of the rules, please PM me and I'll do my best to clarify on the subject.
AOTY 2019 Voting Thread
Voting Rules
Cut-Off:
The vote will be closing on June 30st, 2020 at 11:59PM EST. Any vote posted or editing of previously posted vote after said time will not be counted.
Categories:
There are two main categories that everyone will be voting on:
Anime Series/Franchise of the Decade – Top 25
Anime Movie of the Decade – Top 10
You will be voting up to your top 25 TV + OVA (please read OVA section below for more info) Anime series of the decade. Further clarification on what this exactly means will be included in the below section of Eligibility. You will also be voting up to your top 10 Anime Movies of the decade. You can include any number of Honorable Mentions. Honorable Mentions can be Shows/Movies/OVA from this decade that didn't make the list you felt others would enjoy. When listing Honorable Mentions, please include the words Honorable Mentions above said list so we don't accidentally confuse them for your main voting ballot.
You do not have to use up all 25 of your slots, for some of you there may be only 10 shows you really liked this past decade. If so, just do a list up to 10 and don't bother trying to fill out the other 15 slots with shows you didn't enjoy. This larger number of slots is for those of us who eat a much higher quantity of anime. There is a handful of us who wouldn't have trouble filling 50 slots if given the chance. All I'm saying is, don't feel pressured to fill out all your slots; if you can't think of any other anime you watched the was enjoyable enough or well made enough to get a spot on your list. Then there is no need to just fill the space with something you felt subpar.
Please note for Anime Series/Franchise vote, the voting goal is to rank based off a series for any tv/ova content that has both aired between 2010 and 2019 and you have seen. You only need to rank via content of the franchise you have seen. So if you've only seen Pokemon Sun & Moon from the Pokemon franchise this past decade; you will only vote off that content quality. Please attempt (key word attempt) to keep any enjoyment or dislike of any content of a series that aired prior to the 2010 deadline from affecting your vote. There really is no true way to do this, thus the focus on the word attempt.
Eligibility:
Anime TV + OVA Series – Any Anime TV series that aired between 2010 to 2019 and any OVA Series that released in Japan between 2010 to 2019 is eligible to be voted for. Also, any series that began airing prior to 2010, but lasted at least one season into 2010 (March/April) is eligible as well. This means shows like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is voteable on, as well as never ending long runners like One Piece or Case Closed can also be voted on.
Why Series/Franchises are bundled together: This choice to bundle shows into just Series/Franchises came together after talking with various others the past few weeks. Trying to find what the best solution is to this no-good solution issue. Thus, it was decided upon that bundling up shows by their Series/Franchises (excluding the exceptions to the rule which can be found below) would be the fairest way of conducting this vote. There are 2 main factors behind this: the first being this make it an even playing field for many split multi-season shows. This includes shows like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure which would be split into 4 seasons normally (and 4 possible votes), compared to a single run of Hunter x Hunter 2011. By bundling it together, it is forcing you to view JoJo a single entry just as HxH 2011 is. The second being, it allows for more variety on said lists with these multi-seasons, by split seasons being pushed into a single vote. This also allows shows that had a single season have more chance to appear compared to the public mindshare hogging multi-season split series.
Exceptions to bundling: I'll get this out of the way, there is logic and reason behind why A series is forced to be bundled while B series is allowed multiple votes for its various entries. It generally comes down to the factors of if there is source material involved and continual. When there is source material involved (usually manga/LN),a multi-season anime is either adapting the same exact series or is adapting a sequel to said series. In both cases, there is continual connection between the two shows thus they get bundled when it comes to voting.
Continual aspects are often found even in original Animes that get sequels, but, since I'm writing all this out there are obviously exceptions to the rule. This often times comes about from certain spin-offs that extremely differ from their base material, kids anime and Fate with it's continual aspects being much harder to grasp due to it being a VN with branching paths
The Following are Exceptions from Series Bundling (Please note, this list may not be final. If someone finds a show or spinoff, I didn't include please alert me. If it fits the bill, I will add it to the list here and inform anyone who voted the bundled entry about said change):
Precure/Pretty Cure Series: I don't believe there are any entries that are direct sequels/prequels of another, so all entries can be voted on separately for this series.
Aikatsu!: Same as Precure, unless an entry is a direct sequel/prequel each can be voted separately
Digimon Series: As like above, unless direct sequels/prequels each can be voted separately
Yu-Gi-Oh! Series: Same as above.
PriPara & Pretty Rhythm: These two series will be separate entries.
Gundam Series: The splitting for Gundam entries are the following. Gundam Age = Gundam Age. Gundam Build Fighters = Gundam Build Fighters + Try. Gundam Build Drivers = Gundam Build Drivers + Re:Rise. Gundam: G no Reconguista = Gundam: G no Reconguista. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn = Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA + RE:0096 tv entry. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin = Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin OVA + Advent of Red Comet tv entry. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans = Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S1 + S2. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt = Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt S1 + S2.
Fate/Zero: Just Fate/Zero Series entries
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works: Just the UBW Series Entries
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note: Just this show
Fate/Apocrypha: Just this show
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: All seasons + OVAs of just this spinoff .
Fate/Grand Order: Any TV entry or OVA entry from the Grand Oder line of Fate included here.
Garo Series: Each of the three entities of the Garo Series will be separate entries that can each be voted on separately.
A Certain Magical Index & A Certain Scientific Rail Gun: These two will be separate entities, with each sequel under said series umbrella.
Love Live Series: For reasons Sunshine and the Original Love Live Series will be separate entries.
OVAs: Just to clarify, any OVA that is extra content to a preexisting show like High Score Girl: Extra Stage would be included into your ranking of the High Score Girl franchise. Another type of OVA are just full on series like Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, they are their own entry in the TV Series and OVA series side. Since they are normal series that happen to be released via OVA format instead of TV. But, if an OVA is just a single episode standalone like Asagao to Kase-san or even Black Rock Shooter OVA (that later gained a TV show) it is placed into the Anime Movies side of the list.
Anime Movies – Unlike AOTY voting which has flakey rules to the nature of how we can watch said movies. For this AOTD voting it will be quite simple, any movies or single episode standalone OVA's that were released in Japan anytime between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2019 are eligible. Like the TV/OVA Series voting, any movie that is a direct sequel to a prior movie will be bundled together. That means a single vote for Kizumonogatari and Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel's movie series. Any movie from the same franchise but isn't connected to the other movies like One Piece's movies don't need to be bundled.
Not Anime/Fake Anime/ Etc... – If it's not anime you can't vote on it, only Japanese productions. Any western produced shows animated by Japanese studios are not allowed either. The only exclusion to this rule is Thunderbolt Fantasy series, which has been the one constant exception on this front since the prior site's AOTY voting.
The exclusion of other countries works is not to be elitist, nor to belittle the animated works of other countries. This thread's purpose is to focus on Anime (and Thunderbolt Fantasy Franchise) and the quality works produced this year from the medium. Though you can't include non-Japanese produced works in your list, please feel free to include them in your Honorable Mentions section.
Voting Format:
All votes should look like this format:
- Girls Last Tour – Your thoughts on Girls Last Tour.
- Silver Spoon Series – Your thoughts on Silver Spoon Series.
- Yuru Yuri Series – Your thoughts on Yuru Yuri Series.
- Attack on Titan Series– Your thoughts on Attack on Titan Series
- Mob Psycho 100 Series– Your thoughts on Mob Psycho Series
- Senki Zesshou Symphogear Series – Your thoughts on Senki Zesshou Symphogear Series
- Hunter X Hunter 2011– Your thoughts on Hunter X Hunter 2011
- Dragon Ball Super – Your thoughts on Dragon Ball Super
- Dog Days Series– Your thoughts on Dog Days Series
- Gundam Build Fighters Series– Your thoughts on Gundam Build Fighters Series
- Flowers of Evil – Your thoughts on Flowers of Evil
- Steins;Gate Series - Your thoughts on Steins;Gate Series
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Your thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Beastars - Your thoughts on Beastars
- High Score Girl Series - Your thoughts on high Score Girl Series
- Nichijou - Your thoughts on Nichijou
- The Tatami Galaxy - Your thoughts on The Tatami Galaxy
- Space Dandy Series - Your thoughts on Space Dandy Series
- Laid-Back Camp - Your thoughts on Laid-Back Camp
- Sarazanmai - Your thoughts on Sarazanmai
- The Monogatari Series - Your thoughts on The Monogatari Series
- Death Parade - Your thoughts on Death Parade
- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Series - Your thoughts on Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Series
- 91 Days - Your thoughts on 91 Days
- One Piece - Your thoughts on One Piece
- Please have your list numbered in the same way as shown above. Do not do 25 to 1, if done that way your ballot may be tossed. A visual example of what not to do will be shown below.
- Please do not include a Power Gap. If you only have 12 series you want to list simply list them 1-12, do not do 1-3 (POWER GAP) 16-25. If included your ballot may be tossed, an "Eye Catching" visual example of the power gap will be included below.
- Please include a comment about each series for your ballot to counted. You don't have to write an essay (you can though), a few words on why this show appealed to you will suffice. You can go into greater details about any said seasons that stood out to you from any series included.
- Please use the English name of the show when listing your series in your list. The English name is the one that the streaming service like Crunchyroll/HIDIVE/Etc. use on their platform. If there is no English name associated with said series, then you can use the Japanese name. Also, please use the full name of the series, do not use nicknames/shortened names like MHA for My Hero Academia or DanMachi for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?.
- Please do not post open, un-tagged spoilers anywhere in this thread.
- Please do not do a 'Reserve' post to hold a spot in a thread to eventually post your ballot. There is no need to do this, just post your ballot when you are finished writing it.
- You can edit your ballot until the deadline passes.
- Feel free to include images to your ballot, please try to avoid using too many gifs and make sure your images are well formatted.
- Points are in descending order, with your #1 being worth 25 points, your #2 being worth 24 points and so on until your #25 which is worth 1 point. For films your #1 is worth 10 points and your #10 worth 1 point.
Example Template
Please check the below example before posting your list. Thank you!
Anime TV Series
1. Series A - Your thoughts on Series A.
2. Series B - Your thoughts on Series B.
3. Series C - Your thoughts on Series C.
4. Series D - Your thoughts on Series D.
5. Series E - Your thoughts on Series E.
6. Series F - Your thoughts on Series F.
7. Series G - Your thoughts on Series G.
8. Series H - Your thoughts on Series H.
9. Series I - Your thoughts on Series I.
10. Series J - Your thoughts on Series J.
11. Series K - Your thoughts on Series K.
12. Series L - Your thoughts on Series L.
13. Series M - Your thoughts on Series M.
14. Series N - Your thoughts on Series N.
15. Series O - Your thoughts on Series O.
16. Series P - Your thoughts on Series P.
17. Series Q - Your thoughts on Series Q.
18. Series R - Your thoughts on Series R.
19. Series S - Your thoughts on Series S.
20. Series T - Your thoughts on Series T.
21. Series U - Your thoughts on Series U.
22. Series V - Your thoughts on Series V.
23. Series W - Your thoughts on Series W.
24. Series X - Your thoughts on Series X.
25. Series Y - Your thoughts on Series Y.
Anime Movie/OVA Series
1. Series A - Your thoughts on Series A.
2. Series B - Your thoughts on Series B.
3. Series C - Your thoughts on Series C.
4. Series D - Your thoughts on Series D.
5. Series E - Your thoughts on Series E.
6. Series F - Your thoughts on Series F.
7. Series G - Your thoughts on Series G.
8. Series H - Your thoughts on Series H.
9. Series I - Your thoughts on Series I.
10. Series J - Your thoughts on Series J.
Honorable Mention
x. Honorable mention - Your thoughts on it.
Remember to get your votes in before the deadline of June 30st, 2020 at 11:59 EST. Also, once again if you have any questions please PM me.
Have fun writing up your lists and watching through your anime backlog to get your list finalized! Good luck, everyone!
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