Now this is the pinnacle of art!
*Chapter 16.5 of Sword Art Online is NSFW. If you search it up, then read it with this in mind.
‘Evening ladies and gentlemen! The Inverseman here with a super special review tonight! I will be reviewing the beautiful 16.5 chapter of the critically acclaimed Sword Art Online series. The secret chapter that was not put in the publication. Well, let’s dig in.
Starshine: Hello MoarPowah readers! I’m Starshine!
Kaushik: And I’m Kaushik!
Starshine: And we’re here today talk about one of 2012′s most popular anime, Sword Art Online (SAO). Kaushik, what do you think about the show as a whole?
Kaushik: I thought it had a surprisingly strong beginning, but unfortunately fell apart quite a bit in the second half.
Kaushik here, back in the new year to review another anime. Merry Christmas, by the way! Anywho, today I’ll be reviewing my number 10 anime of 2012, Sword Art Online. One of the more highly-anticipated anime of the year (though not by me) and definitely a blockbuster in terms of popularity and sales, I couldn’t go without offering my opinion on the matter. Sword Art Online, or as it’s more popularly known, SAO, aired from July to December 2012, and was produced by the Studio A-1 Pictures. A-1 Pictures has produced several other popular anime in the past (Fairy Tail, Anohana, Working!!) so giving them a high quality, highly-anticipated series like this was a good idea.
What a year for anime 2012 was. There was a lot of bad, but a whole lot of good, and I was drawn in this year more than most. So, now, let’s discuss which ones made the top of my list this year!
12. Magi
This anime is only on here because it’s the least terrible of the terrible anime I’ve seen this year. The best of the worst if you will. And the reason for this is because when it’s good, it soars. When it’s bad, it’s awful. But I love the art style and character designs, and I think that it could have been a great show with a better script. As it stands, it’s fine, but it’s a real shame seeing as it had so much potential.
So 2012 is nearing to a close, and so are the anime series that have started (and ended, mostly) in this year. I was wanting to take a retrospective look on the anime this year, so I’ve compiled a list of my top 12 anime from this year, from 12 to 1. Without further ado, let’s begin~!
12. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Making number twelve is a show from the current anime season. I usually don’t like to pass judgement on series before they’re done, but I’ve really been enjoying this show. It’s a shoujo show, but it definitely feels a little different than the generic shoujo that’s put out every once in a while. Refreshingly, the two main characters are blunt and honest to the point of being a little crazy, and it’s fun to watch. The heroine, Mizutani Shizuku, is mega-cute and is definitely one of the top girls this season. Shoujo generally gets the short end of the stick when it comes to anime, but surprisingly 2012 has been a fairly strong year for shoujo in anime, as you’ll see with the rest of the list.
Or should I just replay “dot Hack”?
Those were my first thoughts going in, but never judge a book by its cover. Let’s give this a shot.