I finished SSSS.Gridman yesterday. Overall, it was okay. A visual spectacle with a lot of detail clearly added into it, but unfortunately held back by bland characters with very little noteworthy development. I can understand it was intended to be campy given it was an homage to old kaiju/sentai type shows, but unfortunately that also held it back from being anything memorable. Still, I don't regret watching this one, which is more than I can say about my last few Trigger anime. Awesome OP too!
Anyways, my AOTS goes to Boarding School Juliet as I expected. Really enjoyable rom-com that either met or exceeded my expectations every episode, and had me grinning ear to ear multiple times. The final fight scene was amazing, I love seeing the MCs faking their hate for each other. Definitely planning to rewatch this, and jump into the manga after I catch up on my current backlog series.
Most of my anime this season are continuing into next, nearly half of them actually, which is kinda crazy. Only show I haven't finished is Goblin Slayer, but since I'm not expecting anything big to change there, I'll put together my seasonal list now. If my mind changes I'll add it to my AOTY list in a few days.
| 2018 Anime Rankings | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
| Best Guy | Villar Constance (Grancrest Senki) | Toshinori Yagi "All Might" (My Hero Academia) | Mirio Togata (My Hero Academia - Season 3) | Tatsumi Kotaro (Zombieland Saga) |
| Best Girl | Hinata Kawamoto (Sangatsu no Lion - Season 2) | Erina Nakiri (Shokugeki no Souma) | Historia Weiss - Attack on Titan Season 3 | Juliet Persia (Boarding School Juliet) |
| Best Villain | Milza Kuces (Grancrest Senki) | All for One (My Hero Academia) | Kenny Ackerman - Attack on Titan Season 3 | Alexis Kerib (SSSS Gridman) |
| Best Ship | Yuzu x Mei (Citrus) | Souma x Erina (Shokugeki no Souma) | Red x White (Cells at Work) | Romio x Juliet (Boarding School Juliet) |
| Best Bout | The Fall of Castle Unicorn (Grancrest Senki) | All Might vs. All for One (My Hero Academia) | Levi vs. Military Police - Attack on Titan Season 3 | Asta vs. Ladros (Black Clover) |
| Best Comedy | Yuru Camp | Hinamatsuri | Grand Blue Dreaming | Zombieland Saga |
| Best Studio | Shaft | BONES | David Production | LIDENFILMS |
| Best OP | Azalea - nano.RIPE (Citrus) | Symbol - Luck Life (Shokugeki no Souma) | Grand Blue - Shonan no Kaze (Grand Blue Dreaming) | Union - OxT (SSSS.Gridman) |
| Best ED | Torikago - XX:me (Darling in the Franxx) | Update - miwa (My Hero Academia) | Akatsuki no Requiem (Requiem der Morgenröte) - Linked Horizon (Attack on Titan - Season 3) | Itsuka Sekai ga Kawaru Made - Riho Iida (Boarding School Juliet) |
| AOTS | Sangatsu no Lion - Season 2 | Tada-kun Never Falls in Love! | Cells at Work | Boarding School Juliet |
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