Zombieland Saga -- My unquestioned favorite anime of the season. Great direction, characters, and voice acting. The comedy is spot-on. There were a couple slow episodes during Ai's melodramatic arc that made me wonder if it was cooling off from the excellent start--and one of the best opening 2 minutes in anime history--but it's back to being awesome.
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken -- It's not without problems but it's a shining star in a genre filled with rubbish. That it's intelligent, and the main character uses his intelligence to move forward in a new world, really sets it apart. Good voice acting for the main character, too.
Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru -- It's an anime about running but it's really not. It's about a main character who is prickly and disagreeable but is being pulled back toward learning how to coexist with others by the motley group of guys sharing the same apartment building. I had my doubts because it's almost all guys but it's actually really good.
Akanesasu Shoujo -- I'm kind of shocked to say that this has quietly and unexpectedly become one of the best anime of the season. It seemed pretty average at first, other than the really good comedy bits, but instead it turned out to have one of the more ambitious plotlines among this crop of anime. I'm actually really interested to see where it's going with the King of Twilight consuming alternate dimensions one by one. Also, the actress playing all the different versions of Akane is doing a fantastic job.
Himote House -- It's random and uneven but when it's good it's so much fun. That it has one of the best opening songs of the last several years doesn't hurt.
Edit: Oh, year? Um.
Last edited by pokoko - on 09 December 2018
