Decade end rant.
Anime: been a busy 10 years, can’t say that these have been the best decade for anime. I prefer the 90′s. The big ones from last decade would have to be Naruto, Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist. They are the most popular and probably the highest grossing out there. Death Note was also extremely popular last decade, kinda surprised me to be honest never expected to have such a large following.
what surprised me this decade was on how much I loved anime about food. my personal favorites from last decade where Bartender, Ristorante Paradiso, Antique Bakery and Yakitate japan.
This decade also brought forth the term Moe, all of a sudden slice of life anime became very popular. anime like K-On, Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star lead the pack in the Moe category.
In the Mech catergory we saw the return of Macross. Macross frontier is a fantastic anime that continues the tradition of the Macross world. The U.S. may never see an official release of Macross due to litigation by the current licensing owners. Other Mech anime worth mentioning is Gundam 00 and Gurren Lagann.
Gundam 00 seem to go back to the gundam wing formula, lots of pretty boys crying about war and awesome fight scenes. The story isn’t as good as other Gundam series but who needs story when you have an army of pretty boys right ladies. Ofcourse you also got to see a Char clone.
Gainax had a big decade. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann try to redefine the mech genre with their awesome mech designs and semi interesting storyline. Gurren certainly started off a bit weak but ended strongly making it a top contender in best mech anime of the decade. This wasn’t their only big hit last decade, they also had FLCL, with the help of Adult Swim this anime got a huge following in America a big win for Gainax
On the Drama end we saw several beautifully drawn anime. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 was just a great story on what would happen if Tokyo got hit by a large earthquake. Ergo Proxy was another fantastic mystery/sci fi anime that kept me hooked till the end.
There are a couple remakes last decade. DragonBall Z remake or should I say Re-edit and a couple new Evangelion movies made their rounds to try to rekindle the fame of the 90s.