Best Anime of 2010: Tournament-style

[TWWK]

Unfortunately, 45 is not a power of two, so that means that 13 titles that only had one nomination got the axe.

Bah...I didn't realize the number of nominations counted. I certainly would have seconded The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya....bleh.

By the way, both shows put me to sleep...but the music of K-On was terrific, and I thought the characters stood out more (in a good way).

[blkmage]

[SIZE="6"]Sora no Woto vs. K-ON!![/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]Sora no Woto (ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト)[/SIZE]
"K-ON! with guns"
Rank: 12
Aired: Winter 2010
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Director: Kanbe Mamoru
Cast: Aoi Yuuki, Endo Aya, Kitamura Eri, Kobayashi Yuu, Kanemoto Hisaka
Adaptation: Original work
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <12~SoraNoWoto>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]K-ON!! (けいおん！！)[/SIZE]
"Lucky☆Star with gitahs"
Rank: 5
Aired: Spring 2010
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Director: Yamada Naoko
Cast: Toyosaki Aki, Taketatsu Ayana, Kotobuki Minako, Satou Satomi, Hikasa Youko
Adaptation: Manga by kakifly
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <5~K-ON!!>[/color]

Voting closes at 2300 EST.

[Midori]

You have my vote! I don't think I need to say which it's for, but for the record: So Ra No Wo To!

I've always wondered if I should have watched K-ON, but it just didn't hold my interest after episode 1, like So Ra No Wo To did. Of course, the fact that K-ON is notably lacking in the Blue-Haired Autistic Girl department may be part of the reason for this.

EDIT: Voting code? Oh. Well then, <12~SoraNoWoto> I guess I am not a thorough enough reader. :|

[blkmage]

Since this is the first match, I will do as Mr. Resetti did and yell at you to include the voting code if you intended to vote but didn't include one.

Meanwhile, <5~K-ON!!>

More on stuff: I don't actually think Sora no Woto shares very much with K-ON! other than the character designs, and even then, it's the adapted character designs; the original Kishida Mel designs were more distinct. I think Sora no Woto is pretty comparable to K-ON!'s first season, but K-ON!'s second season is much, much better than both of them. For one thing, with the character and other introductions out of the way, K-ON!! basically had twenty-four episodes to grow the characters and by the end of it, the show was able to reach that Manabi Straight quality that I was hoping for when I first started watching the first season.

[MightiMidget]

I have seen neither, but will vote for Sora no Woto because it sounds more interesting....

Code: <12~SoraNoWoto>

[TWWK]

<5~k-on!!>

[Atria35]

<12~SoraNoWoto>

I may not have watched it all, but what I saw I liked more than what I saw of K-On!

[TheSubtleDoctor]

--- EVERYTHING BELOW HERE DIDN'T MAKE IT ---
1 Sengoku Basara Ni

Man...Sengoku Basara should so be in this.

[Falx]

Man it's cruel putting these two together. Sora no Woto was really great...

but...

<5~K-ON!!>

[Cadence]

Moeblobs vs. moeblobs
Winner: Moeblobs
Gitahs vs. Trumpets
Winner: Trumpet
High School vs. Switzerland
Winner: Switzerland
Giant war machines vs. lack of them
Winner: Machines
Yuuki Aoi vs. Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Youko, Kotobuki Minako, Satou Sotomi, Taketatsu Ayana
Winner: Clearly Yuuki Aoi

Sora no Woto wins.

So why am I voting <5~K-ON!!>?

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

<12~SoraNoWoto> I saw, like, half an episode, so I'm going for it.

[MasterDias]

<12~SoraNoWoto>
I enjoyed this probably more than I expected actually. The melancholic, dystopian atmosphere was what I found most interesting.

[mechana2015]

<5~k-on!!>

I havn't seen K-On but it HAS to be better than Sora-no-Woto was.

[Midori]

Come on! We need some more showing or we'll never be able to topple the dictatorship of shallow popularity-based popularity!

Sora no Woto wins.

So why am I voting <5~K-ON!!>?

I havn't seen K-On but it HAS to be better than Sora-no-Woto was.

Man it's cruel putting these two together. Sora no Woto was really great...

but...

<5~K-ON!!>

T_T

[mechana2015]

To be fair I would vote for nearly ANYTHING over Sora-No -Woto.

[Falx]

K-On!! was just slightly more entertaining than Sora no Woto, even though the story wasn't as good.

[Fish and Chips]

<5~k-on!!>

I havn't seen K-On but it HAS to be better than Sora-no-Woto was.

[blkmage]

Tie-breaking methodology
A list of size 10 with the matchup for x vs. y is evenly distributed as follows:
A = [x,y,x,y,x,y,x,y,x,y]
After calling random.shuffle(A), A[0] is the winner of the tie.

Sora No Woto: 5
K-ON!!: 5

Don't bring cake and tea to a gunfight.

***



[SIZE="6"]FMA: Brotherhood vs. House of Five Leaves[/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]FMA: Brotherhood (鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST)[/SIZE]
"Just like the manga"
Rank: 2
Aired: Spring 2009
Studio: BONES
Director: Irie Yasuhiro
Cast: Park Romi, Kugimiya Rie
Adaptation: Manga by Arakawa Hiromu
[color="Lime"]Voting Code: <2;FMA:Brohood>[/color]

[SIZE="4"]House of Five Leaves (さらい屋五葉)[/SIZE]
"Sad samurai in autumn"
Rank: 13
Aired: Spring 2010
Studio: Manglobe
Director: Mochizuki Tomomi
Cast: Namikawa Daisuke, Sakurai Takahiro
Adaptation: Manga by Ono Natsume
[color="lime"]Voting Code: <13;FiveLeaves>[/color]

Voting closes at 2300 EST.

[blkmage]

<5~k-on!!>

щ(ﾟДﾟщ)

щ(ﾟДﾟщ)

Voting closes at 2300 EST, so unfortunately, this didn't count.

щ(ﾟДﾟщ)

[goldenspines]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

Although, I will admit, I did enjoy the first episode of Five Leaves. I need to watch more of it. O:

[Midori]

Victory! Although it came to a random draw...speaking of which, you really like that shuffle function don't you blkmage?

So it comes to this. In the spirit of anti-popularity and non-unanimity I shall vote <13;FiveLeaves>.

[Fish and Chips]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

This makes me almost feel sorry for House of Five Leaves.[quote="blkmage (post: 1439137)"]щ]Changing time zones has skewed my perception of when EST is.

[mechana2015]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

[ich1990]

FMA vs. House of Five Leaves? Haha, that is a good one.

<2;FMA:Brohood>

[MightiMidget]

House of Five Leaves! <13;FiveLeaves>

I'll stand up for it.

[TheSubtleDoctor]

Liked Five Leaves quite a bit, but come on. FMA:B is simply in a different universe.

<2;FMA:Brohood>

House of Five Leaves!

I'll stand up for it.

Noble, madame. Quite noble. But, in the end, I fear it will be of no avail.

[Falx]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

There just isn't a comparison.

[MasterDias]

<2;FMA:Brohood>

House of Five Leaves wasn't bad, but it was just too slow for me. It might work better as a manga.

[CrystalChalice]

<2;FMA:Brohood>