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Yessss Kaguya-sama takes the crown. So good. It’s one of my favorite manga and I’m super glad it got a great adaptation. Can’t wait for the second season!

I won’t pretend that it’s necessarily ground-breaking, but as someone who doesn’t usually get too into big time shonen series I can say that I enjoyed Demon Slayer quite a bit anyways. We have a podcast episode coming up about it in a few days where we discuss our thoughts on the shows on this list in more detail if… Read more

I didn’t really think about it much, but you’re totally right that a lot of the best shows of 2017 were on Amazon Strike. Although I felt like there was some missed potential in Re:Creators, it was still one of the most interesting shows of the year and between it, Scum’s Wish, and Made in Abyss (my two favorite anime… Read more

GAHAHA

It’s the digital version. Edited for clarity.

Thanks Matt, and yeah I kind of used this article as space for a sort of retrospective on my early anime viewing/blogging days. It was interesting going back and comparing how I talked about things then versus how I do now. Although in some cases my opinions have done complete reversals, in many cases it was less that… Read more

Thanks. Yeah, the Food Wars article is definitely our most viral content, it’s gotten Stanlick some calls/emails from news stations asking about it which is about as viral as you can get.

I’ll take what I can get.

I totally didn’t even think about the 2011 Tohoku earthquake for this series but I’m glad you mentioned it. It was a generation-defining moment for a lot of people in Japan and definitely had serious influence on just about everything. Read more

Kaguya-sama was definitely one of the best anime this year, great manga with an even greater adaptation 

I’m just surprised this article wasn’t just a fan tribute of OreImo given dex’s secret fandom

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I know several authors have end of year/decade posts planned so this will be a great addition!

I approve of the inclusion of fhana music on this list Read more

It’s available with English subtitles weekly in several regions (but not the US unfortunately). 

All the discussion around episode 7 makes me want to see what the fuss is about. Next time I get the chance I’m gonna check this one out bois see you on the other side

“best of the best” Read more

Great job this week Peter, I always enjoy it when you take over Kotaku for a day or two.

But are they top 25 of the decade material? The world may never know 

This is an amazing list that I totally agree with. You also totally reminded me to go back and listen to shin sekai yori’s ED again, so good