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2016: I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die
RUNNER UP:
Koko wa Ima kara Rinri desu. (need to catch up)
1997-Final Fantasy 7 aka the reason I got my parents to get me a PS1. Another game that's stuck with me all this time and the music still gives me chills. Runner ups:Riven, Megaman Legends, Megaman X4.
2019: The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World
RUNNER UPS:
My Love Mix-Up
Ponkotsu Fuuki Iin to Skirt take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi
Saving Sweets for After-Hours
Show It To Me Baby
Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san
1999: Excel Saga
Wow this show seems pretty tame in a lot of places these days but back then it was pretty shocking and wild lol. That last episode though that bumped up the rating to M though uhhhh
Runner up: Oruchuban Ebichu (18+ -ish...???)
Note: I watched when I was 18+
2018 (again): Banana Fish, Free! S3, Wotakoi and Violet Evergarden are close runner-ups (with the last two just to prove I do, in fact, sometimes watch anime that don't feature boys falling in love with other boys.)
2002: Princess Tutu
Oh this one is so deceptive. Watch it crush you with feels. Yes. Good. Also Sakurai is in it.
Runner up: Getbackers (lol Sakurai is in this one too)
2003: Fullmetal Alchemist
Namesake. This one crawled so that Brotherhood could sprint. Sometimes I wish I could transmute the two since there's things I like about both.
Runner up: Planetes
2006: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Automatically wins because Suzaku is in it. A show about noodle people, terrorism, and rollerblading robots sponsored by Pizza Hut.
Runner up: Ouran High School Host Club, Death Note
2008: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
This automatically wins because it has Suzaku. But this fucking pizzabutt trainwreck anime also made /A/ cry. And it made me cry. Do you know how hard that is? I'm still wrecked. 5 stars.
Runner ups: Kaiba, Chi's Sweet Home
2014: Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun
This one's just genuinely very funny and I love all the characters. I want a season 2.
Runner ups: Shirobako, Parasyte, I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying
2021: SK8 the Infinity
Everyone would call me a giant liar if I didn't say this one. It's a heartfelt and heartpounding sports anime about life, love, passion, and connections.
This was difficult. 2021 was a good year.
Runner ups: Backflip!!, ODDTAXI, Uramichi-Oniisan
we miss sonic runners
(collab with @Geeky_Jay9)
#sonicthehedgehog #sonicfanart
Recently, Trigger Studio released the second trailer for the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 anime. And there, one of the characters will be this adorable cutie, so I decided to sketch her. #Cyberpunk2077 #Edgerunners #cyberpunkedgerunners
Anyway, FMA Brotherhood came out that year and that takes gold, but Id like to bring attention to two runners up that might be an acquired taste but were both good imo: Tegami Bachi and Shangri La.
2011-Dark Souls because of course it is. While I feel these days it's not very hard and most the boss fights aren't all that great, the world design is still the best in the series. Runner ups: Portal 2, Skyrim, Bastion
2016-Dark Souls 3 obviously. While it had some of the weakest world design in the series, the boss design more than makes up for it. I think I have around 500+ hours between PS4+PC on it. Runner ups: Inside, Hyper Light Drifter, Persona 5.
2017-Hollow Knight. 2017 was insane for games and I was about to put BOTW but saw HK was 2017 and it was all over. A master class in Metroidvanias that's in my top 10 games ever. Runner ups: BOTW, Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Samus Returns, Nier Automata, DQ11
2022-Elden Ring of course. Other amazing runner ups for 2022 were Monster Hunter Sunbreak, Final Fantasy Stranger of Paradise, and Stray. I'm a huge FromSoft fan and they delivered on everything I could have wanted.