The Fate of the Vote is in One Man’s Hands…
This time around we had 20 unique voters who deliberated on over 40 titles. In the end we had an eight-way tie, truly this was the round of impossible choices! We’ve had ties before, but never this many, and this intense. Each of the 8 listed shows received 5 votes each (in no particular order):
- Attack on Titan
- Ghost Hound
- Rakugo
- SAO
- A Silent Voice (Film)
- Silver Spoon
- Sound Euphonium
- Spice and Wolf
I truly had expected a tight race, but this was beyond expectations. Breaking the tie myself is normally what I’d do here but I had a fairly unique opportunity. The last night of the vote, after it had ended, I was just coming home from watching some Golgo 13 with my D&D group (we are on a bit of a break right now) and I realized I hadn’t sent him the vote! For shame… As such, I thought I’d take the opportunity to have him be the decider.
Provided with the above list of options he sat and thought for a few minutes before finally consulting me with his final decision. He said it was a tough choice, both Spice and Wolf and Silver Spoon were viable options, but he said he settled ultimately on Silver Spoon because he thinks I would really enjoy it.
So there we have it folks! Silver Spoon has won the prestigious honor of being our 19th spot in this very cut-throat race. I hope you’ll look forward to the review! I’ll be working on the watch over the next few weeks as I have a few other projects currently in the works. Until then, there will be regular scheduled content or you can always check out the previous winner, Run with the Wind or my big alphabetized list of every anime I’ve reviewed.
Below you can find a breakdown of all the votes. This time I made the pie graph a little more digestible, but the bar graph is there in full. Also a reminder, one of the other votes was for a show I’ve already reviewed, please do not vote for shows I’ve reviewed previously. Consulted the above alphabetized list before voting please!
Other – Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Symphogear (I sadly forgot to include this on the list proper…), School-Live (Already have reviewed), and Shinesman
Even though you’re only reviewing the first season, if you haven’t – be sure and watch the second season!
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For Silver Spoon? I’m reviewing the whole thing, so don’t worry! 🙂
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Oh, that’s a mighty task you’ve set yourself! 🙂
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It is? It’s only 22 episodes? Am I missing something here?
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Yes, only 22 episodes… But S1 and S2 each have their own central (and different) plot lines (while sharing a great deal of sidelines, themes, and ongoing sub plots).
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Oh I see. We’ll it’ll be a series review, so however I decide to approach it will kind of be based on whatever I get from each season I guess. It’ll work out 🙂
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There are a lot of good shows in that list!
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I know, and that’s just the stuff that was on top! The whole letter was a real challenge.
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Silver Spoon is a solid choice too. I’ve watched a lot of it and it’s kind of wonderful :).
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It’s been on my list about as long as Spice and Wolf so I can’t complain! 🙂
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Oh wow. That was such a close one. I’ll check out the review when it’s released.
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Yeah, was pretty exciting! Glad you are looking forward to it! 🙂
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Sure thing, Jon! I’m not familiar with Silver Spoon at all, so this will be with fresh eyes once I see that review.
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It’s about farming, it also teaches quite a bit. It’s written by the FMA author if I recall correctly 🙂
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Oh, really? I don’t think I’ve seen that concept before in an anime. Maybe this could be a Hikaru no Go-type of show that uses a fully original concept in storytelling form.
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I’m watching Hikaru no Go actually lol. It’s good. I’ll let you know how both go.
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No way! That’s awesome. I would definitely like to hear your thoughts on that anime once you review it.
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I’m only about 1/4 done but once I’m through I plan to review!
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Sweet! I know it’s a longer series, but that’s a good one. I feel like not a lot of anime fans know about that series even if it is a Shonen Jump one.
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That’s because it is hard to find access to it. Hulu and Amazon have it, the latest of which only dubbed (not that I mind) and you have to pay for it.
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That’s what I heard. They never released all the episodes on DVD which was bogus (same with Monster). Good to know about the later episodes.
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I’d really like to watch Monster as well.
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Yeah, that’s going to be trickier. At least Viz still owns the distribution rights to HNG, but I heard they dropped the Monster anime license a while ago even though they still have the manga rights.
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Monster is one of those things that the minnie I actually get ahold of it, it’ll be licensed again… has happened to me like 6 times.
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Wow, that must be some effect. I bet Discotek might be the most likely to do it since they’ve been rescuing licenses left and right for years. If they can relicense anime such as Key the Metal Idol, Jungle Emperor Leo (1997), or even Dai-Guard, they can get Monster.
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Better than the other way around I suppose lol. Though that has happened twice to me. Anyway, I’ll just have to wait and see.
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I guess so. Hahaha! It would be nice for someone to retrieve that license. Monster deserved better.
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For sure! At least I have Hikaru no Go, my mom has been begging me to watch it more so we have been slowly purchasing the 5 seasons.
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That’s certainly a good choice. How many moms out there would encourage their sons to watch Hikaru no Go with them? Shoot, it felt like pulling teeth when I got my mom to watch The Place Promised In Our Early Days when I was in my late teens. At least she liked the film though. Hahaha!
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I kind of created a monster. I got her into K-drama as well lol. That’s true though. It’s nice to have an easy thing to do when I visit.
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Hahahaha! Wow! At least it’s cool when you get to watch anime together.
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Yup, that’s true!
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Sure thing. Then again, it’s good just watching anime with others which I haven’t done in a while, to be honest.
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Yeah, most of the time that’s true at least. Maybe it is time to again? 😉
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Of course. It would be great, but I don’t know with who yet since a lot of my friends don’t live that close to me. That and my work schedule is going to be intense this summer.
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Ah, well maybe a coworker sometime when you aren’t as busy then?
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That could be interesting. The questions for me would be which coworker(s), would be be interested, and what would we watch?
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I don’t really know your coworkers but I’d pick a movie that you think would suit their taste, just to get their feet wet. Though, in my experience, a lot of folks watch anime now so they might actually surprise ya.
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Sure. I know a couple who I know like anime. One coworker told me she watched and liked Akira of all things which surprised me.
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Sounds like you have a few candidates then.
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Sounds like it. Hahaha!
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