Recently, I saw an "old news" that should have appeared at the beginning of the year, although it is not a new thing, but I think it is completely possible to comment on it. Saying that it is the TOP10 of the past year (Japan) animation voted by S1 netizens spontaneously, I meowed a little, yes, with my current accumulation, this ranking can be described as very powerful.
Although it is a bit messy, at a glance, the theatrical version and TV animation are mixed together, very unprofessional, but take a closer look, 99% of the animation inside I have seen, in fact, it is not bad... This ranking can be summed up as, "quality is a priority over preferences and popularity".
"Quality" this thing, compared to "popularity" or "word of mouth" or objective, you can not like an animation, but a well-done animation, high-quality animation, even if the story is not liked, the development is not liked, the style of painting is not liked, but it should still admit its level. I think that's quality, not what the masses like. This ranking of the S-1 is full of this flavor.
"White Box", which was listed in 2014, I think it is a representative of this tendency. "White Box" is the only successful work in P.A.WORKS' "Work Series" in my opinion... And the theme is not very popular, when watching need some of the basic understanding of the industry, otherwise some of the stems are difficult to poke, but under this premise, I think it can still impress the audience and let people know the charm of the process of making animation. The story of "White Box" is full and there is no excess water, there is no sense of routine on the contrary, it presents a sense of truth, a bit like the sense of reality of the recent new "Secret Interior - Policewoman's Counterattack", that is, "only the industry can experience the truth", probably this feeling, under the premise of these successful preparations, can also retain the characteristics of beautiful girl animation, it is really a rare good work for many years, even P.A.WORKS itself has not been able to reproduce the success of "White Box".
Matsumoto's original "Ping Pong" is also a good animation worthy of the annual god work that year. Not only does it present Matsumoto's unique painting style, but Masaaki Yuasa also shows the charm of animation... This work is simply eye-opening, it turns out that this sports theme can still play such a passionate and blood-boiling gameplay... The sullen male protagonist, lurking is amazing explosiveness... The incomparably realistic painting style, but also a kind of secondary two presentation, many years later is still impressive...
The 2015 list is also highly recognized. Blow! On the bass horn" is directly one of my favorite serial animations, refreshing my favorite serial animation, favorite beautiful girl animation, and favorite Kyo Ani animation works. It can be said that after starting to take the independent operation of the IP of Kyo Ani, the most completed work. Regarding the praise of this work, my channel did not say less... Painting, performance, photography, lines, characters, music, BGM which piece is the top, enjoying the theatrical version of the picture, but watching the serial animation, "Blow! The high quality of "Upper Bass Horn" bears witness to the pinnacle of similar animation.
In 2015, there is also a serial animation that must be mentioned, that is, "One Punch Man". Many people will compare "One Punch Man" with other Japanese bloody animations, which is boring... "One Punch Man" is a once-in-a-decade painting animation, and the level of painting in the fight may still be the quality of few serial animations that can be surpassed, which is completely the result of the "interest" of the painting maniacs gathering together... You can look at the picture quality of the second season J.C.STAFF, compare the picture of the first season, you know what is a good work of "once in a decade"...
The theatrical version of "The Girl and the Chariot", it was put in the same year, to be honest, the theatrical version and the serial animation together are outrageous, but if you want to say that 2015 must not be said to be a new work, then it needs to be ranked. Can be the debut of so many group portrait beautiful girl animation, to achieve such a realm, "Girl and Chariot" theatrical version can be described as unprecedented, although the setting of too much god stick led to its tank battle is actually just "Tu Yi Le", but in the pursuit of visual, auditory enjoyment of this piece, the production team did not spare less effort, the final presentation is indeed an audiovisual feast, my channel has also been analyzed many times, here will not be repeated ... ...
In 2017, I have been doing anime self-media for 1 year, when I evaluated the 2017 Japanese serial animation that can be in the top ten also has "From the Abyss", I clearly remember that at that time, the era when animation Blu-ray sales have dropped sharply, it can also sell the second phase line in one breath, with its unique charm, it looks as exquisite as the original animation, but it is just a manga adaptation, "From the Abyss" is tightly paced, the picture is beautiful, there is a black hole like gravity, and it is quickly attracted by the strange world view of the work. An episode can't stop...
The most noteworthy thing about 2018 is of course the original animation "Farther Than the Universe", MADHOUSE's youth inspirational drama, which is the standard perfect presentation of the rhythm of high-quality original animation, telling the dream that ordinary high school students can't achieve - going to Antarctica to investigate... After watching it, I really feel that I have a dream, and the process of realizing my dream through animation...
In 2019, "Miss Hui Ye wants me to confess!" To be honest, this kind of animation is the type I have seen the most since I entered the pit - youth campus daily... But although there have been many similar works in recent years, there are only a few who have really done well, "Miss Hui Ye wants me to confess!" " is one of them, the level of painting, performance, music are very careful, worthy of THE COMPLEMENTX careful cultivation of cross-border works... It can be seen that the financial resources have been used... The degree of completion is quite high.
In 2020, it is another niche painting style, a niche subject matter, and a cross-border work, and it is Masaaki Yuasa, "Don't shoot at the image research!" The quality of "" is also full of loads, but I think it may be more important to the airwave than "White Box"...
As for 2021, I think it lives up to its name, just a few departments. "ODD TAXI" is also a shocking level of work that makes people shine, the line setting, plot logic, foreshadowing and recycling, as well as the voice line of Natsuki Hanae, are extremely impressive, and the fourth episode of the "Shen Hui" performance, I really can only use the word "shock" to describe, may be that I have seen the simple style of production animation, beyond the "Tobacco" and "Beast Girl Zoo" works.
There is another one that I will not say more, the best quality of similar works in the past years...
Looking at the entire ranking, if I am not satisfied, there is no "Re: Another World Life from Scratch" in the first 10 of 2016, which is a pity, and the hard quality of this year is OK...
Almost all the works emphasize the "production level", not out of preference, for example, I saw that some self-media said that in XX years, it felt that "Dating Battle Season 2" should be on the list, emmm, personally feel that this is still biased towards preference rather than quality priority.
Of course, the ranking is limited, there is always a situation where the quality is high and cannot be on the list, after all, the ranking of this thing is only an incomplete conclusion, which can only be used as a reference, but S-1, which is based on the completion of the work and the quality of the ranking, I am very, very agreeable.