Hey guys! The Winter 2022 Anime Season has officially come to a close this week and I have to say that this season was a bit rough cause I don't know if I really enjoyed any show more than a bit other than maybe one.
My Dress-Up Darling is my pick for the anime of the season and like I mentioned up top this was a pretty rough season to pick from so since this show came the closest to being something I could love, I ended up picking it for this category. Like don't get me wrong that doesn't mean I hated this show or anything close and in all honestly it was a pretty fun romp but I just couldn't fall in love with it like it seems everyone else who watched or read the manga for this seemed to. Having said that I liked the idea of this show and the fact that it reminded me a lot of Smile Down The Runway. I also really liked that it focused on cosplay which isn't something you see a lot of anime focus on and that the characters were both fun to watch. I think it was the pacing for this show which crawled like a snail and perhaps the fact that there was a bit too much fanservice for my taste that didn't help.
Runner Up - Life With An Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into A Total Fantasy Knockout
Hidden Gem
Life With An Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into A Total Fantasy Knockout is my pick for hidden gem of the season. Comedy anime tend to be a mixed bag for me cause a lot of the time I don't exactly find the humor in them funny but this show actually ended up reminding me a lot of Konosuba in the way that it parodied isekai. I loved the idea of these two men who were clearly in love with each other in the real world trying to fight falling in love in this isekai world. Every week they're put into more and more ridiculous situations and I lived for seeing all the jokes that the show tossed out from the wannabe Sword Art Online hero to the way villains were one punch KO'd.
Runner Up - The Genius Prince’s Guide To Raising A Nation Out Of Debt
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment Arc is definitely the best sequel of this season and far and away it was leagues better than anything else we got this season. It's only cause I don't love to bombard these awards with sequels that it didn't sweep. Honestly I don't know what to say about this show that hasn't already been said. Demon Slayer literally brings anime up to new levels with how consistently good it is week to week. I wasn't a fan of re-airing a movie as a season but this season definitely made up for it. I loved meeting a new Hashira and I really loved seeing how much our heroes have grown and changed after the Mugen Train from where they were at the end of season 1.
Runner Up - Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment Arc had the best animation this season and really once again there's no competition. Every single frame of this show was killer from the simple dialogue scenes all the way to the fights. I loved how uniquely the fights were depicted and a special shoutout needs to go to the director who was able to depict a team fight in a way I hadn't seen before.
Runner Up - My Dress-Up Darling
Runner Up - My Dress-Up Darling
Best OP
Kaze no Oto sae Kikoenai by JUNNA from Sabikui Bisco is the best OP of the season. I loved the way the music paired with the animation for this op and the fact that it was one of the only OPs from this season that wasn't slow and soft which has it's time and place but I guess not for me this season.
Runner Up - Midnight Dancer by Toshiki Masuda from Love Of Kill
Protagonist(s) Of The Season
Runner Up - Marin and Gojou from My Dress Up Darling
Daki and Gyutaro from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment Arc are my antagonists of the season cause not only are they sharing a body but I think the show did a great job of making them feel just as strong as each other. Truth be told most of the show this season weren't exactly action oriented so there wasn't exactly a huge crop to pick from but I have a feeling that even if there were, these two would still come out on top. I love that they were basically the mirror version of Tanjiro and Nezuko in a world where Tanjiro was turned into a demon too cause like Tanjiro Gyutaro also would do anything for his little sister. He spent his entire life trying to make her happy and when push came to shove she gave up her body for him cause she loved him just as much. Of course on the action side they were great foes for all four of our demon slayers given that they killed 7 previous Hashira and in terms of power scaling since they were stronger than the Lower Rank Demon that was fought during the Mugen Train, it took 5 people to kill them whereas 1 was almost enough in the Mugen Train.
Runner Up - Kaiser Insight from Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2
Ship Of The Season
Marin and Gojou from My Dress Up Darling are my ship of the season cause I think they were the couple that was given the most screen-time to fall in love with each other. Honestly it was really cute seeing how much they adored one another and the fact that they loved watching each other fanboy/fangirl over the things they loved in such a realistic way. I loved the fact that Marin wasn't afraid to be around him or of any rumors that would come about and that Gojou never once thought she was too much or downplayed her interests. I did wish that Marin was given time to support Gojou in his Hina dolls as much as he supported her in cosplay but given this is probs only season 1, I can let that slide.
Runner Up - Ninym and Wein from The Genius Prince’s Guide To Raising A Nation Out Of Debt
And with that I'll see you all in the Spring 2022 Season!! Here's hoping that we get a better crop to choose from!
xoxo Allie
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