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The best anime of 2016 was Flip Flappers. It's an easy 10/10 and one of the best series I ever expect to watch. It deserves so much more attention than it received. Please give it a try. Here's why:

Flip Flappers was the most inspiring and beautiful anime of 2016. The animation and use of color is, in general, exemplary. The story plays with a lot of anime tropes in a knowing way. In a certain sense, it's an anime directed at anime fans. In some ways I'd compare it to Kyousou Giga, but much more thoroughly plotted. Flip Flappers actually wraps up a full, complex narrative that nonetheless is a beautiful example of what anime can do in a pure visual sense.

It's almost impossible to give a plot summary, but what I loved was that it took a fairly standard story (shy girl meets super energetic girl and her life changes) and then went crazy with it. I'd say that a lot of people out there who started watching the show began posting things along the line that "I have no idea what's going on but I absolutely can't stop watching." I think that's pretty accurate. Flip Flappers keeps a lot of secrets until the end, and part of the joy in watching the show was to slowly uncover the mysteries at the center of the story.

On the other hand, Flip Flappers is not a slow-burn kind of show, nor is it a mystery per se. It might be a love story. It might be a magical girl show. It might be an exploration of personality, desire, loneliness, pain, and redemption. It might be about growing up. It also might be about overcoming past traumas and looking forward.

But, whatever it is, Flip Flappers is a beautiful experience, both visually and in terms of its narrative. It's not for everyone, of course, but I can respect that. I just think it deserves a lot more attention and I definitely rate it as a masterpiece.

And really, when you come down to it, I can't think of an anime series that has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up in years. I could go on and on about the show and why I love it, but my sheer and immediate emotional response is most telling in terms of my own enjoyment. The show has a lot going on, and the layers are frequently unveiled in ways that avoid heavy exposition and features the actual animation above all else. It's not a story for people who like everything explained to them. But it is most definitely an anime for those who love the sheer joy of creation, the exhilaration of seeing something genuinely new, and who appreciate how Flip Flappers genuinely pushes the limits of anime today. It's almost sui generis.

The best anime in so many ways that I can't even begin to describe here is Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. Please read my review of the second season and let me know if it's helpful.

AOTY 2017 is a tie: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Futatabi-hen and Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou.

AOTY 2018 is Hakumei to Mikochi.

AOTY 2019 is literally nothing. Everything sucked.

AOTY 2020 is Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dazu na! Check out my review.

AOTY 2021 is Sonny Boy

AOTY 2024 is Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (ONA)

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Mean Score: 5.80

Total Entries3,699
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Watching 17/24 · Scored 5

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Aug 3, 1:48 PM

Watching 5/24 · Scored -

Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (OVA)

Aug 3, 12:40 PM

Watching 10/17 · Scored 8

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Mean Score: 6.67

Total Entries1,247
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Reki Yomi

Jul 30, 5:31 PM

Completed 28/28 · Scored 6

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Jul 26, 6:58 PM

Reading 25/? · Scored -

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Jul 26, 5:08 PM

Reading 38/73 · Scored 8

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Klefki_of_Awsome Nov 1, 7:20 AM

Happy Birthday, delta5 ~!^^

Northicc32 Oct 31, 5:28 PM

happy birthday!!!!!!!!

z_ach Nov 1, 2023 2:16 PM

Happy birthday :D

Klefki_of_Awsome Nov 1, 2023 11:36 AM

Happy Birthday, delta5 ~!^^

X3NOD Nov 1, 2023 6:40 AM

Happy Birthday! (⁠^⁠▽⁠^⁠)

_Crimsonia_ Nov 1, 2023 12:41 AM

Happy Birthday!

Northicc32 Jul 28, 2023 11:04 AM

nice kuroneko pic! :)

TheCoolCore May 21, 2023 10:03 AM

Hello, thank you for accepting my request. I too second the spreading of love for Flip Flappers.

POROW Apr 8, 2023 11:02 AM

Saw your review of Kumo to Tulip.
I think a lot of people forget that Disney and American cartoons is one thing propelled the "black face" in early days animations, and in the 1940s, western animations were straight up banned in Japan and animators tried taking inspiration from Disney and their technology since they were so far ahead. Most likely what caused animations like this to appear. Then there's a whole slew of other notable historic reasonings.

Animations neat though.

Klefki_of_Awsome Dec 28, 2022 9:16 AM

You Very Welcome, hope you had a great day~!^v^b

InvisiblePsycho Nov 5, 2022 7:44 AM

Nice profile and nice taste

WhatAGoodShow Nov 3, 2022 12:03 PM

Nichijou and Azumanga Daioh fan? You have some good taste right there.

Klefki_of_Awsome Nov 2, 2022 4:47 AM

Happy (late) Birthday, delta5 ~!^^

P.S.: So sorry I'm late, I could have sworn I wished you a happy birthday yesterday but then realized I hadn't this morning, my bad..;v;

danksonic Nov 1, 2022 7:31 PM

It is a pleasure to wish you a happy birthday!!

uri- Oct 30, 2022 3:46 PM

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