Choosing My 2021 Anime of the Year Was Not Easy...

[@Lonst_183]

This year Mushoku Tensei has become my favourite anime of all time. It doesn't have groundbreaking plot of Aot and neither the uniqueness of Ranking of kings or Odd Taxi; but Mushoku Tensei has something special which most animes doesn't have and that is "Immersion". Most of the good animes feels like a good story to me,but mushoku tensei felt real

[@jakubidler1111]

Yes, I agree

[@picklerick2387]

It felt lik how the earlier eps of dragon ball z felt

[@Lonst_183]

@@picklerick2387 yeah, like dragon Ball and Pokemon, I will remember mushoku Tensei until the end of my life

[@RealNigsSquad]

Watching mushoku tensei made future anime that i watch harder cuz i cant help but to compare the animation, story, music, etc mentally. It is also the first time a show got me reading the source material and i did not regret doing so either.

[@joshuaubani-wokoma4956]

@@RealNigsSquad me too Thought I was the only one

[@sir_blasphemy_the_first]

Your channel is so underrated, this editing is top notch

[@Akezura]

Thanks FBI agent, always glad to have you around watching

[@s3w1ous]

Get your early tickets here

[@izelo3277]

No

[@harake7669]

Great year overall. Ranking of kings is definitely my anime of the year too! Cant wait for all the amazing anime this year

[@Akezura]

I hope so (assuming chainsaw man actually comes out lmao)

[@AK-ir1se]

Odd Taxi and Ranking Of Kings really left/are leaving an impression on me that I haven't felt from anime in several years.

[@kokosan09]

I adored these transitions so much! each and every one of them made me smile. thank you so much for this phenomenal video, I'm so happy I found your channel last year!

[@GojoDKai]

I also read Blue Period this year and wow what a fantastic story that excels at portraying emotions and quickly became one of my favorites that I have to put down sometimes because it feels to real.

[@claytonrios1]

After 2020 killed a lot of my hopes and dreams a year like this comes along with so many bangers that it reminded me why I'm an anime fan in the first place!

[@Rustservant]

The transitions you have out in just make me laugh! Well done

[@reeto]

Great video!!! For me, Sonny Boy was the most interesting series to hyperfixate on all year and takes my award. Can't wait till Belle comes out in North American theatres, very excited!

[@tasogarerubica]

Yeah... Blue Period def is one of my favorite mangas in recent years. I heard something interesting from a pretty famous illustrator on their stream. He goes by Lack and did many designs for FGO. He was asked on stream if he read or plan to read Blue Period and the answer was very interesting... He remarked that he won't touch that series even with a 10ft pole cause he's also experienced the hellish reality of japanese entrance exam for the arts and reading Blue Period will just trigger his trauma of that period in his life...

[@HayNay]

The transitions are god-tier

[@tashaobbbbbnn]

ur like my favorite creator…please don’t stop making these/just vids u wanna make. Like i think the most important part of youtube content is just making vids on shit u love and that’s what i love seeing you do!

[@Akezura]

Thank you! I definately prefer to talk about shit I like and not whatever the flavor of the month is

[@millyb2326]

Ranking of kings is my number one tv series for this year too. I glad you also found time to give soda pop a shout out. It's just a nice comfy little movie. Many people I have talked seem to think comfy as not ambitious like that's a bad thing. Also I'm glad to hear Belle is good I have been begging to see that a Deer king (coming out this year.)

[@_nenie]

Uhm after watching this video I will say my top 1 on every of this: Manga: Houseki no Kuni (if it counts cuz its on hiatus and this year no chapter dropped but I read it this year) JRPG: NieR Replicant (if it counts as a Rpg) TV Anime: Mushukou Tensei Anime movie: Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice upon a time.

[@mako4118]

Immaculate taste. Let's hope we get more HnK. I can't stand the wait

[@keko23]

Great video! Just a little correction though; The main character artist for SMT V is Masayuki Doi, Kaneko is only mentioned in the credits because he designed a lot of past demons that are in the game. I think Kaneko still works at Atlus but just as a supervisor.

[@Akezura]

Oh damn, I wasn't aware of that! Thanks for the correction.

[@yomama4240]

The last time Kaneko was involved with Atlus was 2009 with Strange Journey.

[@absurd5138]

Ranking of kings has to be 1 of the most unique animes I've watched in a while

[@GuardiansEnjoyer]

Great video - Ranking of Kings is my favorite from 2021, but there were so many stand-outs. Gained a new sub - keep it up!

[@doodlegame8704]

great video especially the transitions

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

my anime of the year: To your eternity. For me, other anime this year doesn't even came close XD Other than Sonny Boy. Many of them are good regardless like 86, Odd Taxi, Ranking of Kings, Tokyo Revengers, Mieruko (I really suggest everyone watch the whole thing, it is a hidden gem), Mushoke Tensei etc.

[@kausthita11]

Dude just saw your post on IG that came up on my search page I fucking loved this, I will subscribe and look forward to more 🔥🔥

[@CompSomAnichi]

Hahhha, I totally love the transitions between each manga! This was really fun to watch. Good vids!

[@walltime1]

super underrated channel editing is top notch

[@shadowmaksim]

Apologies for the tangent but the opening of the "Mushoku Tensei" portion kind of lit this rant I've been sitting on for a long time now. Hopefully it won't be too scatterbrained. I can't help but feel that people have this very messed up view of what Isekai/Another World/Portal Fantasy/etc consists of. Heck, I'd argue it's not even a genre, which I'm starting to see a lot of people call it nowadays, just a plot device at best. That's not even getting into how Portal Fantasy stories have been extremely common for decades and could be found world wide across multiple media, only relatively recently getting coined with the term "Isekia". In a way, I can't blame people for having this stigma against them cause, well, the anime adaptations for many of them are so poor. While I wouldn't say it's a hard rule, nearly every remotely popular Portal Fantasy in the last couple of years were all fairly good adaptations: "KonoSuba", "Saga of Tanya the Evil", "Re:Zero", etc. Heck, there are two in particular that stand out due to the staffing behind them. "Reincarnated as a Slime" had I think every person on the production team being a fan of it and "Mushoku Tensei" had an entire studio created just for it. They weren't perfect but the labors of love behind them showed and they are celebrated for it...mostly. But the ones that are bad adaptations, oh boy are they just bad across the board. Though that's unfortunately a common issue for Japanese animation in general I guess. Way too many shoddy adaptations are getting made these days. That's what people end up seeing and paying attention to. I know there were plenty of Portal Fantasy adaptations I was looking forward to, since I liked the source material or manga adaptations, only to be burned by how awfully badly they got adapted: "Death March", "So I'm a Spider, So What?", "Combatants Will Be Dispatched", etc. And now whenever I see another one get announced, I have so little faith that I start freaking out cause it's basically a coin flip (please let "Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita" be at least decent damn it). Well, that and another possible reason the concept is so disliked is the association with everyone's favorite punching bag "Sword Art Online"...which oddly isn't Portal Fantasy, or at least stopped having associated elements eventually, but whatever. I don't know. It's just strange to me to see this zeitgeist that anything remotely resembling Portal Fantasy as this modern blight. I mean, sure, certain tropes definitely have gotten more popular and prevalent but still. Feels like it's two decades too late.

[@Flashchocobo]

And here I thought I was done with Anitubers I find your channel. Nice video guy!

[@zaneearldufour]

Thanks, just started reading a few chapters of frieren, and thanks to you I'm bawling 😭😄

[@Akezura]

Good to hear!

[@2noah2]

You're really underrated on tiktok and on youtube! Also your editing style reminds me of Gigguk

[@sunndnguy30]

King Bojji has my sword and meager abilities...

[@toxicmercyonetrick8736]

Vivy Flourite Eyes Song and Odd Taxi we’re also really good. I think that what I loved was that outside of their animation they were just good and interesting stories.

[@florenskosicek1004]

Ousama rankings is just insanely good 🤧😱😱😱

[@kausthita11]

Man I absolutely agree with your list, especially the manga one 🔥🔥

[@merp8711]

I believe this year is even better

[@baeruttgaming4779]

Thank you for showing a clip of the Vs. Asuna and Kirito battle. I don't play Tales, (okay, I played the one on Wii and it was good. But that was the only one) but came across the DLC by chance. SAO is my fave anime and I had to do a double take.

[@IsabelS_Fuyu]

I just found my new favourite anime KZbin reviewer. Thank you KZbin Gods for this happy accident 😄

[@josephseda2125]

Agree bro... including Chinese Donghu Link Click, it is a hidden gem in 2021

[@leonardnimoyrox]

Ranking of Kings and OddTaxi were my top 2 of the year for sure

[@purplefoir971]

that dandadan intro was really fucking good. convinced me to re-read it

[@The_Rising_Dragon]

There were many solid anime this year, but Mushoku Tensei made me forget I was watching fiction on a screen, until the ED started playing. :)

[@TheCrankyChipmonk]

Small suggestion, when you put a border around your videos, when it's red like that, I think it's a video I've already seen before. I almost slipped this until I realized I have probably never watched one of your videos before.

[@bgibson5706]

Agreed with Ranking of Kings comments 100%. I still don’t know why I want to fight anyone coming for my boy Bojji!!!!!

[@colletiquette]

Ayeee you got it done, proud of you bro

[@kllrnooooova]

Yooooooo 24 minutes??? Let's gooooo Sheeesh 2 minutes in and im dying 😭 your scripts are so good YOOO FRIEREN FIRST MENTIONED LET'S GO the pv music for it is so good... vsauce? Is that you? Ballsack 😭 2021 was definitely a great year for anime, but also your channel growth this year is insane, and the quality just keeps getting higher and higher (loved the dune skit btw). Here's to hoping 2022 will be the same!

[@syaznizam633]

Ousama Ranking is amazing

[@kadindiehl7521]

I loved 86 but Ranking of Kings is my pick for anime of the year too

[@jambott5520]

Frieren journeys end is a series I have been following for a while and even in a relatively small channel I am still so fucking glad it is getting talking about. I just love the melancholic atmosphere of shit like frieren. Can't wait to be able to legally read it as the date for volume releases in the UK has been pushed back multiple times for no apparent reason. Waterstones lied to me when they said november, and now its january and its still yet to come out the fuckers.

[@Akezura]

I remember when my girlfriend just picked it off the shelf and was like "why didn't you stop me I didn't want to cry"

[@specch.8873]

the transitions are so silly, but I love it

[@Boostlag]

86’s last 2 eps were peak fiction.

[@Imlostzoro]

Ranking of the kings is anime of the year

[@SkeetWeezy]

I had to go with Vivy for anime of the year. It blew my expectations out of the water

[@evanckirk]

You should look into the Trails series of JRPGs, truly amazing world building and gameplay

[@Akezura]

I love Trails in the Sky! I just havn't gotten around to playing of Cold Steel yet.

[@evanckirk]

@@Akezura The game that takes place right after Sky the 3rd (Trauls from Zero) is finally getting localized after 12 yrs this fall. You should play it

[@gonsoku7701]

My anime of the year (2021) was Sommy Boy I am dissapointed on seeing its rating and popularity

[@miguelbastida2853]

Looking forward to you watching every winter 2022 anime

[@Akezura]

oh god don't remind me

[@jacksonyamada3693]

Ngl I really enjoyed this

[@TRANSCENDINGOD]

amazing work

[@bryannguyen6836]

Put the names in the description so I can look them up

[@vlFrozen]

great transitions no cap

[@Seriously-not-Jake]

What was your thoughts on anime in 2016, that is my most favourite year for me We got Erased (I didn't like any of it, but it was highly liked at first so I'm putting it down) Assassination Classroom S2, Grimgar, Ajin, Re:Zero, Boku no Hero academia, Bungou Stray Dogs, Jojo part 4 (my favourite part) Kiznaiver, Ushio to Tora S2, Mob Psycho, D.Gray Man return, the only big miss was berserk

[@tealbreeze101lol4]

Personally for me my top three anime of 2021 was 3: urasekai picnic for being a great anime with gay main characters and beautiful animations 2: Ousama Ranking great characters great story telling and beautiful animations and my favourite anime of 2021 was Vivy fluorite eyes song: I thought the anime was just beautiful and the characters were great not to mention the suppressed darkness the anime has while also providing great wholesome moments and great songs aswell not to mention the surprise 13th episode my honourable mentions goes to my next life as a villainess season 2 I think this franchise is great and really added a freshness to the iseakai harem genre by just basically making it a Bi harem with comedy and my last mention goes to Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? I’m not going to explain this one it was a great anime that just made me love the main protagonist

[@Goatkage]

What’s the anime at the start in the clips you show the girl has red hair and what’s the anime where the bald guy starts fighting straight after ?

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

Mushoku tensei was great but I think I wouldn’t have appreciated the series as much if I found this during an earlier part of my life. Same when I watched the Cowboy Bebop anime for the first time. Frieren looks interesting and hopefully it gets a great adaptation. Ranking of Kings, Odd Taxi and Mushoku Tensei are my top picks. Also I did love Evangelion rebuild and it ended well and concluded it properly. The series had some of the best scenes although I don’t like the Asuka backstory. Also I loved the violet evergarden movie

[@MonkeyDEEZ-bn1ic]

For the first one at first i thought that was grimgar

[@saatvikgarg5347]

my favorite this year is that time i got reincarnated as a slime s2

[@iloveanime8139]

I got myself into given manga thx to you and i also watched blue period anime instead of skipping it thx to you

[@Sheeerperfection]

Those transitions!

[@jianliam5506]

Mushoku tensei’s op bops

[@final_counter8836]

I have no clue why u only got 26k subs I expect 500k 200k minmum

[@charismacaster2429]

How does Sonny Boy not make this list?

[@Jesus_Zendejas]

I think Belle is the best work since Wolf Children

[@catboxx_art8431]

who did the art in the end section and on the pfp?

[@naze8918]

Don to Don, dawn to dawn, what the hell did he say im trynna find it

[@Akezura]

Dandadan

[@naze8918]

@@Akezura oh my god the goat himself, thank you man

[@Mangosh]

Aight imma say it... Star Wars Visions was more interesting than the movies...

[@dabeeramir1407]

High class video

[@CalijuXI]

We need and mashile magic and muscles (i fill like i said it wrong) Anime it’ll be refreshing to have something unique as an anime and out an new Idea in an magical world and it’s one of the most hilarious stories i have ever read

[@jeaaanyeet1752]

Everyone who watched Ranking of kings do be ready to sign Boji's adoption papers.😆 My personal favourite anime of 2021 were 86 and To your eternity. I couldn't rank one above the other for the life of me.

[@popquaser]

What is the anime shown at 0:01?

[@iamlorddems3859]

Still waiting for the sequel series to the jobless reincarnate novel series

[@christianhampton1579]

Tales and ff14 endwalker were the best 2 of the year

[@chi-king84]

Thanks !

[@jerrylin2044]

Mushoku Tensei was good, it could’ve been great if the main character wasn’t such a pervert or any scenes with underwear shots.

[@CalijuXI]

My bad for doing an other comment but plz read tomodachi game it’s like if squid games wasn’t overrated and was wayyyyy better

[@lumberfoot_jpg]

Title is a bit misleading… but great video overall.

[@Akezura]

How is the title misleading?

[@lumberfoot_jpg]

@@Akezura I clicked on your video to see if any of your “favorite 2021 anime” would be fun to watch. But I had to scroll to almost the end to find your list. First you give a list of your favorite manga, then favorite JRPG’s, then finally your favorite anime. I’m 100% new to your channel, so maybe this is your style and I just didn’t know… but I wish the title would’ve said “my favorite manga, JRPG’s, and anime of 2021” or at least just switch the order around so that your anime list is first and I can keep watching if I’m interested. Sorry if my comment sounded rude. I just found it difficult to find the information that I needed from your video, which was recommended to me by the KZbin algorithm.

[@tristanmoser6278]

What was the one piece movie that was mentioned?

[@Akezura]

Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

[@gnsht788]

i’m early! :D

[@ShakeZ0]

What's the name of the second manga. I can't catch it

[@Akezura]

Dandadan

[@ShakeZ0]

@@Akezura thank you

[@Vechuxd]

I hope this video gets more views :(

[@inturr-pherense9]

Where’s re zero

[@itshelenyt]

I havent watched much this year

[@Kazada]

hmm i see 6000 words 🤭

[@fazegabiripbozoeren6369]

Hi

[@liondenn5446]

Niiice

[@manolodelossantos3943]

Are you a fan of satoshi kon?

[@Akezura]

Uh, theres a $150 custom acoustic panel of the Perfect Blue poster right behind me

[@Kefkaownsall]

I would see Belle but Omicron

[@Akezura]

Haha its going to be playing for a week I believe, you could definately find an empty theater.

[@Kefkaownsall]

@@Akezura maybe.

[@ahmedhassanein5102]

Where is sonny boy ?

[@Akezura]

I really liked it, but I think it went to far in the arthouse direction.

[@svendevos3380]

Anime name at 10:55?

[@luju2860]

It's Tokyo Revengers :)

[@mantas3852]

Wached quite a lot of seasonal anime this year and have to say top3 for have to be Oddtaxi, Sonny boy, Ousama ranking everything else was just eh okay

[@sentry2k77]

W

[@h21lad13]

U think 2021 has a lot of anime ,think again 2022:chainsaw man ,spy x family ,continuation of a lot of series what else ahh bleach ,AOT and a load of heeping trash anime

[@1Dstolemyheart1]

Bruh belle was bad.... The story was all over the place

[@j1jac154]

Early

[@Ice-mk6ii]

wheres 86??