#best anime 2022

[beatnikbedlam]

Best New Anime of 2022

(reposted from cohost)

so i had cancer this year! which apparently means i actually watched enough new anime last year to do a top ten list? so i guess this is my first anime top ten! pretty neat! i’m only gonna cover shows that premiered this year because it would be hard not to put stuff like Mob Psycho and JoJo on here and there was so much great new stuff that i wanna focus on. here goes!

10: Love Flops: this show… this fuckin’ show y’all. the first few episodes are…. A Lot. some of the horniest anime bullshit i’ve seen. it takes over half the season to really show its hand. and look, i really don’t want to spoil anything, because it has some truly great reveals, but goddamn is it an incredible fucking hand. a show that is both absolutely demented and very touching

9: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai: translates to Aharen is Incomprehensible. just a really cute, chill little romcom about a couple of goofballs and their even goofier friends. was a very nice thing to look forward to during a pretty hard summer!

8: Urusei Yatsura: i originally had Spy x Family here, but y’know what? fuck that. Lum’s Back Bay Beeee and she looks better than ever. David Productions outdid themselves here

7: Bocchi the Rock: the most i've related to a character in ages. great music, great animation, great pals

6: Chainsaw Man: not typically my vibe, but it's so good i can't help but appreciate it anyway. i have trouble with “misery parade” stuff but Chainsaw Man takes it so far that it becomes hilarious. i really love its exploration of intimacy and control, very nuanced and looks at a lot of different aspects of it. Power and Denji’s friendship is super refreshing, Makima is scary as hell, and Himeno is… unfortunately very hot. don’t @ me

5: Ya Boi Kongming: time travel is always my jam, and this is one of the best. it subverts the whole "the character is dumb bc they're from the past" thing by making the MC a master strategist from the Three Kingdoms period. there's initial confusion, but he picks up quick, and it's more about him using his stratagems to help a girl become a famous singer. it also has one of the best OPs of the year too

4: Birdie Wing: it's the Lesbian Mafia Golf anime, what do you want from me

3: Akiba Maid War: legit one of the most buckwild first episodes ever put to film. absolutely has to be seen to be believed. all i'll say is that the title is literal, and it’s majestic. #1 fuckup gang of 2022

2: My Dress-Up Darling: immaculately crafted romcom, incredible characters. more or less a perfect show, would have been my top spot if the next one hadn't come to eat its lunch a few months later. the scene on the train after the con is one of my favorite scenes in anime period

1: Call of the Night: feels like a show made specifically for me. it's a romcom, but it's moody and there's philosophical shit and vampire fights? sign me the fuck up. then there’s Anko Uguisu, who is a fucking Problem 🥵 and to top it all off, it's the most gorgeous show i’ve seen in a long time. something like Demon Slayer has really fluid action sequences with amazing effects, but it looks pretty standard otherwise. but the composition and color and detail of every shot is so carefully considered in Call of the Night, it’s really something special. truly, absolutely cannot wait for season 2. i picked up the manga and am around chapter 100 now, it’s going in some really fascinating directions

and that’s my list! i was going to make this an honorable mentions section but ended up just mentioning basically everything else new i watched lol. so here’s that:

Ranking of Kings is a show i really loved but it just didn’t quite make the cut. the ending felt a little rushed and it started getting a bit predictable, but still great if you need a good cry

Shikimori Isn’t Just a Cutie was sweet and fun but felt a little thin

Spy x Family is really well-made and totally adorable but i have to take it in small doses for some reason

Reincarnated as a Sword i had no real issues with and i’m looking forward to season 2, but it just wasn’t a top 10

Eminence in Shadow: love the farce, fuckin’ hate the MC. still not sure where i come down on it tbh

Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting: liked it, didn’t watch enough of it

Do It Yourself! is really cute but it never quite hits the highs of something like Laid Back Camp. still worthwhile if you like that kind of thing tho

Lycoris Recoil: i really enjoyed it while i was watching it, but i keep forgetting it exists tbh

and as far as returning stuff goes Mob had such a great ending, i’ve really enjoyed the Stone Ocean adaptation, i just got into Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun this year and i’m having a great time with it, reminds me so much of that 00’s Soul Eater/HxH/toonami-type shonen but much less fight focused. and of course, Uzaki-chan was fucking incredible, as expected

it’s kind of crazy how much good anime there was this year and how many i haven’t even gotten around to yet! this winter 2023 season is seeming… a bit dry so far but at least Queen Nagatoro has returned to grace us with her presence. gonna wrap it up, but if someone found this and read all the way to the end… hey, thanks! you’re great!

#anime #best anime 2022

[mothric]

ever have a blorbo live in your brain for so long they become their own blorbo variant that’s no longer fully attached to their source material and your original blorbo is still beloved and dear to you but now you also have a mutant blorbo clone who is dear to you in a different way? 

#basically if you're persistent enough you can get two or more blorbos for the price of one #tsukishima and yamaguchi are best friends in high school in a volleyball anime #but also they are adults living in an apartment in my brain and they order takeout and watch How It's Made on friday evenings #may 2022

[boylikeanangel]

something something puss trying to outrun the literal personification of death for the whole movie whilst perrito walks around always wearing the sock his family literally tried to drown him in as a sweater, something something accepting that life is short and literally growing into your own mortality and making the most out of the hand youve been dealt

#THIS MOVIE IS SO YUMMY . FOR A KIDS MOVIE MADE IN 2022 THE THEMES ARE SO RICH HONESTLY #certainly the best animated movie ive seen in a while. 100% recommend. i love you perrito #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish

[ihqreviews0]

#best anime 2022 #top anime 2022 #best new anime 2022

[solarrene]

An insane moment

#puss in boots: the last wish #Puss in boots #dreamworks #Animated films #films 2022 #Movies #Films #The best animated film of 2022 #To me!

[celine-song]

Wendell & Wild (2022) dir. Henry Selick

#wendell & wild #wendell and wild #henry selick #stop motion #stop motion animation #animationedit #filmedit #netflixedit #horroredit #animationsdaily #filmgifs #moviegifs #dailyflicks #dailynetflix #userbbelcher #filmtv #tuserdee #usernums #* #best of 2022

[segasonic-popcorn-shop]

#LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO #guillermo del toro #guillermo del toro pinocchio #del toro #del toro's pinocchio #pinocchio #pinocchio 2022 #netflix pinocchio #oscars 2023 #the oscars #best animated feature #oscars #academy awards

[star-scrambled]

so 😁😁😁 i’ve been playing a game

#sonic frontiers spoilers??? just in tags really #I haven’t been on social media much since frontiers day BUT I SURE HOPE WHOEVERS STUCK AROUND ISNT SHUTTING UP ABOUT THESE GUYS #BECAUSE HOLY *FUCK* #THEYRE SO. THEYRES??????? ??? ANIMATORS IAN FLYNN HI? WHAT? #best game ever CANNOT BELIEVE THEY INVENTED BISEXUALS #SONUCKLESSSSAUAUAAAAUGHHHHHHHHHHH #swearing in tags #vics silly art zone 2022 #8/10/22 #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sth #knuckles the echidna #sonuckles #sonknux #knuxonic #sonic frontiers

[batshaped]

NO MAN NOR BEAST, OR KITTY CAT, OR DOGGYYY

originally posted to twitter

#darla dimple #cats don't dance #art #love the animation in this movie #the character animation on darla is the best #so naturally she is the most fun one to draw #i tried my hand at sawyer as well and really liked drawing her #maybe i will clean those up sometime too #july 2022 art #07252022 #2022 art

[makenna-made-this]

BAWKtober Day 13 - Gloaming

Watch as twilight settles across the autumn sky

#look we're gonna keep pretending i'm getting these in before midnight #BAWKtober #BAWKtober 2022 #gloaming #chickens #tiny fluffy dinosaurs #the BEST animals #october art challenge #drawing challenge #chickenblr #birdblr #cartoon #support small artists #artist on tumblr #doodle #autumn #halloween #sky stars and moon #makenna made a thing

[x-heesy]

❤️❤️ #dog #love #relationshipgoals #reelsinstagram #cute #cute #duck #🤣 #socute #toocute #viral #watchit #share #wow #cutenessoverload @goriverma89 #doglover #friendship #friends #bestfriends #mybestfriendisananimal#dogs #dogsofinstagram #dogstagram #dogsofinsta #dogslife #dogsofinstgram #dogsandpals #dogslover #dogsoftheday #dogsworld #dogsarefamily #instadogs #cutedogs #dogsarethebest #dogslovers #instagramdogs #dogsoftheworld #dogsplaying #lovedogs #dogsgram #hundeliebe #hundeaufinstagram #hundeleben #hundeglück #hundefreunde #hundewelt

#aww so happy about #snack attack #12/2022 #dog #dog memes #memes #Humor #dogs #hund #chicken #bon appetit #x-heesy #my best friend is an animal #the little rascals #the little things are the big things #hungry #lunchtime

[judesstfrancis]

rewatching nope (2022) today bc it's my day off and god everything about this movie is sooooooooooo. it's so good. truly can't remember the last time I was in a theater kicking my feet giggling bc a film was so well put together like truly every other minute I was staring at the screen in awe like holy shit they did that!! how did they do that that is so cool!! the sound design, the set design, the characters, the THEMES and the NARRATIVE, the blocking in certain scenes. THAT FUCKING ALIEN girl I'm sorry I'll never be normal about this movie

#the way the plot sorta spirals in on itself. u have this thing which relates to this thing which made this happen #and it all just keeps spiraling inward bc even tho they're all different scenarios they are all actually exactly the same #the cinematography choice....... blank hallways and first person pov and the SOUNDSCAPING #the dead silence with just one ambient noise in the background to make it feel off enough that you're like uhh what's happening I'm scared #the HERO of this movie and the way he only won bc he understood animals and knew how to treat them fairly #and yet he and his family still contribute to the spiraling narrative of in the way they try to capture jean jacket on film #2023 best picture winner TO ME #text post #nope 2022 #horror tag

[killer-mata]

Not new but I thought it would be nice posting this here cuz…..Byakuya needs some love after that episode of him being gutted by ass nodt 💀

#fanart #illustration #art #illustration best #anime #bleach fanart #bleach #bleach 2022 #bleach tybw #byakuya kuchiki #as nodt #bleach fandom

[one-time-i-dreamt]

A violent werewolf and a rhinoceros escaped a zoo/facility together and became best friends.

#text #July 19th 2022 #dream #werewolf #rhino #rhinoceros #zoo #escape #friends #friendship #best friend #animals

[best-underrated-anime]

Best Underrated Anime Group J Round 3: #J4 vs #J7

#J4: Kids conquering dungeons to change the world

#J7: Lecherous young man gets engaged to an alien princess

Details and poll under the cut!

#J4: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Summary:

A Magi is a magician whose inclination toward magic is so immense that they can be said to shape the world. With their significant influence, each Magi chooses a worthy candidate to become a king, then helps them conquer strange labyrinths called "Dungeons" and acquire the power of mythical djinns within. Above all else, the Magi supervises their elected representative as they build a country that might one day bring the world to its knees.

Aladdin is a young Magi wandering the world in search of his true self. However, his journey is not a lonely one, as he is accompanied by his friend and mentor Ugo—a djinn he summons using his flute. On his travels, Aladdin also befriends Alibaba Saluja and guides him to a nearby Dungeon. With this newfound friendship, they begin an epic adventure across the world, witnessing various irregularities that seem more frequent than ever.

Propaganda 1:

Imagine characters from Arabian Nights/1001 Nights coming to life in an anime. Even though it is loosely inspired off of the tales, it is a unique time and place from most anime settings. It has action, humor, and deep concepts. One of my favorite parts about Magi is how well-developed the background characters are.

Propaganda 2:

This anime has a lot of philosophical takes on what fate is. Basically, is everything that happened to you caused by a force you can’t control or is it what you make of it? Is there something or rather someone pulling the strings on what should or shouldn’t be? Is the person you are because you were lucky or unlucky to be born in the wealthy family or not? Why are things the way they are? Why was I dealt with a shitty hand in life? Is it because I’ll never amount to anything, or is something doing this to me? Why are we here just to suffer kind of deal, but you know not the meme version, the really sad and real version. Then you have the side of the people who may have not had the best life, but found a way out of it. Why do some people get to feel the light when you went through the same thing, but still lost and in the dark?

Trigger Warnings: Partial nudity and slavery. One of the mains is a slave in the beginning, but the other two mains help free her from that.

#J7: Urusei Yatsura (2022)

Summary:

When aliens known as the Oni threaten to invade the Earth, they promise to leave under one condition—a randomly-chosen human must win a one-on-one game of tag against Lum, the beautiful daughter of the Oni leader. The “lucky” person selected happens to be the lustful and unlucky high-schooler Ataru Moroboshi. Given 10 days to attempt to grab Lum’s horns, Ataru realizes how impossible the challenge is as he is faced with Lum’s extraterrestrial powers.

Motivated by a promise of marriage from his childhood friend Shinobu Miyake, Ataru manages to catch Lum off guard. He mistakenly grabs hold of her bikini top first, but he eventually achieves his true goal. Although the game is over, Lum misunderstands that she is the one whom Ataru wants to marry, and she decides to move in with him. The poor student constantly tries to shake off the clingy Lum while doing his best to reconcile with his desired fiancée. After Ataru's heroic feat results in such a disastrous outcome, it is questionable whether luck will ever be on his side.

Propaganda:

This anime is actually a reboot; the original came out in the 80s. It honestly does the manga justice compared to the 80s anime. I absolutely love the animation, it really does stick to Rumiko Takahashi’s art style. Though the pacing is a bit different, overall it stays true to its manga counterpart. (It’s honestly too bad the series isn’t very popular in the west, it’s a great comedy/harem type show. And the thing is, it’s not your traditional harem where “the basic guy gets all the girls” which makes the show so much more enjoyable.) Everything about this show really captures the essence of the series. It’s able to be funny while still having its more serious moments. I just really love Urusei Yatsura, it’s so good.

Trigger Warnings: The art style is very colorful and could cause eyestrain

When reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

If you want to criticize one of the shows above to give the one you’re rooting for an advantage, then do so constructively. I do not tolerate groundless hate or slander on this blog. If I catch you doing such a thing in the notes, be it in the tags or reblogs, I will block you.

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#anime #best underrated anime #polls #poll tournament #tournament #anime tournament #animation #group stage #group stage round 3 #tournament polls #group j #magi #magi the labyrinth of magic #magi labyrinth of magic #magi: the labyrinth of magic #urusei yatsura #urusei yatsura 2022

[twinsoftheday]

today's twins of the day are:

eurayle and stheno gorgon from monster high (generation 3)

#twins of the day #hate the fact that the best image i could get has that stupid promo in the corner but here we are #fraternal twins #same-gender twins #animation #tv shows #eurayle gorgon #stheno gorgon #mh #monster high #mh g3 #monster high g3 #monster high gen 3 #monster high animated series #monster high series g3 #mh 2022 #monster high 2022 #g3 mh #g3 monster high #gen 3 monster high #mattel #twins #fictional twins #twinsoftheday