Top Ten Anime of 2010

Happy New Years, everyone! Forgive me for taking half the month to finally have this entry ready but break makes me kind of lazy. Well, it's the start of a new year but before the next winter season of anime really gets rolling, I would like to give my take on the ten of the best shows 2010 had to offer. I can't say it's been the strongest year for anime but, of course, some stand outs exist among the mindless moe and boundary-pushing ecchi content that has over-saturated the industry. Now without further ado and in no particular order...

Seen It Once, Seen It All

Let's face it. There's so little that is unique in the anime we watch these days. We are so far removed from the golden age which I generously attribute as the 80's to the end of the 90's. Regardless, I religiously keep up with whatever shows might be airing every season for the past several years which has led me to realize how very little surprises me in the content I see. A few days ago, I watched a video that shows that one doesn't even have to look beyond the ever important opening scene to see just how much trace and paste anime is especially these days.