By TheBigN
When I did this last year, I thought I was a little unique for setting it up the way I did. Turns out that this same format (and the title even), had been done for years past by one Jason Miao. Goes to show you how originality is hard to come by (orz). But it still is a good time to be thankful for yet another fun year in new anime series.
I’m thankful for more despair.
I’m thankful for one last gondola ride exploring Neo Venezia’s wonders.
I’m thankful for finding the emotions you were looking for.
I’m thankful for messages always getting where they need to go.
I’m thankful for more banter and less bartering.
I’m thankful for taking you as you are.
I’m thankful for bringing healthy back.
I’m thankful for resonance.
I’m thankful for vodka.
I’m thankful for learning that growing up is much harder than expected.
I’m thankful for being able to end things that need it.
I’m thankful for a family frenzy.
I’m thankful for the power of song setting things right again.
I’m thankful for having 37 different senses.
I’m thankful for quickly getting over no pants.
I’m thankful for more than just crazy shrine maidens, but they help.
I’m thankful for letting my darker side out, even when I don’t mean to.
I’m thankful for not being confused anymore, and yet still intrigued.
I’m thankful for evil villains that actually care about their subordinates.
I’m thankful for WASSHOI above all else.
Once again, I’m thankful for everyone that’s been involved with this blog in some way, directly or indirectly. I’m thankful for those that have stopped looking at this blog, and those who’ve only just begun. I’m thankful for bloggers and commenters that think more highly of me than I think of myself, and ones that won’t give me the time of day (but I will show them. 
). I’m thankful for knowing that this blog still can be even better than it has been, and not being satisfied for what has already been done. And I’m thankful that I don’t have to do this again till next year.
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I’m thankful for that adorable Strike Witches pic. Made the post 10000x better.
Lolwut?
The year is almost over? NOOO!!!
I’m thankful for your Hidamari Sketch and Aria posts, even though I hardly comment on them.
Awww. I’ve seen only two of the series mentioned above, but this post made me happy anyway. You wouldn’t mind if I did something similar, would you?
Will we get a December addendum? Or does this list include last year’s December?
Owen: Glad that that worked for you. :3
Panther: If you don’t get it, then you don’t get it.
MrMayat: I know, right? But I hope for better years to come, and thanks.
Kiri: Knock yourself out. It’s not my idea to keep.
Baka-Raptor: When I brought this out last year, I factored in shows that were going to end in December, or would keep going into this year. This is why you don’t see things like CLANNAD, Bamboo Blade, and so on, since you’ve seen them this year. And technically, Macross Frontier debuted last December, but since the actual season started this year, I figured why not?
As for if there would be a December addendum? If there was something that came out in December that I found awesome, it would probably be on next year’s list. But I’m still planning on doing a “Impressions of the Year” series at the end of December like I did last year. Though it was tough as hell to set up.
Aww, nice post.
The Macross pic made me do a doubletake, but yeah…nice sentiments. ^^ -starts counting number of pics she recognises- Hrm…
I don’t think you really appreciate what you have in life
Yay, happy post! Just a still from DMC is enough to get me laughing.
Yay for Kyouran. Really an under appreciated series. Yay ARIA, what fun times I’ve had watching you. Yay Hidamari Sketch, for being the loopy type of slice-of-life show. It’s been a relatively good year, with lots of memorable shows.
Sweet Water and Light Laughter.
Now I haven’t seen that Frontier pic before…
Great concept.
omisyth: Oh I do. At the same time, I wanted to have fun with it. You do that too sometimes, don’t you?
I know what my priorities are, and what I’m really thankful for, but there are other (private) places for me to share that with. :3
jenn/coburn: I saw it, and I was like “this is awesome”, so I had to use it.
Myssa Rei: And I haven’t even covered all of the shows here. It’s been a great year. :3
Very nice post N, love it! I only vaguely recalled last years, and this year it just makes me feel like I’ve not spent enough time with series
Good things to be thankful for!
Wait, I’m not thankful for artists continuously distorting how people’s hands look when playing guitar. Damn, get it right.
But I’m thankful for everything else.
Crazy shrine maidens sure do help, don’t they?
ARIA’s conclusion pretty much made my whole anime year
[ID SOJOURNER]
The Truth Has Spoken. The Dark Side Is Fine.
Snooze-kun said “ARIA’s conclusion pretty much made my whole anime year.”
Heck, I’ll go farther and say that ep09 of the last series made my whole anime year. After that, it was all gravy.
Feels weird that ARIA and Hidamari Sketch are both done… now what am I going to watch when I need to slow down?
Oh, gosh. This posting is so sweet and sappy — beyond Jeff Lawson sweet and sappy to borderline Aria’s Akari sweet and sappy!
It’s really a wonderful way to look back at a year of anime, BigN. I look forward to next year’s edition.
I’m thankful for a handful of anime bloggers, and posts like this make you one of them.
Ryan A: On my side, it makes me feel like I’ve spent too much time on anime series.
lelangir: I feel the same way regarding violins/violas (see MAL ef 1 post, I think), so I understand entirely. At least they’re not playing it off-time with the music.
ETERNAL: It makes me want a Touhou anime even more as well.
Sojourner: Until I hear your ego and superego comment, I can’t agree with that statement.
sNooZe-kun: I just like that there’s still something that’s been filling my fix, whether it being the Picture Dramas and the release of the manga here in the US. I’ll be sad when all of it is said and done though.
Wonderduck: Yeah. Episode 9 was the hit, though the last episode has the most subtle impact that will keep me thinking about all that Akari and I have been through all of these years. :3
And going towards Hidamari, there are still some more specials coming out apparently, so we’re not done yet! \o
dm: Now I worry about omo coming in and saying “embarrasing phrases are forbidden!”. And to tell you the truth, it was hard to get myself to actually start this again. But I definitely feel that it was worth it. And I hope you and everyone else got something good out of it.
It is pleasant to see that there are posts out there that can bring smiles with just a few simple words.
This post made me so happy. Thanks! That image of Ranka as Mylene and Sheryl as Basara made my day several times over. DEKURACHAAAA!!!
So out of the 20 series you’ve put pics of, I’ve been only watching one (Soul Eater). I guess that makes me a thankless bastard..
I’m thankful for these sexy pictures. Good work :3
I’m thankful for anime as I can safely lust after little children and not get arrested.