On the whole I don’t think 2017 was much of a great year for anime. There were relatively few stand out anime that still get talked about even a few years later. However what highs it did have were incredible. Genuine one-of-a-kind, mind-blowing, anime of the decade contenders. None more so than a little TV… Read
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