End of 2010 Lists

By: Hisukoha-Kei

The year has come to an end and everyone and their dogs are doing end of the year lists. Once again I didn’t prepare enough to join them. These are my quick Top Ten lists for 2010 (which includes Winter 2009).

Top 10 Anime of 2010

1. K-ON!!
   -The ‘moe anime’ of the year! YEAH~
2. Hanamaru Youchien
   -The cutest anime of the year! I wanna watch this again.
3. Seitokai Yakuindomo
   -Shino and Aria antics were hilariously awesome.
4. Working!!
   -Want more of this. Want more Inami. Want more cross dressing Souta.
5. Durarara!!
   -Lots of to keep track of, but was fun to watch.
6. Amagami SS
   -Wasn’t a fan of the multiple-arcs/reset thing, but still had fun watching it. Specially on Sae’s arc.
7. Katanagatari
   -They really talked a lot a la Bakemonogatari. Still good.
8. Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu
   -I wasn’t too sure about this in the beginning, but it turned out being pretty damn good.
9. Shin Koihime Musou Otome Tairan
   -Stupid fun. I liked it.
10. Mitsudomoe
    -Perverted misunderstandings. Hilarious!

Honorable Mentions

• Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
• Otome Youkai Zakuro
• Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
• Shinryaku! Ika-musume
• Baka Test to Shoukanjuu

Top 10 Openings of 2010

Unlike the Top 10 Anime list, these include songs released in 2010, meaning songs from long airing anime still count.

1. Seikai ha Hitotsu! Janai!! – Milky Holmes (Tantei Opera Milky Holmes)
2. Someone else – Asumi Kana, Fujita Saki, Kitamura Eri (Working!!)
3. Uragiri no Yuuyake – THEATRE BOOK (Durarara!!)
4. Period – CHEMISTRY (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
5. My Secret – Mizuno Saaya (Kaichou ha Maid-sama!!)
6. Perfect Area Complete! – Asou Natsuko (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
7. LAMENT ~Yagate Yorokobi wo~ – Yuuki Aira (Densetsu Yuusha no Densetsu)
8. Hiyoku no Hane – eufonius (Yosuga no Sora)
9. Hikari no Senritsu – Kalafina (Sora no Woto)
10. Renka Tairan – Okui Masami (Shin Koihime Musou Otome Tairan)

Honorable Mentions

• Utauyo!! MIRACLE – Houkago Tea Time (K-ON!!)
• HELP!! -Hell Side- – Taketatsu Ayana (MM!)
• Ready Go! – May’n (Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi)
• Yamato Nadeshiko Education – Triple Booking (Seitokai Yakuindomo)
• Heart no Kakuritsu – Yoshida Hitomi & Hayami Saori (Sora no Otoshimono Forte)

Top 10 Endings of 2010

1. Kimi no Kioku – mao (Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan)
2. Yume-iro no Koi – Atsumi Saori (Mitsudomoe)
3. NO, Thank you! – Houkago Tea Time (K-ON!!)
4. Listen!! – Houkago Tea Time (K-ON!!)
5. Everyday sunshine line – Asou Natsuko (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou)
6. Nageki no Tenshi – Nadzuka Kaori (Amagami SS)
7. Trust me – Matsushita Yuya (Durarara!!)
8. More-more LOVERS!! – Asou Natsuko (MM!)
9. Utakata Hanabi – supercell (Naruto Shippuuden)
10. Girls, Be Ambitious. – Tomatsu Haruka (Sora no Woto)

• Metamarism – Itou Kanae (Shinryaku! Ika-musume)
• Pinky Jones – Momoiro Clover (Yosuga no Sora)
• My Wish My Love – Tamura Yukari (Nanoha THE MOVIE 1st)
• Koi no Shirushi from Ayumi – Taketatsu Ayana (The World God Only Knows)
• Sakura Sakura Saku -Ano Hi Kimi wo Matsu Sora to Onaji de- – marble (Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu)

Top 10 Characters of 2010

1. Yuuki Mikan (Motto To-LOVER-Ru)
   -Perfect imouto.
2. Tachibana Junichi (Amagami SS)
   -LOL This dude never ceased to amuse me!
3. Yamada (B Gata H Kei)
   -Stupid wannabe slut! She was awesome!
4. Korone (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou)
   -This robot is everything a robot should be. Supah powered, a girl, and perverted!
5. Ayuzawa Misaki (Kaichou ha Maid-sama)
   -Tough student council president, but a blushing girl when Usui is around~
6. Hayama Nayu (Chu-bra!!)
   Underwear aficionado.
7. Orihara Izaya (Durarara!!)
   -Mastermind of EVERY FUCKING THING!
8. Eris Ferris (Densetsu Yuusha no Densetsu)
   -Sword wielding, dango eating, Ryner harrasing badass!
9. Ozaki Toshio (Shiki)
   -Mad doctor and the best damn character in the show!
10. Umenomori Chise (Mayoi Neko Overrun!)
    -Loli pettanko ojou-sama!