Anime 2008: A year in review

How the hell am I supposed to open this post? I’m talking about every single anime in 2008, the best and the worst in every category. I haven’t seen everything this year obviously, such as Aria, ef, Shigofumi and DMC, but I’ve had a chance to check out pretty much everything else. Anyway, here we go

Since I'm limiting this to only anime which began airing in 2008, there will be no Gintama. But it deserves a mention anyway for being so consistently funny

Kaiba

Wow, it is really difficult to get pictures of Kaiba. I keep getting that idiot from Yu-gi-oh.

NO MORE F**KING YU-GI-OH!!!

You often hear the word ‘gem’ be used to describe anime. But what does a gem actually mean? It means:

1. You won’t hear of it often
2. It will be difficult to find (a few years after its release)
3. It is very different to your standard anime
4. It is very, very good!

Kaiba ticks all those boxes. Poke your head round anime forums and you will barely see it mentioned compared to Code Geass or Soul Eater. There is a very slim chance this anime will be licenced. The animation is far from what you would usually see; it looks like some kind of children’s show (though that is far from the truth).

And yes, it is very, very good.