hime's choice : best of 2010, in anime

for two straight years we've neglected on putting up our best of [ insert year here ] list due to several internal issues. this year however, we've decided to kickstart the classic obligatory list so to mark our renewed direction as a hybrid aniblog, as well as to join in the fun with others who had shared theirs long before us. and so with that said, hereby is our '2010 anime of choice' list, personally handpicked from series we've seen throughout the magnificent year of 2010 [ fall, for one was among the best season to ever graced us last year ].

please take note there are series which has yet to find their way into the list [ mitsudomoe, for example. and we highly regret for not having our watch of the first season while it's still oven fresh ], yet however due to the dynamic nature of this list, the aforementioned series might sooner or later find it's name sneakily inserted into any of the specific mention as follow

[ honorable mention : best summer series ]

01. BEST WINTER SERIES
> DURARARA !!
honorable mentions : Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Sora no Woto, Hanamaru Youchien

02. BEST SPRING SERIES
> K-ON !!
honorable mentions : Angel Beats !, Working !!, Mayoi Neko Overrun !

03. BEST SUMMER SERIES
> SEIKIMATSU OCCULT GAKUIN
honorable mentions : Highschool of The Dead, Amagami SS, Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi

04 BEST AUTUMN SERIES
> PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT
honorable mentions : Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, Yosuga no Sora, Bakuman

05. BEST 2010 SERIES
> K-ON !!
honorable mentions : Durarara !!, Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin

[ editor's choice : best slice of life series ]

06. BEST SLICE OF LIFE SERIES
> K-ON !!
honorable mentions : Sora no Woto, Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, Working !!

07. BEST COMEDY SERIES
> SORA NO OTOSHIMONO : FORTE
honorable mentions : Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Shinryaku ! Ika Musume

08. BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY SERIES
> MAYOI NEKO OVERRUN !
honorable mentions : Kiss x Sis, Kaichou wa Maid-sama !, Motto To Love-Ru

09. BEST ROMANTIC / DRAMA SERIES
> AMAGAMI SS
honorable mention : Otome Youkai Zakuro, Yosuga no Sora, Kaichou wa Maid-sama !

10. BEST ACTION / DRAMA SERIES
> HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD
honorable mention : Durarara !!, To Aru Majutsu no Index II, Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls

11. BEST MECHA SERIES
> N/A

[ editor's choice : best ova ]

12. BEST THEATRICAL RELEASE ( based on dvd / blu ray release )
> SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU
honorable mentions : Evangelion 2.22 : You Can [ Not ] Advance, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann : Lagann-hen, Macross Frontier : Itsuwari no Utahime

13. BEST OVA
> BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER
honorable mentions : Koe de Oshigoto, Yozakura Quartet : Hoshi no Umi, Hen Zemi

14. BEST ONA / SHORT ANIME SERIES
> TAMAYURA
honorable mentions : Haiyoru ! Nyaru-ani, Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu, Mirai Nikki

15. BEST ERO-OVA SERIES
> SONO HANABIRA NI KUCHIZUKE WO : ANATA TO KOIBITO TSUNAGI
honorable mentions : Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo, Choukou Sennin Haruka, Fukibiki ! Triangle : Miharu After

16. BEST SEQUEL MENTION
> K-ON !!
honorable mentions : Sora no Otoshimono : Forte, Tegami Bachi : Reverse, Motto To Love-Ru

[ honorable mention : best female character in a series ]

17. BEST MALE CHARACTER IN A SERIES
> MORITAKA MASHIRO + AKITO TAKAGI [ BAKUMAN ]
honorable mentions : Tomoki Sakurai [ Sora no Otoshimono : Forte ], Chuck [ Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ], Takumi Usui [ Kaichou wa Maid-sama ! ]

18. BEST FEMALE CHARACTER IN A SERIES
> FUMINO SERIZAWA [ MAYOI NEKO OVERRUN ! ]
honorable mentions : Anarchy Stocking [ Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ], Saeko Busujima [ Highschool of The Dead ], Astraea [ Sora no Otoshimono : Forte ]

19. BEST 'TRAP' CHARACTER IN A SERIES
> HIDEYOSHI KINOSHITA [ BAKA TO TEST TO SHOUKANJUU ]
honorable mentions : 'Kotori-chan' [ Working !! ], 'Tatsumi Antoinette XVI' [ MM ! ], Joey Jones [ Heroman ]

20. BEST MALE CHARACTER IN A THEATRICAL / OVA RELEASE
> SIMON [ TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN : LAGANN-HEN ]
honorable mentions : Lancer [ Unlimited Blade Works ], Akira Takizawa [ Eden of The East ], Shirou Emiya [ Unlimited Blade Works ]

21. BEST FEMALE CHARACTER IN A THEATRICAL / OVA RELEASE
> YUKI NAGATO [ SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU ]
honorable mentions : Asuka Langley-Shikinami [ Evangelion 2.22 ], Sheryl Nome [ Macross Frontier : Itsuwari no Utahime ], Rin Tohsaka [ Unlimited Blade Works ]

22. SPECIAL MENTION 01 : BEST TSUNDERE CHARACTER IN A SERIES / THEATRICAL RELEASE
> FUMINO SERIZAWA [ MAYOI NEKO OVERRUN ! ]
honorable mentions : Asuka Langley-Shikinami [ Evangelion 2.22 ], Saya Takagi [ Highschool of The Dead ], Rin Tohsaka [ Unlimited Blade Works ]

[ editor's choice : best tsundere character in a series / theatrical release ]

23. BEST DIRECTION IN A SERIES
> DURARARA !!
honorable mentions : K-ON !!, Sora no Woto, Black★Rock Shooter

24. BEST ART DIRECTION + VISUAL EXECUTION / PRODUCTION IN A SERIES
> K-ON !!
honorable mentions : Durarara !!, Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, Black★Rock Shooter

25. BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SERIES
> DURARARA !!
honorable mentions : Black★Rock Shooter, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin, Yosuga no Sora,

26. BEST MUSICAL SCORE IN A SERIES
> PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT
honorable mentions : Sora no Woto, Otome Youkai Zakuro, Sora no Otoshimono : Forte

27. SPECIAL MENTION 02 : PRODUCTION STUDIO OF CHOICE FOR 2010
> KYOTO ANIMATION [ K-ON !!, SUZUMIYA HARUHI NO SHOUSHITSU ]
honorable mentions : Gainax [ Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ], J.C. Staff's 'Toradora ! Team' [ Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi ], Ordet [ Black★Rock Shooter ]

28. SPECIAL MENTION 03 : BEST FANSERVICE IN A SERIES
> HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD
honorable mentions : Kiss x Sis, Yosuga no Sora, Motto To Love-Ru

[ honorable mention : best fanservice in a series ]