For the last day of Advent let's tackle My Hero Academia.
The world is full of humans who develop super natural powers known as quirks, within a few generations 80% of the population have a quirk which creates a world of heroes and villains, but for Midoriya who has no quirk, he dreams of being like the legendary hero All Might but even All Might himself who is revealed to be losing his power admits you can't be a hero without a quirk, but after witnessing Midoriya's heroics, All Might decides to pass down his quirk to Midoriya.
With a quirk to use, Midoriya heads to UA to become a hero despite his quirk wrecking his body and his bully constantly pissed off that he's even there.
Taking the name Deku, he joins a host of colourful characters as a gathering storm of villains approaches the young heroes.
I'm just going to come out and say this, it's just Naruto part one, it has better world building and much better universal laws but the plot is strikingly similar to how Naruto started.
As an anime it's fine, the characters are a bit mediocre, Deku cries every five minutes, Bakugo has a permanent stick up his ass, most of the class are really forgettable and plenty of villains are trying way too hard.
Dub is at least competent, so I won't rag on it too much.
I'm open to the series improving over time as I'm still early in watching the seasons but I already suspect where it's leading to, looking at just Season 1 alone.
Final Verdict: It created a very solid world that is full of opportunities to tell great stories but lacks the characters to pull it off successfully.
With the top 100 anime ready to go, there are obvious anime that didn't make it in so lets look at ten that didn't make it.
This is not in order but I will mention the 101st anime.
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
speaking of 101st, this was my choice if there were no comments at all, a complex love story from a perspective of a natural cynic, but it's one of those need to see season 2 anime.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Being honest this anime looks worst every year as the flaws become more apparent but at the very least I can still consider it ground-breaking.
Persona 4
The game did it more justice but still good.
Grenadier
The manga did it more justice and between this and Trigun, Trigun was the stronger story.
Beyblade
If it weren't for them bringing it back as Metal Beyblade I'd have put it on the list pronto.
Creamy Mami
I found it boring but her contribution to the shojo genre cannot be ignored.
Galaxy Angel
One of many shows I just find fun and nothing else.
Attack On Titan
I can't get too mad at a show for being a gateway anime but I still find that this show got more absurd as it went along.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
What no children's card games? In all seriousness it's hard to decide on what the strongest series of this anime was and there were a lot of bad calls with this franchise.
My Hero Academia
I've not seen it. Blame the UK for not releasing season one on dvd. And before you say Netflix or Crunchyroll, I have to pay for a house now so regular payments to those services are off the table.
