2012 Anime of the Year Awards and Top 10

This was the thinking pose the various members of The Cart Driver had to adopt while considering their nominations. 2012 was a fairly unremarkable year for anime. Nothing really shook the industry, unless you count terrible light novel adaptations with ridiculous titles as ‘shaking the industry’. It wasn’t a particularly bad year either, which would……

10 Anime Moments of Suck 2012

The 26th of December is the suckiest day of the year because it’s the furthest away from Christmas you can get. So, as per tradition, what better day to ‘celebrate’ the truly horrible moments of anime in 2012. In the past I’ve called them moments of HATE, but as I said earlier, this year I……

12 Days of Anime #5: The Most Disappointing Hype Train

Of all this year’s letdowns, none have stung so much as Moyashimon Returns, the sequel to the pretty good, but not quite great Moyashimon that aired five years prior. The anticipation was such that damn near everyone who was asked about what they anticipated from the summer season said Moyashimon Returns without missing a beat,……