I didn't watch as many anime in 2016 as I did in years past. I've gotten pretty vicious about avoiding new shows that appear to be garbage from their previews, official web sites, and set-up synopses. And I didn't find any cases this year where reviews from other people convinced me that I ought to change my mind and give a try to dubious prospects. Never-the-less, I still ended up watching or trying out 72 new anime series, movies and OAVs in 2016. As a bonus I had time to re-watch some old favourites as well as catch up on a bunch of anime movies that have been collecting unwatched on my shelves for several years.
So here are the anime series, movies and OAVs that I watched or tried out in 2016, ranked in order of how much I enjoyed them with my usual A through F ratings. There aren't any “Fs” this year, probably because I avoided so many series that appeared to have no potential to me. And, as usual, the ratings reflect my personal taste, so please don't get too bent out of shape if I loved something that you hated or I hated something that you loved.
A+ : “Mob Psycho 100”, “Drifters”
A : “Meitantei Conan”, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu”, “The Wind Rises”, “Natsume Yuujinchou Go”, “Evangelion: 1.11”, “Evangelion: 2.22”, “Evangelion: 3.33”
A- : “One Piece”, “Sushi Police”, “Concrete Revolutio 2”
B+ : “Gate Season 2”, “Tale of the Princess Kaguya”, “One Punch Man BD OAVs”, “Ushiro to Tora 2nd Season”, “Sailor Moon Season 3”, “Amaama to Inazuma”, “Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan”
B : “Folktales from Japan”, “Lupin III (2015), “Ojisan to Marshmallow”, “Kuma Miko”, “When Marnie Was There”
B- : “Dagashi Kashi”, “Kono Subarashi Sekai ni Shukufuku o”, “Nejimaki Seirei Senki”
Please note: I dropped the shows below before finishing, except for those I have marked “complete”
C+ : “Boku dake ga Inai Machi”, “Fukigen na Mononokean” (complete), “Natsume Yuujinchou Go – Sensei Special”(complete)
C : “Musaigen no Phantom World”, “Re:Zero”, “Joker Game”, “Sousei no Onmyouji”, “Bungou Stray Dogs”, “Koutetsu no Kabaneri”, “Flying Witch”, “Qualidea Code”, “Shuumatsu no Izetta”, “Occultic: Nine”, “Norn9”, “Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage”, “Bubuki Buranki”, “Dimension W”, “Pom Poko” (complete), “Space Patrol Luluco”, “Boku no Hero Acedemia”, “Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja nai to Omotta?”, “Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge”, “Kuromukuro”, “Berserk”, “New Game”, “Kiitarou Shounen no Youkai Enikki”, “Luger Code 1951”(complete)
C- : “Active Raid”, “Divine Gate”, “Hai no Gensou no Grimgar”, “Mayoiga”, “Endride”, “Onigiri”, “Kiznaiver”, “Big Order”, “Taboo Tatoo”, “Time Travel Shoujo”, “Hitori no Shita: The Outcast”, “Time Boken 24”, “Soul Buster”, “Nanbaka”
D : “Luck & Logic”, “Ajin”, “Ace Attorney”, “Ozmafia”