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2022 Anime Retrospective

Yet another year of anime has ended. I can say without hyperbole that 2022 has been one of the most interesting years in anime I have encountered in a while. Would I say it is the best? I don’t know where it would rank, but it would definitely be up there from the past 20 years. For once, there were more good or great shows than bad ones, and I can’t remember the last time that happened as of writing this. Even though there were still bad shows, there weren’t any disaster-level shows that stood out. At worst, they were just painfully boring or forgettable. And honestly, I would prefer it to be the latter than the former.

Now, let’s go through every show I’ve completed alphabetically and then I will reveal what I think to be the best anime of the year.

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