Rank Anime (no. of first place votes) Studio Episode Change
1 Sakamichi no Apollon (18) Tezuka Productions 4
2 Fate/Zero 2 (8) ufotable 18
3 Tsuritama (4) A-1 Pictures 4
4 Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna (3) TMS Entertainment 5
5 Jormungand (1) White Fox 4 1

On the cusp: Uchuu Kyoudai (1), Hyouka, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Eureka Seven AO, Natsuiro Kiseki

Last week’s results, about the Anime Power Rankings

Sakamichi no Apollon has been so consistently great- managing to be fun but, at the same time, devoting plenty of its attention to exploring more serious topics, such as unrequited love and how to deal with racial prejudice in a realistic yet, sympathetic way- I’m almost wishing it’d trip up, just so that it can stop showing all the other shows up week after week!

Ty-chama (Watashi wa bucho!)

While Sakamichi no Apollon continues to be awesome, this week’s Fate/Zero was a little strange to me. I felt like because I dropped Kore wa Zombie Desuka? the anime gods decreed that I must follow 2 zombie anime a season and thus changed this show into a zombie anime. And don’t tell me that they are technically vampires, you get my point. Nevertheless, we get a good dose of Kiritsugu’s backstory, which is nice because while I find his character quite intriguing, I don’t know much about him. (more…)

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