Sun Tzu’s Picks: Best Anime Openings and Endings of 2011

A good opening or ending theme is more important to a show than a lot of people realize.  The opening theme needs to get you psyched up to watch the show, and then the ending theme has to leave you happy that you watched it. And the songs need to be paired with good animation [...]

Sun Tzu’s Picks: Best Characters of 2011

A couple days ago I listed my picks for the best anime of 2011.  Here’s a list of the best characters of the year, the characters who were deepest, most interesting, most appealing, or contributed most to their respective anime.  I’m limiting them to one character per show, to try to prevent things like just [...]

Sun Tzu’s Picks: Top 10 Anime of 2011

2011 has ended, as years often do.  Soon the new year’s anime will be starting; I haven’t taken a close look at them, but I’ve heard there isn’t much to be excited about.  So rather than worry about the upcoming year right now, let’s take a moment to stop and reflect on the year that [...]