Hey everyone, I’d like to wish you all a happy New Year!
This has been a very good year for me. I graduated from college, began graduate school, and most importantly, I started watching anime. Yes, that’s right, before this year I barely knew what anime was. Then just this May I started watching it, and my life has never been the same. In just 8 months, I have completed 143 titles (including OVAs and Specials), I have had many wonderful discussions about these shows with other fans, and I have been able to share my new-found love of anime with all you lovely people.
I thought I would take this chance to post my current favorite anime. I’m sure this will change as I watch more, but as of now, these are my top 9:

From left to right and top to bottom, these are:
1. Usagi Drop
2. Steins;Gate
3. Aria the Origination
4. Barakamon
5. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
6. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
7. Nodame Cantabile
8. Hataraku Maou-sama!
9. Hunter x Hunter (2011)
They are all very good in my opinion and definitely deserve a watch if you have not already seen them.
For those curious about my blog stats for the year (or rather since I started this blog in July), they are as follows:
Posts: 851
Views: 4268
Likes: 2198
I’d like to apologize to anyone who has given me an award in the last couple months. I seriously meant to write up those posts but have yet to get around to it. I’d like to say I was really busy, but honestly I was just lazy. That said, I do appreciate the nominations very much and I still intend to write up the award posts eventually.
To everyone who looks at my posts, I’d like to thank you. It’s wonderful to know that I can share my love of anime with you, and I hope you all have an excellent year!