My Hero Academia (Season 2)
Best Anime 2017 (Must Watch Anime)
You know we had to include this one in our best anime of 2017 list. My Hero Academia isn’t an incredibly original anime in terms of its very concept. What it is, however, is a masterpiece in how it deals with the journey of a young boy who desperately wants to live up to the standards being set by those around him.
The first season set the bar high and, quite frankly, you couldn’t help but fear that the second season would make the plot drag on too long or just ruin the wonderful story that had already unfolded. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Somehow, the second season only allowed My Hero Academia to get even better. Pleasant art direction and great pacing throughout the narrative makes Season 2 a real treat for anyone who stuck around from the first season.
Re:CREATORS
Best Anime 2017 (Must Watch Anime)
If anyone was handing out an award for the most underrated anime of the first half of 2017, Re:CREATORS would certainly walk away with the prize.
There are formulas in anime that have been proven time and time again. So much so that it becomes easy to repeat these themes and motifs until it becomes watered down and cliche. Re:CREATORS doesn’t fall into that trap but doing something different is never an easy task.
Re:CREATORS opens up with some serious action scenes that can lead viewers to believe this is a series all about shoving fighting scenes down your throat. That’s far from the case.
Re:CREATORS has depth and a well thought out narrative that is begging to be explored. Later episodes finally start peeling back the layers of this anime in an approach that dials back the action in exchange for more meaningful dialogue.
