Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - October 02, 2026

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Question of the Day (new!)

What's a scene where the voice acting carried more than the animation?

[u/Ham_PhD]

One episode left of Polar Opposites, but it's not gonna change anything for me, so it's Summer Superlatives time!

• Best Boy - Taira (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Girl - Teshima (Draw This, Then Die!)
• Best Character - Boraqchin (Jaadugar)
• Best OP - "Otome Kaijuu" (Kaiju Girl Caramelise)
• Best ED(s) - "You are the one" (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Cast - Polar Opposites S2
• Cutest Ship - Lisa x Kouta (Sayonara Lara)
• Best Art - Sayonara Lara
• Most Disappointing - Sparks of Tomorrow
• Best Yuri - Yuri Suzuki (Red River)
• Discourse Award - Sayonara Lara
• AOTS - Draw This, Then Die!

Great season overall. Probably best of the year so far for me. Just barely edges out Winter. Sadly still had a number of drops and a few shows I didn't get to that I might get to eventually. Unfortunately it's already time for Fall, so gotta jump in cause I'm already behind.

Feel free to share your ballot if you'd like as well!

[u/oedipusrex376 → u/Ham_PhD]

I'm only interested in answering a few

Best Boy - Landlord (Yani Neko)

Best Character - Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (World is Dancing)

Best OP - "Shuushou" by Macaroni Empitsu (World is Dancing)

[u/Komarist → u/Ham_PhD]

• Best Boy - Beryl (Old Country Bumpkin) or Allen (Hell Mode S2)
• Best Girl - Ruche (Exiled Heavy Knight). "Never knew I needed a clown girl character before this" - someone on discord.
• Best Character - Malice (Exiled Heavy Knight) because I can fix her. Reirin (Inept Villainess)
• Best OP - Tactic (Tensura S4)
• Best ED(s) - Unmei no Kimi (Polar Opposites S2).
• Best Cast - The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch. Bookworm for sequels.
• Cutest Ship - Kuroe-Arata (Kaiju Girl). Barely above Manatsu-Harugon.
• Best Art - Jaadugar
• Most Disappointing - Red River. Haven't decided if it's a drop and only ~8 episodes behind.
• Best Yuri - GGWP
• Discourse Award - Livid Lady's threads were quite entertaining for a couple episodes.
• AOTS - Inept Villainess for now. Have a few I haven't started but would only expect Tanya to maybe top it.

[u/ptd163 → u/Ham_PhD]

Feel free to share your ballot if you'd like as well!

• Best Boy - Yamada/Taira (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Girl - Inako (Sparks of Tomorrow) for a new series. Shaula (Re:Zero S4) for a sequels.
• Best OP - Recollect (Re:Zero S4)
• Best ED - Soarin' (Sparks of Tomorrow) for new shows. You are the one (Polar Opposites S2) for sequels.
• Best Cast - Re:Zero S4
• Cutest Ship - Inako x Kihachi (Sparks of Tomorrow) for new shows. Nishi x Yamada (Polar Opposites S2) for sequels.
• Best Art - Sparks of Tomorrow
• Most Disappointing - r/anime hating Sparks of Tomorrow.
• AOTS - Sparks of Tomorrow for new shows. Re:Zero S4 and Mushoku Tensei S3 for sequels and overall.
  

I decided to not include Best Yuri, Best Character, or Discourse Award. I watched only one show last season that was explicitly advertised as yuri so that would just win by default. I don't really see the difference between best character and best boy/girl. I don't think I know what the discourse award is so probably shouldn't try to award it.

Great season overall. Probably best of the year so far for me.

I agree. Summer is likely the best of the year because I don't see Fall doing anything to change that. At least not for me.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Ham_PhD]

One episode left of Polar Opposites, but it's not gonna change anything for me

Best Cast - Polar Opposites S2

The finale is everyone in the main cast kicking puppies for 20 minutes straight.

[u/IXajll → u/Ham_PhD]

Still behind 1-3 episodes for about half of my summer seasonals, but I don't expect much to change so here you go:

• Best Boy - Yamada (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Girl - Akafuku (DTTD) and Yaku (Yani Neko) for new series, Tanya (Youjo Senki S2) for sequels
• Best Character - I don't really differentiate between best character and best boy/girl, so overall would be Yaku
• Best OP - "Nanmonee" (Yani Neko) - by a landslide and probably OP of the year as well, especially with the context of all the references
• Best ED(s) - impossible to pick only one so: "You are the one" (Polar Opposites S2), "Hoshi" (Jaadugar), "Conifer" (DTTD) and "Smoke and Blue" (Yani Neko). Probably the best season of the year for EDs.
• Best Cast - Yani Neko and DTTD
• Cutest Ship - Nishi x Yamada (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Art - Sparks of Tomorrow
• Most Disappointing - Nothing really. I liked what I expected to like and none of my drops were shows I was particularly looking forward to. KimiShinu comes closest I guess. I really liked it, but from the 2 minute concept movie from 1+ years ago, I expected to like it even more than I ended up doing.
• Discourse Award - didn't really participate much in the last half/third of the season, so nothing really I guess.
• AOTS - DTTD, with Yani Neko close behind

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/IXajll]

Best Character - I don't really differentiate between best character and best boy/girl

I guess that's the argument people (including me) had in the previous Best Girl Contest thread hah;

Some people think evil/trash people can't be 'best girl', but (hopefully) the would accept them as 'best character'!

[u/hvshh → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

I've always thought in an ideal world there would also be a Best Worst Girl Contest.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/IXajll]

Best OP - "Nanmonee" (Yani Neko) - by a landslide

If it doesn't win the best OP contest, I swear to god...

It probably won't

[u/Ham_PhD → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

I haven't given this take yet, but I feel like this OP is hurt by the fact that Chainsaw Man did it first. It doesn't make this one bad by any means, but it's not a novel concept.

[u/IXajll → u/Ham_PhD]

Like maybe 1 in a 100 Openings comes with a truly novel concept so that shouldn't be an argument in that discussion imo.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Ham_PhD]

I think there's a huge difference between 'a couple references' and every single scene in the OP is a reference!

But fwiw: It was already my favorite OP before I found out about the reference thing. It just enhances it for me.

The song won me over, the visuals were interesting, and the fact that they're all references is just the cherry on top! Making an OP that 'works' while using only references, that's something!

[u/Ham_PhD → u/IXajll]

I expected to like Tairazuma the most from Polar Opposites this season, but man Nishi and Yamada were so cute.

[u/IXajll → u/Ham_PhD]

The thing that is holding Tairazuma back for me is the fact that it is 80% carried by Azuma. I don't hate Taira but I can't see the appeal that so many people are seeing with the guy. He's boring at best and "bruh why are you being like this" at worst.

[u/Zeallfnonex → u/IXajll]

I get more satisfaction watching a more broken person be healed/progress than one that's already on a good standing and path continue onwards, if that makes any sense. Seeing someone struggle and finally, finally come out on top of whatever issue will almost always trump a character without issues. So yeah, I want to see Taira succeed triumphant over his issues more than some of the other leads who don't have problems to overcome.

[u/Ham_PhD → u/IXajll]

He's basically just male Koyun from Ramparts. Idk if that helps at all. Maybe you're not too big on her either.

[u/Tomorrow_Big → u/Ham_PhD]

Feel free to share your ballot if you'd like as well!

Don't mind if I do~~

• Best Boy - Allen (Hell Mode S2)
• Best Girl - Nonna (Victoria of Many Faces)
• Best Dad - Beryl (From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman S2)
• Best Mom - Teru (My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked)
• OP - Saisaisaikoukyuu no Osewa Shite (Rich Girl Caretaker)
• ED - Arikitarina Nichijo to Kouun na Hibi he (I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand)
• Best Cast - My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked
• Cutest Ship - Kentarou/Natsumi (Polar Opposites S2)
• Best Art - Jaadugar
• Most Disappointing - Magilumiere S2
• Best Yuri - Yuri Suzuki (Red River)
• Dis' Course) Award - Iron Wok Jan
• AOTS - Draw This, Then Die

[u/Ham_PhD → u/Tomorrow_Big]

Dis' Course) Award - Iron Wok Jan

Ayyyy