Since 2024, I started to keep a list of some of my favorite anime, manga, games, movies, and TV from the year 2024. Not all of these came out this year, but they are pieces of media I enjoyed this year.
Not all of these are in order of best to worst, but the #1 are my #1s.
Movies & TV
- Fallout Season 1: I wish I could express the words I have for this perfect TV show. The way they are able to incorporate the world of Fallout while maintaining an original story in it’s world is so awesome! This is how adaptations should be.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Fantastic movie, love Shadow they did his story so well, but still wish they could just use the sonic music.
- Lisa Frankenstein: I was not expecting the twist from this movie. I thought this was going to be a fun romantic comedy, but the specific-type of horror movie this became makes this a very memorable movie.
- Arcane Season 2: Incredible! The art & animation are still just 10s. Love it!
- Deadpool vs Wolverine: Had a ton of fun with this movie! I’m a sucker for all these dumb references.
- Venom: The Last Dance: This is goofy as hell, I enjoyed it.
Anime/Manga
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth: This show is about the lengths people will go to preserve knowledge. The nameless people who helped build a foundation & a pressure to fight for the truth of this world.
- Code Geass: I love Code Geass, it is such a wildly fascinating show. I understand why people celebrate how good it is, but I will say I deeply disliked the ending. For the ending to say the villain was right all along rather than to have the Black Knights rebel against him & kill him as they have done with other kings was such a catastrophic misstep.
- Attack on Titan: To finally see a conclusion to such an incredible manga series. I just love this so much!
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Another manga I finished this year & H O L Y is it incredible!
- One Piece: I love One Piece, that’s it! It is so good, I have a lot of videos talking about it.
- Fire Punch: What a messed up manga, I hate the last third, but man does it stick with me. It is such a wild direction to take the manga & I admire Fujimoto’s vision for it. This is truly and incredible manga.
- Vivy: Now more than ever does this show continue to get better. As the world of AI becomes more prevalent in today’s society.
- Frieren Season 1: This is such a heartwarming show about building relationships & rediscovering the meaning behind past relationships. Very beautiful!
- Pluto: 10/10 Cinema, holy, Pluto is one of those shows that transcend it’s medium. This is a show I can recommend to anyone.
- Link Click: A show that has such a fun premise, but is able to utilize such incredible powerful themes is absolutely wonderful!
- Buddy Daddy: This is just goofy fun. It’s gay Spy Family.
- Shangri-La Frontier: Every so often the MMO isekai returns, but I promise you that Shangri-La Frontier is the best of its kind. No one is trapped. Instead it is about a guy who only plays trash MMOs tries to play the Triple A MMO & absolutely kick ass in all the best way.
- Trigun Stampede: I have never watched the original Trigun, but I will say that Studio Orange’s Trigun looks absolutely incredible & the story is awesome! Love it!
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- Final Fantasy 6: This is the first time I played this game & absolutely incredible. The game takes less than 30 hours & has some of the best writing & story telling compared against any game. It really highlights that a good story doesn’t need to be told across hundreds of hours.
- Wolfenstein Series: Wolfenstein is just a lot of dumb fun with a big heart!
- Honkai: Star Rail Penacony: The Penacony arc in Honkai: Star Rail is so much fun! I had a blast going through it.
- Fear & Hunger: One of the most fascinating games I have ever played. A game that seems so brutally difficult, but possible. The difficulty & the feeling of success by the end of it. I love this game.
- Ode to Castlevania: Absolutely wonderful celebration of Castlevania. I wrote about it here.
- Nier Automata: Truly an incredible experience. After beating Nier, I thought the game was alright. And then I played ending E and this became one of my favorite games.
- Pokemon Go: This is just a fun game to get me out of the house. I was also able to experience local events & massive ones held by Pokemon Go. A really cool experience!
- Kill Knight: It’s a fun game where you just kilk kil kill.
- Hyper Demon: One of my favorite games is Devil Daggers. The developers made Hyper Demon which was just that game, but waaaaaay flashier & faster. Amazing!
- Deadlock: This game has the best character designs in any game period. H O L Y.
- Marvel vs Capcom 2: Capcom released this game & this is my childhood game. I would not be into Marvel if it wasn’t for this game. Sure, I use to watch the Spiderman & X-Men cartoons, but I knew nothing of the other character until Marvel vs Capcom 2.
- Supermarket Simulator: This was just a fun turn-off my brain & play game. Enjoyed my time with it.
- Jedi Knight: This is such a fun game. I am so happy I was recommended playing Jedi Knight!
- FFXIV Dawntrail: I love Dawntrail, I wrote a bunch about it here.
- Devil May Cry 5: This game is very good. Did I have to mod out being forced to play as V because I hate everything about his gameplay. Absolutely.
- Marvel Rivals: I have never seen Marvel characters look as good as they look in Marvel Rivals! I have spent so many hours playing this game!
- Shinkansen 0: This is a fun horror game where you are going through an infinite loop of train cars. You must spot the difference or be trapped in here forever.
- Platform 8: Platform 8 is identical to Shinkansen 0, but this is created by the developer behind Exit 8. The game that basically popularized this style of game. Very fun!
- Volgarr the Viking II: The first Volgar the Viking is one of my favorite games. I spent hours trying to 100% that incredibly difficult platformer. Volgarr the Viking II is more Volgar & I am so here for it!
- Rivals of Aether: I never thought I would be so incredible in a more competitive Smash Bros like game, but Rivals of Aether really makes that idea so much fun!