So, since the year's now over and the Anime Awards will announce nominees in the next week or so, I went back over my MAL list to see what actually came out this year, and what might be my AOTY.
Turns out I've got about three big ones from almost every season this year. It boils down to Blue Period, Fruits Basket Final, Horimiya, Kageki Shoujo, Mars Red, Megalo Box 2, Oddtaxi, and Vivy. It's strange that even though the list was alphabetical, the shows split down the middle with the first half being visually less inventive but having characters so compelling that I almost cried by the end, and the later being the ones that has less invested characters but more compelling and intricate plots.
In the end, I'd probably give it to Vivy, for being the full package, great characters, great story, great animation, and an ending that manages to be both tragic and brimming with hope at the same time.
I'm really exicted to see what the Anime Awards actually think are the top representatives in every category, and being thoroughly disappointed when February comes around and MHA and JJK win everything.