Best of 2021 Awards

 In a yearly blog tradition, here are the winners of what I liked most in the past year!

Of course, this is once again totally my own taste, and completely subjective, but heck, maybe something went under the radar and it might inspire you?

Best Movie: The Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity.  Now, there are actually TWO different Yin Yang Master movies currently on Netflix, but this one really stood out for me.  Based on a mobile game, this was one epic film with great effects.

Best Series: Into The Night.  Actually a belgian science fiction series, and with the second one being a lot less then the original, the first season had that tense, time pressured feel as a group of survivors have to fly around the world as the sun became lethal.  Breathtaking and gutwrenching at the same time, this was some quality adventure.  Honourable mentions go to korean series The Uncanny Counters and the french Lupin series for me.

Best Book: No Game No Life volume 6.  This is the light novel that tells the tale animated as the No Game No Life 0 movie, and it is even more dramatic and heartbreaking in it's written form.

Best Toy: Kurumi Alluring Kimono version, the Date-A-Live scale figure I received for my birthday.  She comes with such awesome details on the dress and all, truly a fantastic figure.

Best Anime: REDO OF HEALER!!!!!  No, just kidding, the best anime's I saw this year is a tryfold between the Gaiden of Violet Evergarden, Darling in the Franxx and Your Lie in April.  All with high drama, beautiful finales.  And then there are the Quintessential Quintuplets, a little comical series I discovered and really became my "guilty pleasure" series.

Best Game: Rangers of Shadow Deep.  Before my gaming grinded completely to a standstill, this solo game was real fun to play on calm sundays.

 

 

Best Videogame: okay, a very controversional one here was about to be inserted, with the adult chatbox game 3DXChat, which did wonders for my self confidence after events of the past decade or two.  But in the end, I went for Super Mecha Champions, a mecha battle royale game I have been enjoying for months on end now.

 

Best Wargame Figure: Sagitta Ptolemy from NS Miniatures.  It's Saint Seiya, but it is also great to see some other characters for once then the "goldies" and the bronze heroes.  And especially if it's a one episode appearing side character.

 

 

Best Music: Ghost Rule by Hatsune Miku, as well as an honourable mention to the closing balad of the Demon Slayer Mugen Train movie.

 

 

 Best Trade: being such a good little boy Noshi tolerated my restarting of an anime figure collection.  Without details, it's one of those things "Best Videogame" relates to...

Best Convention or Event: we only attended one, but with that little bug still wreaking havoc for public life, it has to be Made In Asia, the first convention I went to in 2.5 years!

Greatest Disappointment: how due to both Brexit AND the new IOSS rulings, the European Union is closing it's borders for hobbyists, as now a LOT of extra charges are added to our already not cheap hobbies of both wargaming (nearly all UK based) and anime figure collecting (well, Japan of course).

So there we have them, all the things I took a liking to in a hobby related way during the past year.  Let's see what the new year will bring, and if there will be some unexpected entries as well next edition.  Did you see anything that inspires you or you think "hmmm, that went under my radar"?  Feel free to comment below!