My Top 5 Openings of Fall 2016

5. Yuri!!! on Ice
Song: History Maker
Artist: Dean Fujioka

4. Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
Song: Hikari Are
Artist: BURNOUT SYNDROMES

3. Bungou Stray Dog 2nd
Song: Reason Living
Artist: SCREEN mode

2. Gatsu no Lion
Song: Answer
Artist: BUMP OF CHICKEN

1. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Song: RAGE OF DUST
Artist: SPYAIR

My Top Fall Season 2016 Animes

10. All Out!!
Rating: 7,5/10
Genre: Sports, Seinen, School
Studio: Madhouse, TMS Entertainment
Synopsis: In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team?

The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins with his classmate, Iwashimizu, who has a complicated past and sub-captain Hachiouji, who always takes good care of his Club members. Lastly, there is Captain Sekizan, who has overwhelming powers but keeps his cards close to his chest. With such differences in both personality and physical performance, the team must learn to work and grow together so they can become the best.

9. Shuumatsu no Izetta
Rating: 7,5/10
Genre: Military, Historical, Action
Studio: Aija-Do
Synopsis: If I am promised to the princess, then I will fight for her sake.
In 1939 C.E., the imperialist nation of Germania invaded a neighboring country. All at once, that war spread throughout Europe, and the era was dragged into a spiral of a great war.
Then, in 1940, Germania's attack turned towards the Principality of Eylstadt, a small Alps country abundant with beautiful water and greenery.

8. Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari
Rating: 7,8/10
Genre: Slice of Life, Seinen, Fantasy, Comedy
Studio: LIDENFILM
Synopsis: Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family's Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the "Udon Kingdom," along with Souta.

7. WWW.Working
Rating: 8/10
Genre: Comedy, Romantic, Slice of Life
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Synopsis: Daisuke Higashida is a serious first-year student at Higashizaka High School. He lives a peaceful everyday life even though he is not satisfied with the family who doesn't laugh at all and makes him tired. However, his father's company goes bankrupt one day, and he can no longer afford allowances, cellphone bills, and commuter tickets. When his father orders him to take up a part-time job, Daisuke decides to work at a nearby family restaurant in order to avoid traveling 15 kilometers to school by bicycle.

6. Fune wo Amu
Rating: 8,5/10
Genre: Seinen, Slice of Life, Drama
Studio: Zexcs
Synopsis: The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobō publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai). 

5. 3-gatsu no Lion
Rating: 8,5/10
Genre: Seinen, Slice of Life, Drama, Sports
Studio: Shaft
Synopsis: Rei Kiriyama is a 17-year-old boy who recently started living alone, financed by his salary as a professional Shogi player. Despite his independence, however, he's yet to mature emotionally, and his problems continue to haunt him in his daily life. His relationship with his adoptive family is strained, and he has difficulties interacting with his fellow high school students. Meanwhile, his professional career has entered a slump. Burdened with the heavy expectations placed on him as the fifth to become pro in middle school, his wins and losses are fluctuating as his record and progression into the ranks begin to stagnate.

Acquainted with Rei are the three Kawamoto sisters: Akari, Hinata, and Momo. Unlike Rei, they live happily in their modest home, which they warmly welcome Rei into as if he were one of their own. Despite his reservations about becoming too close to the family, he frequently visits, interacting with them and receiving the kind of care and affection he never quite had while under his foster home.

This is the story of Rei's triumphs and failures, relationships new and old, and his growth as a person.

4. Drifters
Rating: 8,7/10
Genre: Action, Historical, Comedy, Fantasy, Seinen, Samurai, Adventure
Studio: Hoods Drifters Studio
Synopsis: The story of the manga centers around Shimazu Toyohisa, the real-life samurai who fought in the pivotal Battle of Sekigahara. In his dying moments, Shimazu is transported to a world of magic with other famous warriors throughout history. These warriors are forced to fight each other in an endless battle.

3. Yuri!!! On Ice
Rating: 9/10
Genre: Sports, Drama, Comedy
Studio: MAPPA
Synopsis: The show's story revolves around Yūri Katsuki, who carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. With those mixed feelings swirling inside him, he confines himself inside his parents house. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Victor Nikiforov appears before him, and along with him is Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Victor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Gran Prix series.

2. Bungo Stray Dogs 2nd Season
Rating: 9/10
Gerne: Mystery, Supernatural, Seinen,Action, (Police)
Studio: Bones
Synopsis: Nakajima Atsushi was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Dazai Osamu, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!

1. Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
Rating: 9/10
Genre: Sports, Comedy, Shounen, Drama, School
Studio: Production I.G
Synopsis: The boys prepare to finally face off for the right to represent the prefecture in the volleyball national championship. Despite being known as “The Fallen Champions,” Karasuno is determined to take down the powerhouse that is the Shiratorizawa High volleyball team. As Hinata comes closer to fulfilling his promise to defeat Ushijima’s team, will the “Flightless Crows” finally find their wings and soar above the best school in the prefecture?