With the year 2010 about to take its final bow, let's take a look back on what I think, made the top 5 headlines in terms of anime and tokusatsu this year.
Anime News (Philippines)
5. TV5's "Endless Eight" ends, and they aired quite a number of prominent anime titles... namely, D. Gray-man, Lucky Star (that replaced Haruhi which is still not yet over), Clannad, finished Toradora!, continued FMA: B, and aired Gundam 00.
4. Eyeshield 21, screwed by Nickleodeon.
3. HEROtv slowly getting its mojo back, Animax Asia still continues to dominate with Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Fairy Tail and K-ON!/K-ON!!.
2. Studio 23 airs dozens of anime titles this year which includes titles that didn't aired on HEROtv nor ABS-CBN. Also, QTV gave us quite a teaser for their treat for anime fans next year!
1. TV5 ANiMEGA leaves for a while, returns with Gundam 00... in Saturday and screwed again by Pacquiao fights. Since then, TV5 ANiMEGA's sked becomes unstable.
Anime News (Regular)
3. A balance between Mamoru Hosoda's recognition in terms of being a director and the great loss of Satoshi Kon in the industry.
1. Ishihara's Youth Ordinance Bill also known as Anime and Manga Regulation Bill.
Tokusatsu News
4.Tokusatsu films mostly, on top of the box office.
3. Kamen Rider W dominates.
2. Saban is back, and reacquires the Power Rangers franchise from Disney and decides to adapted Samurai Sentai Shinkenger into Power Rangers Samurai!
1. Toei's announcement of their plans for Super Sentai and Kamen Rider's respective anniversaries next year.
I guess that will be all this year! Now, what will be the top news for 2011? I guess we should wait for 2011! Happy New Year everybody!
