2018 Fandom Year in Review
Late at doing this again as usual. I already posted my favorite things from 2018 on Twitter but Live Journal is still better for archiving.
I am not trying to make this nice just making a list of favorite things this year and not following any template
Favorite Movie of 2018 Favorite watched in 2018 that I can remember is Florida Project (which actually came out the year before). Favorite that I saw in theaters is a bit trickier. Think I will say the two Free! Movies. One I saw in the theater, the other at Otakon.
Favorite Anime I didn't really have one strong favorite this year so I think it was a 3 way tie between these three series
1) A Place Further than The Universe
2) Banana Fish
3) Yuru Camp
Didn't really have a new favorite live action TV series this year so I'll skip that. And I realized I said the same thing last year. Guess I need to watch more TV.
Favorite Book Read Lonesome Dove
Favorite Manga Overall The Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha (definitely one of the best things from the modern Dragon Ball franchise). As far as series go I think the best series I started in 2018 has been To Your Eternity the new series from the manga-ka of A Silent Voice.
Main Fandom of 2018 Dragon Ball is still going strong
Favorite Male Character Vegeta if I said anyone else I would be lying
Favorite Female Character Rin from Yuru Camp. I love that she is travels solo and the series does not judge her for this. Even though I am not a camper I identified with her in many other ways.
Favorite Relationship Ash and Eiji from Banana Fish (I just wish it had a better ending)
Favorite Games Dokkan Battle and Dragon Ball Legends. In many ways this was the aspect of Dragon Ball fandom I enjoyed the most (hasn't been good for my wallet though lol)
Favorite Song Blizzard the Dragon Ball Super Broly theme song.
Best Fandom Moments of 2018
1) Going to Paris and Versailles in France and Meeting many friends from the Versailles Family
2) Meeting Ryo Horikawa (the voice of Vegeta) at Kameha Con. I've wanted to meet him for years so it was great to finally do so and he was so sweet. I asked him to take a photo with my Bulma figure and he said "My Bulma" to it. Made my convention
3) Seeing Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Shoko Nakagawa in concert in NYC at Anisong Matsuri. The former two I had seen in concert before but they sang a lot of songs from DB and One Piece they hadn't before and Shotakan sang all her Gurren Lagann songs, it was great
4) Meeting Shouji Kawamori, one of the main creators of Escaflowne at Otakon
5) Getting a Photo with Michelle Gomez and Peter Capaldi and finally meeting William Russell at ReGen Who
Theater I saw in 2018
Only one, The Ferryman and at the end of the year with my friend Mary and it was brilliant.
Favorite Audio Drama of 2018 Cicero, War Master and ATA Girl
What I am looking forward to in 2019
So far the only major thing I definitely have planned is going to Texas to meet the Princess Tutu creators. Hopefully there will be more exciting things that develop as the year progresses.
I am not trying to make this nice just making a list of favorite things this year and not following any template
Favorite Movie of 2018 Favorite watched in 2018 that I can remember is Florida Project (which actually came out the year before). Favorite that I saw in theaters is a bit trickier. Think I will say the two Free! Movies. One I saw in the theater, the other at Otakon.
Favorite Anime I didn't really have one strong favorite this year so I think it was a 3 way tie between these three series
1) A Place Further than The Universe
2) Banana Fish
3) Yuru Camp
Didn't really have a new favorite live action TV series this year so I'll skip that. And I realized I said the same thing last year. Guess I need to watch more TV.
Favorite Book Read Lonesome Dove
Favorite Manga Overall The Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha (definitely one of the best things from the modern Dragon Ball franchise). As far as series go I think the best series I started in 2018 has been To Your Eternity the new series from the manga-ka of A Silent Voice.
Main Fandom of 2018 Dragon Ball is still going strong
Favorite Male Character Vegeta if I said anyone else I would be lying
Favorite Female Character Rin from Yuru Camp. I love that she is travels solo and the series does not judge her for this. Even though I am not a camper I identified with her in many other ways.
Favorite Relationship Ash and Eiji from Banana Fish (I just wish it had a better ending)
Favorite Games Dokkan Battle and Dragon Ball Legends. In many ways this was the aspect of Dragon Ball fandom I enjoyed the most (hasn't been good for my wallet though lol)
Favorite Song Blizzard the Dragon Ball Super Broly theme song.
Best Fandom Moments of 2018
1) Going to Paris and Versailles in France and Meeting many friends from the Versailles Family
2) Meeting Ryo Horikawa (the voice of Vegeta) at Kameha Con. I've wanted to meet him for years so it was great to finally do so and he was so sweet. I asked him to take a photo with my Bulma figure and he said "My Bulma" to it. Made my convention
3) Seeing Hironobu Kageyama, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Shoko Nakagawa in concert in NYC at Anisong Matsuri. The former two I had seen in concert before but they sang a lot of songs from DB and One Piece they hadn't before and Shotakan sang all her Gurren Lagann songs, it was great
4) Meeting Shouji Kawamori, one of the main creators of Escaflowne at Otakon
5) Getting a Photo with Michelle Gomez and Peter Capaldi and finally meeting William Russell at ReGen Who
Theater I saw in 2018
Only one, The Ferryman and at the end of the year with my friend Mary and it was brilliant.
Favorite Audio Drama of 2018 Cicero, War Master and ATA Girl
What I am looking forward to in 2019
So far the only major thing I definitely have planned is going to Texas to meet the Princess Tutu creators. Hopefully there will be more exciting things that develop as the year progresses.