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THE AJAS POLL 2007 - RESULTS

by Dhumahn » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:54 am

Well finally the results are in, and here are the final scores.
This year I have decided to include the positions of shows that also appeared last year. They have a number that looks like this...{99}.

First off the 2007 wooden spoon award goes to:

45. Hanoka 3.750
Man this show really deserved this.

Now for the main bunch:

44. Flag 4.250
Filler Crappola.

43. Di Gi Charat - Winter Garden 4.333
Lack of Dejiko (and plot) was this show's downfall.

42. Jigoku Shoujo Live Action 4.600
Live Action shows hardly ever do as well as the anime...

41. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge 4.667
One of the shows I suggested, and lived to regret..

40. Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou 4.750
Another one that died...

39/38. Shin Angyou Onshi/You're Under Arrest Live Action 5.000
There are a few tied spots again this year. YUA could have been worse, but I think Ian Thorpe helped a bit here.

37. Afro Samurai 5.083
For once Samuel L. Jackson = Fail...

36. Hoshizora Kiseki 5.200
Another of our 'one-off' series.

35. Pumpkin Scissors 5.545
Getting through the end of this was like watching the mid-section of Noein...

34. Yukikaze 5.778
Repeated viewings are not always a good thing.

33. Saint October 5.889
For a minderjährigen mädchen show, it did better than I thought it would. Needs more episodes shown though....maybe?

32. Soukou No Strain 6.100
The bottom-most ranked of the current playlist items. For the record there were more low scores for this show than just what I had for it.

31. Utawarerumono 6.154
Woof...

30/29. Ayakashi/Highlander Movie 6.200
Another tie.

28. Paprika 6.222
WTF?!? Paranoia Agent was surely better than this?

27. Pale Cocoon 6.286
Higher than what I thought it would get.

26. Freedom 6.375
Lower than what I thought it would get.

25. Ichigo Mashimaro OVA 6.400
"Much Ado About Nothing"...

24. Genshiken OVA 6.556
Pales in comparison to both seasons. I hope we fast-track the screening of season 2. Contains plenty of win moments....

23/22. Hayate No Gotoku!/Rec 6.600
Both half decent shows. Thats about the "long and short" of it...

21. Ah! My Goddess {18} 6.636
I can almost hear the bagpipes playing. Oh, wait, we haven't played that bit yet...

20. Brave Story 6.667
One of our first fully HD playlist items. Too many leaves for the computer to handle though.

19/18. Code Geass/Rozen Maiden (All 3 series) 6.692
Massacres and talking dolls bode well with the crowd.

17. Murder Princess 6.700
Did better than I thought it would, considering we only played 1 episode.

16. Ouran High School Host Club {5} 6.727
Decent show. Was rating in the top 10 until the last few votes came in, then it started to fall like a rock.

15/14. Lucky Star/5cm Per Second 6.750
Another couple of fallouts from the top 10. Maybe we can blame it on the ED sequences...

13. Doujin Work 6.857
We really need to play more of this series (it's just wrong in a way...)

12. Fate-Stay Night {14} 6.923
"All Hail Saber!! All Hail Saber!!"

Now for the top 11 shows:

11/10. Seirei No Moribito/Shakugan no Shana {13} (Including all shorts) 7.000
Two half-decent shows, which got what they deserved...

9. Claymore 7.083
Do the original cels for this show include "paint-by-numbers" instructions?

8. XXX-Holic {10} 7.077
Still psycadelic as ever...

7. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni {7} 7.273
Rena and co. are coming back for seconds this year. Maybe they took some "Haruhizac" tablets before the show started...

6. Nodame Cantibile 7.667
Just goes to show even idiots can play good music.

5. Death Note 7.909
"Just as planned!!!"

4. Black Lagoon {3} 8.000
Remi missed out again.


Now for the final 3


In 3rd place we have...

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3. Hellsing Ultimate {2 after playoff} 8.100
Alucard gets to wear the bridesmaids dress again this year. Wait a minute...>_<...

2nd place goes to...

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2. Welcome to the N.H.K. {4} 8.208
Got up at the last minute. It's always good to know that there is always someone in the world that is more of a reclusive ass than yourself...

Which means that the winner of the AJAS 2007 Poll is:

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1. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 8.600
If Mappy had put money on the only show he gave a 10 to, he would have won.




Winner's List:

2007 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2005 Genshiken
2004 Paranoia Agent
2003 Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
2002 Azumanga Diaoh
2001 Trigun
2000 Cowboy Bebop
1999 Rurouni Kenshin
1998 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Vision of Escaflowne
1996 Whisper of the Heart

Wooden Spooner's List:

2007 Hanoka
2006 Popotan
2005 Green Green
2004 Super Radical Gag Family
2003 Samurai Deeper Kyo
2002 Earth Girl Arjuna
2001 Legend of the Galactic Heroes
2000 Fancy Lala
1999 Gundam Wing
1998 Roots Search
1997 Roots Search
1996 Roots Search
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Re: The AJAS 2007 Poll - The Results

by Last Exile » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:32 am

Pretty decent top 20, very nice top 12.

One thing to note though - most of the top 12 were shows from 2006, couple from 2005. So can one conclude that series in general from 2006 were better/had more longevity than series in general from 2007?
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Re: The AJAS 2007 Poll - The Results

by Mappy » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:45 am

Seirei No Moribito, Claymore and Nodame Cantabile are all from 2007, and the majority of Death Note was broadcast during 2007 (it ran from October '06 to June '07). The top 10, this year, covers pretty much the same cross section of the last few years' shows like previous annual polls. Excel Saga was a runner up for three years running and the top 10 from 1996 covers shows and films whose timespan ranges close to 20 years.

And even back then, The War was never even close to being in the top ten. 8)
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