If the best anime of the first half of 2017 was Kemono Friends, the best of the second half, in my personal opinion, was Made in Abyss.
The series is a shining jewel created by the honed skills of anime professionals.
Luckily Seiji, our in-house Japanese-language anime otaku, is here with his picks for the five best anime of the past year, so that you know what to go back and watch if you missed them while they were airing.
Due to a historically unprecedented boom in otaku culture, there’s more anime being produced than ever before.