Docomo Anime Store Presents Top Anime of 2016 Divided into Six Categories!

Docomo Anime Store Presents Top Anime of 2016 Divided into Six Categories!

Docomo Anime Store, Japan’s biggest anime streaming service, held a survey between Dec. 22, 2016 and Jan. 6, 2017 with more than 4,800 users participating. The survey included six different categories and featured only anime distributed at Docomo Anime Store. Scroll down to find out the most popular shows of the year!

What are your favorite anime of 2016?
1. Yuri!!! on Ice
2. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
3. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Beautiful World!
4. Natsume’s Book of Friends Five
5. Bungo Stray Dogs
6. Sound! Euphonium 2
7. Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy
8. Osomatsu-san
9. Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
10. Love Live! Sunshine!!


Yuri!!! on Ice takes the crown as the “Favorite Anime of 2016,” and it’s also the only show that made it into the top 10 in all six categories. Yuri!!! on Ice follows Yuri, a young figure skater who considers quitting after his crushing defeat at the world championship, but instead goes on to grow through various encounters and stands to face the championship once more. It depicts the world of male figure skating so appropriately that it received the approval of famous figure skaters from different countries. Following in second and third place are Re:Zero and KonoSuba, which were also popular in other categories.

What are the 2016 anime you would rewatch?
1. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
2. Yuri!!! on Ice
3. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Beautiful World!
4. Natsume’s Book of Friends Five
5. Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy
6. Bungo Stray Dogs
7. Sound! Euphonium 2
8. Erased
9. Occultic;Nine
10. Macross Delta


The anime most fans want to rewatch from the start is Re:Zero! High school student and ardent gamer Natsuki Subaru is suddenly summoned to another world, where he acquires the ability of “Return by Death” that enables him to rewind time by dying. The story gained popularity with its unpredictability, so it comes as no surprise that it also got the second place of the “Most Captivating” category. Yuri!!! on Ice and KonoSuba got quite a few votes in this category as well.

What were the most moe anime of 2016?
1. Yuri!!! on Ice
2. New Game!
3. Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
4. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
5. Sweetness and Lightning
6. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Beautiful World!
7. Love Live! Sunshine!!
8. **And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

9. Poco’s Udon World
10. This Art Club Has a Problem!


Yuri!!! on Ice collects its second crown as the most moe anime of the year with New Game! and Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru as second and third runners-up. The unique characters and their relationships coupled with breathtaking figure skating earned it the love of many (mostly female) fans.

What were the most captivating anime of 2016?
1. Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy
2. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
3. Yuri!!! on Ice
4. Bungo Stray Dogs
5. Days
6. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
7. Macross Delta
8. My Hero Academia
9. Scorching Ping Pong Girls
10. Sound! Euphonium 2


The anime that kept most viewers on their toes in 2016 is none other than the third season of Haikyu!!, followed by Re:Zero and Yuri!!! on Ice! After winning their way all the way up to the finals of the Spring High Tournament, the Karasuno High School Volleyball Club find themselves against the reigning champion, Shiratorizawa Academy. Docomo Anime Store is currently distributing the first two seasons as well as a compilation.

What anime made you laugh the most in 2016?
1. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Beautiful World!
2. Osomatsu-san
3. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
4. Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto
5. Yuri!!! on Ice
6. Working!!
7. Handa-kun
8. Kiss Him, Not Me
9. Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
10. Nanbaka


KonoSuba absolutely takes the cake in the “Funniest Anime” category! After his accident, avid gamer and hikikomori Satou Kazuma is transported to an RPG world where he tries his best to live the fun life of adventurers, meeting many beautiful girls on the way. If only it was that easy! Of course, you can’t really have a fun anime list without Osomatsu-san, which came in second, followed by The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..

What were the most moving anime of 2016?
1. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
2. Yuri!!! on Ice
3. Natsume’s Book of Friends Five
4. Sound! Euphonium 2
5. Assassination Classroom: Second Season
6. Erased
7. Haikyu!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy
8. Sweetness and Lightning
9. Izetta: The Last Witch
10. Poco’s Udon World


The anime that moved the most hearts in 2016 is Re:Zero, closely followed by Yuri!!! on Ice and Natsume’s Book of Friends Five.

Source: Spice

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