GeneD wrote:I've been trawling blkmage's tumblr for a good Hyouka vote reason and I had to go three whole pages in to find anything Hyouka related. And you call yourself a fan... Anyway, my vote is for Hyouka because this thread made me want to go watch it again.
Nooooo, just when he stopped spamming his tumblr with Oreki gifs too! ;.;
This is indeed a hard choice between these two, though. One has to applaud both of these series for making it to the final despite not being licensed (except Wolf Children was recently, but not released yet).
I've already given my reasons on why Wolf Children was an excellent movie that you should all watch. And after quite a bit of thought, HYOUKA seems to outweigh its cons with pros.
But why Hyouka? What does this KyoAni series have that is so special?
I could rattle off all its great story telling and it's lovable and wonderful characters, but what pushes this over the edge into great anime for me personally is MYSTERY. Oh, you laugh, but mystery is a hard genre to do without being cheesy, horror or some sort of ghost story. Hyouka is not any of these, it's classy. While I could have wished for a more film noir feel, the Agatha Christi and Sherlock Holmes references were enough to keep me intrigued and guessing at every turn.
Many may have feared that Hyouka was going to turn into a one mystery per episode series from the way it started out, this was soon shattered as the story grew and developed along with its four main characters. There were laughable moments and jaw dropping moments and even very sad and very happy moments.
So yeah, I do have a pretty big bias because I'm a major Sherlockian and mystery fan in general, but Hyouka is a lovable story where four characters in the Classics club learn to solve their own mysteries in their lives.
So er, in case you didn't get it. I vote for HYOUKA.