2008 was quite shit. But that didn't prevent me from watching a lot of that shit. Some were kinda good too!

Kaiba was nice. An easy to follow mindfuck anime with a great premise - memories as items independant of their bodies. But I don't get how all the artsy types could honestly pretend it looks awesome, if it succeeds that's despite, not because of, looking like a 50's Soviet cartoon.

I liked Michiko e Hatchin too but the whole thing didn't go anywhere. It's one of those shows where you can skip all the middle eps and not miss any of the story.

Rideback could have been awesome if it had been slightly more stupid. You had good characters and absolutely awesome mechas. They had to completely waste its potential by making the story about 12-eps-anime-quality politics (Global government vs. terrorists, wheee!) instead of racing and/or fighting with the ridebacks - they don't even ride them in half the episodes!

And I have no idea how to explain why I really, really liked Kuroshitsuji. It's some obvious yaoi-bait with too much episodes and sub-par writing (but a really interesting pair of main characters).

Right now, Eden of the East is intriguing. Probably gonna be one of the best things this season. I hate the op though. Looks like an AMV directed by some random "graphic designer" who makes wallpapers on deviantart.