TOP 25 SHOWS 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW.
Click here for the 2010 Year-End Chart.
The anime sector completes a sixth straight year of dominance in Top 25 Shows. A show also manages to walk away with Show of the Year two years running, only the second such occurrence in Top 25 Shows history. It is the first time an anime is the year’s reigning champ two straight years. Some shows also finished unexpectedly strong on the year end tally.
Overall, it was another strong year for the anime sector in 2010, even though the live action show sector had its strongest year in Top 25 Shows since 2001. There were 28 different No. 1’s on the Top 10 Shows of the Week chart this year. Of those 28 different No. 1’s, twenty-one were anime leading the chart for 43 out of 52 weeks. Not all of the animated shows that hit No. 1 were anime, the first such occurrence since 2006.
The Top 10 Shows of the Week chart saw a record-setting six No. 1 debuts: Best Student Council on Jan. 23, Kokoro Library on Mar. 6, Pani Poni Dash! On April 24, Deadliest Warrior on May 15, Dragonball Z: Kai on May 29, and Hakuouki on Nov. 6. It breaks the previous record of five set in 1999, 2006, and 2007. Only 23 shows total debuted in 2010, the least amount ever, outstripping the previous record low of 28 set in 2004. Top 25 Shows saw a record four No. 1 debuts in 2010: Ragnarok the Animation in January, Kokoro Library in April, Dragonball Z: Kai in July, and Psychic Detective Yakumo in December, beating the previous record of three set in 2007 and 2008.
Show of the Year will go to an anime for the sixth straight year, and for only a second time, the same show two years running.
Sister Princess, 2009’s Show of the Year and 2010 Show of the Year berth clincher, will rather easily capture its second straight Show of the Year victory. Sister Princess led the Top 25 Shows chart this year in March and May, and captured a slew of Pacesetters and Greatest Gainers, which allowed the anime to win Show of the Year again. Sister led the Top 10 Shows of the Week chart four times in 2010: Feb. 6, Feb. 27, Apr. 3, and May 22. It becomes the first show since Brian Jacques’ Redwall to win two straight Show of the Year titles. It won in 2002 and 2003.
Sister grossed 14.6 billion grosses in 2010, the most ever in a single year beating the previous record: 11.85 billion grosses set by Redwall in 2003.
The Rachel Maddow Show finished a surprisingly strong 2nd. Maddow led November’s Top 25 Shows chart, and twice led the Top 10 Shows of the Week tally: on Oct. 9 and Oct. 30. Maddow finished 3rd in grosses, grossing 11.73 billion grosses.
Lucky Star, last year’s 2nd place finisher, ends 2010 in 3rd place. Lucky Star led the Top 10 Shows of the Week chart just once this year, way back on Jan. 9. Lucky grossed 9.63 billion in 2010, enough for a 4th place finish in grosses. In Top 25 Shows, it topped out at No. 3 on February’s chart. It even managed to lead the Annual Gross Races chart for the first (and only) time on Jan. 30.
Another surprisingly strong finish in 2010 was from Best Student Council. It finished a solid 4th. It topped out at No. 3 on March’s Top 25 Shows chart, and as previously mentioned, debuted at No. 1 on the Jan. 23 Top 10 Shows of the Week chart. Council went on lead the weekly tally two more times, on May 8 and July 10. It finished 10th in grosses for the year grossing 5.31 billion grosses. Council’s 4th place finish is a Year-End chart tie for animation studio J.C.Staff, tying with Azumanga Daioh's 4th place finish in 2004.
Countdown with Keith Olbermann rounds out the top-5. Countdown led June’s Top 25 Shows chart and led the Annual Gross Races chart for four straight weeks from October 16 to November 13. It grossed just shy of 13 billion grosses in 2010, the 2nd most of the year. Countdown, after trying for nearly three years, finally won its first Top 10 Shows of the Week No. 1 on February 20.
The Smoking Gun Presents World’s Dumbest finishes 6th. That is up from a 20th place finish in 2009. Dumbest led the Top 10 Shows of the Week chart on May 1. Kokoro Library finishes 7th. Kokoro won the first of the year’s three hat tricks, leading for the three weeks ending March 20. That was enough to propel the anime to a No. 1 debut on April’s Top 25 Shows chart.
Criminal Minds finishes 8th. Criminal Minds broke a record this year when it spent four straight months at No. 2 at the end of the year. This is the most consecutive months spent at No. 2 in Top 25 Shows history. The previous record was three straight months at No. 2 set by Lloyd In Space (December, 2002 to February, 2003) and Digimon: Digital Monsters (May, 2000 to July, 2000). Criminal Minds grossed 7.83 billion grosses in 2010, finishing 6th in grosses.
Ragnarok the Animation finishes 9th. Ragnarok was the first of this year’s four Top 25 Shows No. 1 debuts in January. It led again February. Ragnarok finished 16th in grosses, grossing 4.52 billion grosses in 2010. It was FUNimation’s strongest showing on this year’s chart. Ramen Fighter Miki rounds out the top-10. Miki was No. 2 on the January 23 Top 10 Shows of the Week chart. Miki grossed 5.14 billion grosses in 2010, finishing 13th in 2010.
Kekkaishi finished 11th. Kekkaishi led the June 19 Top 10 Shows of the Week chart, its lone frame at No. 1 on that tally. Kekkaishi twice peaked at No. 4 in Top 25 Shows, once in August in again in October. Kekkaishi grossed 7.65 billion for the year, finishing 7th in grosses. Yume Tsukai finished 12th. Tsukai twice led the Top 25 Shows chart this year in September and October. It grossed 6.1 billion for the year, the 9th most of any show in 2010. El Cazador de la Bruja finishes 13th. It led the Top 10 Shows of the Week chart on January 30. Dragonball Z: Kai finishes 14th. It was the third No. 1 debut of 2010, leading in July. Kai grossed 5.11 billion in 2010, the 14th biggest grossing show of 2010. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 finishes 15th. Magnitude led the Top 25 Shows chart in August after winning a hat trick for the three weeks ending July 31. Magnitude broke Sister Princess’ single-week No. 1 grossing record on July 31 grossing 453.6 million grosses.
Pani Poni Dash! Finished 20th. Pani Poni Dash! Broke the No. 1 debut grossing record when it led the April 24 Top 10 Shows of the Week chart grossing 421 million grosses. Psychic Detective Yakumo finishes 21st. Its Top 25 Shows performance alone wasn’t enough to make the Year-End chart as it only debuted in December; however, its seven straight weeks at No. 1 on the Top 10 Shows of the Week charts was enough to do it.
This Web Page Created with PageBreeze Free HTML Editor / Web Hosting