Your Investment Portfolio: Spring 2011 Goldmines

If anime shows could smoke, these would be kickin' with Cubans.

(Astarotte's Toy, you'll find yours next to the Doublemint gum.)

Let's cut to the chase. It's a hard-knock life for anime shows. Unless you have a huge cult following like the powerhouse Shônen Jump machines or the untouchable Doraemon / Chibi-Maruko-chan / Crayon Shin-chan slice-of-life shows, you have the shelf life of a can of beer. It can last a few months with refrigeration and careful storage, but it will eventually skunk.

That's not to say that some shows can be the best of the skunky beers. Of the 30+ shows we reviewed this season, five clearly came out of the vat with the cleanest taste and thickest foam, rich enough to be bottled as a premium lager. After watching these shows, I felt satisfied from those that came to an end and thirsty for more from those that have not.

Get out your glasses, folks—these are your King of Beers*.

(*All apologies to Budweiser, but your beer sucks.)

Part 1: Spring's biggest gainers!

Part 2: Spring's biggest losers!

Part 3: Spring's incomplete deals!

Part 4: Spring's bankruptcies!

Part 5: Spring's best investments!

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Your Investment Portfolio: Spring 2011's Gainers

The Spring 2011 anime season is just about over!

Go directly to Go! Collect what's left of your sanity!

Let's face it—being an anime fan this season meant that huge investments in time had to be made. Perhaps you've spent a little coin for a premium membership at Crunchyroll. In all likelihood, you've even invested sleep to watch some of the shows (since there were a lot of them). However, just how much of that investment has actually paid off? What shows out there were worth their weight in Perica?

It's about time that we get in contact with our bookie broker to see what shows have been wise investments this season and which will be wiser investments in the long run. We're going to run with this whole "Bank of Otaku" motif and discuss which shows improved over the season and which shows were dreadfully bad to the point of Chapter 11.

Part 1: Spring's biggest gainers!

Part 2: Spring's biggest losers!

Part 3: Spring's incomplete deals!

Part 4: Spring's bankruptcies!

Part 5: Spring's best investments!

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ShitsuMonDay: How's My Driving?

Finally, it's all done. 33 reviews are in the book for the new shows of Spring 2011, and hopefully it's been worth it. Of course, we only have another half-season until Summer 2011 comes our way, so now comes the time where I'd like to ask you your opinions!

This is where wordplay comes into play. See, "question" in Japanese is "shitsumon", so I'd like to devote a part of the blog each Monday here at AniMaybe in order to ask the readers a question and have them provide the vital feedback for the blog to grow. Ergo, "ShitsuMonDay" is an overlap of "shitsumon" and "Monday", the day for asking questions.

This Week's Topic: How's My Driving?

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