Open Thread: Top Tens for 2020!

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Open Thread: Top Tens for 2020!

I sincerely hope most of you who were readers of my blog in 2019 survived 2020! And welcome to any new readers who have joined us! As is my custom, it’s time to look at the year’s Top Ten lists!

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Top Ten Posts for 2020

Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Book Review: The Black Tulip
Book Review: The Railway Children
Book Review: The Sea-Wolf
Book Review: The Financial Expert
TV Review: Mannix
Manga Review: The Promised Neverland
Manga Review: Cells at Work!
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Book Review: Thief River Falls

The Arthurian fans pulled a favorite to the top of the charts again! And since this is theoretically a book blog, it’s nice to see so many books up top.

The Financial Expert

Top Ten Posts of All Time

Book Review: The Financial Expert
Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Book Review: The Black Tulip
Book Review: The Sea-Wolf
Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
TV Review: Mannix
Book Review: The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds
Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (USA)
Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans
Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency

But in the long haul, an Indian classic still has the commanding lead!

The Black Tulip

Top Ten Books 2020

Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Book Review: The Black Tulip
Book Review: The Railway Children
Book Review: The Sea-Wolf
Book Review: The Financial Expert
Book Review: Thief River Falls
Book Review: Oliver Twist
Book Review: Octavia’s Brood
Book Review: Sex with Kings
Book Review: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

You folks love the classics.

Mannix

Top Ten TV & Movies 2020

TV Review: Mannix
Movie Review: Big Trouble in Little China
Movie Review: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Movie Review: Excalibur
Movie Review: The Crusades (1935)
Movie Review: The 13th Warrior
Movie Review: Woochi the Demon Slayer
Movie Review: Metropolis (2001)
Movie Review: The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Movie Review: Black Jack: The Movie

I really need to watch and review more Mannix.

The Promised Neverland

Top Ten Manga & Comics 2020

Manga Review: The Promised Neverland
Manga Review: Cells at Work!
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Manga Review: Ranma 1/2
Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (2018)
Manga Review: Naruto
Manga Review: Sanctuary
Manga Review: Doraemon, Vol. 1
Manga Review: Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus 1
Manga Review: Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji #1

The Promised Neverland is good, and there’s several nice side stories now. And maybe you folks should give American comics a try?

The Kindaichi Case Files Return

Top Ten Anime & Webtoons 2020

Anime Review: The Kindaichi Files Return
Anime Review: Elfen Lied
Anime Review: Dororo (2019)
Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
Anime Review: Gegege no Kitaro (2018)
Anime Review: The Rose of Versailles
Anime Review: Beastars
Webtoon Review: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency
Webtoon Review: Blood of Zeus

That’s a surprising leader; is there a new movie coming out?

American Gothic

Unfortunately, WordPress isn’t allowing me to see the visitor country stats right now, but I am going to presume that as every year, the USA is #1.

What media have you enjoyed this last year?