1.) Barakamon

2.) Sword Art Online S2

3.) Aldnoah Zero

Really crappy season, and surpsringly so. Other than my number #1, I had to chose these top 3 due to a lack of better alternatives (Althought I just started watching Person 4 Golden, now that I finished the game. Could take a spot). This is the season of wasted potential and missed opportunities. Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo ESP and Zankyou no Terror all had a promising premise and a captivating first episode. But neither managed to hold up to that promise. Ghoul had no character development. ESP couldn´t decide between a serious or younger audience-anime, and thus failed to leave any impact with all those people dying in almost every episode. And Terror just went nowhere and had not a single likable character - I kept watching, always expecting it to "start", but it never did.

As for my top 3, well, Barakamon was truly enjoyable. Was looking forward to every episode. It was fun, without devolving into the goofy, but still had lots of emotion. Only thing I´d have loved to see is the hero starting a romantic relationship with one of the two girls - come on. SAO 2, well, watching it for production values. WHEN there is action, it´s awesome to watch. Downside: The moment you start thinking while watching, it turns into laughable shit, revealing a most inept author/script writer. Truly embarrassing stuff. Aldnoah Zero had awesome Hiroyuki Sawano-music and somewhat okay animations. But the main character is a hate-inducing prodigy brat, and prodigy only because everybody around him is stupid, despite having way more experience.

As with last season, I only included new series (or such that had a clear break, like SAO). Otherwise, HXH would have been number one, Baby Steps number 2.