Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2015

Like many bloggers, I keep a close eye on the stats of which posts get traffic, and it’s time to reveal the winners for this year.  You all like list posts, right?  So here are the reviews you the readers felt were important in 2015.

Top Ten Posts of 2015

1. Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
2. Book Review: Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America’s Radical Right
3. Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (USA)
4. Manga Review: Assassination Classroom
5. Comic Book Review: Essential Sub-Mariner Vol. 1
6. Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans
7. Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015
8. Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency
9. Book Review: They Talked to a Stranger
10. Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly (USA) 2014

I might be better off as an anime and manga reviewer, it seems.  Now let’s see how that compares to all clicks since the beginning of the blog!

Top Ten Posts Cumulative

1. Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (USA)
2. Comic Book Review: The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition
3. Book Review: Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America’s Radical Right
4. Manga Review: Vagabond Volume 1
5. Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
6. Anime Review: Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
7. Book Review: Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments
8. Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans
9. Comic Strip Review: Spacetrawler Book 1 The Human Seat
10. Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency

Admittedly, older posts have an advantage as they just keep having people stumble across them.  Now, let’s break it down by type of review!

Top Ten Anime of 2015

1. Urusei Yatsura
2. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood /Battle Tendency
3. Mushibugyo
4. Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
5. Matchless Raijin-Oh
6. Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
7. Argevollen
8. Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
9. I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying
10. Humanity Has Declined

You folks love your classic anime, it seems.

Top Ten Books of 2015

1. Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America’s Radical Right
2. They Talked to a Stranger
3. Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments
4. White Fang
5. Thanks for the Feedback
6. Global Friendship Vol. 5: United Kingdom-Zambia
7. The Pirate Princess
8. Strip for Murder
9. The Blue Fairy Book
10. The 47 Ronin

Non-fiction dominates with the top three spots!

Top Ten Comic Books of 2015

1. Essential Sub-Mariner Vol. 1
2. Batman: Earth One Volume Two
3. Showcase Presents the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights
4. Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1
5. Bodies
6. Child of the Sun
7. Essential Rampaging Hulk, Vol. 1
8. 47 Ronin
9. Showcase Presents: Superman Family Volume 4
10. Showcase Presents Superfriends

Who would have thought Namor McKenzie would be so popular?

Top Ten Manga of 2015

1. Weekly Shonen Jump (USA)
2. Assassination Classroom
3. Shonen Jump Weekly (USA) 2014
4. Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
5. UQ Holder, Vol. 1
6. My Hero Academia #1
7. Vagabond Volume 1
8. Showa 1944-1953 A History of Japan
9. Vinland Saga Book Four
10. Yukarism

Shounen dominates this list, probably because I review Shonen Jump every year.  Now let’s take a look at where my visitors came from this year.

Top Ten Viewing Countries of 2015

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Brazil
4. Canada
5. France
6. Australia
7. Russia
8. Germany
9. Italy
10. Indonesia

The first two are no surprise, but way to go, Brazil!  And I had one lonely visitor from Curaçao; I hope they’ll be back next year and bring friends.

The top search term of the year was “Mack Hassler”; this science fiction poet is largely responsible for my Analog 1000 review doing so well.  I feel kind of bad my review of his work was lukewarm.

Which reviews did you enjoy this year?  Anything I should review in 2016?