

BanG Dream It’s MyGO. I’ve played the mobile game since around 2019 and have also seen the three original seasons before MyGO had come out. So I was familiar with the franchise, and while I enjoyed the 3 seasons, MyGO is way better! I was expecting more of the same, so I was pleasantly surprised.
The reason I’m not saying Ave Mujica as well is because, after MyGO, my expectations were raised, so Ave Mujica wasn’t a pleasant surprise, but rather, simply pleasant. It was no longer a surprise.
Also, to a lesser degree, this year’s Zenshuu was more fun that I expected.
For me this checks out. It’s my AOTY so far!
In all fairness, though, it’s just 6 episodes. It’s less likely that the standard 12 episode anime is gonna get all 9s. Let alone anything longer than that. Regardless of how good people say One Piece is (I haven’t seen it so I can’t say whether I agree with that statement or not), it’s never going to get all of its episodes over 9 on IMDB simply because it has over 1000 of them.