last year and all the years before it, I like to celebrate these events with a few statistics and some amusing search terms. Thanks everyone, for putting up with me for so long. General Statistics: Up till now, I’ve made 4639 posts and regularly blogged 175 different television series. The site has been received 7593590 unique visitors, which consist out of 3994820 first time visitors and 3,598,777 returning ones. This year alone the site got 976894 first time visitors and 1239602 returning ones. 36,571 comments have been posted (again, many thanks to everyone who posted one). Top-10 Most Accessed Series of the Past Year: 10. Ao no Exorcist 9. Star Driver 8. Mawaru Penguin Drum 7. Shiki 6. Heartcatch Precure 5. Tiger & Bunny 4. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica 3. Stens;Gate 2. Full Metal Alchemist – Brotherhood 1. Les Miserables – Shoujo Cosette (I’m completely baffled that this one ended up with the most amount of visits; what do you mean that people don’t care about the WMT?) Top-10 Most Accessed Posts: 10. Eden of the East Review 9. Top 10 Anime (The old one I wrote in 2007) 8. Angel Beats Review (I have no idea why) 7. Mahou Shoujotai Review 6. Dennou Coil – 01 5. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica – 12 4. Summer Season Preview (2011) 3. Spring Season Preview (2011) 2. Autumn Season Preview (2011) 1. Darker than Black Review (at times, I just don’t get google; though I am thankful for it) Top-20 Google Keywords: (aside from the obvious ones as “psgels”, “star crossed” and variations of “top 10 anime”) 20. senkou no night raid blog 19. clannad review 18. blassreiter review 17. showa monogatari 16. mouryou no hako 15. wanwa the doggy 14. kimi ni todoke review 13. star crossed anime blgo heroman (I’m baffled that there were 1580 people who wanted to know my opinion on Heroman…) 12. casshern sins review 11. kuragehime 11 10. kizuna ichigeki (protip for any starting bloggers out there: if nobody talks about it, then there will be very little competition on it on Google) 9. tamayura (or sometimes, you just need to get lucky ^^;) 8. you are delicious anime 7. school days review 6. clannad after story review 5. mawaru penguindrum 4. eden of the east review 3. angel beats review 2. that anime blog (I’d like to thank Impz for so diligently directing all his traffic to Star Crossed ^^;) 1. darker than black review (darker than black was very popular this year…) Amusing Search Terms “childhood friends becoming lovers” book -yaoi -werewolf -film -gay -movie Damn you Twillight! first episode of aoi bungaku contains sex Out of all the things in this series… you wanted to know about the sex scene with your dirty mind… “nudity” How did you end up on this site, exactly? 100% real life siblings having sex do japanese mothers masturbate thier sons countries where incest is not a crime incest in japan of mothers and sons have sex at clubs nowadays, do japanese siblings have sex with each other more often? Jesus christ, people! a anime character who removes panties really fast … why? fma blog opowiadanie 57][;’la04 My guess is that a cat walked over their keyboard when searching google… global warming caused the fall of the roman empire what utter bullshit Are there even people crazy enough to admit that? hetalia: axis powers gay? No, it only looks that way. hitler personality compairison email One more pointless thing I learned about the internet… how to say i like kurenai Um… “I like Kurenai” how to write congrats well deserved speech Um… “congrats well deserved speech”. It’s really not hard. i am drawn into the smell of moist asphalt and rain always scared and clenched knees Good for you! i half and wholeheartedly agree Make up your mind phone numbers of people looking for 12 year old anime voice actors Kid, I hate to break it to you, but if you want to become a voice actor, then searching like that on google is not going to help that in any way. psgels – where do you work Dude, you have the wrong idea of what google really is… psgels has bad taste I do, and I’m proud of it! what are some good anime with huge loads? Loads of what? 1+7+9+13+19+15+17+11+3+5=100 bante han 37,5:100= 25 plus 87 is 95 closer to 90 or 100? This year’s array of math questions that people dare to ask to google. is it gay to watch shounen ai likr no. 6? What? You think that just by watching it, you turn into a homosexual? how do i know if i’m pretty at 45 By waiting until you become that age, you idiot. ‘what is the next letter in this sequence z x c v n m’ You forgot the b… “interesting, but not very interesting” Make up your mind! anime 100% like ouran highschool host club Why don’t you just rewatch it if you want something 100% like it? “hetalia isn’t gay” You’re absolutely right. rie kugimiya is getting old Oh yes, she should retire. “shave” her head “anime” “episode” Every year I do these search result lists I keep getting surprised at the amount of people searching for anime in which characters cut or shave their hair. why does gosick 13 not have sound? Because you illegally downloaded the wrong file? what does…’find a unicorn mean? That you need to find a horse with a giant horn on its head. what has the same last letters as star Bar? Jar? Avatar? “the mail that leapt through time” Oh, clever wordplay “most imaginative setting” hetalia fanfic Um, no. was there ever an anime that got canceled because of hypnosiss That would be cool, but you’re probably looking for the pokemon epilepsy affair, which is something completely different i second this comment I appreciate that, but what the hell were you searching for? i watched an anime once. dude pulled a gun at the beginning of the episode, and fired it at the end, and in between it was nothing butangst. Heh, you should have watched Naruto or Dragonball Z. what do good apple seed look like I think brownish. a mysterious message coming from nowhere a mysterious message coming from nowhere.. Yes, these are two different searches. And yes, I do love how this guy thought that his search would improve by adding two periods at the end. 90 year old plays cowboy That’s very nice, but why are you searching for that? shana and yuji were meant to be together I wouldn’t be surprised if they were. 23 march 2011 how to make 5 letters Um… “a s d f g”? i can please spong ebod What? how to become ueki Please. Get a life. You’re clearly spending too much time on the internet. i’m a guy and i like kimi ni todoke Good for you! most popular series after kuroshitsuji Is this guy seriously implying that Kuroshitsuji is the most popular anime out there? O.o “two squirrels” science fiction “never die” Are you confused with Chip and Dale? (Seriously, as a kid I also thought those two were squirrels) is there a blog for anime I think that there might exist such a thing, yeah. what the hell are you doing Uh, nothing… after watching school days i dont think i can watch anime for a while Thanks for sharing that with Google anime about a girl who forgot her memory “Sorry, I forgot to take my memory with me today”. is mari okada still alive What? She died? can i get pregnant if i’m anime I have no idea why on earth you’d ever want to be anime, but no. the homoerotic adventures of he man: the never ending quest to save sasuke ep 72 This one made me laugh]]>
Star Crossed Six Year Anniversary
First Comment! (sorry, couldn’t resist)
Congrats on the 6 year mark psgels!
Amusing search terms? I was in stitches over some of those. Made my day those did. Keep em coming!
A request: you should have a “thankyou” section. This is for the people who have sparked off lots of comments (Kevin in MPD ep15, etc.) I think they deserve a ‘special’ mention.
Congratulations for making it 6 years. I’ve tried to find another anime blog similar to yours but failed miserably.
Oh lord, I was laughing for five straight minutes during that list. XD I run a small blog and I’ve gotten some really weird search terms as well, makes me wonder if some people out there really don’t know how to use Google.
[insert well written “congrats well deserved speech” for 6 years]
Is it me or the search terms of this years were more “normal” than the usual? Still funny and strange but other years we had jewels like “I went to saw the sea”.
Congratulations!
search terms were briliant
or disturbing
the last one is interesting if you check pictures for it (and no they are not porn but I wonder what is conection between quote, Naruto and Professor Flitwick)
Congratulations, psgels. It’s weird how, despite disagreeing with you on several accounts and having different tastes in general, I keep coming back here over and over again.
P.S. >> fma blog opowiadanie
was likely the fault of a random Polish fan rather than a cat. “opowiadanie” means “short story”.
Gratz lol!! you made me lol so hard with the google search xD
Oh hey, I remembered this from last year.
I really wonder how people get to your site using these absurd search terms. Also, I think “the mail that leapt through time” was from that one Steins;Gate episode where they were discussing what to call the D-mail.
Heh, thanks everyone.
Dalx: yeah, I thought so too. There still wre quite a few funny ones, but I couldn’t find any classic ones like “9/11 bombers still alive” and “code geass true story”.
Congrats on 6 Years! Love the search terms. I think I only found you about 2 years ago, but this has since been my ‘go-to’ site for anime news and reviews. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Congrats! What a milestone. Btw, your funny lists made me late to class.
“i watched an anime once. dude pulled a gun at the beginning of the episode, and fired it at the end, and in between it was nothing butangst.”
Just fyi, quote from Zero Punctuation http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3872-Catherine why yes, I am enough of a loser to know exactly what episode
Also congrats on 6 years and all that
Congrats on 6 years! Its been a joy to read your blog and I hope for another good year (:. Love the search terms too.
Congrats on the 6 year mark! And yeah, I’m surprised Les Miserables got most accessed too. Maybe your fanboying about it influenced people to see it for what it really was and not dismiss it as a dumbed down kiddie show. Maybe that’s why Porphy got so many votes on Licca Fansubs’ website!
Congratulations! Your blog is seriously the best one out there in the net about anime! Btw, I don’t know if you actually care, but I’m from Venezuela!:) quite far away from your homeland, right? Anyway keep the good work! you’re great!:D
Congratulations psgels! I’ve been following your blog since the Summer of 2008 and it never disappoints. This blog helped me on my “journey” through the world of anime. It introduced me to awesome series (like Seirei no Moribito and Glass Mask) and it made me look into series I’d never give a chance (like Level E). I even remember writing you a comment when I got here introducing myself and telling you about my favorite anime genres… God, how lame was that? 😛 I was 19 then and now I’m 23, thankfully I learned internet common sense ^^
Anyway, thank you for all the great reviews and lists and first impressions. Keep up the good work! ^^
Some of those search terms were definitely quite hilarious!
6 years….that is quite an accomplishment! I hope I can keep my blog for that long! Congratulations! 😀
Congrats on your 6th year! Amusing search terms as usual.
Gratz on keeping up the good fight for all those years!!!!!!
Awesome keywords are awesome, like last year and the year before. Cracked me up, thanks for sharing.
Congrats on your 6 year Anniversary.
I remember it was your Saiunkoku posts that first brought me to this blog and I am very glad I stuck around. 🙂
I look forward to these every year. 🙂
Congratulations on your longevity!
Congratulations! So happy I hopped back into anime and rediscovered your blog.
@scamp. That review is hilarious!
The anime.. I keep thinking it’s Gungrave
Congrats on reaching 6 year mark.
Been visiting here almost daily since spring 2010 and I don’t think any other site have introduced me to more series than this one has. =)
Congrats for keeping it up for so long.
I generally don’t agree with your taste in anime, yet I still respect your opinions and come back to this site regularly. Easy to navigate, nice rating system, just how a animeblog should be.
Congrats Psgels…and I hope you keep on blogging for many years…
…Just now I remembered that I found this blog searching for a Darker Than Black Review XD…
Okay, “can i get pregnant if i’m anime” is probably the winner for me this round! ^w^
Congrats for keeping it up this long man!
congratulations
Congrats psgels, been following your blog for 3 years now and will continue to do so. 😀
Congrats on 6 years! Thanks for all your hard work, your blog is definitely a treasure.
The list was absolutely hilarious too. I can’t stop laughing! XD
Congratz psgels! Keep it up.
congrats man, been 2 years since i started reading , hope u keep on going :]
oh and epic search’s bravo man never laughed so much while reading xD
Guys next time you search something like “anal fisting videos” or “awesome prepubescent child pornography videos” remember that there is someone like psgels who is laughing at you in front of their monitor
also do a favorite OP/ED video update 🙁
My favorite blog right now. A great place to visit when something happens in an anime that makes me want to talk. Keep it up, psgels!
Congratulations, psgels!
Congratulations, psgels! I think I’ve been following this blog since 2007, so it’s amazing to see how much this blog has grown since then!
Also, LOL, someone wants to ‘spong’ me? What does that even mean?
Omigosh, that last search reference had me laughing for a good while. Anyway, Congrats on your 6 years milestone. I like the variety of anime you blog about. Keep up the good work.
Congrats.
I, too, found this blog by searching for “Darker than Black review”. I’d just finished watching it, it made a big impression on me, but I wasn’t sure why, so I looked for reviews, and found this.
Congrats on six years. I really appreciate the reviews you’ve written.
What I love about your style is it’s short and to the point: when I read a series review I get a good sense of what kind of series it is and whether or not I’ll like it, and when I read an episode review I feel like I get the idea but haven’t been spoiled.
This is perfect: if something you’ve reviewed seems good I can go into it with a blank slate, and if something you’ve reviewed seems bad I can save time and not watch it.
Congrats psgels.
Keep on rolling.
Six years already? shit I’m getting old 🙂
Congrats psgels, have been with you from year 1(early 2006 I think) great blog and to think that back then I had watched more anime than you… don’t think I can say it now can I?
Keep writing as long as it stays fun to do so. I will keep reading 🙂
6 years, huh?
It’s been about 3 years for me, and I can’t really say that you’ve dropped in terms of consistency, which is an extraordinary achievement. I mean nowadays I find myself checking out your blog about 5 times a day which is probably too much 😛 Keep up your good work and I’m looking forward to you reaching your 10th anniversary.
Ah, I’m following this site since 2009. congratulations for being one of the few reviewers out there that make reviews without spoiling the anime for those who haven’t seen it yet.
Though I often disagree with your ratings, I respect them 😛
And epic lol at this post. I laughed hard here. But I have no idea why is DTB the most accesed one…
“the mail that leapt through time” remembers me of “the girl who leapt through time”
LOL
omg good stuff. i’ve been to ur blog religiously for the past 2 years. thanks for giving me a good laugh. like others have said, i don’t always agree with ur ratings, but i like how u picked up book of bantorra whereas other sites did not even consider that series at all. good times =)
I’ve followed you going on three years now and no other anime blog compares. Thanks to your blog my tastes in anime have really changed. There’s so many series I would never have given a chance if it weren’t for you blogging it. To think I would have let gems such as Shiki and Penguindrum pass me by if it weren’t for you! I always love to read the discussions (or in the case for Penguindrum-battles ^.^) that insue after your posts. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to write, and here’s to the next 6 years!
Congrats on 6 great years and hopefully more to come.
>_> …. “most popular series after kuroshitsuji” …
Might have been me O3O; ….. Probably i just watched Seitokai no Ichizon and was looking for and anime with the Echo of Death Nii-san >_>:
Congrats on your 6th year!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! xD
And oh I love your comments on the amusing search terms xD
Congratulations psgels and keep us hooked with your reviews! Been coming here regularly since I searched for a RideBack episodic review way back in 2008 🙂
And oh, I hope you will be the top seed in the next Aniblog Tournament – and win again. 🙂
I’ve only been with you for under two years, but since then your posts have become my main guide for choosing what to watch each season. Thanks for your hard work, and keep those reviews coming!
I can’t believe we’ve hit the 6-year mark. Keep it up! (Well, aside from the hosting).
Some utterly absurd search terms, there. And some very interesting tie-ins!
“the homoerotic adventures of he man: the never ending quest to save sasuke ep 72”
LOL’D
Thanks for blogging psgels & happy 6th anniversary. I’ve been following your blog ever since Memento closed down.
I really like your writing style and I enjoy watching 85% of the stuff you do so it was a good thing for me to find your blog ^^
Congrats on your 6th anniversary. Keep up the good work&I’ll always await for your posts n review each season^-^