Shangri-La Frontier

I was skeptical at first. Another anime about a virtual world, where nothing the characters do really matters in the grand scheme of things?

Just like the happenings in every piece of entertainment don't really matter much in our world beyond our own personal, emotional investment in them. SLF makes you care about the game world and curious about it's mysteries and NPC inhabitants. The characters are colourful, unique, and easy to distinguish from each other. The action is great. The character relationships and interactions are endearing. There may or may not be a singing rabbit.

When the season concluded, I went and read the manga (also fantastic), and there is a lot more cool stuff on the way for anime fans.

Beautifully done. A worthy adaptation.