Which is the best anime?

[Domon]

My fav anime is Lupin the 3rd.

[grthwllms]

inuyasha would kill lupin gigen and everyone else ever featured on that show with one swing.
still it was a funny show i liked the one with rat boy

[Elliena Camile]

My picks for best anime

.Hack
Ranma 1/2
Slayers

[Zarb]

Is there really a right answer for this question??

I like: Rurouni Kenshin, Lupin the 3rd, Naruto and GTO.

[Cosmic-Riptide]

Bah, you youngsters and your new fangled computer colored/assisted animes... *wheeze*

I can't name a "best anime", for that would require me to judge every title that I've seen by only one set of standards (it would also imply that I've seen every anime title in existence, which I most definitely have not).

"Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water" is easily, and has long been, my favorite though.

Sure the animation quality changes from episode to episode, and the story gets a little weird in the middle for a while, but over all this is a great series and a definite classic. A must see for steam-punk mecha fans.

Did I mention that Nadia contains a transforming, multi purpose, tank with a feminine name and paint job? Hmmm, now why might I bring that up? :D

[Bloodravyn]

The one that pwns all is Cowboy Bebop, its got a good plot and great animation. Second best is Love Hina.

[Flare]

You do not know what you are talking about my comrades! Comic Party is the one true lord among all animes! "Lord" Taishi is absoulutely hilarious! Plus he makes awesome speaches like, "The twentieth century. The block-buster action movies develpoed in America were exported world wide. And it would not be an exagerartion to say, all the people of Earth were brainwashed with the pointless idiology of entertainmentism! But now the twenty-first century. A new cultural standard will be sent forth from Japan to conquer the entire world! Yes, it is none other than the Fan Comic! Starting tomorrow morning, we will be highschool seniors. However is it right to automatically graduate up onto college? Simply proceeding along this dull, ordinary, planned out life? I say Nay! Let this depravity of instagnation invouluntarate you! World conquest by a new media called Fan Comics. True world unification that not even Rome or the great British Empires could accomplish! And yes, to become rulers of the world, we will create a master Fan Comic together starting now!!!" or "Do not doubt the power of the muffin! The muffin will smite all those who question it! It will crush all nay-sayers! He who controls the muffin controls the entire world!" or "Wait, we can't leave! Obviously I have inspried the spark of an idea in Comrade Kazuki, so I must give him another pep talk to keep him going: My famous Dance of Incouragement--' "Why don't you do you're little dance at the trainstation? When I'm not around that is.' 'But my dance of incouragement... My Dance!" Now you must watch it. Trust me, on my honor as a Chaotic Evil Human Fighter Paladin you must see it and be impressed! :fighter:

BTW: Slayers (tv) and Gundam (any except F91 & G) are quite good as well as Angelic Layer, Full Metal Panic, Oh My Goddess and Movie, You're Under Arrest and Movie, Sakura Wars and Taisen and Movie, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Read Or Die TV and OVA, Robotech, Super Gals, Gensomaden Saiyuki, Haibane Renmei, Last Exile, Cowboy Bebop, Those Who Hunt Elves, Jubei chan, Excel
Saga, Appleseed (Trailers Only, but highly reccomended), Gungrave, Happy Lesson, Kino's Journey, Pretear, Figure 17, Love Hina, Lupin, and .Hack (Almost any). I think that's just about every anime I've seen not including Poke'mon and Yu-gi-Oh! :fighter:

[gurusloth]

Ack. I see a big block of text like that, my eyes just glaze over. You need to chop that puppy up into a couple of paragraphs. It's the internet, you're allowed to waste space.

BTW, Macross Plus pwns everything.

[Gineko]

no way, Ranma 1/2 is da best out there. :cool:
Wolf's Rain and Ayashi no Ceres are great too.

[Deveak]

I like berserk for the follwoing reasons:

1. The charcters all had pasts and depth instead of just showing up.
2. The art style is good and the music is incredible (forces!)
3. Guts is cool. the sword is cool. Violence.
4. It was finally not about japan.
5. There was no wizards or dragons just staraight midevil fantasy.
6. And mostly of all The acting was good as well as the quality of the dvds.
7. the extras: outakes, gallery

That is it my favorite anime.... maybe ill watch narotu it looked pretty cool and maybe more hellsing. :rmage:

[Deveak]

erg! sorry about the typos, if anyone knows where i can find good online games and anime that is free legally tell me

[Flare]

Ack. I see a big block of text like that, my eyes just glaze over. You need to chop that puppy up into a couple of paragraphs. It's the internet, you're allowed to waste space.

BTW, Macross Plus pwns everything.

Aha! So you, too are mesmorized by the materfulness that is Lord Taishi! You have much to learn my brother! And I will teach you every step of the way! :fighter:

[Ja-Oshe]

Well...I have seen alot of anime (most of which seemed to involve giant robots...) but I'd have to say one of my favorites is Princess Mononoke. And of corse InuYasha. Usually anything with giant robots, magic, swords, and demons catches my interest.

[Flare]

Well...I have seen alot of anime (most of which seemed to involve giant robots...) but I'd have to say one of my favorites is Princess Mononoke. And of corse InuYasha. Usually anything with giant robots, magic, swords, and demons catches my interest.

Does that include Saiyuki by any chance? If so, thou hast gaindeth awesome points. :fighter:

[Akatsuki]

Naruto, nuf said

[Kaze]

Read or Dream (Read or Die: The TV). Good action. Good plot. Innovative charcters with deep backgrounds. People kicking butt with paper. Lots of books.

[Mori_Ranmaru]

I dunno, I really liked Yu Yu Hakusho...(Kurama...) but I'd probably have to go with...catagories lol

Action - Samurai X
Comedy - Love Hina
Surprise - Berserk
Overall Coolness - Gundam Wing (and Endless Waltz)

[KaneInferno]

NARUTO!!!- shino is the coolest!!!
I also like the GunGrave anime.

[Esitasha]

Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, Naruto, Kenshin, InuYasha, Slayers, Princess Mononoke, and a couple more, too many animes to watch, nto enough time

[Durandal]

Macross, various Gundams, Ranma 1/2, Evangelion, Kenshin, Slayers, Dai Guard...There's a lot more I've watched that were good, but I can't think of them right now....

[Foamy]

Kenshin, Hina, Gundam Seed, Wolf's Rain, Inuyasha, Gost in the Shell. I can't think of any of the others that i've seen right now.

EDIT: The best is Full Metal Almchemist!!

[Silly Kitty]

I'm gonna go with Love Hina. Its the best anime EVER. That and fruits basket. Not many people have even seen fruits basket, so im going with Love Hina. It's just sooooo funny.

[FoamyFrickinKrzE]

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I THINK INUYASHA OR TRIGUN WOULD BE MY FAVEORITE BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE PRETTY GOOD STORY LINES BUT AFTER THE LAST EP OF INUYASHA IM GONNA MOVE ON TO FULLMETAL ALCLIMEST

HALEY 13 ;)

[Meister]

Foamy (the newer one ^^), please don't type in all caps, kay?

[BigGsHorty13]

Post your arguements for why you think any particular anime is the bestest! or perhaps post a (non-flamming) rebuttal as to why you disagree.

you can still make individual posts about any particular anime, but if its to talk about why you think its the best anime ever, please confine it to this thread.
Case Closed is the best anime show i prefer it over any other anime show :D

[FoamyFrickinKrzE]

I Think Inuyasha Or Trigun Would Be My Faveorite Because They Both Have Pretty Good Story Lines But After The Last Ep Of Inuyasha Im Gonna Move On To Fullmetal Alclimest

[Funka Genocide]

As long as I've been hanging around these forums, I've never posted here. How strange...

My favorite, and therefore the best, anime is Slayers. The funny thing about that is that I can think of numerous other animes which surpass it in all qualities, depth of story, character development, comedic value, animation quality, anything really. But the way it comes together, and the light heartedness of it all, they really strike a chord with me.

It might be that "fist love" syndrome too. Slayers kind of opened my eyes to the wide world of anime, and for that I will forever love it.

*blows nose into handkerchief*

[WolvesDryYourTears]

Wolfs Rain

[Funka Genocide]

I found wolfs rain almost intolerable. I tried to watch it, but the overstylised characters and over dramatic BS were too much for me. It had blood, so what? The plot line was so convoluted that I didn't really care what happened, and the artwork was somewhat sub par. Especially the outfits on some of the main characters. teh trashy.

All in all I didn't really get it, and this is coming from someone who loved Evangelion.

maybe I'm just crazy.

[WolvesDryYourTears]

yes you are...crazy...but, i am too...your not alone

[liktenstien]

I really can't pick a favourite, I've seen many good anime/ manga shows but atm i would have to say its these three (in no particular sequence)

Final Fantasy Unlimited
the drawing may not be super awesome but why do you need it when you have an awesome story line.

Akira
Its pretty much the movie that started the whole anime thing, its a classic and plus it is awesome. I mean Tetsuo Oshima rocks he might be insane, but his character was a well developed one and plus the whole movie was good.

last Exile
Huge flying ships what more do you want, plus the animation is good so is the stroyline.

p.s Is the hack// series good i seen it in the shops and looked at it but never brought it thought I would ask somenoe who has seen it.

[Deveak]

Im partial to these animes from 1 to 10 scale rating:


1. Berserk 10/10
2. Cowboy Bebob 10/10
3. Outlaw Star 10/10
4. Ghost in a Shell 9/10
5. FLCL 9/10
6. Trigun 9/10
7. Full Metal Alchemist 9/10
8. Kenshin 8/10
9. Last Exile 8/10
10. Tenchi Muyo 8/10
11. R.O.D. 9/10
12. Crest of the Stars 10/10

[Nearly Insane]

I Don't Watch That Much Anime But I'd Have To Say That Naruto Is Probably My Favorite.



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[Foamy]

Full Metal Alchemist and Rorouni Kenshin are at a tie for first, but Rorouni has a small lead since it has actual history in it.

[Cloud Strife]

I may have posted in here before, but people change. That being said...

I now realize that there are many animes that I like. A lot. So, no one anime stands out in my mind as my 'favorite'. Of course, save for Hellsing and Ghost in the Shell, the movie, I have yet to watch anything anime that hasn't been on AS or G4TechTV. T-T

Hellsing
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
GitS: SAC
Full Metal Alchemist
Gatekeepers 21 (Too bad it was so short)

That's it for now...

[Durandal]

Silent Mobius is a personal fave, and one of the few I watch that doesn't involve mecha. Another fave is Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.

[Technocrack]

Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Trigun and Kenshin are all great... But my favorite would have to be Saiyuki. It's a more mature form of DBZ, with less fighting and more character development.

[Kuffie]

I Really like Witch Hunter Robin and I guess Inu yasha (or is It Inuyasha???) either way they are my Favorite for now til Something better Comes along

[bboymyth]

anyone else watch samurai champloo? its made by the same guys who did cowboy bebop. Its fairly new, but its headed towards being a classic like bebop. Great show, probably my favorite.

[Foamy]

How the hell can you not know how to spell INUYASHA?! Cowboy Bebop is second then comes Ghost in the Shell, then Inuyasha,

[kenshin987]

Rurouni Kenshin: kicks ass. InuYasha: kicks ass. Fullmetal Alchemist: kicks ass. Naruto: kicks more ass than the others. Trigun: Kicks ten times the ass that Naruto does. How can anyone not love that opening scene of the first episode. *six clicks from gun* VASH: Heh heh...eh heh heh...waAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!(hundreds of bullets firing as Vash scrambles all over the place).

[sasuto]

I've only seen a few full metal alchemist episodes. but it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites, right next to Naruto and Bleach( which are both still running new episodes) also kenshin and trigun.

[Frenze]

Cant decide-Rurouni Kenshin OVA, Slayers Try, or Samurai Champloo. If you havent seen them...GO! :D

[Foamy]

What about Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex? It's my second to FMA.

List:
FMA
GITS: SAC
RK
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Inuyasha
Gundam Seed

[reanimation_theory]

I realize that I have come into this thread quite a long time since it started. I have only read the first 6 pages of responses to the topic, so please forgive me if I say some of this with inaccuracy: I am surprised that noone has mentioned Fooly Cooly. It was incredibly short, but I found it to be humorous and insinuative, both qualities that I admire in the anime I watch. It easily takes my top spot. I loved the characters and their antics and the soundtrack added to the vibe of it all. It was sad that there was only 6 episodes, but having seen it I understand why.

Ranma is also incredible, with its basic concept being hilarious in itself. I admittedly will state that I am seldom impressed with action-oriented anime, although I can tell when one is just terrible (think DBZ). I do have a few action-oriented favorites though, Trigun, Inuyasha, and Rouroni Kenshin (sp?) all having the amount of humor and action that I do enjoy.

Also, there are many "good" anime shows I haven't seen. Shows like Evangelion and Full Metal Alchemist are on my to see list. However, I was not impressed with Witch Hunter Robin, Big O (he just seem like a cross between Bruce Wayne from Batman and any generic mecha-anime?), or Cowboy Bebop(don't really know why I didn't like it). Every other anime falls in one of two categories: they were okay or I haven't seen them yet.

I realize that I may take some flack for bringing this one up, but I found the Animatrix to be incredible. I agreed with most people in stating that the second and third movies were terrible sequels to The Matrix. However, after seeing the Animatrix, with its darkened tone and subtle genious, I felt that the sequels were somehow redeemed. They will never be as good as the origional, but the Animatrix did something that I thought could not be done: it turned two otherwise horrible pieces of film into very enjoyable works of art. That aside, it was awesome to watch for its own sake.

Wow. Sorry, that was kind of long, but there you go.


"I will live forever or die trying!" -Me

[guardian of the light]

Hello. I've been reading through these forums for awhile now hoping to see someone say definitvely that RK and NGE (for you who not not of what i speak that's Rurouni Kenshin and Neon Genesis Evangelion inclusive of all episodes and movies) are the Pillars Of Heaven as far as anime is concerned. A great anime has the same criteria for greatness as a great book. (btw if dbz is the kind of thing you feed your brain on you are indeed to be pitied) Anyway i digress. Eva did something that no other anime hasbeen able to do as succesfully. What? Well it merged more than one storyline into a continuous whole. i.e. some people watch it and only see that it's about mecha and destruction and saving the world and all. Others see that's it's also about family (if you watch FARSCAPE the sci fi series you'll know what i mean by that). The most avid listeners and attentive watchers and lucid thinkers will realise that it's actually about them. YES EVA TEACHES. Then of course there is the direction. IF Patience is not in your soul do not watch eva. If Intelligence is an allergen to you, do not watch eva. The Characters are... let's just say that you will feel a connection with at least one of them for they will mirror an aspect of your own psyche. The action... There are somethings in this world that will give pause to a beating heart and then exite it to an indeterminate hum. (when you see what happens to Asuka during Arael's Attack you'll understand.) The concepts are also out of this world.

Then there is RK. I will not attempt to try to define why it is the best. I will simply ask if you felt the tears well up in your throat at 'Wishing Firefly Bend'; if the rythmic melodies of composers Taku Iwasaki and Taro Iwashiro act as balm to your soul. If the answer to these questions is yes then you already know and thus don't need to be told.

Here is a list though of other things which are worth a watch
FLCL:- by Jove it's funny!!! it's just soooo enjoyable
Betterman:- it's near the level of eva, has beautiful animation etc.
Silent Mobius:- dude this anime rocks.
Gundam:- these series are for the most part extremely excellent


a note to all those who like that contrivance of self fulfilling logic a.k.a. Lain: Watch eva.

a note to all. There are currently five great cartoonists in the western world (Namely America but i'm not from there) they are:
1) Walt Disney
2) Tex Avery
3) Chuck Jones
4) William Hanna
5) Joseph Barbera
a sixth though is soon to be inducted into this most illustrious group and his name is Genndy Tartakovsky. Know his name and fear him.

Apocalypse: 'I am the Rocks of The Eternal Shore. Crash against me and BE BROKEN!'

[guardian of the light]

Oh dear i must apologise. i left out things like Please Teacher, Ghost in the Shell, Read Or Die, Akira and (from what i've been hearing) Full Metal Alchemist and Naruto. All great.

Against stupidity even the Gods themselves contend in vain

[sasuto]

will people plz stop making things so long .... I almost fell asleep reading them. by the end my mouth was opened and my eye were glazing over. You did have many good points. but it was so long that sometimes the reader i.e. me forgot most after I finished!!

again my anime picks are FMA Naruto, Bleach, and Candidate for godess, with nadeshiko

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

a note to all. There are currently five great cartoonists in the western world (Namely America but i'm not from there) they are:
1) Walt Disney
2) Tex Avery
3) Chuck Jones
4) William Hanna
5) Joseph Barbera
a sixth though is soon to be inducted into this most illustrious group and his name is Genndy Tartakovsky. Know his name and fear him.

You failed to mention Don Bluth. You also failed to mention half the people who were in Warner Bros, all those involved with Pixar, all those involved with any of the cartoons from the late 80s/early 90s and just about a ton of other people.

And by the way....what do they have to do with Anime again?

And just so you know, pleanty of shows have done similar styles to eva and many Animes have done what you pointed out Eva as doing. And although Eva is a great show, it isn't the end all for Anime. Its near the top on one end of a very large platform that is Anime. There are pleanty of things it didn't do that were done by other Animes (and not by other forms of media).

[blackmage15]

My favorite anime would have to be Wolf's Rain. I really like the story of the show. The characters rock, especially Tsume.

[FoamyFrickinKrzE]

cowboy bebop, but i like the movie more than the series just because spike said in the beggining "don't give me that art of war crap! AND YOU YOU TAKE TO LONG TO TAKE A SHIT!" lol i love that part i felt like a geek for laughing my head off

[Dr.Ozzie]

Hey, all. I'm noticing two separate trends here: favorite anime and best anime, and I think the two of those are really different questions.

As far as having everything in the right places and appealing to the most people for the most reasons, I'd say Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop take the spot here. There's nothing I can say about either of them that hasn't been said. Really, I think in order to be considered the "best" of something, the main requirement is that it appeals to more people than would a "personal favorite" that one person develops an attachment to. Both of those two animes are almost my favorites, but my Big Three beat them out in terms of my personal taste:

My personal favorites are Elfenlied, Lain and Azumanga Daioh. Please, if anyone can figure out what possible link these three share, I'd love to hear it because it confuses the living crap out of me.

Elfenlied: If not for the groan-and-bang-my-head-against-a-wall, theater-of-the-absurd nudity that gets thrown in there for what seems to be the sole purpose of cheapening the show, I'd call it possibly the best thing ever to be put on a screen. I'm really no prude, but Elfenlied suffers a lot from the way-overblown sexuality angle. Even in spite of all that, there's so much emotion crammed into every minute of the show that I completely forget that there's this "reality" thing happening elsewhere. Also, Lucy = pwn.

Serial Experiments Lain: I was surprised to find that I actually followed the plot of this the first time through. HUZZAH for me! The emotion factor is still there, albiet much more understated. There's also lots in Lain to stoke the fires of philosophical insight without becoming another Boogiepop Phantom (which I liked, except that its angst level was so high that I felt embarassed just watching it).

Azumanga Daioh: Parts of it are pretty funny, but if you're going for straight-out raucous laughter there are much better choices. (Anime comedy is slooowwwwly getting better. I used to avoid any anime labeled "comedy" like the plague) With Azumanga, I always just feel happier after watching it than before watching it. I'm usually not laughing while watching it, but I get this dumb grin that lasts the entire time.

[Inu-luvr]

My favorite anime shows/mangas are:

1. Inu Yasha
2. Rurouni Kenshin
3. Cowboy Beebop
4. Outlaw Star
5. Trigun

and thats all for now folks... ;)

[NinjaVanish]

Dude I'm gonna go old school and say Robotech. That was . I think an anime series is good as long as it has GIANT ROBOTS. How can you go wrong with giant mechanical beats battling in the streets or in the sky?

[Wizard]

My favorite anime is "Dragonball". It's got fighting, laughs, and some other stuff...

I think the best anime is "Dragonball Z". Not GT. Not Dragonball. Just DBZ.

[Red_Mages4Evr]

Hellsing All The Way!

It's got guns, action, and blood.
and Alucard is the coolest!

[chryos_the_forsaken]

FMA, Akira was good, Bebop of course, Robotech was oldschool but kicked ass too. Inuyasha was good but kinda slow sometimes. Although the best would have to be Vampire Hunter D.

[St4r]

One Piece or Full Metal Alchimist.. Or Even Hunter X Hunter.. have you guys not seen them? or didn't you like them? :S just curious.. because every1 else i know loved those animes :)

ps: my first post! ^^

[BitVyper]

I am absolutely loving Shadow Skill. Diaz Ragu is going right up there with my favourite characters of all time. Too bad the anime wasn't finished, and the OVAs don't really go anywhere.

[Palidin]

Read or Die TV
it just soo cool to slice things with paper

Read or die OVA
again with more paper

this means paper beats all :)

I also like Last Exile
To the skies people,to the skies not Blank space
air is much more fun wind is fun.

[Evilhasreturned]

Dragon ball z! sorry i love it i just got 5 of the movies * 25 dollars a piece pah i dont care there dbz* and 2 tv specials *bardock father of goku and history of trunks* im only here in america for 1 more week so i spent most of my money today heheh

[TrueEvilBob]

I can't pick a favourite series, but Naruto and FMA are the ones I've been watching lately. The best movie/manga though is Akria, no contest.

[kayla]

I agree with it all Rurouni Kenshin is awesme and Spirited Away was wierd but good.

[Tomato]

Personally, for me it will always be the Slayers series as a whole. It's what got me into anime in the first place, so I kinda judge whatever Anime I see on its example. Other reasons include...

Magic and Sorcery based- Do I really have to say anything here? I know some people like their giant robots and Dark Age mechanical scenarios, but I've always been of the opinion that swinging swords and casting magical spells is one of the best styles ever.

Lina Herself- Come on, how can anyone have seen Slayers and not been able to tell it was in class on it's own (not necessarily a better class). For once, the Heroine is not some sappy little pretty princess who wears virtually no clothing, as is usually the standard for anime in general. Which, BTW, I really despise. Allot.

The Cast- who hear can tell me that they don't like even one of Lina's traveling crew? They are so weird and different that it's very hard not to find one that you like. From Zelgadis' Goth-ness (which is funny to watch in NEXT specifically) to Goury's utter Stupidity and everything in between, what else could an anime lover truly want?

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Yeah, I am REALLY late into this topic, but I don't care. I am going to have to say something I didn't see at all here, and that would be Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Pluses: Futuristic (I am a sucker for futuristic political sci-fi *drools*), and Political. Intelligent (ah you MAY know who the laughing man is mid-way through season 1 but you're guess as to why he does his things is off! As for season 2, everytime I THINK I know what is going on, *BAM* something happens like people slicing each other's heads off). Tachikomas (possibly mispelled) pwn j00r s0uL.
Negatives: It can be addicting and leave you in suspense - though a good show will do that >_>.
Right. ENough from me. Excuse my grammer and spelling. Good day. -JoN-

[rei]

:bmage: ghost in the shell:sta is good but i hate the cliffhanger endings of some i havent realy seen much but i think its good fma is good too.slayers is funny but the one i saw was jappensse with english subtitles(oh the reading)
well thats my two cents :bmage:

[Nikkoru]

Ghost in the Shell Second GiG is better than the first season as it has less episode which seem to go nowhere. Whoever hasn't seen Kino no Tabi (Kino's Journey or Travels) is missing out on something special. Anime - has the tendancy to be shallow, Kino no Tabi is thought provoking and interesting as it follows the journey of a girl and her talking motorcycle. Those who haven't seen project A-ko should get on that as well.

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

I respectfully have to disagree, Nikkoru. Although it is true that the second season tends to stay on the season events more than the first, I freaking loved The Laughing Man. I guess it’s due to politics, but I thought the series was more lively and enjoyable – though the second season certainly doesn’t suck.
Oh, and a list of good animes in my opinion:
Bleach, Gundam Seed, and G-Gundam. I read the manga of Hellsing, and hear the anime is better, though I could be wrong – besides, everyone wrote Hellsing, lol.
Well good day. –JoN-

[Nikkoru]

Granted the laughing man character was interesting, as were some of the episodes that he was involved in, but there were also episodes in which I was simply bored out of my mind - well, even those episodes were better than the entirity of Witch Hunter Robin. the Second GiG has a quicker pace and tends to be more interesting throughout.

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Granted, though I have only seen up to episode 13 in the second season (torrent sites would be nice) the Particularist Eleven plot is at least more involving. Good day. -JoN-

[Nikkoru]

It gets much better after 13, trust me on that - one of the key points missing from the first season was any type of character analysis, the 2nd GiG looks at the individual characters and how they became who they are without being needlessly specific - I guess you could say it has more depth.

regarding hellsing, the manga is better than the anime as the fight sequences are somewhat tame and considering the plot isn't much to begin with it kind of ruins it all. Besides it was kind of strange for a Japanese anime to be set entirally in England, it seems wrong to me on some level.

If you thought G-Gundam and Gundam Seed were good you should consider getting the original Mobile Suit Gundam - the one with Amuro Ray, it may not look as pretty as more recent anime series but the plot is legendary in it's originality (at the time) and marvellous character development.

[Flare]

FullMetal Alchemist! :fighter:

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

I just need to find post episode 13. With supernova and lokitorrent down, well torrents are a bit hard to find now, and that's just about the only way to find subbed animes anyway >_>. Well thanks for the information though. I look forward to it. Good day. -JoN-

[Inu-luvr]

I forget if I posted in here or not but.. my favorites are:

Inuyasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Full Metal Alchemist. There's more but I'd count them all as mangas so yeah...

The one's that aren't on t.v. (or close to it) that I miss greatly: ALL Gundam shows, ALL Dragon Ball shows, Trigun and Outlaw Star! *sniff sniff* I used to watch Sailor Moon too (Sailor MArs is the best!!^^), but I never considered it a "favorite".

[Roland]

I don't watch a lot of anime, so I don't have a lot of options...

But Full Metal Alchemist is my favorite (so far).

Before that, it was Outlaw Star...

[XenoBurn]

Hmmm... my favorite anime is FLCL.

[8bit_BM]

My favorite anime/manga are .hack, Chobits, Maromatic, and SGT Frog. And if it counts, 8 Bit Theater. :bmage: :fighter: :thief: :wmage:

[Hatake Kakashi]

My favorite animes? Hmm. I have a few.

Cowboy Bebop - I know, I know, it's mainstream. But seriously, everything about it's just smooth... except the Pierrot Le Fou episode... the writers must have been having a really horrible hangover or something with that one.

Naruto - Classic stuff. I'm dreading what the horrible dubbing companies will do to butcher this one. I hear people calling it "the new DBZ" all the time... really, it's an injustice.

Golden Boy - This one is what can satisfy the pervert in any of us. Toilet humor, naughty bits... I laughed until my sides hurt on a couple of the episodes. Too bad the series was so short....

Can't say I'll ever like FLCL though.... I just can't figure out what's so great about it... *twitch*

[neorevolution]

Will you kill me if I say Animatrix is my favorite?

[Nikkoru]

the Animatrix wasn't really an anime, though - only a limited amount of it was made in the Japanese style.

[Seraphna]

I'll gladly put in my favorites. I'm a big Outlaw Star, Bubblegum Crisis, Lodoss War, and .hack//SIGN fan. Each series had thier own little flairs and kept me interested right through the end.

Outlaw Star: Samurai Action meets Wild West meets Science Fiction Theater. This series was just simply awesome, the setting is perfect, the characters were great.

Bubblegum Crisis: The music, the animation quality, and the well thought out story kept me hooked from start to end. Not to mention I think Nene is very much like I am in many ways.

Lodoss War: A very classic storyline with a very nice pace and well thought out scenes. This work of art usually helps me get into a fantasy mood right before a roleplaying game.

.hack//SIGN: As an avid MMORPG player, this series really caught me. I love the idea of a cyber adventure in our own time.

[Overcast]

Hmm... Alright!
(Put together in no particular order) Azumanga Daioh, Lupin III, Full Metal Alchemist and Panic, FLCL, Hunter x Hunter (eat it Naruto!),Cowboy Bebop,Detective Conan(Case Closed), Trigun, .Hack//sign and dusk (but not legend of the twilight bracelet), and (confusing as is) Boogiepop Phantom

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Allow me to update my stance. I watched Full Metal Alchamest in the span of 5 days. I have never seen such an addictive/fantastic series. I claim Full Metal Alchamest as my favorite/best anime. The artwork is a style I like, the story is superb (great ways to ring you in, then BAM plot twist in the face!), characters are very likeable, and the anime can be humorous as well as serious. 6 out of 5 stars from me. What of Ghost in the Shell? 5 out of 5 stars. I cannot watch much anime now without feeling disapointed due to FMA, lol.
Well, good day. -JoN-

[Gineko]

Ayashi no Ceres, Ayashi no Ceres, AYASHI NO CERES!!! Love that series, Yu Watase is my favorite animator, the manga is better than the anime but so what, it's awesome. Other than that, Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist(you have to, you can't not love it), Full Metal Panic, Girl Got Game(gotta love crossdressers!), Fushigi Yugi, Sailor Moon(my first anime), Yu Gi Oh(the japanese version, not the watered down american version), Hellsing, FLCL, DN Angel, Fruits Basket, Kill Me Kiss Me(again, crossdressers), Ranma 1/2(crossdressers...), Tokyo Mew Mew, Chobits(Chi! obviously), Di Gi Charat, Trigun, DBZ(not GT, that one's a little too far), Azumanga Daioh(so random), Cowboy Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, EVERYTHING by Hayou Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Mononoke Hime, Laputa-Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, etc.) .hack//SIGN and .hack, Tenchi Muyo... maybe I should stop there... ^ ^;;;

[Overcast]

God I'm gonna get flamed for this but i didn't really think Naruto lived up to the hype it delivered over the royal internet for so long. I watched and sorta thought this isn't aas good as people said and put it down. Personally I preferred Hunter x Hunter it had a better storyline (Naruto's seemed a bit cliche) better audio and an all around better feel... but thats just me. Anyway i just wanted to add the Hayou Miyazaki stuff, Shiro Masamune stuff, and Rumiko Takahashi stuff.

*hundreds of thousands of random Naruto fans pick up thier keyboards* OK wait a minute *crawls into flame shelter* You can start now.

[Hatake Kakashi]

Flamed? Naw... that's against the rules.

I'll just say that in my world, there's one opinion that matters. Mine.

J00 r teh wrongz0r. :)

[Mauve Mage]

I used to really like InuYasha, but the newer episodes just aren't as good as the old ones.

Trigun's on my list of anime coolness, as is Cowboy Bebop. I was able to watch about three episodes of Witch Hunter Robin before Cartoon Network cancelled it, and I liked that too. CURSE YOU CARTOON NETWORK! ALWAYS CANCELLING THE FEW SHOWS I WATCH!!

[Sensui]

I'm primarily into Shonen stuff, but I do have a little bit of interest outside of it. My top 5 would be:

1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Dragon Ball
3. Dragon Ball Z
4. Saint Seiya
5. Berserk


Honorable Mention: Blue Gender, Armored Trooper Votoms, Record of Lodoss War (TV or OAV I like both quite a bit), Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers, Street Fighter II V, Sailor Moon

I tend to like longer shows, shows that are under 50 some episodes usually do not flesh out the world enough for me and leave me wanting more.

[PhilanthropyMan]

Definatly School Rumble, you people will know of this name very soon, it will be extremely popular too, it beats naruto and air every week in japan, so you know it will be popular here as well... :p watch them out before it goes too mainstream...

[King of Rabid Ducks]

My favorite series has to be Evangelion. I enjoyed the characterizations, the psychology, and the giant robot fight scenes.

[jfreedan]

I dont know about "best anime" because it's impossible to choose just one out of all the different types of genres that exist in anime.

I will say though that Hikaru no Go is incredibly good. Watching people play Goh has never been so awesome. You'd think it'd be boring and unexciting, but it's a million times better than most of the chopped up crap you find on the "Fox Box".

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

You've all probably already seen this VG Cats issue, since 8_bit often links to it. But here's the link to something they did about Fox Box. http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=145

HILLARIOUS.
Good day. -JoN-

[Sandrock124l8]

Im still pissed of about what happened to the original yu-gi-oh. the t.v. show is all about the card game when in reality, they play it twice in the orignal manga. Yugi actually kills people alot in the manga, its fun! I kind of feel sorry for one piece and naruto fans here, we get to see the kiddie versions. I honestly don't know how the hell they r gonna do this to naruto. people's arms explode, they stab eachother on a regular basis, there is so much killing and blood it that series. they r gonna hack it up sooooo badly. im not gonna even watch it when it comes out.

ANYWAYS..... I think there is a tie for my fav anime, Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, Fullmetal Alchemist, and.... uh.... o screw it i like them all, as long as they rnt cut to hell and back.

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Nearly done watching .hack//SIGN. Yey. Not nearly as good as FMA though, but still damn good. Right there with GITS as the 2nd best anime in my book. Though, the way series 2 is going of GITS, .hack is second, with GITS not far behind. Tsukasa is so angsty, yet so cool, lol. 0h n03s h4x0r3d = Amnesia & Angst.
Good day. -JoN-

[laughing warlock]

My favorite manga is Hikaru no Go. Anyone who has a subscription to Shonen Jump should know its about a kid who finds a ghost of a midevil guy who plays the game go and the kid learns to play from him. I know it dosn't have flashy things or gore but the character progression and interaction is very realalistic.

And fullmetal alchemist (my favorite anime TV show) more then fills my blood and explosions quota.

[Inu-luvr]

I'm adding another to my list of favorties: Samurai Champloo!

[Zeig]

I'm adding another to my list of favorties: Samurai Champloo!

I couldnt agree more. one of the top is Samurai Champloo... although .Hack//sign is an interesting one to get into... i dont mind it based on the music and its unique story also tied in with the game.

But overall ibe likin Champloo and Naruto, that bee me fav that i watch recently.

O and of course we are on this topic we cant forget FINAL FANTASY 7: ADVENT CHILDREN......Dun Dun Duhhh!!! .... comon soon to a country near u.

[Danath]

lets see
Naruto - yes i agree and am afraid what they are goign to do to it when it does get onto the tube here. cause well its stull like Sailormoon and pokemon that are giving aniem a bad name.

Air- its short and confusing but i still like it

My hime- really sad aniem actually but also really realy good

Bleach(I did not feel like reading through 5 pages of posts but what i glanced over no one put this)- this anime kicks ass and i do mean so much so that if they ever license this one it will also be butchered to hell cause of all the killing and violend and blood especially in the newer part of the series i have seen now

Yakitate!! Japan - hey this anime is cool despite it being about bread and making bread.

Cheeky angel(i cant remeber the japanese name for it)- Hounestally i dunno why i like this so much but i do

i could name another 100 titles that i like but of course all that reading you would have to to would just be crule. So lets just say so far there have been 2 titles in anime that i have not liked out of the few hundred titles that i have seen just tells ya im a really big anime fan..

[Zidane_nash]

man, how bad was pokemon...well i can't say much cause i used to love it but now its like sooooo cute and annoying.

[Zeig]

I have no doubt we all have been throuhg the "Pokemon" phase.... and digimon. But non the less that was a looooong time ago.

Naruto and Champloo are the top for me right now.

On a side note, has anyone seen champloo??
I feel like im taking crazy pills.

[Red Fighter 1073]

ive seen samurai champloo. i bet lots of people have. im pretty sure there is even an entire thread on it in one of the categories. and yah champloo is my most favorite show right now. tons of action = awesome!

and yah. i dont know of one person who DIDNT like pokemon or digimon. though, the third digimon series was SO GAY!!! in order to activate the digimon's skills you used TRADING CARDS!!!! then, for most of the season, the heroes will fighting this fucking pointless gooey blob of some gelatinous substance. it didnt even have a shape! i immediately stopped watching digimon after that. i mean, how could the heroes EVER, EVER fight a friggin gelatin blob??

[un Haiduc]

Trigun, hands down, i don't have alot of experiance with anime, but i love all anime, but of what i've seen, i'd have to say that Trigun is one (if not the) best anime of all time, either that or vampire hunter D...i also get a kick out of Naruto

LOOK!!!*points* A ROBOT KILLING A SMALLER ROBOT!

*sulks away quietly*

[Bob the Mercenary]

I've come to regard Trigun fanboys like I do Dragonball Z fanboys. Trigun is a good anime, I think it explores some human nature issues well. But, it's really a stretch to call it the "best of all time". You should check out your nearest Suncoast's anime section. Try Ghost in the Shell, Noir, Abenobashi, Samurai X, they're all great animes. No anime has impressed me enough yet to be called best of all time, though.

[pictish]

Speaking of Trigun fanboys, hi ^^;

Yeah, I'm not saying it's the best - I'm far too uninformed or experienced to do so. I thoroughly enjoyed Bebop though, and I've seen Trigun. Both subbed... and I really loved Trigun.

For me it's just seeing many things I thought brought out in a series was quite nice, and like any fan boy I love the character of Vash. I'm sure there's better out there, just Trigun truly appeals to me. Watching the series through the second time was interesting, seeing some of the rather subtle foreshadowing of some things, and the smaller hints about Meryl's love for Vash that you don't spot until you look for it.

Also, at the time of watching Trigun my philosophy class was studying Kantian and utilitarian ethics. To see some of the very kantian and utilitarian ideas brought up was interesting ^^ (And no, Knives isn't utilitarian - Wolfwood is.)

Didn't cry when me and my girlfriend of a year broke up. But I did cry in three of the last-ish episodes. I wont say which, but of the sad scenes of the last episodes, it's quite easy to tell >.>

But then, I'm just a Trigun fanboy, eh? I don't mind, it's by far my favourite, and I am aware there's not only better out there, but that my love of Trigun is unreasonable.

Oh, as for soundtracks, I recently got the Trigun one and it's pretty awesome, but it doesn't compare to the Bebop soundtrack. I had 4 CD's of bebop in my iPod mini and listened to it exclusively while out for about 5 months. Crazy.

[Semiazas]

Either Bebop, Neon Genisis or Full Metal Panic.

[Dante71492]

Ruroni Kenshin is the best manga/anime ever.

[Semiazas]

I haven't heard of it, care to elighten me?

[kratos]

Ruroni Kenshin is teh greatest.

followed by Full Metal Alchemist and Trigun.

[Eternal Swordsman]

Neon Genesis Evangelion is the best. Last Exile is close second.

[Savage]

My favorite anime would be R.O.D. You can still watch it on Anime Unleashed on G4.

From hot lesbian anime babes to some cool fight scenes it is downright one of the best anime series I have seen in a good long time.

[FullMetal Hamster]

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Followed closely by Hellsing and Trigun :D

[Kikuichimonji]

I believe I have posted in this thread before, but I must change my vote:

R.O.D. The TV

Once you've had it, you can never go back. It is, without a doubt in my mind, the best plot, character, and world development I've ever seen. If you have not seen this, catch it next time around on G4 TV.

[Savage]

Finally someone that agrees that R.O.D is best

[Nall2140]

Frankly... I don't think that I could say what the best anime is because to do that I would have to have seen every single anime ever made to make an informed choice...

So with that my favorites would be...
1. (as my avatar may imply) FLCL
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Trigun
4. Love Hina
5. Bubblegum Crisis (Partly because it's great and partly because it was the first anime I ever saw)

[Nataku-kun]

Best anime is.... there are so many good ones I can't name them all but personally, I like manga better. So, best anime would be...ugh, for the while, Yakitate!! Japan

[AtomiKnight]

Personally (and a view shared by many of my friends, even though we aren't anime nerds, only nerds of other sorts), I like Full Metal Alchemist, Inuyasha, most of DragonBall, DragonBall Z up to the end of the fight with Frieza (everthing just gets way too convulated after that), and none of DragonBall GT (thank everything it's over).

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Updated list (top 6):
1: FMA (nothing will ever beat this)
2: .hack (all are pretty good... iono about gift though)
3: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex
4: Bleach (What? At leat it's the only action anime I like, lol. It has some plot >__>).
5: G Gundam
6: Evangelion (MAYBE. Only saw 3 eps so far. If not, then Gundam Seed - leaning towards Gundam Seed though)

Edit: Good point Nall. Most of those up there are just my opinion then :P. However, FMA is so popular (I even got a friend of mine who doesn't watch anime to obsess over FMA), that I wonder if it is #1. But hey, if anyone's opinion differs, oh well.

[Shadow Otenaki]

Yeah, FMA is one of the best anime out there. One of the best. Not best of all time.

Anyway, if we're going to put up a list, then allow me to put mine up.

1. Hunter x Hunter
2. Bleach
3. Naruto
4. FMA
5. Get Backers
6. Beck
7. Azumanga Daioh
8. Trinity Blood
9. Kyou Kara Maou
10. Ninku

So there you have it. My top ten. =P

[guest#123]

wat r u talkin bout...subed anime or dumbass americanized anime tht distroys the whole story

[stabityman]

i KNOW that the best anime in all of animaworld is Evangelion... if you have seen it then you should share in my enthusiasm but if you havent i must warn you that if you like happy endings then you will be quite disapointed. despite the horrific ending to the movie it is flawless along with the anime series
vampiric power
mathies darth :fighter:

[Meister]

wat r u talkin bout...subed anime or dumbass americanized anime tht distroys the whole story
What is up with your posts? Seriously? Who even said something about that except in the most passing of ways?

And if that was supposed to be a question, it lacks a very important character to mark it as such. To begin with. (I dropped some hints there because I've been playing adventure games lately; blame them.) Not to mention the debate on "Subs vs. Dubs" is banned on these forums anyway (but there are stickied threads for either preference).

Back on topic, you've got all the time in the world to write your posts, so please, do us all a favour and make use of it. No one will feel like unravelling your insane abbreviations all the time for very long.

(Official translation of the above paragraph:

"wht")

And while I'm at giving people hell, Hamster, that was maybe a bit overdone.

*changes to "official friendly advice" mode*

stabityman, could you use a bigger font? I'm having quite a bit of trouble reading it without squinting, and I'm sure others will too. Thanks in advance.

[stabityman]

[B]thank you miester ill be sure to use that new thing you call a Brain? next time when i write a post. the problem is im typing on a typwriter and all it has is very SMALL courier New font p.s. dont ask me how i can get on the interwebs while using a DOS typwriter(did you get that joke) end of p.s. well you must know that the p.s. means post script and i just used it in the middle of a paragraph so you can kill me if you want... and another thing dont ask me how i type an me typewriter with ze boxing gloves on me hands thank you strongbad
vampiric power
stabityman

[RaiRai]

Consider this a warning then. He asked politely for you to change your font, not to change the world. You also don't seem to grasp the concept of typing legibly and have made an ass of yourself. Well done.

[Meister]

Awfully belligerent for a self-described hippie. Ten days of probation won't do any harm either.

EDIT: Actually, someone who blows their lid at polite requests probably wouldn't do all too well around here. Take that mindset back to wherever it came from, boy. Considering the amount of rationality you've shown us, I'm sure you don't care about whether we give you another chance, anyway.

[neorevolution]

Though I don't watch much of the anime series, I have to say my favorite movie was AKIRA.
Actually, one series I did watch was called Boogiepop Phantom, quite the funky one. o.O

[RossMan]

Best ever would have to be Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Big robots, in depth characters, action and intrigue.
Much respect to the 'bots.

[Zero_Armada]

Hmm...my fave would have to be FMA...then FMP. FLCL, then...wow, I can't decide on anything else. I've seen way too many animes to choose anymore. ^_^'

[ZekkaThyne]

Well, I would have to say, currently my favorite anime is the Evangellion series. I was too dissapointed by the movies to really get into them. Replacing characters voices with such obvious unlikenesses was unsettling, and they did not edit the voices to sound like the setting the characters were in either. A voice in the giant cavern of Terminal Dogma, or in the Control room should sound like a voice in a giant cavern, nicht wahr? Also, a pop remake of Tchaikovsky's Kom Susser Tod, was *totally* ridiculous.

The series however, goodness. I wished Asuka had been more developed, but it was overall certainly made for a serious thinker. Still trying to find more on the Sephiroth.

My other favorite series would definatly be Trigun. I know, I know, everyone says that, but maybe thats cause it was _so_ darn good!

The movie I like best would have to be Vamp D bloodlust, or the first ghost in the shell. Both awsome animation, voices, music and story line.

[Lost in Time]

Ok, almost two years passed since my last post so I decided to update it now that I have increased my anime tastes.

1. Naruto
2. Banner (And Crest) of the Stars
3. Full Metal Alchemist
4. Gatekeepers 21
5. Bleach

[FunkyBlackMage]

1. Rurouni Kenshin
2. Mobile Suit Gundam
3. FullMetal Alchemist

[CTDChris]

To me the best ever anime is either Pilot Cantidate or Gundum Wing. Pilot Cantadate sucks you in with a good reason to make you sob and Gundum Wing has some nice Story Telling!

[Magus]

At this point I'd say my favorite is Cowboy Bebop, though I enjoy Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost In The Shell, and thought Outlaw Star was really really good.

[CTDChris]

Yeah cowboy bebop is another favorite of mine.

[Annwn]

I am going to have to say Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. They rock! :rmage:

[hitmanagent47]

I have really begun to enjoy Full Metal Alchemist, I also like Cowboy Bebop, and I like Fooly Cooly, just because it is very very weird.

[Toastburner B]

At this point, after long thought, my favorite anime is, definately, Cowboy Bebop.

Why?

Simple. Cowboy Bebop is excellent at almost everything it does. The action, the art direction, the music...all of it. Cowboy Bebop has some of the best art direction I've seen in anime, let alone an action anime. If you don't believe me, watch Ballad of Fallen Angels or Pierrot Le Fou, both episodes are packed with amazing visuals and have awesome action scenes.

[Uzumaki_Naruto]

1)Naruto 2)FMA 3)Hellsing 4)YYH 5)Inu-yasha heheh well these are my best

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

Off topic, but yay, a RA2 player (Toastburner B)! If you have Yuri's Revenge (and patched) download the Robot Storm mod, you will not be dissapointed.

Now for something ON topic: Bleach has probably bumped up another notch in my favorites. Still surprising how normally action animes piss me off, but I am enjoying Bleach quite well.

[Annwn]

http://photobucket.com/albums/b53/shrimpmasterg/th_125381shining-owned.gif Gundam rocks!!!

[Majin Darshe]

I recommend the following anime and manga, an "*" sign indicates that I have a personal fondness for the title and highly recommend it:

Anime

Angelic Layer
Appleseed: The Movie
Banner of the Stars*
Banner of the Stars II*
Betterman
The Big O*
Blue Seed
Boogiepop Phantom*
Brave King Gaogaigar*
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
Cardcaptor Sakura*
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie*
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card*
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Crest of the Stars*
Dai-Guard
Detective Conan
Devil Lady*
El Hazard
Elfen Lied
End of Evangelion*
Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea
Excel Saga*
Figure 17
FLCL*
Fullmetal Alchemist*
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala*
Fullmetal Panic!
Fullmetal Panic!? Fumoffu
Fullmetal Panic!: The Second Raid
Gankutstuou: The Count of Monte Cristo*
Generator Gawl
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex*
Giant Robo*
Gilgamesh
Gungrave
Gunslinger Girl
Haibane Renmei*
Heat Guy J
Howl's Moving Castle
Iria Zeiram The Animation
K.O.Beast
Kiddy Grade
Kino's Journey
Kikaider
Kiki's Delivery Service
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Last Exile
Macross Plus
Magic User's Club
Mai Hime
Melody of Oblivion
Millenium Actress
Mobile Fighter G-Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Monster*
My Neighbor Totoro
Neon Genesis Evangelion*
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion*
Neoranga
Noir
Now and Then, Here and There
Otogi Zoshi
Outlaw Star
Paranoia Agent*
Perfect Blue
Planetes
Pom Poko
Pretear: The New Legend of Snow White
Princess Mononoke
Princess Tutu
Project A-Ko
Puni Puni Poemi
R.O.D. the TV (Read or Die/Read or Dream the TV)*
Rahxephon*
Read or Die*
Requiem from the Darkness
Revolutionary Girl Utena*
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescent Apocalypse*
Roujin Z
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
Scrapped Princess*
Scryed
Serial Experiments Lain
Shadow Skill TV
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Slayers
Slayers Next
Slayers Try
Soul Taker
Sokyuu No Fafner
Spirited Away
Superdimensional Fortress: Macross
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki!
Texhnolyze
Tokyo Godfathers*
Trigun
Trinity Blood
Twelve Kingdoms
Urusei Yatsura
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Princess Miyu TV
Vandread
Vision of Escaflowne*
Voices of a Distant Star*
Wings of Honneamise
Wisper of the Heart
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain*
X TV
Yu Yu Hakusho

Manga
20th Century Boys*
Akira
Angel Sanctuary
Ayashi No Ceres
Azumanga Daioh
Bastard!!*
Battle Angel Alita (GunnM)
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order
Berserk*
Blade of the Immortal
Bleach*
Buddha
Cardcaptor Sakura
Chobits
Chrono Crusade
Clover
Count Cain
Count Cain: God Child
Death Note
Flame of Recca*
Fruits Basket*
Fullmetal Alchemist*
Get Backers
Groove Adventure Rave
Hellsing*
Houshin Engi
Hunter x Hunter
Inuyasha*
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Maison Ikkoku
MAR
Mermaid Saga
Monster*
Naruto*
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind*
Neon Genesis Evangelion*
Phoenix
Planetes
Please Save My Earth
Ranma 1/2
Rurouni Kenshin*
Saint Seiya*
Saint Seiya: Episode G*
Saiyuki*
Saiyuki Gaiden*
Saiyuki Reload*
Silent Mobius
Tokyo Babylon
Trigun
Trigun Maximum
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
X*
XXXholic

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

:O Deathnote's not listed in your recommended manga! :O

[Majin Darshe]

:O Deathnote's not listed in your recommended manga! :O

Actually, it is:

Manga
20th Century Boys
Akira
Angel Sanctuary
Ayashi No Ceres
Azumanga Daioh
Bastard!!
Battle Angel Alita (GunnM)
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order
Berserk
Blade of the Immortal
Bleach
Buddha
Cardcaptor Sakura
Chobits
Chrono Crusade
Clover
Count Cain
Count Cain: God Child
Death Note
Flame of Recca
Fruits Basket
Fullmetal Alchemist
Get Backers
Groove Adventure Rave
Hellsing
Houshin Engi
Hunter x Hunter
Inuyasha
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Maison Ikkoku
MAR
Mermaid Saga
Monster
Naruto
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Phoenix
Planetes
Please Save My Earth
Ranma 1/2
Rurouni Kenshin
Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya: Episode G
Saiyuki
Saiyuki Gaiden
Saiyuki Reload
Silent Mobius
Tokyo Babylon
Trigun
Trigun Maximum
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
X
XXXholic

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

<_<
>_>
Must have missed it due to tiredness...
*runs*

[fullmetalchemist]

For me, Full Metal Alchemist is the best anime show ever.

[Overcast]

A couple anime to see to freak the sh** out of you.

Perfect Blue. This anime has such an entrancing storyline with such an unnatural loss sense of reality you will be freaking out by the end.

Paranoia Agent. This little story of paranoia rumors a boy with a bat with its odd storytelling style and mythical power will certainly make you freak out with your own thoughts as it falls down to the end.

Serial Experiments Lain. Seriously stretch and warping and even breaking the line between reality and the net in a far more freakish way than .hack Lain will make you freak out.

Boogiepop Phantom....with a storytelling style that sends you forward backward and inbetween the storyline reapeatedly a group of people with strange abilities death unusuality and such wierdness you will have to watch this series back to back repeatedly to completely grasp what has just occured.

End of Evangelion. If you saw Neon Genesis then you must see the freakiest ending to any anime I have EVER experienced if this does not freak the living hell out of you I lack a clue just WHAT WILL!

EDIT: How in gods name could I forget Boogiepop?

[Majin Darshe]

Fixed list. Added asterixes to specify titles I recommend the most. Added: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Fullmetal Panic!, Fullmetal Panic!? Fumoffu, Fullmetal Panic: The Second Raid, and Gilgamesh

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

I cannot find a download of the FMA movie for my life! Care to tell me how/where you got it?

[Majin Darshe]

I cannot find a download of the FMA movie for my life! Care to tell me how/where you got it?

*I* managed to get a leaked bootleg copy. But there won't be any fansubs available until it officially comes out on DVD in Japan

[Sokolov22]

AIR - Gonna hafta throw in a vote for this one. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. This goes for story, music and the art-direction. It isn't for everyone though, especially if you are into anime with a speedier pace and action.

Mai HiME - I think I only saw one mention of this one. It doesn't sound very impressive when described so it's hard to get people to watch this one originally. It's also a little slow in terms of hooking the audience until about episode 8 or so as most of the beginning episodes are introducing the huge and varied cast in the show. But once the main story arc gets going its non-stop action and has some devious plot twists and revelations. You actually feel sorry for the characters because the writers really put them thru a special kind of hell. Ending leaves something to be desired, though. The general consensus seems to be that the writers were likely pressured to put a happy note in the thing before it closed up.

Rozen Maiden - This is actually one of my favorite anime and my choice for introducing anime if the target is female. It's whimsical, cute and just enjoyable and gets good reviews from anime-newbies.

[FoRSAkeN_oNe]

*I* managed to get a leaked bootleg copy. But there won't be any fansubs available until it officially comes out on DVD in Japan
N000000000333333ZZZ... ahh well. So I wait a few more months or so? -.-

[Majin Darshe]

Mai HiME - I think I only saw one mention of this one. It doesn't sound very impressive when described so it's hard to get people to watch this one originally. It's also a little slow in terms of hooking the audience until about episode 8 or so as most of the beginning episodes are introducing the huge and varied cast in the show. But once the main story arc gets going its non-stop action and has some devious plot twists and revelations. You actually feel sorry for the characters because the writers really put them thru a special kind of hell. Ending leaves something to be desired, though. The general consensus seems to be that the writers were likely pressured to put a happy note in the thing before it closed up.


There's a new series called "My-Otome" coming out soon. But it's still up in the air as to whether is a sequal, a prequal, or even a complete retelling

[VivianTheBlackMage]

I like a lot of animes, and I'm glad that at least some other people also like yu yu Hakusho. My list is comprised of (not in order):

Naruto
Yu Yu Hakusho
Trigun
Full Metal Alchemist
Case Closed (or Detective Conan)
SD Gundam (yes, I like it!)
Cardcaptor Sakura
Pokemon
Cowboy Bebop
Kirby
Ruroni Kenshin
Witch Hunter Robin
Ghost in the Shell
Ranma 1/2
Fruit Basket
Inuyasha (definitely)
Dragonball

And a lot of others that I can't think of at the moment. ^_^;

[sneakyevilmonkey]

plus the part near the end of the series on that resort planet lol :D

[Azisien]

I just finished watching Cowboy Bebop. It now takes the lead as "Azisien's best anime" in my MASSIVE anime library of Cowboy Bebop, Pokemon, and Sailor Moon.

Goodbye, anime's of my childhood. :D

[Monkey]

I'm currently into FullMetal Alchemist.. but I also like Trigun, Chrno Crusade, and Hellsing

[Rock Crystal]

My favorite? Slayers. (see avatar)
However, there are only so many times one can watch all the DVD's in sequence. And all the Cartoon Network stuff is too late for me except the pseudo-anime on Miguzi.
Totally Spies! reruns: Dear. God. No.
Teen Titans reruns: Good, but not if you've already seen the episode. (I probably have)
New Code Lyoko: Can you say, tEh Awxome? :D
Seriously, it's not that much better, and yet... it rocks. Maybe it's a subliminal reaction to the theme song. Maybe it's those damn squid people hypnotizing me (what is up with that girl and those... beings, anyway?). Whatever, I still like it.
Oh, and before you bring it up: Yes, I know it's not technically anime, no, I don't care.
EDIT: NOOOO!! THEY"RE PLAYING CODE LYOKO RERUNS!!! CURSE YOU YUGIOH GX! CURSE YOU CARTOON NETWORK!!! I"LL NEVER LOVE YOU AGAIN!!!!!

[Saint Turrequise]

I love Inuyasha and Star Ocean EX... but my favorite anime movie has to be The Cat Returns.

[keithaldrovan]

My favorite would be Shaman King, but I watched the whole thing over here in Mexico with great voices, no editing and just plain awsomeness.

Yo = Yoh (pronounced " e o " )
Morty = Manta
Lenny = Len
Zeek (or however you spell it) = Hao
X laws = X Soldiers

p.s. my favorite manga on the otherhand is Berserk

[Doug]

Guyver
Gungrave
Hellsing
Berserk

[Fundokiller]

Ghost in the shell

[Vicious]

Gravitation

[Darshendros]

Bastard! pwns them all.

[Majin Darshe]

Bastard! pwns them all.

Yes. Yes it does.

[Doug]

Bastard! pwns them all.

It's too short.

And you ever realized everybody recovered from their injures when they're not on-screen?

Like that ninja, the guy impales himself even farther to save that elf-girl... and the next thing, he's okay again!

[Darshendros]

It's too short.

And you ever realized everybody recovered from their injures when they're not on-screen?

Like that ninja, the guy impales himself even farther to save that elf-girl... and the next thing, he's okay again!
Of course they do; they're the main characters! ;D The series would be at a loss if they died permanently. Gara's also a freak, if you haven't noticed. He probably inherited some regenerative powers from being one of the Lords of Chaos. I dunno. Who cares? They're l337!

Gods I wish they would make the rest of the episodes already... -_- Hell, I'LL do it, if they let me.

[Doug]

But it was the last episode, and it took the whole dramatic shit out of his efforts!

And the series were only six-freakin episodes!

[Flare]

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu is one of the best I've seen yet. I would highly recommend it.

[FunkyBlackMage]

Mobile Suit Gundam 0079.

[Fifthfiend]

Noozles.

You know you loved it so don't even lie.

[NinjaGabe]

I think rurouni kenshin i was of my favorites. It was about like the best samuri and how he was awsome in some war and won't kill anymore. but he gets in battles wether he kills or not and ends up winning. It was on TV for a while and then it was taken off and I searched for it and stuff but later I gave up. It was really sick though.

[Majin Darshe]

But it was the last episode, and it took the whole dramatic shit out of his efforts!

And the series were only six-freakin episodes!

Read the manga. The anime only covers the first four or five volumes, and leaves out a lot of the plot elements (like who the hell that little dragon things is) and some of the more...juicier bits ;)

The manga is about at volume 25 now. Right now, Dark Scheider is simply the most gloriously overpowered character in manga history.

[Sesshoumaru]

I'm not sure if its been mentioned yet (I got to page 6 before deciding 43 pages was far too many for me to read through), but I really liek Onegai Teacher (although it is far from my favorite). I would have to Berserk and Escaflowne tie for best series (IMHO) with Trigun, Naruto, and Wolf's Rain coming in second. I haven't seen too many anime movies, but Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust comes in first (awesome fight scenes).

[slacknarf360]

pokemon!!!!!!! :p

[Sesshoumaru]

pokemon!!!!!!! :p

No...just...no...*shivers*

[Now and Zen]

Im a gonna have to say that trigun is the best anime ever. For characters style, theme and setting you cant find a better anime out there. I just wondered why they called it TRIGUN??? (Trigun maximum ROXERS MY BOXERS)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

[Kikuichimonji]

I just wondered why they called it TRIGUN???First off, for the love of fluffy kittens, fewer smilies, more rational thought, eh? Randomness is fun stuff and all, but it should be a diversion, not the focus of the post. According to me, at least.

Regardless, Trigun is called so because Vash uses three guns during the series: his original pistol, (spoilers) the hidden machine-gun in his arm, and the Angel Arm. (/spoilers)

[Now and Zen]

I know what you mean but i dont think it is that simple. Mabey TRI means three diffrent points of view from people... Vash's no kill way...Wolfwoods kill to survive and Knives's mass genocide POV (IMO) Oops off topic again!

I could quite easily destroy you all!

[Tunuki_Uzumaki]

I would say Wolf's Rain because it is about some wolves that are look for paridise and very blooding battles. I love it.

[Kikuichimonji]

I know what you mean but i dont think it is that simple. Mabey TRI means three diffrent points of view from people... Vash's no kill way...Wolfwoods kill to survive and Knives's mass genocide POV (IMO) Oops off topic again!That could be it, too. It's never really been, y'know, explained. But I figure having such a simple title for an anime with such complex characters is a good contrast that corresponds with the one between the beliefs of Vash and Knives. Whatever works, I suppose.

[MutatedBunny]

Remember Cowboy Bebop? That, I believe, was the greatest anime of all time. It had it ALL, from an intriguing story to amazingly choreographed fight-scenes to very memorable characters and excellent translation as well. The art style was also fantastic and added to the overall immersion of the series. Funny, clever, and stylish, CB definetly deserves some serious recognition.

[Sesshoumaru]

Actually, Vash uses five guns (that I can remember) -SPOILERS-his pistol, his first gun arm (they single shot one), the machingun arm, the angel arm (which techniquely should be counted as his pistol, cause it is), and Wolfwood's giant machinegun/rocket launcher -SPOILERS-

[Kikuichimonji]

Actually, Vash uses five guns(Spoilers)The gun in his arm is upgraded into a machine gun, not replaced, and Wolfgang's gun is specifically not Vash's. Every source I can find, which is admittably not many, says the show is named as such because he uses/has three guns.

[Mondt]

Cowboy Bebop was awesome. The dude's voice is in s-CRY-ed too. THAT is a show i can't understand the name of yet... Bebop (from what I know of) is probably the best. Gungrave is close... <--i think that is what its called... i dont remember.

[Specterbane]

S-cry-ed is, I think, roughly how the japanees is pronounced. is I remember the symblos right they're 'su''ka''ra''i''do'. So the first three symbols pronounce roughly 'skra' which makes it about 'skraido'. But I've barely got a rudimentary grasp of japanees so I could e way off base. It's so diverse I don't think there's a single one that takes the cake; Bebop is great, I enjoyed Ruroni Kenshin for about the same reasons but in a diffrent way, Yu Yu Hakusho is really fun, and (a rare gem it seems here) Irresponsible Captin Tylor has made me laugh more than any other anime I've ever seen, and I've seen FLCL. That's my two bits

[samtaro]

Cowboy Bebop and Robotech are the cheese! (whatever 'the cheese' means)

[Yakubyougami]

Kino's Journey (http://www.kinosjourney.com/) was more enjoyable than most of the anime being made today, as It actually had some depth. I enjoyed Haibane Renma (http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/Showings/Haibane_renmei.shtml), also known as the Charcoal Feather Federation - for it's emotional appeal.

Beck (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4404) had great music, and started off great - but kind of fizzled into predictability.

As for action oriented anime, the original Mobile Suit Gundam (http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/msg/index.html) series is well orchestrated and intense - unless you have too much difficulty getting passed the look of older anime.

Especially enjoyable was Char's Counter Attack (http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/cca/index.html) - being newer the look is more crisp and the movie it's self is powerful.

As for current series, I've grown to adore Pani Poni Dash (http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1742,ezkzee,pani_poni_dash_.html) a comedy in the style of Azumanga Daioh, but somewhat more appealing due to it's pop culture refrences.

I also love Bleach (http://www.bleachportal.net/), even if it's somewhat forgettable - because I adore Ichigo's character and voice actor.

[Kaelus]

I don't know, there's something in Bleach that keeps reminding me of Naruto, which annoys me A LOT... (the overall anime is great, though.)

Well, gotta love Chrno Crusade, Elfen Lied, X/1999 and Air TV for all the kawaii girls and deep storylines... the combination is just perfect! (especially in Elfen Lied)

As for the shounen part, we must not forget Fullmetal Alchemist, Mugen no Junin, Berserk, Peace Maker, Rurouni Kenshin and Trigun for the classic and intense moral dilemmas and violent action.

[Mesden]

Full Metal Alchemist is so far the best anime I've ever seen or tried to even look at. Followed by Trigun. FMA has such I complex storyline that it keeps you wondering till the end. It's filled with passion, adventure, the cool fight scenes, devotion and many things more. As for Trigun it's as close to the reason I like FMA. Plus Vash does rock out loud. Oh and Kikui the reason they say that is because they are the only guns he uses more than once. Vash did use Wolfwood's gun to beat Knives. I still hate the killing of Wolfwood. He was my favorite.

[Kaelus]

FMA has such I complex storyline that it keeps you wondering till the end.

*sighs dreamily* So true... *stares lovingly at FMA winged-snake-nailed-to-a-cross necklace*

[Reficul]

Hellsing. the main character can get his head blown off then reform back and act like nothing happen

you cant get cooler then that

[Fifthfiend]

Gantz was really wrong, and not in a good way. But, you know, in a good way.

The ending sucked though.

So far it's Samurai Champloo for me. Although the ending there kinda sucked too.

[Gilionaire]

My favorite anime would have to be Inuyasha. I never saw the end of it. speaking of anime does anyone know a place where you can watch anime episodes online, without downloading them. If you do know that would be very helpful to me. Send me a private message if you know of any sites. Thanks.
When i was little my favorite anime was definetly Sailor Moon, which i still like:p . Also Cardcaptors was another favorite

[Majin Darshe]

[QUOTE=Gilionaire]My favorite anime would have to be Inuyasha. I never saw the end of it. QUOTE]

There is no end. Like Ranma 1/2, it was cancelled prematurely. The manga is still going though, and looks to be close to ending soon.

The best anime: Haibane Renmei. You're not an anime fan until you've seen this.

[Gilionaire]

Inuyahsa was cancelled? that sucks it was a good show. If i could get the manga i would but i dont think they sell it where i am. I can't watch any anime because the only channel that has any anime, only has like two shows so i can't watch anything

[ViewtifulBob1138]

Originally, my all-time favorite anime was Robotech(despite only seeing the Macross Saga arc so far. I've only seen one or two episodes of the Robotech Masters, and nothing from the New Generation, even though I've read episode synopsises for the entire series), but that changed over the summer when I came across the most amazing, insane, intelligent, hillarious, and downright brilliant anime of all time: Fooly Cooly. I've never connected with any character in any story more than Naota. I love figuring out all the little bits of meaning hidden away in all the silliness(the eyebrows are there for a reason!). I just love it so much...

[Zabuzo]

ill say family guy now thats a funny show

[Alchemist]

Hellsing all time fav..also with the new ova, then FMA, then Bleach, then naruto and last X..only basing this off the fact that it's the ones i've seen..all animes are good in some point or view since what i like about them is the message it trys to teach kids.

[Chance the Wise]

Ok, I don't have time or patience to read 45 pages of posts. So i will just go with saying that my personal favorite anime (basically the only one i watch) is Samurai Champloo. I still haven't seen the end of it yet, but the entire season is on its way :)

Oh, and Naruto is ok. When i see it.

[zantarz]

fullmetal alchemist
ghost in the shell: sac
slayers
rahxephon
trigun

(imo subs are better than dubs... in most cases)

[chocobo_man]

Full Metal Alchemist, best anime ever. great ending episode, it was brilliant. i also like the idea that we are paraelled to a universe with alchemy. maybe people coming over from the other side is how we got teh idea for it over here in the first place.

also, inuyasha is not canceled. if you get cartoon network, it is on tuesday nights, 12:30 pm eastern and pasific.

[Majin Darshe]

Full Metal Alchemist, best anime ever. great ending episode, it was brilliant. i also like the idea that we are paraelled to a universe with alchemy. maybe people coming over from the other side is how we got teh idea for it over here in the first place.

also, inuyasha is not canceled. if you get cartoon network, it is on tuesday nights, 12:30 pm eastern and pasific.

Inuyasha has been cancelled IN JAPAN and has been for almost a year. After episode 167 they've stopped production of any new episodes (there is a movie that takes place after called "Fire on the Mystical Island", but like the previous four movies it is only a side story and shares little continuity with the TV series) and have yet to continue making any more. There have been talks and rumors about making more episodes, but nothing concrete yet.

[Althane]

mmm... I have no "best", but my top ones are:

Cowboy Bebop for music, and wesomeness.
Bleach for major coolness, and interesting story. Not to mention it's Bleachiness.
FMA, because it's really the anime that GOT me into anime. Plus, alchemy is cool. And Roy pwns j00.

Elfen Lied, because it's a really, really emotional anime. Got me furious at parts, sick at others, tearing up in some... ... ... ok, talking too much.

[chocobo_man]

Inuyasha has been cancelled IN JAPAN and has been for almost a year. After episode 167 they've stopped production of any new episodes (there is a movie that takes place after called "Fire on the Mystical Island", but like the previous four movies it is only a side story and shares little continuity with the TV series) and have yet to continue making any more. There have been talks and rumors about making more episodes, but nothing concrete yet.

well, i wouldn't know that. i'm not that big a fan of it. i watch and all, but i am not to intouch with tv schedules in other countries. guess i'm stupid like that....

[Leon-the-Dark-Knight]

Martian Successor Nadiesico is one of the goofiest and most fun anime series out there. You have the most powerful spaceship in the galaxy, but it is run by morons such as Tinkawa, Eureka, and the short lived Guy Digoji. As Ruri often says, "Idiots, they're all idiots." If you have not seen this show, do yourself a favor and watch it.

Other great series are Trigun, Evengeleon, Chobits, El Hazard, Saber Marionette J, Cowboy Bebop, Dragon Ball (DBZ and GT included), and even Yu-gi-oh! (My roomate in college forced me to watch a lot of anime :sweatdrop )

[chocobo_man]

i forgot about EVA, thats great too.

[Proin Drakenzol]

Scrapped Princess and the Seikai Trilogy are tops.

[Leon-the-Dark-Knight]

Slayers is also a great anime series. You take D&D, add in some crack, and voila, you get slayers.:D

[POS Industries]

"Black Cat". It's got everything you need. Trust me. Have I ever lied to you before?

Also, "Shuffle!" is a good one if you don't have a problem with the concept of a mainstream anime TV series based on a H-game. The first half starts out as essentially your basic harem anime and then everyone's skeletons start coming out. If you can get past the bipolar nature of it, you might enjoy it.

[TheSpacePope]

Fooly. Cooly.
Best thing evar

I like Eva
and I like this little knows series
called ghost in the shell

I like all of them.....mostly
cept' Inuyasha
That dog guy can lick my balls.
after I'm done defiling his girlfriend

edit*

NEVER TRUST ANYONE that says this:
Trust me. Have I ever lied to you before?

but he is right, it's a good series

[Leon-the-Dark-Knight]

This anime movie is just badass in every concievable way. Take one awsome ninja, a cute but deadly in more ways than one assassin chick, and then throw a bunch of freakishly bizaar villians at them. Add lots and lots of bloodshed, and you have got yourself a truely great anime to watch.

Akira is also a very interesting movie to watch.:cool:

[Jason_Voorhees]

Dragon Ball. All of 'em. It is beyond animation. It is beyond life.

[Undertaker64]

My favorite anime would have to be Trigun. I don't know why but I just love stupid humour. Also I like the western theme mixed with the future setting.

I also like Hellsing, Ruroni Kenshin, both .hack series, Bleach, and Full Metal Alchemist.

[Jason_Voorhees]

Yeah, Trigun is an awesome Anime. It's the kind of Anime that can make you laugh and cry. Especially at the end...

Hellsing is ok, and Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favs, especially the TV. I don't like those OVA's very much. Hack I liked the SIGN series better than DUSK, although DUSK has more action and more comedy.FMA iI thought was mediocre...and Bleach I watched only 20 or so episodes which bored me to no end. But I hear good things about it, so I'll continue.

[Vile]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. It has something very deep to say, despite the fact that it's awesome anyway. It's on par with great literature. It pwns j00.

If you want to know what it has to say, read The Phenomenology of Spirit by Hegel. You could probably figure it out from there, provided that you could understand anything Hegel said.

[Leon-the-Dark-Knight]

Great old school anime, which may have been some of the inspiration for the Castlevania games. If you have not watched it, it comes highly recommended by me. Though some might think my judgement is not that great.

[Full Metal Archivist]

My current favourites are:
NGE (It’s full of symbolism and philosophical aspects), Hellsing (Vampires!!!) and Trigun (great plot)
The last series i saw were hack//SIGN and Full Metal Alchimist which were impressive, too.

[Eltargrim]

I, myself, am partial to .hack//SIGN. I've never got around to aquiring .hack//Liminaliy or .hack//Legend of the Twilight, however. I may eventually get around to watching these, and .hack//Roots, as well.

Note that I haven't seen a terribly large amount of anime to begin with ;)

Even if there's a better, though, you still have to admit that SIGN was pretty damn good.

[Dark_Shinobi]

Hmmmm, decisions, decisions...

I personally consider Full Metal Alchemist, Hellsing & Cowboy Bebop probably the bestest animes out there. They've all got great action scenes, interesting storylines to back up the action, and good OST's.

[Gilionaire]

So um does anyone know a good site to download anime off of. Im particularly intersted in inu yasha.

[Blammo_The_Magnificent]

My 2 favorite animes: .Hack//sign, and FMA. Both were simply amazing to me. I used to like Inuyasha, but it seems endless to me now :(

[Rezero]

My favortie? Gotta be .Hack//Sign and .Hack//Liminality . I love the music for the series.

[Tarrin]

I'm at an impass, On one hand i love Trigun, On the other Berserk.

I feel that i'll have to give them an equal first position at this time.

[DracoMaster_Tason]

Ive Always Been A Fan Of FMA due to its funny characters,solid plot, and great character develepment

[Chaoswizard]

vandread for me

[Sesshoumaru]

Yay! Another Vandread fan, I'm not alone anymore! (not that anyone here knew I loved Vandread, but hey...) Also, I rather enjoyed Crest/Banner of the Stars (can you tell I like space stuff?).

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Did I ever post in this thread?

Aside from probably the norm, I'm gonna post what I think is the best Anime I have seen. For more than just it being my favorite personally but also because of what it achieved in story, characters and with what it had to work with.

And for that, I would say it is CardCaptor Sakura. Large and well thought out story, deep likeable characters and a structure that begins, follows through and ends nearly flawlessly. Not to mention nearly anyone who sees it likes the show (from kids to adults. I've gotten people from the age of 10-55, of both sexes and any other type of classification into the show and they've all liked it and wanted to see more).

[greed]

Hmm

Depending on my mood
Trigun/FMA/Samurai Champloo

[CelesJessa]

Hmm, gee I have to think...

*looks around the room, from the FMA display on my bookshelf to the "Happy Edward Day" sign on my cork board*

Yeah, I would have to say Fullmetal Alchemist. It is the only series that has ever drawn me in so much that I became a FMA junky and caused me to buy all of their DVDs (I'm falling behind a bit but...) And that's saying a lot because I'm definately more of a manga junkie than anime (I can count how many animes I've seen on my fingers while my list of manga series is in the 70s), and generally I'm pretty stingy about my money, but FMA is like a drug for me and I just can't get enough of it.

*drool "FMAaaaa..."*

[Fifthfiend]

Dragon Ball... It is beyond animation.

You could say that' it's so far beyond animation that they spend 90 percent of their time standing still!

[Forlorn13Hope]

dbz is top in my book because thats what started me to like anime and manga...but for sheer visual purposes samurai shamploo...it just looks so damn good

[blackwaltzomega]

You could say that' it's so far beyond animation that they spend 90 percent of their time standing still!

That's to cover the rampant swearing and flipoffs, or so I'm told. :D

[Sesshoumaru]

Ooooohhhh, I got a great joke!

Q: How many DBZ characters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One, but it takes 5 episodes.

[Leon-the-Dark-Knight]

[QUOTE=Sesshoumaru]Ooooohhhh, I got a great joke!

Q: How many DBZ characters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One, but it takes 5 episodes.[/QUOTE)

Yeah, one to declare how powerful he is, one to declare his task of changing the lightbulb, two to generate the appropriate power level (Super Sayen level Four), and then one to actually change the light bulb after cleaning up the mess that super monkey has left behind.:p

[The7thSamurai]

GaoGiaGar, no question. Most hotblooded pulse pounding hard hitting show ever.

Of course Getter Robo Armageddon adn New Getter Robo are sweet too. And of course Godannar boy do I like Godannar

Cant forget Mazinkaiser either

[I_Like_Swordchucks]

Trigun and Rurouni Kenshin are by far the best in my opinions. They've got great characters, great themes, great humor, and amazing action.

I also like Gundam Wing for some strange reason. And I don't really know why.

[Derek]

BIG O! SHOW TIME! its my favorite. That or Outlaw star. The anime from the late 90's was awesome.

[Desdraftlit]

We all need to MASS-POST Adult-Swim to put Outlaw Star back on air. GET RID OF PEE-WEE's Playhouse! GAH! We arn't KIDS anymore the show is terrible! Not to mention a good actor made a fool of himself! Morpheus from MATRIX! AKA Laurence Fishburne!!!

[Fifthfiend]

We all need to MASS-POST Adult-Swim to put Outlaw Star back on air. GET RID OF PEE-WEE's Playhouse! GAH! We arn't KIDS anymore the show is terrible! Not to mention a good actor made a fool of himself! Morpheus from MATRIX! AKA Laurence Fishburne!!!

Laurence Fishburne was on Pee-Wee's Playhouse? Doubleyou Tee Eff?

Anyway, Outlaw Star was a fixed-length series. How long can you keep repeating that for?

Anyway anyway, Laurence Fishburne made more than enough of a fool of himself as Morpheus from MATRIX! (I mean, two and three, anyway).

[Desdraftlit]

Laurence Fishburne was on Pee-Wee's Playhouse? Doubleyou Tee Eff?

Yeah, he was the cowboy guy.

Anyway, Outlaw Star was a fixed-length series. How long can you keep repeating that for?

I'm sorry! I didn't know! I always get news last. Besides, It's been a looooooooong freak'in time sence I was last in a forum. Soooo thats my excuse. :shifty:

[Meister]

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[Desdraftlit]

Okay okay. So they can't put Outlaw Star back on air. But they shouldn’t have put FLCL back on for a second time either. According to the "Artists" their producer cut them off at the 6th episode because they didn’t like the show. It was going to be a series, but their funds were cut.
That show could have done so well! WHY GOD?! WHY?!
(At least this was what I was told in an e-mail by a friend in Japan.) If I could read Japanese I would look up the article. :stressed:

[Fighter=Genius]

There is still alot of anime I haven't seen so I can't really back this up but I'm gonna go with Trigun cause it's the first anime that I watched actually knowing it was anime and Vash is just plain awsome.

[bananarama]

My personal favorites are School Rumble, a high school love comedy, because it makes me laugh out loud... a lot, which is a very rare thing for me to do, and Naruto (in Japanese with English subtitles) because of the awesome action scenes and episode 124 (drunk rock lee FTW:D).

[Shojimonk]

Yikes, seen too many to even be able to recount them all in one sitting :sweatdrop
i do believe i shall break them into categories, for my own unknown reasons...

Action-ey: my fav is a tie between One Piece, Hunter X Hunter, Bleach, and ROD the oav......with MANY honourable mentions...like Flame of Recca, Naruto, Bebop, Get Backers, Trigun, and Kenshin (unfortunately, i have yet to see hellsing, or berserk, or a few other ones mentioned)

Mecha: I honestly havent seen many mecha animes...never really struck my fancy...but Gundam Wing and FMP were both pretty good

Comedy: i will NEVER be able to choose a single fav in here, but i will mention a few good ones that come to mind: FLCL, School Rumble, GTO, Kodocha, Chobits, Fruits Basket (although its also very romance-ey), Rune Soldier, and Vandread

Romance: Ai Yori Aoshi is probably my favourite...personally, it struck many chords with me...another great one was Oh! My Goddess.
unfortunately, i have yet to see many other serious romance animes, as i am always have too many action or comedy animes pushed on me by friends :sweatdrop

and lastly, honourable mentions to an anime that, to me, just wouldnt fit in only one category: Ranma 1/2 , which is an action/romance/comedy, is definately one of my favourite of all time, and is pretty much the show that got me started in anime.


oh, and i also MUST mention an anime that i myself love, but have never ever seen anyone else even know of its existance >_<. and that is E's Otherwise. its basically about psychics (kinda x-menish, psychics are thought to be the "next step in evolution" by some....or as "freaks" and "monsters" by others...) and then evil corporations, and brain-washing/manipulation, and other such things....with VERY good character development, enjoyable plot, nice action scenes, funny moments, a very lovable Asuka....generally a very good show. and i would recommend it to anyone.

(yikes, that was long :sweatdrop )

[Sorrowed Joker]

I could ve said cowboy Bebop BUT Hellsing has a really special deep place for me :D I just love the characters, theway they react to things...its beyond explanation : O

[koryntb]

Man I dont know for me it's a toss up between Samurai Deeper Kyo which has some fun fights, interesting character development, and cute plot twists or Hellsing which really blew my mind after watching the first couple of episodes. I really loved just how vulgar the characters were the premise of the protestant and catholic "supernatural control forces" and the style it was drawn in.

[Galeric]

Full Metal Alchemist. I'm up to about 15 series that I've seen (and only about 6 I've seen all the way through), but FMA has the best mix of humor, character, plot, and timing that I've ever seen. Even more so than Cowboy Bebop, and I am a gigantic CB fan. It's a shame they couldn't have animated the entire manga, although both manga (so far) and anime are excellent with FMA.

[Pinkeh]

Hellsing, definatly...yupz..no doubt...:rolleyes:

[Furioku]

Hmm, theres so many good ones like Trigun, DBZ, and such but I think the best has to be Cowboy Bebop. Some people claim it to be a total ripoff of Outlaw Star, but I don't think so. I also love the combination of all different cultures and such. Mixing old westerns and th ebig city life with syndicates, and space travel even. Genius. Plus the show has a good balance of humor and seriousness, and the characters are pretty cool. Great storyline as well. Certainly the best anime I've come across.

[ivy_verdant]

Full Metal Alchemist. I'm up to about 15 series that I've seen (and only about 6 I've seen all the way through), but FMA has the best mix of humor, character, plot, and timing that I've ever seen. Even more so than Cowboy Bebop, and I am a gigantic CB fan. It's a shame they couldn't have animated the entire manga, although both manga (so far) and anime are excellent with FMA.

While my opinion may not be exactly expert level because I'm fairly new to anime and manga in general (stupid small towns without a freakin' bookstore to even have access to manga at all), but I've sampled a few and Fullmetal Alchemist is definately my fav right now because of it's amazing blend of... well.... everything! Except romance, but that can kinda bog you down REALLY fast. Ouran Host Club is good for a humor/romance fix (and it's fairly short), but I've yet to really plumb the depths of what is out there. I'm just hoping that Google doesn't wipe out all the anime on YouTube before I can shamelessly exploit the free anime out there xD! If anyone has any good suggestions for good anime or manga, please pm me 'cause I could always use more things to be addicted to ;P.