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Explain your top 10 anime
Well, this came from the last episode, and my episodes are these:
My number 10 is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Ok, many would say that this anime is mind bending and also that it opened a new point of view for giant robot animes, but as Daryl Surat said once, "It is like looking into a pond of water that looks deep but is NOT."
When I watched back in 1998, I thought it was pretty neat and that each episode meant something. I also got angry because I was surprised that Gainax was having economic problems during the production at the end of the anime.
I personally liked it because of the original end, the end that most of the people do not like. Why, you may ask? Well, it is because it was a nice ending that wrapped everything up. and That is why I did not and do not see any reason to make any more movies :P.
My number 9 is Captain Tsubasa. Everyone has an sports anime, and in this case Captain Tsubasa is mine. This anime pulls out the weirdest, most impressive and physics-defying moments in the history of soccer. It is true, that some are feasible, but most of them are just crazy. Nevertheless, I know it is just a cartoon, and I can pass through those over the top techniques: and I like over the top.
My number 8 is Cobra. Ok, where can I start. I am just gonna say that this is the story of a guy with a blaster on his left arm whohas awesome adventures on space.
My number 7 is Dragonball/Dragonball Z. Ok, I was 12th the first time I watched it, and I liked it a lot. Now, not so much. But, if I had the money to buy the DVDs, I would buy them. I know the fighting scenes can go to up to 10 episodes long and the story can be very silly, but this is freaking Dragonball I am talking about: it is my Initial D.
I will continue my list later. .... :P
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My number 10 is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Ok, many would say that this anime is mind bending and also that it opened a new point of view for giant robot animes, but as Daryl Surat said once, "It is like looking into a pond of water that looks deep but is NOT."
When I watched back in 1998, I thought it was pretty neat and that each episode meant something. I also got angry because I was surprised that Gainax was having economic problems during the production at the end of the anime.
I personally liked it because of the original end, the end that most of the people do not like. Why, you may ask? Well, it is because it was a nice ending that wrapped everything up. and That is why I did not and do not see any reason to make any more movies :P.
My number 9 is Captain Tsubasa. Everyone has an sports anime, and in this case Captain Tsubasa is mine. This anime pulls out the weirdest, most impressive and physics-defying moments in the history of soccer. It is true, that some are feasible, but most of them are just crazy. Nevertheless, I know it is just a cartoon, and I can pass through those over the top techniques: and I like over the top.
My number 8 is Cobra. Ok, where can I start. I am just gonna say that this is the story of a guy with a blaster on his left arm whohas awesome adventures on space.
My number 7 is Dragonball/Dragonball Z. Ok, I was 12th the first time I watched it, and I liked it a lot. Now, not so much. But, if I had the money to buy the DVDs, I would buy them. I know the fighting scenes can go to up to 10 episodes long and the story can be very silly, but this is freaking Dragonball I am talking about: it is my Initial D.
I will continue my list later. .... :P
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Comments
Your posts are usually far more readable than this monster block of letters and numbers.
I'll flesh out my list with details and pics after I put some thought into this... This is a list of my favorite anime: I'm well aware that several of these technically aren't that good. However, I can pop them into my dvd player and enjoy myself whenever I feel down or bored; they're my comfort anime that never get old
Crest/Banner of the Stars I and II
Kodomo no Omocha aka Kadocha aka Child's Toy
PLANETES
Rurouni Kenshin (the good OVA and the Kyoto arc)
Mushishi
Fruits Basket
Kaleido Star
Haibane Renmei
12 Kingdoms aka Juuni Kokki
One Piece
Slayers
Escaflowne
Azumanga Daioh
Cowboy Bebop
Tenchi Muyo
Trigun
Escaflowne
Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Trigun
Utena
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Gundam SEED
Big O
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Gasaraki
In coming up with this list, I notice that, while there are a great many comedic anime I love dearly (Slayers, Tenchi Muyo, Azumanga Daioh...), they just don't feel like they belong up there. I suppose this list is less one of "favourites," and more one of shows that have in some way affected me, be it though personal analysis or emotional involvement.
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Azumanga Daioh
One Piece
Prince of Tennis (I've seen 50 eps, still working my way through it)
Initial D
Gundam SEED
Suzuka
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Comic Party
Plus you gotta love the random baseball episode, if for nothing more then the Americans.
Anyhow here it comes the rest:
My number 6 is Cowboy Bebop. Ok, this can be considered as my Samurai Champloo. I truly enjoyed all of the episodes. It was perfect in almost every single way. Except that it was not long enough, but I guess good stuff comes in small packages
My number 5 is Saint Seiya. This story is truly epic (well, it had to be in order to be 114 ep.). I mean what can be cooler than sacred clothes, quasi - Greek mythology and non stop action with a crazy and over the top plot. I am including in number 5 all the movies and OAVs.
My number 4 is Lupin The 3rd "Castle of Cagliostro" . I recently watched and my whole family enjoy it. A film that makes my whole family to laugh and get exited on an animated action scene has to be in my top 5. Also It is a beautiful film even though it brought the moe wave to Japan
My number 3 is Giant Robo the Animation. I got into Giant Robo thanks to AWO. This is truly a master piece and one of the best works of anime done on the 90s. The music is perfect, the animation is super, and the plot is intricate.
My number 2 goes to The Rose of Versailles. This series was written by the female Kazuo Koike, and this series is also the cause why I do not like Utena that much.
My number 1 goes to Macross. I will led AWO to take this one.
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Gankutsuou
Steamboy
Lupin the 3rd
Big O
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
It's only eight items long because those are the only anime I have ever seen.
Read or Die OVA
Hellsing
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Gungrave
Vandread (Yup, I admit it)
Outlaw Star
Samurai 7
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Hoshi no Koe
Mononoke Hime
Spirited Away
Perfect Blue
Tenchi Muyo in Love
Ghost in the Shell
I leave the 10th spot open, as it's too difficult to differentiate at this point.
FLCL (craziness that crystallizes into perfect, wordless sense in the last episode)
Cowboy Bebop (a more perfect balance of all elements of storytelling in anime I cannot recall)
Trigun
Monoke Hime (my personal favorite of Miyazaki's movies)
Paranoia Agent (Satoshi Kon is at least semidivine; I have yet to see anything of his I haven't liked. P.A. wins by a hair)
Mushishi (a blending of science and mythology that is quite unique)
Escaflowne
Evangelion/RahXephon (Broadly, I consider the second a considerably refined version of the first. But Eva got there first, so the slot is filled in tandem.)
Giant Robo (delightfully aged cheese)
Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex
At present the list is (in no particular order and excluding movies):
Azumanga Daioh
This show will ALWAYS be in my top 10 (if not my top 5). Simple but very effective animation and character designs, suitable soundtrack and above all excellent comedic timing. I'm quite partial to randomness and craziness in comedy anime, but Azumanga Daioh manages to be hilarious without resorting to too much slapstick and insanity. On top of that, it features one of the best character pairings (Chiyo and Osaka) that I've ever seen.
FLCL
I love everything about this show. Fantastic animation, kick ass tunes and non-stop hilarity. A lot of people don't like this show because it is pretty insane, but I think with a 6 episode length, the jokes stay fresh and you don't feel too overwhelmed by the craziness. That's one of the reasons why Excel Saga won't make it into my top 10.
Trigun
One of the first anime shows I watched with the knowledge I was actually watching "anime". One of my gateway shows into the fantastic world of anime. I'm not a Sci-fi or Western fan, so I was skeptical when I was first recommended this show, but the episodic and comedic nature of the first half of the series followed by the much more serious story-arc of the second half was the perfect mix and I ended up watching the whole show in about 48 hours.
Eureka 7
Surfing mecha?!?!?! OMGWTF? But seriously... superb show. BONES did a fantastic job animating this baby and I love the soundtrack (which is quite surprising because it consists of a lot of trance and dance tracks which I generally don't like). The thing that set Eureka 7 apart from all the other mecha-shows I've seen is the fact that I genuinely care about the characters (not in a creepy otaku way), especially Renton and Eureka. Through all their trials and tribulations, their ups and downs, I was never bored or annoyed by the things they did or said. Of course, Renton did his fair share of whining, but I would always sympathize with him (which is not something I can say about some other mecha-anime... coughcoughGundamSeedcoughcough). On top of all that, Eureka 7 had a beautiful ending, I hate to admit this, but I was a little teary-eyed at the end ^_^'
Ouran High School Host Club
I was a bit worried about watching this show when it first started. It reeked of Yaoi-ness and bishounens and frankly I ain't the least bit interested in that, but as soon as I finished the first episode, I knew this show was gonna become one of my "must-watch-shows" for the season. I first became interested in Ouran Host Club because it was a BONES Studio project. I had just finished watching Eureka 7 (also a BONES Studio production) and was mightily impressed, so I decided to check out their other project. WIthout a doubt, Ouran Host Club is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen (dare I say on par with Azumanga Daioh?!?!). It's one big cliche, with the specific character-types and oh-so-obvious love developing between the main characters, but god damn is it hilarious and entertaining.
arrrgh...that's only 5 so far... I'll finish this later when I can be arsed and have had a little cat nap.
But it was also deeply touching.
In Japan, high school can often be the last time you feel truly free to live and enjoy life with friends. The work ethic in Japan makes adult life downright miserable for a lot of people, and leaves very little time for friends and family. Yukari is right when she says that, as tough as Japanese High Schools are (they're damn tough), real work is harder. Maybe not [i]her[/i] work, but everyone else's.
On top of that, all of the characters are female. Women in Japan are in a sad situation. Their beauty is overlooked by many men who would rather look at exaggerated animations. Their intelligence is mocked by the peril of the modern OL (office lady), where a professional woman whose undergone as much and as trying an education as any man is expected to act and work like a secretary, and even then only until she gets pregnant, whereupon she leaves the workplace for decades, if not forever.
This situation is improving, but it's still a problem. There were many moments while watching this show that I felt the Japanese woman's plight expressed in the art. In that, I found it more expressive than other hard-hitters. Evangelion expresses the same thing the Matrix movies did -- a strong desire to squeeze the blood of drama from the rock that is Judeo-Christian myth. Even some of my favorite anime, like Tenchi Muyo, had less to say, and were more just transient entertainment.
All this applies only to Azumanga Daioh: the Animation. The manga was just a rapid-fire salvo of hilarity.
1. Tenchi Muyo! (The original OVA only)
- It wasn't quite laugh out loud funny, but it captured my attention all the way through anyway.
- It had plenty of cute little antics. None of that modern harem anime fanservice BS or cliched comedy.
2. Azumanga Daioh
- Hillarious, random, and cute.
3. Voices of a Distant Star
- I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it was quite emotional, especially for a 30 minute OVA. It could have done without the mecha, though.
4. Excel Saga
- I like it because it's so random.
5. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
- Nothing gets me excited quite as much as stylized violence.
6. Oruchuban Ebichu
- Perverse comedy FTW.
7. Gundam 08th MS Team
- It has a gritty feel that gets 08th MS team as close to a real robot show as it's going to get.
8. Gundam SEED
9. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
10. Galaxy Angel Z
10. Zatch Bell
It's a silly fun time that always makes me smile. Zatch Bell takes the shonen fighting show and perfects it.
9. S-Cry-Ed
A corny fighting show about what men care about most, beating the shit out of each other with psychic armor.
8. Outlaw Star
It's Trigun and Cowboy Bebop with space magic, SPACE MAGIC!!!
7. GitS 1st gig
Cyborg Law and Order with philosophy.
6. Mobile Fighter G Gundam
A show that teaches you how show your love with BURNING FINGERS!
5. The Big O
I like detectives, robots, and piston punches. I like it all.
4. FLCL
A simple story of a boy's journey to become a man.
3. Shin Getter Robo
The most MANLY show to ever be. It has the power of the Getter Rays backing it to inspire HOT BLOODED ACTION from any and all who witness it. GETTTAAAAAAAAAA BEAAAAAMMM!!!!!!
2. Paranoia Agent
You have to be a pretty smart cartoon to make me think about social issues and the human condition. Paranoia Agent is the smartest cartoon.
1. Cowboy Bebop
It's the best anime there has ever been or will ever be.
Take, for example, the fact that every character's relationship with the other completely turns around every episode in complicated combinations. You've got Naota being annoyed with Mamimi, then in love, then ignoring, then show-offish, then outbursting at her because of identity crisis. How 'bout Noata and his dad? They don't really get along, they pine after the same woman, then Noata murders him. He comes back to life and they finally understand eachother.
I could go on with these character pairings all day. And there is other complexity in areas other than character relationships. What about symbolism? There sure is a hell of a lot of that. There are also tons and tons of tiny details that can only be noticed with multiple watchings. There are also many layers to the story. You've got what is going on at the cosmic level, the government organizational level, the character level, and then everything that is going on inside the character's heads.
The bottom line is that FLCL is confusing the first time you watch it, and still complex as you watch it again and again to continue to decode the meanings.
I can only infer that you are enjoying it only at the most basic level. Characters aren't wearing giant eyebrows just because they look cool. There's stuff beyond the awesome fights and the comedy. Lots of stuff. And I can't imagine anyone who understands all these things could call this show simple. But maybe you are the first to have enough capacity to actually understand it the first time through =P
1. Cowboy Bebop
How Can you not include this in a top ten list?
2. Golgo 13
These movies are so funny, and full of badass-ery.
3. Black Lagoon
Great fairly new show that has all of the elements for success.
4. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
This kind of explains itself.
5. Lupin the 3rd
Funny show, it also has almost everything.
6. Outlaw Star
Got me into anime when I saw it on Toonami a long time ago.
7. Gundam Seed
Because I love robots and politics.
8. Case Closed
Everyone loves a good who done it.
9. .hack series
I'm not quite sure why I like these, but non-the-less they made the list.
10. Rurouni Kenshin OAV
Kenshin is pretty bad ass.
Nana
Macross
Cowboy Bebop
Ranma 1/2
Record of Lodoss War
I have seen far more bad anime than good.
1. Tenchi Universe.
2. Tenchi Muyo. The new Muyo Esp. that came in 2003 are only OK. I would recommend that you want the old DVD to Muyo. The one's from 1992 show. That way you get some the best of Tenchi.
3. His and Her Circumstances.
4. Maison Ikkoku. The best love story in anime between adults.
5. Blue Seed.
6. Golden Boy.
7. Oh My Goddess.
8. Outlaw Star.
9. Boys Over Flowers.
10. Hellsing. The First OVA's show.
Paranoia Agent
Tokyo Godfathers
FLCL
Monoke Hime
Pom Poko
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Azumanga Daioh
Paprika
Millennium Actress.
Yes, I'm a hopeless Satoshi Kon fanboy. Sadly, I haven't gotten around to seeing Perfect Blue yet.
1) Princess Tutu (It's repetitive, but I really like it!)
2) Rurouni Kenshin (Kick ass. 'nuff said.)
3) Inu-yasha (I know it's not the best, but it was the first anime I ever watched. It holds a place in my heart. ^_^)
4)Howl's Moving Castle. (A movie. I loved the characters!)
5) Fruits baskets
6) Cowboy Bebop
7) Yu-gi-oh! (Is that even considered an anime???? It was ok first season. And it was the first really geeky thing I got into. The second was Bayblade. I still have those toys!)
8) Shinigami no Ballad (Not the best. But I like some pretty crap things.)
9) Full metal alchemist
10) Avatar: The Last Air-bender (It's entertaining!)
I haven't seen a lot of things that are on some of your top 10 lists. I should watch some more! ^_^ But if Megatokyo was an anime, I think it would be on the top of my list.