[e1fen1ied]

i was just wondering what is everyone's favorite anime

[e1fen1ied]

because mine is either elfen lied ,higurashi, or soul eater

[Evileel]

I don't have one :(

[Raster88]

dragonball z, but close seconds are bleach and gurren lagann

[e1fen1ied]

lol i just mostly like things with intense violence

[e1fen1ied]

bleach and gurren lagannare both very good and im sick of adult swim restarting bleach all the time

[ithappens]

Mines Hellsing and second is elfen lied and bleach

[e1fen1ied]

i haven't seen hellsihg yet but it does look very good

[Evileel]

Just an average gothic anime. I wouldnt recommend wasting time on it.

[abyssion1337]

I disagree it's worth watching once, and it's one of the times I'd say you should watch the dub over the sub; but really just watch Hellsing Ultimate or read the manga

[nipple]

I'm shocked Aby even posted in the thread

[abyssion1337]

and why is that?

[nipple]

because posting in such a smart thread, you was supposed either to say "we already have like 18 similar threads, go kill yourdelf with fire" or "you guys should have watched more amine, then you wouldn't ask suh a question" or ignore it. The last is most expectable.

[Evileel]

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[abyssion1337]

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apparently but he seems disappointed so I'll say all of this:

But first of all come on, I would never suggest you kill yourself with fire, I'd tell you to wear a meat suit and jump into the polar bear pen at the zoo, at least then you'd be doing something useful. Other than that yeah, it is a bit disappointing to not see people putting things down like Eva, Nadesico, Captain Harlock, or Maison Ikkoku or really anything else from TVtropes essential anime.

Things people have been putting down are good but I remember when anime dared to be about things like space cowboys with guns that shoot magical bullets, or about a girl with a book full of magical cards that she used to capture other rogue magical cards or about a lesbian that gets turned into a car (I've lost people on this one I just know it) or about guy that ends up having 7 aliens falling in love with him and wanting nothing to do with any of them. And no I didn't just leave the TV on after taking lots of drugs, this all actually happened

[acutekat]

let the flame wars BEGIN

the casualties will mount towards to the heavens

REPENT FOR THE END IS NIGH

I would have to say Full Metal Alchemist is still my favourite followed by Full Metal Panic and there are others but they don't immediately jump to the forefront

[abyssion1337]

we didn't start the flame war
peeps were hatin on 'fore I left my comment

[ThomasJennings]

we didn't start the flame war
peeps were hatin on 'fore I left my comment
"We didn’t start the flame war, Let the whole wide world know, I’m a big old asshole"
Awesome video :)
OT: If I had to choose my favourite would have to be Cowboy Bebop. Or Trigun. Or TMOHS. Or... ah I dunno. My most hated is a much easier decision: EIKEN. Just thinking about it causes me nausea.

[MAsterStphen]

Eureka 7 was A very well told love story, may have not been my favorite but i does deserve lots of respect

[MAsterStphen]

I should say that my favorite Anime is likely Naruto Shippuuden, its an epic story.

[Jasonbobdude]

Things people have been putting down are good but I remember when anime dared to be about things like space cowboys with guns that shoot magical bullets, or about a girl with a book full of magical cards that she used to capture other rogue magical cards or about a lesbian that gets turned into a car (I've lost people on this one I just know it) or about guy that ends up having 7 aliens falling in love with him and wanting nothing to do with any of them. And no I didn't just leave the TV on after taking lots of drugs, this all actually happened

See, these are the kind of things that make Japanese animation so great. And also what make it so Japanese.

I've really enjoyed Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, and Lucky Star (in between all the intense violence). I actually wrote an essay for AP English this week about what it means to be a real man, and by a "real man" I mean one who kicks reason to the curb and goes beyond the impossible. Code Geass was excellent as long as you're fine with black and grey morality (anyone who's truly a good person will be killed painfully). Lucky Star... truly defies explanation as to why it grabs my interest, but I simply can't resist it.

Currently I'm watching Cowboy Bebop, Tenjou Tenge, and Azumanga Daioh. Cowboy Bebop is looking like a new favorite for me. Great characters and storyline, and the opening is excellent (reminds me of an iPod commercial). Tenjou Tenge is fairly average, good animation quality and fight scenes but not much else. Typical over-the-top hot-blooded protagonists and random sexual encounters.

[CelticFoxx]

does this apply to manga? i have too many of them i love and my absolute favs are; Berserk, Neon genesis Evangelion, Full metal alchemist, chobits, chrono crusade... and many many more!
in anime i like; end of eva, Blue sub #6, serial experiments lain, urusai yatsura, Samurai X (trust betrayal), and some other titles that dont seem to be too important.

but in my opinion i like manga the best (they put more depth in it that in anime)

[e1fen1ied]

ya manga counts and i also do think that they are better and im working on reading elemental gelade, elfen lied, black cat, and soul eater

[CelticFoxx]

WOOT!! and good choise of Elfen lied! ive never read black cat but ive seen the art and soul eater i thought was just a rip off of bleach, but never heard of elemental gelade. But i also try to stay away from looking into new titles becuse i tend to buy, its like a unknown force that makes me want the physical item, and the internet just sucks for reading stuff. (manga owned count 250+)

[e1fen1ied]

lol i no cause im broke right now from buying manga and soul eater is kinda like bleach except your weapon eats souls to get stronger

[CelticFoxx]

bleach was ok but i stopped after like vol 20

[Tazuto]

JUST....TOO....MANY....*splodes* i REFUSE to watch higurashi and elfin lied, just way to much death and dismemberment for me


@ abyss tenchi muyo FTW

[e1fen1ied]

bleach was good but to me there was to much filler in the tv show and i couldn't get passed th 10th vol.

[e1fen1ied]

lol i really love violent animes

[CelticFoxx]

Tenchi Muyo FTW (i really did not remember all the nudity from when i first saw it though, then again it was on toonami and they do a really good job of censoring things)
bloody animes also just go so far but good story lines are where its at!

[e1fen1ied]

i dont no wat you are taking about

[abyssion1337]

Yeah, well if I'm going to talk about great classic anime, Tenchi is of course going to come up

[tapirs!?]

pok?mon best anime n_n

[e1fen1ied]

pokemon has been going on for to long and it needs to finish in this year

[Blargh]

I'm new to anime but stuff that catches my attention is Hellsing, Bleach (When it's not full of fillers), Deathnote, and Cowboy Bebop.

[humnut]

I have five,

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Higurashi
School Days
Bokurano
and Clannad

[e1fen1ied]

ill eventualy watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya one of these days

[d3athth3kid]

my favorite anime would probably be Fist of the North Star, Appleseed, or Full Metal Alchemist

[nipple]

i can still say Trigun is one of the very best.

you should get cancer in you think of Death Note or Haruhi the same way imo


*edit*
*ok, come to think of it, Haruhi is ok*

[abyssion1337]

with the exception of endless 8

I also like certain parts of death note, the first half was nice and so was the ending but between that it sucked

[nipple]

with the exception of endless 8

NOOOO!!!! i'm gonna have nightmares again!


I also like certain parts of death note, the first half was nice and so was the ending but between that it sucked

my thoughts exactly, i liked it up to episode 8 or so, it seemed really good.
the ending wasn't anything like that, but anyway better than the previous part

[abyssion1337]

NOOOO!!!! i'm gonna have nightmares again!



my thoughts exactly, i liked it up to episode 8 or so, it seemed really good.
the ending wasn't anything like that, but anyway better than the previous part

the ending had the most useless character in the series doing something badass

[InuBokko]

D. note and Soul Eater

[e1fen1ied]

i hated the ending of death note

[abyssion1337]

why, I thought it was well crafted and well played out

[e1fen1ied]

it looks good so far

[InuBokko]

why, I thought it was well crafted and well played out

Agreed

[N8theGr8]

My favorite? Hellsing Ultimate
Honorable mentions include Elfen Lied and Saiyuki
The best? Cowboy Bebop.
Honorable mention to Elfen Lied

[Diclonius]

after the massive amount of shows I have seen and collected(I have 300+shows on my shelf) I would have to go with these

now I take into account the following. animation quality for the time period it was made in, character connection and development, story, replay value,originality, and soundtrack.

if I put movies on here there would be a blanket miyazaki catagory at number 3

10.Full Metal Panic trilogy
9.Mushishi
8.Samurai X trilogy
7.the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
6.Cowboy Bebop
5.Ghost in the Shell saga
4.Read or Die and TV series
3.Slayers Saga
2.Kino no Tabi
and by a large margin
1.Elfen Lied

[gigg44]

My 5 Favorite:

5. Lucky ☆ Star
4. Lupin III
3. Ghost in the Shell
2. Detective Conan
1. Initial D

Hmm my 5 Best: (in no order)

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Lupin III
Ghost in the Shell
Gundam

ahh this is a hard one .... it's definitely a shaft one ... Zetsubou Sensei

What do you think?

[Useful]

Ack. Jt like the characters thread, I've been putting off posting in here because I make sure to put a lot of thought into my posts in threads like this. This list is very carefully ordered, from my absolute favorite of all time down to the 10th. Movies included here (Not all Miyazaki films are created equal).

1: Gurren Lagann
2: Clannad
3: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
4: FLCL
5: Mushi-shi
6: Haibane Renmei
7: NGE (original ending)
8: Princess Mononoke
9: Spice and Wolf
10: 5 Centimeters Per Second

I prefer my series to have some depth to them. Even if they're supposed to be a comedy. Hence FLCL being the only comedy on there. Gurren Lagann isn't really all that deep, but it wins out through amazing characters and sheer force of awesome.

[rageface]

Without a doubt, and with all my heart i will always love Rahxephon, other than that, the old standards, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, Godannar, Black Lagoon, Najica Blitz Tactics, i challenge anyone to deny the awesomeness of Cowboy Bebop or Escaflowne. heck, i'm still in love with (gettin' old school) the original Guyver on vhs, The Original Dirty Pair, even Ronin Warriors. don't get me started on Robotech or Trigun, all i hear these days are "Bleach this, or Naruto that", Bring back the golden oldies i say!!!

[Useful]

Don't worry, we don't have any Narutards here. Believe it. OH GOD, I'm sorry, it just kind of slipped out!

Nah, jk, we literally have no Narutards who regularly post. We have a couple guys who are into Bleach but it's not what they talk about.

I have one caveat: Najica Blitz Tactics? Honestly? We had a guy in our old anime club called Hans. He had a habit where every time there were a pair of exposed tits or a panty shot on screen he would say "Bow chicka bow-bow!" It worked great for most anime because you could rely on him to say it but it wouldn't stay in your mind long enough for it be predictable. When we watched Najica, he was doing it about every 15 seconds until he finally just rolled over and said "**** it. I'm gonna go horse."

Also, I hope you like Macross if you like Robotech.

And in terms of most of these series, you'll find plenty of company. Especially Trigun. EVERYBODY loves Trigun! Except for me. Don't get me wrong, I really liked it, but I liked the manga so much more.

[Matey]

hmm

no particular order...

-Hellsing Ultimate
-Full Metal Alchemist (old and new)
-Great Teacher Onizuka
-One Piece (490 episodes in... and still getting better. unlike bleach >:O)
-Gurren Laggan
-Trigun
-Welcome to the NHK
-Darker than Black (first season... 2nd wasnt great)
-Black Lagoon
-Outlaw Star

I'll probably kick myself later for leaving out a couple of other favourites of mine... but thats a pretty good representation of my favourite animes.

and... i do like naruto. but the anime moves too slow most of the time. Manga is better. I appreciate naruto because like one piece, it gets better the farther in you go. it starts off simple and gets more complex and mature as you go. its the same thing dragonball went for, but done better by both one piece and naruto. bleach tried as well but... i lost interest as it just devolved to ridiculous fighting against ridiculous opponents... felt like filler (even when it followed the manga).

[Useful]

You have a pretty obvious odd man out. Why?

[Matey]

which? gto? or nhk?
My favourite series are ones that have can elicit some emotional response. pure action can be entertaining, but the best shows do more... they make you actually care about the characters. all the shows i listed were able to get to me at certain points... (ok maybe not hellsing ultimate... that one is just pure action awesomeness... but it has alucard and anderson...). anyways, i tend towards action shows, but I like other types as well. I have no patience for romantic shows though. Romance can be good when its not all cheesy and cliched. NHK had some romance and they did it really well. it was intermixed with everything else. East of Eden is another good example.

[Useful]

I was specifically referring to NHK. Though come to think of it, GTO is similar in some ways. And I definitely got the impression that you couldn't much stand romance. But I am also of the opinion that your definition of cheesy and cliched may be a little broad. I recommend to you The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Really worth it, trust me. And I won't begrudge you if you don't like it, but I think you might.

[Matey]

From the bit i've seen, it actually looks ok. I just usually dont care for shows that have nothing but romance. Similar to how pure action usually doesnt make it to my favourites list, though i admit, i like pure action a lot more than pure romance. I'll watch Girl who Leapt through Time, and let you know what I think.

I think my biggest issue with romance in anime... is its almost always characters between 12-18. I find I just don't care at all about the characters involved. Other shows manage it with characters in that age group, because they have other things on the side. Eureka 7 did a pretty good job of it, but it wasnt overly romantic.

A non-anime series that I enjoyed that had a fair ammount of romantic focus would be Chuck. the show is comedy, action, and romance... fairly well blended together. the romance there was more appealing because it was between adults, and it was more realistic (when they arent running around fighting terrorists at least).

[whyilovetehanime]

Black lagoon is my favourite anime.

[Matey]

Watched The Girl who Leapt through Time. I enjoyed it, though I liked the first half more than the second.

[acutekat]

second half had a good twist i didn't see coming which doesn't happen all the time with me

[e1fen1ied]

ok my new favorite animes are

1. Higurashi ( Both Series )
2.School Days
3. Azumana Daioh
4.Soul Eater
5. He Is My Master
6.Elfen Lied
7.Lucky Star
8.Code Geass
9.Death Note
10.Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

[tanis_lionheart]

Anything by 'Studio Ghibli' is golden for me.

I've yet to find a truly 'bad' film from them.

[Jen_Star]

My favorites would have to be Gurren Lagann, Planetes, Mushi-Shi, Black Lagoon, Bokurano, and maybe K-On! I know there must be more but I can't think of them right now.
My favorite manga creators are Kiyohiko Azuma, Mohiro Kitoh, and Naoki Urasawa. I love everything they put out. I'm really enjoying Pluto by Mohiro Kitoh right now.

[hosokawa37]

my favs are Lucky Star, Higurashi, Goldenboy, Chobits, Naruto, and Shuffle!

[Goldenwitch]

I have quite a few faves...
Kuro****suji
Pandora Hearts
Higurashi (All three of them)
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni
Full Metal Alchemist
Soul Eater
Godchild (manga)

I started watching elfen lied, really liked it, but cried way too much and stopped 3 eps before the end cuz I thought I was going to flood my room!

[Useful]

I'm really enjoying Pluto by Mohiro Kitoh right now.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Pluto done by Urasawa? Actuallly, just checked: yes, it's Urasawa, it says it right on the cover. Of course, the original concept is Tezuka's.

[abyssion1337]

hey useful, I think you want the character thread, anyway, I've gotten pretty far into Monster and DAMN, also I'd like to put down Kino's Journey for being mature (no not for the same reasons Elfen Lied is, you could show most episodes to a child they just wouldn't get it at all) and having actual depth (again, I'm not saying things like Elfen lied or Death Note are shallow, but they have nothing on Kino's Journey) I'm going to stop right now since if I go any further I'll have ceased praising it and will just be sexing up Kino

[Useful]

No, don't rape our celibate heroes! They obviously don't want it. Also, I agree completely about Kino's journey. Have you ever read the Martian Chronicles, because Kino's Journey reminds me of that.

And yeah, I'm screwing up a lot today. Probably because I'm doing a lot of things online at once, and therefore going a long time in between posts. At least enough time to forget what thread I'm on.

Also, I'm fixing that now...

[abyssion1337]

I respect Kino way too much to rape her, also because rape is wrong or something, but no, I haven't read the Martian Chronicles, though a friend told me about them, if they're anything like Kino's Journey he didn't do them any justice

[Useful]

Well... they're along the lines of "encounter situation of varying mysterious content, complete with curious moral dilemma and solution". But it's a series of short stories with no recurring characters. That takes place on Mars. They're totally worth the read though; they're significantly better than, in my VERY humble opinion (I'm no literature critic), Dandelion Wine, also by Ray Bradbury.

[abyssion1337]

I've read quite a bit of Bradbury, dandelion wine might be a little overrated, but I think that Kino's journey works so well because of the recurring character (you could say characters but Hermes doesn't really add much other than making Kino look smart and setting up exposition)

[Useful]

"Look, I'm an exposition bot! Literally! Okay, I'm a scooter. And Lord knows how I talk. I mean I'm obviously not a robot in the popular sense. But at least I have a will. And I work, which is the literal definition of a robot anyway. So yeah, I'm an exposition bot and you can't do anything about it. Well, I suppose you could park me in an abandoned lot and leave me there. You won't do that right? I know you're a nice person. Am I talking too much? Kino seems to think I do..."

[abyssion1337]

let's not be too mean, at some points he's literally a vehicle that moves the story