Your favorite anime?

[acev]

Thought I'd start something like this. Everyone has their favorites, and if you can't pick one, pick all that apply!

My absolute favorite would have to be -AIR-, closely followed by sola and Clannad.

H20 ~Footprints in the Sand~ was actually a really good one as well.

[Lyssa]

Fushigi Yuugi is by far my favorite anime. It's one of very very few which I prefer to watch with the English voice actors. Kenshin is another which I prefer English, though I haven't completed that anime. I also found Ranma 1/2 to be better in English--and it's always good for some laughs :D

I really enjoyed Full Metal Alchemist as well :]

~Lyssa

[Retalion]

Air was good and I loved it. Its probably my all time favorite.

I couldnt get into H20~Footprints in the Sand (even though I love the poem).. I got through 2 episodes and couldnt get myself to finish it.

I dont watch any animes but my top 3 would look something like this:

1. Air
2. FMA
3. Tsubasa OVA (read the manga, didnt watch the anime/movie)

What Im watching now that I like: Geass R2, VK, Macross, Bleach, D. Grayman (in no specific order other than me liking Geass better than the others).

I have a short attention span for animes so I dont really watch them to the end a lot of the times, even when I like em, lol l=X

[JoeTang]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. Quite thought provoking. Not many people would seem to agree though. Gundam 00 was something recent that I loved. Besides that... Would a movie count? 5 Centimeters Per Second is pretty amazing.

I don't really watch all that much since it's difficult to find the time (to download/stream, and then watch).

[acev]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. Quite thought provoking. Not many people would seem to agree though. Gundam 00 was something recent that I loved. Besides that... Would a movie count? 5 Centimeters Per Second is pretty amazing.

I don't really watch all that much since it's difficult to find the time (to download/stream, and then watch).
NGE was okay IMO, but it seems overhyped.

It did have a lot of thought and such, but I guess I really didn't like the ending.

(I believe that's the only anime w/ mechs that I watched. I'm not a fan of action / mech / future type stuff. I guess I'm more into Drama / Life type things. =P)

[Beserker101]

I'll be honest, although I haven't noticed if an English version has been released yet, I rather like D. Gray-man, manga and anime. FMA was pretty good too.

Edit: almost forgot about Fooly Cooly too.

[JoeTang]

NGE was okay IMO, but it seems overhyped.

It did have a lot of thought and such, but I guess I really didn't like the ending.

(I believe that's the only anime w/ mechs that I watched. I'm not a fan of action / mech / future type stuff. I guess I'm more into Drama / Life type things. =P)

Not a lot of people liked the ending.

Your other post reminded me, Hayate no Gotoku! is pretty great too. One of the funniest things I've ever watched. Can't wait for season two.

If you're into Drama/Life type things, watch 5 Centimeters Per Second if you haven't already. You'll be left speechless.

[acev]

Not a lot of people liked the ending.

Your other post reminded me, Hayate no Gotoku! is pretty great too. One of the funniest things I've ever watched. Can't wait for season two.

If you're into Drama/Life type things, watch 5 Centimeters Per Second if you haven't already. You'll be left speechless.
Yeah, Hayate was awesome when it was coming out every week. I hate it when series end. I check for the next episode, but then I remember it's over. Back when it came out, it seemed it'd go on forever. I don't watch long animes like Bleach and Naruto. I can't stand it when an anime goes on forever.

5 Centimeters per Second? Never heard of that one. I'll download it tonight and watch it tommorrow. I need stuff to watch while I wait for some other series to come out (again).

[JoeTang]

It's a good movie (63 Minutes). You'll probably need a box of tissues for it though.

[Magus]

Cowboy Bebop. Incidentally it's the only Anime I like.
(Well, Trigun, Evangelion, and Hellsing were good too.)

[IsaacGS]

Cowboy Bebop is like the perfect anime.
Others I like are .hack//Sign, Evangelion, Chobits, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, and Code Geass. I also love most all of the anime adapted from CLAMP works.

[ZuWrath]

1. Zero no Tsukaima
2. Code Geass
3. FMA
4. Eureka 7
5. Bleach

[MiSSHaku]

School Rumble
GTO
Ouran High School Host Club
Pokémon, but only the first few series. The new ones are all too blehhh.
Hunter X Hunter was interesting too. :f3:

[Retalion]

It's a good movie (63 Minutes). You'll probably need a box of tissues for it though.

For me, it was only a good movie because of the animation. The plot was a bit too slow for my liking sadly though the storyline was pretty nice.

[Truly]

Since you were talking about the slice of life type of animes I rememberd Honey and Clover. I loved that series. ;-;

Air>Sola>Clannad

Not sure what my all time favorite could be.. Paprika? Mind Game? Who knows....

[Zaotsu]

Picking a favorite for me is near impossible. Those that round the top of the list...

One Piece
Eureka seveN
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
Black Lagoon
Azumanga Daioh
Welcome to the NHK!

I didn't think 5 Centimeters per Second was THAT sad. It was touching and a bit depressing, but I don't think I shed a single tear over it.

Dunno why School Rumble is popular x_o I thought it was one of the worst comedy anime I had ever seen. There's a point when reusing the same god damn joke to keep the entire anime running starts to get unbelievably old and contrived.

[Greg22]

Cowboy Bebop. Best anime out there, and I haven't watched any anime since it ended years ago.

[srevwetv]

I agree with Issac, I love CLAMP anime alot as well. CCS, Chobits, xxxHolic, Tsubasa, all great anime. And their manga is great as well, I love their artstyle.

Back on topic, my favorite anime is easily Last Exile. I love the story, the characters, the setting, everything about it. I can watch that anime over and over again and again. Other than that, I like alot of the popular ones, FMA, Ouran, and R.O.D, although i don't know if it's one of the popular ones.

[Hana]

Kenshin, Ai Yori Aoshi, Midori no Hibi (Midori Days)

and something that's related to MS and it's drama:
.//Hack Sign

[Luscent]

Code Geass and Eureka Seven are just made of pure win. Eureka Seven would be an amazing show if it just had the OP with Shounen Heart playing, because that song makes me feel epic.

[pruny]

I really liked Claymore.

Haven't watched any animes in months though.

[acev]

I see some good series on some of your lists.

I'm honestly not a fan on CLAMP anime, but I guess it's just my taste of anime. I've heard some good things about them.

Also, thanks for some of the suggestions. (Although this wasn't a suggestion topic, I wanted to watch some that were recomended) I've watched / downloaded some of them and they're pretty good. I don't know if I'm a good person to ask if one is good or not though. I'm easily entertained and I generally never stop in the middle of a series.

[raizoo]

My top five, keke;
Mai-HiME
R.O.D. the TV [plus OVA]
N.H.K. ni Youkoso!
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Ichigo Mashimaro also has a special place in my heart.

Oh, and KyoAni is over-hyped, kkthnx.

[acev]

My top five, keke;
Mai-HiME
R.O.D. the TV [plus OVA]
N.H.K. ni Youkoso!
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Ichigo Mashimaro also has a special place in my heart.

Oh, and KyoAni is over-hyped, kkthnx.
Indeed, KyoAni is overhyped. I really like their animation style, but really the only reason I like KyoAni's work is because they use Key's work.

I don't understand most of the Haruhi / Lucky Star craze. I watched the anime, but I didn't find them so appealing that everyone rants about them.

[gucci]

OMG AIR is my favourite too. I love animes with supernatural themes, and AIR is so perfect.... and sad too. Misuzu <3

[aznegglover]

Lucky Star was awesome, even though there was no actual plot :D

[Zaotsu]

Indeed, KyoAni is overhyped. I really like their animation style, but really the only reason I like KyoAni's work is because they use Key's work.

I don't understand most of the Haruhi / Lucky Star craze. I watched the anime, but I didn't find them so appealing that everyone rants about them.


Overhyped... maybe, I think they just have a really rabid fanbase. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu is certainly different, but I prefer the light novels. The characters are slightly different, and I think it's better in a medium that allows you to visualize more of the things it expresses.

Lucky Star was decent, I disliked the fact that more than half of it was a Haruhi-mercial, which reeked of KyoAni kissing their own ass. Doesn't deserve a lot of the flak it receives from the utterly horrible first few episodes, but doesn't really warrant much of the "OMG BEST ANIMU EVARRRRRR"

@Jean: Wtf. You liked Kai more than the original? Orite, more Rika. lololol.

[Spaz]

I never see Kino's Journey on these kinds of threads. I don't think many people have seen it, which is a real shame. Every episode is a great short story satire of human nature and it just drips with irony.

[Dyxanije]

My favorites are:
1. Honey and Clover
2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
3. Code Geass
4. Clannad
5. Byousoku 5 Centimeter

[Michelle]

Generally, I'm into action anime.

Favorites in no particular order include:

Gundam 00
Code Geass
Claymore!
Bleach (hate the fillers, though)
Vampire Knight (weird obsession of mine)
Death Note

Those have been the standouts :D

[Berzerk]

I used to like Bleach a lot more than I currently do, but this stupid filler arc suuuuccckkksss. Naruto Shippuden is really gaining a lot of my attention, it's getting interesting. But my favorite anime I'd have to say is Full Metal Alchemist. <3

[Eldin]

These are in no particular order except for alphabetical.

"Good" animes (art, plot, dialogue, etc):
Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai
Code Geass + R2
Full Moon o Sagashite
Fullmetal Alchemist
Mai-Hime
Minami-ke
Nanoha (all 3 seasons)
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann


Anime with nontraditional merits:
Hayate no Gotoku
Kare Kano
Key Visual Arts stuff
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Rozen Maiden
Simoun
Type-Moon stuff


I couldn't narrow it down much D:

[iiMarik]

Yu-Gi-Oh <3333333333
Naruto :DDDDD
Dot.Hack Sign

[Kigaz]

code geass (both seasons) and gundam 00 :)

[Truly]

Code Geass is very similar to Death Note.

Guy 1: I set this up so you couldn't do that!
Guy 2: Well I guessed you would do that so I counter that with this!!!!
Guy 1: I ALSO GUESSED YOU WOULD DO THAT AND DID THAT TO COUNTER YOUR COUNTER!
Guy 2: Wow!

It's not bad. :o

@below Gurren Lagann is awsome. :(

[DrRusty]

Code geass and code geass r2
To Love-Ru
Tenchi Muyo/Tenchi Universe/Tenchi in Tokyo
Death Note
Elfin Lied

=D
those are my favs for sure


NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS THREAD SAID GURREN LAGEN!!
IM ASHAMED OF YOU ALL!!

[Zaotsu]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan was quite good, gave everyone their testosterone powered mecha animu for a while. The plot honestly got quite drab. Fight big dude first time, lose, get motivational "BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU" speech, fight bad guy, get wtf big mecha, start all over again.

Simon was just fucking annoying as an emo bitch.

Although, it does have the record for one of the few anime
to have a main character killed off fairly early in the series - and actually stay dead, none of that shit with Goku

ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!

[belovedblood]

Fushigi Yuugi is by far my favorite anime. It's one of very very few which I prefer to watch with the English voice actors. Kenshin is another which I prefer English, though I haven't completed that anime. I also found Ranma 1/2 to be better in English--and it's always good for some laughs :D

I really enjoyed Full Metal Alchemist as well :]

~Lyssa

Fushigi Yuugi was amazing. Its forever branded in my head as a classic. However I'd have to say revolutionary Girl Utena is my favorite so far, though Code Geass might become it if the ending is good enough.

[raizoo]

Overhyped... maybe, I think they just have a really rabid fanbase. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu is certainly different, but I prefer the light novels. The characters are slightly different, and I think it's better in a medium that allows you to visualize more of the things it expresses.

@Jean: Wtf. You liked Kai more than the original? Orite, more Rika. lololol.
How could you say maybe to them being over hyped? You and I both know there are way more animes that should be getting more attention but aren't. Look at Seto no Hanayome, [Zoku] Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, even NHK ni Youkoso! as far as comedies go, since I don't quite understand the romantic tension in those drama things like Air, Kanon, or Clannad. At least Nana was popular....

Haruhi was definitely over hyped, maybe not over rated if you didn't find it boring. I really hate how a majority of people rabu rabu Hirano Aya because she was Haruhi. There are so many other newer seiyuus that deserve more attention. And no, I'm not bashing her acting, since it's decent. I just thought Minorin was the better one. Hey, at least she can sing live, too. Ugh.

Think of the KyoAni fanbase as the Type-Moon fanbase, olol.

AND YES SEAN, IT WAS TOTALLY BECAUSE I GOT MORE NIPAA~

Really though, not just because there was more nipaa~ and the added auauau, I like the art style more in the second season, how my questions were answered, how the mystery was solved, and how they had a happy ending. I'm sure I'll like the answer arcs of Umineko no Naku Koro ni more than the question ones as well because of this.

I can't be that weird for liking the answers more than the questions, can I?

[Zaotsu]

Yeah, I meant overrated, stop making me think so much!

I actually prefer the question arcs more. I think its much more interesting that they leave things up to you to figure out. It adds a sense of mystery and uncertainty that makes it more thrilling. (Even though I hate anime with super open endings)

It's like... the reason for everything sorta wears out the mystery / horror part of the anime. Sorta like how the monster in your closet is scary until you finally figure out "Ohay it was just my clothes. lololol". Then again, maybe I just hated Miyo with an undying passion (except for the one scene when she is all "I CAN GO IN HERE? REALLY? IN HERE? REALLYYYYYYY?

Not that Kai was bad in any way, or that the answer arcs were bad, but I merely preferred the questions more.

[JezzaRules]

Really I cannot decide, I read three of my favorite manga simultaneously:
Naruto, One Piece and Fullmetal Alchemist.
Also I watch all three anime as well and all of them are my favorites. To my opinion, the manga explains more than anime.

Here are my favorites (from top to bottom with the top being my most favorite):
One Piece
Naruto
Fullmetal Alchemist
Bleach
Scrapped Princess
Rurouni Kenshin
School Rumble
Love Hina
DBZ

I tend to enjoy fantasy or adventure anime/manga

[GuineaPiggy]

Countdown..

5. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (First Season)
4. Chobits
3. Strawberry Panic
2. Cardcaptor Sakura
1. Sailor Moon :P

[Lana♥]

Slayers, Slayers, SLAYERS <3

1996 was a good year ;o;

[Lylac]

Samurai Champloo by far.

[Sora]

Gurren Lagann, by far. Yeah, this shit was overhyped, but I believe it did live up to the hype while it was still running. Hype died down, but it's still my favorite anime. Fooly Cooly would most likely be my second favorite, followed by One Piece/Death Note/Initial D.

[DeathAlchemy]

FLCL, Boogiepop Phantom, Jigoku Shoujo (need season 3 now #$%$#), and both versions of Super Milk Chan.

[Roxas]

Bleach in first place, then FullMetal Alchemist(they ruined the ending, though).

[Zaotsu]

FMA's ending was a typical BONES ending really, open ended as hell.

At least the movie covers a lot of the stuff that was left unfinished at the end of the series.

[Ecstasy]

1. Sailor Moon
2. Ranma 1/2
3. Love Hina

I don't watch anime though, I've just seen a few episodes of the ones listed back when I was younger and those happened to interest me. ^_^

[Jirai]

EASILY Code Geass.
Although, some other anime I enjoyed were Busou Renkin, Death Note, and Yu Yu Hakusho.

[Kigaz]

Personally my favorite animes are:
Cowboy Bepop
Outlaw Star
Yu-Gi-Oh (Yes! I love it :D)
Gundam (Universal Century and Gundam00 FTW!)
Code Geass (Both seasons)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Mind boggling :D)

[Tikey]

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (1st season) / Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2nd season)
2. The Tower of Druaga -the aegis of URUK-
3. Blassreiter
4. Busou Renkin
5. Neon Genesis Evangelion

[CronoRegen]

Honestly, I only bother watching Bleach, everything else kinda bores me.

[Mark]

Cowboy Bebop.

Everything else is seriously...SERIOUSLY lame.

[ItzTaylor]

Inu Yasha. I stopped watching anime a long time ago though.

[nannerz]

My favourite series is Fushigi Yuugi by Yuu Watase...I also loved many of her other series including Ayashi no Ceres, Alice 19th, and Imadoki (well last 2 are only manga). I also really enjoyed Full Metal Alchemist. Some other ones I really liked are Death Note, Ouran High School Host Club, and Yakitate Japan!.

[Sn1perJohnE]

my top 3 list is:

1. FLCL
2. GANTZ
3. Akira

Gantz being on the list is a funny story. I was at walmart looking in the $5 bin, and i find the first season of Gantz for 5 bucks, I buy it and its pretty good, tho rewatching it reveals the some what bad animation details. So the next time I go to walmart, the Gantz I had got for 5 bucks is now 30 bucks :@

[madanthony]

Cowboy Bebop (I actually bought the DVDs :heart:)
Geass, Gurren Lagann, FLCL, Mai Hime/Otome, Higurashi, anything from Hayao Miyazaki, Ghost in the Shell SAC
Can't believe no one's mentioned Miname-ke. I love that show :(

[Goatku]

Hi Ace :D
Favorite animes, in no order really..
Soul Eater
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Claymore
I'm going to pretend you asked manga as well.
Samurai Deeper Kyo (worse anime than DBZ.. ugh)
DB & DBZ
Battle Royale (solely for Shugimura)
Death Note
Ranma 1/2

[Peculator]

My Anime ranks;
Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z
Naruto
Detective Conan
MAR Heaven
Doraemon
Initial D
Bleach

[DrRusty]

As I'm watching kannagi, i'm starting to like it more and more. The show is hilarious. Nagi is just too damn funny lol. Comedy animes where the shy guy is getting hit on by all the girls is funny to me. That's why I like To-Love Ru and Sekirei. Ouran High School Host Club was pretty funny too even though it's opposite (girl getting hit on by the guys).

[Protevs]

I don't have any order, these are just the animes I really like:

Death Note, D.Gray-Man, Code Geass, Claymore, Chrono Crusade and Berserk.

[Huey]

If you're into Drama/Life type things, watch 5 Centimeters Per Second if you haven't already. You'll be left speechless.

5 Centimeters Per Second has been the best for me since it's realistic and all. The drama was not overly done, but simple enough for everyone to be able to feel and relate to. And yes, you'll need a box of tissues for the grand finale. (Plus the scenery and animation is awesome. So are the piano pieces and the theme song.) :')

I've got to say though, AIR kinda lacked for me in the first arc. It was not till the last one did I cry and bawl my eyes out. The mother scene was touching. ;~;

[WingZero]

1. Gundam Wing
2. Outlaw Star
3. Rurouni Kenshin
4. Gundam 00
5. Dragonball
6. Zoids

Yea I'm a big Gundam fan. :f2:

EDIT~ OMG I forgot zoids!!! D:

[Kawasari Mimoto]

Fullmetal Alchemist, Yu Yu Hakusho, Zoids, sometimes Gundam (depends on the series), Naruto (lol.. I admit it), and Love Hina.

[Pikachu]

Soul....Eater.... :shine: