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DerekTheRed's Anime

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Agent Aika (OAV)
Armitage III (OAV)
Armitage: Dual-Matrix (movie)
Banner of the Stars (TV)
Banner of the Stars II (TV)
Crest of the Stars (TV)
Eden of The East (TV)
El Cazador de la Bruja (TV)
Galaxy Express 999 (movie)
Genesis Climber Mospeada (TV)
Glass Fleet (TV)
Grey : Digital Target (movie)
Hetalia - Axis Powers (TV)
Last Exile (TV)
Legend of Lemnear (OAV)
Library War (TV)
Lost Universe (TV)
Lupin III: Part III (TV)
Mars Daybreak (TV)
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV)
Queen Emeraldas (OAV)
Rayearth (OAV)
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ (OAV)
Shamanic Princess (OAV)
Slayers Evolution-R (TV)
Slayers Revolution (TV)
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars (TV)
Star Blazers: The Comet Empire (TV)
Tobira o Akete (OAV 1986)
(The) Venus Wars (movie)
Zegapain (TV)

Seen someRatingComment
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV)
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- (TV)Seen the first episode Dubbed via PSN download for free. Ep 2 subbed through Funi's portal.
Kiddy Grade (TV)Seen most via illegal downloads. For shame...
Lupin III (TV)Seen to Ep. 6
Monster (TV)Watching Sci-Fi broadcast
Princess Nine (TV)
Robotech (U.S. TV)
Sgt. Frog (TV)Seen to Episode 1. I went into this thinking Shin Chan and was sorely disappointed. I'll probably knock off the last three on ANN before I relegate this to Will Not Finish.
Shonan Junai-gumi! (OAV)
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (TV)Seen to Ep. 6 on Funi's portal.
Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (TV)
Texhnolyze (TV)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV)Seen up to Ep. 2 via Brighthouse's Anime Network On Demand.
Ushio & Tora (OAV)DecentSeen all but the final episode via Brighthouse's Anime Network On Demand.

Seen allRatingComment
Afro Samurai (TV)Good
Akira (movie)Very good
(The) Animatrix (OAV)
Azumanga Daioh (TV)ExcellentThe trials and tribulations of Japanese high school girls. The live, they laugh, they love. They go through their daily routines and we watch, and that about covers the show. It's got some funny moments, and many think it has a sad ending, but I must not have gotten attached enough to the characters to sob like a little girl, which seems to be the normal reaction to this show.
Battle Angel (OAV)DecentA robot girl and her bounty hunting doctor/pseudo-dad live in the slums. Ther are good at fighting. James Cameron wants to make this into a movie, or at least he did...
Beyond (OAV)
(The) Big O (TV)GoodLast Watched: 11/17/09 This show has strange pacing. The first half of the first season is like a procedural cop show, then they start getting into the whole memory thing and it climaxes but does not resolve anything. Then they did the second season, which starts out silly then becomes more serious as they get into the whole memory thing, then it climaxes but doesn't resolve anything.
Black Lagoon (TV)Excellent
Blue Gender (TV)DecentFalls into some standard sci-fi gravity law errors, but few shows involving space don't. Has some horror elements in the first half, and mecha and sci-fi in the middle and end. The music is a little wierd too. Not a bad show all together though.
Blue Gender: The Warrior (movie)DecentA mash up of Blue Gender.
Blue Seed (TV)GoodLast Seen: 08/15/09 The Terrestial Adsomething Csomethingsomething (TAC) keeps the Earth safe from plant alien demon things called Aragami. Momiji is the newest member and her blood is special, so if she is sacrificed then all the Aragami will die. But that's pretty mean, so naturally the TAC wants to avoid that. Nothing too special here, except that the ADV DVDs have a Spanish dialogue track, which is cool.
Blue Seed Beyond (OAV)Good
(Le) Chevalier D'Eon (TV)Excellent
Chobits (TV)Excellent
Chrono Crusade (TV)ExcellentShe's a nun with a gun.
Claymore (TV)Very goodChicks called Claymores go around killing demons with their ...Claymores... Claire is our main character and we watch her get progressively stronger by killing progressively stronger demons called yoma. It has a striking art style, and is colored with lots of grays, silvers and white, which is much prettier than it sounds.
Cosmowarrior Zero (TV)Not really goodClunky dialogue and clunky animation. This show is really just a Matsumoto fanfest.
Cowboy Bebop (TV)ExcellentAh, Cowboy Bebop. If you are on this site you know all about it. I thought it was pretty good. You can't say anything but praises for Yoko Kanno's work.
Cowboy Bebop: The MovieVery good
Desert Punk (TV)ExcellentLast Seen: 07/14/09 I'm not sure why, but I really like this show, mush moreso than most people. We have an anti-hero in Kanta (sort of), a budding young pupil in Kosuna, a buxom, side-swinging chunck of fan service in Junko and a bunch of archetypical characters. It all is pretty old, but I like it, so there!
Detective Story (OAV)
Dragon Half (OAV)Very goodA classicly fun anime. SD heavy with lots of visual gags and arm waving and yelling.
Dragon Pink (OAV)Decent
Elfen Lied (TV)Good (dub & sub)The more I see this the less good it is. I think it's just the shock value of the first viewing that draws in most. Wanton violence and nudity are big draws for most young teens, which is why this show is so highly rated.
Elfen Lied (OAV)Good
Excel Saga (TV)ExcellentAn uproarious good time and all around exercies in insanity. Marathon at your own risk.
Fantastic Children (TV)Good (dub), Excellent (sub)Yes, I found the dub THAT bad.
(The) Final Flight of the Osiris (OAV)
FLCL (OAV)Excellent
Full Metal Panic! (TV)Very good
(The) Galaxy Railways (TV)ExcellentStop knowing things about physics. Now. ... Ok, now you may watch this show. Manabu Yuuki joins up with the SDF in the steps of his brother and father. He becomes part of a team, earns trust and respect, loses a friend, saves the galaxy and falls in love (maybe?).
Ghost in the Shell (movie)Very good
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV)ExcellentLast Watched: 10/20/09 Pretty fun still. The Tachikomas represent the comic relief and they were actually the characters I felt the most for, with Togusa coming in a second. The music is one of the series' strong points. Never dull or repetetive thanks to the good work of Yoko Kanno, amirite? It's fun to see all the similarities between this show and The Matrix, which has similarities with the GITS movie.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV)Excellent
Golden Boy (OAV)Very good
Grave of the Fireflies (movie)Excellent
Great Teacher Onizuka (TV)Excellent
Grenadier (TV)Decent
GTO Drama Special (live-action)ExcellentUses a bunch of themes/topics/story lines from the anime, but uses different characters. For example, Onizuka thinks he's killed one of the girls from his class, and goes through the same steps with her as he does with Kanzaki. A different character goes through the Murai 'OH NOES! My mom is getting married!' deal.
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action TV)ExcellentThis is quite different than the anime. Some things are handled better in the live action version, while others are better in the anime version. For example, I think LA handled comedy better (Onizuka's speech to Kikuchi) while the anime did character development much better. It benefited from more time.
GTO: The Movie (live-action)Decent
Gunbuster (OAV)Very good
Gunbuster 2 (OAV)So-so
Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! MovieVery good
Gunslinger Girl (TV)Very good
Gunsmith Cats (OAV)Good
Gurren Lagann (TV)Excellent
Haibane Renmei (TV)Excellent
Haré+Guu (TV)Decent
Howl's Moving Castle (movie)Very good
Iria - Zeiram the Animation (OAV)So-so
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie)Excellent
Ki*Me*Ra (OAV)AwfulThis made me feel sick. It avoided Worst Ever by having sweet music though.
Kid's Story (OAV)
Kino's Journey (TV)Excellent
Kite (OAV)So-so
L/R: Licensed by Royalty (TV)Very goodLast Seen: 08/08/09 Perhaps one of the best dub jobs I've ever listened to, the English accents were a nice touch. The ending is a little lacking. The music is excellent. No embarrassing anime moments, this is a good starter show.
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (special)Very goodLast Seen: 11/16/09
Best the thief or sleuth?

Neither! They fight the duke

Like Cagliostro
Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (special)Good
Lupin III: Angel Tactics (special)GoodLast Seen: 11/15/09
Very strong metal,

Violent female assassins,

The gang kills people
Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (special)Good
Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo (special)Good
Lupin III: Dead or Alive (movie)Good
Lupin III: Dragon of Doom (special)Good
Lupin III: Episode 0 'First Contact' (special)Excellent
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (movie)Good
Lupin III: Green vs Red (OAV)Excellent
Lupin III: Hemingway Papers (special)Very good
Lupin III: Island of Assassins (special)Good
Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (special)Good
Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure (special)Good
Master thief leaves will

"Replace the priceless treasures"

Glorious light show
Lupin III: Part II (TV)Very goodSeen all that has been licensed
Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody (special)GoodLast Seen: 11/13/09
He fixes horse race,

Gets sidetracked and saves a girl,

Slap-stick Goemon.
Lupin III: Stolen Lupin (special)Good
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (movie)ExcellentLast Seen: 10/25/09
Counterfeiting Count

Lupin rescues the princess

Priceless heart stolen
Lupin III: The Columbus Files (special)Good
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (movie)Good
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (special)Good
Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo (movie)Very good
Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (movie)Good
Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (OAV)Good
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV)Very good
Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful (TV)Good
Martian Successor Nadesico (TV)Excellent
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of DarknessGood
Master Keaton (TV)Good
Matriculated (OAV)
Megazone 23 (OAV)Very good
Megazone 23 Part II (OAV)Very good
Megazone 23 Part III (OAV)Good
Metropolis (movie)Very good
Mezzo Forte (OAV)So-so
Millennium Actress (movie)Excellent
Moonlight Mile (TV)Good
My-HiME (TV)Excellent
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie)Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie)Very good
Nerima Daikon Brothers (TV)Good
New Cutey Honey (OAV)So-so
NieA_7 (TV)So-so
Ninja Nonsense (TV)Excellent
Ninja Scroll (movie)So-so
Noir (TV)Decent
Now and Then, Here and There (TV)Masterpiece
Once Upon a Time [Windaria] (movie)Decent
Outlaw Star (TV)Very goodLast Seen: 09/28/09
Paprika (movie)Excellent
Patlabor WXIII (movie 3)Very good
Perfect Blue (movie)Good
Planetes (TV)Masterpiece
Plastic Little (OAV)Decent
Popotan (TV)Weak
Program (OAV)
Puni Puni Poemy (OAV)Good
RahXephon (TV)Excellent
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (movie)Good
Ramen Fighter Miki (TV)Good
Riding Bean (OAV)Not really good
Rune Soldier (TV)Very good
SaiKano (TV)Masterpiece
Sakura Diaries (OAV)Excellent
Samurai 7 (TV)Excellent
Samurai Champloo (TV)Masterpiece
Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)Excellent
Scrapped Princess (TV)Excellent
Second Renaissance (OAV)
Serial Experiments Lain (TV)Good
Shin chan (TV)GoodSeen all that has been licensed
Slayers (TV)Excellent
Slayers - The Motion PictureGood
Slayers Excellent (OAV)Good
Slayers Gorgeous (movie)Good
Slayers Great (movie)Good
Slayers Next (TV)ExcellentLast Seen: 06/05/09
Slayers Premium (movie)So-so
Slayers Return (movie)Good
Slayers Special (OAV)Good
Slayers Try (TV)Good
Space Pirate Captain Herlock The Endless Odyssey (OAV)Masterpiece
Speed Grapher (TV)Excellent
Spirited Away (movie)Very good
Steamboy (movie)Good
Steel Angel Kurumi (TV)Good
Steel Angel Kurumi 2 (TV)So-so
Step Up Love Story (OAV)Decent
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV)GoodLast Seen: 07/23/09
Sword for Truth (movie)Bad
Tekkonkinkreet (movie)Decent
Tokko (TV)Decent
Trigun (TV)Excellent (dub & sub)
Ultimate Girls (TV)Bad
Ultimate Teacher (OAV)So-so
Valkyria Chronicles (TV)DecentProbably only worth watching if you've played the game, lots of fan service in that regard.
Vampire Wars (OAV)Bad
(The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV)Excellent
Welcome to the NHK (TV)Masterpiece
World Record (OAV)
X (movie)