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5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) Masterpiece Now that's what I call super beautilful artwork. the backgrounds are so detailled, the movie could of had sucked and I would of been happy to only watch them. Fortunately the story is great too. It's a little bit sad and depressing but either way, I found the love relationship beautiful.
Akira (movie) Decent
Aria - The Natural (TV) Excellent Just the same old winning formual of the first season. Neo-Venezia is such a great city!
Aria the Animation (TV) Excellent This must be the most relaxing anime out there because Aria is all about watching Beautifuls scenerys and discovering the world of Aqua throught the silly adventure of Akari and the other. It's a slice of life type of anime so it focuse on small thing happening every days or things that make us nostalgic. Wow, I wish The city of Neo-Venezia could exist! It isn't Paradise but it's really close to be same.
Aria the Origination (TV) Masterpiece
Aria the OVA ~Arietta~ Excellent
Azumanga Daioh (TV) Very good
Baccano! (TV) Masterpiece Baccano! is an anime which is overtaked by so much style. Mafia actions in a old Chicago like setting combined with lots and lots of enjoyable and distinctive character. There is so much Character that the show cannot focuses on any character in the small 13 episode available right now. So there isn't really any a main character but that's far from being a weakness because Baccano! is pulling is story so well you don't really care. About the story, they choosed to told it in a brilliant way by going in every direction. One minute you see an event two years in the future, 5 minutes later it's an event 200 hundred years ago and then 5 minutes later we are back in the present. At first it's a little difficult to follow but by the second half of the anime you get used to it and that's where the story start to shine and this messed way of storytelling become a huge plus.
Bamboo Blade (TV) Good Kendo is really an interesting sport. I wish it would be more popular in my country, I would loved to practice this sport compared to the most conventional one... Well Back to the anime, it's good but I don't really like the fact that the main character is already uber powerful at the beginning. In a Sport anime it's more interesting to see the underdog rise to the top like in Hajime no Ippo. However it's still quite enjoyable because i like the sport and the characters were enjoyable. Tamaki, the main character, she is even a mixture of Moe and Gar. That quite unusual but it works.
Basilisk (TV) Decent
Berserk (TV 1997) Excellent
Black Cat (TV) Not really good What a disappointing anime. At first it wasn't that bad but by the end they were like " Oh shit guys we don't have enough episodes left to add everything we want so just triple every episodes with content and accelerate every action scenes". So all this makes the end a big mess where we can't even know what is going on with everything they are throwing at our face.
Black Lagoon (TV) Very good
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV) Very good
Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (OAV) So-so
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (TV) Good
Blue Drop (TV) Good
Boogiepop Phantom (TV) Decent
Brighter than the Dawning Blue (TV) Not really good Waste of time. Boring love story that goes nowhere and in the end you just don't care anyway.
(Le) Chevalier D'Eon (TV) Decent
Chrono Crusade (TV) Good
Clannad (TV) Very good
Claymore (TV) Excellent The manga of Claymore is just pure gold for me and the anime was until they got in another direction near the end. It really is a shame, I was looking forward to see the bests parts of Claymore in anime format but it won't probably happen. However everything was perfect for 20 episodes so I can't rate the anime below excellent. Thoses dissapointed by the rushed ending shoul check out the manga. It's beyound reasons how much the manga rocks our socks off.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) Very good I am not the biggest fan of mecha around but i must say this show put an orignial spin that makes thing more interesting. The man character has the ability to order someone once to do what he want and he is using this power to take revenge. The ending has this cruel cliffhanger so be prepared.
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Masterpiece
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Good
Death Note (TV) Masterpiece
Den-noh Coil (TV) Very good
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (TV) Very good
Detroit Metal City (OAV) Masterpiece
Elfen Lied (TV) Masterpiece
Elfen Lied (OAV) Very good
Ergo Proxy (TV) Very good
Eureka Seven (TV) Good
Excel Saga (TV) Excellent OUCH!! My brain hurt so much after watching Excel Saga. Well this anime is the most stupid anime ever created and I am not joking... First the anime has almost no stroy. It keep changing after each episode. One episode is about a political mystery and the episode after is about a animal drama. So It's really random and hard to follow on this aspect. All the cliché of other anime are boosted whit steroid. I must say that even if it's the stupidest of the stupidest, i really enjoyed Excel Saga. Sometimes it's so much silly you just can't do anything but laugh like a mad man. But you really need some nerve of steel to go trough the entire series. My theories is that only crazy peoples (like me) can watch the entire thing.
(The) Familiar of Zero (TV)
Fate/stay night (TV) Excellent
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Decent
FLCL (OAV) Decent
Full Metal Panic! (TV) Excellent
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) Excellent
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OAV)
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Excellent
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Good So many praising for this anime and yet I was once blinded too. Until I read the Fullmetal Metal Alchemist manga. this anime bacame a big filler fest after. And there is no way that it can approach the greatness that the manga is offering right now. Still the prodcution value is great but it's an anime that need to be remade in the future when the manga are finished.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa Decent
Ga-Rei-Zero (TV) Very good
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV) Very good A anime based on the popular novel "Le compte de Monte Cristo" can't go wrong. This is more a spine-off of the actuel story beacause of many facts like the fact that the anime is taking place in the future. I love the artwork.! It's so special because when the peoples are walking the texture on their cloths are standing still. So everything look like a painting thanks to this technic. I hope some anime will utilise this thecnic again in the future. For the negative aspect, I think some part in the story are useless and sometimes it's a little boring. Thought, if you reach the end, you should be satified. "Des points de plus pour les introductions en français. C'est vraiment intéressant de voir des anime, une fois de temp en temp, qui utilisent son langage maternelle".
Gantz (TV) Decent
Genshiken (TV) Very good An anime that takes a deeper look at the otaku culture but ina funny way. Everyone who watch anime can identify themself a little bit whit this anime and that's what make this anime enjoyable. But sometime they did things a little bits to obscur for me. I guess it's an anime for expert.
Genshiken (OAV) Good
Genshiken 2 (TV) Decent
Ghost Hound (TV) Excellent
Ghost Hunt (TV) Excellent An anime that must be watched alone and late at night be scared. I admit that I watched over my shoulder a couple of time while watching this anime :P. And that's coming from a guy who isn't scared easely.
Ghost in the Shell (movie) Good
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Excellent
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Masterpiece
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (movie) Very good
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Excellent
Gungrave (TV) Very good
Gunslinger Girl (TV) Very good Interesting anime. It's center on the life of a couple of chidlrens soldiers and their will to survive. They just want to live a normal life but they can't. Not a really happy anime.
Gurren Lagann (TV) Masterpiece Anime with the most explosions EVER. I don't know how to precisely describe this anime. It's something so wack and different than other anime. It is so awsome on many level yet so cliche and stupid at te same time. The action scenes are soo much over the top, I was laughing and was amazed at the same time. The storie has it's sheer amount of values. It tells us that no matter what seem impossible, you can still do it. And yes they are always doing the impossible in this anime. Pure adrenaline rushing througth my veins in almost each episodes. Adding to that, One of the best ending I ever saw.
Haibane Renmei (TV) Masterpiece A great representation of what life after death could be. This anime, beside being quite relaxing and easy going, has quite a lots of thing going on is you really pay attention. If you are searching for epic fight and violence over the top then this is not for you but if you want to see something different from the usual, then don't miss this title.
Hajime no Ippo (TV) Masterpiece One of the best sport anime out there! The story follow a guy named Ippo who was always beat up and then one day he discovers box. We follow him and his companions from the Kurokawa Gym while Ippo is slowly rising to the top. It's a truly inspiring anime and it doesn't really matter if you don't like box. After watching Hajime no Ippo, you will surely end up seeing this sport in a different way.
Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road (special) Excellent
Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura (OAV) Excellent
Haré+Guu (TV) Very good
Hellsing (TV) So-so Hellsing OVA is out right now, so this anime should be forgotten. It's a simple matter Hellsing OVA his better in every possible way compared to this so I just tend to act like this anime never truly existed.
Higurashi no Naku Koroni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (OAV) Very good
Hitohira (TV) Decent
Hunter X Hunter (TV 1999) Excellent This is a Shonen where Seinen fans should love. Artwork can be deceiving and we have one really good example over here. Hunter X hunter take the shonen formula and pushes it way more beyond. The characters in hunter X Hunter actually use strategies in overcoming their adversaries and we never see two fights that are alike. So the unpredictability always remain fresh and that is it's strongest points. You really never can guess what happen. One minute an important character is living and the minute after he's dead just like!
Hunter X Hunter (OAV) Excellent
Hunter X Hunter: G I Final (OAV) Excellent
Hunter X Hunter: Greed Island (OAV) Excellent
Hyakko (TV) Masterpiece
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) Decent
Kaiba (TV) Very good
Kaiji (TV) Masterpiece
Kamen no Maid Guy (TV) Very good
Kanon (TV 2/2006) Good Relaxing, quite sometimes funny with a little touch of Drama. Kanon is a really good choice is you want to see a anime who is light and entertaining.
Kasimasi - Girl Meets Girl (TV) Decent
Kasimasi - Girl Meets Girl (OAV) Decent
Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de (TV) Decent
Kurozuka (TV) Good
Last Exile (TV) Good
Lucky Star (TV) Good Good anime but may not be everyone cup of tea. The show focuse primaly on the everydays disscusions of teenage girls and they take their times to get the to points. It has its good and bad momments. the higlights are the crazy Anime manager who burns with passions and also the Lucky Channel at the end of the anime. I only recommend this anime to advanced people in the anime/manga fandom. This way you will enjoy most of the joke who could be more obscur to newbies.
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (TV) Good
Madlax (TV) Not really good
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV) So-so
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (TV) Decent
Maria Watches Over Us (TV) Very good
Maria Watches Over Us 3rd Season (OAV) Very good
Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps (TV) Very good
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Masterpiece
Metropolis (movie) Good
Midori Days (TV) Good
Millennium Actress (movie) Very good I like the way this movie is constructed, it really is original. The old actress is telling the story of her life thought all the movie she played on.
Minami-ke (TV)
Minami-ke: Okawari (TV)
Mind Game (movie)
Monster (TV) Masterpiece
Moyashimon (TV)
Murder Princess (OAV) Very good Why can't anime have more soudntrack like the one we find in murder Princess? Theres always some good metal song with crazy solo when the people are fighting each others. And that really adds a lot to the anime. Sure i'm a little more biased toward my favorite music genre but the truth is that metal mixed with good action can really pump your blood's up.
Mushi-Shi (TV) Masterpiece
My Bride is a Mermaid (TV) Masterpiece
My-HiME (TV) Very good
My-Otome (TV) Decent
Naruto (TV) Good Without considering the filler, Naruto is still a good anime. I know this is a really popular anime but I find it a little bit overated. Sure a anime about ninja doing superstuff is interesting but I think it lacks a little bit on the story side. The beginning was interesting and really promising but after that I think its dragging a little too much. And the biggest problem is the constant use of flashback over and over again. Sometimes it may happens that we see the same flashback 5 times.... So Naruto is not the must see anime in my opinion but it's still entertaining if you can endure lots of useless flashback :P. Even if it's a popular serie, try it before passing a negative judgment because of it's popularity.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) So-so
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) Very good
Ninja Scroll (movie) Good One of the first anime movie i saw on TV. Back then, I was so much impressed by it's degree of violence. I've never had seen anything like that. Ninja action with bloody mayhem, that's what Ninja scroll's about. I really loved it when I was younger and foolish. But by today's standard, I think it's quite average.
Nodame Cantabile (TV) Excellent
Noein - to your other self (TV) So-so
Noir (TV) Very good
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (movie 6)
One Piece: Chinjō Shima no Chopper Ōkoku (movie 3)
One Piece: Dead End (movie 4)
One Piece: Django's Dance Carnival (movie)
One Piece: Dream Soccer King! (movie)
One Piece: Mega Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (movie 7)
One Piece: Nejimaki Shima no Bōken (movie 2)
One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King (movie)
One Piece: The Curse of the Sacred Sword (movie 5)
One Piece: The Movie Decent
Paranoia Agent (TV) Good
Passage of the Stars - Birth (special)
Perfect Blue (movie) Good
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) Excellent
Planetes (TV) Excellent
Princess Mononoke (movie) Excellent
Pumpkin Scissors (TV) Decent Well Pumpkin Scissors is a nice military Anime, sometimes it reminds me a little of Fullmetal Aclemist. Unfortunately the story doesn't go much further than i wish it had...
R.O.D -The TV- Good
Read or Die (OAV) Good
RIN - Daughters of Mnemosyne (TV) Excellent
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Very good
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) Excellent
Samurai Champloo (TV) Good
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV) Very good Hilarious but difficult to get into. It's a comedy anime but the jokes are really researched and sometimes hard to grasp. I must admit that I didn't understood everything because of the craziness of the show. Still it's a must see if your into crazy comedy like Excel Saga, Dokuro-chan or Jungle wa itsumo.
School Days (TV) Bad
School Rumble (TV) Very good
School Rumble: 2nd Semester (TV) Very good
School Rumble: Extra Class (OAV) Very good
Scrapped Princess (TV) Good
Serial Experiments Lain (TV) Very good
Seto no Hanayome (OAV) Excellent
Shakugan no Shana (TV) Decent
Shakugan no Shana (movie) So-so
Shigofumi - Letters from the Departed (TV) Good
Speed Grapher (TV) So-so
Spice and Wolf (TV) Good
Spirited Away (movie) Very good
Steamboy (movie) Not really good
Strawberry Panic! (TV) Good
Sword of the Stranger (movie) Excellent
Tenjho Tenge (TV) So-so Interesting figthing but where is the storyline? It just seem to me that everything stroywise is rushed and not really explained. I guess we will have to wait for the second season to maybe have a chance for some story.
Tenjho Tenge: The Past Chapter (special) So-so
Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight (OAV) So-so
Tohai Densetu Akagi -Yamini Maiorita Tensai- (TV) Masterpiece Akagi is one of the most badass and interesting character out there. Unlikes lots of protagonist this one should be the antagonist because of the way he acts. he's alway cold calculating, on the edge and trying to gamble is life at the same time. Acting like that always strike fears into his opponents and we really never know what his really thinking. Beside the interesting character that Akagi is we have a anime about Mahjong. So if you a are as clueless as me about Mahjong you should still be able to enjoy the anime because of the storyline. But knowing Mahjong is a really big plus because half the time i was rolling my eyes when peoples were shitting their pants before an uber Hand of the doom.
Tokko (TV) So-so
Trigun (TV) Very good
Trinity Blood (TV) Decent
True Tears (TV) Very good
(The) Twelve Kingdoms (TV) Good
Utawarerumono (TV) Decent
Venus Versus Virus (TV) Decent
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) Excellent
When They Cry - Higurashi (TV) Masterpiece Simplely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Higurashi is one of my favorite anime of all time because the story is so great and well told. One of the best Horror/Supence anime out there for sure. The minute the anime start you see a guy hitting two girls with a baseball bat. "WTF is that" should be your normal reaction. But it's all part of the psycho story and it's indead a psycho one. Don't be fooled by the first two episodes, they are meant to be stupid and create a "light atmosphere" for what is comming next. If you love the genre, I guarente thaht you will be hooked after the 4 episode. You CAN'T put it down after this episode. The ending was more average but the second season is comming this year (2007) so check it out after the first season.
When They Cry - Kai (TV) Masterpiece
Wolf's Rain (TV) Very good
Wolf's Rain (OAV) Very good
Wrath of the Ninja - The Yotoden Movie Weak DO NOT TOUCH this anime. I tend to rate all my anime between 5 to 10 because I find it difficult to rate anything lower thant that. I think every anime/manga can be entertaining in some way or another. So when i'm rating an anime/manga lower thant five it's because it's very very very not worthy of your time. This one is good exemple. Stupid story about ninja I don't care. Stupid plot going nowhere. I almost felt asleep watching this in the middle of the day !!! Stay far far away from this unless you have too choose between this or Barney's the purple dinosaur....
Yakitate!! Japan (TV) Excellent OMG, so funny! Everyone is so much into winning the bread competions in this anime. It's like you take a fighting competion anime with all the elements but turn it into a bread fighting competion instead. The resuslt is that you can't stop laughing. However, I didn't rated it with a perfect score because i think the last arc is weak compared the other one. As a side note : I must say that one of the character named KID must be the coolest character ever! This guy is the definition of coolness haha.
Yamibo - Darkness, the Hat, and the Travelers of the Books (TV) Good
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV)