Sariachan's Anime
take a look at Sariachan's MangaI wish I had more time, I'll never finish to see/read all the anime and manga I would like to... ^^'
I hope I'll be able to finish to see/read these soon!
| Seen some | Rating |
| Ace wo Nerae! (TV) | |
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer (TV) | |
| Ah! My Goddess (TV) This series seems a lot better than those old OAV! | |
| Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (TV) | |
| Ai Shite Night (TV) | Not really good |
| Air (TV) Looks good, I've to finish to see this... | |
| Alps no Shōjo Heidi (TV) I hope to see it all soon. | Excellent |
| Alps Stories: My Annette (TV) | Good |
| Anime Himitsu no Hanazono (TV) | Good |
| Ashita no Joe (TV) | |
| Attack No. 1 (TV) | So-so |
| Attack on Tomorrow (TV) | So-so |
| Attacker You! (TV) | Not really good |
| Azumanga Daioh (TV) Really funny even if too random at times. | |
| BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV) | |
| Black Cat (TV) | Good |
| Black Jack (TV) Black Jack is my favourite characted among the ones created by Osamu Tazuka, the greatest Japanese mangaka (he's called the "Manga no Kamisama", meaning "The God of Manga"). Maybe, the greatness of this character came from the medic studies Tezuka took before starting the profession which would have made him famous. This anime is pretty good, and coldn't be otherwise since it's based on one of the greatest manga ever made, but the original work is much better imho, mabe because it's aimed to an older audience. | |
| Bleach (TV) Some really good elements (good female characters, for once, in a shounen, cool fights and some interesting relationship like Ichigo-Rukia and Rukia-Renji), but I can't take it too seriously since characters are too overpowered, especially the main one. I like some characters enough to keep me interested, though (Nell, Grimmjow and Ulquiorra among the newest ones, even if my favourite are Rukia and Renji, not Ichigo anymore since he lately suffers of the "main character syndrome", AKA=he's almost invincible -__-' ). Anyway, I think that Bleach it's a good mix of dramatic, romantic and comical situations, but sometimes there are too many fights and the second (canon, I don't watch Bleach fillers) story arc is too similar to the first one, so far (I watched up to episode 195). I'll restart watching it as soon as this second, canon story arc is concluded. | |
| Blood+ (TV) Watched up to episode 6, I don't know when and if I'll finish to see it. It seemed good at first, but the screenplay soon becomes quite predictable, and the fact that only Saya can kill the monsters with her blade is too forced, when all they need is a bit of her blood. -__-' | Decent |
| Bouken Korobokkuru (TV) | |
| Calimero (TV 1/1972) | |
| Candy Candy (TV) | Good |
| Captain Future (TV) | |
| Captain Tsubasa J (TV) | Good |
| Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (TV) | Good |
| Casshern Sins (TV) | |
| Ceres, Celestial Legend (TV) I read the manga, so I was curious about the anime... | |
| Charlotte (TV) | |
| Choudenji Machine Voltes V (TV) | |
| Chouju Kishin Dancougar: Hakunetsu no Shusho (OAV) | |
| Cluster Edge (TV) I only saw the first two episodes since I had problems finding all the series with English subs, anyway it didn't seem so bad... The main character was nice, imho. | |
| Cyborg 009 (TV) | Very good |
| Dasshu Kappei (TV) | So-so |
| Dog of Flanders (TV) | |
| Doraemon (TV) | |
| Doraemon (TV 2) | |
| Dr. Slump (TV) | Good |
| Dr. Slump (TV 2) | Good |
| Dragon Ball GT (TV) | Weak |
| Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur (TV) | |
| Excel Saga (TV) | Good |
| Fairy Princess Minky Momo (TV) | |
| Fancy Lala (TV) | Decent |
| Fist of the North Star (TV) | Good |
| Flag (TV) | |
| Ganbare Genki (TV) | |
| Gatchaman (TV) | Very good |
| Genshi Shonen Ryuu (TV) | Decent |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) I''ve read the manga and I plan to see this and the other anime series based on it. | |
| Glass no Kamen (TV) The manga is a masterpiece, so I plan to see this series in original language soon. | |
| Goku no Daiboken (TV) | |
| Great Mazinger (TV) | |
| Hakushon Daimaou (TV) | Decent |
| Hana no Ko Lunlun (TV) | |
| Hanada Shonen-shi (TV) | |
| Hataraki Man (TV) I only watched episode 1, it was funny and the sotry theme could be interesting, but it dind't impressed me much overall. I don't know if I'll see more of this, but suggestions are well accepted from who watched it all. ^^ | |
| Hikari no Densetsu (TV) | |
| Himitsu no Akko-chan (TV) | Good |
| Himitsu no Akko-chan (TV 3) | Good |
| His and Her Circumstances (TV) | Very good |
| Honey Honey no Suteki na Boken (TV) | |
| Huckleberry Finn Monogatari (TV) | |
| Huckleberry no Bouken (TV) | |
| Hurricane Polymar (TV) | Very good |
| Inakappe Taisho (TV) | |
| Inuyasha (TV) I watched many Italian dubbed episodes, times ago, but this anime in original language is a lot better though it's often repetitive. But there are two really interesting things in this anime: Kikyo's character (sad, romantic and evil all in one... it's one of the most mature characterization from Rumiko Takahashi so far), and Shippo (he's so CUTE!). Furthermore, the interaction between Inuyasha and Kagome is funny, even if nothing really original. | |
| Jungle Taitei Susume Leo (TV) | Very good |
| Kashi no Ki Mokku (TV) | Decent |
| Katri, Girl of the Meadows (TV) | Decent |
| Kaze no Naka no Shoujo Kinpatsu no Jeanie (TV) | |
| Kikaider (TV) | |
| Kimba the White Lion (TV) | Very good |
| Kotetsu Zieg (TV) | Good |
| Kurosagi (live-action TV) | |
| Kyo kara Maoh! (TV) A good anime, nothing exceptional but really hilarious... if you don't mind shounen-ai jokes and hints, at least. ;) It's based on a series of light novels and this is a good thing, since it's more original than the average anime based on manga of the same genre. | |
| La Seine no Hoshi (TV) | |
| Lady Georgie (TV) | |
| Lady Lady!! (TV) | |
| Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (TV) | |
| Lupin III (TV) | Very good |
| Lupin III: Part II (TV) | Very good |
| Maeterlinck's Blue Bird (TV) | Very good |
| Magical Fairy Persia (TV) | |
| Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (TV) | Good |
| Magical Star Magical Emi (TV) | Good |
| Mahōtsukai Sally (TV 1/1966) | Decent |
| Mahou Tsukai Chappy (TV) | Decent |
| Manga Sarutobi Sasuke (TV) | Decent |
| Marmalade Boy (TV) | So-so |
| Marvelous Melmo (TV) | |
| Mazinger Z (TV) | |
| Meiken Jolie (TV) | |
| Mirai Robo Daltanias (TV) | Good |
| Mistreated Bride (OAV) | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Special Edition This is just a remix of the most important parts of the anime, with a few original scenes. You can skip this without problems if you have seen all the anime, anyway. | |
| Mushi-Shi (TV) I started to watch this anime for the really high rating it received here on ANN, but the first few episodes are slow as hell. I hope it gets more exciting soon, or it'll take me forever to finish watching it... -__-' | |
| Muteki Choujin Zanbot 3 (TV) | |
| Muteki Robo Trider G7 (TV) | |
| Naruto Shippūden (TV) It could be much better: there are too fillers (even if better integrated with the canon material than in the "first series", at least), music is good but not on par that the songs in the old anime, and pace is often too slow. Also, I can't stand that they chose to censor Shikamaru's smoking. At least, seiyuu are as great as ever (even the new characters' ones), there are some beautiful OPs and EDS, and some good animation heare and there. If you've to choose between the Naruto anime and the manga, though, choose the latter without doubts. | |
| Nobody's Boy - Remi (TV) | |
| Noir (TV) | |
| Ochamegami Monogatari Korokoro Poron (TV) | Good |
| Ogon Bat (TV) | |
| Ohayo! Spank (TV) | So-so |
| One Piece (TV) Forget my previous "so-so" comment, I finally tried to read the manga again and I'm liking it, this second time around. I can't wait to see the anime too, even if I decided to start watching it from the Alabasta story arc (I really don't have time to see it from the start, and anyway I usually like more the manga than the anime based on them). | Very good |
| Ox Tales (TV) | So-so |
| (The) Perrine Story (TV) | |
| Peter Pan no Bōken (TV) | So-so |
| Princess Knight (TV) | Very good |
| Ranma ½ (TV) | Good |
| Rascal the Raccoon (TV) | Decent |
| REC (TV) | |
| Ronin Warriors (TV) | |
| (The) Rose of Versailles (TV) | |
| Rurouni Kenshin (TV) Kenshin's voice is unique, I really like it. :) | |
| Sailor Moon (TV) | So-so |
| Sailor Moon R (TV) | So-so |
| Sailor Moon SuperS (TV) | So-so |
| Saint Seiya (TV) | So-so |
| Sasuke (TV) | |
| Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger (TV) | Good |
| Shin Captain Tsubasa (TV) | Good |
| Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica crimson S (TV) | |
| Smart-san (TV) | |
| Solty Rei (TV) | Decent |
| Song of Baseball Enthusiasts (TV) | |
| Space Warrior Baldios (TV) | |
| Spiral (TV) | |
| Swiss Family Robinson (TV) | Good |
| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OAV) | |
| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OAV 2 | |
| Tentou Mushi no Uta (TV) | So-so |
| Tiger Mask II (TV) | |
| Time Bokan (TV) | Decent |
| Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman (TV) | Good |
| Tongari Boushi no Memoru (TV) | Decent |
| Toshi Gordian (TV) | |
| Trigun (TV) Many people think this anime is excellent, but I didn't grab my attention for some reasons... maybe I should give it a second chance. | Decent |
| Tytania (TV) *Repeats to herself: "I've only watched the first episode, I must refrain to already vote it as masterpiece"* :P So far it looks/sounds/tastes like Legend of the Galactic Heroes, I hope it'll stay like this until the end. *faints for excess of happiness* | |
| Uchu Kubo Blue Noah (TV) | |
| UFO Robo Grendizer (TV) | Very good |
| Ulysses 31 (TV) | Decent |
| Urusei Yatsura (TV) | So-so |
| Vampiyan Kids (TV) | Good |
| Violence Jack (OAV) | |
| Voltron (TV) | |
| Voltus 5 (movie) | |
| Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jou Sensei (TV) | |
| Wakusei Robo Dangard A (TV) | |
| Welcome to the NHK (TV) | |
| Yatterman (TV) | So-so |
| Yattodetaman (TV) | |
| Zettai Shonen (TV) |
Anime and manga I finished, of course. I often make fanarts of things I like, and I post them on my deviantART gallery.
| Seen all | Rating |
| 3x3 Eyes (OAV) | |
| (The) Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (TV) One of my favourite series when I was a child... I know, I've weird tastes! I would like to see it in Japanese. | Very good |
| (The) Adventures of Pinocchio (TV) | Good |
| Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Monogatari (TV) When I was a child I read both the novels, and I love them (expecially the first one). ^^ | Good |
| Air Master (TV) | So-so |
| Aishiteruze Baby (TV) Yuzuyu is kawaii! And her seyuu is great (she was only 10 years old when she dubbed this character O_O ). | Good |
| Akira (movie) Since there isn't a cetegory above "materpiece", I had to put this movie in it, sorry. :P | Excellent (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (Ita.sub) |
| Ame to Shoujo to Watashi no Tegami (ONA) An amateur animated short with a cute storyline and some good backgrounds. The animation of the characters was poor, though. | Decent |
| Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman (OAV) | Good |
| Angel Sanctuary (OAV) It only covers the first few chapters of the really long manga. | Decent |
| Animal Crossing (movie) A great movie for children or Animal Crossing fans in general, this is how a movie based on a videogame should be made. The characters are perfect and mostly based on the game (DS version) ones, the plot isn't too predictable and has a nice twist in the end, the music are really nice, the animation is ok and the backgrounds are beautiful. I recomend it! ^^ | Very good |
| (The) Animatrix (OAV) A collections of short films inspired buy The Matrix triology. Some are better than others, it's worth seeing. | Good |
| Anne of Green Gables (TV) Another masterpiece I've finally seen in Japanese! :D The maturity of the story and the characters is amazing, everyone should see this rare jem. And don't think it's only for childrens; actually, the point of view is more from an adult standpoint. Furthermore, this is the first JP anime series which made me say: wow, backgrounds look like Bambi's. O__O | Masterpiece |
| Arashi no Yoru ni (movie) | Weak |
| Arcadia of My Youth (movie) | |
| BAOH (OAV) | Bad |
| Bastard!! (OAV) | Decent |
| Battle Angel (OAV) | Very good |
| Berserk (TV) The manga is better, of course. ;) Anyway, the anime covers the best part of it. | Good |
| Beyond (OAV) | Very good |
| Black Blood Brothers (TV) A decent anime with nice characters and some good animation here and there (especially in the final episode). The ending is pretty open, but I liked it anyway. If it had more funny moments like in the first episode, it would have been better... | Decent |
| Black Jack (OAV) | Good |
| Blame! (ONA) | Decent |
| Blood: The Last Vampire (movie) | Good |
| Bokurano (TV) It was a bit boring at first, then around episode 10 it gets a lot better, and episodes 11-12 made me like it (I cried, not joking ^^' ). Furthermore, if you're an Akira Ishida fan like me this anime is a must-see: he play a really cold-hearted character in a perfect way. This seiyuu never finish to amaze me with his talent. :) Too bad they ruined it at the end (I need to read the manga, since it's different), or I would have rated it higher. | Good |
| (The) Boy Who Saw the Wind (movie) | Good |
| Broken Down Film (movie) I saw this at the "Castelli Animati" animation festival (in Italy). | Very good |
| (The) Bush Baby (TV) | Good |
| Captain Tsubasa (TV) When I was younger I loved this anime! | Good |
| Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth (OAV) | |
| Casshan: Robot Hunter (OAV) | Good |
| Castle in the Sky (movie) When Miyazaki do a science-fiction movie, it has an unique flavour. | Excellent (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (sub) |
| (The) Cat Returns (movie) A not well-known Studio Ghibli's movie. | Very good |
| Chobits (TV) | Decent |
| Chrono Trigger (OAV) | Bad |
| City Hunter: .357 Magnum (movie) | |
| City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy (OAV) | |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) It copies elements and other from several famous series (especially Death Note), but it copies well. I watched all the first series and it was very good, but before rating it I'll wait and see the second series too. UPDATED: second series watched too; i liked a bit more the first one, but overall the rating I was thinking to give the first time is ok. | Very good |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) Really good anime with a gorgeous character design by CLAMP, an awesome main character, good music and awesome animation. Sometimes the battles are a bit boring, but overall it's a anime to see if you love mecha with a strategical twist. Theplot is a mix between action, drama and humour, and the ending is perfect. | Very good |
| Conan, the Boy in Future (TV) The best of the best. Adventure, science fiction, drama... all in one anime! Both Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata worked fo this series, after all. ;) You MUST see this, it's a real classic. | Masterpiece |
| Cowboy Bebop (TV) WATCH this, period. | Masterpiece |
| Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Good |
| Cybot Robotchi (TV) | Good |
| D.Gray-man (TV) Too many fillers to give it a higher ranking, but it has some excellent parts, especially from 51th episode till the end. Not my favourite shounen, but still worth watching (make you a favour and skip episodes 30-50, more or less: they are all fillers). | Good |
| Darker than BLACK (TV) Clearly a characters-driven anime, some of the characters are really good and their development/relationships interesting. The plot, though, is weak (even if not bad) and many questions are left unanswered. Still, a worth watching anime imho, for the characters and the good animation and music. | Good |
| Death Note (live-action movie) It's worth seeing only for the actor playing L, he's almost perfect for the role. | Decent |
| Death Note (TV) This anime put me on the hedge of the chair several times, made me laugh, love, hate, throw a pillow to the TV screen at one point and almost cry. Be prepared to see an anime which will stab your heart without pity at all, and several times. On a whole, Death Note is a story which apparently starts a bit stereotypical but soon shows its true face: it's unique thanks to a quite original point of view, and it has flawless direction, really good music, awesome art and animation. This anime will make you think about matters like what real justice is/should be and about the human condition, too. I didn't read all the manga, but I checked some key parts and in my opinion the anime is better, and this fact surprised me since it's the other way around most of the times when it comes to manga and anime based on them! In a word: it's a masterpiece. | Masterpiece |
| Death Note: The Last Name (live-action movie) It's worth seeing only for the actor playing L, he's almost perfect for the role. | Decent |
| Dennō Coil (TV) A really original take on sci-fi/vitual reality themes, from the point of view of a group of (almost teenagers) children. It's exciting and moving, even if the plot takes a bit to really start. Also, it's animation and style are superb, they costantly reminded me of Studio Ghibli movies! O___O | Masterpiece |
| Densha Otoko (live-action TV) Funny as hell! XD But really deep overall... The best j-drama ever, period. | Masterpiece |
| Desert Punk (TV) It starts really funny (beware though, it's crammed of ecchi scenes and characters), develops in an interesting way introducing a new main character that I liked a lot, and at about 2/3 of the series it turns someway dramatic. Too bad I really hate the ending (knowing that the manga hasn't ended yet made less hard for me to accept this made-up ending, though). One thing I can't find anything to argue with is the quality of the animation, which is oustanding must of the times. I also appreciated the first opening, quite unique for an anime, and the colour choices for both the characters and the backgrounds. | So-so |
| Detective Conan (live-action TV) Good cast, stupid story. The ending was nice, though. | Not really good |
| Detective Story (OAV) | Good |
| Devilman (TV) A lot different from the original manga, and aimed to a younger public, but still good. | Good |
| Devilman OAV | Good |
| Digital Juice (OAV) | Decent |
| Don Chuck Monogatari (TV) For some reasons I really liked this anime when I was a child... | Good |
| Dragon Ball (TV) I wish I could see this one in Japanese... | Very good |
| Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies | |
| Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle | |
| Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure | |
| Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power | Good |
| Dragon Ball Z (TV) The first series was much better. | Decent |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 10: Broly - Second Coming | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Bio-Broly | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon | Not really good |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: The Deadzone | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Lord Slug | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 5: Cooler's Revenge | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 6: Return of Cooler | Not really good |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13 | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 8: The Legendary Super Saiyan | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: Bojack Unbound | Weak |
| Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku | So-so |
| Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks | Decent |
| Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (movie 12) | Not really good |
| Eureka Seven (TV) In this anime, the animation and the attention for the details on the backgrounds are outstanding, the character design is very good, the music and songs are exceptional, the cast of characters is appealing and the plot interesting and without boring parts. The peace of the anime is fast, but it still has it's good deep moments, and its mood is a perfect mix between serious and comical situations. I assure you that many will like the main character (dubbed by Yuko Sanpei, a young but really skilled seyuu) from the very first episode, and if not they'll like at least one of the secondary ones, at least. Finally, the opening and ending sequences are amazing both animation and songs-wise. Too bad the ending, or better the last 10-15 minutes are sappy, stupid and a bit random, or this anime would have been a masterpiece. :( | Excellent |
| (The) Fantastic Adventures of Unico (movie) Based on an Osamu Tezuka's manga. | Very good |
| Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Most overrated anime ever? Sorry FFVII fans, but this is the truth. :P | Weak |
| (The) Final Flight of the Osiris (OAV) | Bad |
| Fist of the North Star Movie | Good |
| FLCL (OAV) A surprise, but a bit hard to follow at first. | Very good |
| Fruits Basket (TV) Really good, too bad it only covers the first few volumes of the excellent manga... :( The songs of this anime are wonderful. | Excellent |
| Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Best 2003 anime! :D As good as the manga in the beginning, when it starts diverging from it it becomes a little less enjoyable, even if it's still excellent (except for the "parallel world" sub-plot and some character developments I didn't appreciate). The animation, music, character design, openings/endings and direction of this anime are among the best ones I ever saw in any animated series, this is a gem you must see at any cost. For people that have never read the manga and wanted to watch the new anime, I suggest to start from this one instead, since they could not like this first FMA anymore if they go too further into the manga/new anime plot (wich is way better). | Excellent |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (OAV) | Good |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa I voted this good, but this movie was a big disappointment for me... I can't explain why without spoiling the plot, so I won't. Let's only say that it's like if they animated a (bad) AU fanfic. But, since they animated it really well, it's still worth seeing. Anyway, I'm looking forward the manga, to finally read the true ending of Elric borthers' sad, yet exciting journey. | Good |
| Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play (TV) A long, fantasy drama, interesting for shoujo fans. The plot isn't really good, ma some characters are. | Decent |
| Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV) | Decent |
| Fushigi Yuugi (OAV) | Decent |
| Fushigi Yuugi (OAV 2) | Decent |
| (The) Galaxy Railways (TV) Really good, but only for who likes old-style anime. | Good |
| Gedo Senki (movie) | Not really good |
| Ghiblies (special) | Good |
| Ghost in the Shell (movie) Science-fiction if my favourite genre in both movies and books, and this anime is one of the best example of it. Even if it's very different from the manga it's one of the best Japanese animated movie ever made. Period. | Masterpiece |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Not as good as the first movie, it's still a must see imho. | Excellent |
| Gokusen (live-action TV) | Very good |
| Gokusen (live-action TV 2) Still good, but not as much as the first series. It gets better towards the end, though. | Good |
| Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Touching and sad, directed by the great Isao Takahata. He and Miyazaki are the best Japanese anime directors of all times, but in this movie Takahata surpassed even Miyazaki, in my opinion. | Masterpiece |
| Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Really, really funny. | Excellent |
| GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action TV) Maybe the best comedy/school J-drama out there. | Masterpiece |
| Gurren Lagann (TV) Awesome characters (watch at least 8-10 episodes and you'll love them even if at first you didn't care much about their stories) + crazy style(s) (yes, there is more than just one style in this anime) + perfect use of the computer graphic + excellent music (at one point, I could heard rap mixed with lyric!!! O__O ) + manliness (but with good, and not stupid female characters anyway) + a screenplay full of surprises (and references to many other anime) = a masterpiece. At Gainax are genius. XD | Masterpiece |
| H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi (live-action TV) | Good |
| Hana Yori Dango 2 [Returns] (live-action TV) | Good |
| Hana Yori Dango [2005] (live-action TV) Tsukasa Domyouji's misuse of the Japanese language was hilarious! XD | Very good |
| Hellsing (TV) | Weak |
| Hi no Tori (TV) Based on one of the many Osamu Tezuka's manga. :) | Very good |
| Hikaru no Go (TV) This is the first anime tv series I watched in original language with English subtitles... I started with a bang! :D Hightly recommended since it's one of the few anime which isn't worse than the manga it is based on, it has a pretty original plot, too. Furthermore, Sai (one of the main characters) is one of the most handsome, tragic yet funny character ever created in an anime. Finally, the soundtrack, openings and endings of this anime are among the best I ever heard. | Masterpiece |
| Hikaru No Go: New Year Special | Masterpiece |
| Howl's Moving Castle (movie) When Miyazaki draws bishouen... :P This movie deals with themes as love and war, in a way only Miyazaki films can do. A must see for his plot and stunning visuals. The Italian dub wasn't really good, though. :( | Very good (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (Ita.sub) |
| Hunter X Hunter (TV) In my opinion this anime marks the passage from "old" shounen like Dragonball and "modern" ones like Naruto. Its target isn't as wide as Naruto's, but in the same time it has more funny moments and at the end it's really addictive and enjoyable. Some parts are still a bit random and only few characters have a solid and believable background (and a real character development), but there is a lot of adventure! A must see for anyone between 10 and 20 (and even if you are older or you'll miss the wonderful characters that Killua and Hisoka are! ^^ ). | Very good |
| Hunter X Hunter (OAV) This is the part of the anime I liked last, since I never really cared about Kurapica and his revenge... | Very good |
| Hunter X Hunter: G I Final (OAV) Great story arc, direct continuation of the GI series (OAV 2); I love the ending song. <3 | Very good |
| Hunter X Hunter: Greed Island (OAV) This OAV starts the most interesting part of the story imho. | Very good |
| Hurricane Polymar (OAV) | Good |
| Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | |
| Iria - Zeiram the Animation (OAV) Of this OAV I only liked the main character design and the backgrounds... | Not really good |
| Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (TV) | Not really good |
| Jumping (movie) I saw this many years ago, when I visited an exposition about Osamu Tezuka's works. He us called the "God of Manga", but his abimated works were really good, too. | Very good |
| Jungle Book: Shounen Mowgli (TV) | Good |
| Jungle Emperor Leo: The Movie | Excellent |
| Kaibutsu-kun (TV) | Decent |
| Karas (OAV) I was a bit strict here, because even if Karas has superb. movie-like animation, really detailed backgrounds and an awesome design, it's plot is only decent and the characters aren't really appealing or original. It's worth seeing, though. | Good |
| Kerokko Demetan (TV) | Decent |
| Kid's Story (OAV) | Good |
| Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) Apparently simpler than others Miyazaki's movies, but not less beautiful, this movie belongs to a particular genre, the "slice of life", and it's deeper than it seems. Another must see. P.S. I love the little cat! | Very good (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (Ita.sub) |
| Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (movie) | Bad |
| Kimi wa Pet (live-action TV) | Good |
| Kujira no Josephina (TV) I remember watching this nice anime when I was a child... ^^ | Good |
| Kyouryuu Boukenki Jura Tripper (TV) | Good |
| Labyrinth (movie) | Very good |
| Last Exile (TV) A great surprise... I heard it was good, but I didn't know it was SO good. Still, I'm a bit disappointed by the last episode (especially about the fate of a certain character... but I won't spoil the ending here, see it by yourselves since this series is really great). | Excellent |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) This anime is so awesome that it is a shame that it is so little known outside of Japan. Based on a series of novels, even if it looks like a space opera at first its science fiction elements are more just setting than real elements in the plot. So, I would recommend this series more to historical/political and drama stories fans than to science fiction ones. Actually, I would recommend it to everyone who is older than 16-17, but this is a whole different matter. Anyway, if you are expecting your "regular" anime, but only with slightly better characters and plot, then you are way far from understanding what this series really is. Legend of the Galactic Heroes is so good that I'm thinking of rearranging all my ratings because this gem surpasses several of the anime I already rated as masterpiece. But I won't do it for now... maybe, when I'll reach 300 anime in "seen all" I'll do it. ;) Anyway, if you're considering watching this anime and you aren't sure if it's worth it (110 episode of a deep, complicated and often slow-paced anime full of text and dialogues isn't exactly something for everyone), at least believe me about one point: it IS well-animated. It couldn't seem at first, since it is old and all, but I read people complaining about the animation of this series and, well, they are plain crazy... or better, they don't know where to look. Artworks consistency apart (in 99% of the episodes!!!), which is something that I found in REALLY few anime (even among masterpieces), the animation of little details in this series is outstanding. I won't tell where and why, though, just discover it by yourselves. :P But, please, trust me (I watched near 200 complete anime series/movies, I should know ;) ). That said, let me spend few words about the story of this anime. First of all, it being based on a series of novels is a great plus since the plot and the characterization of every character, even the secondary ones, are top notch. Every detail is really important, the slightest ones too; furthermore, this is one of the really few anime aimed to an adult audience for the seriousness and the maturity of the plot itself, and not for extremely violent scenes (which are still there, since it also is about war) or sex ones (which are implied, anyway). Great characters, great design, great music (with a huge use of classical themes, which give this anime an unique feeling), a wide plot and good animation make this anime a masterpiece for sure. It could seem slow at first, but it never gets boring if you want a deep anime. On the contrary, it keeps being interesting and exciting until the very end, and at that point you could still want more; it always feels fresh. Incredible. Unique. Monumental. Epic. LEGENDARY. | Masterpiece |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (OAV) This movie isn't up to the main series or the othe rmovies/OAVs... it's a different production, and it shows in much less beutiful artworks, among other things. The seiyuu for the characters are different, too. | So-so |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (movie) A very good movie and an excellent prologue for a great series. It's for patient people though, since it moves forward slow and has lots of talking... but it's really interesting. :) | Excellent |
| Little Norse Prince (movie) | Very good |
| Magical Angel Creamy Mami (TV) My favourite anime of my childhood... I'm so glad to be able to see it in Japanese, too! :D | Very good |
| Maison Ikkoku (TV) The best manga by Rumiko Takahashi, adapted into a great anime (even if a bit too long, maybe). The characters are unforgettable and the story really mature, other anime like this don't exist. | Masterpiece |
| Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen (movie) | Good |
| Majokko Megu-chan (TV) | Not really good |
| Master of Mosquiton (OAV) | Good |
| Matriculated (OAV) | Decent |
| Meine Liebe (TV) I finished to see this only for two reasons: 1) Akira Ishida plays one of the characters 2) I wanted to be sure before giving this anime such a bad vote :P | Awful |
| Mermaid Forest (TV) | Good |
| Metropolis (movie) The soundtrack alone is a masterpiece (jazz!) ^^ Based on a Osamu Tezuka's manga. | Excellent (Ita.dub & Ita.sub) |
| Millennium Actress (movie) I really like Satoshi Kon's movies. :) | Excellent |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (TV) If you never saw any Gundam series, you could start with this one. It's great in everything: characters, plot, animation, music... really everything! It's a mix of many genres, from action to romance, from drama to science-fiction. Gundam Seed also deals with important themes like war, racism, prejudices and bioethics in a pretty deep way, even if I think that the main theme of this anime is still the beautiful, troubled yet strong friendship between the two main characters Kira and Athrun (the latter dubbed by the REALLY skilled Akira Ishida). Their friendship opens and then closes the anime in a perfect way, symbolized by the cute robot-bird that Athrun gave to Kira before departing from him when they were children, present which is a metaphor of childhood and innocence. Overall, this anime is impressive. | Excellent |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) There are good things in this anime, for example the relationship between Heero and Relena, but most of the episodes are full of boring speechs about war and pacifism. Those themes wouldn't be boring by themselves, of course, but it's the way the screenplay deals with them that it is. I wish more space was given to the development of the characters and the bonds between them... | So-so |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) Bad: the plot is pretty random, with a couple of characters coming back to life or at least surviving from the TV series story without any decent explanation; the new Gundam designs are a bit too weird, with the wings and everything; Heero still acts as a badass at the very end while he's just a boring character imho (I can't stand him, he only smiled for like three times in the whole series... ok the inner turmoil and suffering for the people he killed while fighting, but a main character should be less two-dimensional!). Good: animation, the flashbacks about the Gundam pilots, Dorothy XD . | So-so |
| Monster (TV) "Monster" starts slow but after episodes 27-28 the pace becomes faster and much more enjoyable. It's a complex anime with a wide and deep plot and many, many characters; at the end it's really worthy watching for the humanity of the characters, the connections with real life and real historical events (used in a very intelligent way in the plot) and for the amazing screenplay. The effort they put in this anime in each detail, animation and music is outstanding. Watch it: it'll make you think about what humans' life and dignity is, how much they are important, and how a person can become a monster. It'll be a long, emotional yet scary journey... | Masterpiece |
| Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV) This anime has so many good points: wonderful, paintings-like landscapes and backgrounds; top-notch animation and cool fighting scenes (not an action anime, but the fighting scenes are several and among the best ones I ever saw in animation form); CG used in a smart and not intrusive way; awesome color design; nice character design (even if I didn't like much it, at first); not a really complex plot but still good, more focused on characters development than on the plot itself; quite a high number of well-written and well-developed characters for a series of only 26 episodes (I liked all of them, in a way or another, except one who wasn't developed enough, imho); an interesting and very detailed scenario/world divided into two sub-worlds (one is based on ancient, imperial Japan, but even if it has historical themes it is still a parallel world to the real one, the other is a parallel world of the main world of the anime and is inhabited with natural and elemental spirits); inspiring soundtrack by the great Kenji Kawai. In a word: excellent. | Excellent |
| Muteki Kojin Daitarn 3 (TV) I love this series when I was about 12-13 years old, I wish i could see it in Japanese... | Very good |
| My Neighbor Totoro (movie) This movie is an icon, and Totoro is the Studio Ghibli's symbol. Do I need to say more? ;) Well, I could add that this is the best movie if you want to taste a little of Japenese country flavour, and to see nature through the eyes of a child. In the same time, the story is told from an adult point of view too, and it's quite complex in its core. | Masterpiece |
| My Neighbors the Yamadas (movie) Great movie, it perfectly depicts a family and the relationships and dynamics between its members.It is about a typical JP family, but it's message is almost universal (and the apprently simple artworks of this movie helps to make it that). Directed by Isao Takahata. | Masterpiece |
| NANA (TV) A perfect adaptation of the manga, with really few differences, great art, animation and music. I could rate it higher if they made a second season, since the ending feels incomplete (the manga is still ongoing, even in Japan). | Excellent |
| Naruto (TV) The manga is better, anyway the anime has great musics and some really good opening / ending themes (especially "Wind", "Yellow Moon", "Nakushita Kotoba", "Haruka Kanata" and "Yura Yura"). Moreover, the seyuu for the characters are exceptional and all of them did a really, really good job (after seeing more than 200 whole anime movies/series, I'm not afraid to say that Naruto could have the best cast ever... I'm talking about the JP one, of course; the Italian dubbing is awful). My favourite voice actors/actress are: Takeuchi Junko (Uzumaki Naruto), Akira Ishida (Sabaku no Gaara), Shoutarou Morikubo (Shikamaru), Paku Romi (Temari) and Kujira (Orochimaru). The only real bad thing about Naruto is, or better are the filler episodes, which almost ruined it. They are horrible most of the time and I gave up seeing all of them. I put this series under "seen all" anyway, since they don't really count, do them? ;) Finally, I higly reccomend to first read the manga and only then to see the anime, because the latter it's a bit edited even in the JP version and there are some changes here and there. | Bad (Ita.dub), Very good (sub) |
| Naruto (OAV) | So-so |
| Naruto Special: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover wo Sagase (OAV) | Not really good |
| Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (OAV) | Not really good |
| Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom The plot itself could have made this movie better than the second one, but the western-looking characters (among many other things) made it the wrost of them, instead. Too bad. | Weak |
| Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel It's really different from the first movie... overall, the battles and the cast of canon characters are better, but the plot and the enemies design worse... still not as bad as the fillers, though, and this is a pro. | Not really good |
| Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow Better than most of those damned fillers, this is for sure. -__-' | So-so |
| Naruto: Konoha Sports Festival (movie) | Decent |
| Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (movie) The animation is amazing, and it's pretty original among anime, too, for the type of story it tells. :) | Very good |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) The manga is better, of course, but the movie is still one of the greatest Japanese animated films. I love this movie since it deals with themes I care of a lot: ecology and the relationship between people and nature. Furthermore I like anything about wind... Too bad the Italian dubbing is so bad. >:( | Very good (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (sub) |
| Nazca (TV) The manga is a lot better, imho. | Weak |
| Neo-Tokyo (movie) | Very good |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) One of the very few anime good dubbed in Italian language... but the original is still better, of course. ;) For the huge infuence this anime had and is still having on mecha series (and anime in general) I should rate NGE with "masterpiece". Anyway, since I prefer rating the anime I see more according to my tastes than to an hypothetical objective value, I'll stick with "excellent" for now since there are anime I like more. Evangelion is really original, but imho it somewhat lacks that "well-rounded" feeling that I got from the anime I voted as masterpiece, even when they weren't as important and unique as NGE in the panorama of Japanese animation. Still, Evangelion broke many standards and innovated a lot, so my opinion about the rating could change, one day. On a side note, its opening is still one of the best ever made in my opinion... but who doesn't love it? ^^ | Excellent (sub & Ita.dub) |
| NieA_7 (TV) | Very good |
| Ninja Hattori-kun (TV) | Good |
| Ninja Scroll (TV) | Weak |
| Nodame Cantabile (live-action TV drama) Great characters and often hilarious, I can't wait to see the anime too! The two main actors really look (and act) like their fictional counterparts. Now that I've seen it all, I can say that this is one of the best J-drama I ever saw, without doubts! ^^ | Excellent |
| Noein - to your other self (TV) This anime features an amazing animation, an artistic style and a pretty original story based on some true quantom physics principles. Of course, the rest is science fiction... very good science fiction. ^^ Another strong point of this series is that it mix drama, action, comedy and romance really well. A must see. | Excellent |
| Now and Then, Here and There (TV) A crude anime about war and what comes with it. | Very good |
| Oh My Goddess! (OAV) | |
| Once Upon a Time [Windaria] (movie) | Not really good |
| Only Yesterday (movie) Another Isao Takahata's great movie, unfortunately it's underrated. :( | Excellent |
| (The) Order to Stop Construction (movie) By Katsuhiro Otomo. :) | Excellent |
| Oruchuban Ebichu (TV) LOL I can't believe I really saw this... #^^# | Good |
| Oseam (Korean movie) | Very good |
| Ouran High School Host Club (TV) Really funny but even serious when it wants to be, it plays with shounen-ai / yaoi / yuri stereotypes in a quite intelligence way. It's more -about- fan-service than -with- fan-service, though, so it can be liked by males, too, and it isn't only for a strictly female audience. It's also really well animated and the pace of the story is perfect. Great voice acting, by the way (even if this is pretty normal with original dubbed anime ^^ ). Furthermore, the characters are unforgettable (my favourite ones was the lead male character and the twins). Also, a couple of episodes were above the others in quality, imho, and they would deserve an even higher rating. | Very good |
| Panda no Daiboken (movie) | |
| Panda! Go, Panda! (movie) | Excellent |
| Panda! Go, Panda!: Rainy Day Circus (movie) | Very good |
| Paprika (movie) In my opinion the plot and the characters of Paprika aren't as good as of other Satoshi Kon's movies, but this film is still quite good, and his visuals, animation and musics are excellent. After a second or third view my rating could change, but for now I want to give it a "very good" and not more. | Very good |
| Paul no Miracle Daisakusen (TV) | Good |
| Peacemaker (TV) This was a surprise. Slow in the beginning, it becomes really good later, and when it ends you would like to see more of it. | Very good |
| Perfect Blue (movie) According to many this is the best Japanese thriller movie ever made, and I agree. The direction is top notch. | Masterpiece |
| Phoenix 2772 - Space Firebird (movie) | |
| Pikachu and Pichu (movie) | Not really good |
| Pikachu's Summer Vacation (movie) | Weak |
| (The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) | Decent |
| Planetes (TV) This was really unexpected. I love when science-fiction anime are so well-done and deep! If you search an adult anime, this is perfect for you. I liked it so much that I'm thinking about buying the manga! :D | Masterpiece |
| Please Save My Earth (OAV) I wish it was longer and the ending wasn't rushed, anyway it still is a really good adaptation of a great manga. The music is awesome, too. :) | Very good |
| Pokemon - Jirachi Wish Maker (movie) | Decent |
| Pokemon 2000 - The Movie | Bad |
| Pokemon 3 - The Movie | Decent |
| Pokemon 4Ever (movie) | Decent |
| Pokemon: The First Movie | Decent |
| Pom Poko (movie) A must see for any Japanese culture and legends lover and student! It's about tanuki and it's full of good songs! XD Directed by Isao Takahata, unfortunately it's quite underrated. :( | Masterpiece |
| Porco Rosso (movie) Quite good, not as other Miyazaki's movies, but the flying scenes are awesome! | Excellent |
| Princess Mononoke (movie) This movie introduced me to Hayao Miyazaki's works, and I will never forget the emotion when I watched this anime for the first time. Its plot is like a legend set between the ancient and modern Japan, when people started to discover industries and destroing nature; the visuals and animation are superb, the music and the characters unforgettable. | Masterpiece (sub & Ita.dub) |
| Program (OAV) | Not really good |
| RahXephon (TV) The script is good, expecially in the ending part, but it tries to be too much like Evangelion, failing. | Decent |
| Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children (movie) Historical settings, an interesting movie. | Good |
| Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (movie) | Decent |
| Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine (movie) | Decent |
| Ranma ½: One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest (movie) | Decent |
| Record of Lodoss War (OAV) | Bad |
| Rumiko Takahashi Anthology (TV) | Good |
| Running Man (movie) | Good |
| SaiKano (TV) | Not really good |
| Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose | So-so |
| Sailor Moon S (TV) | Decent |
| Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in Ice | Good |
| Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (TV) | Decent |
| Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Black Dream Hole | Not really good |
| Sailor Moon SuperS Plus - Ami's First Love (special) | Decent |
| Samurai 7 (TV) Try to see this before Akira Kurosawa's original movie, or you won't really like the anime. | Good |
| Samurai Champloo (TV) A surprise, one of the best anime tv series I've seen in the last few years. | Excellent |
| Samurai Deeper Kyo (TV) | Not really good |
| Second Renaissance (OAV) | Decent |
| Serial Experiments Lain (TV) Worse than what I expected... | Not really good |
| She and Her Cat (OAV) | Good |
| Shinzo Ningen Casshan (TV) Along with "Hurrican Polymar", the artwork and animation of this anime is one, if not the best one of the so called "classics". | Very good |
| Simoun (TV) Maybe yuri just isn't my thing, anyway I wanted to watch at least one anime of this type, and maybe this one is one of the best ones. Anyway, if you want a much better story with some shoujou-ai hints, there are better series out there, for example "Oniisama E...". | Not really good |
| (The) Skull Man (TV) For some aspects I would rate this anime higher, since it was really well directed, drawn and animated. | Good |
| Sky Blue (Korean movie) | Good |
| Slam Dunk (TV) Really hilarious and entertaining most of the times, but the ending could have been better. | Good |
| Slam Dunk movie 1 | Not really good |
| Someday's Dreamers (TV) | Not really good |
| Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie | Decent |
| Spirited Away (movie) I think this is the best JP animated movie of all times. With the train scene alone Hayao Miyazaki managed to animate a dream (and a deep metaphor of life), but the whole movie is a piece of art. You will love everything of this, especially if you see it with the original jp dubbing. | Excellent (Ita.dub), Masterpiece (sub) |
| Steamboy (movie) | Decent |
| Street Fighter II V (TV) | Decent |
| Street Fighter II: The Movie | Decent |
| Tenchi Muyo Movie 1: Tenchi in Love | Decent |
| Tiger Mask (TV) | Decent |
| Tokimeki Tonight (TV) | Good |
| Tokyo Godfathers (movie) Try this one, it's different. | Excellent |
| Tosho Daimos (TV) | Good |
| Touch (live-action movie) | Good |
| Toward the Terra (TV) This series is so rich with characters, ideas and themes that they could have done a 50+ episodes series instead of a 24 episodes one without problems. Instead, they chose to move through the awesome plot quite fast (the direction is great and the pace of the story perfect) leaving no space for fan-service of any sort. The result is a masterpiece that will leave you with much to think about even after the ending episode. This series is like a matrix for other series, like the manga it's based on was at its times. Watch it, especially if you love science fiction. Among the countless nice touches in this anime, I want to underline the many quotes from at least two literature classics (Peter Pan and Moby-Dick), which are perfectly merged in the plot. | Masterpiece |
| Trapp Ikka Monogatari (TV) I'm going to see this anime in Japanese (with English subtitles) soon! :D | Good |
| Tsurikichi Sampei (TV) | Good |
| (The) Twelve Kingdoms (TV) After a slow beginning (I'm talking about the first 3-4 episodes) I started to enjoy this series a lot. It begins like a typical fantasy story, with an high school girl who is taken to a parallel world, but the anime soon shows its real traits: a historical-like drama with a fantasy setting. It's much more complex and deep of what it could seem in the beginning. The characters, the setting, the fantasy creatures and the backgrounds of this anime are really well done, the character design is good and consistent and the animation is on good levels. The music is great, one of the best soundtrack of the many series I watched! By the way, this anime is based on a series of Japanese fantasy novels, and despite my hate for fantasy novels than don't really feel like fantasy but only try to be it, I found both the plot and the characters of this anime BELIEVABLE. The Twelve Kingdoms is awesome, give it a try even if the ending is open (since the novels too aren't complete yet); if you can't stand open-endings, see only up to episode 39, which in my opinion is the peak of the series and the one that won me a "masterpiece" rating for this series (it perfectly closes the most important story arc). By the way, even if dubbing a minor character, Akira Ishida is in this anime, and another characcter is dubbed but the great Kappei Yamaguchi (he is L's seyuu, among many others)! ^^ | Masterpiece |
| Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku (TV) | Not really good |
| Urusei Yatsura: Lum The Forever (movie) | Weak |
| Vampire Knight (TV) A good anime aimed to female teenagers with lots of fan service... but I'm a bit too old for this, hence the "so-so" rating. I admit it: I only watched this series because Zero (one of the main male characters) reminds me of Furuba Kyo (one of my most favourite characters ever)... #^^# | So-so |
| Video Girl Ai (OAV) A good adaptation of the manga, even if they cut too many scenes and changed the ending too much, for my tastes. | Good (Ita.dub), Very good (sub) |
| Violinist of Hamelin (TV) | Decent |
| Violinist of Hamelin (movie) If you had to choose between this and the TV series, watch this movie (its mood matches better the one in the manga). | Good |
| Whisper of the Heart (movie) The animation and backgrounds art of this movie are gorgeous, the story and characters really good, but I'm not particularly fond of the music. I especially liked the appreciation for artisans and artisan crafts that this movie shows, and its direction. | Excellent |
| A Wind Named Amnesia (movie) | Good (sub & Ita.dub) |
| Windy Tales (TV) The suggested target for this particoular anime is girls and young women, especially if they love cats... and the wind! Try it, it's pretty weird sometimes but it often delivers quite deep meanings and thoughts... with a light touch. ;) Its graphic style is pretty unique, too. | Good |
| Wolf's Rain (TV) The main plot and other things didn't convince me, but I loved the design of the characters, the animation and the opening theme. | Decent |
| Wolf's Rain (OAV) | Decent |
| World Record (OAV) | Good |
| X (movie) | Decent |
| Yokai Ningen Bem (TV) I remember seeing this with my grandfather since I found it really scary when I was little! ^^ Well, this do is an horror anime aimed for a young audience, after all. | Good |
| Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report I watched this many years ago and I don't remember much of it... | |
| Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (TV) I was worried about the last story arc and the ending since I read somewhere that they weren't as good as the rest of the series, but actually I found them better than the rest of the anime. In my opinion, the last story arc and the last 4-5 episodes in particular, albeit simple in the surface plot-wise, hide a deeper meaning about the characters and their grow: nothing too hard to understand of course, but still something only hinted to, thus something the viewers have to discovers for themselves. Analysing the series as a whole, even if it has a really simple and usually linear plot, with some flashbacks here and there, and it often uses really basic "shounen formulas", what you can really enjoy about it are its characters (especially Kurama, which isn't your usual bishionen, trust me on this). Togashi's talent for the action-adventure genre already shined in this early work of him, and even if Hunter x Hunter is better than Yu Yu Hakusho under almost every aspect, the latter still has something that makes it worth watching. After all, it deeply influenced later shounen, especially Bleach! | Very good |
Some anime and manga I didn't finish, usually because they weren't good or just because they weren't my genre.
| Will not finish | Rating |
| Angel Heart (TV) I don't really like tha manga, either. | Not really good |
| Aquarion (TV) | |
| Area 88 (OAV) I watched the first two OAVs (they are 3) but I couldn't get attached to the characters or the plot. The only good point I found about this anime was the animation; I didn't like the character design, the plot, the characters and their backgrounds. It was boring and overly depressing and dramatic. | Weak |
| Aria the Animation (TV) The design and the backgrounds are great, I know, but the story (what story, by the way? :P ) is slow as hell. Final comment: boring. | Not really good |
| Aria the Origination (TV) As the previous Aria series, while the setting/scenario is interesting, the screenplay is too slow and the dialogues childish. It could appeal to a young, female audience, though. | Not really good |
| Aura Battler Dunbine (TV) Mecha in a fantasy setting isn't something for me... | |
| Basilisk (TV) I don't like the plot and the character design... | Not really good |
| Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989 (OAV) Interesting but it's a reduction of a long manga series, and a couple of OAVs can't really cover all of it, unfortunately. I only watched the first 15 minutes. | |
| Case Closed (TV) | Not really good |
| Chouja Reideen (TV) | |
| Chrono Crusade (TV) I didn't like this anime. Chrono's voice was really cute, though (the great Akira Ishid dubbed him!) | Weak |
| Claymore (TV) Boring themes, boring direction, boring characters... -__- | Weak |
| (La) Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ (TV) Music and bishounen lovers could like this anime, but it has too many stereotypes and is too childish even for a shoujo. | Not really good |
| Corrector Yui (TV) I had to see this anime for job purposes... unfortunately. °__° | Awful |
| D.N.Angel (TV) | Weak |
| Devil Lady (TV) Much worse than the manga, trust me. | Awful |
| Doki Doki Densetsu Mahoujin Guru Guru (TV) | |
| E's Otherwise (TV) | Not really good |
| F-Zero Falcon Densetsu (TV) ... a so bad anime from a soo good game series... :( | Awful |
| Fight! Kickers (TV) | |
| Fighting Spirit (TV) | So-so |
| Gantz (TV) The plot is interesting, but this anime is way too much violent for my tastes. I couldn't see past the first half of the first episode! O__O Moreover, the massive use of CG really annoyed me. | |
| Getbackers (TV) | So-so |
| Glass Fleet (TV) Too bad, Akira Ishida dubbed the main villain... :( | Weak |
| (The) Gokusen (TV) I didn't see anought of this anime to give it a vote, but I've seen all the drama (1 series) and it's great! I'm going to see the second series of the drama for sure. | |
| Gravion (TV) The main male character is pretty original for a mecha series, since he's funny and acts dumb most of the time; there is too fanservice towards a male audience, though. | |
| Gravitation (TV) | Weak |
| Grenadier (TV) I only watched the first episode, and it was so stupid that at least it was funny, but too much fan service toward a possible male audience put me off. | |
| Gunslinger Girl (TV) I can't believe this anime got such high votes... O__o | Awful |
| .Hack//SIGN (TV) Decent anime based on really interesting concepts, it has a beautiful design and good music too, but I won't finish to see it since the always present background musics really annoyed me (even if the musics are good, it's a bad idea using them as in a videogame... ^^' ). Anyway, this anime could be liked by fans J-MMRPG and J-RPG in general. | Decent |
| Hell Girl (TV) Add a couple of point on my rating if you are a teenage girl and love horror stories, it wasn't so bad: just not my thing. Beware though: its structure is episodic, without much plot/characters development. | Decent |
| Hitsuji no Uta (OAV) Vampires' stories don't interest me, usually, and this one it's a bit "emo-ish", too. :P | |
| Ichigo 100% (TV) Actually this is a good anime, but its target is a male, teen audience, and I'm not among them. ;) | Decent |
| Inukami! (TV) | So-so |
| Kanon (TV 1/2002) I'll try the new series though, since it seems better... | Bad |
| Karin (TV) Funny anime with vampires (but it's comedy, not horror or serious in any way, like you would expect from "regular" vampires anime), aumed to teenagers and with some (really soft) ecchi scenes/situations (more hinted than anything else). I'ts not bad, but I'm too far from its ideal target to enjoy it. | Decent |
| Kemonozume (TV) | |
| Kimagure Orange Road (TV) | So-so |
| Kogepan (TV) A nice show for kids. | So-so |
| Kokoro Library (TV) | Not really good |
| Kurogane Communication (TV) | So-so |
| (The) Law of Ueki (TV) | Bad |
| Legendary Brave Da Garn (TV) | |
| Loveless (TV) | So-so |
| Macross 7 (TV) Repetitive plot, not really interesting characters, poor colours design choice.... and always the same, damned songs! I couldn't bear to watch more than the first eight episodes. -_-' | Weak |
| Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) Nice anime for female children/teenager, especially if they like fantasy themes. The CLAMP art style is wonderful, but the super-deformed is overused in this series. | Good |
| Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2) | Good |
| Maple Town Stories (TV) | Decent |
| Maria Watches Over Us (TV) After two episodes I understood that this anime isn't for me. It's slow, it has boring characters and it's too much about yuri relationships. It doesn't seem to have a real plot, and the relationships between the girls felt forced to me. The character design and the animation are nice, though. | Not really good |
| Massugu ni Ikou (TV) The idea was nice, but the characters are too stupid. -__-' Dog lovers could still like this, though. | Bad |
| Maya the Bee (TV) | Weak |
| (The) Melody of Oblivion (TV) Too weird for my tastes... | Bad |
| Miracle Girls (TV) The manga was better... | So-so |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor (OAV) After Gundam Wing Endless Waltz I was so bored of the main characters (the Gundam pilots) that I can't bother to see this OAV, too. | So-so |
| Moonlight Mile (TV) | |
| Nekojiru Gekijou (TV) I don't like this type of humour. | |
| Neo Ranga (TV) I only watched the first 4 episodes, but the characters didn't grow on me at all and I didn't like the way the story was told. | |
| New Maple Town Stories (TV) | Decent |
| Petite Princess Yucie (TV) Really cute and funny fantasy anime for children. | |
| Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (TV) The characters are too stereotypical for my tastes, from the overly serious and emotionless main characters to the "I'll change the world" nemesis. I don't like the character design used for this type of story and mood, either. It could be batter later, but the first two episodes didn't grab my attention at all, maybe because this type of story was made so many times that there are much better options than this. | |
| Pokémon (TV) The Advanced Generation series are much better than the older ones, imho. | |
| Pokemon Advance (TV) I saw few episodes, and I think this could be the best Pokémon animated series ever. I'm not going to see it all though, I'm just too old. ;) This is a good anime for children and teens, especially if they are fan of the videogames, too! | Decent |
| (The) Prince of Tennis (TV) | Weak |
| Princess Tutu (TV) Cute anime for young girls and children who like folk tales and classical dance. | |
| RahXephon OVA b-o-r-i-n-g | Bad |
| Ramen Fighter Miki (TV) Maybe I would have liked it when I was a teenager, it looks like a quite funny anime and the first episode was crazy. ^^ | |
| Rave Master (TV) I don't really liked it since it mix too many canonical fantasy clichés with the shounen genre, but fantasy and shounen series fans could like these, especially if they are in their teens. Keep in mind that I only watched the first 5 episodes, though, so it could become better later. Anyway, it only covers the manga up to the 26th volume (or so I heard around). | So-so |
| Ristorante Paradiso (TV) I only watched the first episode, and I couldn't enjoy it (mostly because I'm Italian, I guess ^^' ). Italian words are overused (their pronunciation is exact, but they are spoken in a quite "lifeless" way so to me it sounds like that, when the seiyuu use Italian, they don't act anymore but just read their lines -___-' ), Rome is depicted in a hilarious (read=untrue) way. Even if the backgrounds are beautiful, they give a false image of Rome, an image which doesn't suit a "realistic" anime like this at all. The "mood" given by those backgrounds is hilarious from an Italian point of view (I live in a city near Rome and I has been in the capital countless times, so you can trust me here), since it is just too romantic and the Japanese point of view about Rome is too forced upon the viewer. Furthermore, "Casetta dell'Orso" isn't a name you would use for a restaurant in Rome... it would better suited for an Alpine one, and even in that case we Italians would rather call a restaurant "Casa dell'Orso" over "Casetta dell'Orso" ("casetta" means "small house" and sounds too cheesy and awkward to be likely used for a restaurant name, especially for a high-class one like the one in this anime). Mind me, I can't exclude that a restaurant with a name similar to "Casetta dell'Orso" could exist in Rome, but as a symbolic/iconic name it totally fails. Also, "Orso" means "bear", and bears in Italy aren't animals associated to Rome at all, but more to the Abruzzo region, for example. Maybe, not-Italian or less nitpicking people than me can enjoy this anime anyway, but keep in mind that the image that it gives of Rome is false and biased from a Japanese point of view. ^^' Finally, I hate the fact that they made all these men charming and "Latin-lovers"-like, it's too forced imho (this last critique isn't related to me being Italian, I wouldn't like ANY anime that "forces the hand" so much without even a bit of irony). So, even if I only watched the first episode and I could be wrong (not about the Italian language/cultural bits of it though), I think that Ristorante Paradiso only seems a "mature" anime, but actually it is not. Too bad... well, at least I've my Fuyumi Soryo's Taiyo no Ijiwaru manga to read, an it DO is a great story placed in a realistic Italy (even if in the past)! I hope they'll make an anime of it. | |
| Robonimal Panda-Z: The Robonimation (TV) | |
| Saiyuki (TV) The cast of characters is interesting, but the plot bored me. Too bad, Akira Ishida (my favourite seyuu) was among them... :( | |
| Shakugan no Shana (TV) | Not really good |
| Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death (TV) Nice but nothing more, the ideal target for this anime are children and teens (especially girls). | |
| Shuffle! (TV) | Weak |
| Sonic X (TV) | Not really good |
| (The) SoulTaker (TV) The direction and visuals are interesting, but I couldn't see more than half of the first episode, since it made my head spinning. ^^' | |
| Space Travelers (movie) | |
| Strawberry Marshmallow (TV) Cute and funny at first, but after a couple of episodes I got bored. :( | So-so |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) A didn't see enough episodes of this anime to rate it, anyway it isn't bad... it's just that I don't belong to its target. I bet a male audience can appreciate this, though. ^^ | |
| Tokyo Underground (TV) | Not really good |
| Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (TV) | Not really good |
| Ultra Maniac (TV) I couldn't watch it past the first episode, I'm really too old for "magical girls" type of anime, and there are better out there anyway. Still, it was funny, children and teenagers could like this. | |
| Viewtiful Joe (TV) But the games are great! :D | Weak |
| (The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) | Not really good |
| (The) Wallflower (TV) | Bad |
| Yakitate!! Japan (TV) | Weak |
| Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (OAV) Interesting but too slow paced for my tastes; maybe I'll read the manga, though. |

