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3x3 Eyes (OAV)
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie Good
Ai to ken Camelot: Mangaka Marina Time Slip (OAV) Not really good
Obscure short movie based on a shoujo manga of the same name. Some pretty boys and a clumsy & short female manga writer warp back in time and help king Arthur. Only interesting for the catchy opening by Kazz&Toyama and Megumi Hayashibara's voice as Marina. The animation is very subpar for a movie and the character designs are rather ugly.
Akira (movie) Excellent
Alien Nine (special) Good
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (OAV)
Angel's Egg (movie) Masterpiece
Artistically and story-wise one of the best anime movies which have ever been made. Yoshitaka Amano's detailed character designs are perfectly animated and fit wonderfully to this strange gothic world. There's this sense of constant wonder, uneasiness and melancholy which are characteristics of true gothic storytelling. Probably Oshii's best work to date.
Animation Runner Kuromi (OAV) Decent
(The) Animatrix (OAV) Decent
Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (TV)
Aoki Honō (OAV)
Appleseed (OAV)
Ariel (OAV)
Arion (movie) Decent
Armitage III (OAV)
Assemble Insert (OAV) Decent
Azumanga Daioh (TV) Very good
Azumanga Daioh - The Very Short Movie Decent
Azumanga Web Daioh (ONA)
Azumi (live-action movie) Decent
Bakuen Campus Guardress (OAV) Decent
Balthus - Tia's Radiance (OAV) Bad
Banner of the Stars (TV) Very good
Banner of the Stars II (TV) Very good
Banner of the Stars III (OAV) Very good
Battle Angel (OAV) Good
Battle Athletes (OAV)
Battle Royale (live-action movie) Good
Birth (OAV) Good
Black Magic M-66 (OAV)
Bocchi the Rock! (TV) Excellent
rated episode 1
(The) Boy Who Saw the Wind (movie)
Broken Down Film (movie)
Bubblegum Crisis (OAV) Good
Burn Up! (OAV)
Cannon Fodder (movie)
Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie Good
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (TV) Decent
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (movie 5)
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (movie 2)
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century (movie 3)
Castle in the Sky (movie) Masterpiece
(The) Cat Returns (movie) Good
Cat Soup (OAV) Very good
Chainsaw Man (TV) Excellent
rated episode 2
City Hunter (live-action movie 1992)
City Hunter: Bay City Wars (movie) Decent
City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy (movie) Decent
City Hunter: Secret Service (special)
City Hunter: The Motion Picture (special)
CLAMP in Wonderland (OAV) So-so
Cleopatra D.C. (OAV) Not really good
(The) Cockpit (OAV)
Comic Party (TV) Weak
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Excellent
Crest of the Stars (TV) Excellent
Crying Freeman (live-action movie)
(The) Dagger of Kamui (movie) Very good
Dead Leaves (OAV) Good
Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki! (OAV)
Desert Rose (OAV) So-so
Di Gi Charat - A Trip to the Planet (movie)
Dirty Pair (OAV)
Dirty Pair OAV 1
Dirty Pair OAV 2
Dirty Pair OAV 3
Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (OAV) Good
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (OAV) Decent
Dirty Pair: From Lovely Angels with Love (OAV)
Dirty Pair: Project Eden (movie) Very good
Do It Yourself!! (TV) Very good
rated episode 2
Dominion Tank Police (OAV) Decent
Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Dragon Half (OAV) Decent
Eat-Man '98 (TV) Good
Elementalors (OAV)
End of Summer (OAV)
(The) Fantastic Adventures of Unico (movie)
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
Fight! Iczer-One (OAV)
Figure 17 (TV) Very good
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (OAV) Decent
Fire Tripper (OAV) Decent
Fist of the North Star (movie)
FLCL (OAV) Very good
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) Very good
Fumoon (movie)
Galaxy Express 999 (movie)
Gauche the Cellist (movie) Very good
Genshiken (TV) Good
Ghiblies (special)
Ghost in the Shell (movie)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Good
Giant Robo (OAV) Excellent
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Masterpiece
Grrl Power (OAV) Good
GTO Drama Special (live-action special) Good
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action TV) Very good
GTO: The Movie (live-action movie) Decent
Gunbuster (OAV) Excellent
Gunsmith Cats (OAV) Good
Gurren Lagann (TV)
Here Is Greenwood (OAV) Good
(The) Heroic Legend of Arslan (OAV)
His and Her Circumstances (TV) Good
Honey and Clover (TV) Excellent
This is one of the few soap opera series I could fully immerse myself as an adult. It's not only very good production wisely spoken (detailed background art, pastel colors, attractive character designs and perfect use of j-pop/rock pieces), but the whole relationship and friendship-bonds between the characters feel very real. As an ex-echange student at an japanese university I could relate very good to the daily lives of the protagonists with their angsty mindset about their future and love-lives.
Honey and Clover II (TV) Very good
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Good
Iczer Reborn (OAV)
Iketeru Futari (TV) Decent
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki (TV) Decent
rated episode 1
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut (TV) Good
Jarinko Chie (movie) Very good
K.O. Beast (OAV) Decent
Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) Excellent
Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren (movie segment)
Kimagure Orange Road (TV) Good
Kimagure Orange Road (OAV) Good
Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special So-so
Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie Very good
Kujibiki Unbalance (OAV) Bad
(The) Laughing Target (OAV)
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (movie)
Little Women II Jo's Boys (TV) Good
Locke the Superman (movie)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (movie) Very good
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (movie) Very good
Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (movie)
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) Decent
Mao-chan (TV) Decent
Maris the Chojo (OAV)
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Good
It's not a masterpiece because the show doesn't really break new ground, but as a (love) comedy with lots of action, engaging (albeit a bit clichée) characters and very good key-animation scenes (see episode 12 for example), Suzumiya Haruhi is definitely recommended. Just ignore the Internet- buzz ;-)
Memories (movie) Very good
Mermaid Forest (TV)
Metropolis (movie) Excellent
Millennium Actress (movie) Excellent
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (OAV)
My Neighbor Totoro (movie) Excellent
My Senpai Is Annoying (TV) Decent
My-HiME (TV) Good
Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water (TV) Very good
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Excellent
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Excellent
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) Good
New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (movie) Good
Ocean Waves (movie) Very good
On Your Mark (movie) Very good
Only Yesterday (movie) Masterpiece
Otaku no Video (OAV) Very good
Outlanders (OAV) Decent
Patlabor 2: The Movie (movie 2) Masterpiece
Patlabor WXIII (movie 3) Good
Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1) Very good
Perfect Blue (movie)
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie)
Plastic Little (OAV) So-so
Please Save My Earth (OAV) Good
Please Teacher! (TV) Decent
Please Teacher! (OAV) Decent
Please Twins! (TV) So-so
Please Twins! (OAV) Weak
Pom Poko (movie) Excellent
Porco Rosso (movie) Excellent
Princess Mononoke (movie) Masterpiece
Project A-ko (movie) Very good
Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (OAV) Weak
Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (OAV) Decent
Project A-ko 4: Final (OAV) Decent
Puni Puni Poemy (OAV) Not really good
Queen Millennia Movie
RahXephon (TV) Very good
Powerful science fiction love story with engaging characters and emotional highlights. The metaphoric ending is one of the better ones out there leaving enough room to everyone's imagination and interpretation of the story as a whole. It's definitely not an Evangelion Clone and it isn't a "better" EVA either. It's simply a very good show on its own.
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (movie) Decent
Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine (movie) Good
Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV)
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie Excellent
Fantastic imaginery, lots of visual metaphors, a daring plot and a superb soundtrack make this an assault to the senses. Heavily recommended for people looking for a heavy symbolic coming-of-age story combined with strong and unique shoujoesque character designs. Not a movie for everyone, but one of my all-time favorite anime movies.
RG Veda (OAV)
Riding Bean (OAV)
Robot Carnival (OAV) Excellent
Roujin Z (movie)
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise (movie) Masterpiece
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Awful
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)
Sailor Moon (TV)
Sailor Moon R (TV)
Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Sailor Moon S (TV)
Sailor Moon S: The Movie
Sailor Moon SuperS Plus - Ami's First Love (special)
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie
Sakura Wars: The Movie
Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (TV) Good
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture 2
Slayers - The Motion Picture
Slayers Excellent (OAV)
Slayers Gorgeous (movie)
Slayers Great (movie)
Slayers Premium (movie)
Slayers Return (movie)
Sol Bianca (OAV)
Spirit Warrior (OAV)
Spirited Away (movie) Excellent
Spriggan (movie)
Spy×Family (TV) Very good
rated episode 1
Spy×Family (TV 2) Excellent
rated episode 14
Steamboy (movie) Good
Strawberry Marshmallow (TV) Good
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie) Very good
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (OAV) Good
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie (OAV)
Suzuka (TV) Not really good
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (TV) Good
Team Ranma vs. The Legendary Phoenix (movie)
Tekkonkinkreet (movie)
Tenchi Forever!: The Movie Very good
Tenchi Muyo! (OAV 1/1992)
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki (OAV 3/2003)
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OAV 2/1994)
Tenchi Muyo! The Night Before The Carnival (OAV)
Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love
Tenchi The Movie 2 - The Daughter of Darkness
Tokyo Babylon (OAV)
Tokyo Babylon 2 (OAV)
Tokyo Godfathers (movie) Excellent
Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue (special) Not really good
Trigun (TV) Good
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom
TWO-MIX: White Reflection (OAV Promo)
Ultimate Teacher (OAV) Not really good
Urusei Yatsura (TV 2022) Very good
rated episode 1
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (movie 6) Decent
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie 2) Masterpiece
Urusei Yatsura: Lum The Forever (movie 4) Good
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (movie 1) Very good
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love (movie 3) Good
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter (movie 5) Good
Ushio & Tora (OAV)
Ushio & Tora: Comically Deformed Theater (OAV)
Vampire Hunter D (OAV)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie)
Venus Wars (movie)
Video Girl Ai (OAV)
Video Girl Ai (live-action movie)
Volcano High (live-action movie) Decent
Wata no Kuni Hoshi (OAV) Very good
(The) Weathering Continent (movie) Good
Whisper of the Heart (movie) Very good
Wish (special)
X (movie) Weak
I have to admit: The visuals are very appealing. Very good cel animation and beautiful character designs. But the story ist just difficult to unterstand if you havent read the manga and the pacing is very rushed towards the end. Definitely something for Clamp fans.
X - X2 double X (OAV) Very good
Beautiful short clip with very high frame rate. The music by X-Japan fits like a glove. Give this clip a try, even if you're not a fan of clamp or shoujo/BL anime in general.
xxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream Good
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (OAV) Very good
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe (OAV) Good
You're Under Arrest (OAV)
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
Yume Senshi Wingman (TV) Decent