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Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) Good This would be one of the best harem romance shows ever...if it weren't for Aoi..I can't stand her guts. Seriously, what's the point of a harem anime if it's so painfully obvious who the main character's gonna end up with..?
Air (TV) Excellent Wheee....one the best new animes..sooo preeetttyyy..pretty pretty artwork, pretty pretty music, very bittersweet story. It'd be a masterpiece if the plot didn't get so messed up in the end...Seriously, the ending is so very..."WTF?".
Air (movie) Excellent Slightly different from the game and show. I actually like this version of the story, because it cuts out the side-stories and modifies the ending so it's much less confusing. Misuzu looks older, and Yukito looks younger, which is always a plus. The show seemed way too loli. Oh, for frustrated fangirls like myself: this version is much more romantic. ^_^
Angel Sanctuary (OAV) Very good Watched this a long time ago, so don't remember much. Hmm...pretty boys, incest, BL, gore..@@. I recall liking it...maybe...
(The) Animatrix (OAV) Good Is this even considered anime? Err..ok...it's a bunch of short animated stories. Some of them make absolutlely no sense.
Appleseed (movie) Good
Arjuna (TV) So-so GREENPEACE!!! This is THE show for Greenpeace freaks! Seriously! It starts out VERY cool, with crazy CG's and a sorta mysterious story...then the pacing gets slower..and slower...and..zzzzzz...very environmentalist. It does make you see the world and life itself in a whole different way though.
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) Good Hmm...cyber--...errr I forgot the term..uh..it's enteraining, but nothing too special. I found it be a little boring at times. Watch it if you enjoy looking at girls in bodysuits plunging their hands into the bodies of monsters and pulling their hearts out, or just sci-fi in general.
Canvas - Sepia-iro no Motif (OAV) Weak Dear god, this is like...soft porn. No one warned me..what the heck!?! Anyway, it's this simple love story about an artist and his annoying childhood friend whom he ends up sleeping with at the very end of episode two...*rolls eyes*
Chrono Crusade (TV) Excellent Whee...a nice show. Nice animation, nice story line, VERY nice characters. Has a mix of everything...action, romance, comedy, angst ...big boobs...>.>. The story gets confusing towards the end though, and yeah, it also has one of those "WTF?" endings.
D.C. ~Da Capo~ (TV) Very good Another harem romance! However, it's not (completely) ecchi. It's more of a fantasy, magic type show. The characters are great! Really lovable..EXCEPT the main female, Nemu. She's almost as bad as Aoi, but not quite. God, I wish she'd died..well good thing she doesn't come back in season two..heh.
D.N.Angel (TV) Very good Ahh..cute show. ^_^ It's one of the few shows where the main character actually ends up with the girl I want him to end up with, so yippiee..*ahem* Anyway, first half = boring, second half = awesome!! Most of the first half is fillers, but the real plot kicks in at around exactly episode 13! Pacing is overall good, nice action, cute romance, and great comedy. Mio <3 <3
Diamond Daydreams (TV) Excellent A very nice slice of life series. It's just so...touching! It's basically 6 short stories about love, friendship, life... One of the few shows that made me cry...
Elfen Lied (TV) Very good Gore, gore, gore...ecchi, more gore. I watched this after hearing from pretty much everyone how incredibly awesome it is. Ok, so...either they haven't watched too much anime, or they're just really sadistic and enjoy watching bodies blow up every 5 minutes. This show is GOOD, but really overrated...or maybe I was just expecting too much.
Escaflowne: The Movie Excellent Hmm...a 2 hour retelling of the 26-episode show..wow. Not bad, really. I vaguely remember it, but (I think) it was really good. Oh, and the ending song (Maaya Sakamoto - Yubiwa) is one of the best anime songs---ever---.
Excel Saga (TV) Good Random, crazy, crack, plotless..etc..etc. It's actually quite enjoyable, though. Just don't watch it all in one sitting. It might drive you nuts.
Fafner (TV) Excellent I don't care if everyone calls it a Eva-rip off because 1) I never finished Eva, 2) I don't like Eva, and 3) IMO, it's way better than Eva. The story is very deep and just...interesting without being too confusing or profound. Be warned though, it's one of the most depressing shows ever. Characters will drop like flies. They play a separate part of the ending song (angela - Separation ...very nice) for the episodes where someone dies, and trust me, towards the end you'll hear that portion of the song a LOT. Oh yeah and the characters look like Gundam Seed ones, which is always a plus.
Final Approach (TV) Good Another romantic comedy based on a ren'ai game...they make up their own genre, really. This series is super short. It's 12 13-minute episodes, so you'll never have to worry about pacing. There are some really funny moments, and some gutwrenching ones (Ok not really, I guess I was just feeling really sensitive or something..). BTW, I thought this was a sci-fi mecha show from the title.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Very good
FLCL (OAV) Good Omg, the ultimate "WTF?!" of all "WTF?!"s. You'll be screaming "WTF?!?!" every 5 minutes, seriously. It's very well done. The animation and music is like...amazing. I found it hard to enjoy though. It's just too messed up. It's another one of those "ritual animes" that every fan should watch just for the heck of exploring the um..."extremes" of anime.
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) Good Heheh, a very funny show. The opening song puts me to sleep. Tohru's annoying. The plot is so weird. It has no ending. It's one of those non-long-running shows based on a long-running manga, so obviously it has no ending. So all in all, very enjoyable as it is absolutely hilarious, but the lack of an ending is just well, bad.
Full Metal Panic! (TV) Very good Yummm...military shows..they always make me wanna join the army or something..anyways, GREAT show! It has pretty much um...everything. The only bad part is the inconsistent pacing. Sometimes it goes so fast, and other times you'd wanna check the seeking bar every 2 minutes.
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Good Sequel to FMP...ok not really. There's really no plot. It's just a bunch of side stories from the manga. It's really funny though, so yeah, if you like FMP, you'd be crazy not to watch this.
Full Moon o Sagashite (TV) Excellent Ahh..a young girl chasing her dreams..how sweet. WHAT she's gonna die?! NOOOO...!!! Err...anyways, this show fits in the category of semi-long-running show based on a long-running-manga-that-hasn't-ended-yet. Which means, in the beginning the show is very consistent with the manga, but at some point completely branches off. It's kinda interesting to see two ways of telling the story, though. Anyway...bittersweet story, and some good but wayyyyy overplayed Changin' My Life music. Ah...it warms my heart..
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Excellent An anime that fits in the same (long) category as the above. *sigh* I'm tired. It's good, ok? It annoys me that little boys are watching brutally cut, horribly dubbed versions of it on Cartoon Network though.
Galaxy Express 999 (movie) Good *vaguely remembers* However, I DO know that this is one of the most parodized animes of all time. Hehe, I know so much..
Generator Gawl (TV) Good *vaguely remembers* Ehh...bishis that can morph into ugly monsters. It's been years since I've seen this. I think it was good..? But Gawl should have ended up with that girl..errr whoever she was..
Ghost in the Shell (movie) So-so WAY_TOO_PROFOUND_CAN_NOT_COMPREHEND_ TERMINATE_BRAIN_ACTIVATE_SLEEP_MODE_
Gokudo (TV) Good *vaguely remembers* AHHH another show that I watched ages ago. I remember it as one of those "WTF but absolutely hilarious" shows. Oh yeah and it's based on the monkey king legend!! YAY! (To self: hence the "Goku", stupid..)
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Very good Haha, I'm gonna burn in hell for this, but I didn't cry watching this movie. I didn't even feel that much sympathy. Maybe because I was in a crappy mood, or maybe because I just hate little kids, but I really didn't feel anything from watching this.
Green Green (TV) Good God, this show is the ultimate in ecchi. It's another one of those "ritual animes" that you just have to watch to explore the extremes. Well, this is the extreme in sex without being hentai. It's just so perverted...BUT there is a nice guy amongst the dirty perverts! And whoo-hoo he's the main character! And so, beneath all that pervertedness is a nice love-triangle-ish love story..! ^_^
Green Green Thirteen: Erolutions (OAV) Decent Green Green has finally pushed it over the edge! This is...soft hentai! Meaning...they do it but no parts are shown. Sorta like a R-rated movie I guess. I like YusukexFutaba though, so it's more than tolerable...teehee.
Gunparade March (TV) Very good This is a very weird show. At some point it morphs from a sci-fi mecha action show to a...romantic comedy!?! *dies* Honesty, it would have worked much better as a 26-episode series, because the ending really didn't resolve anything.
.hack//SIGN (TV) So-so VERY VERY VERY GOOD....music.... Unfortunately, the plot is messed up, the main character's annoying as hell, and the pacing gets very sluggish. It did invoke an appetite for MMORPGS in me though ^_^;;.
Harmagedon (movie) So-so Old..old movie I got from the library a long time ago that I vaguely remember. I don't think I liked it much since it was so...well...old.
Hellsing (TV) Very good Haha...vampires, carnage, gore, maggots. Oh yes, I'll never forget the maggots. I liked it a lot back when I watched it, but I'll probably hate it now. I was so sadistic back then..*sigh*.
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Very good The latest Miyazaki film. Eh...like most of the newer ones, it's historical yet very supernatural. It's a love story between a egotistical magician and a young girl that turned into a old lady because of a fatass witch's curse. Weird? Yeah. Good? Very!
Ichigo 100% (TV) Good Like Fruits Basket, this show fits into the category of "No real ending since manga hasn't completed yet". Not only that, the animation is terrible for a very new show. Sometimes the characters look fat, sometimes chibi-fied from a distance. Oh, and the girls' breasts are WAY too big for 16-year-olds.
Infinite Ryvius (TV)
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OAV) Very good Pretty dark sci-fi/romance. Pretty depressing towards the end...ok, I won't ruin the ending. ^_^
Jikū Bōken Nūmamonjaa (OAV) Bad BAD BAD BAD!!! I love the game but this OAV is very very bad!! Seriously, just watch it. It's so bad it's like a ritual for anime fans to watch it.
Kanon (TV 1/2002)
Kanon Kazahana (special)
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (TV) Very good Yummy, vampires...oh and it's based on a ren'ai game! OMFG WTF?! I know...Fortunately it's more of a horror/supernatural/mystery story than a harem love story (although there is a slight hint of harem). Its story is very dark/mysterious. The ending is very bittersweet, though.
Mars Daybreak (TV) Excellent
Metropolis (movie) Good Futuristic, tons of CG's, puppy love story, blah. That's all I remember, unfortuately. I don't like the jazz music, it feels too...American. LOL.
Midori Days (TV) Excellent Omg one of THE funniest shows ever! It's so friggin hilarious! Well yeah it's a romantic comedy, a very weird one. I mean, a girl as your right hand. It doesn't get whackier than this (well, except FLCL, of course).
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (TV) Masterpiece Gundam Seed is NOT overrated because it deserves every word of praise it gets! I'm no robo freak but this show hooked me for like...5 days (the amount of time it took me to finish; considering that it's 50 episodes, I finished it pretty fast, which is a good sign). It's not your cheesy little boy Transformers show, it's actually more like...50% mecha action and 50% human drama. The characters and story is just amazing. Pacing is a bit slow at first but once you get absorbed into the story it accelerates like hell. Oh, and I'm a proud Athrun fangirl.
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (TV) Very good Oh, dear...a completely pointless second season. If they make yet another season of Seed I'm gonna shoot myself.
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed MSV Astray (OAV Promo) Good Uhh...not a real show. More like animated shorts based on the Astray manga. It's pointless to watch if you haven't read the manga.
My-HiME (TV) Excellent A great, fast-paced show! It's like...mecha meets magical girl. Wow! Action, comedy, romance, mecha, magic....what a weird mix. Who cares if it's weird as long as it kicks ass, and yes, it kicks a LOT of ass. There's some very cool plot twists, a lot of drama, and really good music (by the godly Yuki Kajiura)..another "you'd be crazy not to like" series.
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (TV) Good I remember this...vaguely. Oh yes...the first episode was scary..o.o. Eh, well it's your standard new, licensed anime. Comedy, action, supernatural, fantasy, cute characters, etc...Nothing too special, really. Oh and by the way, in real Norse mythology Freya was never in love with Loki!!
Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I Am the Hero! (OAV) So-so Pointless side story with no impact on the plot. Watch it if 1) you're a Narutard, or 2) you're just bored.
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow Not really good Bad...bad movie. Too much hype. Fukie is so damn annoying. Eh...who's gonna listen to me anyway; everyone's a damn Narutard.
Naruto: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover o Sagase (OAV) So-so Same as above. Oh, and I hate Konohamaru.
Perfect Blue (movie) Very good Disturbing...very disturbing indeed. A disturbing psycological thriller. I said disturbing 4 times already...so get the idea?
Phantom - The Animation (OAV) Good The game was...A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. This anime is...not. It's basically about 5% of the game story with some things added in/some things changed. A 3-episode OVA is definitely not enough to tell the masterpiece story of Phantom. They should have made a 26-episode series, instead. *sigh*. It doesn't contain even a fraction of the emotion in the game, so play the game instead! (Besides, they took away Reiji's sexiness...that's unforgivable!)
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) Very good VERY similar in animation style/music/pace to Hoshi no Koe. Well duh, it's made by the same production team. Like HnK, it's a sci-fi love story. The pacing is somewhat laggy and the settings are very..very..calm and serene. So basically, it's boring yet beautiful. Weird, I know.
Please Teacher! (TV) Excellent Haha, one of those ecchi romantic comedies that guys love...a total dork/loser falling in love with an uber sexy girl. Noo..Onegai Teacher isn't that mindless. It's actually quite dramatic, serious, and realistic, despite her being an alien...*sweatdrop*. Go in for a lesson about loooveee!! And bring some Pocky sticks!
Please Teacher! (OAV) Good Occurs after the actual show. Um...it's kinda unnecessary unless you want to learn about their sex life...LOL.
Please Twins! (TV) Excellent Another story that takes place in Onegai Teacher's world, so of course there are CAMEOS! I guess this story would be considered more "realistic" since it's about a twisted-slightly incestous love triangle rather than a love story between a boy that doesn't age occassionally and an alien teacher...
Prétear (TV) Excellent MAGICAL GIRL! BISHIS!! I hate those shows..>_>, but fortunately I love Pretear. For one thing, the main girl, unlike most other magical girls, actually kicks a lot of ass. It also has slight references to Cinderella and Snow White, which is nice. Lots of good monster mashing, comedy and romance. I love the theme of this series: love is the root of all evil. I can't agree more.
Princess Mononoke (movie) Masterpiece A classic. A masterpiece. The best Miyazaki film of all time. Watch it. Don't watch it dubbed. The main character's voice sucks dubbed.
Princess Tutu (TV) Excellent NOT a kiddie show. It's actually surprisingly dark-like a gothic German fairy tale. Or more like a finely orchestrated ballet. Either way, it's elegant yet funny and touching. Something kids and adults would enjoy.
RahXephon (TV) Very good Falls in the league of Eva-Rah-Fafner. Fafner's still my favorite of the three, but whatever. RahXephon isn't bad. It's very deep with some nice Aztec allusions. Do not mistake it for a mecha action, it's not. It's more of a romantic, psychological, sci-fi fantasy...if that makes any sense at all.
Record of Lodoss War (OAV) Good Don't remember it much. It's like the anime Lord of the Rings. Lol...seriously. Complete with the human x elf relationship!
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie Very good Hmm...interesing...yuri. I don't like yuri much..oh well, the animation's very nice, and I DO like swords. ^_^. Excuse the yuri.
Ruin Explorers - Fam & Ihrie (OAV) Good See Gokudo.
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Masterpiece The best, most dramatic yet realistic romance series ever..! And to think, it's based on a ren'ai game (shows based on those usually really suck)! Beautiful, tragic, touching...it's simply put, AWESOME! A must watch!
Samurai Deeper Kyo (TV) Good Another incredibly superficial show. Fighting, fighting, more fighting. Shiny swords are nice, though. The ambiguity of the ending haunts me to this very day.
Scrapped Princess (TV) Very good Ok...the plot/storyline is very nicely done, interesting and in-depth. However, they talk too friggin much!! Well, it's probably necessary for such an intricate storyline, but it gets very boring. The action scenes, however (when you get to them after a few hundred years of dialogue), are simply amazing!
She, The Ultimate Weapon (TV) Excellent THE offical "most depressing anime" ever. I mean, seriously. It's a mature, futuristic, sci-fi war drama/love story. If you don't think war is depressing, watch this! It's so much more powerful than Grave of the Fireflies.
Slayers - The Motion Picture Good See Gokudo and Ruin Explorers. Funny, stupid plot..etc.
Spiral (TV) Very good Very cool series about logic/reasoning/solving mysteries. There's good guys and bad guys, but you don't fight with fists, no no no..you fight with BRAINPOWER! Yeah go nerds!!! *ahem* anyways, watch this if you're sick of too many action series. The ending is horrible, though. It's not much of an ending anyway, since there were MANY unanswered questions.
Spirited Away (movie) Excellent Oh what the heck, everyone's seen it already.
Strawberry Eggs (TV) Decent Romantic comedy!! Everyone loves these, right? Ok, this one's a bit disturbing. The plot's disturbing enough, but the fact that the main character looks so good as a crossdresser is even more disturbing. Um..try it if you want to watch a..different and...innovative love story...
Tekken: The Motion Picture (OAV) Bad BOXING KANGAROO!!!
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) Very good Haha..."guy finds alien pink haired show with a sweet side and a destructive side, while his cousin who is secretly in love with him is dying of jealously" Sound familiar, YES it's straight out of ELFEN LIED!! Minus the gore of course. Basically, a more romantic, MUCH more tame version of Elfen Lied.
Tokyo Underground (TV) Excellent Light-hearted, fast-paced, and very funny! A highly enjoyable show. There's a difference between "good" and "enjoyable". I wouldn't consider it a masterpiece, but sometimes you just need a break from the deep stuff.
Trigun (TV) Excellent One of those shows that "everyone loves and damn straight they should". Another true classic. It's hilarious yet tragic at times..made me cry. *curses* Eh well, everyone's seen it already, so if you haven't, you're weird.
Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni - Operation Sanctuary (TV) Decent Lol, well the story doesn't kick in until episode 9 or so. Honestly, it'd be much better without a story. You'll see why. *snicker*
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) Excellent Yummy...more vampires. A fun movie to watch when you're in a dark/gothic mood (if that even exists). Either that if you're interested in um...interracial relationships. *cough* Too bad you're forced to watch it DUBBED.
Vandread (TV) Excellent
Vandread: The Second Stage (TV) Very good
(The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) Excellent A strange show...it's like..a shoujo mecha. It's mostly mecha action + romance, something that guys and gals will like. A true classic.
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) Excellent It's actually extremely emotional for a 23-minute OVA. A bittersweet love story...Only thing to keep in mind is to not expect too much, you might be disappointed (since everyone's crazy about it). Its theme is similar to Vision of Escaflowne's, which is love that transcends space and time.
Whisper of the Heart (movie) Very good A sweet Miyazaki film. It's a puppy-love story about chasing dreams..etc. Unlike his recent films this one is more mundane. It deals with everyday activities (only exception is the dream sequences) instead of the recent supernatural themes. I didn't really like the ending, though. It's sort of...incomplete.
Yumeria (TV) Very good *spits milk* Mwahahaha....a very funny and perverted show. The story is so stupid ("touching" girls to give them powers?) but it's a comedy anyway so it doesn't really matter. I don't know what else to say..it's just really funny. Watch it!