| Seen all | Rating |
| Aa Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa (special) | Good |
| Ace wo Nerae! (live-action TV [2004]) | Good |
| After War Gundam X (TV) | Decent |
| Ah! My Goddess (TV) | Very good |
| Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (TV) | Good |
| Ah! My Goddess: The Movie | Good |
| Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) | Decent |
| Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV) | So-so |
| Akira (movie) | Good (dub & sub) |
| Animation Runner Kuromi (OAV) | Good |
| Appleseed (movie) | Good |
| Armitage III (OAV) | Good |
| Attack No. 1 (live-action TV drama) | Decent |
| Ayane's High Kick (OAV) | So-so |
| Azumanga Daioh (TV) | Excellent |
| Nothing flashy or fancy, but it gets crazy at times. A great school comedy. |
| Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (TV) | Decent |
| Banner of the Stars (TV) | Good |
| Banner of the Stars II (TV) | Good |
| Banner of the Stars III (OAV) | Very good |
| Barefoot Gen (movie) | Decent |
| Battle Angel (OAV) | Good |
| Battle Royale (live-action movie) | Decent |
| This movie is worth watching if just for the scene where the four girls kill each other in the lighthouse. |
| BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV) | Very good |
| This is one of only two series that can think of that I've seen that has absolutely no explosions. The pacing is kind of slow, but I think that kind of helps to show that it's a bit more realistic than most anime. |
| Best Student Council (TV) | Good |
| Black Blood Brothers (TV) | Good |
| Black Cat (TV) | Decent |
| Black Lagoon (TV) | Good |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV) | Good |
| Blade of the Phantom Master (movie) | Good |
| Blood+ (TV) | Good |
| Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (TV) | Good |
| This would have a higher rating if it was only based on the first episode. |
| Bubblegum Crisis (OAV) | Very good |
| Everyone should see this dark sci-fi classic. |
| Buso Renkin (TV) | So-so |
| Chrono Crusade (TV) | Very good |
| The last third or so of this series really clinched it for me. It's a crazy emotional trip toward the end. |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) | Good |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) | Good |
| Cowboy Bebop (TV) | Masterpiece (dub & sub) |
| You'll notice that this is one of only TWO titles out of 200+ that I've seen in part or in whole that I've given a Masterpiece rating. If that doesn't show you how good I think it is, I don't know what will. |
| Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Very good (sub), Excellent (dub) |
| Honestly, I think Cowboy Bebop is best watched in English. Maybe it's because of the Western (global Western, not U.S. Western) style of the whole thing. Also, the sub script for the movie is pretty bland compared to the dub. |
| Crest of the Stars (TV) | Very good |
| Death Note (TV) | Good |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: The Deadzone | Not really good |
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might | So-so |
| Elfen Lied (TV) | Very good |
| Show starts with graphically severing limbs and exploding heads. Show progresses into harem territory. Show resolves with romantic drama. Why these elements work together as well as they do, I have no idea. |
| Ergo Proxy (TV) | So-so |
| Escaflowne: The Movie | Not really good |
| The movie really doesn't retain the same feel as the series at all. It's almost as if the story was changed at it's very foundation. Nothing in the movie functions like it does in the series. I really don't have much good to say about this one. |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone (movie) | Very good |
| Excel Saga (TV) | Excellent |
| WARNING! May cause your brain to explode! More seriously, it would have been better without the two dog episodes. But they even managed to make the re-cap episode absolutely hilarious and worth watching. I'd recommend watching a good amount of 80s and 90s anime before watching this one though. And you should definitely watch some of the first season of Fist Of The North Star if you want to have any idea of what's going on at the end. |
| Fafner (TV) | Decent |
| Fate/stay night (TV) | Good |
| Fist of the North Star (TV) | Decent |
| FLCL (OAV) | Excellent |
| Kamon (Naota's Dad):"Naota. Tell me already. What does FLCL mean?" Naota: "I dunno." Kamon:"C'mon! There's no way the main character wouldn't know." Shigekuni (Naota's Grandpa):"We won't get mad. Tell us!" Naota: "You too, grandpa? It doesn't matter what FLCL is." |
| Full Metal Panic! (TV) | Excellent (dub & sub) |
| I'll admit, I don't think Full Metal Panic! is the best anime that I've ever seen. It is, however, by far, my favorite. It was the first series that I started buying without having seen any of it at all, and I fell in love with it right away. Great mix of action, comedy, and romance. |
| Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) | Excellent |
| Rather than write up some comments here, I'll just link to my post in the forum about it. |
| Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OAV) | Good |
| Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) | Excellent (dub & sub) |
| If the first season hadn't completely confirmed my love of FMP, this one definitely did. No arm slaves in this one. The story deviates from the main plot and instead tells some side stories that give us some idea of normal life at Jindai High. Don't expect normal life at Jindai to be normal though. And don't think that because there aren't any arm slaves that there isn't plenty of action. Kaname's expressions in the last episode are priceless. Great follow up to the first series. |
| Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) | Very good |
| Gekiganger 3 (OAV) | So-so |
| Ghost Hunt (TV) | Good |
| Ghost in the Shell (movie) | So-so |
| (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) | Decent |
| Goku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (OAV) | Good |
| Gokusen (live-action TV) | Good |
| Gokusen (live-action TV 2) | Good |
| Gokusen (live-action TV 3) | Decent |
| Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi (live-action) | Decent |
| Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) | Very good |
| Make sure that you watch the anime before the live-action version. Why? Because the live-action version, which actually preceded the anime, is so much better. The anime is very good, but it still can't match the live-action show. |
| GTO Drama Special (live-action) | Excellent |
| GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action TV) | Excellent |
| You have to watch this show at least once in your lifetime. This show is absolutely amazing. |
| GTO: The Movie (live-action) | Good |
| I think they just made the movie to milk some more money off of the franchise. It's really nothing special, and doesn't add much to the GTO franchise. But if you want to know what that phone call was about at the end of the TV special, then you should probably watch this. |
| Gunbuster (OAV) | Good |
| Gunbuster 2 (OAV) | Good |
| .Hack//Liminality (OAV) | Decent |
| .Hack//SIGN (TV) | Decent |
| Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (TV) | Good |
| Hataraki Man (TV) | Decent |
| Hayate the Combat Butler (TV) | Good |
| Hayate the Combat Butler!! (OAV) | Decent |
| Hayate the Combat Butler!! (TV) | Good |
| Hell Girl (TV) | Good |
| Hellsing (TV) | Very good |
| Higurashi no Naku Koroni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (OAV) | Decent |
| Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai (TV) | Very good |
| His and Her Circumstances (TV) | Very good |
| This is a great show when the production team is doing it properly. If you don't want to be left with a bad impression of it though, stop watching a few episodes before the end. Evangelion had more of a proper ending than this. |
| Hitsuji no Uta (OAV) | So-so |
| Honey and Clover (TV) | Very good |
| Honey and Clover II (TV) | Very good |
| Hoshizora Kiseki (ONA) | Decent |
| I''s Pure (OAV) | Decent |
| INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (movie) | Decent |
| Inuyasha (TV) | Decent |
| After watching it once, I don't think I want to see it ever again. Not that it's bad, but it just drags on and on and doesn't really go anywhere. |
| Inuyasha Meguri Au Mae no Unmei Koiuta (special) | Decent |
| Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | Decent |
| InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler | Good |
| This is probably the best of the Inuyasha movies if only because rather than being more like a side story, it actually adds something new by exploring the past of some of the main characters. Definitely recommended for fans of the series. |
| Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time | Decent |
| Iria - Zeiram the Animation (OAV) | Good |
| Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OAV) | Very good |
| Itazura na Kiss (TV) | Decent |
| Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (TV) | Good |
| Kakurenbo (movie) | So-so |
| Kiddy Grade (TV) | Decent |
| Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren (movie segment) | Good |
| Kimikiss pure rouge (TV) | Good |
| Last Exile (TV) | Good |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) | Masterpiece |
| This is the second of only TWO titles out of the 200+ that I've seen in part or in whole that I've given a Masterpiece rating. Dare I even say that this one is even better than the other Masterpiece. For some reason, I could never watch less than five episodes at a time. This is NOT your average boring sci-fi political action drama (coughGundamWingcough). I can't recommend LOGH enough. If you can get past the first episodes where you're being bombarded with new characters and thrown right into the middle of a huge war, then you will definitely get drawn into the world of this show. You might even lose some sense of reality in the process. If you find that you can't watch this show for less than an hour at a time once it gets going, don't say I didn't warn you. |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (OAV) | Very good |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (movie) | Good |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (movie) | Very good |
| Love Hina (TV) | Decent |
| Love Hina Again (OAV) | Decent |
| Love Hina Spring Special - I wish Your Dream | Decent |
| Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve | Good |
| Lupin III (TV) | Very good |
| Lupin III: Angel Tactics (special) | Decent |
| Lupin III: Dead or Alive (movie) | Good |
| Lupin III: Dragon of Doom (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Episode 0 'First Contact' (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Green vs Red (OAV) | So-so |
| Lupin III: Island of Assassins (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Return of Pycal (OAV) | Weak |
| Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody (special) | Decent |
| Lupin III: Stolen Lupin (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night ~Mahō no Lamp wa Akumu no Yokan~ (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (movie) | Excellent |
| Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (movie) | Very good |
| Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (special) | Good |
| Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo (movie) | Decent |
| Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (movie) | Very good |
| Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (OAV) | Very good |
| Macross 7 (TV) | |
| Macross 7 Encore (OAV) | Decent |
| Macross 7 the Movie: The Galaxy's Calling Me! | Decent |
| Macross Dynamite 7 (OAV) | Decent |
| Macross Frontier (TV) | Good |
| Macross Plus (OAV) | Good |
| Macross Zero (OAV) | Good |
| After watching this, I must say that its only ties to the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross are the mech/uniform designs, Roy Focker, and the name of the OVA. Although it purports to be a sequel to SDF Macross, it turns the entire idea of "Protoculture" into something more akin to Native American mythology in an attempt to make the story seem more grandiose. They also suggested that someone had come up with a theory on "Protoculture" before the Zentradi even came around. It's obvious that in the main series, no one on Earth had even heard of the idea of "Protoculture," let alone the specific term. Setting these issues aside, the OVA looks very nice, although I still don't really like the combination of 2D and 3D animation. The two styles always seem to clash with each other. The story, however flawed, is also told well, which is more important than whether it follows the tradtition of the original or not. |
| Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) | Good |
| Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2) | Good |
| Martian Successor Nadesico (TV) | Very good |
| Great action/comedy that parodies tons of the conventions of mecha anime while still providing a serious plot on its own. |
| Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness | Good |
| (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) | Excellent |
| (The) Melody of Oblivion (TV) | Good |
| Some have called this a typical shounen action show. I can't help but disagree. This show feels weird. It's kind of disorienting like the Utena movie. It's definitely worth watching. |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OAV) | Good |
| Monster (TV) | Very good |
| Mushi-Shi (TV) | Good |
| My-HiME (TV) | Good |
| NANA (TV) | Good |
| Naruto Special: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover wo Sagase (OAV) | So-so |
| Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (OAV) | Decent |
| Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow | Decent |
| Natsu no Arashi! (TV) | Good |
| Natsuki Crisis (OAV) | Decent |
| My initial impression after seeing the first episode was, "Wow, this show is not good!" But even while thinking that, I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face. It's a ridiculous high school fighting anime. Not even 10 minutes in, the main character is attacked by a band of faceless fighters from the rival school's wrestling club. Character development takes a backseat to the thin plot and fight scenes. And yet, there's a certain charm that largely comes through the always upbeat female lead and her interactions with her new friend, who recently transferred from the rival school. With only two episodes, there isn't a whole lot of time for the charm to wear off, but there also isn't enough time for the full plot to develop or conclude. I'm guessing this was an OVA made primarily for fans of the manga, as the manga has 18 volumes. Overall, it's a decent watch if you're willing to get sucked in laugh at the ridiculousness. |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) | Excellent |
| This is a series that, for better or worse, changed the mecha genre of anime forever. As an anime fan, you owe it to yourself to see this series at least once, whether you like it or not. |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) | Good |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) | Very good |
| Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament (TV) | Decent |
| Overall, this is a decent series. The major problem that it has, however, is that it can't quite decide which direction it wants to go. Several potential storylines were introduced, but it never completely followed through on any of them. Perhaps if it had been longer, then the series could have properly explored these other possibilities further. |
| Nodame Cantabile (TV) | Good |
| Nodame Cantabile: Paris (TV) | Good |
| Oh My Goddess! (OAV) | Very good |
| Outlaw Star (TV) | Very good |
| Paranoia Agent (TV) | Decent |
| This show is an odd one. It would be better if the episodes in the middle that constitute about half of the series weren't bogged down with filler. Did I mention that the show is only 12 episodes long? |
| Pilot Candidate (TV) | So-so |
| Planetes (TV) | Very good |
| Some may consider space to be the final frontier, but, seriously, there's a long way to go between where we are now and where sci-fi writers generally think we could be in the distant future. Planetes takes a look at the not-so distant future where we see the very beginnings of space colonization. This is not, however, some heroic sci-fi fantasy tale. The main characters of this show are in the Debris section of a private company. In other words, they are trash collectors in space. Garbage men. Space travel is pretty glamorous, eh? |
| Please Teacher! (TV) | Decent |
| Please Teacher! (OAV) | Not really good |
| Please Twins! (TV) | Not really good |
| I can't understand why I watched this. Avoid it. Please. For your own good. I want those hours of my life back. But it's too late for me. Save yourself. |
| Pumpkin Scissors (TV) | Good |
| R.O.D -The TV- | Decent |
| RahXephon (TV) | Excellent |
| People like to call this one an Evangelion clone. While they do share some degree of similarity, RahXephon is far from being a clone. Evangelion rewrote a lot of the rules. Of course a show that had such a large impact would have an influence on what came after it. RahXephon is a great show on its own merits and, in my opinion, is even better than Evangelion. |
| RahXephon OVA | So-so |
| RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (movie) | Very good |
| Ramen Fighter Miki (TV) | Decent |
| Ray (TV) | Decent |
| Read or Die (OAV) | So-so |
| REC (TV) | Good |
| Record of Lodoss War (OAV) | Good |
| You get a swordsman, an elf, a dwarf, a priest, a wizard, and a Thief. It kind of sucks that you can't choose your initial party or set the initial character stats, but there are plenty of opportunities for leveling up. Oh wait, this is an anime? |
| Requiem from the Darkness (TV) | Very good |
| Dark horror series with a pretty unique look and feel. Definitely a good one to watch. |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) | Very good |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie | Good |
| This movie is very odd. The visuals are somewhat disorienting. You might need to watch it a couple of times so you can get used to it and figure out just what is going on. I'm not a big fan of the shoujo-ai undertones. |
| Rumbling Hearts (TV) | Decent |
| I knew from the very beginning of the show what it would be like. And I was absolutely right. Standard personality deficient but nice guy male lead and tsundere girl like each other but won't admit it. Moe girl likes Mr. Bland and does the whole confession thing. The two start dating even though he doesn't actually like her that much. Angst ensues. The series would have been better off if it had been cut to four episodes because the angst in the middle is pretty pointless. It's not a bad series, but I don't think it's nearly as good as some people say it is. |
| Rurouni Kenshin (TV) | Very good |
| It might be too early to call this one a classic, but it is certainly among the best samurai shows out there. |
| S-CRY-ed (TV) | So-so |
| This show is pretty narrowly focused and gets boring after a while. |
| S.A (TV) | Good |
| Samurai 7 (TV) | Good |
| Samurai Champloo (TV) | Very good |
| From the creator of Cowboy Bebop comes a hip-hop themed samurai series. Did they even have hip-hop in Japan in the Edo period? |
| Samurai X: Reflection (OAV) | Decent |
| Samurai X: The Motion Picture | Good |
| Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) | Excellent |
| Much more serious than the TV series. This is a must-see title whether you're a fan of the TV series or not. |
| Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (TV) | Very good |
| School Rumble (TV) | Excellent |
| On the surface, this might look like an average school comedy. This couldn't possibly be further from the truth. If you're looking for deep character development and proper resolution of...um...anything, then you're in the wrong place. The show starts with a simple love triangle, or at least, the idea of the love triangle is simple. However, the show is at it's best when it starts to drift away from that triangle. Much hilarity ensues. You need to see this show. |
| School Rumble: 2nd Semester (TV) | Excellent |
| School Rumble: Extra Class (OAV) | Excellent |
| Scrapped Princess (TV) | Good |
| Serial Experiments Lain (TV) | Decent |
| Skip Beat! (TV) | Good |
| Slayers (TV) | Very good (dub & sub) |
| Slayers Next (TV) | Very good |
| Slayers Revolution (TV) | Decent |
| Slayers Try (TV) | Good |
| If you're planning on watching all three Slayers series, I don't recommend watching them all back to back. Give yourself a few weeks or months in between each one. By the time you get to this, the third series, it might feel like the story has been dragging on and on forever. And it doesn't help that this one isn't quite up to par with the other two. |
| Sokyuu no Fafner - Single Program - Right of Left- (special) | Decent |
| Sola (TV) | Decent |
| Spice and Wolf (TV) | Good |
| Spiral (TV) | Good |
| Star Blazers: The Comet Empire (TV) | So-so |
| Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (TV) | Decent |
| Starship Operators (TV) | Good |
| (The) Story of Saiunkoku (TV) | Good |
| (The) Story of Saiunkoku Second Series (TV) | Good |
| Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (TV) | Decent |
| (The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV) | Excellent |
| Classic mecha series. And since Macross seems to be the only part of Robotech that anyone remembers anyway, why not watch the original instead of the version that was butchered for Robotech? |
| (The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie) | Very good |
| Alternate and condensed re-telling of the original Super Dimension Macross series. So much stuff was changed that I really didn't want to like it. I tried pretty hard not to like it. All of my efforts failed though. If you haven't seen the series, though, you're going to be pretty confused as they don't explain much about what's going on to begin with. It should be enjoyable for fans of the series, though. |
| Suzuka (TV) | Good |
| Tales of Agriculture (TV) | Good |
| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OAV) | Very good |
| Without Tenchi Muyo, there would be no Love Hina or all of its followers. Whether that's a good thing or not is up to you. |
| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OAV 2 | Very good |
| Tenchi Muyo! The Night Before The Carnival (OAV) | Good |
| (The) Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (TV) | Good |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) | Decent |
| Touch (TV) | Very good |
| Touch: Are kara, Kimi wa... - Miss Lonely Yesterday - (special) | Good |
| Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue (special) | Good |
| Toward the Terra (TV) | Decent |
| Trick (live-action TV) | Very good |
| Trick2 (live-action TV) | Very good |
| Trigun (TV) | Excellent (dub & sub) |
| This is a great series. Chances are that you've seen it or heard of it already. If you haven't seen it, you really should. |
| Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE The Movie: Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom | Decent |
| Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (TV) | Very good |
| I was disappointed when I found out that this was based on an H-game. But it's really good. Give it a chance at least once. |
| Tytania (TV) | Good |
| Urban Square - Kouhaku no Tsuigeki (OAV) | So-so |
| Vampire Hunter D (OAV) | Good (dub & sub) |
| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) | Good |
| Ironically, VHD Bloodlust has quite a bit less blood than the original VHD. |
| Vandread (TV) | So-so |
| Vandread: The Second Stage (TV) | So-so |
| (The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) | Very good |
| Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) | So-so |
| It's a nice little story. It's very good for being an independent project. The creator only worked with a few other people and made it without the help of a large studio. However, I can't bring myself to understand the hype around it. It seems heavily inspired by Top wo Nerae (Gunbuster), but it's really only about the two characters who are separated by time and space. If you want to see a guy and a girl say "I wish you were here" for 20 minutes or so, then give it a try. Otherwise, you might want to spend your time differently. |
| Welcome to the NHK (TV) | Good |
| When They Cry - Higurashi (TV) | Very good |
| (The) Wings of Honneamise (movie) | Good |
| Witch Hunter Robin (TV) | Decent |
| X (TV) | Good |
| X OAV | So-so |
| XXXHOLiC (TV) | Good |
| Yakitate!! Japan (TV) | Very good |
| Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (TV) | Good |
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