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Ah! My Goddess (TV)Good
Ah! My Goddess: The MovieGood
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV)Very good
Antique Bakery (TV)ExcellentReally well done and sticks pretty closely to the manga story. Some people were bothered by the CG animation backgrounds, but I didn't mind, especially since the manga-ka does very limited background art. I love Ono; he's so cute!
Aquarian Age - Sign for Evolution (TV)DecentEh. The band's music was TERRIBLE. Action scenes were fun though. And the soundtrack (minus band songs) is pretty awesome.
Azumanga Daioh (TV)MasterpieceOne of my favorite series of all time. Great school comedy with hilariously memorable characters.
Baccano! (TV)ExcellentUnique setting in 1930s America and great animation. Bloody violent. Literally.
Basilisk (TV)Very goodCompletely predictable R&J type anime. But ninja magic powers are fun.
Batman: Gotham Knight (movie)GoodMix of good and simply all right. I do appreciate them keeping the original B:TAS VA for Bruce.
Big Windup! (TV)Excellent
Big Windup! Season 2 (TV)Excellent
Black Lagoon (TV)Very goodVery good action anime with modern day pirates.
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV)ExcellentAn even better second season with creepy "vampire" twincest and simply kickass gun-toting nuns. Also a trip for Rock back home to Japan that doesn't really go all that well.
Bunny Drop (TV)Masterpiece
Cardcaptor Sakura (TV)Very goodDrags a little long in some places with filler, but a really adorable children's anime without being over the top cutesy.
Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed CardGood
Cardcaptor Sakura: The MovieGood
Ceres, Celestial Legend (TV)DecentBloody violent anime, especially shocking after watching not nearly as violent Fushigi Yuugi. Also creepy incest. Yech.
Chihayafuru (TV)Masterpiece
Chocolate Underground (ONA)Decent
Cowboy Bebop (TV)ExcellentA classic, must-see anime.
Cowboy Bebop: The MovieVery good
Cross Game (TV)Masterpiece
D.N.Angel (TV)GoodBishie eye candy that I almost dropped in the middle due to episodic plots, but am glad I stuck it out through because the friendship developments that come later on are really well done.
Densha Otoko (live-action movie)Good
Descendants of Darkness (TV)DecentEhhhhhhhh... shounen-ai, of sorts... but it didn't really keep me interested. However, watching the dub provided no end of hilarity with the terrible voice acting and actor choice.
Detroit Metal City (OAV)ExcellentFabulously crude and hilarious. Totally ruined my vocabulary for the time being with all the cussing. Marathoned this and laughed all night. Don't be eating during any "Demon Jewel" scenes, btw.
Eden of the East (TV)Good
Emma: A Victorian Romance (TV)MasterpieceAbsolutely beautiful story of an upstairs/downstairs relationship in Victorian England, of all places. Stunning detail. A lot of love went into this anime.
Fake (OAV)GoodThis needs to be expanded into a real series. It would be SO much better. One of my favorite manga, and they took the least interesting, most blah storyline out of it.
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001)ExcellentAnother classic, must-see. Pretty boys, great story, cute animals, good humor, and just a very touching anime.
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)Masterpiece
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of ShamballaVery good
Fushigi Yugi (TV)Very good
Fushigi Yugi (OAV)Decent
Fushigi Yugi (OAV 2)Decent
Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV)Decent
Genshiken (TV)Good
Getbackers (TV)Good
Ghost Hunt (TV)Very good
Giant Killing (TV)Excellent
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love (OAV)So-so
Haibane Renmei (TV)Excellent
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV)ExcellentA highly enjoyable additional season to HnI/Fighting Spirit. The latter half of the series though focused entirely on Takamura, so Ippo fans may be disappointed.
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (TV)MasterpieceA shocker. I really thought I would hate it, and it currently ranks number one on my anime. Ippo is amazing. Fighting music is awesome. Sat on the edge of my seat during some fights. Some people may get turned off by the animation style, but it really does suit the boxing gym characters.
Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow (TV)Excellent
Hatsukoi Limited (TV)ExcellentA surprisingly fun ecchi high school romance. Normally avoid ecchi like the plague, but the situations were so funny and felt mostly real, and the characters interesting, that the fanservice was only a minor annoyance. A very pretty anime, too, with a soft palette, and the characters are very distinctive looking.
Hellsing (TV)GoodLiked the first half, didn't like the second half so much. Found out later, second half was not canon. Enjoying the OAVs a lot more, plus the animation is better in the OAV.
Here Is Greenwood (OAV)Very good
Honey and Clover (live-action movie)Decent
House of Five Leaves (TV)Excellent
Initial D (TV)Very good
INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (movie)Very good
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie)So-so
Jormungand (TV)Good
Kaleido Star (TV)Excellent
Kids on the Slope (TV)
Kino's Journey (TV)Very good
Kirepapa (OAV)Good
Kuroko's Basketball (TV)Excellent
Last Exile (TV)Masterpiece
Library War (TV)Excellent
Lovely Complex (TV)Very good
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV)Very good
Magic User's Club! (TV)Good
Magic User's Club! (OAV)Very good
Maid Sama! (TV)Very good
Midori Days (TV)Very good
Mirage of Blaze (TV)Decent
Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge (OAV)Decent
Mononoke (TV)MasterpieceThe Medicine Seller returns from Bakeneko/Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales in five more short arcs with more exquisitely lovely paper art.
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV)Masterpiece
Moyashimon (TV)Excellent
Moyashimon Returns (TV)Very good
Mushi-Shi (TV)ExcellentUtterly gorgeous relaxing anime about a man who travels around collecting various "spirits" or helping people escape/deal with the effects of them. Hard to marathon, easier to watch 1-2 eps. at a time.
My Little Monster (TV)Very good
My Neighbor Totoro (movie)Very good
My-HiME (TV)Excellent
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (TV)Very goodPretty good magical boy anime. And I like the incorporation of Norse mythology.
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV)Very good
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 2)Very good
Natsuyuki Rendezvous (TV)Weak
Ninja Scroll (movie)So-so
Noir (TV)Good
Occult Academy (TV)Decent
Oh My Goddess! (OAV)Good
Oreimo (TV)Not really goodOverall this was rated Not Really Good because I loved half of it and despised half of it. It also ended up in the not worth buying side because there's just too much bad over the good. Loved the otaku fandom jokes. Hated the sis-con crap.
Ouran High School Host Club (TV)MasterpieceSatirizes the bishie/reverse harem anime splendidly. I loved Haruhi, the anti-stereotypical female lead amidst a sea of beautiful, silly men.
Outlaw Star (TV)Very good
Paprika (movie)Very good
Paradise Kiss (TV)Very good
Paranoia Agent (TV)Very good
Ping Pong (live-action movie)Excellent
Prétear (TV)So-so
Princess Jellyfish (TV)Excellent
Princess Mononoke (movie)Excellent
Princess Nine (TV)Excellent
Princess Tutu (TV)Masterpiece
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV)Masterpiece
R.O.D -The TV-Very good
RahXephon (TV)MasterpieceComplex, beautiful, and above all, a love story. I normally find mecha very uninteresting, but RahXephon managed to snag a top 5 spot of my all time favorites. Episode 19 will rip you apart.
Ramen Fighter Miki (TV)Good
Ranma ½ OAVGood
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (movie)Good
Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine (movie)Good
Rayearth (OAV)Not really good
Read or Die (OAV)ExcellentIt's ME. With magic paper powers. I can't help but love this anime.
Redline (movie)
Rideback (TV)Very good
Ristorante Paradiso (TV)Very good
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)Masterpiece
Salaryman Kintaro (TV)GoodActually would've rated it higher, except the whole mother/daughter fighting over Kintaro, with the daughter being 14, and then having the daughter be a nude model and having salarymen drool all over her completely put me off the anime. I managed to finish it out, but by the end, I had sort of lost all interest and stopped rooting for Kintaro. In a weird way, it was almost a harem anime for adults with all the women fighting for Kintaro's affections.
Samurai Champloo (TV)Masterpiece
Say "I love you." (TV)Good
Scrapped Princess (TV)Very good
Sensitive Pornograph (OAV)Not really good
Serial Experiments Lain (TV)Very good
Shonen Onmyouji (TV)Very goodSo glad they decided to finish releasing this in the US. IIRC, this was marketed as shounen-ai-ish, but it really isn't. It's a story about friendship, even if the anime is full of bishounen spirit guardians. I really enjoyed this anime.
Skip Beat! (TV)Excellent
Sorcerer Hunters (TV)So-so
Soul Eater (TV)Very good
Spirited Away (movie)Excellent
Super GALS! (TV)Very good
Taisho Baseball Girls (TV)Very good
Tokyo Babylon (OAV)Not really good
Tokyo Babylon 2 (OAV)Not really good
Tokyo Godfathers (movie)Very good
Toradora! (TV)MasterpiecePossibly the best romantic comedy anime ever made. Unpredictable, amazingly real, complex characters, non-stereotypical behavior and story. I probably cried as much as I laughed.
Transformers (U.S. TV)Very good
(The) Transformers: The Movie (U.S. movie)Good
Trigun (TV)Very good
Trinity Blood (TV)Good
tsuritama (TV)
(The) Twelve Kingdoms (TV)Excellent
Witch Hunter Robin (TV)Good
X (movie)Decent
X (TV)Very good
Yakitate!! Japan (TV)Excellent