| Seen all▲▼ | Rating▲▼ | Comment▲▼ |
| 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) | Excellent | A well done movie, that takes the exact same themes as all of Makoto Shinkai's other works, and then makes it look better. |
| Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) | Excellent | Funny and touching. Some fan service throughout, but it doesn't get in the way of character development. |
| Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV) | Excellent | Builds on the first season, and does it well. |
| Air (TV) | Masterpiece (dub & raw) | Sad. Very sad. But not to be missed. |
| Air (movie) | Good | Good story, but it can't match up to the TV version |
| Air In Summer (special) | Excellent (dub & raw) | More backstory on Air's 'Summer' arc. As good as you'd expect it to be. |
| Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka (TV) | So-so | Another harem series that's just ridiculous enough to keep it interesting. |
| Akira (movie) | Very good | |
| All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (TV) | Good | 'Robot cat girl vs. household appliances' sounds stupid, and it is. But it's also funny and great to watch. |
| Angelic Layer (TV) | Very good | Silly concept, but it turns into a very heartwarming show by the end. |
| Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (OAV) | So-so | |
| Aria the Animation (TV) | Very good | Slow paced, a great healing-type show. Not for fans of action shows |
| Attack on Titan (TV) | | |
| Azumanga Daioh (TV) | Very good | Great comedy. It'll make you either remember all the fun you had in high school, or make you wish you had this much fun in high school. |
| Banner of the Stars (TV) | Good | |
| Bokurano (TV) | Very good | |
| Bottle Fairy (TV) | Good | If you can get past the ridiculous name of the male lead ('Sensei-san'!?!), it's a cute and educational show on Japanese culture. |
| Brighter than the Dawning Blue (TV) | Good | A harem series where the lead couple actually confess their feelings in the first half of the show. This implies, of course, Difficult Political Issues(TM) that prevent them from being open about it.
All those issues get resolved with a lot more silliness than you might think. |
| Cardcaptor Sakura (TV) | Weak (edit.dub), Very good (Ger.dub & Fre.dub), Excellent (sub) | Best watched in any language besides English. Other than that, a great primer into the magical girl genre that never gets boring. |
| Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card | Very good | |
| Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie | Good | |
| Castle in the Sky (movie) | Good | |
| Cat Planet Cuties (TV) | | |
| Ceres, Celestial Legend (TV) | Good | If watching 'Fushigi Yuugi' wasn't enough, now you can watch a Tamahome look-alike drive snazzy cars around! |
| A Certain Magical Index (TV) | Good | Loli teacher aside, it's actually pretty good. |
| Chobits (TV) | Good | |
| Chrono Crusade (TV) | Very good | Takes the magical girl exorcist plot and gives it a funny makeover with Western religious trappings. |
| Clannad (movie) | Very good | There wasn't *nearly* enough time to put any significant amount of the story into one movie. Oh well, at least they tried. |
| Clannad (TV) | Masterpiece | Amazing all around. |
| Clannad After Story (TV) | Masterpiece | Getting better all the time. |
| Crest of the Stars (TV) | Good | |
| Cromartie High School (TV) | So-so | |
| D.C. II: Da Capo II (TV) | Good | Takes the cast from the first two seasons and projects them into their grandchildren. Not as good as the first time around, but still very watchable. |
| D.C. ~Da Capo~ (TV) | Very good | |
| D.C.II S.S. ~Da Capo II Second Season~ (TV) | Good | |
| D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ (TV) | Very good | |
| Death Note (TV) | Good | It started out interesting, now it's getting weirder and weirder.. |
| Den-noh Coil (TV) | Excellent | Gives a Miyazaki-like twist to 'The Matrix'. |
| Di Gi Charat Nyo (TV) | Decent | |
| Diamond Daydreams (TV) | Good | A collection of slow-paced, slightly sad and sentimental love stories. |
| Dirty Pair Flash (OAV) | Good | |
| Dragon Half (OAV) | Weak | |
| E's Otherwise (TV) | Decent | A show that sounded like it was about an oppressed minority being manipulated by a corrupt theocracy...and ended up as a show with lots of explosions and fight sequences. |
| Earl and Fairy (TV) | Good | |
| ef: a tale of memories (TV) | Excellent | I never liked Shaft's work, until I saw this show. Their surreal imagery sets the mood very well in a show like this. |
| Elf Princess Rane (OAV) | Good | Ridiculous, crazy, and half of the dialog is unintelligible - on purpose! |
| Elfen Lied (TV) | Good | Not for the weak of heart. I'm still amazed at how they managed to put a romantic comedy inside all of that blood and gore. Turned out surprisingly well. |
| Emma: A Victorian Romance (TV) | Very good (sub & raw) | A great show for the Victorians among us. |
| Escaflowne: The Movie | Weak | ...Ouch. VERY different from the TV series. Maybe watch this one if you hated the original show. |
| Excel Saga (TV) | Very good | |
| (The) Familiar of Zero (TV) | Very good | This show houses one of the most abusive tsundere characters around - and it gets away with it!
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| Fate/stay night (TV) | Good | |
| Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) | Good | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (US CG movie) | Decent | |
| Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) | Masterpiece | Lovely, touching show. |
| Full Metal Panic! (TV) | Very good | One of the few mecha series I can tolerate. A great all-round action comedy. |
| Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) | Very good | This season is heavier on the action and violence; less so on the comedy. It's still the good old Full Metal Panic we all know and love, though. |
| Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OAV) | Excellent | The best part of The Second Raid. Don't miss it! |
| Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) | Very good | It's difficult to imagine who this show won't appeal to, so let's just say it's great all around. |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa | Decent | |
| Fushigi Yugi (TV) | Good | Good show, but loooong. Be patient, and you'll make it all the way through. |
| Futakoi (TV) | Weak | Nice concept, cute characters, lame execution. Watch this only to prepare for its twin series, Futakoi Alternative |
| Futakoi Alternative (TV) | Very good | A crazy-action comedy with six sets of twin girls. Also includes plenty of material for polygamy jokes.
~ "The three of us together, forever!" ~ |
| Galaxy Angel (TV) | Good | Random nonsense never looked so good. |
| Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (OAV) | So-so | |
| Ghost in the Shell (movie) | Very good | |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) | Very good | |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven (OAV) | Very good | |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (OAV) | Very good | |
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) | Very good | |
| Ginban Kaleidoscope (TV) | Very good | Cute and touching romantic comedy series. And the male lead is a Canadian! I'm not sure how much of this was made as a cash-in to the Torino Olympics, but it turned out quite well. |
| (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) | Very good | |
| Girls Bravo (TV) | Good | More fanservice than you can shake a stick at. Very little in the way of plot, but plenty of good one-liners. |
| Grave of the Fireflies (movie) | Excellent | Sad and depressing. |
| Gravitation (TV) | Decent | |
| GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) | So-so | |
| GTO: The Movie (live-action movie) | Not really good | |
| Gunslinger Girl (TV) | Good | Surprisingly interesting. Would you take a second shot at life if it meant you had to work as a government assassin on the side? |
| Gunsmith Cats (OAV) | Good | |
| H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~ (TV) | Good | As with most other harem series, starts of with comedy and fanservice, and ends dark and serious. |
| Haibane Renmei (TV) | Masterpiece | A great, spiritual show that's sufficiently open to interpretation to suit your system of beliefs. |
| Hand Maid May (TV) | Decent | Looking back at it now, it was trite and a girl-robot cash in show. At the time, it was hilarious. |
| Haruka Nogizaka's Secret (TV) | Decent | |
| Hayate the Combat Butler (TV) | Good | A show with so much going for it that you forget the ridiculousness of its premise. Also acts as a test of your anime knowledge, given all the shows it parodies. |
| He Is My Master (TV) | Bad | If you want to see a show that objectifies women, go for this one (or watch Koharubiyori). |
| Here Is Greenwood (OAV) | Good | |
| Hidamari Sketch (TV) | Very good | For the art student in all of us. |
| Hidamari Sketch × 365 (TV) | Very good | |
| His and Her Circumstances (TV) | Excellent | Great show for romance fans of either gender, though production levels suffer at the end. |
| Ichigo 100% (TV) | Bad | Feel free to skip this one, you aren't missing much. |
| IDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA (TV) | Decent | Aside from the first couple minutes of the first episode, this has nothing to do with singing idols, or the Xbox games. It's a mecha show with young girl pilots, and it goes where its director pleases. |
| Infinite Ryvius (TV) | Good | "Lord of the Flies" in space. |
| Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) | So-so | |
| Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) | So-so | |
| Initial D: Extra Stage (OAV) | So-so | |
| Initial D: Second Stage (TV) | So-so | |
| Initial D: Third Stage (movie) | So-so | |
| Inukami! (TV) | Decent | Isn't at all apologetic that it's a harem show with a gaggle of dog-girls. Behind the veneer of comedy, it hides a few good plot twists. |
| Inukami! (movie) | Decent | |
| Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OAV) | Good | |
| Itsudatte My Santa! (OAV) | Weak | |
| Izumo: Flash of a Brave Sword (TV) | Bad | Nice character designs, and an (initially) nice concept. Goes downhill around episode two. |
| Junkers Come Here (movie) | Good | |
| K-ON! (TV) | Very good | |
| Kaleido Star (TV) | Good | Show it to an aspiring gymnast and they'll beg you to buy a trampoline. Show it to a lazy good-for-nothin' and they'll also beg you to buy a trampoline for them. |
| Kamichu! (TV) | Good | |
| Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (TV) | Very good | This show clearly parodies the connection between miko and magical girls, and then sets the show's gods to work as pop idols, which ironically enough receive more worship than the religious kind nowadays anyway. |
| Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox (TV) | Weak | A show which starts out with a ton of innuendo and then gets less and less subtle every episode.
Downright disturbing at times, and not in a good way. |
| Kanon (TV 1/2002) | Very good | A great story, hampered only by the fact that they had to cram as much as they could into 12 episodes, so some scenarios got shafted. Watch the remake instead. |
| Kanon (TV 2/2006) | Masterpiece | "Sad girls in snow". One of the best romance/dramas out there. Don't let its slow start dissuade you. |
| Kaze no Stigma (TV) | Good | |
| Kemono Friends (TV) | Very good | |
| Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (TV) | Not really good | A great show for those who like girls in swimsuits, and guys in even less.
For the rest of us, it's a show with good comedic moments interspersed by not-so-good comedic moments. |
| Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) | Very good | |
| Kino's Journey (TV) | Excellent | |
| Kodomo no Jikan (TV) | Very good | |
| Konohana Kitan (TV) | Excellent | |
| Kyo no Gononi (OAV) | Very good | |
| Last Exile (TV) | Excellent | One series where Gonzo's ubiquitous CG isn't out of place - it actually accentuates an already-good story, rather than gets in the way. |
| Leave it to Kero! Theatrical Version (movie) | So-so | |
| Looking Up At The Half-Moon (TV) | Very good | |
| Love Hina (TV) | Good | |
| Love Hina Again (OAV) | Decent | Takes the first season, adds a dollop of fanservice, and two dollops of silliness. |
| Love Hina Final (special) | Good | |
| Love Hina Spring Special - I Wish Your Dream | Decent | |
| Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve | Very good | |
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (TV) | | |
| Loveless (TV) | Good | A very...odd show. Does a number of things that few other shows ever have, though you'll want to keep an open mind to appreciate it. |
| Lucky Star (TV) | Very good | |
| Lucky Star OVA | Very good | |
| Maburaho (TV) | Decent | |
| Magical Canan (TV) | Bad | |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV) | Excellent | |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (TV) | Excellent | |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (TV) | Very good | |
| Magikano (TV) | So-so | Not as good as Maburaho, and thankfully shorter. Witty dialogue makes this watchable, though there's little else to recommend it for. |
| Mahoraba ~Heartful days~ (TV) | Excellent | |
| Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV) | Good | |
| Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful (TV) | Good | |
| Mahoromatic: Summer Special | Decent | |
| Martian Successor Nadesico (TV) | Good | This show alternates between comedy and drama at the drop of a hat, which cleverly forces you to pay attention at all times. |
| (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) | Excellent | |
| Metropolis (movie) | Very good | |
| Minami-ke (TV) | Excellent | If you had siblings, growing up, you can almost certainly relate to one of the characters in this show. |
| Minami-ke: Okaeri (TV) | Very good | |
| Minami-ke: Okawari (TV) | Excellent | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) | So-so | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) | So-so | |
| MoonPhase (TV) | Very good | Few shows can be both a light romantic comedy and a dark gothic/vampire show at the same time, but this one somehow manages it, and does it well. |
| My Dear Marie (OAV) | Good | |
| My-HiME (TV) | Good | If you like fanservice, you'll like the first 16 episodes. If you like drama, you'll like the next 8. Either way, you win. |
| My-Otome (TV) | Good | |
| Myself; Yourself (TV) | Good | |
| Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water (TV) | Decent | |
| Nagasarete Airantou (TV) | Decent | This show's authour found a way to get a guy alone on an isolated island full of women, without sounding naughty in the process. Kudos.
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| Nanatsuiro Drops (TV) | So-so | Another magical girl show. Is it just me, or is the (apparent) age difference between magical girls and their romantic interests increasing every year? |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) | Very good | |
| Negima! (TV) | Decent | Not as good as the manga, and production initially suffers, but the dialogue makes up for it. |
| Negima!? (TV) | Very good | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) | Good | |
| Ninja Scroll (movie) | So-so | |
| Noir (TV) | Good | |
| Now and Then, Here and There (TV) | Excellent | |
| Oh My Goddess! (OAV) | Decent | |
| Pani Poni Dash! (TV) | Good | |
| Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat (TV) | Good | |
| Paprika (movie) | Very good | |
| (The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) | Excellent | |
| Plastic Little (OAV) | Weak | Lots of fanservice. Zero plot. Yes, this is one of the shows that uses ADV's "Jiggle Counter". You have been warned. |
| Please Teacher! (TV) | Good | |
| Please Twins! (TV) | Very good | |
| Please Twins! (OAV) | Very good | |
| Prétear (TV) | Decent | A reverse harem show, with suggestive transformation scenes, and lots of bishounen. |
| Princess Mononoke (movie) | Very good | |
| Princess Nine (TV) | Very good (dub & sub) | A great sports show. Assuming you like the formula, it's an enjoyable watch. |
| Princess Tutu (TV) | Excellent | Waaaay better than it sounds from the title alone. Even if you don't like ballet (and why not?), it has an interesting meta-narrative approach. |
| Puni Puni Poemy (OAV) | So-so | As the trailer suggests, this is a show that sets out to offend just about anyone. So ask yourself, "Do I enjoy being offended?" |
| R.O.D -The TV- | Good | |
| Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine (movie) | Good | |
| Read or Die (OAV) | Very good | |
| Red Data Girl (TV) | Good (dub & sub) | |
| Rozen Maiden (TV) | Very good | Creepy subtext aside, an enjoyable story about a reclusive boy trying to come out of his shell. Also contains a full dose of Suiseiseki. |
| Rumbling Hearts (TV) | Good | |
| Rune Soldier (TV) | Decent | A fantasy comedy that tries to be Slayers and doesn't quite succeed. |
| (The) Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! (TV) | Good | |
| S-CRY-ed (TV) | Good (dub & sub) | |
| Saber Marionette J (TV) | Very good | |
| Saber Marionette J Again (OAV) | Good | |
| Saber Marionette J to X (TV) | Good | |
| Saber Marionette R (OAV) | Good | |
| Sailor Moon (TV) | Good | |
| Sailor Moon R (TV) | Good | |
| Saki (TV) | Good | |
| Sakura Wars (TV) | Good | |
| Samurai Girl Real Bout High School (TV) | So-so | |
| Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV) | Very good | Black satire at its best. Blackadder would be proud. |
| School Days (TV) | Very good | Yes, the infamous 'Nice Boat' show. Love it or hate it, it'll stir up something inside you. |
| School Rumble (TV) | Excellent | This show wins the award for 'Best School Comedy that isn't Azumanga Daioh'. |
| Scrapped Princess (TV) | Good | |
| Sentimental Journey (TV) | Very good | |
| Seraphim Call (TV) | Very good | |
| Serial Experiments Lain (TV) | Excellent | A weird escapade through the cyperpunk genre. It's surprisingly effective in anime form. |
| Shakugan no Shana (TV) | Good | |
| Shakugan no Shana Second (TV) | Good | |
| Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū! (OAV) | Good | |
| Shakugan no Shana-tan (OAV) | Good | |
| Shakugan no Shana-tan Returns (OAV) | Good | |
| She and Her Cat (OAV) | Very good | |
| She, The Ultimate Weapon (TV) | Excellent (dub & sub) | It seems to be unintentionally funny until episode 4, at which point you start to realize it's a really, really sad show. |
| Shirobako (TV) | | |
| Shrine of the Morning Mist (TV) | Decent | Yet another magical girl exorcist show. Oh, it's got Megumi Hayashibara in it, though. |
| Shuffle! (TV) | Good | A fanservicey comedy that suddenly turns dark half way through. The eye-catch in each episode tells you whether it's a funny episode or not. |
| Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (TV) | Excellent | A great show that helps you appreciate life for how it is. |
| (The) Slayers (TV) | Excellent | |
| (The) Slayers Next (TV) | Excellent | |
| Sola (TV) | Excellent | I kept thinking of Highlander when watching this show. I wonder why... |
| Spice and Wolf (TV) | Excellent | Once you've swallowed the premise, seems like a remarkably realistic (if somewhat overly interesting) life of a medieval trader. |
| Spiral (TV) | Decent | Starts out as an interesting mystery/detective show. Ends up...somewhere. |
| Spirited Away (movie) | Very good | |
| Spriggan (movie) | Weak | An Akira wannabe. Good production values, though. |
| Steel Angel Kurumi (TV) | Good | Another robot girl cash-in, this time as a period show. Desu! |
| Steel Angel Kurumi 2 (TV) | Decent | Turns the first season into a yuri-fest. Whether or not this appeals to you is directly correlated to how much you like yuri. |
| Steel Angel Kurumi Encore (OAV) | Decent | |
| Stellvia (TV) | Very good | Great SF space-opera-style show. Also, the heroine is a 15 year old female hacker. How cool is that? |
| Strawberry Eggs (TV) | Good | |
| Strawberry Marshmallow (TV) | Very good | Appeals to your inner cuteness, and never lets go. |
| Strike Witches (TV) | Good | Takes famous WWII fighter pilots and turns them into young girls with magic powers and no pants.
If you're still reading this, this may be the show for you! |
| Sunday Without God (TV) | | |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) | Very good | It's a Gainax flick, and contains the requisite Gainax psychological weirdness. |
| To Heart (TV) | Excellent | Great show for those who like to watch everyday characters do everyday things, every day.
It's also got Multi! |
| To Love-Ru (TV) | Good | A fanservice-y comedy that manages good humour while still remaining (for the most part) in good taste. |
| Tokimeki Memorial (OAV) | Decent | |
| Toradora! (TV) | Excellent | Way funnier than it has a right to be. The two leads just work so well together...if only they'd actually ponder the implications of that. |
| Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever (OAV) | Good | This show is notable primarily as it was the adaptation of the story that spawned Nanoha. It's also got some good action sequences, though. |
| Trigun (TV) | Very good | It's a lot more than the comedy-Western it looks like in the first couple episodes. |
| UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (TV) | Good | |
| Urara Meirocho (TV) | | |
| Utawarerumono (TV) | Good | Attempts to pull in aspects of Ainu culture, and then turns into an SF-styled 'Lord of the Rings' wannabe. Not bad, but when you've only got 1 or 2 guys doing CG, it's not going to look like a Hollywood flick. |
| Uta∽Kata (TV) | Excellent | |
| Uta∽Kata (OAV) | Very good | |
| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) | Decent | |
| (The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) | Very good | Great fantasy show, and the mecha element remains relatively unobtrusive. Note that even though it contains Tarot cards as a plot device, it will not corrupt your soul, or whatever your local PTA group may claim. |
| Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) | Decent (dub), Good (sub) | |
| Witch Hunter Robin (TV) | Good | |
| (The) World of Narue (TV) | Very good | |
| You're Under Arrest (TV) | Very good | Car 59, Where are You? |
| Yukikaze (OAV) | Decent | |
