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5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) Good
Afro Samurai (TV) Decent
After War Gundam X (TV) Not really good
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie Good
Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) Decent
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV) Decent
Akane Maniax (OAV) So-so
Alien Nine (special) Good
Always: Sunset on Third Street (live-action movie)
Animation Runner Kuromi (OAV) Decent
Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (OAV) Decent
(The) Animatrix (OAV) Bad
Appleseed (OAV) So-so
Aquarion (TV) So-so
Ar Tonelico (OAV) So-so
Arashi no Yoru ni (movie) Decent
Arc the Lad (TV) So-so
Arcadia of My Youth (movie) Good
Area 88 (OAV) Good
Area 88 (TV) Decent
Argento Soma (TV) Good
Armitage III (OAV) Decent
Armitage: Dual-Matrix (movie) Decent
Assemble Insert (OAV) Not really good
Avenger (TV) Bad
Battle Angel (OAV) Decent
Battle Royale (live-action movie) Decent
Battle Royale II: Requiem (live-action movie) Decent
Blade of the Phantom Master (movie) Decent
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody Decent
Blood: The Last Vampire (movie)
Blue Gender (TV) Good
Blue Gender: The Warrior (movie) So-so
Blue Submarine No.6 (OAV) So-so
Boys Be... (TV) Decent
BPS - Battle Programmer Shirase (TV) Good
Brave Story (movie) Decent
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) So-so
Burn Up Excess (TV) Not really good
Burn Up W (OAV) Not really good
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (TV)
Case Closed Movie: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (movie 1) Decent
Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes (movie 4)
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (movie 5)
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (movie 2) Good
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (movie 6) So-so
Castle in the Sky (movie) Very good
(The) Cat Returns (movie) Good
(Le) Chevalier D'Eon (TV) Good
Chobits (TV) Good
Chrono Crusade (TV) Good
Comedy (OAV) Very good
Cooking Master Boy (TV) Good
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Masterpiece
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Very good
Coyote Ragtime Show (TV) Awful
D.N.Angel (TV) Not really good
(The) Daichis - Earth Defence Family (TV)
Death Note (live-action movie) Decent
Death Note: The Last Name (live-action movie) Decent
Den-noh Coil (TV)
Descendants of Darkness (TV) Not really good
Desert Punk (TV) Good
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (movie 7) Not really good
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (movie 8) Awful
Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (movie 9) Decent
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (movie 10) So-so
Di Gi Charat - A Trip to the Planet (movie) Weak
Diamond Daydreams (TV) So-so
Dokkoida?! (TV) Good
Dororo (live-action movie) Decent
El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (OAV) Decent
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (OAV) Decent
Escaflowne: The Movie Decent
Eternal Family (TV) Very good
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (movie) Decent
Eyeshield 21: The Phantom Golden Bowl (movie)
Fafner (TV) Very good Lays good groundwork in the first half in terms of fleshing out the characters and creating its own tempo. In the second half, the effort put in the characterization of the high schoolers and their parents, pays off with each passing episode. Also the tempo steadily increases using plot devices and fight scenes and reaches the end without ever fizzing out. Only real problem is the anime quality suffers in a few scenes in a couple of episodes. The homage or plagiarism of Evangelion in various aspects is quite easy to spot, but retains enough originality to judged on its own merit. Hence it still remains an excellent addition to the well-worn mecha genre.
Fafner in the Azure - Right of Left (special) Decent
Fairy Musketeers (TV) Decent
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (movie) Good
Fate/stay night (TV) Good
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Good
(The) Five Star Stories (movie) Good
FLCL (OAV) Excellent
Full Metal Panic! (TV) Bad
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) Decent
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OAV) So-so
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Good
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa Decent
Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House (TV) So-so
Gate Keepers (TV) Decent
Gate Keepers 21 (OAV) Bad
Ghost in the Shell (movie) Good
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Decent
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (movie) Decent
(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) Good
Gokudo (TV)
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Very good
Gravitation (TV) So-so
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Weak
Gunbuster (OAV) Good
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (OAV) Very good
Gundam Evolve (OAV) Decent
Gundress (movie)
Gunparade March (TV) Weak
.hack//GIFT (OAV) So-so
.hack//Intermezzo (OAV) Good
.hack//Legend of the Twilight (TV) Decent
.hack//Liminality (OAV) Decent
.hack//SIGN (TV) Good
Haibane Renmei (TV) Good
Hajime no Ippo (TV) Good
Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road (special)
Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura (OAV)
He Is My Master (TV) Decent
Hellsing (TV) Decent
Here Is Greenwood (OAV)
Heroic Age (TV) Decent
(The) Heroic Legend of Arslan (OAV) Decent
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (movie) Decent
Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki (OAV) Decent
Hikaru no Go (TV) So-so
Hikaru No Go: New Year Special Decent
Hoop Days (TV) Awful
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Decent
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto (TV) Decent
InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass Decent
InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler Decent
InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island So-so
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time Decent
(The) Irresponsible Captain Tylor (OAV) Bad
(The) Irresponsible Captain Tylor (TV) Awful
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie)
Jing: King of Bandits (TV) Decent
Jubei-Chan 2: The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu (TV) Good Superficially not much different from the first outing. Almost everybody is back, athough some have much less screen time. Some flashes of brilliance in character development are scattered here and there ,which elevate the quality of these episodes compared with the first season and as a standalone TV series. Pacing and transition are ok which masks the fact that Jubei didn't walk out of a forest for about 3 episodes. Overall an improvement, which is always good. The line "Excuse me sir but in anime, the father is always left out of situations like this" is worthy of being labelled a classic and will probably always stay in memory
Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (TV) So-so
Kai Doh Maru (OAV) Decent The quality of the animation is steady albeit in a rather simple style. Enough is done to make clear the smiles of the lead and the maniacal glares of the villains.It is very difficult for the Western audience to appreciate who the characters are and the setting without a semi decent knowledge of the history of the Heian era, or at least some interest in Kabuki and wood prints. This obviously shouldn't be a problem for the inhabitants of the country of origin. A decent effort has been turned out but could have been better with a longer duration that gave room for some more back story of about...... anything and everything
Kanon (TV 1/2002) Good
Kanon Kazahana (special) Decent
Karakuri Ninja Girl (OAV) So-so
Keroro Gunsō (movie 1) Decent
Kiddy Grade (TV) Good
Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) Good
Koi Kaze (TV) Decent
Kyo kara Maoh! (TV) So-so
Kyo no Gononi (OAV) Decent
Last Exile (TV) Very good
Last Order Final Fantasy VII (OAV)
(The) Legend of Black Heaven (TV) Decent
(The) Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) Very good
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (movie) Excellent
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (movie) Good
Lil' Red Riding Hood Cha-Cha (TV) Excellent
Lil' Red Riding Hood Cha-Cha (OAV) Good
Living for the Day After Tomorrow (TV) Decent
Love Hina (TV) Awful
Love Hina Again (OAV) Bad
Love Hina Spring Special - I Wish Your Dream Bad
Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve Awful
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (TV) So-so
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (movie) Good
Maburaho (TV) So-so
Macross Plus (OAV) Very good
Macross Zero (OAV) Decent
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) Good (Watched months ago) A fun romp by Gainax that parodies many icons of anime and Hollywood movie pop culture. At heart it is about a boy who refuses to accept the reality of tragedy and makes for a decent ending. Some characters are fleshed out a bit more than others, but does not distract the viewer. No problems with leaps of credibility as everything is incredible, but done in a way that doesnt leave the viewer puzzled as to what just happened. Overall worth a watch, even if it's just for the laughs.
Mahō Gakuen Lunar! Aoi Ryū no Himitsu (movie) So-so
Mahōjin Guru Guru (movie) Good
Martian Successor Nadesico (TV) Excellent (Watched years ago). An anime that lampoons everything about mecha anime, space sci fi fiction and the otaku culture that goes along with it. This changes towards the end as the mecha anime tv series in question becomes central to the plot itself. In the end the characters are what makes this show even though the male lead is whiny and the female lead is a ditz. Nadesico makes it clear that early on that no character's live is safe and that only adds to the emotional stakes. The downside is that the plot is slow moving at times compounded by one or two fillers. Good execution is present when it counts however and it makes its way to being one of the 3 best anime tv series of all time.
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness Good
Mask of Zeguy (OAV) Not really good
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Decent
Mezzo (TV) Awful
Mezzo Forte (OAV) Good
Millennium Actress (movie) Very good
Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy Good
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (TV)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OAV) Very good
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (movie) Good
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079 (OAV) Good
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War (movies) Very good
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer (ONA) Decent A decent enough effort from the makers of Gundam for an ONA. It doesn't impress nor does it alienate. There's nothing to make one want to watch it other than for the sake of being a Gundam Seed completist but there's nothing to make one turn one's eyes away either. Typical Gundam fare post-SEED or post-WING for that matter.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition (movie) So-so
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OAV) Very good
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation (movies) Not really good
Mujin Wakusei Survive (TV) Good
My Neighbor Totoro (movie) Very good
My Neighbors the Yamadas (movie) Good Good use of animation to bring to life the life (bad pun intended) of the Yamadas. Characters are fleshed out well and manage to be quirky like real-life quirky people who are made quirky by walking through life. The film manages to infuse a touch of humour into its depiction of the daily going ons of the family and the sequence of Shige's marriage speech dedicated to the younger generation was particularly nicely done. It's failing is there's nothing to make people uninterested in watching Japanese working class family life being animated to actually sit down and watch this. Other than the subjuet matter, there are no other significant faults
My-HiME (TV) Decent
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (TV) Decent
Najica Blitz Tactics (TV) Not really good
Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I Am the Hero! (OAV)
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (movie 2) Weak
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Naruto: Akaki Yotsuba no Clover o Sagase (OAV)
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (movie) Decent
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Excellent
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) Very good
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) Excellent
NieA_7 (TV) So-so
Ninja Nonsense (TV) So-so
Ninja Scroll (TV) Not really good
NITABOH, the Shamisen Master (movie)
Noir (TV) Good
Now and Then, Here and There (TV) Excellent
Ocean Waves (movie) Decent
Oh My Goddess! (OAV) Good
Oh! Edo Rocket (TV)
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (movie 6) Decent
One Piece: Chinjō Shima no Chopper Ōkoku (movie 3) Decent
One Piece: Dead End (movie 4) Decent
One Piece: Mega Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (movie 7) So-so
One Piece: Nejimaki Shima no Bōken (movie 2) Decent
One Piece: The Curse of the Sacred Sword (movie 5) Bad
One Piece: The Movie Decent
Only Yesterday (movie) Good
Otogi Zoshi (TV) So-so
Outlaw Star (TV) So-so
Pale Cocoon (OAV) Good
Paprika (movie) So-so
Paranoia Agent (TV) Decent
Patlabor 2: The Movie (movie 2) Excellent
Patlabor the Mobile Police (TV) Decent
Patlabor the Mobile Police: The New Files (OAV 2/1990) Decent
Patlabor WXIII (movie 3) Good
Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1) Excellent
Phantom - The Animation (OAV) So-so
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie)
Planetes (TV) So-so
Please Teacher! (TV) Decent
Please Teacher! (OAV) So-so
Pom Poko (movie) Good
Porco Rosso (movie) Good
(The) Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game (movie)
Princess Mononoke (movie) Good
R.O.D -The TV- Good
Ranma ½ OAV Very good
Read or Die (OAV) Very good
Record of Lodoss War (OAV) Very good
Robotech (U.S. TV) Good
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (U.S. OAV) Not really good
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise (movie) Very good
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Good
Rune Soldier (TV) Good
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (OAV) Good
Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture So-so
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) Excellent
Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris (OAV) So-so
Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris (OAV) So-so
Sakura Wars (TV) So-so
Samurai Champloo (TV) Good
School Rumble: Extra Class (OAV) So-so
Shadow Skill (TV) So-so
Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyū Densetsu - Sanada Jū Yūshi The Animation (special) Decent
Silent Möbius (TV) So-so
Simoun (TV) Good
Sky Blue (Korean movie) Decent
Sky Girls (OAV) Decent
Slam Dunk (TV) Good
Slam Dunk (movie) Decent
Slam Dunk: Shōhoku Saidai no Kiki! Moero Sakuragi Hanamichi (movie) Decent
Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi (movie) Decent
(The) Slayers (TV) So-so
Slayers - The Motion Picture So-so
(The) Slayers Next (TV) Decent
(The) Slayers Try (TV)
Sol Bianca: The Legacy (OAV) Decent
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (movie)
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (movie) Decent
Space Pirate Captain Herlock The Endless Odyssey (OAV) Excellent
Spirited Away (movie) Good
Spriggan (movie) Good
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (TV) Very good
Starship Operators (TV) Decent
Stellvia (TV) Good
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Good
Submarine 707R (OAV) Very good
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV) Decent
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie) Good In my opinion, DYRL has the best animation of any animated film of all time ,even when stacked against Ghibli films. As a reimagining of Macross crammed into two hours, one cannot say it does not succeed as its job in that regard. It's plagued by plotholes and sometimes demands great leaps of credibility from the audience however, so as a movie it barely crawls past the finish line. Worth a watch in the end to gain some sort of yardstick by which one should measure the animation in animated films in the future. Indeed this is DYRL's only saving grace (albeit a strong one).
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie (OAV) Decent
Super Robot Wars Original Generation - The Animation (OAV) So-so
Tales from Earthsea (movie) Not really good
Tales of Phantasia (OAV) So-so
Texhnolyze (TV) Very good
They Were 11 (movie) Decent
(The) Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (TV) Decent It is obvious that thought and effort have gone into creating this. The lead character and the main supporting character are well fleshed out. Animation quality is generally good although it dips in at least two episodes. As a anime tv series particularly in the conception of the theme and the story mechanics, it is unclear as to how many of the good points are due to ground already covered by the original author. Therein lies the main problem. Often there is not much reason as to why the supporting characters take to the lead, other than she seems somewhat intriguing as well as in addition to her good nature. This also seems to be the overarching scenario which may not have been the wisest of choices. By the ending the voiceover narration seemed to have worked against it because it relies too much on the voiceover and not enough on the animation to convey plot points and characters feelings and thoughts. Also everything might have been able to be compressed into 2/3s of the original length without losing any effect on the audience. Overall this series wishes to accomplish a lot but fails to do so. A decent effort but no more.
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV)
Tokyo Babylon (OAV) So-so
Tokyo Babylon 2 (OAV) Not really good
Tokyo Godfathers (movie)
Transformers (live-action movie) Not really good
Transformers: Super God Masterforce (TV) Decent
(The) Transformers: The Movie (U.S. movie)
Transformers: Victory (TV)
Trava (OAV)
A Tree of Palme (movie) Decent
Trigun (TV) Good
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom So-so
UFO Princess Valkyrie: SPECIAL (OAV)
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (TV) So-so
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2: December Nocturne (TV) So-so
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 3: Bride of Celestial Souls' Day (OAV) Decent
Vampire Hunter D (OAV) So-so
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) Very good
Vandread (TV) Decent
Video Girl Ai (OAV) Very good
(The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) Good
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV)
Whisper of the Heart (movie) Very good
Witch Hunter Robin (TV) Bad
Wolf's Rain (TV) Good
Wolf's Rain (OAV) Decent
xxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream So-so
Yonna in the Solitary Fortress (movie) Weak
You're Under Arrest (OAV) Good
You're Under Arrest (TV) So-so
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture Good
Yukikaze (OAV) Decent
Zone of the Enders: Idolo (OAV) Decent