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Bleach (TV) Masterpiece at first, i assumed it was one of those stories going like this: OH NO! IT'S A DEMON! WE'RE BADASS AND HAVE BIG SWORDS AND ARE GOING TO KIIILLL ITTT!! RAAAARRR!!! HELL YES, THE EPISODE IS OVER AND WE'RE AS HARDCORE AS EVER!! NEXT EPISODE!!! but it wasn't. yes, that's a bare-bones outline, but the characters have real depth and the story doesn't run itself into ruts like that. it's escalating quite nicely.
Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (TV) Good i used to watch this show when i was a little kid. all i can remember is the theme song and an episode where they acted out Cinderella. adorable.
Inuyasha (TV) Decent utterly predictable. it could've been cut down to about ten episodes and nothing would have been missed. Of course I never finished it, so if you love inu yasha, don't kill me, please.
Naruto (TV) Masterpiece it never ceases to amaze me how every single character is developed so excellently without boring the heck out of you or running out of ideas. and there are a LOT of characters. this is my favorite anime, but i wish i could get a hold of the new episodes faster! i need more!
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Good i saw about four episodes of evangelion at a friend's house, and never pursued it farther because it was already licensed and i had no money to get more. what i've seen though was just fabulous.it's the only mecha i'd ever want to actually watch all the way to the end.
Ranma ½ (TV 1/1989) Masterpiece the. funniest. thing. i've. ever. seen. which is about two seasons. i love how it never gets old.
Rurouni Kenshin (TV 1996) Good
Samurai 7 (TV) Masterpiece the art is beautiful. the story is beautiful. the samurai are fucking beautiful (especially when they're insinuating how much they love each other). this is one of my absolute favorites.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (TV) Masterpiece leji's style is so wonderful, and harlock's cape blows in the wind even when he's inside the space ship. when i grow up, i'm going to fly under that banner of freedom!

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Akira (movie) Decent i've seen it dubbed AND in japanese, the subtitled version makes and ocean of sense more than the dub, but i still recommend the manga, which could beat both the sub and dub into the ground. however, this is REQUIRED VIEWING! watch it!
Appleseed (OAV) Weak makes absolutely no sense, but you get the feeling from watching it that the comic was really good. plus it's shirow, how could i not watch it?
Appleseed (movie) Good eh. it was ok. much better than the original anyway, plus the animation is pretty amazing in some parts. the girl at the end of the original ova who used to make no sense is now a lesbian robot. very nice.
Castle in the Sky (movie) Masterpiece this is my favorite miyazaki film. it has pirates, atlantis of the sky, and typical miyazaki romance. the scenery is good enough to compare with Nausicaa, and Mark Hamill (aka luke skywalker) plays the bad-guy excellently. (at least in the english dub version he does. it DID sort of bother me that Anna Paquin couldn't decide whether or not to have an english accent though. she ALWAYS does that.)
Chobits (TV) So-so this was the first anime i ever saw/read. (meep). and my judgement on the subject wasn't too fantastic at the time. so although i did obsess over it for a little while, looking back, the only really good thing about it was the almost-painful cuteness and excessive panty-shots.
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Masterpiece if you havent seen it, then why the hell are you not in the fetal position, pondering the lack of meaning in your life???
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Excellent if you're not busy assuming the fetal position, go see it.
Devilman (OAV) Good ridiculously hardcore. if the quality of an anime were based on how hard the characters tried to be badass, than devilman would be the unchallenged master of the universe. unless of course you've seen Violence Jack... which i havent.... the dub is slightly incoherent. but that sort of seems like somthing that would make it even more enjoyable to watch.
Dominion Tank Police (OAV) Excellent
Excel Saga (TV) Excellent
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (US CG movie) So-so
Final Fantasy: Unlimited (TV) Very good
FLCL (OAV) Masterpiece
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Masterpiece
Galaxy Express 999 (movie) Masterpiece
Ghost in the Shell (movie) Masterpiece
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Excellent
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Masterpiece
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Masterpiece
Gravitation (TV) Masterpiece
Harlock Saga (OAV) Good
Hellsing (TV) Excellent
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Decent
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) Masterpiece
Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) Good
My Neighbor Totoro (movie) Masterpiece
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow So-so
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Masterpiece
Ninja Scroll (movie) Good
Paranoia Agent (TV) Masterpiece
Princess Mononoke (movie) Masterpiece
Record of Lodoss War (OAV) Decent
Serial Experiments Lain (TV) Excellent
Trigun (TV) Masterpiece
Vampire Hunter D (OAV) Very good
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) Masterpiece
Wolf's Rain (TV) Masterpiece

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Ah! My Goddess (TV) Weak it's your typical 'hard-luck-college-boy finds a magical girlfriend' anime. i don't have anything personal against this genre unless it happens to move slower than needed, which this one does. the art is boring, and the characters' personalities are abnoxiously predictable and cheerful. even the bad guys.
God Mars (TV) Awful God Mars is outragously bad. it's about twenty years old, so i can accept SOME of the campyness, but when they've got scenes to parallel "No, Luke, I AM YOUR FATHER," a Power-Rangers style robot assembly line, and a kid who looks like he should be in Record of Lodoss War instead of a Mecha, you have to draw the line somewhere. it's one redeeming point is that the opening theme is absolutely wonderful. i could suffer through a few episodes just for that.
Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) Not really good all i have to say is that they could seriously stab somebody's eye out with their noses, the way they're drawn all pointy like that.