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5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) Very good Cute, and EXCELLENT art... but no real substance. Still good if you're looking for some nice characters and a relaxing movie.
Ah! My Goddess (TV) Very good Fun. A little cliché at times, but it still has some new elements, and the characters are well done.
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (TV) Very good Just as good as the first season.
Air (TV) Good Didn't make much sense. It was supposed to be experimental, but it tried too hard. no real story, and the only character development was along the lines of "lets make something sad happen so the viewers feel bad for them"
Aishiteruze Baby (TV) Very good Very cute. Not exactly a guy anime... but good characters and good story. nice character development too. Almost makes me want a kid. almost. ;p
Akira (movie) Excellent Fantastic. great animation. Good story, not just reused ideas. a bit of character development is sacrificed for plot, which is A-OK in my books.
Appleseed (OAV) So-so Ugh, terrible. no character development and the plot jumps around without explaining itself well. Art is not very good to look at and the animation isn't well done either. The premise is ok though.
Appleseed (movie) Very good Nice graphics. all done in 3D cel shading. not the most original thing I've ever seen, but still not just a rehash of another show. all in all it's definitely worth watching.
Appleseed: Ex Machina (movie) Decent Graphics are quite good. very will done and nice effects. Lots of action. Unfortunately the quality of the plot and the realism of character behavior will make you want to shoot yourself. I'd say this movie is about on par with Matrix #3. But at least matrix 3 had a plot twist.
Arakawa Under the Bridge (TV) Excellent
Aria the Animation (TV) Good
Azumanga Daioh (TV) So-so cute, but no story at all. entirely character driven, and the characters can be a little cliché at times. a bit too sugary for my tastes, and can't hold my attention.
Bakemonogatari (TV) Excellent
Basilisk (TV) Excellent Excellent art and animation. No punches pulled in terms of graphic detail. Very interesting idea. The characters are all unique and well developed. unrealistic abilities, but if you accept those the fights are realistic.
Black Butler (TV)
Black Lagoon (TV) Excellent Hahaha, I like the premise. Modern day pirates. For once all the characters seem to have a USE. none of those people who stick around for no reason (and always get kidnapped... ala burst angel)
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV) Excellent Just as good as the first season. fantastic.
Blood+ (TV) Very good Awesome art and animation. Perhaps a little emo... but still pretty fun. Nifty idea. Took an idea that was a bit overused and put a nice little spin on it. good action scenes.
BPS - Battle Programmer Shirase (TV) Very good It started off a bit dumb, but it has a lot of charming re-occurring gags. If you know anything about computers you will want to kill the writer though lol.
Bus Gamer (TV) Good Would have been very good if it was more than 3 episodes. Really it seems like a teaser for the manga, the characters are interesting but nowhere near enough time to learn about them. The plot skips big sections and does not end, because it could not fit in 3 eps. I'm going to have to read this manga.
Chibits (special) Good Funny, little 6 min short. pretty lightweight, but if you've seen the series, you had might as well ;p.
Chobits (TV) Very good For some reason I thought this was a kids show until I saw it. man was I wrong. the main character is such a closet pervert, its awesome. cute characters, the guy is a but cliché shy... but its not bad.
Chobits (OAV) So-so It's a set of 3 recap episodes, which is way too many for a 24 ep series. and we all know how good recap eps are ;p. it is pretty standard fare, as far as recap eps go.
Clannad (TV) Excellent This is how a highschool romance-comedy should be. Okazaki is a fantastic character. all the characters are written superbly. There is enough plot to let us know that something is actually happening, but still lets us focus on the characters. Nagisa is a little too generic-lacking-self-confidence, but still very cute.
Claymore (TV) Very good Good, well animated. the ending was a little weak I thought.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) Excellent perhaps a bit emo, but epic. think death-note meets gundam wing. I wish they made an epilogue OAV or something, because its just left so open.
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Very good fight scenes are great. funny, the characters are awesome. Only problem is segmented story. There is a plot, but it lacks FLOW. it doesn't flesh out completely.
Cromartie High School (TV) Very good Very funny short eps. Absurdist comedy and lots of poking fun at character's lack of ability to notice problems quickly.
D.N.Angel (TV) Very good Pretty good. only 2 problems they focus on the supernatural way too much, instead of the main character's hard earned bad-ass thieving skillzzzz. Second problem is the last episode. I'm not going to spoil it... but they managed to avoid most clichés in the series... only to pack them ALL into the last episode. it was such a let down. Still pretty good overall.
Darker than Black (TV) Very good
Deadman Wonderland (TV)
Death Note (TV) Very good Very origonal story, and the character development is supurb. Excellent animation. The characters who are supposed to be smart... are ACTUALLY smart, which is nice. It has all the things I'm looking for in an anime, but I just didn't connect as much as I expected. Still great, nonetheless.
Den-noh Coil (TV) Very good Fun to watch. I wish the characters were older though. Very cool concept, but I may be biased because this is exactly the kind of thing I'm interested in doing as a career ;p. Gets a little cliché at the end, but for sure worth a watch. good art, very good animation.
Dojin Work (TV) Very good this is a fun little series. way too short though. I wish they made a sequel. Maybe they will, I'll be all over that. Its cute because its somewhat realistic. the character doesn't have some crazy natural talent, and doesn't learn it super fast. she sucks, in fact. but its hilarious. This seemed like just the first few chapters in the story. although it was slice of life, it wasn't useless everyday activities, it was the everyday activities of someone working at becoming a doujin artist. cute, and fun.
Earl and Fairy (TV) Good This show has all the makings of a generic fantasy cookie cutter anime, but manages to break free... somewhat. The plot drives the chracters into tired set-ups you've all seen before, but thankfully the characters manage a somewhat genuine reaction rather than the usual bumbling about. Asking for a second season.
Elfen Lied (TV) Very good A good watch, as long as you don't mind having your MIND BEING BROKEN. For anyone with strong moral views, or weak stomachs, I may suggest something else. worth a watch, but not at the top of my list.
Eureka Seven (TV) Very good Awesome start. crappy middle. decent end. I was so pumped at the start, the animation and art were fantastic. then the main character turned into an emo bastard and ran away, and the art/animation quality plummeted.he came back, cheered up some and it got good again. but the art never got back up to where it was originally.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (movie) Decent Listed as an "alternate retelling" but it is basically just the first 3 angels compressed into an hour and a half. They removed the comic relief and long pauses. new animation for the angles. that is essentially the only difference from the original series, which I wasn't a huge fan of. maybe a few inconsequential changes to the story.
(The) Familiar of Zero (TV) Good Better than any other fantasy magical harem anime I've seen, but I still wouldn't call it supurb writing.
(The) Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons (TV) Decent Just like the first season, only with less development.
(The) Familiar of Zero: Rondo of Princesses (TV) Decent Just like the previous season, if you've made it this far you might as well finish it.
Fate/stay night (TV) Very good It was good. decent art, decent animation...but it didn't leave that lasting oomph factor. They premise was somewhat original but some of the characters weren't.
FLCL (OAV) Masterpiece awesome. makes no sense and its fantastic. pull guitars out of your head? why not? guitars are weapons? works for me! tape-on-eyebrows? sure! totally unique, characters are amazing, story is cool when you eventually figure out whats going on. if you haven't seen this, you're a fool. watch it NOW.
Freedom (OAV) Excellent Planetes meets Akira. Great characters, compelling story, great drama and fantastic action. A sure win.
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Very good Good. nice art, decent animation. pretty epic. feels a little emo at times, but the comic relief isn't bad. the whole alchemy idea is cool. unique and makes it stand out. characters are mostly well done out, good development and background. definitely worth seeing.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa Very good Kinda concludes the series. An epilogue if you will. I'm not going to spoil anything, but it has a similar bittersweet ending that the series does, and it to is left a bit open (although not nearly as much as the series). If you've seen the series, by all means, watch this. very good.
Futakoi (TV) Decent Basically... Love Hina for kids. that is it in a nutshell, and fairly accurate too... good if you liked love hina but not the panty shots ;p
Gantz (TV) Very good the detail that they put into drawing the INSIDE of people is amazing... if that gives you an idea of what to expect in Gantz. Cool idea, interesting animation style, a little emo at times but kickass fight scenes. this show has a fairly decent degree of WIN.
Genshiken (TV) Good Funny. Nothing really happens though. Its more story than many slice-of-life because there is character progression at least... the tale of a group of otaku who, as you would expect from a group of otaku, don't really DO anything besides buy manga and watch anime. and go to Cons. Its fun to see the anime industry take a couple jabs at itself though. not bad in all.
Genshiken (OAV) Very good Quite funny. If you liked the first season, you'll enjoy this too.
Getbackers (TV) Very good Pretty good. Very good for a fighting anime. funny and interesting characters. A fair amount of tournament anime stylings, but it was a good watch. ended a bit weak, but oh well.
Ghost Hunt (TV) Very good Funny moments, but also pretty creepy moments. A good blend, and the characters were well made, although they never changed. Excellent opening and closing songs too.
Ghost in the Shell (movie) Masterpiece Awesome. Art: fantastic animation: fantastic story: original great action and intelligent. it should appeal to anyone over the age of 12 who isn't a pansy.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Very good not so good, in respect to the first one. better art and animation... but bogged down with trying to be all deep and shit. way too much of the dialog is actually quotes from famous philosophers. watch it, but don't expect it to live up to the first movie.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Excellent Awesome. Great plot. great characters. finally a show that can mix 3D and 2D animation, without looking retarded. It is original, lots of action. intelligent. no clichés. the characters DON'T DO DUMB SHIT. they are actually SMART. they make the obvious deductions, but then go beyond that and notice subtle hints as well. a must see.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) Excellent Almost as good as the first season. 2 separate plot lines hurts it though. Should have picked one plot line and really fleshed it out rather than two plot lines that lack a bit of definition. Still a very good show. also must see.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (movie) Excellent Although this is involving the puppetmaster, this is not just a rehash of the ghost in the shell movie. Loads of detail in the art and the animation. Great story, great everything really. Really lives up to the first season with all the perks of a feature length production.
(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) Excellent Very good movie, fun to watch, nice character development, good story... and just about the my favorite protagonist out of any movie I have seen to date.
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Masterpiece slice of life, sure... but so good. probably the saddest movie I have EVER seen. If you don't cry like a baby, you have no soul. you HAVE to watch this... and bring kleenex.
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) Excellent Donno why this isn't rated better. This was absolutely fantastic. hilarious. Onizuka's solutions to problems are so fun to watch. Its not often that you get the whole high school anime from the teacher's perspective. you. must. watch.
Gungrave (TV) Very good a bit too emo. huge flashback section (which is actually pretty good) kinda breaks it up. great ending though. goes out with a bang, and that lasting impression makes me say : watch it.
Gunslinger Girl (TV) Very good a bit emo. neat idea. not a whole lot of plot, but the art and animation are pretty good. neat to see how the job and conditioning affects the girls.
GUNxSWORD (TV) Very good cowboy bebop meets trigun meets gundam wing. take the main character from cowboy bebop, the supporting characters from trigun, add mecha. set it in a kind of futuristic 19th century (trigun style, but European, not western). its fun, but it doesn't really SHINE.
.hack//SIGN (TV) Good Cool idea, but the main character is too emo
Haibane Renmei (TV) Very good Very good characters and a great watch. Would have been "Excellent" except the show was almost entierly character driven. plot was used simply as a device to introduce new character features. Still a fantastic show.
Haré+Guu (TV) Very good Hilarious. Funnier at the beginning when there isnt any story, but still consitantly a great laugh. ends on a pretty open note, but there is a sequel.
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Excellent fun movie. I love how there isn't a clear cut good and evil. well animated and well drawn, to say the very least. seems like not a lot really happens though, but its still fun. does a good job of putting you in that fantasy world. magical (NOT in the magical girl sense) watch.
Initial D (TV) Very good awesome race scenes. the people look really silly because they are basing the appearance off the manga's style. look past the ugly faces and the main character's stupid friend, and you've still got a fairly solid show.
Initial D: Second Stage (TV) Very good pretty much the same as the first season.
INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (movie) Good art and animation are iffy... but its daft punk!!!! Daft punk basically just hired some animation studio to set a movie to their album. so even if you don't like the movie... its a daft punk album!
(The) Irresponsible Captain Tylor (TV)
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) Very good beginning = AWESOME end = AWESOME middle = ... kinda slow and emo. but does a great job of setting up the ending. talk about a blindside!
Jyu-Oh-Sei (TV) Good
Kamen no Maid Guy (TV) Very good Very funny. Not terribly origonal, but it knows that. Maid guy is one of the funniest characters I've seen. A real toung-in-cheek poke at anime heros.
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (TV) Very good Fun, very nice art and animation. characters were pretty decent. a little too harem for my liking but still quite a good show.
Kanon (TV 2/2006) Excellent Awesome. sure, there isn't a tonne of plot, but very few animes will make you feel this level of attachment to the characters. what it does, it does WELL
Karas (OAV) Very good The story is pretty good, and the end is a bit cliché... but HOLY CRAP is the action and animation EVERY GOOD! watch it just to see the amazing action scenes.
Karin (TV) Good cute. silly idea, but cute. a but too generic for me to rate any higher than this though.
Katanagatari (TV) Excellent
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (TV) Very good Don't know why this is rated so low. its not exactly a masterpiece, but its still fun. Not too intelligent, but the main female lead is the kind of character I like. positive thinking and assertive. not arrogant, just strong willed. Slightly too air headed though.
Kiddy Grade (TV) Decent started off slow then started to get plot then got heavy handed. its another almost-magical-girl (they aren't magical girls, but their abilities don't really get explained) who are space-police fighting off evil. then some corruption. attempt at epic, falls a bit short.
Kurenai (TV) Excellent Excellent show. Good characters and better dialogue. When it was funny, it was genuinely funny. It did not force the humor, it came naturally. When it tried to be serious, it came naturally. Fantastic, only problem is it is short, and didn't fully explore all the characters.
Kyo no Gononi (OAV) Very good fun :D. only 4 episodes, but if it was much longer it would have gotten old. Like Azumanga Daioh it is pure slice of life, with 5 unrelated mini-episodes per episode (5 periods per day). Imagine Azumanga Daioh grew some balls. It is the same, but perverted. shut off your brain and enjoy!
Last Exile (TV) Excellent Nice detail, good blend of 3D and 2D. unique and interesting premise. Unfortunately the second half tries for epic and falls a bit short. Should have focused more on the daily life, or set up the start differently. Still enjoyable.
Love Hina (TV) Very good silly. cliché. but fun. the show that immediately springs to mind when you think of a harem anime. hammer space ahoy! although its full of clichés, it WAS fun.
Love Hina Again (OAV) Decent its like the series... only without the "is he finally going to confess??" suspense to it. felt like an excuse to milk the series a bit more. watch it if you've seen the series, but if you don't you're not really missing out on too much.
Love Hina Spring Special - I Wish Your Dream Decent Don't really remember it. just a non-cannon episode.
Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve Decent Don't really remember it. just a non-cannon episode.
Lovely Complex (TV) Excellent Fantastic. a romantic comedy that isn't just cookie cutter! amazing! The characters do things that real people might do! unheard of! what is this? plot? wow! you mean it doesn't rely entirely on character development? awesome! the characters are endearing, the idea is cute, the situations are realistic as are the character's reactions. basically, if you're looking for a comedy and action isn't required... this is a top contender. absolutely must watch.
Lucky Star (TV) Excellent Now, I'm not usually one for slice of life comedy. In this, nothing happens and nobody changes... but they start off so awesome that its fine! Loaded with jokes, 50% of which you wont even notice because they are obscure animes, 25% you will get, and 25% you don't need any anime expierence to get. NOTE: watch the ending credits. Every ending is different and most are hilarious.
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Masterpiece Hilarious. The AFK fansub was great. The whole premise of this show is exactly the kind of thing I love. Origonal and interesting characters. Great plot (except aired all out of order). Only half the episodes were from the first novel (of the same name), which is unfortunate, because they kinda messed up how to make a sequel by adding spoilers for all the later books in this first season.
Midori Days (TV) Good Pretty good. The concept is strange, but funny. Does a good job of not using the same tired joke again and again like it could have easily done. I like it, but its nothing to write home about.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) Excellent this is THE anime that got me into anime.... so I may be a bit biased. if i were to watch it again for the first time, I'd think "man is this one cliché show" For an experienced anime watcher... this may be chock full of clichés (which I hate) and bad animation... but for a beginner, this is a great show. Nothing too heavy. there is some comedy, there is plot and character development. romance. huge robots. its got everything. and its serious enough to break the "cartoons are for kids" stereotype, at least partly.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) Very good continuation and conclusion to the series. if you've seen the series, watch it. its not bad. just like an extra, longer episode that ties off the show
Moonlight Mile (TV) Very good Interesting show. I like the characters, even if they are a little heavy on the testosterone. Good story, even if it does progress rather quickly.
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV) Excellent Great show. Good plot, great art and animation. Very consistent. Does not get long and drawn out or emo.
Moyashimon (TV) Very good Very unique premise. Maybe even learned a couple things while watching it. Interesting, and very fun. for sure put this on your watch list.
Mushi-Shi (TV) Masterpiece Only persistent character is Ginko. all episodes are stand alone... but NEVER have I seen an anime that can pull you into it's world as well as this one can. you become totally absorbed and immersed in the setting. The pace, art style and the music set the mood perfectly.
Mushi-Uta (TV) Very good Cool little show. nothing to phone home about, but hardly a waste of time. neat idea... but again, doesn't really stand out too much. watch it... sometime. not a list-topper. but not bad.
My-HiME (TV) Good boring. the characters were not very compelling... the plot was not all that interesting.not really unique but cool idea. Could have done better. found it quite cliché with uninspired characters.
Naruto (TV) Good good and bad. its good when its a comedy. The "epic" style segments tend to get formulaic. In terms of long-running animes, bleach and one-piece are better, but this isn't bad. the beginning (as always) is the best.
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV) Very good Cream of the "Very Good" crop. A combination of Mushishi and xxxholic. Needed to spend a little more time with either character development or plot, but still very entertaining with fun characters.
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 2) Very good
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 3)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Excellent Not the best Miyazaki film... but it's still a Miyazaki film. how can it not be fantastic. story jumps mode a bit part way through, and not everything is totally explained... but still very good. not quite up to par with other Miyazaki films, but compared to other films its still fantastic.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Good two words. e. mo. Don't know why it is rated so high. Suffers from the same problem of segmented plot as cowboy bebop, except all the characters are huge pansys and emos. awesome premise... but they RUINED it with terrible one-dimensional characters. how can you be such a pansy in a crazy awesome 30 story tall robot monster?
Nodame Cantabile (TV) Excellent how good could an anime about an egocentric music prodigy put into a class of rejects be? sounds awfully lame and maybe generic. I'll tell you how good. VERY good. The main character isn't as self centered as the plot summary implies, and the girl who declares herself as his girlfriend isn't as stupid, annoying and cliché as she sounds. The characters are actually quite well done. There is both plot and character development in this show. must see.
Noein - to your other self (TV) Masterpiece It took a while before I came to appreciate the art, but trust me, it grows on you. what I DID fall in love with instantly was the animation style. The messy lines, wide angle lens effect and preference to frame by frame animation as opposed to moving around static objects made me really like it. the premise may seem silly at first, but it explains it... WELL... and uses real quantum physics to do so... CORRECTLY! You may want to have the wikipedia articles for Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, Everett Many World interpretation and Copenhagen interpretation open when you watch the second third of this anime, where they explain the multiple dimensions.
Oban Star-Racers (TV) Very good cute. suffers from a bit of censoring. good 3D work and art. unique character design. tournament style anime, but it puts a nice twist on it. not fantastic, but its still quite good. its fun.
Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie) Very good spectacular animation and art, but so much potential gone down the drain. It is a cool idea, but they just didn't WORK it. if they had of made it another 20 min longer and really fleshed out the story. the plot had to be slowed down, not so we could understand it, but so that it had time to sink in and make connections.
Ouran High School Host Club (TV) Very good :) fun, silly. inverse harem! first time I've seen one. a nice spin on a genre thats been beaten to death already. the art style is stylistic and very playful. the main character is adorable, and all the supporting characters have their fun little quirks. definitely watch.
Outlaw Star (TV) Good art looks a bit off and the characters are a bit tired, but its still worth a watch if you have nothing else to do.
Paprika (movie) Very good Very well animated, and a cool idea. Wasn't quite as exciting as I had expected though. I was expecting a roller coaster through a dreamscape, but it was a bit slower pace than that. Still very good though.
Paranoia Agent (TV) Very good Similar to Serial Experiments: Lain (due to staff crossover), the story is better but the ending is worse. It was well animated and quite unique and interesting. great theme song too... different.
Planetes (TV) Masterpiece Fantastic. The level of realism is very good too, none of that movie-physics. the laws of physics are obeyed. Plus the story (especially through the middle) is very good. the characters are well made too.
Please Teacher! (TV) Very good Funny. not the most original thing under the sun, but it was still pretty cute and a good chuckle.
Please Teacher! (OAV) Very good Basically one more episode. For an OAV sequel, its good. It feels like a natural episode, and not just a gimmic to milk more money out of the franchise. It actually felt more like a last episode than the real last episode.
Please Twins! (TV) Very good Cute. Not as good as Onegai Teacher... but still fun. Really pushing the envelope on what is appropriate drama though ;p.
Please Twins! (OAV) Good The OAV for onegai teacher was good, so i was expecting this to shoot par, but it fell a bit short. When the onegai teacher oav felt like a final episode, this felt more like an afterthought. it was ok, but karen wasn't really in character.
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (movie)
Princess Mononoke (movie) Excellent Excellent art, and original characters, of course. Mystical and enough excitement to make you plenty interested. Like most Miyazaki films, I adore everything but the ending. Left too open for comfort, but not enough content left for a sequel.
R.O.D -The TV- Very good Quite good. beginning is fun, got a little worried it was going to get emo-drama in the middle, but it picked right back up. characters were ok, and the plot was pretty good. but unlike most, it didn't try to switch genres halfway through.
Read or Die (OAV) Very good Cool, original and cute. Its a cute action flick, if there is such a thing ;p. Got a bit annoyed at the main character a couple times near the end.
Rental Magica (TV) Very good Pretty funny. Nice concept (aka, not just another teen-magician anime). Characters could have been slightly less cheesy, but they were mostly quite good. Hope there is a season 2.
Rozen Maiden (TV) Very good Fun to watch. Some good situational comedy, and a fun story. nothing spectacular, but still lots of fun.
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (special) Good Interesting, but not nearly as good as the proper seasons.
Rozen Maiden: Träumend (TV) Excellent Darker (especially towards the end) and substantially more plot than season 1. Not too dark, but still darker. Sometimes the characters get a bit emo, but they aren't usually too bad about it.
Samurai Champloo (TV) Very good Excellent animation, especially for the initial episodes. Done by the same guy as Cowboy Bebop and suffers from the same disconnected plot as it's brother does, but shares the same awesome individual episodes.
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV) Excellent Original, hilarious, well animated. Ouran high school host club cross Great Teacher Onizuka is the only way i can think to describe it, and that is still way off the mark.
School Rumble (TV) Excellent Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. The plot lacks some contiguity, but the characters are so fun, funny and adorable that the show is just fantastic. Very much character driven, but the characters are amazingly well written.
School Rumble Sangakki (OAV) Good Ugh, no ending would have been better than this disapointment. it almost screams "I didn't want to write this, but the producers made me". Its like the last few episodes of NGE, only school rumble. ok, maybe not quite that bad, but its really a disapointing ending.
School Rumble: 2nd Semester (TV) Excellent Just as good as the first season, the story continues where it left off from season 1. Well... no story really, but the character development picks up where season 1 left off. Still an absolutely amazing show.
School Rumble: Extra Class (OAV) Very good Not as interesting as the rest of the School Rumble (because these were small side stories and often centered around characters other than the main characters). That being said, it's still school rumble and therefore very funny.
Scrapped Princess (TV) Decent Uninspired. not original at all. Not particularly interesting, but it didn't make my mind implode. Don't avoid it, but don't go out of your way to watch it either.
Serial Experiments Lain (TV) Very good Pretty interesting, unique and original. Similar to Paranoia Agent due to some staff crossover, story wasn't as good, but I loved the ending. fantastic ending. Pretty cool, when all is said and done.
Shakugan no Shana (TV) Very good Plenty of action. The characters, although cliché at times, are fun to watch.
Shakugan no Shana Second (TV) Good Not enough action in the beginning, too much action at the end, not enough quality plot throughout. Cliché highschool drama love triangle. Still not bad, decent continuation from the first series, I'd watch third. But nothing to write home about. A bit anticlimactic.
Shuffle! (TV) Good The funny episodes are funny, but the serious episodes are lame. You can tell which are which because when they display the episode title, they change the background. When it tries to be funny, it really is. when it tries to be serious it only manages emo.
Sola (TV) Very good Not the most original concept, but even though the characters were not very original either, I found myself really liking them.
Spice and Wolf (TV) Excellent Great show. Perfect mix of comedy, action, romance and drama. The comedy wasn't too over the top, the action didn't involve superpowers, romance wasn't sappy and the drama wasn't emo. Characters were well written, great dialogue. I hope there is a sequel, I want to know what happens next.
Spice and Wolf II (TV) Very good
Spirited Away (movie) Excellent Very good. Not my favorite Miyazaki film, but like all Miyazaki films, it was fantastic nonetheless. absolutely brilliant animation and story telling.
Starship Operators (TV) Very good Almost completely plot driven. Its about the crew on a ship, and the crew is too big to really get to know any but the core characters, but the plot is still excellent. I really enjoyed this one.
Tenjho Tenge (TV) Good Animation is really hit or miss. you can tell they had a low budget and rather than make it all decent animation, they made some scenes that were animated really well at the cost of some really scenes animated really shitty. It never actually finished, which was a bummer, I hope they complete it sometime.
Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight (OAV) Decent This is NOT the ending to Tenjho Tenge, although it does happen after the series. its like a segway between seasons, but there is no next season.
Texhnolyze (TV) Good I was a bit disappointed in this. Its a really cool concept, but its just.... so depressing. after you've finished watching this, you don't feel like doing anything besides sulking. its not emo because its not depressing to as a cheep way to develop characters... its just a really epic tragedy. if you dig feeling like life is hopeless, than you'll love this.
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) Good Started off kinda neat. fairly (but not completely) original. But towards the end it started losing some of its originality. It seemed as though the ending didn't get the same care as the rest of the story.
Tokyo Marble Chocolate (OAV) Very good Very cute. romantic comedy that doesn't just re-use the tired old romantic comedy recipe for success. A bit strange but still a great watch.
Toradora! (TV) Very good
Toward the Terra (TV) Very good The art looks a bit like a throwback to old styles, despite its vintage. Still, it was very fun, the way the main character's personality changed was interesting, and the characters we're pretty cool.
(The) Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (TV) Very good Quite funny, makes lots of game references. Ends on an open note, I hope that means there is another season coming.
Trigun (TV) Excellent The characters are quite funny. Not a lot of contigeous plot until the second half. The plot (which is kind of emo) actually takes away from the characters, who are a lot of fun to watch.
Trinity Blood (TV) Very good I liked it. It felt like it was trying to be an epic, but fell a bit short... but not by too much. They should have played out the terror the baddies felt when the tables turned, that would have made it excellent.
Vandread (TV) Good Started off funny, with lots of sexual innuendo... ended up like a bad drama.
Welcome to the NHK (TV) Excellent Absolutely brilliant. The characters are unique, quirky, and hilarious, as is the premise of the show. By the end of the show, I was so into the characters, I wanted to meet them. Hell, I'd love to know some people like them.
Whisper of the Heart (movie) Masterpiece Probably my favorite Miyazaki film. Whimsical, fun, mysterious and the trademark Miyazaki superb animation and story telling.
xxxHOLiC (TV) Excellent Very fun. Stylized art, but it works. cleaver, quite whimsical but still manages to be funny.
xxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream Excellent fun, but not as good as the first season of the series, if you need something to compare it against.
Yakitate!! Japan (TV) Excellent Absolutly EPIC. Never have you believed that baking bread could be so INTENSE! Peters out a LITTLE towards the end, but 100% a must watch.
Zombie-Loan (TV) Very good Pretty good. Interesting premise... a bit cliché, but its hard to be cliché with sentient zombies. there isn't too much out there like this. Story didn't move me, but it wasn't bad either. Ended on an open note, and episode 12 doesn't have an air date.