Everyone has a list, I'm sure. Could be only 5, could be up to 50 for all I know.
I posted my top 10 earlier, and it's pretty much the same as before.
1: Neon Genesis Evangelion
2: Yu Yu Hakusho
3: Monster
4: Cowboy Bebop
5: Death Note
6: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
7: Mobile Suit Gundam
8: Zeta Gundam
9: Full Metal Panic!
10: Baccano!
Here's my updated list of favourite anime (with some underappreciated series mixed in there):
DragonBall Z
Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo
Gurren Lagaan
Fooly Cooly/FLCL
Pokemon (the anime)
Zatch Bell
One Piece
Sailor Moon
Cardcaptors
Mew Mew Power
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Cowboy Bebop
...and a whole lot more where that came from. :sly:
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Full Metal Panic! TSR (basically all 3 seasons, but TSR is the best of them)
3. Monster
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
6. Death Note
7. Hunter X Hunter
8. Black Lagoon
9. Zoids: Chaotic Century/Guardian Force
10. Trigun
In no order: Baccano!, both series of FMA, YYH, Evangelion, Trigun, anything by Kon, Miyazaki, Hosoda, and some others I'm probably forgetting.
1. Dragon Ball Z
2. One Piece
3. Fist of the North Star
4. Hellsing Ultimate
5. Kinnikuman
6. Lupin III
7. Cowboy Bebop
8. Big O
9. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. FLCL
1. Monster
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Cowboy Bebop
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Trigun
6. BECK
7. Higurashi
8. Dragon Ball
9. Gundam 0080
10. FLCL
10 titles I would like to watch more of or finish in the upcoming year.
1. Soul Eater
2. One Piece
3. Aria the Natural / Origination
4. Case Closed
5. Dragonball Kai
6. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
7. Monster
8. Nana
9. Hell Girl
10. Clannad
Tough choice. Right now, however I think I'll have to go with "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", that show was quite simply sublime; an epic in the truest sense of the word.
Other favorites (although several of them have already mentioned):
Monster
Princess Mononoke (no one said I couldn't list movies)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (although the manga is better, the movie is a masterpiece in it's own way)
Porco Rosso
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (or just Lupin III in general, I guess)
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (with an honorable mention to the 2003 animé)
Seirei no Moribito
Eden of the East
Yu Yu Hakusho (haven't seen all of it yet, but I really like it, so far)
And many others.
By the way, I was thinking of mentioning "The Mysterious Cities of Gold", but I'm not sure if it counts as an animé. It is partially japanese though.
What sayeth the jury?
Thanks for reminding me about Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I saw one movie for it which I believe takes place before the events of the actual series, and I really liked it. I need to watch that entire series sometime.
As for Eden of the East, I have yet to see either of the movies, but I re-watced part of the dub, and it holds up even better than I remember, even though I expected to enjoy it less on my 2nd run through it. This may be partly due to the English dub being extremely well done for it (IMO).
Haven't seen the "Eden of the East" movies either, would you by any chance know if they just rehash the plot of the series or if it's completely new stories with the same characters?
As for "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", it's one of those shows I think anyone should watch at least once in their life. So, yes, you should definitely check it out.
By the way, I could be mistaken but I think "Legend" is the longest OVA ever made, considering that it's 110 episodes long and I'm not aware of any other OVA that went past one-hundred episodes.
Quote from: Pharass on January 04, 2011, 03:15:21 PM
Haven't seen the "Eden of the East" movies either, would you by any chance know if they just rehash the plot of the series or if it's completely new stories with the same characters?
I know that they are both sequels that continue and conclude the story, respectively. They aren't those compilation type movies that just cut a bunch of important scenes of a series into a movie-length feature. I'm waiting for them to get licensed over here in America to view them.
Them being sequels makes sense since the series ended with a few questions still unanswered.
Here's my favorite anime :D
1. Bleach
2. Yakitate!! Japan
3. Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
4. Midori no Hibi
5. Sailor Moon
6. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
7. Cardcaptor Sakura
8. xxxHolic
9. Vampire Knight
10. Black Jack
11. Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z!
12. Magikano
....and seriously, there are more series I like.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on January 04, 2011, 04:01:28 PM
Quote from: Pharass on January 04, 2011, 03:15:21 PM
Haven't seen the "Eden of the East" movies either, would you by any chance know if they just rehash the plot of the series or if it's completely new stories with the same characters?
I know that they are both sequels that continue and conclude the story, respectively. They aren't those compilation type movies that just cut a bunch of important scenes of a series into a movie-length feature. I'm waiting for them to get licensed over here in America to view them.
Sounds good. According to wikipedia (uh oh) Funimation's got them. I've just finished the first half (disc 1) of the TV series, and hope it's not a rehash.
I can't believe I missed this thread. I'm sure I haven't changed anything since my number one made the list.
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
3. Samurai Champloo
4. Fist Of The Northstar (YOU WA SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!)
5. Yu yu Hakusho
6. Heat Guy J
7. Baki The Grappler
8. Trigun
9. Rurouni Kenshin
10. Lupin The Third
I'd type them out, but I just made this for an /a/ thread and I figured it would fit in here as well.
(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4689/mosaicthefirst.jpg)
I think I did a good job balancing out the manly, the dramatic, the lewd, the DEEP, the funny and the nostalgic. Although the nostalgia definitely has a big presence here.
Good balance.
I actually like half of that stuff
Has anyone ever seen the anime film Grave of the Fireflies? It's an amazing anti-war film. I think it's done by the same studio as Spirited Away, but I think it's WAY better.
I haven't watched it and I never will.
I saw Barefoot Gen and that did it for me on those types of films. :'(
Yeah, anti-war films about the futility of hope and the complete and utter decimation of childhood innocence are one of the few things I just can't watch.
Watching those scenes from Barefoot Gen are enough to fuck my night up.
I honestly thought Grave of the Fireflies was a little melodramatic. Never really was big on that one.
Excellent movie. Would never watch it again, though.
I actually haven't watched anime for quite a few years now so I've kind of fallen behind with the current big shows. But when I did watch it more my favorites were (in no particular order)...
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
Yu Yu Hakusho
Outlaw Star
Fruits Basket
Card Captor Sakura
BoBo-Bo Bo-BoBoBo
Shin Chan
Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z
Rurouni Kenshin
Big O
Blue Gender
Pokemon
There are probably a few I'm forgetting but that's all that comes to mind right now. I feel ashamed to say I never watched Lupin. :whuh:
Finally, someone else on this board who likes Fruits Basket!
If you want any suggestions, I can say Martian Successor Nadesico and Monster are quite great.
Fruits Basket is awesome!
And I'll keep those series in mind! Thanks for the suggestions. There are animes that I'd like to watch but most of them just require so much time. Not to mention money. (Is anime still as absurdly expensive as it used to be?)
It depends on the series. Some have cheap essential collections like Cowboy Bebop or MSN that allowed me to scoop 'em up cheap.
Some don't even get proper releases, like Monster. Which is such a total failure that it didn't get a proper release.
And some are legally free. (http://www.youtube.com/show?p=rn0rlxmJAqo&tracker=show_av)
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on July 07, 2011, 10:21:04 PM
And some are legally free. (http://www.youtube.com/show?p=rn0rlxmJAqo&tracker=show_av)
!? I did not know this!
Sweet!
Oh man, the Monster dub...
Liam O'Brien is such an awesome voice actor. So glad they picked him to play one of my favorite characters of all time.
Quote from: Desensitized on July 07, 2011, 10:33:43 PM
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on July 07, 2011, 10:21:04 PM
And some are legally free. (http://www.youtube.com/show?p=rn0rlxmJAqo&tracker=show_av)
!? I did not know this!
Sweet!
Oooh, I hope that's the dub version. Netflix recently posted the sub one. :/ Agreed it's one of Liam's best roles. Screw Gaara.
EDIT: Yep, it's the dub! Hooray!
Quote from: Desensitized on July 07, 2011, 05:02:58 PM
Finally, someone else on this board who likes Fruits Basket!
Guess I should have barked more :hayguyz:
That's a great gateway series for shojo anime, still in my top 13, and my favorite John Burgmeier character.
Know what? I haven't posted a list on here in a long time. So why not?
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Romeo x Juliet
3. Hunter x Hunter
4. Monster
5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Kai)
6. Ghost Stories
7. Death Note
8. Rozen Maiden
9. Cowboy Bebop
10. Azumanga Daioh!
About thirty episodes into Monster and it's great. But that also keeps me from putting it too high.
(http://p.twimg.com/ApSlaM5CQAE_yDr.jpg)
Finally made one of these things.
What are the ones on top middle and right?
Quote from: Avaitor on March 31, 2012, 12:21:14 AM
What are the ones on top middle and right?
Gankutsuou and Paranoia Agent.
So YYH is one of your favorites after all? :D
Anyways, to be honest my favorite anime are more or less still the same as they ever were for the past few years, mostly given that I haven't bothered to watch many new series (not just modern anime, but other anime in general) over the past few years. I'm not sure why but while I know there are plenty of great series out there that I still have yet to see, I just can't find it in me to find any new anime that I try to be a compelling as the series that I like. To be fair, even the series that I like are mostly stuff that took me a while to get into, but I suppose its because ever since I've been in college I've had much less free-time on my hands, and thus I probably no longer have the patience to put up with the slow-starts that most anime series seem to have, which makes it nearly impossible for me to get into anything new unless it happens to be a short episodic series that pulls off an individual episode structure quite well (like OHSHC, but even that anime was something that I watched a couple of years ago).
Recently all I've been watching in terms of modern series is the Hunter X Hunter reboot, which has been turning out to get better as it goes along and has had some suitably awesome episodes, but I really do need to venture out and try some new stuff whenever I get the chance, which'll probably be during the Summer.
Well, actually, in terms of the whole anime front thing, I did at least watch Summer Wars recently and found it to be a great anime movie, but yeah, I still haven't bothered with any new series in quite a while.
When does LoGH get good? I really liked the pilot movie and the one that served as a remake of the first two episodes, but all of the actual episodes I've watched so far haven't done it for me.
Quote from: Foggle on March 31, 2012, 10:23:29 AM
When does LoGH get good? I really liked the pilot movie and the one that served as a remake of the first two episodes, but all of the actual episodes I've watched so far haven't done it for me.
How many episodes have you watched?
Hmm, I really should do one of those list-collages myself. There are a few new additions to my favorites.
Not too many. My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (great), Overture to a New War (amazing), Golden Wings (godawful), and episodes 1-10 (meh). The problem is that I actually have to force myself to watch the show now, since those 10 (8, really) episodes were fairly tough for me to get through. Didn't find them interesting at all.
Quote from: Foggle on March 31, 2012, 11:50:00 AM
Not too many. My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (great), Overture to a New War (amazing), Golden Wings (godawful), and episodes 1-10 (meh). The problem is that I actually have to force myself to watch the show now, since those 10 (8, really) episodes were fairly tough for me to get through. Didn't find them interesting at all.
I'd say stick with it until episode 25, that's when the series started to go from "good" to "great" in my opinion and if the show still doesn't do anything for you? Well, we can't love everything.
I haven't seen
Golden Wings but it's usually regarded as the weakest part of the franchise.
Yeah, I know Golden Wings is widely regarded as terrible. I tried not to let that have an effect on my opinion. ;)
Okay, I'll stick with it 'til episode 25. I'm sure it gets better since those first two movies were grand.
And in case you want to show your 3x3 like any other prudish /a/non. (http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php)
I've always wondered how they make those.
:D I was just about to ask how to make one. Mine's will be up in a sec.
(http://bighugelabs.com/output/mosaic51a1109958bb40848e52ab7423e3f487ad30f356.jpg)
S-CRY-ed! ;D Freakin' love that show.
Quote from: Rynnec on April 01, 2012, 04:23:54 AM
S-CRY-ed! ;D Freakin' love that show.
Me too, even though my original post showed me loving it a little bit more than I did. I forgot about the last minute change between Dragonball Z Kai and it. Just spent some time fixing that and getting a better Heat Guy J picture (even though it's misleading)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100/JDesensitized/d47fceb2.jpg)
It's a bit big, but eh. I put Sailor Moon in since I love the core canon stuff, and I had to use that Beck picture because it's awesome. Yeah, my tastes have slightly changed but these all retain the core of what I enjoy in general.
Great list. Most of what's in yours would probably make my list as well, but just out of curiosity, is the picture you have on the bottom left corner supposed to be Martian Successor Nadiesco?
Yeah it is. I just liked the addition of the chibi-esque characters even if they don't ever show up like that in the show. It shows off a bit of the comedy and light-hearted side of the series.
(http://i.imgur.com/nkH7Xl.jpg?1)
Is the 2nd one from the bottom left City Hunter? That looks familiar.
I want to do this for comic books and video games.
Oh and mines still looks the coolest. :sly:
What is yours? I didn't see the original post.
Quote from: gunswordfist on April 01, 2012, 05:55:35 PM
Is the 2nd one from the bottom left City Hunter? That looks familiar.
I want to do this for comic books and video games.
Oh and mines still looks the coolest. :sly:
Yeah, it's
City Hunter.
liking the grid! :thumbup:
Quote from: Pharass on April 02, 2012, 07:59:41 AM
Quote from: gunswordfist on April 01, 2012, 05:55:35 PM
Is the 2nd one from the bottom left City Hunter? That looks familiar.
I want to do this for comic books and video games.
Oh and mines still looks the coolest. :sly:
Yeah, it's City Hunter.
I'm guessing it had a TV series because all I've seen is the movie, which reminded me of Lupin which makes it awesome and one of my favorites.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 01, 2012, 06:02:01 PM
What is yours? I didn't see the original post.
Whoops, here you go:
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Still just seeing a red x.
I don't even see that.
Quote from: gunswordfist on April 02, 2012, 06:29:01 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 01, 2012, 06:02:01 PM
What is yours? I didn't see the original post.
Whoops, here you go:
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Fixed
http://www.sakuafk.com/2012/06/30/fate-stay-night-heavens-feel-rumour-at-anime-expo-2012/
Oh, yes. Yes. Yes! I so hope this happens.
(Didn't know where to post this. Fate/Zero is one of my favorite anime, so... yeah? Let's roll with this.)
I'd like to see it happen myself, especially since it's unlikely I'll ever play the VN anytime soon. Doesn't DEEN still hold adaptation rights for FSN though? If they do, Ufotable could always do a Tsukihime anime using the Melty Blood/Carnival Phantasm cast. I bet lots of fans would love to see a Tsukihime anime. :sly:
The problem with the VN is that you have to read Fate before you unlock UBW and HF. Fate is horrid, and also like 25+ hours long. Plus, even in the awesome parts, the writing/translation is still pretty sophomoric.
HF anime would be godlike, especially by ufotable. With all the bullshit edited out and animated fight scenes, it would be a masterpiece. Same deal with UBW, but fucking Deen probably ruined our chances of ever seeing a proper adaptation for that one.
Yeah, that's the biggest reason I haven't downloaded the VN yet (other than the usual deal like trusting the right and safe source to download it from and whatnot). Other than a few fights like Saber vs Assassin, I don't think I can slog through 25 hours of a story I'm not really interested in just to get to the good stuff. And this is coming from the guy who read through all of Fallout fucking Equestria.
I guess I'll have to make do with Xerblade's youtube video's of the VN.
You people and your visual novels. :sly:
01. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/2nd Gig
04. Gungrave
05. Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Hellsing
08. Trigun
09. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. Death Note
For the most part my list don't change much unless I see something that really catches my eye, and for the most part that's very rare especially since I'm very picky about what I watch.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img845/5193/animecollage1.jpg)
I need to watch more anime. :imnothappy:
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Berserk
Quote from: GregX on January 04, 2013, 10:51:19 AM
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Berserk
Watch a show called Baccano. It's the best interpretation of the Prohibition Era in a long time.
And Monster.
Quote from: GregX on January 04, 2013, 10:51:19 AM
2. Berserk
Hmmmm.....That reminds me that I need to continue reading the manga, which I've only read the first 3 volumes of. I've never actually thought to watch the anime, though, now that I think about it.
Quote from: Graywulf76 on January 04, 2013, 08:51:39 AM
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Well, 4 of those are among my top 10 favorites, 1 of them I like quite a bit but its not a personal favorite, and 1 of them I can respect but could never really get much enjoyment out of, myself. Good choices, either way.
While all 6 are personal favorites of mine. ;)
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on January 04, 2013, 11:00:35 AM
Watch a show called Baccano. It's the best interpretation of the Prohibition Era in a long time.
And yet for some reason I didn't find it that entertaining. Weird, considering that I usually love this kind of stuff.
I actually meant that there are a lot of good animes I have yet to watch, and of the ones I have watched I only really liked those 6 enough to call them my favorites. I'll probably post a new list when I've watched a fair amount of shows. Thanks for the feedback anyway. :)
Here's my slightly modified list:
10. Monster
9. Great Teacher Onizuka
8. Trigun
7. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
6. Death Note
5. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Hunter X Hunter (1999)
3. Cowboy Bebop
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
Honorable Mentions:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Black Lagoon
Digimon Tamers
Zoids: Chaotic Century/Guardian Force
Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Lupin III (Red Jacket)
Ninja Scroll
Akira
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (That should make Dr. Insomniac happy, even if I don't consider it a personal favorite)
Good choices. Shame HxH never had a proper end... for obvious reasons.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 04, 2013, 06:19:24 PMGood choices.
Thanks. :thumbup:
QuoteShame HxH never had a proper end... for obvious reasons.
You know, in a way that actually kind of works to the anime's benefit. Counting just the TV series and the first OVA wrapping up the Yorknew City arc (which is all I count by listing HXH 1999, which I don't factor the GI OVAs into), you could say that HXH (1999) ended on a high note in terms of quality (though a somewhat depressing note in terms of the ending to the arc). We both know that the GI arc was a dud, and the Chimera Ant arc was way too lopsided in terms of quality, as was everything after that which has been published, so far.
It may just be HXH (2011)'s curse to have to adapt the bad material along with the good stuff. I read one review on ANN that said something I really agree with. The great thing about Kazuhiro Furuhashi's Hunter X Hunter anime adaptation is that it was there to pick up the slack when Togashi's writing wavered. As a result, mostly the whole anime was good, even at the weaker arcs like Heavens Arena. However, the one major fault of the 2011 version of the anime is that while it may flourish when adapting the brilliant parts of Togashi's writing, when his own quality from the manga drops, so to does the quality of this anime. It relies too heavily on the manga as a crutch, which the more annoying HXH fan-boys seem to love, but I personally prefer Furuhashi's more artful touches which IMO made his anime adaptation superior to the corresponding arcs from the manga which he adapted. I sincerely would have liked to see his version of the story continue and see what he could've done with an arc as ambitious as the Chimera Ant arc. Also, for the record, he had nothing to do with the GI OVAs, and that much is pretty obvious when you watch them.
I don't think I've posted an anime list since... I don't even know. Probably years. Let's see if I can come up with one.
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Romeo and Juliet/Monster
4. Ghost Stories (English dub only)
5. Hunter x Hunter
6. Higurashi When They Cry
7. Death Note
8. Rozen Maiden
Hmm..... that's about all I can think of at the moment. I could easily fill the list, but I feel like the last few entries should be more than just filler placements... I imagine Cowboy Bebop would fit somewhere, but it's been so long and I don't remember that show nearly well enough.
Have you started watching Slam Dunk yet, Ensatsu-ken? The manga was really good, so I'm curious if the anime keeps up as well as I've heard.
Not yet. I'll try to give it a look soon, though.
1- Neon Genesis Evangelion
2- Yu Yu Hakusho
3- Cowboy Bebop
4- Monster
5- Higurashi
I don't know if I could do a full 10.
I thought that you really liked Gundam 0080, along with other Gundam series. Wouldn't any of those rank among your favorites?
You'd probably dig Kids On The Slope and Beck if you haven't seen them yet, Avaitor.
I haven't seen Beck yet, myself (aside from the first episode which I watched a few years ago), but I second Kids on the Slope.
Yeah, the original Gundam and Zeta would make my top 10, not sure where. I'm not so sure about 0080 though, since I don't like ranking OVAs in with full series. I definitely like it as much as both of them though.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 04, 2013, 09:30:24 PM
You'd probably dig Kids On The Slope and Beck if you haven't seen them yet, Avaitor.
I saw the first couple of episodes of Kids on the Slope, but never did watch it all. I'm watching M*A*S*H online now, as opposed to The Wire and rewatching HIMYM on my TV, but I can try to rewatch that and maybe try Beck too when I'm done with season 2 of M*A*S*H. I'd say when I'm done with the show in general, but ain't nobody got time to wait for someone to finish 11 seasons worth of a series.
10. S-CRY-Ed
9. Big O
8. Lupin
7. Trigun
6. Heat Guy J
5. Fist Of The Northstar
4. Yu yu Hakusho
3. Samurai Champloo
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Baki's out of the top 5 or 6 for the first time. Second season is so low budget. Kind of like how cheap Guyver's last half of episodes were.
Quote01. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/2nd Gig
04. Gungrave
05. Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Hellsing
08. Trigun
09. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. Death Note
Removed Moribito, rearranged the list and added Hellsing.
Ultimate, or the TV anime?
Both, but Ultimate trumps the tv version by a long shot. I haven't seen all of Ultimate though. Once I've seen all of Ultimate, it'll go above Cowboy Bebop. Hell, may even go above RK (Alucard is just too great of character. Perhaps the greatest character ever created in anime)
1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Good to see Samurai Champloo get some love.
I've still only seen the first 3 episodes of Hellsing Ultimate.
Quote from: Lord Dalek on January 13, 2013, 09:33:36 AM
1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 13, 2013, 02:03:55 PM
Quote from: Lord Dalek on January 13, 2013, 09:33:36 AM
1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
:anthony:
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 13, 2013, 02:03:55 PM
Quote from: Lord Dalek on January 13, 2013, 09:33:36 AM
1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
Quote from: Avaitor on January 13, 2013, 01:45:36 PM
I've still only seen the first 3 episodes of Hellsing Ultimate.
Those are the only ones I liked (and I loved them), honestly. Series fell off
hard for me after that.
Quote from: Foggle on January 13, 2013, 02:54:32 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 13, 2013, 02:03:55 PM
Quote from: Lord Dalek on January 13, 2013, 09:33:36 AM
1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
My dear Spark, you're supposed to list your first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh favorite anime before skipping to six and eight. Though you're desire to show off your love for Kodomo no Jikan is admirable, but let me ask. Do you prefer the broadcast series or the uncensored one?
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Angle Beats!
21. Kanon
22. Clannad: After Story
23. Air
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Angle Beats!
21. Kanon
22. Clannad: After Story
23. Air
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Angle Beats!
21. Kanon
22. Clannad: After Story
23. Air
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
21. Master of Martial Hearts
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
21. Master of Martial Hearts
22. Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
21. Master of Martial Hearts
22. Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama
23. Haganai
24. Queen's Blade
25. Chaos;Head
26. Cuticle Detective Inaba
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
21. Master of Martial Hearts
22. Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama
23. Haganai
24. Queen's Blade
25. Chaos;Head
26. Cuticle Detective Inaba
27.Koihime Musou
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1. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Big O
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Kodomo no Jikan
7. Lotte no Omocha
:SHOCK:
8. Initial D (dub only)
9. Speed Racer
10. Gigantor
11. School Days.
12. Mars of Destruction
13. Issho ni Sleeping
(This should be a new game)
14. Bakemonogatari
15. Nisemonogatari
16. Nekomonogatari
17. Sword Art Online
18. Yotsuga no Sora
19. Guilty Crown
20. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
21. Master of Martial Hearts
22. Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama
23. Haganai
24. Queen's Blade
25. Chaos;Head
26. Cuticle Detective Inaba
27.Koihime Musou
28. Bible Black
Guess what's getting a dub? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl94WZWya-M&feature=youtu.be)
The casting is really odd, and I'm quite sad it's not coming to Toonami first, but still this shit is so hype! :shakeshakeshake:
Don't like those dub voices at all tbh. Kariya (I think) and Tokiomi (I think) sound good, but everyone else... I'll stick with the sub.
But at least this means that it might get a decently-priced western release! :joy:
Watching the trailer again, I think Iri and Saber's voices fit them (though I'm still miffed that she can't keep a consistant actress), Ryuunosuke's (JYB apparently) is perfect, and Kiritsugu's has potential. I'm dissapointed that Tokiomi doesn't seem to have a british accent.
What puzzles me most is that they have Kirei and Gilgamesh's old VA's...but they're not reprising their respective roles. Almost no one who appeared in FSN is reprising their dub voices, which irks me quite a bit.
I can't really judge the quality of the dub too much as I only watched the first episode of the show, so I'm not familiar enough with the Japanese voice-cast to compare the dub too. On its own, though, the voice-acting in the trailer sounded pretty mediocre.
So the only character who gets the same English voice actor from F/SN is Rin. :wth:
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on February 15, 2013, 02:14:57 AM
So the only character who gets the same English voice actor from F/SN is Rin. :wth:
What the fuck, why her of all people? She's like 8 years old in Fate/Zero. :srs:
I already posted this list in the Top favorite animated shows thread, but I might as well post it here too.
Favorite Anime List:
25: Zatch Bell!
24: Soul Eater
23: Durarara!
22: The Big O
21: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
20: Ouran High School Host Club
19: Azumanga Daioh
18: Sgt. Frog
17: Shin Chan (Funimation version)
16: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
15: Samurai Champloo
14: Case Closed
13: Lupin the Third (1st and 2nd anime series)
12: Cowboy Bebop
11: The Slayers (Franchise, although my favorite among them is still Slayers NEXT)
10: Baccano!
9: Gun X Sword
8: Dragonball (Still counting the entire franchise, although I still prefer the original Dragonball to the others)
7: School Rumble
6: Yu Yu Hakusho
5: One Piece
4: Ranma 1/2
3: Trigun
2: Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
1: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (although I prefer Brotherhood by a tiny margin)
What can I say? For all the shitty anime out there, there are quite a lot that I like. And then there are these 25 which I absolutely LOVE. The top 8 of these I'd go as far to say they are my top 8 favorite shows period. Just great shows, all around.
So here's my new top 10. Gaze upon my shit tier mainstream taste.
10. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (h8rs gonna' h8)
9. Lupin the Third (love every series, but if you want a specific entry, then the newest one from 2012)
8. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (all of it, but I prefer 2nd GIG)
7. Baccano!
6. Dead Leaves
5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (first two seasons only, Kai is my favorite)
4. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (I also like the other seasons, but I'd only consider TSR a masterpiece)
3. Fate/Zero (don't think I need to specify here, but I like season 2 more)
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (that's right, just the movie; show is good too, though)
1. Cowboy Bebop (obvious choices ftw (movie is also great))
Yep. PSG will probably be replaced by Hyouge Mono once I finish it.
All right time for a full top 10...
10. Outlaw Star
09. Neon Genesis Evangelion
08. Tenchi Muyo in Love
07. Lupin The Third (except the pink jacket junk... and the Dezaki movies... and the live action one...)
06. Last Exile
05. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
04. Big O
03. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
02. Cowboy Bebop
01. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (OVA 1) (no really... this is my all time favorite anime. Its perfect.)
Good lists, guys. I still need to watch past the first episode of Fate/Zero.
As for me, my list would pretty much be the exact same thing as the last one that I posted, except maybe I'd swap out Monster with Digimon Tamers (yes, you read it right).
Monster would definitely be on my list, but I prefer the manga, and I'd rather not have overlap between my anime and manga lists. :)
Quote from: Foggle on April 08, 2013, 09:56:44 PM
Monster would definitely be on my list, but I prefer the manga, and I'd rather not have overlap between my anime and manga lists. :)
Pretty much the same reason for why its not higher on my list. Its great....but really only because its just a copy and paste job of the manga. I much prefer adaptations that do more and at least attempt to improve themselves from their source material. To be fair, the source material in the case of Monster is pretty near impossible to top, but I still think that more could have been done with the adaptation. That's something that I love about Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter. Both of those adaptations enhance their source material, rather than just follow everything it does blindly.
The more I think about it, the more it seems that Monster belongs in the same "unfilmable" category that Watchmen and MGS occupy.
The anime, just like the Watchmen movie, turned out a lot better than it could have, but there isn't much reason for you to watch them instead of reading them as intended.
Quote from: Foggle on April 08, 2013, 09:24:14 PM
So here's my new top 10. Gaze upon my shit tier mainstream taste.
10. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (h8rs gonna' h8)
9. Lupin the Third (love every series, but if you want a specific entry, then the newest one from 2012)
8. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (all of it, but I prefer 2nd GIG)
7. Baccano!
6. Dead Leaves
5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (first two seasons only, Kai is my favorite)
4. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (I also like the other seasons, but I'd only consider TSR a masterpiece)
3. Fate/Zero (don't think I need to specify here, but I like season 2 more)
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (that's right, just the movie; show is good too, though)
1. Cowboy Bebop (obvious choices ftw (movie is also great))
Yep. PSG will probably be replaced by Hyouge Mono once I finish it.
Whoa, so the Fuko Lupin series is really good?
Quote from: gunswordfist on April 09, 2013, 09:27:33 AM
Whoa, so the Fuko Lupin series is really good?
Yeah! It's pretty different from the others, but it's the best of the lot IMO.
I obviously meant to say Fujiko but yes, I'll check this out. Hmmm, this is like the only new anime I plan on checking out.
Okay, I'll join in.
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Romeo x Juliet
3. Monster
4. Hunter x Hunter
5. Ghost Stories (only the English dub)
6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (+Kai)
7. Death Note
8. Rozen Maiden
9. Cowboy Bebop
10. Azumanga Daioh
Pretty unchanged since last time I posted it, I imagine.
10. GTO
9. Paranoia Agent
8. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
7. Beck
6. Death Note
5. Neon Genesis Evangelion
4. Cowboy Bebop
3. Baccano!
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
1. Trigun
Honorable mention: Heroman ( :sly:)
Gonna watch a bunch of anime on my list soon, so I'll probably make a new list soon.
After re-watching some of my favorite anime recently, along with some new ones, my top 25 has changed fairly significantly.
Favorite Anime List:
25: Neon Genesis Evangelion
I'm honestly not enamored with this series terribly; I just "like" it. However, out of the shows I just "like," I enjoy this series the most. More than Soul Eater which I no longer really enjoy very strongly, at the very least. But I will say this. Despite the flaws of the show, the End of Evangelion is probably the best anime movie I've ever seen in my eight years of anime fandom. That's not an outstanding feat, since I don't like that many anime movies, but it's my fourth favorite movie now, which IS something. ;)
24: Durarara!
23: Zatch Bell!
22: Ouran High School Host Club
21: Shin Chan (Funimation Version)
20: Azumanga Daioh
19: Sgt. Frog
18: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
17: Samurai Champloo
16: Baccano!
15: The Big O
14: Gun X Sword
13: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
12: Lupin the Third (1st and 2nd anime series)
11: Case Closed
10: Cowboy Bebop
9: The Slayers (Franchise, although my favorite among them is still Slayers NEXT)
8: Dragonball (Yeah, I've decided to only count the original, because even though I have good memories of the others, the original is the only one that really holds up).
7: School Rumble
6: Yu Yu Hakusho
5: One Piece
4: Ranma 1/2
3: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Some of the flaws in both series upon recent viewings have made me reconsider it's placement as my favorite anime/show. I realized that there are two shows that I do like better. Still, love this franchise, and both shows are still quite enjoyable and definitely top 3 worthy.
2: Trigun
1: Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
Out of all the anime I've watched over the years, nay, of all the shows I watched over the years, the one I keep coming back to and has had the most influence on me is definitely Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. And while often with other shows I've ended up liking them a little less over time, my feelings for Bobobo haven't changed, or maybe have increased some. So, I definitely consider it to be my favorite anime, and show, of all time. Wig Out, bros. O0
And, just for kicks, here's my top 5 anime movie list (I really only like 5 anime movies enough to make a list anyway, which means I should probably watch more good ones... :sweat:):
5: Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
4: Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
3: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
1: End of Evangelion
Geez. All of them are based of some anime series. I really should watch more anime movies. :sweat:
I appreciate how you don't really consider NGE a top favorite, but End of Evangelion is your favorite anime movie. That's exactly how I feel about the series too! :)
Quote from: Cartoon X on April 21, 2013, 01:31:42 AM
Geez. All of them are based of some anime series. I really should watch more anime movies. :sweat:
I recommend Summer Wars, and maybe Ninja Scroll. The former is just an all-around great movie, especially if you had any sort of liking whatsoever for Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (its the same director tackling the same concept, except with all original characters in something completely unrelated to the Digimon franchise). The latter is just a cool movie that, certainly isn't any sort of masterpiece, but I still find it to be damn entertaining to this day (though, it is technically based off a series of novels, so its not technically a stand-alone original movie, even though it still comes off as one).
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on April 21, 2013, 03:44:30 PM
I recommend Summer Wars, and maybe Ninja Scroll. The former is just an all-around great movie, especially if you had any sort of liking whatsoever for Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (its the same director tackling the same concept, except with all original characters in something completely unrelated to the Digimon franchise). The latter is just a cool movie that, certainly isn't any sort of masterpiece, but I still find it to be damn entertaining to this day (though, it is technically based off a series of novels, so its not technically a stand-alone original movie, even though it still comes off as one).
Ah, yeah.
Summer Wars is a movie I've been meaning to see for a long time, although I've never seen that
Digimon movie (by the time I got into anime shows when I was a kid the show went to Toon Disney, which I didn't have), so I wouldn't be able to make any comparisons.
Ninja Scroll sounds interesting. I'll check it out.
I've also been meaning to check out
Paprika,
Porco Rosso,
Naussica, and
Castle in the Sky. Are they any good?
The only one of those I haven't seen is Paprika, but the only one that I liked of what I saw was Nausicaa. They're all worth checking out, though.
You should watch Perfect Blue! One of the best movies ever.
He should watch Ninja Resurrection. Clearly a masterpiece of anime cinema. :sly:
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on April 21, 2013, 04:20:03 PM
He should watch Ninja Resurrection. Clearly a masterpiece of anime cinema. :sly:
Oh, yes! And Legend of the Overfiend.
Fuck it! Let's throw MD Geist into the mix as well and force him to watch it. :>
And if we can even include OVAs, then we can probably make him watch some Genocyber too. :whip:
I still need to see End of Evangelion...
CX, do you like the Bebop movie more than the show?
Quote from: gunswordfist on April 21, 2013, 08:52:30 PM
CX, do you like the Bebop movie more than the show?
No. It's a great movie, but
Cowboy Bebop is a fantastic, almost cinematic, series already. I think it's on par with great episodes like "The Real Folk Blues 1 & 2," but I don't like it as much as "Pierrot Le Fou," "Ballad of Fallen Angels," and "Jupiter Jazz 1 & 2."
You should check out all of Miyazaki and Kon's movies as they are all quite different. There's no way to gauge which ones you'll like before you see them.
Quote from: Foggle on April 21, 2013, 04:18:22 PM
You should watch Perfect Blue! One of the best movies ever.
This one didn't really work for me when I saw it way back when.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 22, 2013, 04:17:23 PM
Quote from: Foggle on April 21, 2013, 04:18:22 PM
You should watch Perfect Blue! One of the best movies ever.
This one didn't really work for me when I saw it way back when.
Really? I thought it was the best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made.
Also, Grave of the Fireflies is excellent.
If you haven't seen Redline yet, FUCKING WATCH IT RIGHT NOW OMG
BEAUTIFUL ART
EXCELLENT ANIMATION
GREATEST OST
FANTASTIC DUB ACTING
100/10
Never heard of it.
Hi, heres my Top 10 Favorite Anime series
1. ROD the TV Series
2. Madoka Magica
3. Ah My Goddess (OVA, Movie and TV Series)
4. Sakura Wars (Just the TV Series, haven't seen much else of it)
5. Baccano
6. FLCL
7. Diebuster
8. El Hazard The Magnificent World
9. Tenamonya Voyagers
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion
Welcome, TheEclecticDude. :)
Thank you. I did join up on this forum months ago, but took a while to actually post on here ^_^
Oh yeah Honorable Mentions to my list:
Bodacious Space Pirates
Crest of the Stars
Gunsmith Cats
I Dream of Mimi
Magic Knight Rayearth
My Dear Marie
to name a few...
Your taste live up to your usnername. I like!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-17/blazblue/calamity-trigger-fighting-game-gets-anime-green-lit (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-17/blazblue/calamity-trigger-fighting-game-gets-anime-green-lit)
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Not sure where else to put this.
Might as well Update this.
Favorite Anime List:
25: Neon Genesis Evangelion
24: Ouran High School Host Club
23: Shin Chan (Funimation Version)]
22: Sgt. Frog
21: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
20: Samurai Champloo
19: Gun X Sword
18: Black Lagoon
17: Baccano!
16: Azumanga Daioh
15: Pani Poni Dash
14: The Big O
13: Lupin the Third (1st and 2nd anime series and The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
12: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
11: Case Closed
10: Cowboy Bebop
9: The Slayers (Franchise, although my favorite among them is still Slayers NEXT)
8: School Rumble
7: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood- Moved it down because I feel both anime have some problematic flaws that keep me from justifying them as a top 5 entry for me, at least not over Dragonball.
6: Dragonball
5: Yu Yu Hakusho
4: One Piece
3: Ranma 1/2
2: Trigun
1: Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
Yeah...Monster will probably make my top 5 once I finish it, and Maison Ikkoku will probably break into my top 20.
Quote from: Grave on January 03, 2013, 12:59:30 AM
01. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/2nd Gig
04. Gungrave
05. Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Hellsing
08. Trigun
09. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. Death Note
For the most part my list don't change much unless I see something that really catches my eye, and for the most part that's very rare especially since I'm very picky about what I watch.
I might as well update this as well.
01. Ghost in the Shell: SAC/2nd
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
04. Gungrave
05. Hellsing/Ultimate
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Rurouni Kenshin/Trust and Betrayal
08. Yu Yu Hakusho
09. Hajime no Ippo
10. Trigun
Same list for the most part, just the order changed quite a bit not to mention the removal of Death Note and the addition of Hajime no Ippo. I caught wind of HnI around 2010 I think, and was pretty much hooked on everything about the series. The bad thing about HnI is that the experience was nearly ruined because of New Challenger. To me, next to RK and YYH, HnI is the next greatest shounen series. I'm not a fan of boxing (MMA all the way) nor am I a fan when it comes to sports and anime together, but Madhouse handled HnI so well that it made me feel like I was watching just pure good action instead of a sports/boxing anime.
TOP TEN BEST INDIVIDUAL EPISODES OF ANY ANIME EVER MADE AS PICKED BY ME...
10. Puella Magi Madoka Magica #12: "My Very Best Friend"
9. Neon Genesis Evangelion #18: "Ambivalence (The Choice of Life)"
8. El-Hazard The Magnificent World #7: "The World of Endless Adventures"
7. Casshern Sins #7: "The Woman of the Tall Tower"
6. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam #50: "Run Through The Cosmos"
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica #10: "I Wont Rely On Anyone Anymore"
4. Cowboy Bebop #26: "The Real Folk Blues Part II"
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion #26': "My Purest Love for You/ONE MORE FINAL (I Need You)"
2. Cowboy Bebop #5: "Ballad of Fallen Angels"
1. Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt #6: "Les Diaboliques"
Hooray! Great list. :)
Mine:
10. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Episode 7: Massacre Chapter Two - How to Change Destiny
9. Cowboy Bebop, Episode 5: Ballad of Fallen Angels
8. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Episode 19: Introjection
7. Fate/Zero, Episode 24: The Last Command Seal
6. Cowboy Bebop, Episode 20: Pierrot le Fou
5. Black Lagoon (The Second Barrage), Episode 22: The Dark Tower
4. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, Episode 12: Burning Hong Kong
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Episode 25': Air / Love Is Destructive
2. Cowboy Bebop, Episode 26: The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)
1. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Episode 6: Les Diaboliques
10-8 would probably be episodes of Stand Alone Complex, Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and Baccano!, but I can't for the life of me remember which episodes I liked most. Looks like it's time for a rewatch...
Cool idea! Those are great lists, but as for me I'd need to do some re-watching to recall my specific favorite episodes of any anime.
Late to this party, but whatever; Great idea, guys! As for me, I'm terribly indecisive when it comes to making lists like this, but I'll do one anyway. ;)
Instead of a Top 10, though, I'm doing 26! A full anime season's worth of episodes! Overkill? Probably, but I like too many episodes in anime to leave out some of my favorites, and I already had to cut down the list from five times as many episodes. :sweat:
Note that the only reason a shitload of Monster episodes didn't make the list is that I feel the show is best watched in bunches than single episodes for the most part, and so I would be listing arcs instead of individual episodes. This same mentality also led to me not having a couple of awesome two parters from various series, Baccano!, the Laughing Man arc from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Dragonball, the set of episodes from Dragonball Z where Mr. Satan befriends Majin Buu (yes, I love those episodes, bite me), and One Piece in the list as well. I also limited myself to only listing up to three episodes max from any particular series in my list , AND no double representations within the top ten for variety's sake, because otherwise my list would basically be 30% Bobobo-bo Bo-bo, 30% Monster, 20% Cowboy Bebop, and 20% Trigun :sweat:.
Yes, this is overcomplicated, but I guess I'm just I'm super obsessive when it comes to these things. :D
I'm actually gonna go the extra mile and explain my choices for my top 11 favorite episodes in any anime, but only those ones because I'm too lazy right now to do all of them. Also this is gonna be a two-part post because it apparently exceeded the maximum allowed length for posting, so...yeah, this is gonna be long. Anyway, I'll start by listing the most honorable of my honorable mentions, numbers 26-12 in my list!
26. Casshern Sins #8: "A Hymn of Hope"
25. Puella Magi Madoka Magica #10: "I Won't Rely on Anyone Anymore"
24. Ranma 1/2 #109: "Into the Darkness"
23. Neon Genesis Evangelion #21: "He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child"
22. Neon Genesis Evangelion #22: "Don't Be"
21. Yu Yu Hakusho #83: "Game Over"
20. Black Lagoon #22: "The Dark Tower"
19. Yu Yu Hakusho #84: "Kurama's Anger, Gourmet's Guest"
18. The Slayers #10: "JACKPOT! The Great Life or Death Gamble!"
17. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo #23: "Weddings, Wiggins, and Water Torture!"
16. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo #16: "Snot in My Neighborhood!"
15. Cowboy Bebop #6: "Sympathy for the Devil"
14. Cowboy Bebop #20: "Pierrot Le Fou"
13. Trigun #24: "Sin"
12. Trigun #23: "Paradise"
And with that, here's my TOP 11 FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL ANIME EPISODES EVER!:
11. School Rumble #29: "Beautiful Beast vs. Beautiful Beast! God of War vs. God of Warfare! Teacher vs. Student!"
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While the series started out mostly based in fairly common tropes and cliches (and it IS mostly in the beginning. It managed to evolve beyond that), School Rumble is one of my favorite animes, a lot because I find the kind of over the top humor in the series hilarious, but also because I really related to Harima and also enjoyed the growth and interactions of several other characters like Yakumo, Mikoto, and (surprisingly especially) Eri. That said, while there are a lot of good episodes in the series, very few of them probably break my unedited top 50 favorite anime episodes list, much less the top 26. But this one does. Why? This episode lacks most of the character development and character interactions that I enjoyed about the series for the most part, and it doesn't really focus on Harima's love OR work struggles that I found endearing, so what made this episode of all of them make the cut for my favorites list?
Because this episode is just that hilarious.
Basically, in the previous episode, Class 2-C, being unable to decide whether to do a play or a shop for the Culture Festival (an anime cliche, yeah, but it leads to episode 32, which is another one of my personal favorites from the show ;) ), is coerced into playing a "survival game" by Akira in order to decide which will be done. The result was this episode, a parody of war flicks and survival game type stories that is played straight on the surface, but ultimately only to provoke humor from the absurdity of the situation. It's akin to the Paintball episodes of Community; the characters act like they are in some high stakes, life or death scenario fighting for their lives, but it's just a game. And thus the episode plays out like a drama, with betrayals, mock deaths, and even romantic tragedies, played straight for the hilarious absurdity of the situation. I never get tired of watching this episode; like the aforementioned Community episodes it's dramatic elements get you invested in the situation even though you know it's just a game, but of course the ridiculousness of it all and how seriously the characters take the game and all the developments makes it hilarious. And to boot, there was some character development for some minor characters in this episode as well. Heck, a lot of the fun in the episode was how it took the very little information we knew about some of the minor characters and managed to use them for memorable bits of humor throughout the episode. There really isn't much to say more to say except this is one of my favorite episodes in any anime, and a highlight in one of my favorite anime/manga romantic comedies.
10. Monster #21: "Happy Holidays"
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I said before the reason that a shitload of Monster episodes didn't make the list is because for the most I feel the series' finest material can't be separated out into just individual episodes, but into chunks of multiple episodes. However, there are a lot of episodes in the series that I think are great stand alones, like the episode where Tenma learns how to shoot a gun, "Petra and Schuman," "Lunge's Trap," and even some parts of the long-running story arcs could be singled out as solid individual episodes. However, out of all those, the only one that ended up making my personal list of favorite individual episodes was this one, titled "Happy Holidays."
This episode doesn't focus on one of the main or major recurring cast members, and it isn't an arc focused on a particular character either like the Martin episodes. It focuses on a very minor character who we only saw a small bit of, acting as an antagonist, very early on in the series, and in that episode, he had very little personality nor did he talk much or have memorable dialogue, and design-wise he was plain and generic compared to his mustached companion. This episode takes a character who was a forgettable minor character in his first appearance, and makes him manage to be sympathetic, likeable, and more than some random flunky manipulated by Johan. It explores the moral character of this man, Muller, who Johan blackmailed into killing Nina's parents back in episode 7, and we see that, in the traditional sense, he isn't a despicable, bad guy, nor is he just pathetic like his drugee partner. He doesn't feel a grand amount of remorse for what he's done, mind you, but he's a normal guy in most respects, and we see good in him as he tries to kindle a relationship with a woman he loves and bond with her son, who has trouble accepting him as a father. He's a good person for the most part, and not the kind of guy who you would expect to mercilessly murder three people, in cold-blood.
This episode is the first that shows how many of the people Johan uses for his bidding aren't necessarily horrible people, or vicious killers like Roberto, who has a shocking and memorable introduction in this episode and ends up being the only other really threatening recurring antagonist in the series besides Johan himself. Muller does end up atoning for his sins, but on his own without huge provocation or guilt-tripping from another character like what would happen in most series, sacrificing himself to save Nina's life, even though he was finally able and could have lived the happy, carefree life he had always wanted. I love how the characters in Monster, be them protagonists or antagonists, are still people, and are hence complicated figures just how real people are. This episode was the first episode to highlight that even "bad-guys" must and are still complicated human beings, even Johan, the titular Monster of this series as later episodes show. Furthermore, it took a generic, forgettable antagonist that had like 2 minutes of screen time in a previous episode and made him likable, sympathetic, and tragic, and when he dies you are able to feel sad for him, a feat that very few series I think have ever accomplished. It's certainly not one of the best parts of Monster as a whole, but as far as the anime's individual episodes went, this is the one that stuck out and entertained me the most. Heck, I think the fact that it's not even one of Monster 's greatest moments but is still a great episode shows just how fantastic the manga and it's anime adaption really is. So what individual anime episodes do I like more than any given episode of a true masterpiece like Monster ? Hmm...
9. Ranma 1/2 #111: "The Case of the Missing Takoyaki"
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Sometimes I see people criticize Ranma 1/2 for being formulaic and only being a bunch of wacky humor that's drawn on by wacky antics and never any character-based humor. I seriously disagree with this sentiment. The characters don't develop a lot, and Ranma and Akane aren't more complex beneath the surface than Lum and Ataru from Urusei Yatsura are, but they do change in little ways throughout the manga, although it's never anything that major. However, what the cast might lack in character development I feel they make up in their overall characterizations. Most of the cast of Ranma 1/2 are very sneaky, manipulative, and selfish individuals trying to get their way or achieve some overall end in any given situation, but individually they have character-specific quirks and attitudes towards life and the other characters that lead to a lot of great humor spurring from the characters playing off each other than playing off a wacky situation. Ranma 1/2's forte is wacky comedy, and in my opinion it does wacky comedy very, very well, but a lot of it's wacky humor only works because the characters are themselves amusing and do amusing things to and with each other, just being themselves.
What does all this have to do with how much I like this episode? Well, while I'm not sure if I'd say this is the funniest episode of the series, since there's plenty of hilarious episodes scatted throughout (most of them in the middle and near the end of the anime, in my opinion). But when I think of Ranma 1/2, I think of this episode first. Why? Well, it's funny, yes, but plenty of episodes in the show are funny. What makes this episode stand out to me, out of all the episodes, is that it takes the residents of the Tendo Dojo, presents them with a mundane, inconsequential situation, and lets them run wild. It's a completely character driven episode playing off of the established charactes and insecurities of the involved cast, and simply by their own inate craziness does the situation of missing Takoyaki turn from a seemingly mundane event into a hilarious, absurd event. The jokes in the episode keep growing more and more over the top while never resorting to the kind of wacky slapstick the series is known for, and oddly enough the absence of silly slapstick actually benefits the episode's memorability in my eyes. It almost feels like Ranma 1/2's take on a slice-of-life episode yet while still having the show's love of crazy, over the top humor. And because of all these elements, not only does this episode work, but I dare say it's one of the most memorable episodes in the show.
I feel as Ranma 1/2 went on, it stopped relying on the formula of ridiculous martial arts challenges and started to do more of these goofy, slice of life kind of situations (the wacky martial arts wasn't dropped, but in the later parts of the manga several arcs involving them were decidedly more serious situations). This episode was one of the first episodes that took away the usual kind of scenarios the characters were put in and used their own characters to build an episode, a hilarious episode, from something insignificant. That's why the episode ends up being as memorable as it is, my personal favorite episode in the Ranma 1/2 anime, and my 9th favorite individual episode in any anime.
8. Case Closed #11: "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case"
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Case Closed has so many episodes; 700+ and counting. I've only watched around 100 of them at most, but the majority of the episodes are brilliant detective tales that keep you interested and guessing throughout. There are a lot of great cases in the anime and manga, but the one that I'm the most fond of is this one, "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case." The first double-length episode of the anime, this story has possibly the most interesting murder motif of any murderer in the series, and one of my favorite backstory/conspiracies behind the murders as well. I suppose the culprit was made more obvious than in other, equally great cases, but this one had one of the more sympathetic backstories and tragic deaths of any of them, and overall the story is just a great, interesting mystery and detective story all the way through. It was probably the episode that truly made me a fan of the series, and the one that I remember the most fondly from my days of watching the show on Colours TV. Really, this episode just captures the best of Case Closed . If you want to know why the series is one of the 5 most popular anime in Japan and still running to this day, all you need to do is watch this episode, and it'll be clear why Conan Edogawa will always be on the case (until Aoyama finally decides to end the series, that is :sweat: .)
7. Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine #10: "Dead City"
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Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is definitely the best Lupin series, and was awesome beginning to end. However, as much as I love Lupin, this is the only episode in the franchise that managed to make my top 26, although the two-part series finale is my favorite set of episodes in that show, but I like them best as a set more so than individually, which is actually the reason why I cut a couple of great two-part episodes from the Red Jacket anime from my list also. But this episode made the cut, and I love it enough for it to be a top 11 for me. It's a creepy ass episode playing with expectation and psyche, while furthering the plot of the anime into intriguing, bold territory. Actually, it's more akin in mood, subject matter, and plot to storylines from Monkey Punch's manga moreso than any of the previous Lupin anime or movies, and it captures the mystery and suspense in his more serious Lupin stories perfectly. More than that, this is just an artistically rich episode throughout, and that just adds to the atmosphere and eerieness in this episode. In my opinion, this episode is the closest an adaption of Lupin has gotten to capture the feel of Monkey Punch's more serious Lupin stories, with jaw-dropping gorgeous art and gripping plot to boot. What more can you ask for in Lupin the Third; this is just a perfect Lupin episode, serious and fun at the same time, always entertaining.
6. The Big O #26: "The Show Must Go On"
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Endings of shows, animated or otherwise, are never usually top favorites of mine because a lot of them just never lived up to expectations previous episodes built up, or are just wind-ups that don't leave lasting impressions. That said, the last episode of The Big O was just a perfect finale for the series. The mysteries behind the Big's, Paradigm City, and Angel are all revealed in powerful, incredible moments, not to mention the fight between Big O and Big Duo is just fantastic. I loved every bit of the finale, moments such as Big O choosing not to control Roger, Dorothy re-activating on her own and saving Roger, Beck screwing over Rosewater to help Roger activate the Big O's final stage, and of course Roger's speech convincing Angel to preserve Paradigm City and the memories of everyone in it. Really, it ties up every lose end and made use of every major character to great effect, and produced one of my favorite endings in any animated series in general. I really don't get the people who think the show doesn't have an "ending." No, all the pieces were set out before in the previous episodes, and this one tied it all together and wrapped up the package. In the end, Roger the Negotiator did a much needed job in Paradigm City. And the result was this episode; a great ending to a great show.
5. Yu Yu Hakusho #69: "The Power of Taboo"
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This might be an untraditional choice for a favorite episode, but I've always really loved this one. Both Hiei and Kuwabara, strong and powerful fighters, were rendered useless and had their very souls captured due to the rules of Kaito's territory, preventing violence and the sequences of words "h-o-t" from being uttered. Brute strength and a normal brawl or even a fight with special limitations was not an option here-this was a battle of wits, pure and simple, and this physically weaker human had the advantage, and was winning, holding the lives of Hiei, Kuwabara, and Botan in his hands. I've always really liked how this was a battle of wits and careful playing with the "rules" of Kaito's territory. Kurama managed to exploit Kaito's own rules to his advantage, using "non-violent" uses of his powers to get the key and freak out Kaito with a horde of plants springing a veritable jungle in his room. The tension in this episode came from whether Kurama could outsmart a much smarter opponent, with the stakes being the forfeit of both his and his friends souls. I've just always liked how untraditional this battle was.
Coming off an antagonist like Toguro, most shows would have just gone the route of having an even stronger enemy just show up and wreak havoc. Not Yu Yu Hakusho , though. It did what I thought was the coolest thing ever when I first watched it as a kid; it introduced antagonists who by all means were far, far weaker than the main protagonists, but because of the special rules and uses of their powers, they presented more than a legitimate, dangerous threat, rivaling that of any powerful antagonist that came before. So yeah, I always loved that about the Chapter Black arc (well, the fight with Sensui was more straight-foward, but it's still really well-written), but this episode is my favorite "fight" from that arc, and my favorite moment in the series in general. I'm glad Togashi expanded on the concept of Territories with Nen powers in Hunter X Hunter, because in a world of traditional beat-em up action cartoons and comics, I've found only Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter have the balls to go beyond the fist-fighting and create untraditional fights where the victor isn't always going to be based on the strength of one's abilities, but on the smartest use of one's skills.
4. Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail OVA #5: "Codename Paradise, Status MIA"
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This is a gripping episode. Yes, Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise and the previous episodes of the Blood Trail OVA are also such, but this one is the most so, because not only does it center around the American Army fighting a bat-shit insane Roberta in a freaking jungle, but so much is riding on the line due to Rock's plan of using Roberta's attack to inform the world about the existence of Roanapour in a bid to destroy it, and also because Garcia and Fabiola, refusing to used as a means to an end in Rock's plan, must try and save Roberta's life before she destroys it in her blind rage. Rock is willing to risk his soul to manipulate people as pawns in his plan to save Garcia's life and prevent anymore people like Yukio from being corrupted and destroyed by Roanapour's influence, while Garcia is willing to risk his life to save Roberta, and Roberta, having lost all senses besides her blind, misguided lust for vengeance, is ready to sacrifice and destroy almost anything for a reason she no longer remembers. Great character development and action make this a great episode for me. The battle between the American Army and Roberta is suspenseful and brutal, and very different from the normal shootouts the series usually has, but provides a tense atmosphere that perfectly sets up the conclusive confrontation of Garcia and Roberta. And of course the conclusion of the entire ordeal is just perfect, although I could have done without a small part of it, but that doesn't ruin the overall picture of it. Like the final episode of The Big O, this is a great finale for a great arc, but thankfully the Black Lagoon manga isn't over yet , and hopefully the next arcs are also fine storytelling capable of producing episodes of this caliber in an anime adaption.
3. Cowboy Bebop #5: "Ballad of Fallen Angels"
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...Why do I need to explain this one? It's just a perfect episode. The shootout in the church is awesome, as is Spike's confrontation with Vicious with leads to that incredible, powerful image above. Furthermore, it has one of the most memorable introductions for an antagonist in any series, a character whose motivation and screen time is small, but still ends up being an unforgettable character. To top it off it has the most brilliant telling of a back story for any character, perfectly show-don't tell, set to a great, emotional song and powerful imagery, and it lasts just two minutes, maybe less, gets it's impact from all that's come before and what we already (thought we) knew about Spike, and it not only works, but it works fantastically, and is easily one of the most memorable sequences ever to grace television. It's a fantastic episode, one of the best in any series, and in Bebop fashion is an episode anyone could watch and love. What else is there to say?
2. Trigun #25: "Live Through"
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At this point in the series, things were looking pretty dark for Vash the Stampede. Lenof, Hoppered, and Grave's attack on the last SEEDS ship cost him the lives of many friends and the destruction of a place he held dear. Then, Brad died shielding him from a bullet from Lenof. Later, he couldn't save Zazie from the monster within him nor could he stop Wolfwood from killing him. In fact, he wasn't able to save the lives of any of the Gung-Ho Guns despite his desire to protect all human life. But it kept getting worse. Knives finally made his move, starting mass murders across Gunsmoke, wiping out entire towns at a time. Wolfwood, his best friend, was murdered by an unwilling Chapel, controlled by Legato. And then, to top off all the despair, Legato forces him into a situation where he could not find the other option Rem always said there would be, and he does the unthinkable, the unforgivable. He kills someone.
All of this tragedy in Vash's life, alongside Wolfwood's pervasive words criticizing Vash's lack of an idea of how he hopes to stop Knives's spree of terror, culminates in this episode, which right at the start depicts a broken, defeated Vash. The scream he lets out early in the episode highlights the sheer hopelessness he feels at this point, his heartbreak for all the friends he lost, and his disgust and hatred for himself for violating the principle Rem held dear. Throughout the beginning of the episode, Vash wears a face of nothing but sadness and gloom, contrary to his normal, upbeat self, even in the face of worries. Meryl and Millie try their best to return him to his old self, but it's clear even they know Vash may never be the man he used to be, and Meryl blames herself for inadvertently causing Vash's greatest, most troubling burden. The hopelessness of the situation is highlighted throughout the beginning of this episode, and it ends up signaling the most tragic, heartbreaking thing ever. Vash the Stampede has given up. He took a life, and no longer felt he could continue his crusade to save lives, willing to simply stay idle and live with Millie and Meryl in the quiet town he's recuperating in. But he's not giving up because he's simply tired of a loosing streak. He hates himself. He thinks he's a murderer, no better than Knives. This one line from the episode still resonates with me; when Vash is being tortured by furious villagers believing Vash responsible for Knives' massacres. Vash doesn't defend himself; he confirms who he is, Vash the Stampede, but he also says this: "You're right about me...I..I'm nothing but a killer!"
This is the saddest episode of any television show I've ever seen. And I watched all of Monster, tearing up at Grimmer's death which is something I almost NEVER do. And I've watched other sad moments in shows like Madoka Magica, and the Real Folk Blues Part 2. One Piece has plenty of sad moments but none, not even Luffy's broken state after the death of Ace, are as sad as this. And besides those I can't say much else comes close for me, neither in live-action television nor western animation excluding of course some of Mr. Freeze's episodes, "Baby Doll," and "I Am the Knight" in Batman: The Animated Series and moments in various Disney and Pixar films, like the story of Jessie's abandoment in Toy Story 2. Yeah, those are all sad, sad moments, but this is the saddest for me. Vash the Stampede, the most upbeat, happy guy ever, was completely, udderly broken, and he hated himself. Really...nothing has topped that for me in terms of sadness since I watched this episode. Nothing.
Yet, this is also the most inspirational, uplifting episode of any show I've ever seen too. At the end of the episode, Meryl's words, echoing those of Rem, provide Vash a simple understanding; everybody makes a mistake, but people have to live on and learn from those mistakes, in order for mistakes never to be made again. Humans must keep living, survive, move forward, live through. Thanks to these words Vash realizes what Rem meant all those years ago when she told him to "take care of Knives." He realizes he has to finish what must be finished and do what must be done. And he returns to his old self again, and taking up Wolfwood's Cross-shaped gun, "full of mercy," he heads off to finish things once and for all.
This episode starts out tragic and ends up inspiring. It breaks a character to a disheartening extent and then rebuilds him better than ever. It's got a great message, it's got great scenes. It gives something the last four episodes of the series had slowly, surely, taken away. It's gives hope. To both Vash and the viewer (well, at least me). You feel confident Vash will succeed and "save" Knives and the lives of everyone once and for all. It's good enough to be a series finale, in my opinion, but luckily we get a definite conclusion to everything in the very next episode, another one of my favorites in this series. But this one is my favorite episode from Trigun, for all the emotions it evokes and for the return of hope for innocent ol' Vash the Stampede. Just a great episode, and a great prelude to an end.
But all this said, it's only my second favorite individual episode in any anime. There is one I rank above this phenomenal episode. An imperfect episode from an imperfect series, but an episode I absolutely adore the most from the series I absolutely adore the most, and that episode, my favorite individual episode in any and all anime, is...
1. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo #21: "Goodbye, Bo-bobo! The Final Showdown?"
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I don't think there's single episode of Bobobo that I don't like, especially in the dub. It's a wild, insane ride of randomness and spontaneity held together by a purposefully straight-foward battle-adventure style shonen plot that's there solely to make fun of the cliches in those kind of series, and otherwise just because it's an easy structure to let the plot and characters move forward and keep the jokes rolling and rolling. Plot is definitely not what the show cares about; it's all about the jokes and the characters behind the jokes, and Bobobo is willing to go to any extreme (within content restrictions for children's television, of course) to keep you laughing beginning to end. There was nothing else like Bobobo when I was younger, and even today, while I think there are plenty of smarter comedies out there animated or in manga form (f.e. the Excel Saga manga), there is still nothing like the humor, world, and characters of Bobobo for me, and I feel it'll always be, if not always my favorite show and comic, one that I will still enjoy and love for years and years to come.
So that brings me to this episode, my favorite Bobobo episode. Of course this episode is wild, crazy, and more importantly-funny. There isn't an unfunny episode in the show! But this episode actually did more than just make jokes. It used the plot to make this episode, specifically the battle in the episode, an event, and gave the villain of the episode not just a gag sob-story backstory like what most of the antagonists in this show get, but a truly sympathetic, understandable one.
Captain Battleship was built up as a big bad from very beginning of the series, and was behind several of the foes the gang defeated in traditional Bobobo hilarious fashion. Battleship could've been just another joke/parody villain, and in many way he is-he's basically a parody of the more serious rival archetype in battle shonen, so much so his abilities and hairstyle and direct counterparts to Bobobo. But from his first appearance it's clear he isn't just another joke villain. Although he is a high ranking member of the Crome Dome/Margarita Empire, a member of the Four Heavenly Kings, he and his subordinate Suzu were responsible for sabotaging several Hair Hunt Troop bases. This, and his very similar to Bobobo demeanor, and his friendly relationships with his subordinates, made him very different from the other antagonists Bobobo fought in the past. And in this episode, we see why.
Captain Battleship and Bobobo were both students of the Fist of the Nose Hair, but unlike Bobobo, Battleship was not a native to the Hair Kingdom, so he was always ignored and discriminated against. Because of that, he worked harder than anyone else, in order to prove his worth and get people to notice him. Ultimately, he became the best pupil of the Nose Hair Dojo. However, when it came time to name a successor to the Fist of the Nose Hair, he was not chosen, but Bobobo was, solely for one reason-he was not a descendent of the Hair Kingdom.
That event not only gave Battleship a grudge against Bobobo, but made him desperate to prove his worth to others, by becoming superior to them, crushing all those standing in his way. He joined the Hair Hunt Troops for power, working his way up to becoming a member of the 4 Heavenly Kings, gladly shaving and destroying towns, like Gasser's hometown of Pu Pu City, that didn't accept him as their superior. He then proceeded to use his position to destroy the Hair Hunt Troops from the inside, in order to ultimately usurp the organization. Battleship was willing to destroy and hurt anyone, just so that people would finally acknowledge him, and show him some respect.
But even that wasn't what he truly wanted. He didn't need the world to acknowledge him or fear him. Really, he only ever wanted the respect of one person, his childhood friend, his only true friend.
All he ever wanted was for Bobobo to acknowledge him as his equal.
Captain Battleship isn't the most complex antagonist in the world, far from it. But he was the most layered villain in Bobobo, and his relationship with the title character made the battle between them a true event for me when I was a kid. Even now, the ending of this episode still makes me smile (and then laugh of course since Bobobo doesn't exactly care for sentimental moments ;) ), and all the jokes in this episode really work, of course, including another great hilarious false flashback depicting Bobobo and Battleship as giant robots, that still brilliantly highlighted Battleship's grievances against Bobobo and the world that ignored him.
Despite the title, this wasn't the last episode in the series, and thank goodness for that because the next 55 episodes are wonderful, continuous gems of hilarity. But if it was the last episode it would have been a great, if not bittersweet ending to the series. It's the only time Bobobo in the anime gave it's plot weight and held it in equal value with the jokes. No other villain after Battleship in the anime matches up to his level of depth, much less beyond. And that more than anything is why I find this to be my favorite episode. It might not be the funniest episode, as the show and manga increasingly get funnier and funnier, but this episode is the last time the plot really feels important, and the only time the villain really is a true, developed antagonist, unlike later antagonists who are strictly parodies of common shonen battle manga villains or just played for laughs like OVER/Torpedo Girl and Giga. And for all these reasons, it's my favorite episode of my favorite show, and also, my favorite individual episode in any anime series. Ever.
And so that's my list! My Favorite Individual Anime Episodes. Hope you enjoyed it! Heck, going over all these great episodes, I just might go ahead and rematch some of these right now! ;)
Damn, dude! Great list! :thumbup:
There's so much stuff in there, but those are all really great episodes. I mean, I haven't actually seen all of them, but your write-ups do them enough justice to make me see how great some of those episodes are, and of the ones that I have seen, I can agree on the level of quality of the episodes that you have picked.
I'll comment on some of your specific choices, later, but I definitely have to agree with you on YYH and HXH in regard to how those are among the few shonen series that can make fights really interesting by going beyond just straight-up fist-pumping action, and have a ton of battles between characters that are far more based on their psychology and wits than on their physical strength.
Fantastic list, and I agree with everything you said about "Live Through".
Ufotable is doing another Fate anime. Rumor is that it'll be Heaven's Feel, which was by far my favorite route from the VN.
PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE
HF would make sense, but it's also likely that they'll do the Fate route, since that's the one that closes out Saber and Gil's character arcs. Or they can even do their own original story with the setting.
Hell, for all we know they could be adapting Fate/Aprocrypha or something, since they haven't given a date or anything.
Fate route sucks though (IMO). I'd be good with literally anything else, but PLEASE not that shit again. Personally, I think they'll do HF, since that one is most similar to Zero in tone.
Fate is the route that interests me the least, so I wouldn't care that much if they're adapting it either. I'd love to see a good UBW adaptation though, since that's the one I'm most interested in.
Oddly enough, where I come from most TM-fans seem to like the Fate route a lot, while HF is the one that has mixed reception.
Fate is a snooze fest. Unlikable protagonist, tons of exposition dumps, very little character development, cookie-cutter villains, unconvincing "romance", harem antics and bad comedy out the ass... the action scenes are excellent - though far below the level of those in the other routes or F/Z - and the back-story lore stuff is really interesting, but it just... I don't know. I think it's very weak from a narrative standpoint. Almost turned me off of Type-Moon stuff forever (and I'm very glad it didn't!). Arcueid's route in Tsukihime was far more enjoyable as an "introductory arc".
I have a few problems with Unlimited Blade Works, but it's pretty damn good on the whole. A genuine thrill-ride, especially near the end. Loved Archer, Rider, and Lancer in it. I'd definitely be ecstatic to see a proper anime of that. (Deen's movie was nonsensical pap.)
Heaven's Feel is by far the most well-written route IMO. It does a lot more with the story and character development than any of the other arcs and has some of the most badass fight scenes in the history of fiction. It connects almost perfectly to Fate/Zero by giving Kiritsugu his redemption and concluding some of the plot threads that went unseen in Fate and UBW. Shirou grows as a person by making the hardest choice of his life in a realistic manner. Kotomine becomes one of the coolest characters of all time. The sex, while still badly written, actually feels like it has a purpose. I could go on.
Quote from: FoggleI have a few problems with Unlimited Blade Works, but it's pretty damn good on the whole. A genuine thrill-ride, especially near the end. Loved Archer, Rider, and Lancer in it. I'd definitely be ecstatic to see a proper anime of that. (Deen's movie was nonsensical pap.)
Spoiler
Didn't Rider die to Caster early on in the route?
Speaking of Tsukihime, I think it's about time for a ufotable adaptation of that too. Not sure why it hasn't happened yet, especially with Melty Blood's relative popularity. If said adaptation gets dubbed, the can even use that fantasy cast that wikipedia has for the characters for some reason. :sly:
FUCK, you're correct! I totally meant to say Caster there. :awesome: Rider is really cool in HF though.
Yeah, I'm so confused as to why there hasn't been a Tsukihime anime yet. Prime material for an animated adaptation, that.
Heaven's Feel sounds like it's the name of a porno.
Sorry, I just had to throw that out there. :sly:
My favorite part of Trigun is 'Flying Ship'/'Out Of Time' two-parter, since it has about everything that makes the show as great as it is. The best single episode in my mind is probably 'Paradise'.
I'd go with Rem Severem myself.
That being said... I would never put any Toei anything (One Piece included) in a list I made because they never put any effort into what they shove out and and most of the time the episodes just blend together into one anomalous blob.
For the most part I agree, but there are the rare stand-out episodes in Toei productions where they get a really good director and really high-end animator to work on it if they know its something that's a big deal (like episode 474 of One Piece, for instance). Unfortunately, though, these instances are all too rare, and even when you get good episodes, they are still heavily tied to an arc and can't really be seen as great stand-alone pieces.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on July 14, 2013, 12:24:10 PM
Heaven's Feel sounds like it's the name of a porno.
Sorry, I just had to throw that out there. :sly:
You're not far off, actually. :lol: God, Nasu's "erotic" "writing"...
I need to re-read the VN (or maybe I'll just watch the upcoming anime), but I believe the term "Heaven's Feel" was used a couple of times in reference to the creation of the Holy Grail. IIRC it was done in an almost subtle manner, and wasn't even uttered in the HF route, which actually has very little to do with its title.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on July 14, 2013, 12:30:36 PM
My favorite part of Trigun is 'Flying Ship'/'Out Of Time' two-parter, since it has about everything that makes the show as great as it is. The best single episode in my mind is probably 'Paradise'.
I'm personally fond of 'Fifth Moon', mostly due to the epilogue, and the Angel Arm sequence. But all three episodes you mentioned are really good too, especially 'Paradise'.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on July 14, 2013, 01:05:12 PM
For the most part I agree, but there are the rare stand-out episodes in Toei productions where they get a really good director and really high-end animator to work on it if they know its something that's a big deal (like episode 474 of One Piece, for instance). Unfortunately, though, these instances are all too rare, and even when you get good episodes, they are still heavily tied to an arc and can't really be seen as great stand-alone pieces.
Digimon Adventure 21 comes to mind.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on July 14, 2013, 12:30:36 PM
My favorite part of Trigun is 'Flying Ship'/'Out Of Time' two-parter, since it has about everything that makes the show as great as it is. The best single episode in my mind is probably 'Paradise'.
Those are great episodes! :thumbup: Actually, those are my 4th and 3rd favorite episodes in the series, respectively. "Live Through" just really resonated and connected with me on an emotional level, which is why I consider that episode to be my favorite. Really, though, I think all the episodes of
Trigun, the last 7 plus "Fifth Moon" and "Rem Saverem"
especially, are all bloody fantastic. ;)
Quote from: Lord Dalek on July 14, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
That being said... I would never put any Toei anything (One Piece included) in a list I made because they never put any effort into what they shove out and and most of the time the episodes just blend together into one anomalous blob.
To be honest...I've also grown a lot of disdain for the cheapness in Toei's productions over the years. This is mainly due to their animation quality, which I find incredibly lacking compared to other series. From what I've seen of it, Madhouse's adaption of
Hunter X Hunter puts the animation in even the best fights of
One Piece to shame, I have to say. Also, their pacing with their adaptions is atrocious. We all know how bad
Dragonball Z's is...but it's also pretty much ruined
One Piece's anime for me these last two years (it didn't help Fishman Island was already the worst written arc in the series, though), and it honestly killed the energy of the Marineford arc, probably my favorite arc in the manga. And don't get me started on how they've screwed over
Toriko,
especially during the (originally quite intense in the manga) battle with Tommyrod.... :srs:
That said, I do think that they can produce some great work.
Dragonball adds filler to the story, but it is so finely embedded into the canon events that it's mostly a welcome expansion upon elements of the original story. They also handled emotional moments in the earlier parts of
One Piece quite well, and some of them still leave an impact with me, like those in Chopper's backstory, for instance. I also thought the pacing of
One Piece up until around the middle of the CP9 saga was quite good and never felt too stretched out to me. These are instances were I feel they were really trying to present the material in the best way possible despite limitations and pacing concerns. It's sad that nowadays they seem to like to stretch things out as long as possible and animate their fights and action scenes in the laziest, cost-effective way possible. :imnothappy:
Now, as for me putting a
Bobobo episode as my #1 favorite individual episode in anime....well, first of all it IS my favorite episode, Toei or not, because the content of the episode still comes across that effective for me, both when I was a kid, and still when I rewatch that episode nowadays (and I've gone through runs of
Bobobo one or two times each year since 2008, not counting the times I just watch an episode of it for the heck of it, so I have seen the series more than enough times to know what I like and don't like about it thoroughly). The thing with
Bobobo is, though...it's a comedy, and the fights are not supposed to be epic or intense like in other series like
One Piece and
Toriko. I would have preferred if the series had better animation, obviously, but Toei's traditional laziness didn't hurt the show too much overall. Some things that do bother me in the anime (and yes, even though it's my favorite show I am not blind to the fact it has some problems, I just am able to still love it in spite of them ;) ), like the frequency of the Beauty-freak out moments in the Cyber City arc, are stuff that worked in the manga, but just didn't translate well in the anime and sorta hurt the impact of a joke or two. The only thing that Toei did with the series that i didn't like (besides toning down the intensity of the violence and the more overt sexual innuendos, but those I blame more on tv broadcasting standards for children's shows in Japan), is splitting all the episodes after the Cyber City arc into two parts, adding a pointless recap of
the first half of the episode in the middle of it, but this was taken out for the most part in the dub, and instead the narrator just talks about something else on his mind while the footage plays, the result being quite hilarious :D. Anyway, the point is Toei did a decent job with the
Bobobo anime and it worked because the material didn't need elaborate animation to be funny. I think that, around the Cyber City arc, the manga is the funnier of the two, but the later parts of the anime still have me laughing throughout the episodes, and the spirit of the show never wanes or is corrupted by Toei's changes, at least in my opinion.
So, basically, what I'm trying to say is Toei's level of animation quality works for me alright when they are doing a comedy like
Dr. Slump or
Bobobo, but piss me off when they ruin otherwise good fight scenes or drag the hell out of subject material because they are too lazy to write a semi-decent filler arc like in post-Impel Down
One Piece and
Toriko. :sweat:
Hey, I remember Colours TV.
Top 10 greatest anime finale episodes of all time:
10. Dragon Ball Z
9. Gundam Seed Destiny
8. Aku no Hana
7. Inuyasha
6. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
5. Space Runaway Ideon
4. Berserk
3. School Days
2. Blood-C
1. Master of Martial Hearts
^Great idea!
10. Gurren Lagann
09. Elfen Lied
08. Sword Art Online Aincrad
07. Clannad After Story
06. Aku no Hana
05. Sword Art Online Fairy Dance
04. Inuyasha
03. Blood-C
02. Master of Martial Hearts
01. School Days
I suppose to follow suit lol
10 Favorite Finale Episodes
10. Tenamonya Voyagers
9. Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
8. Diebuster
7. FLCL
6. Magic Users' Club (OVA)
5. El Hazard: The Magnificent World
4. Crest of the Stars
3. Read or Die the TV Series
2. Magic Knight Rayearth
1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Quote from: Foggle on August 06, 2013, 07:06:49 PM
10. Dragon Ball Z
9. Gundam Seed Destiny
8. Aku no Hana
7. Inuyasha
6. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
5. Space Runaway Ideon
4. Berserk
3. School Days
2. Blood-C
1. Master of Martial Hearts
Even though this is a joke list, I honestly did really like Dragon Ball Z's final episode (and I say this as someone who generally detests the anime, these days). It felt like a really nice epilogue to the entire series (including Dragon Ball). Now, Dragon Ball GT's final episode....THAT's something that should fit right in with a joke list of this sort. ;)
It's actually a good idea, though, so just for some legitimate entries of my favorite final episodes to various anime (in no particular order):
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Hunter X Hunter OVA (I'm pretending that the GI OVAs don't exist)
Yu Yu Hakusho
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Monster
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Not sure if serious about Inuyasha being people's favorite finale (maybe I need to watch it) but here's my list in no order: Big O, Heat Guy J, YYH, Samurai Champloo, Outlaw Star, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Kikaider, S-CRY-ed...and thats all I can think of. Edit: oh and FLCL.
Quote from: gunswordfist on August 06, 2013, 08:17:32 PM
Not sure if serious about Inuyasha being people's favorite finale
It's a list of troll/inconclusive endings.
Quote from: Foggle on August 06, 2013, 07:06:49 PM
Top 10 greatest anime finale episodes of all time:
10. Dragon Ball Z
9. Gundam Seed Destiny
8. Aku no Hana
7. Inuyasha
6. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
5. Space Runaway Ideon
4. Berserk
3. School Days
2. Blood-C
1. Master of Martial Hearts
You're the reason I live to forget.
Oh, I thought this was serious list.....
Whoops?
Quote from: TheEclecticDude on August 06, 2013, 09:51:31 PM
Oh, I thought this was serious list.....
Whoops?
Son why on earth would I include a series of crappy shows with no endings on my list?
I would also say the Area 88 series had a pretty good ending. The OVA's ending was kind of very 80s anime where everything just sort of ends while the anime series actually has a much better one.
Trigun's is also really good to the point where it's one of the few 26 episode series that I didn't mind ended when it did.
Bah. I like InuYasha's actual ending. That is, the one that's there in The Final Act. I have yet to watch it, but I know it's the same as the manga's ending, which I liked, so it's a given. Of course, I'm the only one here who likes InuYasha at all, so you people who never liked the series at all probably wouldn't be able to like the ending at all, either.
As for my favorite anime endings, to list the ones I like the most:
11. Samurai Champloo
10 Trigun
9. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
8. Azumanga Daioh
7. Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
6. Outlaw Star
5. Cowboy Bebop
4. Black Lagoon (Tie between both the endings of the Second Barrage and the Roberta's Blood Trail OVA)
3. The Big O
2. Monster
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
I wasn't talking about Final Act. :P
I know, but still, the series got an ending in it's anime adaption, so the first InuYasha's cut off ending is a non-issue at this point. :P
I actually don't think it was a terrible cut-off point, but I feel sorry for the fans of the series who had to deal with a non-ending after years of dragged-out pacing (me, I hated InuYasha as a kid and only changed my attitude towards it after my enjoyment of Ranma 1/2 made me give the manga a chance. I agree it goes on a hundred chapters too long, but since I never had to deal with the problem of waiting for a next installment and could read it all at once I can't say it bothered me much at all and I enjoyed the overall product when I was done with it).
The funny thing is about the first anime's ending is that if they just went a little bit farther they would have gotten to a point where something of importance happened; Kagura's death. Like, seriously, the first anime ends around volume 36, and both Kagura and Hakudoshi die in volume 38, not to mention the fact Kohaku and Sango finally reunite, Moryomaru/The Infant betrays Naraku, and InuYasha and co. learn he's Naraku's heart. All of that. Two volumes later. While the story still wouldn't have been resolved, ending the series with the deaths of two major characters and developments for a two more would have been better than ending it with a seemingly random story that resolved nothing, but I guess Sunrise wanted to call it quits as soon as possible. :sweat:
This appeared on my dash today and felt relevant to today discussion (http://potatofarmgirl.tumblr.com/post/57532544095/alexbutera-jackthevulture-venitus)
Kind of sums up InuYasha first anime ending in a nutshell. That and maybe Berserk as well.
Heh, actually that basically sums up what happens to most anime adaptions in general.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/viz-media-to-release-ranma-anime-on-bd/dvd (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/viz-media-to-release-ranma-anime-on-bd/dvd)
:swoon: Holy shit, fuck yes! Ranma 1/2 blurays AND streaming! About friggin' time! Maison Ikkoku better be next! :humhumhum:
Between this and Space Dandy, this is truly shaping up to be a freaking awesome day~! ;D
So, to recap:
- Space Dandy, from the crew that gave us Cowboy Bebop, will grace our eyes and ears next January and looks freaking awesome. [adult swim]/Toonami has already shown early interest in it.
- Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and The Vision of Escaflowne have been rescued by FUNimation.
- S-Cry-Ed and The Big O have been rescued by Sentai (which means seeing season one of the latter back on Toonami will likely never happen).
- Viz has acquired both Gargantia and Blood Lad for home video release.
- Ranma 1/2 is FINALLY getting legal streaming here in the U.S.
- Madoka Magica, Magi, and Ranma 1/2 are coming to Neon Alley this fall.
- Cowboy Bebop's getting blurays.
- Ranma 1/2's getting blurays.
- Both the Ranma 1/2 and Monster mangas are getting omnibus rereleases.
- And the Bakuman manga is getting a complete series release this fall.
2014 is lookin' like it's gonna be a goooooooooooood year. :shakeshakeshake: :thumbup:
And now for the only piece of bad news:
- Kill la Kill is being released by Aniplex of America
But yeah. Great stuff today!
as better pick up Space Dandy. I need to watch every episode of Big O and everyone should watch S-Cry-Ed.
Quote from: gunswordfist on August 10, 2013, 08:53:18 PMas better pick up Space Dandy.
I'm hoping so, too. :thumbup: It would be nice for Toonami to air a PROPER sci-fi comedy that didn't involve a harem.
QuoteI need to watch every episode of Big O
Or rather, just the first season.
Quoteeveryone should watch S-Cry-Ed.
Ugh. I didn't like that show at all.
Man, I think Big O season 2 is excellent. It's pretty much just the second half of one whole story in my opinion, paying off on what the first season builds up. I just don't get what makes it so terrible in some people's eyes. :-\
Anyway, I was thinking of updating my favorite anime list, since it's changed a bit, but since I'm going to be watching Lain and Fate/Zero next week, both highly regarded series, I think I'll wait until I'm finished with those before I post a full top 25 up, but I'll leave ya with a revised top 10:
10. The Slayers franchise (my favorite of them being, right now, the first series)
9. Cowboy Bebop
8. One Piece
7. Ranma 1/2
6. Dragonball
5. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Maison Ikkoku
3. Monster
2. Trigun
1. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
For the first time since I watched them the Fullmetal Alchemist series no longer makes my top ten. I still like them, of course, but the sheer quality and greatness of both Monster and Maison Ikkoku plus growing appreciation for other series on my list have pushed it out. :sweat:
I'm curious as to whether Lain and/or Fate/Zero will break into my top ten, considering the latter is now my brother's (aka VlordGTZ's) new 4th favorite anime, but I guess we'll just see about that now, won't we. ;)
Quote from: Cartoon X on August 10, 2013, 09:52:17 PMMan, I think Big O season 2 is excellent. It's pretty much just the second half of one whole story in my opinion, paying off on what the first season builds up. I just don't get what makes it so terrible in some people's eyes. :-\
The first season consisted of self-contained mysteries. The second season became a bloated
Evangelion-esque plot that was way more convoluted than it needed to be.
The overarching plot was being established in most of those episodes in the first season though, so season two, coming directly off of season one, felt to me like a natural progression of the story. As far as "convoluted and Evangelion-esque" goes I can't say I agree. While the show leaves you to figure and speculate on some plot developments and mysteries by yourself (which is not, I don't think, a bad thing in the slightest), the general story is pretty straight-forward, and for me, highly satisfactory. Keep in mind Evangelion never confused me in the slightest and I got it's ending the first time around with no prior knowledge or warning, so Big O's ending was not confusing for me in the slightest (it was really obvious, in a way). I enjoyed the series, thoroughly, beginning to end, and I'm sorry, but I just don't see what is just so bad about Big O's second half, and while I respect the opinions of those who don't like it, I simply don't agree. That's all there is to it. :P
I don't think I've posted my favorite anime on this thread so I guess I'll do it now.
15. Level E
14. One Piece
13. Black Lagoon
12. FMA: Brotherhood
11. Dragon Ball
10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the 2012 TV anime)
9. Durarara
8. Cowboy Bebop
7. Samurai Champloo
6. Casshern Sins
5. Slayers franchise (I like TRY the most)
4. Fate/Zero
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Hunter x Hunter 2011
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
Well I'd say my old top 10 is still relevant so I'll repost it. Once I see more of Black Lagoon I can easily see it making the list if it's as good as people say.
Quote from: talonmalon333 on April 09, 2013, 07:59:45 PM
Okay, I'll join in.
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Romeo x Juliet
3. Monster
4. Hunter x Hunter
5. Ghost Stories (only the English dub)
6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (+Kai)
7. Death Note
8. Rozen Maiden
9. Cowboy Bebop
10. Azumanga Daioh
Pretty unchanged since last time I posted it, I imagine.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on August 10, 2013, 10:52:40 PM
I don't think I've posted my favorite anime on this thread so I guess I'll do it now.
15. Level E
14. One Piece
13. Black Lagoon
12. FMA: Brotherhood
11. Dragon Ball
10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the 2012 TV anime)
9. Durarara
8. Cowboy Bebop
7. Samurai Champloo
6. Casshern Sins
5. Slayers franchise (I like TRY the most)
4. Fate/Zero
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Hunter x Hunter 2011
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
I like your list a lot! :)
Quote from: VLordGTZ on August 10, 2013, 10:52:40 PM
I don't think I've posted my favorite anime on this thread so I guess I'll do it now.
15. Level E
14. One Piece
13. Black Lagoon
12. FMA: Brotherhood
11. Dragon Ball
10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the 2012 TV anime)
9. Durarara
8. Cowboy Bebop
7. Samurai Champloo
6. Casshern Sins
5. Slayers franchise (I like TRY the most)
4. Fate/Zero
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Hunter x Hunter 2011
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
Togashi, is that you?
VLord looooooves all of Togashi's works. :sly:
Quote from: Cartoon X on August 11, 2013, 07:47:30 PM
VLord looooooves all of Togashi's works. :sly:
It's true. I like his stuff a lot.........but I do think he's lazy asshole. I WANT MORE HUNTERXHUNTER CHAPTERS DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Cartoon X on August 11, 2013, 07:47:30 PM
VLord looooooves all of Togashi's works. :sly:
EK is obsolete now. Let's replace him with Vlord.
Oh, incoming arms race.
I've revamped a lot of my list and re-watched a lot of old favorites for new perspectives since I first made it. As such, I only have a top 5 right now.
1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Monster
I still like the rest of my former top 10, but I'm not sure how I'd rank them now. I just don't see those 5 changing anytime soon.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 05:32:42 PM1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Monster
I love 4 of those anime, and I still need to see MSN. I'm really glad to see that Yu Yu Hakusho is still one of your top 3 favorites, though. To me, the anime version of Yu Yu Hakusho single-handedly encompasses EVERYTHING that is great (and that I love) about shounen series. Even Rurouni Kenshin, my favorite manga (and consequently shounen series) of all-time does not necessarily capture every element of it. Yu Yu Hakusho truly has everything, though, from great comedy to great drama.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 11, 2013, 05:47:47 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 05:32:42 PM1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Monster
I love 4 of those anime, and I still need to see MSN. I'm really glad to see that Yu Yu Hakusho is still one of your top 3 favorites, though. To me, the anime version of Yu Yu Hakusho single-handedly encompasses EVERYTHING that is great (and that I love) about shounen series. Even Rurouni Kenshin, my favorite manga (and consequently shounen series) of all-time does not necessarily capture every element of it. Yu Yu Hakusho truly has everything, though, from great comedy to great drama.
I remember JesuOtaku did a top 25 list once and put YYH in her top ten basically saying it was the one shonen fighting show she could confidently put with her favorites and not really have to justify its place, and I see what she means. It's probably the best written shonen there is, also encompassing all the best aspects of a shonen show, and that's what enables me to still enjoy it even as I get older. The original Dragon Ball is like that too, though I would have to fully re-watch that to see where it would rank for me.
Though I have to say, Outlaw Star is really a lot better than I remember it being. It would probably be on my list if my list was longer.
I also revamped mine recently. At the moment all I have is:
1. Trigun
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Monster
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. GTO
I stopped updating my all-time ones, since they hardly ever change.
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 06:53:47 PM
I also revamped mine recently. At the moment all I have is:
1. Trigun
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Monster
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. GTO
:thumbup:
GTO is awesome. I think it might be a bit too long in the tooth, and the dub could really stand to be better, but it's unabashedly fun stuff. There's some old stuff I haven't seen in years that I need refreshers on like Vision Of Escaflowne, El Hazard, and even Tenchi. Like Outlaw Star, I forgot an awful lot that happened in them since I haven't seen them in so long.
I really do need to watch Nadesico. I've been putting it off for awhile - mostly because I'd rather just buy it and watch it on DVD. So I need the money for that first.
I guess my current top five series would be:
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
3. Gurren Lagann
4. Baccano!
5. Hyouge Mono
Monster would probably be on there, but I've only seen a few episodes of it. Would much rather read the manga. You can probably guess the rest of my top 10, though perhaps not their order. But do it and you'll win a prize*.
*Whether or not you'll actually want said prize is irrelevant.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on December 27, 2010, 07:44:03 PM
1. Monster
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Cowboy Bebop
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Trigun
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 05:32:42 PM
I've revamped a lot of my list and re-watched a lot of old favorites for new perspectives since I first made it. As such, I only have a top 5 right now.
1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Monster
I still like the rest of my former top 10, but I'm not sure how I'd rank them now. I just don't see those 5 changing anytime soon.
Wow, your opinions are remarkably consistent! Even with just the top 5, my favorite anime list looks radically different than it was when I first posted it in March....
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 17, 2013, 04:40:05 PM
5: One Piece
4: Ranma 1/2
3: Trigun
2: Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
1: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (although I prefer Brotherhood by a tiny margin)
MY CURRENT TOP 5:
5.
Monster4.
Dragonball3.
Maison Ikkoku2.
Trigun1.
Bobobo-Bo Bo-boboI mean, seriously, the
Fullmetal Alchemist franchise isn't even in my top
ten anymore, but you have the same 5 series in your top 5 after almost three
years! Props, dude. :thumbup:
Although it's funny how
Trigun switched places with
Monster and
Cowboy Bebop with
Yu Yu Hakusho, while
Nadesico's still at #4. :D
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 06:53:47 PM
I also revamped mine recently. At the moment all I have is:
1. Trigun
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Monster
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. GTO
This reminds me that I should watch more of the
Great Teacher Onizuka anime. I've watched the first 4 episodes before, and while they were good adaptions of the material, I preferred reading the story in the manga, and so I ended up forgetting to watch the rest of it. :P Even though I've finished the manga, I should go back and watch the anime, if only because that early material was probably some of the funniest
GTO material, although it was really the last half of the manga that cemented it a place in the top 15 of my favorite manga list.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 07:04:42 PM
There's some old stuff I haven't seen in years that I need refreshers on like Vision Of Escaflowne, El Hazard, and even Tenchi. Like Outlaw Star, I forgot an awful lot that happened in them since I haven't seen them in so long.
Coming from someone who had never watched the series when it was on Toonami, I think
Tenchi holds up
very well! Well, only the first two OVA series and
Universe, but I found both to be entertaining light-fun, and their story-arcs nicely done as well. I think they'd be worth re-watching if you wanted to. :)
Quote from: Foggle on September 11, 2013, 07:47:31 PM
I really do need to watch Nadesico. I've been putting it off for awhile - mostly because I'd rather just buy it and watch it on DVD. So I need the money for that first.
The complete series set is around $50 bucks, last time I checked. But it comes with the movie, the OVA, and a whole disc of bonus features, so it's well worth the money. Granted, I haven't gotten around to buying it myself, mostly cause I don't have a lot of money to blow on dvds anymore, but I went through the series through the complete series set thanks to my library, so I can guarantee that the visual and audio quality are
fantastic, so if you want to buy the series, go right ahead. :)
Quote from: Foggle on September 11, 2013, 07:47:31 PM
I guess my current top five series would be:
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
3. Gurren Lagann
4. Baccano!
5. Hyouge Mono
Heh, I thought you didn't like
Gurren Lagann? What made you change your mind? And
Hyouge Mono is yet another anime on my backlog that I really need to get to. :sweat:
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 11, 2013, 08:12:36 PM
Heh, I thought you didn't like Gurren Lagann? What made you change your mind?
I re-watched it and realized I was being a no-fun fuddy duddy back in 2007. :P In my defense, I was battling extreme depression at the time, and I honestly didn't care for much of anything. TTGL represents everything I love about animation as a medium.
I still like Nadesico exactly the same as before, and a recent re-watch of Trigun reminded me that I really didn't understand why it wasn't my number 1 in the first place. Same with Cowboy Bebop being that I was burnt out on it back then but I'm not so much anymore. Monster gets in purely because of the story. I could never rank it lower because of how excellent it is even if it doesn't change much of anything from the manga it's still one of the best stories in anime.
Word of the wise to you guys who haven't seen Nadesico yet (and I bet Cartoon X and Lord Dalek will back me up): DO NOT watch the movie. It will not answer any questions you might have and goes nowhere worth going.
Are you gonna try FLCL again next, Foggle?
I also probably would have rated FMA back when I first saw it but it just really didn't stick with me. It might be because I didn't notice the flaws in it, but somehow they bother me more than they do the superfans. I just can't get into it these days.
Quote from: Avaitor on September 11, 2013, 08:26:27 PM
Are you gonna try FLCL again next, Foggle?
Yep - it's next on my list, in fact. I have a feeling I'll probably love it this time. Will probably give Death Note another shot later, as well.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:22:01 PM
Word of the wise to you guys who haven't seen Nadesico yet (and I bet Cartoon X and Lord Dalek will back me up): DO NOT watch the movie. It will not answer any questions you might have and goes nowhere worth going.
I've heard. :lol: I think I'll still watch it while keeping in mind that it's not very good and should be considered non-canon (like BSG: The Plan).
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:30:28 PM
I also probably would have rated FMA back when I first saw it but it just really didn't stick with me. It might be because I didn't notice the flaws in it, but somehow they bother me more than they do the superfans. I just can't get into it these days.
There was a short time where I loved FMA as well, but for some reason I just can't get back into it and don't think much of the franchise anymore.
Quote from: Foggle on September 11, 2013, 08:20:22 PM
TTGL represents everything I love about animation as a medium.
:thumbup:. I should rewatch the whole series sometime, since my opinions on it warped around a lot after I finished it, and now that I have a positive outlook on it again I should take the time to see the whole show again and confirm how I feel about it. However, after watching the post-Kamina to defeat of Lordgenome episodes recently on a whim, I've really grown to love how passionate the series is. The animation is really lively, energetic, and well-directed, and the story is a thrill ride start to finish. You can tell that Gainax put a lot of love into making the show great, and it really does come through in the end. Granted, like a lot of shows, the fanbase does tend to overrate it a little bit, but I feel it's also one of those shows that deserves to be overrated. It's a high quality show, and it's passion makes it all the more lovable. :)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:22:01 PM
Monster gets in purely because of the story. I could never rank it lower because of how excellent it is even if it doesn't change much of anything from the manga it's still one of the best stories in anime.
That's why the
Monster anime makes my list too. The story is just phenomenal, and the anime is about as perfect as an adaption as you can get. Granted, when it comes to the manga, I actually rank it lower than the
One Piece and
Hunter X Hunter mangas, but when comparing the
animes, the
Monster adaption is just so high quality and addicting that I like the anime better than the animes for those two series, love them them though I do.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:22:01 PM
Word of the wise to you guys who haven't seen Nadesico yet (and I bet Cartoon X and Lord Dalek will back me up): DO NOT watch the movie. It will not answer any questions you might have and goes nowhere worth going.
To it's credit, I would say the movie
isn't god-awful. What I mean by that is that it's watchable, has some good moments and production values, and is not a terminally boring slog to sit through like, say, the
Dragonball Z movies. However, it's... just really poorly plotted, explained, and executed, and the whole middle of the movie is really, really slow. It feels like what could've potentially been a good plot for a short anime series crammed into one movie, and the characters and story in the film suffer for it. After seeing it, I felt like it was more like a waste of time and a depressing ending rather than an enjoyable epilogue to the story. I too like to pretend the movie is non-canon and the story ends with the end of the anime, so yeah, it's not really worth watching the movie, but if you do watch it, well...there's worse ways to spend your time.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:30:28 PM
I also probably would have rated FMA back when I first saw it but it just really didn't stick with me. It might be because I didn't notice the flaws in it, but somehow they bother me more than they do the superfans. I just can't get into it these days.
My problems with the flaws of both series are what have pushed it down a lot on my favorites list, but I still really do like the franchise.
Brotherhood is still an addicting watch whenever I manage to catch it on Toonami, and "The Promised Day" arc is still one of my favorite story arcs in animation. I think the problem with both is more how they've been so overrated over the years that I've become a little disenfranchised with them, and begun to treat their flaws a lot more negatively than I would. Neither series is great with it's philosophy, and both have story and character development problems, but as overall experiences they still manage to entertain me, and I think they both deserve their good reputations.
Quote from: Foggle on September 11, 2013, 08:31:47 PM
Quote from: Avaitor on September 11, 2013, 08:26:27 PM
Are you gonna try FLCL again next, Foggle?
Yep - it's next on my list, in fact. I have a feeling I'll probably love it this time.
I think you will. :)
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 11, 2013, 08:12:36 PM
Wow, your opinions are remarkably consistent! Even with just the top 5, my favorite anime list looks radically different than it was when I first posted it in March....
To be fair, there's still a butt load of (supposedly) really good anime I haven't got around to watching yet, and of those that I had haven't stuck with me enough to be "favorites".
Quote
This reminds me that I should watch more of the Great Teacher Onizuka anime. I've watched the first 4 episodes before, and while they were good adaptions of the material, I preferred reading the story in the manga, and so I ended up forgetting to watch the rest of it. :P Even though I've finished the manga, I should go back and watch the anime, if only because that early material was probably some of the funniest GTO material, although it was really the last half of the manga that cemented it a place in the top 15 of my favorite manga list.
I defiantly recommend you finish it. I've only really watched the anime, but for some reason I usually prefer watching anime over reading manga, so that's just me. I also suggest at least seeing if you like the dub. It seriously made it more enjoyable for me.
QuoteQuote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 08:30:28 PM
I also probably would have rated FMA back when I first saw it but it just really didn't stick with me. It might be because I didn't notice the flaws in it, but somehow they bother me more than they do the superfans. I just can't get into it these days.
There was a short time where I loved FMA as well, but for some reason I just can't get back into it and don't think much of the franchise anymore.
This is exactly how I feel.
On another note, I'm also taking a crack at Gurren Lagann
As far as Death Note goes, just don't think of it as a deep psychological series like Monster or such. It never was that, and it's just prepubescent fans who don't know a thing about psychology who think that. Death Note is a completely self aware shrunken series that is about a shallow yet really addicting set of mind games. In that regard, it's much more comparable to something like Kaiji.
Also, I recommend the manga for Bakuman. It's by the same creators, and also got me to realize that shounen mangaka are actually, to their credit, a lot smarter than the series that they actually write. What the manga does great is to get you really interested in the whole process that goes behind writing a shounen manga in the first place.
Oh, and here's my current top 10:
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
3. Trigun
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
6. Hunter X Hunter (1999) + first OVA
7. Cowboy Bebop
8. Digimon Tamers
9. Black Lagoon
10. Dragon Ball
I took Trust and Betrayal off of my list because I can never make up my mind whether to rank it as a series or a movie.
I was never a fan of FMA. I pretended to be for a while, but now I feel comfortable admitting that I never got what people found so great about it. I do like the original anime more than the manga and Brotherhood, personally, but I don't find any of them to be particularly endearing series. Don't get me wrong, I think that FMA is a good series. I just don't find that it holds up all that well in terms of re-watch value.
Most of my love for the show's nostalgic. I watched a few episodes of the first series a few months ago, and thought it was decent but not the magnificence I remembered when I was 13. Been meaning to rewatch the show for a while, but knowing that it'll be nowhere near as good as I thought it was back then holds me back.
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 09:09:57 PM
To be fair, there's still a butt load of (supposedly) really good anime I haven't got around to watching yet, and of those that I had haven't stuck with me enough to be "favorites".
I was talking about Spark's list. :sweat:
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 09:09:57 PM
I definitely recommend you finish it. I've only really watched the anime, but for some reason I usually prefer watching anime over reading manga, so that's just me. I also suggest at least seeing if you like the dub. It seriously made it more enjoyable for me.
Well, I actually prefer reading the manga for most of the manga-adapted anime I've seen.
Yu Yu Hakusho,
Trigun, the
Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, and
Maison Ikkoku are really the only series where I've seen both the anime and the manga that I outright prefer the anime. As far as
Great Teacher Onizuka goes, I've read the entire manga, so I already know the whole story, so I doubt they'll be too many surprises when I watch the anime besides the different ending. But yeah, I enjoyed what I watched of the anime, especially the parts I watched dubbed, and when I commit to watching it again I'll go through all dubbed as you suggest. :)
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 11, 2013, 09:20:32 PM
Also, I recommend the manga for Bakuman. It's by the same creators, and also got me to realize that shounen mangaka are actually, to their credit, a lot smarter than the series that they actually write. What the manga does great is to get you really interested in the whole process that goes behind writing a shounen manga in the first place.
I second this recommendation! :thumbup:
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 11, 2013, 09:25:22 PM
I was never a fan of FMA. I pretended to be for a while, but now I feel comfortable admitting that I never got what people found so great about it. I do like the original anime more than the manga and Brotherhood, personally, but I don't find any of them to be particularly endearing series. Don't get me wrong, I think that FMA is a good series. I just don't find that it holds up all that well in terms of re-watch value.
Ugh, why do have to ask this question when I'm too burned out to structure a decent article? If this was a saturday afternoon I would've written a lengthy article on my opinions on the series, much like how I did for
Dragonball in the
Dragonball thread (and I could've gone on even longer and more in depth with that, but I was lazy so I focused on the more personal stuff) :sweat:
Eh, for now settle for the following retrospective/review of the manga. It's by the same guy who wrote that article on the
Hunter X Hunter manga that you agreed with. I have some differing/additional opinions, but he sums up why people like the series at least:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-06-06 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-06-06)
QuoteSpeaking of those bad guys... they are REALLY bad, the kind of bad that makes your back shiver. Considering the almost family-friendly superheroic territory it starts in, Fullmetal Alchemist goes to dark, dark places, like governmental corruption, war and genocide.
The fact that he couldn't say anything else about the villains says a lot.
Dragon Ball gets blamed for being really shallow but both Piccolo and Vegeta have better motives than any villain in FMA. Every one of them is bad because they want to be and they know it. That's basically it.
It's hard to articulate exactly why I don't really rank it much these days, but I've never much been a fan of the villains.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 07:04:42 PM
GTO is awesome. I think it might be a bit too long in the tooth
No it's not! Fuck you! :anger:
Ehehehehe, But on a more serious note, it loses a little bit of steam in the final arc of the manga, but I think that the excellent ending more than makes up for it.
Quoteand the dub could really stand to be better
I like the way that JO says it better: "It's so bad, it's amazing." :joy:
If only we could get an anime of the prequel series. That was always a shame that they never made it.
Sort of like how they never made Please Save My Earth into a series. So much potential.
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
3. Samurai Champloo
4. Yu yu Hakusho
5. Heat Guy J
That reminds me, what did everyone think of Wolf's Rain?
After Cowboy Bebop the writing staff went on to make that while the director and animators went on to Samurai Champloo. How do you guys think Wolf's Rain compares to those?
That show put me to sleep. I gave up on it.
Wolf's Rain is okay. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't love it, either. The most memorable thing about it is the four recap episodes. :whuh:
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 10:43:05 PM
That reminds me, what did everyone think of Wolf's Rain?
A bit of a downer. But I liked the ending.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 10:28:09 PMIf only we could get an anime of the prequel series. That was always a shame that they never made it.
If you're referring to Shounan Junai Gumi (because I'm not exactly sure if you were referring to my GTO post or not), then we DID at least get a 5-episode OVA for it. But, yeah, that series definitely deserved a full adaptation.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 11, 2013, 11:21:24 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 10:28:09 PMIf only we could get an anime of the prequel series. That was always a shame that they never made it.
If you're referring to Shounan Junai Gumi (because I'm not exactly sure if you were referring to my GTO post or not), then we DID at least get a 5-episode OVA for it. But, yeah, that series definitely deserved a full adaptation.
Yeah, that's what I meant. A full adaption would have been great. I'm sort of surprised they didn't try to make one during 'GTO-mania' in Japan.
Wolf's Rain had some really cool ideas and sequences, but it didn't really stick out to me as a whole.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 09:59:11 PM
QuoteSpeaking of those bad guys... they are REALLY bad, the kind of bad that makes your back shiver. Considering the almost family-friendly superheroic territory it starts in, Fullmetal Alchemist goes to dark, dark places, like governmental corruption, war and genocide.
The fact that he couldn't say anything else about the villains says a lot.
Dragon Ball gets blamed for being really shallow but both Piccolo and Vegeta have better motives than any villain in FMA. Every one of them is bad because they want to be and they know it. That's basically it.
It's hard to articulate exactly why I don't really rank it much these days, but I've never much been a fan of the villains.
Kimblee's pretty much the only real standout villain in FMA. Wrath was cool too, but that's pretty much it to him.
Honestly, modern anime in general tend to have incredibly lame and underwhelming villains.
Maybe it's predictable, but I really like it when anime have those chessmaster villains like Gendo, Kyubey, Kotomine, and Johan who pull the strings and let others do the evil for them in order to get things done. And despite what Rynnec said, there are still some decent villains of that type. Berg Katse from Gatchaman Crowds is the one of the few shining lights in that show because of that, for instance.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 11, 2013, 09:59:11 PM
Dragon Ball gets blamed for being really shallow but both Piccolo and Vegeta have better motives than any villain in FMA. Every one of them is bad because they want to be and they know it. That's basically it.
To be fair, he isn't consistent into what he goes in depth on. His doesn't analyze the villains in his
Dragonball review either.
Most of the Hommunculi do what they do because they are simply loyal to Father, and, to be honest, this is really all there is to Lust's motivation in Brotherhood/the Manga. But I don't think you give the rest of them enough credit, since a lot of the villains do have motivations beyond that. Let me try and run through them with what I know about them on the top of my head....
Shou Tucker: His career defined his life, and he was obsessed with making a perfect chimera, willing to sacrifice his loved ones if it meant being able to continue his research. In the first anime, his guilt consumed him into making him desperate to revive Nina, and deluded himself into thinking he could.
Barry the Chopper: He's not really a villain in the manga/Brotherhood, but anyways, Barry liked to chop stuff up, because the act gave him a sick thrill that made him feel alive, and later, gave him an identity when his soul was fused with an armor. A lot of FMA villains actually are obsessed with having an understanding of their identity, such as...
Lust (first anime): She went along with Dante's plans because she was pretty much in her debt since she was responsible for helping her survive as a Hommunculus and all. Lust didn't have second thoughts about killing people because she's pretty self-centered for the most part, and most of what she does in the series is motivated by her own self-interest. As we all know, Lust struggled to understand whether the memories and feelings she had towards Scar made her the same person or not. When she decided she wanted to be properly human again, she betrayed Dante without a second thought to help Ed beat Sloth. Really, she wanted some understanding as to who she really was in some way, and her death gave her peace because a part of being human was death, or something. I dunno, it's been two years since I watched the show, that's what I remember. Moving on...
Gluttony: Gluttony is loyal to all the rest of the Hommunculi, as they are all "family" to him. His reaction to Lust's death and anger when he found out Mustang was responsible shows that he was the most emotional of the Hommunculi, but also the most simple-minded, as he did not question the motives of his peers or even understand the ramifications of what he was doing. Essentially, he was like a naive child trying his best to help out his family in any way he can. This is true in the first anime as well.
Envy: Envy had self-esteem issues because of how pathetic his true form was and how monstrous he became after consuming the souls of the city of Xerxes. He couldn't understand how 'lowly' creatures like human beings could persevere, forgive, and find happiness, as those were qualities he himself lacked. He mocked human beings, basically, because he didn't want to admit he was, in many ways, weaker than most of them. This made him take immense pleasure in seeing the downfall of humans, which is why he took so much pleasure in starting the Ishvalan Civil War, twisting and manipulating emotions, and also killing innocent people like Hughes. However much he liked to hurt and toy with the emotions of human beings, he was only superficially good at doing that and could only accomplish that with easily-fooled/confused people and with an element of surprise, which is why when he hesitated to face opponents he knew he couldn't beat head on, and all his bluffing was (literally) blown right back in his face when no-nonsense, pissed-off Roy got a hold of him. In short, Envy went along with Father's plan and did despicable things because hurting other people made him feel better about himself. This is true in the first anime also, with added Daddy/abandonment/sibling rivalry/rage issues thanks to Hoenheim poisoning him with mercury when he was human and then abandoning him and Dante afterwards, with the other notable difference that he was smarter at using his mind games in that series as well, particularly well-illustrated when he used Ed's emotions against him and almost killed him in the second to last episode.
Greed: I actually don't consider Greed a villain myself, but since everyone else does I'll discuss him. Greed just wants to have everything. He's simply obsessed by living up to what his name insinuates, and doesn't care about anyone else's problems, only for himself. Greed doesn't care about Father or Dante's plans, nor does he give a damn of the other Hommunculi, and isn't even concerned with what means he uses to get what he wants as long as he gets it. Greed wants things, more or less, because he doesn't feel fulfilled and satisfied with what he does have. He isn't necessarily committed to that end, willing to take it slow, entertain distractions, and just have fun with life, even though he insists he's heavily ambitious and goes to great lengths to prove it. When he regains his memory after killing Bido, he starts to realize that he was happiest when surrounded by his loyal friends, the chimeras, and that losing them was like losing a part of himself, and his identity, which Father corrupted when he revived him in Ling and tried to suppress. In Ling, Ed, Heinkel, and Darius he gained new comrades and found people he would sacrifice his life for, which he does to help Ed kill Father in the final battle, and realized in his final moments that the reason he never went to any extraordinary amount of trouble is because he was perfectly content simply having true friends to recognize him as a person, and not a pawn or instrument like Father and the other Hommunculi did. In the first anime, he allowed Ed to kill him because he realized that his ambitions were just a cover for his his inability to find emotional happiness with Dante, who didn't see him as who he was but who she wanted him to be, and thus he could never be fulfilled no matter what he did.
Sloth (first anime): Basically Lust 2.0, except less developed. Honestly never cared for her. She has less of a personality than Gluttony, and is more important in terms of relation to other characters than as a character herself.
Sloth (Brotherhood and manga) - He really doesn't understand what Father's actual plan is, much like Gluttony. All he knows is that he has a job to do, and if he doesn't do it he'll suffer a painful punishment, so the only way he'll be able to do nothing is to finish digging the tunnel under Amestris. He basically is just doing his job, and doesn't really think much of it or it's consequences since all he cares about is being able to not do anything when everything's over with.
Wrath (first anime) - Um...I dunno. Wrath's whole motivation is kinda stupid. He has mommy issues or whatever I guess, due to being trapped in the gate when Izumi gave the revived him up, which messed him up pretty bad. I guess he finds a surrogate mother figure in Sloth, which is supposed to be symbolic of something I guess, and then basically does Dante's dirty work for Sloth's sake out of misplaced, messed-up feelings of love. I never liked Wrath, he was annoying, and it made no sense as to how a talk with Envy suddenly made him want to betray Izumi like he did. Bah.
Lt. Col. Archer (first anime) - Politically ambitious and willing to do dirty work in order to climb the ranks.
Other Bad Military Guys (both versions): Corrupt, got promised immortality by the Hommunculi, selfish, and immoral.
Zolf J. Kimblee (first anime) - A crazy bastard who liked to blow shit up. Legitimately bad to be bad, and he knows it. :sweat:
Solf J. Kimblee (Brotherhood and the Manga) - Enjoyed his job, and enjoyed having power, which is why he was obsessed with the philosopher's stone and betrayed the military to keep it. Honestly very professional about his work as a solider, which is why he was interested in terminating Scar so he wouldn't leave a job undone, and mainly worked with the Hommunculi more or less because he was just interested in seeing who would prevail in the end. When he saw that Pride was hypocritically willing to steal Edward's, a human's, body to save his own life, an affront to his pride as a Hommunculi, Kimblee got his answer and prevented Pride from doing so, gladly contributing to his defeat.
King Bradley/Pride (first anime) - Loyal to Dante. That's it.
King Bradley/Wrath (Brotherhood and the Manga) - Forced to work for Father, since he has no other identity besides being the Fuhrer, a title, life, and purpose he could only keep if he followed Father's orders. However, he had conflicting ideas of whether hommunculi were truly superior to humans, as the bulk of his strength comes from his human abilities and not simply his Ultimate Eye. In addition, he legitimately loved his human wife, and even if it was a facade, he found true happiness in his family life. His position, authority, and his philosopher's stone power were all due to being a Hommunculus, though, and he was proud of his identity as a Hommunculi, and by fulfilling Father's plan he would validate his purpose, and that he chose the right side. However, he was interested in giving the humans a fighting chance, be it arrogance like Father who let them off easy because he didn't think they could do much, or true interest like Kimblee who honestly wanted to see who would ultimately prevail, which is why he let Mustang and the Elrics off leniently, to see what they, mere humans, could accomplish against the full might of the Hommunculi.
Pride - Again, ...loyal to Father, but this is more because he desperately longs for a true family and not the facade of one the Hommunculi group actually is, which is why he loved his "mother" for loving him unconditionally, and enjoyed his pleasant life as a family with her and Wrath. Basically did Father's bidding to gain his love, and finally feel like a part of a genuine loving family, which, ironically, is what he gets at the end of the series after he lost all his memories and was re-raised as a normal boy.
Dante: Wanted to stay young. That's it, she's just selfish enough to kill and manipulate other people in the hopes of staying young forever. At least she's got great theme music. :humhumhum:
Father - Obsessed with the idea of freedom. To him, being free was equivalent to being truly godlike. Even after he escaped the flask and gained a body, he still felt trapped, since he was not truly flesh and blood. It was just a new container. So, in the hope of "breaking free," he desired to sacrifice the lives of countless people in order ot generate enough power to forcefully combine with "Truth" and gain a true, limitless body of his own. Really, he wanted to have things that humans had, like family (which is a part of the reason for why he created the Hommunculi), a goal to live for, purpose, but also he wanted to be "better" than humans and lack their vices and limits (which is another reason why the Hommunculi exist, since creating them took away from him what he considered undesirable qualities in his personality), and be free to do whatever he wished.
I'm not going to talk about Scar because in both versions of the show he has very obvious and well-defined motives and character development that I don't see how you can argue with it. Plus, he's also more of an anti-hero...or is it an anti-villain? Hmm....
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 11, 2013, 10:24:43 PM
Ehehehehe, But on a more serious note, it loses a little bit of steam in the final arc of the manga, but I think that the excellent ending more than makes up for it.
Hmm...I though the final arc was an excellent conclusion to the story, and a great culmination of all the the character development and themes in the series.
To be honest my least favorite part of
Great Teacher Onizuka was the arc where a student of Onizuka's lost the fieldtrip money because of Miyabi's trickery, so he had to raise to money himself for the entire class to go to Okinawa. I was starting to get burned out on the series around that point and that arc just felt dragged out a somewhat uninteresting, choice moments aside. I was getting bored with the series during it. It picked right back up for me once they actually went to Okinawa and then everything after that I really, really loved, so I'm glad I stuck through it, but I can't deny I was really getting tired of the series and wanted to be done with it during that arc, though.
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 11, 2013, 09:45:14 PM
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 09:09:57 PM
To be fair, there's still a butt load of (supposedly) really good anime I haven't got around to watching yet, and of those that I had haven't stuck with me enough to be "favorites".
I was talking about Spark's list. :sweat:
Well you did quote both our lists.
QuoteQuote from: ShadowGentleman on September 11, 2013, 09:09:57 PM
I definitely recommend you finish it. I've only really watched the anime, but for some reason I usually prefer watching anime over reading manga, so that's just me. I also suggest at least seeing if you like the dub. It seriously made it more enjoyable for me.
Well, I actually prefer reading the manga for most of the manga-adapted anime I've seen. Yu Yu Hakusho, Trigun, the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, and Maison Ikkoku are really the only series where I've seen both the anime and the manga that I outright prefer the anime. As far as Great Teacher Onizuka goes, I've read the entire manga, so I already know the whole story, so I doubt they'll be too many surprises when I watch the anime besides the different ending. But yeah, I enjoyed what I watched of the anime, especially the parts I watched dubbed, and when I commit to watching it again I'll go through all dubbed as you suggest. :)
Fair enough. And yeah, while it is "so bad, its amazing", it does have some legitimately good parts to it. Onizuka is one of my favorite Steve Blum roles.
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 12, 2013, 05:06:00 AM
Well you did quote both our lists.
Check again. I actually quoted Spark's first posted list from three years ago and his newest list. You might've gotten mistaken since both your lists share 4 of the same series. :sweat:
Besides the first series' Greed, I never really cared for the Homunculi and was actually hoping that villain group would get replaced in the first series (I knew better than to think that in Brotherhood). Out of all the others, Envy was my favorite.
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 12, 2013, 11:52:49 AM
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on September 12, 2013, 05:06:00 AM
Well you did quote both our lists.
Check again. I actually quoted Spark's first posted list from three years ago and his newest list. You might've gotten mistaken since both your lists share 4 of the same series. :sweat:
Well.
:sweat:
http://www.hulu.com/ranma-12 (http://www.hulu.com/ranma-12)
LEGAL RANMA 1/2 STREAMING! YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY! :swoon: :swoon: :swoon: :swoon:
Goddamn does Hulu have pretty much all the anime I'd ever want to watch. All they need now is Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, GTO, Evangelion, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura, Big O, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and have 'em put back Monster and I'll be set for life! ;D
Looking at all that talk about FMA makes me want to rewatch Brotherhood again, but I'll put off on it for now. I will say that I actually like the Homunculi though, all except maybe Wrath (original FMA) and Gluttony. Honestly, if you took out Ed and Al and just left the rest of the characters in the show I'd say it would be the best series ever (or 2nd to GitS: SAC).
Anyway, since people are throwing in random favorite stuff I figured I'd give it whirl with my favorite characters (top 10 is actually a hard thing for me to do), just so everyone can see where I come from when I say I don't like ______ character.
01. Alucard - Hellsing/Ultimate
02. Itachi Uchiha - Naruto
03. Roy Mustang - Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood
04. Byakuya Kuchiki - Bleach
05. Ulquiorra Schiffer - Bleach
06. Spike Spiegel - Cowboy Bebop
07. Legato Bluesummers - Trigun
08. Vicious - Cowboy Bebop
09. Seijuro Hiko - Rurouni Kenshin
10. Aoshi Shinomori - Rurouni Kenshin
That's just male characters alone, and even that was pretty hard since a lot of those characters I like equally, and I'm just trying to keep it at 10 since I don't feel like listing more at the moment (Lust, Olivier Armstrong and Riza have spots). I left out characters like Kimblee (even though he most certainly deserve a spot), Kurama and Hiei. Eventually, I'll come and arrange the list again and make "tied for" spots and whatnot.
Anyway, you can certainly see a pattern in the type of characters I prefer (I know, I'm a dull kind of guy right? lol). So when I say something along the lines of not liking say, Kuwabara or Naruto, it's because I prefer the opposite (silent/calm or demented types).
Pretty solid list of "Badass" characters, if nothing else. About the only ones I disagree on are Itachi and Ulquiorra, and that's mostly because the poor handling of their characters by their respective mangaka really soiled them for me.
That's definitely understandable, and I don't particularly care for how they turned out in the long run, but in the end the way they were handled was not enough to deter me. However had I taken your stance, Talon, Kimblee would be on there along with Kenshin/Saitoh.
Oh fuck yeah.
Notice the "CONTINUED" over three different screenshots. Looks like they might be doing all three routes...
(http://i.imgur.com/QhNXcnR.jpg)
:shakeshakeshake:
Here's a slight update to my previous list:
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
3. Trigun
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
6. Hunter X Hunter (1999) + first OVA
7. Cowboy Bebop
8. Digimon Tamers
9. Hajime no Ippo
10. Black Lagoon
Tried to go to bed 4 hours ago. Couldn't sleep. College has turned me into an insomniac. I hate it. Now I can't stop thinking about friggin' top 10 lists for some reason. So here's my finalized anime one:
1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
3. Gurren Lagann
4. Baccano!
5. Lupin III (Series 1 & 2, and Fujiko Mine)
6. Hyouge Mono
7. Fate/Zero
8. Higurashi (and Kai)
9. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
10. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
I'm not counting movies, but if I was, The End Of Evangelion, Redline, and Dead Leaves would be in there somewhere.
Cool lists. Was Death Note ever on your list before, Ensatsu-ken? I thought it might have been.
Quote from: Foggle on September 18, 2013, 03:16:40 AM
Now I can't stop thinking about friggin' top 10 lists for some reason.
lol.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 18, 2013, 03:53:25 PMCool lists. Was Death Note ever on your list before, Ensatsu-ken? I thought it might have been.
It used to be, but now it's more of an honorable mention. It's still one of my favorite manga, though.
Top 10 heroes of anime and manga
1. Vash The Stampede (Trigun)
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The 60 billion double dollar man is my favorite hero not only for his heroics, but because of his constant sacrifices, his ability to think ahead and to think of others, and that he never backs down at the sight of evil. Vash's vice would probably be that he lies and refuses to trust anyone, taking on the entire mission of stopping Knives to himself... until he is stopped in his tracks by his friends. His friendship with Meryl and Milly, and eventually wandering priest Wolfwood would be the first people he would let see the real him and his scars. It was only through them that he could finally understand what it was he saw in humanity that made him desperately want to save it when before it was only through Rem's example of self-sacrifice that he could go on. While Vash is my favorite hero for being both 'The Idiot' and 'The Man With No Name' at the same time, it's really the fact that despite his superhuman and supernatural abilities I find that he's the most human character in anime and manga. He is what I think of when I think 'good guy'.
2. Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)
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On the flip-side, as always, is Wolfwood. A wandering gunman, not unlike what you would really find in the old west, Wolfwood has seen so much evil that he has almost forgotten that there is good in the world. Despite how little he sometimes thinks of the human race, he does want to save it no matter how much others tell him he should let it burn. He does everything he can to not only help Vash but to help those who are suffering along the way. He is not like Vash in that he is not idealistic and is completely honest with his emotions (and can always spot when Vash isn't) giving him an ability to read people. Though Vash reminds him heavily of the person he wants to be (and Milly does what he can't like it's no big deal at all) he finds that both their personalities rub off on each other. Vash comes to understand the nature of sin, something Wolfwood knows too well, and Wolfwood comes to understand the concept of forgiveness (his reluctance to go to confession before he met Vash, and his final speech indicate that most of all) he dies telling Vash to just try harder next time.
3. Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
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Kenshin is a lot like Vash in a lot of respects, except in the most important. Rurouni Kenshin is about a man who already moved on from his past, and it's the world itself that is fighting the change that is coming where Kenshin has already embraced it. Kenshin is primarily hated by his enemies because he is no longer the Hitokiri Battousai, and is now simply the wandering samurai who wishes to move on. The entire series is about the last gasp of an era that is about to end, but Kenshin represents both everything that had come before and what was to come after it and no matter how hard his enemies wanted the old Kenshin back (and the old era), he was gone and what they got was someone far stronger than that.
4. Dr. Kenzo Tenma (Monster)
(http://www.nautiljon.com/images/manga_persos/00/87/1478.jpg?1313880588)
Monster is about the worst of humanity and the best of humanity. The problem is how easy this can make the bad guy an Aizen type who annoys the reader or the good guy a Gary Stu who is seen as perfect. Tenma isn't perfect, not by a long way. He hesitates, makes mistakes, bad judgements, and even says and does some downright nasty things- in other words, he's human. The only way for Tenma to ever overcome the monster that is Johan is not to sink to his level and become like him, but to rise above the monster and conquer him with the truth. The whole story of Monster is about Tenma's journey from well-meaning, but ignorant, doctor to a good human being who can rise above the pitch-black evil that Johan creates. That is what makes the ending one of my all-time favorites, when Tenma gives Johan back his real identity and the monster is finally gone. As much as I like other heroes like Grimmer, Nina, and Martin, I think that nobody would have been able to stop Johan except the man who saved his life. And then he does.
5. Eikichi Onizuka (Shonan Junai Gumi / GTO)
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He's scuzzy, sleazy, a moron, and constantly single-minded in everything he does. By the same token, he's always trying to do the right thing (even in his own stupid way), he's strong (not just physically), and he never backs down from a challenge. Onizuka is probably the one character you could put in anything and he would steal the show. In a strange way, he's the moral compass of both stories when everyone else has lost their way, which always makes him an invaluable member of both series. In SJG he was the breakout character and in GTO he proved that he could carry a different genre by himself. Simply put, he's a great character and one of my favorite heroes.
6. Yusuke Uremeshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9gj4wM5hcY/TbNu6k2rOxI/AAAAAAAABy0/B5rTLe_hnrY/s1600/urameshi-yusuke.jpg)
Yusuke ranks so high to me because he's one of the few protagonists in any anime or manga I've read that actually acts like a teenage thug probably should. I give special points to the dub for coloring up his language, because it really helps his character shine. He starts as a dumb punk who saves a kid without really knowing why and then grows throughout the manga to the point where you see exactly why he did in the first place. As he grows into that person you see a glimmer of in the first moments of the story he only gets better and better. He starts the story very selfish and thoughtless but through knowing loss, pain, a mirror reflection of who he could be, and the possibility of a future where he could literally do whatever he wanted- fight all the time, sleep in, anything... Yusuke eventually grew into a real hero and was no longer angry and confused at the world as he returned to the place he was needed, and finally became the person he always had the potential to be.
7. Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)
(http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4916299879745826&pid=15.1)
This is tentative for now and depending where the manga goes with it, but being that Thorfinn was little more than a villain for most of the story (despite being the protagonist... think Light Yagami) and had just more recently become a hero I have to list him for now. I really don't want to spoil it for those who haven't read this yet, but most everyone in Vinland Saga is in a struggle with demons both internal and external in a way. Yet, unlike Berserk, it's not on a physical plain against them but both psychologically and in signs that some characters cannot see but others can. Characters are constantly tasked with choosing between the right and the wrong thing, and most do not choose the right way or instead let themselves fall into the wrong way. Thorfinn destroyed himself in more ways than one throughout the story, but eventually pulled himself back together (before he let himself be damned) and has finally done what nobody else in the story has done- the right thing. As I said, it's tentative for now, but we'll see where Vinland Saga goes. The only reason this isn't an anime is because it's actually about something.
8. The crew of the Nadesico (Martian Successor Nadesico)
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This can probably be called cheating, but it's the only rating I can manage for this series. Every character in the show bounces off of each other to make the crew feel more like a neighborhood than a spaceship at times. Though some characters I like more than others, taken together they make a great group of characters you just want to spend time with. It's a dynamic I haven't found in too many anime or manga, let alone shows from here, but its what helps really elevate Nadesico to one of my favorites (that and the story) where most similar anime simply don't catch my attention. Not everyone on the Nadesico has pure motives, but most have their reasons for wanting to save the world, and the heroes are pretty memorable on their own. If you're not a fan of Gai within seconds, then you probably won't understand what I mean. ;)
9. Kenji Harima (School Rumble)
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School Rumble is one of the few wacky Japanese comedies I legitimately find funny due to the convoluted nature of it (High School is like that after all), and how about every character has a somewhat tenuous link to about everyone else. There's a lot going on, but it's also quite humorous. The funniest character in the story by far is Harima who never takes a joke or story in the way you're expecting it to and has the emotional stability of a mad duck. Why is he a hero? Because he's always trying to do the "right" thing despite being a delinquent who always finds himself naturally inclined to do something else. He is the protagonist of School Rumble with Tenma, but to be honest he steals the show in any scene he's in. His action sequences and fights are usually really good, too. So yeah, he's my other comedy entry for the list.
10. Krillin (Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z)
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Weird choice, huh? But Krillin has always been my favorite Dragon Ball character despite how often he is kicked around. He's also the strongest human canonically, so I guess that's worth mentioning. But Krillin's growth from a scummy backstabbing weakling, to being a cautious and tactical fighter is my favorite in the series. He makes good comic relief in the Namek saga, and put it up against every main villain in Z almost killing Nappa, Vegeta, and potentially Frieza (I won't talk about Cell, because that was lame) and being essential to the best parts of DBZ and the best side-character in the original series. Krillin really got hosed by Toriyama like all the other human characters, but he was always plot relevant. All in all, he is my favorite Dragon Ball character and I've always thought he was Toriyama's best.
Don't think it's THAT weird. I love Krillin too. He's definitely up there for me.
Sick list!
Thanks!
I'm not sure if there's a pattern in my list beyond a character who wants to do the right thing but doesn't always succeed yet keeps trying regardless. No Gary Stus for me!
Heh, I was going to make a favorite anime/manga character thread sometime, but you've beat me to it. :lol:
Great, great list, man! :thumbup: A lot of my favorite characters in there! I'm especially, and happily, surprised to see Harima and Krillin in your list. :) I just have one question. Among the Nadesico cast, which character do you like the most? Personally, my favorite character from the series is Yurika, followed closely by Akito and Ruri. But like you said, they're all great. ;)
I'll put up my own list of favorite anime/manga characters (hero, villain, or otherwise ;) ) sometime soon.
Awesome list! Several of those entries took the words right out of my mouth.
Thanks guys!
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 18, 2013, 07:06:43 PMGreat, great list, man! :thumbup: A lot of my favorite characters in there! I'm especially, and happily, surprised to see Harima and Krillin in your list. :) I just have one question. Among the Nadesico cast, which character do you like the most? Personally, my favorite character from the series is Yurika, followed closely by Akito and Ruri. But like you said, they're all great. ;)
It's pretty hard for me to pick a favorite, which is why I chose the cast. But Yurika, Jun, and Akito are great, but so are lesser seen characters like Goat, Gai, and Howmei. Most everyone is a ton of fun.
Yay Tenma!
Great list! :thumbup:
Here would be my top 10 anime/manga heroes (minus the explanations):
1. Eikichi Onizuka (Great Teacher Onizuka/Shounan Junai Gumi)
2. Kenzo Tenma (Monster)
3. Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
4. Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
5. Chōji Ochiai/"Otcho" (20th Century Boys)
6. Son Gohan (Dragon Ball)
7. Vash The Stampede (Trigun)
8. Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
9. Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic!)
10. Endo Kenji (20th Century Boys)
Great list!
Speaking of which, anyone remember these? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnzcJypc2GU) Back when Adult Swim got (most of) the cream of the crop.
While I haven't seen nearly enough anime films to make a good list for it, I'll put down my current top 5 just for the hell of it:
1. Summer Wars
2. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
3. Wolf Children: Ame & Yumi
4. Ninja Scroll
5. Redline
I couldn't make a hero list but I'm pretty sure that, if I did, Yusuke would be #1 on it.
Quote from: Foggle on September 18, 2013, 03:16:40 AM
Now I can't stop thinking about friggin' top 10 lists for some reason.
That's just what this forum needs: another me.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 18, 2013, 10:47:40 PM
Great list!
Speaking of which, anyone remember these? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnzcJypc2GU) Back when Adult Swim got (most of) the cream of the crop.
I'd love to hear that Dangermouse instrumental.
Those promo's are great, makes me sad I was too young to watch AS back in the day.
Quote from: talonmalon333 on September 18, 2013, 11:15:01 PM
I couldn't make a hero list but I'm pretty sure that, if I did, Yusuke would be #1 on it.
Same with me!!! :swoon:
I like Yusuke and all (after all, he's still in my top 10), but man, Kurama gets no love from any of the YYH fan-base anymore. Desensitized already covered what makes Yusuke such an endearing hero, but as for Kurama, while you could argue that he's not a true hero, I'd argue back that you're full of shit. He's someone who was originally one of the worst villains among demons, but through circumstances ended up having his spirit inhabit the body of a human boy who had not yet been born, and then he grew up being raised by a human mother and really learned the value of humanity through her. I think that he's a great character because out of all of the characters among the main group, he is the one who is the most willing to do the things that nobody else wants to do (including himself) for the sake of what's right. The best example comes in when he had to be the one to defeat Game Master knowing that by winning he would essentially be sentencing the kid to his death (and he had no idea that Koenma could revive him at the time). It wasn't something he did for the sake of being edgy or dark, but something that he did because Yusuke and the others needed to get through to Sensui in order to stop his plans and save the world. However doing what he had to do really tore him up inside, and to me I think some of the greatest heroes are the ones who are willing to make the sacrifices that nobody else had the courage to. On that end, if the kid hadn't been revived, it would have tortured Kurama for the rest of his life, but he was prepared to live with that for the sake of saving the world.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 18, 2013, 11:29:39 PM
I like Yusuke and all (after all, he's still in my top 10), but man, Kurama gets no love from any of the YYH fan-base anymore. Desensitized already covered what makes Yusuke such an endearing hero, but as for Kurama, while you could argue that he's not a true hero, I'd argue back that you're full of shit. He's someone who was originally one of the worst villains among demons, but through circumstances ended up having his spirit inhabit the body of a human boy who had not yet been born, and then he grew up being raised by a human mother and really learned the value of humanity through her. I think that he's a great character because out of all of the characters among the main group, he is the one who is the most willing to do the things that nobody else wants to do (including himself) for the sake of what's right. The best example comes in when he had to be the one to defeat Game Master knowing that by winning he would essentially be sentencing the kid to his death (and he had no idea that Koenma could revive him at the time). It wasn't something he did for the sake of being edgy or dark, but something that he did because Yusuke and the others needed to get through to Sensui in order to stop his plans and save the world. However doing what he had to do really tore him up inside, and to me I think some of the greatest heroes are the ones who are willing to make the sacrifices that nobody else had the courage to. On that end, if the kid hadn't been revived, it would have tortured Kurama for the rest of his life, but he was prepared to live with that for the sake of saving the world.
I agree with everything you just said. Really, I could've easily chosen Kurama over Yusuke. I like they both that much.
Actually, you know what? Take my last post and change "Yusuke" into a "all of the main four in YYH" tie. I love that team so much. :P
Kurama's rebirth as a hero literally came from being born. He had a family to give him what he never had as a demon and a true understanding and value for life that he had never considered before. While he retained his keen intellect, he grew stronger as a person for understanding where true strength came from not just his fists (or whip) but his value of life over all. He didn't want to kill Game Master, but he had no choice since the world was at stake and the game had to end or they would all die. He's only really killed twice out of necessity in the story and the other time gets blown up to make Kurama some heartless killer like he was as Yoko Kurama.
But I think the Roto thing gets taken out of context. Kurama is a very forgiving person and grows to have compassion even for demons who wish to kill him. Here's the difference. Roto had no compassion for life and would very clearly have killed innocents for nothing more than glory. Kurama killed him because he knew that Roto would do it again (either to him or someone else) as he had already shown he had absolutely no intention of changing but only of slithering out of situations. He had to stop him, and he did it the only way he could.
That said I actually like all four of the main heroes of YYH a lot.
The main four characters in YYH make up my favorite team in any fictional series ever.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 18, 2013, 10:47:40 PM
Speaking of which, anyone remember these? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnzcJypc2GU) Back when Adult Swim got (most of) the cream of the crop.
I fucking love the
Cowboy Bebop,
Trigun, and
Lupin the Third promos. Makes me wish I watched those shows back in 2002-2003...rather than 2011-2012, ten years later. :sweat:
The only one of those promos I actually remember, though, is the
InuYasha one. The one I remember the most vividly was the promo where they had InuYasha and Kagome keep yelling each others names for 30 seconds. I remember that trailer being hilarious because as a kid I thought the show was basically 22-minutes of that episode to episode. Ironic that I love series now as an adult (the manga and
Final Act only though. The anime and movies are still bad to me for a variety of reasons...).
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 18, 2013, 11:49:26 PM
The main four characters in YYH make up my favorite team in any fictional series ever.
Ditto. :thumbup:
Well, actually, for me...it's a really, really tough choice between them, the Strawhat Pirates, Vash, Wolfwood, Mille, and Meryl, the
Bebop crew,
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo's party of misfits and rebels,
Excel Saga's ACROSS (well, Excel and Elgala mainly, but still), and Lum, Benten, Ran, and Oyuki's "gang" in
Urusei Yatsura. I know there's a list in here, but honestly, I love them too equally to want to rank them... :sweat:
Quote from: Rynnec on September 18, 2013, 11:16:10 PM
Those promo's are great, makes me sad I was too young to watch AS back in the day.
Heh, I've been watching [adult swim] since I was six. 8) ASA...not until 2010, when I got into
Bleach (an unfortunate decision) and
Fullmetal Alcehmist Brotherhood.
I kick myself for not getting to watch [adult swim] action when it was good. I blame the Nina episode of the original
Fullmetal Alchemist anime for scaring me off from sticking around for it after Toonami. I didn't help that, as a kid I had a general disinterest in action-animation until I was around 8 years old (I though superheroes were stupid and ridiculous as a kid, and didn't warm up to them until I watched
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker), so I completely avoided action blocks like Toonami and [adult swim] action, and even Kid's WB and FOX BOX. The
Dragonball franchise was really the series that got me into trying action-animation of all sorts, and non-toyetic anime as well, but that didn't happen until 2005. So before that...boy did I miss out... :imnothappy:
Anyway, I might as well update my favorite anime films list, if only because it's just a teeny bit different now:
11.
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love10.
Ghost in the Shell 9.
Princess Mononoke8.
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagilostro7.
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door6.
Urusei Yatsura 5: The Final Chapter5.
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya4.
Spirited Away3.
Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever2.
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer1.
End of EvangelionI love
Beautiful Dreamer and
End of Evangelion so much that their places on my list switch between 1 and 2 depending on what mood I'm in. I freaking love all the
Urusei Yatsura movies, but I don't feel stronger about
Only You than the other movies here, so I left it off. Really, though, I still have the same problem of not seeing several highly acclaimed anime movies yet. On top of my priority list: the films of Satoshi Kon, the films of Isao Takahata, the Mamorou Oishii stuff I haven't seen yet, the Miyazaki films I haven't seen yet (like, I really need to watch
Naussica, seriously), the films of Hosoda,
Redline,
Akira,
Royal Space Force,
One Piece: Strong World,
One Piece: Film Z, and
Space Adventure Cobra. I should be spending my Friday nights better...
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 19, 2013, 12:14:45 AM
I blame the Nina episode of the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime for scaring me off from sticking around for it after Toonami.
That episode gave me nightmares for a month when I was a little kid.
The YYH main 4 is one of my favorite teams in fiction. Probably top 3 or top 5.
I dunno if I could make a list of favorite anime heroes. I think I'm more drawn to protagonists who aren't exactly "good." Except Tenma of course.
Quote from: Foggle on September 19, 2013, 02:24:07 AM
I dunno if I could make a list of favorite anime heroes. I think I'm more drawn to protagonists who aren't exactly "good." Except Tenma of course.
Same, minus the part about Tenma.
Well, that depends on if you are looking at it just by the alignment of these characters as good guys, which doesn't sound as interesting as a list of villains. As for my own list, though, that's not really the way I look at it, myself, as I don't like any of these characters because of their alignment, but rather because they happen to be well-written and interesting characters that just happen to be good (and for the record, quite a few of them are "not exactly good"). ;)
If you read one of my reasons for why Togashi is my favorite shounen mangaka ever (on the thread by that name), I said that he doesn't write villains, but that he writes characters that just happen to be the antagonists relative to the main characters in his stories. What I value most about a character is the character him/her/itself and what makes them tick when you get down to it. If the character is interesting and written in a relatively believable way, then it's a good character. Personally, I find the notion of finding a character more or less appealing just based on their alignment of being downright good, not exactly good, not exactly bad, or just downright bad to be kind of silly, myself.
Also, while speaking on that subject, I would have included Killua in my list but decided against it because he skewed the lines a bit too much between being a hero and just being a character that did his mix of good and bad things (which explains why he's one of my favorite manga/anime characters). If nothing else, though, he is proof that you can write a good child character, have him be really interesting and have complexities to his psyche, and yet at the same time he can still believably come off as a kid with some of his general mannerisms and attitude relative to the world that he inhabits.
I think Killua is a hero, actually. I think he really proved it in Chimera Ant.
He's much more of a hero than Gon is, anyway.
Teams, heroes, movies, it would probably be impossible for me to come up with a top 10 for all, since when it comes to teams there's almost always one person in the group that I just don't like (outside of the Bebop crew). I know that's kind of a lame reason, but that's just me.
Heroes , there aren't that many I care for (At least in shounen). Outside of Spike, Alucard (I wouldn't exactly call those 2 heroes to begin with) and Kenshin, there really haven't been any heroes/main characters that I'd really consider to be a badass either (then again I'm a bit out of touch with recent anime), but when we say heroes, are we talking main character or just a general type of thing?
As for movies, I don't know if I can even come up with a top 5 since I haven't seen many.
01. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
02. Knockin on Heaven's Door
03. Ghost in the Shell
04. Ninja Scroll
While we're on the subject of top 10 lists, I thought I'd make a list of my top 10 favorite fights in manga/anime. First, though, I kind of need to defend why I think this is worthy enough of having a top 10 list to begin with. A lot of people have the misplaced notion that those traditional fights in battle shounen or shounen-like series are mindless time-wasters that are just there in place of plot. Personally, I say fuck that. BADLY done fights are mindless time-wasters, good fights in these types of series are some of the best moments around in either comics or animation, because when you get down to it, they bring everything to the table from mind-bending, clever, and highly technical strategies to tons of emotional weight in truly captivating and desperate situations. Those really cool action-scenes that you find in well-animated shows or movies that have a bunch of fancy punching and kicking are certainly cool, but those are the mindless fights. It does take a great deal of talent to write (and yes, I mean actually "write") a well done fight in a manga or anime and make it truly interesting to sit through, whether it only be a few minutes long or several episodes long. Yeah, there are moments where characters pause and think and such, but in a good fight, that's there to display the situation for what it is, and shows you the psyche of the people fighting during the actual fight, and how they plan plan to make it through their situation in one piece.
With that said, I want to honor the 10 best fights that I have ever seen in manga/anime:
10. Kurapika vs. Uvogin (Hunter X Hunter)
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One of Togashi's many strengths as a writer is that he can make you give a shit about the fights in this series, and not just those of the main character, but in many cases his best stuff comes from supporting characters, because he is smart enough to use them at a time when he makes them feel as though they were the main characters of their own individual stories. What makes this fight great, though, is that it's a revenge fight, and not the satisfying kind, but the gritty kind that makes the character realize just how much they hate what they are doing in the name of revenge. This fight makes my list because in reality, it's really just a terrific character piece under the guise of a shounen fight. Kurapika is trying to take revenge on the Genei Ryodan for the massacre of his clan, and he ends up fighting one of its strongest members, Uvogin. Kurapika ends up piercing a chain into Uvogin's flesh and has it wrap around his heart by the end of their skirmish, clearly not wanting to resort to torture to get answers out of him (which downright disgusts Kurapika). He thus gives Uvogin and ultimatum to either rat out the abilities and whereabouts of the rest of his group, or die by having the pointed end of the chain pierced through his heart. He basically ends up telling Kurapika to go to hell and is immediately killed in the process, as promised, leaving Kurapika with blood on his hands....and face....and shirt....and with a dead corpse that he now has to bury. It's messy stuff, both visually and psychologically, but that's what makes it so great.
9. Monkey D. Luffy vs. Rob Lucci (One Piece)
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This fight is on here because it manages to capture the culmination of everything that the Straw Hat Pirates had busted their ass for up to this point. You see, the World Government's secret organization called Cipher Pol 9 basically apprehended one of Luffy's crew, Nico Robin, and were ready to bring her to her execution as the last person alive to contain any forbidden knowledge of the Void Century in history. Naturally, Luffy and crew were pissed when they found this out, and despite Robin herself telling them to leave her be (in the interest of letting them stay alive), the Straw Hats essentially said fuck that and basically declared war on the World Government by burning down their flag at Enies Lobby, where Nico Robin was being held for her execution. They then proceeded to raise hell against the entire establishment, and each of them had tough fights with members of CP9, and at the center of all of this were the leaders of these two groups duking it out, with Luffy as the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and Lucci as the leader of CP9. Of course, Lucci being the big bad villain had the upper hand for most of the fight, but underestimating Luffy turned out to be his greatest downfall as the battle ended with Lucci assaulting Luffy with a ridiculously intense attack and then turning his back on Luffy as he was stumbling. This was obviously a big mistake because Luffy did not fall down as Lucci had predicted, and now Lucci was too late to react to Luffy's last desperate barrage of attacks. It was a really climactic finale to pretty much the best fight that I've seen in this series, to date.
8. Yusuke Urameshi vs. Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
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This one is on here because it carries a lot of emotional weight to it. On the one hand, Yusuke wants to take revenge for Genkai's death, but when he can't produce results that satisfy Toguro, he tries to bring out Yusuke's true strength by killing Kuwabara, and in doing that, he royally pisses Yusuke off. The next scene with Yusuke is fantastic, in how he admits that he at one point admired and respected Toguro's strength, but then came to realize that it was really just Toguro's weakness as a human being that lead him to the point in life that he came to. Yusuke then proceeded to beat the shit out of Toguro and kill him with a final giant spirit gun. All in all, a nice, clean, happy ending, wouldn't you say? :awesome:
7. Killua Zoldyck vs. An Entire Fucking Battalion Of Chimera Ant Soldiers (Hunter X Hunter)
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Yes. Yes, he does actually fight tanks. He also even finds the time in the middle of all of this chaos to play a game of darts with some chimera ant soldiers....where he is the dart board (and yes, I mean that literally). A thing to note about this fight is that it's not just my favorite fight scene from Hunter X Hunter, it's my favorite sequence from the entire series, period. What makes it so great and intense is that despite Killua going all out against enemy after enemy, it's not just him being a bad-ass and taking down all of his opposition with ease. On the contrary, he is struggling to survive through most of this battle, and the whole thing is just him barely making it out of one skirmish alive and immediately finding himself engaged in another, whether he wants to or not. Also, just like the Kurapika vs. Uvogin fight, this fight is, more than anything, a great character piece for Killua in the guise of a fight. Are some of you guys starting to understand why I find this series so awesome, now?
6. Kenshin Himura vs. Seita Soujiro (Rurouni Kenshin)
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First of all, I want to give an honorable mention to the Kenshin vs. Saito fight, which was nothing too special in the manga, but was WAY better in the anime thanks to stellar animation and direction. That said, Kenshin vs. Soujiro is one of my favorite fights in the series because it successfully combines both tension and emotional weight. I particularly like how this battle thematically ties in with Seita's past, and how it brings him to conflict with the twisted ideals that Shishio brought him up to believe in. This all culminates in one of the greatest climaxes of any fight that I have ever seen in any medium.
5. Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Yajirobe vs. Vegeta (Dragon Ball)
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Teamwork in Dragon Ball? Oh, my! But, yes, this fight was excellent just for that very reason. First of all, we have Goku going all-out right from the very beginning, and he manages to blow Vegeta away (once again, I mean this literally), but then Vegeta comes back as a giant ape and Goku is completely spent. Yeah, he'd be pretty fucked if he was alone in this fight by this point, wouldn't he? Of course, Gohan and Krillin come to the rescue. And good god, Krillin....he is USEFUL as fuck in this fight. Some might even argue that it was the last point in the entire series in which he was a useful member of the team (though, he also had some of his moments in the Namek saga, as well). And speaking of useful, even Yajirobe helps out, and actually manages to save Gohan's ass. Now, try and wrap your head around that. What I love so much about this fight is that EVERYONE in it was completely desperate, including Vegeta. The last few moments of it left all of the characters without any energy to do much of anything, and this lead to an iconic scene where Vegeta was literally crawling back to his space pod to escape when all of a sudden Krillin comes to stop him and is about to deliver a killing blow before Goku tells Krillin to spare his life. Classic stuff.
4. Kenshin, Sanosuke, Saito, and Aoshi vs. Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)
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This wasn't direct teamwork, but everyone played a part in this fight, and Shishio proved that he was a real bad-ass despite the fact that he would literally ignite into flames by overheating his body if he fought for more than 15 minutes at a time. This battle pulled out all of the stops, with Shishio being a complete bastard to the point of even driving a sword through his lover just to get at Kenshin. This was another desperate situation, and while it didn't have quite as much emotional weight to it as some of the other fights on this list, it did make every single moment of its duration so intense that you would be on the edge of your seat throughout the entire thing. Not a single moment was wasted, here.
3. Son Goku vs. Tenshinhan: 22nd Budokai Tenkaichi (Dragon Ball)
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Hands down my favorite fight in the entire series. This fight had weight to it, and it had tons of great and memorable moments, but it also had something that no other fight on this list does. And that thing is comedy. Believe it or not, that really makes this fight stand out as one of my favorites, ever. The comedic parts don't take away from the serious elements of this fight at all, but they just work so damn well and really do a terrific job at both parodying the ridiculous nature of fights in most shounen series as well as self-parodying this series itself, in that regard. And, as an added bonus, it actually ended with the main character losing by just a hair, but both characters could easily walk away proud from this fight. I think the best way to sum up why this fight is so good in just one word would be to call it "fun." That seems like such a simple concept yet you'd be surprised at how many shounen mangaka don't ever seem to incorporate that element not only into their fights, but into their entire bodies of work, in general.
2. Team Urameshi vs. Team Masho (Yu Yu Hakusho)
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Is this cheating? Because, if it is, then I say: fuck it! I don't even care. This, to me, is really more like one, big, desperate fight, rather than a series of fights. I say this because it all just connects together so well. You see, Team Masho's sponsor, Butajiri, happened to be a highly influential member of the Black Black Club, which basically ran the tournament committee behind the scenes. So, right after Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Genkai (under the disguise of the masked fighter) had fought a grueling battle against Team Ichigaki, they were immediately thrown into this next match without any time to prepare for it or to even recover from their wounds. This wasn't all, however, as Butajiri had another trick up his sleeve. He had the committee order Hiei and Genkai to be left out of the fight in order to receive medical attention; with these characters being two of the team's strongest members at the time, and with neither of them having received much damage at all. That left just three fighting members on Team Urameshi, including a mostly fit and fresh Kurama, a mildly injured Yusuke, and a heavily injured Kuwabara, against 5 fresh new faces in Team Masho. Kurama was the first up, and ended up fighting and defeating Gama, but not before Gama cursed him with his own blood, essentially immobilizing most of Kurama's limbs. However, Kurama still fought on regardless, and through insane strategy that actually worked, he managed to defeat the next opponent, Touya, as well, but not without sustaining heavy damage from the battle, and leaving himself unconscious. Because of that, Kurama was unable to leave the ring, and thus was still considered an active fighter for the next match, which then had Bakken beat the shit out of him to piss off Yusuke. Upon finally throwing Kurama out of the ring, Yusuke had his turn to fight and basically wreaked Bakken to avenge Kurama. He then had a fight with a member of team Masho who was surprisingly a lot like himself, Jin, and this proved to be the best skirmish in the entire team battle. Although it was Yusuke's win, the tournament committee declared it as a draw, counting on the fact that Team Urameshi had no members who could fight anymore. But, at the last minute Kuwabara stepped in, with injuries and all, and managed to take down the team's leader, Risho, for a major upset and amazing victory. This fight is just desperation from beginning to end, and it truly is my favorite fight in the series, and one of the best that I've ever seen in any manga or anime series. In fact, it was my favorite of all time, until....
1. Ippo Makanouchi vs. Takeshi Sendo: Japanese Featherweight Title Match (Hajime no Ippo)
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....I saw this masterpiece. I mean, what better series to have the best fight that I've ever currently scene in a manga or anime than one that centers around the art of two guys punching the crap out of each other? So, here's a little story-line history for context. Ippo had fought Sendo nearly 2 years before this match (which was also a great fight) and managed to defeat Sendo, thus officially starting their rivalry. Also prior to this match, Ippo had his first shot at the title against the former champion, Eiji Date, but ended up losing it by being KO'ed in the 5th round, which was not only a loss for the title, but his first loss in an official match, ever, which left Ippo devastated. Right after this, Date retired the title and championship belt in order to pursue the world title. This left the title up for grabs for the next two biggest contenders after Ippo, Sendo and Vorg. Unfortunately for Vorg, he was Russian, and thus a foreigner to Japan, leaving the match up to a lot of bias from the referee. So, when neither him nor Sendo were able to knock each other out by the end of 8 rounds, the match came down to points. Up until the last minute of the match or so, Vorg had been ahead by a single point, but then he slipped of his own accord, which the referee falsely counted as a knockdown to deduct points from his score, having Sendo end up winning the match on points rather than a KO. Sendo was very unsatisfied with winning the title this way, and didn't truly feel like the champ, so he wanted to prove it to himself by fighting Ippo again and defeating him. Right there, you have a ton of weight from BOTH fighters going into this match, and of course only one can win. For Sendo, he doesn't want to lose against Ippo again, and for Ippo, he doesn't want to lose a match for the Featherweight Title again.
Now, with all of that build-up, it would be hard for any match to live up to expectations, but this one managed to surpass them. Prior to this match, Sendo told Ippo's trainer that the Dempsey Roll (Ippo's strongest move at the time) would not work against him. Within the first 14 seconds of this match, Ippo rushed Sendo, successfully initiated the Dempsey Roll on him, and scored a complete knockdown. And, right then and there, I knew this match would be the real deal. I mean, if the mangaka of this series was confident enough to have Ippo use his best attack right at the beginning of the match and still have enough left in the match to wow you after that point, then you know right from the get-go that every single second of this fight would be some of the most intense that the series could throw at you. Now, it's true that I haven't read any of the manga beyond what the anime has covered so far, and maybe there are even better fights coming up in the series, but as far as every piece of manga that I've read or anime that I've watched goes, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this fight is hands down the greatest that I have currently ever seen in any series, so far.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 19, 2013, 03:50:30 PMI think Killua is a hero, actually. I think he really proved it in Chimera Ant.
He's much more of a hero than Gon is, anyway.
Which I agree with, but seeing as how that point came really late in the series, I am conflicted as to whether to count him as a hero or not, since he was still a very morally gray character to me before that point.
If I were to rank Killua, though, he'd be in my top 3 for sure.
Interesting picks.
Though everyone knows my favorite is Yusuke Vs. The Doctor. Mind games, psychic powers, moral decisions, tight timeline, and the first big indication that what Genkai said about this whole Chapter Black incident being different is true.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 19, 2013, 06:23:31 PM
Interesting picks.
Though everyone knows my favorite is Yusuke Vs. The Doctor. Mind games, psychic powers, moral decisions, tight timeline, and the first big indication that what Genkai said about this whole Chapter Black incident being different is true.
I was mainly going for fights of a physical nature for this list, though many of them have psychological elements to them. At any rate, that's why I didn't include the Yusuke vs. Doctor ordeal, since that was more of a mind-game than a fight. If I were talking about my top 10 general favorite scenes or moments from anime, however, that whole bit would definitely make my list.
Does Light vs. L count as a fight? :P
I love the Kiritsugu vs. Kotomine fight in the second to last episode of Fate/Zero. :)
Yeah, that fight was awesome!!!!!!!
Here's my top 10 favorite anime/manga fights:
10. Lina vs Hell Master (Slayers NEXT)
9. Luffy vs Crocodile (One Piece)
8. Killua vs Rammot (Hunter x Hunter)
7. Joseph vs Wham (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency)
6. Team Urameshi vs Team Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
5. Kiritsugu vs Kotomine (Fate/Zero)
4. Kurapika vs Uvogin (Hunter x Hunter)
3. Goku vs King Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
2. Yusuke vs Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
1. Jotaro vs Dio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders)
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on September 19, 2013, 07:35:44 PM
Quote from: talonmalon333 on September 19, 2013, 07:12:04 PMDoes Light vs. L count as a fight? :P
Read my previous post.
Sorry. I should've read this page instead of skimming it. :P
Special mention has to be made about the Ginyu Force fight. It would have been nice if Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan could have held on a little longer, though. I'm pretty sure they could have taken the other two if they didn't go up against Recoome first.
Favorite fights, I was actually thinking about making a thread for this. This is a topic I can go on and on about for days. I'm not going to get into the deep aspects of a fight since none of that really matters to me. When it comes to fights, it's all about flash for me.
With that said, majority of the fights from Hajime no Ippo can easily make my entire top 10 because those fights were that good, not to mention they're well animated for looking so old, but I'm gonna stay away from that since if I put one fight I have to put most of them lol.
01. Kenshin vs Saito (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqPnieZZdOA)
02. Sword of the Stranger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga23vkjhdSI)
03. Mugen and Jin vs Kariya (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEiZBxpZDEc)
04. Byakuya vs Kouga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjzE1IggI5E) (Sad when filler fights are better than actual canon fights)
05. Mustang vs Envy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT17Cj_PCPU)
06. Yusuke vs Yomi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFCwmWv3tjU)
07. Spike vs Vincent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdlqVq_irBc)
08. Sasuke vs Itachi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5c7qd8o4A)
09. Kenshin vs Sojiro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ9krnlqPxw)
10. Kenshin+ vs Shishio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IryjBSSFk4Y)
Spike vs. Vincent is amazing.
Spike Vs. Mad Pierrot
Time to try my hand at these top fights:
1. Kazuma vs Ryuhou (S-Cry-Ed)
2. Kiritsugu vs Kotomine (Fate/Zero)
3. Team Dai-Gurren vs Anti-Spiral (Gurren Lagann)
4. Scar vs Wrath (FMA: Brotherhood)
5. Ichigo vs Grimmjow (Bleach)
This list'll be expanded and changed as I watch/remember more anime.
Excellent lists guys! :thumbup:
Spike vs. Vincent and Spike vs. Mad Pierrot are also awesome, but I don't think they'd make my personal top list (despite how much I love the episode and movie they're from respectively).
I personally have a lot of favorite fights from anime and manga, but I'd like to explain my top 15 choices at least, but I'm too busy now to do so, so I'll get to it tomorrow or something. I will list 10 honorable mentions, though. I'm leaving off comedy-oriented fights too, so no Bobobo fights are here, even though several would rank high if I allowed them.
25. Kurapika vs. Uvogin (Hunter X Hunter)
24. Toriko vs. Tommyrod (Toriko)
23. Yellow, Blaine, Green, Koga, Blue, Sabrina, Lt. Surge, Red and Giovanni vs. The Elite Four (Pokemon Adventures)
22. Lina, Gourry, and Zelgadis vs. Shabranigdo (The Slayers)
21. Lina, Gourry, Zelgadis, Amelia, and Sylpheil vs. Copy Rezo/Zanaffar (The Slayers)
20. Scar vs. Wrath (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
19. Ussop vs. Perona (One Piece)
18. Team Urameshi vs. Team Uratogi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
17. The Ginyu Force Battles (Dragonball)
16. Goku vs. Piccolo Jr. (Dragonball)
I had to leave out a lot of favorites already, and these were just honorable mentions. Geez... :sweat:
Top 15 to come.
EDIT: Had to change the list. Forgot some great fights. :P
Quote from: Cartoon X on September 19, 2013, 10:23:47 PM
(The Slayers)
CRAP, I forgot about Slayers. I need to rethink my top 10 fights now......
Quote from: VLordGTZ on September 19, 2013, 07:58:48 PM
Here's my top 10 favorite anime/manga fights:
10. Lina vs Hell Master (Slayers NEXT)
9. Luffy vs Crocodile (One Piece)
8. Killua vs Rammot (Hunter x Hunter)
7. Joseph vs Wham (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency)
6. Team Urameshi vs Team Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
5. Kiritsugu vs Kotomine (Fate/Zero)
4. Kurapika vs Uvogin (Hunter x Hunter)
3. Goku vs King Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
2. Yusuke vs Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
1. Jotaro vs Dio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders)
I replaced Simon vs Lordgenome with Lina vs Hell Master
Quote from: talonmalon333 on September 18, 2013, 11:15:01 PM
I couldn't make a hero list but I'm pretty sure that, if I did, Yusuke would be #1 on it.
QuoteThis.
Quote from: Grave on September 19, 2013, 08:21:46 PM
Favorite fights, I was actually thinking about making a thread for this. This is a topic I can go on and on about for days. I'm not going to get into the deep aspects of a fight since none of that really matters to me. When it comes to fights, it's all about flash for me.
With that said, majority of the fights from Hajime no Ippo can easily make my entire top 10 because those fights were that good, not to mention they're well animated for looking so old, but I'm gonna stay away from that since if I put one fight I have to put most of them lol.
01. Kenshin vs Saito (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqPnieZZdOA)
02. Sword of the Stranger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga23vkjhdSI)
03. Mugen and Jin vs Kariya (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEiZBxpZDEc)
04. Byakuya vs Kouga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjzE1IggI5E) (Sad when filler fights are better than actual canon fights)
05. Mustang vs Envy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT17Cj_PCPU)
06. Yusuke vs Yomi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFCwmWv3tjU)
07. Spike vs Vincent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdlqVq_irBc)
08. Sasuke vs Itachi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5c7qd8o4A)
09. Kenshin vs Sojiro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ9krnlqPxw)
10. Kenshin+ vs Shishio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IryjBSSFk4Y)
I still need to watch Sword of the Stranger. Anyway, top 5:
5. Spike/LP 1
4. Spike/Vincent
3. Hiei/Bui - Not only is it cool but it's sad because Bui yet again sees that no matter how strong he gets, there is someone stronger.
2. Kurama/Karasu - Yes, I am still geeking out over Karasu not knowing what he got himself into.
1. Yujiro Hanma vs. Doppo Orochi
Even though the buzz is gone, I might as well finish my list, so without further ado...
MY TOP 15 FAVORITE FIGHTS IN ANIME/MANGA
15. Roronoa Zoro vs. The Whiskey Peak Bounty Hunters (One Piece)
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One of favorite moments in all of One Piece. The Straw Hats' first stop in the Grand Line is the seemingly pirate-friendly island Whiskey Peak, and after a day filled with drinking and partying, most of the crew hits the hay. However, the friendly folk of Whiskey Peak are really bounty hunters working under the underground criminal syndicate, Baroque Works, whose true intentions are to lure unsuspecting pirates to their island, capture/kill them, and collect the rewards. And they would have gotten away with it this time too...if it weren't for a meddling green haired swordsman. And thus leads us to this amazing sequence, where Zoro takes on 100 freaking bounty hunters, 4 of which are top Baroque Works agents, and systematically wipes the floor with the whole lot of them. It's a fast-paced, often funny, often epic sequence that made for pretty much the most memorable individual episode of the anime, let alone one of the best moments in the series in general. I can't think of a better way to kick off the excellent Baroque Works saga than this truly badass beatdown.
14. InuYasha, Kagome Higurashi, Miroku, Sango, and Sesshomaru vs. Naraku, Magatsuhi the Evil Will, and Byakuya of the Dreams (InuYasha: The Final Act)
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This is sort of cheating, since the final battle against Naraku is pretty much an arc unto itself, and this wont be the last time in this list that I'll cheat like this either. But goddammit was this a great final battle, and so much is riding on the line here. There is nothing world threatening at stake, but all the same this is an important battle for everyone involved, and the fact that this is a battle of wills and character makes it all the more immersing. Let's start with our villain, the much hated (especially by the series' haters :sweat: , Naraku). Naraku has finally done it, he has completed the Shikon Jewel...only to realize to late he's been used and deceived by the true villain of this series, and was merely a puppet to achieve it's true agenda. Cruelly, the jewel has not granted his true wish, and he is left with nothing but power and to await the inevitable. So, in a last act of revenge, and with nothing more to gain or loose, he decides to once and for all kill InuYasha and destroy Kikyo's village. Byakuya, Naraku's only surviving incarnation since the death of Kanna, understands that as a part of Naraku, Naraku's demise will be equal to his own, and is left with little else to fulfill his final purpose in Naraku's revenge. As for Magatsuhi...well, he wants what the real villain of this series wants, but he also just likes to make people suffer, and avenge his humiliation at being previous defeated by the "mere yokai," Sesshomaru. As for InuYasha's group, well, InuYasha needs to settle the score with Naraku for manipulating him and Kikyo all those years ago, Kagome must carry on Kikyo's task and purify the Jewel once and for all, Miroku's time is running out before his wind tunnel will consume him whole, and to prevent that, Sango is desperate to kill Naraku before it rips apart. As for Sesshomaru...Magatsuhi kidnapped Rin...but he's also the only person who can kill Magatsuhi once and for all. It doesn't hurt he hates Naraku just as much as the rest of the group either.
All this lead to a race against time inside and out the grotseque, spider-like body of Naraku's true form. Mind games, manipulations, near betrayals, and a final all out assault culminate in what is easily one of the series' best moments. I'll be lying if I said the final battle with Naraku itself is incredibly epic, but because so much is on the line for these characters, and so much has happened to lead up to this decisive moment, it is immensely, immensely satisfying to see Naraku finally die. The series definitely went on too long, but goddammit this battle did everything it could to make totally satisfying in the end (well, this and the resolution of the series, at least :P).
13. InuYasha vs. Sesshomaru: Final Battle (InuYasha: The Final Act)
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This fight, however, is my favorite in the series, again because of character motivation, namely Sesshomaru's. Sesshomaru has been devastated after learning that his blade, the Tenseiga, is an unwanted piece of the Tessaiga, it's only purpose to master the Meidou blade...and give the power back to the Tessaiga. To InuYasha. His pride and devotion to his father betrayed, Sesshomaru is desperate to find out just one thing - if his father was truly right to give InuYasha the Tessaiga, if he was truly unworthy of it even though he is a full-blooded Yokai. Making a deal with the devil, aka Naraku, Sesshomaru uses a fragment of the deceased Kanna's mirror to replicate the Tessaiga through his Tenseiga. Now on equal terms with InuYasha, Sesshomaru wants to find out once and for all who is truly worthy of the Tessaiga's, his father's, power and will. This battle is a powerful moment of truth for Sesshomaru, as he wages a fight for his very identity against his brother. And ultimately, Sesshomaru comes to an understanding about himself, InuYasha, and his father's true intentions, and in a moment of true selflessness, sacrifices his pride and power to help his younger brother realize his own. It's a damn fine battle and a damn fine moment for the series' best developed character, and paves the way for Sesshomaru for discovering his true strength and power later on in the first battle with Magatsuhi.
12. Son Goku vs. Tenshinhan: 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament (Dragonball)
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One of the best fights in all of Dragonball. E-K nailed everything awesome about it in his post, but I also love this fight for how it concludes Tenshinhan's character arc in this saga, as well as how close, really close the match was. More so than in any other fight in the series, both fighters were evenly matched, and had just as much to prove against each other. Toriyama brilliantly fused his fun comedic style in writing this fight with great intensity, an excellent resolution for Tenshinhan's character arc when he goes against his own master's wishes to preserve his own honor, and prove he is truly the strongest, and the conclusion to the fight itself is excellent in the way both Goku and Tenshinhan could walk away proud of their battle. This fight was easily the best between all three Tournament arcs, and is loads of fun in both anime and manga form, and is simply a highlight of the entire series in general.
11. Straw Hat Pirates vs. Oz and Gecko Moria (One Piece)
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The fight against Oz, and then Moria right after, made for one of the most intense, brutal fights in the entirety of One Piece, without having to sacrifice any of the series' fun and humor as well. This is the first time all of the Straw Hats had to team up together to take down one enemy, and part of what makes this fight so awesome is the fact that it really was a great team battle. While Luffy delivers the final blows on both Oz and Moria, of course, every member of the crew (plus Brook and Lola's crew), helps out in taking the behemoths down, and the scale of the battle makes it all the more epic. Both villains seemed unbeatable, powerful to an extent that the crew hadn't faced previously, and in that way the fight also sets up the fact the crew needed to get stronger, something that would come back to haunt them in Sabody. I mostly love this fight for it's team and action aspects, as it really as awesome as pure fights can go, and it may very well be the most brutal and intense fight in the entire series, one that I hope will one day be rivaled in a future arc of the series.
10. Monkey D. Luffy vs. Ussop (One Piece)
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One of the most emotional, heart-wrenching fights of the series. Ussop, feeling useless after loosing the Straw Hats' money to fix the Merry, and his weakness and inability to get it back himself, believes he has become a burden to the crew. After Luffy decides to buy a new ship, because it's impossible to fix the Merry, Ussop's fears of being left behind grow. Not to mention the Merry is something special to him, and a symbol of his dreams of being a pirate, Kaya, and his friendships with the other Straw Hats. Fed up with himself, Ussop announces he will leave the crew, and decides to prove himself that he is capable pursuing his dream independently by fighting Luffy, with the winner keeping the Merry. Ussop knows that he doesn't have much of a chance of winning, but in spite of that, he gives it his all, using every tactic, weapon, and skill in his arsenal to get the best of Luffy several times. This was easily Ussop's best showing in a fight thus far in the series, but a lot of emotional power comes on Luffy's side of things too. On Luffy's part, he doesn't want to fight Ussop, or lose his friend, but it's his duty as a pirate captain to prove his decision was right, and to respect Ussop's pride, he cannot hold back in their fight, something he struggles to deliver until Ussop has finally used up all his tricks and must be put to rest before he wears himself out to death. The entire fight is emotional, intense, painful, and culminates in one of the most heart-breaking moments of the entire series. There are few fights in One Piece as meaningful and emotionally-driven as this one, except maybe...
9. Monkey D. Luffy vs. Rob Lucci (One Piece)
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The culmination of the Straw Hats' entire struggle in the CP9 saga, representing a battle of wills between the Straw Hats against the World Government. Lucci is strong, stronger than Luffy, and beats him down to exhaustion. But before he can give up, Ussop's words and bold threat to fight Lucci himself re-inspire his resolve to fight to protect his crew. It's a desperate, intense battle that Luffy almost looses...until Lucci makes the mistake of turning his back on him while the Straw Hat can still fight. In a furious final barrage, Luffy pummels Lucci into defeat, securing the freedom of Robin, and a victory for the resolve and bond of the Straw Hats as well. The battle, while not as "epic" as the fight against Oz and Moria, is greatest, most satisfying bout in the entire series, because it pays off on all the struggle and hardship the Straw Hats endured since Water 7 to rescue Robin, and fight against a force representing, essentially, the world. Luffy vs. Lucci can be reflected as the will of the Straw Hats against the might of the World Government. And the Straw Hats prevail. No other battle in the series gives as much satisfaction at it's end than this one did, and it deserves it's status as the best fight in all of One Piece.
8. The Z Fighters vs. Vegeta and Nappa (Dragonball)
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Yeah, this is cheating, since listing the entire fight against Vegeta and Nappa is like listing the entire Saiyan arc. But I can't help it; this fight is amazing beginning to end. The battle against Nappa is one of pure desperation, made even better by the fact it's the series' second (but best) team fight. Nappa insanely overpowers everyone, is immune to Chiaotzu's telekinesis, is unaffected by their minor attacks, chops Tenshinhan's fucking arm off, and drives both Chiaotzu and Tenshinhan to sacrifice themselves to take him down...in vain. This is probably the most strategy-driven fight in the series too, especially during Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan's fight with Nappa, where Gohan's moment of hesitation costs them near victory against the brute. When Goku enters the picture, the smackdown on Nappa is wholly satisfying, and brings hope to the conflict after the devastating death of Piccolo. Goku vs. Vegeta is a brilliant fight, with the Kaio-Ken X3 Kamehameha vs. Garlic Gun bout being an intense moment of truth...but of course, Vegeta survives, and transforms into an Oozaru, beating down the already weakened Goku to a pulp. From there on Krillin and Gohan become essential in keeping Vegeta busy until the Spirit Bomb is formed, and even fucking Yajirobe helps out by cutting Vegeta's tail off. Yajirobe! Gohan reflecting the Spirit Bomb on the arrogant Vegeta seems like a great moment of victory right there...but nope, Vegeta's alive and kicking, and it takes a real, honest to god miracle to take him down for good. And the whole thing caps off with Goku telling Krillin to spare Vegeta's life...so he can have the chance to fight him again. It's one of the greatest series and sequences of fights in the entire series, and there's only one fight in Dragonball I like more than it...
7. Son Goku vs. King Piccolo: Rematch (Dragonball)
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King Piccolo was the first truly menacing main villain in the series, and certainly the most serious, least comical, and powerful villain when he was introduced. And he caused a lot of damage, the most to Goku ever. His minion killed his best friend, Krillin. When he fought him he was defeated and left nearly dead. Then, he led Master Roshi and Chiaotzu to die in vain. And to make matters worse, he destroyed the Dragon Balls, removing all hope of reviving them. Then he took over the world government capital city, and threatened to conquer the world. King Piccolo was true evil, the most evil villain the series had featured at that point, and Goku's rematch with him had much, much on the line. The resulting fight is fantastic and satisfying on many levels, and culminates in the best death scene for any villain in the series, Goku impaling King Piccolo through his fucking chest with the Super Dragon Fist. It's my favorite fight in all of Dragonball for what it represented in-story, and as the series' best illustration of a battle of good vs. evil.
6. Livio the Double Fang/Razlo the Trip of Death vs. Elendira the Crimson Nail (Trigun Maximum)
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Livio/Razlo vs. Elendira is one of THE most epic, bloody, and brutal fights in any manga I have read, and the first time I read it I went back to re-read it and re-read it. It's that awesome. Livio wants to avenge the death of Wolfwood, which he is mostly to blame for, by helping Vash stop Knives' plan to destroy all of humanity. In his way is Elendira, Knives' strongest, deadlist, and most trusted underling in the Gung-Ho Guns. What results is a fast-paced, bloody fight between the two, with Elendira shooting Livio full of thick nails the size of people, with Livio struggling to counterattack. Luckily, he's got his split-personality Razlo to help him out, and when the two reconcile their strengths to become one awesome fighting machine... it's still close, intense, and nerve-racking all the way to the jaw-dropping finish! I wish these characters and this fight were in the anime, because animated this bout would be pure amazing, but it's a damn intense read, and if you haven't read Trigun Maximum yet, with this and other fights/moments, you really should...
5. Vash the Stampede vs. Legato Bluesummers (Trigun Maximum)
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...Because otherwise you'll also miss fights as great as this one! In the anime, Vash doesn't fight Legato, which makes sense considering the kind of character Legato is in the anime, and how his only goal is Vash's suffering. But in the manga, Legato's loyalty to Knives is pure fanaticism and unfettered devotion, and by engaging Vash in battle, he hopes to prove his loyalty to Knives, removing the only obstacle preventing his master from carrying out his plans. Legato is injured, and at a disadvantage thanks to Zazie giving Vash the final coin needed to deactivate Legato's powers...and he wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, he wanted it this way, as by fighting weak and powerless against the only man his master considers his equal Legato hopes to demonstrate to him the depths of his loyalty, even if it costs him his life. Vash doesn't want to kill a person, even indirectly, and is in a race against time to stop Knives before humanity is wiped off the face of Gunsmoke, and with Legato not letting up, is eventually forced to consider the impossible-killing a person. It's an intense battle concluding Legato's character arc in a meaningful, powerful fashion, and the ending of the fight, while mirroring the anime's death scene for Legato, has an added measure of tension and intensity to it that makes it a breathtaking, brilliant end for the character, and this gem of a fight.
4. Knuckle, Shoot, Meleoron, and Morel vs. Menthuthuyoupi (Hunter X Hunter )
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In real-time this battle apparently lasted under 15 minutes or something, but it lasted chapters upon chapters in the manga, and I just couldn't get enough of it. It's a brutal figth while still being one of complete strategy. Knuckle and Shoot are tasked with distracting Meurem's royal guard Youpi from interfering with Chaiman Netereo's plan to kill Meurem. No way in hell can Knuckle and Shoot face Youpi head on, so the plan was to use Knuckle's nen power to drain Youpi's nen, using Meleoron's ability to make someone he trusts invisible to hide Knuckle so Youpi wouldn't spot him, allowing him to deal damage to the brute to increase the nen drainage. Sounds straight-foward, but Youpi is so fucking overpowered that soon improvisations and desperation start to sink in, Shoot gets injured and leaves the fight, Knuckle blows his cover, Morel steps in, and worse for them, Youpi becomes stronger and more self-aware during the battle, unlocking his full-potential. This fight kept me on the edge of my seat more than any other fight I've ever read in manga, and I can't wait to see it animated. Plus, it features character development for an underdeveloped antagonist! YAAAAYYYY!
3. Team Urameshi v. Team Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
(http://bokunosekai.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/toguro-team.jpg)
I don't care if this is cheating; all of these fights are awesome and one of the greatest sequence of fights in any anime. Everything I like in a good fight is here, character development, brutal fights, desperation, everything that makes fights great delivered at it's best. Yusuke vs. Toguro, of course, is the perfect conclusion for the arc, and E-K already touched upon everything that made the battle meaningful. I don't feel like separating this series of battles from each other, because they are all so good and amazing watched together back to back. I could explain why I like each of these fights individually, but I'm tired of typing and I know y'all know that these fights are awesome, so let's move on...
2. Nicholas D. Wolfwood and Vash the Stampede vs. Livio the Double Fang/Razlo the Trip of Death and Master Chapel (Trigun Maximum)
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The fight between Wolfwood and Livio and their former master is an arc unto itself. Wolfwood takes leave of Vash's company to return to his hometown, to rescue his caretaker from his childhood orphanage, and obvious trap set by his old master from the Eye of Michael, but a trap he wants to spring. Not only does he want to protect people close to him, but he wants to save Livio from himself, feeling guilty for letting his childhood friend be tortured and manipulated into a tool by the Eye of Michael after an unfortunate incident at the orphanage when Livio's split personality first reared his crazy head. But also, Wolfwood wants to fight against the ghosts of his pasts to free himself of it, and live in the way Vash does, and adopts Vash's no-kill mantra while engaging Master Chapel's minions. But when Razlo comes out to play, Wolfwood is powerless against a demon of his past, and is defeated by Master Chapel, and realizes the folly of carrying his burdens all to himself, and not trusting or relying on help from others, which hurt his ability to stay true to himself and his ideals all this time. And to illustrate this, Vash arrives to help out Wofwood right in the knick of time, and the two proceed to take out Master Chapel and his remaining servants, leaving only Razlo/Livio left. Wolfwood knows what he has to do...and engages in a last-ditch effort to save Livio's soul in a one on one battle with Razlo. This battle in possibly the best fight in all of Maximum, and that's because, even with the help of Vash in the second half of it, it's Wolfwood's battle through and through, developing and concluding the character's fantastic character arc in the best possible way. This battle comes at a heavy, heavy cost, but is not without benefit, and overall it stands out as one of Trigun Maximum's finest moments. And that is why it is my favorite fight in all of manga. But not anime/manga, as there is one fight in anime I love slightly more...
1. Vash the Stampede vs. Knives Millions (Trigun)
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This is the best fight I've seen in any anime. The perfect, perfect conclusion to Vash's character arc. Now, this fight is spectacular in the manga as well, but it was a little hard to follow, and I need to re-read it one of these days to get a better grasp of it. This fight, however, is tense as fuck. A classic shoot-out, beautifully escalating in intensity, a battle 26 episodes in the making that leads up to the most nerve-racking final clash in anime history, with an excellent conclusion (although the ending is better in the manga, to tell the truth). It's hard for me to explain why this fight is brilliant, partially because I'm kinda tired, but because it just has that feel to it that makes it so masterful it's indescribable. But seeing Vash persevere, succeed, and find his answer after a long, heavy struggle, after all the shit that happened to him in the past few episodes and in the story in general...it's just so damn satisfying for me I'm at a loss for better words to explain it. Simply put, it's my favorite fight in anime/manga. And between all the anime series I've seen that are filled to the brim with great fights, that's the best compliment that I can possibly give it. It's a perfect fight to end of my favorite series, and it's hard to imagine much better.
Welp, that's my list. It lasted two posts and took hours to put together....so I hope you enjoyed it! :D
Wow, a lot of really good choices. I too wouldn't mind a Trigun Maximum anime since there's a whole story out there people haven't seen with these characters at the helm.
But you are dead on with the Vash/Knives fight. The best part is right when they each have one shot left and are basically playing Russian Roulette with each other's lives and they both know it which you can easily tell without them saying anything that neither one of them clearly want to kill each other- not even Knives. Also the finale when the culmination of everything Vash had went through (Wolfwood's "mercy") was what ended up saving both their lives. I once saw a review on amazon of this show complaining that he doesn't pull his gun out for five episodes and that he's a wimp. I'm not sure if that person would have really understood why that is Vash is the way he is. Otherwise he would be Knives.
And that fight in HxH was probably the best part of the whole arc yet it didn't have even one main character in it. If he relegates these characters to the background whenever he starts up again, I'm going to be disappointed. They were the best part of the entire arc.
Great list!
I need to re-watch Trigun sometime soon, and actually finish the manga.
I had considered placing that HXH fight on my list, originally, but it has been a while since I read that arc, so I held off on it. That said, I do definitely find that fight to be one of the arc's highlights.
As for being the best part of the arc, though, personally I'd say that Killua's character development was my favorite part of it, followed by Meruem'smcharacter development. That said, I loved the supporting cast of this arc to death, and I agree with Desensitized that it would be disappointing to see Togashi write them off when and if he actually ever continues the story.
Quote from: Grave on September 14, 2013, 12:54:51 PM
Looking at all that talk about FMA makes me want to rewatch Brotherhood again, but I'll put off on it for now. I will say that I actually like the Homunculi though, all except maybe Wrath (original FMA) and Gluttony. Honestly, if you took out Ed and Al and just left the rest of the characters in the show I'd say it would be the best series ever (or 2nd to GitS: SAC).
Anyway, since people are throwing in random favorite stuff I figured I'd give it whirl with my favorite characters (top 10 is actually a hard thing for me to do), just so everyone can see where I come from when I say I don't like ______ character.
01. Alucard - Hellsing/Ultimate
02. Itachi Uchiha - Naruto
03. Roy Mustang - Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood
04. Byakuya Kuchiki - Bleach
05. Ulquiorra Schiffer - Bleach
06. Spike Spiegel - Cowboy Bebop
07. Legato Bluesummers - Trigun
08. Vicious - Cowboy Bebop
09. Seijuro Hiko - Rurouni Kenshin
10. Aoshi Shinomori - Rurouni Kenshin
That's just male characters alone, and even that was pretty hard since a lot of those characters I like equally, and I'm just trying to keep it at 10 since I don't feel like listing more at the moment (Lust, Olivier Armstrong and Riza have spots). I left out characters like Kimblee (even though he most certainly deserve a spot), Kurama and Hiei. Eventually, I'll come and arrange the list again and make "tied for" spots and whatnot.
Anyway, you can certainly see a pattern in the type of characters I prefer (I know, I'm a dull kind of guy right? lol). So when I say something along the lines of not liking say, Kuwabara or Naruto, it's because I prefer the opposite (silent/calm or demented types).
As I've said, eventually I'd come and redo this list.
01.)
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Alucard - Hellsing/Ultimate
Nobody's really gonna top him anytime soon
02.)
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(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/34300000/itachi-itachi-uchiha-34356379-500-371.jpg)
(http://3219a2.medialib.glogster.com/media/50/50f82fa74cc3800bfd66df6292ddf9b34d71db79f15eeac5cabc70989ad80bc5/kimblee-1-jpg.jpg)
Roy Mustang - Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood
Itachi Uchiha - Naruto/Shippudden
Zolf J. Kimblee -Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
I liked Kimblee a lot more in Brotherhood over the original even though they were practically one in the same, but because there were more episodes for Kimblee to shine in Brotherhood it gave me enough time to really get to like the character, whereas for Mustang I like him in both.
03.)
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Byakuya Kuchiki - Bleach
Ulquiorra Schiffer - Bleach
Portgas D. Ace - One Piece
04.)
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(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100223034544/trigun/images/2/24/Legato_Bluesummers.jpg)
(http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10300000/Kurama-kurama-yoko-kurama-10385649-640-480.jpg)
Spike Spiegel - Cowboy Bebop
Legato Bluesummers - Trigun (Best character intro ever)
Kurama - Yu Yu Hakusho
05.)
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Vicious - Cowboy Bebop
Seijuro Hiko - Rurouni Kenshin
Aoshi Shinomori - Rurouni Kenshin
Still missing characters (Shishio, Kenshin, Saito, etc. etc.), but I'm too tired now.
Top 10 Opening themes that I never skip:
1. H.T. - Trigun (Always puts me in the mood for Trigun)
2. You Get To Burning - Martian Successor Nadesico (Big epic classic anime theme)
3. Driver's High - GTO (I think this works with Shounan Junai Gumi, too)
4. Scramble - School Rumble (Pretty much the perfect song for an anime comedy)
5. Tank! - Cowboy Bebop (Well, of course)
6. Smile Bomb - Yu Yu Hakusho (It really digs into your head)
7. Freckles - Rurouni Kenshin (I always think of Kenshin when the song plays)
8. Mystical Adventure! - Dragon Ball (Too catchy to skip)
9. Through The Night - Outlaw Star ('GO')
10. Tank Police (English Opening) - New Dominion Tank Police (more flavor than the Japanese opening)
Great list! Most of those themes are stuff that I never skip, either.
Anyways, here's my stab at a list:
1. "Smile Bomb" Yu Yu Hakusho (It's kind of cheesy, but it's a classic to me)
2. "Driver's High" Great Teacher Onizuka (I just love how unique this one sounds)
3. "Mystical Adventure" Dragon Ball (Just plain fun)
4. "Tank!" Cowboy Bebop (Really entertaining)
5. "Under Star" Hajime no Ippo (No other opening song can "pump you up" more than this one)
6. "Taiyou Wa Yoru Mo Kagayaku" Hunter X Hunter (The 1999 series)
7. "You Wa Shock!" Fist of the North Star (Granted that I didn't watch much of this series, but I just had to list this opening)
8. "Kimi ga Suki da to Sakebitai" Slam Dunk (A very inspirational sounding theme to fit a series of the same nature)
9. "Falling Down" Eden of the East (I don't normally care for anime licensing English songs, but this one just fit, IMO)
10. "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (I enjoy the series well enough, but this opening was honestly my favorite thing about it)
Honorable Mentions:
"Cha La Head Cha La" Dragon Ball Z
"We Are!" One Piece
"Freckles" Rurouni Kenshin
"Through the Night" Outlaw Star
"Butterfly" Digimon Adventure
"Big-O!" The Big O
"Hekireki" Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
Nice! I almost forgot about FOTNS and Slam Dunk- those are awesome openings. You put Falling Down twice, though.
I wish anime would stick with their opening themes longer though, for instance the second Kuroko No Basket theme drives me crazy. It's so terrible.
Let's see:
1. "H.T." - Trigun (Air Guitar: The Opening)
2. "Tank!" - Cowboy Bebop (like everything else in Bebop, it's just plain cool)
3. "Through the Night" - Outlaw Star (What kept me coming back)
4. "Cruel Angel's Thesis" - Evangelion (A legend)
5. "Driver's High/A Lonely Night" - GTO (I actually really dig both the openings for this show)
6. "Gun's n Roses" - Baccano (Pure jazzy goodness)
7. "Spirit Bomb" - Yu Yu Hakusho (still the best English version of an anime opening)
8. "Crimson Bow and Arrow" - Attack on Titan (The show has problems. This isn't one of them)
9. "Hit in the USA" - Beck (stupid lyrics aside)
10. "Big O" - The Big O (In all it's cheesy goodness)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 02, 2013, 08:01:43 PMI wish anime would stick with their opening themes longer though, for instance the second Kuroko No Basket theme drives me crazy. It's so terrible.
For what it's worth, the 2011 Hunter X Hunter anime is still using "Departure" as its opening theme song, even now that we're nearly 100 episodes into the series. The only thing that ever changes from time to time are the animations that accompany the opening theme. While it's not one of my favorite opening themes, it does sound like one of the better shounen theme songs among the modern shows, and it's refreshing to see it actually treat it like a theme song and keep it running, rather than switching once every few months to some new pop song that doesn't even fit the tone of the series.
:joy: Great list's guys! :thumbup:
I'll post my own list as well, although it'll be a top 15 20 25....30 :sweat::
30. Zero - Sands of Destruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9z3JAdTpQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9z3JAdTpQ)
One of the most kickass openings to any video-game inspired anime ever made! ;D
29. Through the Night - Outlaw Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LucBfR1w6Y[ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LucBfR1w6Y[)
Everyone knows how good this is, so I see no need for justifications.
28. BIG O! - The Big O: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_Od9CmTu0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_Od9CmTu0)
Same as above.
27. Give a Reason - The Slayers Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAIygMVRuc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAIygMVRuc)
I'm not gonna give a reason. It's just great.
26. Rock the Planet - Urusei Yatsura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xczg_6v9Yc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xczg_6v9Yc)
Rocks the planet indeed. :D
25. Tenchi Muyo! - Tenchi Universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lVnz-q7rs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lVnz-q7rs)
Can't escape the catchiness of this one. Ain't no use in trying. ;)
24. Bouken Desho Desho - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Bl6BHXqUg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Bl6BHXqUg)
The series might be a little dull, but this opening is pure awesome!
23. Wild Challenger! - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOTZxLirrY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOTZxLirrY)
It fits the show so, so perfectly, and is really nostalgic for me, personally.
22. Aoi Hana - Casshern Sins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOubGFnfG8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOubGFnfG8)
Just a beautiful song matched with some great visuals.
21. Inner Universe - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gN9Z8u_mcc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gN9Z8u_mcc)
Same as above.
20. Connect - Puella Magi Madoka Magica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKO6gSVueQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKO6gSVueQ)
Beautifully fits the mood of the series, all the way through.
19. Kimi ga Inai Mirai - InuYasha: The Final Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E515S9UskE0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E515S9UskE0)
This opening gets me emotional, since it hints at so much of the end of the series. I don't like the anime adaption of InuYasha much, but this opening really hits me sentimentally.
18. Guns & Roses - Baccano!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw)
It's Jazz-tastic!
17. Again - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ)
Gets me pumped up and emotional at the same time, and kicks all sorts of ass.
16. Fight Together - One Piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGreqBriJkQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGreqBriJkQ)
Oh god, I get so many feels watching this. That whole sequence that recounts Luffy's first meetings with the rest of the Straw Hats...
15. Cold Finger Girl - Level E: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPOF2nPsl0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPOF2nPsl0)
I like the horror/sci-fi fusion of vibes it gives off. Really fits the show, y'know? Plus, it's just a kick-ass song.
14. Baka Survivor - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUAMLLdqrs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUAMLLdqrs)
The catchiest and most adrenaline-rushing opening of Bobobo. Once you get it in your head, you'll be singing BAKA SURVIVOR ba~by all day long! :D
13. Get Along - The Slayers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns)
A classic anime opening, and among all The Slayers franchise's openings, this one is the most memorable and best fitting to the series.
12. We Are! (both versions) - One Piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ov2ZIgC88 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ov2ZIgC88) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_wXhib8PE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_wXhib8PE)
A modern classic, if you ask me. I love the english version, but it's just as kickass in japanese and it's no wonder why it's the theme song everyone always associates with One Piece.
11. You Get to Burning! - Martian Successor Nadesico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrtSkcel8RU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrtSkcel8RU)
I'll just echo what Spark said about this one. ;)
10. All of the Maison Ikkoku Openings - Maison Ikkoku: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Beu73-HHxk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Beu73-HHxk), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_572d1XA4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_572d1XA4), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwZsuM8NC8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwZsuM8NC8), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uCHviHxAg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uCHviHxAg), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENVaB1niYg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENVaB1niYg)
I couldn't choose a favorite among these. They are all amazing. If you had to check out any of them, check out opening 2 at least. Before Jojo had the balls to use Roundabout as an ending, Maison Ikkoku had the stones to use Alone Again, Naturally as an opening! :swoon:
9. Scramble! - School Rumble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7vAa9zSfI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7vAa9zSfI)
One of the most perfect comedy anime openings in existence.
8. Tank! - Cowboy Bebop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3fN3OPk3A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3fN3OPk3A)
Possibly the greatest anime opening of all time. At the very least, the most memorable. I like 4 others more than it, though...
7. H.T. - Trigun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs)
Really hypes you up to see ol' Vash the Stampede in action. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.
6. Bloody Stream - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_279704&feature=iv&src_vid=TnHyj7G1kjI&v=XFkPqh0z-_Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_279704&feature=iv&src_vid=TnHyj7G1kjI&v=XFkPqh0z-_Y)
Easily one of the most badass openings ever made. I haven't watched all of the series yet, but damn is this opening awesome! ;D
5. Lupin the Third theme - Lupin the Third (2nd anime): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm99tmzmXkk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm99tmzmXkk)
How did I forget this before? It's easily the most iconic anime opening ever! :shakeshakeshake:
4. Love (Loyalty) - Excel Saga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo)
I actually don't like the Excel Saga anime all that much, but this opening perfectly captures the energy and humor in the manga and it's a hoot to watch, and whevenver I started a new volume of the manga I would watch it first to get myself pumped up. :e_hail:
3. Smile Bomb - Yu Yu Hakusho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyb9yrBd68 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyb9yrBd68)
2. Mystical Adventure - Dragonball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0)
Both Smile Bomb and Mystical Adventure are catchy, fun, and classics, and I have both of them completely memorized. Nostalgia away! ;D
1. Duvet - Serial Experiments Lain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CXmEUwvgM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CXmEUwvgM)
How did I forget this one before!? THIS opening is my favorite. It's beautiful, mesmerizing, epic, and emotional all at the same time; a perfect blend of visuals and music that has not been topped by any other anime opening I have seen. It is easily my favorite anime opening.
I have a shit-ton of other openings I could list as honorable mentions, but considering that I already had to extend the list three times to accommodate awesome openings I absolutely adore and had to share....we'll just leave it at this, for sure this time. :sweat:
Quote from: Cartoon X on October 02, 2013, 08:27:21 PM
3. Love (Loyalty) - Excel Saga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo)
I actually don't like the Excel Saga anime all that much, but this opening perfectly captures the energy and humor in the manga and it's a hoot to watch, and whevenver I started a new volume of the manga I would watch it first to get myself pumped up. ;D
I feel the exact same way. :)
Favorite anime openings that aren't "Tank!" or "Cruel Angel's Thesis"
1."Reckless Fire" - S-CRY-Ed (Catchy song mixed with a constantly changing sequence as the show progressed made this one a winner for me)
2. "Smile Bomb" - Yu Yu Hakusho ('Nuff said)
3. "Through the Night" - Outlaw Star ( Everything about this opening is awesome. The song, the visuals, everything. If those first few notes don't make you want to jam out, then you have no soul)
4. "To the Beginning" - Fate/Zero (sets the mood for the second half perfectly)
5. "Hitomi no Tsubasa" - Code Geass (say what you will about CG itself, but this opening was pretty damn awesome)
6. "Guren no Yamiya" - Attack on Titan (sounds epic, and gets you pumped to watch the show)
7. "H.T" - Trigun (I'm a sucker for kickass, rocky tunes, and thsi one is as kick-ass as they come)
8. All of the openings to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
9. "Cha La Head Cha La - Dragonball Z (a classic)
10. "Connect" - Puella Magi Madoka Magica (it sounds out of place at first, then you pay attention to the lyrics and hit episode 10, and it suddenly becomes the perfect opening for the series)
Honorable mention goes to both of the Ghost in the Shell openings.
Here's my list:
1. "BLOODY STREAM" Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
2. "to the beginning" Fate/Zero
3. "Give a Reason" Slayers NEXT
4. "One Day" One Piece
5. "rise" Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd GIG
6. "Aoi Hana" Casshern Sins
7. "Cold Finger Girl" Level E
8. "Dragon Soul" DBZ Kai
9. "Smile Bomb" Yu Yu Hakusho
10. "Tank!" Cowboy Bebop
Quote from: VLordGTZ on October 02, 2013, 08:36:32 PM
Here's my list:
1. "BLOODY STREAM" Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
3. "Give a Reason" Slayers NEXT
Oh Fuck! I totally forgot about the
Jojo and
Slayers openings, and
Madoka Magica's as well! :gonk: Crap, I might need to edit my list... :sweat:
As far as Smile Bomb goes, I really prefer the newer opening they did as opposed to the first. The first felt a bit too general and the second related more to the overall story.
Another thing to mention is that while I don't really like Gantz at all, the Super Shooter opening theme is pretty good.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 02, 2013, 09:07:25 PM
As far as Smile Bomb goes, I really prefer the newer opening they did as opposed to the first. The first felt a bit too general and the second related more to the overall story.
The third version of Smile Bomb is my personal favorite version. I know the second version had Sensui and all, but the third version matched the visuals in the second half of the opening to the song a bit better to me, in all honesty.
Also, I edited my original list to include "Connect," "Get Along," and "BLOODY STREAM." Can't believe I forgot those before. :sweat:
...except
now I realize I forgot a buncha openings from
Urusei Yatsura and
Maison Ikkoku, among others... :srs:
Screw it, I'll just remember to put them in next time. Seriously though, the first openings of
Maison Ikkoku and
Urusei Yatsura? Classics, without a doubt. ;)
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on October 02, 2013, 07:43:50 PM
Great list! Most of those themes are stuff that I never skip, either.
Anyways, here's my stab at a list:
1. "Smile Bomb" Yu Yu Hakusho (It's kind of cheesy, but it's a classic to me)
2. "Driver's High" Great Teacher Onizuka (I just love how unique this one sounds)
3. "Mystical Adventure" Dragon Ball (Just plain fun)
4. "Tank!" Cowboy Bebop (Really entertaining)
5. "Under Star" Hajime no Ippo (No other opening song can "pump you up" more than this one)
6. "Taiyou Wa Yoru Mo Kagayaku" Hunter X Hunter (The 1999 series)
7. "You Wa Shock!" Fist of the North Star (Granted that I didn't watch much of this series, but I just had to list this opening)
8. "Kimi ga Suki da to Sakebitai" Slam Dunk (A very inspirational sounding theme to fit a series of the same nature)
9. "Falling Down" Eden of the East (I don't normally care for anime licensing English songs, but this one just fit, IMO)
10. "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (I enjoy the series well enough, but this opening was honestly my favorite thing about it)
Honorable Mentions:
"Cha La Head Cha La" Dragon Ball Z
"We Are!" One Piece
"Freckles" Rurouni Kenshin
"Through the Night" Outlaw Star
"Butterfly" Digimon Adventure
"Big-O!" The Big O
"Hekireki" Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
You Wa Shock is probably my favorite. I also love Smile Bomb, Tank and Big O. Others:
Baki The Grappler "Dir en Grey - Child Prey"
Samurai Champloo
Guyver
Heh I thought about listing "Reckless Fire"
The first Smile Bomb animation will always be my favorite. Kurama powering up is the coolest. The original ending theme blows all of that out of the water though. Tick tock tick....man, I am getting a MASSIVE overflow of nostalgia. I was last on the middle of Chapter Black but this makes me want to start it all over again.
I prefer the 3rd and 4th endings to YYH.
Quote from: Cartoon X on October 02, 2013, 08:27:21 PM
:joy: Great list's guys! :thumbup:
I'll post my own list as well, although it'll be a top 15 20 25....30 :sweat::
30. Zero - Sands of Destruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9z3JAdTpQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9z3JAdTpQ)
One of the most kickass openings to any video-game inspired anime ever made! ;D
29. Through the Night - Outlaw Star: [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LucBfR1w6Y[[/url]
Everyone knows how good this is, so I see no need for justifications.
28. BIG O! - The Big O: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_Od9CmTu0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_Od9CmTu0)
Same as above.
27. Give a Reason - The Slayers Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAIygMVRuc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAIygMVRuc)
I'm not gonna give a reason. It's just great.
26. Rock the Planet - Urusei Yatsura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xczg_6v9Yc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xczg_6v9Yc)
Rocks the planet indeed. :D
25. Tenchi Muyo! - Tenchi Universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lVnz-q7rs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lVnz-q7rs)
Can't escape the catchiness of this one. Ain't no use in trying. ;)
24. Bouken Desho Desho - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Bl6BHXqUg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Bl6BHXqUg)
The series might be a little dull, but this opening is pure awesome!
23. Wild Challenger! - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOTZxLirrY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOTZxLirrY)
It fits the show so, so perfectly, and is really nostalgic for me, personally.
22. Aoi Hana - Casshern Sins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOubGFnfG8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOubGFnfG8)
Just a beautiful song matched with some great visuals.
21. Inner Universe - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gN9Z8u_mcc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gN9Z8u_mcc)
Same as above.
20. Connect - Puella Magi Madoka Magica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKO6gSVueQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKO6gSVueQ)
Beautifully fits the mood of the series, all the way through.
19. Kimi ga Inai Mirai - InuYasha: The Final Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E515S9UskE0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E515S9UskE0)
This opening gets me emotional, since it hints at so much of the end of the series. I don't like the anime adaption of InuYasha much, but this opening really hits me sentimentally.
18. Guns & Roses - Baccano!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw)
It's Jazz-tastic!
17. Again - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ)
Gets me pumped up and emotional at the same time, and kicks all sorts of ass.
16. Fight Together - One Piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGreqBriJkQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGreqBriJkQ)
Oh god, I get so many feels watching this. That whole sequence that recounts Luffy's first meetings with the rest of the Straw Hats...
15. Cold Finger Girl - Level E: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPOF2nPsl0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPOF2nPsl0)
I like the horror/sci-fi fusion of vibes it gives off. Really fits the show, y'know? Plus, it's just a kick-ass song.
14. Baka Survivor - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUAMLLdqrs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUAMLLdqrs)
The catchiest and most adrenaline-rushing opening of Bobobo. Once you get it in your head, you'll be singing BAKA SURVIVOR ba~by all day long! :D
13. Get Along - The Slayers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns)
A classic anime opening, and among all The Slayers franchise's openings, this one is the most memorable and best fitting to the series.
12. We Are! (both versions) - One Piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ov2ZIgC88 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ov2ZIgC88) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_wXhib8PE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_wXhib8PE)
A modern classic, if you ask me. I love the english version, but it's just as kickass in japanese and it's no wonder why it's the theme song everyone always associates with One Piece.
11. You Get to Burning! - Martian Successor Nadesico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrtSkcel8RU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrtSkcel8RU)
I'll just echo what Spark said about this one. ;)
10. All of the Maison Ikkoku Openings - Maison Ikkoku: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Beu73-HHxk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Beu73-HHxk), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_572d1XA4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_572d1XA4), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwZsuM8NC8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwZsuM8NC8), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uCHviHxAg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uCHviHxAg), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENVaB1niYg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENVaB1niYg)
I couldn't choose a favorite among these. They are all amazing. If you had to check out any of them, check out opening 2 at least. Before Jojo had the balls to use Roundabout as an ending, Maison Ikkoku had the stones to use Alone Again, Naturally as an opening! :swoon:
9. Scramble! - School Rumble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7vAa9zSfI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7vAa9zSfI)
One of the most perfect comedy anime openings in existence.
8. Tank! - Cowboy Bebop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3fN3OPk3A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3fN3OPk3A)
Possibly the greatest anime opening of all time. At the very least, the most memorable. I like 4 others more than it, though...
7. H.T. - Trigun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs)
Really hypes you up to see ol' Vash the Stampede in action. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.
6. Bloody Stream - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_279704&feature=iv&src_vid=TnHyj7G1kjI&v=XFkPqh0z-_Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_279704&feature=iv&src_vid=TnHyj7G1kjI&v=XFkPqh0z-_Y)
Easily one of the most badass openings ever made. I haven't watched all of the series yet, but damn is this opening awesome! ;D
5. Lupin the Third theme - Lupin the Third (2nd anime): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm99tmzmXkk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm99tmzmXkk)
How did I forget this before? It's easily the most iconic anime opening ever! :shakeshakeshake:
4. Love (Loyalty) - Excel Saga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2yYe-HQElo)
I actually don't like the Excel Saga anime all that much, but this opening perfectly captures the energy and humor in the manga and it's a hoot to watch, and whevenver I started a new volume of the manga I would watch it first to get myself pumped up. :e_hail:
3. Smile Bomb - Yu Yu Hakusho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyb9yrBd68 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyb9yrBd68)
2. Mystical Adventure - Dragonball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0)
Both Smile Bomb and Mystical Adventure are catchy, fun, and classics, and I have both of them completely memorized. Nostalgia away! ;D
1. Duvet - Serial Experiments Lain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CXmEUwvgM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CXmEUwvgM)
How did I forget this one before!? THIS opening is my favorite. It's beautiful, mesmerizing, epic, and emotional all at the same time; a perfect blend of visuals and music that has not been topped by any other anime opening I have seen. It is easily my favorite anime opening.
I have a shit-ton of other openings I could list as honorable mentions, but considering that I already had to extend the list three times to accommodate awesome openings I absolutely adore and had to share....we'll just leave it at this, for sure this time. :sweat:
Had to change my list after all. I forgot too many great openings to not mention, and the scary thing is, there are still more I probably could. :sweat:
Quote from: Rynnec on October 03, 2013, 01:30:45 AM
I prefer the 3rd and 4th endings to YYH.
Speaking of anime endings....
Top 20 Ending Themes I never skip:20. (Yume) ~Mugennokanata~ -
Level E: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkY2pS-R_M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkY2pS-R_M)
Much like the opening, it gives off a pretty good vibe fitting the show, albeit less so. Still, great song + visuals = winner in my book.
19. Something Like an Afterword -
The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan Suzumiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7WhhXCHCs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7WhhXCHCs)
I really like the visual theme, Kyon's reactions to the song in progress, and just the overall vibe of it all.
18. Hare Hare Yukai -
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbUUgpKn00 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbUUgpKn00)
This is probably the most iconic anime ending in the world, and for good reason. I'll admit, I've tried to copy the dance moves myself (although I sucked at it). :sweat:
17. Boku-Tachi wa Tenshi Datta -
Dragonball Z: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zxdNgXEp2I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zxdNgXEp2I)
Just a classic in my opinion.
16. Lambada Ranma -
Ranma 1/2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U43jacmsRQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U43jacmsRQ)
Who doesn't love a song that all the main characters sing in together? :D
15. I will -
Fullmetal Alchemist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYkVlg5lEU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYkVlg5lEU)
Such a fitting song for the end of the first series. That entire "stage" sequence and the scene featuring every "good" character associated with the military....
14. Wind blows to the Future -
Trigun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuhVCjt9j0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuhVCjt9j0)
Just as memorable as the opening, to me, even if it isn't as celebrated. I looked forward to listening to it after every episode, and I think it really hits a lot of emotional notes no matter which episode you watch before it.
13. Miracle Zenkai Power -
Dragonball Z: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVi9U0lgurU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVi9U0lgurU)
Who can resist the charm of this one? I don't care if it doesn't fit
DBZ, it's a classic dammit!
12. With You -
InuYasha: The Final Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtedlaISq8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtedlaISq8)
They should have just kept this ending all the way through
Final Act. It perfectly encompasses the mood of the last portions of the story in terms of both visuals and mood.
11. Romantic Ageru Yo -
Dragonball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLQgT1_azs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLQgT1_azs)
Easily my favorite ending theme in the
Dragonball franchise. A nice, soothing song about magic and adventure...and really, isn't that what
Dragonball is all about?
10. Red Shoe Sunday -
Ranma 1/2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWdQwcXOo5s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWdQwcXOo5s)
I'm a sucker for songs sung by main characters, as established before, and it also evokes the same kind of strange, nostalgic feelings that "Positive" does for me. The fact that Viz dubbed it in english helps too. :)
9. Roundabout -
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPB6MHlyBa4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPB6MHlyBa4)
YES!!!! :shakeshakeshake:
8. Homework Never Ends -
Yu Yu Hakusho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rwIFDT8Uc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rwIFDT8Uc)
Probably the first ending song I ever considered a "favorite" of mine. Classic stuff all around, here. The rest of the series' opening are pretty fantastic too, but this one will always be my favorite, and is quite nostalgic to me, really.
7. Come My Way -
InuYasha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlnAkrUWhF4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlnAkrUWhF4)
Just...just listen to the english version of this song. It's amazing.
6. POSITIVE -
Ranma 1/2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8Ee_xmRCc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8Ee_xmRCc)
I love the pencil on paper animation motif, and the song is just...so strangely nostalgic. I can't help but get feels for the series while watching it.
5. Afro Gunso -
Sgt. Frog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xpc1TBCdPo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xpc1TBCdPo)
Easily the most funk-tastic ending ever. If you don't love this ending, you've got no soul. O0
4. Ride on Shooting Star -
FLCL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdgqDL2l0hQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdgqDL2l0hQ)
There's a reason [adult swim] doesn't cut down this ending. :humhumhum:
3. Onnanoko Otokonoko (any version) -
School Rumble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2ckrhiU7k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2ckrhiU7k), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G3-aVw052E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G3-aVw052E), or even http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYkYTTyGt7k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYkYTTyGt7k)
It's a funny, cute song that perfectly matches the mood of the series and is always a real pleasure to watch. Onnanoko + Scramble = Winning Combination. ;D
2. Real Folk Blues -
Cowboy Bebop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQxaElCYv7E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQxaElCYv7E)
This is probably the most perfect ending ever, in the way it presents elements of Spike's past life, with grayscale visuals, and a sad yet still funky song to go with it. Real Folk Blues indeed.
1. Shiki no Uta -
Samurai Champloo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U3sThzr-CY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U3sThzr-CY)
Everything about this ending is beautiful, from the brilliantly colored visuals recounting parts of Fu's past to the addictive song filled with so many emotions. I can never, ever get enough of this ending, and it most certainly is my most favorite out of any anime ending themes I've ever seen.
Like with my opening's list, there's probably a heck ton I could still mention, but I'll leave it at this. :)
Great list CX!!! :thumbup:
Here's my list:
10. "Ashita Hareru ka" Maison Ikkoku
9. "Fukai Mori" InuYasha
8. "Boku-Tachi wa Tenshi Datta" DBZ
7. All 5 Yu Yu Hakusho ending themes
6. "(Yume) ~Mugennokanata~" Level E
5. "Roundabout" Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
4. "Ray of Light" FMA: Brotherhood
3. "Real Folk Blues" Cowboy Bebop
2. "Shiki no Uta" Samurai Champloo
1. "Just Awake" and "Hunting for Your Dream" Hunter x Hunter 2011
I'm not going to make an entire list for it, but I really like the 1st and 3rd YYH endings, as well as "The Real Folk Blues" from Cowboy Bebop. Other than that, I know for certain that my favorite ED theme would be "Heart of Sword" from Rurouni Kenshin, but I couldn't make much of a list beyond that.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on October 03, 2013, 03:52:29 PM
Here's my list:
10. "Ashita Hareru ka" Maison Ikkoku
9. "Fukai Mori" InuYasha
8. "Boku-Tachi wa Tenshi Datta" DBZ
7. All 5 Yu Yu Hakusho ending themes
6. "(Yume) ~Mugennokanata~" Level E
5. "Roundabout" Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
4. "Ray of Light" FMA: Brotherhood
3. "Real Folk Blues" Cowboy Bebop
2. "Shiki no Uta" Samurai Champloo
1. "Just Awake" and "Hunting for Your Dream" Hunter x Hunter 2011
You've got a pretty great list yourself! ;D
I forgot about that
Maison Ikkoku one, but it really is a classic, and I gotta love the Sesshomaru goodness in "Fukai Mori" too ;). I love all the
Yu Yu Hakusho endings too, but only Homework Never Ends could really break into my Top 20 for me.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on October 03, 2013, 04:55:42 PM
I know for certain that my favorite ED theme would be "Heart of Sword" from Rurouni Kenshin, but I couldn't make much of a list beyond that.
That's a pretty great choice for a favorite regardless! :)
All good choices. I find this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_nPnO0CcM) rather underrated as a whole. GTO had some great themes, but the first opening and ending were still my favorites.
And while I loathed the first Bakuman opening, I actually thought the first ending was really good and suited the series really well.
I can't believe I forgot to mention "Yuuzora no Kamihikouki" from Hajime no Ippo. That one's a definite a classic.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 03, 2013, 06:18:18 PM
All good choices. I find this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_nPnO0CcM) rather underrated as a whole.
Man I can't believe I forgot about that one too! The
GTO anime does have some great themes. I should get back to finish it.
I also found this ending from
Urusei Yatsura that I really adore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6tTnQbecpE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6tTnQbecpE). Everyone in the series dancing by Lum in silhouettes, the fact that half of it is in (really good) english, and the very end of it, makes it pretty awesome in my book. :swoon:
The fourth ending, I, I, You, & I, is pretty good too, mainly because seeing everyone in the series chase Ataru around in super-deformed style always gets a chuckle out of me (and I loved how they used it at the end of the first movie as well). :)
In no order:
YYH - "Homework Doesn't End" - It's amazingly catchy. I love the lyrics "tick tock tick", how the drawings are done in the first half of it and Yusuke holding that giant club. I love it all!
Inuyashi - "Fukai Mori" -Yes, Sesshomaru was great in it. This ending is the greatest part of the show.
RK - "Heart Of Sword" - I watched it yesterday due to ek mentioning it and got another massive overflow of nostalgia
Outlaw Star - "Hiru no Tsuki" - It's so beautiful.
Samurai Champloo - It took me awhile to get into the intro because my expectations were so high but I think I've always loved this ending. Cartoon X and Rynnec are right, it's great.
FMAB - "Ray Of Light" - After a hectic episode, this would come on and calm things down. The animation matches it so well.
Cowboy Bebop - "The Real Folk Blues" - I loved it when adult swim didn't skip this!
Fist Of The Northstar US and Japanese version - I actually heard (they both have the same animation iirc) the US version first. It has no lyrics but is addictive and awhile ago, I actually used the same words for it that I used to describe Ray Of Light - it calms you down after a hectic episode. I love the original Japanese version even more (like how I like You Wa Shock more than the still good US version)
Hunter X Hunter 2011 Ending 1 - I've been planning on making a list of my favorite part from each arc and I was going to jokingly put "THE FIRST ENDING! FUCK YEAH!" then put "the hunt on the island, specifically when Gon trained himself/hunted Hisoka." for the Hunter Exam arc. But the first ending is honestly not too far from my favorite part of that arc. That shit rocked and there's nothing like watching Killua fall down countless feet whil calming having his hands in his pockets and everyone else is at least a little bit scarediirc
I was going to wait until the end of the year, after I had gotten to a few more series on my queue, to update my favorites list, but after finishing two pretty great anime recently and reevaluating some others, I'll update it now and then reevaluate it if it changes by the years' end.
30. Martian Sucessor Nadesico and Neon Genesis Evangelion (I like both for similar reasons and it's hard for me to choose between them atm)
29. Outlaw Star
28. Gurren Lagann
27. Samurai Champloo
26. Ouran High School Host Club
25. Pani Poni Dash
24. Urusei Yatsura
23. Azumanga Daioh
22. Baccano!
21. Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
20. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
19. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
18. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
17. Black Lagoon
16. Case Closed
15. Lupin the Third franchise (Green Jacket, Red Jacket, and The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
14. The Big O
13. One Piece
12. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
11. The Slayers franchise (my favorite still being the original)
10. Serial Experiments Lain
9. School Rumble
8. Ranma 1/2
7. Cowboy Bebop
6. Monster
5. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Dragonball
3. Maison Ikkoku
2. Trigun
1. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
That top 5...that could very well be permanent, or at least last a good long while, since my love for those series has stood either the test of time or the test of quality. I somehow doubt any other anime I watch would best these series into the top 5, since I'd have to like them more than Monster in the first place, which is enough of a feat.
One Piece is out of my top ten for the first time in....ever. Really that's because the quality post-Impel Down isn't great and Toei-cheapness can ruin some great moments for me when I rewatch some parts, but obviously the story, ost, and the general consistent quality of the first 206 episodes still prevents me from ever not considering it one of my favorites (and the series is my fourth favorite manga, and that's not changing anytime soon, so even Fishman Island's anime adaptation couldn't destroy my enjoyment of the series as a whole for me).
Even though it's my fifth favorite manga, I find the Urusei Yatsura anime a wee bit inconsistent. At it's best it's amazing, and at it's worst...it's just a little dull, but it doesn't have the benefit of an excellent dub like Ranma had to soften the blow of those dull eps either. I still love the anime, but I'm not sure I enjoy it enough to put it over the series in my top 20.
The Fullmetal Alchemist animes, formerly my favorite animes earlier this year (and since 2010, in fact), have dropped to #20. That's more do to revisting/watching other shows and liking them better than the franchise, but unlike other people here, I do still really like them, though I get that both are also vastly overrated by the anime fan community as a whole.
Now, the big new additions here are JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Magi. I took my sweet time finishing JoJo. I watched Phantom Blood in July, but it took me until last saturday to touch Battle Tendency. That's mainly because I felt the second half of Phantom Blood was a little weak, and that made me less inclined to watch the rest of the series, putting it off. However, I am so fucking glad I did decide to watch again, because Battle Tendency is incredible. It blows Phantom Blood out of the water in every way imaginable, and Phantom Blood was already really damn good, so that's really saying something. Excellent protagonists in Joseph and Ceaser, excellent villains in the Pillar Men, incredible fights that overrun with creativity and badassery, a better use of the amazing OST, and over all a highly addicting, satisfying experience that ranks the arc among one of my favorites in all of animation. Battle Tendency is so good that eps 5-9 of the series, which are only good and not great anyways, don't hurt my enjoyment of the anime as a whole and it easily broke into my top ten, besting One Piece (to which I'm sure Dalek will snicker at ;)). So...yeah Vlord, I love JoJo now, and I cannot frickin' wait for Stardust Crusaders next year. It'll be the best anime of 2014, no contest.
Magi is also amazing. It takes the good story of the manga and makes it even greater. The characters are likable and engaging from the onset, the pacing is fast, the fights are great (Aladdin and Ugo v. Judar was intense for a fight so early in a shonen series), and the Balbadd arc...that is another new favorite story arc for me and must be watched to be fully appreciated so do it. Overall this show was just a blast, and one of the most fun series I've had the pleasure of seeing, all year even. If Kingdom can be even better, the whole franchise might move up on my list. It really is a great series that I could recommend almost anyone, even those who normally don't care for shonen series, to watch, and I can't wait to see where Kingdom and the Magnostadt arc goes, because it's sure to be fun.
As for currently running series like Kill la Kill and Samurai Flamenco...I'm just hesitant to consider them "favorites" until they are finished with their runs, though I expect both series would place in the Top 25. If I had to rank the currently running anime I'm watching, the order would be:
1. Kill la Kill
2. Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
3. Samurai Flamenco
4. Hunter X Hunter (finally starting keeping up with this today)
5. One Piece
I have yet to catch up on Gundam Build Fighters, but I do plan on keeping up with it once I do, so that will make six anime I'm keeping up with for the time being. I like all these shows, the One Piece anime is probably the weakest of the bunch because of pacing issues, but of course, it's One Piece, so I still get lots of enjoyment out of it (Punk Hazard being a good arc helps). 2013 has overall been an incredible year for me as an anime fan, honestly my best ever, and I still have a month ahead to get to some other shows I've been meaning to get to, so it should end big for me in that regard.
EDIT: Slightly changed the order around and expanded it into a top 30.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on August 10, 2013, 10:52:40 PM
15. Level E
14. One Piece
13. Black Lagoon
12. FMA: Brotherhood
11. Dragon Ball
10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the 2012 TV anime)
9. Durarara
8. Cowboy Bebop
7. Samurai Champloo
6. Casshern Sins
5. Slayers franchise (I like TRY the most)
4. Fate/Zero
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Hunter x Hunter 2011
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
I guess I'll update this
20. Madoka Magica
19. Durarara
18. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
17. Level E
16. FMA: Brotherhood
15. One Piece
14. Black Lagoon
13. Gurren Lagann
12. Dragon Ball
11. Magi
10. Cowboy Bebop
9. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)
8. Samurai Champloo
7. Casshern Sins
6. Fate/Zero
5. Slayers franchise
4. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
3. Maison Ikkoku
2. Hunter x Hunter 1999/2011
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
It sort of sticks out with all those other slobber-knockers. ;)
But yeah, it's well deserved.
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01. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/2nd Gig
04. Gungrave
05. Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Hellsing
08. Trigun
09. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. Death Note
For the most part my list don't change much unless I see something that really catches my eye, and for the most part that's very rare especially since I'm very picky about what I watch.
I might as well update this as well.
01. Ghost in the Shell: SAC/2nd
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
04. Gungrave
05. Hellsing/Ultimate
06. Cowboy Bebop
07. Rurouni Kenshin/Trust and Betrayal
08. Yu Yu Hakusho
09. Hajime no Ippo
10. Trigun
Same list for the most part, just the order changed quite a bit not to mention the removal of Death Note and the addition of Hajime no Ippo. I caught wind of HnI around 2010 I think, and was pretty much hooked on everything about the series. The bad thing about HnI is that the experience was nearly ruined because of New Challenger. To me, next to RK and YYH, HnI is the next greatest shounen series. I'm not a fan of boxing (MMA all the way) nor am I a fan when it comes to sports and anime together, but Madhouse handled HnI so well that it made me feel like I was watching just pure good action instead of a sports/boxing anime.
01. Ghost in the Shell: SAC/2nd Gig
02. Samurai Champloo
03. Cowboy Bebop
04. Hellsing/Ultimate
05. Gungrave
06. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
07. Hajime no Ippo
08. Trigun
Honorable mention:
Basilisk
Samurai 7
Death Note
Perhaps a big change (and probably blasphemous as well), and perhaps this is more of a heat of the moment type of thing for me. The removal of shonen series is more to the fact that I've become bored of them (at this point I'd rather read them). The one-on-one battles, tournament stuff are things that needs to change, while not change, but perhaps have a different approach or something. HnI is excused because it's boxing, and, well, you can't having 2-on-1 boxing matches and whatnot. FMA:B is slowly trickling down the list too. Truth be told it's because of shonen (partially) that I haven't really bothered with anime.
Not gonna include OVA's or movies.
With that said, there are some shows that I plan to check out eventually, and can potentially make it to my list.
Baccano
Durarara
Twelve Kingdoms
Corpse Princess
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Darker Than Black
If you're looking for different kinds of stuff, then there are plenty of choices out there. You just have to look in the right places. Pretty much any Naoki Urasawa series is worth reading/watching. I'm also currently watching Space Brothers, which is excellent. Recently I've just been a bit more interested in series that aren't action driven for a change.
If that's the case, might I suggest Planetes?
It's a slower show, but it's a good one.
March cannot come fast enough. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykQrD1J09ts)
Though, I wish Viz had made a more interesting trailer for it. There is something old-school about a bunch of narration though, which may have been the point. :D
Got bored and decided to make a list of my favorite villains.
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I was going to try to list my top 9 favorite animes using that box format (as Dr. Insomniac used). It works better for top 9s anyway. However, I realized that I failed at it. So I'm just going to go back to listing them regularly, with a few things to say about the list.
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Romeo x Juliet
3. Monster
4. Ghost Stories
5. Hunter x Hunter
6. Higurashi No Naku Koro ni
7. Death Note
8. Cowboy Bebop
9. Rozen Maiden
I have to admit, I don't love seeing Higurashi on there. This might sound kind of shallow, but what they've done to the Higurashi brand since then has just soiled its name so much, it's kind of retroactively and negatively effected my opinion on the original series. I really shouldn't feel that way, but I do. And at the very least, the things that work about the original anime and Kai still get it a spot on the list.
The top 5 are the ones that I mainly "love". YYH needs no explanation. I hear that Monster is a 100% translation of the original manga, to the point where it makes the anime kind of unnecessary. And maybe that's true. It's just that, being that I've only seen the anime, that's how the story is to me.
Romeo x Juliet... I still don't know what it is, but that series just really clicked for me on an extreme level. Maybe objectively speaking (if that even exists, which I believe it doesn't, but for the sake of discussion I'll say it does), it's not nearly top tier anime material. It's not even necessarily as good as Shakespear's original work. It might just be one of those things where, for me, the wires crossed just right at the right time. When I original saw it, it just fell on the right wavelengths to for me... if that makes sense. Basically, and to try to make sense of it, I was at a point where I was in exactly the perfect mood to watch it, and it was during a time where I had all the time in the world to watch it (I remember it was a Christmas break many years ago (which is already a "magical" time of the year, I might as well add)), which allowed me to marathon through it in the span of a few days. And I was just really sucked into it on an emotional level. I was generally a very love-struck teenager overall, which might've helped with the whole "mood" thing". But overall, if I were to quickly sum up why the show worked for me, it's the general R&J story mixed with the whole atmosphere of the show (it had a really emotional aura to it, with nice animation and beautiful music).
As for Ghost Stories, again, I have to say that it's only on this list because of the dub. It's probably common knowledge by now, but Ghost Stories is a mediocre show that got a dub which essentially revised the script with a tongue-in-cheek comedic tone. It's just hilarious and one of those shows where I have no trouble just watching a random episode at a random time.
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Boom
http://eclecticdudesanimereviews.blogspot.com/p/anime-favorites-project.html
Here's my revised list from my blog ^_^
Quote from: talonmalon333 on January 06, 2014, 07:40:26 PM
I have to admit, I don't love seeing Higurashi on there. This might sound kind of shallow, but what they've done to the Higurashi brand since then has just soiled its name so much, it's kind of retroactively and negatively effected my opinion on the original series. I really shouldn't feel that way, but I do. And at the very least, the things that work about the original anime and Kai still get it a spot on the list.
I feel the same way. It's still one of my all time favorites, but MAN Deen loves to retroactively shit on its greatness.
The Shadow Gentleman's post makes me feel dumb. :thinkin:
But good lists, guys. I need to get back to some anime, as I haven't seen nearly as much as the majority of you guys.
Quote from: Foggle on January 06, 2014, 11:34:48 PM
Quote from: talonmalon333 on January 06, 2014, 07:40:26 PM
I have to admit, I don't love seeing Higurashi on there. This might sound kind of shallow, but what they've done to the Higurashi brand since then has just soiled its name so much, it's kind of retroactively and negatively effected my opinion on the original series. I really shouldn't feel that way, but I do. And at the very least, the things that work about the original anime and Kai still get it a spot on the list.
I feel the same way. It's still one of my all time favorites, but MAN Deen loves to retroactively shit on its greatness.
I will say this though: whenever I bring up and listen to the opening theme of the original anime or Kai, I remember that they were indeed great, before the disasters began. :P
At Shadow Gent's list:
(http://i.imgur.com/0r4yseh.gif)
I aim to please.
Well Foggle, apparently they are doing yet another Higurashi series, called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak
:wth:
At this point, that's all I got anymore.
The first episode's already out. You can find my thoughts here:
http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=1690
:whuh:
And just so I'm sure, the original Higurashi anime was indeed good, right? Like, I'm not just viewing it through rose tinted goggles? Did it ever fall victim to any of this lame writing? :whuh:
The new Fate/Stay Night anime is coming in Fall. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-28/new-fate/stay-night-anime-by-ufotable-premieres-fall-2014)
(didn't know where else to put this :p)
I'm disappointed the new Sgt. Frog anime is only going to be 5 minute-long shorts (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-07/new-sgt-frog/keroro-tv-anime-1st-promo-streamed). Though, if it turns out anything like Haruhi-chan then I can totally get behind that. That said, the character designs look a little off to me, but maybe that's because of the glossy color choices more than anything. I also don't recognize a few characters, but then again there are 15 untranslated volumes of the manga I haven't read and no one's scanned, so I guess that shouldn't be much of a surprise. :D
(http://bighugelabs.com/output/mosaic3ea5fd9b7875d4fcbcef65e39272fefa7c5f30b0.jpg)
Finally made one of these things....and then it got deleted...but now I've remade it!...sorta. Ah well.
Big O! Big O-O-O! Big O!
Current List:
15. Monster
14. Dragon Ball
13. Death Note
12. Kill La Kill
11. Black Lagoon
10. Hajime no Ippo
9. Digimon Tamers
8. Cowboy Bebop
7. Hunter X Hunter (1999)
6. Trigun
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
3. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
2. Ashita no Joe 2
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
In this case, AnJ2 isn't quite as great as the manga in every aspect, but it's still an excellent adaptation with a very different take on the same general story that holds up on its own as one of the greatest pieces of entertainment that I have ever seen. The only thing holding it back from the number 1 spot is the fact that it only adapts part 2 of the manga, and is unrelated to the first anime. It's still fucking amazing in my eyes, though.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on February 16, 2014, 02:40:15 PM
12. Kill La Kill
:o
:thumbup:
Would you recommend I read or watch Ashita no Joe?
Well, I think the first 8-10 episodes of KLK were good for the first act, but it's when this series hit its second act around episode 11 or 12 that it really started to impress me and ultimately won me over.
As for reading AnJ, Absolutely. I'm planning to write a piece on it when I get the chance, but it's one of the greatest manga ever. The only thing to keep in mind is that the scans for the manga are not yet done, and they probably won't be for a while, but it's totally worth experiencing. The second anime is already fully subbed, so you can still finish the story, but it does have significant differences from the manga, yet still follows the same key story so it'll still flow with the events of the manga.
I think it transcends both it's age and the shounen genre. It's really a shame that it's so obscure outside of it's own country, but it's no wonder that it's so critically acclaimed in Japan.
Good list. I haven't seen many of those choices, but the ones I'm familiar with are all great (though I only saw a few episodes of Digimon, and that was when I was a kid, so I can't speak for that show). In my list, I would place Monster higher up, as that is one of my all time favorites. It's one of those shows that I think comes as close to flawless as you can get.
I need to get back to Black Lagoon. I saw about half of that show last summer, but for some inexplicable reason, I stopped watching it. It's not even like I didn't like it, because I found it to be great. Just, for some reason, I fell out of the habit of watching it.
I've been wanting to rewatch Hunter x Hunter lately.
Quote from: talonmalon333 on February 16, 2014, 06:01:20 PM
Good list. I haven't seen many of those choices, but the ones I'm familiar with are all great (though I only saw a few episodes of Digimon, and that was when I was a kid, so I can't speak for that show). In my list, I would place Monster higher up, as that is one of my all time favorites. It's one of those shows that I think comes as close to flawless as you can get.
The reason that I don't place Monster higher is because, as great as it is, it's just a copy/paste job from the manga, and that speaks more about the talent of the original mangaka than the creativity and skills of the people who produced and animated the show.
Glad to see Kill la Kill has become a favorite of yours. :thumbup:
Ashita no Joe 2 will probably rank pretty high up, if not top my list, once I finish it as well. Aside from that, you remind me that I still have to finish Hajime no Ippo and the Onizuka anime, watch Fullmetal Panic! and Gundam 0080, and re-watch Digimon Tamers. My backlog, man. One of these days, one of these days...
Anyways, I see that the favorite anime grid I posted like a week ago is gone now. All the same, it was kinda pointless anyway. I've realized I like too many series for anything besides a top 10 for anime to have meaning anymore. So in that regard, what I consider my top ten truly are what really has resonated with me the strongest and are what are most dear.meaningful to me. I'm not going to post it, because I'm sure I'd just have to change it again anyway once I'm done with ANJ2, and it's not that different from the last time I posted it aside from the fact the Urusei Yatsura anime is in there. But, next time I post my list, I think I'll actually explain it in detail, which would especially be great to do since by July it'll have been 10 years since I became a "fan" of anime in the first place.
For now, though, I think I'll post up my newly revised favorite anime movie list.
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1. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
2. Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever
3 The Wind Rises
4. Summer Wars
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica 3: The Rebellion Story
6. End of Evangelion
7. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
8. Wolf Children
9. Redline
10. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
I'm completely enamored with Beautiful Dreamer and Lum the Forever for how unique those movies are, especially for movies based on a "mainstream" series like UY, and how insightfully they are able to explore the characters while developing relevant, brilliant themes so effortlessly. Wind Rises struck a cord with me that no other Ghibli film really has, probably because it's a grounded, but inspiring and touching story of a man passionate about his work, uplifting and depressing at the same time. Summer Wars is just an awesome and fun movie with some great commentary on social media and how interconnected everything is (in more meanings than one). Madoka 3 and End of Evangelion are fantastic closing pieces to excellent anime franchises that blow me away on story, character, and of course the animation/directing levels. I've grown much fonder of Wolf Children after re-watching it and I like it and Girl Who Leapt Through Time about on the same level. Redline is just a fucking awesomely animated and over the top movie that simply could not fail to entertain my palette. Disappearence is still fantastic and the best thing I've ever seen come from the Haruhi franchise. There are other movies I like that I could mention, but like the tv series list I don't want to bother past the top 10 anymore. Just know that I love the rest of the UY movies not listed here and a few other Ghibli films too.
I'm glad to see that Wolf Children grew on you. Personally, I like it almost as much as Summer Wars. Really, all 3 of Hosoda's original feature-length films are amazing, IMO.
I pretty much love very movie you have on your list that I have actually seen (well, I love half of EoE, anyways). I still need to get into Urusei Yatsura, but that'll have to be a summer anime for me (or manga, if that's the better version).
Yeah, Hosoda's original films really are all fantastic. After re-watching Wolf Children, I think it really does focus on the three protagonists equally and potently after all. I guess maybe my problems with it the first time were the result of long-held expectations that clouded my judgement of some of the character development/focus.
As for Urusei Yatsura, I'd start off with the manga and then only watch the anime and the movies after reading a good portion of it. That's how I experienced it; I only watched the anime and the movies after all I had left to read of the manga was the concluding story arc. If you remember my posts from when I was going through it, it actually took me a while to warm up to the series, but once I did, I fell in love with it completely and now as you can see it's one of my favorite things ever, and I'm obsessed with it. :sweat:
The reason I wouldn't go with the anime first is because the anime is actually very different from the manga in a couple of key ways, and while a lot of the changes and additions work out brilliantly, some also don't work quite as well, so there's a bit more inconsistency in it than in the manga. Sometime I might make an "essential" list of UY episodes for people here to check out. But I really do think the anime is a fantastic series overall, and it's easy to see why both the anime and manga were so revolutionary for modern anime/manga comedy series, even though most of it's imitators are no where near as creative and clever as it.
I will warn you that the anime and movies can get a little "weird" at times. Not quite as obtuse as something like EOE, but still some stuff that might not be easy to understand at first. However, it's very purposeful, and to me, effective artistry that helps draw attention and explore various themes, and the critical thing for me was how relevant those themes were for the characters and their situations. The movies are especially insightful of the relationships and natures of the characters as well, and the way they use them to tell strong, engaging stories chock full of thought-provoking ideas yet still remain character-driven films is what makes them really brilliant for me. They might not be everyone's cup of tea (I wouldn't be surprised if Lum the Forever might be too bizarre for some people), but I think they are amazing, and easily put any other movies based on a shonen manga/anime series to shame.
Kill la Kill? I thought you gave up on that show with me.
Quote from: gunswordfist on February 17, 2014, 02:29:27 AM
Kill la Kill? I thought you gave up on that show with me.
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That is my new favorite reaction image.
Meh, I'd rather watch FLCL.
So, what site do you guys go to in order to make those picture grids?
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on February 27, 2014, 12:47:52 PM
So, what site do you guys go to in order to make those picture grids?
Here. (http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php)
My current top 15 anime heroes/good guys/antiheroes/not exactly saints but certainly NOT bad guys (in no particular order):
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Keep in mind that for Yoko, I'm more specifically referring to her in Ashita no Joe Part 2 where she changes a great deal and becomes much more of an authority figure in her own right. As for Impmon, yes, I mean the one from Tamers, and yes that naturally extends to his Digivolution form, Beelzemon, since he's still the same character, either way.
I'll do a list for villains sometime later.
Awesome choices and they're all so different from each other! Several of those are also my favorites as my earlier post on the subject attests. Unabashed good guys are harder to find these days, probably because they're harder to write without becoming Gary Stu characters. It seems it's easier to make them brainless or just as bad as the bad guys are.
Killua is one I'd absolutely agree with. Togashi really pulled him through the hero's arc and far away from who he was at the beginning to be the best character overall. It's a shame certain other characters never got quite his focus, but that's what happens when you let one arc overlap your entire work.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on February 27, 2014, 09:01:30 PM
Awesome choices and they're all so different from each other! Several of those are also my favorites as my earlier post on the subject attests. Unabashed good guys are harder to find these days, probably because they're harder to write without becoming Gary Stu characters. It seems it's easier to make them brainless or just as bad as the bad guys are.
Thanks! And yeah, while there's variety to all of my characters, none of them are unabashed good guys (they all have their intentional flaws and vices), but they all fit the essence of being good where it counts. Even Satsuki, who some may disagree with qualifying for this list, has many good qualities and despite opposing Ryuko for most of the series, she does in the end act on clearly good intentions, even if it doesn't always have good results. Joe by far is one of my favorites, though. His character arc is probably the best I've ever seen in a manga or anime. And as for Impmon, the guys is so underrated. His character arc is rather fascinating, IMO, and it goes beyond the nuance and scope that you'd expect from a Kim's show.
QuoteKillua is one I'd absolutely agree with. Togashi really pulled him through the hero's arc and far away from who he was at the beginning to be the best character overall. It's a shame certain other characters never got quite his focus, but that's what happens when you let one arc overlap your entire work.
I think Killua is one of the few really consistently good things about the series, very thing else fluctuates in quality, but his character arc is always a high point. Also, I think the WMR guys said it best in their podcast review for this series: Togashi is a great writer with great ideas, but his refusal to work with an editor is essentially only blocking him from his full potential. It's why YYH is better than HXH despite being th more conventional of the two. It has focused stories that use Togashi's great ideas effectively. Now, I LOVE HXH for all of the things that it does get right, but I won't deny that it has some serious flaws, and most of those can be attributed to Togashi not having a good editor to pair up with and channel his ideas through. He needs someone to be there and tell him when something is just flat-out NOT a good idea, how he can use some of his best ideas even better, and also just keep him mor focused so that he can shelve some ideas for a later time rather than brining them up in multiple plot points that never go anywhere or even get resolved. Mind you, MOST of these problems really only come into play in the Chimera Ant arc, but it really goes to show that if Togashi had accepted some professional assistance, HXH could go from being a really good series with some flaws to being one of the best manga of all time. Hell, if Togashi ever does another series and works through a good editor, he could very well write the greatest manga ever, because on a level of both having brilliant concepts and genius writing skills, there are no other modern shounen mangaka who I feel could compare to him, personally.
I would consider them mostly unabashed good guys since I don't think you can write a character without flaws and have him either be realistic or anything less than a badly written Gary Stu (or basically Aizen reversed). I also don't think you can write them always wanting to do the right thing because everyone sometimes has their own distractions or challenges keeping them from being 100% good at every moment, but it's that they get up and try harder when being beaten or stumped that makes them endearing to me. Being a good guy is harder than being a villain, in any case, so maybe that's why they're harder to write than the Aizen types.
Speaking of editors, I think either Watsuki needs a better one or his current one needs to sit down with him and concentrate harder, Bakuman-style. His ideas are either generic or over-thought and for someone who wrote Rurouni Kenshin it's clear that there is a balance out there for him.
I seriously need to rewatch Hunter x Hunter as soon as I can. I remember thinking Killua was the best character.
Killua is the best in both versions from what I've seen. And Yusuke is probably my favorite fictional character period.
Shit! How did I forget Kurama? Looks like I'll have to edit my list tomorrow. Sorry Anna, but that means you'll have to go, since I already have 2 other Monster representatives on my list. ;)
Great list E-K! :thumbup:
Here's mine (also in no particular order):
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For those who can't recognize some of these characters:
Ussop (
One Piece)
Jelly Jiggler (
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
Yoshitsune (
20th Century Boys)
Hyakkimaru (
Dororo)
Yosuke Mikura (
Barbara)
Father Garai (
MW)
Himura Kenshin (
Rurouni Kenshin)
Vash the Stampede (
Trigun)
Wolfgang Grimmer (
Monster)
Sesshomaru (
InuYasha)
Joe Yabuki (
Ashita no Joe)
Yusuke Urameshi (
Yu Yu Hakusho)
Nicholas D. Wolfwood (
Trigun)
Kenzo Tenma (
Monster)
Yoko Shiraki (
Ashita no Joe)
Killua (
Hunter X Hunter)
Don Patch (
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
Ai Haibara (
Detective Conan)
I TRIED real hard to edit this down to 15, but I just couldn't. Going from 50 down to just these was hard enough. I left out characters from slice-of-life and comedy series like Onizuka and Korosensei because of this, and focused on characters only from series with a direct confrontation of "good" and "evil" forces. I think it's a pretty diverse list.
Like E-K's list these are good people, but very, very flawed ones as well. Some are even pretty fucked up (Mikura is mentally and sexually disturbed, Don Patch is a selfish narcissist, etc). The one thing they all have in common, aside from ultimately doing things for the good, is that they are hella interesting and well developed characters that I never tire of watching/reading. Some of these characters are my all time favorite characters period, though I won't tell you which ones. :humhumhum:
While the list is not in order, all three characters in a particular row are related to each other by a similarity they share. I dare someone to try and guess what those similarities are. If someone gets them all right I will tell you how I'd rank these characters in order. :)
I'll make a villains list later, but with that one, I want to write out and explain my choices in detail, as I've really been in a mood to talk about/analyze some characters lately and my favorite anime/manga villains are quite some good ones to talk about. Look forward to that sometime next week. ;)
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on February 27, 2014, 11:18:04 PM
Shit! How did I forget Kurama? Looks like I'll have to edit my list tomorrow. Sorry Anna, but that means you'll have to go, since I already have 2 other Monster representatives on my list. ;)
Heh, it was with a heavy heart that I didn't put Kurama in my own list. Know that I fucking love Kurama and he was one of the last I ended up cutting out of 50 characters I was considering. :P
Kenshin, Vash, and Grimmer, all share a past the still haunts them that they are struggling to leave behind.
Great list, by the way. :)
Great list, CX! It's late now so I'll comment on some of your choices tomorrow, but I'm glad to see that, not only Joe, but Yoko also made your list. Asaki Takamori (yes, that's his real name, so I'll have to edit my article tomorrow) really knows how to develop his characters. She starts out as a well meaning yet ultimately naive girl, but in part 2 she proves herself to be a shrewd businesswoman, and can outright outwit any of the sharks that run the boxing association of Japan, which the manga doesn't hide is a male-dominated business.
Spoiler
But, more than that I like her relationship with Joe. To put it simply, she knows how to "handle" Joe in a way that no one else does. She has learned to take all of his insults and rude behavior toward her with a grain of salt since he's a jerk and that's just in his nature. All the while she's really the one behind helping him grow as a boxer and organizing his fights. To put it imply, if it weren't for her, Joe's character never would have made a comeback in part 2, and he'd go nowhere toward getting title shots or anything of that nature. She's basically doing Danpei's job way better than he ever could.
In no order:
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In no specific order:
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Who's the first guy?
Looks like Killua is getting a lot of love around here.
Quote from: gunswordfist on February 28, 2014, 04:46:12 PM
Who's the first guy?
Looks like Killua is getting a lot of love around here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0miyPXfTszo
Oh, one of those guys.
Cool lists guys! :)
Joseph, Spike, Gene, Lupin, and Zenigatta are also favorites of mine.
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 01, 2014, 12:05:31 AM
Cool lists guys! :)
Joseph, Spike, Gene, Lupin, and Zenigatta are also favorites of mine.
:shakeshakeshake: I have to fix my list though. Left a really important one.
Check it out and thank you, killuaforever :worship: http://gunswordfist.tumblr.com/ (http://gunswordfist.tumblr.com/)
Um...that picture ain't showing up GSF. :sweat:
I don't know what you are talking about. :humhumhum:
A bit late to the game, but here's my favorite anime/manga heroes at the moment
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Honorably mentions: Kamina, Nia/Anna, Satsuki, and Milly Thompson.
I'm sure once I watch/read/finish certain series that you guys talk about a lot I'll be able to add a few more.
Great list! Especially glad to see Yoshitsune on there. :thumbup:
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 15, 2014, 10:04:39 AM
Great list! Especially glad to see Yoshitsune on there. :thumbup:
Thanks! :thumbup:
Yeah, Yoshitsune is currently my favorite character from 20th Century Boys, although since I've yet to finish it, that may change. We'll see... :humhumhum:
Great list! It looks like you have all of the main cast for YYH except for Hiei. :P
I do like Hiei a lot as a character as well, but he's not quite one of my top 5 favorites from the series itself. My top 5 YYH characters are actually:
1. Kurama (forgot to put him on my list, but he belongs there)
2. Yusuke
3. Sensui
4. Genkai
5. Kuwabara
Two more weeks...just two more weeks. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcukCI14WOU#t=294) :shakeshakeshake:
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on March 15, 2014, 01:21:22 PM
My top 5 YYH characters are actually:
1. Kurama (forgot to put him on my list, but he belongs there)
2. Yusuke
3. Sensui
4. Genkai
5. Kuwabara
Heh, I figured as much! ;)
E-K, you have just given me an idea...
TOP 5 FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM TOP TEN FAVORITE ANIME:Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo1. Don Patch
2. Jelly Jiggler
3. Denbo
4. Captain Battleship
5. Torpedo Girl
Ashita no Joe 21. Joe Yabuki
2. Yoko Shiraki
3. Danpei Tange
4. Carlos Rivera
5. Jose Mendoza
Maison Ikkoku1. Yusaku Godai
2. Kyoko Chigusa Otonashi
3. Akemi Roppongi
4. Shun Mitaka
5. Yotsuya
Trigun1. Vash the Stampede
2. Nicholas D. Wolfwood
3. Legato Bluesummers
4. Meryl Stryfe
5. Knives Millions
Dragon Ball (first anime only)
1. Master Roshi
2. Tenshinhan
3. Krillin
4. Son Goku
5. Emperor Pilaf
Yu Yu Hakusho1. Kurama
2. Yusuke Urameshi
3. Kazuma Kuwabara
4. Younger Toguro
5. Genkai
Urusei Yatsura1. Lum Invader
2. Ataru Moroboshi
3. Ran
4. Shinobu Miyake
5. Shutaro Mendou
Cowboy Bebop1. Jet Black
2. Spike Spiegel
3. Faye Valentine
4. Vicious
5. Edward
...there aren't that many major characters in
Bebop, so Ed is on the list kinda by default. :P
Ranma 1/21. Nabiki Tendo
2. Shampoo
3. Ukyo Kuonji
4. Ryoga Hibiki
5. Mousse
Kill la Kill1. Satsuki Kiruyin
2. Mako Makanshokou
3. Ryuuko Matoi
4. Senketsu
5. Ira Gamagoori
Alright, I'll do everything starting from AnJ2, since I already did YYH. I probably can't do 5 for each list, though.
Ashita no Joe 2:
1. Joe Yabuki
2. Yoko Shiraki
3. Carlos Rivera
4. Gondo Goromaki (they expanded his one-off role from the manga, and IMO he's a great character)
5. Danpei Tange
Keep in mind that the only reason Rikiishi is not on my list is because he's a more prominent character in Part I of the story, which this anime unfortunately doesn't cover.
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid:
1. Sousuke Sagara
2. Kaname Chidori
3. Gates
If I was counting the entire series instead of just this season, my list would look quite different.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket:
Honestly I like everyone from the relatively small cast. If I had to pick a single favorite, it'd probably be Steiner Hardy.
Great Teacher Onizuka:
1. Eikichi Onizuka
2. Yoshito Kikuchi
3. Urumi Kanzaki
4. Kunio Murai (mostly for his chemistry with Onizuka)
5. Azusa Fuyutsuki
Trigun:
1. Nicholas D. Wolfwood
2. Legato Bluesummers
3. Vash
Hunter X Hunter (1999):
1. Killua Zoldyck
2. Leorio
3. Chrollo Lucifer
4. Kurapika
5. Hisoka
Cowboy Bebop:
1. Jet Black
2. Spike Spiegel
I like everyone else about the same, much like with Gundam 0080.
Digimon Tamers:
1. Impmon/Beelzemon
2. Henry Wong/Terriermon
3. Takato/Guilmon
4. Janyu Wong (easily the best "parent" character in the Digi-verse)
5. Rika/Renamon
For this list, I hope that pairing Tamers with their Digimon isn't considered cheating. It's just that the whole point of this series (when it was still a good franchise) was that the Digimon was supposed to compliment their partner, and much of the best characterization and development came from the pairs interacting with one another.
Hajime no Ipo:
1. Mamoru Takamura
2. Kamogawa Genji
3. Takesh Sendo
4. Makanouchi Ippo
5. Eiji Date
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on March 15, 2014, 03:11:17 PM
Keep in mind that the only reason Rikiishi is not on my list is because he's a more prominent character in Part I of the story, which this anime unfortunately doesn't cover.
Yeah, that's why I didn't put him on my list too. If we're talking about the whole story, though, he'd be #4.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on March 15, 2014, 03:11:17 PMGreat Teacher Onizuka:
1. Eikichi Onizuka
2. Yoshito Kikuchi
3. Urumi Kanzaki
4. Kunio Murai (mostly for his chemistry with Onizuka)
5. Azusa Fuyutsuki
That's about how I'd rank them too, though Uchiyamada is honestly my second favorite character in GTO after Onizuka himself.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on March 15, 2014, 01:21:22 PM
Great list! It looks like you have all of the main cast for YYH except for Hiei. :P
I do like Hiei a lot as a character as well, but he's not quite one of my top 5 favorites from the series itself. My top 5 YYH characters are actually:
Yeah, I like Hiei too, just not as much as the rest of the main cast. In fact, YYH is one of the few shows where I don't dislike any of the main cast.
Ah, a Chrollo fan.
Rewatching most of Chapter Black has made Kuwabara seem alright to me but besides that, I like everyone else.
Courtesy of Vlord, look at what arrived for me 10 days early ~!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BizobKmCYAAZ4MH.jpg)
:swoon: If I was at home right now I would marathon through that thing until my eyes bled. The school year really just can't end fast enough. :D
Quote from: The Shadow Gentleman on March 15, 2014, 09:59:19 AM
A bit late to the game, but here's my favorite anime/manga heroes at the moment
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Honorably mentions: Kamina, Nia/Anna, Satsuki, and Jonathan Joestar.
I'm sure once I watch/read/finish certain series that you guys talk about a lot I'll be able to add a few more.
:thumbup:
Awesome picks.
Discotek will release The Castle of Cagilostro on blu ray sometime later this year or in early 2015. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-26/discotek-to-release-lupin-iii/the-castle-of-cagliostro-film-on-bd/dvd)
Sweet! The movie should look great in blu ray quality.
I'm also looking forward to Discotek's releases of the first 5 Dr. Slump films in July. Haven't been able to see much of either anime of the series, so seeing those'll be a real treat for me.
Favorite characters:
Hunter X Hunter:
5. Hisoka (both versions)
4. Shoot
3. Leorio (1999)
2. Nobunaga (1999 a bit more)
1. Killua (both versions would be #1 but 1999 that much more)
Guyver classic OVAs:
5. Guyver 2
4. Aptom
3. Rehalt Guou
2. Sho/Guyver 1
1. Guyver 3
Fist Of The Northstar:
5. Amiga (sp? Hell, I forget how to pronounce his name)
4. Rei
3. Souther
2. Shin
1. Kenshiro
Yu yu Hakusho:
5. Bui
4. Genkai
3. Toguro
2. Hiei
1. Yusuke
Baki The Grappler:
4. Baki Hanma
3. Doppo Orochi
2. Yujiro Hanma
1. Katsumi Orochi
Fullmetal Alchemist (the first series):
5. Armstrong
4. Ed
3. Roy
2. Scar
1. Greed
Rurouni Kenshin:
4. Aoshi
3. Kenshin
1. Sano
1. Saito
DBZ:
5. Gohan
4. Vegeta
3. Goku
2. Frieza and Cell
1. Future Trunks
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 27, 2014, 03:27:59 PM
Yu yu Hakusho:
5. Bui
You really think Bui is one of the best in the series?
I've always found him to be a very bland character, honestly, in terms of characterization, voice, design, even his powers. Karasu was more interesting to me. Sick and demented, but completely aware of his wickedness.
I like armored Bui, though. Doesn't speak but doesn't need to, to get across how dangerous he is. Also, that giant axe is awesome. Armored Bui and no armor Bui seem like completely different characters to me.
So, guys....lately I've had this huge revelation about how craptacular my list really is, and honestly....so are all of your lists, nobody on this board has any goddamn sense of what true art is, and thus I am aiming to change that with this new list of mine, which highlights some real gems of Japanese animation. Without further ado, I present to you the 10 undisputed greatest anime of all time:
10. Genocyber- Brilliance personified.
09. Kiss X Sis- Twincest has never been so artistic.
08. Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto Hen- CLEARLY seeing Kenshin kill Shishio and go against his entire set of principles makes for a darker, and thus more interesting character. Honestly, this anime did Watsuki a favor, by improving on his unrealistically likable characters. Dark art is obviously good art.
07. Devil May Cry- Because DMC2 is EXACTLY the tone that I wanted to see for a DMC anime. The rest of the series is trash, especially DMC3, as any story that doesn't take itself seriously and is just trying to be over-the-top fun is clearly trash only suited for the likes of Michael Bay and his ilk.
06. Sword Art Online- Specifically the second half puts this anime so high on my list. Anyone who complains about incest and characters torturing other characters simply can't handle deep and complex themes.
05. MD Geist- This one speaks for itself....
04. Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection- This is the true king of completely ignoring the point of the original work, and once again that's for the best, because Watsuki just wrote a standard shounen, and shounen by definition is crap.
03. Master of Martial Hearts- That ending is superb, and the rest of the series is breathtakingly beautiful.
02. Ninja Resurrection- Ninja Scroll is overrated tripe. Ninja Resurrection is pure bliss.
And the all-time greatest anime of all time is....
01. Garzey's Wing- I'll just let this scene speak to you about how much of a masterpiece this series is:
http://youtu.be/NWru5o07j_I
Well, I hope you've all learned a thing or two about truly good anime, now.
Sugoi list Ensatsu-kun. I hope you will also find mine to be kawaii. XD
10. Winter Garden - Huge improvement over the incredibly boring Di Gi Charat.
9. Ninja Scroll: The Series - Way better than the shitty movie.
8. Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Golden Wings - The only good part of LoGH.
7. Lupin VIII - Masterpiece, plain and simple. So much better than shitty Lupin III.
6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira - The only watchable part of this overrated franchise.
5. Kanon (2002) - Way better than the lame remake.
4. Petit Eva: Evangelion@School - A psychological masterpiece.
3. SD Gundam Force - The only good Gundam series.
2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood - A movie good enough to never be released on video because the original creator knew it was better than his manga and couldn't stand for it to be surpassed.
1. Oreimo Season 2 Specials - Truly the defining anime of our generation.
My God, you are the true master of selecting fine art. I only wish that my taste was just a mere tenth as sophisticated as yours, good sir.
Sugoi lists! :happytime: i'D join n, but I havenot sen masterpieces nearly as sakuga as the both of yours desu. :cry:
Except maybe Fairy Tail. That s easily d most well-animated and well-written shounonen series of all time and yous hould be a shame for fogettin abou tit!
You're forgetting classics like:
Valvrave the Liberator - Episode 5 is the single greatest moments in all of anime, and then we have the brilliant writing of episode 10. rape always improves a story and makes it more mature. Speaking of rape improving a story...
Kannazuki no Miko - Once again, writers improve their otherwise mediocre story by adding rape in it. That scene in episode 8 was completely and utterly necessary, and Himeko's reaction to her traumatic experience is completely believable and realistic.
Wizard Barristers Benmashi Council - Episode 11 man. After the terrible animation of the first couple of episodes, episode 11 provides some of the best animation in anime history.
Naruto - Tobi is such a well-written and fantastic villain, and the way Kishimoto consistently contradicts the themes of his own story is pure genius. We have brilliant character arcs like Sasuke (one of the greatest rivals ever), who's actions make complete sense and aren't nonsensicals in the slightest and Sakura's, who's one of the greatest female characters in anime. Itachi Uchiha is one of the greatest manga characters ever created
Bleach - The Heart is one of the saddest moments in anime/manga history. Every plot point in this show is pure brilliance, and all the characters are incredibly likable and necessary. The way Kishimoto shafts the main casts in favor of the incredibly interesting Soul Reapers is great writing 101.
Blue Exorcist - The first couple of episodes made me unsure, but the past few weeks have made me realize that THIS is exactly what I want from a show about the Son of Satan killing Demons. Who needs over-the-top demon slaying action when you can have episodes about cooking and flower gardens instead? And as if the show couldn't get any better, it has a K-pop ED! That is exactly what I want to hear after I learn the main character is Satan's spawn!
BlazBlue Alter Memory - Now THIS is how you do a fighting game adaptation.! Why put effort into the fight scenes when you could put more detail in pointless tranformation sequences and fanservice scenes instead? The way certain characters get put out of focus and dozens of plot points and character moments from the game are removed is brilliant, who needs proper pacing and plot development anyway? This blows Street Fighter II The Animated Movie out of the water, and I hope a Guilty Gear anime takes cues from this one.
And here's the worst:
Kill la Kill - Disgusting, misogynistic, and sexist. Anyone who likes this show supports rape culture. The fanservice is disgusting, and anyone who ignores it and focuses on the plot and the characters' personalities and motivations is equally disgusting! How DARE people aren't bothered by the same things I am! People should educate themselves and be intelligent and kind like me!
Quote from: talonmalon333 on March 27, 2014, 05:08:19 PM
I've always found him to be a very bland character, honestly, in terms of characterization, voice, design, even his powers. Karasu was more interesting to me. Sick and demented, but completely aware of his wickedness.
I like armored Bui, though. Doesn't speak but doesn't need to, to get across how dangerous he is. Also, that giant axe is awesome. Armored Bui and no armor Bui seem like completely different characters to me.
Does anyone have anything interesting to say about my list.
Kill La Kill is shit, but Space Dandy is at least as bad if not worse. But what can you expect from the director of shitty anime such as Cowboy Bebop and Kids on the Slope.
I agree that Kill la Kill and Space Dandy are utter trash written by misogynist pigs aimed exclusively at MRAs, which makes me glad that masterpieces such as Free! - which has no fanservice to speak of and writing on par with the finest literature - and Uta no Prince-sama - the most well-written television drama of all time - exist.
Another anime I truly detest is Redline. What a shitty movie. The animation is horrid; Clutch Cargo looked about 500x better over 50 years ago. Seven years hand-drawn? More like seven minutes hand-drawn! LOL!
Another really bad anime is Akira. That movie is so shit. The animation is almost as bad as Fate/Zero, and the opening motorcycle chase is one of the worst sequences in animation history
Quote from: Ensatsu07. Devil May Cry- Because DMC2 is EXACTLY the tone that I wanted to see for a DMC anime. The rest of the series is trash, especially DMC3, as any story that doesn't take itself seriously and is just trying to be over-the-top fun is clearly trash only suited for the likes of Michael Bay and his ilk.
Dante still made way too many quips, and there were too many lighthearted moments. Characters with personality are the worst, and the best stories are ones that take themselves completely and utterly seriously with little to no humour at all. That's why DmC has one of the best stories of any videogame.
Ooh, Princess Jellyfish is getting a movie next year! (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-07/magazine/princess-jellyfish/kuragehime-gets-film-next-year) Sweet! I hope it'll continue where the tv anime left off (assuming it'll be animated, in the first place).
A while back we posted what our favorite anime/manga heroes were. Well, today I got the inspiration to make a grid for my favorite villains.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl9SX-OCIAAX-uG.jpg:large)
For those of you who don't recognize some of these characters, they are (by row):
Captain Battleship (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
Friend (20th Century Boys)
Rezo the Red Priest (The Slayers)
Midora (Toriko)
Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
Millions Knives (Trigun/Trigun Maximum)
Matal Mogamett (Magi)
Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Michio Yuki (MW)
Johan Liebert (Monster)
Griffith (Berserk)
Moryomaru (InuYasha)
Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Legato Bluesummers (Trigun/Trigun Maximum)
Light Yagami (Death Note)
Meruem (Hunter X Hunter)
Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin)
"Miwa Rengaya" (Excel Saga)
Vermouth/Sharon Vineyard (Detective Conan)
Kagura (InuYasha)
I tried to edit it down to just 15, but there were too many I didn't want to leave out, so I ended up making a top 21 instead. I was planning to put Bourbon in my list, but since his identity would be a spoiler for anyone who hasn't gotten to a certain point in the manga, I left him out, though he is one of my favorites as well. My favorite villains come in all forms; some are ruthless and cruel, others just manipulative and self-serving, and others still decent people doing wrong for selfish reasons. So, I think there's a lot of variety in these choices myself. While this list isn't in any particular order, much likes my heroes list, every three characters in a row all share a similarity. Once again, I dare someone to guess what those similarities are. ;)
I actually want to explain some of my choices, but I don't have the time atm. Come summer, though, I might go over my top ten.
But Light is a hero!
:>
Seriously, good list.
Thanks!
What would your favorite anime villains list look like, if you don't mind me asking? :)
It would be a hard list to pin down, honestly. I could try and stretch for 16. In no order, they would be:
Millions Knives (Trigun)
-The perfect counter-point and flipside to Vash drowning in his own small world and ego.
Legato Bluesummers (Trigun)
-The man without free-will who can control will, hates the world but himself more, and wishes to end everything but would much rather end himself first, Legato is a mass of contradictions which makes him an interesting character to try and figure out.
Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin)
-The corpse of the past that refuses to die. Shishio represents everything left behind in the old era and everything Kenshin must destroy before the world can move on from the war. It's controversial, but the fact that he killed himself in his own rage is the best possible way that it could have ended. Shishio was already dead, and so did everything he represented.
Seta Soujiro (Rurouni Kenshin)
-He became an excellent killing machine by simply pretending that nothing and nobody mattered. He covered everything up which allowed him no conscience, no guilt, and no fear. But, he was weak. He was not beaten by the sword, but by the realization that he was a horrible human being that had no future because he erased his past. For manga or anime, such a villain is rather uncommon, but in Rurouni Kenshin he fits right in.
Yukishiro Einishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
-He's a brat, self-concerned, and lacks any sort of depth because of his narrow focus to kill Kenshin. Despite all this, he is the last stumbling block for Kenshin before he can move on with his life. Einishi represents everything Kenshin tried to bury (like Soujiro) that has arisen to finally confront him. Einishi is shallow because he has no character, he has no character because he is simpleminded in his empty-headed goal of crushing one man. He's a lot like Knives in that way, only Einishi poisoned himself with revenge and not the meaninglessness that Knives did.
Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
-How can one man be so smart, yet so narrow-minded in such important matters? Sensui is obsessed with being right, not doing the right things. He has to, has to, be the good guy and the one sending the villains to the guillotine. The problem is he's unbalanced, unable to discern anything from broad strokes, and is completely unaware of what good and evil actually are. For someone so smart, that one flaw makes him so highly dangerous.
The Toguro Bros. (Yu Yu Hakusho)
-The brothers who sold their souls for the shell of an immortality. The thing that makes them interesting is how different their paths were. Elder Toguro lost his mind as well as his soul to bloodlust and Younger Toguro lost himself to the despair of never being able to die (which is what he clearly wanted above all) and yet they also end up having separate fates. Younger Toguro dies and falls into purgatory with the chance of one day regaining his soul again while Elder Toguro falls his immortality to an endless and mindless loop of bloodshed (which is what he wanted) that will never end. For shonen villains, they are remarkably fleshed out.
Manjoume Inshu (20th Century Boys)
-One of Urasawa's best villains, Manjoume has always been my favorite character in 20th Century Boys. Manjoume is simply a con-man who simply wants something he can grab onto bigger than himself and in the process ends up cobbling together a monster of his own goals. What always got me about him was how he grew throughout the story to realizing the dead-end of his goals and even trapping himself in the past where things "were at their best", when, obviously, they were not- he was fairly miserable back then. Manjoume is responsible for forming Friend andis responsible for the mad world he created and wanted so desperately to escape... to which he did.
Johan Leibert (Monster)
-How important is it for you to know who you are? It only means everything.
Rin Kobayashi (Please Save My Earth)
-Manipulator, liar, hateful wanderer, and childish pest. Alienated and forgotten, not once, but twice, and is ready to show the world how little he is willing to put up with its garbage anymore. Now nobody will stop him from accomplishing whatever it is he wants to do. They have no right to stop him, and they never will. Rin is a powerful psychic with the goal of making a world that is the perfect one he imagined long ago- the world that earth is not. Despite the selfish and shallow things he does, you can't help but feel there's someone in there that wants to be stopped and only wants to go home again.
Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
-Askeladd represents the worst of the world in all of its vices and greed, he is vicious, cunning, and merciless. Thorfinn spends most of the first arc of the story trying to kill him, and after a twist in the same vein as Shishio, learns that killing Askeladd is not really possible (to explain more would be a spoiler) but is able to be the final push to make Thorfinn learn that his hatred of Askeladd is not too dissimilar from his own self-hatred, and the step he needs to move on.
Griffith (Berserk)
-Mostly for his Golden Age appearance up to his "wish". Griffith could have stopped at any time, he could have had a good life, he could have been a good person. But it wasn't enough for him. He needs to be king, to rule, and why? Because he believes he is above everybody else. I don't really enjoy Berserk on a character level (mostly on the world lore), but Griffith was always the most interesting and it is a shame that he might never really develop at the rate Miura is going.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball)
-Tenacious. Obviously I can't really list him past Namek, but that's mainly where I'm putting him. The last remnant of a proud race resorted to scrounging and manipulating to get ahead. He might not be the deepest villain, but he sure is a good one.
Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
-A man decayed. While it would be hard to list any Bebop characters as heroes seeing as they're bounty hunters, the clear villain is the empty shell known as Vicious. All he really is is a psychopath with a sword, but as a reminder of the past Spike can't leave behind he is quite effective.
Principal Hiroshi Uchiyamada (GTO)
-I've never felt so sorry for a character that is so hard to like. But man, Uchiyamada is such a hysterical character and great foil to Onizuka that you can't help but smile every time he shows up. I know he technically isn't a villain (being that GTO is a comedy), but his lesser traits do lead to a lot of the story's best material so I'm including him.
Excellent list! I pretty much love all those characters, and you've summed up some of the reasons why they are so great perfectly. Rin is the only one on your list I don't know, since I haven't gotten to watch or read Please Save My Earth! yet, but I've heard and read good things about his character, and I love child villains, so I'm sure once I get to that series he'd become a favorite as mine as well.
I'll also add that Manjome and Askeladd were on my list at one point, but I decided the list was getting too big so I had to cut them out (alongside some other favs of mine like Tetsuo and Rock Holmes). They are awesome characters though, and some of my favorites from both those series. Elder Toguro is also an old favorite of mine for just how despicable he is, while I think Soujiro was a fascinating character and probably the third best villain in Kenshin.
As for Vegeta, because he becomes a hero by the end of the story, I didn't want to put him in my list. But I will say that his role in the Saiyan and Namek arcs was excellent and exactly what I like from a great villain, and that plus the character development he receives in the Buu saga are a lot of what makes him my favorite character in all of Dragon Ball.
And Uchiyamada is one of the most wonderfully hilarious obnoxious yet sympathetic characters I've seen in manga. Stories that featured him prominently tended to be some of my favorites when I was reading GTO. He's easily my second favorite character in GTO, after Onizuka himself. Like Ran from Urusei Yatsura, though, he's not really a villain despite usually being put in a antagonistic role, so I left him off my own list. That said, he's definitely one of the best comedy antagonists around. :thumbup:
For Please Save My Earth I recommend watching the OVA first. It'll give you a good dose of what the story is basically about.
I also thought about Rock (he's such a strange character in how he's used, isn't he?) and Tetsuo, but they just missed the cut.
But I also have a hard time listing a villain if the hero isn't a great foil to him. Otherwise, you end up wanting the good guy to fail, and what's the point of that? (Note: I don't mean characters like Light who are not good guys at all, I mean actual good guys.)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 24, 2014, 07:12:48 PM
For Please Save My Earth I recommend watching the OVA first. It'll give you a good dose of what the story is basically about.
Will do. :)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 24, 2014, 07:12:48 PM
I also thought about Rock (he's such a strange character in how he's used, isn't he?) and Tetsuo, but they just missed the cut.
Yeah, Rock is definitely one of Tezuka most interesting characters in how he was used over time. There was article over at tezukainenglish.com that did a great job detailing his transformation from boyhood hero to one of the most complicated and nuanced villains (and characters in general) in Tezuka's mangas. Sadly, I can't seem to find it now, but it was a great read. Maybe I'll write one myself once I've finished going through all of the Tezuka manga I can find in english.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on April 24, 2014, 07:12:48 PM\
But I also have a hard time listing a villain if the hero isn't a great foil to him. Otherwise, you end up wanting the good guy to fail, and what's the point of that? (Note: I don't mean characters like Light who are not good guys at all, I mean actual good guys.)
Yeah, if the hero and villain aren't a good match for each other, it's not really interesting to see either of them in conflict. Though, I'm curious as to what specific examples you are referring to, since I didn't have this problem when I was thinking of my choices, myself.
Favorite villains in no order
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Great choices! :thumbup:
Xellos is yet another character I forgot about, but he's one of Slayers' best. I'm also happy to see Rezo and Mogamett make your list as well. :)
I need to watch all of the Namek arc in DBZ Kai. I think I didn't appreciate Vegeta being his own 3rd side among the Z warriors and Frieza and his men. A dynamic like that is rarely seen in good anime.
The spring Viz Media anime survey is out, and there are questions about the Ranma 1/2 blu ray releases in it! (http://bit.ly/VAs14surv) ;D
I hope that question about "the first Rumiko Takahashi Series you watched" is hinting that Viz is considering giving Takahashi's other series the Ranma treatment. I would kill to see a Maison Ikkoku blu-ray release and manga re-release.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on April 28, 2014, 10:53:58 PM
I hope that question about "the first Rumiko Takahashi anime you saw" is hinting that Viz is considering giving Takahashi's other series the Ranma treatment. I would kill to see a Maison Ikkoku blu-ray release and manga re-release.
Heh, I have to wonder/hope that if enough people answer with
Urusei Yatsura they might consider license rescuing it. Having all of UY on blu ray in the U.S. (
especially Beautiful Dreamer), would be amazing. But I'd also settle for the manga getting a full english release in the states too, of course.
But yes, I really hope that they give
Maison Ikkoku a similar treatment. From what I can tell, the blu rays have been selling very well for them, so I hope that gives them the incentive to try it out with MI too. We can only hope, right?
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:swoon: Set #2 is looking mighty fine! ;D
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 04, 2013, 10:05:45 PM
10. S-CRY-Ed
9. Big O
8. Lupin
7. Trigun
6. Heat Guy J
5. Fist Of The Northstar
4. Yu yu Hakusho
3. Samurai Champloo
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Baki's out of the top 5 or 6 for the first time. Second season is so low budget. Kind of like how cheap Guyver's last half of episodes were.
Finally found a list of old of mine that contained more than 5 entries. Updated: Note: I need to rewatch/watch every episode of all the shows that have not made this list
10. Rurouni Kenshin
9. Outlaw Star
8. Baki The Grappler
7. Heat Guy J
6. Fist Of The Northstar
5. Hunter X Hunter 2011
4. Hunter X Hunter 1999
3. Yu yu Hakusho
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
I still love this list.
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I should've figured set #3 would have Akane on the cover! Looks like the set is coming with a Ryoga card too, which is neat.
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And Ryoga's on the cover this time! I thought for sure they'd use Shampoo next, but that'll probably be the next set.
One thing that interests me about this boxart is that it looks like Akari is on the spine, holding P-chan. But Akari never appeared in the anime! :lol: However, considering her relationship with Ryoga, it's a cute little thing to put there. Though I bet some anime-only watchers or people watching/buying this series for the first time are gonna be confused at who she is and when she'll show up, though she never will (unless they go and read the manga, of course).
Partially inspired by the fact that I've found a lot of good new anime to keep up with this season, and the fact that I'm currently watching some other great series, and just the mere fact that I haven't posted one in a good while, I'm going to post up my updated favorite anime list. I'm now applying my top 10% rule to limit the amount of series I consider "favorites;" in this case, I've seen a bit over 200 different anime series, so my list is now a top 20. I know I've posted lists with more series than that before...and it became clearly too much for the descriptor to be meaningful, which is exactly why I created this new rule for myself; to distinguish between what I merely like and what I truly love. Anyway, enough blather. I'll post up my list in picture-grid format, since I haven't done that before with this:
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1. Ashita no Joe 2
2. Maison Ikkoku
3. Trigun
4. Urusei Yatsura
5. Yu Yu Hakusho
6. Dragon Ball
7. Ranma 1/2
8. Cowboy Bebop
9. Kill la Kill
10. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
11. Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
12. Serial Experiments Lain
13. The Slayers Franchise
14. School Rumble
15. Mushi-shi
16. Kino's Journey
17. Great Teacher Onizuka
18. Lupin the Third (series 1, 2, & The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
19. Detective Conan
20. Hunter X Hunter (1999) & Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Awesome list! :D
And there are a bunch of shows on there that I need to check out.
Ashita no Joe is one if my favorites as well, naturally. I'd still put YYH at the top of my list out of bias, but I literally do consider AnJ2 to be tied with it for my top spot, which I have already re-watched an entire time through, and it still holds up.
Looks like I really do need to get around to Takahashi's stuff. Perhaps I should stick to those anime over reading the manga, based on your list. It'd certainly let me get to them quicker, since my anime backlog is way lighter than my backlog for manga to read.
Hella list! There's plenty that I like, and quite a few series that I'm reminded that I should get to.
Especially now that Detective Conan is coming to CrunchyRoll and all. I really do remember liking the handful of episodes that I saw back on [as].
Thanks for the comments, guys. :)
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 10, 2014, 12:34:36 PM
Looks like I really do need to get around to Takahashi's stuff. Perhaps I should stick to those anime over reading the manga, based on your list. It'd certainly let me get to them quicker, since my anime backlog is way lighter than my backlog for manga to read.
Both versions of Takahashi's best series are worth experiencing, in my opinion, especially since not all the content from the manga are adapted into the anime. But, I think the best way to get into
Urusei Yatsura, specifically, is through the manga. The anime is fantastic, and I love it, but the first few episodes are done in a different style than the rest of the series, which isn't bad, but also not reflective of the rest of the series as a whole. The main thing, though, is that the anime adapts some things from the manga out of order, and takes liberties in some anime-only episodes, which makes the development of Ataru and Lum's characters not come across quite as well as it does in the manga. And since the development of their relationship is basically the heart of the entire series, I feel the best way to appreciate it is reading the manga first, since it's the most "consistent" version, and then watching the anime, which works well since there are quite a few differences between them that makes them good for different reasons, and a lot of the anime's changes can be better appreciated after having read the manga and already understanding the nature of the characters. That's just my opinion, and that's also just the way I experienced it myself, but I really do think that's the best way to go about it.
I enjoyed what I saw of Conan when it was on AS, it just seemed like such a daunting series to keep up with that after it left I never bothered. If it's streaming, then that's a whole new ballgame.
Great list, by the way.
I have no fancy images but if I may:
1). Kara no Kyoukai (The 7th film in particular even though the 5th is "The best")
2). Serial Experiments Lain
3). Baccano
4). Fate/Zero
5). Ergo Proxy
6). The End of Evangelion
7). Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
8). Paranoia Agent
9). Sword of the Stranger (Do single movies even count?)
10). Casshern Sins
Great list, FinalGoji! I love many of those series and movies, and you remind me that I should get around to watching
Paranoia Agent and
Kara no Kyoukai sometime soon.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 10, 2014, 07:40:33 PM
Great list, by the way.
Thanks. :)
KnK is very subjective, enjoyment wise. I dropped it after the 5th one, I consider the movies beautifully animated and scored non-stories, as they often throw important storytelling conventions to the wind.
I liked Kara no Kyoukai. I remember showing all the movies to Dalek, and they broke his brain.
Paradox Spiral is probably the most confusing when compared with the rest with the way it goes about handling the story in an already out-of-order narrative. If you kept going though you could have seen a 1-hour long almost-filler movie about fairies.
Kara no Kyoukai is the shit, and it definitely has a story, but you really have to pay attention and think about it. The movies basically demand marathoning; don't even try to watch them months apart like how they were originally released in theatres. Definitely not for everyone, though if you can get into the way they're presented, they become brilliant.
Quote from: Foggle on October 10, 2014, 08:26:15 PM
The movies basically demand marathoning; don't even try to watch them months apart like how they were originally released in theatres.
That's an important point and I'm not quite sure how Japanese movie-goers didn't end up entirely confused with a wait that long between the movies, especially after the 5th movie where the points don't become relevant again until the 7th. I have the odd mental image of people taking notes.
Another great list, FinalGoji!
Wow, I'm reminded that I STILL haven't seen Lain, for whatever reason.
It's definitely a really great series, even though things may not entirely make sense the first time around. It also has one of my favourite OPs going for it so it gets bonus points in my books.
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And on the cover of set 5...Shampoo!
Man, I don't know if I've said this before, but I LOVE the art and design for these sets. And this box looks the best yet. Gorgeous.
Judging by the pattern, Ukyo will definitely be on the cover for the sixth set. That leaves Genma (in panda form) to take the cover for the seventh set, which sounds good to me!
favorites based on what i've recently seen:
10. jojo's bizarre adventure
9. cowboy bebop
8. fate/zero
7. hellsing ultimate
6. dbz kai
5. fist of the northstar
4. hunter x hunter 2011
3. hunter x hunter
2. yu yu hakusho
1. fullmetal alchemist brotherhood
10. Hajime no Ippo
9. Digimon Tamers
8. Kids on the Slope
7. Hunter X Hunter (1999)
6. Trigun
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
3. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
2. Ashita no Joe 2
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
My list really hasn't changed much over the years, mostly because I really haven't seen that many new anime. As for why I don't have stuff like Cowboy Bebop on there anymore, while I love that series for what it is, I have to admit that, putting popularity aside, it was never truly a personal favorite of mine, and personally KotS has replaced it as my favorite Watanabe show. There's also stuff like Madoka Magica and Killa la Kill, which would probably make my list if I ever extended it to my top 20, but aren't auite enough up my alley where I'd re-watch them as much as I re-watch these anime.
I'm still watching stuff like Legend of the Galactic Heroes and the currently running Rage of Bahamut and Parasyte, though, so my list could be subject to some change, soon enough. There's also the upcoming anime for A Silent Voice, which could very well become one of my favorites if adapted well.
TV Series
10. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
9. Fate/Zero
8. Hyouge Mono
7. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
6. Baccano!
5. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
4. Space Dandy
3. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
2. Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
1. Cowboy Bebop
Films
10. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
9. Akira
8. Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence
7. Dead Leaves
6. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
5. Kara no Kyoukai 5: Paradox Spiral
4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion
3. Perfect Blue
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End Of Evangelion
1. Redline
5. trust & betrayal
4. lupin castle cagliostro
3. lupin the third: secret of mamo
2. vampire hunter d: bloodlust
1. cowboy bebop the movie
Films:
10. Madoka Magica: Rebellion
9. Akira
8. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
7. Ninja Scroll
6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
5. Redline
4. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
3. Wolf Children
2. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
1. Summer Wars
This reminds me that The Boy And The Beast is coming out next year, and I am so pumped to see it. It's easily my most anticipated 2015 anime, and it's a film at that, which is even more astonishing.
At the moment my completed favorites are:
7. Bakemonogatari
6. Kino's Journey
5. Mushishi
4. Black Lagoon
3. Attack on Titan
2. Death Billiards
1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
FLCL and Giant Robo might join their ranks soon, though I've only started both of them. Nobody ever talks about Giant Robo, has anyone here seen it?
Quote from: goody2shoes on December 15, 2014, 09:57:10 AM
6. Kino's Journey
This is another one much like Madoka Magica and Cowboy Bebop which I really like a lot, but isn't on my list more because it's not something that I would frequently re-watch, but on a more objective level, it's a really high quality series.
Quote5. Mushishi
I tried getting into this one before but it's one of those series that I have to be in the right mood for. I think that I'll give it another shot, eventually.
Quote4. Black Lagoon
This one has been a favorite of mine for a long time. It just barely missed my top 10, but it circulates in and out of there on a regular basis.
Quote3. Attack on Titan
Personally I prefer the manga, if only because the anime's pacing in adapting the material feels a bit too slow to me, but it's still a good anime, and IMO covers the best part of the series, as quite frankly I think it really fluctuates in auality after the Female Titan arc. While it'll never be a personal favorite of mine, though, I do definitely see the appeal.
Quote1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
Coincidentally, I just started watching this anime last night. I've only seen a single episode, though, so it's too early for me to judge it, but I like the little that I've seen, up to this point.
Quote from: goody2shoes on December 15, 2014, 09:57:10 AM
At the moment my completed favorites are:
7. Bakemonogatari
6. Kino's Journey
5. Mushishi
4. Black Lagoon
3. Attack on Titan
2. Death Billiards
1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
FLCL and Giant Robo might join their ranks soon, though I've only started both of them. Nobody ever talks about Giant Robo, has anyone here seen it?
Just wondering, since you only have seven things on your list (and one of them isn't a series), are you new to anime, or are you just more discerning than the rest of us? ;)
If you end up enjoying FLCL and want more WACKY CRAZY anime, I'd suggest checking out Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Kill la Kill, and Dead Leaves, which are from the same director as what most consider to be its best episode. Also, Redline. Everyone should watch Redline; and that goes double for you since you like Takeshi Koike's character designs. ;)
If we're recommending movies, I recommend every original feature-length Mamoru Hosoda film to date, and probably his up coming movie from next year since I'm sure that it'll be AOTY in 2015 (at least for me).
That includes:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Summer Wars (2009)
Wolf Children (2012)
TV:
10. Silver Spoon
9. Mushishi
8. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
7. Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
6. Fate/Zero
5. Dragon Ball
4. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
3. Slayers (the first 3 series)
2. Maison Ikkoku
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
Movies:
5. Akira
4. Summer Wars
3. Redline
2. Madoka Magica: Rebellion
1. The Wind Rises
Since I loved the manga, I'm pretty confident that Ashita no Joe 2 will become one of my favorites when I finally watch it. I also really need to watch Hosoda's other two films sometime (I'll definitely to check out The Boy And The Beast when it releases as well).
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on December 15, 2014, 10:33:00 AM
Quote3. Attack on Titan
Personally I prefer the manga, if only because the anime's pacing in adapting the material feels a bit too slow to me, but it's still a good anime, and IMO covers the best part of the series, as quite frankly I think it really fluctuates in auality after the Female Titan arc. While it'll never be a personal favorite of mine, though, I do definitely see the appeal.
Quote1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
Coincidentally, I just started watching this anime last night. I've only seen a single episode, though, so it's too early for me to judge it, but I like the little that I've seen, up to this point.
I'm way biased about those 2. AoT got me into anime as a hobby proper, but I'm not sure I'll enjoy it as much if I watch it again. NHK was one of the first shows I watched to completion (after Azumanga Daioh and Madoka I believe) and it's grown more relatable every time I've watched it. Not sure if that's a good thing :sweat: I will say the ending was offputting the first time around, because the comedic angle mostly disappears, but it's understandable.
Quote from: Foggle on December 15, 2014, 10:52:30 AM
Quote from: goody2shoes on December 15, 2014, 09:57:10 AM
At the moment my completed favorites are:
7. Bakemonogatari
6. Kino's Journey
5. Mushishi
4. Black Lagoon
3. Attack on Titan
2. Death Billiards
1. Welcome to the N.H.K.
FLCL and Giant Robo might join their ranks soon, though I've only started both of them. Nobody ever talks about Giant Robo, has anyone here seen it?
Just wondering, since you only have seven things on your list (and one of them isn't a series), are you new to anime, or are you just more discerning than the rest of us? ;)
I started watching it regularly in the summer of '13, I think. It's a top 7 because those are my 9's and 10's on MAL, but there are some 8's that I didn't rank higher because I don't fully comprehend them yet. Those would be Mononoke (TV series), Tatami Galaxy and maybe Utena.
Quote from: Foggle on December 15, 2014, 10:52:30 AMIf you end up enjoying FLCL and want more WACKY CRAZY anime, I'd suggest checking out Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Kill la Kill, and Dead Leaves, which are from the same director as what most consider to be its best episode. Also, Redline. Everyone should watch Redline; and that goes double for you since you like Takeshi Koike's character designs. ;)
I've watched those. GL is fun, but it's got some problems (such as underdeveloped side characters). P&S was offputting to me way back when I watched it so I dropped it. Redline is great! Can't point out many flaws with it, except maybe I wasn't as invested with the characters as I would have liked. I like how focused it is.
Feel free to share your MAL/HB profiles: http://myanimelist.net/profile/goody2shoes
My plan-to-watch list has grown a lot lately, I just put anything remotely of interest there :D
put saint seiya at 10. for me.
1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Martian Successor Nadesico
5. Monster
6. Outlaw Star
7. Dragon Ball
8. GTO
9. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
10. Digimon Tamers
i need to finish outlaw star.
10. The Big O
9. Paranoia Agent
8. Yu Yu Hakusho
7. JakJak's Peculiar Outing
6. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
5. GTO
4. Cowboy Bebop
3. Monster
2. Gurren Lagann
1. Trigun
Spoiler
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^Good list!
Quote from: gunswordfist on December 15, 2014, 09:38:35 PM
i need to finish outlaw star.
It really holds up.
Still waiting for the second season after all these years. :-[
and i still need to finish my favorite giant robot show, big o.
and yes, it has aged well when i last saw it and i've been waiting for season 2 forever as well. it would have made my top 10 but i need a more recent viewing of it.
10. highlander: search for vengeance
9. afro samurai resurrection
8. summer wars
7. dragonball z fusion reborn
6. akira
5. trust & betrayal
4. lupin castle of cagliostro
3. lupin secret of mamo
2. vampire hunter d bloodlust
1. cowboy bebop knocking on heaven's door
over the last two days i have been trying to decide whether i liked akira or summer wars more. me just finalizing my list means that akira is my favorite recently watched anime movie. huhn, i never saw that coming. it went from being the 1st anime movie that piqued my interest to being considered boring and now this. summer wars has more heart, probably moreso than any other film on my list, but i am a sucker for scifi action/adventure. i like fusion reborn for many reasons. i consider the ending to be the true conclusion to vegeta's hero arc. i also need to rewatch fusion reborn and all the other movies...i haven't seen the top 5 in over 10 years...
A friend sent me this list of IGN's "8 anime worth watching." Now, I'm not going to give IGN clicks, so I really don't care what context this was in. That said, this is quite a perplexing list. They chose:
Death Note
Code Geass
Baccano
RWBY
School Days
Samurai Champloo
Kill la Kill
Attack on Titan
So, like. Pick 8 shows out of a hat or something? They aren't all bad shows (some are actually good), it's just a bizarre mishmash.
RWBY is a web show, isn't it?
I can understand Death Note, Baccano, Kill la Kill, AoT, and maybe Code Geass (as much as I can't stand it), but putting SC over Cowboy Bebop and even the mere notion of including School Days on this list is just ludicrous unless this list was meant to be a joke or something.
Yeah, no Cowboy Bebop is strange. It's not even my #1 favorite, but I wouldn't hesitate to put it on a list like that.
I decided to actually watch the video, and at the beginning they specifically named Bebop and Trigun as classics, but said this list was focusing on "newer shows" (as in, from within the last ten years, I guess) that people are always talking about, so at least that explains that.
Still, it's a lame list. Most of them are just obvious and really common choices that you'd see anybody recommend. And the two somewhat unique picks simply do not belong: RWBY is not an anime (no matter how much everyone keeps trying to say it's one), and School Days is a notoriously terrible series whose only notable aspect is it's infamously dark ending. Those two choices make me believe that whoever made this list doesn't even watch anime but just cherry-picked stuff people seem to talk about most from random forums or something. That, or they only watch the most mainstream stuff, but then were short two picks and just went "fuck it," and randomly threw them in there.
If I were to recommend anime JUST from the last 10 years (starting with 2005), here's what I'd come up with (in no particular order):
Death Note
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Kill La Kill
Kids on the Slope
Level E
Black Lagoon
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Summer Wars
Redline
There you go, 8 choices of great variety to match IGN's 8, as well as 2 very different but equally awesome anime films for those interested in that branch of anime.
I also didn't even necessarily pick my favorites, but rather shows from different genres that I think would appeal to a lot of people. Death Note as a shonen psychological thriller, JoJo and HXH as two very different but great minds of battle shonen, Kill La Kill for everyone's introduction to Imaishi and studio Trigger, Kids on the Slope for Slice of Life, Level E for comedy and Sci-Fi (you could probably substitute Level E with Space Dandy, as well, if you put my own personal bias aside), Black Lagoon for your gun-toting action-fest, and Madoka Magica for your look at the magical girl genre from a very different angle.
Summer Wars would be a great film for people who want a story with a lot of substance and values to it, but also has enough action to keep them entertained, while Redline is just a testament to the power of thrill-pumping Japanese animation and how exciting and intense an anime film can be from start to finish, not to mention just flat-out fun and balls-to-the-walls crazy.
If I wanted to make sure someone never picks up an anime again, I'd suggest that they watch Code Geass.
Quote from: Avaitor on December 24, 2014, 11:37:14 AM
If I wanted to make sure someone never picks up an anime again, I'd suggest that they watch Code Geass.
That show was a real mess. It almost feels like a Gundam parody at points, though, of course, it's not funny.
And I thought people disliked RWBY?
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on December 24, 2014, 01:52:51 PM
And I thought people disliked RWBY?
From what I gather, it has a strong following and seems to be very popular.
Geass is old hat though. Aldnoah.Zero's the convoluted mecha anime pissing off fans nowadays.
i am so happy that i loathe the genre.
Quote from: Cartoon X on December 24, 2014, 02:45:29 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on December 24, 2014, 01:52:51 PM
And I thought people disliked RWBY?
From what I gather, it has a strong following and seems to be very popular.
It does seem to have a following.
From our RWBY thread, (http://animationrevelation.com/forum/index.php?topic=986.0) the general opinion of it is being a mediocre series at best.
It had some fun moments here and there but was too riddled with anime clichés out the yin yang.. like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn't -
an anime.
i really wonder if vampire hunter d bloodlust could top my list upon a rewatch.
So I finished Giant Robo recently, and it fell just short of being another favorite of mine.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Giant_Robo_-_The_Animation.jpg)
Now, this series had its weaknesses (as all shows do), but my real problem was with the ending. I saw a perfect conclusion coming from a mile away, and then... it didn't really happen. I'd give some more detail in abstract, but suffice to say I thought it held itself back in the final episode story arc-wise. And to top it off you get an unnecessary tease for a sequel, which never became a reality.
In spite of this, I can't help but recommend this series wholeheartedly, especially if you're a fan of Astro Boy, super sentai, and grandiose epics with humanity's future on the line. The animation is some of the best I've ever seen, and the ensemble cast of characters are larger-than-life and so charmingly expressive and well designed. Not to mention the soundtrack. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8C4NkOV5Kg&index=1&list=PL379E14D79B80ED61) It did so much to heighten the whole experience, and it even pulled at my heart-strings at times. The overarching story, while again, it could have concluded better, tackled surprisingly mature and thought-provoking themes. It really brought Osamu Tezuka to mind for me. It's something I think I would've loved as a kid, because it's fun and action packed without coddling the audience (for the most part).
I could go on and on, but I hope this is enough to make some of you check it out. For me, it's been an experience unlike any other.
Due to a lack of really watching anything new in the past few months, my list has not changed. That said, I thought it would be an interesting endeavor for me to find my favorite episodes of my favorite anime, listed below.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on December 14, 2014, 07:52:24 PM10. Hajime no Ippo
9. Digimon Tamers
8. Kids on the Slope
7. Hunter X Hunter (1999)
6. Trigun
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
3. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
2. Ashita no Joe 2
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
10. "Heartbroken" Reason: This is the aftermath to Ippo's first major defeat, and it takes his character to an emotional state that we haven't previously seen him in. As I said on my recent battle shonen list, I actually love to see characters deal with failure, and this is a good example of that.
9. "Shadow of the Beast King" Reason: If ever one moment has made an episode for me, it's this one. Any Digimon fan knows that Beelzemon summoning up the strength to use the Fist of the Beast King leads to one of the most heart-wrenching scenes to ever be aired on a kids show.
8. "Lullabys of Birdland" Reason: It's hard to explain my love of this show in general, let alone this episode, but let's just say that it appeals to me so much because I can relate to it on a personal level.
7. "Feelings X Hopelessness X The Spider's Downfall" Reason: This is just an excellent character piece, and really shows how masterful Togashi is at writing interesting, complex villains.
6. "Sin" Reason: It was no easy choice picking a favorite episode of this show, but Sin won out for essentially delving into the core of what makes Vash such a great hero....and then smashes it in his face. It brings him to a head with the greatest villain of the series, and yes, this delves into the core of Legato's character as well. This comes off the heels of an already amazing and tragic episode, and it brings the characters down to their lowest point. Legato actually wins the encounter. He gets Vash to kill him. He gets Vash to take a life. While the end of the series proves that Vash is still a great person and can uphold the morals that Rem taught him, it would not have been nearly as rewarding to see without this episode sending him into a huge pit to climb up and out of.
5. "Compromising Positions" Reason: As far as stand-alone episodes go, this is my personal favorite. Uchiyamada is a really entertaining character, and his interactions with Onizuka produce some of the funniest moments on the show.
4. "War in the Pocket" Reason: Really a no-brainer here. As a 6-episode miniseries, this is the culmination of our two protagonists' character arcs, and it leads up to an excellent climax.
3. "Her Problem" Reason: This is my personal favorite because it took a relatively irritating and underdeveloped character and made them independent and actually showed them to be a lot more competent than I previously knew. It was also intense, very different from the rest of the series, and worked beautifully as a character piece. Now, "His Problem" would've been my favorite had it not been for a single scene that nearly botched the whole episode for me.
2. "The Christmas Eve Gift" Reason: To be honest, this isn't so much my favorite part of the series as much as it is my favorite stand-alone piece in a series where episodes mostly blend together. Despite their intense rivalry, this episode shows us how similar Joe Yabuki and Carlos Rivera really are, and in turn says a lot about Joe's character through their interactions, in subtle ways without the constant need for dialogue. That makes a for a really good piece of animation in its own right.
1. "Sensui's Fall" Reason: I've already explained this one in-depth before. Just look for my top 10 favorite episodes on the YYH thread. No further explanation is necessary. ;)
Okay, then. I would probably do my own, but almost all of my favorites are the final episodes (except YYH, but everyone already knows my favorite episode of that) so it would be fairly boring.
Here's my YYH piece from the thread if anyone wants to read my reasoning for this episode being my favorite:
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on December 21, 2012, 10:44:43 PM1. Sensui's Fall (Episode #077)
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxp6zonHiY1qfhgct.png)
If you know me, it really shouldn't surprise you that this is my favorite episode. I was considering whether I should put an episode that had a bit more of everything the series had to offer, like its humor and the great characterization and chemistry among the main characters of the series, but really I just can't deny that this is the episode I re-watch the most, and its basically my favorite of the entire series. Why is that? Well, it exemplifies what Togashi excels at, and that's writing great villains. And YYH always stood out to me from the beginning for how well crafted its villains were. This episode itself was a real turning point of the Chapter Black arc, as well, as it cements in how psychologically disturbed Sensui is, and at the time when I was used to the typical villains who followed nothing more than DBZ logic of wanting to be the strongest or taking over planets or whatnot, this was really something special that I honestly hadn't seen before. I know it has been done before, but it holds a special place for me since it was the first time I saw in an animated show how there could be so much more to a villain. This kind of stuff was true in Batman: The Animated Series, Gargoyles, and other older cartoons, but I didn't discover that about either of those series until I watched them back just a few years ago, so YYH is the first time I really got exposed to this kind of thing.
Either way, Sensui was and still is an excellent villain, and this episode explains why he's such a fascinating character. The episode features Koenma coming down to Earth to finally spill the beans about Sensui's identity as Yusuke's predecessor as Spirit Detective, which was a detail that he had been hiding until that point until he was absolutely sure of who they were dealing with (they hadn't confirmed that Sensui was Black Angel until just now by this point in the series). The majority of the episode then features Koenma narrating Sensui's basic back-story, and you get to learn about how he was recruited for his rare spiritual gifts since he was just a boy. The problem, as Koenma points out, were just how strong his "righteous" beliefs were. He gladly accepted his duty as Spirit Detective and he was a damn talented agent, being very physically fit and highly skilled, not to mention far more sophisticated and intelligent than Yusuke ever was. The interesting thing here is that this came with a price. Sensui believed strongly in black and white principles. There was either good or evil, Clear right or clear wrong, with absolutely nothing in-between. In a way I can't help but feel that this was sort of Togashi's way of pointing out how shallow many shonen villains AND heroes were at the time, even if they were awesome and classic characters.
Once again, without spoiling anything, Sensui's beliefs and perception of good and evil became totally distorted during a certain incident where, as Koenma put it, he was exposed to "truckloads of gray," during a certain mission. Suddenly Sensui came to the realization that the humans he had sworn to protect could be just as dirty and underhanded as the demons he killed on a daily basis, if not more so. To any normal person they could sort out for themselves that there are good people in this world and there are bad people, and seeing some bad people doesn't mean that all people are bad, and vice versa. They would also have realized that in the world of YYH, not all demons have to be evil just because they are of a different species that were just labeled with that stereotypical connotation. But if you didn't get it by now, without having to flat-out tell you like some other anime would, Koenma is basically telling you that Sensui is and always was fucking crazy. His ideologies were flat-out unrealistic, the type a young kid who has yet to experience the world would have. His beliefs were the only thing that kept him mentally stable, and once those were shattered, he of course had a complete psychological breakdown, which lead to his eventual disappearance, but as Koenma points out, mysteriously the Chapter Black tape disappeared with him as well, leaving a constant worry that he would eventually return for the worse in the back of Koenma's mind (which of course bothers Koenma because Sensui and his consequent breakdown and turn to the dark side were all his responsibility as the one who recruited him).
Another great thing about this episode is that it tells you so much about Yusuke as well. Watch it again and think about it. Why would Koenma pick a punk like Yusuke to be the next Spirit Detective when it was clearly shown very early on in the series that there were plenty of other humans with spirit powers, many of who were more intelligent than Yusuke and even more skilled at the time who very well could have been likely candidates to fill in the role. The thing is, Yusuke has a heart and all that mushy shit, but he also doesn't think too much. This was never established as a reason for picking Yusuke in the beginning of the series, but this episode is so damn good that it manages to make sense of that anyways and it doesn't feel like a plot-hole or written out of nowhere at all. Yusuke himself was always sort of a morally gray character. Sure, he'd do what was right most of the time, and he was a bit weary of taking a human life himself as seen in the episode "Sleep, Doctor, Sleep," but it was also established that he'd kill if he had to, and that he realized from early on that their are slimy and sleezy humans and that not all demons were evil. He's the type of character who would also do what it takes to win even if it was not in the noblest of ways, though he would prefer the honorable way if he had a choice. The point is, Yusuke was a street punk before he became a Spirit Detective. He himself was seen as a delinquent by society and partook in fights and took pride in the fact that he wasn't a typical goody-goody like mostly everyone else his age was. In other words, he was a good guy with a MUCH more mentally stable state of mind than Sensui ever was, and thus was a better candidate. This episode is so damn good that it tells you so much about the hero in contrast to the villain without directly comparing either of them and just being a back-story for the villain.
Really, for anyone who says that YYH is nothing but DBZ-style fights and just another generic shonen, they just don't know what the hell they are talking about. I can fully admit that this show is far from the perfect masterpiece that I used to think it was, but I also know that its still a legitimately great show and that I don't just love it out of nostalgia. To me, its the quint-essential shonen anime to watch and no other episode exemplifies its brilliance more than this one for me.
Dragon Ball Opening 2 with the English theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqKLZrswDo)
How come Funi never used the second OP? It would have been like them ignoring the second and third openings for YYH. Just strange.
Great list, E-K! Those are all great episodes. I especially appreciate you choosing "The Christmas Gift" for AnJ2, since that's also my favorite standalone episode from the series, and a great example of expanding on a scene/moment from the manga and making it even better, which is no easy feat considering the excellency of the AnJ manga. Your 0080 and TSR choices also happen to be my favorites from those respective series as well. :thumbup:
I did a top 11 episodes list two years back, I think, but not that many of my current top ten were represented on there and my opinions have changed on some things anyway, so I'll post my own list of top favorite episodes from my top favorite anime sometime this weekend when I have the time.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on February 25, 2015, 11:18:00 PM
Dragon Ball Opening 2 with the English theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqKLZrswDo)
How come Funi never used the second OP? It would have been like them ignoring the second and third openings for YYH. Just strange.
They never used any other versions of "Romantic Ageruyo" besides the first one either, I believe. It's just one of those bizarre decisions FUNi has made involving the DB franchise over the years, like not keeping the original OPs for DBZ on the Orange Brick sets even though they still used the original ED's, for instance.
Thanks, CX. AnJ was incredibly hard to choose for because I could pick almost any episode from the series and it would be great. But something about TCEG really did strike me in particular, and it helps that it's sort of self-contained as its own mini-story within the grand scheme of things.
Favorite Anime Per Studio:
A-1 Pictures: Magi: The Labyrinth/Kingdom Of Magic (Honorable Mention- Space Brothers)
Bones: Ouran High School Host Club
Gainax: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gonzo: Gankutsuou: The Count Of Monte Cristo
Kyoto Animation: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
MadHouse: Trigun; Movies- Summer Wars, Ninja Scroll
Mappa: Kids on the Slope
Nippon Animation: Hunter X Hunter 1999
Pierrot: Yu Yu Hakusho (Honorable Mention- Level E)
Production IG: Eden of the East (TV)
Shaft: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Sunrise: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
TMS Entertainment: Ashita no Joe 2
Toei Animation: Digimon Tamers
Trigger: Kill La Kill
Ufotable: Fate/Zero
Xebec: Zoids: Chaotic Century/Guardian Force
I didn't even know Madhouse did Trigun.
4*C: Mind Game
A-1 Pictures: Silver Spoon
A.C.G.T.: Kino's Journey
Ajia-do: Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
Artland: Mushi-shi
Bones: Space Dandy
Brain's Base: Princess Jellyfish
Comet: School Rumble
David Production: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Deen: Maison Ikkoku
Gainax: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gallop: Rurouni Kenshin
Ghibli: The Wind Rises
Gonzo: Welcome to the NHK
Group TAC: Area 88 (2004)
J.C. Staff: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Khara: Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance
Kyoto Animation: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Lerche: Carnival Phantasm
MadHouse: Trigun
Magic Bus: Urusei Yatsura 5: The Final Chapter
Manglobe: Samurai Champloo
Mappa: Kids on the Slope
Nippon Animation: Hunter X Hunter (1999)
OLM: Berserk
Pierrot: Urusei Yatsura
Polygon Pictures: Knights of Sidonia
Production IG: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Shaft: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Shin-Ei: Shin-chan
Sunrise: Cowboy Bebop
TMS Entertainment: Ashita no Joe 2
Toei Animation: Dragon Ball
Topcraft: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Triangle Staff: Serial Experiments Lain
Trigger: Kill La Kill
Ufotable: Fate/Zero
White Fox: Jormungand
Xebec: Martian Successor Nadesico
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 18, 2015, 07:29:24 PM
I didn't even know Madhouse did Trigun.
Madhouse did a lot of good stuff. I'm surprised with a lot of their best stuff, actually.
They are actually my favorite anime animation studio. :D
They aren't perfect, though. Nippon has the superior version of HXH, IMO.
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 18, 2015, 08:30:53 PM
They are actually my favorite anime animation studio. :D
Check out their full body of work! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhouse_(company))
It's pretty impressive. Not everything is perfect or even great (or even good), but they've done a high amount of quality work.
Asunaro Studio: Akira
Bones: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
David Production: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2011)
Gonzo: Afro Samurai
Group TAC: Baki The Grappler
Madhouse: Hunter X Hunter 2011, Summer Wars and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust ( :swoon: surprised but not surprised they did these two movies)
Manglobe: Samurai Champloo
Nippon: Hunter X Hunter 1999
Pierrot: Yu yu Hakusho
Toei Animation: Fist Of The Northstar
Satelight: Heat Guy J
Studio Gallop: Rurouni Kenshin
Sunrise: Cowboy Bebop
Ufotable: Fate/Zero
Will have to check out that list.
I'll put up a couple.
A-1 Pictures: Magi
Comet: School Rumble
Deen: Maison Ikkoku
Gainax: FLCL
Ghibli: Porco Rosso
J.C. Staff: New Dominion Tank Police
Kyoto Animation: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
MadHouse: Trigun
Mappa: Kids on the Slope
Nippon Animation: Hunter X Hunter (1999)
Pierrot: Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files
Production IG: Patlabor: The Movie
Sunrise: Cowboy Bebop
TMS Entertainment: The Castle of Cagliostro
Toei Animation: Dragon Ball
Triangle Staff: Serial Experiments Lain
Trigger: Kill La Kill
Xebec: Martian Successor Nadesico
Great lists, CX and Spark!
Oh, BTW, while I didn't list anything from them, I was surprised to realize that Studio 4C has worked on their fair share of Western cartoons.
Let's see here....
A-1 Pictures: Silver Spoon
Artland: Mushi-shi
Bones: Space Dandy
Brain's Base: Durarara
Studio Comet: School Rumble
David Production: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Deen: Maison Ikkoku
Gainax: Gurren Lagann
Ghibli: The Wind Rises
Gonzo: Welcome to the NHK
J.C. Staff: Slayers Try
Kyoto Animation: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
MadHouse: Trigun
Manglobe: Samurai Champloo
Mappa: Kids on the Slope
Nippon Animation: Hunter X Hunter (1999)
Pierrot: Yu Yu Hakusho
Production IG: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Shaft: Madoka Magica
Sunrise: Cowboy Bebop
TMS Entertainment: Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Toei Animation: Dragon Ball
Trigger: Kill La Kill
Ufotable: Fate/Zero
White Fox: Jormungand
It looks like I'm the only one who dares to not list Cowboy Bebop as my favorite Sunrise anime. :P
Not that it doesn't deserve it, but War in the Pocket is just my favorite from them.
Also, I notice that I'm the only one who picked something other than Dragon Ball for Toei. I was really close to choosing it, but Tamers really is a better anime, in my eyes. I still do love Dragon Ball, but what knocks it down just a little for me is that I do consider the manga to be superior.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 18, 2015, 09:48:49 PM
It looks like I'm the only one who dares to not list Cowboy Bebop as my favorite Sunrise anime. :P
Not that it doesn't deserve it, but War in the Pocket is just my favorite from them.
Also, I notice that I'm the only one who picked something other than Dragon Ball for Toei. I was really close to choosing it, but Tamers really is a better anime, in my eyes. I still do love Dragon Ball, but what knocks it down just a little for me is that I do consider the manga to be superior.
Tamers would have been my second choice.
I picked FotNS. Jeez
I like Tamers, but I love the OG DB more. It would be my third choice, though (after Bobobo).
Tamers is my favorite because of a more consistent run.
While the first 100 or so episodes of Dragon Ball are mostly classics, the non-manga material really takes a downturn in quality in the last third of the series' s run, IMO.
If you had to seat 5 of your favorite space western characters in one car, which 5 would you pick?
I'd have Vash in the driver's seat, Wolfwood sits Shotgun, Spike picks whatever backseat window he wants, Gene gets the left over window and Jim Hawking sits in the middle.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHGf7o_WgAEfsd4.jpg)
I was thinking they'd put Panda Genma or Nodoka on the cover of the last set, instead of female Ranma again. Though, it works with having her on the cover and male Ranma on the spine and all. Not to mention that art just looks beautiful.
Man, I'm really hoping Viz puts out similar blu-rays for Maison Ikkoku after this is done. Though a Ranma OVA and movie blu-ray set will probably come out first, though that might not end up coming out this year.
This year is Slayers' 25th anniversary? (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/03/slayers-25th-anniversary-art-exhibition-to-be-held-this-summer) Oh man, I didn't even realize that! It'd be a dream come true if they made some sort of new anime announcement at this art exhibition they're doing.
As of right now, I think I'll make a list of my favorite anime after re-watching some favorites.
1. Trigun
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Blood Blockade Battlefront
5. Kids on the Slope
6. Martian Successor Nadesico
7. Tiger & Bunny
8. Dragon Ball
9. Ushio & Tora
10. Monster
Feels nice to finally be able to make a clear top ten and parse through them.
Awesome list! I still need to watch BBB, MSN, and start U&T (and probably re-watch T&B since it's been so long). But, I love everything else on there. Re-watching YYH has also helped to keep it solidified as my favorite shonen anime.
Thanks! Yeah, it might be early for U&T, but it just keeps ramping up and getting more exciting with each episode. And BBB just ended, but that final episode confirmed everything I suspected from episode one and it makes everything work all the more better for it, even if season 2 (which I'm sure will come around) isn't as good, it can't tarnish this run. Same with T&B.
But I thought over my list a bunch and I'm pretty sure this is close to what I enjoy the most in all anime. I can watch all these series over and over and never tire of them.
Whoa, two new shows that are very high. So Triple B is that good? Either one of my streaming services finally picks it up or I'll just go ahead and watch it online.
I've been thinking where I'll rank Ushio & Tora. Not seriously thinking though. lol I'm such a sucker for 90s style anime/shonen and it has the best of that era and it's simple humor makes me easily laugh for some reason. I love it.
Great list, Spark. BBB was an amazing series and Ushio & Tora has been great so far.
My favorites haven't changed too much since that last time I posted them:
10. Welcome to the NHK
9. Space Dandy
8. Mushi-shi
7. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
6. Fate/Zero
5. Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
4. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
3. Slayers Try
2. Maison Ikkoku
1. Yu Yu Hakusho
Since I have very strong feelings for all of these series, I think it will be pretty hard for any other shows to take their places. The only ones that I expect can breach my top 10 at this point are Ashita no Joe and One Punch Man.
Good choices, VLord! I'm actually surprised Try is your favorite since I usually hear people say it's their least favorite Slayers series. I personally think it's just fine, though.
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 20, 2015, 06:51:38 PM
Whoa, two new shows that are very high. So Triple B is that good? Either one of my streaming services finally picks it up or I'll just go ahead and watch it online.
You can watch the whole subbed series for free on Funi's site here (http://www.funimation.com/shows/blood-blockade-battlefront/videos/episodes) right now if you want. The show is pretty crazy, but it's got a lot of good comedy and action to it. It's a show definitely worth re-watching.
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 20, 2015, 06:51:38 PMI've been thinking where I'll rank Ushio & Tora. Not seriously thinking though. lol I'm such a sucker for 90s style anime/shonen and it has the best of that era and it's simple humor makes me easily laugh for some reason. I love it.
I think what strikes me is that because it came out before the big shonen boom it doesn't house a lot of the weaknesses and cliches that shonen became known for. There's no training arcs, there's no endless whining from any of the characters, no character grates on your nerves, and the story builds as it goes without relying on the next powerful opponent to push it along. I'm also a big fan of the fact that it's an actual adventure. You don't see that much in shonen these days. The main characters are going somewhere and they have motivations for getting there. You see new sights and meet new people, and it's just a pleasure to watch.
I know the manga has some slice of life and monster of the week chapters, but those aren't present here which is just as well. While I wouldn't mind reading them, I'm glad the anime focuses only on the main story which sharpens it and makes it move very briskly.
It is a real adventure and doesn't have any annoyances. ;D I've been kind of cautious about how much I like the show but it looks like it won't disappoint any time soon.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 20, 2015, 08:23:16 PM
Good choices, VLord! I'm actually surprised Try is your favorite since I usually hear people say it's their least favorite Slayers series. I personally think it's just fine, though.
Thanks, Spark. TRY seemed to have a large hate base back in the day, but after Revolution and Evolution-R came out, I think a lot of people have revisited the series and gained more respect for it in the process. While it may not be as high-stakes as NEXT, I feel that makes up for it with its strong cast of characters and story. I've been interested in watching the anime of Hajime Kanzaka's other series Lost Universe since I've heard it has a lot of connections to TRY.
I'm liking the Space Dandy and Fujiko Mine love, VLord. :)
I still really need to watch BBB and Nadesico sometime.
I missed that. I need to watch more than 1 episode of Fujiko Mine.
Great lists, Spark and VLord! BBB is easily one of the best anime in recent years, and has cemented itself as a favorite of mine as well. Ushio & Tora is also consistently great fun, and it's been a treat to keep up with it every week. I'm glad it was given a proper adaption after all these years, and was put in the hands of such a skilled director in Nishimura.
Incidentally, it has been about a year since I last posted a favorite anime list, and I had created an updated picture grid last week for my MAL account as it is. So, here's what I'd consider and rank my favorites at this point in time:
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/4574492e891f00b4428f85522c2958cf/tumblr_nwjxtiOCBE1r6toezo1_640.jpg)
1. Ashita no Joe 2
2. Urusei Yatsura
3. Maison Ikkoku
4. Trigun
5. Cowboy Bebop
6. Mushi-shi
7. Revolutionary Girl Utena
8. Space Dandy
9. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
10. Ranma 1/2
11. Lupin the Third (series 1, 2, 2015, & The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
12. Detective Conan
13. Dragon Ball
14. The Slayers
15. School Rumble
16. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
17. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
18. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
19. Blood Blockade Battlefront
20. Yu Yu Hakusho
As always with me and favorites lists, stuff goes up and down and in and out depending on what I've watched and re-watched and how recently I've done so. Beyond the top 4 (which themselves are in a different order from last time), this list is significantly different from the last time I posted it (http://animationrevelation.com/forum/index.php?topic=10.msg78453#msg78453), and probably will be so the next time. I feel that my top 4 should at least remain consistent, though the order might lean differently again next time as well, who knows.
Another great list, CX. :thumbup:
I go back to AnJ every now and then, and I'm not sure how, but my appreciation and love for this series only grows the more that I read and watch it. It's one of those series that I can still find new things to praise about it on repeated viewings. I really wish that I could actually physically own it on DVD.
I haven't watched any new anime this year (aside from Super), and have barely touched any manga, either, due to being away from home and having limited Internet access and not a lot of spare cash, so I've fallen way behind, and thus my list is no different.
Wow, your list is way different, CX. A lot of good choices, though. A lot of stuff I personally like a lot as well.
I was more surprised than anyone that the two recent seasons each housed a new favorite anime for me. It's been a while, but they just seemed to all hit at once this year.
I think the only anime I've watched more than 2 episodes of this year are Ore Monogatari and Prison School (I watched 3 of each)... :sweat: I was hoping the new Lupin III series would help get me back into anime, but no one's subbing it. :(
Good one, CX. That is way different from last time. I'm glad you have accepted our lord and savior Space Dandy into your heart. ;)
I enjoyed My Love Story a lot. It was a harmless little shoujo romp, but it was really well done and very pleasant to sit down and watch.
You guys should totally check out BBB when you get the time. I'm pretty sure you'd both like it.
I plan on finishing My Love Story sometime. I also wanted to watch BBB at the beginning of the year, but decided to wait when I heard the final episode was delayed. And I'll probably read the manga of Prison School instead of finishing the anime.
What other shows were good this year?
Isn't Lupin on CR?
I, obviously, thought JoJo was great this year. I think that and Ushio are the only anime I really watched that had new episodes in 2015.
I only really kept up with Blood Blockade Battlefront, Ushio & Tora, My Love Story, Haikyu!, Food Wars!, and World Trigger. The last two were lesser adaptions of manga, but they did help me catch up to the manga fast enough that they served their purpose. The first two were easily the best, in my opinion. Mostly I've been watching older series instead of a lot of newer ones this year, but that's because there's just more older stuff available.
I also forgot to mention that in terms of movies, I watched DBZRF, which was awesome, IMO. I'm also still waiting on The Boy and the Beast to be released in America.
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 20, 2015, 11:53:01 PM
Isn't Lupin on CR?
Not the new one.
Maybe I should also watch Ushio & Tora.
If you like old school shonen, then Ushio & Tora should be right up your alley. But if you've had your heart hardened by it over the years because of the Reborns, Bleachs, Beezlebubs, and Narutos, then it may be a harder sell. Personally I find it hard to stomach those sorts of shonen after watching this, it just clearly bests them in every way.
I have a list of animated series from all over that I've been planning to watch/rewatch, and BBB is somewhere on there. I can't wait to get to that soon!
Nothing against the people who like them, but I feel that the Aughts of 2000 decade, spawning series like Bleach, HSDK, Beelzebub, Medaka Box, Hitman Reborn, and so on; did more damage to the reputation of battle shonen manga, despite their popularity. Even though the genre is flourishing once again, and there were many classics in the past, a large number of people just assume that the genre is devoid of any sense of good writing or charm based on the numerous uninspired, derivative, formulaic, mediocre series that came out during that era within the genre.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 21, 2015, 12:21:32 AM
Nothing against the people who like them, but I feel that the Aughts of 2000 decade, spawning series like Bleach, HSDK, Beelzebub, Medaka Box, Hitman Reborn, and so on; did more damage to the reputation of battle shonen manga, despite their popularity. Even though the genre is flourishing once again, and there were many classics in the past, a large number of people just assume that the genre is devoid of any sense of good writing or charm based on the numerous uninspired, derivative, formulaic, mediocre series that came out during that era within the genre.
What is HSDK?
Medaka Box is just the worst. Abysmal in nearly every regard.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 21, 2015, 12:07:54 AM
If you like old school shonen, then Ushio & Tora should be right up your alley. But if you've had your heart hardened by it over the years because of the Reborns, Bleachs, Beezlebubs, and Narutos, then it may be a harder sell. Personally I find it hard to stomach those sorts of shonen after watching this, it just clearly bests them in every way.
I like JoJo's and Fist of the North Star, so I guess I should be good to go then. ;)
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 21, 2015, 12:02:40 AM
I thought that you hate shonen. :>
That was years ago now. :P
I was joking with that post about your distaste of the genre. ;)
HSDK = History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
It's a series that I used to kind of like back when I'd barely watched or read enough other stuff to compare it to, but in reality it was a pretty sub-par series to begin with, and the longer it went on, the more abysmal it got.
Ah, okay! My mind drew a blank on that one. I think I remember you talking about it now, though. :thumbup:
I love My Love Story, myself. It's probably my second favorite romance anime/manga that I've seen, after Maison Ikkoku.
Beyond stuff already mentioned, while I had initially dismissed it as a subpar adaption (and it still certainly isn't the best it could've gotten), the Assassination Classroom anime overall turned out very well and the dub for it was excellent, among the best broadcast dubs FUNi's done yet, second only to BBB. It is definitely my second favorite anime of the year, once again after BBB, though of course I was already a huge fan of the manga. If you really can't get into Seiji Kishi's aesthetic and directing style than that might dampen your enjoyment of the series. Either way, I suggest anyone who tries it to watch it dubbed, since I think the performances there are genuinely better than the originals.
Death Parade was also a very solid and well-done show, which I think just about anyone here might enjoy and should give a shot.
Besides those, it just started, but One-Punch Man is of course an absolute must-watch. Osomatsu-san is also a lot of fun so far, especially if you like Gintama's style of humor but don't want to just jump into the newest season of that series without watching the rest first.
All three anime movies I watched this year, When Marnie Was There, DBZRF, and Boruto, I really enjoyed and had a lot of fun with, though I would only recommend the first to people who don't or can't enjoy the latter two franchises very much.
Oh, and thanks for the comments on my list, guys! My preferences really are a fickle thing. :sweat:
Is AssClass' dub really better than Space Dandy's? I thought that dub was fantastic; way better than the sub.
Oh, no, I didn't mean to imply that! I consider Space Dandy a simuldub, since the dubbed episodes aired simultaneously with the JP airings, not a broadcast dub, which air weeks after the sub version originally airs but while the show is still running. I'd consider Space Dandy's dub on another level than AC's, myself. It's one of the absolute best, imo!
Oh, okay! I thought the two terms were interchangeable.
I will definitely check out Death Parade and One Punch Man at the very least. I love the former's opening song!
If Foggle doesn't like OPM I'll be very surprised.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 21, 2015, 12:21:32 AM
Nothing against the people who like them, but I feel that the Aughts of 2000 decade, spawning series like Bleach, HSDK, Beelzebub, Medaka Box, Hitman Reborn, and so on; did more damage to the reputation of battle shonen manga, despite their popularity. Even though the genre is flourishing once again, and there were many classics in the past, a large number of people just assume that the genre is devoid of any sense of good writing or charm based on the numerous uninspired, derivative, formulaic, mediocre series that came out during that era within the genre.
There was this blind formulation of the genre that really sucked a lot of the fun out of it. I think of it when I compare Flame of Recca to MAR. The former is a pretty good action adventure while the latter is nothing but battle after battle and training over and over with no real advancement of plot. I'm not sure if they all decided to start writing the same thing at the same time, but it was a very boring period to be a shonen fan. Just looking at Bleach now you can see where that formula leads after much too long, and it's not a pretty sight.
Personally I feel the genre is in a much better place nowadays with manga like My Hero Academia, World Trigger, Food Wars!, and One Punch Man, and anime like Blood Blockade Battlefront, Kill La Kill, Ushio & Tora, and Parasyte. There's a lot more drive for story and adventure than there used to be.
Well, One-Punch Man, Kill la Kill, & Parasyte are seinin, but yeah, I definitely agree with the sentiment. Shonen manga, especially battle manga, are much more inventive and well-written on the whole now than they were a decade previous.
Here's an interesting one. A poll asking which "Nostalgic Shonen Anime" Japanese fans would like to see remade (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/22/poll-gauges-interest-for-remakes-of-nostalgic-shnen-anime) was conducted by iResearch. Of course, some of these series aren't shonen, but it was a good mix.
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Honorable mentions: Ranma 1/2 and Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Tied for 14 and 15), Patlabor TV and High School Kimengumi (Tied for 12 and 13), and Sakigake!! Otokojuku (11)
10. The Laughing Salesman
09. City Hunter
08. / 07. Oishinbo and Maison Ikkoku (Tie)
06. Yu Yu Hakusho
05. Slam Dunk
04. / 03. Touch and Kinnikuman (Tie)
02. Dragon Ball (original)
01. Captain Tsubasa
Not a bad list, I would certainly watch new series adaptions of most of these. But a big NO on the second one in the 7/8 tie and 6. No new adaption would be able to match the original anime adaptions.
And don't expect Toei to do 2 right today.
Also, the more Muscle, the better.
I'd be up for a Slam Dunk remake....if Toei no longer held the rights to it. The original anime adaptation was very good, but unfortunately unfinished.
Yu Yu Hakusho is already superior to its source material, which is saying a lot given how good of a mangaka Togashi is. I have absolutely no idea how they could possibly make it better.
Dragon Ball is a little anomalous. Firstly, I deeply LOVE the original anime, despite preferring the manga. That said, if they could do a remake with animation that could capture the fluid cartoon-esque charm of Toriyama's artwork in animated form, and direct it with a sense of actual comedic timing for the visual gags, it could potentially be my favorite anime ever.
The problem? Once again, it's Toei. So on that grounds, a Dragon Ball remake is a big no from me. I'd rather cherish what good we have than to see a cheap, inferior cash-in without any of the heart of the original series in it. And I just can't imagine the original series without its iconic soundtrack.
I think that's the problem. A lot of the reasons these were chosen was because fans wanted to see these series made with improved animation, direction, and writing. Slam Dunk would be improved just by completing the story. But would Toei really improve anything else from the original anime otherwise?
Same with Dragon Ball. A better adaption is very possible. But it won't be made by Toei.
And Yu Yu Hakusho? Forget it. The anime is already the better version. What would a new adaption do? Make the Three Kings arc terrible again?
The glaring omission to me is Rurouni Kenshin. Come on, isn't it about time the whole story finally got animated? We've had more than enough terrible spin-offs and adaptions. How about giving the Revenge arc its due?
Yeah, the lack of Rurouni Kenshin on this list is really disheartening to me. :(
Kenshin is probably the only 80s/90s shonen series that I feel needs to get a new adaption, so that the entire story may finally and properly be animated.
Of the shows on that list, I'd be most interested in seeing new anime of Kimengumi and Oishinbo, mainly because no one has or probably ever will sub the old anime adaptions of those series. But I would watch new anime of almost all the shows on there, except anything still in Toei's hands and YYH, which as said before, couldn't possibly be improved unless given to a really strong director and studio.
Of series not mentioned on the list, the big one for me would be Urusei Yatsura. While it's very unlikely a new adaption would be able to rival the original in the quality of it's execution and production, the characters and world are such that the possibilities of what you can do with them are almost limitless. It's be ripe for an ambitious director, or one which a really great sense of humor and understanding of the original, to modernize it to satirize present-day japanese society and popular culture to the same degree that made the original manga and anime as revolutionary as they were back in the late 70s/80s. Ashita no Joe would also be another one I'd be interested in seeing redone, mainly so that there'd be one consistent anime adaption that covers the entire manga beginning to end.
I considered mentioning Ashita no Joe. That's a tricky one, though. The first anime is great for its time, but could certainly be improved upon with better animation and less filler (with the utmost respect to the legendary Osamu Dezaki, of course). But Ashita no Joe 2 is just....perfect. It's right up there with YYH as one of the best anime adaptations ever, and once again that's saying a lot given the fact that AnJ is my favorite manga.
So, on the one hand, it'd be amazing to see a modern take on the whole series, but when the story inevitably got to part two....well, how do you make it better than what's already the best?
An interesting alternative would be to retell the story but take some creative liberties to both make the story appeal to a modern target audience (while the original holds up perfectly, IMO, modern youths might not be as into it's old-fashioned presentation) while still keeping it true to the core spirit and themes of the original story. But that would take an extremely talented team of writers, directors, and animators to put together in a way that works, IMO.
Quote from: Cartoon X on October 23, 2015, 12:28:44 AMKenshin is probably the only 80s/90s shonen series that I feel needs to get a new adaption, so that the entire story may finally and properly be animated.
What about Slam Dunk? I mean, of course we don't want Toei to do it, but if any other company could get the rights to do a remake of it, wouldn't that be highly warranted. After all, the best arc of the entire series has never been animated before. ;)
True, it would be very hard to surpass AnJ2 as an adaption unless alternative creative liberties are taken with the source material once again, but I still think it would be of merit to re-do it if it were to be given better animation and a modern visual polish. I also think a really well-done re-make of the series, even if it can't surpass AnJ2, would still introduce the series to a wider audience both inside and outside of Japan, and that would definitely be a good thing.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 23, 2015, 01:08:32 AM
What about Slam Dunk? I mean, of course we don't want Toei to do it, but if any other company could get the rights to do a remake of it, wouldn't that be highly warranted. After all, the best arc of the entire series has never been animated before. ;)
Well, even if it was outside of Toei's hands, I'm very skeptical that any anime adaption of the final arc could do proper justice to it. I think the way it was presented took full advantage of the series' strengths as a manga, and I'm not sure how well it would translate. It's very rare for non-boxing sports series to get genuinely good adaptions;
Haikyu is really the only one I'd consider better than it's manga and well-made in every area. Then again, I never watched the original anime, so if it's really as good as the manga, I should probably give it a shot sometime. Otherwise, while I'd love to see a new anime adaption of SD done right, I don't feel as much desire in seeing one because of how modern sports anime adaptions tend to be these days, and how high a standard one would need to be to truly do justice to that final arc in particular.
Both Hajime no Ippo (the first anime) and Haikyuu are superior to their manga counterparts, and AnJ2 is arguably as great as the manga is, so it's definitely possible to do a great adaptation of Slam Dunk (once again, not Toei, though).
I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at when you claim that it wouldn't translate well into anime. Could you possiby elaborate on that point? Having read the manga, myself, it seems just as suitable as any other shonen to being adapted, and the original anime proves that it can be done. All that's really needed is for a good adaptation to complete the whole story. The final arc could most definitely be done justice with proper directing, voice acting, animation, and music, just like any other strong adaptation of good source material.
Yeah, but like I said, besides those, I haven't seen many other good sports anime adaptions. Both AnJ and HnI, being boxing series, also can translate as anime in the same way as other fighting-based series do, as opposed to how ball-based sports tend to.
Again, I haven't seen the Slam Dunk anime, so I don't really know how well the games translated there. It just feels to me that the Sannoh game had this rare energy and perfect combination of pacing, art, layouts and the like that makes it difficult for me to imagine it working in animation as well. Though, I think I've been confusing the point. Really, it's just a matter of me liking reading sports manga more often than I do watching them. Exempting the boxing anime I like, Haikyuu! is the only one I'd consider better than it's manga counterpart, but even though it's well-made, it took me like a year and a half to actually get through the first season since I kept losing steam with it after every couple or so episodes and watched other shows instead. So, back to the statement I made about Kenshin, while I am skeptical that a new anime adaption can truly capture the same sensations I got from reading the manga, it's less that I don't think SD isn't any less deserving of a strong new anime adaption, and more that I'm just more interested in seeing the former's final arc animated than I am the final arc of Slam Dunk because of my own personal preferences in the kinds of anime I like to watch, which are narrower than my manga preferences.
Well, ball or no ball, it's still basically a battle shonen simply in the way that it's presented in the manga. I suppose I just don't see it the same way that you do, though. To me, it's perfectly possible to make a great sports anime, and it has already been done up to a point with the original Slam Dunk anime, so from my perspective, a well-done adaptation could absolutely capture the intensity and heart of the Sannoh match.
10. Fate/Zero
9. DBZ Kai
8. Hellsing Ultimate
7. Fist Of The Nortstar
6. Ushio & Tora
5. One Piece
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
3. Hunter X Hunter 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 1999
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
This is based off of what I've recently...ish seen and off of the top of my head.
Nice list! Though I'm surprised you took YYH off it. Also, I thought you liked HXH 1999 better than 2011?
I'm surprised you liked Fate/Zero so much! :o
I didn't know you liked One Piece that much!
Good list, GSF....except no YYH inevitably makes it wrong. :-\
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 23, 2015, 03:14:25 PM
I didn't know you liked One Piece that much!
It's hilarious given how much he used to trash it. :humhumhum:
Though, I always knew that he hadn't really read or watched anything beyond the 4Kids dub back at that time. :D
Quote from: Cartoon X on October 23, 2015, 03:02:20 PM
Nice list! Though I'm surprised you took YYH off it. Also, I thought you liked HXH 1999 better than 2011?
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 23, 2015, 03:47:45 PM
Good list, GSF....except no YYH inevitably makes it wrong. :-\
WHOOPS, I got the list mixed up since I decided to reverse it. It's still 1999>2011. I love both, of course.
Like I told Spark before, certain anime is missing on my list due to not watching it in years. It's been 3 years since I've last seen any of Yu yu Hakusho, not to mention that I missed an episode and a half or so...Ok, the latter doesn't mean much but anyway I just wanted to be consistent and only place shows that I have a fresh memory of. I still love the show and it'll probably be back in my top 5 after a rewatch.
Quote from: Foggle on October 23, 2015, 03:07:42 PM
I'm surprised you liked Fate/Zero so much! :o
It's been on my top 10 before, if not multiple times in this vvery thread. :) It is kind of a placeholder though. Saint Seiya and Bebop are pretty much interchangeable with it. Either way, I did enjoy it. ;D
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 23, 2015, 03:14:25 PM
I didn't know you liked One Piece that much!
:sweat: I should have expected that. It is pretty high after some spring cleaning. Toonami 180d my opinion of the series.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on October 23, 2015, 03:47:45 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 23, 2015, 03:14:25 PM
I didn't know you liked One Piece that much!
It's hilarious given how much he used to trash it. :humhumhum:
Though, I always knew that he hadn't really read or watched anything beyond the 4Kids dub back at that time. :D
I haven't read any of One Piece ever. You used to be better at [somehow] knowing exactly how much manga I've read. :sly: Toonami's literally the only place I've seen One Piece in any respectable form.
Small collage I made:
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g52/J37/Top%2010%20Anime_1.jpg)
Very nice. What's the one under YYH? Also, the one to the right of that one..
Blood Blockade Battlefront and Martian Successor Nadesico.
I should know this. :srs:
If I wanted to fully jump into Lupin, what would be a good watching order?
I'd start with some of the better movies: Castle of Cagliostro, Secret of Mamo, and Episode 0: First Contact. If you like Cagliostro the most, watch the original Green Jacket series (the early episodes feel very different, but Miyazaki takes over about a third of the way through). If you like Mamo the most, watch The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. If you like Episode 0 the most, watch Part 2 (the Red Jacket series). Either way, you should try to watch all three of those series, as well as the new Part 4 (Blue Jacket). Part 3 (Pink Jacket) is skippable, as are most of the movies, though I would also recommend Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone if you like the Fujiko Mine series. :)
Here's a video that helps explain why one of my personal favorite moments from Wolf Children is also great from a technical film-making standpoint: https://youtu.be/pdSKot0psNg
I adore Mamoru Hosda, and can't wait for the theatrical release of The Boy and the Beast.
ANN wrote an article about why KyoAni is so great. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-12-02/what-makes-kyoto-animation-so-special/.95559)
While I disagree fully, I'm not really interested in discussing that article. I'm more interested in what your favorite studios are. Like whether as a whole or just on average of their good stuff. There are a lot of good ones to choose from.
For me, one that is climbing the ranks is MAPPA. Though I don't like everything they've done (two of them I won't bother to watch because I know I'll hate them), their good stuff is really good and some is excellent. Take a look at what they've put out:
Kids on the Slope
Teekyu
Hajime no Ippo: Rising
Terror in Resonance
Garo: The Animation
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
Punch Line
Ushio & Tora
I'm actively look forward to what they're putting out next just because they've had so many good ones so far. You can really tell a lot of Madhouse talent went there.
ANN's like a Kotaku that specializes in anime, so it'd be natural to fully disagree with them.
As for favored anime studios, I haven't put much thought into that for ages. Haven't had a studio that I really loved in a while. I used to really be into anything Bones made, but then they started waning with No. 6 and that Tempest thing. Loved White Fox's work on Steins;Gate while hated their animation on Akame ga Kill. I do like some of what Mappa does, but not enough to really dig into their work.
KyoAni is an excellent studio more in how they treat their staff and projects by comparison to other companies. I'm not a fan of most of their work but the environment they foster is one of the only remotely healthy ones in the industry. Plus, the technical quality of their output is generally fantastic. But yeah, I only like about 10% of their shows.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on December 03, 2015, 01:03:17 PM
As for favored anime studios, I haven't put much thought into that for ages. Haven't had a studio that I really loved in a while. I used to really be into anything Bones made, but then they started waning with No. 6 and that Tempest thing. Loved White Fox's work on Steins;Gate while hated their animation on Akame ga Kill. I do like some of what Mappa does, but not enough to really dig into their work.
Yeah, I feel the same way. There isn't any particular studio these days that only puts out shows I'm interested in or enjoy. Not that there ever really was, but it seems like companies are very hit and miss in terms of appealing to my tastes as of late. Which is fine, of course, anime is supposed to be for everyone.
I guess if I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be Bones. A lot of their recent work is pretty bad, admittedly, but Space Dandy and their output from the previous decade have earned them a lot of clout with me.
Bones has always been pretty impressive. Even if their lesser works haven't been anything to write home about they usually do have a myriad of good points to them. They also did BBB which was an awesome adaption and are doing MHA which should also be good. I know they're one of my friend's favorite anime studio, and I guess I'd consider them up there as well.
Bones is certainly one of my favorites. I think I'd choose Madhouse, if I had to pick.
Madhouse would probably be my favorite as well. David Productions would probably be a close second for me mainly because of my love for JoJo. :sweat:
Bones has been doing great lately. Blood Blockade Battlefront and Noragami were pretty solid, and I've heard good things about Snow White with the Red Hair. I'm looking forward to seeing their adaptions of My Hero Academia and Mob Psycho 100 next year.
Quote from: Foggle on December 03, 2015, 03:05:38 PM
KyoAni is an excellent studio more in how they treat their staff and projects by comparison to other companies. I'm not a fan of most of their work but the environment they foster is one of the only remotely healthy ones in the industry. Plus, the technical quality of their output is generally fantastic. But yeah, I only like about 10% of their shows.
I feel pretty much the same. What does tend to draw me into their works is the high level of artistic skill put into their visuals. They truly go to great lengths to ensure that the environments which the characters occupy and interact in look beautiful, accurate and detailed. Lots of respect to KyoAni for going the extra mile in this regard. Just my opinion, but I wish they'd animate more series containing a little more substance and depth.
Glad to see others mentioning Madhouse. They've made so many noteworthy, memorable works throughout the years.
Reading about how horrendous the pay, hours, and working conditions were for the animators of old-school anime almost makes me feel guilty for enjoying a lot of my favorites, knowing that they were essentially the result of hard work from numerous individuals who were basically treated like slaves in how they could barely make ends meet despite working with almost no sleep, and would never really be the ones to get credit for a show's success, despite being the main work-force behind it.
This is especially true of iconic series like Lupin III and Dragon Ball, among others. Even today, companies like Toei and various others aren't much better and still overwork and underpay most of their animation staff outside of well-established senior animation directors.
Then again, lots of great art is the result of pure passion fueling the people behind it, regardless of how much they have to suffer to get it made. This is why I have a lot more respect for anyone who's a mangaka, even if I hate the series itself. Reading about how people like Akira Toriyama or Eichiro Oda barely ever got any sleep (literally only a few minutes at a time, with a whole night of good sleep being a foreign concept to them in their line of work) in order to meet strict deadlines really blew my mind given the usual high standard of quality that they both managed to put out. And that's hardly a unique story. Just about every mangaka who ever had a long-running series had to go through the same thing.
That's why it's at least somewhat fitting that a lot of newer anime adaptations are choosing to split series up into actual seasons with breaks in-between. It doesn't solve all of these problems, but at least it takes away some of the tension of a constant weekly schedule year-round.
Yes, I also like the fact they do proper seasons now. It allows more time for production breaks and some semblance of rest instead of constantly being in an overworked state for over 200 weeks. Of course they're still doing tough work for not a lot of pay, but it looks like it's a lot more manageable now.
That sounds very horrible.
As for my favorite studios, Based David is up there but I've only watched one of their series. Well, 3 if you count each part of JoJo so far (and even more, if you are counting seasons) so Madhouse wins. I love The Boondocks, Hunter X Hunter 2011, Vampire Hunter Bloodlust, Hellsing: Ultimate, One Punch Man and probably more.
I don't think there's any studio that has produced only works I like and none I didn't. But, if I were to choose a favorite, it would definitely be Madhouse. They've made so many great shows, and a good chunk of my favorites. Bones would be a close second, and Mappa is climbing up for me as well.
Slam Dunk's dub is now on Crunchyroll. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/08/crunchyroll-adds-deltora-quest-slam-dunk-dub-more-beyblade) They also added Deltora Quest, too.
I'm glad their catalog is expanding so fast. Could really do with Hajime no Ippo, Kimagure Orange Road, Monster, Ashita no Joe 1, and City Hunter, though.
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10. Fate/Zero
9. DBZ Kai
8. Hellsing Ultimate
7. Fist Of The Nortstar
6. Ushio & Tora
5. One Piece
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
3. Hunter X Hunter 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 1999
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
This is based off of what I've recently...ish seen and off of the top of my head.
11. Fate/Zero
10. DBZ Kai
9. Hellsing Ultimate
8. One Piece
7. Fist Of The Northstar
6. One Punch Man
5. Ushio & Tora
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
3. Hunter X Hunter 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 1999
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on December 08, 2015, 12:10:05 PM
Slam Dunk's dub is now on Crunchyroll. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/08/crunchyroll-adds-deltora-quest-slam-dunk-dub-more-beyblade) They also added Deltora Quest, too.
I'm glad their catalog is expanding so fast. Could really do with Hajime no Ippo, Kimagure Orange Road, Monster, Ashita no Joe 1, and City Hunter, though.
They also added the second half of Lupin III Part II. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/08-1/crunchyroll-adds-lupin-the-third-part-2-episodes-80-155-to-catalog)
Also, nice list GSF! I'm happy to see that One Punch Man is in your top 10. :)
OMG, LUPIN'S ON CRUCHYROLL?! :SHOCK:
And yes, One Punch Man is my kind of show. :) I'm actually watching someone watch it on twitch right now :D
Yeah, they have all the eps of Green, Red, and Pink Jacket. Hopefully, they'll pick up the streaming rights to Blue Jacket pretty soon.
OMG. They had only one Lupin last week. I should probably catch up before Blue arrives.
Do they have any movies?
Not sure where else to put this. I just found out that the voice actor for Netero also plays Souther (I say plays since he recently did his voice again). I almost had an heart attack because I thought they meant the original 2011 voice actor for him (Ichiro Nagai), who passed away early last year. False alarm since he replaced the actor who passed away. I could have avoided this if I was better at remembering the names from the original news on Netero's voice actor replacement. :srs:
Discotek has licensed Lupin III Part II. (https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/678009572133507072)
It's good to see that Discotek is continuing to expand their Lupin collection. Hopefully they'll license Part IV soon unless Funimation ends up doing so.
Best news I've heard all day! :joy: :joy: :joy:
The most ripped off anime of the last decade is getting a re-release. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/20-1/sentai-filmworks-licenses-azumanga-daioh-for-north-american-home-video-release)
See if you can guess what it is before checking. It's not that hard a guess.
Guidebook and OVA episode of Blood Blockade Battlefront revealed. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/blood-blockade-battlefront-official-guidebook-to-bundle-new-anime-dvd-on-june-3/.97804)
I'd be on that if it came out here.
Because I know it's the favorite of many here, Funimation is about to lose the rights to Baccano! (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/26-1/funimation-baccano-rights-scheduled-to-expire)
So if you haven't picked it up yet, you might want to get on that. Out of print anime gets pretty costly.
Huh, really? I may have to pick up the set, then.
Although honestly, I watched the first episode again a while ago, and I wasn't all that impressed. But maybe I'll feel differently if I watch the whole series again.
Thankfully, I already picked it up a few years ago. It was one of the last Blu-Ray copies before they completely sold out of those forever. Now that they're losing the DVD rights, it's about to get
really expensive to own the show at all.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 26, 2016, 04:16:10 PM
So if you haven't picked it up yet, you might want to get on that. Out of print anime gets pretty costly.
Oh, none of this stuff is going out of print. Aniplex of America is reacquiring all of their properties from Funi. Get ready to pay $300 apiece for Baccano, Darker Than Black, and Mushishi. :cry:
Quote from: Avaitor on January 26, 2016, 04:21:38 PM
Although honestly, I watched the first episode again a while ago, and I wasn't all that impressed. But maybe I'll feel differently if I watch the whole series again.
The first episode is the worst one by far.
It's $26 to order the set on Amazon Prime. I'll put this in my shopping cart, as a "for later" purchase. Along with the FMP Blu sets, volumes 6 and 7 of Monster, etc.
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Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 26, 2016, 04:16:10 PM
So if you haven't picked it up yet, you might want to get on that. Out of print anime gets pretty costly.
Oh, none of this stuff is going out of print. Aniplex of America is reacquiring all of their properties from Funi. Get ready to pay $300 apiece for Baccano, Darker Than Black, and Mushishi. :cry:
It might as well be out of print. :lol:
It is frustrating when you miss shows on their initial release and have to wait for a deal of some kind. I'm
still waiting for that Outlaw Star re-release that CX talked about. It's been two years.
Yeah, Aniplex seems to want all their stuff back from Funi. If Funi ends up losing the rights to Mushishi (which I'm not sure about since Aniplex apparently did not produce the first season), I'm probably going to immediately buy the dvd. The only Aniplex shows that I expect Funi is going to fight to keep are FMA and FMA: Brotherhood, and even that may be a losing battle.
So keeping up the streak of old property and long-awaited TV adaptions like JoJo, Ushio & Tora, and Parasyte, we might be getting another big fan favorite (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/26-1/akira-tv-adaptation-being-developed) adapted to TV.
If this happens, it will be huge.
:joy: I hope they cover all of the manga and have a really good budget.
Funny since we're three years away from hitting 2019!
It'd have to be Two cour at least. Maybe three.
I am surprised it took place in 2019. The 80s gave 2010s technology too much credit. :>
Wonder if it's possibly for it to be out by the anime's 35th anniversary, which is next year.
EDIT: WHOOPS, I meant 35th anniversary of the manga, not the movie.
That seems like it would be good timing on their part, just as the U&T anime coincided with the manga's 25th anniversary. If it's going to happen soon, that would be the best bet as to when especially seeing that 2016 is probably too soon.
Only question is, which studio?
:thinkin: Which studio indeed. I wish they could get a studio that used as much frames as the movie did but that would be asking for far far too much seeing how that record is still huge more than 20 years later.
Madhouse would probably be the best bet.
You know I'd be down for Madhouse. :)
If Otomo demands to direct it himself (please god no) then it'll be Sunrise since I think he still works there. Otherwise, I'd rather have Telecom or TMS do it since they made the original film.
:D What's wrong with Otomo's directing skills? Tell us how you really feel!!
Steamboy. 'nuff said.
Didn't Ebert like that?
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 08:37:26 PM
Didn't Ebert like that?
He's had his missteps. That was one.
Kind of hoping they give it to someone else if only to make sure he doesn't try something weird with it like make it black and white or something.
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 08:37:26 PMDidn't Ebert like that?
He also liked the Star Wars prequels.
Nobody's perfect.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 28, 2016, 09:01:33 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 08:37:26 PM
Didn't Ebert like that?
He's had his missteps. That was one.
Kind of hoping they give it to someone else if only to make sure he doesn't try something weird with it like make it black and white or something.
He actually give it a lukewarm 2.5/5. I thought you two would be in here laughing at me for misremembering :lol: Which I did, I checked google.
Also, why would he do it in b&w?
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Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 28, 2016, 09:01:33 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 08:37:26 PM
Didn't Ebert like that?
He's had his missteps. That was one.
Kind of hoping they give it to someone else if only to make sure he doesn't try something weird with it like make it black and white or something.
He actually give it a lukewarm 2.5/5. I thought you two would be in here laughing at me for misremembering :lol: Which I did, I checked google.
Also, why would he do it in b&w?
I don't know. He might decide to animate it upside down for all I know. Otomo can be odd.
:D And I actually wouldn't mind black & white Akira, not that that would be my first choice. :thinkin:
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 09:26:45 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 28, 2016, 09:01:33 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on January 28, 2016, 08:37:26 PM
Didn't Ebert like that?
He's had his missteps. That was one.
Kind of hoping they give it to someone else if only to make sure he doesn't try something weird with it like make it black and white or something.
He actually give it a lukewarm 2.5/5. I thought you two would be in here laughing at me for misremembering :lol: Which I did, I checked google.
Also, why would he do it in b&w?
Roger Ebert always scored movies on a four-star scale, not five. I will laugh at you for somehow not knowing the most iconic feature of his review style. :>
I thought he always used thumbs. :gonk:
He would have given it a halfhearted thumbs up at 2.5/4. But he probably would have later revised it lower.
And let's not forget that the only S&E review of a Die Hard movie that had two thumbs up was Die Hard 2.
Thumbs were on the tv shows. His newspaper reviews were always starred.
In this case, 2 stars is not a recommendation (probably because he watched the shorter international version which was even worse than the original).
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 29, 2016, 12:17:31 PM
He would have given it a halfhearted thumbs up at 2.5/4. But he probably would have later revised it lower.
And let's not forget that the only S&E review of a Die Hard movie that had two thumbs up was Die Hard 2.
I was legit waiting for you to bring up Die Hard. :>
Quote from: Lord Dalek on January 29, 2016, 12:46:22 PM
Thumbs were on the tv shows. His newspaper reviews were always starred.
In this case, 2 stars is not a recommendation (probably because he watched the shorter international version which was even worse than the original).
To be fair, I did watch the Steamboy review on TV. Hell, he may have even given it a thumbs up. *back to google for me!*
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 29, 2016, 12:17:31 PM
He would have given it a halfhearted thumbs up at 2.5/4. But he probably would have later revised it lower.
And let's not forget that the only S&E review of a Die Hard movie that had two thumbs up was Die Hard 2.
To be fair, Siskel gave the first Die Hard Thumbs Up. Ebert was the holdout who didn't like a classic that most people loved. To be fair to Ebert, though, he taught the important lesson that you don't need to automatically love anything just because most other people do, and vice versa when it comes to genuinely liking a film that most people hate. I respected his ability to think for himself and give people his concise thoughts on why he felt that a movie was good or bad, regardless of its status.
In fact, one of my favorite reviews of his is on To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book and film. He, however, gave it only 2 1/2 stars and criticized a few big aspects of it which he felt that most viewers overlooked. Still, he wrote his review in such a way that still showed respect to the material and its supporters (something that most modern critics REALLY need to learn how to do), yet his points were still valid and fair. They didn't change my mind about the film, but rather got me to understand and respect his viewpoint on the movie, as well as that of anyone else who might dislike it for similar reasons.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on January 29, 2016, 12:59:10 PM
Still, he wrote his review in such a way that still showed respect to the material and its supporters (something that most modern critics REALLY need to learn how to do), yet his points were still valid and fair. They didn't change my mind about the film, but rather got me to understand and respect his viewpoint on the movie, as well as that of anyone else who might dislike it for similar reasons.
This is why Ebert was the best. If only today's critics were more like him...
IIRC Ebert didn't like Die Hard 1 for pretty stupid reasons all stemming to Paul Gleason's police chief character being a bureaucratic moron (which ironically makes him the best character in the movie, go figure). But yeah Roger was always a fan (of sorts) of what little anime came out in American theaters. Case in point, the infamous split thumb on Metropolis where Roger desperately tried to defend the art style over Richard Roeper's (then in his shallow asshat hipster phase) complaints about big eyes.
Ebert does seem to give anime a fair shake. We all know how much he liked Spirited Away.
He did put Spirited Away and Totoro in his Great Movies list.
And of course, those are still my favorite Miyazaki films.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on January 26, 2016, 04:16:10 PM
Because I know it's the favorite of many here, Funimation is about to lose the rights to Baccano! (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/26-1/funimation-baccano-rights-scheduled-to-expire)
Now I'm hearing rumors that they're going to lose Full Metal Alchemist too. :(
Aniplex doesn't seem to like how FUNimation treats their customers with respect by charging reasonably affordable prices for anime DVD sets, in addition to usually putting forth a good amount of effort into their English dubs.
I can't wait to see them re-release their properties with subtitles only and for five times the price. :>
I guess I now need to buy Baccano, FMA, and FMA: Brotherhood on DVD/Blu-ray. I have no intention of paying for one of Aniplex's ridiculously priced sets.
So how long before they lose Fairy Tail? :light:
Despite being animated by A-1 Pictures, Fairy Tail isn't actually produced by Aniplex. :P
It's official, Funimation is losing the rights to FMA: Brotherhood on March 31st. (http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/02/01/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-and-fullmetal-alchemist-the-movie-conqueror-of-shamballa-streaminghome-video-rights-to-expire-binge-and-buy-before-this-classic-is-gone-for-good) This also probably means that the August 31st expiration date listed on Hulu for the original FMA anime is also true. :(
Wow, Aniplex going for the jugular.
The only thing worse would be if Toei suddenly turned rogue and pulled FUNi's DBZ rights.
Any good deals on FMA DVDs? :imnothappy:
Well, you can currently get both blu-ray complete collection sets for FMA: Brotherhood (http://www.amazon.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Brotherhood-Complete-Collection/dp/B0071LEPDE/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1MACA5AYF3EBGGB1JA8F) on Amazon for about $35 each. (http://www.amazon.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Brotherhood-Complete-Collection/dp/B007V9EACC/ref=pd_bxgy_74_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KSG5H9AWSPHB1G72F90)
The complete series blu-ray set for FMA is also around that price. (http://www.amazon.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/dp/B0116FT65W/ref=pd_sim_74_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=517Ug8chqoL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR116%2C160_&refRID=0E4KBVY3MNMENP7FHWJC)
All I need is a Blu-Ray... :cry:
Thanks though *bookmarks* :)
If I was more of an FMA fan, I would order one of the sets, but I don't feel a strong incentive to besides the chance to sell it off a bit later on.
But I think that after I get my next paycheck, I'll order a copy of Baccano! if I still can.
Apparently the license doesn't include the original anime series, by the way. Funi keeps that.
Yeah, right now its only Conqueror of Shamballa and Brotherhood. If the Hulu expiration dates are any indication though, Funi will lose the original in August.
...can we ask the anime Gods to just take away Conqueror of Shamballa? :srs:
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10. Fate/Zero
9. DBZ Kai
8. Hellsing Ultimate
7. Fist Of The Nortstar
6. Ushio & Tora
5. One Piece
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
3. Hunter X Hunter 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 1999
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
This is based off of what I've recently...ish seen and off of the top of my head.
11. Fate/Zero
10. DBZ Kai
9. Hellsing Ultimate
8. One Piece
7. Fist Of The Northstar
6. One Punch Man
5. Ushio & Tora
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
3. Hunter X Hunter 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 1999
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
9. Fate/Zero
8. Lupin The Third Part 1
7. Erased
6. Fist Of The Northstar
5. One Punch Man
4. Ushio & Tora
3. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 2011
2. Hunter X Hunter 2011
1. Hunter X Hunter 1999
I took out One Piece and Kai since I haven't seen them in awhile and was nowhere near completely them either way. I haven't watched a significant amount of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood in forever, so I took it down. Kind of weird feeling having 1999 as my favorite anime. Hellsing was taken down due to me not seeing any of it in a year and a half and missing all but 2 seconds of the last episode. Maybe I'm being too strict, idk. lol
Updated Favorite Anime List.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/d2431c869ec0f7fbc8aaa591d594206a/tumblr_o50n41Bm5J1r6toezo1_640.jpg)
1. Urusei Yatsura
2. Ashita no Joe 2
3. Maison Ikkoku
4. Trigun
5. Cowboy Bebop
6. Space Dandy
7. Gintama
8. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
9. Lupin the Third (series 1, 2, 2015, & The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
10. Detective Conan
11. Ranma 1/2
12. Revolutionary Girl Utena
13. The Slayers franchise
14. Dragon Ball
15. Yu Yu Hakusho
16. Mushi-shi
17. School Rumble
18. Assassination Classroom
19. Mr. Osomatsu
20. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
As you might guess, I went for a "dramatic" motif with the pictures this time. :D
Not much to say about the changes, since most shifts of shows up and down tend to be based on how much I've seen and how I strongly I feel about them recently. I finally realized that Urusei Yatsura is pretty clearly my favorite anime since besides me using images from it as profile pics on virtually every account I have on the internet, it's the one I think about and rewatch the most, to the point I frequently listen to the soundtracks and have gone out of the way to buy merchandise of it which is something I generally don't do. Gintama gets in because I've finally watched and rewatched enough of the anime to feel comfortable ranking it, and it's a very easy show for me to rewatch and consistently enjoy which is why it ranks so highly for me. I decided the Ass Class anime is one of my favorites after realizing I've rewatched every episode of the first season at least four times within the last year and still consistently enjoy it. Finally, Mr. Osomatsu and Rakugo Shinju are definitely two of my favorite anime to come out recently. I've already rewatched many episodes of the former a couple times, and the latter is exactly the kind of mature and grounded character-driven drama that I prefer watching these days, so I felt they deserved spots on my list too.
Probably going to update my favorite manga list sometime as well.
Sentai has licensed the Cobra OVAs to go with their license of the series. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-07/sentai-filmworks-licenses-cobra-the-animation-ovas/.100794)
Sweet! Glad to see they'll finally get a physical release over here. Also reminds me that I really should get around to watching them already. :D
Made a new chart because why not.
Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/GBvU1PM.jpg)
King of the Hakusho is one of my favorite anime too! :joy:
I love Cotton Hiei's debut.
Because it's somebody's favorite: Funimation has licensed the second half of D.Gray-Man. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/funimation-licenses-d.gray-man-episodes-52-103/.103823)
It probably goes well with the new series coming up.
Better late than never, I suppose.
10. Lupin The Third Part 1 and 2
Erased
Fist Of The Northstar
One Punch Man
My Hero Academia
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Trigun
Ushio & Tora
Hunter X Hunter 2011
1. Hunter X Hunter 1999
In order. I didn't feel like numbering them because I am about to get ready for the 4th. I might one day give Trigun and Ushio quick rewatches to see who deserves the 3rd spot. MHA and One Punch Man are kind of interchangeable on my list so I might rewatch them too. And the Hunters to see if they still hold up for me.
U&T is REALLY starting to hit a nerve for me, to the point that I can easily see it crack my top 10 when I'm done with it.
:joy: :thumbup:
Which part are you up to, BTW?
Once I got to a certain flashback portion of the series around the halfway point, and saw just how well all the individual pieces fit together (which makes me wonder if this whole story was planned out in advance), I was pretty sure that it would crack my top ten. Then in the last cour of the series, it managed to work its way up to my top five, and the excellent conclusion finally put it into my top three. To me, this is the battle shonen genre at its absolute best, and it says a lot about my tastes considering that all of my top three favorite anime are battle shonen. :sweat:
It really is a great anime. It starts off like a well done monster of the week show that turns out to have much more to it than originally thought. Here's a fun tidbit: The original OVA only covered episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9. Just think how many OVA-only watchers missed out on everything else.
This is why I hope it gets a Toonami run more than anything. It really deserves the exposure.
I'm about to watch episode 20. Holy shit, the last few episodes have been tight.
I think episode 20 might surprise you.
All of this praise for Ushio & Tora is making me think I should give it a shot. But, I just decided to do Rurouni Kenshin now that I've finished HxH. What to do. ???
My advice would be to give the RK manga a go, and to watch Ushio and Tora instead.
If you still have a thirst for Kenshin after you read the manga, then give the pre-filler anime and Samurai X a go. :thumbup:
Quote from: Avaitor on July 04, 2016, 11:11:53 PMMy advice would be to give the RK manga a go, and to watch Ushio and Tora instead.
If you still have a thirst for Kenshin after you read the manga, then give the pre-filler anime and Samurai X a go. :thumbup:
Pretty much this. The anime does a good job of adapting the Kyoto arc, which I think is excellent, but the Tokyo arc has too much filler and may feel like a slog to get through in order to get to the good stuff, and the entire last third of the anime is pure filler. It never actually adapts the Revenge arc.
As for the OVAs, Trust and Betrayal adapts the Remembrance storyline, and it's one of my favorite pieces of animation in general. However, avoid Reflection like the plague. It's pretty atrocious. The same goes for the Shin Kyoto-Hen OVAs, which are arguably the worst things to have the RK label slapped onto them.
The manga is your best bet for a work of consistent quality, and is currently the only actual way to experience the Revenge arc which was never animated outside of a few scenes in Reflection (which, as I said, is garbage).
Ushio and Tora is a great watch, and at only 39 episodes I highly recommend it. You get a full story that ties up all of its plot threads and fully develops all of its characters, and it's not a super long commitment, yet it has a bigger pay-off than most long-running shonen series, including Hunter X Hunter (and I say that as a huge fan of HXH, as you know).
Thanks for the suggestions!
I haven't fully decided what I'm doing yet. But, I really don't want to add a long running manga to my reading list right now, because it's already pretty long and there's some stuff that I've been wanting to read for a while that I've already pushed back enough. I might get to it eventually though.
One of the reasons I wanted to try RK, is because I've been wanting to watch a 90s anime for a while now. Especially since I haven't seen all that much from the 90s. Plus, the story seems interesting enough. If the filler becomes too annoying I could always stop. That's what I was planning to do with Naruto, but I never actually got that far in the first show.
I'll probably end up just doing one right after the other, since U&T has been on my radar for a little while as well. The lower episode count does sound appealing as well. I'm really not good at choosing the next show(s) that I should watch. :sweat:
Quote from: Dreamer2 on July 05, 2016, 12:35:37 AMThanks for the suggestions!
I haven't fully decided what I'm doing yet. But, I really don't want to add a long running manga to my reading list right now, because it's already pretty long and there's some stuff that I've been wanting to read for a while that I've already pushed back enough. I might get to it eventually though.
Well, if you are going to watch the anime, make sure to stop at episode 62, which wraps up the Kyoto arc. Everything after that is filler.
QuoteOne of the reasons I wanted to try RK, is because I've been wanting to watch a 90s anime for a while now. Especially since I haven't seen all that much from the 90s. Plus, the story seems interesting enough.
It is an interesting story, and the canon material is adapted well in the anime. While I have always liked it from the beginning, I've noticed other people say that they felt the beginning was too slow and boring. I disagree with this personally, but knowing how you felt about the earlier portions of Hunter X Hunter, just expect that RK's first arc may have that same affect on you, but most people always agree that it gets pretty great by the Kyoto arc.
That said, as far as 90's shonen go, while the anime is modern, Ushio and Tora is actually based off of a 90's manga, so it's really more like a 90's anime that just happens to have modern animation. ;)
Also, I'm not sure if you've already given Yu Yu Hakusho a shot or not, but considering that it's a 90's anime with no filler and by the creator of Hunter X Hunter, it's definitely worth watching if you haven't tried it yet. Personally, I think that it's more consistent in quality than HXH, and I believe that the show is available for streaming on FUNimation's website.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on July 05, 2016, 12:52:27 AM
That said, as far as 90's shonen go, while the anime is modern, Ushio and Tora is actually based off of a 90's manga, so it's really more like a 90's anime that just happens to have modern animation. ;)
That just makes my decision evern harder now. ;D
QuoteAlso, I'm not sure if you've already given Yu Yu Hakusho a shot or not, but considering that it's a 90's anime with no filler and by the creator of Hunter X Hunter, it's definitely worth watching if you haven't tried it yet. Personally, I think that it's more consistent in quality than HXH, and I believe that the show is available for streaming on FUNimation's website.
I was actually planning to do that next if it was on CR or Netflix, but it's not and I was a little disappointed by that. I don't have a subscription to Funimation, so I don't think I can watch it like on CR you can watch the stuff with commercials even if you don't have a subscription. I watched a little bit of it as a kid, and I'm pretty sure I'd like it now. Maybe one day.
Yu Yu Hakusho is available to watch on Funimation's site without a subscription as long as you're willing to watch ads. Unfortunately, you won't be able to watch it in HD, but the footage is still from the blu-ray remaster so it looks really nice. If you enjoyed HxH, then I'd definitely recommend checking it out.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on July 05, 2016, 01:44:04 AM
Yu Yu Hakusho is available to watch on Funimation's site without a subscription as long as you're willing to watch ads. Unfortunately, you won't be able to watch it in HD, but the footage is still from the blu-ray remaster so it looks really nice. If you enjoyed HxH, then I'd definitely recommend checking it out.
Thanks. I didn't even realize they did it similar to Crunchyroll.
Now, another option. There's really too many things to watch.
Gokudo was license-rescued by Discotek. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-18/discotek-licenses-gokudo-koi-koi-seven-anime/.104446)
Not sure if anyone here knows of it, but the show has got its fans.
GTO dub is on Crunchyroll. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/04/crunchyroll-adds-english-dub-of-gto-the-animation-to-catalog)
Go watch Steve Blum and Kirk Thorton be nutty.
For a certain someone here:
Viz is releasing the Ranma OVA and films on Blu Ray. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-12/viz-media-to-release-ranma-films-ova-on-blu-ray/.105318)
I'll be glad to complete my Ranma 1/2 anime collection on blu-ray! Really hoping they'll include the OVA from 2008 too, even if it's not dubbed. Though it'd be amazing if they did put in to effort to dub it as well.
The new Peace Maker Kurogane anime on the way is a full on series. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/14/rezero-studio-to-produce-anime-adaptation-of-peace-maker-kurogane-samurai-manga)
It's being done by White Fox, who are currently doing Re:Zero, so it's bound to get quite a bit of attention.
Discotek's new licenses: (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-21/discotek-licenses-eat-man-cosmo-warrior-zero-gun-frontier-anime-galaxy-railways-ova/.106733)
Eat-Man
Eat-Man '98
Cosmo Warrior Zero
Gun Frontier
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet (OVA)
I wonder if this will lead to a release of the second half of Galaxy Railways? I would hope so.
Which Showa Era anime should be remade? (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-09-26/survey-asks-fans-which-showa-era-anime-they-want-to-reboot/.106712)
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- Galaxy Express 999
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Akira
- Dragon Ball
- Sherlock Hound
- Captain Tsubasa
- Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner
- Gunbuster
- Space Adventure Cobra, Armored Trooper Votoms (tie)
I would take a Fist of the North Star remake if MAPPA and Nishimura were behind it, personally. Otherwise I'm not sure how many of the ones on that list would actually be improved if done now besides obvious ones like Akira.
Not that I wouldn't watch a new 999, Cobra, or Votoms, mind you.
In unrelated news, this teaser was revealed:
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/69f1ffc36836ac23e17996866d3183db1474892259_full.jpg)
While it's not a remake, we are getting a new Cobra series being made in France, which I'm super excited for.
I'd like to see a remake of most of the series on those list. Not necessarily because I think they could all be done better now, but because I like those properties and would love to see modern versions of them. As for a series that I think has a lot of potential for a reboot, I think one of the most interesting would be Stop!! Hibari-kun, the hilariously politically incorrect yet surprisingly progressive comedy about the transgender daughter of yakuza boss. It's not something that you'd see in Shonen Jump today, and the concept has a lot of potential for social satire and could strike a chord with a new audience in these more LGBT friendly times. If they ever did it they have to keep the original opening theme, though. It's too perfect to replace.
The favorite of several people here:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvPFqH-UkAA7aI4.jpg)
Premium box set info (https://shop.sentaifilmworks.com/products/amagi-brilliant-park-premium-box-set)
The release date is February 28th and it includes a dub.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0bKjrTUkAAnOP6.jpg) Favorite anime villains, ending at Legato. No manga exclusives, atm.
Nice list! I assume Hakumen is your favorite based on how big his picture is. ;)
I made this grid of my favorite anime/manga villains a while ago, but I don't think I posted it on here so I might as well do it now:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwWaC7GWEAACuZ6.jpg:small)
Yes he is. I made my list after yours...ah fuck, I forgot to list Souther... :(
Since the year is over, I thought that I'd list my favorite anime of 2016:
10. ReLIFE
9. Yuri on Ice
8. March Comes in like a Lion
7. The Disastrous Life of Saki K
6. Mob Psycho 100
5. Ushio & Tora Season 2
4. Assassination Classroom Season 2
3. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
2. Re:Zero
1. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable
I ended up excluding a few shows that I still need to watch more of/finish (like Sailor Moon Crystal Season III), but this is still a pretty accurate representation of what I enjoyed this year. Overall, 2016 was very good year for anime, and 2017 is looking equally bright with all the shows that have been announced so far.
1. Ushio & Tora second season
2. My Hero Academia
3. Erased
4. Haikyu season 2/3
5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
6. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
7. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
8. Mob Psycho 100
I didn't watch enough to make a top 10, but that's still incredible for me. I haven't watched that many new series in one year in a long time.
My list would more or less be the same as Desensitzed's, but in a different order, and would also include Yuri on Ice.
6. My Hero Academia
5. Erased
4. Dragonball Super
3. Mob Psycho 100
2. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
1. Ushio & Tora
Quote from: LumRanmaYasha on December 24, 2016, 05:43:08 PM
Nice list! I assume Hakumen is your favorite based on how big his picture is. ;)
I made this grid of my favorite anime/manga villains a while ago, but I don't think I posted it on here so I might as well do it now:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwWaC7GWEAACuZ6.jpg:small)
Nice to see Retsudo there (and Johan too, no anime/manga villain list would be complete without him). Makes me want to do one of these myself.
What does everyone think of The Anime Awards 2016 results (so far. They'll announce Anime Of The Year later this month) http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-976961/crunchyroll-presents-anime-awards-2016 (http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-976961/crunchyroll-presents-anime-awards-2016)
I'm surprised that Yashiro won best villain since most people were really mad at that reveal when it happened in Erased. That being said, the fact that Kira was able to almost won was very impressive since JoJo's sheer episode length has probably prevented a lot of people from getting to his introduction. Beyond that, YoI won a ton of categories, though that is probably partly due to being so recent in people's minds.
Anime fans are bad
I enjoyed Erased quite a lot despite its clear faults, but it definitely didn't deserve to win for Best Drama (that honor goes to SGRS) or Best Villain (which is easily a toss-up between Hakumen no Mono or Yoshikage Kira, IMO).
I'm perfectly cool with Midoriya winning Best Hero, but on a personal level I'd pick Tora as my first choice, with Mob being a close second (Midoriya would tie with Ushio as my third choice, and Josuke would cap off my top five of the year in this category).
Yuri on Ice had undeniably stellar animation, but personally I feel that Mob Psycho 100 and Kiznaiver edged it out in that category (and I'm not even a fan of Kiznaiver, personally).
I was fine with Yuri on Ice winning Best Animation since it was still very good, though not as consistent as other shows. The only category I feel it really didn't deserve was Best ED, since Mob Psycho's ED was made using "paint-on glass animation" which is known for being a very difficult animation technique. Meanwhile YoI's ED......is just a bunch of still images.
If it was up to me, Tora or Okuyasu would have won Best Hero. But then again, Deku is all about being a hero so no complaints, honestly...outside of them not getting nominated.
Funimation has acquired the home media rights to The Seven Deadly Sins (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-14/funimation-acquires-home-video-rights-for-seven-deadly-sins/.112236)
I'm really surprised that Funi got the license of over Aniplex USA, though it must be partly due to it being a sub-license from Netflix and that Aniplex wasn't the sole producer on the show. In any case, it looks like I won't need to pay $200+ to own this series on blu-ray. :)
Good for fans. The less Aniplex USA gets the better.
So apparently there was an offer to produce a Shaman King anime remake at one point, but Hiroyuki Takei turned it down because they couldn't get the old voice actors back or use the previous ost. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/02/15-1/shaman-king-manga-author-refused-an-offer-for-anime-remake)
Honestly, I'm kind of disappointed that Takei turn down the remake since I would have loved to see an anime that more closely followed the manga. The manga's 20th anniversary is next year, so maybe something might come to fruition for that (I'm doubtful though).
I can understand the VAs, but the OST is an odd reason. If it's a new anime, using the old OST is not exactly practical for many reasons. That said, many of the old VAs are pretty huge now, so it would cost a pretty penny.
The thing to take away is that someone was offering to make a new anime of an old property. I hope this trend continues. Personally I would have liked to see unadapted works like Psyren and Muhyo & Ryoji get a chance first, but Shaman King was pretty popular.
EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, this probably wasn't a new anime at all. It was probably a "remastering" like Whistle is getting. In that case, I think turning it down was perfectly justified as it likely wouldn't help anyone involved at all except the production company.
Speaking of Psyren, which I recently re-read, adapting older manga properties (granted that I would hardly consider Psyren to be old at this point in time) could also be a good way to further flesh out stories that didn't get the proper treatment. It's really easy to see that Psyren's final arc was insanely rushed since the rankings were down and the author pretty much knew that a premature cancellation was inbound. As a result, the last three volumes are a complete mess of forced plot points and rushed character development just to get to the end. An anime adaptation could do what the YYH anime did for the Three Kings arc and actually flesh out the last few volumes of the manga into a much more satisfying conclusion, and they could even have the mangaka write the extra content in order to tell the story that he wanted to tell. Besides, after his most recent manga Kagamigami also had an unfortunate early cancellation, the guy could really use the popularity push of one of his most notable series getting an anime.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on February 15, 2017, 10:37:35 AM
I can understand the VAs, but the OST is an odd reason. If it's a new anime, using the old OST is not exactly practical for many reasons. That said, many of the old VAs are pretty huge now, so it would cost a pretty penny.
The thing to take away is that someone was offering to make a new anime of an old property. I hope this trend continues. Personally I would have liked to see unadapted works like Psyren and Muhyo & Ryoji get a chance first, but Shaman King was pretty popular.
EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, this probably wasn't a new anime at all. It was probably a "remastering" like Whistle is getting. In that case, I think turning it down was perfectly justified as it likely wouldn't help anyone involved at all except the production company.
By using the old OST, I think he might have been referring to being able to re-record/remix the old songs and use them for the remake. But yeah, this goes to show that old property revivals are still being thrown around, and they probably aren't going away anytime soon given their current success rate. Considering that we're getting a new Baki and FMP anime because of this trend, I can't complain at all.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on February 15, 2017, 12:29:19 PM
Speaking of Psyren, which I recently re-read, adapting older manga properties (granted that I would hardly consider Psyren to be old at this point in time) could also be a good way to further flesh out stories that didn't get the proper treatment. It's really easy to see that Psyren's final arc was insanely rushed since the rankings were down and the author pretty much knew that a premature cancellation was inbound. As a result, the last three volumes are a complete mess of forced plot points and rushed character development just to get to the end. An anime adaptation could do what the YYH anime did for the Three Kings arc and actually flesh out the last few volumes of the manga into a much more satisfying conclusion, and they could even have the mangaka write the extra content in order to tell the story that he wanted to tell. Besides, after his most recent manga Kagamigami also had an unfortunate early cancellation, the guy could really use the popularity push of one of his most notable series getting an anime.
He was told to wrap it up which, unfortunately, meant he had to get through that last arc as fast as possible. It's really a shame they couldn't just give him the time to wrap it up, but Jump never really pushed the series much at all and it was far more popular outside of Japan. I do hope he gets a chance in the future, because he's obviously talented.
The thing is, with Funimation and other companies pushing Japan to create anime, it would make sense to create one based on a manga that was far more popular here than it was in Japan. That's how we even got a Trigun movie in the first place. Psyren is undoubtedly a perfect candidate for that. I'm sure MAPPA would be up for it since they've stated one of their goals is to adapt series that never got the chance back in the day. A 39 episode series like Ushio & Tora or Tiger Mask would probably be enough to give it the room it needs.
But at the end of the day, it's just nice to see more older properties even given the chance at all.
Still waiting for a Baki release date. The OVA looked pretty good.
Quote from: gunswordfist on February 15, 2017, 02:52:27 PM
Still waiting for a Baki release date. The OVA looked pretty good.
I haven't watched the OVA itself yet, but based on the preview, it looks like TMS is doing a great job adapting the series. That reminds me, I really need to finish reading/watching the first series before the new anime comes out. :sweat:
Big O is getting a Complete Series Blu Ray release! (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-21/sentai-filmworks-schedules-big-o-blu-ray-release-for-june/.112527)
Good job on that, Sentai. Now if you could remind everyone about Ushio & Tora...
YES!! I'll probably buy that since I can't find any streaming service with it.
So it's finally show time. :sly:
Funimation is FINALLY releasing Outlaw Star on Blu-ray and DVD this June! (https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-video/the-complete-series-bddvd-combo-bld-00512/)
Took long enough. Now to wait for it to show up on amazon.ca
It's about time! I'm most excited about the fact this means we'll finally see it on Crunchyroll and Funimation's video service soon. Finally, a legal way to stream Outlaw Star! I'll of course be picking up the blu-ray too, but the easy accessibility of streaming OS wherever and whenever I want gives me so much more incentive to rewatch it.
Quote from: VLordGTZ on March 15, 2017, 03:37:04 PM
Funimation is FINALLY releasing Outlaw Star on Blu-ray and DVD this June! (https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-video/the-complete-series-bddvd-combo-bld-00512/)
:worship: I need to snatch that and Big O up!
(https://twitter.com/GeeksOfColor/status/847302911910592514)
Record of Lodoss War OVA and TV is getting a re-release and remaster thanks to Funimation. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-14/funimation-licenses-record-of-lodoss-war-ova-tv-series/.114808)
Cool. That's one I've always wanted to check out, but never got to. If they stream it somewhere, I'll check it out.
Need to find out what the hell that show is about.
Kenichi Sonoda interview. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2017-05-03/q-a-legendary-mangaka-kenichi-sonoda/.115304)
He states they're currently in the planning stages for a new Gunsmith Cats anime. Looks like more old properties are getting revived.
Unrelated, but I still want to see one for Karakuri Circus.
El Hazard and The Third are on Crunchyroll. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/10/crunchyroll-adds-el-hazard-the-wanderers-and-the-third-the-girl-with-the-blue-eye-to-anime-catalog)
It's the TV show of El Hazard, by the way.
Discotek is releasing the Project A-Ko sequels after a six year wait. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-13/discotek-licenses-soul-link-3-project-a-ko-sequels/.117450) They're also putting out Soul Link and the Crusher Joe OVAs.
Really respect these guys for keeping the older stuff in print.
Viz has licensed Mr. Osomatsu. Both seasons. They'll be simulcasting season 2.
Also, a Ranma 1/2 movie and OVA collection is coming this September.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on May 10, 2017, 07:21:34 PM
El Hazard and The Third are on Crunchyroll. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/10/crunchyroll-adds-el-hazard-the-wanderers-and-the-third-the-girl-with-the-blue-eye-to-anime-catalog)
It's the TV show of El Hazard, by the way.
Which is godawful and best ignored in its entirety.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on August 11, 2017, 05:16:09 PM
Viz has licensed Mr. Osomatsu. Both seasons. They'll be simulcasting season 2.
Also, a Ranma 1/2 movie and OVA collection is coming this September.
We've known about the
Ranma 1/2 set for a while, but needless to say I'm quite happy that it won't be too much longer before I'll have the entire anime and manga on my shelves.
And heck yeah for
Osomatsu! I wasn't expecting Viz to get it, but it's a good fit for them. I'm glad they're dubbing it too.
Discotek has licensed the Ashita no Joe film! (https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/896779414649929729) :shakeshakeshake:
I'll definitely be picking up this release day-one. Hopefully, it will lead to both of the TV anime getting licensed at some point.
Discotek has also picked up Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier! (https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/896779414649929729)
It's good to see that this series will finally get a full release in the US.
Even though it's far from the ideal way to experience AnJ (it really isn't a story that can be so easily condensed into the length of a feature length film, even only covering one part of it) I'll definitely be picking up this release. It's just great to see some part of it being officially released here. I'd be ecstatic if Kodansha could bring the manga over here. I'd assume that Kodansha Comics would be the one since their parent company from Japan owns the rights to AnJ in manga form. Of course, Dark Horse is another alternative as they are no stranger to licensing classic manga from the 50's to the late 70's.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on August 13, 2017, 02:09:13 PM
Even though it's far from the ideal way to experience AnJ (it really isn't a story that can be so easily condensed into the length of a feature length film, even only covering one part of it) I'll definitely be picking up this release. It's just great to see some part of it being officially released here. I'd be ecstatic if Kodansha could bring the manga over here. I'd assume that Kodansha Comics would be the one since their parent company from Japan owns the rights to AnJ in manga form. Of course, Dark Horse is another alternative as they are no stranger to licensing classic manga from the 50's to the late 70's.
The main publishers that tend to license Kodansha titles in the US are Kodansha USA, Verticle, and Seven Seas. Seven Seas, especially, has been licensing a number of old manga lately like Devilman, Captain Harlock, and Dragon Half, so licensing Ashita no Joe wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for them.
Discotek also licensed Project ARMS, NieA_7, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, and Bananya. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-08-13/discotek-licenses-cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier-tomorrow-joe-project-arms-niea_7-lupin-iii-the-legend-of-the-gold-of-babylon/.120065) There's also an update on some of their most recent licenses.
Discotek is turning into possibly the best anime licencor at this rate.
They said they want to be "the Criterion of anime." Aside from licensing Imocho I'd say they're succeeding so far!
In case anyone missed this last week, Funimation has licensed Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and is dubbing it! (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-03/funimation-to-offer-english-dub-of-star-blazers-space-battleship-yamato-2199/.123583)
They're releasing one episode each Wednesday on CR and FuniNow (sub and dub respectively). I just watched the first ep of the dub and it sounded great! I'm glad that the series is finally being given the treatment that it deserves.
I missed this completely. Great news!
New list:
1. Trigun
2. My Hero Academia
3. Dragon Ball Super
4. Erased
5. Phantom Blood
6. Mob Psycho 100
This list is about what I've watched recently. Still need to finish a Ushio & Taro rewatch.
Good list. I'm surprised you like Phantom Blood the most of the JoJo parts.
I do and I don't. It's there because I rewatched it earlier this year to celebrate it being on Toonami (think I watched most of the episodes the same time they came on tv), I loved the 2nd half so much more this time around and I think all the episodes are 9 or 10 out of 10 but the other parts do have better characters and a lot of great moments. tl;dr I need to rewatch them all to find a true favorite.
Bunch of new Discotek releaes. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-14/discotek-licenses-great-mazinger-anime-toriko-film-2-zatch-bell-films/.126408) Great Mazinger series, and Toriko and Zatch Bell anime films are on the way.
Also, Ashita no Joe/Tomorrow's Joe movie, Robot Carnival, and Tenjho Tenge, are all out March 27th.
Nice! Jerry Beck is featured in a documentary for Robot Carnival. I should finally get around to that.
I was talking to some friends about Kino's Journey, after finding out that they were also fans. I said that I wanted to rewatch the series before I watch the recent one, so they leant me their old DVD volumes to do so. I'll try to watch the first volume tomorrow night!
Gunsmith Cats is coming to Blu-Ray! AnimEigo launched a Kickstarter to make it happen, and it already surpassed its goal.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/gunsmith-cats-explosive-edition
Maiden Japan licesned VOTOMs, Xabungle, and Ideon, among others (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-05/maiden-japan-licenses-maria-watches-over-us-hataraki-man-basquash-yumeiro-patissiere-votoms-ideon-xabungle-human-crossing-anime/.133826).
Funimation licensed Zillion (https://t.co/rsmrGwWPgw).
Viz licensed Megalobox (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-05/viz-media-adds-smashed-junji-ito-story-collection-manga-megalobox-anime/.133827) and they've got the Diamond is Unbreakable manga and film, as well as the Part V anime (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-06/viz-media-licenses-jojo-bizarre-adventure-diamond-is-unbreakable-manga-and-live-action-film-golden-wind-anime/.133901).
So there's a good list of licenses there.