by Just a quick list, I'll add more to it later as I remember them, or get onto new ones. I doubt I'd go into a full ranking system as Q did with rating them all, as there is very little anime I've seen that I regret watching, and considering a lot of them are rather nostalgic, I don't see me being able too. Been watching anime too long now to remember them all, so bare with me, I'm going through about 14 years + of memories here. lol
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I don't like putting things in by order, so these anime are not going to be listed as say... number 1 being my favorite, and 10 being least favorite of the top 10, etc...
Top Recommended
1. Great Teacher Onizuka - Presenting, Eikichi Onizuka. Former gang member turned... teacher? You heard it. Onizuka uses various techniques to become loved by his students. The first episode still makes me cry, especially at that one scene... Anyway, fair warning, this anime is perverted. Vulgar language, lots of smoking, very perverted, implied nudity (Nothing is seen, mind you), and so on. Despite all of this, I still recommend it highly for those who aren't put down by such things. However, I only put details on this, because it's not something everyone has seen.
2. Sailor Moon
3. Yugioh
4. Kare Kano; His and Her Circumstances - Another "Slice of Life" anime such as GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). Nothing out of the ordinary, no super powers, no mecha, average run of the mill life, in anime form.
5. Maria+Holic - That + is a cross, used in the title. It's very perverted, but I found it rather cute. There are quite a bit of scenes for fan-service, people having shirts taken off, for example (that even pops up in opening). If you can get past perverted scenes, I recommend it. 12 episodes long, and cute, but not for everyone... but the ending is highly disappointing.
6. Paprika - Prepare to have your mind blown!
7. Paranoia Agent - ^ Mind blown again!
8. One Piece (For you doubters out there, I did enjoy what I saw of it, and my brothers randomly showing me episodes and spoiling it for me. X.x It does get better, I just don't have the ability to watch that many episodes.)
9. Gundam - Save for the unforgivable ones.. (SD Gundam and any sequels should never have happened IMO...), all of them were quite emotional.
10. Code Geass
11. Chobits
12. Cowboy Bebop
13. S-Cry-Ed
14. XXX Holic - Paired up with Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles. The events in these sort of coincide.
15. FLCL
16. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
17. La Corda D'oro - If you love music, especially classical, watch this anime!
18. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
19. Gravitation - One of those anime I thought I wouldn't like, until I borrowed it. It was amazing <3
20. Wolf's Rain
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Not gonna put anything as far as story or anything detailing the anime itself, just my opinion on it.
List contains movies without a series.
Any links provided will either be to the opening, or to an image.
And remember, before asking me anything on these, remember. I haven't finished all of these. Others, it's been so long since I've seen them, I don't remember what happens when so and so does whatever.
Dragonball Z - Do I really need to put anything for this? lol I will anyway. The first few arcs, I rather enjoyed. Once the Cell Saga was finished, I say it should have been over with. That Buu arc was disappointing, but that's just me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM0hunsIhPU
Dragonball - Much better than it's Z sequel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0
Monster Rancher - An older anime, but I loved this growing up as a kid. I would sit home all day and just watch. I honestly think this could have been a precursor to anime such as Pokemon and Digimon. While some people may not appreciate it, it's certainly a classic! One of my recommended. First anime to ever make me cry! (Which happens often, >.>)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgVJHjwul90
Ronin Warriors - Another classic. I use to watch this growing up as a kid as well. It's got it's moments, it's more nostalgia for me, and perhaps something most people wouldn't be interested in seeing. But who doesn't like a power ranger set of ronin samurai?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0XrXoZ1Xpc
Sailor Moon - One of my most beloved anime of all time. Even to this day, I still admit proudly to have watching this. I haven't finished it yet, I'm a season behind because they didn't air the Starlights in the US, and the States just continued to cancel the airing. Granted, in time, I wish they changed some of the things they did. It's got it's really corny moments, there are times I watch this and think "Wait... was that line really needed?" Anyway, they're going to redub it soon I hear, I can't wait. It was heavily edited when it was released in the states. I watched it the very day it was aired on Cartoon Network. I have strong ties to this anime. Really helped when I was growing up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_RZhh44NY
Yu-Gi-Oh! - Another favorite anime of mine. While I did enjoy the dub at first, the subbed was SO much better. Watching only the first few episodes of this show, do you realize just how heavily animated it was. It's horrible how much was removed, reworded, or edited out. From guns, to Yugi's mom. The music that was ripped from it is highly depressing what they replaced it with.
GX counterpart - Meh, it's alright. I didn't watch the dub, went straight to sub out of boredom. Enjoyed it, but it only had one arc I liked.
5D's - No.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huznqrrtaHU <<< Original Japanese opening for Season 1.
S-Cry-Ed - The name supposedly comes from the word scryed, which if you watch the show, keeping that in mind, it makes a lot of sense. This anime is certainly one of my favorites. 26 episodes long, more than enough for me. It's an incredible one, and certainly something I'd recommend if you don't mind all the fighting. Something about this anime really stirs something up in me, I can't quite put a finger on it, but I wish I had something in there. The opening song is known as Reckless Fire. The song is split up for this anime, which is rather interesting way of doing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kjy2gROoAY
Cowboy Bebop - Bang! Another favorite of mine, a real classic as well. A blend of space travel and bounty hunters to jazz music, an incredibly well done mix. The soundtrack is amazing, I still listen to it whenever I get the chance. I still need to read the manga for this, but it's one of the best dubs out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE
Trigun - I liked this anime, wasn't ecstatic over it until I watched it the second time through. Definitely worth it for me. Lots of gun action, tons of funny moments, and it certainly has it's serious side as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHe4U5c5Oc
Lupin the Third - This anime is OLD! Seriously, it came out in '67. Not for everyone, and it rather does have it's moments. Lupin can be awful flirty, and Fujiko is the Mai Valentine of this series (you'll know what I mean if you watch YGOTAS). The anime can tend to be very perverted, very funny, and it does indeed have it's occasional serious moment. Thieves escaping the law, what could be better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJYxy2060c
Digimon - I LOVED this anime growing up, the first fourth season though, not so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpP93z0ridU
Pokemon - Another favorite of mine growing up. But these later seasons... just depress me. I stand by the thought that everything after Johto, shouldn't have happened. No Hoenn, no Sinnoh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY9axKRNaU
Code Geass - A great anime. Well thought out. Lelouche is one of my favorite characters of all time. His motivation and the extent to what he goes through to get it. That's not something you see characters willingly do all the time, especially in an anime this short. R3 should be coming out son, and I have high hopes. I do hope they aren't crushed however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0btAyMESc0 << Season 1, but I still prefer season 5's opening most.
FLCL - Also known as Furi Kuri, is in essence, 6 episodes of win. From what I hear, Geneon had some people get bored, and they made something as a side project. Goofy anime, seriously. Well worth the laughs.
Each episode has a different opening to go with each particular episode, so rather than the opening, here's the ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfsV6oZyFds
Axis Powers Hetalia - A hilarious interpretation of the world's history, and seeing as I like history, something like this should have happened sooner! Not well liked by people without a sense of humor on their own history. Personal comment, the English dub's voices were just... off. The accents sounded too forced to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ8O1CPsjhg <<< favorite of the set of endings, but there's one for various countries, including America, Japan, Russia, etc...
Paranoia Agent - Interesting anime, I loved it! The very opening is insane! Honestly looking at that alone would make you think there is something horribly wrong with the characters in it. Every last one of them has something worth being crazy over (to them anyway). If you like out there anime, watch this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anabfAg06U
Other anime, I'll add more details on them later!
Boogiepop Phantom
Gadguard
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Wolf's Rain
Witch Hunter Robin
Outlaw Star
Yuu Yuu Hakushu
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin
Ouran High School Host Club
Ghost in the Shell
Fruits Basket
Death Note
Burst Angel
Eatman
Cardcaptor Sakura
XXX Holic
Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle
Bleach
Inu Yasha
Hellsing
Fullmetal Alchemist
Chobits
X
Kiddy Grade
Big O
Magic Knight Rayearth
Fighting Foodons
Tokyo Babylon (I like CLAMP, as you can tell >.>)
Escaflowne
.hack//Sign
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
D.N. Angel
Excel Saga
Elfen Lied
Fushigi Yuugi
Hikaru No Go
3x3 Eyes
Shadow Skill
One Piece
Kikaider
Cyborg 009
Zoids
Kakurenbe
Paprika
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Samurai 7
Tenchi Muyo
Vandread
Naruto
Great Teacher Onizuka
Shaman King
Prince of Tennis
Dragonball GT
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Gundam Wing
Gundam 08th MS Team
Mobile Suit Gundam
G Gundam
Gundam Seed
And about 5 - 10 more other Gundam series.
Kare Kano
Azumanga Daioh
Read or Die
Read or Dream
Eureka Seven
Akira
Gravitation
Abenobashi Shopping Arcade
Tokyo Godfathers
Trinity Blood
Blood, the last vampire
Crayon Shin Chan
Blood+
Gunslinger Girl
Piano
Perfect Blue
Nazca
Dai-Guard
Martian Successor Nadesico
Duel Masters
Bobobo - bo Bo-bobo
Zatch Bell
Reboot
Gigantor (didn't like this one... mostly for the nose)
Robotech
Hamtaro
Reign (creeped me out some...)
MAR
La Corda D'oro Primo Passo <3
Maria+Holic (That + is supposed to be a cross)
And a million others... Now, to the manga. Unfortunately... I don't know them all. x.x
Angel Sanctuary (Saw the OVA too, but it was just a preview for the manga anyway, only like an episode or 2)
Diabolo
Vampire Hunter D
Princess Ai
Will have to ask a few people what they've lent me. >.>
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I don't like putting things in by order, so these anime are not going to be listed as say... number 1 being my favorite, and 10 being least favorite of the top 10, etc...
Top Recommended
1. Great Teacher Onizuka - Presenting, Eikichi Onizuka. Former gang member turned... teacher? You heard it. Onizuka uses various techniques to become loved by his students. The first episode still makes me cry, especially at that one scene... Anyway, fair warning, this anime is perverted. Vulgar language, lots of smoking, very perverted, implied nudity (Nothing is seen, mind you), and so on. Despite all of this, I still recommend it highly for those who aren't put down by such things. However, I only put details on this, because it's not something everyone has seen.
2. Sailor Moon
3. Yugioh
4. Kare Kano; His and Her Circumstances - Another "Slice of Life" anime such as GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). Nothing out of the ordinary, no super powers, no mecha, average run of the mill life, in anime form.
5. Maria+Holic - That + is a cross, used in the title. It's very perverted, but I found it rather cute. There are quite a bit of scenes for fan-service, people having shirts taken off, for example (that even pops up in opening). If you can get past perverted scenes, I recommend it. 12 episodes long, and cute, but not for everyone... but the ending is highly disappointing.
6. Paprika - Prepare to have your mind blown!
7. Paranoia Agent - ^ Mind blown again!
8. One Piece (For you doubters out there, I did enjoy what I saw of it, and my brothers randomly showing me episodes and spoiling it for me. X.x It does get better, I just don't have the ability to watch that many episodes.)
9. Gundam - Save for the unforgivable ones.. (SD Gundam and any sequels should never have happened IMO...), all of them were quite emotional.
10. Code Geass
11. Chobits
12. Cowboy Bebop
13. S-Cry-Ed
14. XXX Holic - Paired up with Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles. The events in these sort of coincide.
15. FLCL
16. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
17. La Corda D'oro - If you love music, especially classical, watch this anime!
18. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
19. Gravitation - One of those anime I thought I wouldn't like, until I borrowed it. It was amazing <3
20. Wolf's Rain
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Not gonna put anything as far as story or anything detailing the anime itself, just my opinion on it.
List contains movies without a series.
Any links provided will either be to the opening, or to an image.
And remember, before asking me anything on these, remember. I haven't finished all of these. Others, it's been so long since I've seen them, I don't remember what happens when so and so does whatever.
Dragonball Z - Do I really need to put anything for this? lol I will anyway. The first few arcs, I rather enjoyed. Once the Cell Saga was finished, I say it should have been over with. That Buu arc was disappointing, but that's just me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM0hunsIhPU
- Spoiler:
Dragonball - Much better than it's Z sequel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1Dp69D7q0
- Spoiler:
Monster Rancher - An older anime, but I loved this growing up as a kid. I would sit home all day and just watch. I honestly think this could have been a precursor to anime such as Pokemon and Digimon. While some people may not appreciate it, it's certainly a classic! One of my recommended. First anime to ever make me cry! (Which happens often, >.>)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgVJHjwul90
- Spoiler:
Ronin Warriors - Another classic. I use to watch this growing up as a kid as well. It's got it's moments, it's more nostalgia for me, and perhaps something most people wouldn't be interested in seeing. But who doesn't like a power ranger set of ronin samurai?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0XrXoZ1Xpc
- Spoiler:
Sailor Moon - One of my most beloved anime of all time. Even to this day, I still admit proudly to have watching this. I haven't finished it yet, I'm a season behind because they didn't air the Starlights in the US, and the States just continued to cancel the airing. Granted, in time, I wish they changed some of the things they did. It's got it's really corny moments, there are times I watch this and think "Wait... was that line really needed?" Anyway, they're going to redub it soon I hear, I can't wait. It was heavily edited when it was released in the states. I watched it the very day it was aired on Cartoon Network. I have strong ties to this anime. Really helped when I was growing up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_RZhh44NY
- Spoiler:
Yu-Gi-Oh! - Another favorite anime of mine. While I did enjoy the dub at first, the subbed was SO much better. Watching only the first few episodes of this show, do you realize just how heavily animated it was. It's horrible how much was removed, reworded, or edited out. From guns, to Yugi's mom. The music that was ripped from it is highly depressing what they replaced it with.
GX counterpart - Meh, it's alright. I didn't watch the dub, went straight to sub out of boredom. Enjoyed it, but it only had one arc I liked.
5D's - No.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huznqrrtaHU <<< Original Japanese opening for Season 1.
- Spoiler:
- Too lazy to dig up an image of the entire group... That would require searching through vast amounts of yaoi, cards, pictures of the Black Magician Girl, and Little Kuriboh. Too lazy for that atm.
S-Cry-Ed - The name supposedly comes from the word scryed, which if you watch the show, keeping that in mind, it makes a lot of sense. This anime is certainly one of my favorites. 26 episodes long, more than enough for me. It's an incredible one, and certainly something I'd recommend if you don't mind all the fighting. Something about this anime really stirs something up in me, I can't quite put a finger on it, but I wish I had something in there. The opening song is known as Reckless Fire. The song is split up for this anime, which is rather interesting way of doing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kjy2gROoAY
- Spoiler:
Cowboy Bebop - Bang! Another favorite of mine, a real classic as well. A blend of space travel and bounty hunters to jazz music, an incredibly well done mix. The soundtrack is amazing, I still listen to it whenever I get the chance. I still need to read the manga for this, but it's one of the best dubs out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE
- Spoiler:
Trigun - I liked this anime, wasn't ecstatic over it until I watched it the second time through. Definitely worth it for me. Lots of gun action, tons of funny moments, and it certainly has it's serious side as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHe4U5c5Oc
- Spoiler:
Lupin the Third - This anime is OLD! Seriously, it came out in '67. Not for everyone, and it rather does have it's moments. Lupin can be awful flirty, and Fujiko is the Mai Valentine of this series (you'll know what I mean if you watch YGOTAS). The anime can tend to be very perverted, very funny, and it does indeed have it's occasional serious moment. Thieves escaping the law, what could be better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJYxy2060c
- Spoiler:
Digimon - I LOVED this anime growing up, the first fourth season though, not so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpP93z0ridU
- Spoiler:
Pokemon - Another favorite of mine growing up. But these later seasons... just depress me. I stand by the thought that everything after Johto, shouldn't have happened. No Hoenn, no Sinnoh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY9axKRNaU
- Spoiler:
Code Geass - A great anime. Well thought out. Lelouche is one of my favorite characters of all time. His motivation and the extent to what he goes through to get it. That's not something you see characters willingly do all the time, especially in an anime this short. R3 should be coming out son, and I have high hopes. I do hope they aren't crushed however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0btAyMESc0 << Season 1, but I still prefer season 5's opening most.
- Spoiler:
FLCL - Also known as Furi Kuri, is in essence, 6 episodes of win. From what I hear, Geneon had some people get bored, and they made something as a side project. Goofy anime, seriously. Well worth the laughs.
Each episode has a different opening to go with each particular episode, so rather than the opening, here's the ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfsV6oZyFds
- Spoiler:
Axis Powers Hetalia - A hilarious interpretation of the world's history, and seeing as I like history, something like this should have happened sooner! Not well liked by people without a sense of humor on their own history. Personal comment, the English dub's voices were just... off. The accents sounded too forced to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ8O1CPsjhg <<< favorite of the set of endings, but there's one for various countries, including America, Japan, Russia, etc...
- Spoiler:
Paranoia Agent - Interesting anime, I loved it! The very opening is insane! Honestly looking at that alone would make you think there is something horribly wrong with the characters in it. Every last one of them has something worth being crazy over (to them anyway). If you like out there anime, watch this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anabfAg06U
- Spoiler:
Other anime, I'll add more details on them later!
Boogiepop Phantom
Gadguard
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Wolf's Rain
Witch Hunter Robin
Outlaw Star
Yuu Yuu Hakushu
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin
Ouran High School Host Club
Ghost in the Shell
Fruits Basket
Death Note
Burst Angel
Eatman
Cardcaptor Sakura
XXX Holic
Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle
Bleach
Inu Yasha
Hellsing
Fullmetal Alchemist
Chobits
X
Kiddy Grade
Big O
Magic Knight Rayearth
Fighting Foodons
Tokyo Babylon (I like CLAMP, as you can tell >.>)
Escaflowne
.hack//Sign
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
D.N. Angel
Excel Saga
Elfen Lied
Fushigi Yuugi
Hikaru No Go
3x3 Eyes
Shadow Skill
One Piece
Kikaider
Cyborg 009
Zoids
Kakurenbe
Paprika
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Samurai 7
Tenchi Muyo
Vandread
Naruto
Great Teacher Onizuka
Shaman King
Prince of Tennis
Dragonball GT
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Gundam Wing
Gundam 08th MS Team
Mobile Suit Gundam
G Gundam
Gundam Seed
And about 5 - 10 more other Gundam series.
Kare Kano
Azumanga Daioh
Read or Die
Read or Dream
Eureka Seven
Akira
Gravitation
Abenobashi Shopping Arcade
Tokyo Godfathers
Trinity Blood
Blood, the last vampire
Crayon Shin Chan
Blood+
Gunslinger Girl
Piano
Perfect Blue
Nazca
Dai-Guard
Martian Successor Nadesico
Duel Masters
Bobobo - bo Bo-bobo
Zatch Bell
Reboot
Gigantor (didn't like this one... mostly for the nose)
Robotech
Hamtaro
Reign (creeped me out some...)
MAR
La Corda D'oro Primo Passo <3
Maria+Holic (That + is supposed to be a cross)
And a million others... Now, to the manga. Unfortunately... I don't know them all. x.x
Angel Sanctuary (Saw the OVA too, but it was just a preview for the manga anyway, only like an episode or 2)
Diabolo
Vampire Hunter D
Princess Ai
Will have to ask a few people what they've lent me. >.>
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