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[Jex]

Hanasaku Iroha 22:
Great episode. It would have been the cliched thing for something to go horribly wrong at the wedding, but instead it turned out well and had the right mix of emotions on display. I also liked getting some more insight into Ohana's mom (and her letter was hilarious), and just the development we needed with the love triangle stuff. I wish Ohana and Minchi would just drop all this pretense about Tohru and Ko and admit they want each other, though.

I'm glad that you survived the doldrums in the middle of this show, because the finale makes it all worth it.

 

[Crash Station]

Aquarion 24

Tsugumi with dat love beam. Wasn't expecting something that badass from her at all.

 

[Jex]

Not LOGH? How can you resist the mighty pull of Space Prussia?

Well it would be way up there, that's for damns sure. I just suck at picking my favourites.

 

[zeroshiki]

Well it would be way up there, that's for damns sure. I just suck at picking my favourites.

I would be interested in seeing Jexhius' list.

I bet there will be a couple everyone would go "huh?" at.

 

[Branduil]

I don't get the Omigawa hate. Her voice is at the very least distinctive and not the high pitch squeaking that has become the norm nowadays.

Forgive the haters, for they know not what they do.

Omigawa will save anime when the time comes.

 

[Jex]

I would be interested in seeing Jexhius' list.

I bet there will be a couple everyone would go "huh?" at.

Maybe, everyone knows that Koi Kaze is a quality title.

 

[cajunator]

Koi Kaze isn't bad, just taboo subject matter.

Well, cosmic kept trying to convince me that Jex is an Akikan fan...

Lol, I just ordered that.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

It's alright. I think it does drag a bit at times, but apart from that I've got no complaints.

Not that I'd call it "my favourite anime of all time" - I couldn't say that about anything. I probably couldn't even do a top 30 (unordered).

Weakling.

1. Haibane Renmei
2. Mushishi
3. Whisper of the Heart
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
5. Spirited Away
6. Magnetic Rose from Memories (what?)
7. Bakeneko arc from Ayakashi (no really, what?)
8. My Neighbor Totoro
9. Trapeze
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
11. Baccano!
12. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
13. Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
14. Millennium Actress
15. Cowboy Bebop
16. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
17. One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
18. Mononoke
19. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
20. Paranoia Agent
21. Master Keaton
22. Kiki's Delivery Service
23. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993)
24. Dennou Coil
25. Gankutsuou
26. Gintama
27. Time of Eve
28. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
29. Wandering Son
30. Princess Mononoke

Admittedly the individual rankings are rough, but eh.

 

[Jex]

Anne of Green Gables 40
Recognizably the same person, but what a difference! The designs for all the younger characters have received steady changes as they've grown older, but Anne's has clearly received the most attention. Which, since she's the protagonist, is as it should be. Never have I seen a better visual depiction of the process of maturing, both physically and mentally.

Then again, how often is an anime so interested in showing characters grow and change over time? That level of character development is uniquely simple with animation (you don't need to artificially age live actors) but you don't see it that often. Instead you'll see 'current age character' and occasional flashbacks to 'child age character'.

There's a level of thought and consideration put into all these things which help to separate Anne of Green Gables from the crowd, even if it's mostly just in the writing.

 

[zeroshiki]

I'd like to think movies should be separate from TV series because of the natural expectation of better production values and a shorter more compact format.

 

[Jex]

Well, cosmic kept trying to convince me that Jex is an Akikan fan...

It's true in that I've seen the first four or so episodes. Some of it was amusingly dumb, that much is true, and most if was terrible.

The ultimate twist of Arjuna is that

Spoiler

CHRIS IS A FUCKING ASSHOLE

Twist?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I don't know why Magnetic Rose deserves a "what." It's really fucking good.

I thought people might object to me selecting only one part of an anthology film, but Magnetic Rose is so obviously on another level from the other two parts of Memories that I couldn't help it.

 

[Jex]

I thought people might object to me selecting only one part of an anthology film, but Magnetic Rose is so obviously on another level from the other two parts of Memories that I couldn't help it.

It may be an 'anthology' but it's three different films by three different directors, so separating them makes sense.

 

[Crash Station]

Jeez, I don't know if I could even settle on a top 5. Let's see:

1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
2. One Piece
3. Dragonball Z
4. Sexy Commando
5. Dead Leaves

Something like that I guess and even those are iffy.

 

[Branduil]

Weakling.

1. Haibane Renmei
2. Mushishi
3. Whisper of the Heart
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
5. Spirited Away
6. Magnetic Rose from Memories (what?)
7. Bakeneko arc from Ayakashi (no really, what?)
8. My Neighbor Totoro
9. Trapeze
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
11. Baccano!
12. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
13. Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
14. Millennium Actress
15. Cowboy Bebop
16. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
17. One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
18. Mononoke
19. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
20. Paranoia Agent
21. Master Keaton
22. Kiki's Delivery Service
23. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993)
24. Dennou Coil
25. Gankutsuou
26. Gintama
27. Time of Eve
28. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
29. Wandering Son
30. Princess Mononoke

Admittedly the individual rankings are rough, but eh.

I don't really like ranking anime per se, but I do have several anime I consider to be in my pantheon of champions:

Cowboy Bebop
Spirited Away
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Laputa
Haibane Renmei
Monster
Princess Mononoke

No particular order. Of course there's a lot of other anime I consider to be on the next level down, but still great anime. Escaflowne, Baccano, Usagi Drop, etc.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Then again, how often is an anime so interested in showing characters grow and change over time? That level of character development is uniquely simple with animation (you don't need to artificially age live actors) but you don't see it that often. Instead you'll see 'current age character' and occasional flashbacks to 'child age character'.

There's a level of thought and consideration put into all these things which help to separate Anne of Green Gables from the crowd, even if it's mostly just in the writing.

The novel is deceptively ambitious in that regard. It's just a series of ordinary, seemingly unremarkable events in a girl's life, but by the time you reach the end you realize it has a relatively large scope in how it treats the process of growing up.

 

[trejo]

Or separating Have I Got a Story for You from the rest of Gotham Knight.

 

[Jex]

Code Geass R2 Ep. 14-25

What a waste of time. I just stopped caring at some point and just wanted it to end. Even the action did nothing for me.

Aww, you're at least supposed to enjoy the descent into silliness. This is unfortunate.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Jeez, I don't know if I could even settle on a top 5. Let's see:

1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
2. One Piece
3. Dragonball Z
4. Sexy Commando
5. Dead Leaves

Something like that I guess and even those are iffy.

I haven't even heard of Sexy Commando.

 

[Regulus Tera]

1. Toradora!
2. the rest

 

[Jex]

Weakling.

1. Haibane Renmei
[...]

Jeez, I don't know if I could even settle on a top 5. Let's see:

1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
[...].

I don't really like ranking anime per se, but I do have several anime I consider to be in my pantheon of champions:
[...]

There's a real lack of Bakemonogatari in these posts!

 

[Instro]

Weakling.

1. Haibane Renmei
2. Mushishi
3. Whisper of the Heart
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
5. Spirited Away
6. Magnetic Rose from Memories (what?)
7. Bakeneko arc from Ayakashi (no really, what?)
8. My Neighbor Totoro
9. Trapeze
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
11. Baccano!
12. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
13. Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
14. Millennium Actress
15. Cowboy Bebop
16. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
17. One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
18. Mononoke
19. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
20. Paranoia Agent
21. Master Keaton
22. Kiki's Delivery Service
23. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993)
24. Dennou Coil
25. Gankutsuou
26. Gintama
27. Time of Eve
28. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
29. Wandering Son
30. Princess Mononoke

Admittedly the individual rankings are rough, but eh.

Good man

 

[cajunator]

Hmmm....this list is rough and far from final.

1. Haibane Renmei
2. Twelve Kingdoms
3. Kino's Journey
4. Millenium Actress
5. Princess Mononoke
6. Cardcaptor Sakura
7. Princess Tutu
8. Utena
9. Genshiken
10. Welcome to the NHK
11. Spirited Away
12. Chihaya Furu (after 5 episodes)
13. Paprika
14. Memories
15. The Cat Returns
16. Spice and Wolf
17. Youre Under Arrest
18. Escaflowne
19. Iria
20. Dennou Coil
21. ROD TV
22. Fruits Basket
23. Nuku Nuku
24. Planetes
25. Full Moon Wo Sagashite
26. Girl Who Leapt Through Time
27. Working!
28. Gurenn Lagann
29. Mindgame
30. Tweeny Witches

I left a lot of HNNNNG off this list so it could change on a whim.

 

[Crash Station]

I haven't even heard of Sexy Commando.

It's funny.

 

[jman2050]

I couldn't even do a top 10 to save my life. I'm indecisive enough as is without having to take the stuff I really like and try to come up with some vague criteria for determining what shows are slightly better or worse than everything else.

Instead I'll just call Azumanga Daioh the best anime ever and leave it at that!

 

[Instro]

1. Clannad After Story
2. Angel Beats
3. Air
4. Clannad
5. Kanon

Well I think that about does it.

 

[Jex]

I'm more astounded that the only casualties were their shirts.

If the shirts don't come off then how can it be a real fight scene?

 

[zeroshiki]

1. Clannad After Story
2. Angel Beats
3. Air
4. Clannad
5. Kanon

Well I think that about does it.

Kanon 2002 or 2006?

 

[Jex]

I'm glad the fence is in the shot. To let you know that she's a prisoner to her chair.

Spoiler

Why do I think it's cool when Bakemonogatari does the same thing?

Because SHAFT only make classy shows.

 

[jman2050]

1. Toradora!
2. the rest

See this is an example of what I'm talking about, I could rank something like Toradora as high as #1 or as low as the 20s and I wouldn't be able to tell you which is closer to the truth. I love the show, no more clarification needed.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

There's a real lack of Bakemonogatari in these posts!

Bakemonogatari isn't even my favorite Shaft show.

 

[Thoraxes]

So the shoe is a dick?

Spoiler

lol shu

It's hard to appreciate symbolism in a post-Ikuhara anime industry.

This is amazing.

 

[cajunator]

Do you even have to ask?

That picture honestly isnt that bad aside from the guy in the middle.

 

[jman2050]

SZS is the best Shaft show, Madoka and Bake are next in line in some undetermined order.

 

[Thoraxes]

Do you even have to ask?

I prefer the live action version.

 

[cajunator]

Also I would rank Ai yori Aoshi somewhere up there as a sentimental favorite, but goddamn I have to put something in the top 30. Its so difficult.

 

[Instro]

Do you even have to ask?

Such a well defined chin.

 

[Thoraxes]

auuu~

I liked Mai the best though.

 

[Jex]

SZS is the best Shaft show, Madoka and Bake are next in line in some undetermined order.

Which one? The original?

 

[jman2050]

Which one? The original?

I liked all of it equally for different reasons, but if you put a gun to my head I'd probably lean towards season 2 with season 1 not far behind.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I liked Mai the best though.

Good man.

 

[Frosteey]

I think Bakemonogatari would probably make my top ten!

If you combined sequels or something, maybe.

I guess everything I've given a 10 or a 9 almost neatly fits into a top 30. If I was absolutely pressed to knock one out to make it even it would probably be Leave it to Kero-chan, unfortunately : (

http://i.imgur.com/YSOIG.png

 

[cajunator]

Nobody is going to poke fun at my list? GAF I am disappoint.

 

[Frosteey]

Nobody is going to poke fun at my list? GAF I am disappoint.

Cardcaptor Sakura is too low!

 

[jman2050]

Also Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu S1 would break my top 30 easily and damnit why don't you all watch this show already it's awesome. It's what Ika Musume and Keroro Gunsou wish they could be.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Nobody is going to poke fun at my list? GAF I am disappoint.

Your list looks a lot less pretentious than my (real) list. I don't wanna be a hypocrite.

 

[Branduil]

I think Bakemonogatari would probably make my top ten!

If you combined sequels or something, maybe.

I guess everything I've given a 10 or a 9 almost neatly fits into a top 30. If I was absolutely pressed to knock one out to make it even it would probably be Leave it to Kero-chan, unfortunately : (

http://i.imgur.com/YSOIG.png

A 10 for Endless Eight?

 

[Thoraxes]

Nobody is going to poke fun at my list? GAF I am disappoint.

Where's the X-men anime? I'm so disappointed in you. it's the greatest anime of all time and space.

 

[Femmeworth]

I think Bakemonogatari would probably make my top ten!

If you combined sequels or something, maybe.

I guess everything I've given a 10 or a 9 almost neatly fits into a top 30. If I was absolutely pressed to knock one out to make it even it would probably be Leave it to Kero-chan, unfortunately : (

http://i.imgur.com/YSOIG.png

You gave both seasons of Code Geass a perfect 10...

Anime rankings/ratings on My Anime List and Anime News Network have taught me that Sturgeon's law applies to anime fans too. Stop this world, I want off.

 

[cajunator]

Your list looks a lot less pretentious than my (real) list. I don't wanna be a hypocrite.

That is my real list.
Well as close to one as I'm currently willing to try.

Cardcaptor Sakura is too low!

That may be true but those shows up above it I love a LOOOOOOOOOOOOT.
Maybe even a few more O's.