Favorite Anime Show?

[Minicool]

What is your favorite Japanese anime?
actually for me is Fairy tail and One piece.

 

[GodOfOrder]

TV

1. Full metal alchemist brotherhood & Elfen Lied
2. Death note
3. Cowboy be bop
4. Evangelion
5. Gunslinger Girl (don't judge me)
6. Black Butler
7. Hetalia (don't judge me)


Film

1. Kiki's Delivery Service
2. Akira
3. Ghost in the shell
4. End of Evangelion
5. Paint it white

 

[Chad]

One Piece is cool

I don't really watch anime.

Its the one flaw in my otherwise perfectly nerdy life.

 

[Puffy]

I watched a lot of the animes listed years ago and am not as fussed currently. The one that still stands out to me though is Serial Experiments Lain.

 

[Pyropyro]

1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
2. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (the older anime is bad )
3. Death note
3. Hajime No Ippo
4. Honey and Clover (suggestion from my ENFP sister, it's actually a very nice way of looking at weird artist types)
5. Mononoke (Toei anime)
6. Attack on Titan (manga at the moment but I really enjoy it)
7. Fate/Stay Night

 

[Ink]

Only watched Death Note, which I liked.

 

[ApostateAbe]

I started a local anime club just to watch Death Note. But my favorite anime series remains the series that got me into anime: Berserk.

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It is cool, and I don't care how homoerotic it comes off most of the time. I do care that they never finished the story, beginning and ending in very bizarre territory that remains unexplained.

 

[Fukyo]

Kara no Kyoukai (Garden of Sinners)

Shinsekai Yori
Mononoke Hime
Spirited Away
Otona Joshi no Anime Time
Aoi Bungaku
Steins;Gate
5 centimeters per second
Pale Cocoon
Simoun
Ergo Proxy
Mononoke

Nostalgia favorites: Escaflowne (the series), Vandread, Shaman King

 

[Nezaros]

I don't watch much anime although I did really like High School of the Dead.

 

[Puffy]

Oo, oo, Grave of the Fireflies, that was a wonderful movie.

and f%$#ing traumatising...

 

[Wolf18]

TV: Fullmetal Alchemist, intend to start watching and/or reading Death Note soon.

Film: Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.

SW

 

[TheScornedReflex]

Death Note
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ergo Proxy
Darker than Black
The first hundred episodes of One Peace. (It goes the way of all long anime shows eventually)
Noein: Mō Hitori no Kimi e
Kenichi
s-CRY-d

Will be starting Elfen Lied soon.
.... Not that I watch that many anime shows... I swear!

 

[TimeAsylums]

Death Note
Hajime no Ippo

pretty much the only ones i've seen >_<

I also don't watch anime that much

 

[Minicool]

Death note seem to be a really trough one like FMAB

 

[Lot]

1. Ouran High School Host Club (I'm actually planning to coplay as Tamaki soon)
2. Eden of the East
3. Welcome to the NHK
4. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
5. Death Note
6. Spice and Wolf
7. School Rumble (Its pretty lame, but I can't help but love it, and giggle like a school girl)

 

[Lot]

6. Attack on Titan (manga at the moment but I really enjoy it)

That show freaks me out. The first 5 episodes were me being pissed off and disturbed. Which makes it a well done show. I got sick of waiting for new episodes so I started reading the manga. I thought about buying a skin colored body suit and going to a convention as a titan. Just smile all big. I bet people would shit them selves.

 

[Pyropyro]

That show freaks me out. The first 5 episodes were me being pissed off and disturbed. Which makes it a well done show. I got sick of waiting for new episodes so I started reading the manga. I thought about buying a skin colored body suit and going to a convention as a titan. Just smile all big. I bet people would shit them selves.

I really have no idea why this is shonen!

You should also put some Glasgow smile-like make up if you're going for that Titan-Eren look.

 

[Hayyel]

The only anime I ever watched was Kyou Kara Maou. I guess Pokemon and Avatar are not anime, right?

 

[Pyropyro]

The only anime I ever watched was Kyou Kara Maou. I guess Pokemon and Avatar are not anime, right?

Pokemon is an anime while Avatar is an anime inspired animation.

 

[GodOfOrder]

1. Ouran High School Host Club (I'm actually planning to coplay as Tamaki soon)
2. Eden of the East
3. Welcome to the NHK
4. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
5. Death Note
6. Spice and Wolf
7. School Rumble (Its pretty lame, but I can't help but love it, and giggle like a school girl)

Your one and two are my runner ups. I love ouran, especially because of how aware it is. It seems to constantly poke fun at its own genre. As for Eden of the East, my narcissistic side just loved to entertain the thought of being a Seleção. But I'd probably just use all my money to nuke every one whilst building an arc for me and those I deem acceptable.

 

[The Gopher]

I watch anime for different reasons so I can't say which is the best. But I have watched

Deathnote (stopped halfway through)
FMA (both)
Ouran (Recommended by the girls and according to the crowd sourced skype chat anime blog (which mainly features yaoi of proxy and I -_-) I'm Tamaki[which didn't make sense until I realized it actually made every sense])
No.6 (I think I got this as a random recommendation from the IRC)
Baccano (which ended up hilarious in someways)
Evangelion
Cowboy be bop (used this knowledge to wingman a friend of mine, it worked)
FLCL (if you are trying to explain to someone what anime weird is this is a good start)
Black Butler (duh)
and various others that I can't think of...

 

[Kuu]

Death note is so damn overrated it makes me sick to see it mentioned everywhere, not to mention it being the only one some people have watched

Steins;Gate
Spice & Wolf
Shinsekai Yori
Serial Experiments Lain
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Kino no tabi
Eve no jikan
Psycho-Pass
Planetes
Baccano!
Evangelion
Mononoke
Welcome to the NHK
Gunbuster / Diebuster
Gurren Lagann
Bakemonogatari

 

[Puffy]

Welcome to the NHK

Oh yeah! I forgot that one. I watched it with a friend months back. It was excellent, and on a theme I imagine a lot here would relate to.

No mention of Code Geass, Kuu? :>

edit: Death Note was okay. At least it had a theme, but I admit it seemed a little archaic. Light is basically the Old Testament God, defining sin and then eradicating it. I didn't feel it was very in touch with contemporary society that way. It would have been way more convincing/ interesting if he'd treated his murders with more moral ambiguity, rather than the simplistic way he does.

But my impression of it was just: well written, entertaining, but certainly not as cerebral as some would peg it. I'm more irked by shows like DBZ, Naruto and Bleach that don't have much more to them (that I can see) than mindless fighting. (and ninjas )

 

[The Gopher]

Death note is so damn overrated it makes me sick to see it mentioned everywhere, not to mention it being the only one some people have watched

Steins;Gate
Spice & Wolf
Shinsekai Yori
Serial Experiments Lain
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Kino no tabi
Eve no jikan
Psycho-Pass
Planetes
Baccano!
Evangelion
Mononoke
Welcome to the NHK
Gunbuster / Diebuster
Gurren Lagann
Bakemonogatari

I WARHE BLACCANO BECAU YOU

Oh yeah! I forgot that one. I watched it with a friend months back. It was excellent, and on a theme I imagine a lot here would relate to.

No mention of Code Geass, Kuu? :>

edit: Death Note was okay. At least it had a theme, but I admit it seemed a little archaic. Light is basically the Old Testament God, defining sin and then eradicating it. I didn't feel it was very in touch with contemporary society that way. It would have been way more convincing/ interesting if he'd treated his murders with more moral ambiguity, rather than the simplistic way he does.

But my impression of it was just: well written, entertaining, but certainly not as cerebral as some would peg it. I'm more irked by shows like DBZ, Naruto and Bleach that don't have much more to them (that I can see) than mindless fighting. (and ninjas )

OH YEAH GEESE AND THAT OTHER ONE
THE PANIC ONE FULL METAL

 

[Kuu]

No mention of Code Geass, Kuu? :>

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C.C. is still my waifu, stay away fuckers!

I WARHE BLACCANO BECAU YOU

AUSOM

 

[QuickTwist]

I like samurai animes like Samurai X so if you know of any good ones I'd like to hear about them. I also like Jin-Roh and Chrome Shelled Regios.

 

[BluePantsMcgee]

Might change my mind again, but these will probably be somewhere in the top ten:

1: SAO
2: Hyouka
3: FMA brotherhood
4: Ouran host club
5: Code Geass (R2)
6: Death Note

Movies: All of Studio Ghibili

 

[AnnaC]

I've only watched Naruto, which I've thoroughly enjoyed. I follow it like my mother follows tabloid magazines.

Otherwise, I'm not a huge anime or manga fan.

 

[magpi]

Haven't watched any for a while, but I like anime that: has a refreshing honesty or dreamlike serenity to it, or that juxtapose cutesiness with violence or realism, that pretty much relies on thick atmosphere or general moods/reflection on mundane situations, or is self-aware/draws attention to genre tropes. I can't stand overly cutesy straight comedies or long melodramatic procedurals.

Some shows I've liked are: Mushishi, Serial Experiments Lain, Welcome to the NHK, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Bakemonogatari, Azumanga Daioh, Magical Girl Madoka Magica, Elfen Lied (to an extent).

Films: Pretty much every Ghibli film, 5 Centimeters per Second, Ghost in the Shell, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Paprika.

 

[Foxman49]

I haven't watched any Anime in a long while, but I'm about to get started again.

My list:
1. Naruto
2. BLeach (meh, but whatever)
3. Gintama
4. Ruroni Kenshin
5. Darker than Black
6. Chrome Shelled Regios
7. Gundam (Wing, 00, and G Gundam)
8. Clannad
9. DNAngel
10. Big O
11. Cowboy Bebop

I think that covers it, but I probably forgetting something obvious.

 

[TimeAsylums]

So my asian friend just linked me two more that I will be adding to my list,
since he knows I love psychology

1. Psycho-Pass
2. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru

 

[Lot]

I haven't watched any Anime in a long while, but I'm about to get started again.

My list:
1. Naruto
2. BLeach (meh, but whatever)
3. Gintama
4. Ruroni Kenshin
5. Darker than Black
6. Chrome Shelled Regios
7. Gundam (Wing, 00, and G Gundam)
8. Clannad
9. DNAngel
10. Big O
11. Cowboy Bebop

I think that covers it, but I probably forgetting something obvious.

I totally forgot to put Clannad and Clannad the after story. How could I forget the anime series that made me cry like a baby repeatedly.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Death note is so damn overrated it makes me sick to see it mentioned everywhere, not to mention it being the only one some people have watched

Steins;Gate
Spice & Wolf
Shinsekai Yori
Serial Experiments Lain
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Kino no tabi
Eve no jikan
Psycho-Pass
Planetes
Baccano!
Evangelion
Mononoke
Welcome to the NHK
Gunbuster / Diebuster
Gurren Lagann
Bakemonogatari

Woah! Someones got taste!

You've already brought up a lot of favourites but here are some others I dig:

Texhnolyze (Dark, like real dark)
Kemonozume
Haibane Renmei
Kaiba
Serei no Moribito (amazing production and a great ghibliesque vibe á mononoke hime)
Bokurano
Dennou Coil
Now and then here and there
Aoi Bungaku
Mushishi

 

[DelusiveNinja]

I just finished watching Shinsekai yori. I must say that show caused the birth of some intriguing thoughts and even some nightmares. I highly recommend that show.

Maybe I shouldn't have watched it, I might have been too young for such mind fuckery.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

I've seen several mainstream ones:

1. Death Note (not overrated thank you very much)
2. Dragon Ball Z (Nostalgia)
3. Naruto
4. Bleach
5. Samurai Champloo
6. Ouran High School Host Club
7. Yu Yu Hakusho
8. Inuyasha

Side note: I can't really get into One Piece it's too wacky for me.

 

[Kuu]

Woah! Someones got taste!

You've already brought up a lot of favourites but here are some others I dig:

Texhnolyze (Dark, like real dark)
Kemonozume
Haibane Renmei
Kaiba
Serei no Moribito (amazing production and a great ghibliesque vibe á mononoke hime)
Bokurano
Dennou Coil
Now and then here and there
Aoi Bungaku
Mushishi

Yeah I've watched most of those too, and plan to watch those I haven't yet watched...

Some people swear Texhnolyze is the greatest thing of all time, but I thought it was too pretentious for its own good. Bokurano, Haibane Renmei and Now and then... were quite decent. Dennou Coil, I would have enjoyed more if it had taken its premise to darker corners.

Recently I saw Seikai no Monshou / Crest of the Stars. I'll be watching the rest of the series promptly. T'was pretty enjoyable, like LoGH meets Spice & Wolf:

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[Minicool]

Seem to be good anime!

 

[Alex_]

I don't have a favorite anything, but I'll recommend Suisei no Gargantia, which ended this weekend. It has only 12 episodes but was able to touch points such as evolution, the essence of mankind and steampunk pirates - sort of.

A brief synopsis, that inevitably gives some spoilers of the awesome first episode:

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In the distant future, mankind has taken to the stars and formed the Galactic Alliance of Humankind (人類銀河同盟 Jinrui Ginga Dōmei?). The Alliance is engaged in a perpetual war with a tentacled alien species known as the Hideauze (ヒディアーズ Hidiāzu?). 16-year-old Ensign Ledo is a soldier in the Galactic Alliance, piloting a Machine Caliber (マシンキャリバー Mashin Kyaribā?), an AI-automated, humanoid-shaped battle suit, which he refers to as 'Chamber'. After a failed attempt by the Alliance forces to destroy an enemy super-weapon, Ledo is knocked into a wormhole and loses consciousness. When he awakens, he learns from Chamber that he has been in cryo-stasis for 6 months while his wounds were healing. Ledo learns that he and Chamber have been 'found' by a rag-tag band of 'primitive' human scavengers.

 

[Rocco]

Most of mine have been listed except:

Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Wolf's Rain
Record of Lodoss War
Elfen Lied
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Nodame Cantabile

EDIT:
East of Eden
Gankutsuou
Anything by the late Satoshi Kon (Esp. Perfect Blue)

 

[GigglyGoo]

I've seen several mainstream ones:

1. Death Note (not overrated thank you very much)
2. Dragon Ball Z (Nostalgia)
3. Naruto
4. Bleach
5. Samurai Champloo
6. Ouran High School Host Club
7. Yu Yu Hakusho
8. Inuyasha

Side note: I can't really get into One Piece it's too wacky for me.

I was reading all the posts scanning for Samurai Champloo thinking ohemgee how has it not been mentioned yet?!
The soundtrack for SC is pretty damn awesome.
That and Mushishi are my current all time favourites.

 

[DelusiveNinja]

1. Mirai Nikki
2. NHK
3. Chaos;Head
4. Shinsekai yori or Steins;Gate
5. Gankutsuo ( I've taken interest in nobleman stories)
6. Kuroshitsuji
7. Code Geass
8. Darker than Black (Love that ost)
9. C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control/ Gantz (weird ass show but funny)
10. To Love-Ru (and sequels i'm guilty but fuck it)

 

[Introspective]

1. Code Geass
2. Hetalia
3. Death Note
4. Baka and Test (Yes, it's goofy, but at least the animation is decent.)

 

[DelusiveNinja]

I don't think I am obsessed but anime is all I watch. Does this make me an Otaku?

 

[Vykaus]

I've watched sooooo many anime and loved most of them... if I had to cut the list down severely:
All Ghost in the Shell episodes/movies, I wanna see GITS Arise but not until all the episodes are out x.x
Cowboy Bebop

I would probably list more if I could remember them better O_o

Although in the first season of GITS, Motoko Kusanagi's outfit annoyed the hell outta me! She's still one, of if not my favorite, characters in any story I've ever encountered. I feel so connected to her motivations, thought process, and how she interacts with the world.

She's my avatar

 

[Soulreaper]

Go to http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/ you can make a acc and tag all the shows you’ve watched, me 248. On a serious note
0 Claymore
1 Dusk maiden of amnesia
2 clanned and after story( I to cried my eyes out)
3 Freezing
4 Sword Art Online
5 Chrome Shelled Regios
6 Spice and wolf
7 death note
8 code geass
9 Angel beasts

 

[Soulreaper]

I don't think I am obsessed but anime is all I watch. Does this make me an Otaku?

Oh and yes it does

 

[Reluctantly]

I liked these for different reasons. I think I like dramas.

Ah! My Goddess
Berserk
Gundam Wing
12 kokuki
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Haibane Renmei
azumanga daioh
Vision of Escaflowne
Serial Experiments Lain
.hack//SIGN
Ghost in the Shell

 

[TheScornedReflex]

I liked these for different reasons. I think I like dramas.

Ah! My Goddess

I am watching this now. At first I wondered what the fuck I was watching, but the show grew on me.

 

[liamliam1234liam]

Gurren Lagann wins for me by a massive margin. Were it not for Jon Stewart, it would easily be my favorite show of all time.
Cowboy Bebop is also an absolutely masterpiece of the genre.

I have not watched much anime, overall. I have seen Deadman Wonderland and Death Note, both of which I liked, although they were certainly quite flawed. I also watched half of Hellsing Ultimate, before I grew tired of it.
I have a list of some stuff to watch, such as Steins;Gate, Gundam Wing 00, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Code Geass, Paranoia, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. My issue is more the length of those shows (well, apart from Paranoia, but that is the bottom of my list); the other shows I watched had the benefit of being short and easy to watch. However, I do feel I have a significant respect for the genre overall considering my substantial love of the two shows I mentioned primarily.

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

1. Death Note
2. Code Geass
3. Hellsing Ultimate