Anime That You Love Thread

[Magicite Spring]

Angel Beats!(This is my #1 favorite show of all time it is only 13 episodes and is on Netflix go watch it now!)

My favorite character of all time...

Spoiler

Clannad/Afterstory (This show turns boys into men.)

I second Angel Beats! It had action, comedy, drama and awesome music. Its one of the only things I've watched that caused me to think about my life and how I could change and be a better person. It also made me cry a number of times with some really touching scenes, especially the final episode. Nothing has affected me more deeply than Angel Beats! managed to do with only 13 episodes.

I also agree TK was awesome, but my main problem I have is that he is pretty much unnecessary to the plot.

Finally, my view on Clannad. I mentioned above the Angel Beats! touched me deeply, and so I was eager to watch Clannad after hearing people mention how much better it is than Angel Beats!. And after getting to around episode 18 I decided that I didn't agree. In those first episodes I didn't get nearly the same emotional ride as I did with Angel Beats!. Clannad just felt like a slog, especially since its obvious who the MC will end up with making all the story arcs with the other girls lose all relevance and meaning.

 

[Nami nom noms]

I'm not a massive fan of anime, so I like those that tend to be a bit different or strong stories in their own right: As such, my favourites are...

Death Note,
Blood+
Lovely Complex,
3x3 Eyes.

Contrary to the above, I also enjoyed Bamboo Blade, Prince of Tennis, History's strongest Disciple: Kenichi(?), and this weird one that I can't remember the name of, but it involved people fighting to the death over Bento boxes in the reduced aisle... genius idea.

 

[deidara]

Dragonball
Nichijou
Fate/Zero

 

[Vegosiux]

]Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Don't let the fact that it's a magical girl anime fool you. Watch it. Now.

Oh yeah, that's a good one. You are not prepared for what is has in store for you, people. No really, you are not. And don't you dare look at spoilers before you watch it, either!

Well, then, also, Mai-HiME (you'll giggle when you learn what HiME stands for), even if the ending is a little "Oh goddamn I just knew they were gonna do that. Curse them and their sudden yet inevitable fuckup". But let's just say I'm not too fond of yandere types, but for this one, I made an exception. Shizuru's awesome. Is in the Mai-Otome series too.

Azumanga Daioh? Heh that one is just...for the times you need something light and wacky, and it does its job well.

One of my favorites is Scrapped Princess, too. It does start a little slow, but gains momentum towards the end.

Crest/Banner of the Stars

Also, this one. I personally prefer Crest, if only because of episode 5. That was...well, one of the best anime episodes ever in my book.

 

[Shinsei-J]

Bakemonogatari
The best anime ever in my oppintion.
Also best tsunadere ever.

 

[Snowbell]

Cardcaptors
Sailor Moon
Digimon
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Were my favourites as a child

These days my favourites list would be, in no particular order;
Soul Eater
Death Note
Inukami
Witch Hunter Robin
Hellsing (the original for the intro, Ultimate for the art and continued plot)
Black Butler
Angel Beats!
Naruto Shippuuden
Durarara!!
Black Lagoon
Tower of Druaga's first episode (the rest was a bit meh)

My favourite mangas are Fruits Basket, Bizenghast and Alice in the Country of Hearts.

But the thing that I'd really like to share with everyone is the visual novel Ever17, it's 'cure' (true) ending is so fantastic;


I can also vouch for Remember11 and Chaos;Head being fantastic, and safe for work!

 

[TwiZtah]

Naruto
Full Metal Alchemist
Planetes
Elfen Lied

 

[BENZOOKA]

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga Densetsu Weed

The very best. And also:
Death Note
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

 

[Jonathan Davison]

Gakuen Alice
K-on
Fullmetal Alchemist(both)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

 

[Benni88]

Mine's gotta be FLCL. Blew me away when I first saw it. Can't believe that people would put down Evangelion on their favourites list. I thought it was a pile of poop.

 

[MammothBlade]

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Serial Experiments Lain
Ghost in The Shell: Standalone Complex
Monster
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Claymore
Mirai Nikki

I have a big hardon for mindf**k, mysteries, and horror. Though I also like certain Shounen such as Fairy Tail and One Piece.

 

[Leemaster777]

Aside from stuff already mentioned, my two favorites are:

Excel Saga

A truly outrageous parody comedy, Excel Saga just never has a consistent theme... and that's part of it's charm. Every episode, it changes from a high school drama, to a sci-fi, to a musical, to basically whatever they feel like at the moment. Plus, it has Nabeshin. You cannot beat Nabeshin.

Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt

As I've mentioned before, I relish any opportunity to post a certain scene from this anime, and I think I'll do that instead of posting a paragraph about this particular anime:

 

[Furioso]

-Yu Yu Hakusho for being straight up badass, but also sad and thought provoking at times
-Full Metal Alchemist is just generally great
-I remember when I was young I watched Rurouni Kenshin, and I know I liked it, but I can't remember anything about it, I wonder if it still holds up

 

[kortin]

Full Metal Alchemist
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Clannad (After Story)
Sgt. Frog
D. Gray Man
Death Note

Uh. That's all I can think of right now.

Finally, my view on Clannad. I mentioned above the Angel Beats! touched me deeply, and so I was eager to watch Clannad after hearing people mention how much better it is than Angel Beats!. And after getting to around episode 18 I decided that I didn't agree. In those first episodes I didn't get nearly the same emotional ride as I did with Angel Beats!. Clannad just felt like a slog, especially since its obvious who the MC will end up with making all the story arcs with the other girls lose all relevance and meaning.

Clannad itself isn't very deep. In fact, that only real reason you should watch it is to make sure you know how Nagisa and Tomoya got together. Watch Clannad After Story. It will make you cry like a baby. I went into it headstrong and certain that it wouldn't make me cry, I thought it was just other people who were too emotional.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

Ignore the order, I don't do rankings.

1. Bakemonogatari
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magika
3. Kure-nai
4. Shiki
5. Tatami Galaxy
6. Ef ~a tale of memories~
7. Berserk
8. Steins;Gate

I've actually just got the blueray collection of Berserk.

I can't believe I've never watched it before. It's fantastic, I'd written it off as another boring fantasy anime, but it goes places you don't expect and the series tone does a serious 180 somewhere in the middle and keeps getting more twisted right up until that finale which was frankly, dark. The only problem is that they only made one series and now I seriously need to know how the story progresses.

But I don't fancy laying down £300+ on all 35 managa volumes. And I don't think it's even finished yet.

Berserk is a real masterpiece, both the anime and the manga. I've been reading manga for about seven years and Berserk is probably the best I've read.

 

[217not237]

Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi is my favorite because it's just a bunch of hot dudes making out with other hot dudes. Pretty self-explanatory. Then there's Paranoia Agent, the dark, intelligent mind-bender. And, of course, No. 6, which combines the appeal of Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi with Brave New World.

 

[Charli]

I got a soft spot for shonen but i do love soul eater abit more than the rest if only for the character stein:

Aside from that personal favourites

Hellsing OVA (anime series is okay just fails to follow through on the ending)

Fooley Cooley

Full Metal Alchemist (both series)

Cowboy Bebop

Samurai Champloo

Outlaw Star

...Yeah all of this. Plus Digimon. (guilty pleasures)

Ugh and Martian Successor Nadesico (second guilty pleasure)

Aaand Cooking Master Boy. (Just don't even ask on that one, long story)

Oh and ...y'know I could go on all day I have alot of really terrible anime ontop of all the big namers that I enjoy.

 

[KefkaCultist]

I have three favorite animes:
-FLCL because it's so random & crazy & awesome & funny & etc.
-Fullmetal Alchemist (original and Brotherhood) because I love the story/setting/characters
-Slayers because it was my first anime ever thanks to my brother. Gonna cosplay as Zelgadis [http://crzysmansion.artchicks.org/stuff/cels/Zelgadis05.jpg] at ACen next year.

Honorable mentions are: Death Note, Hellsing Ultimate, and Darker Than Black.

 

[AgentCooper]

I have a very odd list and I'm quite proud of it.

Big O

Yu Yu Hakusho

G Gundam

Lupin the 3rd

And last and probably on the top of my list.

Fist of the North Star

 

[Vhite]

You may dislike this opinion but I can enjoy almost anything that is nicely animated. I know that there are some big stories out there even in animes that dont look so good but if I want that I go read a book.