LordOmnit's probable list:
1) ARIA (all three seasons and even the OVA was good) (such a perfect story taking everyday happenings at its own pace and having by far some of the best music and voice acting ever and ever and ever - if so far on the side of idealism that the other end is neutral instead of cynical)
2) Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (such a peaceful series that is quite funny but at the same time it is much like ARIA with being so laid-back)
3) (Zoku) Natsume Yuujinchou (ha ha, the top three are slice-of-life. Similar comments, but the animation takes the delicious, moist cake for the top three - as well as being a bit more realistic in terms of idealism and cynicism)
4) Minami-ke (first season only, third season is somewhere further down the list) (ha ha, okay, top four are slice-of-life. However, this one is anything but peaceful, it is a no-holds-bared comedy with excellent characters)
5) Spice and Wolf (one of the few series that takes a different route from practically anything, making the center of the series trading and commerce of a medieval-times merchant with a bit of supernatural in it as well)
6) Hyakko (a hilarious slap-stick comedy that bars about as many holds as a guide to holds written by a sadist)
7) Utawarerumono (an excellent series that sucked me into its world completely by the second episode. It would be higher up, but the studio was kinda lazy and recycled scenes a little too much)
8) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (and now for something completely different... I think that's enough said)
9) Kure-nai (a dramatic slice-of-life with awesome animation. I dunno what I can said except that it was kept together quite well, save for one episode that I may just skip over when I decide to watch it again (completely unnecessary and spasm-inducingly weird))
10) To Aru Majutsu no Index / Fullmetal Alchemist (a toss-up since I'm not done with To Aru yet, but the former has some of the best animation of this past year and THE best job of merging CG and animation I've seen and the latter, again, has some of the best animation, a very cool story, etc. However, To Aru is just awesome at times, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl46splTpyg&fmt=18 starting at two minutes. You see the bad and the good with that part: the long-windedness it has at times and an almost completely normal guy being truly badass)
macapus said:
The one that isn't gay, oh wait, there isn't one!
macapus said:
Then don't leave flame bait behind while saying NOTHING AT ALL (ALL CAPS SAYS I'M SUPER SERIOUS).
jockslap said:
You know, I heard terrible, terrible things about the Claymore anime's ending. I had picked up the manga and thought it was awesome and eventually decided to pick up the anime as well. As was said, the meat of the series was kept intact and then there was the ending, which I thought was pretty good in terms of gecko endings, but my only real qualm about the series was the the ending was frustratingly inconclusive. Although what else could they have done really?
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