Anime That You Love Thread

[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.

 

[Flamezdudes]

You're asking me to pick one favourite?
That's not possible, man.

Clannad
Azumanga daioh
Nichijou
Death note
FLCL
Tengen toppa gurren lagann
5 cm per second
Steins; gate
Usagi drop
Grave of the fireflies

In the end, I guess Clannad (after story) wins out. Why? Because it changed me.
That show hurts so good.

You're my new favourite Escapist member. Just putting that out there. Oh Clannad... *wipes tear from eye*

And Steins;Gate is awesome. I just finished it all yesterday.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Imma go with an oldie, that being Neon Genesis Evangeline. Not only a great anime but the producer pulled the worlds biggest troll with the so called real final episode.

 

[samaugsch]

I just recently got into Cromartie High School. It's a parody of itself.

 

[dwharmon]

I'd have to go with the following:

Code Geass
Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal
High School of the Dead
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
Gundam 0083
Gundam: 08th MS Team

These are the few shows that I would re-watch in their entirety.

 

[Jonluw]

You're asking me to pick one favourite?
That's not possible, man.

Clannad
Azumanga daioh
Nichijou
Death note
FLCL
Tengen toppa gurren lagann
5 cm per second
Steins; gate
Usagi drop
Grave of the fireflies

In the end, I guess Clannad (after story) wins out. Why? Because it changed me.
That show hurts so good.

You're my new favourite Escapist member.

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Oh Clannad... *wipes tear from eye*

Let me help you with that.

Spoiler: Here's some music to dry away those tears

And Steins;Gate is awesome. I just finished it all yesterday.

That it is.
I went into it expecting slice of life with time travel as the gimmick (à la Nyaruko with its Lovecraft mythos), but what I got was not only a series with a story, but a good and well executed story. With interesting characters, even.
It's not often you come across those.

Spoiler: And the fans make such priceless material.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Azumanga Daioh, and Monster are all excellent animes. (For the record, I'm not even that much of an anime fan, so that says a lot.)

As for anime movies, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Grave of the Fireflies, and Paprika are also worth seeing, especially the first two.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Stay nerdy, my friends.

[small](Also Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon, but that kind of goes without saying.)[/small]

 

[Flamezdudes]

You're asking me to pick one favourite?
That's not possible, man.

Clannad
Azumanga daioh
Nichijou
Death note
FLCL
Tengen toppa gurren lagann
5 cm per second
Steins; gate
Usagi drop
Grave of the fireflies

In the end, I guess Clannad (after story) wins out. Why? Because it changed me.
That show hurts so good.

You're my new favourite Escapist member.

[sub]Score[/sub]
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Oh Clannad... *wipes tear from eye*

Let me help you with that.

Spoiler: Here's some music to dry away those tears

And Steins;Gate is awesome. I just finished it all yesterday.

That it is.
I went into it expecting slice of life with time travel as the gimmick (à la Nyaruko with its Lovecraft mythos), but what I got was not only a series with a story, but a good and well executed story. With interesting characters, even.
It's not often you come across those.

Spoiler: And the fans make such priceless material.

Oh god those Steins;Gate video's are brilliant....

AND WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME WITH MORE CLANNAD MUSIC!? If you want to play it that way...

Spoiler: Feel the love

Feel the pain.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Alright, i'm not much of an anime geek but people kept recommending a show calles "Revolutionary Girl Utena" and it's movie "Adolescence of Utena" to me because they knew i really dig artsy, surreal stuff. And really... it didn't dissapoint me. It tackles issues like traditional gender role, the objectification of women and the act of growing up in a really clever way, using not only classig fairytale tropes but establishing a very unique artstyle. While the shows tone is not exactly consistent (sometime there's a rather jarring contrast between the serious and the humourous episode) it's still really interesting and clever. It's also pure eyecandy. Especially the movie. Man, the movie was insane.

 

[Shuguard]

Mirai Nikki <3 <3 <3
One piece, cowboy bebop, outlaw star, big O, D-gray man, and some others i can't remember off the top of my head.

 

[Jonluw]

AND WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME WITH MORE CLANNAD MUSIC!? If you want to play it that way...

Spoiler: Feel the love

Feel the pain.

"Hah! He thinks he'll make me sad just by showing me a random clip?
A funny one, even.
Psh.
...
Official English du-
Nooooo!"
*tears off headphones*

I tried dowloading the soundtrack to Clannad and putting it on my cellphone, so I could listen to it while walking to school and stuff.
It was fun when stuff like Hurry starfish played, but suddenly The place where wishes come true II comes on, and that's my day ruined.
I learned from that mistake.
Had to make a playlist with only the happy songs.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

My all time favorite(s) is Dragon Ball/Z/GT (I haven't seen Kai yet).
Others I have enjoyed include:
Full Metal Alchemist (Both of them)
Code Geass
El-Hazard (both the OVA and the regular series, although in both cases Makoto is one lucky SOB)
Gunslinger Girl (although every episode tore at my heart strings)
D. Gray Man (at least as much as I was able to see)
Death Note
Claymore
Ghost Hunt
Ga-Rei Zero
Basilisk (although I was saddened by the ending and there were many things I didn't understand)

...and that's all I can think of now.

 

[Flamezdudes]

AND WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME WITH MORE CLANNAD MUSIC!? If you want to play it that way...

Spoiler: Feel the love

Feel the pain.

"Hah! He thinks he'll make me sad just by showing me a random clip?
A funny one, even.
Psh.
...
Official English du-
Nooooo!"
*tears off headphones*

I tried dowloading the soundtrack to Clannad and putting it on my cellphone, so I could listen to it while walking to school and stuff.
It was fun when stuff like Hurry starfish played, but suddenly The place where wishes come true II comes on, and that's my day ruined.
I learned from that mistake.
Had to make a playlist with only the happy songs.

Hmm... I should do that. It would definitely brighten up my day... and I can do the same thing with the Gurren Lagann soundtrack and walk around all pumped up and throwing my fist into the air.

 

[Sheo_Dagana]

Anything Gundam, but Zeta Gundam is by and far my favorite series. Zeta continues the story told in the original Mobile Suit Gundam series, where space-faring colonists fought to free themselves from being governed by those on earth, led by an aristocratic family called the Zabis, who declared their new nation to be the Principality of Zeon. Seven years later, Zeta Gundam basically takes the opposite approach; the Federation Government's Titans Force rules with an iron fist, killing any and all who oppose them or speak out against them. The Anti-Earth-Union-Group fights against the Titan's oppression.

Zeta has a more heavy emphasis on politics than it's predecessor did, but not as much as Gundam Wing, mostly because a lot of Gundam Wing was talking in circles. Zeta gets around to it's points.

 

[Pharsalus]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu) - best anime ever, so much depth, so many voice actors( holds a record i think), and so much classical music. Never officially translated but the fansubs are pretty good, if you like space opera's at all go see it. As much as i like Crest of the stars it's not even on the same level as this. Also there's a live musical adaptation that they did this last year, now that's something worth getting dressed and going to the theater for.

Special mention to Heroic Age, caught it randomly on netflix. Seemed wonky at first but it turned out to be a good tale, got to the point where the opening credits had tears welling up.

 

[n00beffect]

Death Note

Requiem For The Phantom

Strawberry Panic! (don't ask, it's very touching!)

And (arguably) Hellsing.

Also maybe Naruto and Bleach, but lately I've been having second thoughts...

Edit: A shit forgot Ergo Proxy.