Your Top 5 Favorite Animes

[Viper6525D]

The title says it all. Just think of your top 5 favorite animes of all time. If you cant just take a guess.
(Note: I may have forgotten to include some animes into consideration at the time I made this list)

My top 5 atm is:

5. Lucky Star
-Its funny...thats all I really have to say about it.

4. Code Geass
-This is an anime that needs no introduction. Its a very good anime. Its my #1 favorite involving an anti-hero. Though Im not a huge fan of giant robots in animes.

3. School Days
-For those who have seen this anime, it needs no explanation. Even though most people hates (or hated) high school CockPony, its always fun to watch when it wasnt happening to you.

2. Pretty Cure
-I kno this anime seems to be more for girls, esp. due to the lack of male characters. But there's something about it I really like. I just love it. Many consider this anime to be similar to Sailor Moon though. To be honest this is almost tied w/ my #1

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
-By far for me, one of the most scariest animes Ive seen in a while. There isnt a scarier one out there i havent seen yet. Sure it has its moments of comedy, for some reason, but its plain out fear and gore throughout the series. The story is somewhat complicated to follow, but then again, most animes in this genre are the same. Besides, Ive managed to put 2-and-2 together w/ this anime.

Your turn.

[undiscoveredbum]

Hmm...

This is tough. In no particular order:

Genshiken
Seto no Hanayome
Dragon Ball
Moyashimon
Eureka 7

[Fake from State Jarm]

blood + (the one they're making a shitty movie out of)
rurouni kenshin
seirei no moribito
everything GITS
an old one I can't remember the name of

and samurai champloo was good. as was deathnote. and anything by hizao miyazaki, but those are films.

edit: shit I forgot shin-chan. </3

[Gangs]

Rank 5: Hungry Heart, cause i like football and i used to suck before too but i made the capn of my school team eventually and stayed that way till the end of school! so its just the similarities that get to me!

Rank 4: Speed Racer, lol you just cant beat that old school classic!

Rank 3: Bleach, started watching recently and so far it ROCKS

Rank 2: Wolfs Rain, Just love the dark and foreboding atmosphere and the struggle for freedom kinda theme! also the song!

Rank 1:!!!!!!!!!!!DBZ!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arrnea]

#5 - Grave of the Fireflies: Quite possibly the most emotionally devastating film ever made, I kid you not.
I've heard the effect is similar to watching Schindler's List, but I've not seen the latter, so I can't really comment first-hand.
I cried for the last 10-15 minutes of this film, through the entire credits and for 10-15 minutes afterward.

#4 - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Excellent thrill-ride from start to finish. If you don't like plot-twists being thrown left, right and center, steer clear. If you enjoy a good Xanatos Roulette, you'll probably like this.

#3 - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Another great thrill-ride, but in a more down-to-earth setting of 1983 Hinamizawa. There are crowning moments of awesome in just about every arc, and then when the big reveal finally comes in the 2nd last arc of the 2nd series, it's one of those completely unexpected reveals. Great show, but you do have to perservere when you hit the inevitable 'WTF is this shit' moments on the way. This show is like a jigsaw puzzle slowly being pieced together. You can't see the whole picture until it's almost finished.

#2 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: What can I say. This anime is the shit. Eccentric high-schoolers, a bibliophilic alien, a time travelling dojikko and an ESPer that could pass for gay all held together by one of the great snarkers of the animation medium, Kyon. I will say this: Watch it.

*drumroll*

#1 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Now, I know I'm probably going to get flamed for ranking this as #1 when it is, admittedly, plagued by fanboyism and by some standards, somewhat melodrammatic in parts. However, I would argue that its ability to deliver a punchy, witty and humorous story and at the same time deliver some of the greatest impacts I've seen in an anime, such as [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']Hughes' death and Nina's end[/span], alongside its technical achievement (it was brilliantly animated for its time) ranks it as the greatest anime I have ever seen. It clocks in a bit long at around 50 episodes, but it is one of only two series that was able to keep my attention for a full 50 episodes (Higurashi being the other, which was technically two series).

[Zelfer]

1)Gundam seed/Gundam seed destiny.
2)Ghost in the Shell:SaC/Ghost in the Shell:SaC second gig.
3)Robotech-all seasons.
4)Vandread
5)Gundam Wing.

[Fake from State Jarm]

mmmm robotech

[undiscoveredbum]

#1 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Now, I know I'm probably going to get flamed for ranking this as #1 when it is, admittedly, plagued by fanboyism and by some standards, somewhat melodrammatic in parts. However, I would argue that its ability to deliver a punchy, witty and humorous story and at the same time deliver some of the greatest impacts I've seen in an anime, such as [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']Hughes' death and Nina's end[/span], alongside its technical achievement (it was brilliantly animated for its time) ranks it as the greatest anime I have ever seen. It clocks in a bit long at around 50 episodes, but it is one of only two series that was able to keep my attention for a full 50 episodes (Higurashi being the other, which was technically two series).

I think it deserves praise. It'd be one of my favorites if not for the ending, Though Brotherhood will fix that little issue. It's been way better than the original series so far.

[Myrrh]

The movie fixes the ending.

Brotherhood sort of messed up the FMA name.

[Arrnea]

#1 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Now, I know I'm probably going to get flamed for ranking this as #1 when it is, admittedly, plagued by fanboyism and by some standards, somewhat melodrammatic in parts. However, I would argue that its ability to deliver a punchy, witty and humorous story and at the same time deliver some of the greatest impacts I've seen in an anime, such as [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']Hughes' death and Nina's end[/span], alongside its technical achievement (it was brilliantly animated for its time) ranks it as the greatest anime I have ever seen. It clocks in a bit long at around 50 episodes, but it is one of only two series that was able to keep my attention for a full 50 episodes (Higurashi being the other, which was technically two series).

I think it deserves praise. It'd be one of my favorites if not for the ending, Though Brotherhood will fix that little issue. It's been way better than the original series so far.

I hate Brotherhood with a passion due to their [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']mangling of Hughes' death scene[/span]. Both the manga and the original anime did it so much better.

The movie fixes the ending.

Somewhat. I was less impressed with the movie than with the series.

Brotherhood sort of messed up the FMA name.

This, for the reason I mentioned above.

[Thunder Strike]

#1 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Now, I know I'm probably going to get flamed for ranking this as #1 when it is, admittedly, plagued by fanboyism and by some standards, somewhat melodrammatic in parts. However, I would argue that its ability to deliver a punchy, witty and humorous story and at the same time deliver some of the greatest impacts I've seen in an anime, such as [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']Hughes' death and Nina's end[/span], alongside its technical achievement (it was brilliantly animated for its time) ranks it as the greatest anime I have ever seen. It clocks in a bit long at around 50 episodes, but it is one of only two series that was able to keep my attention for a full 50 episodes (Higurashi being the other, which was technically two series).

See my sig.

[Reoga]

5 Fav you say........
5 Big stompy robots
4 Big stompy robots
3 More big stompy robots
2 Big stompy Mecha
1 I like Big stompy robots
Realy Ill look at any thing But any thing that has mecha in it I love. I like haveing 5+ tons of steal between my legs.

[Arrnea]

5 Fav you say........
5 Big stompy robots
4 Big stompy robots
3 More big stompy robots
2 Big stompy Mecha
1 I like Big stompy robots
Realy Ill look at any thing But any thing that has mecha in it I love. I like haveing 5+ tons of steal between my legs.

Go watch Code Geass then.

[Fake from State Jarm]

really complicated plots seem unrealistic to me re:CG, but it was ok, had some interesting characters and moral dilemmas. of course when you're trying to control everything and are in position to, things do get complicated.

sometime I need to watch the japanese version of neon genesis evolution

[Reoga]

May hve tp get that one. Thay hate Blighty as much as I do.

[undiscoveredbum]

The movie fixes the ending.

Brotherhood sort of messed up the FMA name.

Wait. WHAT.

You do understand that Brotherhood follows the manga, right? The actual, canon, sotryline? I can understand if you simply don't like it, but what you're saying here is quite impossible.

[undiscoveredbum]

I hate Brotherhood with a passion due to their [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']mangling of Hughes' death scene[/span]. Both the manga and the original anime did it so much better.

Okay, you have a valid point, though I don't much agree with it.

[Myrrh]

I hate Brotherhood with a passion due to their [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']mangling of Hughes' death scene[/span]. Both the manga and the original anime did it so much better.

Okay, you have a valid point, though I don't much agree with it.

To each their own. We all have different preferences, tastes, and opinions. It's all good.

[Viper6525D]

I hate Brotherhood with a passion due to their [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']mangling of Hughes' death scene[/span]. Both the manga and the original anime did it so much better.

Okay, you have a valid point, though I don't much agree with it.

To each their own. We all have different preferences, tastes, and opinions. It's all good.

Indeed

Its so annoying when people forget that!

[Arrnea]

The movie fixes the ending.

Brotherhood sort of messed up the FMA name.

Wait. WHAT.

You do understand that Brotherhood follows the manga, right? The actual, canon, sotryline? I can understand if you simply don't like it, but what you're saying here is quite impossible.

It's quite possible to 'follow' the original canon material and still screw it. See the afformentioned [span style=\'color:#000000;background:#000000\']Hughes death scene[/span].