Anime, huh?
I have a bunch of that, and love a bunch of it.
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl Genre(s): Shoujo Ai, Romance, Drama, School Type: TV series Episodes: 12 Opinion: My absolute favorite anime of all time. The manga even better and longer, thus worth picking up. I highly recommend this anime for everyone who likes lesbian romance without gratuitous naughtiness. Everyone I know who knows this anime and manga loves it. I have heard no bad reviews so far. By the way, the anime faithfully follows the manga up to episode 9 and then it splits off into a bit of an alternate universe. This means that past episode 9 of the anime is non-canon as the manga is the canon version.
Dead Leaves Genre(s): Action, Dementia Type: OVA Opinion: Great psychological anime. It is gritty and very, very mindbending. Might take a few watches to get, but it is very much worth a watch or two.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) Genre(s): Magic Type: TV series Episodes: 13 Sequels: [list]Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's - 13 episodes Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS - 26 episodes (not released yet)[/list:u] Opinion: One of my favorite animes of all time. It is one of the best magical girl animes out there. The characters are rather cute, yet realistic and the story does get serious in places.
Blue Gender Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Mecha, Sci-fi Type: TV series Episodes: 26 Opinion: One of my favorite animes of all time. Superb action, character development, and is very gritty and realistic. The plot is believable and interesting and the characters can keep you hooked.
Serial Experiments Lain Genre(s): Dementia, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi Type: TV series Episodes: 13 Opinion: One of my favorite animes of all time. Awesomely psychological anime. It will not just mess with your mind, it will redesign it. I cannot say more as, well... I cannot do Serial Experiments Lain justice. It is just amazing and is a wholly superb anime.
Mujin Wakusei Survive (Uninhabited Planet SURVIVE) Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-fi Type: TV series Episodes: 52 Opinion: Superb anime, superb character development. Not for everyone, though, as it is mainly about survival of some students marooned on a mysterious planet. The ending is very interesting, though, and there are a few plot twists along the way.
Texhnolyze Genre(s): Action, Dementia, Drama, Sci-fi Type: TV series Episodes: 22 Opinion: Superb anime. One of my favourite brain scramblers. It pulls you in with a soundless broken story to make you curious, then throws you right into the plot. It can be tough to follow at times if you do not pay attention. Words are not the only things used in this anime to convey messages. You actually need to watch characters to see some things. The characters, by the way, are damn excellent. They act very realistically in an extremely gritty and dark world. Worth a very, very long watch.
Uta Kata Genre(s): Drama, Ecchi, Magic, School Type: TV series Episodes: 12 Opinion: Another superb anime. Great if you like drama and implied lesbian romance. It is a bit perverse, but doesn't go too terribly overboard. The story is crazy and it does screw with your brain. Very good, I say.
Furi Kuri (FLCL) Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Dementia, Mecha, Parody Type: OVA Episodes: 6 Opinion: One of my favorite animes of all time. I am at a loss for words, except that FLCL is something everyone should watch.
Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel Saga (Excel Saga) Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Dementia, Parody Type: TV series Episodes: 26 (25 + 1 "special" banned in many places) Opinion: Freaking random and hilarious. I love you, Excel Saga. You make me laugh. Definitely worth your time.
Cowboy Bebop Genre(s): Action, Detective, Sci-fi, Space Type: TV series Episodes: 26 Opinion: I love you, Cowboy Bebop. Definitely a favorite. It is gritty at times, silly, serious, and just a fun watch. Edward rocks your box so hard.
Azumanga Daiou (Azumanga Daioh) Genre(s): Comedy, School Type: TV series Episodes: 26 Opinion: Azumanga is so damn cute. Chiyo-chan rocks with her head-mounted ovals. Hahaha, seriously. This is something you should watch.
Boukyaku no Senritsu (Melody of Oblivion) Genre(s): Action, Dementia, Mecha, SciFi Type: TV series Episodes: 24 Opinion: Completely whacked out, yet I love it. It is crazy and seems completely freaking random at times, but makes complete sense in the end. Love for Melody of Oblivion!
Love Hina Genre(s): Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Type: TV series Episodes: 24 Opinion: Perverse, but not overly. A lovely anime and very cute. Worth a watch! Addictive, too!
Tokyo Mew Mew Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Romance, School, Shoujo Type: TV series Episodes: 52 Opinion: Sweet zombie Jesus, I love Tokyo Mew Mew. It's so cute and so wonderful. Second only to Nanoha. It wouldn't even be close if Nanoha had a cute catgirl who actually acts like a cat. Plot is a bit cheesy and is very similar to other magical girl animes. Very reminiscent of Sailor Moon, but I think TMM does it much better and doesn't overplay things. Worth much love.
UFO Princess Valkyrie Genre(s): Comedy, Ecchi, SciFi Type: TV series Episodes: 12 Sequels: [list]UFO Princess Valkyrie: Jyuunigatsu no Yasoukyoku (UFO Princess Valkyrie: December Nocturne) UFO Princess Valkyrie: Seiresetsu no Hanayome UFO Princess Valkyrie: Toki to Yume to Ginga no Utage[/list:u] Opinion: Awesomely adorable. One of my favorites. So adorable and just plain good to watch. It is perverse and has bath house scenes but is NOT graphic in a naughty manner! Well, at least not that I have seen. Okay, so maybe it is. It has loli undertones, but I don't care because it leads to mass hilarity. It is very cute and funny. Definitely something to watch if you have a sense of humour.
Koukyoushi Hen: Eureka Seven (Eureka SeveN: Psalms of Planets) Genre(s): Drama, Mecha, Sci-fi Type: TV series Episodes: 50 Opinion: Awesomely awesome. Lots of action, character development, and odd girls that talk to machines. Oh, and odd machines that surf invisible waves and can slice enemy machines in half with its "invisible wave surfboard." Yeah, I'm being silly. E7 is cool. Watch.
That is some of the anime I like. Note that this does NOT include movies. This only includes series and OVA. Dead Leaves is, technically, a "movie" as it is a one episode OVA, but is not feature length. It is only an hour long and is really a two episode OVA mixed into one.
Next post I'll do movies.
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