Favorite Anime Series of Forever
These ones are real good. Also in no order because that's too difficult. The ranking bit.
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- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeHajime YatateStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.This is the only one I can actually rank - and it's number one. It's the first anime series I watched start to finish and it's the one I'm sure I'll never be able to forget. Perfect characters, amazing character design (Faye Valentine would fit into any modern-day anime without any alteration), excellent music, innovative setting, and just the right balance of thoughtfulness and goofiness. A series that fits perfectly together, it'll always be close to my heart.
- CreatorHideaki AnnoStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiA teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.Shinji is the best wife.
- CreatorKazuya TsurumakiStarsJun MizukiMayumi ShintaniIzumi KasagiMysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.The first time I saw this, I was pretty stoned. Had no idea what was going on, plot-wise. But it's not about plot; it's about growing up, nostalgia, being a teenager. Hilarious and heartwarming, with awesome animation to boot.
- StarsMasako NozawaJôji YanamiBrice ArmstrongSon Gokû, a fighter with a monkey tail, goes on a quest with an assortment of odd characters in search of the Dragon Balls, a set of crystals that can give its bearer anything they desire.Dragonball is great. Period.
- CreatorHajime YatateStarsAyako KawasumiBob BuchholzBridget HoffmanThe adventures of an outlaw crew of an advanced starship.The first time I saw anything anime, it was 10:00 PM in the spring. I was about ten or eleven years old, watching Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. An episode set towards the end of Outlaw Star came on and I was hooked. This one is big for me - not only is it a great series, but the sentimental value it holds for me can't really be trumped.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."What a great series. I've watched it over and over again and I'm still not tired of it. Mugen's obviously a fantastic character, but once you get past all the SUPER COOL things about him you see that Jin and Fuu are both just as wonderfully developed. Heartwarming, occasionally goofy series with absolutely fantastic fight sequences. Seriously, the choreography is stunning.
- CreatorYasuhiro NightowStarsMasaya OnosakaHiromi TsuruSatsuki YukinoVash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after.Another sentimental gem, but its value is so far beyond that. Trigun is amazing. Vash the Stampede is probably my second-favorite anime character of all time. It's only one season and it barely touches on the information in the manga, but Trigun functions on its own with great characters and - here's the kicker! - sound moral lessons in every episode.
- CreatorHiromu ArakawaStarsKent WilliamsIemasa KayumiMatthew LeonhartTwo brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.It was great to see this after I'd seen FMA because it was nice to see something true to the original content - and tremendously more effective. Character designs here are really great, not to mention the level of development of the world it takes place in. Also, there's alchemy.
- CreatorKohta HiranoStarsKatie GrayCrispin FreemanVictoria HarwoodThe vampire Alucard, his master Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, and his newly sired ward Seras Victoria, try to protect England from a war-crazed SS-Major who seeks to start an eternal war with his vampire army.Yeah, yeah. What can I say? I'm a sucker for vampires fighting the Vatican fighting Nazis.
- CreatorNaoki UrasawaStarsHidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienMamiko NotoTenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.Melodramatic, over-the-top, tense thriller that pulled me in the very first episode. Anything in it that's a little too soap-opera-ish is made forgivable by a wonderful lead character and innovative plot twists.
- CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsTetsuya KakiharaShizuka ItouYuri LowenthalTwo friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
- CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsMichael C. PizzutoJ. Michael TatumCaitlin GlassA crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.
- StarsDoc HarrisChristopher SabatScott McNeilWith the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.The only reason I list this over DBZ Kai - which cuts down a whole lot of the time wasted in the original where characters are powering up for two episodes - is because of sentimental value. I watched DBZ every day after school as a kid. Though it's dated now, the mythology is still strong, and the characters - particularly Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan - make it worth it.
- CreatorSatoshi KonStarsShôzô ÎzukaToshihiko SekiMamiko NotoSeemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.
- StarsLaura BaileyNana MizukiKôsuke ToriumiThe year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession Tokugawa government for the winning clan for the next thousand years.
- StarsKaori ShimizuCrispin FreemanRachael LillisA light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and grisly murders. Each character tells their own connection to the event and to a similar murder spree 5 years ago. All of the different stories are slowly tied together by seemingly minute similarities and the story of Boogiepop is unraveled.Weird awesome wonderful thing that I wish had lasted longer.
- StarsAi MaedaRyuji AigaseKelli CousinsYoung world-weary sharpshooter girl Kino and her talking inquisitive motorcycle Hermes travel around her unusual world, visiting various city-states for three days each to learn about their culture, history and ruling philosophy.
- StarsHikaru MidorikawaToshihiko SekiRyûzô IshinoA squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.
- CreatorYoshihiro TogashiStarsNozomu SasakiJustin CookChristopher SabatAfter a teenage delinquent is killed while saving a child's life from an approaching car, the rulers of the underworld send him back to become an "Underworld Detective" investigating demons apparitions in the human world.Kuwabara.
That's all. - StarsYûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôGinko is an expert travelling around to investigate a primeval life-form, the "Mushi," and helping people with Mushi-related supernatural problems.
- CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsYuri LowenthalKari WahlgrenBryce PapenbrookTired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.
- CreatorKentaro MiuraStarsMarc DiraisonNobutoshi CannaCarrie KeranenGuts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
- StarsYûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôGinko is an expert travelling around to investigate a primeval life-form, the "Mushi," and helping people with Mushi-related supernatural problems.
- StarsBrittney KarbowskiLuci ChristianDavid MatrangaTwo different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.