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I have been on a major anime kick lately (always been a pretty big fan). Just wondering how many other anime fans there are out there on HTF and what their favorite top 5 animes are. If a movie makes your top 5, feel free to list it. Please list the English name (if there is one) to keep it more uniformed and easy to follow for everyone.
 

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Top Five Miyazaki Films

Naussica in The Valley of The Wind
Porco Rosso aka The Crimson Pig
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro

Top 10 Fave Non-Miyazaki films

Night on The Galactic Railroad
Wings of Honneamise: The Royal Space Force
Graveyard of The Fireflies
Ringing Bell
Gundam 0080: War in The Pocket
Ghost In The Shell
Paprika
Akira
Summer Wars
The Sky Crawlers

Top 10 Fave "Old" Anime

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
Ah! My Goddess
You're Under Arrest
Harlock (natch)
Giant Robo (Never was able to see the end of that OAV though)
Gunsmith Cats
Serial Experiments Lain

Top 5 Fave "New" Anime

Attack on Titan
Mushi-shi
Sword Art Online (first series)
No Game No Life
Rail Wars

Anime that I should probably have my head examined for for liking

Panty and Stocking
Kill La Kill
Herobank

Anime I like that I find unusual given the norm

Polar Bear's Cafe
World Report
Anisava

One I just started watching and seems kind of strange for a "kid's" show

Case Closed
 

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Edwin-S said:
Top 10 Fave "Old" Anime
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
I'll see those old two "essentials" of old anime, and add:
- Tenchi Universe (don't believe anyone who tells you to start with the "Muyo" OAV series, you'll live to regret it)
- Slayers/Slayers Next
- Doraemon (the most current remake of which, in anticipation of the character being the '20 Tokyo Olympics mascot, is now getting a surprisingly faithful "funny" kids' dub on Disney XD)
- Galaxy Express 999 (retro space-opera meets fairytale)
- Macross (you probably remember it as "Robotech", now see it without the 80's-afternoon dubbing)
- Sailor Moon (also now available with a REAL dub--You'll be surprised how un-annoying it can be compared to what you remember growing up)
- Dirty Pair (available from RightStuf--In my day, this show singlehandedly hooked more fans into anime than any mere mecha or Titan)

Top Classic Movies NOT From Ghibli
- The Castle of Cagliostro (Miyazaki before Ghibli)
- Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (considered one of the top ten anime features of all-time; eerie, mindbending, and, in keeping with the series...a bit silly)
- Project A-Ko (the sequels don't live up, but the original was an "Anime Movie" polyglot-parody assault on 80's-anime tropes)

And not so new (00's), but Classics
- Azumanga Daioh (imagine if Charles Schulz wrote an anime, and turned the Peanuts gang into high-school girls)
- Princess Tutu (it's not what you're expecting from the title...)
- Nodame Cantabile (now exclusively dubbed on Crackle, since music rights made it impossible for Sony to disk)
Edwin-S said:
Top 5 Fave "New" Anime

Sword Art Online (first series)
I'll second the "First series only" disclaimer, as the show ends where you THINK it should end halfway, and then...to say the second half jumps the shark would be putting it politely. :wacko: You....don't wanna know.

Looking over my own current Crunchyroll streaming queue, I'd add
- Bodacious Space Pirates (don't laugh, it's a fun show)
- Folktales From Japan (for kids, but incredibly addictive)
- Outbreak Company (Japan reportedly hated the show, but American fans thought it was genius allegory of anime's outbreak in the US)
 

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Sorry, man, but I gotta disagree with you about the "Tenchi Muyo" OAV. I have that on laserdisc and none of the later series caught on with me quite like the first OAV. I'm going to add the first "Bubblegum Crisis" series to my list. UY:Beautiful Dreamer was good film, but also unusual for a UY project. I've heard of Azumanga Daioh, but I have never seen it.

I agree with you about 'Project A-Ko". Maybe I shouldn't draw parallels but in terms of whacked out zaniness A-Ko is like the Kill La Kill of 80s anime. Actually, I'm thinking of ordering the DVD of "P A-ko" from Discotek, just for a blast of 80s nostalgia.

I've watched some of "Outbreak Company". I need to finish that one.
Started on Bodacious Space Pirates, but got sidetracked by other stuff that caught my attention more.

The other one I have been watching is about an Inter-High School bike race, Yowapeda. It's over-the-top, but I have to give them credit for succeeding in making a bike race dramatic and watchable.

The other one I got a laugh out of due to its weird ass mix is Girl Und Panzer.
 

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Related question : do any of you know if the new Hunter X Hunter is coming to region 1 dvd?
 

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Top 5 anime TV series:

Lupin the 3rd
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
Cutey Honey
Speed Racer

Favorite anime feature films:

Alakazam the Great
Spirited Away
Laputa, Castle in the Sky
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy
Project A-ko
Robot Carnival
Porco Rosso
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
Paprika
Millennium Actress
Wicked City
The Secret World of Arrietty
Tokyo Godfathers
Perfect Blue
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
 

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Northgun said:
I have been on a major anime kick lately (always been a pretty big fan). Just wondering how many other anime fans there are out there on HTF and what their favorite top 5 animes are. If a movie makes your top 5, feel free to list it. Please list the English name (if there is one) to keep it more uniformed and easy to follow for everyone.

Too many to list, but I will say the first anime series I ever saw in its entirety was "Street Fighter II-V" (1995). I'm also a big fan of the original "Mobile Suit Gundam" (1979). I first saw Gundam in the form of the three movie compilations, in Japanese with subs., but then I watched the TV series in its English-dubbed version and felt it was better experienced in its full form than in its compilation form, even though I'd rather have it in Japanese with subs. than dubbed. Similar issue with "Space Battleship Yamato" and "Star Blazers." I've seen the five Yamato movies in Japanese with subs. and then I watched "Star Blazers," the full original series in its dubbed form. I liked watching the full series better but, again, would have preferred it in Japanese with subs.

Fortunately, later series came to us on bilingual DVD, including four of my faves, "Neon Genesis Evangelion," "Cowboy Bebop," "Rurouni Kenshin" and "His and Her Circumstances."

I've also become a huge fan of the original 1989 Patlabor TV series.

There's still so much anime that's never come out in English at all or only in drips and drabs. I have tons of Japanese VHS pre-records of anime series that look great, but are untranslated, including the first four episodes of the ninja series, "Sasuke" (1968). I've got one episode of "Ninpu Kamui Gaiden" (1969) dubbed in English as "Search of the Ninja" and I'd love to see the original series, even untranslated.
 

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Well as he asked for SERIES and not movies and the like...

1. El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - The original seven episode OVA. My favorite anime PERIOD.
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Macross Plus
 

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Ethan Riley said:
Related question : do any of you know if the new Hunter X Hunter is coming to region 1 dvd?
Probably not. The first show was a sales dud and the manga petered out here due to delays caused by the author's many indefinite hiatuses (the tv series just recently ended because they literally ran out of manga to adapt).
 

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Lord Dalek said:
Well as he asked for SERIES and not movies and the like...

1. El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - The original seven episode OVA. My favorite anime PERIOD.
I have this series on VHS, some eps. dubbed, some subbed. I watched it first, before I saw any of the TV eps., and I don't recall it well, since I've seen the TV eps. more recently. So now I have to go back and watch these all again.
 

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You have seen quite few classics Vic! I haven't had a chance to get into the older animes yet, A friend of mine has been bringing over older anime movies he finds on DVD and occasional Blu Ray but I have yet to watch a pre 90s series.
 

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My current Top 5 Animes is:
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
Spice and Wolf
Ghost in Shell Stand Alone Complex
Dance in the Vampire Bund
Baccano!
 

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The five Mr. Ex-TER-min-ATE (lol) had in his list are a good place to start when it comes to old anime. I'd add PatlaborTV (as mentioned earlier), UY and Ranma.
 

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Northgun said:
You have seen quite few classics Vic! I haven't had a chance to get into the older animes yet, A friend of mine has been bringing over older anime movies he finds on DVD and occasional Blu Ray but I have yet to watch a pre 90s series.
A number of classic anime series are out on DVD in the U.S. now. You definitely need to see Gundam and Robotech. Robotech got a lot of people into anime in the 1980s and paved the way for the influx of anime that hit the U.S. in the late '80s and early '90s, starting with AKIRA (which you need to see).
Among the older series that are out on DVD now that got limited release in the U.S. originally (if any) include "Captain Harlock," "Galaxy Express 999," "Cutie Honey," "Lupin III," and "Space Adventure Cobra."
As for pre-1990 anime features, start with AKIRA and then move on to Miyazaki: NAUSICAA, CASTLE IN THE SKY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO and KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE, and Takahata: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. What else? DAGGER OF KAMUI, the GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movies, the Captain Harlock movie, ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH, the PATLABOR movies, the Ranma and Urusei Yatsura movies...etc.
 

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Vic Pardo said:
A number of classic anime series are out on DVD in the U.S. now. You definitely need to see Gundam and Robotech. Robotech got a lot of people into anime in the 1980s and paved the way for the influx of anime that hit the U.S. in the late '80s and early '90s,
Although most true anime fans don't refer to it by its R-name (unless talking to first timers), since the original Macross already had a good release in its original dual-audio form on DVD back in the early 00's.
(And with the original voice of Minmei, who knows more than two songs in the original-language version.)
Vic Pardo said:
Among the older series that are out on DVD now that got limited release in the U.S. originally (if any) include "Captain Harlock," "Galaxy Express 999," "Cutie Honey," "Lupin III," and "Space Adventure Cobra."
As for pre-1990 anime features, start with AKIRA and then move on to Miyazaki: NAUSICAA, CASTLE IN THE SKY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO and KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE, and Takahata: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. What else? DAGGER OF KAMUI, the GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movies, the Captain Harlock movie, ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH, the PATLABOR movies, the Ranma and Urusei Yatsura movies...etc.

Dagger and Arcadia were left over from the Streamline days when small companies took what they could get, which were usually ponderous unwanted features and short OVA's.
The pre-1980 TV series of Galaxy Express 999, however, is available for streaming on Crunchyroll, and can still hook anyone despite its "primitive" 70's appearance. :) The DVD set, though, is reportedly only a cheap up-dump of the streaming files.
 

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Robotech's ok for nostalgia value but there is an uncut dub of Macross (the first part that everybody likes the most) out there so its kinda moot. Sadly we're never going to get most of the rest of the franchise here because of the licensing skullduggery that produced Robotech out here in the first place.

If I was going to do any other lists...

BEST ANIME MOVIES...

1. Akira (yeah, yeah the manga's better)
2. Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Don't bother waiting for a domestic release of this, it ain't happening)
3. Princess Mononoke
4. The End of Evangelion
5. Paprika
6. Tenchi Muyo in Love (really the apex of this increasingly terrible franchise, the new show makes me wanna claw my eyes out)
7. The Ideon -- Be Invoked (The End of Eva of the early-80s)
8. Spirited Away
9. Venus Wars (fun cheeseball that got me into anime back on Sci-fi's Saturday Morning block o' horrors)
10. Ghost in the Shell

BEST NEWER SHOWS....

1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (about damn near close to perfection as one can get)
2. From the New World
3. Knights of Sidonia
4, Magi (Battle shonen done right)
5. Blood-Lad (Battle shonen PARODY done right!)
6. No Game No Life
7. Amagi Brilliant Park
8. Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt
9. Steins;Gate
10. Psycho-Pass (DON'T WATCH THE SEQUEL :unsure: )

Kill it with fire...

Sword Art Online (YOU SICKEN ME)
Bakemonogatari and its many sequels
Code Geass
Guilty Crown
The aforementioned Psycho-Pass 2 (how they managed to turn one of the best dramas of 2012 into the funniest unintentional comedy of 2014 I'll never know!)
Rail-Wars (YOU SICKEN ME)Clannad
Valvrave
Flowers of Evil
 

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9. Venus Wars (fun cheeseball that got me into anime back on Sci-fi's Saturday Morning block o' horrors)
Although, to be fair, SciFi, back in its properly-spelled days, was also most people's first exposure to Project A-Ko and Beautiful Dreamer (albeit without the first-episode race/bra homage scene), but the early 90's days when Streamline and USManga Corps movies were all that were available on VHS were...not happy times. :(
Neither were the late 90's days when people thought Ghost in the Shell, Mononoke, End and Paprika were "real" anime, just because they were the only things playing arthouse theaters in the real world, and nobody knew where to find actual anime on video.
6. Tenchi Muyo in Love (really the apex of this increasingly terrible franchise, the new show makes me wanna claw my eyes out)
For a second, thought you meant Tenchi in Tokyo, which is actually a pretty cute series that requires going through the Universe TV series first.
But yeah, the recent "revival" Tenchi series we've been getting lately have been as name-only bogus as Terminator sequels.
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What sickens you about Rail Wars?
And let's add, what about the FIRST half of Sword Art Online "sickens" you? :angry:
(Yeah, yeah, I know, that second half of the first season is a slap in the face to its fans, but c'mon, that first setup...)
 

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Rail Wars was boring puerile trash that I quit after two episodes because I was too busy banging my head against the wall watching Mahouka and Aldnoah.Zero.
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And let's add, what about the FIRST half of Sword Art Online "sickens" you? :angry:
(Yeah, yeah, I know, that second half of the first season is a slap in the face to its fans, but c'mon, that first setup...)
Oh I don't know...

Five episodes that are ultimately pointless and largely disconnected standalone because Kawahara didn't actually start writing SAO until episode 8 (Its true, the first LN only covers 1,8-10 and 13-14 in that order).
The fact that Kirito is an overpowered dweeb who can only be defeated by Kayaba's cheat codes.
The fact that Asuna goes from being a cool character to a boring doormat who's only defining trait is breaking out into tears every five minutes.
TWO YEARS WORTH MADE A GLOPPING NOISE.
"Let's get married!"
The Yui episodes
They actually bothered to adapt that stupidity about the fishing contest.
"Kayaba! Why did you do this?!?!" "...dah I don't remember...BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Is that enough??? Is it? I could keep going, hell I've got 46 episodes worth of audio commentaries on this dreck at my YouTube channel as it stands.
 

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Rail Wars was boring puerile trash that I quit after two episodes because I was too busy banging my head against the wall watching Mahouka and Aldnoah.Zero.

Oh I don't know...

Five episodes that are ultimately pointless and largely disconnected standalone because Kawahara didn't actually start writing SAO until episode 8 (Its true, the first LN only covers 1,8-10 and 13-14 in that order).
The fact that Kirito is an overpowered dweeb who can only be defeated by Kayaba's cheat codes.
The fact that Asuna goes from being a cool character to a boring doormat who's only defining trait is breaking out into tears every five minutes.
TWO YEARS WORTH MADE A GLOPPING NOISE.
"Let's get married!"
The Yui episodes
They actually bothered to adapt that stupidity about the fishing contest.
"Kayaba! Why did you do this?!?!" "...dah I don't remember...BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Is that enough??? Is it? I could keep going, hell I've got 46 episodes worth of audio commentaries on this dreck at my YouTube channel as it stands.
So, the other two series sucked and Rail Wars was the capper? At least that is the impression I get when you say that you were "banging your head against a wall" while watching them.
 

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