WHAT IS THE BEST ANIME EVER MADE?!

Genjo_Sanzo · Post by **Genjo_Sanzo** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 11:26 pm

Best anime in my opinion. Gravitation. Those boys love each other, its a beutiful thing!

BishounenStalker · Post by **BishounenStalker** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:57 am

God I hate questions like this. But anyway...

Best made series is a relative term, since I believe there are some series that excel in certain areas and fall short in others (like X the movie had gorgeous animation, but the plot's condensing was insanely stupid). But overall I'd say my vote would have to go to....

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

The animation is absolutely SWEET (all must hail the gods that are Madhouse), and the plot puts an interesting spin on the typical anime vampire. They aren't ALL evil bloodsuckers who want nothing more than to extinguish humanity, and they're trying to make it in their cursed existence just like humans are. The music is incredible, ranging from hauntingly lovely to downright creepy and intense. And the English voice acting is some of the best you will EVER hear.

Guess that's my $.02

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:02 am

And what's wrong with Pokémon, FATTY_VM?

nothing much besides i didnt like the origional premise .. throwing little red and white balls on poor defenseless little animals

and the whole degrading\outcast of poor ol' psyduck.... it just taught kids to discriminate

.. j\k .. i never really liked it as a personal preference ... jin-Roh was badass too.

Beefmaster10000 · Post by **Beefmaster10000** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:19 am

Garylisk wrote:As I stated in a previous thread, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is the best.
Just look for the thread called "What's your fave anime series?" or something like that.. it's recent... and look at page 3. my explaination is there.

A pic? You've all see Tenchi art I am sure, but here's a fairly awesome pic for you to ogle...

Ahhhh... Washu in all her goddessy yumminess

Hehe, your speaking my language, boy!

Beefmaster10000 · Post by **Beefmaster10000** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:27 am

Oh, and here is another cool varioation of the almight Goddess Washu.

KLin · Post by **KLin** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:45 am

The anime I will make! Someday... maybe...

Seriously, there is really no such thing as a best anime. Because there are so many different genres and even some of the best anime have some sort of flaw that can make you dislike that particular part of them. Take for example Evangelion. There are lots of fans for it, and the majority of them hate the main character, Shinji's guts.

I believe there never will be a single anime that is truly better than all others. Similar to how there will never be a single AMV that is truly better than all the others.

The Messiah of Pain · Post by **The Messiah of Pain** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:59 am

KLin wrote: I believe there never will be a single anime that is truly better than all others. Similar to how there will never be a single AMV that is truly better than all the others.

true, but in essense.. if there weren't such opinionated questions... then there wouldn't be threads like this where people can find out about anime's that people revere most and explain why in order for a person to relate to the persons feeling of it, hence enticing them to go ahead and buy it..

only time when threads like this can get bad is when some asshole comes in, nicely gives his opinion of an anime, and then goes ahead and generously bashes every other anime mentioned on the thread for the sake of making his look better, or starting ill mannered debate with other people over the most pathetic topic to debate.. opinions.

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 2:00 am

Neon Genesis Evangelion. No question, no debate. It is greatness incarnate, liquefied and used to ink the cels.

Other than that, I haven't seen any anime that twisted my mind and reforged my soul, but Inu Yasha is good and Cowboy Bebop has its high points (Ganymede Elegy and Hard Luck Woman being the only high points that I remember clearly... there might be more, I'd have to suffer through the whole series again to check)

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 2:03 am

the Black Monarch wrote:Neon Genesis Evangelion. No question, no debate. It is greatness incarnate, liquefied and used to ink the cels.

Of course.. the stickers on the box set say so

What a load of... heh...

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:16 pm

Name an anime that you think defines greatness more so than Evangelion, and I will watch it and either come up with a 200-page essay on why it doesn't, or I will surrender to your vastly superior familiarity of anime.

Only one anime actually has stickers on the box set declaring it the greatest anime ever. No other anime can claim that.

Seriously, I'll accept your Pepsi Challenge. Just name an anime.