Whats The Best Anime Ever And Why Is It Best?

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:45 pm

Berserk! 'Cause it left me speechless after the last ep. It raised my interested so high that it culminated in extreme pawning with last ep.

And rage though

sunandshadow · Post by **sunandshadow** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:11 pm

My favorite anime, ooh that's a hard question. I haven't even seen that many, only about 30, but a lot of those had both moments I really loved as well as big flaws. I suppose if I had to pick... well, I really liked Ai no Kusabi, and I really liked Utena.

Has there ever been an anime fan-academy awards? I think it would be easier and perhaps more useful to say which animes we thought were the best in certain categories, like music, line art, character histories, use of non-literal drawing (like SD, shadowplays, drawn metaphors), best humor, best story, best dialogue... I would say every anime is strong in some areas and weak in others.

If I were going to try to create an anime I think I would try to find an anime that was good at each category and analyze how the anime achieved that success, then try to design my anime to do the same and thus be strong in all areas. Not that I would necessarily succeed at making it strong in all areas, but I think it would be a good design strategy to start with.

So there's another question for you if you like: what advice would you give to someone trying to design the best-ever anime?

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:50 pm

BEST SHOW EVER:

Bo-Bobo

Miyavi-type · Post by **Miyavi-type** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:58 pm

Isn't the the subject of this topic the best anime ever and not all of your favorite anime series?

bote wrote:Berserk! 'Cause it left me speechless after the last ep. It raised my interested so high that it culminated in extreme pawning with last ep. :P
And rage though :?

The Berserk series is not over. The last time I heard about it, the series is still continuing in Japan. I can't wait to see the next season, because it really is a great anime.

It's heard for me to pick what I think is the best anime I ever saw, but I think it is a tie between Berserk and Now and Then, Here and There. I like Berserk because of it's great action sequences and I like Now and Then, Here and There because of it's intense drama. And also because of Hamdo...I have a thing for bastard characters.

Karou_ken · Post by **Karou_ken** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:19 pm

um.....

Trigun
Hellsing
Inuyasha
Rurouni Kenshin
Naruto
Cowboy Bebop
Fruits Basket
Outlaw Star
FLCL
Ranma 1/2
Escaflowne
Sailor Moon
Tenchi
.hack
G Gundam
Excel Saga
Puni Puni Poemy
AzuManga Daioh
Comic Party
Yu Yu Hakusho
Pretear
Mobile Suit Gundam: 8th MS team
Rune Solider
Lain
Scryed
Someday's Dreamers

why I like is coz............I just do 8)

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:22 pm

Karou_ken wrote:Inuyasha <----- No!
Sailor Moon <----- No!
Tenchi <----- which one?
.hack <----- again, which one?
G Gundam <----- No!
Yu Yu Hakusho <----- No!

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:30 pm

Mr Pilkington wrote:BEST SHOW EVER:

Bo-Bobo

O,o i second that.. and i would like to add a few..

SDQ
Steel Angel Kurumi
Little Nemo
Sailor moon!
Care Bears!
Naruto *only because of Ninja Of The Night*
Abenaboshi *prolly slayed teh spelliung*
Retarded Animal Babies
Urotsukidoji
Legend of the Blue Wolf
Pia Carrot *WAAAAAAA!!!!*

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:57 pm

AMV_4000 wrote:Legend of the Blue Wolves <------ DEAR GOD NO!!!!

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:01 am

Mr Pilkington wrote:
AMV_4000 wrote:Legend of the Blue Wolves <------ DEAR GOD NO!!!!

what happened to " If I don't go on one more date w/ a chick before my b/day I'm goign gay" i thought i would talk to SQ and everyone and MAKE SURE you dont get a date.. you'll be my new toy!! *aim kissy*

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:49 am

Hm, someone mentioned breaking an anime down into categories - which categories are we going by?

My favorite anime is Yu Yu Hakusho. Categories I can think of - things I like to see in an anime - include:

Romance = YYH has a variety of this (everything but yuri ;p )
Action = definitely, along with a wide variety of fighters and styles
Comedy = from the very beginning, not too much, not too little
Drama = can we say Sensui arc? drama in spades
Psy-fi = the pre-Sensui arc reminds me of Trekies or maybe xmen ;p
Gore = well sure, just look at Sensui's past
Angst = Hiei, need I say more? ^_^;
School = a genre more than a category, but school settings tend to be a plus
Samurai = another 'genre' but Genkai and her teachings fit this to a T
Fanservice = the announcer girls in the tournaments, and the bishies
Slap-stick comedy = not usually my favorite, but YYH pulls it off well without going overboard
Religion = lacking here, though the 'afterlife/reincarnation' theory gets expounded in detail
Murder/Intrigue = Toguro, Sensui, Raizen, into motives of very twisted psychos - watches like a 'thriller' novel
Cute dumb funny girls = Botan, she'd fit right into the shoujo Sailormoon type anime genre
Split Personalities = think Kenshin vs Battousai, Inuyasha vs Youkai Inuyasha, Kurama and Sensui are prime examples of this type of character depth
Shocks/Surprises = ever seen the end of Magic Knight Rayearth? Plot twists can definitely be a shocker when done right - YYH manages a killer one of these
Famly/Friendship = the stories that pull the heartstrings and just make characters endearing, this is what excells in Psychic Force, and definitely plays a large role in yyh

Yeah, name some more genres and categories typically found in 'good' or even 'popular' anime and I can probably find it in YYH. It gets passed off as a general action anime, but those who think that need to watch the last two arcs before they categorize it. Everything comes together in this anime, at least, everything I like to see in an anime.