Anime Top Five
This is going to be a boring post for everyone who's not interested in anime, but it's fairly basic obvious post, since I have given up watching T.V. altogether, and after I saw the trailers in front of Harry Potter for next years' films, I don't think I'll be going to the movies (another Superman? Freak, how tired are we?). Anyway, the point is, I don't watch hardly anything that isn't anime anymore, so buckle up. I'll only bore you with this once.
A Vision of Escaflowne
I discussed this one a little in my post called 'Dragon's Moon', as I'm currently writing a fanfic for this series. Anyway, this is one of those series' where a teenager gets whipped into another world. Hitomi Kanzaki has always been good at telling fortunes, but when she lands on Gaia with Prince Van of Fanelia, her predictions always come true. This series almost looks like something that guys would enjoy, but no matter how many mech (robot) battles there are, it's still a chick series. I read that Fox tried to edit it, give it a new sound track, and pawn it off onto boys ages 11 - 13. This is a ridiculous concept and apparently failed miserably. But, it's one of the most popular anime series, despite the fact that Sir Isaac Newton is the bad guy.
Full Metal Alchemist
This one is about two brothers (ages 10 and 11) who tried to use alchemy to bring their mother back from the dead. They failed and as a concequence for their actions, the older brother lost his arm and his leg and the younger brother lost his entire body. His soul is transfixed to an empty suit of armor. Together they go on a quest to get their retrieve their bodies, and bring their mother back from the dead. It's 51 episodes long, so it's over 20 hours long, but well worth it. It's in the top five on AnimeNfo's top 200 anime.
Full Moon wo Sagashite
The translation for this one is "Searching for a Full Moon". This one is about Mitsuki, a 12 year-old girl who has two dreams. One is to be a popstar and the other is to meet with a boy she had a crush on who moved to America. However, both things seem impossible since she has throat cancer an she hasn't heard from the boy she liked in three years. She's willing to be pretty easy going about both these goals until one day when two shinigami (death gods or grim reapers) come into her bedroom and tell her that she's got only one more year to live. So, she gets to work on the two most important things to her. Now, you'd think this was pretty lame, but it's actually very good and claims the spot right under Full Metal Alchemist on the top 200 list on AnimeNfo, so I'm not the only one who think so.
Slayers
I really like this series, but I'd rather not go into detail about it. It's a parody on the classical rpg, and I write a lot of fanfiction for it. There's not really much more to say about it.
Twelve Kingdoms
This is another one where a teenager gets whipped off to another world, but this one is propably the most adult focused on the list. It's not drawn cutsie, and is a really serious series. I like it because it's really old-style Japanese storytelling, with a zillion important characters, and enough plot and history to make a person weep. But, I won't discuss it at length because a lot of the story is a mystery for the first five hours or so. You've gotta be hardcore to watch this.
By the way, these were listed in alphabetical order. They're all good.
A Vision of Escaflowne
I discussed this one a little in my post called 'Dragon's Moon', as I'm currently writing a fanfic for this series. Anyway, this is one of those series' where a teenager gets whipped into another world. Hitomi Kanzaki has always been good at telling fortunes, but when she lands on Gaia with Prince Van of Fanelia, her predictions always come true. This series almost looks like something that guys would enjoy, but no matter how many mech (robot) battles there are, it's still a chick series. I read that Fox tried to edit it, give it a new sound track, and pawn it off onto boys ages 11 - 13. This is a ridiculous concept and apparently failed miserably. But, it's one of the most popular anime series, despite the fact that Sir Isaac Newton is the bad guy.
Full Metal Alchemist
This one is about two brothers (ages 10 and 11) who tried to use alchemy to bring their mother back from the dead. They failed and as a concequence for their actions, the older brother lost his arm and his leg and the younger brother lost his entire body. His soul is transfixed to an empty suit of armor. Together they go on a quest to get their retrieve their bodies, and bring their mother back from the dead. It's 51 episodes long, so it's over 20 hours long, but well worth it. It's in the top five on AnimeNfo's top 200 anime.
Full Moon wo Sagashite
The translation for this one is "Searching for a Full Moon". This one is about Mitsuki, a 12 year-old girl who has two dreams. One is to be a popstar and the other is to meet with a boy she had a crush on who moved to America. However, both things seem impossible since she has throat cancer an she hasn't heard from the boy she liked in three years. She's willing to be pretty easy going about both these goals until one day when two shinigami (death gods or grim reapers) come into her bedroom and tell her that she's got only one more year to live. So, she gets to work on the two most important things to her. Now, you'd think this was pretty lame, but it's actually very good and claims the spot right under Full Metal Alchemist on the top 200 list on AnimeNfo, so I'm not the only one who think so.
Slayers
I really like this series, but I'd rather not go into detail about it. It's a parody on the classical rpg, and I write a lot of fanfiction for it. There's not really much more to say about it.
Twelve Kingdoms
This is another one where a teenager gets whipped off to another world, but this one is propably the most adult focused on the list. It's not drawn cutsie, and is a really serious series. I like it because it's really old-style Japanese storytelling, with a zillion important characters, and enough plot and history to make a person weep. But, I won't discuss it at length because a lot of the story is a mystery for the first five hours or so. You've gotta be hardcore to watch this.
By the way, these were listed in alphabetical order. They're all good.
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