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Seen some Rating Comment
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV)
Alignment You! You! The Animation (OAV)
Another Lady Innocent (OAV) Good
Arakawa Under the Bridge (TV)
Arashi no Yoru ni (movie)
Barefoot Gen 2 (movie)
Beat Angel Escalayer (OAV)
Beat Blades Haruka (OAV)
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail (OAV)
Bleach (TV) Good At some point, this is going to turn into either Dragonball or YuYu Hakusho, but I'll keep watching in the meantime. [I was right. 'Round about episode 50-something, Bleach jumps the shark and starts just selling toys. Expect the CCG some time soon.]
Blood: The Last Vampire (live-action movie)
Brighter than the Dawning Blue (TV)
Cambrian (OAV)
Cat Shit One: The Animated Series (ONA)
Cool Devices (OAV) Good
Dark Future (OAV)
Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha: Gaiden (OAV)
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (TV)
Debts of Desire (OAV)
Desert Rose (OAV)
Detroit Metal City (live-action movie)
Detroit Metal City (OAV)
Dōkyūsei 2 (OAV)
Dōkyūsei 2 Special: Sotsugyōsei (OAV)
Eiken (OAV)
End of Summer (OAV)
(The) Erotic Temptress (OAV)
Examurai Sengoku (TV)
F3 (OAV) Decent
Fencer of Minerva (OAV)
First Loves (OAV)
Four for Fourplay (OAV)
Ghost Slayers Ayashi (TV)
Glass Maiden (TV)
Gungrave (TV)
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (live-action TV drama)
Heart and Yummie (movie)
A Heat for All Seasons (OAV)
Higepiyo (TV)
Hitoriga The Animation (OAV)
Honō no Haramase Tenkōsei (OAV)
Hyakko (TV)
If I See You in My Dreams (TV)
Isshoni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako (OAV)
Isshoni Training 026: Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko (OAV)
Isshoni Training: Training with Hinako (OAV)
Itazura na Kiss (live-action TV drama)
Kakyūsei (TV)
Kamyla (OAV)
Kimi ni Todoke (live-action movie)
Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season (TV)
Marie & Gali (TV)
Marie & Gali ver. 2.0 (TV)
Mizugi Kanojo: The Animation (OAV)
Mizuiro (OAV 2)
Mizuiro (OAV)
Natsu no Arashi! (TV)
Needless (TV)
Oni Chichi (OAV)
Oni Chichi 2 (OAV)
Pandora Hearts (TV)
Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! - Sayaka no Koi Monogatari (movie)
Ristorante Paradiso (TV)
Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings (TV)
Valkyria Chronicles (TV)
Violinist of Hamelin (movie)
Welcome to Pia Carrot (OAV)
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 (OAV)
Yumeiro Pâtissière (TV)

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20th Century Boys (live-action movie)
3x3 Eyes (OAV) Very good
3x3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon (OAV) Very good
5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) Very good A very pleasant story.
(The) Adventures of Mini-Goddess (TV) Very good
Ah! My Goddess (TV) Bad
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie Decent
Air (TV) Masterpiece One of the best written, best acted and best animated series of all time. Brilliant from start to finish, and that even includes the recap episode.
Air (movie) Very good Not as gripping as the series, and anyone who is already familar with the Air franchise (and thus knows the outcome) will be treated to little more than a well-told story of love and loss. If you aren't familiar with Air, watch the series instead.
Air In Summer (special) Good This didn't really add anything to the series, but it didn't take anything away, either. Once again, beautifully animated by Kyoto Animation.
Akahori Gedō Hour Rabuge (TV) Decent
Akane Maniax (OAV) Weak One of the top three worst spin-offs in anime history, behind Love Hina Again and bumping shoulders with Blue Seed Beyond
Aki Sora (OAV)
Aki Sora: Yume no Naka (OAV)
Akira (movie) Excellent
Alien Nine (special) Very good
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (OAV) Decent
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (TV) So-so
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! (OAV) Not really good I'd had enough by this time.
Allison & Lillia (TV) Decent
Ame to Shoujo to Watashi no Tegami (ONA) Not really good
Android Ana Maico 2010 (TV) Decent
Android Kikaider - The Animation (TV) Awful
Anejiru 2 The Animation - Shirakawa Shimai ni Omakase (OAV)
Anejiru The Animation - Shirakawa Sanshimai ni Omakase (OAV)
Angel Beats! (TV)
Angel Sanctuary (OAV) Good
Angel's Egg (movie) Very good Lotta drugs involved here.
Angelium (OAV) Bad
(The) Animatrix (OAV) Decent
Appleseed (OAV) Decent
Appleseed (movie) Excellent
Appleseed: Ex Machina (movie) So-so
Aquarian Age - Sign for Evolution (TV) So-so
Area 88 (TV) Decent
Arjuna (TV) Very good
Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (movie) So-so
Armitage: Dual-Matrix (movie) So-so
Assemble Insert (OAV) So-so
Ayumayu Theater (ONA) Good Lotsa fun!
Azumanga Daioh (TV) Excellent Sort of like the Seinfeld of anime. Nothing really happens throughout the course of the 26 episodes, but it's just so darn FUN to watch!
Azumanga Daioh - The Very Short Movie Good
Azumanga Web Daioh (ONA) Good
Baccano! (TV)
Bakemonogatari (TV)
Banner of the Stars (TV) So-so Lots of countdowns and explosions. Probably the weakest of the group.
Banner of the Stars II (TV) Good Lots of fist-pounding and explosions, but it's leveled up by excellent drama and the overarching "Jinto might be dead" thing. Nice drama.
Banner of the Stars III (OAV) Decent Too short for my tastes, but it did provide one last glimpse into the franchise without being really tacky or really boring.
BAOH (OAV) Decent
Barefoot Gen (movie) Good
Basilisk (TV) Decent Kinda mixed feelings about this show. Alternately very good and really weird, and I don't know where my true opinion lies. I think the movie (Shinobi) did a better job with the main points but involved too many characters.
Be Forever Yamato (movie) So-so
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV) Very good
Belladonna of Sadness (movie) Excellent
Berserk (TV 1997) Very good
Betterman (TV) Not really good
Beyond (OAV)
(The) Big O (TV) Not really good Everyone's a tomato, some chick turns into a giant robot that erases the whole planet, and some mass-produced dude resets everything. They should have just stuck with the formula from the first thirteen eps.
BioHunter (OAV) Decent
Birdy the Mighty (OAV) Good
Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 (TV) Very good
Birdy the Mighty: Decode (TV) Good
Black Cat (TV) Decent
Black Lagoon (TV) Very good
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV) Very good
Black Magic M-66 (OAV) Decent
Blade of the Immortal (TV) Decent
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (movie 3)
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody Good Finally, we figure out where the chick with the purple hair that appeared in the TV series OP/ED comes from.
Bleach: Memories in the Rain (OAV) Good
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (movie 2)
Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (OAV) Good Whatev.
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (OAV) Very good Disturbing show, for sure, and the "Yoma Counting Song" is downright morbid.
Blood+ (TV) Good
Blood: The Last Vampire (movie) Decent Very, very rushed. Thankfully, there's Blood+ to help fill us in.
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (TV) Good Senseless violence and sexual innuendo can be really funny sometimes.
Blue Gender (TV) Good
Blue Seed (TV) Very good
Blue Seed Beyond (OAV) Awful
Blue Seed Ver. 1.5 [Premium] (OAV)
Blue Submarine No.6 (OAV) Good
Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru: Secret Sweethearts - Kono Koi wa Himitsu (OAV) Good
Bokura ga Ita (TV) Good
Bokurano (TV) Good
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Second (OAV)
Boogiepop and Others (live-action movie) Good Decent live action version! This is a first, right?
Boogiepop Phantom (TV) Very good
Bottle Fairy (TV) Good
Boys Be... (TV) So-so
Boys Over Flowers (TV)
Bubblegum Crisis (OAV) Decent
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) Very good
Canvas - Sepia-iro no Motif (OAV) Bad
Canvas 2 - Niji Iro no Sketch (TV) Decent If this were the game version, we all would have gotten the "BAD END." Totally disappointing.
Castle in the Sky (movie)
Ceres, Celestial Legend (TV) Good
A Certain Magical Index (TV)
A Certain Magical Index II (TV)
A Certain Scientific Railgun (TV)
(Le) Chevalier D'Eon (TV) Very good
Chi's New Address (TV)
Chi's Sweet Home (TV) Decent
Chibits (special) So-so
Chobits (TV) Excellent
Chobits (OAV) So-so
Chrome Shelled Regios (TV) Decent
Chrono Crusade (TV) Good
Clannad (movie)
Clannad (TV) Excellent
Clannad After Story (TV) Very good
Class Reunion (OAV) Not really good
Claymore (TV) Decent
Clover (special) So-so
Comic Party (TV) Decent
Comic Party Revolution (OAV) Decent
Corpse Princess: Aka (TV) Decent
Corpse Princess: Kuro (TV) Decent
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Excellent
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Good
Crest of the Stars (TV) Good Terrible voice acting in the English dub, but a neat intro series into a very deep world.
Cross Game (TV)
Cyber City Oedo 808 (OAV) Decent
D.C. ~Da Capo~ (TV) Not really good Moe Mizukoshi is THE most annoying anime character ever created. Grrrrrrr....
D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ (TV) Weak
D.Gray-man (TV) Decent
(The) Dagger of Kamui (movie) So-so
Dai-Guard (TV) Decent "Office Space" as mecha anime.
Damekko Dōbutsu (TV) Decent Nothing but anime fluff, but whatever...
Darker than Black (TV)
Darkside Blues (movie) Not really good
Dead Girls (OAV)
Dead Leaves (OAV) Not really good
Death Note (live-action movie) Very good
Death Note (TV) Excellent
Death Note Relight - Visions of a God (special)
Death Note: The Last Name (live-action movie) Excellent Slam dunk! The two Death Note movies are AWESOME.
Demon City Shinjuku (OAV) So-so
Den-noh Coil (TV) Excellent Yes, yes, yes. This show starts off extremely confusing, but by the end if its run, everything is answered. It's kind of like watching that movie "Memento" where you keep getting bits and pieces that make previous events make sense. REALLY good stuff.
Dengeki Oshioki Musume Gōtaman: Gōtaman Tanjō-hen (OAV)
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (TV) Very good
Diamond Daydreams (TV) So-so
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (OAV) So-so
(The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie)
Discode (OAV)
DNA Sights 999.9 (movie) Weak
Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (OAV)
Dominion Tank Police (OAV) Not really good
Doomed Megalopolis (OAV)
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (movie 1) Decent
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (movie 3) Decent
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (movie 2) So-so
Dragon Pink (OAV) Excellent Hentai doesn't get a lot better than this, as most of them don't have anything in the way of a solid story behind them. Good stuff.
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (TV) Good
Dvine[LUV] (OAV) Good
Eden of the East (TV)
Eden of the East: Air Communication (movie)
Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (movie)
Eden of the East: The King of Eden (movie)
ef: a tale of melodies (TV) Good
ef: a tale of memories (TV) Very good A really cool story and great visuals make this a pretty sweet show. Also, the wrinkle about not being able to remember anything past 13 hours was a fantastic touch.
Elfen Lied (TV) Excellent Starts strong and ends unmemorably. Worth watching, tho'.
Elfen Lied (OAV) Good
Enspelled (OAV)
Ergo Proxy (TV) Very good
Escaflowne: The Movie
Eureka Seven (TV) Very good
Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers (movie)
Excel Saga (TV) Very good
Fafner (TV) Excellent What started out as a Evangelion/RahXephon rip-off (and perhaps finished like one, too) actually turned out to be a pretty engaging character-study series. Plenty of memorable moments, and NO main character is safe.
Fafner in the Azure - Right of Left (special) Good
Fafner: Heaven and Earth (movie)
Family Affair (OAV) Very good
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (movie) So-so Okay, okay, we get it...
Fate/stay night (TV) Decent
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (movie)
Figure 17 (TV) Good
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Very good
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (US CG movie) Very good
(The) Final Flight of the Osiris (OAV) Decent
Final Yamato (movie) Not really good
Fire Tripper (OAV) Decent
FLCL (OAV) Excellent
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) Good
Fruits Cup (OAV) Decent
Full Metal Panic! (TV) Good
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) Very good
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OAV) Decent
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Very good
Full Moon o Sagashite (TV) Very good Magical girl shows aren't my favorites by any stretch of the imagination, but this one was really heartfelt and sweet. And the final five minutes of the last episode still give me a lump in my throat. Good show.
Full Moon o Sagashite: Cute Cute Adventure (special) Decent Yup, it was cute.
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Excellent
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV)
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa Good
Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV) Excellent Episode 23 damn near sunk this entire series with its hackneyed anime cliches. However, it was the only blot on this otherwise beautiful, cinematic interpretation of classic literature.
Gantz (TV) Decent
(The) Garden of Sinners (movie series)
Gate Keepers 21 (OAV) Good
gdgd Fairies (TV)
gdgd Fairies (TV 2)
Gekigangar 3 (OAV) Weak
Ghost Hound (TV)
Ghost Hunt (TV) Decent
Ghost in the Shell (movie) Excellent
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) Decent Looks pretty, but a little too cryptic-for-the-sake-of-being-cryptic. Plenty of obscure literary references scattered about, too.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Good FABulous show. The last couple episodes really tied stuff together and drew me in tight. Far better than either of the movies.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven (OAV)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (OAV)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) Excellent Always quality.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (movie) Excellent Typical GitS movie. Good stuff.
(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) Excellent Great story and dialog. I really, really liked this movie.
Goku II - Midnight Eye (OAV) Good
Goku: Midnight Eye (OAV) Not really good
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) Excellent
Grave of the Fireflies [2005] (live-action movie special) Excellent Not too darn bad.
(The) Grudge (live-action movie) Decent
(The) Grudge 2 (live-action movie) Not really good
Gunbuster (OAV) Excellent Giant robots, space wars, and the occasional bare breast. If this doesn't make good anime, what does? Oh yeah, that would be the awesome story line and fairly good adherence to physics. Great show.
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (OAV) Not really good
Gunsmith Cats (OAV) Good
Gurren Lagann (TV) Good
Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End-
.hack//SIGN (TV) Good
Haibane Renmei (TV) Very good
Handsome na Kanojo (OAV) So-so
Hataraki Man (TV) Decent Basically, I totally love slice of life anime. Hataraki Man is one of those, and the main character's hella sexy.
Hatenkō Yūgi (TV)
Hatsuinu 2 The Animation - Strange Kind of Womans - again (OAV)
Hatsuinu The Animation (OAV)
Hatsukoi Limited (TV)
Hell Girl (TV) Good This show should have run about 11 episodes instead of 26. Its impact would have been a lot greater than the wash-rinse-repeat style of the first 13+ eps.
Hellsing (TV) Very good
Here Is Greenwood (OAV)
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (movie) Not really good I waited for it to get good, but it never did.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (live-action movie)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (OAV) Very good The Higurashi series is just great, isn't it?
His and Her Circumstances (TV) Masterpiece Quite possibly the best interpretation of a manga to the screen. Still shots were used when nothing more could be added to the original art, and the animation and music rounded out the story beautifully. A true masterpiece.
Hit o Nerae! (TV) So-so
Hitsuji no Uta (OAV) Decent
Honey and Clover (TV) Very good This show caught me at a transitional time in my life, and thus seemed WAY more poignant than it may be when I watch it again in the future.
Honey and Clover (live-action movie)
Honey and Clover II (TV) Excellent
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) Decent
I Dream of Mimi (OAV) Very good
I Love You (OAV) Not really good
ICE (OAV)
Ichi the Killer (live-action movie) Weak
Ichi the Killer: Episode Zero (OAV) Weak
Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san (special) Good
If I See You in My Dreams (OAV) So-so
Immoral Sisters (OAV) Decent
Immoral Sisters 2 (OAV) Decent
Interlude (OAV) Decent
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto (TV) Good
Inuyasha (TV) Decent One of two shows that actually deserved to have me blazing double-middle-fingers at the end. Totally disappointing.
Ippatsu Kiki Musume (TV) Good
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OAV) So-so I'm still not really sure what happened here. The beginning was rushed, the middle was muddled and the ending was completely unfulfilling. There are a few good scenes in here, though, and the animation's nice.
ItaKiss (TV)
JAPAN, Our Homeland (movie)
Jikū Bōken Nūmamonjaa (OAV) Weak
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) Excellent Frighteningly good story with an ending that always leaves my jaw dropped. By all means watch this.
Juon: The Grudge (live-action movie) So-so
Juon: The Grudge 2 (live-action movie) So-so
K-ON! (TV)
K-ON!! (TV 2)
Kamichu! (TV) Very good
Kamisama Kazoku (TV) Good
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (TV) So-so
Kanon (TV 1/2002) Excellent
Kanon (TV 2/2006) Very good
Kanon Kazahana (special) Very good
Karas (OAV) Decent
Karin (TV) Decent
Katanagatari (TV)
Kaze no Yojimbo (TV) Decent
KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple (TV) Decent
Key the Metal Idol (OAV) Very good
Kiki's Delivery Service (movie) Good Yet another Ghibli movie like all the others. It's still good, though.
Kimagure Orange Road (TV) Decent
Kimagure Orange Road (OAV)
Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special
Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ (OAV) Very good
Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You (TV)
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (movie) Very good Not as good as the series, but still worth watching.
Kino's Journey (TV) Excellent
Kino's Travels: Life Goes On (movie) Excellent
Kite (OAV) Weak
Koi Kaze (TV) Good
Koihime (OAV) Decent
Kurau: Phantom Memory (TV) Good
Kurenai (TV)
L change the WorLd (live-action movie)
Last Exile (TV) Decent
Last Order Final Fantasy VII (OAV) Decent
(The) Laughing Target (OAV) So-so
Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers (TV) Good
Letter Bee: Light and Blue Night Fantasy (special)
Living for the Day After Tomorrow (TV) Good
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (live-action movie) Not really good
Looking Up At The Half-Moon (TV) Good Pretty good, but awfully short. Even so, I hope they leave it as is and don't try to make a crappy sequel.
Lost Universe (TV) So-so
Love Hina (TV) Very good
Love Hina Again (OAV) Awful Pointless fanservice crap.
Love Hina Final (special) Not really good
Love Hina Spring Special - I Wish Your Dream So-so
Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve Good
Loveless (TV)
Lucky Star (TV) Very good
Lucky Star OVA Excellent
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (TV) Very good
M.D. Geist (OAV) Awful
Macross Frontier (TV)
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (movie)
Macross Plus (OAV) Good
Macross Plus Movie Edition So-so
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (TV)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (TV)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) Good
Magnetic Rose (movie) Very good SUPER cool.
Mahoraba ~Heartful days~ (TV) Decent
(La) Maison en Petits Cubes (movie)
Maple Colors (OAV) So-so
MAPS (OAV 1987)
Maris the Chojo (OAV) Good
Martian Successor Nadesico (TV) Good
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness Weak
Matriculated (OAV) Very good
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Very good
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV 2009 renewal)
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (ONA)
(The) Melody of Oblivion (TV) Weak Right about episode 5, the animation team just said the hell with it and mailed this show in. Too much recycled animation, inconsistent quality, lack of direction and the second-worst ending in anime history (I'm looking at you, InuYasha) totally made this show bomb.
Memories (movie) Good
Mermaid Forest (OAV) Decent
Mermaid Forest (TV) Decent
Mermaid's Scar (OAV) So-so
Metropolis (movie) Not really good
Mezzo (TV) Very good
Mezzo Forte (OAV) Good A good detective show with porn thrown in for no real reason. It is good porn, however.
Millennium Actress (movie) Very good
Mind Game (movie) Decent I'm not sure what the creators were thinking when they made this movie, but it's WAY too abstruse to actually make any sense. The animation is interesting, though.
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (TV) Bad
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) Decent
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) Good
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition (movie) Decent
Momo: The Girl God of Death (TV) Good
Mononoke (TV)
Monster (TV) Very good Obviously a rip-off of "The Fugitive," "Monster" plays out far differently. There are a plethora of characters, but they all wind up adding to the plot and making sense in the narrative. But if you want my opinion, they screwed everything up in the last two minutes of the series. Two minutes out of 74 episodes! US licensors: Don't have Johan wake up. Ever.
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV) Good
Munto (OAV) Good
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time (OAV) Good
Mushi-Shi (TV) Good This show is perfect for television. Each episode stands alone but has enough continuity make you keep watching. The music and art are both excellent.
Mushi-Uta (TV) Good A couple of genuinely touching moments surrounded by a whole lot of confusion. This show could have been a lot better, I think.
My Beautiful Girl Mari (Korean movie) Decent I didn't get it.
My Bride is a Mermaid (TV) Decent
My Neighbor Totoro (movie) Very good
My-HiME (TV) Excellent It took me about ten eps to really get into this show. After all the characters were built up, all hell broke loose and turned Mai-HiME into something special. Great show.
My-Otome (TV) Not really good Take Mai-HiME make the main characters younger, add more fanservice, mix in a very illegal love triangle and remove most of the tension and good storytelling. Sounds like a winner!
NANA (live-action movie) Very good
NANA (TV) Very good
NANA 2 (live-action movie)
Natsuiro no Sunadokei (OAV) So-so
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) Excellent Why is it that even though all of Miyazaki's movies play out more or less the same, and you totally know what's going to happen, they're so damn good? Is it the storytelling, the animation, the music, the characters? I can't figure it out, but the guy knows what he's doing.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Masterpiece
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) Good
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) Excellent
New Angel (OAV) Very good
New Dominion Tank Police (OAV) So-so
New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (movie)
Ninja Nonsense (TV) Excellent Certainly there'll be too many in-jokes to survive translation, but it's still a pretty funny show.
Ninja Scroll (movie) Good
Nodame Cantabile (TV) Very good
Noein - to your other self (TV) Very good In spite of its content, Noein never got in over its head with too much pseudo-science or faux-psychology. Just a neat show with a distinct art style that is very satisfying.
Noir (TV) Good
Now and Then, Here and There (TV) Excellent
Nymphs of the Stratosphere (OAV) Not really good
Ocean Waves (movie) Decent
Oh My Goddess! (OAV) Very good
Oldboy (Korean movie) Decent So the dude wound up sleeping with his daughter? Is that what I'm taking out of this?
Only Yesterday (movie) Good
Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ (movie) Decent
Oruchuban Ebichu (TV) Good So wrong, so funny.
Otogi Zoshi (TV) Good I liked the two sides of the same story thing (with the Heian and Tokyo arcs), and the animation was great, too. Character design was a little weird, and the final two eps didn't really bring anything to the table, but it's a good show anyway.
Ouran High School Host Club (TV) Very good
Outlaw Star (TV) Excellent
Pale Cocoon (OAV) Good
Paprika (movie) Very good Neat story, fantastic animation.
Paradise Kiss (TV) Good
Paranoia Agent (TV) Excellent
Passage of the Stars - Birth (special) Decent Not bad.
Patlabor 2: The Movie (movie 2) Very good
Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1) Good
Peacemaker (TV) Very good
Peach Girl (TV) Decent
Perfect Blue (movie) Excellent At some point, you'll forget what's dream and reality as well. Awesome movie.
Petit Eva - Evangelion@School (OAV)
Pilot Candidate (TV) Bad
Pilot Candidate (OAV) Not really good
(The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie) Very good
Planetes (TV) Very good
Please Save My Earth (OAV) Good
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (movie)
(Le) Portrait de Petit Cossette (special)
(Le) Portrait de Petite Cossette (OAV) Good
Princess Arete (movie) Decent
Princess Mononoke (movie) Very good
Project A-ko (movie) Decent
Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (OAV) Decent
Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (OAV) Decent
Project A-ko 4: Final (OAV) So-so
Project A-ko: Uncivil Wars (OAV) Decent
Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (OAV) Weak
Pumpkin Scissors (TV) Decent
RahXephon (TV) Decent After watching the end of RahXephon, I had absolutely no interest to watch either the OVA or the movie. I saw it before when it was done better and called "Evangelion."
Read or Die (OAV) Good Great artwork, likable characters.
Real Drive (TV) Decent
REC (TV) Good Totally cute show with a totally cute female lead. Good stuff all around.
Red Garden (TV) Decent
Refrain Blue (OAV) Good
Requiem from the Darkness (TV) Very good
Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) Very good
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie Weak
RIN - Daughters of Mnemosyne (TV)
Ring (live-action movie 1998) Decent
(The) Ring (live-action movie 2002) Good
Ring 2 (live-action movie 1999) Decent
(The) Ring Two (live-action movie 2005) Good
Romeo × Juliet (TV) Good
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise (movie) Decent
Rumbling Hearts (TV) Excellent A great show about a (mostly) believable theme. What's a guy to do when he's been dating a girl for three years, but his first love comes back? Lots of heartache and mistakes in a terrific slice-of-life anime.
Rurouni Kenshin (TV 1996) Very good
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (OAV) Excellent
Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture Decent
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) Excellent
SaiKano (live-action movie) So-so
SaiKano: Another Love Song (OAV) Good Not a bad show, but absolutely meaningless in the face of the astounding anime it's spawned from.
Sailor Moon (TV) Not really good
Sailor Moon R (TV) Not really good
Sailor Moon R: The Movie Weak
Sailor Moon S (TV) Good
Sailor Moon S: The Movie Decent
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (TV) Good
Sailor Moon SuperS (TV) Not really good
Sailor Moon SuperS (special) So-so
Sailor Moon SuperS Plus - Ami's First Love (special) Decent
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie Decent
Samurai 7 (TV) Good
Samurai Champloo (TV) Very good Yes, it's basically just Cowboy Bebop in samurai clothing, and, yes, it's a rather typical Shinichirou Watanabe ending, but Samurai Champloo is well worth the price of admission. There were more than a few scenes where I was thoroughly entertained, astounded by the animation or overcome with emotion. Good show.
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV)
School Days (ONA) Very good
School Days (TV) Excellent
School Days: Magical Heart Kokoro-chan (OAV) Good
School Rumble (TV) Very good School Rumble started off okay, meandered way too much and ended flat and unsatisfyingly. And to think it was hyped as the next Azumanga Daioh!
Scrapped Princess (TV) Very good
Second Renaissance (OAV) Very good
Seraphim Call (TV) Decent
Serial Experiments Lain (TV) Decent
Sex Exchange (OAV) So-so
Sex Warrior Pudding (OAV) Decent
Shadow Star Narutaru (TV) Very good Right...this didn't turn out the way I expected.
Shakugan no Shana (TV) So-so I think this is pretty much InuYasha, but with the roles reversed. I'm certain that the movie won't settle things, either.
Shakugan no Shana (movie) Not really good WASTE OF TIME.
Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū! (OAV) So-so
Shakugan no Shana-tan (OAV) So-so More fun that it needs to be.
Shakugan no Shana-tan Returns (OAV) So-so Ditto.
She and Her Cat (OAV) Decent
She, The Ultimate Weapon (TV) Masterpiece I can get about five minutes into the first episode before I remember what happens later on. SaiKano is one of the hardest shows to watch, but it's absolutely amazing. A well-told tale of love in the face of adversity.
Shigurui: Death Frenzy (TV) They set things up with the first episode, expose the history behind the set up with the next 11 episodes...and that's it? To call this series "stunted" would be an understatement of catastrophic proportions.
SHINOBI - Heart Under Blade (live-action movie) Decent
Shion no Oh (TV)
Shrine of the Morning Mist (TV) Not really good
Shuffle! (TV) I'm still not too sure what to do with this series on account of its rather schizophrenic nature. The "darker" episodes are fantastic, while the "lighter" episodes could have been left on the cutting room floor. The characters are mostly stereotypes, and there's little rewatchability, but I'm still digging on how things turned out. I'll reserve judgment for now.
Shuffle! Memories (TV) So-so I skipped 95% of this series just to see if there was anything new added in.
Silent Möbius (TV) Good
Simoun (TV) Cool show, neat premise and fun flying machines. Nothing groundbreaking, but perfectly entertaining and occasionally thoughtful. That's what we need outta TV.
Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (TV) As soft and fluffy as marshmallows and twice as sweet! A better than average slice of life show.
Sky Blue (Korean movie) Good
(The) Sky Crawlers (movie) Good
(The) Slayers (TV) Good
Slayers - The Motion Picture Good
Slayers Excellent (OAV) So-so
Slayers Gorgeous (movie) So-so
Slayers Great (movie) So-so
(The) Slayers Next (TV) Good
Slayers Premium (movie) Good
Slayers Return (movie) So-so
(The) Slayers Try (TV) Good
Slayers: The Book of Spells (OAV) Decent
Sol Bianca (OAV) Decent
Sola (TV) Decent Coulda been better.
Someday's Dreamers (TV) Good
Someday's Dreamers II Sora (TV) Good
Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro (OAV)
Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (TV) Good
Soreyuke! Gedou Otometai (TV) Decent
(The) SoulTaker (TV) Awful
Space Battleship Yamato (movie) Decent Whatev.
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (movie) So-so Whatev.
Speed Grapher (TV) Decent
Spice and Wolf (TV)
Spirited Away (movie) Excellent
Spring and Chaos (movie) Good
Star Blazers (TV) Good
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars (TV) Good
Star Blazers: The Comet Empire (TV) Decent
Steamboy (movie) Decent
Stellvia (TV) Good
Step Sister (OAV) Awful
Stink Bomb (movie) Good That was...interesting.
(The) Story of Little Monica (OAV) Decent
(The) Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (TV) Good
(The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie) Very good
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie (OAV) Decent
Sweet Blue Flowers (TV)
Tachikomatic Days (OAV) Good After the way the first 26 episodes of SAC ended, this was a welcome respite. Funny stuff.
Tactics (TV) Good
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (TV)
Tekkaman Blade (TV) So-so I'm sure this would have been really cool in the early '90s.
Tenchi Forever!: The Movie Very good
Tenchi in Tokyo (TV) Very good
Tenchi Muyo! GXP (TV) Not really good
Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love Excellent
Tenchi The Movie 2 - The Daughter of Darkness Good
Tenchi Universe (TV) Very good
Tenjho Tenge (TV) Decent
Tenjho Tenge: The Past Chapter (special) So-so
Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight (OAV) So-so
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) Decent
Tide-Line Blue (TV) Not really good This series would have been WAY better if they'd left out that damn ostrich. Great animation, terrific character designs, good music and the absolute worst comedy shtick of all time. So close, but so far.
To Heart (TV) Very good
Tokyo Babylon (OAV) Decent
Tokyo Godfathers (movie) Excellent Charming, sweet, moving...everything you could possibly want in a Christmas movie.
Tokyo Majin (TV) Decent This show just pissed me off. Considering the content, the ending should have been WAY better.
Tomie (live-action movie) Not really good
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (live-action movie) Weak
Toradora! (TV) Good
Transformers (U.S. TV) Decent
(The) Transformers: The Movie (U.S. movie) Excellent
Trigun (TV) Very good
True Love Story (OAV) So-so
True Tears (TV)
Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni - Operation Sanctuary (TV) Not really good
Tweeny Witches (TV) Very good
Tweeny Witches: The Adventures (OAV) Good
(The) Twelve Kingdoms (TV) Excellent Twelve Kingdoms should be on episode 229 or so to account for all that might have happened, but we got stuck with 45 excellent episodes that wrapped up nothing. Seriously, this series could go on forever.
Twilight of the Dark Master (OAV) So-so
Twin Spica (TV)
TWO-MIX: White Reflection (OAV Promo) Very good
Urda (ONA) Weak
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (OAV) Not really good Meh.
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (movie) Not really good Meh, again.
Utawarerumono (TV) Good
Vampire Hunter D (OAV) Good
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) Good
Video Girl Ai (OAV) Very good
Video Girl Ai (live-action movie)
Viper GTS (OAV) Good
Viper's Creed (TV) Decent
(The) Vision of Escaflowne (TV) Good
Voices of a Distant Star (OAV) Good
(The) Wallflower (TV) Good
(The) Weathering Continent (movie) Decent
Welcome to the NHK (TV) Good
When They Cry - Higurashi (TV) Excellent Right up there with Narutaru for shows that start out one way and then go another. The scary stuff was genuinely frightening and the comedy was funny. The different story arcs also made for a totally intriguing watch.
When They Cry - Kai (TV) Very good One of the very few sequel anime that lives up to its predecessor. On point in pretty much every facet!
When They Cry - Rei (OAV)
White Album (TV) Good
A Wind Named Amnesia (movie) Weak
Wind: A Breath of Heart (OAV) Good
Wind: A Breath of Heart (TV) Good
Witch Hunter Robin (TV) Good
Wolf's Rain (TV) Good
Wolf's Rain (OAV) Good
(The) World of Narue (TV) Decent
World Record (OAV) Good
X (movie) Excellent
X (TV) Very good
X OAV So-so
xxxHOLiC (TV) Good
Yakitate!! Japan (TV) So-so
Yamibo - Darkness, the Hat, and the Travelers of the Books (TV) Not really good
Yugo the Negotiator (TV) Good
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (ONA) Good
Zettai Seigi Love Pheromone (TV) Decent
Zettai Shonen (TV) Good
Zipang (TV) Good I thought it was gonna get really good at the end, but it just flamed out. My guess is that the manga is still running.
Zombie-Loan (TV) Decent Well, the ending theme from MUCC is pretty good...