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- CreatorTakashi OkazakiStarsSamuel L. JacksonPhil LaMarrYuri LowenthalA Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.Best samurai effects in anime. An amazing plot with vengeance and death.
- CreatorJun MaedaStarsHiroshi KamiyaHarumi SakuraiKana HanazawaRebellious teens fight in armed combat against one dispassionate girl's supernatural powers in an afterlife high school.Paralel universe. Great soundtrack and funny moments
- CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsMichael C. PizzutoJ. Michael TatumCaitlin GlassA crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.Italian for big noise. Funny and misterious.
- StarsHiroshi KamiyaEri KitamuraYuka IguchiThird-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. Cured of his vampirism, he seeks to help other supernaturals with their problems. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, revealing secrets in people he once knew.School anime really simple and unconvenctional, fantasy and romance.
Should watch. - StarsKana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroKana AsumiOn first day of junior high school, Mato Kuroi happens to run into Yomi Takanashi.Fighting scenes trough the roof!
Psicologically mind blowing.
Different from anything i've seen. - StarsKaori ShimizuCrispin FreemanRachael LillisA light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and grisly murders. Each character tells their own connection to the event and to a similar murder spree 5 years ago. All of the different stories are slowly tied together by seemingly minute similarities and the story of Boogiepop is unraveled.Just because it's not coloured doesn't mean it can't have a good history. Give it a chance!
- StarsSarah HauserRie TanakaCrispin FreemanHideki finds the discarded and malfunctioning Persocom Chi, a personal computer that looks like a girl. While trying to fix and care for Chi, Hideki discovers that she might be a Chobits, a robot of urban legend that has free will.A "doll/ robot" (persocon) is found in the trash by Hideki.
Now he must teach her about life in the big city.
However she is not a regular robot... - CreatorGorô TaniguchiIchirô ÔkouchiStarsJun FukuyamaTakahiro SakuraiJohnny Yong BoschAfter being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.Inteligent anime love, crime, god complex.
Cativating characters.
Continuation.. Better than the previous. - CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeHajime YatateStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.Great plot, surprising history and time well spent.
- CreatorTensai OkamuraStarsJason LiebrechtKate OxleyChristopher SabatIn Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged.
- StarsMamoru MiyanoBrad SwaileVincent TongAn intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.Considered to be the most inteligent anime ever.
Fantastic history telling.
Game like anime.
Should watch. - CreatorLynn OkamotoStarsSanae KobayashiChihiro SuzukiMamiko NotoTwo university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.Discrimination, and alienation.
Amazing plot.
When it's over it's like that was "subarashi". - CreatorShûkô MuraseStarsKôji YusaAkiko YajimaLiam O'BrienIn a post-apocalyptic future humans live in peace with androids in a domed city. However, a strange series of murders has intruded into bored inspector Re-l Mayer's life.Various themes. Complex anime.
Psicologically profound.
Should watch. - StarsKotono MitsuishiTakehito KoyasuJason DouglasIlpalazzo wants one thing: to rule world so he can better it. Excel just wants to help. Too bad she sucks at her job.Parody.
Very funny, surprisingly unorganized plot.
Should watch. - StarsVic MignognaAaron DismukeRomi ParkWhen a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them: the fabled philosopher's stone.Classic!
Original plot.
Fantastic characters.
Great anime.
Should watch. - CreatorHiromu ArakawaStarsKent WilliamsIemasa KayumiMatthew LeonhartTwo brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.Remake of the first anime.
Different ending and characters.
Should watch. - CreatorKazuya TsurumakiStarsJun MizukiMayumi ShintaniIzumi KasagiMysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.Parody.
Funny, great fighting scenes.
Original plot. - CreatorHiroya OkuStarsHiroshi KamiyaDaisuke NamikawaJohn SwaseyAfter their deaths, two teens are transported to an apartment with an ominous black sphere and must participate in a gory alien-hunting "game."Great opening.
Original story. - CreatorKohta HiranoStarsJôji NakataYoshiko SakakibaraFumiko OrikasaA British taskforce, lead by the daughter of the vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing, battles the supernatural with the aid of two vampires.Greatest vampire anime ever.
Must I write more? - StarsRyohei KimuraSaori HayamiJason LiebrechtOn November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory. and he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's holding with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.How would you save the world?
Great anime. - CreatorDaisuke SatôStarsJun'ichi SuwabeEri KitamuraNobuyuki HiyamaHigh school students are overwhelmed with the start of the zombie apocalypse.Zombie apocalipse.
High school girls.
Need I write more? - CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsKappei YamaguchiRichard Ian CoxSarah HauserA teenage girl periodically travels back in time to feudal Japan to help a young half-demon recover the shards of a jewel of great power.Great romance.
Mitology and ancient magic swords.
Should watch. - StarsKappei YamaguchiSatsuki YukinoKumiko WatanabeInuYasha's story draws to a close but not before finding Naraku and the Sacred Jewel, and facing new enemies and new dangers.Inuyasha's ending due to manga shortage.
Same characters with improved graphics. - CreatorYasuyuki UedaStarsKaori ShimizuBridget HoffmanDan LorgeStrange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".Psicologically dense.
Surprising and weird.
Could be considered boring.
Fantastic ending. - CreatorHideaki AnnoStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiA teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.Considered the most complex anime ever.
Giant mechanical robots (mecha), psicological and deep.
Should watch. - CreatorSatoshi KonStarsShôzô ÎzukaToshihiko SekiMamiko NotoSeemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.In my opinion the best anime ever made. From the characters and amazing plot to an astonashing unespected end.
Don't let it go by. - StarsR. Bruce ElliottChristopher SabatSean TeagueA small village gets raided by bandits every harvest season. The villagers can't take it anymore, and decide to recruit samurais to defend them in exchange for rice. Will the villagers find who would defend them from the bandits?True story in animated version.
Fantastic plot.
Great samurai techniques.
Touching story. - CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."Suspense till the last second.
Original.
Classic very good story telling.
Should watch. - StarsLaura BaileyChiaki OmigawaMicah SolusodSet in the Shinigami technical school, the series revolves around a partnership between a weapon meisters and a human weapons. Trying to reach a ranking of "Death Scythe" they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.Different from any anime ever watched.
Original, amazing plot.
Surprising end.
Great characters.
Should watch. - CreatorOh! GreatStarsWendee LeeKim StraussJun'ichi SuwabeAn ongoing war takes place at Toudou Academy, where all the students and teachers are equipped in martial arts combat.Psicologically dense.
Fight clubs, high school girls.
Ancient enemies and great fights. - CreatorYasuhiro NightowStarsMasaya OnosakaHiromi TsuruSatsuki YukinoVash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after.Highest bounty ever on anime.
Great message.
Very good fighting scenes.
Original story.
Should watch. - CreatorNaoki UrasawaStarsHidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienMamiko NotoTenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.
- StarsYutaka KoizumiYui MakinoMichael C. PizzutoThis surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.
- StarsRikiya KoyamaKôhei KiyasuSteve StaleyIppo, a teenage boy with a pure heart and unrelenting determination, discovers a passion for boxing after veteran fighter Takamura saves him from bullies.
- StarsKanako SakaiShin HoumuraDaisuke OnoFumihiko Matsumaru is an average salaryman with no girlfriend. He invited his colleague Miss Tanaka to a movie but was stood up. Right at the time he was about to toss tickets into a trash can, a cute girl appeared and asked him not to waste those two tickets. After movie and dinner, he escorted her home and found they live in the same neighborhood, yet unfortunately her apartment caught on fire hours later. Having nowhere else to stay, rookie seiyuu Aka Onda moved to Matsumaru's place, and the two had started a "more than friend but not yet lovers" relationship under the same roof while keeping this secret from their employers. What could possibly happen next?
- CreatorHajime YatateStarsAyako KawasumiBob BuchholzBridget HoffmanThe adventures of an outlaw crew of an advanced starship.If you have seen cowboy bebop, it might not be as good.
But still feels like a classic in the realm of anime.
The tale of Gene. - StarsShintarô AsanumaHiroyuki YoshinoRin MizuharaWhen a nameless student at Kyoto University encounters a demigod one night, he asks to relive the past three years in order to win the heart of Ms. Akashi, the object of his affection.The depth of this anime is incredible.
My second favourite next to Paranoia agent.
The characters are what get you hooked, the plot is also a great reason to watch. - CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsYuri LowenthalKari WahlgrenBryce PapenbrookTired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.Every character has his own "thing" going on.
Every piece of randomness falls into place.
The twin anime of baccano, but better in my opinion. - StarsSatoshi TokushigeKimiko YoMikie HaraEccentric psychiatrist Dr. Ichiro Irabu diagnoses an odd yakuza who is frightened of sharp objects, a psychiatrist who suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and a woman who has delusions. Meanwhile, two women help the unique doctor. There is Dr. Irabu's sexy nurse Mayumi and his wife Akane, who met the doctor at a blind date party and married him for his money. She demands 100,000,000 yen in compensation from Dr. Irabu.
- StarsYoshimasa HosoyaYukari TamuraMasako IkedaKyotoryuu, is the legendary fencing school. However, instead of a sword, it uses one's hands and legs as weapons. Shichika and his sister Nanami are the sole remaining descendants of the Yasuri household. One day, at the request of Togame, a female strategian from the shogunate, Shichika leaves his isolated island home of Fushou on a quest across Edo-era Japan, in search of Shikizaki Kiki's twelve perfected deviant blades.Very strange and easy going show.
Somehow it remains with you.
A funny story. - StarsTakahiro SakuraiMichael C. PizzutoEiji TakemotoA mysterious man called the Medicine Seller travels along feudal Japan, uncovering and slaying evil spirits called "Mononoke".Follows the episodic tales of one "medicine seller" in a modern supernatural world.
His goal is to understand and aid the people he finds (very similar to mushishi). - CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsAmi KoshimizuAya SuzakiToshihiko SekiA young girl arrives at a school of superhumans to find out the truth behind her father's murder.If you give it a chance you won't regret it.
I'd say it stands as the best of it's genre.
Action, compelling characters and more action.