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Share your favorite anime

I see threads all the time asking "What anime should I watch?" With this hopefully we can cut that down a bit.
So share with everyone your favorite anime! Give a discription of what its about; just don't spoil anything in case someone will or is watching it. Maybe explain why you like it. Give the readers a reason why they should watch your favorite anime. Just start throwing them out there people.

July 2, 2012

34 Comments • Newest first

ShadeCaro

Nichijou because decent comedy that isn't too over the top moe.

Reply July 3, 2012
teenagedream

fav anime series: *ano hana, naruto, *honey and clover,eureka7 doee
fav anime movies: *tokyo magnitude 7.0, *the girl who leapt through time, 5cm per second

the girl who leapt through time is about time travel.. really emotional towards the end, a well thought out plot I watched it today and it made me tear up.. i would've cried if only my dad wasnt near me

tokyo magnitude made me cry so much.. its about an earthquake that invades japan.. oh my gosh it was 4am in the morning and i was crying while staring at my laptop

naruto i grew with this anime for over five years..

5cm per second.. oh my gosh this changed my outlook on love

honey and clover taught me a lot about relationships and it changed me.. somehow to see the bright side out of every unfortunate event

ano hana by far made me cry the most out of any anime.. my tshirt was soaked x.x because i cried so much at the end.. it was 6am i woke up early just to watch anime without anyone seeing me cry

* means they made me bawl a bucket of tears

others:

mirai nikki
*angel beats
sailor moon
bleach
skip beat
fairy tail
highschool of the dead
*sekai ichi -something
clannad (for some reason didnt make me emotional as much)

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TraceUserxBrawl

madoka/anohana/nhk ni youkoso

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ArghMyToast

Death Note or Durarara

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madeintaiwan

Hard to list just one favourite anime.
ARIA - it definitely tops my favourite manga list too.
Mushishi
Suzumiya Haruhi - along with most other Kyoto Animation works.
Ookiku Furikabutte
And I've entered a recent Mahou Shoujo phase with Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and Heartcatch Precure.
And One Piece, both anime and manga I really like.

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Drag0nLlght

[quote=leosan]One piece because pirate>ninjas[/quote]

some faith in humanity has been restored <3

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SuperJuls

shakugan no shana

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Antim0ny

elfen lied-
it's sort of a sci-fi about humans and another species. lessons on humanity/society are quite thought-provoking.
it's a little graphic, but it's all worth it!

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Momo123

If I really think about it, it's probably Dragon Ball z. I loved that anime so much back in the day. It had action, good music, and a good story. There was a lot of fillers in that anime, but watever. Also old pokemon was really good (from kanto - end of jhoto). One piece was a really good anime, though stopped after episode 80 or something. And KissXsis is amazing. Best anime ever!

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reconforce946

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai- This made me shed tears when I thought that I couldn't anymore.

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iMerchU

Naoki Urasawa's Monster is and might damn well always will be my favourite.

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yumtoast154

@RedhandsXN: Though an ending is a plus, you're only judging things on assumptions which is an illogical decision; the rationale is jump before looking. It's one thing to judge series that are almost done airing, but both Space Bros and Hyouka are barely half-way done airing (SB: 14/24~48, Hyouka 11/24).

And slightly off-topic, as much as I love Space Brothers, its animation is garbage. It's the opposite for Hyouka, in which the animation quality is amazing but the pacing and plot are left to be desired. Also, I'm wondering how you decide upon favorites since it's such a long list of rather random series (the quality [OST, animation, and plot-wise] between titles such as Index/Railgun and Clannad is huge).

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Memoree

Eyeshield 21. I'm no good with words so all I can say is that Eyeshield 21 is about football and is really good, haha.

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djmaxaaron

07-Ghost...no one watches it but its really good and not scary so dont worry.

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LOLfwappz

[quote=XzKaminazX]Neon genesis evangelion, robots eating huge monsters with half of the cast having trauma or issues.[/quote]

Yay! Another EVA pilot! And its only Pen Pen who's the only mentally stable character.

Yeah, what this guy said. I love the plot, soundtracks, and how the angels have doomed humanity to flying double helix's and pools of LCL.

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peterkirby36

The World God Only Knows
Because it is the only one that makes gamers look totally badass

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Sqooblesv2

Guilty Crown. Yes, so many people hate it, but I just love it.

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Llamaemon

15 Bishoujo Hyouryuuki

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kalvar

Gash Bell (Zatch bell in the english dub)
It is funny, has great action, I love the art style, a great plot, and it is also sad!
The plot is 100 demon (or mamodo if its the english dub) children are sent to the human world each of which has a spell book. The spell book can only be read by their one true human partner, if a spell book is burned the demon/mamodo will be sent back to the demon/mamodo world, the last demon standing is the king of the demon world for the next 1000 years.

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yumtoast154

@RedhandsXN: But what you're saying is that anime series you haven't even finished watching equate to your favorite series you've already finished.

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yumtoast154

[quote=RedhandsXN]Here's an extensive list of some of my favourite animes in random order:

Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
Code Geass
Death Note
Clannad/After Story
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2009
Ouran High School Host Club
Gurren Lagann
Darker Than Black
Blue Exorcist
Toaru Majutsu no Index
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Steins;Gate
Hyouka
Space Brothers
Eureka Seven
Mirai Nikki
Soul Eater
Time of Eve

Honorable mention: Tari Tari - first episode just came out, but looks like a promising slice of life anime.

Yep, I watch a lot of anime.[/quote]
How can Hyouka, Space Bros, or Tari Tari be your favorites if they're still airing?

it's like reading a book from a series and assuming that if the first book is good, the entire series is good.

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yumtoast154

Boku no Pico.

I recently read the High School Musical Manga adaption when it was posted on Basil, and I've got to say, that stuff was 11/10.

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Bondax

death note yea

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Irony

School Rumble & Seitokai Yakuindomo

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ZOMGitjon

naruto
im too lazy to read deadman wonderland

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spidy78

[quote=TopMushroom]Naruto.

Its clearly number 1 because of its gigantic fanbase!
Beliebe it![/quote]
Nice one! beliebe it huh You forced me to login just to like ur comment =P

Naruto shippuden,not because of its many fans...I don't give a crap about how many fans it has...I only like him because it's the only anime I got interest in Lol

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Zulucker

One Piece, a great pirate adventure

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LordLuke9

Clannad After Story because it made me cry almost every episode.
Toradora Because its so cute.
Code Geass because i dont have words to describe it.

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Braviary

Death Note.

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nujsk

[quote=qtprincessxoxo]Bocu no pico. Why do I like it? Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh[/quote]

This is my favourite anime aswell.

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mechibi

[quote=qtprincessxoxo]Bocu no pico. Why do I like it? Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh[/quote]

OH DEAR GAWD. i watched one second of it and i immeditaly closed it
ot: Ouran high school host club

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oliikills

beelzebub

edit: actually, scratch that. acchi kocchi because it's cute.

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TopMushroom

Naruto.

Its clearly number 1 because of its gigantic fanbase!
Beliebe it!

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