Top 10 Favorite Anime thread

[Hououin91]

1) Clannad (series)
2) Suzumiya Haruhi (series)
3) Steins;Gate
4) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
5) Welcome to the NHK!
6) Kanon (06)
7) School Rumble (series)
8) Durarara!!
9) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
10)Pandora Hearts

[something]

Originally Posted by Damius

Something, I would be curious to know, does a show like Mouretsu Pirates will have a chance to be in your top 10 (top 11)? If yes, what would it need?
(We need more fanart for Mouretsu Pirates.....)

A sequel would be a good start. Movie might help. But it's definitely one of the shortlisted titles.

Besides the franchises in my Top 11, I've given at least one part of the following TV franchises (alphabetical, completed shows only) a 10/10:

Air
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
Durarara!!
ef - a tale of memories.
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Heroic Age
Hourou Musuko
Hyouka
Lucky☆Star
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Mouretsu Pirates
Serial Experiments Lain
Sora no Woto
The iDOLM@STER
Uchuu no Stellvia
Usagi Drop

Out of 443 completed TV series, 697 including dropped series. So even if I don't put it in My Top 10, Mouretsu is still in my top 5%, and Marika in my top 10 characters all time.

There are also some franchises I've never given a 10/10 to any individual part of, but would consider on par with many of the above shows in the aggregate, in terms of sheer enjoyment. Saki, Strike Witches, and maybe Ghost in the Shell for example.

[FUNiOP]

My current top 10:

01. Clannad/Clannad After Story
02. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
03. Steins;Gate
04. Cowboy Bebop
05. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
06. Gintama/Gintama'
07. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion/Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
08. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya/The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
09. Cardcaptor Sakura/Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie/Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion

Also, here's an updated list compiling all your lists:

01. Clannad/Clannad After Story (7809) - 82.5 [3]
02. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya/The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (6430) - 66.5 [3]
03. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (10216) - 52 [1]
04. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (12120) - 33.5 [0]
05. K-ON! (10562) - 31 [0]
06. Kanon (6431) - 28.5 [1]
07. Toradora! (10050) - 25 [0]
08. Gurren Lagann (6698) - 23 [0]
09. Steins;Gate (11770) - 17 [0]
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion (49) - 16.5 [1]
11. Cowboy Bebop (13) - 16 [0]
12. Samurai Champloo (2636) - 15 [0]
12. Durarara!! (10947) - 15 [0]
14. Eden of the East (10474) - 14 [1]
15. Stellvia (74) - 14 [0]
16. Bakemonogatari/Nisemonogatari (10196) - 14 [0]
17. Aria the Animation (5504) - 14 [0]
18. One Piece (836) - 13 [0]
19. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (210) - 13 [0]
20. Hayate the Combat Butler (7490) - 12 [0]
21. Hyouka (13817) - 11 [0]
22. School Rumble (4114) - 11 [0]
23. Saber Marionette J/Saber Marionette J Again/Saber Marionette J to X (77) - 10 [1]
23. Naruto/Naruto Shippuden (1825) - 10 [1]
23. Last Exile (2294) - 10 [1]
23. K-ON! Season 2 (11262) - 10 [1]
23. High School of the Dead (11271) - 10 [1]
23. Maison Ikkoku (376) - 10 [1]
23. You're Under Arrest! (606) - 10 [1]

[Damius]

For the first time ever, here is my Top 10:

01) Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
02) Clannad
03) K-ON!
04) Toradora!
05) Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
06) Mouretsu Pirates
07) Aria
08) Kanon 2006
09) Hyouka
10) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

It was quite difficult to do my top 10. Selecting only 10 shows, took me a long time. It’s the first list I did, it took me time mostly because I wanted to wait to have watched everything I wanted before doing it. So now that I don’t have show that didn’t air to watch, I was finally able to do the list.

01) Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu: This is my most favorite anime ever. I love tremendously everything from it. I will watch it for a second time (first season for a third time) soon. I have the music of it of course and enjoyed it quite a lot. I would like so much (will never happened) to have the background music of it… if only it was not only included on the DVD LE. (Why don’t they do like Bake?)

02) Clannad: I finished that one not too long ago and I love it tremendously as well. It made me cried, like no series did in the past. I want to rewatch it, but will probably rewatch Kanon first. I currently (while posting) listening to the music of it, what I like the most is to remember the scenes when I listen to a piece of music. Next time, I will listen to the music, I will do a track list. The track list will contain all the tracks that were used in the anime, in the order they were first played in the anime, that way I will remember the scenes it comes from even more.

03) K-ON!: This is amazing, such a great entertainment. I didn’t even finish that one at this time (episode 16 of K-ON!!) but I know this one will be in third place. Can’t wait to finish it and watch the movie… I only listened to the music of the first season… I listened to it many times already. I can’t wait to add the second season and movie music.

04) Toradora!: This is also another amazing show. I need to watch this one for a second time. Soon, really soon.

05) Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: So, this is the first show of the list that I don’t own on JP BD. I feel quite sad about it. But, at least I have the Aniplex USA version, which are really good. For the series itself, I’m out of word; I don’t know how to describe what this one made me feels.

06) Mouretsu Pirates: Just look at my signature! ^_^ Just to think I almost didn’t import this one... This was probably the show that was the first sign I would completely quit R1 couple months later. Now, that’s another show I need to watch for a second time… But for now, I can listen to the music and audio drama (thanks Something for making the translation available.) I can’t wait for the movie and a second season!

07) Aria: I love so much the pace of this one, I love to follow the characters. This show would need another season to follow Ai this time and to witness so many adorable moments with her and Akari. Also, another season would make Japan release the BDs for the first three seasons, right?

08) Kanon 2006: This show made me cry as well, not as much as Clannad, Clannad was just another level, but this one still has its place in my top 10. I will probably rewatch this just before rewatching Clannad.

09) Hyouka: This one was probably the biggest surprise in my top 10. Being a KyoAni show, I knew I would enjoy it, but never thought it would be at that level. I could watch this one without sound and still enjoy it. It may be incomplete, but it’s complete in the sense of what is available to be animated.

10) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: My list would be incomplete without this show. I watched this one three times (including the movies!)

[FUNiOP]

Originally Posted by Damius

2) Clannad: I finished that one not too long ago and I love it tremendously as well. It made me cried, like no series did in the past. I want to rewatch it, but will probably rewatch Kanon first. I currently (while posting) listening to the music of it, what I like the most is to remember the scenes when I listen to a piece of music. Next time, I will listen to the music, I will do a track list. The track list will contain all the tracks that were used in the anime, in the order they were first played in the anime, that way I will remember the scenes it comes from even more.

I've made that playlist myself, if you'd like the listing of tracks. Of course I used those forum posts linked to in your thread on AoD/Mania, but you still have to search through to tell which ones aren't repeats.

Too bad my copy of Mabinogi hasn't arrived yet... I sent Treasure Japan my shipping request 3 weeks ago today. The shipping method is "EMS ( with tracking number )", but I can't find any alleged tracking number. At any rate, the songs from Mabinogi are included in my playlist, since I had already downloaded when I thought there was no chance of getting the CD at a reasonable price.

Also, I updated that compiled list with your top 10.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

Too bad my copy of Mabinogi hasn't arrived yet... I sent Treasure Japan my shipping request 3 weeks ago today. The shipping method is "EMS ( with tracking number )", but I can't find any alleged tracking number. At any rate, the songs from Mabinogi are included in my playlist, since I had already downloaded when I thought there was no chance of getting the CD at a reasonable price.

I would suggest you to send an e-mail with the info under Bidding History and Shipping Request History (support@treasure-japan.com). Just tell them that you sent a request 3 weeks ago. It took almost a month before I sent an e-mail, it took under 48 hours (after I sent the e-mail) for me for the person to ship it. (he will ship it to you when you'll pay the invoice). He also said it shouldn't have take that long.

[FUNiOP]

Originally Posted by Damius

I would suggest you to send an e-mail with the info under Bidding History and Shipping Request History (support@treasure-japan.com). Just tell them that you sent a request 3 weeks ago. It took almost a month before I sent an e-mail, it took under 48 hours (after I sent the e-mail) for me for the person to ship it. (he will ship it to you when you'll pay the invoice). He also said it shouldn't have take that long.

Alright, I'll do that when I get back home tomorrow (I came to a relative's house for the holidays yesterday), if there's still no sign of it. Thanks for the advice; that's really weird that this would keep happening if it's not supposed to. Hopefully I can get it pretty soon.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

that's really weird that this would keep happening if it's not supposed to. Hopefully I can get it pretty soon.

Yeah, I was really surprised this morning when I read your post. (When I was waiting for it, I even thought that you were lucky since you (probably) got it before me.)

[FUNiOP]

Originally Posted by Damius

Yeah, I was really surprised this morning when I read your post. (When I was waiting for it, I even thought that you were lucky since you (probably) got it before me.)

I emailed them on Monday and haven't gotten any word back since, nor has the CD showed up.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

I emailed them on Monday and haven't gotten any word back since, nor has the CD showed up.

That's even more weird... Sorry about that since it's partly my fault...