[Anime - worth checking out, I think]

Version 1.05 (17.04.2011)
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This is NOT a list of best Anime. It’s actually a list of good ideas and motives. Some of those series are good, other flawed but worth at least a sneak-peak.

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[A]
- Area 88 TV (12 eps) – Aviation, Military – Very good, solid series about jets and betrayal. Doesn’t share the same story as the OVA.
- Area 88 OVA (3 eps/2 eps) – Aviation, Military – Clearly superior to it’s successor. I would recommend watching this after the “TV” one.
- Appleseed (Movie) – Post-Apo, Mecha – The first CGI movie on this list, the visuals didn’t age well.
[B]
- Black Lagoon (12 eps) – Guns – Shit blowing up.
- Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (12 eps) – Guns – More shit blowing up.
- Blue Gender (26 eps) – SF, Horror – Mother earth strikes back.
- Blue Submarine No. 6 (4 eps) – SF, Post-Apo – Well, it has subs, that’s awesome, right?
[C]
- Cowboy Bebop (26 eps) – Outer Space, Western – Because it has style and a proper ending.
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[G]
- Geneshaft (13 eps) – SF, Outer Space – This is on the list only because I’m a sucker for Space and the “10 women/1 man” motive.
- Ghost in the Shell (Movie) – SF, Cyberpunk – If you didn’t see this then something is wrong with you.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (26 eps) – SF, Cyberpunk – Season of Awesomeness.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig (26 eps) – SF, Cyberpunk – Season 2 of Awesomeness.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society (Movie) – SF, Cyberpunk – Ending of Awesomeness.
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1 ep) – Made in the style of the ’80, a OVA about a professional assassin a.i. sex, violence and the world being a fuck-up place. Totally awesome.
- Grave of the Fireflies (Movie) – Tragedy, World War 2 – Probably the saddest thing you will ever watch.
- Great Teacher Onizuka (43 eps) – Comedy, School – One of the better adaptations of Manga (and that one sucked) out there.
[H]
- Hellsing (13 eps) – Vampires, Supernatural – If you are looking for faggy bloodsuckers then this is the wrong place.
[I]
- Interstella 5555 (Movie) – SF, Music – animated album, “Daft Punk – Discovery”… it’s awesome.
- Iria: Zeiram (6 eps) – SF – I seriously don’t know what to write about it.
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor (26 eps) – SF, Comedy – being adapted from a series of novels, here is the crew of the Destroyer Soyokaze… and her Captain, which no rule could contain.
[J]
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Movie) – Thriller – The MG-34 is awesome.
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[L]
- Level-E (13 eps) – SF, Comedy – Manga adoption of a work that at it’s core was supposed to troll the reader… and it fucking did.
[M]
- Memories (3 eps) – SF – Three different movies.
- Mononoke (12 eps) – Horror – The right mix of horror and suspense (a lot of it) shown in an abstract way.
[N]
- Najica Blitz Tactics (12 eps) – Guns&Panties – Being mainly about fan-service (loli included) and a cheesy story, this series has something what other more serious titles are missing… a style.
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[P]
- Princess Mononoke (Movie) – Fantasy – Ghibli, enough said.
Q
[R]
- Record of Lodoss War OVA (13 eps) – Fantasy – In the “Sword-Magic” category it doesn’t get better then this.
- Riding Bean (1 ep) – Guns&Cars – Why aren’t Kenichi Sonodas works fully serialized, fuck!
[S]
- Seikai no Monshou/Crest of the Stars (13 eps) – Space Opera – Here it is, my favorite series. This time we are not fighting on the humans side (lie).
- Seikai no Senki/Banner of the Stars (13 eps) – Space Opera – You won’t find better space battles in any other anime.
- Seikai no Senki II/Banner of the Stars II (13 eps) – Space Opera – Because conquering stuff isn’t always fun.
- Seikai no Senki II/Banner of the Stars III (2 eps) – Space Opera – Why the fuck does this only have 2 episodes.
- Spice and Wolf (13 eps) – Medieval, Drama, Economy – Who said medieval economy can’t be fun.
- Spice and Wolf II (12 eps) – Medieval, Drama, Economy – More medieval economy and drama.
- Spirited Away (Movie) – Fantasy – Ghibli, enough said.
[T]
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (27 eps) – Mecha, Comedy, Sci Fi – ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!
- Those Who Hunt Elves (12 eps) – Comedy, Fantasy – Nothing like making fun from fantasy stories… did I mention they are also stripping elves?
- Those Who Hunt Elves II (12 eps) – Comedy, Fantasy – This series English dubbing is probably the only one that didn’t make me instantly wish I was deaf.
- They Were Eleven (Movie) – SF – a title from the ’80. A group of 10 students is on their last test, isolated on an abandoned space-ship… but why is there 11 of them?
U
[V]
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Movie) – Vampires, Supernatural, SF – Vampires and shit, yo.
- Vandread (13 eps) – Comedy, Outer Space, Mecha – Yeah, you can laugh at me.
- Vandread: The Second Stage (13 eps) – Comedy, Outer Space, Mecha – Did I mention how much I like Space?
[W]
- Wolf’s Rain (30 eps) – Post-apocalyptic – Not my type of a show but fuck me if I won’t acknowledge it as being “worth it”. In post-apocalyptic soviet Russia, the Wolf eats you.
X
[Y]
- You’re Under Arrest! (51 eps) – Comedy, Police – A little bit of everything.
- Yukikaze (5 eps) – Aviation, Military, SF – Macross can go suck a cock, this is how you do it.
[Z]
- Zipang (26 eps) – Military, World War 2 – Time-traveling warship FTW.
- Zone of the Enders: Idolo (1 ep) – SF, Mecha, Outer Space – Opening to the “Zone of the Enders” series.