[Anime – worth checking out, I think]

Version 1.1 (23.06.2013)
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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]
– Acchi Kocchi (12 eps) – Comedy – Based on a 4-coma, please don’t ask me how the humor in this one can be entertaining, I don’t know.
– 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.
[D]
– Desert Punk (24 eps) – Post-apocalyptic, Comedy – A title with a proper antihero, not many of those around.
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[F]
– Fullmetal Panic? Fumoffu – Comedy, Parody – It is imperative for you to watch ‘Fullmetal Panic’ before starting Fumoffu, as its humor relies on parodying the main show.
[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.
– Hellsing Ultimate – (10 eps) – Vampires, Supernatural – This time a direct take on Kohta Hirano’s manga. It has gore, slapstick and Nazis. It’s absolute fucking madness.
[I]
– Interstella 5555 (Movie) – SF, Music – animated album, “Daft Punk – Discovery”… it’s awesome.
– Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari (13 eps) – Fantasy, Harem – a pretty entertaining spin-off series in which the women actually have reasons to crowd the protagonist.
– Iria: Zeiram (6 eps) – SF – I seriously don’t know what to write about it.
[J]
– Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Movie) – Thriller – The MG-34 is awesome.
K
[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]
– Macross Plus (4 eps) – Aviation, Military, SF – Probably the only Macross title truly worth seeing.
– 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.
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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.
– Skip Beat! (25 eps) – Comedy, Romance – Rise of the Femme Fatale. Also, Sho must die.
– Slayers (26 eps) – Comedy, Fantasy – THE Fantasy Story, with one of the most kickass heroine in anime history.
– Slayers Next (26 eps) – Comedy, Fantasy – The Lord of Nightmares will rip you a new one.
– Slayers Try (26 eps) – Comedy, Fantasy – More of the same wackiness.
– Spaceship Agga Ruter (4 eps) – Space Opera, Hentai – An entertaining hentai following the ‘Tenchi Muyou’ formula.
– 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, SF – ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!
– Terra e… (24 eps) – Space Opera – Authoritarian Super Computer trying to kill me because I’m a danger to it’s calculations? This shit will not stand!
– The 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.
– 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?
– Tiger & Bunny – Action – I didn’t expect a story about super heroes to be any good, but surprisingly enough, I was wrong.
– Toradora! – (25 eps) – Comedy, Romance – A really well made anime based on a Novel. Solid execution that make this one stand out among the rest of ‘School Life’ titles.
[U]
– Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (Movie) – Comedy, SF – To appreciate this one fully it is recommended for the viewer to have some previous experience with the Urusei Yatsura universe. Oshii is flying the Director’s chair on this one so get ready for some awesome mindfuck.
[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.