In any order:

- Trinity Blood
- Vampire Knight
- Blood+
- Bleach
- Tennis No Oujisama
- Hellsing
- Death Note

ETA: Black Blood Brothers

Last edited by Seitokaichou (11-02-2008 08:41:50 PM)

I'd have to say Rozen Maiden or Princess Tutu. My top 5 list is as such:

1) Utena
2) Rozen Maiden
3) Princess Tutu
4) Chobits
5) xxxHOLiC

I have such trashy tastes. I love Tokyo Mew Mew as well. And Love Hina XD

I seen shitloads of animes in the last few years and if I was to list my favourites, it would be this:

1.  Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
2.  School Rumble
3.  Naruto
4.  The Wallflower
5.  Ouran Host Club
6.  Utena
7.  Super Gals!
8.  Rune Soldier Louie
9.  Otoboku
10. Cheeky Angel

Arki wrote:

...Strawberry Panic, and thought that it was pretty much what marimite should've been.

A bit off-topic, but I couldn't help but type my disagreement. d: Strawberry Panic is far from anything I'd call good (which doesn't mean it's not entertaining). Marimite, on the other hand, has some quality within it. It definitely took itself much more seriously and in the end, I feel the story wasn't intended to be about yuri in the lesbian sense, but the yuri in the best friend or person I admire way (yuri just clumps it all together). From that perspective, it delivered well. Though comparing these two anime is like saying night and day have something in common. Hmm. I've enjoyed both, but I don't find neither exceptionally excellent to recommend it.

And that's probably the reason why some people hate Marimite.  The "un-romatnic love" angle or "S" isn't very interesting, plus it's origins is pretty ridiculous.  I think a way that it was explained to me in Japanese culture you were forced to marry a male anyways, so even if you were a lesbian your relationships in high school would just be considered temporary flights of fancy no matter what the case is.  It then lead to this myth that true lesbianism was didn't exist and was and just a thing kids do as a "stage."  Maybe it was true for some people, but the thing was they thought this was true for everyone.  I don't respect everything about Japanese culture, and I definitely would prefer to watch an anime where the girl/girl subtext could at least possibly go some where.

Anyways, I Utena wasn't my fave, Battle Athletes Victory probably would be.  Before BAV and Utena it was Slayers.  Of more recent anime I've seen Ninja Nonsense aka Ninin ga Shinobuden was a really cute show that was really funny, if not overly intelligent.

Last edited by J-Syxx (11-02-2008 06:14:40 AM)

'Utena' is battling it out with 'Evangelion' for my favorite series, simply because they took such an original approach to their storytelling. Of course, Eva got that way from a budget slash, but they made it work!

Mylene wrote:

J-Syxx wrote:

Anyways, I Utena wasn't my fave, Battle Athletes Victory probably would be.  Before BAV and Utena it was Slayers.  Of more recent anime I've seen Ninja Nonsense aka Ninin ga Shinobuden was a really cute show that was really funny, if not overly intelligent.

Another Battle Athletes Victory fan!  I prefer the OAV, but the TV series was also great (although a bit more silly than I wanted having seen the OAV first.)  I haven't found too many people that have even watched the franchise, let alone really liked it.

Yeah there are still some fans out there (but not many).  I definitely prefer the tv series to the OVA.  The OVA seemed a bit dry and I felt the emotional story telling in the tv series was a lot better (to the point of bringing me to tears at one point ^ ^V).  Only thing I liked better in the OVA was psycho-crush Mylandah.  I'm also a huge Ichino Yanagida fan.  Sadly most fans seem to prefer Kris Christopher and seem to either ignore or hate poor Itchan.  This of course lead to me trying to bridge the gap by shipping Kris and Itchan together, but the few fans I have encountered don't really seem to like the idea.  Here is the evidence I produced a few years ago to support it:




Also I did this caption.  XD



Also I should mention I'm pretty obssessed with Totally Spies which most otaku despise as a "knock-off."  Can't help but love this show due to all of self-parody, film references, pervy innuendo, and endless opportunities for femslash pairings.  xD

There's only one J-Syxx.  lol.  Thank you for recognizing my net fame.    I used to be a regular there, but I got tired of the place after I pissed off certain bitchy members after I talked about why I don't like Kannazuki No Miko.  XD

Totally Spies is the best shoujo-ai show never made.

Tell that to the animators.  XDD

Last edited by J-Syxx (11-03-2008 05:43:39 PM)

J-Syxx wrote:

Mylene wrote:

J-Syxx wrote:

Anyways, I Utena wasn't my fave, Battle Athletes Victory probably would be.  Before BAV and Utena it was Slayers.  Of more recent anime I've seen Ninja Nonsense aka Ninin ga Shinobuden was a really cute show that was really funny, if not overly intelligent.

Another Battle Athletes Victory fan!  I prefer the OAV, but the TV series was also great (although a bit more silly than I wanted having seen the OAV first.)  I haven't found too many people that have even watched the franchise, let alone really liked it.

Yeah there are still some fans out there (but not many).  I definitely prefer the tv series to the OVA.  The OVA seemed a bit dry and I felt the emotional story telling in the tv series was a lot better (to the point of bringing me to tears at one point ^ ^V).  Only thing I liked better in the OVA was psycho-crush Mylandah.  I'm also a huge Ichino Yanagida fan.  Sadly most fans seem to prefer Kris Christopher and seem to either ignore or hate poor Itchan.

OAV Kris was my favorite character of all.  Second favorite being Itchan.  They kind of messed up Kris in the tv series, which really upset me, hence some downgrading on my part.  The emotional bits were great, but it was just so much sillier and random, and having seen the OAV first, that's not what I really wanted.  However, I definitely love Itchan.  Then again, I'm immediately biased towards her due to my love of Hisakawa Aya. ^_-

Nanami's Rose Groom wrote:

I don't know why, but in my opinion, Totally Spies isthe best example of anime commercial crap ever (but that's just my taste, don't bother...). I don't even consider this an anime... Maybe because in the last few months there is so much of similar crap, that I can't resist saying, that anime is doomed if that's how its future looks like...

Oh, Totally Spies is absolutely most definitely not "real" anime...  it is a Canadian export after all.   That said, I agree with J-Syxx that it's probably the best "fake" anime out there, since it doesn't seem to take itself seriously and is very tongue-in-cheek.

Slayers, Excel Saga, Cowboy Beebop, Samurai Champloo. In no particular order. I'd never had the time, money, or energy to be an otaku, and Utena was a recent discovery for me (after a long lapse of interest in anime of any sort), so I guess I'm kinda picky.

I've also started to watch some of Azumanga Daioh recently to see what all the fuss was about. I'm glad I did.

J-Syxx wrote:

There's only one J-Syxx.  lol.  Thank you for recognizing my net fame.    I used to be a regular there, but I got tired of the place after I pissed off certain bitchy members after I talked about why I don't like Kannazuki No Miko.  XD

I was just a lurker, but I left for similar reasons.  Mostly I got tired of every thread being a Kannazuki thread, or just about.  Didn't like the show much either.  In fact, I suspect I know which members you mean :/

BalamiyaVardihi wrote:

I'd have to say Rozen Maiden or Princess Tutu. My top 5 list is as such:

1) Utena
2) Rozen Maiden
3) Princess Tutu

You got good taste, there, friend.
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Last edited by Duelist Megu (11-04-2008 11:00:18 PM)