The lack of DBZ gives me faith in the people who put that list together. Way cool!

I understand what FLCL was trying to do, and I love surrealism as much as the next guy, but parts of are bizarre simply for the sake of being bizarre not for a real reason.  I think it belongs in a top 50 for sure, but certainly not top 5, and certainly not ahead of Utena.  But really these sorts of lists always have arguments following them.  I'm not really a big fan of pop culture references like Gainax loves to be wacky about in things like FLCL. But whatever, Shinkichi Mitsumune did the music so it gets points for that

Last edited by mazoboom (11-29-2007 01:21:37 AM)

Princess Tutu also made the list.  There was a big discussion of this a month or so back with a bunch of people bellyaching about such and such show not making it, Cowboy Bebop being #1, etc.  I'm not sure I agree with CB being number 1, but I thought the list did a good job of encompassing the anime that provoke thought for the most part, or were just plain good for what they tried to be.  While I hate DBZ, I was a little surprised by its lack on the list, as well as Sailor Moon. Those two were the most influential series of the 90s in NA and elsewhere, I would think.

Here's the complete list, for those who are curious:

50. Vision of Escaflowne
49. Saikano
48. Berserk
47. Kino's Journey
46. Cardcaptor Sakura
45. Fantastic Children
44. Irresponsible Captain Tylor
43. Giant Robo
42. Twelve Kingdoms
41. Azumanga Daioh
40. Urusei Yatsura
39. Astro Boy
38. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
37. Fruits Basket
36. Night on the Galactic Railroad
35. Excel Saga
34. Trigun
33. Read or Die
32. Princess Mononoke
31. Gunbuster: Aim for the Top!
30. Samurai X: Trust and Betryal
29. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
28. Planetes
27. Samurai Champloo
26. Moblie Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
25. Princess Tutu
24. Serial Experiments Lain
23. Galaxy Express 999
22. Patlabor the Movie 2
21. Tokyo Godfathers
20. Gankutsuou
19. My Neighbor Totoro
18. Boogiepop Phantom
17. Paranoia Agent
16. Grave of the Fireflies
15. Haibane Renmei
14. Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
13. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
12. Now and Then, Here and There
11. Fullmetal Alchemist
10. Macross Plus
9. Akira
8. The Castle of Cagliostro
7. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
6. Neon Genesis Evangelion
5. Revolutionary Girl Utena
4. FLCL
3. Millennium Actress
2. Porco Rosso
1. Cowboy Bebop

Strawberry Panic doesn't deserve credit for anything.

Sure it does--it gave me a least favorite anime!  Oh, and it made me realize that while I love yuri, yuri targeted to young Japanese men makes me want to go on a feminist rampage and destroy thing--especially 2-D images of submissive girls whose dreams include being submissive, wearing an apron, and walking under an umbrella with a girl whose room they want to keep sparkly clean.

Last edited by Cerise (11-29-2007 05:53:31 AM)

Cerise wrote:

submissive girls whose dreams include being submissive, wearing an apron, and walking under an umbrella with a girl whose room they want to keep sparkly clean.

I am reminded of Keiko and Anthy. BUt tweach their own. It does surprise me though, that there's no Sailor Moon, at least the series on which Ikuhara did his stint -R, yes?

Adrasteia  wrote:

Giovanna, if you haven't already, you should check out Perfect Blue and Paprika. Perfect Blue was the first of that director's movies which I saw, and I wasn't disappointed. A little morose afterwards, maybe, but it was worth the experience.

Seconded. It was really beautiful.

morosemocha wrote:

Cerise wrote:

submissive girls whose dreams include being submissive, wearing an apron, and walking under an umbrella with a girl whose room they want to keep sparkly clean.

I am reminded of Keiko and Anthy. BUt tweach their own. It does surprise me though, that there's no Sailor Moon, at least the series on which Ikuhara did his stint -R, yes?

SKU had a reasoning behind such characteristics beyond 'certain guys like to get off to that sort of thing,' unlike SP!.

Ikurahara did a few episodes in Classic, part of R, and I think all of S.

I recognized almost all of the titles on the list, but I've only watched....12 of them in their entirety and at least one episode of another 5.

I'm actually surprised that Card Captor Sakura made the list. I would figure that out of CLAMP's body of work, they'd have put X/1999 or Tokyo Babylon instead. I do understand why some series are on the list as opposed to others made by the same creator(s), like how Urusei Yatsura got picked instead of InuYasha or Ranma 1/2.

I think the list was their attempt at covering shows that are actually good and trying to cover multiple genres and decades, while including some of the better anime creators. You know riots would ensue if Astro Boy or Galaxy Express 999 hadn't been on the list. However, as much as I totally love Azumanga Daioh, I don't feel it accurately represents the underrated "slice of life" anime genre, populated by classic series like Maison Ikkoku and Kimagure Orange Road and their contemporary Kare Kano.

Personally, I don't see any series that's not on the list that should be, except for Sailor Moon, Vampire Princess Miyu, and Death Note.  There are, however, a lot of series that are in the wrong spots. Escaflowne is way too low, and Jin-Roh is way too high.

Raven Nightshade wrote:

I recognized almost all of the titles on the list, but I've only watched....12 of them in their entirety and at least one episode of another 5.

I'm actually surprised that Card Captor Sakura made the list. I would figure that out of CLAMP's body of work, they'd have put X/1999 or Tokyo Babylon instead. I do understand why some series are on the list as opposed to others made by the same creator(s), like how Urusei Yatsura got picked instead of InuYasha or Ranma 1/2.

I think the list was their attempt at covering shows that are actually good and trying to cover multiple genres and decades, while including some of the better anime creators. You know riots would ensue if Astro Boy or Galaxy Express 999 hadn't been on the list. However, as much as I totally love Azumanga Daioh, I don't feel it accurately represents the underrated "slice of life" anime genre, populated by classic series like Maison Ikkoku and Kimagure Orange Road and their contemporary Kare Kano.

Personally, I don't see any series that's not on the list that should be, except for Sailor Moon, Vampire Princess Miyu, and Death Note.  There are, however, a lot of series that are in the wrong spots. Escaflowne is way too low, and Jin-Roh is way too high.

Vampire Princess Miyu =

I could not love that anime more, and it is way under appreciated. It is just lovely, and there are few series on par with the storytelling quality of this one.