My anime list
I feel like I don't watch many of the same series as other people, and I tend to watch older series that are completed rather than following ones that are currently airing, so I thought I'd share what I have actually seen. Feel free to comment or ask for comments on any of these, or recommend anything you think I'd like now that you've been more enlightened to my tastes.
The list was edited from one that went around a while ago. I had to add some to it, so I probably didn't add them to the right category but I tried. D:
And I'm currently watching and loving Death Note, and still keeping up with Naruto.
X = completed, x = seen enough to get the gist, but never finished
I only included a series if I've seen more than a handful of episodes.
I. Action and Adventure
(x) Blood+ (I've only seen the movie so far, but it’s on my list (+=series but I still count the movie); little known fact of no import-watched the movie during T and my first date)
(x) City Hunter (watched a few episodes, one of which they kept calling the main girl a guy, and then a really pretty girl ended up being a guy…weird)
(X) Cowboy Bebop (mmm...delish - I secondly concur)
(x) Dragonball (mainly Z)
(x) Inu Yasha (only the CN version, but I saw a scene from the original and the Japanese sounds sooo much better, including Kikyo not sounding like she’s 30 instead of 16 or whatever)
(x) Lupin III (was bored so I tuned into adult swim)
(x) Naruto (except for the filler eps, but those don’t count, love the characters)
(X) TRIGUN (didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, but still good)
II. Comedy and Parody
(X) Azumanga Daioh (o-ji-san, nigete kudasai!)
(x) Ranma ½ (that series just lasted too long and ran out of ideas to finish)
(x) Tenchi Muyo (seen all but the newest OVAs, most of the tv series)
(x) DNA2 (well, have to give props for coming up with something origninal)
(X) Haruhi (really funny, liked how they told it out of order)
III. Drama and Miscellaneous
(X) Last Exile (didn’t really get the whole exile thing, but I loved the prince)
(X) Le Portraite de Petite Cossette (weird boy obsessed with a portrait)
(X) Monster (loved this, great suspense and good pacing)
(X) Princess Mononoke (it was ok, I liked some of the themes, but it just wasn’t that interesting to me)
(x) Weiss Kreuz (first half, love the opening-rescue a girl in a very traumatic situation but make it all better with a flower; yay for anime gatherings that summer!)
(X) Jin Roh (loved this movie, sad)
(X) Wolf’s Rain (I liked it, although nothing in particular really stood out except I loved hearing them pronounce “Buru~”)
(x) Death Note (love love love)
(X) Gunsliger Girl (very good series, just very good)
IV. Ecchi/Mature
…none
V. Fantasy and Supernatural
(X) Berserk (loved this show - especially the ending)
(x) El Hazard (again, yay for anime gatherings that summer!)
(X) Howl's Moving Castle (I love his movies, just yes)
(X) Record of Lodoss War (yay for chibi endings!)
(X) Slayers (“Gourry squid, wheeeeee~!”-nice, haven’t seen all the movies/OVAs, but I figured seeing all 3 seasons counted for a big X, the 1st season is definitely on my all-time list)
(X) Trinity Blood (excellent excellent show, I love the music)
(X) Vampire Hunter D (love the early anime)
(X) Vision of Escaflowne (I saw both series and the movie - Jessica and Pat, you aren't alone! - although I thought the movie was horrible, kinda a non-existent plot)
(X) X: TV (TV series was so much better than the movie, kinda like Escaflowne where compared to the series, the movie had no plot or character development)
(X) Fate/Stay Night (while I still liked it, and love Archer and Rin, the pacing was just really off that made it hard to sit through at times)
(X) Mushishi (absolute love, Ginko's character is just really awesome)
VI. Historical and Alternate History
(X) Chrono Crusade (they stopped subbing it? as far as I know, I finished the series)
(X) Ninja Scroll (love this movie! full of gratuitous violence)
(X) Otogizoushi (love Mansairaku - he rocks!)
(X) Peacemaker Kurogane (started off good, then kind of fell off at the end, Saya is adorable)
(x) Rurouni Kenshin (so many eps....didn’t watch the last arc)
(x) Reign (hated the animation style, but I like that period in history so I watched some eps on Adult Swim when I had nothing better to do, I really wish the guys would have worn pants, or at least short, please)
(X) Kai Doh Maru (I really wanted to like this, but there was just no coherent story, and I’m somewhat familiar with the legend)
VII. Kids and Family
(X) Castle in the Sky (enjoyable like his other movies, although the characters weren’t as memorable, I liked the story)
(X) My Neighbor Totoro (watched it with Tomomi and Mayumi-very cute movie!)
(X) Spirited Away (totally beats Princess Mononoke)
(x) Aria (wasn’t sure where to put this, but it’s cute and relaxing and fun)
VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
(X) Pretear (not bad for this genre, and the humor was nice, yay for love triangles and naked tranformations with little boys)
(x) Sailor Moon (I love Tux’s “relationship” with the alien in the 1st movie)
(X) Shamanic Princess (just…odd, Throne of something or other? Riiiiight, talking ferrets are fun though, as are connect the dot outfits)
IX. Romance
(X) Air (interesting, liked the “back story”)
(X) Chobits (didn’t really get the ending, but…I liked the funny parts)
(x) Fushigi Yuugi (seemed cool at first, but never really went anywhere)
(X) Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (this show frustrated me for about 3 weeks after I finished it before I could let it go, a few times a day I would just stop where I was and feel the need to punch/kick/slap a certain anime character or two-you’ll understand if you watch it)
(x) Love Hina (never finished it…did it ever go anywhere? took a while to get an actual plot)
X. Science-Fiction
(x) Gundam (Wing-yay for 15yr old boys saving the world!)
(x) Macross (first season, one ep of second season (horrible), never brought 3rd season to US tv; 1st, 2nd and Plus movies. Btw, 1st season was classic-I’ll never forget Exedor imitating Minmei)
(x) Saber Marionette (started J, need to finish this one, too…)
(X) Ronin Warrios (very 80s…or was it early 90s, whichever, but I loved)
(X) Casshan (I enjoyed the animated movie, live action was just no, but pretty)
(X) Land Lock (two part anime I picked up for cheap on sale, it wasn’t horrible, but yeah)
(X) Ergo Proxy (love love love, I especially ended up liking all the characters - they just felt real to me...no pun intended on Re-l's name...)
XI. Shounen-Ai and Shoujo-Ai
(X) Maria-sama ga Miteru (I was wondering if this was going to be one here-liked it a lot, but I wish they had done more with it, hear there’s a 2nd season in the works)
XII. Sports
…none
XIII. Surreal and Psychological
(X) Akira (classic - my first exposure to anime, I assume when it was first released in America way back when, it was my cousin's)
(X) Elfen Lied (loved the one-sided fighting, ending just kinda dropped off…)
(x) FLCL (just plain random)
(X) Gantz (wow, just wow - loved the song, the last arc wasn’t that interesting though)
(x) Ghost in the Shell (movie only…boring in my opinion)
(X) Neon Genesis Evangelion (excellent mind-warping series!)
(x) Perfect Blue (movie-definitely couldn’t tell what was reality and what was her dreaming, I think there’s a series?)
(x) Serial Experiments Lain (I really didn’t get it by the end)
The list was edited from one that went around a while ago. I had to add some to it, so I probably didn't add them to the right category but I tried. D:
And I'm currently watching and loving Death Note, and still keeping up with Naruto.
X = completed, x = seen enough to get the gist, but never finished
I only included a series if I've seen more than a handful of episodes.
I. Action and Adventure
(x) Blood+ (I've only seen the movie so far, but it’s on my list (+=series but I still count the movie); little known fact of no import-watched the movie during T and my first date)
(x) City Hunter (watched a few episodes, one of which they kept calling the main girl a guy, and then a really pretty girl ended up being a guy…weird)
(X) Cowboy Bebop (mmm...delish - I secondly concur)
(x) Dragonball (mainly Z)
(x) Inu Yasha (only the CN version, but I saw a scene from the original and the Japanese sounds sooo much better, including Kikyo not sounding like she’s 30 instead of 16 or whatever)
(x) Lupin III (was bored so I tuned into adult swim)
(x) Naruto (except for the filler eps, but those don’t count, love the characters)
(X) TRIGUN (didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, but still good)
II. Comedy and Parody
(X) Azumanga Daioh (o-ji-san, nigete kudasai!)
(x) Ranma ½ (that series just lasted too long and ran out of ideas to finish)
(x) Tenchi Muyo (seen all but the newest OVAs, most of the tv series)
(x) DNA2 (well, have to give props for coming up with something origninal)
(X) Haruhi (really funny, liked how they told it out of order)
III. Drama and Miscellaneous
(X) Last Exile (didn’t really get the whole exile thing, but I loved the prince)
(X) Le Portraite de Petite Cossette (weird boy obsessed with a portrait)
(X) Monster (loved this, great suspense and good pacing)
(X) Princess Mononoke (it was ok, I liked some of the themes, but it just wasn’t that interesting to me)
(x) Weiss Kreuz (first half, love the opening-rescue a girl in a very traumatic situation but make it all better with a flower; yay for anime gatherings that summer!)
(X) Jin Roh (loved this movie, sad)
(X) Wolf’s Rain (I liked it, although nothing in particular really stood out except I loved hearing them pronounce “Buru~”)
(x) Death Note (love love love)
(X) Gunsliger Girl (very good series, just very good)
IV. Ecchi/Mature
…none
V. Fantasy and Supernatural
(X) Berserk (loved this show - especially the ending)
(x) El Hazard (again, yay for anime gatherings that summer!)
(X) Howl's Moving Castle (I love his movies, just yes)
(X) Record of Lodoss War (yay for chibi endings!)
(X) Slayers (“Gourry squid, wheeeeee~!”-nice, haven’t seen all the movies/OVAs, but I figured seeing all 3 seasons counted for a big X, the 1st season is definitely on my all-time list)
(X) Trinity Blood (excellent excellent show, I love the music)
(X) Vampire Hunter D (love the early anime)
(X) Vision of Escaflowne (I saw both series and the movie - Jessica and Pat, you aren't alone! - although I thought the movie was horrible, kinda a non-existent plot)
(X) X: TV (TV series was so much better than the movie, kinda like Escaflowne where compared to the series, the movie had no plot or character development)
(X) Fate/Stay Night (while I still liked it, and love Archer and Rin, the pacing was just really off that made it hard to sit through at times)
(X) Mushishi (absolute love, Ginko's character is just really awesome)
VI. Historical and Alternate History
(X) Chrono Crusade (they stopped subbing it? as far as I know, I finished the series)
(X) Ninja Scroll (love this movie! full of gratuitous violence)
(X) Otogizoushi (love Mansairaku - he rocks!)
(X) Peacemaker Kurogane (started off good, then kind of fell off at the end, Saya is adorable)
(x) Rurouni Kenshin (so many eps....didn’t watch the last arc)
(x) Reign (hated the animation style, but I like that period in history so I watched some eps on Adult Swim when I had nothing better to do, I really wish the guys would have worn pants, or at least short, please)
(X) Kai Doh Maru (I really wanted to like this, but there was just no coherent story, and I’m somewhat familiar with the legend)
VII. Kids and Family
(X) Castle in the Sky (enjoyable like his other movies, although the characters weren’t as memorable, I liked the story)
(X) My Neighbor Totoro (watched it with Tomomi and Mayumi-very cute movie!)
(X) Spirited Away (totally beats Princess Mononoke)
(x) Aria (wasn’t sure where to put this, but it’s cute and relaxing and fun)
VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
(X) Pretear (not bad for this genre, and the humor was nice, yay for love triangles and naked tranformations with little boys)
(x) Sailor Moon (I love Tux’s “relationship” with the alien in the 1st movie)
(X) Shamanic Princess (just…odd, Throne of something or other? Riiiiight, talking ferrets are fun though, as are connect the dot outfits)
IX. Romance
(X) Air (interesting, liked the “back story”)
(X) Chobits (didn’t really get the ending, but…I liked the funny parts)
(x) Fushigi Yuugi (seemed cool at first, but never really went anywhere)
(X) Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (this show frustrated me for about 3 weeks after I finished it before I could let it go, a few times a day I would just stop where I was and feel the need to punch/kick/slap a certain anime character or two-you’ll understand if you watch it)
(x) Love Hina (never finished it…did it ever go anywhere? took a while to get an actual plot)
X. Science-Fiction
(x) Gundam (Wing-yay for 15yr old boys saving the world!)
(x) Macross (first season, one ep of second season (horrible), never brought 3rd season to US tv; 1st, 2nd and Plus movies. Btw, 1st season was classic-I’ll never forget Exedor imitating Minmei)
(x) Saber Marionette (started J, need to finish this one, too…)
(X) Ronin Warrios (very 80s…or was it early 90s, whichever, but I loved)
(X) Casshan (I enjoyed the animated movie, live action was just no, but pretty)
(X) Land Lock (two part anime I picked up for cheap on sale, it wasn’t horrible, but yeah)
(X) Ergo Proxy (love love love, I especially ended up liking all the characters - they just felt real to me...no pun intended on Re-l's name...)
XI. Shounen-Ai and Shoujo-Ai
(X) Maria-sama ga Miteru (I was wondering if this was going to be one here-liked it a lot, but I wish they had done more with it, hear there’s a 2nd season in the works)
XII. Sports
…none
XIII. Surreal and Psychological
(X) Akira (classic - my first exposure to anime, I assume when it was first released in America way back when, it was my cousin's)
(X) Elfen Lied (loved the one-sided fighting, ending just kinda dropped off…)
(x) FLCL (just plain random)
(X) Gantz (wow, just wow - loved the song, the last arc wasn’t that interesting though)
(x) Ghost in the Shell (movie only…boring in my opinion)
(X) Neon Genesis Evangelion (excellent mind-warping series!)
(x) Perfect Blue (movie-definitely couldn’t tell what was reality and what was her dreaming, I think there’s a series?)
(x) Serial Experiments Lain (I really didn’t get it by the end)