Top 10 fave animanga
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My top 10 animanga:
1. Hikaru no Go
2. Rurouni Kenshin
3. Slam Dunk
4. Ranma 1/2
5. Death Note
6. Yakitate! Japan
7. Slayers
8. Hunter x Hunter
9. Prince of Tennis
10. Azumanga Daioh
So I guess I'm a shounen kind of girl, aren't I?
Honourable mentions: Naruto, Kare Kano, Kodomo no Omocha, Trigun. Ah ha ha, there are no high-brow anime on this list.
issen4.My top 10 animanga:
1. Hikaru no Go
2. Rurouni Kenshin
3. Slam Dunk
4. Ranma 1/2
5. Death Note
6. Yakitate! Japan
7. Slayers
8. Hunter x Hunter
9. Prince of Tennis
10. Azumanga Daioh
1. Hikaru no Go
Ah ha ha, how surprising. There are lots of reasons to love Hikago, but the thing that really clinched it for me was the *BIG SPOILER.* I cried my eyes out. I always cry my eyes out when I read stories about children growing up in a hard way. I call it Peter Pan syndrome. Oh Hikaru.
2. Rurouni Kenshin
This was the series that taught me that anime could be more than just entertainment. It could be educational too! Now I know about the Shinsengumi (and since I currently live near Aizu, that's a good thing). But seriously, this was the first series I watched that had any strong character development or moral complexity or interesting plot development. And damn, those were some cool fight scenes.
When I watch it now, I see that there's a lot of speechifying in this series, and the fights tend to drag on a bit...but it's still full of tasty goodness (Sannoooooooo!!!) and it's held up well over time. I just wish I had a good copy of the old fansubs, because the official translation sucks ass.
3. Slam Dunk
MITSUI!!!! SAKURAGI!!!! RUKAWA!!!! GORI!!!! SENDOH!!! MAKI!!! EVERYONE!!!! Like Prince of Tennis, there are a zillion characters from a zillion schools in SD, but unlike Prince of Tennis they all manage to be sympathetic and not retarded apes from planet crazy land. They're so in love with their sport, it's easy to get caught up in their BASKETBALL=EVERYTHING universe.
The games are incredibly thrilling. I hated waiting for the next scanlation to come out so I could find out who won. And the humour in this series! It's probably the funniest manga I've read, at least in the laugh-out-loud kind of way. Ranma comes close, but it's funny in a weirder way.
4. Ranma 1/2
Ah, nostalgia. The first anime I watched that I realized was actually anime. I guess it took a bunch of sex/species-changing psychotic martial artists to clue me in (I was young, okay?). It was just so...completely and unapologetically weird to me at the time. Ranma turns into a girl? Okay! Ryouga has no sense of direction? Sure thing! Kodachi practices rhythmic gymnastics martial arts? Makes sense! Totally classic. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to have been too popular over here in Japan, however...even my middle-aged students (one of whom watches anime regularly) have barely heard of it.
5. Death Note
Ignoring its downward spiral into ignoble suckiness, Death Note is absolutely amazing. The plot is so engrossing that it doesn't even matter that I don't care for the characters (I like them, I just don't feel for them emotionally). And the implications of the story are just chilling. For once, a series that does social commentary in a way that doesn't bore me to death! Yay!
6. Yakitate! Japan
CRACK. That's all I have to say about that.
7. Slayers
A great deal of my love for Slayers has to do with the experience of waiting avidly for the next commercial volume to be released and hoping my mom would give me a wad of cash to buy it (spoiled!), then taking it home and unwrapping it gleefully so I could watch it over and over with my little bro. The dragon fishing episode will forever be burned into my memory. The rest of my love for Slayers mainly has to do with Zelgadis. :) Oh, and Lina's wanton destruction of everything. I can never get enough wanton destruction.
8. Hunter x Hunter
The Hunter Exam is my favourite part--it's so fun and fast-paced and clever. Very easy to get caught up in. The Spider's Arc is cool too, if unconventional. Kurapika rocks my house! He's so smart! And he has Fuji's voice! I want to be just like him when I grow up, but less girly. I also love Leorio and Killua tons, though Gon bores me.
9. Prince of Tennis
I'm putting this low on the list because I think this series isn't going to hold up well over time for me. It's admittedly a pretty terrible series in most ways, but it's still a lot of fun. DUNKU SMASHU!! Momo is my favourite, but I like pretty much all of the Seigaku regulars. There are tons of annoying characters too, though, and boring arcs. Still, it's helluva entertaining, and occasionally it's even moving. Doesn't hold a candle to Slam Dunk though.
10. Azumanga Daioh
The anime is a bit too slow for my tastes, but the 4-koma manga is absolutely hysterical. Tomo is my girlfriend, Osaka is my pet goldfish, Chiyo is that really smart girl in one of my kindergarten classes, and Ms. Yukari is me, or so I wish.
Ah ha ha, how surprising. There are lots of reasons to love Hikago, but the thing that really clinched it for me was the *BIG SPOILER.* I cried my eyes out. I always cry my eyes out when I read stories about children growing up in a hard way. I call it Peter Pan syndrome. Oh Hikaru.
2. Rurouni Kenshin
This was the series that taught me that anime could be more than just entertainment. It could be educational too! Now I know about the Shinsengumi (and since I currently live near Aizu, that's a good thing). But seriously, this was the first series I watched that had any strong character development or moral complexity or interesting plot development. And damn, those were some cool fight scenes.
When I watch it now, I see that there's a lot of speechifying in this series, and the fights tend to drag on a bit...but it's still full of tasty goodness (Sannoooooooo!!!) and it's held up well over time. I just wish I had a good copy of the old fansubs, because the official translation sucks ass.
3. Slam Dunk
MITSUI!!!! SAKURAGI!!!! RUKAWA!!!! GORI!!!! SENDOH!!! MAKI!!! EVERYONE!!!! Like Prince of Tennis, there are a zillion characters from a zillion schools in SD, but unlike Prince of Tennis they all manage to be sympathetic and not retarded apes from planet crazy land. They're so in love with their sport, it's easy to get caught up in their BASKETBALL=EVERYTHING universe.
The games are incredibly thrilling. I hated waiting for the next scanlation to come out so I could find out who won. And the humour in this series! It's probably the funniest manga I've read, at least in the laugh-out-loud kind of way. Ranma comes close, but it's funny in a weirder way.
4. Ranma 1/2
Ah, nostalgia. The first anime I watched that I realized was actually anime. I guess it took a bunch of sex/species-changing psychotic martial artists to clue me in (I was young, okay?). It was just so...completely and unapologetically weird to me at the time. Ranma turns into a girl? Okay! Ryouga has no sense of direction? Sure thing! Kodachi practices rhythmic gymnastics martial arts? Makes sense! Totally classic. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to have been too popular over here in Japan, however...even my middle-aged students (one of whom watches anime regularly) have barely heard of it.
5. Death Note
Ignoring its downward spiral into ignoble suckiness, Death Note is absolutely amazing. The plot is so engrossing that it doesn't even matter that I don't care for the characters (I like them, I just don't feel for them emotionally). And the implications of the story are just chilling. For once, a series that does social commentary in a way that doesn't bore me to death! Yay!
6. Yakitate! Japan
CRACK. That's all I have to say about that.
7. Slayers
A great deal of my love for Slayers has to do with the experience of waiting avidly for the next commercial volume to be released and hoping my mom would give me a wad of cash to buy it (spoiled!), then taking it home and unwrapping it gleefully so I could watch it over and over with my little bro. The dragon fishing episode will forever be burned into my memory. The rest of my love for Slayers mainly has to do with Zelgadis. :) Oh, and Lina's wanton destruction of everything. I can never get enough wanton destruction.
8. Hunter x Hunter
The Hunter Exam is my favourite part--it's so fun and fast-paced and clever. Very easy to get caught up in. The Spider's Arc is cool too, if unconventional. Kurapika rocks my house! He's so smart! And he has Fuji's voice! I want to be just like him when I grow up, but less girly. I also love Leorio and Killua tons, though Gon bores me.
9. Prince of Tennis
I'm putting this low on the list because I think this series isn't going to hold up well over time for me. It's admittedly a pretty terrible series in most ways, but it's still a lot of fun. DUNKU SMASHU!! Momo is my favourite, but I like pretty much all of the Seigaku regulars. There are tons of annoying characters too, though, and boring arcs. Still, it's helluva entertaining, and occasionally it's even moving. Doesn't hold a candle to Slam Dunk though.
10. Azumanga Daioh
The anime is a bit too slow for my tastes, but the 4-koma manga is absolutely hysterical. Tomo is my girlfriend, Osaka is my pet goldfish, Chiyo is that really smart girl in one of my kindergarten classes, and Ms. Yukari is me, or so I wish.
So I guess I'm a shounen kind of girl, aren't I?
Honourable mentions: Naruto, Kare Kano, Kodomo no Omocha, Trigun. Ah ha ha, there are no high-brow anime on this list.
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Date: 2007-06-20 10:47 am (UTC)Thats interesting that in Japan Ranma1/2 isn't that well known... When Western anime fans seem to take it as a classic... It must be because it's a much older series in Japan, and has had a lot of competition all the way through.
I think I've seen a little of everything but Slayers on here. =D
Azumanga Daioh I was watching with my uni's anime club, and it's a lot of ufn, Yakitate!!Japan I greatly enjoyed (though the last part of the series felt... A lot weaker to me... I didn't like how uh, canon character bashing. ~.~; Rurouni Kenshi manga was a lot of fun, I couldn't put it down for a while, Hunter X Hunter I'm sure you saw my former default icon that I used everywhere. =D It feels kind of sad that the manga's on permanent hiatus though... Prince of tennis on occassion fills me with fangirly glee... And I'm sure my thoughts on that other series can go without saying. XD
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Date: 2007-06-20 12:38 pm (UTC)My impression of Ranma 1/2's popularity was based on a small group of people, mind you. But I never see ANY Ranma pictures or references, unlike a lot of other old anime that have still hung around.
Yeah, the last arc of Y!J hasn't been as fun as the earlier parts. Haven't read the end though! I'll have to go track it down.
Hunter x Hunter should have been great (I want Kurapika and Leorio to come back, damn it!), but what can you do when the mangaka gets sick?
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Date: 2007-06-20 11:25 am (UTC)I adore Yakitate for the sheer crackness of the series. Baking bread was never this fun. LOL.
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Date: 2007-06-20 12:40 pm (UTC)Yakitate is just AMAZING in its crackiness. I wish I could read it in Japanese and get the full force of all those awful puns. I like awful puns.
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Date: 2007-06-20 01:26 pm (UTC)I wish Togashi continues HxH soon. I miss the series.
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Date: 2007-06-21 12:42 am (UTC)Ranma 1/2 was one of the first anime that I watched. I think it was one of the movies. I remember making fun of the guy with chopsticks and pickles.
RK has beautiful fight scenes. I just bought a few volumes last week since I realized I've never owned any of the RK manga and I'm yearning for more Soujiro. I have no idea where my tapes of the anime are anymore.
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Date: 2007-06-21 08:49 am (UTC)Greed Island, though...I didn't like all the fenafling around with cards and rules and explanations.
RK has experienced a slight resurgence in Japan lately because they rereleased the manga with new covers and printed on RIDICULOUSLY nice paper in large-format. Too bad I don't like the new covers.
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Date: 2007-06-21 08:58 am (UTC)I just saw the new covers today. I want the one with Soujiro on it. *_*
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Date: 2007-06-21 09:05 am (UTC)Ho ho! The RK marketing ploy has worked on you!
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Date: 2007-06-22 07:11 am (UTC)Awesome list though. And yes, Sanoooooo. -.-V
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Date: 2007-06-24 12:35 pm (UTC)I fell in love with Sano almost the minute I saw him. I think it's the hair.
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Date: 2007-06-26 09:01 pm (UTC)I'm only up to volume 5 with Rurouni Kenshin, though everybody says it's great. I only watched a few episodes of the anime and everyone tells me it sucks compared to the manga, so I didn't put much effort in watching it anymore. But Saaaaano... Sano is like my Waya from RK. 8D
Ranma... Oh ranma! I remember watching it when I was like 9 or 10. My mom didn't want me to watch it XDDDDDD but I watched it anyway. Haven't read much of the manga, though.
Slayers too! I used to watch it when I was a child, but I barely watched the first season, I think. Death Note, I... don't like it. I mean, I thought it was pretty cool at the beginning, and I was like "WHOA!!! This kicks ass, no wonder everybody likes it!!" But then one hell of a spoiler... well, ruined everything to me. Sometimes I read a chapter or two because, it's death note, how can you not read it? XD but I sort of... Don't like it anymore =___=.
And I haven't watched the other ones. 8D
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Date: 2007-06-27 09:13 am (UTC)The anime, as a whole, does suck compared to the manga because of the awful filler. But the episodes that are good are really good. The music and the animation become quite gorgeous in the middle of the series and go very well together. Watch episodes 28-30, if nothing else.
Ranma was my first anime crack addiction. You never forget your first crack addiction.
Yeah, DN was horribly disappointing, but I give it a lot of points for originality and for tackling some pretty tough ideas. Even if, um, it kind of gets distracted from that. But still.
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