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| Anime I jammed this year
So last year I did a list like this and it was fun so I'm doing it again. I currently have a pretty severe case of writer's block, so I've just not been around at all. Umm, so yeah this is shit I watched this year (rather than being stuff that came out this year), I watched like half as much as usual cause I just didn't feel as interested as I was in the past, so I've included a movies section separate from the series part to make the list bigger. The stuff I ended up checking ranged from absolutely bitchin to fucking embarrassingly awful with very little in between. So, yeah idk. Where there wasn't an appropriate album associated with the show, i've just replaced it with stuff that I like. I’m doing this now cause I’m never going to finish Great Teacher Onizuka by the end of the year and I also want to watch Life on Mars so yeah may as well just do this now. | 31 | | Cocteau Twins Treasure
Yojuu Toshi (Wicked City): … christ almighty. I think there might have been a movie under all of the DEMON HENTAI but I’m still not sure it was a very good one. The writing was superbly cheesy and boring… but I guess at least the artwork was kinda cool, very nostalgic feeling. Lots of blue tones. Don’t watch this. 4/10 | 30 | | Kagrra San
Tenshi no Tamago (Angel’s Egg): So, if you enjoy movies with like 20 lines of dialogue then this is amazing. For someone like me that doesn’t usually watch this sort of thing, it’s more about the charm of the art and the animation then anything else. This film is highly atmospheric, strangely haunting but probably a little far out of my comfort zone. 7/10 | 29 | | Joe Hisaishi My Neighbor Totoro
Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro): So besides being one of the most iconic films of all time, what else is My Neighbour Totoro? Umm… a really charming film to show to your kids or your little siblings or cousins I guess. 8/10 | 28 | | Kenji Kawai Ghost in the Shell: Original Soundtrack
Ghost in the Shell: Cyberpunk masterpiece. Artistic genius. Amazing story… ok nearly an amazing story, you know, if it actually felt like you got more than a quarter of the way through it. But what Ghost in the Shell doesn’t quite achieve in that area, it makes up for a millionfold with atmosphere and particularly with philosophy. 8/10 | 27 | | Kashiwa Daisuke Kotonoha no Niwa Soundtrack CD
Kotonoha no Niwa (The Garden of Words): Pretty tough competition in the running for cutest film ever and the most breathtaking animation ever. All the small things in The Garden of Words are so painstakingly detailed that it’s practically more realistic than the actual thing. A great short film (well, technically it’s long enough to qualify as a feature length). 9/10 | 26 | | Kinoko Teikoku Fake World Wonderland
Perfect Blue: Satoshi Kon really knows how to make a bizarre flick make complete sense at the end. Perfect Blue is a brilliant criticism of Japan’s consumerist society in relation to how women in show business are viewed. It attempts to show the way idols are controlled, especially by men and the way they are viewed by their fanatics (again, primarily men) and it does it in a way that makes the film feel like one big fever dream. However, it still flows perfectly and isn’t particularly difficult to follow. 9/10 | 25 | | Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
Tekkon Kinkreet: One of the most beautifully vibrant animations ever. Taiyo Matsumoto’s illustrations translated perfectly onto screen, dragging you down into the colourful guts of Treasure Town. There’s corruption, there’s corporations, there’s the innocence of childhood and there’s gang life. It’s all a big, colourful world with black and white at the centre. Or something. Buy the manga, it’s great. 9/10 | 24 | | Kenji Kawai Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence OST
Ghost in the Shell -Innocence- : So I’m full of unpopular opinions when it comes to anime. Ghost in the Shell, cyberpunk masterpiece but you know what? Not a particularly strong story, feels really half-baked. Innocence? Problem solved. 10/10 | 23 | | Joe Hisaishi Spirited Away
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away): Ok, let’s address this objectively. So basically this is an animation and fantasy masterpiece about a girl whose parents turn into pigs and then she gets stuck in the spirit world and becomes imprisoned in a bath house by an old witch and there’s this big, fantastic adventure and there’s a romance angle and also the whole thing is (maybe) a metaphor for prostitution aaaaaaand it’s a kids movie?!?!?!?! So yeah, it’s an 11/10 | 22 | | Geinoh Yamashirogumi Symphonic Suite Akira
Akira: This went from a really good movie to my favourite movie ever in zero seconds tbh. Everything about this is just legendary. From the iconic artwork with its vibrant and painstaking night scenes to the phenomenal soundtrack and the action driven, adrenaline pumping story. Akira is just everything a movie needs to be and everything you didn’t know a movie needed to be. 10/10 | 21 | | Moi dix Mois Dixanadu
Dance in the Vampire Bund: Now, here, I found myself realising something that having watched Blood -c, I never thought I’d find myself ever saying. But, here I go: this is the worst anime I have ever seen and probably ever will see. This is quite literally worse than Mars of Destruction, cause this shit isn’t even ironically funny or justifiably inept. Could not finish this. The entire thing is basically just one big cry for help from the director like “help, I’m a paedophile!” Writing, art, story; all beyond awful. 0/10 | 20 | | Etienne Sin The Art of Stealing Hearts
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou: I haven’t forced myself all the way to the end, but I’ve read most of the manga, so i know for a fact that this just keeps digging itself deeper. This is quite possibly some of the worst shit you will ever watch. What this is, in a nutshell, is super over marketed and easily distributed fetish porn. There is a total of zero depth to this in any sense. The most one dimensional anime ever created and ever will exist. There is actually no way at all to justify this, no arguments, there aren’t any. You can’t, nothing about this is good and I’m not even talking in a premise sense, I mean literally every aspect of this is garbage. 1/10 | 19 | | Diamanda Galas The Divine Punishment
Corpse Party -Tortured Souls- : Nope, no words. 1/10 | 18 | | Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning
Clannad: Look out, unpopular opinion here but this is awful. No really, it is. This is basically the Steven Wilson of anime. I like Steven Wilson but w/e it works for the analogy kinda. This show is forced as shit, the writing is embarrassing, the characters are stupid, everything is goofy and would you like a drink with your fanservice? Have you ever played poker with all the cards face up? Cause that’s what this is. 1/10 | 17 | | Soundtrack (Anime) Jormungand
Jormungand: This is shite. Like wow it doesn’t even deserve to be talked about. Take everything good about Black Lagoon and just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater it the fuck down and you’ve got this basically. Oh and play the cheesy child soldier angle too, that’ll be good! 3/10 | 16 | | Rookiez is Punk'd From Dusk Till Dawn
Durarara!! X2: Durarara!! was actually one of my earliest introductions to anime and I love it. But this so far has been a fucking mess, it really has. I haven’t even managed to finish it yet cause it’s just such a clusterfuck. So much going on and so little time for it to be going on in. 3/10 | 15 | | Supercell Today is a Beautiful Day
Bakemonogatari: Ok wow, do you know what was really, really dumb? Like, pretty much everything right down the middle of this show. The relationship building between Araragi and Senjougahara and their dialogue was actually really interesting and you know what? That was basically all that was interesting. So, they basically write them out for ¾ of the show and then everything in between is really boring and then they write it back in for right at the end and it’s interesting again for a little bit. 6/10 | 14 | | Beat Crusaders P.O.A.: Pop on Arrival
Beck -Mongolian Chop Squad- : So, I really, really wanted to like this more. It’s pretty cool, it’s not all that ridiculous. But, god, the romance angle is so jarring that I just can’t. I don’t have a lot to say here, it’s good but the romance was honestly really jarring tbh imo. 6/10 | 13 | | David Bowie Hunky Dory
Trigun: Trigun is an anime that is a thing. So basically, like, Vash the Stampede is meant to be like this really nice guy who’s op af but he’s also secretly done some not so nice stuff and he’s trying to stop his evil brother, who is also op af, who killed their sister or something from destroying the world and… wait… holy shit Trinity Blood completely ripped this off! 7/10 | 12 | | Yoko Kanno The Vision of Escaflowne - Lovers Only
Tenkuu no Escaflowne (The Vision of Escaflowne): Introducing, the only universe in which you will have any actual practical use for a deck of tarot cards. The Vision of Escaflowne is an odd sort of gem, not the brightest star in the sky, but it's definitely nice. I would recommend it to people new to anime, or hey, any body might like it, though it probably helps to be a young girl...... you know, the actual target audience. 7/10 | 11 | | Gackt Crescent
Texhnolyze: Brilliant atmosphere, strong message, held back by being boring as shit for the first half. You've heard of shows that are a little slow to start, but when they kick into gear, they kick into gear? Well, this is the pinnacle of that. It's worth the wait in the end but oh wow is the first half slow. 7/10 | 10 | | Yoko Kanno Zankyou no Terror Original Soundtrack
Zankyou no Terror: Wonderful directing, wonderful music, wonderful artwork. In fact, There isn’t a hell of a lot wrong with Zankyou no Terror. Unfortunately, what is wrong with it held it back quite a bit for me and that was it’s characters. For me, I felt the characters were kinda vague for most of the show. Five in particular was a very wishy-washy anime villain and I felt it kinda took away from the atmosphere a little in contrast to the other characters. But, I mean, overall good shit, just could have done with a little more time to itself. 7/10 | 9 | | Dir En Grey Vulgar
Baki the Grappler: This show is far more enjoyable and entertaining then it has any right to be. The animation is pretty piss poor and gets worse in the second season (it's produced by the same company that made Gilgamesh, so go figure) but honestly it's kind of endearing. This show has the most ridiculously overpowered characters you will ever see, but you will root for them anyway. Like, you will enjoy this even though it's the dumbest shit. The second season is highly entertaining too, quite a bit more than the first. 7/10 | 8 | | ClariS Birthday
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (Puella Magi Madoka Magica): I think what I liked the most about this was the fact that it took a really generic and homogeneous genre like magical girls and gave it an actual consequence; gave all the bullshit some collateral. Like, you know, if they're gonna all be op af, make it hard for them. Make them think about what they're sacrificing. 8/10 | 7 | | Bradio Power of Life
Death Parade: Aside from the art being absolutely gorgeous, this is actually a really good show to just have a quick watch of. I do admit, there are quite a few flaws about it, but honestly I reckon it's enjoyable enough overall to ignore them. This is easily one of the strongest anime in recent memory. 8/10 | 6 | | Yoko Kanno Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST Vol 1
Ghost in the Shell -Stand Alone Complex- : So I actually haven't gotten around to watching all the other copious spin-offs, but this as it's own thing really is pretty enjoyable. But, you know, ignoring the fact that Ghost in the Shell exists, cause this is something completely different. The characters are pretty far removed and the art... oh my goodness the art coming off of the movies and into this was so jarring. But hey, you enjoy what you do. 8/10 | 5 | | Lost Weekend Lost Weekend
Ah! Megami-sama! (Ah! My Goddess!): So the story here is that I found this in a store for $15 and you know, I'm losing money if I don't buy it, right? So anyway, I bought it and watched it and goddamn it's so cute. Like, it's just so harmlessly cute but in a good way. Like, damn the mc is one unlucky fuck and I mean the whole thing is just so heart-warming idek. The writer's block is stopping me from making any actual constructive critism atm. 8/10
Check the placeholder album, solid indie rock/pop from this year that got no votes. | 4 | | Ling Tosite Sigure Enigmatic Feeling
Psycho Pass 2: Apparently this isn't catching such hot opinions, but fuck that noise, I enjoyed this more than the original series. I felt that the shorter length trimmed out all the fat nicely and made it a far more immediately enjoyable affair. 9/10 | 3 | | The Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop: Introducing an anime that really is beyond introduction at this point is pretty pointless, so I wont. All I'll say is that yes, it is as good as people say. Yes, if you haven't seen it, watch it. It's a lot of fun and has tonnes of replay value. So yeah, check it. I’m pretty sure Shinichiro Watanabe is a genius or something and so is Yoko Kanno. 9/10 | 2 | | maudlin of the Well My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
Aoi Bungaku: A fascinating collection of classic Japanese literature. Each story left me intrigued to read all of the featured works, even the two that were only given 1 episode to be told through. The addition of giving background on each of the stories in place of an opening theme song was a brilliant touch too and made the experience all the more enjoyable. 10/10 | 1 | | Nujabes/Fat Jon Departure
Samurai Champloo: Samurai Champloo is the most beautifully anachronistic thing ever. Despite working perfectly to create on of the funniest snapshots of all time, you can simultaneously feel how completely awkward the marriage between feudal Japan and hip-hop culture actually is and how very, very different they are. Everything about Samurai Champloo is the essence of cool, with each of the three central characters embodying their own flavour of it. Above all else, Samurai Champloo is also a prime example of how a series of individual incidents tied together loosely by a background premise can work just as well and even better than something that continuously builds towards something. Story, character development and atmosphere is never sacrificed. 10/10 | |
Jasdevi087
12.18.15 | Hi | treeqt.
12.18.15 | all a shit | treeqt.
12.18.15 | perfect blue and texhnolyze being exceptions* | Jasdevi087
12.18.15 | agreed | Avagantamos
12.18.15 | I just finished watching 1 as well. I feel blasphemous for it, but I think it was even better than cowboy bebop. 10/10 for sure | Jasdevi087
12.18.15 | It does feel a little blasphemous yeah :p | EvoHavok
12.18.15 | 7 was excellent, indeed. Nice list. | TheCrocodile
12.18.15 | 1st half of texhnolyze > 2nd half | Jasdevi087
12.18.15 | nah | TheCrocodile
12.18.15 | man there's a guy named yoshi and he's got the best hat so | Jasdevi087
12.18.15 | oh shit good point | TheCrocodile
12.18.15 | I know it was intellectual and depressing and all, but yeah that shit got me | Angelboros
12.18.15 | Hey, I just saw 25 and 29 earlier this week. There was something about the former's art style that I ended up liking and I thought the characters were pretty likeable for who they were. Speaking of 26, Kon also directed Paprika, which I greatly recommend. Think I'll watch 7 pretty soon-ish :3 | Mystletainn
12.18.15 | the only anime I watched this year was serial experiments lain | Valkyrion
12.18.15 | stick to making lists about music tbh
also SAC > all gits movies by quite a bit | Parallels
12.18.15 | Hmm I should really watch Ghost in the Shell. A friend just gave me a fabric poster of Stand Alone Complex too | treeqt.
12.18.15 | why do something with your life your parents wouldn't regret giving birth to you for when you can watch ghost in the shell instead | adr
12.18.15 | the original Ghost in the Shell is really good | Rev
12.18.15 | Was there anything good from this year besides Osomatsu san | Angelboros
12.18.15 | "Was there anything good from this year besides Osomatsu san"
One-Punch Man, tbqh. | treeqt.
12.19.15 | u can have a punch my man | Futures
12.19.15 | log off | Nazzadan
12.19.15 | It's not too late to marathon JoJo. Part 4 is coming early next year | Parallels
12.19.15 | @treeqt
lol, i've actually never watched anime besides Pokemon and EVA growing up tho | Rik VII
12.19.15 | This might sound bold, but watch Tenshi no Tamago another 2 or 3 times and you'll notice how it grows into a masterpiece with every time. There's hardly any other movie this beautiful, dark, and mysterious. You can speculate about its meaning for hours.
Furthermore, I hated the few episodes of Psycho Pass 2 that I watched before I broke off. Not on par with the original season in the slightest... but yeah, whatever. | Ovrot
12.19.15 | you can't jam anime you fucking whale schlong
props for texhnolyze though it's in my top 5 | ComeToDaddy
12.19.15 | Yeah there's a few good ones in here. If you enjoyed Aoi Bungaku so much, you'd probably dig Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror. I thought that show did a far better job of it (and then follow on with Monokoke because that shit is golden and 10x better than both shows).
Also, based on this one and your list last year, you'd probably really dig Kaiba, Gankutsuou and The Tatami Galaxy. Though I'd recommend those even if your tastes didn't match at all, because they're fucking great shows. | Jasdevi087
12.19.15 | "you can't jam anime you fucking whale schlong"
jam functions as an omni-verb, everyone knows that | AnimalsAsSummit
12.19.15 | so glad u got around to checking angel's egg; its in my top 3 anime films ever | ZippaThaRippa
12.19.15 | Oh fucking hell yea, it's about time someone came through with some sweet sweet anime recs | Rev
12.19.15 | "One-Punch Man, tbqh."
i dropped off after a few episodes but i should pick it back up
"Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror."
as great as Mononoke is the bakeneko arc tho | Aberf
01.03.16 | I found Texhnolyze slow start to be necessary, the ending wouldn't be such a 10/10 without it imo.
Bakemonogatari is kinda a hit-or-miss anime, you either love the dialogue or hate the anime at all. Also, trippy art.
You should try Shokugeki no Soma. If not for the mindless ecchi part, that anime would've been perfect. | Whispered4tw
02.10.16 | You probably won't care at this point but in case you only saw the first season of Clannad, it gets a lot better in the second one. I wasn't too hot about it either at first, but both seasons combined made for a good overall story. The way it ends is a bit weird though. | Sinternet
02.10.16 | Watch teekyuu | br4dl3yb34r
02.22.16 | Jormungand wasn't THAT bad. I'd give it like a 6/10. Check out Legend of the Galactic Heroes for an under the radar classic. Be prepared to be unhealthily invested in a stellar cast of characters for 100 episodes though. | Nazzadan
02.22.16 | The first episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes introduces over 30 characters in a 23 minute episode, it's hilarious. Over a character a minute they freeze frame with their full name on screen, and there is only 1 character with a remotely memorable name.
Great show though.
Also WATCH JOJO
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02.22.16 | Reminds me of Durarara!!
"wait... how many characters are in this show?" | SharkTooth
02.22.16 | http://im2.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-3369876921.gif | owen
02.22.16 | Akira might be one of the worst anime hailed by IMDB top 250 kiddies.
The animation is really fluid and the soundtrack is a masterpiece, but the story is a boring mess compared to the (then unfinished) manga.
I like the scene with Tetsuo in the hospital though, that was a nice addition | Nazzadan
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I'm annoying the fuck out of my gf right now, I'm re-watching JoJo with her because she's never seen it and every single character I say, "Ok this is the best character in the show." | Jasdevi087
02.22.16 | "Akira might be one of the worst anime hailed by IMDB top 250 kiddies.
The animation is really fluid and the soundtrack is a masterpiece, but the story is a boring mess compared to the (then unfinished) manga. "
If you say so | SharkTooth
02.22.16 | "I'm annoying the fuck out of my gf right now, I'm re-watching JoJo with her because she's never seen it and every single character I say, "Ok this is the best character in the show.""
Lol I know that feeling, almost every character in parts 1-2 stands out | Angelboros
02.22.16 | Liking 10 so far. Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno's names being attached to the show essentially piqued my interest. Atm, my only real gripe with it lies in the characters: aside from the relationship between Nine and Twelve, the rest of them just aren't terribly intriguing enough yet to even out the gorgeous visuals and downright satisfying soundtrack; speaking of which, the theme songs are really nice, especially "Dare ka, Umi wo" courtesy of Aimer. | Jasdevi087
02.22.16 | Even Nine and Twelve aren't particularly strong characters imo, the characters overall are the biggest problem with it, you can't really get invested enough in them | bentheREDfan
02.22.16 | Love Trigun and Cowboy Bebop. Check out Death Note and Another. | Jasdevi087
02.22.16 | Death Note was the very first anime I watched three years ago, Another does not look like the kind of thing I'd enjoy | Aberf
02.23.16 | I recommend Shinsekai Yori.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori
Slow start warning!!! But not as bad as Texhnolyze, which is also my other personal recommendation. | ChoccyPhilly
02.23.16 | 1/10 for corpse party? Smae | Jasdevi087
02.23.16 | feel free to come and inform me of how wrong my opinions are here: http://myanimelist.net/profile/Lostinblue087 | SharkTooth
02.23.16 | weeb | Jasdevi087
02.23.16 | offended tbh | Shuyin
02.23.16 | Ghost In The Shell (series, OVA and movies) is pretty much the best anime you can get | Storm In A Teacup
02.23.16 | I just watch Deathnote these days. | Aberf
02.23.16 | your list is alright jas, my list is too generous tbh.
if you want to check, http://myanimelist.net/animelist/A-bey |
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