Top 15 Favorite Anime (Films and Series)
I actually tried to put these in order for once. I am aware that there are technically "better" animes out there, but I don't care; these are my favorites. I cut myself off at Top 15.
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- CreatorNaoko TakeuchiStarsStephanie ShehKotono MitsuishiKate HigginsA group of schoolgirls discover they are incarnations of super-powered alien princesses, and use their abilities to defend the earth.I am not going to list each season separately, but consider this representative of the series as a whole. The original, S, and Stars were my favorites, though.
- StarsJulie MaddalenaWendee LeeBridget HoffmanLucy, Anias and Marina, three girls from different schools are transported to the world of Zephyr as well as their mission to become Magical Warriors to rescue the captured Princess Esmeralda."What a twist!" - M. Night Shyamalan
- CreatorYasuyuki UedaStarsKaori ShimizuBridget HoffmanDan LorgeStrange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".
- StarsSarah HauserRie TanakaCrispin FreemanHideki finds the discarded and malfunctioning Persocom Chi, a personal computer that looks like a girl. While trying to fix and care for Chi, Hideki discovers that she might be a Chobits, a robot of urban legend that has free will.
- CreatorToshiki HiranoNarumi KakinouchiStarsMiki NagasawaShin'ichirô MikiMegumi OgataMiyu, a vampire girl, acts as a guardian, sending stray demons known as Shinma back to the darkness while publically posing as a high school student.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiSet in the future: Two men learn that a mysterious winged girl has been taken prisoner, and then decide that they must free her at any cost.Thank god for old-school VHS fansub distros. This amazing short was included on the end of a tape that some random person sent me when I was thirteen.
- StarsJôji YanamiKyle HebertMasako NozawaThe adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.Particularly the Androids Saga.
- StarsHikaru MidorikawaToshihiko SekiRyûzô IshinoA squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYôji MatsudaYuriko IshidaYûko TanakaOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
- StarsSakura TangeMatt HillSam VincentSakura stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in a library. Accidentally setting the magical cards loose, it's now up to Sakura to catch them all with her best friend Tomoyo, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards.
- StarsShiho KikuchiSho TakaghiYuri ShiratoriYusuke, an orphan, literally has Rouge, the amnesiac oldest daughter of the Underworld's deposed royal family, fall out of the sky into his lap. She is soon followed by her two younger sisters and also their family's enemies. Rouge must decide if she wants her memory to return, while Yusuke must deal with the upheavals in his life the princesses have caused.The delusional fangirl in me still hopes that one day this will be dug up and completed.
- StarsMichelle RuffWendee LeeJohn DeMitaTwo sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.How sad is it that my teenage self could completely identify with this extreme example of soap-opera melodrama?
- StarsKira Vincent-DavisCynthia MartinezSpike SpencerSome unknown presence is attacking Earth with dangerous robots and the only thing that can save the day is the crew of the Nadesico: a powerful spaceship.for the lulz
- CreatorToshifumi KawaseStarsMiyu IrinoYui MakinoDaisuke NamikawaSyaoran, a boy who wants to become an archeologist, and Sakura, a princess from the Clow Kingdom, are childhood friends with a close relationship. On a fateful night, Sakura lost all her memories as a result of a conspiracy to obtain her powers. In order to regain her memory, Syaoran seeks help from the witch, Yuuko. Yuuko tells Syaoran that he has to travel from one alternate reality to another to collect fragments of Sakura's memory. However, even if Sakura regains her memory, she will have no recollection of Syaoran. Travelling together with them is Kurogane, a warrior who was exiled from his country, and Fye, a magician who wants to escape from his King. With the help of a magical creature, Mokona, they set off on an exciting journey through time and space.aka CLAMP All-Stars
- CreatorSatoshi TajiriJun'ichi MasudaKen SugimoriStarsVeronica TaylorRachael LillisEric StuartCovering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, and his best friend Brock, the two meet a new coordinator named Dawn, who travels with them through Sinnoh and enters Pokemon Contests.I'm not going to even pretend that I didn't collect an asston of Pokeballs and cards. To leave this off of the list would only be lying to myself.