The 20 best TV ANIME of 2004
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- CreatorTow UbukataStarsYuri LowenthalJohnny Yong BoschKaren StrassmanThe youth of Tatsumiya Island believed that they had ordinary lives... until the advent of the Festum, extraterrestrial intelligent life forms intent on assimilating all humans. Abruptly, their once peaceful island transforms into a high-tech military fortress to counter-attack the hostile aliens. Their shock intensifies when they learn that only they can pilot the Fafner, a class of humanoid-type robots that represent the final and only weapon against the Festums and their divine powers.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
- StarsYumiko KobayashiShûhei SakaguchiTakehito KoyasuAzuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsAaron PhillipsSam VincentVanessa MorleyTwo years after the war between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, conflicts between the two nations heat up again. The eyes of the new protagonist, Shinn Asuka, are full of sorrow, as his family was killed in Orb during the war. Meanwhile, Athrun is torn between protecting Cagalli in Orb and doing something about the war. With new Mobile Suits being developed by ZAFT and the abduction of three of their new advanced units by three Earth Alliance Pilots, the new story begins.
- CreatorHiroya OkuStarsHiroshi KamiyaDaisuke NamikawaJohn SwaseyAfter their deaths, two teens are transported to an apartment with an ominous black sphere and must participate in a gory alien-hunting "game."
- StarsAyako KawasumiTakahiro MizushimaFujiko TakimotoIt's a sweet but at the same time tear jerking story. It teaches you how the world can be hard and ugly at times but then again it could still be beautiful. It starts off with a high school student Takeru who works part time as a delievery boy. During one of his deliveries, he saw a bright light passing him and instantly followed it which led him to a strange forest. Confused but intrigued, he found a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself "Hikari." While Takeru was profusely blushing because of Hikari was nude, a strange monster suddenly showed up and immediately attacked the two. Both Takeru and Hikari demonstrated their true power they didn't even know they had. They go through many hardships together, work together, rely on each other, meet some good and bad friends along the way. And in the end, all this anime has to say is "this world is ugly yet beautiful." Join them in this heart warming, tear jerking, splendid anime. For life may he hard at times, you just have to be strong but dont seal your emotions away for this world at times can also he beautiful and you realize then the good things. You might be lost about your place in the world, like Takeru, but you will meet people along and think Maybe I was born to meet this one person. And thats when you will realize the ugly things in this world but at the same time the good things. For this world really is ugly yet beautiful.
- CreatorSeishi MinakamiStarsMai NakaharaCarrie SavageSayaka ÔharaIn the distant future, the earth is almost entirely covered by the ocean, with only small islands and floating cities on the surface. 15-year-old Maia Mizuki is turned down by the prestigious Ocean Agency, despite her exceptional skills and superior grades. After finally being evicted from her home, she joins the Nereids squad, a group of bounty hunters who seek fugitives from justice and other dangerous missions.
- StarsMichael PerrecaBill TimoneyBill RogersThe misadventures of the close-knit members of a small anime/manga club on a college campus.
- StarsBeau BillingsleaKirk ThorntonJamieson PriceCreatures called the Oni have attacked the planet earth, so a scientist creates three mecha robots. The strongest of these robots is called Getter Robo, which three men pilot it, a martial artist, criminal leader and a monk.
- StarsMai NakaharaKishô TaniyamaMatt CaplanA boy wakes up one day to find that his hand has been replaced by a miniature version of a girl who has a crush on him.
- CreatorNaoki UrasawaStarsHidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienMamiko NotoTenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.
- CreatorTakuya MitsudaStarsYûko SasamotoShunsuke SakuyaJunko NodaHonda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.
- CreatorMasatoshi KawaharaStarsMarc ThompsonLex WutasMarc DiraisonThis anime is about a family called Mutsu they use their fists to fight and there three heroes Mutsu Yakmu and his son Takto and Mutsu Izumi
- StarsYû KobayashiKenji HamadaTomoyuki ShimuraDandoh is a teen boy who gets entered into a golf tournament.
- CreatorJin KobayashiStarsLuci ChristianBrandon PotterBrina PalenciaA young high schooler is in love with an oblivious classmate; a delinquent classmate is in love with her. Both struggle to confess their feelings and their antics lead to crazy situations.
- CreatorTite KuboStarsJohnny Yong BoschMichelle RuffStephanie ShehHigh school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the ability to see ghosts, gains soul reaper powers from Rukia Kuchiki and sets out to save the world from "Hollows".
- StarsSarah HauserTodd HaberkornCherami LeighAn alien frog plotting the conquest of Earth is forced to work out of a not-so-typical Japanese household.
- StarsRoland Angelo CrisoloGeorge N. Cahill IIITakahiko SakamoroThe Japanese AEGIS Destroyer "Mirai" of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force is on its way to Pearl Harbor for training missions when it's suddenly engulfed in a strange electrical storm.
- CreatorOh! GreatStarsWendee LeeKim StraussJun'ichi SuwabeAn ongoing war takes place at Toudou Academy, where all the students and teachers are equipped in martial arts combat.