Your Top 5 Non-Macross Anime

[Ratchet]

What are you talking about, I listed Yamato!

oooops!

[crasis]

Hrmm. Let's see:

1. Genesis Climber Mospeada

2. Bubblegum Crisis / A.D. Police (originals)

3. Aim For the Top! Gunbuster

4. Cowboy Bebop

5. Vision of Escaflowne

6. Ghost in the Shell: SAC (and 2nd gig)

7. Project A-ko (NOT "Vs")

...though I could go on and on...

[Noyhauser]

#1 LOGH LOGH LOGH LOGH

#2 1980s and Early 90s Miyazaki.

#3 Gits Sac

#4 Dordaemon

#5 Gurren Lagann!

Oh God and I forgot Lupin III... How can you not love that show with its catchy opening track?

Edited September 22, 2007 by Noyhauser

[Californium]

Space Runaway Ideon

Turn A Gundam

Full Metal Alchemist

Nadia: Secret of Blue Water

Mobile Suit Gundam

[MilSpex]

Hrmm. Let's see:

1. Genesis Climber Mospeada

2. Bubblegum Crisis / A.D. Police (originals)

3. Aim For the Top! Gunbuster

4. Cowboy Bebop

5. Vision of Escaflowne

6. Ghost in the Shell: SAC (and 2nd gig)

7. Project A-ko (NOT "Vs")

...though I could go on and on...

I like your list. And damnit I forgot about Project A-Ko! It would probably replace Fist of the North Star on my list.

Edited September 22, 2007 by MilSpex

[Mercurial Morpheus]

It never ceases to amaze me the number of Gunbuster fans here.

I generally like everything I've seen, and can't really cut them down to just five. I could probably list five I've hated with certainty, but not favorites. Still, let's try.

All timers - the one's I've long considered favorite so I can list them with confidence.

1. Aim for the Top Gunbuster

2. (this would be Macross in other lists) Neon Genesis Evangelion

3. (might actually be two) Mobile Battleship Nadesico

4. Patlabor - The Mobile Police (et. al)

5. UC Gundam (Namely 0079, Zeta, CCA and Turn A [uC if you believe in Turn A Bang])

Other mentions include Utena, Escaflowne, Urusei Yatsura, KGNE, Project A-ko, Lupin III, BGC, El Hazard, Fushigi Yuugi,Cowboy Bebop, Silent Mobius films, Giant Robo, Genshiken, Tenchi, Ghost in the Shell (especially the Oshii movies), Vampire Hunter D, KOR, Key, Dirty Pair, Space Adventure Cobra, Eatman, Blue Seed, Combustable Campus Guardress, and the Leijiverse.

Recent favorites include Black Lagoon, Haruhi, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Pani Poni Dash, Gurren-Lagann, and Lucky Star. New anime is hardly crap.

Favorite Miyazaki works are Laputa, Nausicaa, and Princess Mononoke.

There's a million I haven't mentioned.

[Auto Pilot Off]

1. Ninja Scroll

2. Full Metal Panic

3. GITSAC

4. Basilisk

5. Lupin III

[Oihan]

In no particular order my top 10 excluding Macross:

• Cowboy Bebop
• Ghost in the Shell
• Akira
• Ninja Scroll
• Eureka Seven
• Gurren Lagann
• Bleach
• Evangelion
• Patlabor
• Cromartie High School

I couldn't help but add 5 more, they're all equally good in my opinion.

[myk]

1. Any hentai

2. Ninja Scroll

3. Space Cruiser

4. 'Eva

5. Any hentai

[connor99]

Ninja Scroll

Armored Trooper Votoms

Mobile Suit Gundam

Kikaider the Animation

Genesis Climber Mospeada

[mpchi]

Space Runaway Ideon

Turn A Gundam

Full Metal Alchemist

Nadia: Secret of Blue Water

Mobile Suit Gundam

Yay! Another Ideon fan!

[Sumdumgai]

In no particular order:

Saint Seiya (best part is the Hades Arc Sanctuary Chapter)

Death Note

Azumanga Daioh

GITSSAC

Cowboy Bebop

after top 5:

Escaflowne TV series and particularly the movie

Revolutionary Girl Utena the movie

Rurouni Kenshin OVA series 1

Patlabor the Movie 1

Evangelion

Record of Lodoss War OVA

Martian Successor Nadesico

Super Atragon

Urusei Yatsura the Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer

Jin-Roh

Perfect Blue

[Mowe]

Ah, I forgot about Jin-Roh. That was a great movie, very moving.

after top 5:

...Jin-Roh...

Edited September 22, 2007 by Mowe

[MilSpex]

Good to see the old school is still strong on Macross World.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Ah, I forgot about Jin-Roh. That was a great movie, very moving.

I forgot about it too!! Definitely in the after Top 5

[CoryHolmes]

1. Any hentai

2. Ninja Scroll

3. Space Cruiser

4. 'Eva

5. Any hentai

At least you're honest

[Kurisama]

I just don't get the attraction to hentai - i mean, there is PLENTY of real world naughty-ness all over the net. What would anyone find appealing about cute faced, even child like features - huge boobed - tentacled/monsterous wang/whatever sorta stuff? I don't get it. But whatever floats ur boat i guess.

[Black Valkyrie]

Always change cuz I like so many but my fave one is the original Vampire Hunter D.

[Mr March]

I just don't get the attraction to hentai - i mean, there is PLENTY of real world naughty-ness all over the net. What would anyone find appealing about cute faced, even child like features - huge boobed - tentacled/monsterous wang/whatever sorta stuff? I don't get it. But whatever floats ur boat i guess.

Given the long and varied list of truly bizarre sexual entertainment which people view, hentai doesn't seem odd in the least. In fact, I'd probably have an easier time accepting a girl who liked hentai over most anything else.

[Tinderfitles]

1. Grave of the fireflies
2. Area 88
3. Samurai X Trust and Betrayal
4. Gundam 0083
5. Evangalion

honorable mentions include:

Zeta Gundam

Battle Royal (I know its not anime but its still one bad ass Japanese movie)

Patlabor

Bubblegum Crisis

Detective Conan

Jin-Roh

FLCL

Tenchi Muyo

Cowboy Bebop

Outlaw Star

[konimon]

1. Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind

2. Big O

3. Samurai Champloo

4. Cowboy Bebop

5. Dead Leaves

[Mowe]

He...he...'cause they don't jiggle like this in real life....

Jiggle Link

I just don't get the attraction to hentai - i mean, there is PLENTY of real world naughty-ness all over the net. What would anyone find appealing about cute faced, even child like features - huge boobed - tentacled/monsterous wang/whatever sorta stuff? I don't get it. But whatever floats ur boat i guess.

[eugimon]

Given the long and varied list of truly bizarre sexual entertainment which people view, hentai doesn't seem odd in the least. In fact, I'd probably have an easier time accepting a girl who liked hentai over most anything else.

aw man, does that bring up memories...

[Warmaker]

In no particular order and of course exempting Macross.

* Record of Lodoss War OVA - I watched this over and over. Even non-anime fans liked it, but the budget shortcuts at the end was bad (recycled animation from combat)

* Patlabor - I will be honest. I wasn't a fan of the movies after the first one. But the OVA and series were top notch. Pure character goodness with some mecha thrown in!

* Ninja Scroll (original) - This was a hot item in the 90s, and it too got alot of people watching that weren't into anime.

* Vision of Escaflowne (series%) - I caught onto this show in 1999 from my friend's VHS tapes. Loved it ever since. Hated the movie version.

* Big Wars

* Just kidding on Big Wars I meant to say Cowboy Bebop.

** I actually bought the VHS of Big Wars in the mid-90's. I thought, "WWII in space? Cool!" What I got was... something different from what I imagined.

% Thanks for the correction

Edited September 23, 2007 by Warmaker

[Keith]

Psst, Escaflowne was a TV series, not an OVA.

[CoryHolmes]

* Patlabor - I will be honest. I wasn't a fan of the movies after the first one. But the OVA and series were top notch. Pure character goodness with some mecha thrown in!

You're right on this case, but I haven't watched Patlabour II since that first viewing and now I wonder if it'll be better as I've grown up a tad since then (that's what made Patlabour I so entertaining this latest time around).

[Ratchet]

Hentai sucks. Give me real porno with real women anyday.

[Sumdumgai]

I forgot to put up Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Fantastic animation, decent voice actors (especially D and Meyer Link), great music, and a nice story.

Although it's a fandub, I'm going to have to say "Evangelion Re:Death".

[vermillion01]

You're right on this case, but I haven't watched Patlabour II since that first viewing and now I wonder if it'll be better as I've grown up a tad since then (that's what made Patlabour I so entertaining this latest time around).

I just watched Patlabor 2 again this evening, and to honest, its my favourate of all Patlabor movies/TV.

[eugimon]

I just watched Patlabor 2 again this evening, and to honest, its my favourate of all Patlabor movies/TV.

the movies and the show are almost two different beasts entirely, but as far as the movies go, 2 is definitely my favorite, followed by the 1st movie and somewhere WAY off in the distance is that patlabor versus giant monster movie.

[JELEINEN]

* Wings of Honneamise

* Legend of the Galactic Heroes

* Escaflowne

* Whisper of the Heart

* Aim for the Top!

* Giant Robo: The Animation

* Di Gi Charat

[mpchi]

Haven't seen the second half of the series yet, but Karas would get my vote as the 'Coolest' anime show I've seen. Not necessary the best anime (even though the production value is pretty high up there, just not that thought provoking), but it got so much style and 'coolness' in the animation. Definitely a worthy mention even though I didn't included it in my top 5, since I have yet finish the show. Still waiting for the 2nd DVD.

[CrusherJ]

In no particular order:

1. Arcadia of My Youth

2. Bleach

3. Last Exile

4. Escaflowne

5. Banner of the Stars

[ShadowerV2]

Dancougar

Full Metal Panic

Lucky Star

Sonic Soldier Borgman

Bubblegum Crisis

[Ishimaru]

Cowboy Bebop

Escaflowne

Gundam Wing

Euraka 7

It's a four without macross.