The Must Watch Anime List

[Kyoiism]

Has anyone seen Blue Gender? I first saw it on Adult Swim... then I went out and bought the boxset...

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[Rovian]

I've seen Blue Gender, but there was 1 or 2 episodes that i've missed.

[Ruhj]

Originally Posted by Vesperd

Cardcaptor series is very old school i used to dig that show... girls still do!

excuse me im a girl and i don't i like fushigi yuugi, dnangel, 666satan, naruto, and princess mononoke(spelling?). i've only been though a few as of yet but when summer comes watch out. booya!

[Jap360]

lol... Cardcaptor is a bit girlish I must admit... But at the end of the day, everyone has their own preference...

[inuyashaa]

man so many animes i need to watch^^

my fav is inuyasha,
also i highly rate these
ranma, hmm lets just say all samurai animes or edo times
they all rule

[Jap360]

Inuyasha is quite cool, although I like his older brother more than I liked inuyasha...

[Vesperd]

Wolfs Rain
Total Episodes: 30
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Date:2003
*****5 Stars another Must Watch

thought that this series was really cool. A sort of alternate reality/future, this show takes place in Russia (of all places! I know! But whatever ^.^), in a time when wolves have been 'extinct' for about 200 years. The truth of the matter, however (as we shortly discover) is that wolves aren't extinct -- they have figured out how to give themselves the appearance of a human, to fool humans and live side-by-side with them. This appearance does not fool dogs (or, I'm guessing, other animals), and if a wolf were to touch someone, that someone would feel the claws or teeth of a wolf.

The story centers around four young male wolves: Kiba ('Fang') is the leader -- an enigmatic white wolf, who in human form has dark hair, blue eyes, He comes into Freeze City (the starting point of the series) later than the others -- in wolf form, because his pride won't let him become human at that point -- searching to go to Paradise (more on that later) and is shot and captured by the humans, who put him in a cage in the main building of the city. Tsume ('Claw') is a tough guy. As a wolf, he's grey, and as a human -- short white hair, tall guy who wears a lot of leather and chains. He tries so hard to keep up the 'uncaring, cold, tough guy' pose, but you can tell it's hard for him at times. He and Kiba are the most martial of the group... and there was a lot of butting heads between the two of them at the beginning! Both are very Arrogant, but they seem to share the leadership duties. Hige ('Whisker' or 'Muzzle') seems younger than the previous two, and thinks himself quite the ladies-man. In wolf-form, he's tan, and as a human, looks almost like a younger, brunette Spike (from Cowboy Bebop). Hige is the one who discovers Kiba, and persuades him to try human form to escape from the cage. Hige wears a collar around his neck with a strange symbol on it, which becomes important in later episodes. Toboe ('Howl'), the last of the four, is often called 'Chibi,' or 'Runt.' He's definitely the youngest, and a bit of a sissy/girly boy, but he's cute nonetheless. He looks rather girlish in human form, with semi-long red-brown hair and a girlish face. As a wolf, he's reddish brown. He wears a set of bangles on his wrist -- apparently a gift from the old woman who found him as a pup and raised him (which leads to more insults from the other four as to being 'raised'). He's the most timid throughout the series, and is very loyal to the others -- especially Tsume, who saved him from a wolf hunter when they first met.

Now, about that Paradise deal... In this world, there is a book of prophecy called 'The Book of the Moon,' which states that Paradise will be at the end of the world, and the wolves will be the ones to find it. Someone called 'the Flower Maiden' will join with the wolves and lead them there. Now, coincidentally, in Freeze City there is a girl, called Cheza, who was made from something called a moon flower. She is the subject of many experiments -- she's not really 'alive' at the beginning, rather she's in a glass dome filled with some sort of green fluid. The only thing she had responded to had been wolf's blood two hundred years earlier (apparently, she's older than she looks!). Her maker, Darcia -- who may or may not be evil -- comes and steals her away... only to have her leap out of the spacecraft and descend to earth, where the wolves find her, and begin their journey towards Paradise.

Music: 4 stars out of five! (All of the songs are in English, interestingly enough, but they're pretty catchy)

Animation: 5 stars out of five! (very interesting style)

Plot: 5 stars out of five! (very complex -- it would take a while to explain the whole thing, but it really grabs you and draws you in right from the get-go!)

Character Development: 5 stars out of five! (My favorite is the development of Toboe from a timid, young wolf to a more confident one)

Overall: 5 stars out of five! (I really loved this series!)

[Fratello]

You must watch, Ghost in the shell and Gunslinger girl, I highly recomend them as top quality Anime

[Jap360]

Thanks for the review abt Wolfs Rain, Vesperd.
It'd be great if u can give some reviews abt Ghost in the shell and Gunslinger girl, Fratello.
Thanks for all the great info friends

[mamok]

Uff...32 pages...it took me some days Here is my favourite list, i don't think it is possible to compare anime from different genres so I shall divide it:
drama:
Kimi ga nozomu eien 10/10 - for me the best drama
Suzuka - good anime and great soundtrack esspecially if you like piano
Hanbun no tsuki, Escaflowne, Honey and clover I and II
kenshin ova's
comedy:
school rumble - 10/10 I especially like it's humour and it's characters
Full metal panic fumoffu
City hunter - although it's more action I like more it's humour
Action: DEATH NOTE - for now it's 10/10
Monster, Cowboy Bebop,trigun,samurai shamploo
Anime I could watch just because of it's superb soundtracks: Cowboy Bebop, Suzuka, Melancholy of Suzumyia Haruhi(god knows),air, fate stay night