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Top 10 Anime/Manga Series List
Top 8 Anime Movies List
What I Look For In A Focus
Top "10" Anime/Manga Guys List & Runners Up
Top 10 Anime/Manga Girls List
Honorable Mentions: A-C, D-F, G-K, L-R, S-T, U-Z
Top 7 Anime/Manga Antagonists List
People I Just Plain Hate List
Top 10 Anime/Manga Fights List
Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga
Anime Smiley Dictionary: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4
Ichigo Trinity: Unraveling the Mystery of Ichigo's Enormous Power
Runaway Dream: Deconstructing Griffith
Pandora's Box
CrossEyes Hideout
The Many Faces of Fukki
Knights of the Zodiac
The Saint Seiya Drinking Game
Favorite Saint Seiya Fights: 1-11, 12-22

Top 10 Anime/Manga Series List Standardized Rating System : Story, : World, : Powers, : People, : Action, : Drama, : Humor
1		PANDORA HEARTS Here is a series with a rather ominous, creepy mood combined with laugh out loud humor and a very intricate plotline. Most of this plotline revolves around a tragedy that took place 100 years ago, and the intricacy comes from the challenge of piecing together the scattered memories of several characters in order to figure out what exactly happened back then. With such wonderful characters and an intriguing story, what's not to love? Related Links: Pandora's Box, Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga Song I Associate With It: "Bye Bye Beautiful" by Nightwish, "Cosmic Love" by Florence + The Machine
Story World     Powers   People Action     Drama Humor Average: 4.3
2		DOROHEDORO This is probably the most original, imaginative, and trippy thing I've ever read. How else to describe it? A creepy hyperviolent mindfuck of epic proportions dripping with hilarious dark humor. It starts out with a reptile-headed amnesiac named Caiman who wants his human face back so he's biting the heads of magic users to let the guy inside his mouth identify whether they might have done this to him. Then it gets weird. As Caiman gets fragments of his memory back, it becomes clear that he is A LOT more than he seems. Related Links: CrossEyes Hideout, Top 10 Anime/Manga Fights, Viz vs. Japanese Song I Associate With It: "Spiderman 2 Main Title" by Danny Elfman, "This is Halloween" by Marilyn Manson, "Pain Redefined" by Disturbed
Story World Powers People Action Drama Humor       Average: 4.6
3		BERSERK Set in medieval times, the TV series is basically one long flashback that sets up the rest of the manga. It is dark, serious, brutal, addicting and one of the greatest cases of character study/development in anime. Griffith has one of the most complex, charismatic, and powerful personalities I have ever seen. It completely eclipses everybody else in the show (haha, get it?? ECLIPSE!!). The manga itself is even better, and a true Wiccan revisionist dream! Related Links: Runaway Dream, Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga, Griffith Cosplay Song I Associate With It: "Empty Walls" by Serj Tankian
Story World Powers People Action   Drama   Humor Average: 4.7
4		SAINT SEIYA (Knights of the Zodiac) Truly this is the Holy Grail of shounen series. It's like an endless parade of character templates that would appear in all the series to come. I doubt there is a power in existence that it failed to cover. The main characters are determined, dramatic, and relentlessly cheesy. The battles are very formulaic, and the overall story patterns so repetitive that it's easy to confuse a current event with a flashback. But that's what makes it so awesome!! It fluctuates wildly between "so bad it's good" and "so good it's awesome." Like an old Kung Fu movie. :P Perhaps some would prefer the newer, more polished Lost Canvas spinoff, or the more mythological Episode G. The Saint Seiya universe has something for everybody. Related Links: Knights of the Zodiac, The Saint Seiya Drinking Game, Favorite Saint Seiya Fights, Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga Song I Associate With It: "It's Raining Men" err, I mean "Rain of a Thousand Flames" by Rhapsody of Fire, "The Kinslayer" by Nightwish, "World of Stone" by Blackmore's Night
Story     World   Powers People Action Drama   Humor Average: 4.4
5		SLAYERS Whatever you're looking for, Slayers has it. It is probably the most diverse show I have ever seen that still manages to keep a coherent plot going on in the background. It can be silly, dark, bloody, funny, serious, action-packed, or completely random, and it never ceases to entertain. Lina Inverse, the heroine of the show, is unlike any other girl in anime and truly does take center stage. Related Links: Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga
Story World   Powers People Action   Drama   Humor Average: 4.6
6		YU YU HAKUSHO (Poltergeist Report) Yu Yu Hakusho has not only some of the most memorable characters in anime (Kurama, Hiei), but also some of the most impressive fight scenes. Most of the longer story arcs follow a very linear tournament setup, which I enjoy because it gets to the fighting faster. But if that's not enough for you, there is enough drama built up between opponents to make you care about what's happening.
Story     World     Powers People Action Drama   Humor     Average: 4
7		BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL Manji, a skilled fighter cursed with immortality until he atones for his crimes by killing 1,000 evil men, decides to help Rin avenge her family's deaths at the hands of the Itto-ryu sword school. It is an odd mix of Japanese feudal culture, political intrigue, gratuitously bloody fight scenes, and morbid humor. There are many things you can do to a guy that can't die.
Story   World     Powers   People Action Drama   Humor     Average: 4
8		AKIRA Many people were introduced to Akira through the animated movie. I know I was. But let me tell you, you've seen NOTHING. There's gigantic chunks of plotline not even hinted at in the movie: a post-apocalyptic society, a much more developed Tetsuo, and the active participation of Akira himself. The metaphysical philosophy introduced in the movie is greatly elaborated upon, and devastating cataclysms compound on each other, climaxing in a finale so epic in scope and magnitude that it can rival Berserk. Poor, poor Neo-Tokyo. I never imagined that one city can take so much abuse. Related Links: Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga
Story World     Powers   People   Action   Drama   Humor       Average: 3.7
9		ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS This is a shounen-ai twist on the old legend of Sultan Shahryar, who killed every new bride after the wedding night until he encountered Scheherazade, who managed to keep herself alive by telling him stories. Except here Scheherazade is a young man named Sehara, who took his sister's place in the Sultan's harem. It soon becomes clear that there's more to the Shahryar's homicidal madness than meets the eye, and Sehara's job is to restore him to his old heroic self. Song I Associate With It: "Desert Rose" by Sting
Story   World       Powers         People   Action     Drama   Humor     Average: 3
10		ANGEL SANCTUARY Angel Sanctuary has a promo OVA out, but it does no justice to the actual manga. The manga is not only much more in-depth and notably different, it also goes far faaar beyond the OVA. The series is a twisting moral rollercoaster that's guaranteed to make you rethink the nature of good and evil by the time it's through. It'll blow your mind, man!! O.o Also, Lucifer is really unbelievably hot. Related Links: Top 10 Epic Scenes in Anime/Manga Song I Associate With It: "Heaven's a Lie" by Lacuna Coil
Story World Powers   People Action     Drama Humor     Average: 4.3

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Top 8 Anime Movies List
1		AKIRA Every time you watch it you see something new!	5		SWORD OF THE STRANGER A sweet, bloody story set in feudal Japan.
2		SPIRITED AWAY Wonderful thing to watch before bed.	6		SPRIGGAN Smooth, brutal action.
3		POLTERGEIST REPORT Some of my favorite characters in some of their best fights.	7		PRINCESS MONONOKE Nice pro-environmental message.
4		FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children Some of the prettiest guys to ever grace the screen engaged in jaw-dropping action. Related Links: Jenova's Legacy	8		PAPRIKA One hell of a mind trip.

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DISCLAIMER: All artwork, characters, stories, and anime are Copyright their respective owners. They are NOT of my making.