Your Favorite 5 Anime of All Time

[Punstarr]

What do people like in terms of anime? Old school stuff or new stuff?

My favorites are:

1. Ranma 1/2, a story about a high school boy who is cursed to transform into a red haired female version of himself whenever he is splashed with cold water, hot water changing him back into a boy. Add this to a fiance, Akane that wanted to be Ranma's fiance as much as Ranma wanted to be hers (ie, not at all), hilarious hijinks ensue. Oh, did I mention that Ranma and most of the supporting cast are martial artists? I haven't recommended this anime to anyone, guy or girl who didn't end up enjoying it. This anime was originally released in 1989 in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD

2. Bubblegum Crisis (the original), is a far cry better than the more recent version. Nene was cuter, the fight scenes were better, the animation was better, and even though Priss was just as annoying, the original series was just all around a better anime imo. This anime was originally released in 1987 in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_Crisis

3. Record of Lodoss War. If you are a fan of the High Fantasy genre (like Dungeons and Dragons for example), you'll love this brilliant epic story about a party of adventurers led by Parn, the son of a famous knight of legend. This anime has some of the best animation I have ever seen done, period. I highly recommend this series. This anime was originally released in 1990 in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_of_Lodoss_War

4. The Slayers, an anime centered around the adventures and hijinks of Lina Inverse, sorceress for hire and Gourry, travelling swordsman is a great one, with the perfect blend of adventure, comedy and action. This anime was originally released in 1989 in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slayers

5. Akira. What can I say about arguably the single most well-known anime movie in history? If you haven't seen it... see it. This anime was originally released in 1988 in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29

[therapist]

Hmmm I have trouble putting them in order but my top five would probably be

-Lucky Star. (Just started watching this becouse of my daughter and it is actually absurdly funny. Its so good that I plan to get the figma figures)

-Rorouni Kenshin (the anime I say got me into anime. Sure I watched stuff like voltron, astro boy, gigantor,speed racer and pokemon but this is the one that got me interisted in real anime)

-Princess Mononoke (the art was truly beautiful it was so amazing up until that point I've never seen anything like it. Stunning)

-Cowboy Bebop (if I was putting these in order cowboy bebop would be #1. I love this show to death the story telling the art the amazing fight scenes. For me nothing compares)

-Code Geass (amazing anime that really had a lot of very heavy world veiws.)

Honorable mentions
-Trigun
-Death Note
-Akira
-kikis delivery service
-spirited away
-Howls moving castle
-Detective conan

[Finn Varra]

Couldn't decide which to leave off, so I'm listing my top 6
I've got a toddler mashing on my keyboard, so I'm just going to link to the wikis rather than battle with the lad.

-Full Metal ALchemist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist#Anime_series

-Cowboy Bebop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop

-Noein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noein

-FLCL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flcl

-Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_%28film%29

-Ergo Proxy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergo_Proxy

[The Real Question]

series:
trigun

hellsing(ova and original)

great teacher onziuka

Igano Kabamaru

grapller baki

G I JOE reselute(i think it counts)

i recomend bleach,tiger mask,samurai 7,smaurai champloo,cowboybebop,hokto no ken(fist of the north star),souten no ken(fist of the blue sky),sword of berserk,samurai X(ruruni kenshin) and trinity blood.

movies:

howls moving castle

AKIRA

vampire hunter D(all the movies)

M.D. Geist

zone of the enders

Princess Mononoke

[RexLewis85]

Here we go:

1. Vampire Hunter D
2. Spirited Away
3. Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
4. Twilight of the dark master
5. Batman Gotham Knight

[bobtheodd]

1. Guyver new series/Guyver OAV
2. Trigun
3. Vampire hunter D and Bloodlust
4. Record of Lodoss War
5. Blood and Blood+

[CaptainCadaver]

FLCL
Trigun
Dragonball Z
Akira
Gantz

[EDarthT]

1.Akira - come on, has to be!!
2.Trigun - only discovered it like 2 years ago....love it
3.Urotsukidoji series - there's like 6 of them and they are very very adult
4.Perfect Blue - just like the conspiracy in it.
5.Dead Leaves - I love the over the top colour in this one although extended viewing can cause headaches!!

I could go on so here are some honourable mentions
vampire hunter D
X
Ninja scroll
Spririted away

also not sure if these count as anime but
FF7 Advent children
FF the spirits within
Res evil Degeneration

[ẈĀŦƧĦĪƧ₣Ā₵Ė]

Cowboy Bebop!!!!!

[Punstarr]

Dang I feel outdated. I have never even heard of most of the stuff you guys listed.

I hadn't heard of these:

Urotsukidoji
Perfect Blue
Dead Leaves
Gantz
FLCL (Not sure what this stands for)
Blood and Blood+
Twilight of the dark master
great teacher onziuka
Igano Kabamaru
Grappler Baki
Tiger Mask
Samurai 7
Champloo
Sword of Berserk
Samurai X
Trinity Blood
Noein
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ergo Proxy
Lucky Star
Death Note
Detective Conan

Is that all recent stuff?

[Finn Varra]

FLCL: The japanese title was Furi Kuri, and that gets translated to Fooly Cooly. Hence FLCL

[RexLewis85]

Dang I feel outdated. I have never even heard of most of the stuff you guys listed.

I hadn't heard of these:

Urotsukidoji
Perfect Blue
Dead Leaves
Gantz
FLCL (Not sure what this stands for)
Blood and Blood+
Twilight of the dark master
great teacher onziuka
Igano Kabamaru
Grappler Baki
Tiger Mask
Samurai 7
Champloo
Sword of Berserk
Samurai X
Trinity Blood
Noein
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ergo Proxy
Lucky Star
Death Note
Detective Conan

Is that all recent stuff?

Twilight of the dark master is actually pretty old...I don't know much of the newer anime myself, and I forgot to mention Gantz in my original post....but yeah Gantz is killer.

[therapist]

Dang I feel outdated. I have never even heard of most of the stuff you guys listed.

I hadn't heard of these:

Urotsukidoji
Perfect Blue
Dead Leaves
Gantz
FLCL (Not sure what this stands for)
Blood and Blood+
Twilight of the dark master
great teacher onziuka
Igano Kabamaru
Grappler Baki
Tiger Mask
Samurai 7
Champloo
Sword of Berserk
Samurai X
Trinity Blood
Noein
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ergo Proxy
Lucky Star
Death Note
Detective Conan

Is that all recent stuff?

FLCL (aka Fooly cooly) and detective conan are both fairly old. Lucky star isn't brand new but newish

[Mobius Ranger]

only 5? thats hard.... well

1 )Lucky Star
2 )Black Cat
3 )Trigun
4 )Hellsing
5 )Blood+

Honorable mentions
-Haruhi Suzumiya
-Naruto
-one peice
-bleach
- Rurouni Kenshin
-Bubblegum Crisis
-Evageleon
-Gundam wing
-Gunslinger girl

[Aesthetikz]

Don't watch a lot of Anime, But I really like:

Escaflowne!
Trigun
Getbackers
Afro Samurai
Bleach