Day 2 - Favorite anime you’ve watched so far

[sara_tanaquil]

I love this meme because I feel like it might make me start watching more anime again. For years now I've spent far more time studying and reading manga than actually watching anime, and there are so many things I haven't seen.

Favorite anime is a really tough call, but I think the award would have to go to



Rurouni Kenshin was one of the first series I properly saw when I went searching for anime in a major way (I always wanted to watch more anime, but it wasn't until I moved to CT that I found rental stores that carried it), and it's still one of the very best. I think my favorite part is how it kicks you in the gut with characters' backstories every.single.time. -- even and perhaps especially the villains. I prefer the lightness of the TV series to the darkness of the OVAs and movies, though.

Runners-up would be Escaflowne and Fushigi Yuugi, both of which I also watched very early in my anime-watching career -- hmm, something is wrong when all your favorites are the ones you saw 10 years ago. I love Escaflowne so much that it possibly ought to have got the award for favorite, but RK edged it out for epic awesome.

Hey, maybe now that I can sort of read Japanese, I should go back and read all those Rurouni Kenshin volumes I bought when I was still trying to decipher the difference between "ru" and "ro".

Everyone feel free to pile on with their nominations for favorite in the comments!

Now back to grading.

Comments

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

That would be a big problem with me in naming RK among my top anime series, although I really loved it up through the Kyoto arc (which was EPIC and AMAZING). All the filler at the end and the way the OAVs just dropped Kenshin's backstory out of nowhere, eh, not a fan.

[sara-tanaquil.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think the filler arc at the end and the OVAs just don't exist in my head canon.

This is giving me lots of great ideas for series I've always meant to watch and never got around to (*cough* Naruto, One Piece).

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think the filler arc at the end and the OVAs just don't exist in my head canon.

As it should be!

I don't know if One Piece would be too high in the wackiness content for you, but if you do watch (or read), I recommend giving it a little time to grow on you, because there is actually a lot of really amazing character development and story there behind all the funny.

[manga-crow.livejournal.com]

+1 for really, really amazing character development^^ And the plot is really good too; if you like the shonen formula at all, this is pretty much the distillation of all that is good about it. Add that to an increasingly complex and well paced web of background mysteries and puzzles -

Well, it's no secret that it's my favorite show evar^^

[perseid.livejournal.com]

I love One Piece to death, and during a phase of my life when I just don't have the time or energy for much, it is the one series I still follow stubbornly.

It has a wonderful balance of comedy, action and emotional depth. Plot and character development are fleshed out so well, and I have both shed tears and gotten goosebumps just watching certain arcs in the anime. It's an amazing series, and totally worth the watch!