I have too much free time -Anime Progression-
Note: This is not to be an exact list of the order I finished anime in, but just something to give an idea where I’ve come and gone. 148 and beyond is 100% accurate though. Golden Boy and Record of Lodoss War were supposed to be number 170 and 150 respectively but I actually forgot about two or five different shows I had watched previously so this bumped them up a few.
1996 ~ 2001 ish (19)
1. Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Very good
2. Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (OAV) Decent
3. Sakura Wars (OAV)
4. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (TV) Very good
5. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventures Special
6. Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie Masterpiece
7. El Hazard: The Wanderers (TV) Very good
8. Fushigi Yuugi (TV) Good
9. Fushigi Yuugi (OAV)
10. Fushigi Yuugi OAV 2
11. Martian Successor Nadesico (TV) Very good
12. Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) Very good
13. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) Very good
14. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) Very good
15. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (US CG movie) So-so
16. Blue Seed (TV) Decent
17. Blue Seed Beyond (OAV) So-so
18. Trigun (TV) Good
19. Gate Keepers (TV) Good
2002 ~ 2003 ish (21)
20. Love Hina (TV) Very good
21. Love Hina Spring Special – I wish Your Dream Good
22. Love Hina X’mas Special – Silent Eve Good
23. Burn Up W (OAV) So-so
24. Pia Carrot 2 DX (OAV)
25. Gekiganger 3 (OAV)
26. Love Hina Again (OAV) Good
27. RahXephon (TV) Very good
28. Chobits (TV) So-so
29. Chobits (OAV)
30. Comic Party (TV) Decent
31. Comic Party Special (OAV)
32. Please Teacher! (TV) Good
33. Please Teacher! (OAV)
34. Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) Decent
35. Azumanga Daioh (TV) Masterpiece
36. Azumanga Daioh – The Very Short Movie
37. Azumanga Web Daioh (ONA)
38. Maburaho (TV) So-so
39. D.C. ~Da Capo~ (TV) Decent
40. Rumbling Hearts (TV) So-so
2003 ~ 2004 ish (24)
41: Happy Lesson (TV) Decent
42: Happy Lesson (OAV)
43: Happy Lesson Advanced (TV) Good
44: Kanon (TV 1/2002) So-so
45: .hack//Intermezzo (OAV) Decent
46: .hack//SIGN (TV) Weak
47: .hack//Unison (OAV) Decent
48: Gate Keepers 21 (OAV)
49: Vandread (TV) Decent
50: Vandread: The Second Stage (TV) Decent
51: Stellvia (TV) Good
52: Scrapped Princess (TV) Excellent
53: Fruits Basket (TV) Excellent
54: Mahoromatic – Automatic Maiden (TV) Very good
55: Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful (TV) Very good
56: Mahoromatic: Summer Special
57: Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris (OAV)
58: Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris (OAV)
59: Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV) Decent
60: Please Twins! (TV) Decent
61: Please Twins! (OAV)
62: Midori Days (TV) Good
63: This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) So-so
64: SaiKano (TV) Decent
2004 ~ 2005 ish (51)
65: Tokimeki Memorial (OAV)
66: Full Moon (TV) Excellent
67: Strawberry Eggs (TV) So-so
68: Happy Lesson The Final (OAV) Decent
69: Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Good
70: Elfen Lied (TV) Excellent
71: Elfen Lied (OAV)
72: Last Exile (TV) So-so
73: Cardcaptor Sakura (TV) Masterpiece
74: Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Masterpiece
75: Haibane Renmei (TV) Masterpiece
76: Oh My Goddess! (OAV) Good
77: The Melody of Oblivion (TV) So-so
78: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV) Excellent
79: Air (TV) Masterpiece
80: Full Metal Panic! (TV) Very good
81: Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (TV) Excellent
82: Ichigo 100% (OAV) Decent
83: Ichigo 100% (special) Decent
84: Uta∽Kata (TV) So-so
85: Uta∽Kata (OAV)
86: My-HiME (TV) Very good
87: Genshiken (TV) Excellent
88: X (movie) Weak
89: X (TV) Decent
90: X OAV
91: Now and Then, Here and There (TV) Masterpiece
92: Kakyuusei 2 (TV) Weak
93: Rozen Maiden (TV) Very good
94: Infinite Ryvius (TV) Excellent
95: Detective Loki (TV) Bad
96: Vampire Hunter D (OAV) Decent
97: Tenchi Universe (TV) Very good
98: Shadow Star Narutaru (TV) Awful
99: Koi Kaze (TV) Weak
100: Read or Die (OAV) Masterpiece
101: R.O.D -The TV- Excellent
102: School Rumble (TV) Very good
103: Paranoia Agent (TV) Masterpiece
104: Ichigo 100% (TV) Decent
105: Ah! My Goddess (TV) Very good
106: Kino’s Journey (TV) Masterpiece
107: Kino’s Travels -life goes on.- (movie) Masterpiece
108: Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (TV) So-so
109: Gungrave (TV) Excellent
110: Air (movie) Very good
111: Negima! (TV) Decent
112: Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) Very good
113: Comic Party: Revolution (TV) Very good
114: Comic Party Revolution (OAV)
115: Chrono Crusade (TV) Bad
2005 ~ 2006 ish (32)
116: Shuffle! (TV) Good
117: Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (TV) Good
118: Honey and Clover (TV) Excellent
119: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE The Movie: Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom Good
120: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s (TV) Excellent
121: Shakugan no Shana (TV) Good
122: Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2) Good
123: My-Otome (TV) Very good
124: Rozen Maiden: Traumend (TV) Good
125: Serial Experiments Lain (TV) So-so
126: Densha Otoko (live-action TV) Excellent
127: Densha Otoko (live-action movie) Excellent
128: Mahoraba ~Heartful days~ (TV) Very good
129: Best Student Council (TV) Very good
130: Futari wa Pretty Cure (TV) Good
131: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Excellent
132: Last Order Final Fantasy VII (OAV) Good
133: SaiKano: Another Love Song (OAV)
134: Air In Summer (special) Very good
135: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Good
136: Kasimasi – Girl Meets Girl (TV) Weak
137: Speed Grapher (TV) Very good
138: Welcome to the NHK (TV) Good
139: Shakugan no Shana Tokubetsuhen: Koi to Onsen no Kougai Gakushuu! (OAV) Good
140: Ninja Nonsense (TV) Masterpiece
141: Kasimasi – Girl Meets Girl (OAV) So-so
142: School Rumble OVA Ichigakki Hoshu Very good
143: The Familiar of Zero (TV) Decent
144: Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (TV) Very good
145: Honey and Clover II (TV) Excellent
146: Mahou Sensei Negima! OVA Haru Good
147: Mahou Sensei Negima! OVA Natsu Good
2007 ~ 2008 (40)
148: Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- (TV) Not really good
149: When They Cry – Higurashi (TV) Excellent
150: Kanon (TV 2/2006) Excellent
151: Wedding Peach (TV) So-so
152: Record of Lodoss War (OAV) Very good
153: Eureka Seven (TV) Very good
154: Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (TV) Decent
155: Galaxy Angel (TV) Good
156: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) Excellent
157: Higurashi no Naku Koroni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (OAV) Very good
158: Genshiken (OAV) Very good
159: Project A-Ko (movie) Good
160: Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (OAV) Good
161: Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (OAV) So-so
162: Project A-Ko 4: Final (OAV) So-so
163: A-Ko the Versus (OAV) Good
164: Perfect Blue (movie) Masterpiece
165: Strawberry Marshmallow (TV) Excellent
166: Ichigo Mashimaro (OAV) Excellent
167: School Rumble Nigakki (TV) Very good
168: Lucky Star (TV) So-so
169: Nanatsuiro Drops (TV) Very good
170: Girl’s High (TV) Weak
171: School Days (TV) Good
172: Bokurano (TV) Decent
173: Golden Boy (OAV) Excellent
174: Baccano! (TV) Excellent
175: Galaxy Angel Z (TV) Very good
176: BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution (OAV) Good
177: FLCL (OAV) So-so
178: CLAMP in Wonderland (OAV) Very good
179: CLAMP in Wonderland 2 (OAV) Very good
180: Saber Marionette J (TV) Good
181: Tokyo Godfathers (movie) Masterpiece
182: Otaku no Video (OAV) So-so
183: Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai (TV) Very good
184: My Santa (OAV) Weak
185: Genshiken 2 (TV) Excellent
186: Myself ; Yourself (TV) So-so
187: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (TV) Excellent
2008 ~ 2009 (46)
188: Kino’s Travels – the Beautiful World: Byouki no Kuni -For You- (movie) Masterpiece
189: Dennō Coil (TV) Decent
190: Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (OAV) Masterpiece
191: D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ (TV) So-so
192: Seto no Hanayome (TV) Very good
193: Clannad (movie) So-so
194: Kimagure Orange Road (TV) Masterpiece
195: Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie Masterpiece
196: Kimagure Orange Road: Summer’s Beginning (movie) Masterpiece
197: Kimagure Orange Road (OAV) Masterpiece
198: Clannad (TV) Good
199: School Days OVA Special: Magical Heart Kokoro-chan Decent
200: 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) Masterpiece
201: Bamboo Blade (TV) Very good
202: true tears (TV) So-so
203: Tales of Agriculture (TV) Excellent
204: Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (OAV) So-so
205: Elf Princess Rane (OAV) Decent
206: Hyper Doll (OAV) Decent
207: Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (OAV) Decent
208: Tenchi Muyo Movie 1: Tenchi in Love Excellent
209: Tenchi Muyo Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness Good
210: Tenchi Muyo Movie 3: Tenchi Forever So-so
Tsubasa Chronicle Season 2 BOOOOOOOOOOORING
211: Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV) Bad
212: Key the Metal Idol (OAV) Good
213: Gunbuster (OAV) Masterpiece
214: Gunbuster 2 (OAV) So-so
215: Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations (OAV) Very good
216: Aria the Animation (TV) Excellent
217: Magic User’s Club (OAV) Very good
218: Princess Rouge (OAV) Weak
219: Sketchbook ~full color’S~ (TV) Decent
220: Demon City Shinjuku (OAV) Good
221: Maison Ikkoku: Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island (OAV) Decent
222: Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons (special)
223: Maison Ikkoku (TV) Masterpiece
224: Minami-ke (TV) Good
225: Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen (movie) So-so
226: Planetes (TV) Masterpiece
227: Kaiji (TV) Excellent
228: Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi (TV) Decent
229: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (TV) Good
230: Ef – a tale of memories (TV) Masterpiece
231: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) Very good
232: Lucky Star OVA Decent
233: Millennium Actress (movie) Excellent
2009 ~ 2010
234: (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) Masterpiece
235: Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (TV) Decent
236: Compiler (OAV) Not really good
237: Delinquent in Drag (OAV) Bad
238: Tenbatsu Angel Rabbie (OAV) Decent
239: With You ~Mitsumeteitai~ (OAV) Weak
240: My Neighbor Totoro (movie) Excellent
241: Kure-nai (TV) Very good
242: Spice and Wolf (TV) Very good
243: Seto no Hanayome (OAV) Very good
244: Burn Up! (OAV) Bad
245: Casshan: Robot Hunter (OAV) Weak
246: Robot Carnival (OAV) Very good
247: Clannad After Story (TV) Excellent
248: Akira (movie) Very good
249: Mobile Suit Gundam (TV) Good
250: MD Geist (OAV) Awful
251: MD Geist II – Death Force (OAV) Awful
252: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (live-action movie) Very good
253: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen (movie) Excellent
254: Toradora! (TV) Excellent
255: Ghost in the Shell (movie) Very good
256: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (TV) Very good
257: Slayers – The Motion Picture Decent
258: Biohunter (OAV) Weak
259: Girl From Phantasia (OAV) So-so
260: Cosplay Complex (OAV) Decent
261: Gunsmith Cats (OAV) Very good
262: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) Excellent
263: Digital Devil Monogatari Megami Tensei (OAV) Awful
264: Chaos;HEAd (TV) Weak
265: Natsuiro no Sunadokei (OAV) Decent
266: Tsuki ha Higashi ni Hi ha Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (TV) So-so
267: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OAV) Very good
268: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OAV) So-so
269: Green Legend Ran (OAV) Good
270: Eden of The East (TV) Very good
271: Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy Very good
272: Kimikiss pure rouge (TV) So-so
273: K-ON! (TV) Good
274: Dojin Work (TV) Decent
275: Battle Skipper (OAV) Decent
276: Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (TV) Very good
277: Geobreeders (OAV) Decent
278: Roujin Z (OAV) Decent
279: Howl’s Moving Castle (movie) Masterpiece
280: Devil Hunter Yohko (OAV) Decent
281: Megami Paradise (OAV) Not really good
282: Outlanders (OAV) Not really good
283: Alien Nine (special) So-so
284: Maze (OAV) Good
285: Puni Puni Poemy (OAV) Good
Watch Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokurochan & Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu. :3
177: FLCL (OAV) So-so
What
Yeah, I really didn’t like it. I wrote an entry about it that you can search for on my blog.
FLCL is truly at least excellent and chobits could use at least good it was hilarious, in the beggining. But seriously FLCL should at least get some pionts for uniqueness (?).
I also recommend gunXsword, coboy bebop, or detective conan (or case closed as its known in the states). But congrats on your proggress and lack of time.
P.S. lol ” I actually forgot about two or five different shows…” lol ive gone to the store and bought just one or ALL of cardcaptor sakura… lol…peace
“106: Kino’s Journey (TV) Masterpiece
107: Kino’s Travels -life goes on.- (movie) Masterpiece
188: Kino’s Travels – the Beautiful World: Byouki no Kuni -For You- (movie) Masterpiece
118: Honey and Clover (TV) Excellent
145: Honey and Clover II (TV) Excellent”
Lol, totally agree with u there.
“Last Exile (TV) So-so
Shakugan no Shana (TV) Good
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Good
Lucky Star (TV) So-so
FLCL (OAV) So-so”
Really? How come?
FLCL@ All Card Captor Sakura? Haha awesome.
Raiji@ I found Last Exile kinda boring after the first half when it stopped focusing on the racing and stuff. Shana was kinda boring and didn’t really keep my interest. I gave Haruhi a lower rating I think mostly out of disdain for all the popularity it generated. It was alright, but I came out of it wondering how it was that popular. It was pretty average to above average.
Lucky Star was okay. I laughed at times but the characters and jokes are unmemorable. FLCL was just out there, and not my thing, I guess. It felt like Gainax was just trying to throw all this stuff out there so they could keep this image even after Evangelion.
Koji Oe@ It’s cool to find someone who watches more anime than me : -) I must say that, looking at your list and ratings- your judgment of each anime’s quality is consistent and unbiased overall- I’m impressed.
one’s that I would recommend: GTO (great teacher omnizuka) Video girl Ai (OVA) Ayashi no Ceres (if you liked Fushigi Yuugi, it’s by the same author) Strawberry Panic (one of my favorites- although I can’t pinpoint why) Excel Saga (very funny- although the director is a bit full of himself : -) Death Note, Grenadier, Angelic Layer, XXXholic, and maybe some others. My favorite manga- Psychic Academy- was only animated in 24 mini episodes (via the internet- called original net animations (ONA) apparently. each was only 10 minutes long- and the storyline didn’t even cover half the plot of the manga. (although that was also sadly the case with the video girl ai ova’s also (they only covered the first couple volumes!)
all in all- I agree with most, if not all of the judgments you gave on the animes you’ve watched- and that’s saying something, since (assuming this list is not outdated) I have watched nearly half of the animes on this list.
for those I have not yet watched though- it definitely is helpful in determining what to watch next.
ps.- I did an internet search of your username- it seems that you’ve been pretty busy on the internet these last few years- there’s tons of sites with your name on it.
jbcandid@ Thanks for the recommendations.
Thanks for the great post,buddy.Keep on posting the great post.I will check them out again next time.
Thanks once again.
@Koji Oe- perhaps you already know, but I noticed that you used the acronym OAV (Original Animated Video) It used to be that, but it was
changedabandoned in favor of OVA (Original Video Animation) due to bad connotations (one could easily misguess that it stood for “Original Adult Video” (apparently it actually did also stand for that, or so was claimed by a native of Japan…see here for more details http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=35Wow. 200 shows and up…
But there are some shows that I dont share your opinion (Last Exile and Lucky Star??? )
C’mon…
animoe.net
phossil@ Last Exile was good for the first half. The second half felt rushed and boring. Lucky Star is shit. It’s average when you’re watching it but when it’s over totally forgettable. Maybe I’ve just watched too much anime to really fall into the trap of praising it more than it deserves.
You should look into Fate/Stay Night if you have the time. I originally was a bit averse to watching it but I thought it was an excellent anime with a very deep and intriguing plot+characters to it.
try to watch these animes..
- bartender
- appleseed
- ghost hunt
- haruhi suzumia
- nagasarete airantou
- death note
- green green
- rocket girls
- i’s pure
- blood+
- soul eater
pinggo@ Green Green? I don’t know if I should take your suggestions seriously now. Green Green is shit. Also, I seen Haruhi already.
Oh yes, someone actually thinks like me!
I agree that Haruhi and Lucky Star was crap, lacks storyline and was random at times, humour was mediocre. So I didn’t get why it was the best anime of 2006.
Aya Hirano is definitely (in my book) not the best seiyuu. Yui Horie and Yukari Tamura (on your site) for the win!
Love Key visual novels as well.
Which is your fav Japanese singer/song?
rozen123@ I dunno a lot of the stuff is the same stuff I’ve been listening to for 8 years now. I’m not really into anything. I just seem to listen to whatever.
I just wandered here after reading your “Destruction of Anime” post, so it’s probably a bad idea for me to recommend more anime for you to watch, but I find the utter lack of Studio Ghibli works disturbing. May I suggest:
Naasica of the Valley of the Wind
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Grave of the Fireflies
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
If you’re worried about time commitment, all the titles I listed are ~2 hour films. Not merely great entertinment, they are triumphs of visual storytelling. Of course, you’re mileage may vary.
OMG watch slayers- slayers next. i can’t belive you didn’t
I see you agree somewhat with my opinions on the animes that I have seen. (Far less than you, but still.) I will see those than you listen as see-worthy and I recommend to you: Mushi-shi
Nygren@ Yeah, I’ve been wanting to watch it.
uh-huh@ Someday.
Kadian1364@ Yeah, I’ll watch them eventually.
You should check out the new anime: KissXSis. Its….indulging…..
KissXSis@ I’ll look into it.
Did you ever here of any talk about making a live action film of Naasicaa. I think Dakota Fanning would be perfect for the role. I find it to be one of the best anime stories for a movie in that it could be duplicated exactly the way it was written. I have to much free time my self obviously since I am writing this. If possible could a letter a petition be made or could there possibly be a web site to push this point across. There has been so much hype over Evangelion not to knock it .I love it yet why would Naasicaa be so unpopuler. In this day and age it still holds a timeless story of the truth of humanity. Besides the fact that the leading role is played by a woman and there are something like five woman to every man would excell ticket sales. I think it would be a blockbuster. Sure who wants to watch a movie with big bugs buy hey what about jerasic park or starship troopers. People liked those movies. This probably will not even be read but if it is either tell me I’m insane or where to go to stress my wish.
Thanks,
Walt from N.J.
Walter@ I’m not really sure about a lot of the things you said, and I haven’t seen Naasicaa yet. I really want to though.
What’s the rating based upon?
K.S@ Enjoyment I guess.
Which genre do you prefer? It’s kind of hard to predict from the list since you gave “Excellent” for anime of several genres.
K.S@ I dunno. I watch pretty much anything and everything since I want to be an Anime Expert.
That’s an impressive list. Also I read the comment about Nausicaa with Dakota fanning. That sounds great. They could also add in a robot version of Dr. Doom, a pegasus, lightsabers, and make Nausicaa a side character and switch the lead role to some blonde guy with a laser rifle. OH, and they could rename it “Warriors of the Wind”. Can’t wait.
onoisaajasonx@ Lol.
I love how you pretty much dominated me in how much anime you’ve already watched! Very impressive.
I might’ve missed it, but I think you should watch Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden (think I spelled it right). Guessing from your list, I think you’ll like it.
I will never watch that shit. Nice try.
“213: Gunbuster (OAV) Masterpiece
214: Gunbuster 2 (OAV) So-so”
I agree 100% here. Gunbuster 2 couldn’t even touch the greatness of the first series. It was like FLCL with a mecha show (and I didn’t like FLCL.)
Also, you should check out Noein: To Your Other Self and Fantastic Children. Both very underrated series.
Ok, I’ll check them out some time then.
Noein is mostly passable IMO FYI. Does have my favorite battle scene of all time, so might be worth watching up till there so you get the character weight and maximum badassery. Retarded use of quantum that I would be a lot more pissed off at if they didn’t also equate knowledge about quantum theory to ability to fly and shoot beams.
Beeeams.
Maybe you just hate moe animes like lucky star and K-ON, because there is no fucking male looser character you could put yourself into faggot.
Realize the fucking fact, that not every cute girl want a scum as boyfriend.
And no, I´m neither a virgin hunter nor do I fap to these series.
You have a good point there and it is probably true. I honestly do fap to the characters of these shows but say what you may. I know I am scum, but I really don’t see myself with a girl because of my distorted and negative views on relationships.
why don’t u use myanimelist?
I do.
I love this list. I have this wild crazy spreadsheet that has titles, episode counts, ratings, dates, vintages…all sorts of info turning my anime watching into a set of statistics. I think it’s important to keep track of what we’ve seen and what we thought of it!
Yeah, I want to list them by year soon because I’m interested to see what I’ve seen more of. I’m thinking of doing that when I reach 300 shows.
I also put down when I watched it (or, when I finished it, as some longer shows can be tricky…) to sit and go “oh yeah, I must have been on a real moe kick Fall 2007….” or “Yeeeeeah…I was in a dark place last May…” I’m also a dork and list whether or not it’s a re-watc and how I obtained them, be it DVD or rentals or streaming or downloading…Still a little mad that Crunchyroll went all corporate….