I’m a big fan of Japanese animation. Unlike animation in the U.S., in Japan animation isn’t limited to children’s shows. Some of Japan’s biggest movies are “cartoons”, and match (or exceed) the quality and emotional impact of the masterworks that Disney puts out.
On this page I’m going to try and catalog most, if not all, of the anime I’ve seen. Specifically, I’m going to stick with Japanese anime, even though there are a number of shows in the U.S. that follow the same artistic style (like the incredible Avatar: The Last Airbender or Justice League). I will be limiting myself to stuff that had to cross the ocean.
Eventually I’ll develop a ranking system and a key (because, really, some of this stuff is not suitable for kids, and a small portion of it probably isn’t suitable for anyone ;). for now, I’m just going to try and get it all recorded.
.Hack//
A.D. Police
Air TV (OVA)
Air: The Motion Picture (movie)
Akira
Appleseed (1988/2004)
Aquarion
Azumanga Daioh
Bleach (through episode 84)
Blue Gender
Blue Submarine No. 6
Bubblegum Crash
Castle in the Sky
(The) Cat Returns
Ceres
Chobits (added 12/11/09 — incomplete: gave up after disc 2)
Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
Dominion Tank Police
Dragon Ball / Z / Z Kai / GT / movies
Dragonauts
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Final Fantasy (Legend of the Crystals / Unlimited / VII: Advent Children)
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Panic!/Full Metal Panic! TSR (updated 12/11/09)
Fullmetal Alchemist (series, Brotherhood, movie: Conqueror of Shamballa)
Glitter Force (Pretty Cure)
Ghost in the Shell (movie / Innocence / Solid State Society / Stand Alone Complex)
(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Gurren Lagann
Haibane-Renmei
Howl’s Moving Castle
Inu-Yasha
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Knights of Sidonia
Last Exile
Legend of Himiko
Love Hina
Magic Knight Rayearth
(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Metropolis
Madoka Magica
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
My Neighbor Totoro
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Neon Genesis Evangelion (OVA, Death and Rebirth, End of Evangelion)
Ninja Scroll
Now and Then, Here and There
Oh My Goddess! (Ah! My Goddess) (series, movie)
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Outlaw Star
Ponyo
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Princess Tutu
RahXephon (movie)
Read or Die (OVA)
Record of Lodoss War
Redline
Robotech (series)
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
Rosario + Vampire
Sailor Moon (original dub, all 5 seasons [including StarS] & all movies, “new” dub)
Sailor Moon Crystal
School Rumble
Secret World of Arrietty
(Shakugan no) Shana
Snow Fairy Sugar
Spirited Away
Steam Detectives
Steamboy
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Tenchi Muyo (OVA)
Tenchi Universe
Tenchi in Tokyo
Tenchi Muyo in Love (movie)
Tenchi the Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness (movie)
Tenchi the Movie 3: Tenchi Forever (movie)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (added 12/11/09)
Vampire Hunter D
Voices of a Distant Star
Voltron
Warriors of the Wind (yes, I know this is technically Nausicaa, but I still have this on VHS and I list this one separately because it was my first real introduction to anime)
Whisper of the Heart
(The) Wind Rises
Xenosaga
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