Top anime series (23 titles)

My favourite anime series that I've seen and can recommend.

by: kelvin chadwick from luton

93.4% from 18 members

Cowboy Bebop is a unique, well dubbed and well drawn series. The charachters are very well fleshed out. A real open book in a way as the series is action and comedy but the way it balances story line and barely has any so called "filler episodes". This is fast paced and with nearly each episode ( with one or two exceptions) being a stand a lone plot line there's no head trip ending and unusually for a japanese creation no massive plot twists.

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Cowboy Bebop - Vol. 1 on DVD (1998)
Starring: Koichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
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In the year 2071 AD, humanity have covered the stars and taken rules of freedom, violence and illegality with them. Spike Spiegal and Jet Black are two bounty hunters who pursue dangerous criminals just so they make enough to eat for another week. Their presents, and their pasts, are very dark and ..read more »

Rate this: 74% from 2,077 members

Trigun - Vol. 1

The universes most wanted criminal Vash stampede is the hero of this anime. The first couple episodes set the scene but the series really comes alove a bit later. With 26 episodes you'll be sitting in a dark room at 2 'oclock in the morning wondering what's going to happen next. An action series set in a futuristic wild west. With plot twists and a revealing storyline this is a exceptional watch. Slightly grittily drawn but far from badly. Well Worth a watch

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Trigun - Vol. 1 on DVD
Starring: Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino
Director: Satoshi Nishimura
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Set in the distant future on a desert planet, this feature follows Vash The Stampede. Our hero has a $60,000,000,000 reward on his head for destroying numerous towns, although he is yet to end a human life.

Rate this: 70% from 747 members

Haibane Renmei - Complete Series

A complete one off master peice. Normally I wouldn't go near anything I would call sweet or heart warming but this is a one off thing ( honest). beautifully drawn and dubbed with a completely unique storyline. This is a drama about how a group of young girls who have previously died live out a interim period in a small village before ascending to heaven to become fully fledged angels. You follow one of these girls through her everyday life. A very peacefull and enjoyable watch that makes you really care about the charachters.

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Haibane Renmei - Complete Series (4 discs) on DVD
Director: Tomokazu Tokoro
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In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 324 members

Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - Vol. 1

A series based on the original movie. A collection of investigations probably set before the original movie itself. Brilliantly drawn and well dubbed. Fast paced action set in a not too distant future in Tokyo and Japan. A very good watch

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Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - Vol. 1 on DVD (1995)
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ã”tsuka, Akio Ôtsuka
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Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens' daily lives. Along with the new technology comes new types of crime that exploits it, but female cyborg Major ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 2,504 members

Witch Hunter Robin - Vol. 1

A delve into the occult that surprisingly isn't gorey. Full of action but you could quite easily let at 12 year old watch it. Robin Sena is a witch hunter but also a witch herself. her and her team of hunters carry out raids and the capturing of witches. A very good watch that has many twists and turns in the plot. This is more of an action drama. As with all the series that I picked so far the dubbing and animation are very good quality.

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Witch Hunter Robin - Vol. 1 on DVD
Starring: Akeno Watanabe, Hiro Yuuki, Hirotaka Nagai
Director: Shuko Murase
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Witches exist, and it is the mysterious organization STNJ's job to hunt them down. Robin is a recent trainee who joins up, and begins unravelling the secrets of both the witches and STN

Rate this: 65% from 388 members

Gungrave - Beyond The Grave - Vol. 1

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Gungrave - Beyond The Grave - Vol. 1 on DVD
Starring: Tomokazu Seki, Kenji Hamada, Tsutomu Isobe
Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru
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Brandon Heat returns from the dead in an attempt to defeat the Mafia organisation Milleneon.

Rate this: 66% from 478 members

Ninja Scroll - The Series - Vol. 1

Jubei is back and while this may not be as good as the original movie it's still a good watch. They've thrown out the classic drawing and used up-to-date computer drawing to create a series with a similar but also different look about it. Spanning onlly 13 25 minute episodes it's quite short but well woth a look.

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Ninja Scroll - The Series - Vol. 1 on DVD (2003)
Director: Tatsuo Sato
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Based on Yoshiaki Kawajiri's acclaimed feature, NINJA SCROLL: THE SERIES continues the adventures of Jubei, a masterless ninja for hire. When a ninja clan known as the Hiruko Clan seeks out Jubei to help them defend their sacred treasure, the Dragon Stone, from the marauding Kimon Clan, Jubei finds ..read more »

Rate this: 65% from 1,417 member

Samurai Champloo 1

Samurai with attitude. Comedy, Samurai and action are the elements that make this a pretty addictive series. Not too much on plot for this one but they try to delve into the main charachters back storys a little bit. A really good no-brainer.

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Samurai Champloo 1 on DVD
Starring: Ayako Kawasumi, Ginpei Sato, Kazuya Nakai
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
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When a wild warrior crosses the path of a vagrant ronin, they team up to save a girl from execution. It is not long before the girl has persuaded the unlikely duo to help her find a mysterious samurai.

Rate this: 75% from 1,268 member

Chrono Crusade - Vol. 1

Set in the 1920's and has a real mix of action and religion. A battle between hell and earth with the Devil Chrono caught in-between. A couple of the main voices are annoying at first but the action and plot make this a very worth while watch.

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Chrono Crusade - Vol. 1 on DVD
Starring: Akira Ishida, Tomoko Kawakami
Director: Yuu Kou
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An omnipotent team is formed between Sister Rosette and the devil Chrono, who prepare themselves to wage war against the terrors of hell at a moments notice...

Rate this: 71% from 387 members

Hellsing - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-3

Hellsing is 13 parts of awesome anime. Vampires, horror, action and a slight twst in the tale are enough to make this one of the best anime I've ever seen. If you love action you will love this. Really well drawn and dubbed