Top Anime - October 2009
I feel that my tastes in anime are getting much more defined, and are also changing slowly away from where they've been in the past few years. That being said, here's my top as of now...
1 > Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East)
I've gained an affinity for enjoying anime which are free-flowing, and all of my top anime follow the style of never really having any true pace to them other than the pacing of the story itself; there is never anything that feels like it's forced, or that it's extended to gain time or to just hit that right moment to break between episodes.
Eden of the East does this, but it does so much more. It's only convention is in it's core storyline, but it has a wide array of characters which are both explored and not overdone, especially in a 11-episode story. There are all sorts of "beyond belief" moments that are all realistic within the bounds of the story, and some of the best "owned" moments in anime.
2 > Kara no Kyoukai (Boundary of Emptiness: the Garden of Sinners)
This series combines variable-length episodes (which make pacing a non-issue and an enjoyment) with easily the best fight scenes of any anime I have seen, including Code Geass and excluding _the_ fight scene*. The pacing allows a complicated, powerful story to be told in a two-hour episode, and at the same time allows some good backstory episodes to occur in 45-minute episodes.
3 > FLCL
The original "pacing" series that I enjoyed, it's truly the series with no pacing whatsoever. It's also that great blend of action, comedy, and easily one of the best dubs in the business.
4 > Mushishi
The other series with very little pacing, the one thing that sets this series differently for me is how easy it's pacing is, to the point that it is a series that can be watched like Futurama: order doesn't matter, but many of the episodes are memorable and have a very loose story.
5 > Bakemonogatari (GhoStory)
The 3rd '09 anime in my top list, it feels like an evolution of the FLCL storyline brought into the modern times.
Outside the top 5: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Haibane Renmei, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Spice and Wolf, Elfen Lied
* The ending battle of Outlaw Star
1 > Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East)
I've gained an affinity for enjoying anime which are free-flowing, and all of my top anime follow the style of never really having any true pace to them other than the pacing of the story itself; there is never anything that feels like it's forced, or that it's extended to gain time or to just hit that right moment to break between episodes.
Eden of the East does this, but it does so much more. It's only convention is in it's core storyline, but it has a wide array of characters which are both explored and not overdone, especially in a 11-episode story. There are all sorts of "beyond belief" moments that are all realistic within the bounds of the story, and some of the best "owned" moments in anime.
2 > Kara no Kyoukai (Boundary of Emptiness: the Garden of Sinners)
This series combines variable-length episodes (which make pacing a non-issue and an enjoyment) with easily the best fight scenes of any anime I have seen, including Code Geass and excluding _the_ fight scene*. The pacing allows a complicated, powerful story to be told in a two-hour episode, and at the same time allows some good backstory episodes to occur in 45-minute episodes.
3 > FLCL
The original "pacing" series that I enjoyed, it's truly the series with no pacing whatsoever. It's also that great blend of action, comedy, and easily one of the best dubs in the business.
4 > Mushishi
The other series with very little pacing, the one thing that sets this series differently for me is how easy it's pacing is, to the point that it is a series that can be watched like Futurama: order doesn't matter, but many of the episodes are memorable and have a very loose story.
5 > Bakemonogatari (GhoStory)
The 3rd '09 anime in my top list, it feels like an evolution of the FLCL storyline brought into the modern times.
Outside the top 5: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Haibane Renmei, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Spice and Wolf, Elfen Lied
* The ending battle of Outlaw Star
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