Vote for the best anime of 2005

[nests]

I considered the most talked about and highest rated in this and other anime sites
I tried puting them in order but I grew tired

[aznroyale]

aw come on i love a lot of anime in that list
i cant choose yet, give me like a week or 2

[nests]

Yeah is hard to chose just one but thats the point of the whole thing
By the way I didnt include FF7:AC or the Fullmetal movie becase I want to put just tv series or ovas

[aznimperialx]

kind of a bad poll because they are so many to chose from and some people probably didn't see some series and the results wont be that accurate

[Phoenix20578]

Tsubasa Chronicle, Hands down

[Board of Command]

Speed Grapher, hands down.

I thought Monster should be on that list because a majority of the episodes were aired in 2005 and the fansubs will finish it in 2006. Monster is the best anime of all time.

[aznroyale]

i might not even bother to vote

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command
Speed Grapher, hands down.

I thought Monster should be on that list because a majority of the episodes were aired in 2005 and the fansubs will finish it in 2006. Monster is the best anime of all time.

Hey, stop copying what I say!

I have to agree that Monster is Godly, to bad it came out in '04 i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif.

[masamuneehs]

haha, the Monster is king. Too bad the king is too old for this poll...

I voted for Mushishi. Something about that show really affects me. It's not all action and hype like most anime, and I need that in my anime diet. Speed Grapher takes 2nd place, IMO.

[Munsu]

Eureka seveN gets my vote

[Jadugar]

I was torn between FMP : TSR and Eureka seveN but in the end I voted for Eureka seveN.

[kenren]

Suzuka

[paulfear]

i think i'd have to say the best of the year wasn't on your list, honey & clover.

[nests]

Hey I though I put in there
I just added Honey & Clover in the list. this one sliped by me I will not be adding any more

[Aeon]

Just stopping by to give Shana some love. Basilisk was a very close second though.

[Chaos]

Eureka seveN all the say i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif.

[MFauli]

Mushishi

After all the Naruto and Bleach action....just like a dream ^^
But Elfen Lied would have been my number 2 (Hasnt that come out in 2005, or why is it not on the list?)

[aznimperialx]

Originally posted by: MFauli
Mushishi

After all the Naruto and Bleach action....just like a dream ^^
But Elfen Lied would have been my number 2 (Hasnt that come out in 2005, or why is it not on the list?)

came out in 2004

[Psyke]

Voted for Basilisk. Hopefully I'll get to see the rest of this anime soon.

[kAi]

I voted Trinity Blood, I'm loving that series, and also Black Cat.

[Mae]

Wow, 30 people voted so far and no clear favorite. That's cool though, means we have lots of different opinions. It was really hard for me to choose because of the variety in themes and styles (Speed Grapher or Honey and Clover? They're so different it's hard to compare). I finally decided to go with FMP:TSR, mainly for sentimental reasons, and the haircut scene, which is my favorite scene in anime this year.

[RedX1z]

let's go, xenosaga!

[Jadugar]

Eureka seveN is in the lead. Yay!

[Munsu]

I think everyone who watches Eureka has voted for it here... Too bad all five of us already voted, so we'll probably won't get more votes for it...

[Ryllharu]

I haven't voted (until just now), so I'll put Eureka 7 up for it. It's just starting to develop its main storyline, but by far is the series I look forward to whenever its released. Everything about it makes it great to watch, and the style (animation and design) is more original than a lot of other series out these days.

[Hakeem_21]

Originally posted by: Budweineken
Eureka seveN gets my vote

Wha i thought you liked Major alot?




Anyway i vote for Major its the best anime without a question in 2005.

[Munsu]

Yeah I like Major a lot, but... Eureka is still leagues better...

[Hakeem_21]

Heh really.

Hehe why didnt you saw it was a mecha,i just saw that it is a mecha in anidb. The name made think of a romantic anime i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[lilphatboi88]

Where the hell is bleach?

[Knives122]

Tsubasa Chronicle gets my vote, it's one of the only series I actually went back to watch and it deserves respect for that

[Zinobi]

i vow i will watch whatever anime wins this.....cuz i havent watched any of them i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Hakeem_21]

lol you must be new to animes or doesnt watch new ones.

Dont tell me you dont watch Major,Bleach etc

[Sapphire]

Sousei no Aquarion damn it! i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif

[Honoko]

speed grapher from me-- it was either that or Air. honestly, i was choosing from animes that i watched the whole series to so my choice was really skewed. but no one cares, right? i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[KoKo37]

Originally posted by: lilphatboi88
Where the hell is bleach?
i think this is just for the anime made in 2005 and not the best of 2005, and personly a lot of these shows are better then bleach i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

anyways iv only watched 14 espisodes of eureka 7 so far and personly its the best series of 2005, iv havn't watched "Major" yet which is next on my list, but out of the ones iv seen, eureka7 is my fav.

[Kraco]

FMP:TSR. That particular series was nearly perfectly balanced in every way. And the downfall of the main character was the best I have ever seen in any anime. Usually there's always something that doesn't feel quite right or believable (story wise) when a strong character falls, but in FMP:TSR it clicked perfectly. I just can't forget it.

[Zinobi]

Originally posted by: Hakeem_21
lol you must be new to animes or doesnt watch new ones.

Dont tell me you dont watch Major,Bleach etc

Yeah, I usually don't keep up with new anime. Although I do watch Bleach and Naruto, probably the newest animes I've been watching.

[EpyonNext]

Anyone who puts Bleach above anime like Eureka Seven and FMP: TSR needs to be shot.

With that said, Eureka and FMP are the only two series that have come out this year that didnt suck on some level(Eureka still has like 30 eps to go, so it's still got room to fail). Eureka gets my vote over FMP. While FMP was an excellent shot of awesome, Eureka is beating it in every catagory. From animation to sheer intensity of the cast.

[nests]

Well looks like thats it. (how do you close the vote anyway)
A three way tie between Basilisk, Eureka 7, and Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid.

[m7b]

nice topic

voted for basilisk

eureka is good too, But watched 4 eps

[Hakeem_21]

Originally posted by: EpyonNext
Anyone who puts Bleach above anime like Eureka Seven and FMP: TSR needs to be shot.

With that said, Eureka and FMP are the only two series that have come out this year that didnt suck on some level(Eureka still has like 30 eps to go, so it's still got room to fail). Eureka gets my vote over FMP. While FMP was an excellent shot of awesome, Eureka is beating it in every catagory. From animation to sheer intensity of the cast.

Why just cause you think Eureka is good doesnt mean everyone must like it .......

[EpyonNext]

OK, fist show me exactly where I said that everyone should like Eureka. I used it as an example because it's one of the top 3 anime this year(my #1, yhea, but TSR and Major are still up there). I could have used a number of other animes like Evangelion, FMA, Saikano, ect...

Now don't get me wrong, I like Bleach. However, I don't think it's earning a lot of the praise it's getting. It's had a good plot twist and fun fights, but thats about it. You dont feel for the characters, the soundtrack won't make you go "holy shit", the animation is average, and the plot overall has been done. Bleach is average, it's the popularity wagon thats making it look more then that.

[Hakeem_21]

I meant some people think Bleach is the best and some Eureaka.. Some like Naruto and some Saikano etc

Bleach is a shonen and they all get more praise than they should. Only FMA,HXH deserv what they got. But still Bleach is good way better than Naruto at its best according to me.

Thats why FMA is my fav shone cause it has what shonens plus great character that you actually care about in other way than the usuall "i hope he kicks some ass"

[Deadfire]

Originally posted by: kAi
I voted Trinity Blood, I'm loving that series, and also Black Cat.

That makes only the two of us

[Aramis]

My vote goes for H&C, no second thoughts

[Ryllharu]

H&C would've been my second choice. I was leery of it at first, mostly due to the blantant shoujo art style that I previously avoided. It turned out to be one of the best series I watched all year. Hilarious characters, good plot, and lots of character development and good interactions. Morita was my favorite, and kept me watching, until they introduced Ayu, who sold the series for me.

But Eureka 7 still holds fast as my favorite. The design style really makes that series. The lingering undertones of all the connections they keep hinting at, but never telling you anything keeps you constantly waiting for more, decent mech fights, really weird and messed up psychological dives into who knows where (another one of those mysteries), and even toss in a adolescent coming of age and romance plot.

[DDBen]

Well I'll say a bit about all of the ones that I've seen in this list atleast.

Air: Mediocre and I'm guessing like the previous project Kanon its based off of a porn game.

Ah! My Goddess TV: Manga Accurate but really a bit outdated by now I enjoyed it but I still haven't actually watched about the last 5 episodes.

Basilisk: Just plain bad it felt a bit like ninja scroll but never really interested me.

Black Cat: Um Getbackers anyone? This series has been alright but very predicatble so far.

Blood+: Um yeah I might bother catching up on this one some day but so far only so/so.

Eureka 7: I absolutely hated this and deleted it almost as soon as I finished watching the episodes I downloaded. Maybe it got better but its certainly not my idea of a good show.

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid: Very Differn't and the Ultra violence and nudity seems over the top in a bad way to me but it had a good story so this was alright if you've seen the rest and don't mind excessive gore.

JINKI:EXTEND : No idea

Magic Teacher Negima!: No Idea

Xenosaga: That was this year? Um it was alright but really just not much here for anyone who hasn't played the games.

Peach Girl: Eh it was alright but all the partner switching got old after a while so it was really just mediocre.

Karas : No Idea

Victorian Romance Emma: No Idea

MAR: Alright filler but nothing spectacular really then again the fansubbing is obysmally slow.

Tsubasa Chronicle: Well beyond terrible it gets my vote for the worst Series of 05.

Mushishi: No idea

Speed Grapher: Might check this out later but it didn't really grab me and make me want to watch it.

Trinity Blood Clearly the bastard child of Trigun but overall a decent series.

Noein: No idea

Karin: Funny concept but mediocre show I think its by the same guys who did Midori no hibiki.

Shakugan No Shana: No idea

Suzuka: Great anime if your into this kind of show it got my vote for best of 05 because of how well written the characters are.

Tide-Line Blue: No idea

Ichigo 100%: Read the manga this one has been butchered beyond recognition.

Major: No idea I'm guessing its baseball.

Mai Otome: Well it has nothing to do with the previous series as far as I can tell except the fact they are reusing all of the characters.

Zettai Shounen No idea

Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo: No idea

Jigoku Shoujo No idea

Ichigo Mashimaro No idea

Sousei no Aquarion I like the music and it can be amusing but good luck finding a fast subber for this overall its atleast interesting.

Honey & Clover This one was just REALLY wierd to start off and given it has a rather well written plot and character growth but you have a lot to get past in order to get to that.

Bleach: Overall this has been a great year for bleach and I've certainly enjoyed it. I really don't see how this one can have anything bad said about it. Ok there is that whole "Happy People".

Naruto: Has been a steaming pile of terrible filler.

GSD Was likely the worst sequal of all time they did nothing but try and sell models while burning every ounce of plot alive.

There are more but I've wasted enough bandwidth i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Ryllharu]

Nice to see you watched all of 3 series (as far I as can tell) to completion.

If you'd seen Half of the series, you'd also know half the stuff you said is wrong or at the least uninformed. Kanon and AIR are both made off dating sims. FMP:TSR "Ultra-violent"? Some of the other series on the list make TSR look tame.

Bleach, and Naruto even more so, weren't considered as options because they didn't start this year.

Granted, there are series that didn't finish in 2005 and some that only have a handful of eps as of yet, but at least see more of the eps before you criticize so many series.

Why bother to even include the ones you didn't see at all? It would take anyone 10 seconds to figure out which ones you didn't see. (Which was most as it turns out)

I'm not even sure which of the series you actually would've voted for...

[Kraco]

Uhhuh... Reading your post, DDBen, makes me think you hate anime in general. But because you've been here for years and have more than 800 posts, I suppose that can't be the case. But certainly you should be less critical. That way you could enjoy the shows more. I think most of us are here mainly for that reason: To enjoy the art.

[Phoenix20578]

Originally posted by: DDBen
Tsubasa Chronicle: Well beyond terrible it gets my vote for the worst Series of 05.


.........................

It seems that you have only seen the first episode of this awsome anime. That or you hate Clamp.

[Darknodin]

FMP: TSR is super violent and has a lot of nudity.... WHAT THA HELL??? nudity was there in 1 ep... and violence... well didn't go that far in my opinion..
Eureka 7... two weeks ago i didn't know what it was... started watching eps when i was bored... when it got to about 8 or so, it became REALLY interesting

really, those two series get my vote... even more FMP:TSR (might have said that already but wanted to add Eureka 7)
as for Tsubasa Chronicle, i too didn't like it that much, it was too slow for my liking, it wasn't part of the worst tho...
Basilisk was good at first but kinda declined, now its getting a lil bit better tho
Sousei no Aquarion was plain wrong in my opinion

so i vote for E7 and FMP (yea i know... can't vote twice... but at least i can say that...)!

[DDBen]

Originally posted by: Ryllharu
Nice to see you watched all of 3 series (as far I as can tell) to completion.

If you'd seen Half of the series, you'd also know half the stuff you said is wrong or at the least uninformed. Kanon and AIR are both made off dating sims. FMP:TSR "Ultra-violent"? Some of the other series on the list make TSR look tame.

Bleach, and Naruto even more so, weren't considered as options because they didn't start this year.

Granted, there are series that didn't finish in 2005 and some that only have a handful of eps as of yet, but at least see more of the eps before you criticize so many series.

Why bother to even include the ones you didn't see at all? It would take anyone 10 seconds to figure out which ones you didn't see. (Which was most as it turns out)

I'm not even sure which of the series you actually would've voted for...

The dating Sim for Kanon is a Hentai game so yes it is porn.

Bleach and Naruto were mentioned but not voted for just a opdate of THIS years content for them.

Also FMP TSR was ultra ciolent when they show people having guns ramed into there mouth until their teeth bleed, people being shot in the head, Decaptitation followed by blood sprays and so on ith is ultra violent. The only nudity was the lesbian twins who were suppose to be guys in the first place it was still something the series didn't need. I watched it to the end and overall the character developement was good for the series but it still doesn't really match either of the other two seasons/series.

As a side note to this I do read the Berserk Manga which is much more dark and violent then anything else released thats for sure.

As for what I voted for once again Sazuka.

@Kraco I don't hate anime and I've indeed been here for years and have hundreds of series that I've seen. As such some just don't impress me as much as they would if it wasn't the SAME plot we have all seen over and over already.

@Phoenix20578

Tsubasa Chronicles was slow and a waste of time for every episode that I watched. Given in the long run it may have improved but anything that has that many episodes in the begining are just plain bad series it does not matter at all how good the series gets. This is the same for Eureka 7 where I watched probably the first 6 or 7 episodes before deciding I couldn't watch it and saw no reason to waste time continuing to download it.

@Darknodin
clearly your misquoting my post I never said FMP TSR has a lot of nudity I said mearly it has over the top nudity. I think twins washing each other and acting like lesbians certainly qualifies in that reguard. Also consider that none of the other episodes in the other series really contain any significant nudity much less with any defining features given. Also not I do Download Sousei no Aquarion as regularly as its released and I enjoy it but its a reused plot thats done all the time given it has good mecha, music and characters. So thats why I continue to watch it.

Edit: Looking over what I've been watching there are a few other series not on this list that I do watch and I can't recall if they were released starting in 05 or not.

The Law of Ueki
Beck
Project D (likely started in 04)
Ultimate Girls (short and increadably twisted but REALLY funny)
Yakata Japan
He is My Master (not porn I swear i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif)
Beet the Vandel Buster

[Ryllharu]

At least spell the name right. SUzuka

I swear, this is the most misspelled title and character name I've ever seen. How hard is it to spell this name? I'm honestly curious. The two keys are five inches away.

Kanon and AIR are for all intents and purposes, dating sims. AIR barely qualifies as even that by being an adventure game in the form of a digital storybook. There is a difference between them and H-games. The only versions of the two games you can still find anywhere are the non-H versions, and not only were a limited version made, the amount of hentai in them is very small (heard from someone who actually PLAYED them). Key is very well known for this trait, as well as the popularity of the all ages versions of the two games. Check Wiki. Only one version of AIR ever had anything remotely ecchi in it and it is minimal at best. Kanon had it, but that version was not nearly as popular or prominent as the all ages console versions.

Watch Speed Grapher. You won't think of FMP:TSR as violent or graphically groteque ever again.

I'm dragging this thread off topic, so I'm not going to continue this argument.

[6Zabuza9]

Tsubasa Chronicle!!!! 2 thumbs up i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif can't wait till the new episodes come out

[Nai]

Basilisk without a doubt. It was long ago since I was this excited about an anime. And it just keeps getting better!

[Lucifus]

Suzuka! >.<

[TwisT]

I voted FMP:TSR. Although i would say Bleach if you would have counted that as a 2005 series (since majority of the episodes are relesed in 2005)

[Jadugar]

RECAP

With 11 votes, FMP :TSR is clearly winning this contest.

Wow, Basilisk has 10 votes. I love this series but nobody seems to sub it.

Eureka 7, my favorite has 7 votes. ( Everybody should watch it )

I would have voted for FMP but it was way too short, although it was a very complete anime in every sense of the word.