What makes anime good?

[HimizujinEternia]

In order of importance, from most to least:

1.) Characters. I cannot stress this enough: if I do not like the characters, I will not like the Anime. The best animes will have characters that click with me on an emotional level. Of course, if I hate a character on an emotional level, that will also be considered a good character.

2.) Plot. There is a very close margin between plot and characters for me. However, because many anime end up being weaker in terms of plot than characaters (if only slightly,) Plot ends up at number 2.

3.) Music. Music can have a major impact on my enjoyment of an anime, but it's not necessary. Naruto has my all time favorite anime soundtrack, but it's no where near my favorite.

4.) Animation. Animation isn't that important to me. However, if anything, it will keep me from watching something if all I have to go by are screen shots. For example, it took me quite some time to actually want to watch One Piece because the art style looked so awful.

5.) Fighting. Even in action based anime, if fighting is all there is (such as DBZ or Flame of Recca) I will not be impressed. In fact, too much fighting actually detracts from my opinion of anime unless the fighting is well done (such as it is in LastEXILE, Naruto and One Piece.) However, it remains the least important thing to me.

[Longbowwing]

i love everything about jap animes.

except for someone or something limit my access to anime world, then i will see them as my enemy....such as those companies who license anime.

[yenlowang]

Originally posted by: Longbowwing
i love everything about jap animes.

except for someone or something limit my access to anime world, then i will see them as my enemy....such as those companies who license anime.

i'm not sure if you're funny , trolling for flames , just plain stupid or some bizzare three headed communistic monster which embodies all the above elements

[Ryllharu]

Style of animation comes first. I've gotten into anime, like Hellsing, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue and Mezzo: Danger Service Agency simply on the grounds that the animation style was interesting. Whether or not they turn out to be good depends on a few other things, like quality of the animation and plot.
If the question is just what makes anime great, then the answer is characters. If you cannot think of them as people, and therefore feel the pain, happiness, and other emotions they feel, then its not a very good plot and the character development is poor.
As to what makes anime excellent is the music. If you never notice the music until you've watched it more than one time, then the music is excellent and thereby making the anime excellent as well. That is why any anime with Yoko Kanno or Taku Iwasaki is really good anime.