12-03-08, 7:09 AM
Anime/Manga of 2008
Normally every year I'd do an indepth blog about anime of the year and anime I'd watched in the year, but 2008 I really splurged on the medium and watched and read way too many anime and manga than is healthy.
So, this blog is going to be incomplete in a way and succinct. Maybe later I'll do a top 10 with more detail, but for now here's a completely random list of anime and manga I watched/read for the first time this year that I liked alot:
ANIME:
MANGA:
WORST ANIME:
WORST MANGA:
QUOTES OF THE YEAR:
Genshiken 2
"Your book is great! Especially when Mugio splashes sperm onto Chihiro's glasses!" - Angela
Detroit Metal City
"Krauser-san isnt even going to stay behind to spoon with Tokyo Tower!
Cromartie High School
"That certainly is a motorcycle, but it used to be our friend, who wore a school uniform and was taking classes with us up until recently. So I'd feel reluctant to bluntly say "You're a motorcycle, arent you?", you know?"
Gintama [there were a shit load of quotes, but here's just a couple random ones]
"Guys who get in the way of love should be kicked to death by a horse." - Yagyuu master
"Please help stop the tower of Babel from being constructed!" - a reference to an imminent sex change surgery, figure it out.
Mobile Suit Gundam
"Just like the operation was planned, Amuro coming from behind." - Sayla-san
"You hit me twice! Even my father didnt hit me!"
"That's why you're soft! Growing up without getting hit will never make you a man!"
One Piece [chapter 458] "A skeleton that thinks an afro is important? It's laughable that I'd get along with you!"
[chapter 491] "Back when I was a kid, I used to think I was a human. By the time I realised I was a starfish, I was already speaking human language!"
[chapter 494] "I'm not him!!! I dont know him!!! I'm not even a pirate!!! Do you understand it!? The dread of one day, all of a sudden being hunted down!? And then...I started getting chased by Marine Headquarters!!! Famous bounty hunters started aiming for my life! What did I do!? Give me back my life!"
[chapter 495] "We used to run a humble little mafia in a remote country-side town. We'd go around the town threatening the townspeople for money. It was a simple, peaceful life."
Real [chapter 13]
"What is there after a win anyway?"
"How the fuck should I know? Ask me that after we win!"
Jiraishin [chapter 31]
"Drive."
"Okay. To the victim's house?"
"To her high school. Lets find her friends"
"Huh?"
"A girl that hangs out around in Shinjuku in the middle of the night? I doubt her parents will know anything about her."
Samurai Executioner [chapter 35]
"Hoping the day will come when history curses me, I cut off heads. Praying that my acts today will make it end tomorrow, I cut off heads. The screams of both executed and executioner, entrusted to this single white blade..." - Asaemon
Black Cat [chapter 109] "Wh...What!? I thought it was a midget...it's actually a monkey!"
Tokyo Crazy Paradise [chapter 15]
Taku: "I've told you this everyday but dont follow some old guy who offers you a five million yen chip."
Younger Brother #1: "You too Taku-ni! Just because some rich lady with so many diamonds that you cant even see her fingers says it feels good, dont inject drugs into your body!"
Taku: "Would I do that? Baka!"
Younger Brother #2: "Taku-ni! Lets meet again with our bodies still pure."
Sanctuary [chapter 3]
"Titles like 'dietman' dont mean shit to little punks. We havent got any power or prestige to begin with! We havent got a damn thing to lose!"
^Shit, this whole manga's chock-full of quality lines.
Ramen Fighter Miki
"Stop Kankuro! Your opponent is a bullet train! A local train which stops at every station can't beat that!"
Porco Rosso
"Better a pig than a fascist."
BEST FIGHT OF 2008:
Samurai Executioner:
A woman strangles another WITH HER OWN HAIR. [chapter 32 - volume 7]
MOST ANNOYING CHARACTERS OF 2008:
Azalyn - Irresponsible Captain Tylor + OVA
Aoi Minamo - Real Drive
Everyone in: sola, Code Geass R2, Kure-nai, Eureka Seven.
So, this blog is going to be incomplete in a way and succinct. Maybe later I'll do a top 10 with more detail, but for now here's a completely random list of anime and manga I watched/read for the first time this year that I liked alot:
ANIME:
MANGA:
WORST ANIME:
WORST MANGA:
QUOTES OF THE YEAR:
Genshiken 2
"Your book is great! Especially when Mugio splashes sperm onto Chihiro's glasses!" - Angela
Detroit Metal City
"Krauser-san isnt even going to stay behind to spoon with Tokyo Tower!
Cromartie High School
"That certainly is a motorcycle, but it used to be our friend, who wore a school uniform and was taking classes with us up until recently. So I'd feel reluctant to bluntly say "You're a motorcycle, arent you?", you know?"
Gintama [there were a shit load of quotes, but here's just a couple random ones]
"Guys who get in the way of love should be kicked to death by a horse." - Yagyuu master
"Please help stop the tower of Babel from being constructed!" - a reference to an imminent sex change surgery, figure it out.
Mobile Suit Gundam
"Just like the operation was planned, Amuro coming from behind." - Sayla-san
"You hit me twice! Even my father didnt hit me!"
"That's why you're soft! Growing up without getting hit will never make you a man!"
One Piece [chapter 458] "A skeleton that thinks an afro is important? It's laughable that I'd get along with you!"
[chapter 491] "Back when I was a kid, I used to think I was a human. By the time I realised I was a starfish, I was already speaking human language!"
[chapter 494] "I'm not him!!! I dont know him!!! I'm not even a pirate!!! Do you understand it!? The dread of one day, all of a sudden being hunted down!? And then...I started getting chased by Marine Headquarters!!! Famous bounty hunters started aiming for my life! What did I do!? Give me back my life!"
[chapter 495] "We used to run a humble little mafia in a remote country-side town. We'd go around the town threatening the townspeople for money. It was a simple, peaceful life."
Real [chapter 13]
"What is there after a win anyway?"
"How the fuck should I know? Ask me that after we win!"
Jiraishin [chapter 31]
"Drive."
"Okay. To the victim's house?"
"To her high school. Lets find her friends"
"Huh?"
"A girl that hangs out around in Shinjuku in the middle of the night? I doubt her parents will know anything about her."
Samurai Executioner [chapter 35]
"Hoping the day will come when history curses me, I cut off heads. Praying that my acts today will make it end tomorrow, I cut off heads. The screams of both executed and executioner, entrusted to this single white blade..." - Asaemon
Black Cat [chapter 109] "Wh...What!? I thought it was a midget...it's actually a monkey!"
Tokyo Crazy Paradise [chapter 15]
Taku: "I've told you this everyday but dont follow some old guy who offers you a five million yen chip."
Younger Brother #1: "You too Taku-ni! Just because some rich lady with so many diamonds that you cant even see her fingers says it feels good, dont inject drugs into your body!"
Taku: "Would I do that? Baka!"
Younger Brother #2: "Taku-ni! Lets meet again with our bodies still pure."
Sanctuary [chapter 3]
"Titles like 'dietman' dont mean shit to little punks. We havent got any power or prestige to begin with! We havent got a damn thing to lose!"
^Shit, this whole manga's chock-full of quality lines.
Ramen Fighter Miki
"Stop Kankuro! Your opponent is a bullet train! A local train which stops at every station can't beat that!"
Porco Rosso
"Better a pig than a fascist."
BEST FIGHT OF 2008:
Samurai Executioner:
A woman strangles another WITH HER OWN HAIR. [chapter 32 - volume 7]
MOST ANNOYING CHARACTERS OF 2008:
Azalyn - Irresponsible Captain Tylor + OVA
Aoi Minamo - Real Drive
Everyone in: sola, Code Geass R2, Kure-nai, Eureka Seven.
Posted by Beatnik | 12-03-08, 7:09 AM | 3 comments
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magentaanbu | 12-23-08, 12:53 AM
lol! love the quotes!
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BigSimo | 12-22-08, 8:31 PM
Love that DMC quote.
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M_A | 12-10-08, 7:22 AM
awesome quotes.
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