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 Not Unlike the Waves "The time you spend chasing after your dreams make up a part of your dreams! YOU GET TO BURNING!"  CAVEAT EMPTOR - TO ALL WHO ENTER HERE Yo, this is Digital Boy, the Otaku of BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. My existence can be summed up by BURNING YOUTH, steel determination, and more music and anime than you could ever wrap your brain around! When I'm not watching anime I'm listening to music.... and talking about anime! People know me for my cynical and often childish nature - I don't take ANYTHING seriously, period. My life goal is to always be happy no matter what. Life is only what you make it - there is NEVER an excuse to not be happy. one must always live in the present as it is the truth of the universe. And most importantly, one must follow their dreams! The dream I'm following is to become a director with my cousin and make what I love into my way of life. Look forward to our first film!!!  * = permanently locked into this tier (not necessarily number). This means that I have seen the show multiple times over what I consider a worthy amount of time that it will never leave my list. ^ = Does not meet the requirements for a * but is very unlikely to leave it’s current tier. $ = likely to move up the list upon second viewing. - = Likely to be lowered a tier in the near future. no notation = needs to be rewatched before placement is permanent. CURRENT FAVORITE LIST TOP TIER 1. ef - a tale of memories * — Everything I wanted. There are shows on my list that I call ‘perfect’ and those that have spiritual importance to me, and this one borrows a bit of both worlds. Took my favorite staff and pushed them to the max, took my favorite concept and pushed it to the max and virtually reinvented a genre. It’s the show that made me become a director and the show that blew me away more than anything I’d ever seen. Ultimately, it might just be the culmination of too many of my personal preferences. 2. Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann * - Style. Mad pimp style. Everything. 3. Eureka Seven ^ - The ultimate coming of age tale in my opinion. Entertaining from start to finish and one of the few shows to really get everything done in terms of character and plot development. It was well thought-out and well executed with an unforgettable couple of main characters. It may not be the king of it’s craft, but like ef, it appeals to me in a number of ways. 4. Neon Genesis Evangelion - The End of Evangelion * - Magnum Opus. 5. Serial Experiments Lain * - For being what it is, truly take-no-prisoners psychedelic madness. It’s the show I want to watch again and again just to wank off my brain - all that beautiful subtlety and amazing storytelling. Pushes the medium to it’s boundaries of comprehension and advanced storytelling. Also, Lain is my waifu. 6. Martian Successor Nadesico - ‘You Get to Burning’ really summarizes it all well. It’s the soul of a dreamer in the right context. It’s a show that really stands up to it’s belief in being itself. For the size of it’s cast, all the characters are amazing. One of the series I’d consider ‘perfect’. 7. Baccano! + OVA ^ - Badass on the grandest scale of being badass. It will never leave my top 5 as long as it remains the most badass thing I have ever seen. Every ounce of it is an indestructible as it’s cast. 8. Earth Maiden Arjuna - Arjuna is everything. Not only one of my favorites, but probably one of the best anime ever. If you ever want to hear what I have to say about the world, go watch this show. 9. FLCL * - It’s not just the coming of age tale, but so much more. There isn’t any dream being followed, no manly passion, it’s the complex emotion of a preteen in conflict with childhood and adulthood. The Pillows and GAINAX together create sort of a youth’s anthem. Hybrid Rainbow is really a summary of growing up 10. Kure-nai - Unique without sacrificing anything and hands-down the most well-written thing ever. HIGH TIER 11. Hidamari Sketch - Timeless fun. An episode is fine at any time. 12. NHK ni Youkoso! * - A show for the times. I’ll always remember it for introducing me to the most true-to-life human analysis around. A premonition, a curse, but also makes you want to change the world. I can’t help but feel like for all the powerfully strong shows I need, the powerfully weak ones only pour fuel on the fire 13. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! $ - Shows that the soul of a fighter is in everyone. This show is serious business and ultimately this is the most ferociously focused and forward-moving show around. I can’t wait to rewatch it because I think I’ll end up liking it even more every time. This here is favorite show material - I’d almost call it the most important show I’ve ever seen. 14. Honey and Clover - The Idol of Adolescence. 15. Nana - NHK with a fourth of the humour and 4 times the menstrual cycle, meaning the feminine side of me loves it just as much. 16. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya * - Kind of the ultimate sci-fi/fantasy/otaku dream show. High energy, charisma, and fun will get you everywhere, especially when you can back it up with a plot that lends itself to more deepness than it contains. Haruhi’s character speaks to a part of me. 17. Haibane Renmei $ - Humble and beautiful. I got sucked into the world - it’s a show I think I could watch forever and appreciate. It’s just a little less relaxing than slice-of-life and that’s about where I wanted it. 18. Neon Genesis Evangelion * - Everyone’s bridge anime including my own. Doesn’t stand up to having seen a lot more, but never stops standing out as a great show and at some time it really meant something to me. To be able to have that effect gets it’s ranking. 19. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni + Kai - Addicting with fun, deep characters that are well explored and easy to care about plus an interesting plot that doesn’t pretend to be more than it is. One of the better normal anime out there. 20. Gunslinger Girl - I like the manga more simply for being longer, but cannot deny the anime’s merits. I never thought of it as cruel, just as a realistic depiction of a certain situation which I found engrossing. The writing is the key here. 21. Kamichu! + DVD Specials* - Relaxing and just fun. It really is the ultimate family show (seriously, watch this with your little brothers and sisters or kids if you have them). Combines the unique, the cool, and the cute well enough to be unforgettable. 22. Otaku no Video * - MOERUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 23. Akira ^ - Truly deserving of it’s ‘masterpiece’ status. It’s a badass thrill ride to an amazing soundtrack with unbelievable animation. 24. Revolutionary Girl Utena * - What amazes me about Utena is that it can be cheesy, totally formulaic, repeat itself, waste time, and do it all with such utter skill and awesome that I don’t even mind it. That’s what makes the show endearing - while you know what to expect from each episode in that season (a bunch of duels and random Nanami adventures) you still want to see how they’re going to portray it. I also think that the formulaic nature of the series is what strengthened the final saga in a lot of ways. At that point, the plot is all coming together, but it keeps you in total suspense and only reveals it’s hand at the very last minute. There was really no way to predict how it was going to end. MIDDLE TIER 25. Ouran High School Host Club - The spiritual successor to Utena. Probably the best ‘group bonding’ show around. 26. Black Lagoon + The Second Barrage ^ - What really struck me in this show was all the philosophical and existential babble. It’s a show that makes you think and puts you in a certain emotional position, which I’m always fond of in a show. Darkness is certainly my forte when portrayed correctly, and this show was up my alley, so to speak. It gets me fantasizing, ya know, and wondering if a place like Roanapur does exist, and whether life could be so fun. I have real thing for fucked-up people but I’ve never had the chance to truly become one - I’m like a fledgling or something, or the kind of guy who writes these shows about the fucked up people he admires where we spew philosophies that we think summarize the world when it’s really as much of a fantasy to us as anyone. 27. Spice and Wolf - It’s fun. This is the kind of fantasy I enjoy, where you really get pulled into the world and the characters, much like Haibane Renmei. Economics are awesome, and Horo is amazing. 28. Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu - It’s heart-crushing, but not as much as other shows. Mostly, it just brings out the most emo part of me. 29. Denno Coil - Fucking brilliant. This is the culmination of all good things in anime, it’s what happens when animation, art, sound, and directing all synch beautifully and are at there best. I could say the same for some other shows on this list, but none match the awesome of Dennou Coil’s characters, story, and world. 30. Gankutsuou ^ - It’s all about the gothic story, the groundbreaking animation and insane suspense. I like drama, and this is thus far the best I’ve come across. 31. Last Exile ^ - Re-awakened my love of good adventure stories. If it’d been 26 eps longer, it’d have been Eureka Seven, but I guess it’s fine to have a lite version, especially when it’s got amazing art, great music, and the awesomeness of steampunk. 32. Ocean Waves ^ - Possibly my favorite Ghibli film. It’s splendidly told, full of great characters, and incomparably solid. A truly timeless classic. 33. Red Garden ^ - A show that throws caution to the wind and says ‘FUCK YOU!’ to convention. It’s bewildering and it’s existence is difficult to comprehend. Directorial magic. LOWER TIER 34. SoulTaker r ^ - Shinbo. 35. The Legend of Black Heaven ^ - One of the most underrated shows ever, an incredible, unique, mind-blowing experience with one of the most unforgettable endings around. This show is truly inspiring and, as the person who introduced me to it said, makes you want to change the world. 36. Kiki's Delivery Service - Cute, fun, whimsical, and memorable. It’s the kind of thing you rewatch, and show your family and your friends, and the kids you babysit. 37. Texhnolyze ^ - This show hates you, and wants you to suffer. Between the great music, art, and directing, I’d have to love it, and I’m the sort of pretentious fuck that loves something which purposefully makes you hate it. 38. Gunsmith Cats ^ - Pure 90s pulp, plain and simple. It’s classic cool, complete with Russian assassins and exploding buildings. 39. Millennium Actress $ - Beautiful. Unmatched storytelling. 40. Neko Ramen - Best ONA ever. It’s just awesome. HONORABLE MENTIONS: Kara on Kyoukai , Kigeki , Read or Die , King of Bandit King in Seventh Heaven , Bamboo Blade , Maria-sama ga Miteru + ~Haru~ + 3rd + DVD Specials, Top wo Nerae!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei , RahXephon , Kanokon, Kare Kano DISCLUDED DUE TO NEED OF REWATCH AND LIKELY TIER PLACEMENT: Cowboy Bebop + Knockin' on Heaven's Door (mid), Trigun (high), Boogiepop Phantom (mid), Paranoia Agent (low), Kanon (honorable mention), Hitohira (honorable mention), Mai-HiME (high), Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen (mid), R.O.D. the TV (honorable mention), Simoun (high or top), Spriggan (mid), REC (low), Princess Mononoke (high)  (list 1 = favorite artists, list 2 = artists with some notable songs on list 1, I like most of their music, list 2, just those songs. Note that they may, however, be the only songs I know by that artist you can pretty much tell how much I like any band by how many songs I selected.) LIST ONE Agalloch - Falling Snow, Not Unlike the Waves, In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion, You Were But A Ghost in My Arms, A Desolation Song, She Painted Fire Across the Skyline, Hallways of Enchanted Ebony, As Embers Dress the Sky, Kneel to the Cross Animetal - Shukuteki Kenzan! Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country, Trashed and Scattered Ayreon - Day Three: Pain, Day Eight: School, Day Eleven: Love, Day Twelve: Trauma Bad Acid Trip - Jump Rope - Spray Water, P.C., Zombie Nation Blind Guardian - Battlefield Boris - Flood, Korosu Circle Takes the Square - Kill the Switch, Same Shade as Concrete, Non-Objeective Portrait of Karma Coheed and Cambria - Time Consumer, Everything Evil, Delirium Trigger, Junesong Provision, Neverender, Elf Tower New Mexico, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow), The Light & The Glass, Welcome Home The Delgados - The Light Before We Land, All You Need is Hate, Woke From Dreaming, The Drowning Years, Coming in From the Cold, Child Killers, Favours, All Rise Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned Dredg - Symbol Song, Traversing Through the Arctic Cold We Search For the Spirit of Yuta, Yatahaze, Lechium, Penguins in the Desert, Same ol' Road, Convalescent, Scissor Lock, Of the Room, It Only Took A Day, Whoa is me, The Canyon Behind Her, Ode to the Sun, Bug Eyes, Zebraskin Emily Bindiger - The World, Key of the Twilight, Fake Wings, Aura, Open your Heart, In the Land of Twilight Under the Moon Ensiferum - Hero in a Dream, Windrider, Battlesong, Into Battle Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X., Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles Galneryus - Silent Revelation, Alsatia, The Awakening, Cause Disarray, Struggle for the Freedom Flag Gorillaz - Last Living Souls, Kids With Guns, Dirty Harry, El Manana, Every Planet We Reach is Dead, November Has Come, All Alone, Tomorrow Comes Today, Clint Eastwood, Punk, Sound Check (gravity), Double Bass, M1 A1 Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Run to the Hills Isis - The Beginning and the End, From Sinking JAM Project - THE SOULTAKER J.A.Seazer - Virtual Star Hasseigaku, Chikyuu wa Jinbutsu, Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku Kenji Ohtsuki/Kinniku Shoujo Tai - Odoru Akachan Ningen, NHK ni Yokusou, Odoru Dame Ningen, Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru, Kusou Rumba King Crimson - Neurotica, One More Red Nightmare, Fracture, Moonchild, Walking on Air Linkin Park - One Step Closer, Don't Stay, Somewhere I Belong Mach 1.67 - Speed, Mix Mai Yamane - Rain, Gotta Knock a Little Harder, The Real Folk Blues The Mars Volta - Tetragrammaton, Ilyena, Goliath, Drunkship of Lanters, This Apparatus Must be Unearthed, Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt, Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus, The Widow, L'via L'viaquez, Cassandra Geminni Mastodon - The Wolf is Loose, Crystal Skull, Capillarian Crest, Pendulous Skin, Blood and Thunder Mindless Self Indulgence - Unsociable, Bring the Pain, Tornado, What Do Thy Know?, Do Unto Others Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Deus ex Machina, The Palpitations Form a Limit, Rapid Fire Tollbooth Opeth - Dirge For November, Windowpane, In My Time of Need, Death Whispered a Lullaby, Ghost of Perdition, Hours of Wealth, Remember Tomorrow Pearls and Brass - No Stone, The Mirror, I Learn the Hard Way, Wake in the Morning, Beneath the Earth, Away the Mirrors Portugal. THE MAN - It's Complicated Being a Wizard, Elephants Queens of the Stone Age - Turnin' on the Screw, I'm Designer Red Hot Chili Peppers - Torture Me, Especially in Michigan, Higher Ground Reiichi Nakaido - Lain's Theme Rush - 2112, Cygnus X-1 Book II, The Trees, Tom Sawyer, Limelight The Seatbelts - Call Me, Call Me, Tank! Shabutie - Godfather's Lollipop, Kinderwhore, Wake Up, Camouflage, Strong Short, Zut, Shameless Sigh - A Sunset Song, Ecstatic Transformation, Bring Back the Dead The Sound of Animals fighting - Act 1: Chasing Suns, Act 2: All is Ash or the Light Surrounding, Act 4: You Don't Need a Witness, My Horse Must Loose, De-Ceit, The Heretic Susumu Hirasawa - Forces, Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen System of a Down - Attack, Stealing Society, Lonely Day, BYOB, Chop Suey!, Soldier Side, Heroin, Radio/Video Tenacious D - Wonderboy, Explosivo, Lee, City Hall Tool - Stinkfist, AEnima, Schism, Parabola, Lateralus, Hush, Bottom, Right in Two Tsueno Imahori - H.T. NO-BEAT Kaze-wa Mirai-no Fuku Witchcraft - Witchcraft, What I Am, Schyssta Logner Wolves in the Throne Room - Face in a Night Time Mirror Woods of Ypres - A Meeting Place and Time, Shedding the Deadwood Yoko Kanno - Kakusei, everything under Seatbelts and Mai Yamane (Cowboy Bebop and Ajuna OSTs) Yoshimori Makoto - Prologue (Baccano! OST) Yoshino Yuuji - Shounin to Ookami to, Tabi no Nibasha, Shippo Dance (Spice and Wolf OST) Yuki Kajiura - .hack//SIGN OST, Kara no Kyoukai OST ZUN - Imperishable Night LIST TWO A.F.I. - Summer Shudder, The Killing Lights, 37mm, Girls Not Grey The ALFEE - Boy Ally Kerr - The Sore Foot Song Amon Amarth - Cry of the Black Birds Anti-Flag - Die For Your Government, One Trillion Dollars The Astral Sleep - Angel At the Drive-In - Fahrenheit, Picket Fence Cartel, Chanbara, Pickpocket, Metronome Arthritis, One Armed Scissor, This Night Has Opened My Eyes Back-on - Chain Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy, Atomic Garden, Punk Rock Song, Infected, American Jesus, Supersonic Bill Muir - Otherworld Billy Talent - Red Flag Bivattche - Taiyou no Mannaka e, Kimi to Waratta Kisetsu BOA - Duvet Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name Dethklok - Awaken, Thunderhorse, Birthday Deathday, Hatredcopter The Dillinger Escape Plan - When Acting as a Wave, Hollywood Squares Dream Theater - Endless Sacrifice, Honor Thy Father, In the Name of God Flobots - Mayday, Handlebars Gary Jules - Mad World Geinoh Yamashiroge - Keneda God of Shamisen - Ray Bradbury, Shamisen Solo GWAR - Ham on the Bone, Gor-Gor, Immortal Corrupter, Bring Back the Bomb HIGH VOLTAGE - Underground Hirano Aya - God Knows..., Lost My Music Home Made Kazoku - Shounen Heart HYDE - Season's Call Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Jane's Addiction - Had a Dad Jean-Jaques Brunel - WE WERE LOVERS, You Won't See Me Coming John Sykes - Cautionary Warning, Let You go Let Me Go Kiyoura Natsumi - Tabi no Touchuu KOY - no one Loren and Mash - THANATOS ~If I Can't Be Yours~ Marble - Mebae Drive Mark Lanegan - Revival, Meth-amphetamine Blues Mogwai - Auto Rock, Acid Food, Travel is Dangerous Nick Drake - Pink Moon Nujabes - Battlefield Noriko Hibino and Cynthia Harrell - Snake Eater Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter PENPALS - Tell Me Why The Pillows - I Think I Can, Hybrid Rainbow, Little Busters, Ride on Shooting Star Pink Floyd - Hey You, Comfortably Numb Presidents of the USA - Millions of Peaches Primordial - Empire Falls, Gallows Hymn The Prize Fighter Inferno - The Going Price For Home, Accidents, The Margaretteville Town DAnce Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Rick Astley - Never Gunna Give You Up ROCKY CHACK - The Wolf Whistling Song Scudelia Electro - Shout it Loud, KIR ROYAL!!!! Serj Tankian - Empty Walls, The Unthinking Majority, Lie Lie Lie, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Shiraishi Minoru - Koi no Minoru Densetsu Shoji Meguro - Bury My Dread, Mass Destruction, Deep Breath Deep Breath Shuntaro Okino - Cloud Age Symphony, Skywriting, Head in the Clouds SiLC - In Heaven, Delirius Silver Fins - Waiting so Long Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles, Lazy Eye SION - Koko Made Oide Socalled - You Are Never Alone Stance Punks - I Wanna Be... Static X - Get to the Gone Sum 41 - Pieces, All to Blame Swallow the Dun - Hope, These hours of Despair T.M.Revoluion - Heart of Sword TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me, Staring at the Sun Type O Negative - I Don't Wanna Be Me, Angry Inch, Christian Woman, Black no. 1, Kill All the White People, We Hate Everyone Yoko Takahashi - Cruel Angel Thesis Yoshimba - Kore wo Koi to Iemashou ka Yuki Saga - I Want Out  Bitter Virgin Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh Deadman Wonderland Genshiken Girl Friends Gunslinger Girl Hatenkou Yuugi Jing: King of Bandits + Twilight Tales Megatokyo Mirai Nikki Nazo no Kanojo X Neon Genesis Evangelion Re-Take Shoujo Sect Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro Stray Little Devil Tokyo Akazukin My DVDs What Digital Boy likes in Anime - Great characters. What matters isn't development or depth, just genuine greatness of character. My favorites when it comes to male characters are the extremely confident fighters and badasses of unmatched skill. My favorite female characters are either girls who stand strong despite past trauma, extremely cool girls (preferentially smokers), girls with children, and shy, cute girls. Best Characters: See here. - Good writing. The story in anime does NOT matter. Characters and writing can make an anime great even if the plot is cliche as all hell (as slice of life has taught us.) Best Writing: Black Lagoon, Hatenkou Yuugi, Baccano!, ef ~a tale of memories~, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Red Garden, Kure-nai, Spice and Wolf, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Pure badassery. I'm a huge fan of action shows, and I can damn well appreciate a well-directed fight scene. Style, character interaction, and setting are all major factors, and great animation is always a plus. I also like to see plenty of blood. Best Badassery: Baccano!, Stranger -Mukoh Hadan-, Spriggan, Black Lagoon, Samurai Champloo, Blood the Last Vampire - Good directing. I'm a hawk for good directing, especially since I intend to be a director myself. My favorite director by far is Akiyuki Shinbo. Best Directing: The SoulTaker, ef ~a tale of memories~, Earth Maiden Arjuna, Serial Experiments Lain, FLCL, Hidamari Sketch, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ouran High School Host Club, Petite Cosette, Red Garden, Kure-nai, Texhnolyze, s-CRY-ed, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - Over-the-top. I like things that are epic, wild, and out of this world. GAINAX are the undisputed masters of over-the-top, so comparing others to them is unfair, but I'll give nods where due. Best Over-the-top: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, ef ~a tale of memories~, s-CRY-ed, Diebuster, Gankutsuou, Giant Robo, Mai-HiME, Read or Die, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The SoulTaker - Following your dreams. Ultimately, it's the most important thing in the world. Any show which celebrates following your dreams sits well with me. Best Dream Following: ef ~a tale of memories~, Eureka Seven, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Martian Successor Nadesico, Manabi Straight What Digital Boy HATES in Anime (occasional exceptions) - Politics, especially sci-fi and fantasy politics. The plot is my least favorite element of a show, and political shows tend to rely too heavily on it. - Tsundere. Fucking stupid. - Any time where characters call each other's names back and forth in excess of... lets say 3 times. - Getting dramatic before giving us a chance to care about the characters. This is a more uncommon mistake, but it's terribly annoying when what would be a moving scene were we to know the character a little more is throwaway thanks to underdevelopment. A lot of shows manage to work their way around it though. - Shows with no redeeming qualities - obvious, I know. Most fanservice and harem shows fall here because of my theory of 'i could be watching porn right now.' My Top 100 Characters THE TOP 100 100. Ryu Sasakura - Bartender What? You’ve never been to a bar? Sit down then. You seem to be troubled. Here, let me mix you a drink - something to calm your soul. 99. Nana “Hachi” Komatsu - Nana Nana is the most realistic young women in anime, period. Her journey is harsh, growing from an ignorant high school girl into an experienced adult. She rarely catches a break, really, not even at the end of the goddamn show, however I think she became a wiser person. 98. Yuko “Yasako” Okonogi - Dennou Coil Two nicknamed characters in a row, lol, one of many odd coincidences this list has. Yasako is a cute character who admits to being less good than she first appears, but is still a good person on the inside. She knows the importance of protecting what she loves even if there’s a chance of loosing everything. 97. Miki Kaoru - Revolutionary Girl Utena Miki is the hilariously innocent member of the student council in Utena with a bit of a sister complex. He thinks and acts like a virgin in a whorehouse, and it’s fun to watch him be the most naive person in the bunch. Plus he is the master of the STOPWATCH. 96. Kazuma - s-CRY-ed RECKLESS FIRE! Kazuma is admittedly not much different from, say, every hot-headed cocky bastard ever, however he is one of the best for being REALLY hotheaded and cocky. 95. Angelica - Gunslinger Girl (prior to this list, a bill entitled the ‘no gunslinger girl left behind act’ was passed) Angelica is definitely the weakest of the girls (body and mind). She desperately wants to verify her existence, and every time you see her it just feels like she’s at the brink. As with all the girls, I just want to hold her T_T. 94. Claire - Red Garden She’s brash and impudent, but she’s learning. Her reactions to the plot twists and overall growth made some of my favorite part of the last few eps. 93. Yuuko “Isako” Amasawa - Dennou Coil Isako is cool - she’s only like 12, but she feels older than me. I loves cool girls, and Isako is a mastermind. She’s got a lot of baggage and needs a little help, which is where yasako comes along~ *yuri doujins*~ 92. Fuura Kafuka - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei A hikkikomori? There’s no way something like a hikkikomori, which I’ve only seen on TV and in newspapers, could exist so close to me! OF course, it’s a zashiki warashi! 91. Nana Osaki - Nana I’m a sucker for punk-goth style. Plus she has ambition and is never ready to give up on her goals. She’s still human though, and makes mistakes (a couple of which are why she isn’t higher up the list, haha). 90. Itsuki Koizumi - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya He’s the reincarnation of Shinji’s boyfriend, but since he lives a lot longer, I figured he might as well be the one on the list. Koizumi is the best writer’s convenience ever. All he ever does is stand around and occasionally expose large amounts of plot, but he still manages to have some kind of personality and mannerisms. His constant hand movement is made of win, lol. 89. Nice Holystone - Baccano! Explosions give her orgasms. EXPLOSIONS GIVE HER ORGASMS. Also, she’s the hottest character in Baccano - scars, eyepatch, glasses OVER eyepatch <333333333 88. Chihiro Shindou - ef ~a tale of memories~ No shit, two eyepatches in a row! Anyway, Chihiro is beyond cute (probably the only good character design in the show XD). She’s a writer, too, which is smexy, but most importantly she’s a moe girl who NEEDS you~~~! 87. Chiaki Minami - Minami-ke “As for the reasons why you are an idiot, I have compiled a 10,000 word report. ” The way she is simultaneously smart and dumber than she thinks combined with childish naivety is adorable. 86. Kanji Sasahara - Genshiken Kanji is the everyotaku. He’s a little ashamed of himself, a little shy, but still a fun guy. He is… well dammit if you’re an otaku you know what I mean!!! I can’t explain myself!!! 85. Claes - Gunslinger Girl Claes almost single-handedly brings the slice-of-life into Gunslinger Girl - she’s quiet, a little introverted, but not unfriendly, and she’s certainly intelligent. She resolves to take life as it comes at her, and it’s always a joy to watch her live it. 84. Ana Copalla - Ichigo Mashimaro The most adorable little British girl in anime. 83. Guts - Berserk I can’t say much about the story of Berserk since it’s been pretty uninspired for the 13 eps I’ve watched, but Guts is a character who definitely grows in an interesting way thanks to Griffith. In his teens, all he cared about is survival and threw his sword around for just that, however as he continues his journey, he starts to look for more meaning in his life. He reminds me of my cousin (who is a HUGE berserk fan, too) with his quiet intensity. 82. Kunihiro Suinenji - Iriya no Sora UFO no Natsu This is, without question, the weirdest thing on my list, since you probably won’t remember him even if you did see Iriya. This guy was the captain of the club half the cast was a part of, and he was one zany dude. Think Kamina, but instead of being convinced that the surface exists, it’s UFOs. He doesn’t get nearly the screen time that he deserves, but when he’s on there he brings a ton of fun. 81. Yuki Nagato - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya You can call me a sell out now : p 80. Misaki Nakahara - Welcome to the NHK While I like Misaki, I always felt like I should have liked her more, since she fits a lot of my tastes. I think my only problem with her is how totally useless she was throughout the late teen eps (though those weren’t great eps anyway.) What’s funny about Misaki is that she is a logical paradox in the NHK world, being the moe anime girl that the show is convinced doesn’t exist - well played. 79. Kallen Stadtfelt - Code Geass Singleminded tenacity. 78. Miko Saegusa - Kamichu! Nothing comes to mind that can’t be summarized with ‘Cute as hell.” 77. Yasu Takagi - Nana Aside from being the more developed version of everyone’s favorite black guy, Dutch, he’s just got a great personality. A cool bald guy with a level-head that keeps everyone together and smokes blacks. If only he’d used the word ‘Cool’ more, lol. 76. Utena Tenjou - Revolutionary Girl Utena Utena is strong, but confused. I really can’t talk about her properly because I’d rather someone with a knack for interpretation do it - go bug Nomad Otto. 75. Tamaki Suou - Ouran High School Host Club This guy is just a bunch of fun. He’s got Tyler’s classic brand of stupid genius. 74. Chane Stanfield - Baccano! I hopes ya’ll catch the joke XD. So, uh, Chane doesn’t talk. But she DOES wield knives. Plus she’s Claire’s future wife. She has a cute personality. 73. Yukino Miyazawa - Kare Kano I see in her exactly what Arima sees, I think. 72. Kate - Red Garden Kate spends a lot of the earlier part of the show drifting along with wherever people took her, but eventually she gains some individuality and starts taking things into her own hands. Her RAGE in the last episode was epic. 71. Rico - Gunslinger Girl Rico is probably the most childish of the girls, but she’s magnetically happy. There aren’t many people who know how to be grateful like her. 70. Limone - Simoun THIS MADE ME A LOLICON DAMMIT. 69. Sae and Hiro - Hidamari Sketch I couldn’t pick one : 3 68. Lelouche vi Brittania - Code Geass Lelouche made me hate Light Yagami. He’s a man with a plan, and he doesn’t completely suck. He knows his limits, he knows when his goal shave changed, and he knows when he’s fucked up. He goes through some rough shit at times, but he isn’t willing to give up. One of the more respectable anti-heroes. 67. Alice - ARIA : 3 66. Mako-chan - Minami-ke Mako-chan spawned one of the most awesomely complicated gender identity situations in anime XD He was already hilarious when he was doing Chiaki’s bidding and being hyper as all shit, but when he started dressing as a girl, the hilarity reached new heights. 65. Yamamoto Yohko - Self Titled I get the feeling she’ll be climbing my list as i continue the show along. She’s a lot like Manabi but a little more of a tease. She’s quality fun. 64. Amu Hinamori - Shugo Chara COOL AND SPICY! 63. Touma Minami - Minami-ke Reverse-Mako-chan! I loooooooooove tomboys, and she is the god of tomboys. 62. Haruhi Fujioka - Ouran High School Host Club Haruhi is my favorite shoujo lead ever, because she is also the smartest. Not just booksmart, she has common sense, a bit of a cynical side, and earns my respect almost episodically. She still manages to remain cute and fun, too. And oh snap, just noticed two reverse traps in a row! This list is cursed! 61. Tsunetsuki Matoi - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ 60. Shinichi “Shin-chan” Okazaki - Nana Shin is my favorite youngster. He goes with the flow and knows what it takes to be happy - and when he doesn’t, he figures it out. His situation, flow, and relationship were my favorite parts of the show. Shin was always a refreshing break from the hard-headedness of other characters, too, hehe. 59. Naota “Ta-kun” Nandaba - FLCL Youth. Take it all in. 58. Kirino - Bamboo Blade Kirino is the refreshing beverage of Bamboo Blade. She cares, and she never gives up, but she’s also calm, cool, and relaxing, like Aria sent a character over to help set the mood. No one better to draw everyone together. 57. Hayate Ayasaki - Hayate no Gotoku Does he have the worst luck in the world, falling into debts, pissing people off, getting caught in misunderstandings, and constantly being injured, or does he have the best luck in the world at the center of a massive loli harem? God knows he can’t tell. 56. Rock - Black Lagoon My main man. I feel like if I were an action hero, I’d be him. 55. Kino - Kino no Tabi Always traveling, always deciding. She is no judge, merely a survivor, merely a traveler, an involved onlooker. Plus she kicks serious motherfucking ass. 54. Vash the Stampede - Trigun In b4 ‘moralfag’. The man’s been through some shit, but he won’t forget his promise - however, he will find the answers both in his own heart and in his principles. Vash was always great, but his last line in the show is what really makes him great. 53. Cobra - Space Adventure Cobra Only few memories after you~ Cobra is a classic fucking hero. He does what he can because he can, no questions asked, and he gets a lot of pussy while doing it. 52. Harunobu Madarame - Genshiken Elitist, mothafuckas! BWAHAHA! Someone made me into an anime character! 51. Nicholas D. Wolfwood - Trigun I can’t say anything the show doesn’t say. Go watch it, why dont’cha. 50. Ginko - Mushi-shi He’ll do whatever it takes to find the solution - he’s mysterious, but from the first time you see him, you feel like you’ve known him for a long time. He’s the kind of guy who everyone wants as a friend to make good conversation with. 49. Revy - Black Lagoon She reminds me of a person - I’d REALLY rather not talk about it. 48. Nozomu Itosiki - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ZETSUBOU SHITA! (oh come on, you had to know that was coming). 47. Mugi “Mugi-choco” Asai - Hitohira There’s no excuse for this one, I just like shy girls with short hair. 46. Mei Etoh and Uehara Mutsuki - Manabi Straight Once again, I couldn’t pick one. Both are awesome. 45. Spike Spiegal - Cowboy Bebop Someone on Megatokyo described him as a mix of “Bruce Lee and Miles Davis cool”. I doubt he’d want it any other way. 44. Mayuko Chigasaki - Niea_7 This is one of, if not THE realest character I’ve seen in an anime. I’ve felt exactly how she feels - at many times it’s a feeling that can’t be put into words which the show makes a successful effort to express. If you’ve ever had doubts about your future and your present, you can identify with her. 43. Mayes Hughes - Fullmetal Alchemist That guy everyone gets along with. He’s a little annoying, but he’s a great guy, and comes through for you when you need him. The first character to make me cry. 42. Lawrence - Spice and Wolf Makes merchants look cool! He’s the incredibly rare intelligent anime character, haha. He wouldn’t have worked if it weren’t for Horo, but they work well together, making up for it. 41. Reki - Haibane Renmei Another cool girl, and this one with a great personality to boot. She’s kind, but distant, and… well you can’t say much without spoiling it. Go watch! 40. Graham Spector - Baccano! Let us have a fun and sad talk. Fun, the opposite of sadness. In other words, heaven and hell, love and peace. LOVE AND PEACE!!! 39. Kenshin Himura - Rurouni Kenshin We’ve seen Kenshin’s entire life. From the time he was a child, how he grew up, the hardships he faced, where he ended up, right up to his death. It’s hard not to like a guy who’s entire life you’ve seen, watched him change, his sorrows, his happiness. Yah. 38. Ruri Hoshino - Martian Successor Nadesico Baka. 37. Kyon - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Yah, his inner monologue, and all that. You’ve heard this a thousand times, I’m sure. 36. Rakka - Haibane Renmei Just watch it, goddammit. 35. Monkey D. Luffy - One Piece Bet you didn’t see that coming! Luffy is the essence of my blog motto - beautiful dreamers. Luffy is the most headstrong and devoted dreamer around, and by his actions, I’d say he’s reached a state of enlightenment. Luffy is the real deal. 34. Iriya - Iriya no Sora UFO no Natsu SHE MAKES ME EMO. Also, see Revy >_< 33. Ladd Russo - Baccano! You can’t find this level of absolute fucking insanity just anywhere, folks. He’s a pure sadist - he loves to kill, especially people who feel safe. He likes to dance in peoples’ blood, singing ‘Thank you, fuck you!’ He uses a motherfucking shotgun. This, my friends, is the pinnacle of insanity. 32. Kaoru Yamazaki - Welcome to the NHK His crazy-ass borderline split-personality keeps you on your toes XD Yamazaki is always somewhere between sick, crazy, suicidal, euphoric, melancholy, or seriously fucking pissed. He is to me as Satou is to shin XD 31. Hirono Hiro - ef ~a tale of memories~ My motherfucking hero. It’s another one that would be a spoiler to talk about, so go watch ef. 30. Haruhi Suzumiya - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I identify with her - brazen, unforgiving, selfish, but kind of wishes things were different - always searching for something out there to majorly change her world. She isn’t content to sit around and wait. She has overwhelming confidence and the power to make things happen - anyone who dislikes her doesn’t know their own potential. She is one who breaks the mold and is misunderstood, but doesn’t really give a fuck. 29. Hosaka - Minami-ke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbF0V4XgCM 28. Nagi Sanzenin - Hayate no Gotoku This is the closest I’ll ever come to loving a tsundere. She’s got one of the best designs ever and unlike your average tsundere, an actual personality rather than just RAGE. She’s the kind of character who makes you feel like you’ve been watching her show for a long time and know her pretty well. 27. The Count of Monte Cristo - Gankutsuou ~le compte de monte cristo~ The king of gothic heroes. He runs on a mixture of pure charisma and dark ambition. It’s hard not to be tricked by the count - even knowing how things were supposed to turn out, you find yourself trusting Albert and the Count more than anyone else and when things go to hell, you can’t believe you were wrong. A true heartbreaker, and a total badass. 26. Tamaki Kawazoe - Bamboo Blade : 3 X 3 25. Noe Isurugi - True Tears T_T just read my true tears post and leave me the fuck alone. 24. Triela - Gunslinger Girl The big sis character. It is impossible not to have respect for Triela. She is always strong, always protective, and always wearing a smile even though she has to go through just as much shit as anyone else. She’s like a young female Solid Snake - a true fucking warrior. 23. Konata Isumi - Lucky Star Yeah, okay, so she’s wish fulfillment. You know, real girls like this DO exist. I swear. …. T_T… 22. Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist Another one who goes through a lot of shit but doesn’t give up. He’s constantly forced to decide between morals and getting what he wants. He’s the test subject for a brutal quiz on human psychology. 21. Rahzel - Hatenkou Yuugi A fierce talker. You won’t find another mouth like this on anyone. Her stubbornness and overwhelming presence give her charm, and her wit gives her personality (or is it the other way around?). Either way, she’s magnetic. 20. Simon - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann RAW RAW FIGHT DA POWAH. 19. Horo - Spice and Wolf Damn, she’s one spicy wolf! XD Horo has many faces - she’s intelligent and brave, but she still has hidden insecurities. She can stand on her own, but she doesn’t want to be alone. Another of my ideal women >_< 18. Isaac and Miria - Baccano! This isn’t a case of wanting to pick one, they are truly one entity. This duo is THE most fun you’ll ever have. They brighten every scene, and they make everything special. They are hilarious, brilliant, and awesome. I was trying not to say ‘awesome’ on this list, because it is the single most used word in my vocabulary, but I cannot withhold it here. These guys are fucking irreplaceable. 17. Mika “Mikan” Inamori - Manabi Straight Watch this show. 16. Kamina - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann The fucking MAN. The true dreamer, original believer, and the man EVERYONE should aspire to be. 15. Manami “Manabi” Amamiya - Manabi Straight The female Kamina. Why does she stand in front of him on her list? Her fucking ending. If you’ve read my Manabi posts, you know the extreme effect it had on me. 14. Shinji Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion This was me back when I was 14 and “so fucked up”. 13. Shinobu Morita - Honey and Clover Using ‘reaching enlightenment’ as an excuse again~ 12. Renton Thurston - Eureka Seven Get it with your hands. A boy who fights for his love and won’t let anything take it away. 11. Miyako - Hidamari Sketch A beautiful person. 10. Satou Tatsuhiro - Welcome to the NHK Hits really fucking close to home. I have said that a lot of characters on this list are ones I identify with, but they are all fiction. If I identify with them, it’s only because I can find certain things to tie us together. However, if there was one character who thinks exactly the same way as me, it is Satou. For all intents and purposes, i AM Satou Tatsuhiro. 9. Aeru - Simoun It’s like Miyako and Triela combined, so just think of that. 8. Henrietta - Gunslinger Girl I can’t even look at her without some kind of emotion running through me. It’s not sadness, not melancholy, not longing - an indescribably emotion. You don’t even know what to do,or what you want for her. Her life is fucked up on the grandest fucking scale to the point that you can’t even predict or help it. Maybe that’s it - helplessness. 7. Nobue Ito - Ichigo Mashimaro This is my fetish. 6. Yurie Hitotsubashi - Kamichu! She’s a god, but she’s also a middle school student. 5. Yunocchi - Hidamari Sketch My nutbladder done gone and exploded 4. Eureka - Eureka Seven Welcome to character development done right <3 also she’s anothe one of my ideal women >_> 3. Kyousuke Tsutsuni - ef ~a tale of memories~ This is a man who understands what he has to do. He knows who he is, what he wants to do, and he’s going to do it. You’re either with him or not - he doesn’t need to held back. This guy is why I chose Euphoric Field as my blog title. 2. Lain Iwakura - Serial Experiments Lain Much as i’d like to say “Mai Waifu <3″ and get this over with, something needs to be said here. Rewatching Lain, you continually find out new things about her. Lain is one fucked up girl. She’s unsociable, a little mentally unstable, and can only be herself on the internet. She’s lonely, acts sometimes on emotion before giving it total thought, and she’s scared shitless of being confronted outside her comfort zone. Indeed, she is no where near perfect. And to make matters worse, she goes through absolute hell. This show was downright hard to watch at times knowing I couldn’t reach through the screen to comfort her. Lain is my ultimate object of 2D love. 1. Claire “Rail Tracer” “Vino” Stanfield - Baccano! He’s motherfucking god. Literally. You are all a part of his dream. Why do I like Rail Tracer so goddamn much? The kind of self-confidence that makes you INVINCIBLE. 5.5 hours… holy SHIT.  
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