Well I also wanted to add Yotsubato& as one of my favorite manga but they only let me name 5. Shouldn't they at least let you have a top 10?

I am not going to try to list my favorite anime because I don't want to pick and choose between my favorites. Also only 10 characters? This is why I don't like making top 10 lists. :(

As far as ratings go as you can see I don't give out 10's lightly. However I would definitely recommend all of my 9's and 8's and some of my 7's (a few series I was undecided what to rate them.) A few 7's are really just guilty pleasures or series I feel nostalgic about so I am not sure if I would recommend them. Anything lower than 7 I didn't like very much.

	bateszi | 07-19-08, 2:57 AM Well, I've started watching Avatar. Just finished the first 2 episodes and I was really impressed. Will continue over the weekend and hopefully be able to write about it at length. It's very influenced by Miyazaki. Reply - Anime - Manga

	bateszi | 05-27-08, 1:45 AM I just read on your LJ that you're enjoying Kaiba a lot more now than before. Out of interest, was it episode three that saved it for you? Reply - Anime - Manga

bateszi | 05-04-08, 1:24 PM That trailer is pretty bad-ass. I'll have to watch it sooner or later, I want to see some US animation do the anime thing right for a change. The production values look a lot better than the average shonen anime too. Out of interest, did you catch the first episode of The Daughter of Twenty Faces? I had a look at it last night and it was better than expected. Very pulpy (almost cheesy) crime-caper, but the story was a lot more emotionally resonant than I was expecting. Reply - Anime - Manga

	bateszi | 05-03-08, 11:20 AM Hey Kim. Nope, I've not yet sampled Avatar. I'm going through a bit of a hard time with anime/animation at the moment, just don't feel like I have enough energy to watch it. I've ended up retreating to Code Geass because it's so superficial and 'easy'. Hoping to look at a lot of the spring anime over the coming week or so. Reply - Anime - Manga

wao | 04-15-08, 7:41 AM I actually did try out episode 2 (couldn't find 1) and was pleasantly surprised - the premise kind of annoyed me when I first read it, but it's very nicely done (great animation, good directing) and does not feel cloying or contrived... but coupled with my laziness to keep a close eye on raws popping up on you-know-where, and the fact that I'm not DYING to watch more of it I guess I wouldn't watch more unless someone gave it to me. Speaking of which, I still haven't watched Kaiba even though I wanted to watch that most, I think I'll have to heck it all and use That. Reply - Anime - Manga

	Sagacious1 | 03-10-08, 10:20 PM Wow, that was ridiculously helpful. Thanks! Reply - Anime - Manga

Sagacious1 | 03-10-08, 10:05 PM Now that you've explained it to me, those things are making a helluva lot more sense. Thanks for the DC-version too...the Micets lining up was the perfect touch. =) ...and no, I don't have a nico account. You're gonna point and laugh, but I never figured out how to navigate around or even sign up to that site. It's literally like reading a foreign language to me. (now don't tell me they've had an English version this whole time...) Reply - Anime - Manga

	Sagacious1 | 03-10-08, 1:14 PM Apparently, this is turning out to be quite the epidemic. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-6JGTx0kVAA&feature=related Reply - Anime - Manga

	Sagacious1 | 03-09-08, 11:49 PM http://youtube.com/watch?v=5pX2FLI_qkg&feature=related If you can make sense of this, you win prize. Reply - Anime - Manga

bateszi | 12-15-07, 6:31 PM Hey Kim, nice to see you've taken the plunge on MAL. This pretty much confirms we have very similar taste in anime, and I'm especially intrigued that you've rated Porco Rosso as 10/10 - looks like I'd better get around to watching that over Christmas. Also, I'm surprised to find you rate "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" so highly, I struggled to get past all the hype surrounding the show and tended to avoid it. Reply - Anime - Manga