| Code Geass (It managed to fool me that this was going to be a good show!) Death Note Kuroshitsuji II (Tap dancing butler, and did not see the new kid being sadistic coming) Angel Beats (CORRECTION: the first 10 seconds were perhaps the best first ten seconds in a first episode ever...the rest of the episode was so-so) Ouran High School Host Club |
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| Gurren Lagann had me hooked from the start. It had a seriously good first ep. |
| - Baccano! - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Soul Eater - Ranma 1/2 And the best is... - Samurai Champloo |
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| Hotd (too soon?) It got right to what I wanted to see, killing zombie. |
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Veethorn said: Foggle said: Cowboy Bebop, without a doubt. im with this dude *buys beer* I'm with these guys. |
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| Kuroshitsuji II |
| theres just so many but i really liked the first episode of rosario vampire and lucky star |
| Samurai Champloo and Cwoboy Bebop. |
VampireKisses568 said: - Baccano! I really? Baccano had one of the worst first episodes imo. |
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| Kuroshitsuji and Kaichou wa maid sama |
| Death Note Code Geass Elfen Lied (though this may be controversial... I guess 'good' isn't the right word but definately held my attention from the start) Higurashi When They Cry - the first few seconds, a bit like Elfen Lied, really held my attention. Full Metal Alchemist (either) |
| If you're going to put up a show of torture...I'm sorry, but I'd rather leave the stage. – Furude Rika, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni |
| Elfen Lied. I don't really know if it's the best first ep I know but it's definitely the one that got my attention the most. |
| Ga rei zero + Elfen Lied + Death note Have the best first episode I have ever seen Dragonball Z had a good first episode too :P Why ? Goku ( the main character ) dies at the first episode ! For people who didn't know anything about the dragonballs and so didn't watch Dragonball serie was it pretty surprising ! |
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| Ergo proxy Higurashi no naku koro ni Basilisk kouga ninpou Kurokami |
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Uncandescent said: rofl, so very memorable. And the landscape at the end. Almost shed a tear or two.I'd have to go with Gurren Lagann. Here I was, going about my boring daily life, when Gurren Lagann came along and said "Hey, let's ram two herds of pig-moles into each other with enough force to launch us through the ceiling and into the world beyond!" |
| Ergo Proxy and Gurren Lagann |
| Have to go with Gurren Lagann and Black Lagoon. xD |
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360ken said: you really think so? Elfen Lied's start wasn't good because it would turn off SO many viewers It depends on what you view the purpose of a series as in terms of the way it's written and constructed. Is it to lure as many viewers as possible in with a misleading presentation or false sense of security, and then sucker punch them with an unexpected display, or is it to confidently lead from the front and bare all to filter out those from the outset who won't appreciate and be turned off by a lot of the series' content later on anyway? I don't know whether or not Elfen Lied had the "best" first episode simply because it's a tough question to answer in general and I'd lean into the bias of selecting any of my favorites as the best candidates for this distinction (of which Elfen Lied is one among them), and because a series tends to blur and feel like one extra long movie which the first episode is just one small part of as they go on, in my eyes at least. But it had at least a brave enough and honest series premiere. |
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