| Can't give you three but FLCL was amazing |
| My Sister, My Writer OVA Eromanga Sensei OVA but, if imma be real with you, Clannad's OVA for Tomoyo was actually the best OVA I've ever seen |
| 1. Legend of the Galatic Heroes 2. Carnival Phantasm 3. Hellsing Ultimate / Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku |
| My favorite stand-alone OVAs (in no particular order) are: 1. Gunbuster and its sequel, Diebuster. 2. FLCL 3. Golden Boy 4. Gunsmith Cats 5. Devilman: The Birth and The Demon Bird (they're super cheesy and corny, but i really enjoyed them, lol). |
Stygian_PrisonerMar 27, 2019 9:40 AM
| 1. Macross Plus 2. Rurouni Kenshin Tsuiokuhen 3. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket 4. Robot Carnival 5. Kasei Yakyoku The Rurouni Kenshin OVA can be watched as a standalone, I'm not 100% sure about the Macross and Gundam OVAs because I watched them with the full context already, they're standalone plot-wise but the setting might be a little confusing I guess if you don't at least read some wiki before watching. |
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| LOGH War in the Pocket Gundam Unicorn |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| My Top 3 would be the next one... although you might need to watch the main series first. That said: 1. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen 2. Hellsing Ultimate 3. Carnival Phantasm Honorable Mentions: - Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Prologue - Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma - Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito - Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku |
| Star Blazers Yamato SnK Kuinaki Sentaku FF Advent Children Hori-san and Miyamura |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 Hellsing Ultimate Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito (Better than the series itself) |
| 1. Golden Boy 2. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal 3. Natsume Yuujinchou: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni |
| My favourite (original) OAVs are: And Patlabor (the original OAVs, not the ones who conclude the alternative TV show). But this one goes beyond stars only if you add the two movies to your experience. Add Gunsmith Cats and Kenshin's Tsuioku-hen if we include derivative works (who can still stand alone). MS Gundam 0080 is very interesting too (despite using the 79 war as background). Special mentions: Birth, Re:Cutie Honey, Iria (a prologue to two funny B-movies), Honô no Tenkôsei, Urotsukidôji (the first), Golden Boy and Devilman The Birth. Seiya said: Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory And no, I'm not going to include "War in the Pocket," even though I enjoyed it, because it's heavily overrated. What about 0083 ? (that's the one I kept hearing about all my childhood. Every time I asked help to get to see the first Gundam or succeeded to catch someone's interest with the U.C. (hoping he would provide me the 79 one), everyone kept handing me 0083. |
Rei_IIIMar 29, 2019 7:10 AM
Valadimir69 said: @Pullman You mean Legend of the Galactic Heroes or Log Horizon? Cause I can't find anyhting else... well, only one of them is an OVA :> LOGH always stands for Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It seems like a very unnatural abbreviation for Log Horizon (LH seems more appropriate, or at the very least LogH). |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Battle Angel Alita - Damn near everything is masterfully done. The pacing is extremely quick without being disorienting, the plot is compelling without being bloated, the characters are relatable and interesting, the setting is gorgeous in its filthiness, the animation is beautiful, and so on and so on. And that ending! I love how stark, sudden, and bleak it is! That final shot leading into the ending theme is just legendary. An incredible OVA. Golden Boy - Kintarou is just straight-up one of the funniest and most lovable characters in all of anime. This fact is incredibly important, because a raunchy sex comedy like Golden Boy would absolutely fall apart if the main character was not likable. It also helps that the ladies of each episode are also immensely enjoyable as characters and not just as boob-meat. Some great animation, top-tier directing, and a nostalgic 90s soundtrack don't hurt, either. FLCL/Gunbuster - It's Gainax. Enough said. |
 This glorious signature image was created by @Mayumi! I am the Arbiter of Absolute Truth, and here is my wisdom: "Anime was always influenced by the West. This is not news. Shoujo is the superior genre primarily aimed at young people. Harem/isekai are lazy genres that refuse any meaningful innovation. There is no 'Golden Age.' There will always be top-shelf anime. You should be watching Carole & Tuesday." |
| FLCL Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas 1st Season Detroit Metal City. |
| Record of Lodoss war, Gunnm, and R.O.D. (Read or Die), with Re: Cutey Honey being an honorable mention for me. |
| War in the Pocket Gosenzo-sama Patlabor The last 2 are directed by Oshii, like Angel's Egg in your favorites. |
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| Kyou kara Maou! R Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations Are the ones that left the strongest impression. |
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| 1. Legend of Galactic Heroes 2. Hellsing Ultimate 3. Golden Boy |
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| 1. Air Gear OVA 2. LOGH 3. PSME 4. Kubikiri Cycle (Zaregoto OVA) There are a lot more OVA's that I love, but they stand out the most for me. |
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| 1. FLCL 2. Golden Boy 3. Hellsing Ultimate |
| As far as standalone ova go, the answer is always Legend of the Galactic Heroes I also recommend Gosenzosama Banbanzai and Euphoria for something unique |
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| Bubblegum Crisis Mujigen Hunter Fandora Nozomi Witches Salamander Nayuta Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory And no, I'm not going to include "War in the Pocket," even though I enjoyed it, because it's heavily overrated. |
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| Saber Marionette R (the best one I've seen) Ro Kyu Bu OVA Fate/kaleid Onsen OVA |
| Ongaku Shoujo is a pretty good ova The 30 characters requirement is just stupid |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes B: The Beginning Armor Hunter Mellowlink Time of Eve Pale Cocoon Aquatic Language Planetarian Portrait of Petite Cossette Denpa Teki na Kanojo Murder Princess I's Pure Interlude Read Or Die Freedom Hellsing Ultimate Sol Bianca: The Legacy Iria Karas Lilly CAT Patlabor The Short Peace short Films To 3X3 Eyes Armitage the 3rd ...are all a bunch of things you can get into without having to watch anything first. |
KruszerMar 27, 2019 12:15 PM
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
So much f*cking respect, good sir... |
| well my top 3 favorite anime are all the same OVA series, so that makes this easy lol |
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| I see Tenshi no Tamago in your favs, so I can suggest watching Portrait of petite Cosette, Pale Cocoon, Memories (95). Also you may probably like Iria Zeiram, Battle Angel Alita, Cat Soup, Tamala, Tortov Roddle. Satoshi Kon's movies are great, too (Perfect Blue, Paprica, Paranoia Agent) |
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Short_Circut said: Star Blazers Yamato SnK Kuinaki Sentaku FF Advent Children Hori-san and Miyamura Advent children is fucking awesome lol. @ original poster, idk if you mean stand alone OVAs or ones that accompany a series, but if you’ve seen and enjoyed The Future Diary I think it’s OvA is good, as for standalone FLCL is the only OVA series I’ve seen and it was pretty good. Overrated by some, but good. |
| Lolicons are scum. BABYMETAL is more metal than Metallica. Naruto is objectively the best anime ever. HxH 99' is decent. HxH 11' is bad. |
| If you wanna watch something short in your free time, you can put your eye on Young Animator Training Project, which has been producing 4 20-30 min OVAs each year. Also, you can try OVAs from Ga-nime project (mostly surrealism, dementia and art) |
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| From the ones I have seen up until now FLCL (the first one only) Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin Area 88 Fourth would be Samurai X Trust & Betrayal |
Valadimir69 said: @Hokage_Jason Well, Naruto is the only long af series I have ever seen (apart form db-dbz-db-super(GT sucks..) and one piece(ep143 so far)), though tbh i skipped some episodes/moments cause I couldn't handle SO MANY useless fillers in a 900 ep series Neither the Future Diary or FLCL are long or have filler. |
| Lolicons are scum. BABYMETAL is more metal than Metallica. Naruto is objectively the best anime ever. HxH 99' is decent. HxH 11' is bad. |
Valadimir69 said: Some little advice. If you happen to watch some long (100+) series, google its filler list first and completely ignore all these fillers. It saves tons of your time since fillers are all senseless and unimportant for the story. For example, Naruto has 310 fillers out of 720 episodes. It's roughly 103 hours spent for nothing@Hokage_Jason Well, Naruto is the only long af series I have ever seen (apart form db-dbz-db-super(GT sucks..) and one piece(ep143 so far)), though tbh i skipped some episodes/moments cause I couldn't handle SO MANY useless fillers in a 900 ep series |
Nemo_NiemandMar 27, 2019 1:29 PM
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| - Denpa-teki na Kanojo - Hellsing Ultimate - Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei These are god-tier! |
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| - Asagao to Kase-san. - Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku - Kimi no Hikari: Asagao to Kase-san. |
 plz @ me |
HunLepto said: 1. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Outbreak 2. Koe do Oshigoto! The Animation 3. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kira Haven't seen much OVAs yet, Hellsing Ultimate is planned to be my next one. I keep forgetting about outbreak, hahaha Did it ever get a sequel? |
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| 1) Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2) Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal 3) Hellsing Ultimate |
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Valadimir69 said: @Hokage_Jason Well, damn I replied to :You haven’t seen anime until you’ve seen anime baked. Throw on some Naruto and puff puff pass my ninja, rathe rthan your actual response... Looool yeah, my signature is kind of long, so I can understand how you mistook that for my actual post. edit: I agree btw, DB GT sucked. |
| Lolicons are scum. BABYMETAL is more metal than Metallica. Naruto is objectively the best anime ever. HxH 99' is decent. HxH 11' is bad. |
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