| Steve's Top 5 Favorite Anime of All Time | ||
|---|---|---|
5. |  Aa! Megami-sama
(Ah! My Goddess)"Ah! My Goddess!" focuses on the corny romance between a teenager named Keiichi and a goddess named Belldandy. Belldandy, accompanied by her playful big sister, Urd, and genius little sister, Skuld, somehow finds happiness in the company of shy Keiichi. The series redeems itself by placng barriers between Belldandy and Keiichi, thus adding an interesting romantic tension to the plot. The climax of the OAV features a cool metal guitar riff that highlights the series. | |
4. |  Project A-koPerhaps a tribute to Superman and Lex Luther, "Project A-ko" revolves around a zany rivalry between a red-haired supergirl, Eiko, and a blue-haired genius, B-ko. The spotlight usually falls onto a clueless blonde child named C-ko, who lands at the epicenter of every conflict. This represents the only anime where I believe the dubbed voices sound better than the subtitled ones. The soundtrack from the first movie rocks. | |
3. |  Urusei
YatsuraThe most frustrating romantic tension probably occurs between Lum and Ataru in "Urusei Yatsura". The tragedy: although Ataru cares for Lum, he cannot confine himself to one woman. The TV series and OAV's knock me down laughing while the movies explore the more serious, touching nature of their relationship. Comprehensive movie ranking: 5,1,6,3,2,4. The fifth movie stands above the others with its emotional climax, while the fourth suffers from a confusing and convoluted plot. All in all, a difficult-to-forget anime. | |
2. |  Tenchi
Muyo! Ryoohki"Tenchi Muyo! Ryoohki" features an unresolvable love triangle between a shy teenager (Tenchi), a naughty space pirate (Ryoko), and a reserved princess (Aeka)--plus the antics of a mad scientist (Washu), a dense policewoman (Mihoshi), a cute little girl (Sasami), and an adorable cat-like creature (Ryoohki). The OAV and TV series relatively resemble each other, except that the OAV paces faster--and strangely, the OAV ommitted the Kiyone character from the TV series (a hillarious foil to Mihoshi). In either case, for a good mix of drama and laughter, I recommend "Tenchi Muyo". | |
1. |  Neon Genesis Evangelion"Neon Genesis Evangelion" undeniably stands out as a profound, provacative, and occasionally humorous drama. Fourteen-year-old pilot Shinji Ikari struggles to cope with his battle EVA's disturbing symbiosis, torture from each onslaught of "angels", a painful social life, a cold father, and unsympathetic female co-pilots. But most of all, Shinji struggles to cope with dehabilitating insecurities. Indeed, most of the characters wrestle with intense psychological problems--tortured souls that suffer under life's oppressions. The series concludes in the movie: "The End of Evangelion", a stunning finale to a haunting saga. | |
