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The anime meme that's going around.
Ganked from keelieinblack.

Go through the list and check off the titles you have watched. For our purposes, "watching" a title means that for TV and OVA series, you have to have seen at least one episode. For one-shots, you have to have seen the whole thing. At the end of each genre/category, add up your sub-total. At the very end, add up the sub-totals to come up with your grand total. If your grand total is 80 or over, congratulations -- you are an obsessive anime watcher!

An Editor's Note: not all the titles listed here are great, and some are even steaming piles of crap. Titles on the list are here because they are either 1) genuinely good, 2) insanely popular, 3) good examples of the genre, or 4) just plain notorious. Good anime obsessives should be able to watch series with any of those qualities.


I. Action and Adventure
(x) .hack//SIGN
() Airmaster
() Battle Arena Toshinden
(x) Bleach
(x) Blood+
() Burst Angel (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
() City Hunter (a classic I missed.)
(x) Cowboy Bebop
(x) Dragonball
() Flame of Recca (a classic I missed.)
() GetBackers (a classic I missed.)
(x) InuYasha
(x) Lupin III (any)
(x) Mai-HiME
(x) Naruto
(x) One Piece
() Tenjou Tenge (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) TRIGUN
(x) Saiyuki
(x) Yu Yu Hakusho
Total Here: 13/20

As you can see, if there's any category with series I'd like to watch more, it's this one. Hey, I'm a guy.

II. Comedy and Parody
() 2x2 = Shinobuden
(x) Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
(x) Azumanga Daioh
() Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
(x) DiGi Charat
(x) Dragon Half
(x) Excel Saga (Daughter #1 has been calling me Ilpalazzo for years, which is why I use him for my default icon, courtesy of manekikoneko.)
(x) Fruits Basket
(x) Galaxy Angel
() Here is Greenwood (a classic I missed.)
(x) Kodomo no Omocha
(x) Kyou Kara Maou!
() Midori Days (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) Ouran Koukou Host Club
() Pani Poni Dash
(x) Project A-ko
(x) Ranma 1/2
(x) Tenchi Muyo
() Those Who Hunt Elves (a classic I missed.)
() Urusei Yatsura (a classic I missed.)
Total Here: 13/20

I also like my comedies. BTW, Great Teacher Onizuka isn't here; that's an injustice.

III. Drama and Miscellaneous
(x) Beck
(x) Full Moon wo Sagashite
(x) Gankutsuou
(x) Genshiken
() Glass Mask (original or new)
(x) Haibane Renmei
() Hitsuji no Uta
(x) Honey & Clover
(x) Kaleido Star
(x) Last Exile
() Le Portraite de Petite Cossette
() Monster (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) Paradise Kiss
(x) Princess Mononoke
(x) Read or Die OVA
() Speed Grapher
() Twin Spica
(x) Weiss Kreuz
() Wings of Honneamise (a classic I missed.)
() Yakitate!! Japan
Total Here: 12/20

IV. Ecchi/Mature
(x) Agent AIKa (I used to own the English dub, which I won as a door prize; at least I didn't buy it.)
() Cutey Honey (a classic I missed.)
(x) Ebichu (I'd really like to see all of this, so I can write "EbiChuChu Keeps the Chairman's House".)
() Golden Boy
() Grenadier
() Hand Maid May
() He Is My Master
() Iketeru Futari
() La Blue Girl
() Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose
() Mahoromatic
() Mezzo Forte (the pr0n scenes are all over the porn sites, but the rest of it isn't.)
() Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (a classic I missed.)
() My Dear Marie
() Najica Blitz Tactics
() Negima (read the manga)
(x) Puni Puni Poemi
() Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (a classic I missed.)
() Wicked City (a classic I missed.)
() Yumeria
Total Here: 3/20

V. Fantasy and Supernatural
() Angel Sanctuary
(x) Aquarian Age
() Berserk (a classic I missed.)
(x) El Hazard
(x) Final Fantasy Unlimited
(x) Fullmetal Alchemist (What do you expect? I have three FMA icons, all courtesy of etrangere.)
(x) Howl's Moving Castle
(x) Magic Knight Rayearth
(x) Mushishi (I caught one episode with harumi; otherwise I'd have missed it completely.)
(x) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
(x) Record of Lodoss War
(x) Scrapped Princess (The best series that no one so far doing this meme seems to have watched.)
(x) Slayers
() Tales of Eternia
(x) Trinity Blood
(x) Tsubasa Chronicle
(x) Vampire Hunter D
() Violinist of Hamelin (a classic I missed.)
(x) Vision of Escaflowne
(x) X: TV
Total Here: 16/20

This is my strongest category. I think it's because 1) anime is able to do this category well and 2) U.S. live-action and animation could, but doesn't do so consistently. BTW, Twelve Kingdoms isn't listed? That's better than Magic Knight Rayearth or Fushigi Yugi, IMHO. Also, no Silent Mobius here or in Science Fiction?

VI. Historical and Alternate History
() Anne of Green Gables
() Basilisk
() Barefoot Gen (a classic I missed.)
(x) Chrono Crusade
(x) Grave of the Fireflies
() Fire Tripper
() Kaidomaru
() Legend of Condor Hero
() Millennium Actress
(x) Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
() Ninja Scroll (saw a parody of it by the people who did Nescaflowne, Fanboy Bebop, and Evangelion Redeath; that wasn't enough to interest me in the original.)
() Otogizoushi
(x) Peacemaker Kurogane
(x) Porco Rosso
(x) Rose of Versailles
(x) Rurouni Kenshin
() Samurai 7 (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) Samurai Champloo
(x) Steel Angel Kurumi
() Victorian Romance Emma
Total Here: 9/20

This is where Sakura Taisen would go.

VII. Kids and Family
(x) Angelic Layer
(x) Astro Boy (during its first run on US TV; yes I'm that old.)
() Beyblade (How I missed this, I don't know.)
(x) Castle in the Sky
(x) Detective Conan
(x) Digimon
() Doraemon (I never saw a complete episode.)
(x) Hamtaro
(x) Kiki's Delivery Service
(x) Kimba the White Lion (same comment as for Astro Boy.)
() Monster Rancher (Same as for Beyblade.)
(x) My Neighbor Totoro
(x) Pokemon
() Samurai Pizza Cats
() Sazae-san
(x) SD Gundam Force
(x) Sonic X
(x) Speed Racer (same comment as for Astro Boy.)
(x) Spirited Away
(x) Yu-Gi-Oh
Total Here: 15/20

Yeah, I like my kids shows. The Japanese didn't talk down to me when I was young. For that, they earned my lifelong interest and loyalty.

VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
(x) Cardcaptor Sakura
(x) DNAngel
(x) Earth Girl Arjuna
() Elemental Gelade
() Hime-chan no Ribbon (I think darcy_chanwas into this.)
() Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
(x) Magic Users Club
(x) Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
() Magical Stage Fancy La La
() Mahou no Star Magical Emi
() Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
() Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
() Ojamajou DoReMi
() Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo
(x) Pretear
(x) Sailor Moon
(x) Saint Tail
(x) Tokyo Mew Mew
(x) Ultra Maniac
(x) Wedding Peach (I once called this the worst show I'd actually watch.)
Total Here: 11/20

As I told keelieinblack, a lot of this came from watching these shows with then pre-teen Daughter #1 so we could have a common hobby.

IX. Romance
(x) Ah! My Goddess
() Ai Yori Aoshi
(x) Air
() Ayashi no Ceres
(x) Boys Be
(x) Chobits
(x) Fushigi Yuugi
(x) Hana Yori Dango (The animation quality and sound were terrible; too bad, as this is a great soap opera.)
() His and Her Circumstances (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
() Kimagure Orange Road (a classic I missed.)
() Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (the U of M anime club was showing this; I walked out.)
(x) Love Hina
(x) Maison Ikkoku
() Marmalade Boy
() Peach Girl
() Piano
(x) Please Teacher!
() SaiKano
() To Heart
() Video Girl Ai
Total Here: 9/20

X. Science-Fiction
(x) Appleseed
() Blue Seed
(x) Bubblegum Crisis (I gave my kids a choice of this and Silent Mobius; we chose Silent Mobius.)
() Crest of the Stars (a classic I missed.
(x) Galaxy Express 999
(x) Gundam (any)
(x) Macross (any)
(x) Outlaw Star
() Patlabor (a classic I missed.
() Planetes (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
() Please Save My Earth
(x) RahXephon
(x) Saber Marionette
() s-CRY-ed
() Soukyuu no Fafner (Didn't see a full episode.)
(x) Space Battleship Yamato (In its first US run as Star Blazers)
(x) Stellvia
(x) Transformers (any)
(x) Voices of a Distant Star
() Xenosaga: The Animation (Heard nothing but good things about this.)
Total Here: 12/20

Here's another category I'd like to watch more of.

XI. Shounen-Ai and Shoujo-Ai
() Ai no Kusabi
() Descendants of Darkness (I'd probably like it for the supernatural aspects.)
() Earthian
() FAKE
() Fish in the Trap
() Galaxy Fraulin Yuna
(x) Gravitation (I could at least pretend it was about the music business.)
() Haru wo Daiteita
() Kannazuki no Miko
() Kizuna
() Lesson XX
(x) Loveless
(x) Maria-sama ga Miteru
() Mirage of Blaze
() Oniisama E
() Seikimatsu Darling
() Song of the Wind in the Trees
() Sukisho
() Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
() Zetsuai/Bronze
Total Here: 3/20

XII. Sports
() Ace wo Nerae
() Ashita no Joe
() Ayane's High Kick
() Baki the Grappler
() Battle Athletes
() Buzzer Beater
() Captain Tsubasa
() Eyeshield 21
() Ginban Kaleidoscope
() Hajime no Ippo
(x) Hikaru no Go
() Initial D (I thought the character designs were ugly, so I didn't watch.)
() Major
() Monkey Turn
() One Pound Gospel
(x) Prince of Tennis
() Princess Nine
() Slam Dunk
() Suzuka
() Wild Striker
Total Here: 2/20

I'm a guy and a former athlete (football in high school) and I've watched only two sports anime? Huh. My guess is that this is the reverse of why I watched so much Fantasy and Supernatural. IMHO, Hollywood does a good job with sports dramas, so I don't need to go elsewhere for them.

XIII. Surreal and Psychological
(x) Akira
(x) Betterman
(x) Boogiepop Phantom
(x) Elfen Lied
(x) FLCL
() Gantz (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) Ghost in the Shell (movie or TV)
(x) Hellsing
() Jigoku Shoujo
() Karas
() Madlax (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
() Melody of Oblivion (on my list to watch when my rental source dried up.)
(x) Neon Genesis Evangelion.
(x) Noir
(x) Paranoia Agent
() Perfect Blue
(x) Princess Tutu
(x) Revolutionary Girl Utena (I met both etrangereand keelieinblackthrough this fandom. Also, my very first LJ icon was Mikage, courtesy of mrsakioohtori</lj>.)
(x) Serial Experiments Lain
(x) Texhnolyze (This started off really interesting, but ended up nowhere.)
Total Here: 14/20

Death Note isn't on this list? Really?

Total: 132/260.

And to think if I watched all the series I wanted to watch, that number would be much higher!