Re: Lists from Anime Insider

At Sun, 30 Nov 2003 4:09am -0500, D B Malmquist wrote:

> Vince Lamb wrote:
> > BEST OF GIRL POWER ('Only with high heels can asses truly be kicked')
> 
> > 1. Revolutionary Girl Utena
> > 2. Princess 9
> > 3. Sailor Moon
> > 4. Fruits Basket
> > 5. Card Captor Sakura
> 
> Missing: "Kodomo no Omocha" and "Princess Tutu".

Kodomo no omocha... ROFL... I've only seen a couple eps T_T but that show 
ruled.

> 
> And what was that dude's name, Miyasomething?  Anyway, he did a few 
> movies featuring strong female characters...

By your list I would say Hayao Miyazaki.

> o "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"
> o "Spirited Away"
> o "Princess Mononoke"
> o "Whisper of the Heart"

I like "Tenkuu no shiro Laputa" also 

> I like both "RahXephon" and "Big O" more than "Wing."
> 
> > BEST OF COMEDY:
> > 1. Excel Saga
> > 2. Great Teacher Onizuka
> > 3. Azumanga Daioh
> 
> I've found that "Azumanga Daioh" has better rewatch value than "Excel Saga".
> 
> > 4. Urusei Yatsura
> > 5. Ranma 1/2
> > 6. Project A-ko
> > 7. Roujin Z
> > 8. Slayers
> > 9. Irresponsible Captain Taylor
> > 10. Dragon Half
> 
> "Elf Princess Rane"?
> "Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai"?

"Kodomo no omocha" maybe even? :)

> 
> > BEST OF ACTION-ADVENTURE:
> > 1. Inu-Yasha
> > 2. Yu Yu Hakusho
> > 3. Rurouni Kenshin
> > 4. Dragon Ball Z
> > 5. Trigun
> > 6. Lupin the Third
> 
> Which one(s)?
> 
> > 7. Dragon Ball
> > 8. Read Or Die
> > 9. Ninja Scroll
> > 10. Nadia, Secret of Blue Water

Dragon Ball and DBZ.  Go figure.

> > BEST OF THE WEIRD:
> > 1. FLCL
> > 2. Di Gi Charat
> > 3. Super Milk-chan
> > 4. Panda Go Panda
> > 5. Cat Soup
> 
> "Serial Experiments Lain".

I wonder what it is about the computers (having not seen this show) that 
people want to make a "LainOS" for PCs. ^^;;;

> > BEST OF DRAMA:
> > 1. Grave of the Fireflies
> > 2. Perfect Blue
> 
> I'd call this horror, though it's psychological horror rather than
> supernatural horror.

"PERFECT BLUE"... Yes, I'd agree.  It's horror-suspense in the Alfred 
Hitchkock vein.

> > BEST OF FANTASY:
> > 1. Record of Lodoss War
> > 2. Berserk
> > 3. Slayers
> 
> "El Hazard"
> "Escaflowne"
> "Laputa - Castle in the Sky"

Laputa... OF COURSE, how could you forget Laputa... BEST G-CLASS ANIME 
MOVIE EVAR!

> > Transforming Chicks
> 
> Obviously "Princess Tutu" is the exemplar of this PRECISE category.
> Name one other outstanding anime featuring a transforming chick.

Since you posted to AFSM, I have to say Sailor Moon ^^;;;

-uso.