Tuesday 1 July 2014

Some Top 11 (and Top other number) Lists for Anime

Why top 11?

JUST BECAUSE (AND IT'S NOT AT ALL INSPIRED BY NOSTALGIACRITIC LISTS...)

Some of these lists are inspired by those that I saw on AnimeAmericaPodcast's Youtube channel, so thank you very much for those inspirations..!  I hope to make these lists as different from yours as I can.

In this first list, I'll provide short descriptions for some of the more obscure characters if you've forgotten who they are/what their names were.

(My) Top 11 Most Irritating Characters in Anime

11. Masako Yoshii from Usagi Drop (the mother...).
10. Light Yagami from Death Note.
9. Albert Maverick from Tiger and Bunny (watch the last few episodes...).
8. Drosselmeyer from Princess Tutu.
7. Inari from Kyousou Giga (the daddy....).
6. Ernest Frederick Egin from Ao No Exorcist (the guy who effed everything up.).
5. Precia Testarossa (another mother...  Luckily there are nice mothers in anime as well....  More than in Disney, probably.).
4. Delphine from Last Exile (in the Guild...).
3. Kagari Izuriha from Black Rock Shooter (the one who made Yomi's life a misery...  And made macaroons creepy...).
2. Alois Trancy from Kuroshitsuji II.
1. Kyubey from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.

Yeah, a whole range of different characters, a few which other people might not agree with, but I'd love to hear your opinions.  One of my favourite characters from Code Geass was included on AnimeAmericaPodcast's version of this list, which IRRITATED ME, so this list is almost like a sort of comeback.  Considering I haven't watched a tenth as much of anime as the average otaku, this list, same with the next ones, doesn't include a great deal of potential characters.  These are just some of the ones in anime that really grind my gears.

(My) Top 11 Best English Dubs in Anime

11.Pretty much any Studio Ghibli film (although I preferred the sub of Spirited Away to the dub...).
10. Bleach.
9. Black Cat.
8. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (although to be honest, I don't know this dub well, so I might judge it higher/lower if I got to know it better.)
7. Kuroshitsuji.
6. Panty and Stocking.
5. Steins;Gate.
4. Persona 4 The Animation.
3.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
2. Gurren Lagann.
1. Cowboy Bebop.

(My) Top 7 Worst English Dubs in Anime

7. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
6. D.Gray-Man
5. Yu-Gi-Oh GX
4. Yu-Gi-Oh!
3. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
2. One Piece
1. Pokemon Origins

The reason I limited this last list to 8 is that I haven't bothered to sit through any more dubs that I would consider "bad" or "poor" enough to include on this list.  I could do some extra research but...  Frankly, I can't be bothered.  Sorry.

(My) Top 11 Favourite Anime Intros (in terms of music)

11. Usagi Drop's.
10. Blood Lad's.
9. Death Note's
8. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood's.
7. Ao No Exorcist's.
6. Steins;Gate's.
5. One Piece's (1st opening, I haven't seen the others yet).
4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
3. Gurren Lagann's.
2. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex's.
1. Cowboy Bebop's.

That was probably the hardest of these lists for me to do, there are SO many other intros I want to include...  Darn it...  I might do a top 20 list of that topic or something at some point.

And now...

SPOILERS TIME!!!  :D

(My) Top 6 Most Disappointing Endings in Anime

6. Blood Lad.
5 .Kuroshitsuji II.
4. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
3. Gurren Lagann.
2. Princess Tutu.
1. Cowboy Bebop.

Yeah...  This list is embarrassingly short due to the relatively small amount of animes I've watched.  (And the fact that most of those that I've watched have satisfying endings.  XD.)

Do you disagree with any of these lists?  I'd love to hear your versions of these and/or have discussions with these ones and the anime and/or characters included in them.  :D