The Grand Search for the Best Anime of the 2000s

[Neane]

^ I think Group Ice is the first time we've had such divergent votes, Neane! It's so strange!

I figured since TTGL is easily going to win this small round, why not give the number one vote to an anime that will not do so well so that it has a better chance at not losing in this small round.

[skreyola]

Oh, neat. I should have done that. I think I will in future votes.

[GeneD]

Group Fire

Cool, I've actually seen at least some episodes of all the series in this group.

1. Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
2. Spirited Away (2001)
3. Death Note (2007)
4. Durarara!! (2010)
5. Planetes (2004)
6. FLCL (2001)

Group Ice
1. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
2. Paprika (2006)
3. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
4. Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
5. Kino no Tabi (2003)
6. Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)

I'm interested to see how you will determine the results from this voting method? Similar to Olympic medal counts maybe? Which was basically by number of golds, then silver then bronze.

[AngelicTotoro]

(If I had known Howl's moving castle would beat out Toradora, I wouldn't have voted for it. D:)

Group Fire
1 Durarara!! (2010)
2 Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
3 Planetes (2004)
4 Spirited Away (2001)
5 FLCL (2001)
6 Death Note (2007)

Group Ice
1 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
2 Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)
3 Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
4 Kino no Tabi (2003)
5 Paprika (2006)
6 Sword of the Stranger (2007)

[Maokun]

I'm interested to see how you will determine the results from this voting method? Similar to Olympic medal counts maybe? Which was basically by number of golds, then silver then bronze.

I was just planning to sum up all the positions as points and then the ones with less points

I hope that that 6th place to FLCL is because you haven't seen it *narrows eyes*

[KnightOfFive]

Group Fire
1.Death Note (2007)
2.Durarara!! (2010)
3.Spirited Away (2001)
4.Planetes (2004)
5.Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
6.FLCL (2001)

Group Ice
1.Sword of the Stranger (2007)
2.Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
3.Kino no Tabi (2003)
4.Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)
5.Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
6.Paprika (2006)

[KnightOfFive]

I was just planning to sum up all the positions as points and then the ones with less points

I hope that that 6th place to FLCL is because you haven't seen it *narrows eyes*

Why's that?

[Hugo Bernhardt]

Group Fire
1 Death Note (2007)
2 Planetes (2004)
3 Spirited Away (2001)
4 FLCL (2001)
5 Durarara!! (2010)
6 Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)

Group Ice
1 Paprika (2006)

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I have no opinion about any of the 5 following shows, so to not jinx any worthy shows
that I haven't encountered, I'll divide the remaining 20 points equallly

4 Sword of the Stranger (2007)
4 Kino no Tabi (2003)
4 Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)
4 Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
4 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)

[Zeldafan2]

I hope that that 6th place to FLCL is because you haven't seen it *narrows eyes*

Well, yes, I have not seen FLCL so that is partly the reason.

The other reason is simply because from what I heard,

a. It isn't exactly my kind of show.

b. It looks surreal, and I am definitley not a fan of surrealism. And

C. It has some really crass humor from what I heard, and looks kinda stupid from what I heard. (The second part is IMHO of course.)

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

Group Fire

1 Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
2 FLCL (2001)
3 Durarara!! (2010)
4 Spirited Away (2001)
5 Planetes (2004)
6 Death Note (2007)

Group Ice
1 Sword of the Stranger (2007)
2 Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
3 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
4 Paprika (2006)
5 Kino no Tabi (2003)
6 Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)

[FllMtl Novelist]

[color="Red"]Group Fire[/color]
1. Durarara!! (2010)
2. Spirited Away (2001) (will probably regret this but I haven't seen Xam'd yet)
---
3. Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
4. FLCL (2001)
5. Planetes (2004)
6. Death Note (2007)



[color="LightBlue"]Group Ice[/color]
1.Sword of the Stranger (2007)
2.Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
3.Paprika (2006)
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4. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
5. Kino no Tabi (2003)
6. Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)

[Maokun]

I have no opinion about any of the 5 following shows, so to not jinx any worthy shows
that I haven't encountered, I'll divide the remaining 20 points equallly

That's... very clever, but I'm afraid I cannot allow it. While in paper positions = points, it does break the spirit of the competition. I'll accept your votes for group fire, though

C. It has some really crass humor from what I heard, and looks kinda stupid from what I heard. (The second part is IMHO of course.)

Yeah the other points are rather arguable but ultimately subjective. However, the last one is plainly incorrect. It's a very clever show with several layers of meaning and a very well construed metaphor as the premise of the show.

Here are the results for the first day of the second preliminary round. Titles above the dotted line make a clean advance, between the dotted lines will have to wait until the end of the round as only the best 5 third-places will advance, and titles below the dotted line are out. (Parities broken with points from the previous round):

[color="Red"]Group Fire[/color]
42 Spirited Away (2001)
43 Durarara!! (2010)
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61 Planetes (2004)
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61 Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
62 Death Note (2007)
63 FLCL (2001)


[color="LightBlue"]Group Ice[/color]
40 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)
46 Paprika (2006)
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50 Sword of the Stranger (2007)
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52 Kino no Tabi (2003)
57 Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
65 Full Moon wo Sagashite (2002)

Wow, that group Fire had two very clear winners while the other 4 battled evenly for that third position, the losers being separated by minimal differences! Group Ice on the other hand, had a simple, neat scale. Let's see how today's groups do:

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
Eureka Seven (2005)
Chihayafuru (2011)
Cross Game (2009)
Texhnolyze (2003)
Read or Die OVA (2001)
Princess Jellyfish (2010)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group Wind[/color]
Full Metal Panic! (2002)
Library Wars (2008)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
Seirei no Moribito (2007)

As before, please order each title in each group from 1 to 6 from best to worst (or not watched.) Voting will be open until Friday at 21:00 EST

[Neane]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005) ( 6 )
Chihayafuru (2011) ( 3 )
Cross Game (2009) ( 4 )
Texhnolyze (2003) ( 1 )
Read or Die OVA (2001) ( 5 )
Princess Jellyfish (2010) ( 2 )

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002) ( 5 )
Library Wars (2008) ( 6 )
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) ( 4 )
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) ( 3 )
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) ( 2 )
Seirei no Moribito (2007) ( 1 )

[samurai10]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005) (1)
Chihayafuru (2011) (3)
Cross Game (2009) (6)
Texhnolyze (2003) (2)
Read or Die OVA (2001) (4)
Princess Jellyfish (2010) (5)

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002) (4)
Library Wars (2008) (5)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) (2)
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) (1)
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) (6)
Seirei no Moribito (2007) (3)

[ClosetOtaku]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005) 2
Chihayafuru (2011) 3
Cross Game (2009) 5
Texhnolyze (2003) 1
Read or Die OVA (2001)4
Princess Jellyfish (2010) 6

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002) 3
Library Wars (2008) 4
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) 1
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) 2
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) 5
Seirei no Moribito (2007) 6

[Zeldafan2]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005)1
Chihayafuru (2011)6
Cross Game (2009)5
Texhnolyze (2003)2
Read or Die OVA (2001)3
Princess Jellyfish (2010)4

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002)3
Library Wars (2008)6
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)1
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)2
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)4
Seirei no Moribito (2007)5

[skreyola]

*cries* My shows!!!

Ah, well... next round:

Group Electricity
1 Cross Game (2009)
2 Eureka Seven (2005)
6 Princess Jellyfish (2010)
------- line of sight (ha)
3 Read or Die OVA (2001)
4 Chihayafuru (2011)
5 Texhnolyze (2003)

Group Wind
1 Full Metal Panic! (2002)
2 Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
------- line of sight
3 Library Wars (2008)
4 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)
5 Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
6 Seirei no Moribito (2007)

[mechana2015]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005) 1
Chihayafuru (2011) 4
Cross Game (2009) 2
Texhnolyze (2003) 6
Read or Die OVA (2001) 5
Princess Jellyfish (2010) 3

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002) 4
Library Wars (2008) 3
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) 6
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) 2
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) 1
Seirei no Moribito (2007) 5

[Vii]

Group Electricity
4 Eureka Seven (2005)
2 Chihayafuru (2011)
1 Cross Game (2009)
5 Texhnolyze (2003)
6 Read or Die OVA (2001)
3 Princess Jellyfish (2010)

*Urgh so hard to rate these. I haven't seen ROD, I want to see Texhnolyze, I've seen some of Eureka Seven, Chihayafuru and Princess Jellyfish were both great, and Cross Game is excellent.

Group Wind
3 Full Metal Panic! (2002)
5 Library Wars (2008)
2 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)
1 Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
4 Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
6 Seirei no Moribito (2007)

*This was easier. Ouran, Code Geass, and FMP are the only ones I've seen.

[Neane]

It's extremely depressing how little love Seirei no Moribito has on CAA.

[KnightOfFive]

How did Death Note NOT make it?

[KnightOfFive]

Group Electricity
1. Eureka Seven (2005)
5. Chihayafuru (2011)
4. Cross Game (2009)
3. Texhnolyze (2003)
2. Read or Die OVA (2001)
6. Princess Jellyfish (2010)

Group Wind
3. Full Metal Panic! (2002)
4. Library Wars (2008)
1. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)
2. Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
6. Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
5. Seirei no Moribito (2007)

[Atria35]

Group Electricity
Eureka Seven (2005) - 5
Chihayafuru (2011) - 2
Cross Game (2009) - 4
Texhnolyze (2003) - 3
Read or Die OVA (2001) - 6
Princess Jellyfish (2010) - 1

Group Wind
Full Metal Panic! (2002) - 6
Library Wars (2008) - 4
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) - 5
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) - 1
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) - 3
Seirei no Moribito (2007) - 2

[mechana2015]

How did Death Note NOT make it?

Because compared to many of the shows on here it's not actually that good. (at least thats in my opinion.)

[Atria35]

^ What Mecha said. It's good in its own way, but... not that good.

I am, however, shocked by Kino's Journey not passing. Considering how popular it is on here, that is quite an odd turn of events.

[skreyola]

I am, however, shocked by Kino's Journey not passing.

I might have voted for it (it looks interesting), but I haven't seen it.

[GeneD]

I hope that that 6th place to FLCL is because you haven't seen it *narrows eyes*

Yes, I've seen five Planetes eps and only one FLCL. In hindsight if I'd put FLCL above Planetes, maybe Xam'd could have been saved but oh well.

Group Electricity
1. Eureka Seven (2005)
2. Read or Die OVA (2001)
3. Princess Jellyfish (2010)
4. Chihayafuru (2011)
5. Texhnolyze (2003)
6. Cross Game (2009)

Group Wind
1. Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
2. Seirei no Moribito (2007)
3. Library Wars (2008)
4. Full Metal Panic! (2002)
5. Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
6. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

[Atria35]

I might have voted for it (it looks interesting), but I haven't seen it.

That's okay. There are a good number on these that I haven't seen either.

[Maokun]

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
3 Eureka Seven (2005)
4 Chihayafuru (2011)
6 Cross Game (2009)
2 Texhnolyze (2003)
1 Read or Die OVA (2001)
5 Princess Jellyfish (2010)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group Wind[/color]
2 Full Metal Panic! (2002)
3 Library Wars (2008)
1 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)
6 Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
4 Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
5 Seirei no Moribito (2007)

Controversial statement: Giving 6th place to Ouran was mostly out of spite instead of the 3rd I'd normally give it in this group. I've watched the series and enjoyed it but I think it's vastly overrated. When you think of the quality of some of the titles that didn't even make it so far, I cannot abide it advancing any further. (Not that my vote is going to even scratch its popularity.)

[airichan623]

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
Eureka Seven (2005)2
Chihayafuru (2011)4
Cross Game (2009)3
Texhnolyze (2003)5
Read or Die OVA (2001)6
Princess Jellyfish (2010)1

[color="Cyan"]Group Wind[/color]
Full Metal Panic! (2002)4
Library Wars (2008)6
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)1
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)2
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)3
Seirei no Moribito (2007)5

Wow...Wind is REALLY Stacked. Whereas I've seen nothing in the Electricity catagory