The Grand Search for the Best Anime of the 2000s

[FllMtl Novelist]

Sadface after that round (Sword of the Stranger only made third whaaaat, False Songstress nooooooo ;o; ). Pretty anxious about this one since it has three of my favorite things.

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
1. Chihayafuru (2011)
2. Princess Jellyfish (2010)
3. Eureka Seven (2005)
4. Cross Game (2009) (haven't seen it, but I'm reading the manga)
5. Texhnolyze (2003)
6. Read or Die OVA (2001)

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

[Maokun]

So many 6s for the amazing R.O.D. ;_; Its only crime: existing way before most of our participants ever heard the word "anime".

[Hugo Bernhardt]

I'm ready to jump in and give R.O.D (OVA) a 1, but I'd have to rate the other shows, and you nixed my 'give them all a 4' idea.

ok, I'll jump in anyway

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

[Atria35]

[quote="Maokun (post: 1591826)"]So many 6s for the amazing R.O.D. ]

This is true and probably why most people can''t vote for it - they know nothing about it, unlike most of the other titles.

[mechana2015]

[quote="Maokun (post: 1591826)"]So many 6s for the amazing R.O.D. ]

It's also in an incredibly tough bracket (at least in my opinion). As gateway as it was... theres just a lot of shows better than it in the group it's in... especially E7 PJ and Cross Game.

[MomentOfInertia]

argh! I was *this* close to putting Xam'd over Durarara!!

...Wow, I've only actually finished one of these.

Group Electricity
1. Eureka Seven (2005) (half finished, one of these days....)
2. Princess Jellyfish (2010) (as funny as it was I feel kind of like this is too high)
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3. Read or Die OVA (2001) (I want too see it)
4. Texhnolyze (2003) (I want too see it)
5. Cross Game (2009) (reading)
6. Chihayafuru (2011)


Group Wind
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1. Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)
2. Full Metal Panic! (2002) (seen some of it, can't justify putting it higher)
3. Library Wars (2008)
4. Seirei no Moribito (2007)
5. Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
6. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

[goldenspines]

Oh wow, this thread is still chugging away, huh? With good reason, though; it takes a while to find the best anime of the 2000s.

I'm a bit surprised that Kino no Tabi and Xam'd didn't make it through. (probably because I haven't been voting? Haaaha, yeah right.)

Oh right, this round's votes.

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
1. Chihayafuru (2011) (this is the only one I've actually seen fully in this group. Plus it does deserve a number 1 spot, in our hearts! ;o; )
2. Cross Game (2009) (erm, the manga was good. XD)
3. Texhnolyze (2003) (Neane likes this or something, so it's probably pretty okay)
4. Eureka Seven (2005) (I've just been meaning to watch this)
5. Princess Jellyfish (2010) (the gifs for this on tumblr are funny)
6. Read or Die OVA (2001) (the title has always intrigued me, but not enough to check it out, sorry. Anyone want to try to sell me on this? Because I have no idea what it's about.)


[color="YellowGreen"]Group Wind[/color]
1. Ouran High School Host Club (2006) (Naturally, it's number 1)
2. Library Wars (2008) (Man, the poster for this in Japan was pretty great)
3. Full Metal Panic! (2002) (I never got the stamina to go past the second episode, but I still like it for some reason)
4. Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) (Same as with FMP, except I haven't gone past the first epsiode)
5. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) (Normally, this would be number 6, but I still hold onto the fact that Lelouch was my favorite character in this show just because of his nickname Lulu.)
6. Seirei no Moribito (2007) (I don't even know what this is. Is it good, though? Would it beat out Code Geass?)

It seems I caught things at a bad time. I don't know much about these series so I didn't really have many reasons to vote (besides OURAN 4EVER). Hopefully next round I'll make more valuable input. XD;

[FllMtl Novelist]

1. Chihayafuru (2011) [I](this is the only one I've actually seen fully in this group. Plus it does deserve a number 1 spot, in our hearts! ]

Friend. (> ;w; )> We'll always have karuta.

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

Group Jolteon

1. Eureka Seven (2005)
2. Chihayafuru (2011)
3. Princess Jellyfish (2010)
4. Cross Game (2009)
5. Read or Die OVA (2001) (I want to see this so bad but it's stacked in a group of great stuff)
6. Texhnolyze (2003)

Group Farfetch'd

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

[Maokun]

Wow lots of voters! Thanks everyone for participating!

Results for day 2 of the second preliminary round:

[color="Yellow"]Group Electricity[/color]
43 Eureka Seven (2005)
58 Chihayafuru (2011)
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60 Texhnolyze (2003)
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63 Princess Jellyfish (2010)
65 Cross Game (2009)
68 Read or Die OVA (2001) ;_; (I'll sell you on this later, Goldie (and everyone))

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

Group Electricity was a clear cut but group Wind -despite having a very clear winner and loser- had a super busy middle field leaving hearts broken as far as the eye can see. Let's see how our next two groups fare:

[color="RoyalBlue"]Group Water[/color]
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
Casshern Sins (2008)
Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Mononoke (2007)
Macross Frontier (2008)

[color="Lime"]Group Earth[/color]
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
REDLINE (2009)
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Mushishi (2006)

Voting will be open until Saturday at 21:00 EST

[Neane]

Anyway, on to the next round:


Group Water
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) ( 5 )
Casshern Sins (2008) ( 4 )
Natsume Yuujinchou (2008) ( 6 )
The Tatami Galaxy (2010) ( 2 )
Mononoke (2007) ( 1 ) (Medicine Man is sexy and as cool as a cucumber. )
Macross Frontier (2008) ( 3 )

Group Earth
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) ( 5 )
REDLINE (2009) ( 1 )
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005) ( 2 )
5 Centimeters per Second (2007) ( 3 )
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) ( 4 )
Mushishi (2006) ( 6 )

[goldenspines]

There will never be a best of anime thread without broken hearts. It's DESTINY.
Don't worry, we can have a party and cry together after Code Geass wins, Mao. <3

Anyway.

Group Water
1. Casshern Sins (2008) (It was a hard choice between Casshern and Natsume. D: They both are deserving of being number 1, but for different reasons. I enjoyed Casshern before I even knew about Natsume, so there's that.)
2. Natsume Yuujinchou (2008) (I love this series. *_*)
3. The Tatami Galaxy (2010) (Otherwise known as "The anime that you can't understand because everyone talks so freaking fast". I haven't seen past the second episode, but I think it's a worthy choice for number 3)
4. Mononoke (2007) (Still haven't finished this, sorry Hat. :< It's good, though!)
5. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) (This was okay, I guess.)
6. Macross Frontier (2008) (*is killed by Hat*)

Group Earth
1. REDLINE (2009) (Naturally.)
2. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) (for all the crap I could give it, I'll admit it was pretty fantastic.)
3. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) (I'm surprised this is on the list at all. I thought I was the only one who like Howl's Moving Castle. ;-; )
4. Tokyo Godfathers (2003) (Great movie.)
5. Mushishi (2006) (Only saw the first episode. I've been being to see more.)
6. Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005) (I think I saw the manga to this a while back and was like, "meh." Is it really that good?)



EDIT: To Neane - I only enjoyed Baccano! on the list you mentioned, but I still might check out Seirei no Moribito.

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

42 Ouran High School Host Club (2006) *shakes head*

Someone who is a staunch defender of Code Geass really shouldn't be pointing fingers here.

Group Blastoise

1. The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
2. Macross Frontier (2008)
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
4. Mononoke (2007)
5. Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
6. Casshern Sins (2008)

Group Sandslash

1. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
2. REDLINE (2009)
3. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
4. Mushishi (2006)
5. Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
6. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

[MomentOfInertia]

[color="PaleTurquoise"]Group Water[/color]
Macross Frontier (2008)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
Casshern Sins (2008)
Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
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The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Mononoke (2007)


[color="Sienna"]Group Earth[/color]
[color="Red"]REDLINE[/color] (2009)
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5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Mushishi (2006)
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[Vii]

Awww, bye Cross Game. =(

Group Water
5 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
6 Casshern Sins (2008)
1 Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
2 The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
4 Mononoke (2007)
3 Macross Frontier (2008)

*Natsume is the only one I've seen. The rest are ranked in order of how much I'm interested in watching them.

Group Earth
3 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
5 REDLINE (2009)
6 Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
2 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
4 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
1 Mushishi (2006)

*Mushishi, 5cm/s, and Howl's are the only ones I've seen here. I want to see Tokyo Godfathers. REDLINE looks...stylish, and Emma...could be good.

[Atria35]

Group Water
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Mononoke (2007)
Macross Frontier (2008)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
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Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
Casshern Sins (2008)

Group Earth
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Mushishi (2006)
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
REDLINE (2009)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

^ No 'line of sight' on Group Earth - I've seen them all! Howl's is definitely the worst of them all for me.

Moar heart-breakage on water, though. I know where I'd rank Natsume if I'd seen it! (but I've only read the manga ;.

[Zeldafan2]

Group Water
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)2
Casshern Sins (2008)1
Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)6
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)4
Mononoke (2007)3
Macross Frontier (2008)5

Group Earth
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)4
REDLINE (2009)6
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)3
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)1
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)2
Mushishi (2006)5

[AngelicTotoro]

Aww, two of my favorites got totally knocked out. ><

Group Water
1 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
2 Macross Frontier (2008)
3 The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
4 Mononoke (2007)
5 Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
6 Casshern Sins (2008)

Group Earth
1 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
2 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
3 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
4 Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
5 REDLINE (2009)
6 Mushishi (2006)

[airichan623]

[color="RoyalBlue"]Group Water[/color]
(5) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) (Also on my to-watch list)
(2) Casshern Sins (2008) (The only other one I've seen in here...don't kill me)
(4) Natsume Yuujinchou (2008) (Everyone seems to love this one)
(3) The Tatami Galaxy (2010) (Looks really good)
(6) Mononoke (2007) No thoughts...
(1) Macross Frontier (2008) (SO AWESOME!!!)

[color="Lime"]Group Earth[/color]
(1) Howl's Moving Castle (2004) (Classic!)
(3) REDLINE (2009) (Need to see this...)
(2) Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005) (Like the Manga a lot)
(5) 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) (Not seen...)
(4) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) (Bought this, just gotta watch it; waiting for Christmas)
(6) Mushishi (2006) (no opinion)

[FllMtl Novelist]

I'm just going to be tearful every single round. :< On the other hand CHIHAYAFURU MADE IT so I guess I shouldn't complain.

I'd get into the Moribito discussion and what's good about it, but I think I'd be spouting half plot synopsis, half lame analysis. If you look up the premise somewhere and it sounds interesting, you'll probably enjoy it. While I for one did like it, I thought it lagged in the middle too much and the better parts weren't particularly impressive. >.>


Anyway, Group Water hurts because, minus five Casshern episodes, I've seen and enjoyed everything in it. 8C

[color="RoyalBlue"]Group Water[/color]
1. Macross Frontier (2008) (ALTO, FOR WHOM DO YOU SPREAD YOUR WINGS)
2. Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
3. Casshern Sins (2008) (this and Natsume are pretty much tied for me, the only thing really deciding the order here being that I haven't finished Casshern yet)
4. Mononoke (2007)
5. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
6. The Tatami Galaxy (2010)

I can vote stuff I've seen lower than stuff I haven't, right? (I would've done so earlier for Xam'd but I assumed that wouldn't be acceptable, but since I've seen others do it...) Save me from having to give Howl's a 3, everything else looks so much better. ;__;
[color="Lime"]Group Earth[/color]
1. REDLINE (2009)
2. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
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3. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
4. Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
5. Mushishi (2006)
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6. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

[skreyola]

Anyone who hasn't seen Cross Game should go watch it right now.
*cries*

Group Water
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2 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
4 Casshern Sins (2008)
3 Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
5 The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
1 Mononoke (2007)
6 Macross Frontier (2008)

Group Earth
1 Mushishi (2006)
2 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
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3 REDLINE (2009)
4 Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
5 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
6 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[Maokun]

Someone who is a staunch defender of Code Geass really shouldn't be pointing fingers here.

I was positive that someone would point this out and of course it would have to be you. But to be fair, as deep as my own fanboyism goes, I'd have just nodded in agreement if somehow Code Geass didn't pass this round; I'm well aware of its shortcomings. I'd still mourn more R.O.D.'s destitution.

[ClosetOtaku]

Group Water
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) 2
Casshern Sins (2008) 6
Natsume Yuujinchou (2008) 5
The Tatami Galaxy (2010) 1
Mononoke (2007) 4
Macross Frontier (2008) 3

Group Earth
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 5
REDLINE (2009) 4
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005) 6
5 Centimeters per Second (2007) 2
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 3
Mushishi (2006) 1

[Maokun]

[color="RoyalBlue"]Group Water[/color]
4 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
3 Casshern Sins (2008)
5 Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)
2 The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
1 Mononoke (2007)
6 Macross Frontier (2008)

[color="Lime"]Group Earth[/color]
3 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
4 REDLINE (2009)
6 Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)
2 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
1 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
5 Mushishi (2006)

[Maokun]

Let's see how our latest two groups did:

[color="RoyalBlue"]Group Water[/color]
38 The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
42 Macross Frontier (2008)
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44 Mononoke (2007)
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45 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
51 Casshern Sins (2008)
53 Natsume Yuujinchou (2008)

[color="Lime"]Group Earth[/color]
37 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
40 REDLINE (2009)
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41 Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
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50 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
50 Mushishi (2006)
55 Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (2005)

Two last groups and the round will be over! Let's get to it:

[color="LemonChiffon"]Group Light[/color]
Kara no Kyoukai (2008)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)
AnoHana (2011)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004)
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)
RahXephon (2002)

[color="Black"]Group Dark[/color]
Dennou Coil (2007)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2004)
Paranoia Agent (2004)
Eden of the East (2009)
Spice and Wolf (2008)

Wow, that group dark was properly named, being perhaps the most stacked group of this round! Prepare those tissues guys, because the tears will just not stop happening. Voting will be open until Sunday at 21:00 EST

[Neane]

Group Light
Kara no Kyoukai (2008) ( 2 )
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006) ( 6 )
AnoHana (2011) ( 1 )
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004) ( 5 )
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) ( 4 )
RahXephon (2002) ( 3 )

Group Dark
Dennou Coil (2007) ( 1 )
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011) ( 6 )
Fullmetal Alchemist (2004) ( 5 )
Paranoia Agent (2004) ( 2 )
Eden of the East (2009) ( 4 )
Spice and Wolf (2008) ( 3 )

[Vii]

Group Light
5 Kara no Kyoukai (2008) (Looks really awesome)
4 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006) (Nyeh.)
2 AnoHana (2011) (So many feels.)
6 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004) (Looks cool)
3 Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) (FABULOUS MAX)
1 RahXephon (2002) (Oh, man, that one episode...)

Group Dark
6 Dennou Coil (2007) (Heard good things)
2 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011) (Gorgeous animation. Great drama.)
1 Fullmetal Alchemist (2004) (Very, very good. Also one of my first anime series)
5 Paranoia Agent (2004) (Seen the OP. It's...disturbingly good.)
4 Eden of the East (2009) (Really want to see)
3 Spice and Wolf (2008) (Just finished this earlier today 0w0)

[goldenspines]

[color="LemonChiffon"]Group Light[/color]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006) (Penguindrum is by far the better choice, but for personal preference, Haruhi comes slightly above it, for Kyon alone)
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) (Excellent.)
Kara no Kyoukai (2008) (I've heard this was good)
AnoHana (2011) (I've also heard this was good.)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004) (Er, it's okay from what I saw of it. Not really by cup of tea, though)
RahXephon (2002) (I couldn't ever find the stamina to watch all of this.)

[color="Black"]Group Dark[/color]
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011) (Quite naturally. But I did have to think very hard before putting it ahead of Eden of the East)
Eden of the East (2009) (Brilliant show.)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2004) (Had it been Brotherhood, it would be number one in EVERYTHING. Still great for what it was, though.)
Spice and Wolf (2008) (I enjoy this series)
Paranoia Agent (2004) (I watched one episode. It was okay-ish)
Dennou Coil (2007) (Again, watched one episode, cool, but still not enough to convince me. Wanna try to sell this one too?)

[skreyola]

*gasp* I hope those results mean you all haven't seen Mushi-shi. It is gorgeous.
And where's the love for Howl? Also a wonderful artwork.


Group Light
1 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)
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3 Kara no Kyoukai (2008)
4 AnoHana (2011)
2 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004)
5 Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)
6 RahXephon (2002)

Group Dark
1 Eden of the East (2009)
------- line of sight
2 Spice and Wolf (2008)
3 Dennou Coil (2007)
4 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011)
5 Fullmetal Alchemist (2004)
6 Paranoia Agent (2004)

[FllMtl Novelist]

Feeling much less informed and knowledgeable this round. I really don't have much clue about how to rank most of the stuff below the 'line of sight', so I guess I will be unintentionally stomping on some people's hearts. >_>;

[color="LemonChiffon"]Group Light[/color]
1. Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) Destiniiiii
2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (2004)
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3. Kara no Kyoukai (2008)
4. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)
5. AnoHana (2011)
6. RahXephon (2002)

[color="Black"]Group Dark[/color]
1. Spice and Wolf (2008)
2. Dennou Coil (2007)
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3. Eden of the East (2009)
4. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2011)
5. Paranoia Agent (2004)
6. Fullmetal Alchemist (2004)