Titles are 'approximately' ordered by favorite to less favorite, but don't let that throw you off, I recommend all the anime on this page.
Organized in table format with info links, descriptions, and studio info; because it's interesting to see a trend in the good studios.
Title | One-Line Description | Studio |
Code Geass / Code Geass R2 | The country of Japan is conquered by Brittania, spawning a wave of revolution, where a young man make a contract with a strange woman to gain the power of suggestion. Like Death Note meets Gundam with CLAMP as the character designers. | Mainichi, Sunrise |
Mai Hime | A group of girls with the ability to see the red star next to the moon are thrown into battles with their 'children' - mechanized weapons that respons to their commands. | Sunrise |
Soul Eater | Young students at the Shibusen Academy aim to make their weapons into Death Scythes by obtaining 99 Kishin souls and one witch's soul. Could have ended better - but all is well till the last 10 minutes.... | Bones, Dentsu |
Hunter X Hunter | A boy goes in search of his father, who is a well-known Hunter. Gon must become a Hunter himself in order to find him. | Nippon Animation |
Claymore | Women fused with the blood of youma are used by an organization for hire to kill youma. | Madhouse |
Kekkaishi | Two feuding families with the ability to see ayakashi are sworn to protect the land of Karasumori, a land overflowing with power which attracts evil ayakashi. And this sacred / cursed land resides underneath a school. | Sunrise, Yomiuri |
Kure-nai | A high school boy working as a negotiator is given the task of protecting a young girl of a wealthy family, from her own family. | Brains Base |
Gundam 00 / Gundam 00 S2 | A group of young pilots aim to end all war with their superior mobile suits. Supposed to be the 'first' Gundam installment. Season 2 occurs 4 years after the first. | Sunrise |
Neon Genesis Evangelion | "The classic mecha anime." | Gainax |
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto | A samurai with the fate of the 'eternal assassin' must seek out and destroy an evil energy bent on leading the world to ruin. | Bandai, Sunrise |
X TV | Two sides with supernational powers fight over the end of the world, story by CLAMP. | Madhouse |
Witch Hunter Robin | Secret organization who hunts down and prosecutes 'witches', with the help of their own fire witch. | Bandai, Sunrise |
Eureka Seven | "Evangelion for kids", mechs that ride on trappar currents flowing over the world, and a mercenary ship fights against the military. | Bones, Bandai |
Gunslinger Girl | Young girls who are at the edge of death are taken in by the Social Welfare Agency, given cybernetic bodies, and trained to be assassins for the government. | Madhouse, Bandai |
Chevalier d'Eon | During the time of the French Revolution, a young man seeks to find his sister's killers. | Production I.G. |
One Piece | A young boy named Luffy sets out to become the Pirate King. | Fuji TV, Toei |
Toward the Terra (Terra e) | Similar to X-men. Humans with supernatural powers known as Mu, are discriminated against and chased to the ends of the universe. But what the Mu are really are looking for is a way to coexist with the humans. | Aniplex, Mainichi |