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Vincent Law
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Anime Insider magazine just printed their 50th issue and inside is printed a list of the top 50 anime of all time, according to their staff and some opinions from those in the industry. Cowboy Bebop was number one while "Eva" placed sixth...I haven't quite made up my mind about their order yet and I think there might be some omissions that probably should have been on the list. However, I think that most of what was chosen deserved to be on there...a pretty sound list. (I think the omission of more recent triumphs like Bleach is fair...it's hard to measure their impact since they're so new) I'd be interested in hearing the opinions of anyone else who has read the article. Bye-bye!!! (and BUY your anime, hee hee)
The list is as follows: 50. Vision of Escaflowne 49. Saikano 48. Berserk 47. Kino's Journey 46. Cardcaptor Sakura 45. Fantastic Children 44. Irresponsible Captain Tylor 43. Giant Robo 42. Twelve Kingdoms 41. Azumanga Daioh 40. Urusei Yatsura 39. Astro Boy 38. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 37. Fruits Basket 36. Night on the Galactic Railroad 35. Excel Saga 34. Trigun 33. Read or Die 32. Princess Mononoke 31. Gunbuster: Aim for the Top! 30. Samurai X: Trust and Betryal 29. The Place Promised in Our Early Days 28. Planetes 27. Samurai Champloo 26. Moblie Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket 25. Princess Tutu 24. Serial Experiments Lain 23. Galaxy Express 999 22. Patlabor the Movie 2 21. Tokyo Godfathers 20. Gankutsuou 19. My Neighbor Totoro 18. Boogiepop Phantom 17. Paranoia Agent 16. Grave of the Fireflies 15. Haibane Renmei 14. Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 13. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 12. Now and Then, Here and There 11. Fullmetal Alchemist 10. Macross Plus 9. Akira 8. The Castle of Cagliostro 7. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 6. Neon Genesis Evangelion 5. Revolutionary Girl Utena 4. FLCL 3. Millennium Actress 2. Porco Rosso 1. Cowboy Bebop [edit: I added the list to the opening post so people don't have to hunt for it. - Keonyn] |
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Hon'ya-chan
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Cowboy Bebop #1? Excuse me, but there is nothing "groundbreaking" about that anime. I'd at least expect DBZ to get the top spot. True it's the most reviled Anime out there, but without it, Cowboy Bebop wouldn't have been able to get it's foot into the door here.
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Vincent Law
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Cowboy Bebop has become one of anime's sacred cows, IMHO...that is to say, people are almost afraid to criticize it at this point...I enjoy it and I do think that its artistic presentation alone earns it a spot in the top ten, at least...I'm not a big DBZ fan, personally (okay, I don't like it at all, truthfully). I noticed that virtually no shonen anime made it onto the list. A bias, perhaps???
P.S. Come to think of it, I don't think DBZ made it onto the list, period |
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Westlo
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If it's a best 50 anime list as opposed to a most influential 50 anime list than DBZ deserves to have no place on it. Anyone who thinks so should take off their nostaglia tinted glasses as well as read the manga and see how drawn out the episodes are in addition to heaps of atrocious filler.
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Vincent Law
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I'm inclined to agree with you, Westlo...I never cared for DBZ or any of the Dragonballs, for that matter...I was surprised to see that only Millennium Actress made it onto the list. I guess they didn't want to give Satoshi Kon too many spots, lol
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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I'll probably end up reading this because where I work at sells the magazine and I just usually read it off the shelf (I don't actually like the magazine enough to purchase it, sorry, I just skim through it though). I'm probably going to disagree with it anyway. But that's just how things are (heck, I disagree with 8/10 of the top titles on this site as well). The fact that you said there isn't any shounen titles greatly surprises me though (and something that I don't really believe). I'll have to check it out myself I guess.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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With no access to the magazine itself, I wonder how many of the judges are Japanese nationals, for while Cowboy Bebop is enormously popular in North America, it is only moderately popular in Japan, and if I recall correctly it has never made into top 10 of similar Japanese lists, let alone #1. |
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ikillchicken
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You know what would make this topic infinitely better? The list. Anyone got a link to it?
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Aromatic Grass
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I remember the NTUSA feature two years ago, in which the readers picked the Top 25. Evangelion stole the top spot, while Cowboy Bebop took #2. That list did carry DBZ, but remember that these was the readers' choices, not some group of industry leaders.
This is the full list. (Remember this is two years ago.) |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Vuwazy
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Do I have to agree with that? |
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Eos
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Actually, Kon got a few, Tokyo Godfathers was #21 and Paranoia Agent #17. Like others said, the list is meant to be the best quality series, not the most influential. Otherwise DBZ would had made it. |
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KyuuA4
 Posts: 1361 Location: America, where anime and manga can be made |
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"Insider", huh?
 For basically having the same set of anime in its top 50 list... might as well use a random number generator.
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Crisco Disco
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Would anyone mind taking the time to type out the list? I'd love to see it, and I'm sure others would also. We'd appreciate your kind actions greatly. :]
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