MEGANIMEMEME (not meme's actual name)

[zrath]

Gank-utsuo-ed (har!) from Chibi Ninja Attack Squad doronjosama!!!

Go through the list and check off the titles you have watched. For our purposes, "watching" a title means that for TV and OVA series, you have to have seen at least one episode. For one-shots, you have to have seen the whole thing. At the end of each genre/category, add up your sub-total. At the very end, add up the sub-totals to come up with your grand total. If your grand total is 80 or over, congratulations -- you are an obsessive anime watcher!

Well, golly, French TV played a lot of anime. And I joined the C/FO in 1985 or so, so I wound up seeing a lot.
But for the past 5 years, I've been carefully selecting what I watch.
Anyway, let's see how I did!



I. Action and Adventure
() .hack//SIGN
() Airmaster
() Battle Arena Toshinden
() Bleach
() Blood+
() Burst Angel
(X) City Hunter
(X) Cowboy Bebop (best cinematography in anime: "Pierrot Le Fou" episode)
() Dragonball
() Flame of Recca
() GetBackers
() InuYasha
(X) Lupin III (great grandson of Arsène Lupin! Sacrébleu!!)
() Mai-HiME
() Naruto
() One Piece
() Tenjou Tenge
(X) TRIGUN (he reminds me of Thomas Dolby)
() Saiyuki
() Yu Yu Hakusho
Total Here: 04/20

II. Comedy and Parody
() 2x2 = Shinobuden
(X) Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
(X) Azumanga Daioh (I was tricked! Tricked! AAAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!)
() Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
(X) DiGi Charat (I was tricked too! Curse you Ted Sheppard!)
(X) Dragon Half
() Excel Saga
() Fruits Basket
() Galaxy Angel
() Here is Greenwood
() Kodomo no Omocha
() Kyou Kara Maou!
() Midori Days
() Ouran Koukou Host Club
() Pani Poni Dash
(X) Project A-ko (I <3 B-ko!)
(X) Ranma 1/2 (lost interest after Episode 20)
(X) Tenchi Muyo (lost interest after Episode 15)
() Those Who Hunt Elves
(X) Urusei Yatsura ("Darling no baka!")
Total Here: 08/20

III. Drama and Miscellaneous
() Beck
() Full Moon wo Sagashite
(X) Gankutsuou (theme music by J.J. Burnell of The Stanglers? I'm so there!!)
() Genshiken
() Glass Mask
() Haibane Renmei
() Hitsuji no Uta
() Honey & Clover
() Kaleido Star
(X) Last Exile
() Le Portraite de Petite Cossette
() Monster
() Paradise Kiss
(X) Princess Mononoke (not my favorite Miyazaki)
(X) Read or Die (pretty awesome!)
() Speed Grapher
() Twin Spica
() Weiss Kreuz
(X) Wings of Honneamise (pretty awesome too, gorgeous animation)
() Yakitate!! Japan
Total Here: 05/20

IV. Ecchi/Mature
() Agent AIKa
(X) Cutey Honey
() Ebichu
() Golden Boy
() Grenadier
() Hand Maid May
() He Is My Master
() Iketeru Futari
() La Blue Girl
() Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose
() Mahoromatic
() Mezzo Forte
() Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
() My Dear Marie
() Najica Blitz Tactics
() Negima
() Puni Puni Poemi
() Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
() Wicked City Noir
() Yumeria
Total Here: 01/20 (wow, I'm such a prude!)

V. Fantasy and Supernatural
() Angel Sanctuary
() Aquarian Age
() Berserk
() El Hazard
() Final Fantasy Unlimited
(X) Fullmetal Alchemist
(X) Howl's Moving Castle
() Magic Knight Rayearth
() Mushishi
(X) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (oh yes!!)
() Record of Lodoss War
() Scrapped Princess
(X) Slayers
() Tales of Eternia
() Trinity Blood
() Tsubasa Chronicle
(X) Vampire Hunter D
() Violinist of Hamelin
() Vision of Escaflowne
() X: TV
Total Here: 05/20

VI. Historical and Alternate History
() Anne of Green Gables
() Basilisk
() Barefoot Gen
() Chrono Crusade
() Grave of the Fireflies (I don't think I could take it.)
() Fire Tripper
() Kaidomaru
() Legend of Condor Hero
(X) Millennium Actress (very very cool!)
() Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
(X) Ninja Scroll
() Otogizoushi
() Peacemaker Kurogane
(X) Porco Rosso
() Rose of Versailles
() Rurouni Kenshin
() Samurai 7
() Samurai Champloo
() Steel Angel Kurumi
() Victorian Romance Emma
Total Here: 03/20

VII. Kids and Family
() Angelic Layer
() Astro Boy
() Beyblade
(X) Castle in the Sky (Laputa!)
() Detective Conan
() Digimon
() Doraemon
() Hamtaro
(X) Kiki's Delivery Service
(X) Kimba the White Lion
() Monster Rancher
(X) My Neighbor Totoro (I am not Totoro!)
() Pokemon
(X) Samurai Pizza Cats
() Sazae-san
() SD Gundam Force
() Sonic X
(X) Speed Racer
(X) Spirited Away
() Yu-Gi-Oh
Total Here: 07/20

VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
() Cardcaptor Sakura
() DNAngel
() Earth Girl Arjuna
() Elemental Gelade
() Hime-chan no Ribbon
() Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
() Magic Users Club
() Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
() Magical Stage Fancy La La
() Mahou no Star Magical Emi
() Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
() Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
() Ojamajou DoReMi
() Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo
() Pretear
() Sailor Moon
() Saint Tail
() Tokyo Mew Mew
() Ultra Maniac
() Wedding Peach
Total Here: 00/20 (Zrath-Smiley is a magical girl free zone)

IX. Romance
(X) Ah! My Goddess (I <3 Urd long time! :D
() Ai Yori Aoshi
() Air
() Ayashi no Ceres
() Boys Be
() Chobits
() Fushigi Yuugi
() Hana Yori Dango
() His and Her Circumstances
(X) Kimagure Orange Road
() Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
() Love Hina
(X) Maison Ikkoku
() Marmalade Boy
() Peach Girl
() Piano
() Please Teacher!
() SaiKano
() To Heart
(X) Video Girl Ai
Total Here: 04/20

X. Science-Fiction
(X) Appleseed (EVERYTHING!)
() Blue Seed
(X) Bubblegum Crisis (a little too angsty for me)
() Crest of the Stars
(X) Galaxy Express 999
(X) Gundam (any)
(X) Macross (VF-1 series Valkyries for the win!)
(X) Outlaw Star
(X) Patlabor
(X) Planetes
(X) Please Save My Earth
(X) RahXephon
() Saber Marionette
() s-CRY-ed
() Soukyuu no Fafner
() Space Battleship Yamato
() Stellvia
(X) Transformers
() Voices of a Distant Star
() Xenosaga: The Animation
Total Here: 11/20

XI. Shounen-Ai and Shoujo-Ai
() Ai no Kusabi
() Descendants of Darkness
() Earthian
() FAKE
() Fish in the Trap
() Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
() Gravitation
() Haru wo Daiteita
() Kannazuki no Miko
() Kizuna
() Lesson XX
() Loveless
() Maria-sama ga Miteru
() Mirage of Blaze
() Oniisama E
() Seikimatsu Darling
() Song of the Wind in the Trees
() Sukisho
() Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
() Zetsuai/Bronze
Total Here: 00/20 (I don't even know what this stuff is!)

XII. Sports
() Ace wo Nerae
() Ashita no Joe
() Ayane's High Kick
() Baki the Grappler
() Battle Athletes
() Buzzer Beater
() Captain Tsubasa
() Eyeshield 21
() Ginban Kaleidoscope
() Hajime no Ippo
() Hikaru no Go
() Initial D
() Major
() Monkey Turn
() One Pound Gospel
() Prince of Tennis
() Princess Nine
() Slam Dunk
() Suzuka
() Wild Striker
Total Here: 00/20

XIII. Surreal and Psychological
(X) Akira
() Betterman
() Boogiepop Phantom
() Elfen Lied
() FLCL
() Gantz
(X) Ghost in the Shell (EVERYTHING!)
() Hellsing
() Jigoku Shoujo
() Karas
() Madlax
() Melody of Oblivion
() Neon Genesis Evangelion (Giant mechs with bad posture? Angst by the spaceship-load? No thanks!)
() Noir
(X) Paranoia Agent
(X) Perfect Blue (holy crap, that's one freaky anime!)
() Princess Tutu
() Revolutionary Girl Utena
(X) Serial Experiments Lain (I need to finish that eventually)
() Texhnolyze
Total Here: 05/20

Grand Total: 53/260



Hurray! I am NOT an obsessive anime head! :D
This list is missing a whole bunch of stuff though. Here's the stuff I've seen that's missing: Black Lagoon,
Moonlight Mile, Paprika, Memories, Crusher Joe, Tekkon Kinkreet, Megazone 23 (Part 1 and 2), Maddox 01, Lensman,
Angel's Egg, Jin-Roh: Wolf Brigade, Spirited Away, Dominion Tank Police, and Princess Knight/Ribbon no Kishi,
which I had to look up on Wikipedia to pull the Japanese name from. When I watched it on French TV back
in the day, it was called "Prince Sapphire". I saw this bit on Wikipedia and laughed my head off:

"The King
The King of Silverland. He deceives his people into believing his daughter is really a son in order to
prevent Duralumon from inheriting the throne. Confusingly, he is killed early on, visits Sapphire as a
ghost (Hamlet-style), is brought back to life by God, is killed again, and so on.

The Queen
The Queen of Silverland. Supports Sapphire and oversees the Kingdom during her husband's occasional bouts of being dead."

Occasional bouts of being dead! I love it!!
I don't quite remember that from the TV show, but then again, I was just a Kzintten.
Maybe it was edited by French censors.
Anyway, LOL Tezuka!

Comments

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I feel like an old bat in anime' land. I talk about stuff like Lupin III people look at me like I just grew a third head.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think this meme was put together by a 20 year-old.
It's got mostly stuff from this decade with a sampling of older stuff thrown.
Also, every category is limited to 20 titles.
And one category, I don't even know what it means!!

[pelzig.livejournal.com]

This meme was FAIL! :D

I got about the same score as you. Where was all the old stuff?!

I mean, no Silent Mobius, no Jin-Roh, Dangaio, Iczer-1, Iczer-3, AD Police, Baoh, Battle Angel, The Cockpit, Dominion, Five Star Stories, Geneshaft, Grey:Digital Target, Hades Project Zeorymer, Judge, Outlanders, Iria:Zeiram, Vampire Princess Miyu, Cream Lemon, Cool Devices, Pirate Queen Emeraldus, Captain Harlock, Spriggan....

Waugh!

[zrath.livejournal.com]

And Dirty Pair? Hellooooooo?!!?
We should make our own old-school anime meme!
Put everything in it that came out before anime went mainstream in the US!
That will separate the pioneers from the bandwagonneers! :D

[snapes-angel.livejournal.com]

Exactly!