Comments on: Beautiful Shows You Must Watch

By: reed

reed — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:30:26 +0000

Yep, ARIA more than Someday’s Dreamers is a better choice…

The movie Beyond the Clouds is boring and not really beautiful -The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is my vote for the movie…

Also where is Kamichu! ?

By: Archaeon

Archaeon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:21:22 +0000

While I have to agree with most of the ones you’ve selected, I disagree with Jigoku Shoujo being tragic. Some episodes are tragic yes, but the supernatural element in the show takes away a lot of the tragedy by making it “unbelievable” – a fantasy in other words.

If I had to choose, I’d say the most beautifully tragic anime I’ve ever seen is Grave of the Fireflies. If that movie doesn’t cut you to pieces then nothing will.

Also, ARIA is one of the best shows to appear in anime in the last decade and I heartily recommend it as it is beautifully relaxing.

By: Simchip

Simchip — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:12:09 +0000

I have different favorites in different categories. Horror : “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni” is amazingly creepy, also the sequel “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kei” is also fantastic. Azumanga Daioh is about one of the funniest animes I have watched in a long while. For action I liked “Black Lagoon”.

By: Hikaryu

Hikaryu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:44:07 +0000

Agrees to Honey n CLover n Shinkai’s works.

By: verdandi

verdandi — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:34:34 +0000

Great selection.

I feel MUSHISHI to be a masterpiece.

And I’d like to suggest(not for being beatiful but because they are great in their own way and genre):
dennou coil
12 kingdoms
school rumble
ROD

By: RyuMizuchi

RyuMizuchi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:49:30 +0000

I agree with your picks, and i would also add AIR TV and… .hack//SIGN, believe it or not.

By: Setsukyie

Setsukyie — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:28:15 +0000

I agree on Honey and Clover being Beautifully Romantic. The anime truly deserves the title and it’s the best romantic anime I have ever watched. Comedy is also very good in H&C.

I haven’t watched Aria either, should I?

Yea, anime DVD in Malaysia are bad (most of them). Haven’t bought one, never will I guess. That’s why I prefer downloading animes..^^

By: rei

rei — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:28:59 +0000

what a fascinating list. I’m particularly fond of Mushishi so it’s great to know that it made an impact to you as much as it did to me. It’d be nice if more bloggers will do posts like this one. Recommendations are always welcome. I can’t wait to see the last three titles you mentioned.

By: edo

edo — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:40:51 +0000

WHERE’S MAI ARIA!? NOES!

By: Silencers

Silencers — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:28:10 +0000

@Skh
I haven’t seen Aria, though I’ve gotten a few recommendations. Maybe I’ll spend some time on that one of these days =D

@dinmpy
I did watch X-TV [fucking awesome music, some of the most epic I've ever heard], unfortunately the sharp chins killed me somewhere after episode 6 :p

@Kogepan
I often wished anime DVD sets aren’t so expensive here in Malaysia. Low-quality bootlegs [read: Odex] are all over the place, too. There was once a bootleg DVD of Fullmetal Alchemist sold at RM10.00 [a little under USD 3.00] and it was filled with SHINSEN’S RELEASES.