Anime I grew up(and now) watching
As a kid I had no idea what anime was, that was until at the tender age of 9(I'm 25 now) I found myself fixed to the TV every Saturday night at 10:00pm CT(being from the midwest). It all began when every morning before going to school or just getting up, a very discrete Indian channel(primarily Indian programs) had a program called "The Box" that would play music videos (non-Indian music sort of like MTV2, I didn't have cable growing up) for a few hours starting at dawn. I believe the channel was 28 considering I had only 20 channels. Thinking that "The Box" wasn't the only program on that channel that was non-Indian, I came across the anime program at random(later realizing that it was a set program, Saturday nights only and for how long I had no idea, I would pass out usually by 1am). I'll never forget those nights staying up with my brother enjoying anime. Most of the animes were also in Japanese and not dubbed. This went on for a few years, I highly doubt that channel is in effect. I to this day still watch and adore anime(don't watch it as much as I use to).
I will try my hardest to add the ones I remember, the older animes were the ones I saw as a kid, the more recent ones (more so the ones that have came out in the past decade) will be toward the end of the list, plus not all of these were on that channel. The channel did however peak my interest in anime... ENJOY!
I will try my hardest to add the ones I remember, the older animes were the ones I saw as a kid, the more recent ones (more so the ones that have came out in the past decade) will be toward the end of the list, plus not all of these were on that channel. The channel did however peak my interest in anime... ENJOY!
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- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsAkira KamiyaYuriko YamamotoKenji UtsumiIn a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.This was the FIRST anime I've seen
- StarsMatt GreenfieldAkio ÔtsukaJôji NakataA young girl must fulfill her destiny as a foretold demon fighter with help from a cursed boy and a special investigations team.
- CreatorKentaro MiuraStarsMarc DiraisonNobutoshi CannaCarrie KeranenGuts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.Was super pissed when the last episode abruptly ended the story(or so I thought), I thought "What the hell!? IS THAT IT!?!?!?!" it was until sometime in 2004 when I remembered about the anime and found out that it was an adaptation, so I started reading the manga and HOLY CRAP it is an amazing story, plus the anime never shows you the real BERSERKER ARMOR(not to mention that it doesn't continue where the first episode left off with Gatsu wanting Griffith dead)!!!! For those of you who don't know, it's continuing even now(been going on for 22 years). HIGHLY recommended anime and MANGA!!!
- DirectorHiroshi WatanabeStarsYû MizushimaMichie TomizawaKeiko TodaHigh school student Sho happens to come across a mysterious metal object that causes his body to become enveloped in a weapon-encrusted suit of armor, changing him into a being called The Guyver. The Chronos corporation, creators of the Guyver armor and an army of mutant soldiers called Zoanoids, will stop at nothing to get their secret product back, and begin murdering people close to Sho in order to bring him out of hiding. Meanwhile, the head Chronos' security has acquired a Guyver suit of her own, and is planning to hunt Sho down herself.OMG I'm not going to lie, but I got into this when I was picking up the VHS of Guyver: Dark Hero (aka Guyver 2 the live-action movie) at the Sun Coast store aeons ago! It was on the clearance rack, sitting next to it was THIS!!! Got it as well!
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsKôichi YamaderaEmi ShinoharaTakeshi AonoA vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsYûsaku YaraToshiko FujitaIchirô NagaiWhile protecting a signatory to a peace treaty between their peoples, a male human and a female demon discover that their mutual attraction may be the key to unifying their worlds.
- CreatorMasayoshi KubotaStarsHiroya IshimaruKaneto ShiozawaTesshô GendaIn 2808 A.D., three convicts are conscripted by the Cyber Police to fight crime in the hi-tech metropolis of Oedo - while being forced to wear collars that can kill them at any time.
- DirectorKôji MorimotoTensai OkamuraKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMarc SwintRobbie DaymondFrank TodaroAn animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.
- CreatorYasuhiro NightowStarsMasaya OnosakaHiromi TsuruSatsuki YukinoVash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after.Crazy anime, and one hell of an amazing soundtrack.
- StarsHikaru MidorikawaToshihiko SekiRyûzô IshinoA squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.This and Endless Waltz, ugh so good!
- StarsTakeshi KusaoYumi TômaKappei YamaguchiA group of medieval adventurers must participate in a war against dark forces in the land of Lodoss.
- DirectorYûzô SatôYoshiaki KawajiriStarsMatt McKenzieMatt K. MillerSherry LynnTwo biologists attempt to distribute the cure for a demonic virus spreading throughout Japan, but when one of them is infected, he must learn to harness his demon side.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- CreatorHajime YatateStarsAyako KawasumiBob BuchholzBridget HoffmanThe adventures of an outlaw crew of an advanced starship.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsShinchô KokonteiMakoto NonomuraYuriko IshidaA community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
- StarsBrice ArmstrongSteve OlsonStephanie NadolnyDragon Ball tells the tale of a young warrior by the name of Son Goku, a young peculiar boy with a tail who embarks on a quest to become stronger and learns of the Dragon Balls, when, once all 7 are gathered, grant any wish of choice.
- StarsDoc HarrisChristopher SabatScott McNeilWith the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.
- StarsCrispin FreemanDan GreenLisa OrtizA young boy named Shuzo rushes to the defense of a stranger who is being attacked for her magic pendant, only to find himself transported into another world where water is a scarce commodity and he is forced to join an army of children.
- DirectorYoshifumi KondôStarsYoko HonnaIssei TakahashiTakashi TachibanaA love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
- CreatorCarl MacekStarsSteve KramerTom WynerRobert AxelrodAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and the technology and secrets she bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.
- CreatorShuichi ShigenoStarsShin'ichirô MikiSteve BlumTodd HaberkornThe story of a young delivery boy who becomes a drift-racing legend.
- DirectorHideki HiroshimaHiroshi NegishiHayato IkedaStarsJason BeckJoan BakerDave CouchIn the distant future, mankind has colonized other planets in the universe. While many planets lived in peace, the planet Jerra has been ravaged by decades of war. Geist is an M.D.S. (Most Dangerous Soldier), an enhanced human with unsurpassed combat capabilities and an insatiable lust for battle. Because of his uncontrollable nature, Geist is cryogenically frozen and locked in a satellite. Several years later, the satellite crashes and Geist wakes up from his sleep to engage in another war. This time, to help the army stop the planet's central computer from activating a doomsday device that will lead to total annihilation of all life on Jerra.
- CreatorYutaka IzubuchiMamoru OshiiAkemi TakadaStarsToshio FurukawaDaisuke GôriMîna TominagaThe adventures of a giant robot police force unit.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika SakamotoWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYôji MatsudaYuriko IshidaYûko TanakaOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsKaneto ShiozawaMichie TomizawaSeizô KatôWhen Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsEdward MannixBryan CranstonMichael ForestTwo old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.
- CreatorKazumi FujitaShôji KawamoriKen'ichi MatsuzakiStarsTsutomu TakayamaHiroko KasaharaDebra RogersA new splinter race of the Zentraedi show up: the Marduk. While the Zentraedi were defeated by Lynn Minmay's music, the Marduk have their own singers (emulators), spur their soldiers into battle. A reporter name Hibiki Kanzaki captures a Marduk emulator, Ishtar, while reporting on a battle, and proceeds to teach her of the happy-happy fun-fun nature of peace & love, which she shares with the rest of her people.
- CreatorShô AikawaStarsYûko MiyamuraYûko SumitomoEri SendaiThree sisters whose brother married into a remote island tribe inherit the island's guardian god, a giant monster.
- DirectorKatsuhito AkiyamaHiroki HayashiStarsYouko MatsuokaRei SakumaMinami TakayamaFive female pirates pilot the Sol Bianca, a starship with a higher level of technology than any other known. With it, they seek out riches, such as the Gnosis, an legendary item of power, and pasha, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy.
- CreatorSatoshi TajiriJun'ichi MasudaKen SugimoriStarsVeronica TaylorRachael LillisEric StuartCovering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, and his best friend Brock, the two meet a new coordinator named Dawn, who travels with them through Sinnoh and enters Pokemon Contests.Who hasn't seen Pokemon!? Then again I was at the appropriate age, and then again Beanie Babies were at it's peak and BOOMING at that time as well.
- CreatorEdward KayRoberto SantiagoStarsSteve BlumMona MarshallTifanie ChristunA group of young teens is unexpectedly sent to the mysterious Digital World and paired up with their own powerful, morphing monster called the Digimon. Together the entire group set out on an adventure to fight evil and save the world.
- DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeHajime YatateStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.This and "Knockin' on heaven's door" (aka The Movie) are prime.
- DirectorKôichi ÔhataStarsSharon BeckerBill BlechingbergPeter CasconeIn this Japanese animated, sci-fi thriller, the cities of the future are plagued by violence, and the Central Guard Company is being commissioned to find a solution to the tumultuous as well as continuous outbreak of urban crime. One designer works rigorously to create a special Guard Suit that has powerful psychic abilities, while another develops a robotic killing machine with an arsenal of weapons. In the end, the murderous cyborg will not only eliminate his opponents, but also get rid of his loved ones in the process too. However when John Stalker is given the unique assignment of testing the Guard Suit, it uncovers a menacing secret he has tried to keep hidden from the world.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsJunko IwaoRica MatsumotoShinpachi TsujiA pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.Could not believe what I had just seen when I saw this flick, MAN OH MAN was this intense.
- StarsHideyuki TanakaTôru FuruyaRyô HorikawaA group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil forces.
- DirectorRintarôStarsMasako NozawaMasako IkedaYôko AsagamiThe adventures of a brave young boy who travels from planet to planet in a determined quest to avenge his mother's death.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VIIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
- StarsTakeshi KusaoHiroshi TakemuraDaiki NakamuraAfter a thousand years of exile, Talpa, ruler of the Netherworld, returns to claim the Earth as his own. The only thing that can stop him and his minions are five young men and their mystical suits of armor.I thought Ronin Warriors was amazing back when I was a kid, I even had some of the figurines!!!
- StarsBasileHozumi GôdaThunderbird DinwiddieThe once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations.
- DirectorMizuho NishikuboMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio ÔtsukaA cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.Never seen the TV series, I should try it out sometime!
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsHideyuki HoriHiromi TsuruKiyoshi KobayashiA young swordsman and the daughter of a political Messiah enter a ravaged Shinjuku, Tokyo, to stop the man who killed the former's father from opening a portal to a world of demons.
- DirectorTaku SugiyamaOsamu TezukaStarsKaneto ShiozawaKeiko TakeshitaHiroshi ÔtakeIn the distant future, a young cadet is sent to find and capture "Cosmozone 2772", a mystical universal Phoenix which possesses the power to rejuvenate the drained Earth.
- StarsBarbara GoodsonJan RabsonBill CapizziA bird-themed superhero team battles the threat of Galactor and his minions, an international terrorist organization with advanced technology.
- StarsYasunori MatsumotoKazuhiko InoueShow HayamiMysterious monstrous alien creatures attack Earth's colonies. This six-part OVA focuses on Juan "Johnnie" Rico who joins the army because of Carmen, a girl he likes, his days in boot camps, his losses and Earth's first counterattack.Starship Troopers OVA
- DirectorHiroyuki KitakuboStarsYûki KudôSaemi NakamuraJoe RomersaSaya is a Japanese vampire slayer whose next mission is in a high school on a US military base in 1960s Japan, where she poses as a student. She uses a katana/samurai sword to kill vampires.Short but sweet, loved the awesome animation!!
- StarsKaori ShimizuCrispin FreemanRachael LillisA light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and grisly murders. Each character tells their own connection to the event and to a similar murder spree 5 years ago. All of the different stories are slowly tied together by seemingly minute similarities and the story of Boogiepop is unraveled.A very morbid and dark anime indeed.
- DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka ImotoKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
- DirectorHiroyuki MoritaStarsChizuru IkewakiYoshihiko HakamadaAki MaedaAfter helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.Saw this one a few years back with my girl(she's obsessed with cats, as am I... but not obsessively) and loved it!
- CreatorMahiro MaedaStarsMayumi AsanoChiwa SaitôPaul St. PeterIn a world of airships and civil war, two messengers come across a special girl who will change the course of history.Brother got me into this one, he bought the collection. The next day, I had to stop at episode 18 due to lack of sleep, LOL!
- StarsKazunari TanakaSatsuki YukinoAi OrikasaAi Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.
- CreatorKeiko NobumotoStarsSarah HauserDarren PleavinKenta MiyakeIn a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in domed cities surrounded by wasteland, wolves are assumed to be two hundred years extinct.Nostalgia to me, almost wept at the end of the series. Beautiful.
- DirectorDaisuke NishioHirotoshi RissenLeiji MatsumotoStarsRomanthonyThomas BangalterA continuation of the story told in the Daft Punk music videos "One More Time," "Aerodynamic," "Digital Love," and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."Loved the Daft Punk cameo HEHEHE!
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."What a divine-like anime, great animation, amazing duo(trio I guess)/rivalry, historical undertones as well as story-telling!
- CreatorMahiro MaedaStarsJôji NakataJohnny Yong BoschBeau BillingsleaTrying to escape his uneventful life, Albert, the son of a renowned general from Paris, makes a journey with his friend Franz. During his travels, he meets an immensely wealthy nobleman named The Count of Monte Cristo. Living in luxurious hotels, surrounded by beautiful women and strong bodyguards, the charming but enigmatic count fascinates Albert. Albert invites the count to join the high society of Paris. However, unknown to Albert, his father had once framed the count and took the Count's fiancée as his own.
- DirectorShinji TakagiKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsAnna PaquinPatrick StewartAlfred MolinaIn 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
- StarsR. Bruce ElliottChristopher SabatSean TeagueA small village gets raided by bandits every harvest season. The villagers can't take it anymore, and decide to recruit samurais to defend them in exchange for rice. Will the villagers find who would defend them from the bandits?Being a HUGE Kurosawa fan. I had to see this, not bad at all!
- DirectorGorô MiyazakiStarsTimothy DaltonWillem DafoeMariska HargitayIn a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsMegumi HayashibaraTôru EmoriKatsunosuke HoriWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.Was amazed and blown away by "Perfect Blue" so I HAD to watch this one when it came out! AGAIN BLOWN AWAY LIKE C4 IN MA FACE!!!
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsRiisa NakaTakuya IshidaMitsutaka ItakuraA high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
- DirectorMasahiro AndôStarsTomoya NagaseYuri ChinenKôichi YamaderaA swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsCate BlanchettMatt DamonLiam NeesonA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsRyunosuke KamikiNanami SakurabaMitsuki TanimuraA student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
- DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsBridgit MendlerAmy PoehlerWill ArnettThe Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.