10. Gundam SEED (It was my first Gundam series, and although it's not that great I idolize Cagalli and I loved the ending. Then Destiny came along....)
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9. Tiger and Bunny (Yeah, it's new but a modern superhero anime is quite rare. Usually it's all about the mechas and they leave the superheroes to western artists.)
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8. Bunny Drop (Okay, no more recent animes, but this one features a relationship dynamic that I can't help but j'adore!)
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7. Gintama (It's rare that a Shonen Jump series doesn't take itself seriously, and it's also great for those who wanna learn about Japanese culture.)
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6. Code Geass (I need a reason? Fine......IT'S SOOOOO PRETTY!)
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5. Interstella 5555 (Okay, placing it at No. 5 was just for show. I rarely saw the music video for One More Time as a kid and when I did, I'd go insane about how much I loved the art style. I actually blame this for getting me into a certain other anime which I'll explain later.)
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4. Pokemon (Yeah, it's a kiddy series but I grew up on it, so I can't help but have that nostalgic fondness for it. Best Wishes made me fall in love with it all over again after the disappointing - No, not hatred! - Sinnoh arc.)
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3. Blue Gender (It's pretty horrific, filled with sex and the Blue scared the fock out of me so much that I'm now really afraid of insects, but it's strangely compelling and the finale is one of the best I've seen, despite a few people labelling it as rushed.)
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2. Neon Genesis Evangelion (This was the first anime I ever watched that wasn't a kids' show. I was only around 8 or 9 at the time, and I saw the scary as fock Rei head on the cover of the EoE VHS case and pestered my brother if I could watch it. He eventually relented, but I had to watch the series first because I wouldn't understand EoE without it. It was amazing at the time, to say the least.)
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1. Space Pirate Captain Harlock is also fairly recent for me, I only watched it after getting my laptop and hearing that Daft Punk (the guys who produced Interstella 5555's music although the film itself is a promo for the Discovery album, which happens to be one of my favorite records) grew up watching the series and idolized Leiji Matsumoto (Harlock's creator and the namesake of the Leijiverse that revolves around the space pirate) so much that they and their collaborator went to Tokyo with the completed story of the film and the album and begged asked him to animate the film in the hopes that they could make a project with their childhood hero.
Enough about that, after hearing the heartwarming tale I decided to give it a go, and when I finished the first episode I was more than simply astounded. The music, characters, plot and setting (for an anime released in 1978) brought me to tears, as I realized that I just watched the first episode of the best anime that I will ever, EVER watch. Nothing tops it, not even any of the other Leijiverse animes that I excluded from the list because I didn't want to look like an overzealous fan. By the way, I think you should watch it!
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Yes, I did use that Top 10 to blab about how much I love Space Pirate Captain Harlock, but I think it deserves it.
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