2004 Year in Review: Because We Like Lists

[Doom]

Burned out too much of my brain already from compiling these lists... will defend/further justify my opinion later!

Note: I will say this, all qualifying shows are any TV/OVA series that aired/came out at some point during 2004, with a few exceptions, such as KGNE, which had only its last ep airing when 2004 rolled around.

= Animation =
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
2. Samurai Champloo
3. Fullmetal Alchemist
4. Gankutsuou
5. Gundam SEED Destiny
6. Melody of Oblivion
7. Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak
8. Re: Cutie Honey
9. Soukyuu no Fafner
10. Elfen Lied

= Art =
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
2. Gankutsuou
3. Melody of Oblivion
4. Samurai Champloo
5. Samurai 7
6. Planetes
7. Mahou Shoujotai
8. Fullmetal Alchemist
9. Kannaduki no Miko
10. Gilgamesh

= Music =
1. Melody of Oblivion
2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
3. Maria-sama ga Miteru
4. Gankutsuou
5. Elfen Lied
6. Fullmetal Alchemist
7. Beck
8. Soukyuu no Fafner
9. Kannaduki no Miko
10. Kurau: Phantom Memory

= OP =
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
2. Re: Cutie Honey
3. Melody of Oblivion
4. Elfen Lied
5. Maria-sama ga Miteru
6. Monster
7. Beck
8. Gankutsuou
9. Samurai 7
10. Kannaduki no Miko

= ED =
1. Melody of Oblivion
2. Gankutsuou
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
4. Samurai Champloo
5. Samurai 7
6. Midori no Hibi
7. Maria-sama ga Miteru
8. Kannaduki no Miko
9. Gungrave
10. Kurau: Phantom Memory

= Story =
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
2. Gankutsuou
3. Fullmetal Alchemist
4. Monster
5. Gilgamesh
6. Interlude
7. Melody of Oblivion
8. Kyou Kara Maou
9. Paranoia Agent
10. Samurai 7

= Ending =
1. Gungrave
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
3. Planetes
4. Elfen Lied
5. Chrono Crusade

= Entertainment Value =
1. Kyou Kara Maou
2. Genshiken
3. School Rumble
4. Yakitate Japan
5. Fullmetal Alchemist
6. Mahou Shoujotai
7. Samurai Champloo
8. Midori no Hibi
9. Beck
10. Kaleido Star

= Best Show that Nobody Watched =
1. Kyou Kara Maou
2. Soukyuu no Fafner
3. Maria-sama ga Miteru
4. Hi no Tori
5. Interlude

= Biggest Surprise =
1. Kyou Kara Maou
2. Soukyuu no Fafner
3. Maria-sama ga Miteru
4. Mahou Shoujotai
5. Elfen Lied
6. Melody of Oblivion
7. Aishiteruze Baby
8. Interlude
9. Gilgamesh
10. Kannaduki no Miko

= Biggest Disappointment =
1. Samurai 7
2. Bakuretsu Tenshi
3. Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak
4. Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai
5. Gantz
6. Peacemaker Kurogane
7. Chrono Crusade
8. Tenjou Tenge
9. Mezzo DSA
10. Otogizoushi

= Worst of 2004 =
1. Bakuretsu Tenshi
2. Moekan the Animation
3. Kakyuusei 2
4. Koi Kaze
5. Futakoi
6. Cosprayers
7. Madlax
8. Mezzo DSA
9. Ragnarok the Animation
10. Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai

= Wait-and-see =
1. Gundam SEED Destiny
2. Gankutsuou
3. Samurai 7
4. Samurai Champloo
5. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig

= Best of 2004 =
1. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
2. Gankutsuou
3. Fullmetal Alchemist
4. Planetes
5. Melody of Oblivion
6. Gungrave
7. Monster
8. Paranoia Agent
9. Samurai Champloo
10. Kyou Kara Maou

[HKK]

I'll..erm...make my post later but my overall list for 2004:

1.Full Metal Alchemist (this landed into my top 5 anime when it ended, I think that says it all)
2. Gankutsuou (amazing art, direction, music, simply amazing)
3. Beck (great story that feels extremely realistic)
4. Paranoia Agent (fucking awesome and freaky, fucks with your head. Just awesome)
5. Yakitate!! Japan (my first cooking anime. I've never seen an anime involved in cooking so the concept is extremely fresh to me)
6. Monster (started out pretty good but gets fucking great by like episode 10 or so)
7. Re Cutie Honey (it's funny)
8. Elfen Lied (GORO and cat girls who's ear's are actually horns! Cool, pretty good show this season but not top 10 worthy)
9. Melody of Oblivion (seen 5 episodes, don't know much about the story but I'm catching up, it's been awhile since I've watched it so I'm rewatching it while getting more episodes)
10. Fafner (watched 8 episodes thus far, pretty cool so far)

[Gray]

how you left PA out of animation and art is beyond me :O not to mention OP

[Seta]

Was Koi Kaze that bad or you just hated the incest concept? I've heard some good things about it though then again, it was those who didn't find anything wrong with sibling incest since it was a "cultural thing".

My top 10 (keep in mind I have not started Gankutsuou or GITS:2nd Gig)

1. Full Metal Alchemist
2. PlanetES
3. Elfen Lied
4. Macross Zero
5. Paranoia Agent
6. Gundam Seed Destiny
7. Melody of Oblivion
8. Genshiken
9. Mai Hime
10. Kaleido Star

Kannaduki No Miko gets honorable mention for having good music and a retardedly catchy opening though.

Series that might have been on it but have stopped following for one reason or another: Samurai 7, Samurai Champloo, Bleach, Yakitate!! Japan, Monster

And top 5 series seen this year:
1. GITS:SAC
2. Now and Then, Here and There
3. Infinite Ryvius
4. Full Metal Alchemist
5. PlanetES (mostly attributed to the last scene in episode 25. Best cliffhanger ever by far)

[Henchman #2]

Top 5 this year:
1. Fullmetal Alchemist (pure greatness)
2. Paranoia Agent (personally, the ending was a little too messed up, but the trip was a blast)
3. Samurai Champloo (extremely interesting, with great potential. Does anyone know when its coming back exactly?)
4. Mai-Hime (Just really, really fun to watch.)
5. Beck (I love the manga, barely gone through the 2nd episode, but I'm sure it's great)

[Doom]

Ah, I guess I'll have to exclude Macross Zero (since I totally forgot about it ).

And yes, I was just more or less disgusted by Koi Kaze. I have no idea in hell why it would get licensed (and it was, before it started airing). As it is, I'll remind everyone that, save for the technical categories (animation/art, and, to a grayer extent, music/OP/ED, story, and entertainment), everything I rank is completely subjective.

[Killey]

I was under the impression that when someone makes a list on his own there would be a lot of subjective opinions that accompany it.

[no name]

I couldnt tell it was subjective... I thought EVERYBODY would put GitS: 2nd Gig at the top of everything as well

[Abe]

i'm wondering how elfen lied didn't get a better ranking from doom on entertainment value
YOUNG GIRL BLOWING PEOPLE'S HEADS UP
there's not much that's more entertaining than that, my boy!

[Garbo]

Fuck you Gilgamesh

[Damien]

Joei: I haven't heard of hardly any of these D: Are most of those in your list licensed Doom?

[Kokaku]

So, why make my own list when I can just complain about Dooms? Art and Animation seem good, but it needs some Innocence & Zero near the top. I’m too lazy to pull out some of my burnt disks to check out openings and endings. When it comes to story Beck and PlanetES should’ve been on the list. Yay for Gungrave and it’s awesome ending.

In the end, best of list…

1. Beck
2. Gankutsuou
3. FMA
4. PlanetES
5. Gungrave
6. GitS: Innocence
7. Paranoia Agent
8. Macross Zero
9. Monster

Number one thing I need to watch…
1. GitS; SAC 2nd Gig

[Doom]

holy shit i should redo this