Top 5 Animes

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Don't watch many anime, so my list will actually be a bit "off".

1) Darker than Black
It is hard to place just why I enjoyed the anime as I did. It spoke to me as a whole and finding individual parts that stand out is difficult. I really liked Yin in spite of (or perhaps because of) the nature of her character, and even Hei had something to offer in the maturation department. The endings are a bit lackluster, however.

2) Lucky Star
Surprised? This is a no-brainer for me. Love the interactions between the characters in this Slice of Life. Do not ever watch the English dub, however. Never. You'll be listening to the voices a lot in the anime, and you *do not* want to pick the English equivalent over the Japanese. Konata's is the worst offense, and she's the main character... =,,=

3) S-Cry-Ed
One of my first anime and in my mind even still. Many an hour were spent daydreaming of the world and the characters in them, and it was certainly memorable as far as the battles go.

4) Afro Samurai
Boom. Short and sweet. Action was fluid. Storyline wasn't stressed, but it was in this lack of focus that I found a good deal of interest. The anime was good at showing off action scenes and demonstrating the off-the-wall events that took place in a manner that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The flashbacks were a bit aggravating, but it was fine in the end.

5) Dragonball
Another one of my first anime. Dragonball is so vastly preferred to its further incarnations that the difference cannot even be described. Decent fighting and I was interested in the plot, itself, quite a good deal.