Garn's Guides: 25 Anime that I highly recommend
A list of anime from the 2000s that I've enjoyed very much.
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- StarsJun FukuyamaAmi KoshimizuJ. Michael TatumKraft Lawrence goes from town to town to make profits as a travelling merchant, with the help of a wolf deity by the name of Holo.
- StarsSarah HauserRie TanakaCrispin FreemanHideki finds the discarded and malfunctioning Persocom Chi, a personal computer that looks like a girl. While trying to fix and care for Chi, Hideki discovers that she might be a Chobits, a robot of urban legend that has free will.
- StarsKana HanazawaKatsuyuki KonishiChiwa SaitôKazama is a wannabe delinquent on a mission to rule the school, but a run-in with the cuties of the Game Creation Club derails his plan.Very funny! If you like this, you should also like Haganai.
- CreatorYomi HirasakaStarsRyohei KimuraMarina InoueKanae ItôA friendless teenager, feared by his fellow classmates, joins a club hoping to finally make some friends.Very funny! If you like this, you should also like D-Frag!.
- StarsRyohei KimuraSaori HayamiJason LiebrechtFollowing a mysterious missile attack in Japan, Saki, a student, meets an amnesiac man, Akira, in Washington DC. Despite his lack of memory, Akira possesses a gun and a phone loaded with a massive digital cash amount.
- StarsMamoru MiyanoAsami ImaiKana HanazawaAfter discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
- StarsJun'ichi SuwabeNao TôyamaHisako KanemotoA gate appears in modern-day Tokyo which allows access to a fantasy world. A Japanese military squad is formed to establish ties between both worlds.Science versus Magic, gotta love it.
- CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsTetsuya KakiharaShizuka ItouYuri LowenthalTwo friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
- CreatorHaruko IchikawaStarsTomoyo KurosawaSarah WiedenheftAi KayanoThe Houseki fight against the Moon Dwellers, beings who attack them and use their shattered bodies as decorations. Each Houseki is assigned a role, and Phos, the youngest, is assigned to create an encyclopedia of natural history.Beautiful animation and an intriguing story.
- CreatorToshizo NemotoStarsJad SaxtonMike YagerJôji Nakata30,000 Japanese players trapped in MMORPG, unable to log out. Veteran gamer Shiroe leads exploration of this new reality, negotiating with NPCs to bring order to the virtual city of Akihabara.As an MMORPG gamer, I like this the best of all the trapped-in-a-game type of shows I have seen.
- CreatorTsukasa KawaguchiStarsCaitlin GlassKyle HebertVic MignognaTigre, a young noble, is captured by a beautiful female general from an enemy country. Though enchanting, her curves aren't the only dangerous thing about her. She's backed by an army of desirable warrior-goddesses called the Vanadis!
- 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."
- 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.
- CreatorSorata AkidukiStarsSaori HayamiRyôta ÔsakaYûichirô UmeharaAlthough her name means 'white as snow', Shirayuki is a cheerful red-haired girl who lives in the town of Tanbarun and works diligently as an apothecary in her herbal shop.English Title: Snow White With the Red Hair. A good romantic adventure with a very strong and intelligent female protaganist.
- StarsDaisuke OnoSuzuko HaraNozomi FurukiA proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island in the east coast of Japan. But as he meets and lives with the island's friendly people, his attitude begins to improve.A warm and funny story suitable for family viewing.
- StarsHiroaki HirataMasakazu MoritaWally WingertIn a world where superheroes have corporate sponsors and are the stars of their own reality TV show, a new superhero team is born as the veteran hero Wild Tiger is assigned to be partners with rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr.A very fun take on the superhero genre.
- StarsRie KugimiyaJunji MajimaYui HorieToradora tells the tale of Ryuji (dragon) and Taiga (tiger) helping each other confess to their crushes.Very good romantic comedy.
- CreatorJunya InoueStarsTyler GalindoBrittney KarbowskiKanata HongôA young man gets transported into a video game he plays called Btooom. A plot is uncovered involving an organization that aims to conquer the world by dominating the virtual world.
- StarsRyôta ÔsakaYôko HikasaNao TôyamaHilarity and fun ensues when Satan ends up in modern day Japan without any magic to return, and starts working part time in a fast food joint.English Title: The Devil is a Part-Timer!
- CreatorFujino OmoriStarsYoshitsugu MatsuokaMaaya UchidaBryson BaugusA fateful encounter - what adventuring is all about. But for Bell Cranel, meeting a girl doesn't go quite as planned.English Title: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
- StarsMorgan BerrySonny StraitJason LiebrechtKojirou Shindou. Cabinet Office Director-General for Policy Planning, is at Haneda Airport for a business trip. While the plane is on the runway, a giant structure suddenly appears out of thin air. The plane carrying Shindou and 251 passengers is taken undamaged inside the giant structure. After everyone disembarks, a man who looks like an ordinary human being shows up. He assures those from the plane that they're not in any danger. Shindou asks him to identify himself and explain the situation. Then the outside of the structure is displayed on a large screen, and at the same time, every passenger's cell phone starts ringing all at once. On each cell phone screen is a message from this man, to every one of Japan's citizens: "I, Yaha-kui zaShunina, hereby notify you that I am going to intervene in Japan's internal affairs." What is this young man's goal? And will Shindou manage to become an intermediary between Japan and the Anisotorons...?
- StarsMamiko NotoTakahiro SakuraiTomoaki MaenoA stressed office worker quits her job and begins spending all her time playing an online video game, becoming part of a tight-knit friend group that helps her rediscover the joy of living in the real world.
- CreatorSou YayoiStarsJessie James GrelleMicah SolusodJeannie TiradoA young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high-school student.
- CreatorTensai OkamuraStarsJason LiebrechtKate OxleyChristopher SabatIn Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged.
- CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsMichael C. PizzutoJ. Michael TatumCaitlin GlassA crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.