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[BlitzDungeoneer]

The first Mirai Nikki opening.
Just... That opening though. Definitely not watching the anime, already read the manga and I ain't going through that again, but that opening. Just wow. Definitely on my favourite openings list, if not my favourite opening ever.

[Hawkfrost]

The first Mirai Nikki opening.
Just... That opening though. Definitely not watching the anime, already read the manga and I ain't going through that again, but that opening. Just wow. Definitely on my favourite openings list, if not my favourite opening ever.

It's pretty good, but personally I wouldn't put it higher than Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex's; Right up alongside Shiki, Spice and Wolf, and Darker Than Black, and a bit above Hellsing, .hack//Sign, Canaan, Ergo Proxy and Baccano.

[Bauglir]

I have recently learned that Fate/Zero managed some impressive alignments with the air dates of certain episodes.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Rider's death aired on the same day as Alexander the Great's historical death, Natalia's death aired on Mother's Day, and Episode 24 aired on Father's day.

[Furtuka]

I have recently learned that Fate/Zero managed some impressive alignments with the air dates of certain episodes.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Rider's death aired on the same day as Alexander the Great's historical death, Natalia's death aired on Mother's Day, and Episode 24 aired on Father's day.

The most amusing part is that according to the production crew, that was all entirely on accident.

[Culise]

The first Mirai Nikki opening.
Just... That opening though. Definitely not watching the anime, already read the manga and I ain't going through that again, but that opening. Just wow. Definitely on my favourite openings list, if not my favourite opening ever.

It's pretty good, but personally I wouldn't put it higher than Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex's; Right up alongside Shiki, Spice and Wolf, and Darker Than Black, and a bit above Hellsing, .hack//Sign, Canaan, Ergo Proxy and Baccano.

Just looked it up and gave it a watch.  That's rather interesting that Yousei Teikoku is still doing anime jobs.  I never even knew they did that work too, originally.
...
Yes, I listen to Yousei Teikoku on occasion.  It's a guilty pleasure, even if it's nothing like the pop I usually listen to. >_<

At any rate, the OP of Mirai Nikki.  Other then the music, I'm not so sure as far as my tastes are concerned.  It's just really "black and red."  Now, OPs I'm really fond of, just so my poor taste can be thrown in:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

• Princess Jellyfish (or the "our head animator really, really love classic movies" grand tour)
  
• Planetes (History in motion...this is the first version of it, so it shouldn't have any spoilers - the other reason I really like this OP is because it actually changes as you go through the series to match what's happened in previous episodes)
  
• Princess Tutu (Rather pretty; one of the handful of instances where the anime got me interested in the other work by the singer in a big way...the CG work is rather poor, though)
  
• Vision of Escaflowne (Another such instance, and especially nostalgic to me; it's actually this song and the Escaflowne movie's ED Yubiwa, by the same singer, that got me into music in general and J-Pop in particular)
  
• Kino's Journey (Third instance, though the OP as a whole is rather straightforward)
  
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (Fourth for the sake of the music, though I don't actually like this OP as such; the CGI is again a bit too blatant for me, though it is at least internally consistent in the OP rather than being mixed together)
  
• Dennou Coil: A Circle of Children (Another one I liked the music of, and since I'm on that subject, this series in generally is one of the few that makes blatant CGI work well because of the series premise - the CGI work is largely limited to certain AR programs, so it's an immediate visual cue that they don't belong)
  
• Serial Experiments Lain (Another oldie, which I haven't seen in a while, truth to tell; oh, my my, and I actually only just realized why the last part of this happens to be in that particular place on rewatching this OP...even after all these years, one still finds such things in this show)

That should be a decent sprinkling; I could prattle on even more, but the list's quite long enough, I think.

EDIT: Realized a particular sentence could be misunderstood; cleaned it out to avoid inaccurate conclusions. Sorry about that.

[Neonivek]

Ohh man... Tuxedo Mask has the WORST DISGUISE EVER!

Which would be fine if in his universe his terrible disguise of...no disguise worked...

But apparently, and I laughed for a while after seeing this, his terrible disguise didn't fool anyone except Serena who is a dummy anyway.

>_< the trend of me liking the old anime over the newer one continues but I am waiting until the "early weirdness" goes away. The difference between them is more pronounced a bit later and the fact that the creator REALLY didn't know what to do with the series early on was in the manga (for example Serena has more then one power, accessory, and what have you that just goes away). Don't get me wrong, I like both and honestly episode 4 sealed the deal with me liking the new one with that example of terribleness.

[TalonisWolf]

  Favorite Animés thus far:

-Deathnote

-Code Geass (Both Seasons)*

-Gundam Seed & Gundam Seed Destiny*

-Fullmetal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood, sadly...)

-Rideback* NOTE: Funimation, the company that made currently owns it, has put ALL episodes on YouTube, legally. They've put up other Animé, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

-First Season of The Legend of Korra***
(and no, I have not completely watched the original Avatar: The Last Airbender*** series, it is on my list folks)

-Afro Samurai, both the series and the movie. This in spite of the fact that it approaches 'Gorno', the character development and plot is just good. If you like a main character who can take anything and man up to it, watch this.

-First Yu-Gi-Oh series**

-Ghost in the Shell*  **


*  WARNING: HAS MECHS!
**Have not finished
***Debatable on if it is Animé or not, use own discretion.


  Now, to read through this thread and take note of some of the more interesting sounding Animé on my list of Animé to watch...

Edited as I remember more and more.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

I do believe neither Avatar The Last Airbender nor the Legend of Korra are actual anime.

[TalonisWolf]

I do believe neither Avatar The Last Airbender nor the Legend of Korra are actual anime.

  That is debated, but for the sake of clarity I put them up. Anyone reading through that list can use their own discretion though. I'll put a note up on that in the post.

[Furtuka]

Spoiler: Gundam Build Fighters Try (click to show/hide)

So apparently the Powered GM Cardigan is what Fumina uses before switching to the SD Winning Gundam. Red haired girl is MC's sister. Oh also Mr. Ral is the coach for their gunpla team *squee*

[TalonisWolf]

I like how your all discussing something I already made a mention to.

Sturgeon's law Lego, you forgot to factor in that.

Look it up, it's the idea that 90% of everything is crap, and the remaining 10% is any good.

SIGGED.

[Spehss _]

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou seems neat.

Rom-com, perfectly-normal-main-character-dude in a art-dedicated high school gets put in the "weird-kids" hall after adopting a stray cat he found in the streets and getting kicked out of his dorm for having it. Dude quickly levels up to "crazy cat lady" and adopts every stray cat he finds. The teacher managing the weird-kids hall sends MC-dude to go pick up her niece, who's transferring from England, and show her back to weird-kids hall. Girl is an artistic prodigy with great skills at drawing manga but is generally quiet, apathetic, and completely scatterbrained. MC-dude winds up playing the role of her "keeper". Presumably romance and comedy ensue.

It looks about like most rom-coms. Some fanservice, high school setting, MC sits in the back left corner of the class by the window, the usual. Only seen one episode so far. The character interaction seems interesting. Every character in the hall is utterly different with different quirks of personality.

Hory shet tho, these colors. The anime has a gorgeous color palette. I'd compare it to No Game No Life in terms of color. It's colorful. Delicious eye candy for my eye mouths.

[Flying Dice]

Ohh man... Tuxedo Mask has the WORST DISGUISE EVER!

Which would be fine if in his universe his terrible disguise of...no disguise worked...

But apparently, and I laughed for a while after seeing this, his terrible disguise didn't fool anyone except Serena who is a dummy anyway.

>_< the trend of me liking the old anime over the newer one continues but I am waiting until the "early weirdness" goes away. The difference between them is more pronounced a bit later and the fact that the creator REALLY didn't know what to do with the series early on was in the manga (for example Serena has more then one power, accessory, and what have you that just goes away). Don't get me wrong, I like both and honestly episode 4 sealed the deal with me liking the new one with that example of terribleness.

Wait, wasn't there some sort of in-universe justification about the transformations (including Tuxedo Kamen's) including disguise magic that made it impossible for people to connect ordinary person A with superpowered person X who looks just like ordinary person A unless they're actively informed of the link?

I like how your all discussing something I already made a mention to.

Sturgeon's law Lego, you forgot to factor in that.

Look it up, it's the idea that 90% of everything is crap, and the remaining 10% is any good.

SIGGED.

More specifically,

I repeat Sturgeon’s Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of SF is crud. Using the same standards that categorize 90% of science fiction as trash, crud, or crap, it can be argued that 90% of film, literature, consumer goods, etc. is crap. In other words, the claim (or fact) that 90% of science fiction is crap is ultimately uninformative, because science fiction conforms to the same trends of quality as all other artforms.

Once again, SF is responsible for most of the interesting ideas formulated in the past century or two. :V

[Neonivek]

Wait, wasn't there some sort of in-universe justification about the transformations (including Tuxedo Kamen's) including disguise magic that made it impossible for people to connect ordinary person A with superpowered person X who looks just like ordinary person A unless they're actively informed of the link?

There REALLY is no excuse for Tuxedo Mask... He wears his Tuxedo mask outfit everywhere he goes (which is distinctive and out of place). Sometimes I even have a hard time telling whether or not he is supposed to be in disguise in a scene. It would be as if Superman's disguise was the glasses, but he wore the Superman outfit all the time anyway... you are going to put two and two together (which hilariously one person does)

As well the exact explanation is that they look "different" transformed then they do in real life... but that implication was that it changed their facial, skin, and hair features rather then being an outright mind control deal. Something the Live-Action version demonstrated to a certain extent with the hair.

My theory is that early on the creator wasn't planning on Tuxedo Mask to really "have" a secret identity.

[Puzzlemaker]

I just finished psycho-pass, and I am excited for the sequel. 

ALSO new RWBY episodes which is awesome.  I actually really like that show.