Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) So, I did this back a few years ago. It's been a while, so last time might have actually been on the old Adult Swim forum. Anyway, it worked out pretty well, so figured I'd give it another go. I've got quite a few shows in my backlog that I've had for like a decade or more that I somehow still haven't watched, so that's how come everything on the list below is fairly old. Voting will be open for one week. You can vote once a day, and vote each time to add a point to up to 5 different shows as well as subtract a point from up to 5 different ones. Top ten finishers will be the next series I'll have to watch. Bottom ten will be ineligible the next time I should do something like this again. Also, to help simplify things, at the end of each of the first four days I'm gonna randomly eliminate 5 titles that have yet to be voted for from the list, until there's 30 left. Edit: Voting is now over. Thanks to everyone who voted for participating and helping me out by offering your opinions The final results are... 1) 5 Durarara 2) 5 Phantom Requiem for the Phantom 3) 5 Soul Eater 4) 4 Shura no Toki 5) 4 Le Chelvalier D'Eon 6) 3 Ghost Stories 7) 3 Kamichu 8) 3 Skip Beat 9) 3 Spice and Wolf 10) 2 Nadia The Secret of Blue Water 11) 1 Toward the Terra 12) 1 Cat's Eye13) 1 Dirty Pair 14) 1 Kodacha 15) 0 Miami Guns 16) 0 Kaze no Stigma17) 0 Shakugan no Shana 18) -1 Jinki Extend 19) -1 Happy Lesson 20) -1 Sands of Destruction21) -1 Kurogane Communication 22) -1 Space Adventure Cobra23) -1 Macross24) -1 Otogi Zoshi25) -2 Battle Athletes26) -2 You're Under Arrest 27) -2 Rideback 28) -2 Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 29) -2 Elemental Gelade 30) -3 Pumpkin Scissors Edited April 19, 2020 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurgatoryGirl Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Because I have watched some of the preceding on your list years ago, I support you watching Kaze no Stigma, Kodocha, and Shakugan no Shana. Have you ever watched Spiral? That's a good series too and highly underappreciated. Too bad Spiral didn't get another season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Battle Athletes Cat's Eye Le Chelvalier D'Eon Deltora Quest Dirty PairDurarara Elemental Gelade Fighting Spirit Ga-Rei-ZeroGhost Stories Ghost Sweeper Mikami Happy Lesson Hero Tales Jinki Extend Kamichu Kaze no Stigma Kiba King of Bandit Jing Kodacha Kurogane Communication Macross Madlax Magic Knight Rayearth Mermaid Forest Miami GunsNadia The Secret of Blue Water Otogi Zoshi Phantom Requiem for the Phantom Power Stone Pumpkin Scissors Rideback Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Sacred Blacksmith Sakura Wars Sands of Destruction Shakugan no Shana Shura no Toki Skip Beat Sol BiancaSoul Eater The Soul Taker Space Adventure CobraSpice and Wolf The Third The Girl With the Blue Eye Toward the Terra Tower of Druaga Wagnaria The World of Narue You're Under Arrest The Zone of the Enders +1 to the ones in bold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Durarara, definitely Durarara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 5 hours ago, PurgatoryGirl said: Have you ever watched Spiral? That's a good series too and highly underappreciated. Too bad Spiral didn't get another season. Never seen it, unless you count a trailer for it. Seemed like some type of murder conspiracy or mystery type show. Normally I'd be down for that, but I heard the anime was unfinished, so that's how come I shyed away from ever checking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Sealab. Always sealab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapinator_X Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Cat's Eye Dirty Pair Durarara Ghost Stories Macross Nadia The Secret of Blue Water Spice and Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurgatoryGirl Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Never seen it, unless you count a trailer for it. Seemed like some type of murder conspiracy or mystery type show. Normally I'd be down for that, but I heard the anime was unfinished, so that's how come I shyed away from ever checking it out. Yeah, Spiral only had 1 season rather than 2 but it's still a pretty good series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 16 hours ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Keep Le Chelvalier D'Eon Durarara Phantom Requiem for the Phantom Shura no Toki Soul Eater 16 hours ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Trash Happy Lesson Jinki Extend Macross Rideback Space Adventure Cobra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Day one is done, so the five shows randomly removed from cosideration then are Gai-Rei-Zero, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Magic Knight Rayearth, Power Stone, and Tower of Druaga. 👋 Bye bye. Current totals are... 4 Durarara 2 Ghost Stories 2 Soul Eater 1 Cat's Eye 1 Le Chelvalier D'Eon 1 Dirty Pair 1 Kaze no Stigma 1 Kodacha 1 Nadia The Secret of Blue Water 1 Phantom Requiem for the Phantom 1 Shakugan no Shana 1 Shura no Toki 1 Spice and Wolf 0 Battle Athletes 0 Deltora Quest 0 Elemental Gelade 0 Fighting Spirit 0 Hero Tales 0 Kamichu 0 Kiba 0 King of Bandit Jing 0 Kurogane Communication 0 Macross 0 Madlax 0 Mermaid Forest 0 Miami Guns 0 Otogi Zoshi 0 Pumpkin Scissors 0 Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 0 Sacred Blacksmith 0 Sakura Wars 0 Sands of Destruction 0 Skip Beat 0 Sol Bianca 0 The Soul Taker 0 The Third The Girl With the Blue Eye 0 Toward the Terra 0 Wagnaria 0 The World of Narue 0 You're Under Arrest 0 The Zone of the Enders -1 Happy Lesson -1 Jinki Extend -1 Rideback -1 Space Adventure Cobra Edited April 13, 2020 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 That was a pretty uneventful day. Least it makes updating the totals easy. Next five out of running anyway are Hero Tales, King of Bandit Jing, Sacred Blacksmith, The Third, and Wagnaria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueraven1999 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) It's too bad I didn't see this until today. I would have voted for Wagnaria. Oh well. My vote is for Skip Beat. Short series and it's pretty good even though the manga is better. Magic Knight Rayearth is pretty bleh so it's good that it's removed. Haven't seen the others so I have no opinions on them. Edited April 14, 2020 by blueraven1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Wagnaria's actually about the only one out of all of these series that I've seen a good portion of already. I watched the first season a while back and loved it, which is how come I decided to include it even though I haven't had it sitting around nearly as long as most of these other shows . Thems the breaks though. Ah well. I'll get to the rest of it eventually. Edit: Next ones eliminated are Fighting Spirit, Madlax, Mermaid Forest, Sol Bianca, and Zone of the Enders 4 Durarara 2 Ghost Stories 2 Soul Eater 1 Cat's Eye 1 Le Chelvalier D'Eon 1 Dirty Pair 1 Kaze no Stigma 1 Kodacha 1 Nadia The Secret of Blue Water 1 Phantom Requiem for the Phantom 1 Shakugan no Shana 1 Shura no Toki 1 Skip Beat 1 Spice and Wolf 0 Battle Athletes 0 Deltora Quest 0 Elemental Gelade 0 Kamichu 0 Kiba 0 Kurogane Communication 0 Macross 0 Miami Guns 0 Otogi Zoshi 0 Pumpkin Scissors 0 Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 0 Sakura Wars 0 Sands of Destruction 0 The Soul Taker 0 Toward the Terra 0 The World of Narue 0 You're Under Arrest -1 Happy Lesson -1 Jinki Extend -1 Rideback -1 Space Adventure Cobra Edited April 15, 2020 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I'm gonna say Nadia and Spice & Wolf again to get those up to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Keep Le Chelvalier D'Eon Kamichu Phantom Requiem for the Phantom Shura no Toki Toward the Terra Trash Sands of Destruction Kurogane Communication Macross Miami Guns Battle Athletes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 So last ones to be eliminated early from consideration are Deltora Quest, Kiba, Sakura Wars, The Soul Taker, and The World of Narue. Now that it's down to the final 30, might as well reveal the small twist I came up with. Once this is finished, in addition to the top 10, I'm gonna randomly pick 3 shows from the middle ten, and 2 from the bottom ten to watch as well. Just because... well, it's kinda boring in a way to watch just stuff that other people like. Gotta mix it up a little every now and then, right? 4 Durarara 2 Ghost Stories 2 Le Chelvalier D'Eon 2 Nadia The Secret of Blue Water 2 Phantom Requiem for the Phantom 2 Shura no Toki 2 Soul Eater 2 Spice and Wolf 1 Cat's Eye 1 Dirty Pair 1 Kamichu 1 Kaze no Stigma 1 Kodacha 1 Shakugan no Shana 1 Skip Beat 1 Toward the Terra 0 Elemental Gelade 0 Otogi Zoshi 0 Pumpkin Scissors 0 Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 0 You're Under Arrest -1 Battle Athletes -1 Happy Lesson -1 Jinki Extend -1 Kurogane Communication -1 Macross -1 Miami Guns -1 Rideback -1 Sands of Destruction -1 Space Adventure Cobra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueraven1999 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I'm voting for Skip Beat again today. Wish I didn't forget to vote yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satou Kazuma Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Spice & Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Keep Le Chelvalier D'Eon Kamichu Phantom Requiem for the Phantom Shura no Toki Soul Eater Trash Elemental Gelade Otogi Zoshi Pumpkin Scissors Rumiko Takahashi Anthology You're Under Arrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 +1 for Otogi Zoshi 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueraven1999 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Still voting for Skip Beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Just one more day to go. Hmm, so Durarara continues to hold the lead, but has a big pack that's formed right behind it now. Will it hold on I wonder, or will there be enough votes on the final day to push someone else home to victory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 just in time: +1: Soul Eater Miami Guns DRR!! Phantom Ghost Stories -1: Pumpkin Scissors Kaze no Stigma Battle Athletes Rideback Shana (only because i apparently hated S3 when i watched it all those years ago--but i guess this is assuming you'll make it that far..S1-2 i enjoyed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueraven1999 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Skip Beat (I'll keep voting for it until the end. It's the only show I've watched and liked from this list.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I dunno what the current list looks like now, so I'll just stick with this: Keep Le Chelvalier D'Eon Kamichu Phantom Requiem for the Phantom Shura no Toki Soul Eater Trash Elemental Gelade Otogi Zoshi Pumpkin Scissors Rumiko Takahashi Anthology You're Under Arrest If I had to only vote FOR one, it would be either Phantom or Shura no Toki, which despite being a martial arts gig, is pretty mellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 And that's a wrap. 😊Thanks everyone. Final results are below. The shows outside of the top ten that got lucky and were picked were Toward the Terra, Dirty Pair, Shana, Macross, and Battle Athletes. 1) 5 Durarara 2) 5 Phantom Requiem for the Phantom 3) 5 Soul Eater 4) 4 Shura no Toki 5) 4 Le Chelvalier D'Eon 6) 3 Ghost Stories 7) 3 Kamichu 8) 3 Skip Beat 9) 3 Spice and Wolf 10) 2 Nadia The Secret of Blue Water 11) 1 Toward the Terra 12) 1 Cat's Eye13) 1 Dirty Pair 14) 1 Kodacha 15) 0 Miami Guns 16) 0 Kaze no Stigma17) 0 Shakugan no Shana 18) -1 Jinki Extend 19) -1 Happy Lesson 20) -1 Sands of Destruction21) -1 Kurogane Communication 22) -1 Space Adventure Cobra23) -1 Macross24) -1 Otogi Zoshi25) -2 Battle Athletes26) -2 You're Under Arrest 27) -2 Rideback 28) -2 Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 29) -2 Elemental Gelade 30) -3 Pumpkin Scissors 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 That's a pretty decent top 10. Let us know how you liked them, or didn't, as you power through them. Durarara's going to take awhile though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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