Posted by It’s time for the Second Annual Reader’s Choice Poll! There are a lot of good choices this year, and I’m still in the process of choosing my own favorites (having a hard time deciding between GEASS and Gurren Lagann, among others), but below, you can vote for your Favorite Anime of 2007 from a list of every single series that’s ended this past year.
If you voted in the first annual poll last year, you might remember that I had a somewhat complex set of criteria for shows that were included on the list. This year, I’ve decided to simply include every anime series (no OVAs or movies) that ended in 2007, with the only exceptions being the handful that ended last January. The general idea is that you can’t judge a series properly until it’s completely over. That means fans of Clannad or any of the other currently airing shows that are two seasons long will have to wait until next year’s poll (and that’s also why Kanon is on the list).
All together, there are 135 choices, plus “Other” in case there’s a relatively obscure anime series you really enjoyed that’s not on the list (or even something that I just neglected to add). Choose your favorite and the winner will get included in next week’s post!
This poll will close Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 at 11:59 PM.
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Note: there may be some caching problems. If you’re unable to vote for some reason, leave a comment or send me an email.
Code Geass!!!
kanon for me.
No multi-picking?
Gonna be a little hard, then…
well, i got a bunch of favorites this year, but im pretty sure clannad/geass/lagann/luckystar wouldn’t need MY vote to get to the top spots… so i voted for ef ^^
gurren lagann for me, beating out dennou coil by an inch
I’m expecting a massive landslide. Won’t say which.. =3
Tengen Toppa, FTW. I love Gainax’s brilliance when it comes to parodies so well done that they don’t seem like parodies at all.
Gurren Lagann
Lucky star ftwww 😀
gurren lagann won out after a fierce fight with code geass
Lucky Star hands down! lol the age of lolis has come.
Baccano! FTW! The first unique anime in a billion years!
Gurren Lagann for me…
Spiral Energy FTW!
It was between Gurren-Lagann, Kanon, Dennou Coil, and Code Geass for me. In the end however, Code Geass isn’t actually finished yet and the ending was a rather huge cliff hanger so while it was a good show that ‘ended’, I was still left unsatisfied. If it wasn’t for that though, I probably would have chosen Geass over Kanon.
SCHOOL DAYS!!!
Baccano!
What an amazingly fun series.
lucky star~
since i can’t pick CLANNAD has to be Lucky Star for me
Hard to tell…. maybe between Code Geass and Death Note.
code geass ! death note’s light suk ass compared to lulu. lulu is a player. i call lulu MR.Bitches every time i see him
nodame cantabile all the way. best series ever.
Tough choice between Gurren Lagann and Code Geass, but Code Geass impressed me a bit more even with the cliff hanger~
of course 天元突破グレンラガン!
Baccano! is #1 on the poll list and if there was any justice it would finish #1 in the poll.
OMGAWDD SOOO HARD! =(
Where is Clannad? ;_;
There are so many good series this year: Code Geass, Dennou Coil, Death Note, Terra he, Gurren Lagann.
It’s hard to choose…
Luckyyyyyy Staaaaaaaaru~~~!!!!
Ah I can’t believe no one chose ef-a tale of memories. Well may I be the first.
CODE GEASS!
Gurren Langann kicked everyone’s ass easily this season.No competition at all.
Irrelevant: Please read the criteria. Clannad has not ended yet, so it doesn’t make the list.
Code Geass ftw, no doubt. Though its hard since 2007 rocked with anime this year. School Days and Code Geass hands down so was Lucky Star that’s typical of Kyoto to bring alot of parodies in.
After much thought, I asked myself:
“WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!”
And the answer came to me.
ahh! I can’t choose between Baccano!, Code Geass, Darker Than Black, or Gurren-Lagann!! But because I’m sure Baccano! will not get a lot of votes and because I simply love it, Baccano! it is!
ef – a tale of memories
The show isn’t actually over yet, but I have confidence that it will end well (if not happily). Real art, in image, sound, and drama. Blue Drop and Lucky Star are next on my list.
For me…
Gurren Lagann
Between Lucky Star, Code Geass, Darker Than Black, Death Note, and Gurren Lagann, I opted to choose neither. While they were crazy fun, action packed, psychological thriller, and gainax craziness, respectively, I think that the underdogs should deserve some love.
Heroic Age has my vote: I loved the show towards the end, especially as everything went to hell and back. It had me screaming at the cliffhangers and teary-eyed at the end.
KANON and CODE GEASS FTW!!!
Gurren Lagann for sure… I mean, while Lucky Star was popular and fun to watch, Gurren Lagann was a friggin’ adrenaline rush all the way. It was definitely a lot more fun to watch and follow week by week than any other series this year.
Code Geass
Code Geass all the way. Even though Gurren Lagann came close, Geass’s story was deeper.
Shuffle! Memories FTW! Nothing beats 11 episode of clip show.
But in honesty, I’m forecasting a toss-up between the KyoAni powerhouses (Kanon / Lucky Star) and the shonen stars (Gurren Lagann / Code Geass). I’m most interested in seeing how School Days clocks in; certainly it was a very influential anime but I don’t know how many would call it their ‘favorite’ considering the content…
How come there is no Bamboo Blade?
Ugh, choosing is so hard… =x Kanon, Terra e…, or Potemayo?
There were a lot of good ones. Heroic age, Clannad, Kanon but i think that their ending was good and they end there. But the only series i felt was too little and not enough was Lucky Star.
Wow, this is going to be a huge 4way battle. Gurren lagann vs Lucky Star vs Death Note vs Code Geass.
My vote goes to Code Geass because it’s been a long long time an anime got me to jumping at my seat screaming for the next episode.
Even though I voted for Gurren Lagann it was a tough choice. Seirei no Moribito, Oh! Edo Rocket, Baccano! Umisho, Darker than Black, the majority of Death Note, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, all of those were great. I think if Oh! edo Rocket had subs that were released on time it would have probably gotten my vote, the slow release schedule killed off alot of my excitement which went toward Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann
Man, I really hate polls like these because there were SO many great shows this year. About 3/4th of that list was on the very good range and at least 5 of them are some of my all time favorites now.
I was torn between Minami-ke (funniest comedy I’ve seen in a LONG time), Sketchbook (easily the best slice of life, 4koma anime besting Potemayo a bit), Code Geass, Denno Coil and Seirei no Moribito.
I don’t really care for the poll result other than that so many of these shows deserve recognition.
Lucky star !
yo voto por code geass awevo es el mas xido, me marcó
FIRST i gotta give props to a post from “LEX” for putting me on to BACCANO. damn thats GOOD SHIT!!! but of course im all gurren lagann or kekkiashi???HMMMM??
Hmmm, lots of good shows but definitely code geass for me. I tried to hold out and marathon the whole thing but I only lasted until episode 5-6 ish :(. Never happened to me before :/
oooh i like that omni…vote..but keep us in suspense..VERY CLASSY
I’ve not seen anything on Gingatetsudou Monogatari ~Eien e no Bunkiten~. I’ve been watching the first series of it but stopped because of shipping delays on the DVDs. So has anyone actually watched it? No one blogs about it, but maybe because it is old fashioned? Sci-fi drama with very little comedy maybe? Trains in Space?
Zero no tsukaima all the way 🙂
I didn’t finish watching many series this year; only Death Note, Nodame Cantabile and School Days. Out of the three, Nodame Cantabile was my favourite.
I have CODE GEASS on disc but I haven’t come round to watching it yet. It seems very popular…
For me it will be Sola
Well, Darker than Black for me, I guess. The truth exist beyound the gates ^_~. P.S. On the side note – I thought that one should vote about completed series, so wtf with Code Geass?
Gurren Lagann all the fucking way biatch!!
Has no chance of getting more then a few votes, but Terra e…
I got stuck between Death Note and Code Geass, but had to go with Geass on this even though it’s not complete yet. I didn’t even bother looking at the other titles, though I did consider a few others, but they just couldn’t beat out Geass in my mind. >.
Well had to stand behind Higurashi on this one. Building off the first season and giving answers that had been much needed. Really was my favorite for this year and sad to see it ending.
NICE BOAT FOR THE VOTE!
A lot of anime have been good a few really good but if you need to choose only one humm for me i can say kanon
geass of course. lagan fine too but thats all.
we love u zero 😀
Minami-ke.
I voted for Baccano!
It was a difficult decisions because I also enjoyed Gurren Lagann and Tokyo Tribe 2 a lot. I hope to God CLANNAD doesn’t win.
i loved lucky star, code geass and kanon ^^
i hope to god lucky star won’t win. god damn that horribly overrated piece of unfunny shit.
Am I the only one who voted for Darker Than Black? Sure the series could’ve gotten better closure but I felt that both the action and character development were handled extraordinarily well.
Ah, I went back over the comments and found another person. Ah well, there were quite a number of groundbreaking shows this year, after all.
The best character of 2007 is Guchuko.
ahaha! I will be honest to myself! I will vote SCHOOL DAYS! It has the greatest impact in my mind recently! I cnt pik clannad,so SCHOOL DAYS is there so be it!
Darker Than Black Ftw total rip off of some other anime’s but still very entertaining o.o xD
@SZ Nope i voted for darker than black too lol
Wow,it is incredibly hard for me to choose one when i watched so many…………going to have to crack my brain for it and judge it based on character development,animation,plot and character design
Denno Coil!
I have a few I don’t know whether to choose Claymore, or Shining TearsXWind.
OMG that was a hard choice… I was between 2 series >.
No CLANNAD? ahh…
Really hard to vote…Haruhi,Lucky Star, Code Geass…Guarrgh, I think i will go for Haruhi
Code Geass!
since there is no Shakugan no Shana II, CLANNAD and Dragonaut…
i really like CODE GEASS, Baccano, Lucky Star, Kaze no Stigma, Moyashimon, Romeo x Juliet, Gurenn, Zero no Tsukaima and Zombie Loan though only 1 should be choose so
i’ll vote CODE GEASS! well i thought you can choose multiple animes becoz they are many but i guess you just choose 1 oh well ehehe ^_^’
Code Geass 4 the win!
Kanon for me 😀
Darker than Black hands down. Anybody who voted for a different series has a dysfunctional brain.
huh, Take that!
Go Code geass,GO!!!!
Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi!!! Kenichi was awesome and need to show it some love, although CG and TTGL and Heroic Age are right up there too
Death note, nothing else this year made me do so many refreshes while checking if the new fansub is out 😛
Code Geass
Oh wait, Haruhi is 2006…OMG.
I’m voting on DEATHNOTE… I’ve watched the live-action, movie, and anime series. It’s well thought out and is absolutely remarkable.
I think Gurren and Geass are both really great,
but Geass has Lelouch!!^___^
Lelouch vi Britannia orders you to vote for Code Geass, with all your might!!
Sketchbook…
Hitohira and Hidamari Sketch are in close second…
“Seto no Hanayome” for me.
Cheers.
I know that most are going for Kyoto animations like Kanon/LuckyStar/Clannad so went for something else. Do not want to choose an anime that is still running like ef, clannad so I went and voted for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
I know they wont win this poll but they were one of the most unique this year. Now I am in dispear but I am looking forward to their second season in a months time!
I guess that it will probaly be code geass, kannon, lucky star or Gurren Lagann will win.
This is gonna be hard. You should have at least, allowed us to choose 5 shows.
KODOMO NO JIKAN!
Threw the dice coz I couldn’t decide between my fav anime this year. Ended up with sola. Compared to the other anime I could have rolled it’s most definitely the weakest when it comes to popularity but in my humble opionion not that bad of a choice either.
I have voted Sketchbook. I know it isn’t going to win, but I hope it ends in the Top 10.
would be nice if you categorized them by genre cus i luv school days and claymore but i can’t choose both.
“since there is no Shakugan no Shana II, CLANNAD and Dragonaut…”
hahahahahahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Dragonaut oh god.
Code GEASS FTW
hmm if i could only see the list well as of now i cant but ill go ef (i think i overrated the game itself cause its soo good on all sides) and lucky star since i cant see the file @_@ CLANNAD i guess those are my sure ones
Code Geass , second choice would have been Tengen Toppa.
Mononoke, Deathnote, Claymore, Dennou Coil FTW!!! was Tsubasa chronicles on the list? 😮
OMG! it was between Gurren-Lagann, Lucky Star and Code Geass… BUT GEASS WINS!! I LOOOOVED THAT ANIME SOO MUUUCCH that im even downloading it again before season 2 begins airing! XD!
Code Geass, Chevalier D’Eon & Nodame were the best IMO. Might as well vote for CG since it nobody cares for Chevalier & Nodame.
So hard to choose…
Omni, it would be better to use a point system and we could rank at least our top 3 favorites; something like 1st choice gets 5pts, 2nd gets 3pts, 3rd gets 1pt, something like that. I’m stuck between Geass and Kanon, these two shows got me the most excited and/or emotional this year.
Then again even with this ranking system I’d still be hardpressed to decide which is 1st hahaha :D.
between Death Note gurren lagann and Shigurui
Nodame Cantabile was certainly the best. Even though there were several more entertaining series, Nodame Cantabile wins when it comes to value and rewatchibility.
Bleh, I got the caching problem. Says I already voted 🙁
Oh well, more time to think this over 🙂
Really hard choice this year between these three series… Code GEASS, Gurren Lagann and School Days.
Gurren Lagann is an EPIC. A grand scale battle that start from underground to the heaven is just SUPERB!
School Days is a real shocked. The story just keep getting better & better, then come an ending that make me press a delete button of the whole series out of my computer straight away. Damned.
Code GEASS brings me a great joy from the beginning to an end. The plot that’s so exceptional, the character cast that’s so charming. An artwork in every aspect… so this is a winner for me this year, Code GEASS.
Ah, there it goes. I think I gotta go with Code Geass, although there a bunch of favorites for me in the list. Bokurano, Dennou Coil, Claymore, Manabi, etc. Yea, I have a hard time picking one of anything…
Gurren Lagann
couldnt pick clannad so it school days for me
hubiera votado por school days , por que el final es contrario a todo tipo de historias de ese genero . donde se arreglan las cosas .
pero cuando vi higurashi estubo dificil la decicion .
pero mi voto es para Higurashi
Go EF
How am I suposed to choose only one?
School Days, Lucky Star, Higurashi, Death Note, Kanon, El Cazador, Blue Drop, Nodame Cantabile, Venus Versus Virus, Doujin Work, to name a few. Man and the list goes on and on.
hm damn i got many ^^
love higzrashi, myself; yourself, minami-ke and school days etc ;_;
i took school days :
Hmm hard to choose Kanon? Code Geass? or Gurren Lagann?
Very tough pick for me between Kanon and School Days, but ultimately I have to hand it to Kanon.
Clannad’s not there so, I voted Zero no Tsukaima.
ARGH NOT CODE GEASS!
I rather something less abrasive and obscene(think Kallen shower scene) win it than code geass.
Voted for EF
Death Note, enough said.
NICE BOAT!
It was between Code Geass and Gurren Lagann for me, but Code Geass hasn’t really “finished” yet, so… TTGL FTW! ^_^
Death Note for sure (amazing plot!) Geass was the worst anime for me.
Seto no Hanayome it is for me. That one had me rolling each episode.
Code Geass = EPIC WIN
Lucky Star All the way!
This is so unfair. Im like Gurren Lagann & Geass, but in the end I voted for Baccano. Excellent story, action and nice (romantic) ending despite a lot of violence and blood (not that im complaining :p ). But the main thing is the story is unique.
How come ongoing anime like Blue Drop and Minami-ke in there but not Clannad?
Lucky Star !!! 😀
Lagann impact!!! FTW
Code Geass, definitely.
GEASS!!!!
code geass wasn’t that good in my opinion…..
Well,for me,I didn’t choose Lucky Star,Gurren Lagann,Code Geass or Darker than Black.Even though they were full of thrillers and action-packed,I think Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei deserves the vote.
anything I made an AMV to, so it really should be a toss between ef or kanon, but then I bought a code geass wallet the other day… >_
CODE GEASS!!!!(>o
Damn, there were a few I really loved.
It’s between ef, School Days, and Kanon for me…
Damn, I hate to single one out, but If I must I choose Kanon.
Higurashi (Just cause I’m a big fan)
@avex|mode: Maybe because Minami-ke and Blue Drop only have 13 episodes?
NanohaSS, just because I am a crazy fan of it. Real one would be Code Geass.
Lucky Star for me. Coz it shamelessly pimps and parodies all the other anime.
DEATH NOTE *__*
Hmm…techinically CODE GEASS isn’t really over xD I voted for DEATH NOTE.
NO Clannad? Wth? Oo
This leaves me with headache, so much of my favourite anime is on the list, yet I can only pick ONE….(T_T). Eventually I pick Dennou Coil….Out of Minami-Ke, Lucky Star, Code Geass, Seirei No Moribito, Darker Than Black, Idolmaster Xenoglossia, and Claymore. Just want to ask, is Bamboo Blade doesn’t count as this year anime??
Mononoke wins hands down against all the shows listed, i think 😛
For everyone who wants Clannad, Dragonaut, Shakugan no Shana II:
It’s not on the list because the show isn’t completely over yet. Please read the criteria I listed above for listing series.
Aaa, what happens if you fav like 4 instead of 1? You can only vote for 1. Grrr,fine. XD
Gah! I cant choose!!!!!!
Lucky Star! No Ifs, ands, or buts about it!
Romeo x Juliet! ♥
Gooo ef.
Nodame Cantabile 😀
ef for me. Hard choice between Code Geass, Gurren Lagann and Minami-ke but in the end I guess I’m a drama hoe.
Its SETO NO HANAYOME FTW!!!
BACCANO!
timoteee~ timoteee~
DEATH NOTE is the best 😉
Night Wizard in my oppinion, i was actually sold for this one after they played that “alice in wonderland style”song at the castle ^^
Lucky Star for the win!
for me the best of the year wass zero no tsukaima second season it rocks a lot not like the first one but it still rocks
There was only one choice, and that made it easy. Put away all the hype that was made over certain series. Put away all the reviews, and all the folks screaming “YOU MUST WATCH THIS ONE AND LIKE IT OR YOU ARE STUPID”, and the like. THEN vote.
Chevalier all the way for me!
Death Note FTW!
Voted for Gurren Lagann.. was struggling choosing between Dennou Coil, Geass, Nodame Cantabile, and Baccano.
Code Geass’s clone tards SFO!
it’s between death note and gurren
So many good anime, but Lucky Star won my vote!
Yeah, so many good anime, but my vote is for Death Note
TTGL is also superb
Geass and LS are average for me
waa!!! Death note, lucky star, code geas!!!…. but…I love Romeo x Juliet!!!!!! mooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
since i can only choose 1 anime, i will say code geass, death note also good but code geass have lulu ^^
I wish we could have selected top 3 or something. It was a tough choice.
Higurashi Kai for me!
gurren lagann and dennou coil but gurren since i haven’t finished dennou coil
Darker than Black^^ Hei is the best bisho !!
But also code geass and death note
Gurren Lagann for me!
tho its a tough pick, there’s been a few other good shows too :\
DEath Note FTW !!! Light and L are the best
Code Geass’s Lulu is just a Light wannabe
definitely Code Geass,lulu is such a interesting character
Code Geass hands down. The best series I’ve seen for 2007.
Higurashi of course!
Although in my personal rankings, Hitohira was very very very close second.
CLANNAD? how was that one missed?
To me that was the best anime this year, with Code Geass right behind
Really difficult to choose between Death Note, Gurren Lagann, Nodame Cantabile and Dennou Coil… but. I chose Gurren Lagann in the end. ~~
It’s between Code Geass, Baccano, and TTGL for me. As much as I liked CG and Baccano, GL just has special flair to me. So GL ftw.
gurren lagann no discussion about it
Mononoke
Sure a great and unique serise!
Gurren Lagann by a long shot for me.
Code Geass was great and so were many others, but Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann was just so much greater. *votes for that*
:3
Death Note is one of the best anime of ALL time, nuff said
voted for myself;yourself 🙂
Any doubt that CODE GEASS should be the winner?
heroic age~! best ending!
Kanon ftw~
Kanon, end of story.
Minami-Ke, EASILY.
WHY did this blog drop it!?!?!? Got plenty of comments each time.
Code Geass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Death Note or Code Geass… aaaaaaaaaaAA!~ X3
Where’s the love for Sumomo mo Momo mo? That show was classic, especially in episode 4 when Momoko tries give Koushi subliminal messages while he sleeps. I had never cracked up as much when watching an anime as I did during that episode 😉
Death Note!!
Gurren Lagann FTW!
NANA ^^!
Death Note a close second – these left the biggest impact on me =]
I still dont understand why code geass would be on here if Clannad wasnt. Code Geass is having another season and didnt even really end. O and Kanon btw.
Gotta be Dennou Coil. By far the most original and fun series I’ve seen in awhile.
Tegen Toppa Gurren Lagann! hard to choose between TTGL and Code Geass.. But I think Code Geass is more like best of 2006, en TTGL is just the best anime from 2007
Code Geass!
I read most of death note so that killed it for me when it came out. Watched it all over the last few days with my brother tho.
Anyway Code Geass still, I think it was the only series I enjoyed all the way to the end this year.
GURREN LAGANN!!
Nodame Cantabile all the way! =DD
Multi selection (example 3) will prove to provide better picture of the favorite anime, however in this case, Bocanno will get my vote.
Hardest part is I haven’t actually watched most of these shows. Tentatively, I’d vote for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. (I’m gonna think about it a few days first)
Pardon the self-promotion, but I’m hosting my own poll, where you can vote for OP/ED songs. (link in the name)
Baccano
sayonara zetsubou-sensei
sory I forgot about Claymore
Baccano
BLUE DROP!
I had to vote for Nana, cuz it’s my favourite series of all time. If it was onlu series that aired this year, I would have given it to Lucky Star, I think.
Hard to choose between Geass and Gurren Lagann. Kannon was good too. But I decided to go with Darker than Black. I just loved it cause how refreshing it felt to watch.
Mononoke for sure then followed by Dennou Coil. But DC’s ending and other flaws let Mononoke top it.
easily code geass
Death Note!, the best anime i’ve seen
Oh man this is no match.. without a doubt Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann! who the hell do u think they are!?
cmon DARKER THAN BLACK!!
CLAYMORE !!!!
Nodame Cantabile.
This was massively difficult with Lucky*Star, Kanon, Minami-ke, Sketchbook, Gurren-Lagann and the like….
I ended up throwing Lovely*Complex a vote because it actually is that rare creature in romantic comedy that does not trainwreck at the end – and all the characters and couples were nicely developed characterizations. … and the great dialog and voice acting.
Easy enough, straight to Kanon
Gurren Lagann!! By far the best.
Hey Anikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii : )
DENNOU COIL!!
i think there are not many fan for my favourite anime.
Ai-Chan!
Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann.
Wow, my choice right at the top. Nice going, Baccano!, already on the top =P
I just noticed that Nagasarette Airantou got like no votes from the people who comment.
What a shame. All the production money was for the last episodes and the ending was such a crappy one…
SUZU, WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST GRAB IKUTO AND JUST TAKE HIM?!?!?!?!
Code Geass for the win o/
don’t forget School days
DEATH NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gogo Death Note!!
Lucky Star =w=.
it is not fair ! more then 1 series dsrvs to be the best of this year :F
It’s gotta be either Darker than Black, Code Geass, ef, or Higurashi. I would have added Death Note on my top list but I didn’t particularly liked the second half with the inclusion of Nero and Mell. Since Code Geass will probably get the majority of the votes in my group of favorites, it will have to be between Darker than Black (heads) and ef (tails). Let’s flip a coin. And the results are….
Heads! Okay, Darker than Black it is.
Nooooo! There’s a caching problem. I can’t vote. =( I guess I’ll have to wait.
looks like i’m the only one who voted for oofuri. real hidden gem. anyway, how come genshiken 2 is on the list? isn’t it still being aired?
u should allow multi-picking! it’s hard to decide :p
my faves: darker than black, dennou coil, and saiunkoku
WTH? 1 out of 135 choice? Impossible man!
I just rank my top 6 show
Claymore
Dennou Coil
Lovely Complex
Seirei No Moribito
Terra E
NANA
My favorite till the moment has to be ef a tale of memories since it has not ended yet but it last episode gonna be the 22 of december.so its ef. if not then seto no hanayome
Oh god…such a difficult choice.
But between the very original and enjoyable Dennou Coil, the amazing but still unfinished story of Nodame Cantabile(I really want another season!!) and the impressive Gurren Laggan, i’ll stick with the last one just because it really is an epic.
Ookiku Furikabutte, definitely. Too bad the series’ popularity is close to non-existent here.
Kekkaishi would be a close second, but it doesn’t fit the criteria for the poll anyway, so the choice was easy.
I can’t pick i would go crazy to pick one but these are definitely my top:
Ghost Hunt, Heroic Age, Seto no Hanayome and Minami-ke.
Average: Code Geass, Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun, Lovely Complex, Myself;Yourself, Mushi-Uta, Claymore, Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula, Shounen Onmyouji, and Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~.
Bad: School Days, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, and probably everything else
My idea of a good anime is one that I am willing to sit down and watch from beginning to the end, some of these anime series like Sumomo mo Momo mo, Shining Tears X Wind, and many others i only watch the first few episode then stop.
But I am surprise Clannad is not there, that definitely go to my top.
Forgot to add Rental Magica to my top.
@ Tom
Interesting list you got there, pretty different from my picks.
I had to either sell out Kanon…or TTGL. In the end i voted TTGL… Im sry Kanon, maybe some other time.
definitely Gurren Lagann, but no way it’s gonna win on this blog.
Chevalier is Le Chevalier D’eon right? It’s hard to choose between Baccano and Le Chevalier D’eon.
Omg so many but dennou coil…it beat the higurashi kai just by abit and if it was the first season of higurashi it woulda won but dennou coil was just so good
lucky star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Night Wizard
It’s really rare one for anime based on TRPG.
I predict it will be a showdown between the KyoAni-Halo-Effect duo, Death Note, Code Geass, and like…a shared 20% of the pie for every other series people pick >DD
My personal pick was RomeoxJuliet. Original re-take, well animated, and the pace was very appropriate.
Claymore was the best even though the ending could have been better…
it flew under the radar a bit, this one, but i absolutely loved sola. gem of a show: not overambitious, but did what it set out to do perfectly.
LUCKY STAR!
So many contenders! I can’t pick one! Although I would like to pick Death note, but I also liked Code geass! AWWWW!!!!! I don’t know which one to pick! Can I pick all? lol
But Death note is on top of my list!
RIP KIRA……
Gurren-Lagann, hands down. BACCANO! was a serious contender but what it had going for it was mostly zaniness, and Gurren-Lagann does zany like no other.
DEATH NOTE!! best animation, best soundtrack and best plot 😀
best animation is Seirei no Moribito, no doubt. (Best plot as well imho 😉
Gurren Lagann. Most memorable lines, characters, the battles were amazing, nothing I couldn’t love about that show. Dennou Coil, Code Geass and Baccano! tie for a close second though.
Where’s NARUTO? NARUTO ended in 2007…. >.>
-Karasuhebi
P.S: Not a joke.
definitely Death Note
Myself; Yourself da best……..
Myself; Yourself is da besttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Busou Renkin! had to be it, since it was one of my favorites. I wish we could ahve more choices. Then I would have chosen Clannad, Lucky Star, and Code Geass.
It was hard to chose…so many good series this year…Code geass,Nana,School days….
But Lulu won my vote,in the end
For me Ghost Hunt
Terra e… and Seirei no Moribito.
MINAMI-KE!!!… XD omg… it has been a while that i saw a really good comedy anime
Darker than BLACK for me *__*
Negima!? for me.
Unlike most of the people, I didn’t enjoy Geass or Lagan.
Great year overall. Personally, I retain:
-From Fall: DEATH NOTE, Kanon and CODE GEASS.
-From Winter: Hidamri Sketch and Nodame Cantabile.
-From Spring: Gurren Lagann, Lucky Star, Bokurano and Darker Than Black
and from Summer: Zetsubou Sensei and NICE BOAT!
Overally, lucky star is the best imo
Can we have Multi-picking? No? Oh well.
Hard choice, but was Code Geass in the end for me.
I like Nodame Cantabile, it had a nice story, and was not as complex as Code Geass.
Ugh… I used to really like Romeo x Juliet but once it hit somewhere beyond the middle it became less interesting to watch… And I was disappointed that they went the supernatural route with the series. =/
It didn’t seem like a lot of anime kept me interested this year, not Code Geass or Gurren Lagann…. I wanted a good romance series but we got stuck with School Days. Wow, I really wanna know where that one stands. (Almost voted for it, too.)
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Seto no Hayame i laugh a lot an almost to death!!
death note without doubt =/
Bokura ga ita.
Dennou Coil. Though Code Geass and Darker than Black followed closely…
Gurren Lagann for me, but if I had to pick who the winner will ultimately be, I would suspect it will end up being Lucky Star because of the Kyoani effect alone. It’s very hard to break through that level of rabidity and fans these days who just probably won’t watch Gurren Lagann or anything else non-Kyoani/Romance/Slice of Life, because of it’s genre to see how fun it is. Plus Lucky Star made frequent references to Haruhi (something everyone and their mom has heard of), while Gurren Lagann’s treats were for fans of old Super Robot anime that most in the west have probably never even heard of, so few will get the refs. Maybe next year the trend will end and just by being in the right genre or by the right studio won’t carry the day. Even still it was refreshing to see a unique series “make a breakthrough” in an increasingly one tone form of art.
Though I could easily end up being wrong this year, and if so it would be quite a tremendous surprise.
There were lots of nice anime this year, including the ones that started last year fall season, of course ;D
I’d say Baccano, eventhough Code Geass, School Days and Claymore were fairly outstanding as well.
Kanon and Gurren Lagann. I’m so torn. T___T
*votes for Kanon…*
Kodomo no Jikan, Best Anime of the year 2007.
Me and a few other people. Voted for iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia. Yep.
Runner-ups for me would have been ef and School Days. After that, Death Note and Higurashi Kai.
Top 3 2007:
1. Death Note
2. Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
3. Code Geass
I vote for Death Note, one of the best series of all time.
D.gray-man ftw
Horribly wrong Kaioshin Sama 😉
Code Geass ftw!
Either Code Geass or Lucky Star
Is Death Note bolded for anyone else? Does bolded signal what we voted for?
I ask because I voted for Minami-ke, and was really letdown when it stopped being covered here at eight episodes in!
ew why code geass
wha—
ugh… code geass? …
CODE GEASS FOR ME TOO!!
Oh the poll close already ? Heheh, Code Geass won anyway ^_^
Definitely Code Geass for me, the best anime ever ….
code geass for me!!!