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Welcome to a "best of the best" guide into the world of japanese animation. Below you'll find a list of the greatest anime series. If it's on this list and you haven't seen it, you're missing out!
This guide will also provide you with sites where you can view free episodes of the listed anime series so that you can see if it's a series you'd be interested in. As somebody who would much rather download something for free rather than buy it, in my experience when it comes to anime: quality is everything. If you want the true anime experience purchasing the DVDs is a must. After comparing watching an episode on DVD as compared to one that I downloaded, it's no contest.
The thing that I hate about buying anime DVDs online is that I am never sure whether I am getting the best deal or buying the finest quality DVD collection. What I have done is included the best deals for purchasing the DVD collections for each of these series. The included DVDs will be updated as often as I find better deals.
So feel free to browse the list of anime series and check back often for daily updates and additions.
What is Anime?
Anime is an abbreviation of the word "animation". Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation originating in Japan. To the West, not all animation is considered anime; and anime is considered a subset of animation.
While some anime is hand drawn, computer assisted animation techniques have become quite common in recent years. Like any entertainment medium, the story lines represent most major genres of fiction. Anime is broadcast on television, distributed on media such as DVD and VHS, and included in video games. Additionally, some are produced as full length motion pictures. Anime often draws influence from manga, light novels, and other cultures. Some anime storylines have been adapted into live action films and television series.
1. Cowboy Bebop
Action/Adventure
In the year 2071, the crew of the spaceship Bebop travel the solar system trying to apprehend bounties. In the slang of the era, "Cowboys" are bounty hunters. Most episodes revolve around a specific bounty, but the show often shares its focus with the pasts of one of each of the four main characters and of more general past events, which are revealed and brought together as the series progresses.Free Episode Downloads
Cowboy Bebop Remix: Anime Legends
Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 07/13/2009) 
Cowboy Bebop - The Movie
Amazon Price: $11.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
2. Ghost in the Shell
Action/Adventure
Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the covert operations section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, Section 9, which specializes in fighting technology-related crime. She may be named after one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan and Shirow makes reference to them at the end of the second manga. Although supposedly equal to all other members, Kusanagi fills the leadership role in the team, and is usually referred to as "the Major" due to her past rank in the armed forces. She is capable of superhuman feats, and cybernetically specialized for her job-her body is almost completely mechanized; only her brain and a segment of her spinal cord are organic.The setting of Ghost in the Shell is cyberpunk or postcyberpunk, similar to that of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy. More than other cyberpunk authors, however, Shirow focuses more on the ethical and philosophical ramifications of the widespread merging of humanity and technology. The development of artificial intelligence and an omnipresent computer network set the stage for a reevaluation of human identity and uniqueness. More so than the films, the manga tackles these questions head on: Kusanagi and her colleagues face external threats and also suffer internal conflict over their own natures.
Ghost in the Shell
Amazon Price: $9.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
Ghost in the Shell: Season 1
Amazon Price: $26.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
3. Full Metal Panic!
Sci-Fi/Action
Full Metal Panic!, the animated series follows the events and relationships surrounding Sousuke Sagara, a professional soldier of a covert, international, anti-terrorist mercenary group named Mithril, and Kaname Chidori, a spirited, Japanese high school student that unbeknownst to her, is more than she seems.Due to his Japanese heritage and young age, Sgt. Sousuke Sagara is selected to go undercover as a transfer student and secretly remain Kaname's undetected bodyguard. With orders only to protect her from abduction by an unknown hostile force, neither Sousuke nor his two fellow Mithril soldiers assigned to the mission - Sgt. Kurz Weber and Sgt. Major Melissa Mao - are told any further details except to remain undetected and avoid drawing attention to their charge.
For Sousuke, a regular bodyguard job would be a piece of cake, except that this military bred soldier has no concept of the nuisances and pitfalls of the unfamiliar territory that is "high school" making the situation less than smooth...
Free Episode Downloads
![Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gK0pKCxGL._SL75_.jpg)
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set [Blu-ray]
Amazon Price: $55.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set
Amazon Price: $33.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
4. Big O
Sci-Fi/Film Noir/Action
Forty years prior to the events of the series, disaster struck. The world was turned into a vast desert wasteland and the survivors were left without memories. The story takes place in Paradigm City, a corporate police state run by the Paradigm Corporation. The town is recognized for its geodesic domes, a giant structure that houses the richer citizens and segregates the poor to living outside the domes.The Big O deals with the nature of memories. A memory is a record stored in the brain of an organism, but in Paradigm City memories can mean so much more. "Memories" embody the lost knowledge of its residents, and can take the form of records from before the Event, forgotten artifacts from the previous era or manifest themselves as recollection, hallucinations or recurring dreams.
The Big O: Anime Legends Complete Collection
Amazon Price: $34.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
The Big O, Vol. 2: Anime Legends Complete Collection
Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
5. Bleach
Action/Adventure
Ichigo Kurosaki is a rough-and-tumble teenager who has always had the special ability to see spirits. The story begins with the sudden appearance of an oddly-dressed stranger in Ichigo's bedroom. This stranger is the shinigami Rukia Kuchiki, who is surprised at his ability to see her. Their resulting conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a hollow, an evil spirit. After Rukia is severely wounded during battle while trying to protect Ichigo, she decides to transfer half of her powers to Ichigo, hoping to give him the opportunity to face the hollow on an equal footing. Ichigo unintentionally absorbs all of Rukia's powers instead, allowing him to defeat the hollow with ease.The next day, Rukia appears in Ichigo's classroom as a transfer student. Much to his surprise, she now appears to be a normal human. She theorizes that it was the unusual strength of Ichigo's spirit that caused him to fully absorb her powers, thus leaving her stranded in the human world. Rukia has transferred herself into a gigai - an artificial human body - while waiting to recover her abilities. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over her job as a shinigami, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to the afterlife.
Free Episode Downloads
Bleach Uncut Box Set, Vol. 3: The Rescue w/ Limited Collector's Hollow Mask
Amazon Price: $49.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Bleach Uncut Box Set, Vol. 3: The Rescue
Amazon Price: $34.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
6. Samurai Gun
Historical/Action
It is the beginning of the industrial revolution, and feudal Japan is in turmoil. The ruling Shogun are wielding their abusive powers to instill fear and dominance over their oppressed subjects. Beatings, imprisonment, rape and even murder are the adopted tactics chosen to maintain their reign. The bloodshed must end. A group of Samurai have banded together, and, with the development of new weapons and new technology, they have both the will and the hardware to stand up and fight. Ichimatsu is one of these fighters. By day, he works incognito at a local tavern, in the evenings he frequents the brothels, and by the dark of night, he doles out some big-time, gun-barrel justice. He is here to help. He is Samurai Gun. 
Samurai Gun: Complete Collection
Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Samurai Gun - Cocked & Loaded (Vol. 1)
Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
7. Full Metal Alchemist
Action/Adventure
After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy taboo carries a heavy price. Ed loses his leg, and Al loses his body. Ed is able to seal Al's soul inside of a huge suit of armor, at the cost of his arm. Years later, Ed (now with two mechanical limbs) and Al (still trapped in the armor) leave their childhood home, each brother concerned with the other's happiness. Ed, who has a natural talent and skill for alchemy, becomes nationally certified and is soon known everywhere as the "Fullmetal Alchemist." Their true objective is to search for any information on the fabled Philosopher's Stone, hoping it will allow them to regain their old bodies. All of their hopes rest with this mythical stone, which may not even exist at all. However, the brothers soon learn that they are not the only ones after the powerful stone.Free Episode Downloads
8. Death Note
Fantasy/Horror
Light Yagami (Or Raito) is an ace student with great aspects who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the Death Note a notebook held by a shinigami (Death God). with the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create a perfect world. A world without crime or criminals. However when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. 
Death Note Box Set 2
Amazon Price: $33.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Death Note Box Set 1
Amazon Price: $34.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
9. Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sci-Fi/Mecha
At the age of 14 Shinji Ikari is summoned by his father to the city of Neo Tokyo-3 after several years of separation. There he unwillingly accepts the task of becoming the pilot of a giant biological humanoid by the name EVA01 and protect the world from the enigmatic invaders known as angels. Even though he repeatedly questions why he has accepted this mission from his estranged and cold father, his doing so helps him to gradually accept himself. But why exactly are the angels attacking and what are his father's true intentions. 
Neon Genesis Evangelion - The End of Evangelion
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Death & Rebirth
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
10. Trigun
Adventure/Comedy
Vash the Stampede is a gunman on the run with a 60 billion double dollar bounty on his head which has made it difficult for him to go anywhere without being chased and shot at. Every town he ever visits ends up being destroyed because of his pursuers, but miraculously no one ever gets killed. Meryl and Milly are two insurance agents that have been sent to find Vash the Stampede and keep him under surveillance so no more damage is caused. Meryl, who leads the pair, refuses to believe that the man they have met can possibly be the legendary gunman. This spikey haired, gangly, young man is extremely friendly, a pacifist, hates blood and suicide, absolutely loves donuts, and is a dork and a crybaby (far from a notorious outlaw). But there is more to Vash and his past than meets the eye. ![Trigun Collection (Episodes 1-26) [3-DVD Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RsTi9Z0jL._SL75_.jpg)
Trigun Collection (Episodes 1-26) [3-DVD Box Set]
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
Trigun - Lost Past (Vol. 2) (Geneon Signature Series)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
11. Rurouni Kenshin
Action/Adventure
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape.Free Episode Downloads
Rurouni Kenshin - TV Series Season One
Amazon Price: $38.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
Rurouni Kenshin - TV Series Season Two
Amazon Price: $71.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
12. Naruto
Adventure/Comedy
Naruto closely follows the life of a boy who is feared and detested by the villagers of the hidden leaf village of Konoha. The distrust of the boy has little to do with the boy himself, but it's what's inside him that causes anxiety. Long before Naruto came to be, a Kyuubi (demon fox) with great fury and power waged war taking many lives. The battle ensued for a long time until a man known as the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime, the strongest ninja in Konoha, fiercely fought the Kyuubi. The fight was soon won by Yondaime as he sealed the evil demon in a human body. Thus the boy, Naruto, was born. As Naruto grows he decides to become the strongest ninja in Konoha in an effort to show everyone that he is not as they perceive him to be, but is a human being worthy of love and admiration. But the road to becoming Hokage, the title for the strongest ninja in Konoha, is a long and arduous one. It is a path filled with betrayal, pain, and loss; but with hard work, Naruto may achieve Hokage. 
Naruto Uncut Box Set, Vol. 15
Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 07/13/2009)
Naruto Uncut Box Set, Vol. 16
Amazon Price: $36.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
13. Dragonball Z
Action/Adventure
Goku is back with his new son, Gohan, but just when things are getting settled down, the adventures continue. Whether he is facing enemies such as Frieza, Cell, or Buu, Goku is proven to be an elite of his own and discovers his race, Saiyan and is able to reach Super Saiyan 3 form. He meets many new people, gaining allies and well as enemies, as he still finds time to raise a family and be the happy-go-lucky Saiyan he is.Free Episode Downloads
DragonBall Z: Super Android 13/Bojack Unbound (Double Feature) (Steelbook)
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
DragonBall Z: Perfect Cell Saga
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
14. Samurai Champloo
Adventure/Historical
Mugen is a fierce animal-like warrior with a unique Bboying (break-dance) inspired fighting style. Jin has a more traditional style but don't think of this as a weakness because his skills are amazing. The two contrasting samurai warriors are far from friends, yet their separate paths seem to cross anyways. Mugen is wandering aimlessly through the city when he stumbles upon a teahouse where he meets Jin and Fuu (A ditzy waitress, but don't think she doesn't have anything hidden up her sleeves). Fuu convinces them both to come with her in search of a mysterious samurai that smells like sunflowers and their journey begins. This modernized hip-hop tale breaks the barriers of the common, historical, samurai anime.Free Episode Downloads
Samurai Champloo: The Complete Collection
Amazon Price: $54.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Samurai Champloo, Volume 1 (Episodes 1-4)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
15. Air Gear
Comedy/Sports
Minami "Ikki" Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the "Unbeatable Babyface," Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of "East Side Gunz." Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as "AT"). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of "flight" for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck. 
Air Gear: Complete Box Set
Amazon Price: $38.99 (as of 07/13/2009)
Air Gear, Vol. 6: Kill Em Dead
Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009)
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