Top 10 Anime with Fantastic Settings
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 23, 2012 16:06 JST
- Tags: Angel Beats!, Bakemonogatari, Durarara!!, Inu x Boku SS, Mankind Has Declined, Rankings
For those looking for entrancing anime which takes place in mysterious, magical, fantastic and original worlds, fans have provided a helpful list – although the bad news is that almost all of them still take place in schools…
1. Mankind Has Declined
2. Bakemonogatari
3. Angel Beats!
4. Inu x Boku SS
5. Durarara!!
6. Mawaru Penguindrum
7. A Certain Magical Index
8. Black Rock Shooter
9. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Dead or Alive Ero-SFM Doubly Dirty
Flying Witch “Cute But Boring…”
Phantasy Star Online 2 Phantastic: “What About the West!?”
Shounen Maid “A Fujoshi Delight”
Terra Formars Live Action Web Drama Announced
Dragon Quest Heroes II Quite Monstrous
KumaMiko Lovingly Innocent
Aqua Onahole Parody Hopefully Moist
A-Size Classmate Profusely Petite
One Day With Maria Raunchy & Romantic
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 Raises Its Voice
Hai-Furi in Troubled Waters
Star Fox Zero “Pandering To Kids!”
Kiznaiver Shares Its Pain
Love Live’s Koi ni Naritai Aquarium PV “Will Sell Thousands!”
Skimpy Kataigou Figure
Ellen Baker’s Illustrator: “Keep It Clean!”
Bullet Girls 2 Goes At It From All Angles
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization A Real Grind
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Immensely Gruesome
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Kashiwazaki Sena Cosplay Pure & Innocent
Minami Kotori Casino Girl Cosplay Takes No Chances
Shimakaze Cosplay by Ema Sakura
Harley Quinn Cosplay by Miyuko Colorfully Crazy
Sonico Ero-Cosplay by Yuka Hoshikage Super Sexy
Kasugano Sora Bunny Girl Cosplay Absolutely Admirable
Goddess of 2ch: “Barely Legal Beauty!”
Highly Yuri Tenryuu & Tatsuta Cosplay by Garo & Usagi
Seriously? These lists are just getting way too stupid. Who even votes for these polls?
I say, Code Geass and Star Driver had fantas-Fabulous settings.
This list is for shame.
Code Geass? As much as i love it you didn't get the point of the list did you? "mysterious, magical, fantastic and original worlds"...
An American occupied Japan is barely unrealistic...
Wow, not only did you get the setting of Code Geass completly wrong you managed to believe that the majority of that list was somehow "mysterious, magical, fantastic or original".
It's actually occupied by Brittania (aka. England) and America never existed. In Code Geass, the American Revolution failed, ergo, no America.
Britania is not England.
Trigun? Eat-man '98? Kino no Tabi? El Hazard? Utawarerumono? Escaflowne?
None of those made it? Seriously?
Can I think of another phrase or sentence to end with a question mark and put it in this post?
They are not moe. And too old. And without computer graphics, lesbians, explanation of anything unstated and, yet again, MOE. You know, everybody likes it. And every anime fan must say he watched all Evangelion and liked it (bcuz its xtremly cul), even if he never have seen a single picture of Rei, and say he can understand it if he tried watching, but turned off after 5 minutes because of headache.
Anime world is rotten, it will collapse to america (what Gainax already did) if we don't do something about it. We need more normal otaku.
Normal Otaku
That definition has denied itself XD
Did you know... There are three types of otaku. Those who seek strength, those who live for moe, and those who know what anime can be. Those are three. And him...
He was a true wizard.
I'm the type of "otaku" just watch the thing apeal to me and talking crap about others.
Yes, and I did not watch Evangelion.
El Hazard! xD
There's lesbians in Eat Man '98. First story arc. The telling point is there is only one anime on this that is older than 6 years old, which means it was complied by morans and is frivolous.
Assuming "mysterious, magical, fantastic and original worlds" as a limiting factor, here is a better top ten
Akazukin Chacha
Spice and Wolf
Madoka
Earl and Fairy
Katanagatari
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
Tears to Tiara
Fullmetal Alchemist (the good version)
Haibane Renmei
Slayers
Maybe it's because they never heard of them.
Angel Beats...It was such a good idea, it had so much potential, it had it's moments but damn.
I was so disappointed.
Same with Durarara!! and Index. (imho)
Bakemonogatari and Haruhi however are just amazing.
Durarara, AB! and Index?
Much potential?
Hehe, you're funny.
Bakemonogatari?
Amazing?
AHAHAHAHA, HAAHAHAHA, OHOHOHOHOHOO, AW LOL.
Haruhi?
Amazing?
*died of laughter*
This guy has no taste if he thinks those 5 anime were bad. Fail....
He is a fegget of /a/.
They weren't bad. They weren't good enough to be in this list. (except Haruhi, I've died from boredom about ten times when I watched it).
@17:04
8 times during Endless Eight :D
Haruhi was good?
I was told to watch it in broadcast order.
Well, I'll need to explain.
Durarara. Have lots of good characters, most of them have insane superpowers or mind, pretty interesting setting... But instantly focuses on three ordinary (or almost-ordinary) students. Fail.
Index. Haven't got much potential from the beginning. Eventhough it was maxed out gorgeously, it still isn't good enough.
AB!. Same as Index.
Bakemonogatari. Shaft. Anything you need to know. But I liked Staple Stable opening.
Haruhi. Bad story. Bad realization- ranobe was a lot more interesting. Characters are either plagued, like Yuki, or grotesque, like Haruhi. And where is fantastic setting there? All SOS-dan and Tsuruya are just trolling poor Kyon. Just like I am trolling you.
Lol, anime hipsters...
Lol, moefag...
I understand why you're upset your pokemon is not on the list.
You will laugh at me, but yes, Pokemon is more fantastic than all this list together.
Sadly I would have to agree. Pokemon is quite a dynamic world. Kid show yes but it can still as a setting hold its own or best most new shows.
Well Durarara and Index never really "finished" Both pretty much were cliff hangers and go read the novels if you want the rest.
Bakemonogatari and Haruhi however are just amazing.
LAME SHOWS AS ALWAYS
Number 7 is so true.
You say it ;)
WORST. LIST. EVER.
You haven't seen "Top 25 anime of all times" list yet.
Waiting for someone who complains that Cowboy Bebop is not in the list
Why isn't Cowboy Bebop on the list? This toplist is invalid.
Because there is nothing fantastic about cowboy bebops setting, it was the characters and situation that made that show great, the backdrops were more or less for the development of those two aspects.
NGN, Index & Mankind has Declined are the only decent settings on that list. Although Index is the only one with actually thought out history, the other two were simply fly by the pants.
Angel Beats! is like cowboy bebop in the respect of the setting being nothing more then a backdrop to the character development except the situation also pushes that development with the setting.
The follow up question to that ranking should have been "do you know the meaning of a setting with regards to storytelling" and most of them would have gone blank faced.
you obviously misunderstood his comment... and please... calm your nuts... for your own sake.
These lists are always good for a laugh. It's obvious that many people simply just pick their favorite show, no matter how the question to the poll is.
Why isn't "Origins: Spirits of the Past" on this list! That setting was beautiful and awesome at the same time. A post apocalyptic world that's controlled by a sentient forest that destroyed mankind.
Waiting for someone who complains that K-On is not in the list...
Waiting for someone who complains that Madoka is not on the list..
what the fuck! how are cowboy bebop, k-on, and madoka not on the list!
wtf where is K-on!? list is fail
waiting for someone who complains that schools aren't "fantastic" as a setting in any way making this list invalid.
wtf where's cowboy bebop!!??
More importantly, why isn't Sword Art Online in this list? That game was a fantastic setting.
Well, this category excludes only shoujo and SOLs. And what we see? Yes, ye ole "Short Memory Test". Moe, moe, MOE, OMAIGAWDURLESBIAN, heavy yaoi, computer graphics and obligatory Holy Evangelion (and moe nun for more HOLYness). I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Heavy yaoi? Where?
Though Ai no Kusabi would fit this list better than most of the titles here.
In Durarara. Izaya x Shizuo is the most gay pairing you can invent.
Where is Gankutso