What's your favorite Anime Genre?

[gold_orb]

i don't have a favorit genera.

i have a favorite type.

- 50 episodes or less
- fast figting but no fatality crap.
- little plot.
- character development quick but deep.
- shiny. (usually the kind of colors reseved for young girl animes)
- very fast paced
- great catchy music. especially the hero theme in the end of a battle.
- funny romance senes, or freindship-romance themes. no "I LOVE YOU" crap.
- colorful characters.
- happy ending
- if the anime has generals. have a lot of them.
- many characters with very different pasts.

[1980sDarkness1990s]

Voted for: Shonen, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Harem.

I dislike Mecha, Sci-Fi.

Kenshin, Love Hina, DBZ, i like those types of genre best.

[King Lycan]

I only like two mecha shows which are
Gundam Wing
and Macross Frontier
I like dark shows like
Berserk
Claymore
Black Lagoon
I like the Shonen
D GRay Man
Bleach
One Piece

[Amray]

I used to think that I hated Mecha, but then I realised that they are actually one of my favourite genres.

"The Big O" was one of the first anime series' that I really got into. Then I thought that I would try out "Gun X Sword", then I figured out that it was a mecha. Gun X Sword" is now one of my most favourite anime series' ever, as is Neon Genesis Evangelion.

I used to always tell myself that mecha was boring, although I do not know why as I loved them. I noticed this when I looked at my anime collection and noticed how many of them were in fact mecha, and also my favourites.

End Statement: I adore mecha anime.

[Awataurus]

I hate Comedy But i like mecha

[metal-blaze]

it's so hard to limit my fav genre to a small amount of choices .... bacause i love a wide variety of manga genres lol

[kk2extreme]

i chose everything, as long as it is done good i will watch it.

how do u classify xxxholic, it is not really horror (it does give me chills sometimes), u cant call it slice of life (with all the supernatural going on), it is one of my fav and one of the confusing anime that i watch

[DarkBelerofonte]

Three years ago I'd answer Comedy, but nowadays it's not the genre that makes me chose an anime to watch.

I get some info about any anime that is airing and if i like i get to watch, so it's a trial and error method and sometimes i choose weak series that i drop or refuse some that i would like (like Macross Frontier, which is now one of my favorite ).

But having to chose (and i don't like chose all of them) the three favorite genre are: Comedy, Shonen and Fantasy.

[Kovensky]

Originally Posted by X10A_Freedom

Didn't vote because I basically like everything minus Sports and Harem. Animes often are a mix of multiple genres.

Same thing but I did vote.

[Deus ex Digital Boy]

i have no genre preference. I do have...

What Digital Boy likes in Anime

- Great characters. What matters isn't development or depth, just genuine greatness of character. My favorites when it comes to male characters are the extremely confident fighters and badasses of unmatched skill. My favorite female characters are either girls who stand strong despite past trauma, extremely cool girls (preferentially smokers), girls with children, and shy, cute girls.

Best Characters: See here.

- Good writing. The story in anime does NOT matter. Characters and writing can make an anime great even if the plot is cliche as all hell (as slice of life has taught us.)

Best Writing: Black Lagoon, Hatenkou Yuugi, Baccano!, ef ~a tale of memories~, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Red Garden, Kure-nai, Spice and Wolf, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

- Pure badassery. I'm a huge fan of action shows, and I can damn well appreciate a well-directed fight scene. Style, character interaction, and setting are all major factors, and great animation is always a plus. I also like to see plenty of blood.

Best Badassery: Baccano!, Stranger -Mukoh Hadan-, Spriggan, Black Lagoon, Samurai Champloo, Blood the Last Vampire

- Good directing. I'm a hawk for good directing, especially since I intend to be a director myself. My favorite director by far is Akiyuki Shinbo.

Best Directing: The SoulTaker, ef ~a tale of memories~, Earth Maiden Arjuna, Serial Experiments Lain, FLCL, Hidamari Sketch, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ouran High School Host Club, Petite Cosette, Red Garden, Kure-nai, Texhnolyze, s-CRY-ed, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

- Over-the-top. I like things that are epic, wild, and out of this world. GAINAX are the undisputed masters of over-the-top, so comparing others to them is unfair, but I'll give nods where due.

Best Over-the-top: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, ef ~a tale of memories~, s-CRY-ed, Diebuster, Gankutsuou, Giant Robo, Mai-HiME, Read or Die, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The SoulTaker

- Following your dreams. Ultimately, it's the most important thing in the world. Any show which celebrates following your dreams sits well with me.

Best Dream Following: ef ~a tale of memories~, Eureka Seven, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Martian Successor Nadesico, Manabi Straight

What Digital Boy HATES in Anime (occasional exceptions)

- Politics, especially sci-fi and fantasy politics. The plot is my least favorite element of a show, and political shows tend to rely too heavily on it.
- Tsundere. Fucking stupid.
- Any time where characters call each other's names back and forth in excess of... lets say 3 times.
- Getting dramatic before giving us a chance to care about the characters. This is a more uncommon mistake, but it's terribly annoying when what would be a moving scene were we to know the character a little more is throwaway thanks to underdevelopment. A lot of shows manage to work their way around it though.
- Shows with no redeeming qualities - obvious, I know. Most fanservice and harem shows fall here because of my theory of 'i could be watching porn right now.'

[khouram]

i choose high school genre but that is not included so ill go with
comedy
adventure
and
romance

[anime ronin]

1 romance
2 shojo
3 comedy

when i was little i use to watch anime just for the shojo, but as i got older i started to understand and develope the patience for romance based anime, and now they are my fav.

its just so enjoyable to see two people go through obstacles and turns that connects them more and more, then it comes around the last episode and they become a couple... always gets me in the big scenes!

[Solidus1321]

Well I am little of all of the above but if I had to pick just a few it would be

Comedy, action, and Romance

[ElPadre]

I prefer adventure/action and thriller/horror but a drama/comedy/romance anime from time to time aint bad either. I kinda have the habit to keep away from schonen/sports etc tho.

[Bou]

..

Shoujo
Romance
Comedy
Harem

[Kaineo]

I like Sci-Fi, or Fantasy/Adventure type.

Like for example, Blassreiter, and The Tower of Druaga.

[AbrecanEyndrill]

Above all, Mecha I would have to say is my favorite top genre.

But afterwards we're looking at a tie between Sci-Fi in general, Romance, Drama and Action.

I absolutely hate shounen since it's all extremely pointless. The only Shounen anime Ive seen and not gone berserk over is... Nabari no Ou.

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by AbrecanEyndrill

I absolutely hate shounen since it's all extremely pointless. The only Shounen anime Ive seen and not gone berserk over is... Nabari no Ou.

And Code Geass, right?

The majority of mecha anime is targeted toward a shounen demographic, actually...

[AbrecanEyndrill]

CG = Mecha.

And shounen demographic is usually *insert long-winded rant about Narutards here*

[fallin up]

ecchi and hentai should be options