01 July 2024

My Watched List: Manga, Anime, Live-action, Musicals

- red color = masterpiece, 10/10!
- blue color = excellent, 8/10

MANGA:
  • 21 Emon (FFF)
  • Anatolia Story / Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori (Chie Shinohara)
  • Attack On Titan (Hajime Isayama) 
  • Berserk (Kentaro Miura)
  • Chibi Maruko-chan (Momoko Sakura)
  • Chinpui (FFF)
  • Clover (CLAMP)
  • Detective Conan (Gosho Aoyama) ................................... ONGOING
  • Detective Kindaichi / Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (Yozaburo Kanari, Fumiya Sato)
  • Death Note (Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata)
  • Doraemon (Fujiko F. Fujio)
  • Esper Mami (FFF)
  • Fate/Strange Fake  ....................................... ONGOING
  • Fruits Basket (Natsuki Takaya)
  • Glass Mask / Garasu no Kamen (Suzue Miuchi)  ............................... ONGOING
  • Hikaru no Go (Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata)
  • Hime-chan no Ribbon
  • Inuyasha (Rumiko Takahashi)
  • Kaze Hikaru (Taeko Watanabe)
  • Magic Kaito (Gosho Aoyama) 
  • Maison Ikkoku (Rumiko)
  • Mermaid Saga (Rumiko)
  • Moja-ko (FFF)
  • Musashi no Ken (Motoka Murakami)
  • Ninja Hattori (FFF)
  • One Pound Gospel (Rumiko)
  • Perman (FFF)
  • Papillon - Hana to Chou (Miwa Ueda)
  • Peach Girl (Miwa Ueda)
  • Q-taro / Obake no Q-taro (FFF)
  • Ranma 1/2 (Rumiko Takahashi)
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena / Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Chiho Saito)
  • Royal Crest / Ouke no Monshou (Chieko Hosokawa)
  • Rurouni Kenshin (Nobuhiro Watsuki)
    • Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc (sequel) ............................... ONGOING
  • Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi)
  • Saint Alice Teikoku / Kaitou Zero Sanjou (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Time Patrol Bon (FFF)
  • Urusei Yatsura (Rumiko)
  • Yaiba (Gosho Aoyama)
  • Yugi-Oh (Kazuki Takahashi)
ANIME SERIES:
  • Ancient Magus' Bride
  • Attack On Titan (Seasons 1-3)
    • Attack On Titan (Season 4)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Avatar: The Legend of Korra
  • Bakuman
  • Berserk (2016)
  • Blade of the Immortal (2019)
  • Castlevania (Seasons 1-2)
    • Castlevania (later Seasons)
  • Detective Conan ................................................ ONGOING
  • Death Note
  • Demon Slayer / Kimetsu no Yaiba
  • Doraemon (1979, 2005)
  • Dragon Ball
    • Dragon Ball Kai
    • Dragon Ball Super
  • Fate/Apocrypha
  • Fate/Carnival Phantasm (parody)
  • Fate/Extra: Last Encore
  • Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia
  • Fate/Stay Night (2006)
  • Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Ufotable 2014)
  • Fate/Zero (2011)
  • Fate spin-off: Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan
  • Fruits Basket (2019)
  • Fushigi Yuugi
  • Hellsing: Ultimate (2012)
  • Hinamatsuri
  • Inuyasha
    • The Final Act
    • Sequel:  YashaHime 
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure  ................................................... ONGOING
    • Part 1:  Phantom Blood
    • Part 2:  Battle Tendency
    • Part 3:  Stardust Crusaders
    • Part 4:  Diamond is Unbreakable
    • Part 5:  Vento Aureo / Golden Wind
    • Part 6:  Stone Ocean
    • Part 7:
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018) ....................................... ONGOING
  • Made In Abyss
  • Magic Kaito
  • Madoka Magica
  • Maison Ikkoku
  • Monster
  • One-Punch Man
  • Parasyte
  • Psycho Pass
  • Ranma 1/2 (2024)
  • Rurouni Kenshin (1996): Tokyo Arc, Kyoto Arc
  • Rurouni Kenshin (2023) ................................................. ONGOING
  • Sailor Moon (1992)
  • Sailor Moon Crystal (2014-2024)
  • Spy x Family  
  • Steins;Gate
  • The Promised Neverland
  • Time Patrol Bon (2024)
  • Urusei Yatsura (2022)
  • Vampire Knight
  • Vinland Saga 
  • Violet Evergarden
  • Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon 
ANIME MOVIES & OVAs:
  • A Letter to Momo
  • Arrietty (Ghibli)
  • Attack On Titan: No Regrets / Kuinaki Sentaku
  • Berserk: The Golden Age
  • Children of the Sea / Kaijuu no Kodomo
  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (recap)
  • Chibi Maruko-chan: A Boy From Italy
  • Detective Conan movies 1-25
    • Movie 3: The Last Magician of the Century
    • Movie 13: The Raven Chaser / Shikkoku no Chaser
    • Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    • Movie 26:  Black Submarine
    • Meitantei Conan vs. Lupin (special)
    • OVA 1: Conan vs. KID vs. Yaiba
    • OVA 10:  KID in Trap Island
  • Doraemon movies
    • 2112: The Birth of Doraemon
    • Stand By Me
    • Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)
  • Dragon Ball movie: Battle of Gods
  • Dragon Ball movie: Resurrection F
  • Dragon Ball movie: Broly
  • Dragon Ball movie: Super Hero
  • Earwig and the Witch (Ghibli)
  • Fantasy Railroad In the Stars / Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru (KAGAYA Yutaka)
  • Fate/Grand Order: First Order
  • Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom
  • Fate/Grand Order: Camelot 1: Wandering; Agateram
  • Fate/Grand Order: Camelot 2: Paladin; Agateram
  • Fate/Grand Order: Solomon
  • Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Sekka no Chikai
  • Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Deen 2010)
  • Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - presage flower
  • Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - lost butterfly
  • Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - spring song
  • Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
  • Fruits Basket: Prelude
  • Grave of the Fireflies (Ghibli)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Ghibli)
  • Iblard Jikan (Ghibli)
  • Inuyasha movies 1-4
    • Movie 3: Swords of World Conquest / Tenka Hadou no Ken
  • Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light / Hotarubi no Mori e
  • Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (Ghibli)
  • Kimi no Na wa
  • Koe no Katachi
  • Laputa: Castle In the Sky (Ghibli)
  • Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
  • My Neighbor Totoro (Ghibli)
  • Perfect Blue
  • Ponyo (Ghibli)
  • Porco Rosso (Ghibli)
  • Princess Mononoke (Ghibli)
  • Rurouni Kenshin movie: Ishin Shishi e no Requiem
  • Rurouni Kenshin OVA 1: Tsuioku-hen / Reminiscence
  • Rurouni Kenshin OVA 2: Seisou-hen / Reflection
  • Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Arc remake OVA (2012)
  • Sailor Moon movies
  • Spirited Away (Ghibli)
  • Sword of the Stranger
  • The Boy and the Heron (Ghibli)
  • The Cat Returns (Ghibli)
  • The Red Turtle (Ghibli) 
  • The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Ghibli)
  • The Wind Rises (Ghibli)
  • Whisper of the Heart (Ghibli)
LIVE-ACTION FILMS & STAGE MUSICALS:
  • Attack On Titan (live-action movie, Japan)
  • Chibi Maruko-chan (2006)
  • Death Note 1: The Death Note (2006)
  • Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006)
  • Death Note 3: L - Change the World / The Last 23 Days (2008)
  • Death Note stage musical (Japan 2015)
  • Death Note (Netflix 2017)
  • Detective Conan 1: The Kidnapping of Sonoko (2006)
  • Detective Conan 3: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011)
  • Detective Conan 2: Showdown with the Black Org. (2007)
  • Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia (2019)
  • Glass Mask (1998)
  • Maison Ikkoku (1987, 2007)
  • Peach Girl (Taiwan 2003)
  • Ranma 1/2 (2011)
  • Rose of Versailles (musicals + film)
  • Rurouni Kenshin 1: Origins (2012)
  • Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
  • Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends (2014)
  • Rurouni Kenshin 4: The Final (2021)
  • Rurouni Kenshin 5: The Beginning (2021)
  • Rurouni Kenshin musical by Takarazuka Revue (all-women cast, 2016)
  • Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto musical (Koike Teppei, 2022)
  • Sailor Moon musicals / Sera Myu:
    • 1996 Death Circus
    • 1997 Sailor Stars - Kaiteiban
    • 1998 Eien Densetsu - Kaiteiban
    • 1998 Shin Densetsu Kourin
    • 1999 Kaguya Shima Densetsu
    • 2001: Tanjou! Ankoku no Princess Black Lady
    • 2002: Tanjou! Ankoku no Princess Black Lady - Kaiteiban
    • 2002: Ai no Sanctuary + 10th Anniversary Festival
MANGA ONE-SHOTS:
  • Attack On Titan: No Regrets / Kuinaki Sentaku
  • Death Note prequel: Another Note
  • Death Note extra chapter 109: Near
  • Death Note: A Day of L
  • Death Note: The a-Kira Story (2020)
  • Dynamite Milk Pie (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Fire Tripper (Rumic Trilogy)
  • Glacier of No Return / Kaerazaru Hyoga (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Niji no Ikusa / Battle of the Rainbow (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Pollyanna's Knight (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Princess Alexandra (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Rumic Theater:
    • Diet Goddess
    • Excuse Me For Being a Dog
    • Hidden in the Pottery
    • Merchant of Romance
    • One Hundred Years of Love
    • Tragedy with "P" 
  • Rurouni Kenshin: To Rule Flame
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Ashitarou, the Ex-con
  • Shiroi Kageboshi (Suzue Miuchi)
  • Tell Me A Lie (Gosho Aoyama)
  • The Laughing Target (Rumic Trilogy)

My favorite fictional characters

Favorite male characters:
  1. Doraemon
  2. Merlin (Fate/Grand Order, Disney's The Sword In the Stone)
  3. Sun Wukong (Journey To the West [1986 version by Liu Xiao Ling Tong])
  4. Erwin Smith (Attack On Titan)
  5. Whis (Dragon Ball)
  6. Reinhard von Lohengramm (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
  7. Alucard (Hellsing: Ultimate)
  8. Tenmei Kakyoin (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  9. Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
  10. Solomon (Fate/Grand Order)
  11. Haku (Spirited Away)
  12. Momiji Souma (Fruits Basket)
  13. Tony Stark (Iron Man, Avengers)
  14. Light Yagami (Death Note)
  15. L (Death Note)
  16. Gregory House (House MD)
  17. KID 1412 (Magic Kaito) 
Favorite female characters:
  1. Maya Kitajima (Glass Mask)
  2. Haibara Ai (Detective Conan) 
  3. Hildegard von Mariendorf (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
  4. Ayumi Himekawa (Glass Mask)
  5. Toph Beifong (Avatar)
  6. Kaoru Kamiya (Rurouni Kenshin) 
  7. Chibi Maruko-chan
  8. Tooru Honda (Fruits Basket)
  9. Saber Nero (Fate/Extra: Last Encore)
  10. Integra Hellsing (Hellsing: Ultimate)
  11. Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)
  12. Jolyne Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  13. Kagome Higurashi (Inuyasha)

Favorite Voice Acting

  • Daisuke Ono (the voice of Erwin Smith in Attack On Titan, Jotaro in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • Crispin Freeman (the voice of Alucard in Hellsing Ultimate)
  • Souma Saitou (the voice of Kenshin in Rurouni Kenshin)
  • Aki Asakura (the voice of Kaguya in The Tale of Princess Kaguya)
  • Atsumi Tanezaki (the voice of Anya in Spy x Family)
  • Kotono Mitsuishi (the voice of Sailor Moon)
  • Mamoru Miyano (the voice of Light Yagami in Death Note, Reinhard in Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
  • Tomokazu Seki (the voice of Gilgamesh in Fate/Zero)
To be updated

Anime with the best music soundtracks

  • Attack On Titan
  • Spirited Away
  • Sailor Moon (1992)
  • Night On the Galactic Railroad (by KAGAYA)
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia
  • Fate/Zero
  • Death Note

Anime & Manga with the best Art

ANIME:
  1. Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru / Fantasy Railroad in the Stars by Kagaya Yutaka
  2. Attack On Titan (Seasons 1-3) by WIT Studio
  3. Spirited Away by Ghibli Studio
  4. Fate/Zero by Ufotable Studio
  5. Howl's Moving Castle by Ghibli
  6. Hellsing Ultimate by Madhouse
  7. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production
  8. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014) by Ufotable
  9. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (2018) by Production I.G
  10. Death Note by Madhouse Studio
MANGA:
  1. Doraemon
  2. Detective Conan
  3. Rurouni Kenshin
  4. Inuyasha
  5. Berserk

Anime with good English dubs

Almost always, the Japanese dubs of anime series are superior to other language dubs.  But the following anime are the exceptions - these English dubs are as good as, or better than, the Japanese dubs:
  • Hellsing: Ultimate
  • Castlevania
  • Death Note
  • Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (2018 remake)
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (for the most part)

Best Character Designs

  1. Doraemon
  2. Whis (Dragon Ball)
  3. Sun Wukong (Journey To the West [1986 version by Liu Xiao Ling Tong]) 
  4. Erwin Smith (Attack On Titan)
  5. Alucard (Hellsing: Ultimate)
  6. Merlin (Fate/Grand Order)
  7. Freeza (Dragon Ball)
  8. Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  9. Calcifer (Howl's Moving Castle)
  10. Gilgamesh (Fate series)
  11. Jolyne Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  12. Arthur (Fate/Prototype)