Actually FF nearly all of those are movies, except for Burn up Excess which is an anime series I rarely hear people talk about. I LOVED that show and it's nice to see a fellow fan of it
. Here's my top ten list in ranking order:
10.
New Dominion Tank Police: An old fashioned future techno cop show about a war torn future policed by outrageous characters who fight crime in tanks. It's a short series but one of the first anime I saw that got me into it. I love the music and I find the characters absolutely charming, fun, and clever.
9.
Digimon: While it is a TV anime, this show really one of the more well done series. The cast of characters is incredibly vast and in depth, there's a lot of awesome monsters here and great villains/storylines for deeper anime fans to enjoy. It's hardly a Pokemon knock off.
8.
Samurai Pizza Cats: The first anime series I ever saw and a classic in my opinion. A hilarious little parodied show about 3 armored anthro pizza making cats who fight crime and poke fun at their own show. It's a hilarious anime with tons of jokes and my god the cats are just TOO cute not to like.
7.
Sailor Moon: Everyone pretty much knows this anime. It may be a girls show but I've loved it right from the beginning, a wonderful cast of characters with a beautiful love story that always is interesting and never gets old. Sailor Moon is part of anime history. Some of the villains were lame and the monsters got repetitive, but this truly is a magnificent show.
6.
Dirty Pair: I was debating whether to place this below or over Moon and truth be told, I really do love this series. It's about 2 beautiful babes who are secret agents who blow the bejesus out of everything and everyone during their missions. Kei and Yuri I love in both incarnations (Flash and Original) it's an easy show to get into and enjoy. Lots of explosions, UNIQUE plots, and great leading ladies.
5.
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi: Truly the greatest "new" anime series to come out in ages. Its about a young boy and girl who wind up in random versions of their own world like dinosaurs, medieval times, trying to get back home. There's LOADS of anime parodies, it's super funny and its the freshest new anime I have seen in a long time. Highly recommend it.
4.
Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water: It's a little long but my god this series is something else. It's about a African girl named Nadia who goes on a quest with a inventor boy named Jean to discover her family ties to Atlantis. This series starts off simple and turns into something insanely complex and deep, the characters are fleshed out 100%, it's a truly moving anime series.
3.
Bubblegum Crisis 2040: Another starter series that hooked me in, about 4 women who don cybernetic suits to protect the future from renegade robots. There is some magnificent story telling here, there's an excellent cast of characters, in depth inside and out and the music is incredible.
2.
Trigun: One of the best series ever created. I don't care if it's been on TV forever, it's brilliant. Vash is one of the greatest anime characters ever created, the villains and music are some of the best I've ever seen in a series. Trigun is a classic that I never get tired of watching, never get tired of hearing about and never stopped enjoying.
1.
Dragon Ball Z: I know lots of people hate this show, are sick of it, or think its crap, but I truly think its the greatest anime series I have ever seen. The universe of characters, alien races, powers, and planets in this show is so vast, I cannot begin to describe how amazing i think this series truly is. I don't think any anime series has fights that come close to the eye popping battles DBZ puts on. It's a long, well tied in series that has a little bit of everything.
Comedy, drama, romance, adventure, sci-fi and so much more. I also think DBZ comes up with the best anime villains ever. Every form, show, movie, and game of DBZ I enjoy and have loved. I don't think my love for this series will ever die and I even if it can, I hope it doesn't.