| Dodece said: The second is that Anime ends up being defined as a genre itself. Which is actually not the case at all. It is an art form that encompasses a lot of genres. |
While I obviously agree with your main point (different genres/styles within anime), I would like to point out that the actual form of art is animation, not anime (using its Western definition). Anime can be a sub-genre or style of animation while also having different kinds of sub-genres within it, which is my interpretation at least. And I agree with outlawauron that your classification by genres seems to be a bit arbitrary.
By the way, I'm all for being open-minded but your words seemed to express disdain towards Shonen Jump and "mainstream" anime in general, which I would say it's an example of the opossite... Maybe (and hopefully) I'm just reading too much into your comments, but it wouldn't be the first time I find people complaining about this. Sometimes it seems that the division between what's "mainstream" and what isn't seems to be much bigger than usual among anime fans, and i'm of the opinion that popularity or concensus should never influence your personal opinion on said work.
Anyway... here's my top 5:
1 - Saint Seiya (surprise !)
2 - Rurouni Kenshin
3 - Neon Genesis Evangelion
4 -Dragon Ball/Z
5 - Captain Tsubasa
And while I'm at it, i'll post the rest of my current top 10:
6 -Naruto (I haven't started Shippuden yet, nor finished the fillers)
7 - Sailor Moon (I've watched until half of R)
8 -Elfen Lied
9 - Slayers
10 - Card Captor Sakura
I admit that I have yet to see many series mentioned here, as I haven't seen as much anime as I would've wanted to, for a variety of reasons. Still, I would say that my top 3 at least is quite consolidated, so I don't see it changing in the near future. But who knows...
