Best of 2005

I'm limiting this to shows released on DVD that had their final initial release this year.

Best comedy series: Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - Funny funny stuff. Most laughs per episode.

Honourable Mention: Midori Days, Galaxy Angel Z

Best romantic series: Boys Over Flowers - You can't beat shojo for good romance. This series was more realistic than most.

Honourable Mention: Koi Kaze, Please Twins

Best sci-fi/fantasy series: Twelve Kingdoms - If you havent seen this you should. Great setting, great characters, great animation, great story.

Honourable Mentions: Patlabor TV, Divergence Eve

Best action series: R.O.D. The T.V. - Even with a less than stellar ending. Great style, terrific music, lots of action.

Honourable Mentions: Jubei-chan 2, Samurai Champloo

Best drama series: Elfen Lied Behind the graphic voilence lies a bunch of really great characters with great stories.

Honourable Mentions: Gunslinger Girl, Wolf's Rain.

Best overall series: Elfen Lied

Honourable Mentions: Twelve Kingdoms, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Gunslinger Girl.

Best OAV: Patlabor: The New Files - So very, very good.

Honourable Mentions: Wedding Peach DX, Ghost Talker's Daydream

Best movie: The Place Promised in Our Early Days - THIS is high grade shit this is!

Honourable Mentions: Appleseed, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

Best song: Elfen Lied (Lilium - Kumiko Noma)

Honourable Mentions: Patlabor TV (Midnight Blue - Kiss Me Quick), Wedding Peach DX (Merry Angel - Furil), Gunslinger Girl (The Light Before We Land - The Delgados)

Best character: Yomiko Readman (R.O.D. The T.V.)

Honourable Mentions: Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier), Mugen (Samurai Champloo), Harry MacDowel (Gungrave)

BEST OVERALL: The Place Promised in Our Early Days