The Grand Search for the Best Anime of the 2000s

[Maokun]

Results for day 3 of Round 1:

Things are already heating up and after today, we'll be able to identify the first winners and losers of this round! Please vote for the following matches:

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Kaiba (2008) VS Paprika (2006)

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) VS Millennium Actress (2001)

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Baccano! (2007) VS Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) VS Macross Frontier (2008)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) VS Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) VS Durarara!! (2010)

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Noein (2005) VS Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (2009) VS Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Voting will be open until Friday at 21:00 EST

[MangaRocks!]

Group D

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum

Group G
Noein

Group H
Summer Wars

[Neane]

Group A
Kaiba (2008)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[Maokun]

Ouran defeating Haibane Renmei... the mind reels. I can almost hear it making clicking sounds like the claws of a puppy frantically trying to find purchase on a tiled floor while being dragged into a whirling machine of bladed death.

[Vii]

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

[Atria35]

Group A
Kaiba (2008)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001) because it deserves all the love

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

[blkmage]

Might want to double check group D scores.

A: Kaiba
B: Millennium Actress
C: Birdy the Mighty Decode
D: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
E: Mawaru Penguindrum
F: Durarara!!
G: Noein
H: Summer Wars

[airichan623]

also, Maokun, the chart doesn't say that Ouran won...which is wrong- you or your chart?

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Paprika (2006)

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Baccano! (2007)

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Macross Frontier (2008)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) (Well Code Geass is screwed in this group...)

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
Durarara!! (2010)

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (2009)

[MomentOfInertia]

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) VS Millennium Actress (2001)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Macross Frontier (2008)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010)

Group H
Sword of the Stranger (2007)


Hey Maokun, could you print up the day's score above the big grid this time around?
When I come in and look at the board, I feel like I'm missing the trees for the forest. You know what I mean?

[skreyola]

The results for group D are confusing. One of the slashed pairings wasn't flipped.

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Abstain

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Abstain

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Abstain

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
Abstain

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Abstain

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Abstain

I wonder how many rounds I'll be able to vote.

[ClosetOtaku]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

[Maokun]

The results for group D are confusing. One of the slashed pairings wasn't flipped.

This is exactly what happened, sorry everyone for the confusion. Fixed now.

[mechana2015]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

C and H... again... hard decisions.

[skreyola]

This is exactly what happened, sorry everyone for the confusion. Fixed now.

Thank you, and thank you for running this contest. I know there's a lot that goes into it.

[GeneD]

Hey Maokun, could you print up the day's score above the big grid this time around?
When I come in and look at the board, I feel like I'm missing the trees for the forest. You know what I mean?

Or just colour highlight the latest results on the grid itself or something if it's not too much trouble.

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Sword of the Stranger (2007) Friggin Summer Wars

[Neane]

Friggin Summer Wars

I think I might like you.

[Kaori]

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Difficult decision, since I love them both, but nevertheless TGWLLT clearly comes out on top for me.)

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (Man, I really need to see both of these films with English subtitles, because there was a lot of dialogue I didn't understand. Neither one is a particular favorite of mine, but I guess I will pick Summer Wars.)

[Zeldafan2]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010)

Group G
Noein (2005)

Group H
Sword of the Stranger (2007)

[KnightOfFive]

Group A
abstain

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Macross Frontier (2008)

Group E
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) (seriously if Code Geass loses out to that I think i will lose all faith in humanity)

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group G
Noein (2005)

Group H
Abstain

[Maokun]

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Paprika (2006) This was a hard one, specially knowing that this particular match will define which of the two titles will go trough. I'm sorry Kaiba, you were strangely beautiful and made me think interesting thoughts but the undeniable amount of flaws in your execution drags you down in this vital decision...


[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) This is, sadly, not a vote in favor of FMA:B or against MA, but in favor of TTGL...

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Baccano! Phew, an easy one at last

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) Another easy one

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) Fanboyism, ho! If Ouran deserves a place in the finals, Geass does too!

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) Aaaargh, hardest of the round yet but my weakness for time travelling fiction will decide.

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) More like Nope-in, am I right? J/king Noein is cool and all, but TG will warm your heart through several winter nights.

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (2009) Tsk... T-this... doesn't mean that I like you or anything, Hats! *runs away*

[Hugo Bernhardt]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

Group C
abstain

Group D
abstain

Group E
abstain

Group F
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Group G
abstain

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

[FllMtl Novelist]

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Gaaaaaah abstain.

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Also abstain.

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Baccano! (2007) -- Haven't seen Birdy, but nobody's tried to really sell it and Baccano is fantastic.

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Macross Frontier (2008)--Madoka is way superior and beats practically anything/everything it faces to an absurd degree, so this is a little bit spite, but it's mostly in memory of Wings of Goodbye.

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) -- Admittedly I need to see this again to really "get it", but it still holds a special place in my heart for expanding my horizons. Also it's gorgeous artistically.

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
Abstaining because I think both have flaws but are really, really great and fantastic otherwise and I just can't pick which is "better" overall.

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Abstain since my memory of Tokyo Godfathers isn't great and I haven't seen Noein.

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (2009) -- Both are awesome, fantastic, wonderful, but Summer Wars almost makes me tear up because family. ;w;

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

A: Kaiba
B: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
C: Baccano!
D: Macross Frontier
E: Mawaru Penguindrum
F: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
G: Tokyo Godfathers
H: Summer Wars (worst decision ever)

[goldenspines]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) (Brotherhood beats all, even the beloved Millennium Actress. ;o; )

Group C
Baccano! (2007)

Group D
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

Group E
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010) (Though both endings were not that great, but Durarara!! had more class.)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Summer Wars (2009)

[Maokun]

Results for day 4 of Round 1:

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Kaiba (2008) 4
Paprika (2006) 8

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) 9
Millennium Actress (2001) 5

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Baccano! (2007) 12
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008) 2

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) 12
Macross Frontier (2008) 5

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Mawaru Penguindrum (2011) 10
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007) 6

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) 10
Durarara!! (2010) 6

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
Noein (2005) 4
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 9

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Summer Wars (2009) 13
Sword of the Stranger (2007) 3

You know that you are pitting the best of the best in battle when even the more obscure titles can steal votes from the steamrollers. No one goes back to the bench with 0 votes! Here are the standings so far (Titles with a gold score are already qualified to the next round and those with a black score have lost all chances):

Now please vote for the titles in the following batch:

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Spirited Away (2001) VS Paprika (2006)

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007) VS Millennium Actress (2001)

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Eureka Seven (2005) VS Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) VS Macross Frontier (2008)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
The Tatami Galaxy (2010) VS Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
5 Centimeters per Second (2007) VS Durarara!! (2010)

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006) VS Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Spice and Wolf (2008) VS Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Votings will be open until Saturday at 21:00 EST

[Zeldafan2]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Abstain

Group C
Eureka Seven (2005)

Group D
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)

Group E
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2007)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010)

Group G
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)

Abstain

[Neane]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001)

Group C
Birdy The Mighty Decode (2008)

Group D
Macross Frontier (2008)

Group E
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)

Group F
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Group G
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Group H
Spice and Wolf (2008)

[skreyola]

Results for day 4 of Round 1:

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[color="Red"]Group A[/color]
Spirited Away (2001)

[color="Magenta"]Group B[/color]
Abstain

[color="Sienna"]Group C[/color]
Eureka Seven (2005) Birdy was nice, but this was gorgeous.

[color="DarkOrange"]Group D[/color]
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)

[color="YellowGreen"]Group E[/color]
Abstain

[color="Yellow"]Group F[/color]
Abstain

[color="Lime"]Group G[/color]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)

[color="Cyan"]Group H[/color]
Spice and Wolf (2008)

[ClosetOtaku]

Group A
Paprika (2006)

Group B
Millennium Actress (2001)

Group C
Eureka Seven (2005)

Group D
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)

Group E
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)

Group F
Durarara!! (2010)

Group G
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima (2006)

Group H
Spice and Wolf (2008)

[blkmage]

A: Paprika
B: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
C: Eureka Seven
D: Macross Frontier
E: The Tatami Galaxy
F: 5 Centimeters per Second
G: The Mleancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
H: Spice and Wolf