"How did you figure out that my one weakness is my inability to do my eyeshadow in a way that doesn't look ridiculous?" It's tragic what these little girls go through, reminding us not to become desensitized to violence. This isn't just about the horrors of children being forced to become soldiers, it also shows how this organization thoroughly has made these girls into objects and tools, even taking away their memories or altering their brains if they don't perform the way the leaders think they should. Each trainer is male and each assassin is female, though not by any real necessity, giving the show a kind of perverted feel at times, although nothing happens explicitly between any of the girls and their trainers. They are trained to kill mercilessly, but some of the trainers take pity on them and try to give them some experiences that make them feel more like normal little girls, such as going fishing or receiving presents as rewards for their work. Each one is given a new name by their trainer. Gunslinger Girl is about an organization that uses little orphan girls by making them into cyborg assassins. Shangri-LaĪnother show with a sometimes dull, melancholy feel it it.
A lot of 'goodness' is abstract and subjective, depending on personal tastes and variable moods. Also, when it came to the very best stuff, it was hard to pick clear winners or to say one was better than the other. I found it too hard to rank these relative to each other, because many of them are so different in tone or themes that it's a bit like comparing apples to oranges. Bonus points if I found the plot philosophically meaningful. For me, this is the primary draw of sci-fi. I don't have to like all of them, or it doesn't mean the characters can't have flaws, but I have to care about them. An anime has to hook me in the first episode, and sustain my interest throughout the first 5 episodes, making me want more each time I finish an episode.
So what got onto this list? Here were some of my most important criteria: Since these shows have so many similarities, I think they deserve their own separate list.
These anime have the following characteristics: Giant mech anime are a subcategory of science fiction anime, and were popular from the earliest days of anime history. Similarly, I chose not to include the 'gigantic mech' genre in this list.
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