What I'm WatchingPOSTED DEC 24, 2008

During 2008, having started "Top TV Shows" lists already and becoming more interested in knowing my own TV/Movie/Novel interests, I tried to search out shows that might make the Top 15 list. Also, I went through the lists on Wikipedia to find show names that seemed familiar: the stuff I watched when I was in my pre-anime days (mostly cartoons and sitcoms). After all this, I decided to update the list before the end of the year, here's where I stand:

As usual, this list packed a couple of surprises. Haibane Renmei was the only new series resulting from my deliberate attempt to find new shows, the others are actually shows I'd seen before and, in the case of Touched by an Angel, ones that probably would've been on earlier lists if I'd thought about them. Here are some bullet-points about this updated list:

• Haibane Renmei was the only new anime to make Top 15, and it's higher than any anime yet.
• Firefly was unexpected, and it did very well. I always expect the unexpected from these lists: Paranoia Agent was a surprise when it appeared back in July.
• Touched by an Angel was among my favorites as a child, but I didn't make lists back then.
• Outlaw Star has been #15 since I watched it. I always expect it to get deleted, but it holds on.
• Cowboy Bebop got deleted instead, and that was a surprise. The number of animes on the list went down for the first time, having also lost Ghost In The Shell (the only anime on the original 2006 list) but only gaining Haibane Renmei.
• No existing show went up in ranks, but that's kind of hard when three new ones appear in the upper-7.

Now I'll know what DVDs to buy with my Christmas money. ;-)

Once again, Merry Christmas! (and remember that it's not about DVDs, it's about Jesus)

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