Most Wanted Anime Series

Darren Pangan June 21, 2007

I’ve seen a lot anime series on TV back when I was a teen-ager that I would die to see again. That is why I keep my downloads, videos, and DVDs somewhere safe. Most of them are titles that I know I would miss watching in the future. But then, there are some series I remember watching but I couldn’t find anymore. I’ve scoured anime stores in malls, bootleggers, fansub and torrent sites and no luck. Now here is a list of these titles. If you know where to find them, kindly give me a tip.

5. Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman
This was once aired in one of our local tv stations, dubbed in English and title was changed to “Battle Ball”. This is a sports anime with a futuristic twist. The format of the sports is similar to baseball but players and use different tools other than a baseball bat. They can use tennis racket, swords, whatever. If you watch mixed martial arts like UFC and Pride, this is like the ball-game counter part. The story is not that great but since the local channel never finished the series, I’m left hanging for years. What happened to the thunder ball technique?!

4. Dragon Ball
This series may not be that hard to find but since it’s a long series, it’s going to cost me get a copy of every episode. I tried torrent sites too but since there are not much seeders anymore and considering how big the whole video archive would be, when I realized it’s going to take forever, I canceled. I already have DBZ which I collected one by one and I would love to have a copy of the first series as well. Despite the critics, I’m still a huge fan of DB and DBZ.

3. Doraemon
When you look at Doraemon, you’ll know it’s a “kid’s anime”. But the reason I like the series despite my age (24) is because of the humor. The stories are simple and fun to watch. Good show for me whenever I want to relax and take a break from all the complex stories out there. I believe they stopped airing Doraemon already and it would be totally cool if I have a copy of this series even if it’s just fansub. But since it has 500+ episodes, if I’m not mistaken, it’ll be very hard to acquire.

2. Thunder Jet
This is one of my all-time favorite series but sadly, I’ve only seen it once and I don’t have a copy. T_T The story is great and how the main character, Ryuga Rai, developed is simply awesome. To give you a glimpse of what this anime is about, the story is set in a futuristic world but with the feel of ancient times with huge battle ships that exchange cannon balls, infantry brigades that mostly use swords. The hero started as a low ranking soldier to commanding his own army. I finished the series when it was aired on TV but I would love to watch it again

1. Time Trouble Tondekeman!
Here’s another title in my all-time favorite series. The show is hilarious and concept of the story is great. The main characters are two high-schoolers (I think) who got stuck in the past because of a talking time machine in the form of a kettle. They lost the kettle in the ancient Iraq to the main antagonist, a fat magician. This is another series that has left me hanging for years.

The following series used to be in this list but I’ve found them already and acquired a copy:

Bt’X
After a long frustrating search, I finally got a copy of this series. It’s another futuristic anime. Supposedly, the world is under the control of the machine empire. The warriors of the machine empire each have their Bt’s which are robots taking different forms of animals that posses great powers. The main character is Takamiya Tepei (I wish I got that right) and with the help of the Bt of a former high ranking official from the machine empire, he’s out to rescue his genius brother who’s been taken hostage by the empire and forced to work.

Ranma 1/2
This is a pretty popular series so you probably know about it already. Back when I didn’t have access to the internet and those time when my mom won’t let me go to the mall alone, and I don’t have enough budget to buy my own stuff, this series was hard to find. But not anymore. ^_^

You’re probably wondering why all series listed here are old titles. You might be expecting some new and upcoming titles when you saw the “Most Wanted Anime Series” post title. It’s just that new and upcoming titles may be hard to find now but they might be easier to find in the future. Old titles such as the one’s listed here are harder to find since they might be obsolete already. I hope not.

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Category: Rants & Raves

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23 Responses to “Most Wanted Anime Series”

Teru
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:00 am

As far as I know, both Bt’X and Ranma 1/2 are available in the States. Bt’X was recently licensed by Illumitoon and it’s expected to have 5 DVDs in total, released during this year.

Related releases:
Beat BtX (DVD 1) 2007-01-23
Beat BtX (DVD 2) 2007-03-06
B’tX (DVD 3) 2007-06-05
B’tX (DVD 4) 2007-07-24
B’tX (DVD 5) 2007-10-30
(From ANN)

Also Ranma 1/2 keeps getting boxsets, two of them will be released this year by Viz.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=7914
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=9377

Hope that helps.
zenical http://zenime.animeblogger.net/
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 am

wow . doraemon is a pretty old show. i suggest going to stores and get them. or you can import from other countries over. thas another way. btw nite site you have here! the arrangements are cool! ^^
Darren Pangan http://anime2manga.com/
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:19 am

@Teru
I know that. If you read my post, I said I already found Ranma and Bt’X so I’m not looking for it anymore. ^_^

@zenical
Thanks for the compliments! ^_^
zenical http://zenime.animeblogger.net/
June 23rd, 2007 at 4:22 am

hope its fine if we link each other? yeah? xD i will be linkin you soon. i have to sleep now T_T
Darren Pangan http://anime2manga.com/
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 am

^ check your email.
ThirteenSugars
June 27th, 2007 at 9:11 am

Ah, I know how it feels to start hunting down the anime series one liked a lot during one’s teen-hood. Among the series you mentioned, the only one I’m not familiar with is Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman. As for the others, Time Trouble Tondekeman! would probably be impossible to acquire at this time around. And like you, I also loved Thunder Jet and I was lucky enough to acquire a copy (Eng-subbed only DVDs) of it just last year. ^^
Darren Pangan http://anime2manga.com/
June 27th, 2007 at 9:27 am

^ You have Thunder Jet??!! You are soooo lucky. T_T
Jager
July 4th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

Do you make torrent-release of Thunder Jet?
phoenix
August 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm

i’m also looking for battleball (go-q-choji ikkiman).
esroh
September 15th, 2007 at 2:37 am

I’m looking for battle ball too
nld
September 18th, 2007 at 3:45 am

ThirteenSugars, where did you buy your thunder jet DVD?
bongsi21
September 29th, 2007 at 2:20 am

Guy’s i hope some generous fellow post the Thunder Jet series in the internet.
I am in disamay that the Thunder Jet anime series is very hard to find “rare” which i think is one of the best and all time classic anime tv series ever created. It needs to be shown to the public before it becomes a memoir of memories of selected people

^_^
di
November 24th, 2007 at 7:01 pm

yea time trouble tondekeman !!!! never got a chance to “time travel” and finish watching it…

please let me know if you’ve got them already. i’ve been looking all over too for this anime !!! but with no luck =’ (
koki_berybad
November 30th, 2007 at 9:57 pm

pls send me a link were i can buy this anime thunder jet?
koki_berybad
November 30th, 2007 at 9:57 pm

or maybe upload it so we can enjoy it too
mayuri
December 7th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

I dont really remember the storyline of battleball…. but I really liked it when I was a kid… and im also in trouble finding thunder jet ^_^….that series was awesome…
Darren Pangan
January 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

hey can u tell me where i could buy or download BTx complete series, ranma 1/2 and also battle ball. also if anyone knows where to get dragon quest series and slayers would be very much appreciated. thanks.
gid
January 29th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

wow! battle ball and time quest was so cool! i was like a kid when i watched these on IBC13. Hehehehe! There was also an old one, the super pig hero.. SUPER BOINK! Hahaha! That was a funny anime.
rikie_11
February 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

oh men! i love all the anime that you’d mentioned above! i’ve been having trouble finding all of them too. I’d love to watch thunder jet and time quest again. but so far, i haven’t found anything. other animes i’ve been trying to find are battleball (larson is the name of the lead character, right?), gatchaman (g-force), daa daa daa (the remaining episodes), super boink and speed racer. i haven’t even mentioned the non-anime that i’ve been looking for…mainly sentai series and the like.

if any of you people have info about those i mentioned above, please fell free to email me: rikie_11@yahoo.com. thanks!
ambxoso
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm

does anybody know how to get copies of these animes? im also looking for copies of yaiba…wow..instant classics are really good..
biosong
April 14th, 2008 at 4:35 am

hello there…

its cool to find someone who knows the anime Battle Ball.. i have been using the internet since it started to show diff anime and movie stuffs, but to my dissappointment, i havent got any site to give any info on where to get the series..

as much as you like it (i guess) i wanted that anime too. AFAIK, Larson (the main character) acquired and mastered the Thunderbolt pitch, as for our local tv aired it upto the episode where Larson will battle his blood brother (forgot his name) a very good batter. that’s all i can recall from my childhood days.

btw, cool page! love it.
liu le cresuet
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 am

do you have an idea where I can get a copy of thunder jet?
jaypalaboy
May 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am

men when i was a kid i really liked battle ball,and i think the last 1 i see Larson, he uses the burningball technique,he is teamed up with his brother (the batter) together with the look alike rambo guy, the 1man who defeat an army, they name their team Blue planet if im correct.thunderbolt pitch is old technique.if i ever have a links ill tell you guys