1/20/08 - 5 anime with best plot twists

[Cetonis]

This seemed to be another common suggestion, so for this week we'll vote for 5 series that have the best plot twists.

And to state the should-be obvious, if you want to name or discuss particular plot twists, use spoiler tags!!! Also be sure to mark the tag with the series you're spoiling.

With that said, just be sure to remember the format, and happy voting ^_^

***Voting Closed***

Thanks to everyone for voting! The top 5:

Death Note
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Mai-Hime
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Shuffle!

[littlekitty]

Hmm...out of the anime I have seen thus far, my vote goes to:
Kanon 2006 (after the first 5 episodes, the whole atmosphere changed)
School Days (what a twisted plot twist XD)
Full Moon o Sagashite (the plot twist made the show!)

[freakzilla666]

Major Season 1
Kiddy Grade
X TV
My-HiME (this anime becomes completely different)
s-cry-ed

/edit after watching major :p

[Fireaxe]

Hmm that's a tough one;
- My-HiME (like freakzilla said, it becomes a totally new series passed the 8th episode)
- SaiKano (You have to see it to understand why)
- Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (pretty obvious choice)
- Elfen Lied

Kanae's death, omg

[purplemo]

Shin 3x3 Eyes (if you said you saw it coming, you're a liar and deserve to burn to death in your fiery pants)
Perfect Blue
Scryed
Soukou no Strain (it hooked me in with the 1st one, and then it threw another one later when Emily showed up, all in one season)
Jinki Extend (assuming you actually understood it for those who didn't know the background)

[Cetonis]

Solty Rei
Kiddy Grade
Code Geass
Kino's Journey
Soukou no Strain

[VivisQueen]

Code Geass
Death Note
Kaiji
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Major Season 1

Oh my God, when his father died!

[vivafruit]

I'm surprised that my top two haven't even been mentioned yet (EDIT: sarnath'd by Vivi); before I clicked in, I considered them almost shoe-ins.

Death Note

Love it or hate it, the episode with L's death is one of the greatest plot twists in the history of anime. Totally unexpected and completely devastating.

[elricbro15]

Martian Successor Nadesico
Gundam 0080
Marmalade Boy
Pretear
Perfect Blue


It's always hard to get stuff narrowed down for these lists...

Nadesico:

There were a couple good ones... Inez Fresange (sp?) was actually the little girl from when he was on Mars? And the big one.... THE JOVIANS ARE HUMANS?!? And not only that, their society is based off of GEKIGENGAR?! Awesome.

[purplemo]

Originally Posted by vivafruit

I'm surprised that my top two haven't even been mentioned yet (EDIT: sarnath'd by Vivi); before I clicked in, I considered them almost shoe-ins.

With Higurashi I guessed everything right more or less except for Oyashiro-sama (there's just way too many hints around) by the end of Himatsubushi-hen. As for DN, well, I hated that show.