Best Anime of 2006
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Death NoteTwo clever people writing rules at each other, staged like a thriller and scored like an opera.Read the review
Hellsing UltimateTen episodes with a feature budget each, spent entirely on a vampire enjoying himself.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionMelodrama with a chess metaphor and a body count, and an ending worth the two seasons it takes.
GintamaA parody series that earned the right to break your heart, which almost no comedy anime manages.
PaprikaA device that lets a therapist walk into dreams is stolen, and the film stops distinguishing dream from street.
Black LagoonTwo seasons of gun running in a lawless port, powered almost entirely by Revy.