ITT: Best anime episodes anons can think of. The anime itself doesn't have to hold up the entire time but first episode has to be exceptionally good.
My pick is Psycho pass. It did everything right for a first episode.
>>141048845
You first
>>141048845
Too bad it dragged too much for the rest of the show
Superior Urobuchi first episode.
>>141049012
Being the best episode among shitty ones isn't much of an accomplishment
>>141049012
>season 2 never ever
![[SFW-Chihiro]_Dance_in_the_Vampire_Bund_-_01_[1280x720_Blu-ray_FLAC][48EAB09D].mkv_snapshot_15.21_[2015.02.17_00.27.58].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UsbP3Hz.jpg "[SFW-Chihiro]_Dance_in_the_Vampire_Bund_-_01_[1280x720_Blu-ray_FLAC][48EAB09D].mkv_snapshot_15.21_[2015.02.17_00.27.58].jpg")
>>141048845
For all the shit No Game No Life gets,
The Episode where Shiro finds herself alone by herself, I think it was episode 6.
That was pretty amazing for an anime that was pretty generic.
Shigofumi
It was all downhill after.
ergo proxy
As crap as SAO turned out to be, it did have one of the best first episodes I've watched, I was very hyped about it at the time....how wrong I was to be.
>>141048845
Gundam Seed
"Anna ni issho datta no ni" started
and DAT STRIKE rise in the flame sea
Cowboy Bebops was actually good. Set the tone well for the series and introduced Spike and Jet. Spike fighting the guy in the street was pretty awesome.
>>141048845
UBW "episode 0" was pretty much flawless, even if the rest of the adaptation fell apart.
>>141051907
Was gonna post this. It didn't really fall apart as an adaptation though, the later parts just don't work that well on a weekly TV format. Marathoning it is still pretty good.
>>141048845
Hyouka, I wanted a comfy anime to watch at night but I never imagined it would work better and faster than a sleeping pill.
I loved Space Dandy's first episode but never watched past it because I was told it didn't really live up to the first episode.
>>141051907
Dragged on too much. should have been 4 40 minute episodes, could have been perfect.
>>141051903
First few eps of bebop are nope
![[Commie] Owarimonogatari - 01 [00B15F61].mkv_snapshot_04.40_[2015.10.05_07.27.01].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/q0iteqU.jpg "[Commie] Owarimonogatari - 01 [00B15F61].mkv_snapshot_04.40_[2015.10.05_07.27.01].jpg")
Owarimonogatari had such a good first episode, sadly the rest of the series wasn't as good.
>>141052063
It has a few episodes better than the first one, but the one everyone would agree to be the best was the limbo one (S2EP8) and you don't need to watch anything to be able to enjoy it.
>>141048845
Erased
Barakamon
ZnT
Yu Yu Hakusho
All had really memorable 1st episodes.
>>141052063
It might have been because it didn't have too many cute prepubescent girls doing cute prepubescent things in it, and /a/ is only concerned with that.Even though it has an episode of nothing but that later in S1.
But in my opinion the first episode was just as good as the rest. It's not as action packed the entire time but it has some very interesting places and stories in it. Maybe a budget cut argument can be made, but other than that it's the same.
You've missed out on a lot because of a bunch of /a/utists. If you liked the first one, you should give the rest a go too.
Gargantia had a hella sweet first episode. Too bad it turned into SoL garbage afterwards.
It's like they blew the entire budget and ran on fumes for 11 episodes.
>>141049317
>first episodes
And you wonder why NGNL gets shit? It's cause of people like you.
This motherfucker sold me in the first five goddamn minutes.
>>141048845
That Durarara episode where Japanese moot gathers his personal army. Shit was hype as fuck
Cross Game ep 1.
Kure-nai ep 6
RahXephon ep 19
Eureka Seven 26
Nodame Cantabile ep 12
Simoun ep 18
HxH 2011 115
>>141052621
I actually really liked the series as a whole
>>141051907
This. Nasu should write SoL (and PA Works should adapt it).
I still think SAO episode 1 showed emense potential. At least until 7000 clones that have come out since then.
