The Perfect Ending?

[damosaxxx3]

Okay I somehow hate some cliffhanger endings like elfen lied and inuyasha, ranma, bokura ga ita, shaman king, 12 kingdoms, hxh...but... that's for the best... I couldn't yet find a perfect ending, but somehow there are animes who seem close to the perfect ending that would be.. Nodame Cantabile.. i dunno too, i just feel like its almost at it perfect end. lol

[aonhagen]

For perfect ending:
Escaflowne
The end of evangelion
5 cm per sec
Cowboy bepop
Paradise Kiss
Code Geass
The girl who leap through time


Worst endings:
Deth Note
Berserk

[Lucerin Red]

Berserk wasn't finished though. The anime was more of a supplement to the manga. Just read the manga if you want more.

[cloudstrike1]

Remember the ending to wolf's rain? that was really something. I didnt like the anime all that much throughout, but the ending just made it for me. Seriously good stuff. Was not expecting that

[yellowtable]

Akira. Pretty much the only anime where I don't want to read the manga, incase it wrecks the movie. I know, it's normally the other way around, but meh.

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien had a great ending. It's hard not to spoil, but it was just so well done. Really sad yet happy at the same time.

Now and Then, Here and There was also great, I was really blown away when I first saw it. Even if the episodes themselves weren't always perfect, and the main character is more annoying than anything, the ending really made the series.

Oh by the way, it's my first post on the forums. Hai! ^^

[Clyde89]

The ending to Code Geass was the best.

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Everyone stayed firmly in character, the Xanatos Gambits all lined up right. Lelouch had his already ridiculously high Magnificent Bastardness multiplied. I'd actually thought it was going to end differently. I thought we were going to come full circle with Emperor Lelouch taking over and keeping control of the Empire. Wait, what? "My Death Is Only The Beginning?" He ordered Spinzaku to kill him in order to create a better world? Not quite sure how it worked, but that whole scene screamed epic.

Consequently, I think Death Note, being as great as it was, cheated me out on the ending.

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If Light had kept his head and, instead of hamming it up, just went along quietly, I'm pretty sure he would have had an opportunity to use the Death Note without alerting everyone and getting shot full of holes. In my eyes, Light failed irredeemably (duh..), and it was a bit too much of a break from his 'Everything is going according to plan personality,' letting his 'Evil genius' run amok and tell the heroes everything before their 'inevitable deaths.' Hasn't he
ever watched anime before? He should know that doesn't work...

Honestly though, the endings I like depend on the series I am watching. The previous 25 episodes make or break the 26th episode.

[costi]

Now and Then, Here and There was also great, I was really blown away when I first saw it. Even if the episodes themselves weren't always perfect, and the main character is more annoying than anything, the ending really made the series.

I totally agree

Why did they drop it? Popular and with a bucket load more source material. WTF?

I don't think there was much more stuff available back when the anime was made. And if they did decide to include one more chapter of the manga, it'd make people even more pissed off.

As for me, a perfect ending should wrap up the main plot of the series, and preferably all, or at least most, sub-plots. I also like when there are some scenes, or an episode, the show the characters some time into the future and the impact of the events of the anime on their lives and how things turned out for them.

[barcibus]

Akira. Pretty much the only anime where I don't want to read the manga, incase it wrecks the movie. I know, it's normally the other way around, but meh.

The Akira manga is awesome.  There is so much more detail and story than the anime, you shouldn't miss it.  I loved the anime too btw (including the ending in it).