Quoting Srehtims:

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I'm not a big anime collector but from my limited collection:
Best:
Twelve Kingdoms
Noir: The Complete Collection
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Worst:
A lot of DVDs I'v not seen, but these aren't the best although I have some of them.
Ocean's 11, 12, 13: I think George and the boys wanted an easy payday;
The Mummy Returns


Most Needed:
Akira
Grave of the Fireflies
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Miyazaki Collection:
- Castle in the Sky,
- Kiki's Delivery Service,
- Spirited Away

Thanks for taking a look at my collection! The fact that you've actually seen Twelve Kingdoms, regarless of how much anime you have, is awesome in my book! 

Noir and NGE are also some of my favorites. Although I really did like Ocean's 11 and 13, many people didn't, and I can respect that. I can't argue at all about Mummy Returns though...    Got the franchise set for $10 but didn't enjoy any of the movies in it really.

As for most needed, Akira...I know I am alone here...but I didn't like that movie very much.  Supposed to be a classic and all, but it was very "meh" to me. (ducks for cover)

Grave of the Fireflies is one I've heard a lot about and I will look into it, but infortunately with Central Park Media going out of business, this title will be a collector's item soon enough. Although I've heard that it might have been picked up by another company, not sure about that.

As for Gundam, never watched any of it. If you'd suggest me starting with Zeta, I'd take you up on that.

Miyazaki films are always very enjoyable, by far my favorite, and any animation fan should see (not just anime) is Spirited Away. I do own that one, but am working on getting the other Miyazaki films down the road.

I would do a Best, Worst, Most Needed for yourself, but you have your collection hidden. So I'll just recommend one anime that if you don't have I'd recommend looking into.

Rahxephon - Compared to NGE quite a bit, but at the same time very unique. I just rewatched this last month and was blown away once again on how good this series is. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good sci-fi with a touch of romance. 

Quoting Vittra:

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As for most needed, Akira...I know I am alone here...but I didn't like that movie very much.

You're not alone there. I put Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll in the same category. I've also not seen NGE (too many versions to choose from).

Quoting Vittra:

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The fact that you've actually seen Twelve Kingdoms, regarless of how much anime you have, is awesome in my book! 

I have been very tempted to check this out on a number of occassions, but heard it doesn't finish "properly". Can you elaborate on that for me?

...and since this is the most easily derailed thread ever
Can somebody please assess Srehtims' collection?

Quoting W0m6at:

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Quoting Vittra:

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As for most needed, Akira...I know I am alone here...but I didn't like that movie very much.

You're not alone there. I put Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll in the same category. I've also not seen NGE (too many versions to choose from).

Quoting Vittra:

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The fact that you've actually seen Twelve Kingdoms, regarless of how much anime you have, is awesome in my book! 

I have been very tempted to check this out on a number of occassions, but heard it doesn't finish "properly". Can you elaborate on that for me?

...and since this is the most easily derailed thread ever
Can somebody please assess Srehtims' collection?

I also didn't care for Ghost in the Shell or Ninja Scroll. So we're on the same page there. As for NGE. There's only one version of the original show. There is a 26 episode series and then 2 movies were made as cappers to the series as many didn't like how the TV series ended. If releases are what you speak of, it's usually safe enough to buy the most recent release of it as they've made some audio/visual upgrades to it over the years.

They have however started remaking the series in a 4-6 (can't remember) OVA series labeled 1.0, 2.0, etc. That is just a retelling with new animation. Haven't seen any of this yet but looks like it should be great.

As for 12 Kingdoms ending poorly. It depends. It is based off of a series of novels. The anime series does a great job from start to finish of one story arc from the novels. This story arc is about 75% of the TV series. Somewhere in the middle of the series (in between parts of the other arc), they incorporate another story that never comes to a conclusion because the show got cancelled before they could get back to it.

I personally never really cared about that middle arc anyway and was anxious for the story to return to the original story/characters. And this part ended great.  I did pick up a couple of the translated books to continue the story because it really is a fascinating world. I'm sure at some point there is more to the characters from the show, but as for what you do see, it concludes very well. 

Edit: I plan on getting to both your's and Srehtim's collections sometime here...just been pretty busy doing other things and scanning through large collections does take time as quin71 said. 

Srehtims:
Lots of stuff I've not seen/never heard of....mixed with lots of excellent stuff!

Best:
Australia (personally I think this is an excellent movie - moving, funny and visually spectacular)
Blade Runner (the perfect sci-fi. Seen it over 600 times)
Taken (the best mini-series ever IMO)

Worst:
April in Paris (love Doris Day, love musicals...thought this was boring pants)
Below (not scary and not good)
Black Hawk Down (an incoherent noisy mess)

Most Needed:
30 Days of Night (the best vampire film for decades IMO)
Powder (one of my top 5 films everyone should see - sci-fi/drama with a heart)
Wolf's Rain (the first anime I ever watched and still the best I've ever seen).

Good luck to whoever looks at my collection....easy to find lots of rubbish though!! 

Can someone explain to me how this works? It sounds interesting!

Since Pantheon's collection isn't online, I'm going with Aube1DVD's collection:

Best:
Ducktales vol 1--I grew up on this cartoon, always made me laugh.  I admit, freely, that I have the opening theme song on my iPod.
Almost Famous--Just like this one.
Wizard of Oz--this one caught my eye since I just preordered the 70th anniversary version, always a classic for me no matter how many times I've watched it!

Worst:
Sex in the City--never could get into this show.
Turistas--not a horror fan, really, and this is one of the reasons.
Dreamgirls--hated this even though I'm usually a musical fan...music itself was good but the movie dragged on and on and on...

Need:
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat: While I said I don't like horror, I do like Bruce Campbell and his brand of horror...see you have Evil Dead, you may like Sundown which not only has Bruce, but David Carradine as well!
Nightmare Before Christmas: Notice you don't have a lot of family/kids movies, but this one is a great blend of horror elements with humor.  Like the music in this one, too!
The Librarian: The Quest for the Spear.  Okay, it's a made for TV movie, but it's good and it's funny.  It has lots of action.  You have Indiana Jones movies...this is kind of a quirky version of that.  Except Flynn isn't quite as cool as Indy starting off. 

I want to add one more that I consider THE BEST:

Parker Lewis can't loose. The complete Season 1

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At the request of Stephan and to help keep the thread going, I'll do his collection.

Best:
Goonies-I watch this every year on Halloween, one of my top 10, I'd say.
Sound of Music-Just watched this the other day and had forgotten what a nice, well put together musical this was (if a bit long).
The Hunt For Red October-love this one...good actors, good action.

Worst:
Billy Madison-Not a real fan of Adam Sandler.  Think I've only watched one or two of his movies and actually liked them
Chuck und Larry (Chuck and Larry)
Hostel-yeah, not a horror fan at all.

Needed:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer-the seasons (or the movie.)  You have the one episode, but the rest are just as good!
Drawn Together-tv show from Comedy Central.  I see you have South Park and a few other comedies of that sort (Scary Movie, Queer Duck).  Drawn Together is cruder and more abrasive than South Park, I don't even usually admit to liking it much less owning it, but man, I've never laughed as hard as I have for this show.  The last season isn't the best, but the first two were very good.
Finding Nemo/Bug's Life-couldn't pick between the two; they're both really good.  If you liked the other Pixar films (you have Toy Story and Wall-E, it looks like), you'll enjoy these!