Best Anime Ending (spoilers)

Most of the series I've watched don't really have an ending (due to the anime ending before the manga is completed)....

That said,I did like the ending of the original Fullmetal Alchemist TV series (the movie,not so much,though I don't think it's as bad as it's made out to be)...it was a bit sad,but at least it felt like there was hope....
 
In a way it is funny, but in another way it also makes me feel really cheated and kind of infuriates me.

I think that most anime adaptations of shounen manga are the biggest culprit of this, actually, since a lot of shounen manga run for a long time, but only a few of their anime adaptations end up being popular enough to follow the manga's story line all the way through (and that mostly only happens for manga from Shounen Jump).

Out of all of the incomplete anime adaptations that I have seen, I would say that both Hikaru no Go and History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi are exceptions to the rule. They both ended prematurely, but in HnG's case the anime still ended relatively close to where the manga ended, and it left off at a part which felt like it was just as good of a place to end (actually, I think that the manga itself would have been a little bit better off if it had just ended there, since the final arc wasn't really even needed, IMO), ans as for HSDK, it ended at a spot which doesn't even cover half of the manga's current story, but it was still the conclusion to a major arc and in a way it did feel like it could have ended there since it was the end of Kenichi's days of fighting a group that used delinquents, whereas the continuation of the story involved him starting a new set of challenges in trying to overcome other disciples who have been trained by professional martial arts masters.
 
Everyone already mentioned the ones I would have: Cowboy Bebop, Death Note, Geass, even Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal.

But I would like to add:
Nausicaa
Trigun
School Days

Ah yes, School Days. Surprised nobody has mentioned that yet.
 
That was one of my reasons for not liking the ending to Death Note at first, and why I do prefer the ending the live action movies gave. But I will say that I slightly prefer the ending to the anime more than the manga now, I just wished they animated the last chapter with the Kira Worshippers and the final moments with the Task Force.

As for me, despite it being Dragon Ball GT, I thought the ending they gave it was a nice way to wrap up the Dragon Ball Franchise if I do say so myself.
 
In all honesty, while I personally hate that anime, I will admit to liking its ending, if only because I got to see the 2 characters I hated the most die some gruesome deaths.



And this is why I say that many people misunderstood the ending to Death Note, or at least didn't really pay much attention to the details. Near didn't "beat" Light as if he did it on hiw own, even Near himself admitted this. It was with the corabined effort of him, Mello, and the Task Force (alright, well mainly just those few merabers who believed that Light really was Kira after all) that Light was caught. Even though they didn't directly work together, by the end they were all out to find a way to prove that Light was indeed Kira. Also, a huge part of the reason for why Light lost was due to him developing his ego a bit too much and just becoming far arrogant and over-confident. That's why I find the ending to Death Note to be fitting. He lost to an opponent inferior to L, and while I myself would have preferred too see L win, it actually ended up being a far more humiliating end for Light, which pleased me since I really hated Light.

I also personally prefer the manga's ending to the anime's, simply because I found that in that 1 key difference between them, the manga's ending seemed to be a more fitting end for Light, especially with Ryuk directly confronting him when writing down his name in his Death Note. I sitll liked both of them, though, but from what I can tell, people usually seem to be more biased towarRAB what they saw first (but to be fair, that would also include me having read the manga first, and preferring it over the anime ).

As for the movie's ending, I feel that it had the best idea for an ending, but I personally felt that it could have been executes a little bit better. Well, IDK how to put it, but for me, the movies would have worked out much better if it didn't seem like everyone was ridiculously over-acting their parts.
 
Best Anime Ending?

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I think I must give it to either Mobile Fighter G Gundam for that awesome display of great acting from Domon Kasshu's Japanese actor (Lord, I should look his name up one of these days). Ending the series with that corabined special attack was golden.


The ending to Dragon Ball GT and Code Geass are also pretty good ones.
 
Excel Saga. Going too far is a wonderful way to go.

Princess Tutu. Such an unfortunate title, even if it is completely accurate, you'd never know a show with such a title had such excellent and complex plotting from beginning to satisfying conclusion.

Tenchi Universe. Just about the best open ended final episode ever. The TV show could have had a second season, but it didn't need one. You knew they'd be back eventually and it didn't matter how.

Eureka Seven (as long as you watch the long ending and not the one originally aired on Adult Swim) I was so worried they'd mess up the ending yet they satisfyingly solved conflicts, made it just a bit sad yet ultimately hopeful and romantic.
 
My favorite has to be the ending to Godannar.

It was not only a joyous happy ending but it gave epilogues to EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER! Every single character (that was still alive...) gets a piece of the epilogue pie, even Anna's schoolmates we hadn't seen in 20 episodes! Everyone is shown doing something, growing... and its so hopeful

I just love it!
 
Monster's ending is very interesting. It kind of reinforces the themes in the series in one last moment making it all really work out nicely. Even though the topic says spoilers, I really don't want to spoil this one.
 
Oh, I almost forgot about Miyazaki! :O (Thank you for the reminder Sam).

It can be hit and miss with Hayao's work but I still think Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away had great endings, they weren't over played and answered all the questions that needed to be answered while still implying that the characters' story will continue even after the movie finishes (which is all you really want from an anime).
 
Death Note - purely because they actually managed to make me
feel sorry for Light. I mean, really, he was the most unlikable character ever, yet I felt his death was genuinely sad.
Oh, and it was a definite ending. Far too many shows have endings that are either inconclusive, rushed or just plain weird.
Code Geass R2 - For pretty much the same reasons as Death Note.
Fullmetal Alchemist - A slightly open-ended, hopeful and emotional ending for the TV-series, and a definite conclusion for the movie. And I thought they were both great.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - An emotional and undeniably final conclusion with an epic and amazingly well-animated final battle... What more could you ask for?
Azumanga Daioh - Well... It was just a perfectly fitting ending.
Clannad After Story - I see a lot of people complaining about this ending making no sense or being a total cop-out or a deus-ex-machina or whatever, but I, for one, thought it made perfect sense, and most of it is technically explained. And once again, it was a definite ending, finally explaining the sideplot that had been in the series since the very first episode, and providing possibly the most beautiful ending-sequence ever. (Ok, techically there was another scene after the Chiisana Tenohira-sequence, but whatever.)
 
Just finished Toradora!
In many ways it is such a typical and not surprising series. Likable Nice guy and Tsundere with slight character twists, other likeable archetypes round out the cast, just a little more angst and turmoil than a typical love comedy. But the ending is so well done, heartfelt, satisfying and a little unexpected, that it really lifts the whole series up.

Plus I am just so happy to actually see a love comedy adaptation RESOLVE! It is so annoying how that never happens anymore. The source material is usually still running so a series can't end usually doesn't. Toradora! does, and it does it well.
 
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