Up to now, many of our Top Ten lists have resonated strongly with the fan's perspective. However, the anime community includes so many others - the distributors, the marketers, the producers, the translators, and, particularly, the creators of anime. So to salvage a bit of credibility damaged from our past shortsightedness, this week's Top Ten list sounds the voice of the animator. Glimpse the cerebral machinations of this artistic soul as he counts down his ...

10: 38-18-36 is par for the course and gravity doesn't work on dry ink, baby.

9: They're always forgetting their clothes.

8: Slow motion rules!

7: Where else can you find exhibitionist virgin nymphomaniac gymnasts with big boobs obsessed with you for no apparent reason?

6: Nothing gets my engine revvin' like a babe with long, flowing blue hair and eyes the size of ostrich eggs.

5: If you give me any lip, she'll kick yer ass, 'cause she knows jujitsu, 'cause that's the way I drew her, sucka. You want some of me!? She's a cyborg! Yeah! With laser eyes, missile boobs, and a kryptonite booty! Wachoo got!? Wachoo got punkass!?!?

4: If I like her, I can have ten more just like her.

3: Any arguments end with an eraser.

2: I get to script the dialogue.

1: What dialogue?

Burn-Up W © AIC / MRC / AD Vision.

Tenamonya Voyagers © Ryouei Tsukimura / Tenamonya Project - Bandai Visual / Studio Pierrot / Bandai Ent.

Sakura Wars © Sega Enterprises / Bandai Visual / Animate Film / RED / AD Vision.

Angel Cop © Manga Ent.

Sakura Diaries © Yujin / Shogakukan / Kitty Film / Victor Entertainment / AD Vision.