What according to you defines a good anime?

[ai-chan]

What do you look for in an anime? What according to you defines a good anime?

Discuss it here.

[Selenium_Glow]

According to me, a good anime should have at least the following traits.

1> A good, interesting and original storyline
2> A good individual character buildup.
3> Some good voice acting
4> Some imagination... something I haven't imagined before;
5> Should have good and fitting background music
7> Must have good artwork and animation, combined with the right tone of colors.
8> Some good background music

There can be many more points to make an anime more interesting...

[Kyo]

Exactly what SG said......but I will list my priorities

Good Storyline

Strong Characters WITH Good Development

Some HUMOR is a must...... must be appropriate to the scene though......

A Sensible Ending which Closes Up the REALLY MAJOR QUESTIONS...

Appropriate Voice Actors

Good Animation

Some Good BGM and OP and END will not hurt

But many other little factors are also very important.......

[hack5]

good-story,animation,music and likable characters

[animeseeker]

It as to be powerful emotionally or just plain entertaining.

[caji429]

What they all said ^

[BossRabbit]

Basically not to rehash what everyone said, but Voice actors, animation, story, and characters. All these things contribute what makes a good anime. Music can be vital too.

[xekon]

a. Somebody has a sword.
b. a long enough anime that you get attached to the charaters and hate it when they get hurt/die

[couragewolf123]

It definitely has to be long enough to develop the plot and characters, and mostly I'll like it as long as the story is creative, emotional and engaging!