Best Art in Anime and Manga?

So, which series or show has the best art? Recently I've been drooling over Five Centimeters Per Second? What else is out there of comparable or even better quality?

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Hmm... I'm thinking a good answer to this one will be hard to pin down. Most animation studios have completely different styles, after all. At some point, it'll get to apples and oranges.

That said, most anime I watch are for the story/because I read the manga and want to see it animated. For some reason, this ends up with the art for most anime I've seen that come to mind to be either bad or so-so, so I can't even personally answer the question.

For manga, Negima, due to the detail.

edited 16th Oct '11 12:30:05 AM by burnpsy

The Five Star Stories, The Five Star Stories, The Five Star Stories. Dear god, the art is just gorgeous.

Vagabond.

edited 5th Oct '11 5:17:31 PM by Thenamelesssamurai

Nichijou, Haruhi.

edited 5th Oct '11 5:21:11 PM by neobowman

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For something that's not on those charts: Hanasaku Iroha and maybe Mawaru Penguindrum.

Bakemonogatari, maybe?

Very interesting.

Vagabond.

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Protip: Cloudporn =/= Good art

I find Kyoukai Senjou No Horizon to have good graphics and art style overall....

>:(

Well, the same cannot be said when we talk about Last Exile.

Red Line's art is undeniably high quality and one of the most unique I've seen in recent years.

Gankutsuou and Mononoke for their vibrant, intricate textures, colors, and animation techniques. And seriously, who can forget Haydee's CG dress? It's the only work in which the word "heavenly" truly applies to the description of a piece of clothing.

I remember watching an Appleseed film once (I think it was the second one) and being extremely impressed with the quality of the art.

As for manga, I think Vinland Saga is definitely up there amongst the best, especially after the Art Evolution occurs. Blade Of The Immortal has a sketchy, wild feel to its lines that I think creates a really... fitting atmosphere, shall we say, for the story. And of course, we have gorgeous artwork from CLAMP - with huge range of works and artstyles they've produced, chances are that you'll find at least one of their manga utterly sublime. For me, I highly enjoy the minimalist look of xxxHolic, the delicate lines of Tsubasa, the overblown shoujo glory of their early works like Magic Knight Rayearth and X, the cute, warm, mellow, rounded look of Angelic Layer and CCS.

One Piece, Akumetsu, Blade Of The Immortal. Even though I know it's not really good I love the art in Yu Yu Hakusho.

seconded Bakemonogatari, Nichijou
adding Hidamari Sketch, The Diary of Tortov Roddle, ef a tale of two, Five Centimeters Per Second
and Musashi Gundoh

edited 6th Oct '11 8:10:55 AM by CommanderObvious

The Monster Rancher anime as far as hand-drawn stuff goes. As for digital, not sure.

As for manga, Oh!Great of Air Gear and Tenjou Tenge fame is quite frankly amazing.

edited 6th Oct '11 10:38:00 AM by Chaosjunction

Not the best, per se, but ary style in Yotsuba is very delightful to look at.

Yotsuba and Negima do wonders with CG backgrounds in Manga.

Fujieda Miyabi and CLAMP both do great Costume Porn.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Berserk yet.

edited 6th Oct '11 4:35:56 PM by burninganimefan357

Monster, Twentieth Century Boys, Five Centimeters Per Second.

Ah, yes.

Art Evolution has made History's Strongest Desciple Kenichi's art great.