Topic: Anime anyone? (Read 27835 times)

ReD_RuM · « **on:** 11 Jan 2011, 09:27 »

HELP HELP!!! I'VE WATCHED ALL THE ANIMES I KNOW!!!!!

No but really i've eaten animes daily maybe too fast but hell i like it. But now i just finished Samurai Champloo and i dont know what to watch now so help me pretty please???

I am 21 years old so stuff about little kids and what not, no thanks. I prefer more mature stuff.

Lately i have watched High School Of The Dead i liked it cuz i like girls and zambies!

I also in the same time watched Samurai Girls something was okay... but not great.

When i started to watch anime is when i looked at Code Geass pretty Epic, then Cowboy Bepop, Elfen Lied, Ergo Prox (pretty epic too), Hellsing, Death Note. I love them all Oh forgot to mention Bleach too.
But Stuff like Naruto i hate.

I hope that can help people to give me some recommendations

Kugai · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 11:31 »

Gasaraki

Bubblegum Crisis 2040

The entire Ghost In The Shell Movies/Series

Strawberry Panic

Akira

Noir

Gunslinger Girl

R.O.D

That's just off the top of my head.

IrrationalPie · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 12:24 »

Seirei no Moribito

One of the best artistic and cinematic animes.

It plays like a Japanese tale and is, in fact, based on a series of novels.

ALoveSupreme · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 02:03 »

I know nothing about Anime but I know the Trigun series is pretty well respected. I also just started watching Miyazaki's stuff which is pretty cool, too, and very beautiful. Maybe not in the "mature" vein but enjoyable for anyone of any age.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 02:28 »

I really like K-On

Cie · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 03:34 »

Ew, K-ON! was pretty lacking in terms of plot for me. Also, agreed very much with Noir and Akira - Akira was a pretty amazing film. And I adore Miyazaki.

I'd always recommend Baccano! - mobsters, mysticism, and general free spirited life at the heart of it, with a late 1920s/1930s jazz influence. It's just completely confusing as hell.
Another anime - Durarara! was made by the same company, set in modern Japan, but it's slower paced, but more creepy and with fleshier, darker characters. Those are two anime I recommend to everyone.

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For your tastes?

I also might recommend Blood+, which is a nice supernatural anime with lots of twists.

CANNAN is an action-filled assasin based anime, interestingly set in Shanghai. Quite nice.

If you also enjoy some mech-based things, try Neon Genesis Evangelion. Incredible characters, incredibly messed up. I'd also recommend RahXephon, which is very Evangelion if the writer hadn't been severely depressed or lacking at funds at some points - less artistic, probably, but still great.

Also, if you're going to watch Mech-based things, you might as well watch Eureka 7 and Full Metal Panic!. My favourite sci-fi anime as a whole is still Ergo Proxy, so I can't help you there.

Darker Than Black is apparently quite good, although I haven't watched it myself to say whether it's cheesy or not.

Josefbugman · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 04:24 »

If you need to watch something awesome yet ridiculous, watch Gurren Lagann (it may be know by its full title Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann).

tender · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 04:38 »

A site like this can help you find anime you'll enjoy.

You've already mentioned watching Code Geass (swoon) and some others I like, so...

I've long loved Neon Genesis Evangelion, and have rewatched it many times. After (or before) you watch it, definitely check out the Rebuild movies as well! The first one was excellent, and the second is one of my very favorite favorites. The next two movies are what I most look forward to seeing in the coming years.

Baccano! Yes, definitely. Great characters, and an intricate storyline that shifts between hundreds of years at times. A+ on all fronts. While the original Japanese cast is fine, I recommend watching the dubbing with the English cast -- lots of strong voice actors, and I find they better capture the feel of the 1920s setting.

Durarara!! Another keeper, for all the reasons already mentioned and more. I didn't think I'd enjoy watching the character development of a headless character so much, but... oh, I won't spoil things. Great series.

I very much enjoyed Darker than Black. You've got two seasons, and the OVA finished last year, so there's a lot of excellent material. If you want to watch it chronologically, watch the first season, the OVA, and then the second season. I do wish the second season was as long as the first, but it's still really fun and action-packed.

Some other great shows: Xam'd, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Mushishi, and Monster.

Also, since you mentioned zombies: It just started airing, but if you're in for a great zombie/parody comedy, Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? has been hilarious so far.

I could go on and on, but that should be enough for now ^^

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 09:35 »

My favorite anime movies and shows have to be Paprika, Trigun, Miyazaki's stuff (especially Howl's Moving Castle), Mushi-Shi, and a couple of others I can't think of right now.

knives · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 01:47 »

Welcome to the NHK, Monster, and(if you like comedy)Azumanga Daioh are basically the best I've seen.

Spluff · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 02:02 »

Alien Vampire X is always good

ReD_RuM · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 01:29 »

Wow thanks everybody for all the help. Now i was told to watch Black Cat it's alright i guess.
I already watched RahXephon, Neon Genesis Evangelion and blood+

I started watching Monster but i don't know why i stopped. It is the story with the doctor right?

Tender and Cie you piqued my interest with Darker Than Black this looks to be something i will watch soon.
After that i'll watch Baccano.

Thank you very much people, this helped me alot and it was pretty dam fast!

Now if you'll excuse me it is anime time... Until i get bored again!

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 08:03 »

Def. watch the Ghost in the Shell series and movies. Everytime I watch the series I come really close to getting one of the resin replica guns of the rifle Motoko uses. then I convince myself that would be stupid and a watse of money.

ReD_RuM · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 02:23 »

Quote from: SonofZ3 on 14 Jan 2011, 08:03

Def. watch the Ghost in the Shell series and movies. Everytime I watch the series I come really close to getting one of the resin replica guns of the rifle Motoko uses. then I convince myself that would be stupid and a watse of money.

haha!

Yea i watched both seasons i need to watch the movies.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 02:35 »

the series is definitely superior to the movies, in my opinion (particularly to the second movie, which i thought was pretty shit actually)

totally still worth watch though; there are certain things that they obviously couldn't get away with in the show that really make the first movie stand out

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 03:37 »

You mean GITS Innocence, or Solid State Society?

I guess it doesn't really matter, they both kinda suck in comparison to the series.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 03:39 »

you know, i'm not even sure.

i think it was Innocence, but I'm kind of drawing a blank on both titles right now

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 03:54 »

Innocence had the army of killer sex robots. Solid State Society had rotting old dudes and kidnapped children.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 03:57 »

I must have wiped the whole thing from my memory after watching it because neither of those sound very familiar

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Jan 2011, 03:59 »

eh, you're not missing much.

Also, Redrum, I liked the two Afro Samurai movies.

ReD_RuM · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 Jan 2011, 04:51 »

Quote from: SonofZ3 on 14 Jan 2011, 03:59

eh, you're not missing much.

Also, Redrum, I liked the two Afro Samurai movies.

xD already watched that too. This is where i learned about RZA. Pretty cool thing with Samuel L Jackson.

JD · « **Reply #21 on:** 21 Jan 2011, 08:16 »

Has anyone been watching Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt? It's like sailor moon crossed with conker's bad fur day.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #22 on:** 21 Jan 2011, 08:20 »

I've been hearing some good things about it, like it's balls to the walls weird, but I'm just starting to watch it.

JD · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Jan 2011, 05:25 »

Also I like how the opening song isn't stupid long. Gets you right into the show.

Torlek · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 Jan 2011, 11:34 »

I'm surprised nobody has suggested Fullmetal Alchemist yet. There's the first series and Brotherhood which kinda tells the same story but Brotherhood sticks closer to the manga. A little off the beaten path is Samurai 7. It's a steampunk retelling of the classic seven ronin/Magnificent Seven story with a bit of a spaghetti western feel.

Kugai · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Jan 2011, 01:02 »

Burn Up W, Excess and Scramble

Ikki Tousen

CoyoteKnight · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Jan 2011, 02:20 »

Samurai Champloo

Cowboy Bebop

Howl's Flying Castle

Metropolis

Princess Mononoke

Totoro

Avec · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Jan 2011, 03:54 »

I know very little of anime, but I can recommend Samurai Champloo to just about any viewer.

Alex C · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Jan 2011, 04:12 »

Samurai Champloo was the first title the OP listed as having finished.

Kugai · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Jan 2011, 06:17 »

Quote from: CoyoteKnight on 22 Jan 2011, 02:20

Howl's Flying Castle

That's Howls Moving Castle

DK1105 · « **Reply #30 on:** 24 Jan 2011, 06:18 »

Anime-planet.com

All you really need to find anything anime related.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #31 on:** 24 Jan 2011, 09:22 »

As a rule of thumb, most things by Production I.G, Kyoto and Gainax will be pretty fun to watch.

Madhouse and Sunrise also have some neat titles but some are (personally) hit-and-miss.

cyro · « **Reply #32 on:** 25 Jan 2011, 04:47 »

Full Metal Alchemist was the only Anime series I ever really got into. People say the new Brotherhood series/reboot is good too, but I've not seen it.

I liked the first series of Bleach but it went downhill into typical "me have bigger sword I win" "ha, me have secret power, boom I win" crap.

Evangeleon was fun in a "what the hell am I watching" kind of way.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #33 on:** 28 Jan 2011, 03:01 »

Oh, and nearly every single Dragonball saga.

Although if you haven't seen Dragonball Z I honestly don't think you can be salvaged

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #34 on:** 28 Jan 2011, 07:43 »

I hadn't seen any DBZ in years, and I saw it on the Saturday morning cartoons the other day. I really enjoyed watching it again.

What about FLCL people?

ReD_RuM · « **Reply #35 on:** 30 Jan 2011, 01:34 »

Quote from: cyro on 25 Jan 2011, 04:47

Full Metal Alchemist was the only Anime series I ever really got into. People say the new Brotherhood series/reboot is good too, but I've not seen it.

I liked the first series of Bleach but it went downhill into typical "me have bigger sword I win" "ha, me have secret power, boom I win" crap.

Evangeleon was fun in a "what the hell am I watching" kind of way.

i watched the FMA serie i am not sure if i'll get into brotherhood since its the same story again. They are a couple of side story i dont know about them is it good?

Also for the bleach i have to agree, too much talk so we barely see the actual fight ( exemple: all the shit happening with Aizen nothing is really going on to much blablabla.) And also all the god dam fillers are killing me!

Ikrik · « **Reply #36 on:** 30 Jan 2011, 01:44 »

I really, really could not get into Brotherhood at all. I loved the original series and the idea that they were going to redo it and stick to the manga's storyline made me really excited.

But they treated it like you had already seen the original and didn't introduce any of the characters properly and rushed through about as much as they could. Plus they threw in SO much of that super-deformed stuff where they should and could have had some really emotional scenes. It was very lazy of them to do and after about 20 episodes I gave up.

As far as retelling a story goes, I think that the reboot of Evangelion is quite fantastical. The first episode, 1.0 You Are (NOT) Alone was unbelievably good, it's everything Eva with a lot of whining cut out of it. Episode 2.0 You Can (NOT) Advance was....inconsistent. There were a lot of parts where my friends and I were scratching our heads and going "what the heck? Are we watching Eva or a harem anime?" But then it shows off the fact that it is Eva....and it's wonderful. So you should definitely check them out.

tender · « **Reply #37 on:** 05 Feb 2011, 04:52 »

Quote from: SonofZ3 on 28 Jan 2011, 07:43

What about FLCL people?

Quote from: JD on 21 Jan 2011, 08:16

Has anyone been watching Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt? It's like sailor moon crossed with conker's bad fur day.

I almost didn't watch this, but with Gainax in charge I decided to check it out. There were a few parts I thought were bad, but quite a few scenes I found hilarious as well. Overall it's a fun series -- really picks up at the end for a good finish. If there is a second season, I'd like to see what happens after that Shocking Twist ™.

edit: Oh, everyone should be watching Fractale. Beautiful show.

She Wins The Race · « **Reply #38 on:** 06 Feb 2011, 01:37 »

I watched Kaiba recently which was... different. It's a very short, 80s-esque animoo with a very interesting story about memories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiba

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Feb 2011, 10:29 »

Not technically an anime, but I always enjoy Samurai Jack.

cyro · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 Feb 2011, 02:14 »

Enjoyment of Samurai Jack is automatically assumed unless stated otherwise.

Kugai · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Feb 2011, 02:36 »

Another soul saved from the evil clutches of Aku.

Ikrik · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Feb 2011, 03:17 »

I have bonded with at least three different strangers by them overhearing my friend and I talk about Samurai Jack. Man, that show is unbelievably good.

JD · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Feb 2011, 07:16 »

I keep hearing word of a movie. Might be difficult to make since the guy who voiced Aku kicked the bucket.

tbones · « **Reply #44 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 10:25 »

Cromartie high school is really good. It's one of the very little series were the english dub is better than the japanese dub.

ReD_RuM · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 08:44 »

Quote from: SonofZ3 on 28 Jan 2011, 07:43

What about FLCL people?

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edit: Oh, everyone should be watching Fractale. Beautiful show.

That image is from FLCL?

What kind of anme is kind, like question about reality or our existence kind of show lol? (If you get me)

i'll have a look at samurai Jack since it has been mentioned a lot on the last posts.

Thanks again people it really helps me, about done with baccano now was a fun show not the best though.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #46 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 07:49 »

FLCL is more a coming of age story than anything else. Theres also robots, a space girl that hits a child frequently with a guitar, and other such things.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #47 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 08:34 »

There's a series being worked on by Yoshitaka Amano that will release on 2012 that looks hella rad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnLu5VSdYAg

It looks so cool I am excited for it right now

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #48 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 01:31 »

OP- Watch Avatar, the Last Airbender series as well. May be a show geared toward a slightly younger audience then the anime's you mentioned, but as far as an animated series goes, I love it.

Ikrik · « **Reply #49 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 03:28 »

And as far as an animated kids show goes...a large chunk of it's audience were college students. It's amazing, it truly is. And don't let the awful live-action movie turn you off from watching it because you would missing out on something that's better than almost anything else cartoon that's out there.

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