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Anime Recommendations?
Ikrik:
--- Quote from: Streltsy on 05 Mar 2008, 19:48 ---I have watched, in order of enjoyment:
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop Series + Movie
Ghost in the Shell Series + Movies
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Jin-Roh (I didn't like really like this)
Paprika (This was horrible)
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Alright. Since you've seen Samurai Champloo and Bebop then you've really seen it all, anything anyone else recommends you for these series is....off the mark, these series have their own flavour that nothing else can ever touch.
Since you've seen a bunch of Miyazaki's films I'm going to recommend one more: Porco Rosso. It's about a pig who flies an airplane during WWI, it's a great film, one of Miyazaki's finest. However there is a director who is considered the "next Miyazaki" his name is Makato Shinkai. It's a terrible comparison because Shinkai's films are neither boring nor glaringly flawed. Check out The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Cm Per Second, or Voices from a Distant Star. They're all incredible films.
Some people are choosing to diss Neon Genesis Evangelion. There is a very good reason why it's considered one of the greatest anime series OF ALL TIME. If you don't believe me check lists and lists. It took the creators 6 years to create this. People complain about the angst how Shinji is such a whiny little girl. If you can't get past that you shouldn't watch 80% of anime out there.
Tekkon Kinkreet, Gankutsuou, FLCL, Mind Game, and Kemonozume will all visually blow your mind away. Each one of them takes a radically different approach to what anime is, they're incredibly fun films, the visuals are just absolutely amazing, watch them just for the visuals except in the case of Gankutsuou. Gankutsuou is almost point for point the adaption of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Christo, watch it, you will not be dissapointed.
You say that you didn't like Paprika or Jin-Roh. Personally I thought they were boring as well. Ninja Scroll OR Wicked City both are by the same director and are....essentially the same sort of very violent, bloody film. Wicked City, however, was the movie that made tentacle rape quite popular...if you're into that sort of stuff. Someone mentioned Death Note which is....fine for the first 2/3, then it hits a brick wall and dies. Monster is great, but it really drags in certain areas...anything over 40 episodes tends to do that occasionally. I don't think anyone has mentioned Mushishi but that one is incredible, even just for the art alone. And I'll finish by recommending my personal favourite anime. Eureka Seven Watch and see how EVERY character is important and how EVERY character changes for better or for worse.
LeeZion:
I just posted this on another thread, but here is a PARTIAL list of what's in my collection.
As a long-time anime lover (got hooked thanks to Akira when it first came out) mine is a long list. A few examples of what's in my collection:
Azumanga Daioh
Big O
The Cat Returns
Crest of the Stars
Giant Robo
Gunbuster
Haibane Renmei
Inu Yasha
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Last Exile
Maison Ikkoku
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neotokyo
Paranoia Agent
Perfect Blue
Porco Rosso
RahXephon
Serial Experiments Lain
Shamanic Princess
Vision of Escaflowne
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain
I will WATCH just about anything, but I am very selective about what I will BUY. So if it's on this list, it's got a strong recommendation from me. Please note, however, that I like different things on this list for different reasons. Giant Robo is full of over-the-top action and larger than life characters. Haibane Renmei, by contrast, is gentle, subtle and slow. A lot of people don't like it because it moves so slowly. I, however, say that it is not only great, it is Miyazaki-great, and although it takes a long time to get where it's going, you will like yourself better as a human being once you allow it to take you there. It's that good.
LeeZion:
Other anime in my collection:
Arc the Lad
Castle in the Sky
Castle of Cagliostro
Ceres
Graveyard of the Fireflies
Magic Users Club
Martian Successor Nadesico (but you have to watch a lot of other anime first to get the in-jokes)
Noir
Porco Rosso
Puss in Boots (featuring a very young animator named Miyazaki)
By the way, since several people compared Evangelion and RahXephon, I must say I've seen both. Evangelion has the advantage of being the first, and it was such a landmark series that it influenced a lot of other robot shows that came afterwards. It single-handedly created the concept of "giant robots used as weapons, but later revealed to be tools to change the nature of reality."
Unfortunately, it hasn't aged well. A lot of shows since have imitated this concept of "giant robots used as weapons, but later revealed to be tools to change the nature of reality," most notably Gasaraki and Big O. As a result, it's become a cliché — so much so that it's rarely a surprise these days once the allegedly "mind-blowing" second half of the series kicks in.
Looking at RahXephon, I must say that it's one of the most shameless of Evangelion imitators. However, it's the best of the imitators, and it's actually an improvement the original. For these reasons:
Better animation quality
Better music
Ensemble cast of believable characters
"Bad guys" are real people, too (At some point you begin to feel sorry for Maya)
A plot that actually makes sense
A happy ending that makes sense
Better pacing — the RahXephon episodes where nothing "happens" are better than the NGE episodes where nothing "happens"
Better pacing — puzzle pieces are revealed over time, and things that seem insignificant at first have more weight on second viewing
By the way, someone came up with a very thorough Web site listing all the similarities between the two shows. Check here if you're interested:
http://evaxephon.com/gallery1.html
Butch:
So, where's the recommendation for Bastard!! among all the awesome suggestions?
And I've only seen two mentions of Berserk and a mere one for Fruits Basket. How can these beautiful yet drastically different stories get so little love?
StarmanJr:
--- Quote from: Butch on 25 Mar 2008, 22:19 ---And I've only seen two mentions of Berserk
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maybe because the animation was low-budget? it's much better in manga.
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