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Anime anyone?
Lines:
Look up the movie Summer Wars if you want an interesting movie about family and hacking/AI stuff. The animation is well done and the dub is pretty good. (Although I do prefer subs.) If you're interested in a series about getting stuck inside of an MMORPG, then I'd highly recommend Sword Art Online. I don't think either of those would qualify as "too Japanese".
In other news, we're watching Kill la Kill right now and all I can say is, yes, there were definitely two cats fucking in episode 2. Michael saw that and said, "Yup, that's what kind of anime this is going to be..."
GarandMarine:
It's Trigger. That's EXACTLY what kind of anime it's going to be.
Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo and Black Lagoon are always solid starting points with lots of action, mostly a sci fi focus there. I'd also suggest .hack// over SAO. The latter has some... issues, especially during the second arc.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Edguy on 27 May 2014, 17:28 ---Preferably something that's well dubbed, not "too japanese" and have interesting characters and story. Fantasy/mythology and SciFi elements are very welcome!
--- End quote ---
Well, anime is always going to be a bit Japanese, by its nature, and the motivations of characters are not infrequently misunderstood in the West when people don't take Japanese social norms into account (see Shinji in Neon Genesis Evangelion). And some series are built on Japanese folk-lore, and so can seem somewhat odd if you have no appreciation of that (Mushi-Shi and The Eccentric Family are examples).
Anyway, suggestions...
A leading candidate for the best anime of all: Cowboy Bebop
The very best of girls high-school humour: Azumanga Daioh - gentle and simply lovable.
College romance and coming-of-age, done with a minimum of syrupiness: Honey and Clover
Coming-of-age, perhaps, but some of the whackiest hijinx there are: FLCL
Adventure on a grand scale, very well written: Fullmetal Alchemist
(I prefer the original to FMA Brotherhood, which is longer but follows the story of the manga to the end)
Adventure and sci-fi whackiness: Gurren Lagann
Save Evangelion till you know you're ready for it; watch: RahXephon instead.
(this may get me shouted at...)
Something lighthearted, but with a serious core: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
For a thoughtful view of the world and society: Kino's Journey
I'd also suggest Gunbuster and Diebuster, but incredibly, they've never been dubbed. If I start mentioning more, though, the list would grow to a whole page, so I'll stop here, even though I have yet to mention some of the very best...
Taekwondoin:
I'd agree to most of phwodges list, except RahXephon, that horrendous pile of shit needs to burn in a fire. If you want a serious sci-fi, Planetes and Ghost in the Shell (both the original movie and the Stand Alone Complex series) are brilliant. Errr... I don't tend to watch dubs so I'm not sure which ones are particularly good, Berserk for a gory fantasy is a great story (and you should totally pick up the manga) and I know that the dub is looked on in mostly positive eyes. If you like some lewd humour, then Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is bloody hilarious. I'll come back with more when my brain is engaged, but if you really want to get into anime, then I'd say that you need to accept subtitles as the best way to view it.
pwhodges:
Some clarifications:
RahXephon is perhaps more divisive than any other show. To be clear, though - it is in no way related to Evangelion in spite of some superficial similarities, but it's its own thing.
Do plan to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion in due course, and be prepared for a roller-coaster ride of emotions. The ending is famously confused. I would suggest watching in the following order:
Eps 1-20
Eps 21-24 original broadcast versions
Eps 25-26 broadcast ending
Then, when you've put your head back on,
Eps 21'-24' director's cut versions
End of Evangelion (film version of 25'-26')
If you use the dub, be aware that several characters have different voice actors in the alternate endings, which some people find disconcerting. You can skip the film Death (in any of its versions) - it's a clip show whose only relevance is that it introduced some scenes that went into the director's cut episodes. The Platinum DVDs contain both versions of eps 21-24. The film EoE was licensed separately, and is out of print. It's not hard to get hold of, but the English-dubbed version has an extraordinarily bad video transfer (for my own use I have extracted the dub and remuxed it with the recent Italian release which has a good copy of the remastered Japanese video).
The two Fullmetal Alchemist shows are both good, and again the fandom is equally split between them. The first was made when the manga it's based on was only half written, which is why it diverges; when the manga was finished, the same studio made the new show (Brotherhood) following that story - I prefer the original not because of the story, but because of the pacing and a few differences in style.
Finally, I can't let this go without adding three of my absolute favourites to the list:
Serial Experiments Lain - Examines the evolution of the relationship between the human mind and the Internet.
Texhnolyze - possibly the most depressing show of all time, but compelling; not a word is spoken for the first half of the first episode.
Angel's Egg - No dub, but then barely a dozen sentences are spoken in the whole film, most of which are "Who are you?"
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