The Anime Thread.

[Excel-2008]

I'm going to say this only once.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was a good show, but honestly, it's not that good. The fans of this show (coined Haruhitards by a friend of mine) are the lowest forms of sentient life within the asteroid belt. So much so that when I posted a lukewarm review of the show on my personal site, it was hacked on the same day as the US license announcement. With the help of said friend, we even formed our own alliance against it known as the Anti-ASOS Brigade.

ERASE THE HYPE 2008

[Citizen]

Similar things could be said of Rozen Maiden, Bleach, Naruto, Inuyasha, Azumanga, One Piece, Death Note and about 50 other lukewarm (at best), overrated animu.

Nothing you can really do about it.

[Decade]

I hate it when fansubbing for an anime stops midway or towards the end of a series.

I've watched eps 1-20 of Super Robot Wars Original Generations: Divine Wars, but cant find subs for 21-25 anywhere :bored:

[Excel-2008]

Similar things could be said of Rozen Maiden, Bleach, Naruto, Inuyasha, Azumanga, One Piece, Death Note and about 50 other lukewarm (at best), overrated animu.

Nothing you can really do about it.
Not even close. Haruhi fans beat them all by a long shot. Because, to quote that friend of mine, "at least Narutards aren't doing the Hare Hare Yukai dance in public."

Lucky Star fans, on the other hand...

[Decade]

Can anyone recommend me another new, good mecha series to watch? My favorite kind of mecha styles so far have been

Gundam
Zone of the Enders
Super Robot Wars

[Masa the Masta]

One Piece isn't overrated. There aren't enough fans for it here in America.

[Decade]

^Well, its understandable. The dub is atrocious, but because of that it turns people off from even trying the fansub.

[Masa the Masta]

Absolutely. I may shout out my fandom for One Piece, but really what I mean by that is that I like it best, not that it is the best series, but its hard to deny that when it ends it'll become a classic.

[Your Mom]

Absolutely. I may shout out my fandom for One Piece, but really what I mean by that is that I like it best, not that it is the best series, but its hard to deny that when it ends it'll become a classic.
If it ends.

[Masa the Masta]

Your Mom, Your Mom.

[Decade]

Im really getting into bleach right now thanks to Adult Swim (only really watching the dub right now, eventually ill watch the fansubs).


I gotta ask though, I tried wikipediaing it but couldn't get an answer:

Why do they call the show "Bleach?" Like seriously, why the FUCK do they call it bleach? Theres nothing in the show thats ever even MENTIONED bleach, so what the fuck?

[Your Mom]

When Japanese people bleach their hair, it turns orange.
Ichigo's hair is orange.

It makes sense to me.
Do not question.


By the way, when was a relevant title a requirement for anime/manga?

[Decade]

Its the first anime I watched where the title was in no way directly connected to something about the anime. Sounds strange to me.

[Saitou Hajime]

People think it's due to his hair, like Mom said, and others think it's basically describing what the Shinigami do to spirits and Hollows, "bleaching" their souls.

Or maybe he likes Nirvana.

[Excel-2008]

I suppose I could tell other people here to somehow watch the Nanoha series (normal and A's). It's intrinsically a magical girl show, albeit one that quickly becomes original and concise. It features a very unorthodox approach to magic and combat, so much so that one could say that battles reach mecha-like proportions.

[Daishikaze]

Can anyone recommend me another new, good mecha series to watch? My favorite kind of mecha styles so far have been

Gundam
Zone of the Enders
Super Robot Wars

Macross
Armored Trooper Votoms
Orguss
Aura Battler Dunbine
Gaogaigar
Escaflowne

Those should be a good start

[Decade]

^Im trying out Macross 7 right now (I feel like since I watched the first series of Robotech its difficult to rewatch it).

Escaflowne is too medieval for me.

Dunbine is made by Tomino, so it MUST be good, regardless of its setting

[Noata]

I just saw the movie 5 Centimeters per Second (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6696), which was absolutely beautiful in every sense of the word. It was done marvelously. :joytear:
I cried.

[Paragon]

If you're not watching claymore, you should try it. Its really good. I also like seirei no morbito.

[b4k4ni04]

Mecha: SkyGirls (TV).. i'm hooked on the voice cast, .. and the bloody intro wont get out of my head. The series involves 15~16 yr old girls. But it's japan so go figure that they look like they're 13 -_-;. so one might consider it loli + mecha >>;. The ecchi'est it gets though is the outfits they wear for piloting.

Just check out an ep or two if you think it might interest you.

Claymore <3... i'm sad though. there's only 6 eps left, tops T__T. Oh well, it's been a good story, I await a beautiful ending :3.

[Excel-2008]

That show is way too unusual even for me. The series literally runs in reverse.

[Noata]

Manga is better

[Rear Admiral Grapefruit]

Berserk is fucking awesome, the main character is actually an awesome guy, it's not the far too common bullshit retard cockface know-nothing twat that keeps appearing in everything with some mystical predetermined destiny, Guts doesn't have 9000 people telling him how to do shit, he's just competent and kicks arse.

[BeautifulDirt]

Right now, I'm really liking Mononoke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononoke_%28anime%29)

[Noata]

Just watched "Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place", and I thought it was awesome :X.
It had a nice ending, unlike Byousoku 5cm which made me cry >_>

[andrewt]

3. Black Blood Brothers

I liked it! It's an action series, and it does action well. :D

It was pretty strong in every category: characters, action, plot, etc. Nothing was done EXCEPTIONALLY well, but dammit this was an entertaining anime! XD

If you're in the mood for an action, pick it up and it'll satisfy you. If you're not, then you're in for an enjoyable anime, but not one that'll knock your socks off.

Dang - seems like a pretty cool series - but only like 10 or 12 episodes???
Is that just the 1st season and thye got more coming?

[Comazon]

12 eps... I think. :confused:

I haven't heard anything about another season, nor did it really end on a cliff-hanger, so I'm guessing that's all there is to the series. I dunno though, I never really looked into it.

[Mastiker]

On saturday I bought all of .hack//sign for $31 and I've been watching it all over again... I love this series =3

[Radiance]

If you like the sort of show, Nodame Cantabile is probably one of my top favorites, comedy and awesome music. They're currently considering it for a second season (freaking awesome) because it started out slow but recently gained a lot of popularity. I guess I could relate it to Victorian Romance Emma as far as its style. Better though.

[Comazon]

^ I heard Nodame Cantabile was very good (Victorian Romance Emma too). I've been "acquiring" them all the while, but never got around to watching it.

I finished the anime series Nadesico TV, but still need to watch the movie. Do yourself a favor: don't watch this anime. It's just not worth it. I've seen worse (sadly), but there's so much better out there. Oh so much better.

There's also a special that came from it called Gekiganger 3, but I'd rather dunk my head in bleach than watch it. :)

[Daishikaze]

I finished the anime series Nadesico TV, but still need to watch the movie. Do yourself a favor: don't watch this anime. It's just not worth it. I've seen worse (sadly), but there's so much better out there. Oh so much better.

There's also a special that came from it called Gekiganger 3, but I'd rather dunk my head in bleach than watch it. :)

To be fair, you hate mecha anime, so I'll have to take your opinion with a grain of salt

[Radiance]

^ I heard Nodame Cantabile was very good (Victorian Romance Emma too). I've been "acquiring" them all the while, but never got around to watching it.

I would highly advice making Nodame the next on your "to watch" list especially if you appreciate classical music. Good story, Good characters, Good music.... GOOD FREAKIN' SHOW!

[Comazon]

^ Thanks for the recommendation. I always love a good romance. :box:

Plus the scores for it (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7010) are DAMN good. I'll put it 2nd on my watch list because I already promised omg.ninja I'd give Last Exile a shot, but I'll probably have Nodame Cantabile watched within a month from now. :P

Phew, thank goodness I have no life. >_>;;

To be fair, you hate mecha anime, so I'll have to take your opinion with a grain of salt
Now now, hate's a strong word. I did enjoy Full Metal Panic a lot. But you're right, mecha has never been one of my favorite genres by any means. I didn't really think there was enough mecha stuff in the series to influence my opinion, but perhaps I'm wrong.

I guess I was hoping this anime would be like Banner of the Stars, but turned out to be more Tenchi Muyo-ish (at least for the first half of series). And I just couldn't get into how the alien race based their civilization on a TV show that's about as complex as Power Rangers.

I'll be honest though, it received much higher scores (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=42) than I would have ever given it, so take my opinion as you wish. I usually agree with Anime News Network's scores, but not this time.

Except Ruri-chan... she was win. :D

EDIT: Oh, and I'm liking Code Geass (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6704) a lot... which is definitely another mecha. :P

[Daishikaze]

Very little in the 90s is like Banner Of The Stars, most shows take a Tenchi Muyo-ish approach. You want epic space opera then you need to go back further than 1996. Some of the best space operas came out in the 70s and 80s. No one was doing them in the 90s, well, there was Legend of the Galactic Heroes but that started in the 80s, so it doesn't count.

Take my advice, go back further in anime history, and you'll find space operas well worthy of your time.

[harper]

Cowboy Bebop the Movie - 8/10 - Bounty hunters Spike, Jet, and Faye decide to go after the person who released a deadly virus when a large reward is posted. The animation was very good, the soundtrack was excellent, and the story was very good as well.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Holy SHIT!

My sides hurt SO BAD, I'm watching Golden Boy right now... this show is too hilarious for words!

[Mr. Toto]

I really enjoyed Toward the Terra TV series. Great story, but it is pretty ruthless towards the characters. I loved it the whole way through.

Also, I watched a bit of the Tsubasa Chronicle anime after having read the US manga. Why is it so boring? Bee Train has made it the lamest show ever.

[b4k4ni04]

irt: tsu-chro.. sooo slooow. XD;. you dont watch tsu-chro for the action, you watch it for Kajiura's music and the art :P.

Recently flew through Eureka 7. ... <3~~~. *buncha little hearts* *one big heart to surround em all :3* Loved it :D.

[Comazon]

Heard Eureka 7 was absolutely excellent. :D
Holy SHIT!

My sides hurt SO BAD, I'm watching Golden Boy right now... this show is too hilarious for words!
LOL. That anime has... personality. :rofl:

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

The episode where he "accidentally" swims into the instructor's.... yeah....

MAN, I needed a breather.

Never seen an anime this hilarious since FLCL...







Also, watched Suzumiya Haruhi 3 weeks ago. Was MEH.

Needed the 2nd on-coming season for more coverage on why, when, and how she became "it".

[andrewt]

Hmm,
I've seen a few lately that I'll comment and recommend... or not

Hunter x Hunter
(9/10 - could be a 10 if the maker actually finishes it)
After watching the available 70 or so episodes of Hunter x Hunter, it has jumped up to be amongst my favorite series of all time. Perhaps tied for first.
It's a good long series (still not completed, I believe it's stalled right now) with a few different types of characters that are interesting.
The action in this is pretty fun and the story is interesting as well.

Black Lagoon
Good series, was recommended to me by a few people.
The soundtrack is awesome.
This one was too short tho - only 2 seasons. It coulda gone much longer but oh well.
I suppose you could say this is sort of like modern day pirates/black market merchants. Has good action and good characters. =)

Black Blood Brothers
I think Comazon recommended this one?
It was enjoyable, but at 12 or 14 episodes the series was too short. (At least I was enjoying it and would have enjoyed many more episodes).

Mushishi
(2/10)
Not recommended. Its kind of just a bunch of unrelated random episodes, pretty hard to get into.

Deathnote
Some people may have liked this one, but I'm not recommending it at least.

Prince of Tennis
If you played tennis competitively - especially in highschool - I think you'll enjoy this.
At least I've been enjoying it - it had a lot of parallels to my team from back in the day.

[crow-kun]

I'm a little disappointed has no one watched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann? :bang: It is by far the greatest super robot anime ever. :karate:

[Comazon]

^ I know next to nothing about that anime, but it definitely is beautifully-rated (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6698).

Hmm,
Hunter x Hunter
(9/10 - could be a 10 if the maker actually finishes it)
After watching the available 70 or so episodes of Hunter x Hunter, it has jumped up to be amongst my favorite series of all time. Perhaps tied for first.
It's a good long series (still not completed, I believe it's stalled right now) with a few different types of characters that are interesting.
The action in this is pretty fun and the story is interesting as well.

Heard this was excellent. :D

Black Lagoon
Good series, was recommended to me by a few people.
The soundtrack is awesome.
This one was too short tho - only 2 seasons. It coulda gone much longer but oh well.
I suppose you could say this is sort of like modern day pirates/black market merchants. Has good action and good characters. =)
Heard this was excellent too (it's my friend's favorite anime). :clap:

Black Blood Brothers
I think Comazon recommended this one?
It was enjoyable, but at 12 or 14 episodes the series was too short. (At least I was enjoying it and would have enjoyed many more episodes).

Yeah, I guess I gave it a weak recommendation. I mainly said if you're looking for action, this'll probably do they job, but I think we both agree that there's better out there.

I agree with you about it being too short.

Mushishi
(2/10)
Not recommended. Its kind of just a bunch of unrelated random episodes, pretty hard to get into.
Pity. I personally heard it was REALLY REALLY GOOD and I've been meaning to watch it one of these days. You're giving me some food for thought now. :watson:

Deathnote
Some people may have liked this one, but I'm not recommending it at least.
Gotta disagree with you here. I enjoyed it a great deal. :P

To each their own, I guess? *shrugs*

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And don't worry everyone (:liar:), I'm still watching anime. A bunch of series are finishing in the next 1-2 weeks, so I'm planning to give a bunch of short reviews for all the series I watched. :karate:

[Trump]

Holy God, prince of tennis is awful. Sure it has interesting bits about tennis here and there, but the character development (or lack of), crappy animation, and general presentation of the show made me laugh. I'm sorry, whenever they had a court scene and would split the screen into 4 pieces with that funky noise made me die laughing on the floor every time because it was trying to be serious! And there were tons of time warps where the ball would be flying through the air over the net and the player still had time to spring halfway to mars before they finally showed him hitting the ball (meanwhile the ball sits on the racquet a few seconds before springing off). This show falls into that stupid area where they try to make it seem serious and realisitc but fail miserably.

I'm amazed people watch that show at all.

[darighaz]

The incredible rediculousness of PoT is what MAKES it great! With some of the random crap they pull, no way were they trying to be serious...

[Micah the Great]

Mushishi
(2/10)
Not recommended. Its kind of just a bunch of unrelated random episodes, pretty hard to get into.
WHAT! This show is AMAZING! I can see tho how it might be hard to get into, with the lack of storyline to follow... but that's not the point of the show. Watch the first episode... if you like it, you'll like the rest.

I agree with you tho thtat HxH is one of the best show ever. Great. Only if it wasn't stalled. Apparently the writer has been sick for a few years or something? Iono... i'll shit my pants if they do the rest of it.

I think Death Note is worth watching.

Also, does anyone know what ever happened to Tenjou Tenge. Are they gonna finished that crap and make it make sense. I hope so.

[Comazon]

I haven't seen PoT, but based on what I've heard it sounds a lot like Yakitate Japan (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4454), which is absolutely off the wall with bread-baking techniques. >_>;;

It was pretty funny for the 30 episodes or so, but then kind of lost its spark for me. Still a good watch though. :meh:


Also, does anyone know what ever happened to Tenjou Tenge. Are they gonna finished that crap and make it make sense. I hope so.
I wouldn't count on it. :P

[andrewt]

i hope you're watching some good new action filled series comazon ;)
I'm gonna be in need of some good recommendations soon. hehe

[andrewt]

.
I can see where you're coming from w/ some of that. =)
That why i didn't rate or recommend/not rec this to a general group. only to those who actually played competitively / on a team and know how people can be like those on the show ;)

For me it reminds me too much of my own tennis team, the characters, and the type of players match up almost too well. I played with/against direct parallels to Tezuka, Ryoma, Kaido, Momoshiro, Fuji, Kikumaru, Kawamura. It's just too funny.
I ignore the bad parts of actual tennis scenes as some of it looks like it was drawn by someone who hasn't played much(look at where people stand for serving and returning for one). But that's to be expected and not too important to me.

[Comazon]

Okay, I said I would wait until all the series ended, but I just finished this series and it MUST be reviewed now:

...

School Days (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7815)

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I swear this anime's only goal was to piss me off beyond belief, and by GOD did it succeed. I have never hated an anime character as much as I hated Makoto. He is scum and he destroys the lives of a crapload of people because of it. I hate him SO SO much. :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

The last episode is just too fucked up for words. You'll probably think the previous episodes were jacked up, but you have NO idea until you've seen the last episode. At least the last episode had one redeeming thing about it (you'll definitely know what it is if you ever see it).

This anime wasn't corny, cheesy, or even not engrossing. It just blindly infuriates me beyond belief. You'd think I'd stop watching once it started to piss me off, but it's kind of like watching a train wreck. You know it's horrible but you just can't look away. :frypan:

Sorry, I'm done now... probably... my other reviews should be much more normal than this one. >_>;;

*Takes deep breaths*

[Trump]

Oh, I can see the personalities for sure. I mean it is sports and people are totally crazy hehe =)

[Comazon]

Okay, I finished enough series, so now it's time to review 'em. :karate:

Boys Be (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=661)

This anime was just so-so. It has somewhat of a To Heart-ish feel to it, so if you liked To Heart, this one might be right up your alley. I couldn’t really get into it until the last 4 episodes, and even then I didn’t find it to be anything special.

Code Geass (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6704)

One of the few mecha anime I actually like. Good action scenes and drama. Even if you’re not a fan of mecha (like me), there’s still an excellent chance you’ll like Code Geass, so give it a go if you’re looking for some action. It ended on a MASSIVE cliff hanger though, so I’m eagerly looking forward to the second season.

Code-E (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7617)

Don’t watch this. Though it’s not horrible, there’s nothing really redeeming about it either. Plus the ending sucked, so that doesn't help.

Dokuro-chan 2 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8549) (1 episode OVA)

If you like Dokuro-chan, you’ll enjoy the OVA. It doesn’t do anything special, just follows the classic Dokuro-chan theme.

Last Exile (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2294)

THANK YOU OMG-WTF-NINJA-PIRATE-PERSON FOR RECOMMENDING THIS ANIME. I thought this anime was simply fantastic. The voice acting (Japanese only, of course), plot, and animation were all top-notch. If anyone wants to see a good adventure anime, watch this (it doesn’t have much action though).

Lucky Star (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7222)

I watched this show… for the lulz. :D

You'll either love or hate this show. I don’t see how anyone could think it’s just “so-so”. It WILL BE the most moe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_%28slang%29) anime you’ve ever seen, and perhaps ever will see. The comedy style of this anime is amazingly unique. The closest anime I can compare this to is Azumanga Daioh, and even that’s quite a stretch. The voice acting is AMAZING, the animation is cute and suits the anime perfectly, and the plot is nonexistent.

I personally found this anime absolutely hilarious, and I recommend it strongly. However, I do have two warnings:
1) If you’re new to anime, start with something else. Its comedy/moe-ness may be a bit too strong for a newcomer to fully understand and appreciate.
2) It’s best to watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6430) before watching Lucky Star, since there WILL be a lot of references and parodies based on it.

Nagasarete Airantou (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7303)

It was upbeat, but there wasn't anything else fantastic about it. Everything else was just so-so. If you're dying for a really ecchi, romance, harem anime, then it MIGHT be worth the watch. Otherwise, it's probably best to watch something else.

I love Yui Horie btw. <3<3<3

School Days (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7815)

As I said before, it will darken your soul. Please don’t watch.

Seto no Hanayome (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7460)

Very funny. I love how this anime seemed like it was going to follow the same overused pattern a billion anime series used before it, but it did a fantastic job separating itself with its own unique sense of humor. The humor wasn’t “roll on the floor laughing” funny, but I was cracking a smile the entire time. Definitely recommended.

Shakugan no Shana Movie (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6428)

I was looking forward to this, only to be MASSIVELY disappointed. The first 2/3rds of this movie was nearly identical to what was shown in the anime series. I thought I was watching a clip show for a while. The story doesn’t change a single bit until the final fight, which they altered slightly (if I remember the anime correctly). This movie also felt horribly rushed, which is probably because they tried to fit an anime series into a 90 minute movie… and failed.

If you’re a Shakugan no Shana fan, you might as well watch it, but don’t expect much. If you’ve never watched Shakugan no Shana, watch the series first. It’s much better.

Trigun (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=88)

I saw one episode of this and dropped it a looong time ago because I found it too childish. I picked it up again, finished it, and loved it. The story and drama only get richer and deeper as the series progresses, and I found it extremely engrossing. I now see why it’s viewed as a classic, though it isn't one of my all-time favs by any means. Nevertheless, it definitely merits a recommendation.

Zero no Tsukaima 2 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7451)

This season Zero no Tsukaima tried to be more serious, and failed. I found the “serious” parts to be boring, and the “comedic” parts to be the same damn ecchi stuff again and again with no variation. If you liked Zero no Tsukaima, I suppose this is worth a watch just to continue the story. If you’ve never seen Zero no Tsukaima, chances are there are better series to spend your time on.

[ParryDat]

New Gundam comes on Tonight/Today(For the people living in Japan).Can't wait

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Dokuro-chan 2 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8549) (1 episode OVA)

If you like Dokuro-chan, you’ll enjoy the OVA. It doesn’t do anything special, just follows the classic Dokuro-chan theme.

Oh sweet.

[ParryDat]

Anybody here watch Great Teacher Onizuka(GTO)?

It was awesome,although I hated the ending because that girl deserved to go to jail

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

GODDAMN IT, I'M WATCHING IT!

WHY DID YOU SPOIL IT FOR ME?!?!?!?!?!!!!

[Comazon]

Saw it. Ending sucked. The rest was great. Everyone I've talked to agreed the ending sucked (or at least didn't want to argue with me about it). The live action is surprisingly good.

After some thought:
(or at least didn't want to argue with me about it)
I bet this was probably it tbfh. >_>;;

[b4k4ni04]

responses to some of comazon's reviews: Yeah Code-E was a very disappointing ending. They could've done so much, and instead they did absolutely nothing. tbh I watched that show to keep tabs on the abuse of the laws of physics :3.

Nagasarete, 'twas cute :3. glad it's over though XD;. 'nuff said.

Code Geass.. currently watching. DAMMIT.. CLIFFHANGER?! curse you clamp~~ curse you~~~~

Looking forward to Shana 2 and Clannad for this season. Hoping that xxxHolic 2 comes out sooner than later :D...

[Comazon]

responses to some of comazon's reviews: Yeah Code-E was a very disappointing ending. They could've done so much, and instead they did absolutely nothing. tbh I watched that show to keep tabs on the abuse of the laws of physics :3.

Heh, that works. :watson:


Nagasarete, 'twas cute :3. glad it's over though XD;. 'nuff said.

I must be going crazy, because the end of the last episode gave me the feeling that there MIGHT be a sequel... which would be surprising to say the least.

But I'm probably just crazy.
Code Geass.. currently watching. DAMMIT.. CLIFFHANGER?!

MASSIVE cliffhanger. They just left the story incomplete. :(


Looking forward to Shana 2 and Clannad for this season.
QFT. Just saw the first episode of Clannad. Too early to give an opinion on it, but it has loads of potential. :clap:

SS-Eclipse is subbing both series I think, which is awesome! :karate:

Hoping that xxxHolic 2 comes out sooner than later :D...

I still need to see the original. :gloomy:

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Off-topic note: Since a new season is upon us, I'll be listing all the series I'm currently watching soon. :D

[ParryDat]

http://bt.saiyaman.info/download.php?id=5409&file=%5BS%5EM%5D+Mobile+Suit+GUNDAM-00+SD+01+RAW.av

Gundam00 Raw is up :)

[Excel-2008]

A few notices about Lucky Star.
If you one of those haters who hate Haruhi or, more specifically, the fans (the so-called self-declared SOS Brigade), certain parts of the series are to be avoided. Most importantly of these is episode 16.
Even then, there's no shame in liking it if you aren't a rabid fanatic.
Relax.

If you can somehow find the live action GTO series, I highly recommend it. Granted, it's a J-drama (heaven forbid), but it's one of the best shows I've ever seen, even the ending.

[Comazon]

If you one of those haters who hate Haruhi or, more specifically, the fans (the so-called self-declared SOS Brigade), certain parts of the series are to be avoided. Most importantly of these is episode 16.


Episode 16 was one of my favorite episodes. I was LOLing quite a lot thanks to that one. :rofl:

[b4k4ni04]

@ Comazon: Nagasare? a Sequel?. naaah just back to the same old crazy life that he was "used" to on that island. ... But now you have me worried >.>;.

To randomly mention, a few in your post of reviews Last Exile. <3. Beautiful series. Trigun. <3. T__T Geneon has gone BOOM!

[ParryDat]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L4MO7XYK

Gundam:00 1st episode subbed

[Comazon]

I don't think linking to torrents, torrent sites, and other things dealing with piracy is a good idea on OP9. I don't even name the sites I get my torrents from, just to be on the safe side.

But then again the admins/mods just might not give a damn (which would be nothing new), so I have no clue.

[ZaichikArky]

^ I hope they don't give a damn.

If they do, don't alert them if such things are posted, and if you give a damn about things being posted, PM them to interested ppl instead : ).

[Comazon]

Admins aside, I just don't want this thread to get overrun with torrent links. Torrent sites are easy enough to find without needing other people's help.

If anyone can't find a particular anime series, just pm me. I like geeking out over this stuff. :watson:

[harper]

I don't think linking to torrents, torrent sites, and other things dealing with piracy is a good idea on OP9. I don't even name the sites I get my torrents from, just to be on the safe side.

But then again the admins/mods just might not give a damn (which would be nothing new), so I have no clue.


I agree that linking OP9 to piracy and torrents is probably not a good idea. The occasional torrent probably isn't that big a deal. I don't see anything in the rules against it at this point unless it is porn related or spam. I'll try to monitor it somewhat, though.

[Comazon]

Putting this thread back on track, I might as well post a list of the new series I'll be giving a shot this season (at least for now). Since I am a sucker for comedy-romance anime (damn I'm not manly :gloomy:), these anime series are all automatic pick-ups:

Da Capo II (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8092)

It's a spinoff of the first, not really a sequel. It reminds me a LOT of To Heart 2 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5821), which means it probably won't be fantastic, but at least should prove to be entertaining. Hopefully it'll be better than that though.

Clannad (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7809)

Very highly-anticipated series (in general, not just for me). I'm hoping it will become a classic like Air (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2480) or Kanon (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6431), but only time will tell.

Shakugan no Shana II (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7847)

I enjoyed the first season (not the movie, mind you), so I hope this keeps the same comedy and action that was in the first one. :D

Ef - A Tale of Memories (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8192)

I know next to nothing about this anime, plus I'm still waiting for the first episode subbed. However, I liked the promo for it (catchy music), and it's a romance, so I'll give it a go.

Myself; Yourself (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8507)

This seems like the crappiest anime out of the bunch and I'm not sure I'll keep watching it. The first episode was very meh, and one particular character had a really mismatched voice. It was almost painful to listen to.


Yeah, so for the new season, that's where I stand right now. :box:
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Moving on, there's a lot of anime I'm already watching, but I think these two are worth mentioning:

Nodame Cantabile (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7010)

Radiance, you are fricken awesome for recommending this to me. I've seen the first 8 episodes so far, and I'm REALLY REALLY loving it. Good music, great characters, and phenomenal comedy. This show is win. I only hope it stays this good throughout the entire series. :clap:

Honey & Clover (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4975)

It took me a little while to get into, but once I passed the 12 episode mark, I began to find it absolutely hilarious. It reminds me a lot of Nodame Cantabile, except it's at an art college instead of music, and there's some love triangle (square, pentagon maybe?) stuff going on. Excellent series.

[PopCulturePooka]

Personally I am dead against torrents and links to pirate material being posted.

Too much risk

[Citizen]

^ I hope they don't give a damn.

If they do, don't alert them if such things are posted, and if you give a damn about things being posted, PM them to interested ppl instead : ).

Listen to ZaichikArky, people. I say this because I don't get to ban enough people, and would like that to change.

But seriously, no piracy on OP9, people. IMs exist for a reason. People who want stuff like this can just learn how to use Google, they don't need to get it here.

ZaichikArky, no more encouraging people to link to legal grey areas on OP9, not even through PMs.

That is all.

[PopCulturePooka]

Citizen is hot. :D

[Comazon]

It'd be a good idea for either Az or Citizen (if he can) to update the rules. Oh and while you're at it, spoiler boxes (http://www.outpostnine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7946) would be awesome too. :innocent:

*gets ignored some more*

[Citizen]

I had the rules updated before you even posted. =P

And no, worrying about spoilers is for 16-year-old girls.

[Comazon]

Laziness at its best, ladies and gentlemen.

[Citizen]

That too.

[Radiance]

What was said about...
1) Lucky Star
2) Nodame Cantabile
3) Honey & Clover

1) Lucky Star is absolute genius. I, as much as I hate to say it, would rather see the studio produce a second season of Lucky Star rather than see the second rumored season of Haruhi.

2) Nodame doesn't stay as good, it gets much better and it already got signed for its second season. :D

3) I really enjoyed the style of H&C, whats going to get you later is how drastic the change between H&C and H&C2 is. The comedy is still there, but not in the same manner and the story and art are so different you can't even compare them directly with each other.

[ZaichikArky]

It'd be a good idea for either Az or Citizen (if he can) to update the rules. Oh and while you're at, spoiler boxes (http://www.outpostnine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7946) would be awesome too. :innocent:

*gets ignored some more*

yeah >:O.

[Comazon]

^ Whoops. I didn't realize I forgot a word in my post (I wrote that rather late at night). :duh:

Feel free to fix my quote. I hate how it looks so ugly and there's nothing I can do about it.:innocent:
1) Lucky Star is absolute genius. I, as much as I hate to say it, would rather see the studio produce a second season of Lucky Star rather than see the second rumored season of Haruhi.
I agree with you 100%, but I don't think it's going happen. The manga is still continuing, but in the manga they're still in high school and not graduating yet. I don't think this anime can continue once they're in college, but I really wish it would. :gloomy:

2) Nodame doesn't stay as good, it gets much better and it already got signed for its second season. :D
I'm up to episode 14 now. DAMN, I love this anime. :D

3) I really enjoyed the style of H&C, whats going to get you later is how drastic the change between H&C and H&C2 is. The comedy is still there, but not in the same manner and the story and art are so different you can't even compare them directly with each other.
I would think that this is a bad thing, since the current style is great. However, the second season was better-rated, so now I have no clue what to expect. :watson:

[b4k4ni04]

For nodame, If you love the anime so much you should try the J-drama, However, after watching the J-drama I couldn't force myself to go back and watch the anime. :/...

as for spoilers.... quotes with white font?.

test:hey can you read this ?
^erg only really hard to see, not perfect :P. lets try silver, nope white is harder to see. ok trying color w/ really long name >>;. ok that works.. more or less :P.

anywho. Watched the Shana movie, and knowing that it was a retelling, enjoyed how it retold that part. esp how Alastor gets to kick some ass XD.

[Comazon]

Some people use the black background (not me though) on OP9, which makes the white font plain as day to read. :P

To be honest, I just don't like retellings in general. I was really hoping for an all-new side story where the series left off. The Shakugan no Shana Movie seemed pretty much identical to the original (except the final battle), so yeah, it gets no love from me. :box:

Also, I think I had my hopes set ridiculously high for the movie, so I wasn't going to like it no matter what the outcome was. :duh:

Some retellings aren't too bad if they vary it up enough though. An excellent example of this would be Kanon (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=313) and Kanon 2006 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6431), both of which I thought were great. Negima! (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4380) and Negima!? (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6708) is another example (they both have really different styles). I liked the remake more for both of those series. :)

Oh, and I saw the first episode of Shakugan no Shana II, which was good, I guess. We'll see how it goes from here. :D

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And there's a J-drama for Nodame? Coooool, I had no idea. :watson:

[Comazon]

I had nothing but free time today, so I finished...

Nodame Cantabile (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7010)

Simply phenomenal. :clap:

Lucky Star aside (Lucky Star is too unique to compare), it's been a looong time since I've seen a series I enjoyed this much (6+ months, perhaps?).

Radiance, thanks again for recommending this to me.

Nodame Cantabile even got me interested in classical music (though I had nothing against it before). Time for me to go through a pile of CDs and see what I can find. :D

Edit before it counts at the bottom of my post as an edit:

I forgot to mention that Froth-Bite did an incredible job subbing this anime. I've seen enough fansubbing (including actually being in a group myself) to know that what they did for Nodame Cantabile is nothing short of top-notch.

[Excel-2008]

Let me also put a word in for Baki the Grappler. On the surface it seems like an average story about a boy's quest to become the strongest in the world, but it is actually one of the manliest spectacles I've ever seen. Even the women are manly; most of them advocate the violent tournaments the show centers on in the latter half of the series. I haven't seen the end yet (the Funimation channel only shows 36 of 52 episodes), so I can't say anything about that, but chances are it will rip your face off if you aren't accustomed to that level of manliness.

[SlickWilly440]

Okay, I said I would wait until all the series ended, but I just finished this series and it MUST be reviewed now:

...

School Days (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7815)

I swear this anime's only goal was to piss me off beyond belief, and by GOD did it succeed. I have never hated an anime character as much as I hated Makoto. He is scum and he destroys the lives of a crapload of people because of it. I hate him SO SO much. :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

The last episode is just too fucked up for words. You'll probably think the previous episodes were jacked up, but you have NO idea until you've seen the last episode. At least the last episode had one redeeming thing about it (you'll definitely know what it is if you ever see it).

This anime wasn't corny, cheesy, or even not engrossing. It just blindly infuriates me beyond belief. You'd think I'd stop watching once it started to piss me off, but it's kind of like watching a train wreck. You know it's horrible but you just can't look away. :frypan:

Sorry, I'm done now... probably... my other reviews should be much more normal than this one. >_>;;

*Takes deep breaths*

Did you know that a Hentai Game for this anime came out before the actual anime? The anime is just like the H-Game, minus the porn, a slight change in story, and alternate endings.

I've watched it up until Episode 7, but now that say it's horrible, it make me want to finish watching it.

Also there was a squal to the H-Game called "Summer Days', so there might be a second season for this Anime.

[b4k4ni04]

@ comazon: Kanon '06 was a remake. and speaking of subs I <3~ a.f.k.'s sub of it :D. I'm hoping afk will sub clannad >>;.....

Negima?! was a completely new world, but same characters. It was overall an interesting watch, I'm just disappointed that no one subbed it all the way through, so I ended up watching it raw for about half the series :/.
I'd say my true disappointment with this remake is that all magic became one incantation. Slight disappointment in the re-personalization of certain characters, and slight disappointment in the change in relationships between other characters. I must say I prefer the manga over any other Negi incarnation :/.

I will say I was impressed that they got it to stick to 26 episodes, instead of having 22 good eps. and then 4 eps. to completely infuriate your fanbase >.>! (*cough* Negima! *cough* >>;. )


Onto Shana 2. Oh man, SO CONFUSED XD;. Lets hope the series turns out okay, but I'm not impressed yet. Stupid thing expectations are, ruin a series before you've even seen the first ep.

[Comazon]

@ comazon: Kanon '06 was a remake. and speaking of subs I <3~ a.f.k.'s sub of it :D. I'm hoping afk will sub clannad >>;.....


Yep, Kanon '06 is the remake (sorry if it seemed like I said otherwise). I saw and loved both of 'em. I loved the new Kanon a lot more than the previous one though, especially since it was longer. ^__^

Man, the voice acting in Kanon 2006 (can't remember if it's the same in the original or not... I know Yuuichi changed) was AWESOME. Well, at least I thought it was good. :)

a.f.k. is an excellent fansubbing group as well (they did an amazing job with Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). I'm personally 100% content with SS-Eclipse, but if a.f.k. starts subbing Clannad... it'll leave me in a bind. I won't know which one I want to watch. :boggled:

Probably whichever one is faster will win. :P


Negima?! was a completely new world, but same characters. It was overall an interesting watch, I'm just disappointed that no one subbed it all the way through, so I ended up watching it raw for about half the series :/.

Surprisingly enough, they're still alive. I just saw episode 20 subbed yesterday. This anime has too much talking in it, so there's just no way I can watch it raw (my Japanese isn't that good... yet). >_<

I still have the raws just in case though.


I'd say my true disappointment with this remake is that all magic became one incantation. Slight disappointment in the re-personalization of certain characters, and slight disappointment in the change in relationships between other characters. I must say I prefer the manga over any other Negi incarnation :/.

I agree with all of that, except the manga part (because I haven't read it yet). I've been meaning to read the manga too. :duh:

Onto Shana 2. Oh man, SO CONFUSED XD;. Lets hope the series turns out okay, but I'm not impressed yet. Stupid thing expectations are, ruin a series before you've even seen the first ep.
QFT, sadly. :gloomy:

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Did you know that a Hentai Game for this anime came out before the actual anime? The anime is just like the H-Game, minus the porn, a slight change in story, and alternate endings.

I've watched it up until Episode 7, but now that say it's horrible, it make me want to finish watching it.

Also there was a squal to the H-Game called "Summer Days', so there might be a second season for this Anime.
Yep, I knew all that.

I hope you enjoy the end of the series more than me (you sure as hell can't enjoy it any less). Except of course the ONE good thing that happened in the ending. That part I enjoyed immensely. :D

I knew of Summer Days as well, but I sincerely doubt it'll be turned into an anime. If it does become one, however, I actually wouldn't mind in the slightest (heck, I might even watch it). If you can't figure out why I wouldn't mind (despite all my complaints) when you complete the series, pm me... though I doubt you'll really need to.

Off-topic Edit:
Where the heck is my Ef (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8192) subbed episode 1?!?! Like 5 groups subbed the promo, but no one subs the first episode?! It's the only anime left that I plan on watching that no one began subbing yet. :bang:

...then again, it's only been 2 days. :P

[b4k4ni04]

Code Geass. w.t.f. oh well. it cliff hangs as Comazon mentions. But I dont think they could've picked a better spot :D. now it's just the wait for season 2 >>;.

[Masa the Masta]

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

Fucking, NEW ONE PIECE OPENING.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Fucking, I never bothered finishing up on BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad.

Even after downloading it 10 or so months ago, I only got up to episode 5.

[Comazon]

Oh yeah, I've been meaning to watch Beck. I heard it was good. >_<

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

Fucking, NEW ONE PIECE OPENING.
Wow, long OP. At least the song's kinda catchy.

Edit: And the ED for Clannad is kinda... interesting (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qfO7QctjKO4&mode=related&search=)? >_>;;

[harper]

I liked Beck. I've read the manga series and it was fun to see the band actually play. The first series of the anime covers about the first 8 (out of 30) volumes of the manga, so there is plenty of material for a second and third season, should they choose to make it.

[Comazon]

Oh, awesome.

I'm an "anime first, manga later" kind of person (mainly because I wasn't really introduced to manga until recently). The reason I buy manga is if it has more plot, depth, or better closure than the anime series.

So if I like Beck the anime, you can definitely expect me to go buy the manga. :P

That being said, if I ever finish the last 15 episodes of Rurouni Kenshin, I will read the manga! It'd be nice to know how it's supposed to end, since I heard the anime just ends with fillers. :gloomy:

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

It's got great music, and it's cool how they make references to the rock greats....

... if you consider Curt Cobain a great.

[b4k4ni04]

Interjection: finished ep 2 of shana 2 just now. No worries, it's gonna be a good season :3.

now back to whatever the current topic was. :3~

[Comazon]

OMG, thanks for mentioning that! I totally didn't notice that it got released. :P

Edit: Just saw it. I liked it... gives me high hopes for the rest of the season. :D

[ParryDat]

Let me also put a word in for Baki the Grappler. On the surface it seems like an average story about a boy's quest to become the strongest in the world, but it is actually one of the manliest spectacles I've ever seen. Even the women are manly; most of them advocate the violent tournaments the show centers on in the latter half of the series. I haven't seen the end yet (the Funimation channel only shows 36 of 52 episodes), so I can't say anything about that, but chances are it will rip your face off if you aren't accustomed to that level of manliness.

Yep,fucking awesome anime,and I'm trying to read the manga,so I can see how it ends,because the ending for Season 2 isn't conclusive.

It kills that piece of shit Kenichi and every way imaginable(Perhaps because it actually takes it self serious).I would pay $1,000 to see Hanma Baki rip Kenichi apart.

I like stories about weak guys becoming badasses such as Ippo,but Kenichi is literally spoon fed everything.If he can't beat somebody he runs back to his masters,they analyze the person's fighting style,Kenichi trains for a bit,and then WTF Pwns the person.

Some people might like it,but I hated some of the characters most.That aside,the comedy wasn't bad

[Masa the Masta]

I got into Hajime no Ippo lately.

I love boxing, so I love this series. My favorite character is Sendo. :D

[Radiance]

You know what I've been watching lately? Of course you don't... let me tell you. :D Its stupid but I've been enjoying it so much. Its nothing extremely quality, just enjoyability factor for how simple of a show it is. Marchen Awakens Romance. (A.K.A. - MÄR) Its hard to describe so you'll have to just look into it for yourself, but I've enjoyed it.

Also, since I haven't posted in this thread much I'll just make a list of things I enjoy, I have pretty good taste generally speaking so if you see something on this list odds are its worth a watch.

Further recommendations:
Le Chevalier d'Eon
Welcome to the NHK (Its about a shut in just like... well he is a shut in anyhow)
Black Lagoon (Season one was good, Season two is better as far as character development)
Genshiken
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Mushishi
PlanetES
Aria
Berserk (Hey... it was enjoyable. >:D )
Saikano: Another Love Song
Koi Kaze
Stellvia
Grave of the Fireflies
Haibane


Eh, thats about all my recommendations for now. I watch too much anime so I'll make another list soon.

[Comazon]

Out of your list, I've seen:

Welcome to the NHK
Genshiken
PlanetES
Saikano: Another Love Song
Koi Kaze
Stellvia

And I liked 'em all! :D

(Especially Saikano <3<3<3!!!)

Genshiken 2 just started, and it's being subbed by Dattebayo of all people (who subs Naruto and Bleach). Their subs aren't of the finest quality, but at least they do a decent job and are darn punctual about it. :karate:

And I liked Koi Kaze a lot (though it's not easy for me to admit it :box:). This is one of two anime I have ever seen with actual incest, instead of the classic childhood friend calling the protagonist "Onii-chan" all the time. I've seen a billion of the latter already. :P

[Kenshin]

Hi all, quick reply to the topic while I still have time (wanted to comment on anime but I'm practically falling asleep on my keyboard...)

Has anyone heard of/watched Baccano! ? (be careful if you check wikipedia, as it has some spoilers.)
I'm currently subbing this one for Dark-Subs (spanish fansub group) and I'm curious to know if anyone has seen it.
(Now that I remember, I had a PM to reply to...:box:)

[Comazon]

If you're referring to the PM I sent you looong ago, don't worry about it. I would've never stopped talking if you kept responding. :P

As for Baccano (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7492), I've only heard of it. :box:

So wait... you're subbing it for a group? What's your position? Encoder? Timer? The almighty translator position (your Japanese is good enough to be a translator?! :boggled:)?

I used to be an encoder for a group a while back, even though it wasn't my position of choice. I like trying to make karaoke effects and editing, personally. :P

Well... translator would be my personal favorite, but then I would run into minor issues (like not knowing the language). Trivial things, I assure you. :liar:

[Radiance]

Welcome to the NHK
Genshiken
PlanetES
Saikano: Another Love Song
Koi Kaze
Stellvia



Alright, you must resolve this immediately.


Higurashi
Mushishi
Le Chevalier d'Eon
Berserk


Those are the next things you should add to your list, bump them to the front. I guarantee you will like the first three and the fourth one is just fun to watch. :D

edit: Also, yeah I've already started picking up Genshiken season two, like you said.. dattebayo is very punctual. 12:00AM, get my torrent, 12:20AM, watch my torrent. :D

[Comazon]

Heh, and here I thought I was just about done watching all the anime recommended to me. :P

I've definitely been meaning to see Higurashi and Berserk, so I'll probably pick those up first. Most likely I'll start with Berserk because I recommended it to people (like Kenshin) without even seeing it... and I could use some more violence in my anime watching. :D

I was planning on watching Mushishi too, though I can't say I was planning on watching Le Chevalier d'Eon, despite hearing rave reviews for it. However, I take recommendations seriously (especially since you were so spot-on with Nodame Cantabile), so I'm sure I'll watch it.

Just give me some time, for I have picked up EIGHT new series this season alone (not counting ones ongoing from the previous season). That + school + JLPT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jlpt) in a month = one busy Comazon. :gloomy:

[Trump]

MAR? I.. I don't know. I feel like it had great potential. It had a really neat world with good background and interesting characters, but it just seems to fall flat in the story department. After the first 10ish episodes (start of the war games) every episode is almost exactly the same. All of the originality gets destroyed in repetative 1 vs 1 battles. Don't get me wrong, the show is entertaining, but I am distinctly diappointed by the show.

[Micah the Great]

I got into Hajime no Ippo lately.

I love boxing, so I love this series. My favorite character is Sendo. :D

Ohhhhhhh... i loved Hajime no Ippo. Fantastic show.

[Radiance]

MAR? I.. I don't know. I feel like it had great potential. It had a really neat world with good background and interesting characters, but it just seems to fall flat in the story department. After the first 10ish episodes (start of the war games) every episode is almost exactly the same. All of the originality gets destroyed in repetative 1 vs 1 battles. Don't get me wrong, the show is entertaining, but I am distinctly diappointed by the show.

I never said MAR was some kind of masterpiece. It is however amusing, its like watching a cross between Bleach and Pokemon. I get plenty of light laughs.

[Kenshin]

If you're referring to the PM I sent you looong ago, don't worry about it. I would've never stopped talking if you kept responding. :P

As for Baccano (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7492), I've only heard of it. :box:

So wait... you're subbing it for a group? What's your position? Encoder? Timer? The almighty translator position (your Japanese is good enough to be a translator?! :boggled:)?

I used to be an encoder for a group a while back, even though it wasn't my position of choice. I like trying to make karaoke effects and editing, personally. :P

Well... translator would be my personal favorite, but then I would run into minor issues (like not knowing the language). Trivial things, I assure you. :liar:Hehe, well, I would have kept replying, but my classes wouldn't let me. I'll get to it... eventually. :P

And yup, I'm subbing. I applied for the English-Spanish translator position (my Japanese isn't enough to get me past "Hi, how are you? My name is..." yet, but I do understand and adapt some things to spanish), and they -the timer, to be precise- sent me the script for the first episode of Baccano!.

(The conversation went something like this:
Timer: Hi.
Me: Hi.
T: So, I understand you want to translate.
M: Yup.
T: Alright, get this done by tomorrow.
*sends script with 400 lines or so*
M: *O_____o OMGWTFLOL...* Ok. ^_^

*gets e-mail two days later*
"Alright, the translation was great. If you want to keep subbing it, download the second epi, translate it, and send it to me.")

I translated it, sent it, and a few hours later got the test script -for Code Geass episode 24- that I was supposed to get before the one I translated, to see if I could apply for the position or not. :P
I had to translate Mushiuta and the OVAs for Great Teacher Onizuka too (the ones before Eikichi became a teacher -- which I'm not liking that much, for some reason) but with classes and all that, it's difficult -- you can see in my sig that I'm still translating Mushiuta 2... and I'm about 8 episodes behind >_<. Although, it is very fun to translate and a few days later, watch your own translation in an episode.

(And, of course, it's even better when you get to watch this (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot20071016130019dr0.jpg). :D /shameless plug)

[ParryDat]

I got into Hajime no Ippo lately.

I love boxing, so I love this series. My favorite character is Sendo. :D

Oh yah,great series.Favorite characters are the Big 3 of Japan(Ippo,Miyata,Sendo)

[Comazon]

IRT Kenshin:

Yep, it's always awesome getting credit for your work. :D

I was planning on d/ling the last episode of Baccano Dark-Subs subbed, but the speeds are absolutely horrible. At this rate it'll take me a whole day to download the episode (if I'm lucky). ^__^;;

I'm still downloading it... slowly...

Anyway, I ditched my group because they were all lazy and didn't do anything (nothing got released for months). So yeah, I hope your group turns out to be more fun than mine was. :P

[ZaichikArky]

saikano, that anime about the relationship between the girl who's this weapon made to protect japan and her average boyfriend dealing with everyone dying? the show started out alright, but then moved into very fucked up >_>. I didn't like it overall.

[ZaichikArky]

oh, and nice OP opening. makes me want to watch it again. I stopped in the middle of the alabasta arc cause I didn't like it and didn't want to watch any more of it.

[b4k4ni04]

On the note of Saikano. Friends watched the OAV at AX '06. I stood about 10 minutes of it, and had to get out. Too close to when I'd watched Elfen Lied and there was no way I could stand that sort of despair for the time being.
In other notes, there's a bloody edit button for a reason D:!.

In another note, myself;yourself has perked my interest as has rental magica. ... Good god i'm watching 7 series at the moment. My school work is DOOMED T__T.

[Comazon]

I'm watching Myself; Yourself too!

To be honest though, I think it's probably the worst anime series I'm watching this season, but we'll see how it goes. :P

[b4k4ni04]

The season is coming to an end, thank god >>;

Finished Myself;Yourself. And I'm bloody convinced the Writers started rolling a d20 to see how much more fucked up they could make their characters x_x;. If you need an unhealthy dose of teenage drama with a weak resolution, look here. Otherwise RUN AWAY.

Also finished up Blue Drop. Tremendously cute ^_^. Romance, drama, and some amazing CG work. Just wow.
In terms of the single season shows for fall, this has to be my favorite.

On series that have only hit their halfway points :: Clannad, does not disappoint. I'll leave it at that ;P.
Shakugan no Shana Second, has been kinda slow, but still pretty good. Had a lot of 1st season hype to live up to and has done well on its own, but hopefully the second half will really kick things up a notch.
Rental Magica, Interesting... Harem/magic, with a grab bag of dramatic and comedic. I find it cute :3. Voice actors I know and enjoy make this a series I'll watch till the end ^^;.

[Everdarke]

My top 3 action animes:
One Piece
Claymore
Bleach

Top 3 comedies:
Seto no Hanayome
School Rumble
Nagasarete Airantou

Also I finally decided to watch Elfen Lied. It was quite entertaining. I mean, cousin incest, blood and tits. What else can you ask from a good anime?

[Micah the Great]

I noticed several people mentioning Nodame Cantabile several pages back. I just recently watched that. It was pretty awesome. It's a good, easy, fun watch... especially if you like classical music. It's like an anime for music majors or something, haha.

Anyway, as i was looking thru several of the last few pages for some good new (new to me anyway) anime to watch, so i got some to watch now, but just need to find time. Here's the list: Planetes, Gantz, Gunparade March, Gungrave, and Ergo Proxy. I'll let you know how it goes.

Also, for whoever is following Bleach, does anyone think this whole Hueco Mundo arc is going to take forever or what?

Another also, did anyone watch the last episode of Naruto. HOOO crap, that's not good. That can't end too well for anybody.

[Saitou Hajime]

Just finished up Le Chevalier D'Eon. What an amazing last few episodes, even compared to the rest of the great series.

I also watched the second Death Note DVD, with the English dub. The dub's okay, but when I get one of my friends into it shortly, it will definitely be with the Japanese audio, as I feel those voice actors do a better job with the characters.

Up next is part two of Fullmetal Alchemist's first season, then I might try out One Piece.

[Everdarke]

I decided to get Le Chevalier since everyones praising it so much. Also I have Nodame Cantabine on my computer but I haven't gotten to watching it yet.
Saitou you definetly have to start watching One Piece. It's awesome and in my opinion better then the other two Operation: Eternity animes Bleach and Naruto.

[Micah the Great]

OK, i finished Ergo Proxy and Gungrave. Ergo Proxy was pretty good. It at least was really interesting. I mean it was good, and i'm in the that kind of crazy futuristic, mind messing-up stuff, but it wasn't amazing or anything.

Gungrave was badass though. I really, really liked it. Probably not in my top 10 or anything, but it was damn good. Kinda sad.

[h2orowe]

Alrighty. I haven't truly watched an anime since... well... a long ass time ago. I think it was Summer 2006? Like, where I sat down and watched episodes of an anime I've never seen before. Besides that, I've watched My Neighbor Totoro, and FLCL a few times. Other than that, I haven't really gotten into anything.

SO! I want suggestions of anime to get me back into anime. Something that's good. I'll take funny or action-y, but something that's not completely stereotypical anime. Preferably no shoujo unless it's REALLY entertaining.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

SO! I want suggestions of anime to get me back into anime. Something that's good. I'll take funny or action-y, but something that's not completely stereotypical anime. Preferably no shoujo unless it's REALLY entertaining.

Funny: Golden Boy (joox.net), Great Teacher Onizuka (also go to joox.net), Azumanga Daioh

Action-y AND Funny: Trigun? I suppose you must've seen it on Adult Swim, though...

[Saitou Hajime]

Try out Naoki Urasawa's Monster. It's a more realistic anime, in terms of art style (no super deformed character faces randomly popping up), and the story itself. Of course there are elements to it that one would think can't happen in the real world, but that's part of the fun of fiction. For me, it's the best manga I've ever read, one of the best anime I've seen, and all together at the top of my list of any literature. It's on Joox if you don't want to download all of it.

[Micah the Great]

Funny: Golden Boy (joox.net), Great Teacher Onizuka (also go to joox.net), Azumanga Daioh
Ditto. These are dead on for "funny."

[h2orowe]

Funny: Golden Boy (joox.net), Great Teacher Onizuka (also go to joox.net), Azumanga Daioh

Action-y AND Funny: Trigun? I suppose you must've seen it on Adult Swim, though...
Hrm, I'll look into Golden Boy. How long is it? GTO and Azumanga are good ones I didn't get to see the complete series of, unfortunately. Also, Trigun = <33333 meluvsometrigun, especially Rem and Vash.

Also, Saitou, I'll look into Monster. How long is it? I don't want anything that's ridiculously long or anything like that.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Hrm, I'll look into Golden Boy. How long is it? GTO and Azumanga are good ones I didn't get to see the complete series of, unfortunately.

43 Great Teacher Onizuka episodes.

6 hilarious episodes of Golden Boy.

26 Azumanga Daioh episodes. SATA ANDAGI~

[Saitou Hajime]

It's 67 or so episodes.

[Scarabomb]

I've seen a bunch of animes and don't care to go on forever but my top 6

Welcome to NHK
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (I probably spelled that wrong)
Clannad
Samurai Champloo
GTO
Lovely Complex

Edit: Ooooh, I just noticed you guys were talking about "Monster". I was following that in Germany before I got deployed and I REALLY enjoyed that. I do wish I could have watched all of the 67 Episodes though.

[SlickWilly440]

Monster is actually 74 episodes. I watched all the episodes in 2 days, literally. So if we calculate each episode to be around 20 minutes (minus the intro, outro, preview) that is around 3 episodes per hour. So 74/3 = 24....over 25 hours of anime in 2 day.....LOL


NHK ni Youkoso was a really great anime. It had everything for comedy, romance, anxiety, etc...Highly Recommended

[Scarabomb]

^ Did you download them or stream them? I might try and pick up where I left off since I do want a conclusion to something that I missed.

[andrewt]

Okay, I finished enough series, so now it's time to review 'em. :karate:

Last Exile (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2294)

THANK YOU OMG-WTF-NINJA-PIRATE-PERSON FOR RECOMMENDING THIS ANIME. I thought this anime was simply fantastic. The voice acting (Japanese only, of course), plot, and animation were all top-notch. If anyone wants to see a good adventure anime, watch this (it doesn’t have much action though).

So that was a really good one, eh?

Haven't seen you on the other forum, but I've seen a number of really good action series lately that I'll recommend.

Black Cat - (10) - Great series - w/ loads of action (sword fighting and gun stuff) and some comedy here and there.

Seirei no Moribito - good series - action is mostly spear fighting - which is pretty fun. All in all a good story.

Scrapped Princess - alright series - some decent action - but i was hoping for more.

Initial D - awesome car series. I enjoyed this one thoroughly... tho watching it appears to be negatively affecting my driving - haha

[Scarabomb]

Ah, another series I have been really getting into is Clannad. This is actually my top School Life/Romance anime on my list. It used to be Kare Kano then KGNE but now it's this.

It's more realistic (with the strange anime physics of course) in terms of character's attitudes towards one-another rather than your typical "I love so and so but I have to use 26 Episodes to confess to him". It follows more of how a guy who people don't really think highly of him, gets by in school and a developing relationship between him and a girl that he so happened to meet.

It's pretty interesting and definitely not typical and I would actually really recommend this title to anyone who's sort of into that kinda of genre but are trying to stay away from things that are twisted like Peach Girl or dragging out like Suzuka

Edit: I'm gonna be the king of editing but also if you're into school life and funny relationships, another really good anime to get into is Lovely Complex. It's unique in the aspect of how people interpret each other and how one-sided relationships can turn into mutual feelings (with a lot of pressure from peers of course).

[Comazon]

^ Clannad is win, which would make sense since it's made by the creators of Kanon and Air (both truly awesome series). KGNE is also win. :D

Since your tastes seem somewhat similar to mine, may I recommend Ef - A Tale of Memories (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8192)? I found it excellent.

The anime True Tears (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6257) is brand new this season, and is also quite entertaining. I'm having difficulty deciding whether I like this or Clannad more.

I've been meaning to see Lovely Complex one of these days...

So that was a really good one, eh?

Haven't seen you on the other forum, but I've seen a number of really good action series lately that I'll recommend.

I haven't been on OP9 much of all lately to be honest. I've been finding less and less to post about (especially since the anime thread is dead most of the time), so I've reverted back to "lurker mode."

As for Last Exile, I'm not sure how great it was any more... I almost always think a series is better than it actually is when I get done watching it. Over time I settle down and become able to compare it to anime I've seen in the past. At the time of writing my opinion of it, I suspect that I was biased due to the fact I just finished it. :whoops:

Don't get me wrong, it's a great anime, but it wouldn't break my top 10 now that I sit down and think about it.

Oh, and I unfortunately haven't seen anything in your list, though I've heard of them all. :watson:

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Welcome to NHK was extremely entertaining. Wouldn't be my top 10 or anything, but extremely entertaining nonetheless. :P

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Saitou knows what he's talking about when he recommends Monster (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3750), as it was awesome, however I wouldn't recommend it to h2orowe right off the bat. Though it is anything but sterotypical, it may not be quite as action-y or fast-paced as he may prefer. However, it has excellent drama, characters, and plot that more than make up for it. :clap:

I think Great Teacher Onizuka is the best recommendation so far tbh. ;)

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I've been watching anime this whole time (especially the new ongoing series), just haven't posted due to lack of interest at OP9.

I did finally manage to finish Berserk (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=328), which I recommended to a bunch of people despite never seeing myself. :box:

I'm glad I recommended it though, since it was indeed well done. An excellent anime for those looking for some good bloody action, medieval-style! :karate:

[Scafl]

My Top 10 favorite anime, in order:

1. 80's Astroboy - Before weeaboo disphits fapped to Sailor Moon, before the Pokemon anime ruined America, there was Astroboy. Really fun series that I've loved since I was a kid.

2. Dragon Ball Z - Another show that I'll always love. I've been a fan since they first started airing the Ocean Group dub on Kids WB back in 1996. I can't stand the Ocean Group dub now, but the FUNi dub rules shit, I don't give a shit what "real fans" or rabid anti-DBZ faggots say. "ARRRGH FUUUUUCK I HATE SHOWS WHERE THEY POWER UP FOR TWENTY EPISODES HUR1!!!111!" As do I, but this has nothing to do with DBZ since no attack or power up in the show has taken more than 5-10 minutes of show time. As for the true DBZ otakus, the only pro of the Japanese version is the music, and even that's a moot point now with the latest US Season sets. So yeah, fuck all of those dicks.

3. Dragon Ball - I also like how elitist nerd assholes try to be fashionable and say that DBZ is shit but Dragon Ball is great when really they're about equal in greatness. In fact I think they're all full of shit, and only say that shit so that sticking their dick in Toriyama's ass will still seem okay with all the cool anime kids. Despite the mass fappage to DB that happens hourly, it's still my third favorite series.

4. The Herlock Saga - Best main character ever? I think so. I'm glad Citizen opened my eyes to this fantastic series, as well as the amazing work of Leiji Matsumoto in general. Highly underrated stuff.

5. Zeta Gundam - Bright Noa is a fucking pimp. Zeta Gundam is way better than that Gundam SEED cowshit, although I've heard Gundam 00 is pretty good. But then again, people people said Wing was good...

6. Fist of the North Star - One of the few anime series I enjoy more in Japanese. The English dub isn't as bad as most people would tell you, but it pales in comparison to the original version, plus Manga Entertainment completely changed the ending from what I remember. I love DBZ to death, but bless it's heart, it's riddled with shitty filler. FotNS is the perfect length however, which is pretty rare for an action anime.

7. Cowboy Bebop - This show isn't bad in Japanese either, although I still prefer the English version. When I first saw it on Adult Swim, the music reminded me a lot of Yoko Kanno's amazing musical work, and when I looked the show up, it turns out that her band did indeed do the soundtrack for the show! I was officially hooked for this reason alone at first, but then I began to appreciate the great characters, futuristic setting, and white knuckle action as well. Great show.

8. Robotech - This was my favorite mech show for a while until I came across the various great Gundam series. Still a classic however. I wish Harmony Gold would have gotten their hands on more anime, it would have been neat to watch and compare them to their native counterparts.

9. YuYu Hakusho - Fuck yes, great action show. Most of the main characters aren't great aside from Kuwabara and maybe Yusuke later on, but were all still pretty cool in their own way due to the classic voice talent that I've grown to love from FUNimation.

10. Outlaw Star
Of all the anime on this list, this is probably the weirdest. I remember watching it for the first time with my friends on Toonami long ago and loving how zany and different it was compared to all the anime I had seen beforehand. Highly recommended.

[stsparky]

Captain Harlock.
I've always preferred Slump to Dragonball.
Lupin the 3rd is still awesome.
The artist from Monster also did Master Keaton.

[Daishikaze]

My Top 10 favorite anime, in order:

1. 80's Astroboy - Before weeaboo disphits fapped to Sailor Moon, before the Pokemon anime ruined America, there was Astroboy. Really fun series that I've loved since I was a kid.

2. Dragon Ball Z - Another show that I'll always love. I've been a fan since they first started airing the Ocean Group dub on Kids WB back in 1996. I can't stand the Ocean Group dub now, but the FUNi dub rules shit, I don't give a shit what "real fans" or rabid anti-DBZ faggots say. "ARRRGH FUUUUUCK I HATE SHOWS WHERE THEY POWER UP FOR TWENTY EPISODES HUR1!!!111!" As do I, but this has nothing to do with DBZ since no attack or power up in the show has taken more than 5-10 minutes of show time. As for the true DBZ otakus, the only pro of the Japanese version is the music, and even that's a moot point now with the latest US Season sets. So yeah, fuck all of those dicks.

3. Dragon Ball - I also like how elitist nerd assholes try to be fashionable and say that DBZ is shit but Dragon Ball is great when really they're about equal in greatness. In fact I think they're all full of shit, and only say that shit so that sticking their dick in Toriyama's ass will still seem okay with all the cool anime kids. Despite the mass fappage to DB that happens hourly, it's still my third favorite series.

4. The Herlock Saga - Best main character ever? I think so. I'm glad Citizen opened my eyes to this fantastic series, as well as the amazing work of Leiji Matsumoto in general. Highly underrated stuff.

5. Zeta Gundam - Bright Noa is a fucking pimp. Zeta Gundam is way better than that Gundam SEED cowshit, although I've heard Gundam 00 is pretty good. But then again, people people said Wing was good...

6. Fist of the North Star - One of the few anime series I enjoy more in Japanese. The English dub isn't as bad as most people would tell you, but it pales in comparison to the original version, plus Manga Entertainment completely changed the ending from what I remember. I love DBZ to death, but bless it's heart, it's riddled with shitty filler. FotNS is the perfect length however, which is pretty rare for an action anime.

7. Cowboy Bebop - This show isn't bad in Japanese either, although I still prefer the English version. When I first saw it on Adult Swim, the music reminded me a lot of Yoko Kanno's amazing musical work, and when I looked the show up, it turns out that her band did indeed do the soundtrack for the show! I was officially hooked for this reason alone at first, but then I began to appreciate the great characters, futuristic setting, and white knuckle action as well. Great show.

8. Robotech - This was my favorite mech show for a while until I came across the various great Gundam series. Still a classic however. I wish Harmony Gold would have gotten their hands on more anime, it would have been neat to watch and compare them to their native counterparts.

9. YuYu Hakusho - Fuck yes, great action show. Most of the main characters aren't great aside from Kuwabara and maybe Yusuke later on, but were all still pretty cool in their own way due to the classic voice talent that I've grown to love from FUNimation.

10. Outlaw Star
Of all the anime on this list, this is probably the weirdest. I remember watching it for the first time with my friends on Toonami long ago and loving how zany and different it was compared to all the anime I had seen beforehand. Highly recommended.

Pretty good list, its unusual to see anyone praising classics like Astro Boy, Harlock and Hokuto No Ken.

Astro Boy is the definitive classic from the father of anime, more people need to see it.

Dragon Ball /Z are fun shows, I think the fanbase kind of hurt it for me though, you can only take so many damn comparisons to DBZ before you get sick of hearing about it all the time. I used to collect fansub tapes of it, and I still have a ton of them.

If you like the more recent Harlock entries, look for Arcadia Of My Youth, if you can still find it, its been out of print for almost a year now. Its certainly worth tracking down. I wish the fansubbers would hurry up on the classic Harlock TV series as well as Galaxy Express 999, they keep working on other projects instead for some reason, as if these newer shows have top priority. I don't see how, its not like they are more money off the newer stuff, might as well finish the classics since no one else seems to be working on them.

Zeta Gundam is probably the best gundam series ever made, though I've heard Victory Gundam comes pretty damn close. The only one I know is better at getting the gundam point across is 0080: War In The Pocket.

Fist of The North Star gets alot of shit thrown at it because of some of the early episodes can be described as filler, But after episode 20 or so, it gets more in line with the manga, with less filler occurring. After the first 20 eps, I don't feel like they waste too much time, the story progresses very nicely. Its too bad Manga Ent. didn't license the whole series, and left the music and whatnot alone, it'd probably had more success (wishful thinking, I know). Since you like FoTNS so much, give Saint Seiya a chance, its another highly influential series in the Shonen genre.

Cowboy Bebop is another series that the fans annoyed me with, its a good show, and maybe I'll watch it again sometime now that the fervor has died down. I likes Outlaw Star the most out of the shows that came out on CN at the time, OS sadly didn't get nearly as many fans, but maybe thats a good thing, because they didn't run it into the ground. Since you like these titles I recommend Space Adventure Cobra (TV) and Crusher Joe (Movie + OVA), Cobra is only available through fansubs, but Crusher Joe was on DVD in the US. Crusher Joe sadly went out of Print 2 years ago, but you may still be able to find a copy, it contains the Movie and both OVA episodes, its a real bargain.

I want to see Yu Yu Hakusho, it came on CN just after I moved to Switzerland, and I never got a chance to see it. I really need to get the DVDs I suppose, but its pretty expensive for a show I'm not even sure I'll like.

Robotech is a classic, I prefer the original shows, but I can't deny it did help the anime industry grow by leaps and bounds. I have the original Macross Boxset and Mospeada Boxset, I still need to pick up Southern Cross, but for some reason I always put it off. You may want to check out Armored Trooper VOTOMs, it really is the #2 most popular mecha series after Gundam, with several OVA series over the last 25 years or so. VOTOMs is abit slower paced at first, but its an awesome show.

Some other shows you may appreciate include Rose Of Versailles, a show about a strong willed noblewoman who becomes chief royal guard to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. It explores the time before and during the French Revolution. Though embellished here and there, it does adhere to history quite a bit and is a very interesting story.

Another great show is Legend Of The Galactic Heroes, possibly the most epic space opera I've ever seen. Focusing more on strategy and politics, rather than just big space battles, but still very impressive. The cast his huge and the scale of the show matches it.

[stsparky]

Classic - Lum-chan & Dirty Pair.

[Daishikaze]

Classic - Lum-chan & Dirty Pair.

oh definitely.

[Scafl]

Pretty good list, its unusual to see anyone praising classics like Astro Boy, Harlock and Hokuto No Ken.
I hate how underrated Astro Boy is outside of Japan. I ask so called "anime" fans if they've seen any incarnation of it other than that 2003 travesty, and they always say no. BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE THEY'VE SEEN NARUTO. FUUUUUUUUUUCK

Dragon Ball Z has probably the stupidest fanbase in existence, which really is quite a shame because I can't love a really good show because of the raving fanatic losers in middle to high school that made the show look like a joke years and years ago.

A few days ago I saw this cool (rofl), gangsta guy at school wearing an Autobots belt buckle, and yet I can't wear a Capsule Corp. shirt (with a small DBZ logo on the back) to the mall without getting shit flung at me, even though they're both Japanese and are both pretty old. Too bad Dragon Ball wasn't picked up sooner in America, it would probably be considered "retro" by now.

Everything from Leiji Matsumoto is amazing. I haven't had a chance to watch any of his stuff in Japanese, though. I gave Cowboy Bebop and FotNS a chance and liked them, so I'll probably like Matsumoto's work too.

War in the Pocket is good, but I'll always like Zeta Gundam the most. Also, I think I should mention that I enjoyed G Gundam. Horrible characters and settings but it had amazing music and great fights. If they combined the great characters of Zeta Gundam and the amazing action of G Gundam, it would probably be hands down the best Gundam series of all.

I never even knew FotNS had filler. :eyepop: The only mangas I've read are Dragon Ball, DBZ, Naruto, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, so I wouldn't have known. I thought it was an incredibly well paced show, perfect length too. Also, I saw the DiC version of Saint Seiya a long time ago and thought it was fucking horrible. I'll give the Japanese version a try.

Cowboy Bebop, like DBZ, has a a really awful fanbase, although Cowboy Bebop fans weren't as faggy back in the day so it's cool because I can get away with wearing a Cowboy Bebop t-shirt. Because Cowboy Bebop is pretty obscure as far as jock moron knowledge can tell. But anyway, yeah I agree about it getting run into the ground. I don't know why it has to happen to the best shit. I'm glad Matsumoto and Outlaw Star aren't furiously jerked off to. As for Crusher Joe, I got that a year ago for cheap somewhere, but never got around to watching the two OVA episodes. The movie is pretty good though.

I would wait to get any YuYu sets, because I know FUNimation is going to pull a DBZ and release new re-mastered sets for it, because it's a pretty popular show and is also similar in a few ways. Even if they crop it like with the new DBZ sets I'll still probably get the YuYu equivalent if they come out. And a question, What's the DVD situation in Switzerland? Do FUNimation and other American companies release shit over there or do you just order your DVDs online or what?

The various Macross series are great too, but I'm biased because I saw Robotech first. I should get those sets you have/want though.

Space Adventure Cobra, Armored Trooper VOTOMs, Rose Of Versailles, and especially Legend Of The Galactic Heroes all sound really cool. I'd say you have pretty good taste in anime from what I've read, so these are probably quality suggestions coming from someone who knows what he's talking about.

[blank slate]

I have to agree with Comazon, Last Exile is definitely a good show. I have the boxed set, and love it. I'm about to view Yugo the Negotiator during my Spring Break. I'll let you all know how that one turns out.

Other good series are Full Metal Panic, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu?, Trigun. I also recommend you watch The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star.

[Comazon]

Didn't like Full Metal Panic The Second Raid (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4449)? :confused:

(It was personally my favorite of the 3 seasons.)

In either case, Full Metal Panic is an awesome series to be sure. :D

[Daishikaze]

I hate how underrated Astro Boy is outside of Japan. I ask so called "anime" fans if they've seen any incarnation of it other than that 2003 travesty, and they always say no. BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE THEY'VE SEEN NARUTO. FUUUUUUUUUUCK

Dragon Ball Z has probably the stupidest fanbase in existence, which really is quite a shame because I can't love a really good show because of the raving fanatic losers in middle to high school that made the show look like a joke years and years ago.

A few days ago I saw this cool (rofl), gangsta guy at school wearing an Autobots belt buckle, and yet I can't wear a Capsule Corp. shirt (with a small DBZ logo on the back) to the mall without getting shit flung at me, even though they're both Japanese and are both pretty old. Too bad Dragon Ball wasn't picked up sooner in America, it would probably be considered "retro" by now.

Everything from Leiji Matsumoto is amazing. I haven't had a chance to watch any of his stuff in Japanese, though. I gave Cowboy Bebop and FotNS a chance and liked them, so I'll probably like Matsumoto's work too.

War in the Pocket is good, but I'll always like Zeta Gundam the most. Also, I think I should mention that I enjoyed G Gundam. Horrible characters and settings but it had amazing music and great fights. If they combined the great characters of Zeta Gundam and the amazing action of G Gundam, it would probably be hands down the best Gundam series of all.

I never even knew FotNS had filler. :eyepop: The only mangas I've read are Dragon Ball, DBZ, Naruto, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, so I wouldn't have known. I thought it was an incredibly well paced show, perfect length too. Also, I saw the DiC version of Saint Seiya a long time ago and thought it was fucking horrible. I'll give the Japanese version a try.

Cowboy Bebop, like DBZ, has a a really awful fanbase, although Cowboy Bebop fans weren't as faggy back in the day so it's cool because I can get away with wearing a Cowboy Bebop t-shirt. Because Cowboy Bebop is pretty obscure as far as jock moron knowledge can tell. But anyway, yeah I agree about it getting run into the ground. I don't know why it has to happen to the best shit. I'm glad Matsumoto and Outlaw Star aren't furiously jerked off to. As for Crusher Joe, I got that a year ago for cheap somewhere, but never got around to watching the two OVA episodes. The movie is pretty good though.

I would wait to get any YuYu sets, because I know FUNimation is going to pull a DBZ and release new re-mastered sets for it, because it's a pretty popular show and is also similar in a few ways. Even if they crop it like with the new DBZ sets I'll still probably get the YuYu equivalent if they come out. And a question, What's the DVD situation in Switzerland? Do FUNimation and other American companies release shit over there or do you just order your DVDs online or what?

The various Macross series are great too, but I'm biased because I saw Robotech first. I should get those sets you have/want though.

Space Adventure Cobra, Armored Trooper VOTOMs, Rose Of Versailles, and especially Legend Of The Galactic Heroes all sound really cool. I'd say you have pretty good taste in anime from what I've read, so these are probably quality suggestions coming from someone who knows what he's talking about.


Anime in Switzerland is a rare commodity. at least in the German speaking areas. I know ADV and Manga Ent. have a presence in Europe, but I don't Buy European releases, I have a good online supplier of US releases. I think the Italian and French speaking areas have more appreciation of anime, but then again Italian and French tv stations have been showing many classic anime shows for decades. Its too bad that I don't speak or read French or Italian, as there are plenty of classic shows on DVD, I believe all Of Leiji Matsumoto's shows are all available. I'm almost tempted to say "fuck it" and try and stumble through them with french subtitles.

Fist Of The North star is a fairly long show for most people, 109 eps for the first series, 43 for the second. There was bound to be some filler, but it wasn't really annoying IMO, The enemies had a purpose, not just stretching time. Some of them were pretty weird, but nothing really detrimental to the series as a whole If you ask me.

I've really enjoyed what I've seen from Saint Seiya, I think FoTNS is a better show, but Seiya has some really cool characters too.

My comment about 0080 was alluding to the fact that it really hammered home the overall message of Gundam very effectively despite being only 6 episodes. Victory Gundam might be right up your street too, its got a similar dark tone to Zeta.

I know what you mean about the Cartoon double standard, Transformers and G.I.Joe are given high praise and respect, but gods help you of you are a FoTNS or Gundam (or any other anime)fan. You just get lumped together with the loonies who go to school with their Naruto uniform on, or dress up as their favorite anime character to go pick up their reserved Manga at Barnes and Nobles or something.

I'm glad someone appreciates my taste in anime, usually people say my tastes are too archaic.

[blank slate]

Didn't like Full Metal Panic The Second Raid (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4449)? :confused:

(It was personally my favorite of the 3 seasons.)

In either case, Full Metal Panic is an awesome series to be sure. :DI actually haven't had a chance to watch The Second Raid. I'm waiting for the boxed set to come out in May of this year so I can get them all in one shot, rather than having to collect it dvd by dvd as I did with the first two.

[Scarabomb]

I downloaded all of FMP: SS.

It's....okay.... I have all of the first one but I still have yet to see Fumofu.

Another Mech anime that has reached my Top favs (I didn't list it though even though it's definitely one of my favorites) is RahXephon.

After I saw NGE and the two movies...I must say the only thing impressive of that anime was the action animation. The storyline was way too emo for my taste. Some call it the series of genius, I say it was over hyped. The last move was way under impressive. Maybe I'm just no sophisticated enough to comprehend it's extreme artistic value and it's themes but...well... yeah, I wasn't impressed.

To further hype RahXephon, there weren't too many confusing elements, I liked the story, the love story AND I also loved the animation. It was clean, cut and clear. I ended up buying this series because I liked it so much.

[Micah the Great]

I'm not gonna go through and explain each one, but to me these are some of the best, most well-rounded classic anime series that you HAVE to watch. IMO of course. If you just google the name with "review" there's plenty of sites that come up with good reviews to help you figure out if it's interesting or not.

(some have already been mentioned)

*Cowboy Bebop
*Trigun
*Vision of Escaflowne
*Great Teacher Onizuka
*Neon Genesis Evangelion
*Rurouni Kenshin
*Yu Yu Hakusho
*Full Metal Alchemist
*Outlaw Star
*FLCL
*Hunter X Hunter

(other good ones definitely worth mention)

*Samurai Champloo
*GetBackers
*Hajime no Ippo
*Gungrave
*Berserk
*Hellsing
*Death Note
*Mushishi

As for gundam, i think 8th MS Team was one of my favorites. G Gundam was also a fun watch.

And i also think those infinity animes (Dragonball/Z/GT, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) are all worth watching and are actually really good shows... despite the sometimes contrary belief. You just need a LOT of spare time to watch them.

That should be plenty of names to keep you busy.

[Everdarke]

My anime top 1 is:
One Piece
Claymore
Welcome to NHK!
Seto no Hanayome
Hellsing Ultimate
Eureka 7
Code Geass
12 Kingdoms
Hajime no Ippo
Great Teacher Onizuka

[Masa the Masta]

Fail. No one's mentioned Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Fucking epic shit, especially if you love super robot series.

[stsparky]

UFO Baseball Shogunate?

[Mastiker]

You know what I've been wanting to watch for the longest time?

Record of Lodoss War. I haven't seen that in YEARS.

[Daishikaze]

Fail. No one's mentioned Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Fucking epic shit, especially if you love super robot series.

I love super robot shows, But I hate GAINAX except for Daicon III & IV, Gunbuster (original), and Nadia. And Perhaps Wings of Honiomise or however its spelled

[blank slate]

I downloaded all of FMP: SS.

It's....okay.... I have all of the first one but I still have yet to see Fumofu.

Another Mech anime that has reached my Top favs (I didn't list it though even though it's definitely one of my favorites) is RahXephon.

After I saw NGE and the two movies...I must say the only thing impressive of that anime was the action animation. The storyline was way too emo for my taste. Some call it the series of genius, I say it was over hyped. The last move was way under impressive. Maybe I'm just no sophisticated enough to comprehend it's extreme artistic value and it's themes but...well... yeah, I wasn't impressed.

To further hype RahXephon, there weren't too many confusing elements, I liked the story, the love story AND I also loved the animation. It was clean, cut and clear. I ended up buying this series because I liked it so much.I didn't like rahxephon. It was just as confusing, if not more so than Evangelion.

[Micah the Great]

You know what I've been wanting to watch for the longest time?

Record of Lodoss War. I haven't seen that in YEARS.
The OVA or the TV series... I like the OVA a lot. But the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight TV series was good... but got a little monotonous.

As for RahXephon. My biggest problem with RahXephon was how good it could have been. AHHHH, it pissed me off! It could have been a freaking amazing series, but every time i thought they were about to tie up a loose end, or connect two plots points, or rationalize why a certain character is even being in the show....... they DIDN'T. It was enjoyable tho.... and the ending was pretty good.

[Digital Masta]

I didn't like rahxephon. It was just as confusing, if not more so than Evangelion.

More confusing than EVA? HA! That's impossible, EVA required re-made ending episodes and an ending special to fix that mindfuck.

Gainax fell off the wagon hardcore after EVA. Although Gurren Lagann was sweet.

[Scarabomb]

More confusing than EVA? HA! That's impossible, EVA required re-made ending episodes and an ending special to fix that mindfuck.

Gainax fell off the wagon hardcore after EVA. Although Gurren Lagann was sweet.
Honestly, I don't think the ending to EVA was much of an ending. It was the producer's (or director or art director or whomever) way of creating "sophisticated, mind-boggling scenes" that would show the genius of the show (I think I've stated this already).

Like I said, I absolutely loved Eva's Action scenes but when it came to the storyline and the ending? I was very disappointed. I assume that the show was just talking about the end of the world and events leading up to it but that's all I got from it.

[Micah the Great]

^ Are you talking about episodes 25-26, or the End of Evangelion?

The end was the best part. You just have to.... uh.. re-re-re-re-watch it to completely (or almost at all) make sense. Best anime i've ever seen. But if you didn't really get into the story or like the rest of the anime, you're not gonna care about the ending. I can totally see why some people didn't like it or thought it was stupid.

[Digital Masta]

^ Are you talking about episodes 25-26, or the End of Evangelion?

The end was the best part. You just have to.... uh.. re-re-re-re-watch it to completely (or almost at all) make sense. Best anime i've ever seen. But if you didn't really get into the story or like the rest of the anime, you're not gonna care about the ending. I can totally see why some people didn't like it or thought it was stupid.


If the story requires that you have to watch it over and over again to understand then the story was a failure.

It's one thing to have a story that makes the viewer think and question things and it's even alright to leave something open ended (sometimes) but that series was just all over the damn place.

[Everdarke]

Fail. No one's mentioned Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Fucking epic shit, especially if you love super robot series.
OH SHI- I totally forgot about that one! TTGL was also awesome! That one is my #3.5 in my top 10.

[blank slate]

More confusing than EVA? HA! That's impossible, EVA required re-made ending episodes and an ending special to fix that mindfuck.

Gainax fell off the wagon hardcore after EVA. Although Gurren Lagann was sweet.Yeah, but it's just about the only thing I could compare it to in terms of how confused I was. They were both just 26 episodes of WTF?

[Everdarke]

I just finished watching Baccano! and it was fucking awesome! I highly recommend it for you guys. Baccano! is a supernatural, mafia, mystery series. I give it full 10 points!

[Micah the Great]

So Joey, did you end up watching anything yet?

[Everdarke]

I just watched Paradise Kiss which was an ok series. After that I watched Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and Kai too, which were awesome beyond comprehension. Can't wait for season 3! Currently I'm watching Gilgamesh.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

JUST started to re-watch Great Teacher Onizuka.
I still find it hilarious.

I'm still laughing because of Golden Boy!

[akitaka]

Hur...GTO as okay, not sure about GB, and well, it's been forever since I've seen any anime for that matter.

Still, I tend to enjoy the ishinomori shotaro remakes (skullman's pretty sweet), anything with conspiracy/twists (GITS and Ergo Proxy-like), or stuff that just doesn't make any fucking sense. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=sA4djyvHc_U&feature=related)

[Digital Masta]

The Cromartie HS dub is win.

[NBL]

I swore I'd never watch another anime after Neon Genesis Evangelion screwed with my head for weeks in highschool.

And today my mates caught me drinking and watching Petite Princess Yucie on the couch in my boxers. How terribly manly. *shoots self*

[Mastiker]

I was offered a chance to go to an anime convention for free. All I had to do was cosplay.

I said yes initially, but then I realized I didn't like the idea of cosplay too much, nevermind the fact that I would be cosplaying a character I don't like.

Other factors too, but whatever. =P

[Everdarke]

Skullman was a great series, I just hope that they make season 2. Also I just finished Gilgamesh. It was a decent series, I'd give it 7/10 points.

[blank slate]

Yugo the Negotiator was a good show. The Pakistan story arc was much better, though. Just be prepared for some insane interrogation scenes. The only thing that bothered me was how quickly Yugo became so buddy buddy with the supposed bad guys in the Russian story arc. For a show that was trying to be as accurate as possible, it doesn't seem very realistic.

[Kusoyaro]

just finished ep 11 of Sayonara Zetsubou Sense/Zoku. After getting used to the ADHD plot, it's one of the funniest this year, as is Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Heroic Age is also pretty good, as was Le Chevalier D'Eon, which took some getting used to, since I generally dislike period settings. I'd downloaded Karas: The Prophecy a while back, watched it all last night, it was that good. Koutetsu Sangokushi was also pretty good, if you like myth-based series'.
But I'm surprised more people have mentioned Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The greatest tv ever, for me.

[Everdarke]

I just finished Requiem from the Darkness. It was quite good, though they should have made it a few episodes longer to get a bit more depth to the story.

[darighaz]

Code Geass. Best show i've ever seen. Season 2 coming very soon.

[Everdarke]

Oh yes. I'm waiting for S2 of CG with great expectations. S1 was awesome. Also I can't wait for Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni S3. Higurashi is one of the most awesome series around there!

[Mastiker]

Just began watching Blue Gender again for the first time in years.

<3

[Mechs]

Oh yes. I'm waiting for S2 of CG with great expectations. S1 was awesome. Also I can't wait for Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni S3. Higurashi is one of the most awesome series around there!

Theres going to be a season three? I thought they finished it with two?

Interesting :).

[Micah the Great]

Just began watching Blue Gender again for the first time in years.

<3
Ack. All i remember about this show was giant bugs and sucking plots (and characters).

[Scarabomb]

Ack. All i remember about this show was giant bugs and sucking plots (and characters).

Adult Swim called them giant bugs with giant Vaginas. I took a second look at the show and agreed

[Mastiker]

Ack. All i remember about this show was giant bugs and sucking plots (and characters).

I like the shitty plot, character, and bugs. I don't know why but Blue Gender holds a special place in my mind.

giant bugs with giant Vaginas.

[Comazon]

The recent anime season just ended, so here's what I finished watching (in no particular order).

Kimi​ ga​ Aruji​ de​ Shitsuji​ ga​ Ore ​de​ - They are my noble masters (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8151) (13 episodes)
This was a nice upbeat comedy. The comedy is somewhat original with lots of parodies. I personally enjoyed it. Moderately ecchi though.

Spice and Wolf (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8537)(13 episodes)
Solid plot and characters. I enjoyed the story a great deal (mercantilism ftw). I'd recommend it.

Rosario + Vampire (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8517) (13 episodes)
Ridiculously ecchi garbage. Characters are bad, but the plot is worse. Stay clear.

Shakugan no Shana Second (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7847)(24 episodes)
Started somewhat weak, but ended strong. It was a worthy sequel to the original, and is definitely worth a watch if you've seen the first one.

True Tears (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6257) (13 episodes)
Very awesome and tied for my favorite anime of the season. This is serious business, and I enjoyed it every step of the way.

Kimikiss (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8210)(24 episodes)
I'd say it was good, but barely. There was nothing noteworthy about it, and some of the characters near the end are bound to frustrate you. I'll admit it has decent drama.

Clannad (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7809) (24 episodes)
And this is my other favorite anime of the season. The people who brought you Air and Kanon did it again, creating a fantastic anime. I personally didn't find it to be as good as Air or Kanon, but the characters, comedy, and drama were all very well done. If you enjoyed Kanon, this is a must-watch.

Kekkaishi (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6806) (52 episodes)
The closest thing in this list that comes to action. It didn't have a moving plot, nor did it have phenomenal action scenes, but it was humorous, entertaining, and above all else, fun to watch.

H20 - Footprints in the Sand (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8786) (12 episodes)
Entertaining, though I wasn't particularly fond of the characters. That one filler episode in the middle needs to be wiped from the face of the earth... it was horrible.

---
I picked up Chrono Crusade and watched up to episode 7. I like the main characters and am enjoying the anime as a whole.

---
A new season of anime is upon us and I see nothing worth watching. Last season I picked up roughly 7 series, but this season I cant even name 5 series being released (and I'm only willing to watch maybe one of them).

Driest anime season ever. :gloomy:

[Mr. Toto]

So I've posted the exact same thing to like, two other boards, but whatevs, man. Basically: check this shit out

So, in an interesting strategy, the animation company Gonzo has decided to put legal subtitled episodes of two different shows on internet movie websites (Youtube, Crunchroll, and BOST TV) the exact same time they air in Japan. I checked one of them out, called the Tower of Druaga. It's based off of an ancient NES game, and the first episode is essentially a parody of anime and video game clichés. I don't know how the series will turn out, but the first episode itself had me dying. It's pretty damn hilarious. Take a look.

Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgQ6WJ8zhQ&fmt=18

[Comazon]

Cool idea on their part, and they did a much better job subbing it than I usually see from official companies. If they could learn to make some more money off of it, this could be the future for anime. :clap:

It's a shame it's all youtube-ish quality though. :gloomy:

[Mechs]

So I've posted the exact same thing to like, two other boards, but whatevs, man. Basically: check this shit out

So, in an interesting strategy, the animation company Gonzo has decided to put legal subtitled episodes of two different shows on internet movie websites (Youtube, Crunchroll, and BOST TV) the exact same time they air in Japan. I checked one of them out, called the Tower of Druaga. It's based off of an ancient NES game, and the first episode is essentially a parody of anime and video game clichés. I don't know how the series will turn out, but the first episode itself had me dying. It's pretty damn hilarious. Take a look.

Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgQ6WJ8zhQ&fmt=18

I liked it :D.

[blank slate]

Hey, Comazon. You do know you can click the link right beneath the video to watch it in higher quality, right? Also, you watch a lot of anime. Do you buy all of those, or you just watch them online somewhere?

[Comazon]

I download the majority of my anime off of torrents. It is that reason I can't stand youtube-ish quality (even on the higher quality setting), as torrents can provide far superior quality. For example, many episodes are released at a crisp 1280x720​ resolution, DVD quality, and even at Blu-Ray quality (though the last one is very rare atm). I would go more into detail, but there's a rule against that at OP9, so I'll leave it at that.

[Micah the Great]

It looks like Kusoyaro and Comazon mentioned a bunch of ones i haven't seen that look really interesting. I'm gonna check some of them out.

[darighaz]

Just watched Code Geass S2 first episode...

Worthy successor? Very yes.

[Comazon]

^ Arrowed for truth. :clap:

[Rear Admiral Grapefruit]

I've been watching bleach on and off and it's been a month or so atleast since i've seen any and I need to download more, i've no idea what episode i'm upto though to download.

Anyone know the episode number after Sado gets axed in the heuco mundo place and renji is fighting the guy but can't use bankai and i think ichigo had just started to fight with the weird arrancar after he told him he forced orihime to come with him etc.

Anyone know the episode number?

I can't waste time downloading loads of different ones to check, especially on my slow speed flat internet connection.

[shinobi_kokujin]

i didnt know that ninja gaiden had an anime. anyone happen to know where it can be ordered? amazon dont have it

[Comazon]

Anyone know the episode number?

I think it's 159, but I could be off by an episode.

[Rear Admiral Grapefruit]

Thanks, i'll start there.

[haterllnation]

i didnt know that ninja gaiden had an anime. anyone happen to know where it can be ordered? amazon dont have it

Same until I read your post about not knowing. I started looking. I cannot find where you can buy it either. However, I DID find where you can watch Ninja Gaiden OVA in four parts. It's in pretty good quality (not like that of Youtube) here (http://video.animeepisodes.net/category/Ninja+Gaiden+-+OVA+/0.htm).

[shinobi_kokujin]

cool thanx

[Comazon]

As I mentioned earlier, a new season began a few weeks ago. I just wanted to run through some of the series I checked out...

Code Geass R2 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9173)
Pretty awesome. If you liked Code Geass (and most people do), you'll want to watch this.

Da Capo II Second Season (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4711)
The first season of Da Capo II was fail, especially for focusing on the lamest characters. This season seems like a big improvement to me, but it's still nothing special. I recommend you see the original Da Capo before picking this up if you want to.

Kamen no Maid Guy (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8193)
When I saw the first episode I thought this was "funny stupid," but now after watching the fourth episode I'm finding this to be more-and-more stupid and less funny. It's also ecchi. I like the OP song though.

Kanokon (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9000)
Non-stop ecchi garbage. Do not watch.

Kurenai (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8518)
A good series. The characters are original and fun to watch. There's an action scene thrown in once-and-a-while, but it's definitely not the focus of the anime.

Macross Frontier (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8586)
Watch this series. The action scenes are good (though a little rare atm), the plot is solid, the characters are great, and this series has the most amazing voices I have ever heard in an anime. This has inspired me to watch the rest of the Macross series.

Special A (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8769)
Good. Most people can notice the similarity between this series and Ouran High School Host Club, but the humor isn't up to the same level. Nevertheless, it is entertaining and a fun watch.

To Heart 2 ~ Another Days (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9406)
Standard To Heart 2 fare. If you want to watch this, it's best if you watch To Heart 2 first (you don't need to see the original To Heart).

ToLoveRu (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9091)
A rip-off of the old classic Urusei Yatsura. ToLoveRu is near plot-less, and what little plot there is is pretty horrible. Also ecchi garbage.

Vampire Night (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9009)
Somewhat of a boring watch. Lots of talking, with little action or humor yet (I've seen the first two eps). Hopefully the story will start moving, but until then I can't really give my opinion on it.

Itazura na Kiss (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9193)
This series gives off an early 90's anime vibe (at least to me), even though it's drawn modernly. The storyline doesn't entice me, so I won't be watching past the first episode. Also, this anime seems shoujo-ish to me.

Nabari no Ou (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9102)
Meh. It's a bunch of modern-day school students fighting as ninjas. So far (first 4 eps) there's a good amount of fighting, but the fight scenes aren't anything special.


To sum it all up, Code Geass R2, Macross Frontier, and (maybe) Kurenai are the must-watch series of the season. Special A isn't bad either. Everything else is either "meh" or not worth your time.

---

I also finished watching a few things, and here they are...

Naruto Movie 4 (Shippuuden Movie 1) (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8017)
I never really cared for the Naruto movies, and I still don't. Everything progressed a little quickly, the main heroine wasn't likeable, the villain was standard, and the plot was typical. I'll admit I liked it more than the previous 2 movies, but that's because those two were absolutely horrible.

Clannad - The Movie (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6436)
Clannad was great, and this is pretty good too. The first two-thirds of the movie is a decent retelling of the anime series, but the last third treads new ground as it goes past the high school days. The shining point of this movie was the new plot, and I enjoyed that a lot.

Koharubiyori (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8195) (3 episode OVA)
Reminds me a lot of Mahoromatic, though not quite as funny (still humorous though). Really really ecchi.

[Juvenyle]

I've watched a lot of anime but these just stand out imo.

One Piece - people don't like the artwork but thats what makes it different and interesting
Major - Kind of repetitive but for some reason I can't stop watching it
Slam Dunk - Greatest sports anime imo
Ashita No Joe - If you like Hajimme No Ippo watch this and be amazed
Touch - Old but good
Samurai Champloo - didn't like cowboy bebop but this was awesome
Eyeshield 21 - football anime, even if you do not like football you will like this.
Yu Yu Hakusho - sub version is great Togashi is a genius.

[Mastiker]

I started watching Lupin the III again recently.

I'm on possibly the best titled episode in the whole series; "To Be or Nazi Be"

[stsparky]

^^Love the Lupin the 3rd but the whole Green vs Red is a total WTF.

Am watching the odd 13 or so Gokusen anime that you can get on Veoh - I actually managed to buy the whole set for about $15 as to not be a total bad guy from either a closing SunCoast or Borders store. Picked up two Gunslinger Girl anime DVDs but haven't watched them.

[Daishikaze]

Lets see,

I still haven't finished everything I started recently, but not because their bad, just because I seem to have bombarded myself with too much stuff.

here are some more shows to add that I am watching or finished or plan to watch:

009-1 (2006): A super spy series from the mind of Shotaro Ishinomori. Its based off of his classic manga that appeared in the same Seinen anthology that Lupin III and Lone Wolf and Cub were published in back in 1967. Think classic Connery era James Bond, except the main character is a woman and she's a cyborg. Despite some ehem....strategically placed guns built into her body (You connect the dots), which put alot of people off without actually seeing the show. its a fairly hard-boiled spy story. I definately recommend it to anyone who likes classic James Bond

New Getter Robo (2004): A revamped version of one of the classic Go Nagai Manga/anime that I grew up with. Needless to say as a guy that was raised on Super Robot shows, I love this one. It tends to jump around alot, it probably could have been a bit longer to flesh everything out, but I think they did a great job with the limited time they had to tell everything. If you love super robots, don't hesitate to get this if you can find it.

Romance of The Three Kingdoms (1991): A series based off of the Manga Adaptation of one of the four great classics of Chinese Literature. The Manga Adaptation was one of the life works ( the other being his adaptation of another Chinese classic, Outlaws of The Marsh) of one of the greatest Mangaka's to ever live, Mr. Mitsuteru Yokoyama. I've read this book, and I look forward to Yokoyama-sensei's anime adaptation, because I love this story. If you like classic chinese literature, or just anime set in Medieval China, this is a must see I guarantee it.


Yakitate! Japan (2005) A Shonen adventure show about baking bread. Thats it in a nutshell, but its very funny. This could be my Urusei Yatsura or Irresponsible Captain Tylor of the New Millenium. Looking for a good laugh, check this out. Warning though, it is very uniquely Japanese, hence why it will never be licensed.


Air Master (2003): A rather unique shonen action series that is centered around a woman that isn't a walking pair of Tits. No, Air Master is about a former Gymnist that only feels alive when she is fighting. She becomes a street fighter who takes all challengers, and she is nicknamed The Air Master because of her highflying, death defying moves and her ability to control her body movement in the air. A cool show that also makes fun of the whole Moe thing with characters like Renge and Mina. This was released by TOEI in the US, but is now out of print because they did such a bad job promoting it and used substandard translations and prints. DL it if you want to see what shows like Ikki Tousen and Tenjo Tenge wish they could be, but never will be.


Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978): The series that started it all for Harlock fans. A Magnificent space opera, nothing I can say will do it justice. Its a Leiji Matsumoto classic, and a must see for any sci-fi fan.


Choudenji Machine Voltes V (1977) and Muteki Choujin Zanbot 3 (1977): Two of the early classic super robot shows from the then fledging studio Sunrise. Classics in their genre in every sense of the word, and perhaps alittle better than their TOEI counterparts in terms of plot. Voltes V is very popular is many countries in Asia and south america, Not too sure how famous Zanbot 3 is. Anyways, fans of 70s super robots should check them out, especially Yoshiyuki Tomino fans.


Hakaba Kitaro (2007): Ge Ge Ge No Kitarou is one of the staples of the Japanese fandom, with a series made in every decade since the mid 1960s. Hakaba Kitaro is a faithful adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's original manga, and its cool, but very weird. If you like ghost stories and Japanese folklore, this is a must see.

Ring Ni Kakero (Bet It All In The Ring) (2004): An anime adaptation of Masami Kurumada's longest manga series, Ring Ni Kakero, which ran from 1977 to 1983. Its a Boxing anime like Ashita No Joe or Hajime No Ippo, but with that trademark Kurumada flare. Where as those shows were more realistic, RNK takes a more over the top route, similar to Kurumada's other manga like Saint Seiya and B'tx. This could work in its favor here in the US if anyone took the chance to license it because the thing that kept people away from the other two was that they were strictly Boxing, no fantastical special moves and what not. RNK has that, as well as plenty of Bishounen characters, which would certainly attract the fangirls. And its Badass nature would certainly attract the Shounen fighting crowd. Someone needs to pick this up, its only 24 episodes so far (no idea if there will be more seasons), so it wouldn't put that much of a dent in the licenser's wallet. Sadly I think the failure of Ippo will keep this from ever getting licensed.

Tetsujin 28 (2004): A remake of the classic 60s series that helped star America's anime fandom (known as Gigantor in the US). This is the most faithful adaptation of the Late Yokoyama Mitsuteru's most famous work. It stays true to the manga both in story and in style, with the original character designs and everything. This may be off putting to those that can't stand old anime, but the animation itself is rather stunning, one of the best shows of the century so far. This was released by GENEON in 2005, is OOP now, but you should still be able to find it, since it really went under the fandom's radar.

Kotetsushin Jeeg (2007): More of a sequel than a remake of Go Nagai's classic Kotetsujin Jeeg, so far its holding up pretty damn well to my scrutiny. A return to basic Super Robot ass kicking, just what the Mecha genre needed IMO. Fun story, cool mech designs, and lots of action. Torrents available

Future Police Urashiman (1983): A lost classic from Tatsunoko Pro., a fun little story about a man who timeslips to the future by accident and gains super powers in the process. He gets targeted by the Necrime Syndicate, and headhunted by a special Police force who fights against Necrime, Wacky Hijinks ensue. Tons of fun to be had here. Torrents available from anime-classics, they only have 7 more eps to sub and it will be complete.


There are more but thats enough for now I think

[Mastiker]

I just bought the entire Record of Lodoss War collection. I didn't want to spend the money, but I really loved the anime when I first saw it. Also, it is nearly impossible to find a torrent of it, and everything I watch on youtube/veoh/megavideo is crappy. So... I'm gonna go enjoy Lodoss!

[h2orowe]

I just finished Code Geass. Had a marathon today since my plans fell through. I watched R2 episodes 16-25. :cool:

I have to say, this is probably my favorite anime of all time now. I fucking cried a couple of times. Very well written. At times, it reminded me of Macbeth with Mechs. Mechbeth.

[mugen]

Code Geass certainly was a good anime. I didn't enjoy season 2 as much as season 1, but the last couple of episodes did make a lot up (although it was a bit predictable).

I'm really looking forward to the new season of my favorite anime, full metal alchemist, which will start airing April 5th.

[blank slate]

I'm currently enjoying Code Geass R2. I'm watching online over at adultswim.com, which kind of screwed the pooch by not putting up new episodes for about a month. I'm definitely going to have to buy it when it comes out on DVD and watch it again.

I also just got Samurai 7 on Blu-Ray in the mail from Amazon. I'm gonna wait another day or two for Spring Break to start so I can really enjoy it, and not have to worry about school work.

[Raenir Salazar]

DISCLAIMER*****

I have some peculiar habits when it comes to picking anime to watch developed after a few years of developing Otakudom; to me there "Is No Bad Anime", only anime that is of low priority to watch. I generally feel that even if a show is bad, badly written, badly paced, badly acted whatever or even if the premise may or may not up to snuff if there's even one thing remotely redeeming about it I will probably at some point watch it just to complete my experience because you never know.

To elaborate I watch things in roughly this order: By Studio, By Voice Actor/Actress, By Trope, By Genre, By Writer, By Suggestion.

Roughly that order. Studios whose shows I almost always watch are: Studio Shaft in first place, followed by Ghibli, followed by 4 Degress Celcius. And while I haven't watch most of Gainax I do know Gainax is pretty good and will get to it eventually.

Voice Talent: Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya), Rie Kugimya (Anything thats flat chested tsundere character), Yuko Goto ("Hi my name is Kate, I'm from CANADA-DESKAR!" She's so loveably Canadian in that role), Minori Chihara (Nagato Yuki, Haruhi Suzumiya), Aoi Yuki (Victorique Debloise, Gosick), Sugita (Kyon, Haruhi Suzumiya), Daisuke Ono (Koizumi, Haruhi Suzumiya), Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch, Code Geass), Mamaru Miyano (Light Yogami, Houin Kyouma, Death Note, Steins;Gate).

There's probably others who I recognize by voice "Hey, its that voice!" but the above are the ones who I tend to find different animes they're in just to see them in different roles.

Tropes, Urg, not in any particular order but tropes I like: Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Functional Magic, Space Opera, Yuri, Absurdly Powerful Student Council, Surprisingly Good English, Moe, Bad Ass Adorable, What Do You Mean its Not Awesome?!, Crazy Awesome, Anyone Can Die, Art Shift/Medium Blending (Looking at You Shaft), Art Style Dissonance (Shaft...), Ascetic Aesthetic when combined with Bizarrchitecture, Awful Truth, Ax Crazy particularly when it overlaps with Yandere, Tsundere, heck the whole "dere" spectrum in general, Xanatos Gambit, Batman Gambit, Xanatos Speed chess, Xanatos Roulette, Becoming Hope, Bittersweet Ending, Black And White Magic (and magic tropes in general), Magical Girl, Break the Cutie, Combat Pragmatist, Guile Hero, Cosmic Horror Story, Deal With The Devil, Decon Recon Switch, Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs (only way to tell them apart sometimes), Expy, Eyes of Gold, Red Eyes Take Warning, Failure Is The Only Option, Fanservice (when it ain't egregious), Foreshadowing (yummy are animes that have well planned out stories and hint at it early on), Myth Arc, Girls With Guns, Groundhog Day Loop, Save Scumming, Guns Akimbo/Gun Kata, Heroic Sacrifice, he Who Fights Monsters, The Nth Doctor, From Nobody to Nightmare, Kill Them All, etc, etc etc.

Fact is once you go down the Tv Tropes rabbit hole you cannot escape.

www.tvtropes.org <-------- Do not click this link! /SmuckBait

Currently Watching Spring/Winter 2011:

Nichijou: 4-koma slice of life, moe, nonsensical slide of life: Uhm, what I call a "tag based anime" where the tags pretty much sum it up. Seems pretty funny if you're into Japanese WJT ('Widget': Weird Japanese Thing) shows this is pretty good.

Gambling Survivor Kaiji: Character's singular quality is that when absolutely everything is stacked against him he comes out and finds a way to out cheat the other guy but only after losing almost-everything right before then. Same guy as Akagi.

Blue Exorcist: Shonen; same voice actor as Accelerator from Toaru Majutsu Index, seems like pretty good shonen, kid is actually a demon and the son of satan and uses his powers in a faustian rebellion to fight demons (or is it devils?) from hell.

A-Channel: Yuri, Slice of Life, 4-koma anime, moe, Seinfieldian Conversations; Kinda like what happens if you take Lucky Star and K-on! and they had a baby. The first scene of Tooru waving around a baseball bat to fend off some male classmates was hilariously awesome. Random conversations and non sequiters, pretty funny. Aoi Yuki (Victorique from Gosick, really shows up here; also Madoka from Madoka Magica) voices Tooru.

I'ld say if you've never seen a slice of life 4-koma anime before where there's not plot and just random funny conversations give this a look as it does seem refreshingly written and pretty much nails down the Four Girl temperaments ensemble.

*I* like it, but then again I keep seeing Tooru as basically a baseball bat Yuki Nagato expy that throws me off.

Yoko Goto (Mikuru from SOS-dan), Daisuke Ono (Koizumi, SOS-dan) also play some interesting roles as poetry loving eccentric teacher and fairly creepy health doctor guy respectively. Which I find hilarious considering the Haruhi Suzumiya Abridged series on youtube that implies/outright states Koizumi is a pedophile aaaaaaaaaaaand here we have Koizumi's voice actor playing the role! Symmetry! Hilarious in Hindsight!

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa mada Shiranai or otherwise known as "We still don't fucking know the name of this anime last summer"; bittersweet story about a group of estranged childhood friends trying to fufill a promise to their dead female ghost friend who mysteriously appeared before the protagonist (and thus far only he can see her). Otherwise the only anime where the girls childish moe moanings is justified.

Hmm, worth a look, I'm a sucker for bittersweet animes, this will probably make me cry and come a little close to home for me.

C The Money of Soul and Possibility Control: Sadly *not* anything like Spice and Wolf and seems to be a shonen "mons" anime with money and macroeconomics themes abilities and attacks but does seem to have a interesting plot showing itself, and yay plot! I'll forgive generic shonen sameyness if the plot is good enough.

Worth a look.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko: Shaft, moe, harem, Studio Shaft, aliens...? Maybe?, slice of life, mindscrewy com-oh come on its Studio Shaft, that alone should tip you off!!!

Pretty much comes down to, do you, or do you not, like Shaft? Guy moves to countryside because parents are overseas, meets a cast of eccentric female characters. In a shocking twist of fate, deadpan snarker protagonist yelling at the absurdies around him is *not* played by Hiroshi Kamiya, this is blasphemy.

Skip if you generally don't like Shaft enough to overcome a dislike of moe comedies.

Moshidora: Uhm, really long title, I'm shortening it, basically about a highschool girl using Drucker's "Management" help guide to managing a baseball team. Seems interesting, worth a look.

Summoning You, Mr Azazel: Uh, kinda like South Park humor with demons? I think its skipable but the episodes are only 10 minutes long and its not too often you get to see Japanese toiler humor in anime so sure, why not. At least its censored.

Hidan no Aria: Rie Kugimiya voice acting a flat chested tsundere, dare you even ask? Oh, with dual wielding guns and katana. Kinda reminds me of a lighter and softer Black Lagoon. Gives me my Rie fix with a side helping of gunkata.

Steins;Gate: Same makers as Chaos;Head different story. All I need to say is that It is an anime version of Primer and the titular mad scientist is voiced by "Death Note Light Yogami" Mamaru Miyano. He's hilarious, if there weren't a plot I'ld STILL watch if it was just 24 minutes of Mamaru ranting at random passerbys.

Dragon Crisis: Dragons, Supernatural, Conspiracy, Hiroshi Kamiya; Wait what, Rie Kugimiya in a *non* Tsundere role? In fact it's the "Anti-Tsundere" and is just FULL ON Dere NON STOP!? I'm watching this to see this 9th Wonder.

That the Dragons are actually for one glaring exception based on Dungeons and Dragons Chromatic dragons and abilities is what's interesting. The plot is a little weak assuming its only 13 episodes, but if it gets a second season so it can expand its story potential its interesting.

Give it a look.

Battle Girls Time Paradox: Time travel/trapped in another world, reverse yuri harem, historicalish, genderflip; Kinda like Sengoku Basara but with only females, girl is trapped in an alternate past of Japan and needs to help oda Nobunaga recovered the magical McGuffin Armor to return home.

Girls "nickname" is Hideyoshi.....

Lighter and Soften Japanese history 101 it seems, actually does an impressive job with the parallelisms and even at the end of each history "corrects" the history shown by informing the viewer via dialogue of what actually happened that episode in real life. Props to I think accurately capturing Akechi Mitsuhide's frustration with Nobunaga.

Would be forgetable without the parallelisms, Oda's stripperific battleoutfit pisses me off to no end, I *hate* dem' chainmail bikini's found on female characters in these kinds of stories. Everyone else in the story though seem more practically dressed which is strange.

Deadman Wonderland: based on a fairly gory manga, seinen, involves lots of fighting between people with blood based superpowers in a privatized amusement park. Probably an accurate argument against Libertarianism.



Currently Watching Older than 2011:

[I currently watch shows in this fashion, I watch an episode of series 1, and then swap to series 2 and back and forth so I usually watch several all at once; or I watch all of one series and then swap half way through to something else, or watch a short series and then when finished swap to a new one]

Spice and Wolf II: Economics 101, Supernatural: Kinda like what if Miyazaki made a film with an older female protagonist. I love it, Holo is strong, willful, mischievous, cunning and self confident bordering on http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-smug.gif

Basically interpred merchant Lawrence meets up with local wise pagan Wolf-deity 'Holo' who offers her skills as an expert on reading people to help him make money if he accompanies her on their travels north back to her homeland.

Best, wittiest banter ever, Joss Whedon would be floored. Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch zi Brittannia in Code Geass) plays Lawrence.

Legend of Galactic Heroes: Kinda like Romance of the Three Kingdoms inter personal rivalry between brilliant generals but played in a space opera setting with battles fought with ridiculous numbers of ships. 219 episodes, I haven't fully started on it yet, I'm not much of a fan of the retro uberrealistic anime art style but I'm working on it.

Crest of the Stars: (Saga of the Stars I think?) Space Opera, Space Elves vs Terrans, we get to see the conflict from the eyes of a Human noble in the Abh Empire (the titular space elves) and the Abh royal family. Pretty good, not much action though, very much a talkie talkie show.

Maria Holic: Shaft, parody of girls love harem anime. Pretty funny.

B Gata H Kei: Ecchi comedy, girl wants a sex friend, picks the most average looking guy she can, but very nervous and shy so hilarity ensures. See above Disclaimer.

Eden of the East: Conspiracy, contemporary social commentary, Surprisingly Good English; seriously its worth watching just for the stuff they get right in terms of English speaking and correct DC and New York land marks.

Gives me "Liar Game" vibes, basically 13 people are given a billion dollars and can do whatever they want for it as long as it will somehow in the end "Save Japan" (from its social and economic slump? They seem kinda harsh on NEETs in this series/movies) with the catch that if you spend egregiously and arent doing your 'mission' you'll be killed and if someone else 'wins' and saves Japan everyone else gets eliminated.

Interesting series.

Hunter x Hunter: Shonen, seems intelligently written and better paced/thought through than Bleach, but I don't dislike Bleach, I just like something "better" to contrast with, but unsure, still too early to call.

Kanamemo: Yuri, Rie Kugimiya, Slice of Life: Girl's grandmother and sole guardian passes away, mistakes some movers as debt collectors who are going to kidnap her, runs away and signs up to work with a newspaper delivery distributor thing that seems to only staffed by young women. Holy shit wtf it had a Disney esque "musical" in the middle of an episode, that you just don't forget, I generally don't like musicals in disney films unless they're really good this almost NEVER happens in anime so I'm giving it a pass.

Mayoi Neko Overrun!: Catgirl, moe, tsundere, maybe Rie? I forget; students run a pastry shop part time, catgirl shows up during the rain, hilarity ensues, slice of life. Fairly touching story, will finish eventually but its otherwise skippable.

Mahou Shojou Lyrical Nanoha (StrikerZ): Magical Girl, Shonen!, Mecha Tropes: Finished the original and A's already; 'Moe Bad Ass' anime, young girls kicking ass is always fun, I pretty much understand Joss Whedons mindset with this.

Basically instead of the usual angsty magical girl fair that preceded this, Nanoha was different in that its actually aimed at 18 year to 35 year old males and features strong confident heroins who embrace their new responsibilities and make responsible decisions well into adulthood.

Naru Taru: Cosmic Horror, "Mons", Deconstruction; deconstruction of 'mons' anime of what happens you give small powerful aliens as pets to dysfunctional children.

Princess Tutu: Magical girl, ballet, electric guitar swords & ninjas, fairy tale; nuff said.

Watched Series, Reviews and Impressions: TBA.

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Please contribute your thoughts to anything above, or reccomendations you yourself may offer, doesn't have to be on the list and talk about whatever anime you can think of.

As per the disclaimer above I'm mostly looking at my current anime folder and not what I have backed up elsewhere or mostly seen via streaming sites on on TV years ago, I probably seen it, but suggest it anyways with your thoughts, good/bad whatever. We want to discuss anime as much as find new or old ones to watch.

Yes, I am currently unemployed with too much time on my hands, I'm working on (I guess) "fixing" it. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-colbert.gif

Let's say the Vocaloid thread encouraged me. In a few weeks after adding more entries here I'll add a manga thread, and a "What's on your playlist" thread.

[Nights_into_dreams]

Merged your thread into this overarching one that has been about for awhile^^

As for anime, I have had Excelsaga taunting me for MONTHS now...just need the time to watch it :gloomy:

[Citizen]

Anime is still pretty terrible but seeing Star Blazers on TV while flipping through channels amused me greatly.

They just don't mangle shows like that anymore.

[Raenir Salazar]

I think you mean "dubbed" 'mainstream' anime is terrible.

Pretty much all the best shows are the short 13-26 episode series with Gundam cheating with the spin off 50 episode length.

I think the only conclusively *long* length show is Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

Currently Puella Magi Madoka Magica is the best anime of 2011, hands down. Magical Girl Deconstruction/Reconstruction for the win, tastefully done, etc.

Good dubs usually require looking at Funimation's lineup, Code Geass, Haruhi Suzumiya, etc.

[Citizen]

I actually don't mean that at all. I mean I find anime in general to be terrible.

I'd much rather listen to a bad English dub than to Japanese. I also don't care whether or not something is mainstream. It really doesn't reflect on the quality of the media in question.

[Raenir Salazar]

I actually don't mean that at all. I mean I find anime in general to be terrible.

I'd much rather listen to a bad English dub than to Japanese. I also don't care whether or not something is mainstream. It really doesn't reflect on the quality of the media in question.

What have you watched? Pokemon? A few series as a representation of a whole medium?

I would pretty much point at Hayao Miyazaki as pretty much the ur example of good anime. Ponyo on a cliff and Howls Moving Castle etc.

You're welcome to your opinion but it doesn't really hold much credibility if all you've got to go on is a few series you happen to flip through on tv.

I think my first anime was Gundam Wing, which was cool because it was like the Shadow Saga by Orson Scott Card with great big politics and war and philosophical navel gazing that I've never seen in my saturday morning cartoon lineup.

If you've seen for example, actually a nontrivial about of anime and *tried* to 'get it' then I guess agree to disagree and its not to everyones taste, but c'mon who can't like Ponyo.

It does beg the question what are you asking for here, it is *clear* that I and possibly others in this thread really do like anime and enjoy, I practically enjoy it on a hobby basis and actually *study* anime and manga for its literary merits and Story telling trope analysis.

And you walk in saying its 'all' terrible. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-colbert.gif


http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-crossarms.gif

edit: but to clarify, bring all the constructive criticism you want, you want to debate the merits of anime as a visual medium be my guest! I'ld enjoy the opportunity to partake in that debate. But be constructive about it, present arguments, present facts, avoid fallacies, show your committed to honest, frank and open debate.

[Citizen]

What have you watched? Pokemon?

Yes, I have watched Pokémon, actually. Personally, I prefer Hamtaro. Although I'm not sure how the two are comparable.

I would pretty much point at Hayao Miyazaki as pretty much the ur example of good anime.

So would I, although not so much Ponyo and Howl's, as those are his weakest outputs in his main filmography. But I always enjoy Castle of Cagliostro, Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away, Nausicaä and Porco Rosso.

I think my first anime was Gundam Wing, which was cool because it was like the Shadow Saga by Orson Scott Card with great big politics and war and philosophical navel gazing that I've never seen in my saturday morning cartoon lineup.

I somewhat relate to that. I do appreciate Wing for leading me to the good Gundam series. Which would be pretty much everything other than Wing itself, SEED, SEED Destiny and 00. ZZ, F91, Victory and G are pretty bad too, but they still manage to be entertaining.

It does beg the question what are you asking for here, it is *clear* that I and possibly others in this thread really do like anime and enjoy, I practically enjoy it on a hobby basis and actually *study* anime and manga for its literary merits and Story telling trope analysis.

And you walk in saying its 'all' terrible. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-colbert.gif


http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-crossarms.gif

I'm not "asking" for anything from any of you.

you want to debate the merits of anime as a visual medium be my guest!

See, there's your problem; I don't.

[Nights_into_dreams]

Lets all play nice with each other D:

[Raenir Salazar]

Finished the first season of Maria Holic, I'm more into this series as an artist as opposed to an anime fan. Sure the nonsensical non sequitor jokes/gags are kinda funny but I quickly tire of it when watching one episode after another in a binge marathon.

It's a Shaft show, you watch it for the visuals and mind screw, rarely because of the actual story or plot. I'm looking at you Denpa Derp, you better show me a plot asap.

[Shamu]

I've been watching a lot Hetalia lately. I personally prefer it in Japanese, but the English is...tolerable. I do wish the episodes were a bit longer, but I still really enjoy the series. I think it's even funnier when you know about world history/international politics.
I've also been re-watching Bleach with my 9 year old (a bunch of kids in her class have started watching it, so I'm letting her now). It's kind of fun seeing how Kubo Tite planned everything and you can see it now in the story line. I have to try not to give spoilers when I'm watching it now >_<

[Druid]

Welcome to the N.H.K.! and Blackcat. Good shows. The former is one of my favorites that I've already watched subbed, so I'm watching it dubbed this time.

[Raenir Salazar]

I've been watching a lot Hetalia lately. I personally prefer it in Japanese, but the English is...tolerable. I do wish the episodes were a bit longer, but I still really enjoy the series. I think it's even funnier when you know about world history/international politics.
I've also been re-watching Bleach with my 9 year old (a bunch of kids in her class have started watching it, so I'm letting her now). It's kind of fun seeing how Kubo Tite planned everything and you can see it now in the story line. I have to try not to give spoilers when I'm watching it now >_<

Johny Von Bosch is a pretty good voice actor, I think he does a good job as Lelouch in Code Geass.

But yeah.... Sorry to say this but... I'm nearly 90% certain that Kubo did whats classically known as a "retcon". Now I don't dislike Bleach, katana's with haori cloaked samurai are just those intrinsically cool things out there in the universe and I've been following both the anime and the manga practically as soon as I seriously got into anime a few years back (and still follow it) but there's better out there.

Soul Eater I generally consider as "Bleach done Right." Or would, if the second half wasn't a gecko ending (overtook the manga so they grew a new ending from the cut tail).

Hunter x Hunter seems to have potential though its an older series.

Hetalia I actually love in English because they make the effort to give everyone accents to reflect their nationalities, that and some of the jokes come across a little better.

And yeah, its the same for me, history is my hobby so it all comes across as hilarious injokes for me.

I actually made a webcomic inspired from it, basically I play this strategy game where I and some friends play different nations and compete with each other over 900 years of history. So we each week write an after action report to get a reward and recognition. Mine were in webcomic form where I parodied the interactions between us the players and our nations as anthropomorphed personifications.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4696/session1scene3.png

An example, let me know if you're interested in more.

The game was Victoria An Empire Under the Sun: Revolutions.

[archdukezeb]

Man not counting Miyazaki I haven't watched an anime in years. Ponyo was really really disappointing too. I got the feeling he was trying to make another Totoro in that he was trying to make a cute plotless romp to appeal to the little little kids. But the reason Totoro managed to be entertaining to people over 5 where Ponyo did not is because a retarded fish girl inherently has less than 1/100th the awesomeness of Totoros and a Cat Bus.

So has there been any anime (movie/series) that's come out in the last 5 years or so that's been really worth watching?

Or am I just gonna have to wait til they finish Dreaming Machine, although without Satoshi Kon I hope they can still pull it together. That had me legitimately depressed for a week when it happened. I know it's selfish but the fact that he was at the top of his game made it that much more sad. So many stories left untold...

[Nights_into_dreams]

Go watch Voices of a Distant Star.

[Raenir Salazar]

Man not counting Miyazaki I haven't watched an anime in years. Ponyo was really really disappointing too. I got the feeling he was trying to make another Totoro in that he was trying to make a cute plotless romp to appeal to the little little kids. But the reason Totoro managed to be entertaining to people over 5 where Ponyo did not is because a retarded fish girl inherently has less than 1/100th the awesomeness of Totoros and a Cat Bus.

So has there been any anime (movie/series) that's come out in the last 5 years or so that's been really worth watching?

Or am I just gonna have to wait til they finish Dreaming Machine, although without Satoshi Kon I hope they can still pull it together. That had me legitimately depressed for a week when it happened. I know it's selfish but the fact that he was at the top of his game made it that much more sad. So many stories left untold...

Puella Magi Madoka Magica it is the best series of 2011.

Angel Beats!

Spice and Wolf

Steins;Gate

Go go go~!!!

[Buckwheat]

I don't think I'd recommend any of those to someone who hasn't been watching a lot of anime. Maybe Spice and Wolf but defiantly not voices of a distant star (yes it was very well made, but incredibly boring).

As far as the last 5 years, the only shows to make a big splash in the fandom have been Haruhi and K-on.

A few I think were good but were underrated were:

Black Lagoon: hardcore action and criminal tendencies. Good modern feel to it too.

Baccano: Hard to follow, but a fantastic 1920's setting. The plot only appeals to a niche audience

Asobi ni Ikuyo: Stupid sci-fi humor, catgirls and fanservice. A winning combo.

Katanagatari: Classic samurai action. Has a unique art style and enough twists to keep the plot moving. Very dialogue heavy though.

[Raenir Salazar]

I don't think I'd recommend any of those to someone who hasn't been watching a lot of anime. Maybe Spice and Wolf but defiantly not voices of a distant star (yes it was very well made, but incredibly boring).

As far as the last 5 years, the only shows to make a big splash in the fandom have been Haruhi and K-on.

A few I think were good but were underrated were:

Black Lagoon: hardcore action and criminal tendencies. Good modern feel to it too.

Baccano: Hard to follow, but a fantastic 1920's setting. The plot only appeals to a niche audience

Asobi ni Ikuyo: Stupid sci-fi humor, catgirls and fanservice. A winning combo.

Katanagatari: Classic samurai action. Has a unique art style and enough twists to keep the plot moving. Very dialogue heavy though.

The best way to sell Black lagoon is "I have to ask, do you like, or do you like John Woo movies?"

Haven't gotten to Baccano yet but Durarara!! is by the same people and shares the same nonlinear story telling device.

Katanagatari is awesome, also check out Bakemonogatari.

I have officially decided Steins;Gate is essentially Back To The Future: The Anime but with more conspiracy.

I would state that "watching alot of anime" isn't really a prereq for most except for maybe Crest, I generally disagree with the "get them to watch Bleach and then ease them into hardcore anime fandom", find some epic ones that don't need familiarity with the genre to "get"* it and then strike the homerun.

*Puella Magi Madoka Magica arguably should be watched with at least some understanding of the magical girl genre to know what trops are being deconstructed/reconstructed. I find the best comparison is always to contrast it with Nanoha.

Oh, speaking of, I stand by, definitely my Nanoha recommendation, that's for sure.

The thing with alot of anime is that as long as their past that initial reluctance Last Minute Resistance and willing to give a suggestion or two a go, it's ALL about understanding your target, find normal movies or tv shows he liked like say..... Primer and then find the equivalent good anime and suggest it.

In this case the anime version of Primer is Steins;Gate with some Sarah Connor Chronicles mixed in.

"It's like Primer" and they will be like "Really? Alright I'll give it a go." Then make sure they give it the Three Episode Test, they're not allowed to stop until three episodes go by since for most series thats usually once the plot picks up and its hooks are sunk into him.

If it doesn't catch his attention by then its time to give up and try something else.

[Stephy]

I'M GOING TO COSPLAY.

yup

[archdukezeb]

I should specify I'm a much bigger manga fan. I love that quality kind of manga that gets picked up by dark horse or maybe never gets picked up in the US. I've been reading Gantz, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto from back when they were only being scanlated.

So I should ask my question another way. Is there any anime that wouldn't insult the intelligence of a 20 year old?

That's one thing I've really noticed with this Japanophile culture is you got like people who are like 16 plus who are heavy into anime and manga directed at 12-15 year olds.

I mean c'mon. Does it really feel right being a fully grown adult and being heavy into Naruto? I mean back when I was in middle school Naruto was the shit but then you age like 2-3 years and you grow out of it. Right? Am I crazy here? I think the age of the characters in said piece of fiction is a pretty clear indicator of the appropriate audience isn't it?

Oh and since we're talkin about Manga and Anime. I fucking hate anime adaptations of mangas. Always at most only a 1/5th as good. I mean talk about FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

How can anyone seriously watch that shit? I mean at any age. Some of the most mind numbingest crap ever put on television. I think when they take that shit aimed at preteens and translate it to television they must suddenly decide they have to target the elderly. I mean the only explanation I can think of that would legitamize those shows is that they are creating them for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Why else would anyone possibly make a show where 2/3s of it is devoted to shit you saw in the last 10 episodes?

[Raenir Salazar]

I should specify I'm a much bigger manga fan. I love that quality kind of manga that gets picked up by dark horse or maybe never gets picked up in the US. I've been reading Gantz, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto from back when they were only being scanlated.

So I should ask my question another way. Is there any anime that wouldn't insult the intelligence of a 20 year old?

That's one thing I've really noticed with this Japanophile culture is you got like people who are like 16 plus who are heavy into anime and manga directed at 12-15 year olds.

I mean c'mon. Does it really feel right being a fully grown adult and being heavy into Naruto? I mean back when I was in middle school Naruto was the shit but then you age like 2-3 years and you grow out of it. Right? Am I crazy here? I think the age of the characters in said piece of fiction is a pretty clear indicator of the appropriate audience isn't it?

Oh and since we're talkin about Manga and Anime. I fucking hate anime adaptations of mangas. Always at most only a 1/5th as good. I mean talk about FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

How can anyone seriously watch that shit? I mean at any age. Some of the most mind numbingest crap ever put on television. I think when they take that shit aimed at preteens and translate it to television they must suddenly decide they have to target the elderly. I mean the only explanation I can think of that would legitamize those shows is that they are creating them for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Why else would anyone possibly make a show where 2/3s of it is devoted to shit you saw in the last 10 episodes?

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is pretty much a straight adaption of the manga and also aimed "in that range".

The thing with Japanese demographics is that "shonen" or manga and anime aimed at boys is actually a wide demographic 16-35.

But to repeat


Puella Magi Madoka Magica it is the best series of 2011. It is basically what Neon Genesis Evagelion did to Giant Fighting Robots but to the Magical Girl genre.

Angel Beats!: Dante's Divine Comedy Part 2 The Anime (Purgatory)

Spice and Wolf: Marco Polo the Anime?

Steins;Gate: Primer The Anime

Black Lagoon: Every John Woo Film Ever The Anime

Eden of the East: Its Seinen, so for older dudes, conspiracy stuff.

Gambling Survivor Kaiji: Its about gambling with millions of $ and trying to out cheat the other guy.

One Outs

Akagi

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya


The problematic manga to anime adaptions is the ones that try to make an adaption BEFORE THE MANGA IS FINISHED and is why you have filler.

I'ld say a good adaption is Hikaru no Go, Akagi/Kaiji are also a good adaption, there's alot of good adaptions I just can't recall them off the top of my head.

[stsparky]

The tot watches "Ultraman Kids" and "Anpaman" -

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

K-On!, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shojo) and Hetalia are highly reccomended..

Rewatching Samurai Champloo, and currently following Bakuman (manga only) and Naruto (not reccomended).

[h2orowe]

My favorite part of Naruto was when Bleachigo saw the One Piece.

[Raenir Salazar]

Dog Days is pretty awesome. Mamoru Miyano is truly epic.

[Druid]

K-On!, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shojo) and Hetalia are highly reccomended..

Rewatching Samurai Champloo, and currently following Bakuman (manga only) and Naruto (not reccomended).
I like the cut of your jib. Now that the 17th century banter is out of the way, let me give you some good suggestions.

Bartender
Hellsing TV and OVA
sword of the stranger
Martian Successor Nadesico
Gintama
Technolyze
Ergo Proxy
Akaji
Casshern Sins
The Count of Monte Cristo

I think that's enough for now.

[Buckwheat]

Fairy Tail is also very good. the author also did Rave Master but this is way better.

[Trump]

I thought Rave Master was pretty dumb.

[Shamu]

Started re-watching Trinity Blood. Hopefully this time I'll finish it.

[Trump]

Trinity Blood was interesting to watch. Or I thought the concepts behind it were interesting. One of those, it has been a while, but I remember enjoying it.

[blank slate]

K-On!, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shojo) and Hetalia are highly reccomended..

Rewatching Samurai Champloo, and currently following Bakuman (manga only) and Naruto (not reccomended).Hetalia is fun in short doses. I'm also a fan of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, I'm thinking about upgrading from the DVD to Blu-Ray. I have Summer Wars but have yet to see it.

I'm currently watching Kekkaishi, Eyeshield 21, Gintama, Allison and Lillia.

[Daishikaze]

Watched some Air Master while I was on vacation, fun action show. Thats about all I've watched in a while. I'm in A Chinese movie/TV Drama mood at the moment, so I'll get back around to anime again eventually.

[andrewt]

I thought Rave Master was pretty dumb.
i haven't seen that - but Fairy Tail is great for action combined with comedy - and a very fast moving plot (it doesn't go DBZ on you for 10 episodes at a time).

(Not that I didn't love DBZ - just saying - it's a good series that keeps moving).

[andrewt]

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) -
Fun series if you're looking for some light humor and occasional action. I wouldn't put this up with One Piece, Bleach, non-filler Naruto, etc - but it is entertaining none the less.

Capeta -
I was looking for another car series after Initial D (still hoping for a 5th stage) - and found this one. A good story of a kid dealing with poverty and trying to get into the racing world.

[Raenir Salazar]

Steins;Gate is still awesome.

Second season of Baka Test continues to be gut splittingly hilarious.

[andrewt]

baka test? i'm almost afraid to ask..

[Raenir Salazar]

Japanese Title (Literal): "Idiots, Tests, and Summoned Beasts"
English Title (Localized): "Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts"

We shorten it to "BakaTest" as a shorthand.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu


At Fumizuki Academy, a new class system has been implemented. Students are separated into classes A through F based on entrance exam results, and the quality of classrooms and facilities vary according to level. They can also conjure Summoned Beings, miniature versions of themselves whose strengths are based on their test scores, to engage in inter-class matches called Examination Summons Battles (ESB). If a lower class defeats an upper class, the former can impose a trade of facilities.


Its hilarious, it's made by Studio Shaft so the visuals would make an art student orgasm and its hilarious.

It also sorta affectionately parodies the Turn Based JRPG tropes like Ogre Battle or Final Fantasy Tactics.

first op: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXW9KqRVa7E

second season ed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ueYFnb6Po&feature=related

Art Student utopia!

[andrewt]

aint on crunchyroll eh?

[Raenir Salazar]

I find that odd, the first season has a dub afaik.

Currently rewatching Saki and Akagi, huge Mahjong mood right now.

[andrewt]

not a big dubbing fan - just that CR is one of the few legitimate outlets i know of.

I just found out that Initial D is apparently available on the funimation website for streaming - which is pretty cool (tho i haven't tried watching it there).