The Anime Thread.

[h2orowe]

Discuss your favorite animes and such.
I know there's been threads like this, but not this exact.


My favorites right now are Bleach, and Naruto.
My all time favorite is probably FLCL, just because that's what got me to be an anime nerd, and it got me into J-Rock.

[Marblehead]

Speed Grapher is my favorite right now. I also like the Aim for the Top 2, Bleach and Beck.

[Myrsilus]

Cowboy Bebop. Sorry, I know that's a very common choice but I really connected with the show. I loved the stories and the characters were very real... The ending made me somewhat happy and sad at the same time, which made for quite a lifting experience.

I also love the soundtrack to the series... Some of the best music I have ever heard in an anime. I'm not so much a J-Pop or J-Rock fan as I am a fan of eclectic music done by Japanese artists. Especially the jazz portion of the series, as I love jazz enough already.

[Daishikaze]

Currently Watching Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam with my Frau, She doesn't usually give anime much of a chance, but she likes this one. I'm glad because it is one of my favorites.

Also got two new volumes of Urusei Yatsura last week, Gods I love that show. The eps on these discs were hilarious, can't wait to get more in the next few months.

I also recently received the first Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman box set, a fun super hero series. Very old, but its damn good for 1972, and its a damn sight better than the Superfriends and other shit like that that was so prominent in those days in the US. Can't wait for the next set to come out.

[h2orowe]

What's Beck about? I saw the cover for the manga and almost got it. Instead I got GetBackers, haha.

[Arilou]

I kind of liked Infinite Ryvius. Think Lord of the Flies crossed with Evangelion. One of the characters has a really interesting development (damsel-in-distress to slightly obsessive girlfiriend to religious cult-leader, and it makes sense)

[Bobbybirdtree]

I love Bleach, Trinity Blood, Gun X Sword, Gungrave, FLCL, sometimes Naruto, S-Cry-Ed is looking pretty good now even though i never saw the japanese version. I dunno i will probably think of more later but for now these are some of my favorites.

[zell583]

the ones i like are: Big O, DBZ, s-CRY-ed, InuYasha, transformers: galaxy force, sailor moon, gundam wing, Dot hack, and rockman EXE.

[Xephon]

My all-time favorite is Cowboy Bebop. Yes, I know it's over-hyped and all that shiznit but it was the series that got me hooked. It had GREAT music, style, and characters.
I'm currently watching GITS:SAC and Wolf's Rain. That's pretty much it but my friend has her FLCL stuff so I might be watching that soon.

[hapacheese]

Bah, Cowboy Bebop is *not* overhyped. I have yet to see an anime (that isn't done by Miyazaki) that has come even close to the quality of CB.

edit: Which reminds me... I have a hand-drawn picture of Spike from the character artist autographed to me, sitting on my desk at home. Keep meaning to get that thing framed, but never seem to get around to it...

[Daishikaze]

Ya know, Space battleship Yamato was the series that got me into anime (all those years ago, before most of y'all were even born), and as much as I love it, its not my absolute favorite of all time.

I never understood why people proclaime their first anime their all time favorite. Though I guess nowadays, they are probably not likely to see something they consider better, so it becomes less of a mystery :D

[PopCulturePooka]

I have always found it incredibly hard to get into Anime. I've tried sampling a few series but honestly, I just can't dig them. Beyond Miyazaki I find them difficult and painful to watch. :(

[Myrsilus]

Ya know, Space battleship Yamato was the series that got me into anime (all those years ago, before most of y'all were even born), and as much as I love it, its not my absolute favorite of all time.

I never understood why people proclaime their first anime their all time favorite. Though I guess nowadays, they are probably not likely to see something they consider better, so it becomes less of a mystery :D
The feelings one has on their first experience in watching anime is something they will never have again. Same thing happened to me with concern to RPGs. First I every played was Super Mario RPG. It wasn't an amazing game, but it will always be something important to me... same thing with FFVII, which was my first dramatic RPG.

My first was DBZ, and while now when I watch it I really can't stay interested, it brought on emotions I have never felt. That can't be imitated easily.

[h2orowe]

My first real anime was Cowboy Bebop, I liked it but didn't know it was anime. It was the first night [adultswim] aired. Than I watched Inuyasha and was like Oh, this is pretty cool. Than I liked anime, and knew what it was. THAAAAAAAAAAAAAN I saw FLCL and was all like woo anime! Than I saw it again for like the 12th time, and was like I need to find some new anime. That's how it all started!

[Daishikaze]

I have always found it incredibly hard to get into Anime. I've tried sampling a few series but honestly, I just can't dig them. Beyond Miyazaki I find them difficult and painful to watch. :(

With alot of the most recent ones, I can understand why :D

;)

[hapacheese]

PCP and Daishikaze: Aside from Cowboy Bebop and a few samples here and there, I feel the same way. I actually enjoyed the original Dragonball more than Dragonball Z when I was growing up. It was whimsical, had action, and was entertaining... not all this "No! I am the most powerful being in the world! And I wasn't even trying that last time we fought! Now I will use 33.7892% of my power!"

[Bobbybirdtree]

I agree dragonball was much better and faster paced. I believe the fight between goku and frieza took around 15 episodes. Most of them just powering up. What the hell went wrong? :(

[Daishikaze]

Hapacheese, is there any anime you remember from your youth that hasn't been released over here that you think could do really well if given a chance? Just curious........

[Marblehead]

What's Beck about? I saw the cover for the manga and almost got it. Instead I got GetBackers, haha.


It's about a bunch of rock musician trying to make it in the Japanese music scene. It's pretty cool because it deal with American/Japanese cross- culture.

For all your needs:

www.anime-direct.com

[h2orowe]

Anime shouldn't be aired on American TV unless its aired unedited.
FLCL was aired unedited, except one small part. When the Dad was like naked or whatever it had a larger censor for American TV, also the last episode it didn't play the credits.
Now, Naruto is coming to Toonami, and Toonami is like a guillotine of censorship for anime. Naruto! Let's be friends instead of fighting!

[Bobbybirdtree]

I saw the japanese version of FLCL and that is still censored. :confused:

[h2orowe]

Oh, thanks for the site. I'm not going to use it though, haha, I would if I didn't have to pay. I don't have a credit card or paypal, hahaha.

[h2orowe]

Oh, the censor was in the Japanese one, but the American censor was larger.

[Arilou]

Some animés I liked:

RahXephon: Okay, so what if it's a clone of EVA. It's a BETTER clone.

Infinite Ryvius: Love the Lord of the Flies theme.

Full Metal Alchemist: Though the ending was terribly disappointing.

FMP, all of them, are pretty good. Has a kind of whimsical comedy/action/romance vibe that's really hard to describe. Especially as I could *swear* I had seen the car-chase seen from FMP: TSR 05 before :p

[Daishikaze]

At least they don't fuck with the story like they did in my day.

Robotech was Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada all edited together, and while it was good in its own right, It was still heavily edited.

Gatchaman got even worse treatment from Sandy Frank (famous for bringing Gamera to the US). edited alot out added in a robot for no reason, and said anyone who died was really a robot.

Yamato was fairly intact except for a few scenes. Then the second season came over and the changed the names so it linked up with the first( the second season had new charactors that looked similar to older ones, so they changed the names and scripts so people wouldn't know the older charactors died)

After that alittle nudity or swear word covered or bleeped out doesn't seem so bad does it?

[Seigified]

What's Beck about? I saw the cover for the manga and almost got it. Instead I got GetBackers, haha.

Beck is about a bunch of kids around 14-17 (in the beginning) trying to make a band while somewhat keeping the true japanese social atmosphere for that age group. Despite it's soundtrack having "engrish" material that would give some people from the J-Pop lyrics thread a heart attack, it's actually a pretty damn good series and one of my favorites.

Current animes I keep up with these days are mostly Gundam related (Gundam Seed Destiny currently) being a robo-type fan since Getta Robo G and Grandizer era. I'm also following Monster, Hungry Heart Wildstriker and Full Metal Panic TSR.

[hapacheese]

Hm... Good question. Problem is that a lot of the older stuff simply *looks* too old, or is heavily culturally contextual. Stuff like "Ashita no Joe" rocked hard for its time, but I'm not entirely sure how well it has aged.

[Marblehead]

I've a question for some of you that run around on the Con-circuit. Until recently (two week) I've been stuck in Hawaii(and Afghanistan) for the last six or so years and so I've pretty much gotten completely out of touch with that scene. I'm curious about fellow I used to run around with named Talisen Jaffe. I've heard he still makes an ass out of himself at cons. Just wondering if any of you know him or met him.

[h2orowe]

Heh, I've never been to a con before. I might go to the Anime Expo next year in Anaheim. Only if my friends and this one girl go. I know the girl is going, but I don't know about my friends.

[Shinigami]

I just finished both seasons of Ai Yori Aoshi and loved them... I am currently watching the japanese version of Samurai Champloo, and it is quite wonderful. My favorites of all time would have to be, Neon Genisis Eva, Saikano, Hellsing, and FLCL. I think!

[Daishikaze]

Urusei Yatsura is one of those ones that is heavily culturally contextual, so much so that most licensing companies passed on it and said it could not be translated no matter how hard they tried.

Animeigo said "yes it can be translated, you just have to work harder than usual thats all", and they are now only a few volumes away from completion. and despite its age, it still has a huge following.

Gatchaman has also been translated, and that one is really old. Yet its selling pretty well at the moment. Also Lupin III is doing quite well.

I see what the real problem is though, most companies won't attempt to translate an older series because they fear they won't make any return on their investment.

I can fully understand that. The thing is, anime is still a niche market. Oh sure there are alot of fans now, but 90% of them are only into because its popular at the moment. Soon people will be saying its all overrated and the fandom will shrink back down to where it was in 1995.

I wonder how coherent this will look? Its pretty late, so excuse my lack of clarification

[h2orowe]

There's alot of anime fans? I did not know that. I thought it was frowned upon.

[Intense]

So far i've seen

Initial d up to current ep all stages
full metal alchemist
Naruto up to current
Bleach up to current
NGE
Chobitz (hated it coz it trys so hard to be serious)
FMP up to current
DBZ - all through to end of gt
Great Teacher Onizuka - one of my fav's, just waiting for hte last eddition of the manga
Tenjou Tenge
School Rumble = awesome and highly recomended
Ichigo 100% = really good except the ending... well their isnt one really
Azumanga Diaoh = another really good anime thats worth watching, even has some funny gaijin bits in it
Love hina - gota get the manga

of these i highly recomend GTO and school rumble. Definalty worth the watch. And if u can perseveer with some of the cutesy crap in azumanga daioh its got some good bits too

[Daishikaze]

There's alot of anime fans? I did not know that. I thought it was frowned upon.

There are alot, and now that it is being frowned upon, alot of people will desert the fandom like rats leaving a sinking ship because its not cool anymore.

Being frowned upon is the first sign that the fad is losing steam

[scan2001]

Watching right now is Bleach and GTO.

[Marblehead]

No I think your right, especially with the cost of DVD's. There are very few specialty store rent a lot of anime DVDs. I knew one in Hawaii. Keeping up with a series just gets too expensive( hense why I love that site). You pretty much go in blind when you buy an anime dvd.

However I think the manga market will stay big. They're way more cost effective, usually have better art, less censored and more accessibly to try out before buying. I think more and more people will rather buy manga than buy anime. Tokyopop really hit the nailed on the head when they set their prices.

[h2orowe]

I didn't even know it's popular. Out here it was never popular. Well I guess like the stupid stuff like Yu-gioh or w/e and pokemon were but besides that no.

[Daishikaze]

yeah I think Manga will stay big, its cheaper, its the whole story, and it usually has something the Anime would lack. I agree whole-heartedly there

[deepbluevibes]

Beck is about a bunch of kids around 14-17 (in the beginning) trying to make a band while somewhat keeping the true japanese social atmosphere for that age group. Despite it's soundtrack having "engrish" material that would give some people from the J-Pop lyrics thread a heart attack, it's actually a pretty damn good series and one of my favorites.

Current animes I keep up with these days are mostly Gundam related (Gundam Seed Destiny currently) being a robo-type fan since Getta Robo G and Grandizer era. I'm also following Monster, Hungry Heart Wildstriker and Full Metal Panic TSR.

Aside from the fact that the english version is going to be fucking raped... just watch. ;_;

and now that it's licensed.. no more downloads! ><

[Jaiya]

Love Hina [manga is far better though], DBZ [Saiyan through Frieza sagas...after that it just gets fucking gay], s-CRY-ed is awesome, and Excel Saga is kickass.

[Jaiya]

GTO is awesome either way...but try the Live Action version, which is just kickass and even though it has a similar storyline, characters, etc. it's just a different feel that is quite nice.

Naruto manga > Naruto anime.

[Marblehead]

Eva was an anime before it was a manga. I think Cowboy Bebop was too, but I'm not absolutely sure.

[Marblehead]

GTO is awesome either way...but try the Live Action version, which is just kickass and even though it has a similar storyline, characters, etc. it's just a different feel that is quite nice.

Naruto manga > Naruto anime.

Do you know where I can download the live action series? I've seen the movie but not the tv show.

[Jaiya]

http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/107.html

it has all of the episodes, Drama Special and the Hokkaido movie...but it's BT links and downloads rather slowly due to the lack of users that have it basically.

[Marblehead]

thanks a bunch!!! :)

[Treayn]

As for me, ill list my favorites:

Boogiepop Phantom
Haibane Renmei
Serial Experiments Lain
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Texhnolyze
FLCL
Wolf's Rain
Niea_7
Excel Saga
Noir
.Hack Sign
.Hack Liminality
Kino No Tabi
Paranoia
Madlax

[h2orowe]

What's Boogiepop Phantom about?

[Bobbybirdtree]

How did i forget Samurai Champloo? (sub of course)

[VeryMeanThoughts]

One Piece (generally) has HORRIBLE artwork for the anime, as well as a few voices I don't particularly like.


do you mean the horrible american dub or the original japanese voices? because the jap voices are great. and if you hate them I'll KILL YOU! and the art is not bad. perhaps it isn't as great as the manga, but it is nowhere near bad.

Also; GTO live action is so badass. the guy that plays onizuka is just hilarious. and little tomoko is so cute!

Yakitate Japan is wonderous. It's pretty standard plot formula, but the characters consistently crack me up. especially the manager.

Case Closed is also a favorite. Great american voices.

Macross Zero is amazing. people should also watch macross plus.

Ultimate girls is such.. fun. and pornish.

lastly, Twin Spica is totally awesome. an emotional series that is very well written.

[l337m45t3r]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. The original and still the best.


Lain & Bebop is pretty cool too.

[MFDub]

You don't want me to do this.






You do?






Okay, you asked for it:



S-Cry-Ed
Inuyasha
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Beet
Bleach
Full Metal Alchemist
Old School Naruto (not a fan of it recently)
Dokuro-chan
The Law of Ueki
Tide Line Blue
Ah! Megami-sama
Mouse
Yakitate!!! Japan
Anything with a giant robot in it. ANYTHING.

That's all I can think of right now, but I know there's more...

[kensei]

Tenjou Tenge

(Fanservice: The Anime)

[Arilou]

As I've said I've always liked animated movies/series, even before i started watching animé. To be fair I find a lot of the "japanisms" in animé quite annoying, if western studios started making good animated series I'd probably prefer that (Spawn TAS is something of an exception in this case, it is also much better than the comic)

[Wysen]

I didn't even know it's popular. Out here it was never popular. Well I guess like the stupid stuff like Yu-gioh or w/e and pokemon were but besides that no.
Well, its definitly a lot more popular than its ever been. I don't exactly know where it started, with Adult Swim or the Pokemon generation... Either way, the video's about 10 years ago could only be bought at Cons and specialty stores. I remember only 5 years ago it being one or two shelves at a best buy and 3 shelves at EB Games. Years ago I remember drooling over an entire 6 shelves in the very back of the mall video store, next to the softcore porn section. Nowadays, we can browse not just one shelf of anime but an entire aisle at Best Buy, and the mall video store moved the section more toward the front and rivals the large selection at Best Buy.

So yes, it is more popular than before. Now if only it would gain enough popularity to make those prices drop... That would make me happy.

And to answer the OP question, Cowboy Bebop. I've been into anime for a long time, but there was a couple years there were I just lost interest due to lack of good content in any of the video stores around. Then Cowboy Bebop came out and rekindled the anime spark in me. No other series has since captured me in the same way that Bebop did, however it got me back into watching and enjoying anime. For that, it sits, the king of a very long list of anime I've seen.

[Trump]

Hmm.... s-CRY-ed is too... episodic for the story they are trying to tell. It feels very contrived and the same thing happens every time. Guy charges in head first with special arm =/

Not as many people have mentioned Ghost in the Shell which I really enjoyed. If nothing else the theme song was great.

[DJEvan]

here's a list of my animes so far
(diaclaimer: I like gundam, but i don't go spewing facts on it like a deranged fanboy)


Gundam0083
G-Gundam
Gundam Wing TV & OVA
Gundam V
Gundam Z
Gundam X
Gundam Seed and Seed: Destiny
Love Hina
Mahou Sensei Negima
Recent Ah! Megami Sama TV
Bleach
Naruto (Its getting boring)
Neon Genesis Evangelion & OVA
Ninja Scroll
Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo ken TV
Ichigo 100% (Prefered the Manga)
Tenjou Tenge (same as above)
GaoGaiGar (managed to get a sub recently)
Trigun
Martian Successor Nadesico and OVA Prince of Darkness
Air TV (highly recommended although its only 12 eps)
GunXSword
Record of Lodess
Flame of Recca
Magical something Orphen (can't remember full name)
RahXephon
Initial D 1-4th Stage
Great Teacher Onizuka
Edit: Shadow Skill & OVA (Seriously the OVA sucked.)

and a whole slew of others that i can't remember at this point of time

[Wysen]

Hmm.... s-CRY-ed is too... episodic for the story they are trying to tell. It feels very contrived and the same thing happens every time. Guy charges in head first with special arm =/

Not as many people have mentioned Ghost in the Shell which I really enjoyed. If nothing else the theme song was great.
Yeah, I agree with you on s-CRY-ed. After 7 episodes of the same thing, I gave up on it.

Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex does rock, and I've enjoyed the first 17 episodes of Ghost in the Shell:2nd Gig too. The first movie was cool, for the most part, the second was strange, though I still liked it.

[Praetorian]

GTO is awesome either way...but try the Live Action version, which is just kickass and even though it has a similar storyline, characters, etc. it's just a different feel that is quite nice.


The live Action lacked Kanzaki Urumi, though, which made it so much worse. Kanzaki Urumi is my favourite anime character, ever. Next comes Onizuka himself.

[Daishikaze]

There is that phrase again, curious.

You have only been watching anime for a short while, you haven't seen even a sample of what anime as a whole can be, and yet you have already declared your absolute favorite.

Perhaps I misunderstood and you meant to say "one of my favorite anime charactors"? Or maybe your favorite from that series?

Personally I can never make such a bold statement, I love too many charactors for different reasons to ever pick one definative favorite.

[Treayn]

What's Boogiepop Phantom about?

General Info
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=179

Reviews
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&aid=179

[Trump]

Something about this show *really* disturbs me...

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/catalog/bo-bobo/bo-bobo.html

[Jeremy]

Initial D 1-4th Stage

Finally someone else who has seen Initial D, I enjoy this series too much.

Coyboy Bebo is cool too

[Paragon]

My favorite anime is Juuni Kokki(12 kingdoms). It's got an awesomely detailed and complex story.

1. Juuni Kokki
2. Maison Ikkoku
3. Azumanga Daioh
4. One Piece
5. Gankutsuou

If you like funny/comedy animes, you should try Jungle wa itsumo Hare nochi Guu. It's great.

[Marblehead]

I like Initial D 4th Stage a lot bette than the older ones. They don't interupt the driving with some pointless love affair that goes nowhere.

[Praetorian]

My favourites are

1 Great Teacher Onizuka
2 Excel Saga
3 Full Metal Panic, FMP Fumoffu and FMP the second raid
4 Azumanga Daioh!
5 Naruto (although it became a lot shittier lately)

[DJEvan]

Finally someone else who has seen Initial D, I enjoy this series too much.

Coyboy Bebo is cool too

Initial D is losing its plot. the first 3 stages are good, but now the Manga just shows alot of pages of no action and alot of theory.. its getting abit repetitive as well

[Dr. Hobo is my hero]

My favorites at the moment are Bleach and Naruto. Although lately I have really finding myself liking the older stuff a lot more than most of the new stuff. Some of my all time favorites are:

1 Irresponsible Captain Tylor
2 Anything in the Macross universe (well except Macross 2 but that was made more interesting when I realized that the drama they are playing on the radio in Macross 7 Dynamite is Macross 2 (i think) and that they used the Macross 2 music in Macross 7)
3 Lupin the 3rd
4 GTO
5 Trigun
6 Slam Dunk
7 City Hunter
8 Berserk (though I wish I had the manga)
9 Ruroni Kenshin (through the Shi Shi Oh story, then not as good after0
10 Golden Boy

[Monseur Tinklekins]

My all-time favourite anime has to be Inuyasha. Ahh, I can just hear the boos, because it's just so cliche. Inuyasha has become so slaughtered within the n00b fandom, especially on Gaiaonline--everywhere you turn, there's a roleplay with one-liners butchering the characters. It's just horrible! The series has become so popular lately I want to vomit, but what can I say? I'm a sucker for Takahashi-sama's work.

As for my top two and four, I'd have to say Hagaren and Wolf's Rain are tied for my second favourite (because they're just damn awesome, but again overly widespread and becoming almost as horrifically mainstream as Inuyasha), and my fourth is Hellsing. Blood, guts, gore...the manga certainly makes art of vampirism (although a lot of people would argue that it's an art in it's own right, anyway).

[kim]

current faves: bleach, naruto, MARchen, Sousei no Aquarion, Ueki no Housoku, Honey & Clover & Mahou Sensei Negima


I have alot of other faves, but it's much easier to just list out the current faves of what I'm watching.

[hanacker]

1. Crayon Shinchan

2. Sazae-san

[Jaiya]

The live Action lacked Kanzaki Urumi, though, which made it so much worse. Kanzaki Urumi is my favourite anime character, ever. Next comes Onizuka himself.

as seen by your avatar.

but, i guess they just didn't want to add more devious girls that Onizuka would have to deal with...maybe they ran out of ideas...i don't know how they can re-create the scene with Kanzaki when Onizuka jumps off the building with her; that was badass. Then again...they used the same ideas about burying Kanzaki on Mt. Fuji in the Drama Special with that other girl who was in love with her teacher.

Onizuka's the greatest though...no one can predict him, not even Kanzaki knows what the hell he's going to do. And no problems with the Live Action links i hope.

and in s-CRY-ed, Kazuma charges in head first with an arm...and gets is ass OWNED at first. The main point of the story i found was the character rivalry between him and Ryuhou...basically trying to prove that he was worthy. The whole HOLY/Alter bit seemed secondary compared to that.

[h2orowe]

Heh, I finished Bleach last night, now I have to wait for the next sub to be released!

I just want this part to get done with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*spoiler type thing*
Rescue Rukia already damn it! Although, it was getting boring, it got way awesome with all the twists and stuff, like how the cat (forgot it's name) was really that girl.

I got like 6 or more episodes of Tenjou Tenge, haven't started it yet. I might finish Chobits though, I don't know why I liked that show. It's pretty funny though.

[Shreekant]

Brace yourselves people...I'm about to list a lot of anime...All the anime I've EVER SEEN! (in alphabetical order...)

3x3 Eyes
Ah! My Goddess (series, movie, manga and ova's)
Akira (movie and manga)
Azumanga Daioh
Bastard! <-- this one sucked
Berserk (manga and anime)
Beck
Bleach (manga and anime)
Cowboy Bebop
Chobits
Chrno Crusade
Dears
DN Angel
Dragonball Z <-- this one also sucked
Elfen Lied <-- this is one of the BEST anime i've ever seen
Escaflowne (movie as well)
Excel Saga
FL CL
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic (all of it, i.e, fumoffu etc,.)
Full Moon Wo Sagashite
Gantz (manga)
Get Backers
Great Teacher Onizuka (Live action, anime and manga)
Gun Grave
Gundam SEED
Gundam SEED Destiny
Gundam Wing
.Hack//Sign
Hikaru No Go
Hunter X Hunter (anime and manga)
Kenshin (series, ova, movie and manga) <-- the ova's are very good
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Last Exile
Love Hina (series, ova's and manga)
Midori No Hibi (series and manga)
Naruto (series and manga)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ninja Scroll (movie)
Onegai Teacher
Onegai Twins
PlanetES
Rahxephon (series and movie)
Read Or Die (series and ova's)
Saikano
School Rumble
Scrapped Princess
S-Cry-ed
Shadow Skill
Tenchi Muyo (ova)
Trigun
Wolf's Rain
X (series and movie)

...I think that's about it...Let the "omfgz0r j00 r an otaku roflcopter" begin... :cool:

P.S: I'm currently watching Noir..

[ZeekeXIV]

Hmm, I feel like I'm the only one that really likes the Tenchi series... All except Tenchi in Tokyo, though...

Dragonball Z was the first anime I got into, and my favorite for a while. But I started to realize all the freaking episodes were the same, progressing roughly in this order:

- Weaker Z-warriors get obliterated by the for 2-5 episodes
- Stronger Z-warriors give an even match for a few episodes until the enemy transforms into a stronger, cheaper enemy
- Stronger Z-warriors get obliterated for several episodes
- Z-warriors continue to get obliterated while Goku (or strongest Z-warrior at the time) spends several episodes arriving at the battle scene
- Goku (or strongest Z-warrior) finally arrives and gives an even match
- Enemy pulls an even cheaper transformation and Goku/other gets beaten mercilessly
- Strongest Z-warrior pulls a transformation of his own (usually a new Super-Saiyan level) and saves the world

I'm skipping a few scenes, (especially the crucial "powering up" levels) but that's basically every episode.

As for my favorite animes:

Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
FLCL
Trigun
Excel Saga
Gundam Wing
Samurai Champloo
Inuyasha
Lupin the Third

[h2orowe]

Wow, alot of [adultswim] fans!

[Daishikaze]

How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

I just want to get an Idea of when everyone got started really.

P.S. I love Tenchi Muyo! and Universe (not as much as the OVA though), but Tokyo sucked. I really think the creators dropped the ball with this series, They should have continued with the OVA storyline a very long time ago, I think Universe really should have been that continuation (even though I like Universe as it is, THe OVA storyline was much better). Tenchi had the potential to be for the 90s what Urusei Yatsura was for the 80s, and they just never followed through.

[Arilou]

How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

Dunno when these started actually, I watched Starzingers and Moomins on TV as a kid, but I can say that Toonami or Sailor Moon did not *directly* interest me (I started watching animé when I got a hold of Shadow Skill from my brother at one point... Crappy series really :p )

[h2orowe]

I started liking anime with Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho on the original [adultswim].
I don't care for Inuyasha anymore. FLCL made me become an anime nerd though haha.

[l337m45t3r]

How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

I just want to get an Idea of when everyone got started really.

Dose it count if you were too young to actually know it was anime?

The first one I can remember was Astro Boy.

[Daishikaze]

Someone else who has seen Starzingers, how refreshing. When did you first see this series? I first saw it back in '82 or '83 (somewhere around that time, it was before I was old enough for school, so I had no concept of time back then haha), along with Grendizer, Gaiking, Danguard A, Getter Robo and Mazinger Z (all of which were dubbed in english and some with different names, but the same shows still). Around the same time we also had Space battleship Yamato (dubbed as Star Blazers, but still good), then Golion and Dairugger (both dubbed as Voltron) came out, followed by Robotech, and other of other stuff. Looking back There was an aweful lot of anime on TV when I was a child.

If I remember correctly, Shadow Skill was out on video shortly before Toonami came into being. Though the reason Shadow Skill isn't popular is because its only the OVA, not the TV series. US firms seem to have an a problem licensing whole series most of the time, unless they are certain it will make a huge profit (which with todays dvd prices that seems unlikely, so they don't bother)

Other times they do release a series, but put in the minimal effort in restoring the print if its an older series, so it winds up looking worse than it should with todays technology. There is absolutely no excuse for it, just that they don't want to spend the money to restore it if its not going to sell. Problem is that it won't sell because of this most of the time. ADV has been guilty of this recently, and so had Manga Entertainment.

Ah shit I'm ranting again....Sorry everyone.....sorry.....I always do that when I don't mean too.

Anyways, anymore people from the era before Toonami or Sailor Moon?

[Daishikaze]

Dose it count if you were too young to actually know it was anime?

The first one I can remember was Astro Boy.

That counts, At least in my book. When I started watching all that stuff I mentioned earlier, I didn't even know what Japan was. What I did know was the difference between those shows and american shows, the style difference was easily identifiable even to a young child.

[h2orowe]

Hey, is Tenjou Tenge on like episode 36 in Japan right now?
Just wondering.

[Arilou]

Someone else who has seen Starzingers, how refreshing. When did you first see this series? I first saw it back in '82 or '83 (somewhere around that time, it was before I was old enough for school, so I had no concept of time back then haha),

I was born in '84, so it has got to be later than that for me :p I must've been at least 5-6 years old, as I can remember some of the stuff, so make that around '90 or so. Note that I watched the swedish version which was if possible even more butchered than all the others :p (basically they ran the first 25 or so episodes normally, then they skipped to the end of the 70-something episodes long series and showed the last episode, the ending didn't make much sense)

. Looking back There was an aweful lot of anime on TV when I was a child.

More than you think, certainly.


If I remember correctly, Shadow Skill was out on video shortly before Toonami came into being. Though the reason Shadow Skill isn't popular is because its only the OVA, not the TV series. US firms seem to have an a problem licensing whole series most of the time, unless they are certain it will make a huge profit (which with todays dvd prices that seems unlikely, so they don't bother)

As said, I didn't watch that until quite recently (say, around 2000, maybe a bit earlier)

[DJEvan]

Hey, is Tenjou Tenge on like episode 36 in Japan right now?
Just wondering.

IIRC They stopped the series after Maya's brother was killed by his girlfriend. They're currently doing the OVA on it, but i have like only 2 eps.

[h2orowe]

Heh, thanks for the help. Also no thanks for the spoiler. I was watching that show.
If I wasn't using quick reply, I'm sure you'd see an emoticon thingy for this to show my true sorrow.

[Bobbybirdtree]

I got into a lot more anime when i saw yu yu hakusho.

[DJEvan]

Heh, thanks for the help. Also no thanks for the spoiler. I was watching that show.
If I wasn't using quick reply, I'm sure you'd see an emoticon thingy for this to show my true sorrow.

apologies. I tend to type without thinking sometimes. But hey at least now you know :p

[Rogue_7]

I've never watched anime on TV, primarily because I HATE dubbing. (purist snob I know) I got hooked after watching Spirited Away. First I tracked down the rest of Miyazaki's films available in region 1, which of course led me to Lupin III. It may have ended there except a friend of mine had been after me for months to watch Inu Yasha. The first three or so eps of that and it was all over for me.

Favs

Gits, Ranma 1/2, Bebop, Evangelion etc, the usual suspects I suppose.

good but not great

Witch Hunter Robin, Last Exile

What I'm watching now

Bits and pieces of..

Gits SAC: 2nd Gig (is it just me or did this take a great series and make it even better?)
Naruto (up to episode 4 or so ;-) )
Love Hina (Im kinda lukewarm on this, but I'll give it another couple of eps before abandoning it)
Hellsing (who doesnt love hot vampire slaying action?)

[Jaiya]

[QUOTE=Daishikaze]How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

I just want to get an Idea of when everyone got started really. QUOTE]

i first started watching anime probably when they used to show Sailor Moon for the first time. And then when they used to show Megaman in mornings along with DBZ for the first time on Ch. 11 on Sunday mornings. After that, they showed Escaflowne on Ch. 5 but then stopped after about 5 episodes...which was fucking annoying.

Those were good times...probably the only reason i ever had of waking up early on Sunday mornings...

[Elethiomel]

Eh, I don't watch much anime besides Miyazaki and what's on AS (Samurai Champloo FTW), but I do enjoy reading manga (Hellsing in particular). I would watch more if it wasn't so expensive; my main hobby is video gaming and most of my money goes to that.

[h2orowe]

Ha! I just found out today, I've been watching anime since I was 4 or younger!
Gatchaman! When it was on cartoon network back then, they edited it alot, and even added a new character haha, it was called G Force back than. I used to love that show!

[MFDub]

It's Wednesday! You know what that means!

It's Bleach night! Bleach night!


*dances happily*


It's sad, but I really do get this excited every week...:D

[h2orowe]

Woo! I know, I can't wait! This is the first time I had to wait for Bleach, as I finished all the old ones Tuesday! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! EEEEEEEEEEEEK!

[hapacheese]

Oops. Wrong thread.

[Mojinr]

I can't remember every anime that I've liked and watched at the moment. Some that come to mind are

Airmaster (Fights. The story was... eh...nonexistant)
Witch Hunter Robin
Excel Saga
FLCL
Samurai Champloo (The ninja baseball episode alone was great)
Gunbuster


And um... Gundam Wing was good for it's time but now I like Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. Bleach has gotten better and I enjoy it more. However, my favorite manga at the moment is without a doubt Mahou Sensei Negima.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/mahousensei/kissterminatorV2.gif

[h2orowe]

DUDE, what the fuck.... was that?

Hapacheese.... what have you been smoking..... if its weed.... share some.

[hapacheese]

Hahaha... You've never heard the Maiyahi song???

(Previous post was moved to the Japanese Comedians thread...)

[MFDub]

That was hilarious. I love how Romanian was translated perfectly into Japanese. :D

The Numa Numa Ie part cracked me up the most. It didn't hit me that the sounds could be understood like that.

[Shinigami]

How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

I just want to get an Idea of when everyone got started really.

P.S. I love Tenchi Muyo! and Universe (not as much as the OVA though), but Tokyo sucked. I really think the creators dropped the ball with this series, They should have continued with the OVA storyline a very long time ago, I think Universe really should have been that continuation (even though I like Universe as it is, THe OVA storyline was much better). Tenchi had the potential to be for the 90s what Urusei Yatsura was for the 80s, and they just never followed through.
Oy Oy!
I agree!!

[ZeekeXIV]

OH MAN! I freaking forgot about Yu Yu Hakusho! I loved that show!

...until it started throwing in too many DBZ elements. Damn you, FUNimations...

Hey, has anyone checked out the new Tenchi series: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki? It's a new series, and since I doubt anyone has ripped it yet, I decided to do the honest thing and actually spend money. It's not bad, so far. I've only seen the first three episodes. The only thing I'd recommend is changing the language to Japanese with English subs. They got new voices for most of the characters and I think the voice-acting is pretty subpar.

And just to answer an earlier question, I've been watching anime since DBZ used to air on the WB. I usually just stick to the animes they show on American TV, though.

[kensei]

Anyone know how many episodes there are of Tenjou Tenge?

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Anyone know how many episodes there are of Tenjou Tenge?

That anime is filled with SO many fan service...

[kensei]

Tenjou Tenge

(Fanservice: The Anime)
I stand by what I said ^_^

[Shreekant]

The first anime i ever saw was Akira, when it aired on BBC at some point during the 90's...so i think that was before Toonami at any rate (we didn't have Sky or cable so...).

[h2orowe]

Ikkitousen has more fan service I heard, they nicknamed it Ikkititties.
What's funny is that I asked how many episodes of Tenjou Tenge there was.......

Anyway.... anyone know any good fighter type anime, or school setting fighter type?
Besides Tenjou Tenge.

[DJEvan]

i could be way off the mark, but IIRC, 24?

[Daishikaze]

Ikkitousen has more fan service I heard, they nicknamed it Ikkititties.
What's funny is that I asked how many episodes of Tenjou Tenge there was.......

Anyway.... anyone know any good fighter type anime, or school setting fighter type?
Besides Tenjou Tenge.

Fighter type? in the Martial arts sense? or just a series with lots of fighting?

The school setting one is abit clearer, Ranma 1/2 and Project A-ko spring instantly to mind. I'm having trouble remembering others at the moment. but if you hacen't seen either of them, then its a good place to start

[kensei]

Ikkitousen has more fan service I heard, they nicknamed it Ikkititties.
What's funny is that I asked how many episodes of Tenjou Tenge there was.......

Anyway.... anyone know any good fighter type anime, or school setting fighter type?
Besides Tenjou Tenge.
Real Bout High School?

[tekkan]

Its all about Naruto and Gundam Seed!!! :D

Speed Grapher...I watched one ep of that...omg...that is one messed up anime. Seriously...a photographer who gets off by taking pictures of violence and stuff.

Messed. Seriously messed.

[Daishikaze]

Basilisk, Jubei Ninpo Cho, Kamui No Ken >>>>>>>> Naruto

Zeta Gundam >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>G, Wing,X, Seed, Seed Destiny

:D :D

Just being silly now

[Shamu]

I love Kenshin! He's my hero! :p
While I love anime, I tend to lean more to manga, especially with the crazy fillers animes like Kenshin (third season anyone?) do.
Right now I love Bleach (Ichigo and Renji rule!), Naruto, Inuyasha, Samurai Champloo, Fruits Basket, Chobits, Beck, Kyou Kara Maou, Prince of Tennis, and Tsubasa Chronicles, but my all time favorite is FMA! Oh yeah, and I love anything that Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli does.
First anime I remember watching was Bell and Sabastian on Nik.

[h2orowe]

I'm getting Samurai X right now.... haha only the first OVA though, but I'm also downloading Ikkitousen right now, I'll probably get Real Bout High School after.

Ikkitousen is a torrent so it'll be a while -.- .
I love the genre, I just am annoyed by the much unneeded fan service.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

:D Ikkititties.

[Jaiya]

Kenshin [the character] pisses me off so much...it's unbelievable how must i loathe him for some strange reason...

Shishio is the man, if not for his self-combustion at the end, he would've owned Kenshin.

Sanosuke owns also, Futai no Kiwami = awesome.

[Daishikaze]

I saw Samurai X OVA 1, it was ok, nothing to write home about. Haven't seen RK yet, and I'm not sure I'll bother, not when films like Goyokin, Festival of Swordsmen, and Makai Tenshou sit on my shelf begging to be watched yet again.

I'm glad to see this anime genre is moving away from the Bakumatsu/Meiji era. With shows like Basilisk (Late Sengoku, early Edo period Ninja series), Otogi Zoushi (Heian era), and a few others, Things are bound to get more interesting in this Genre again.

[Citizen]

I tend to avoid televised anime, unless I had been waiting for it, as it tends to suck.

[Daishikaze]

I do too most of the time, most of the stuff that has been shown in the last five years doesn't seem worth my time or money sadly. Not that it matters, I have a back log of stuff to buy that should keep me busy for quite some time.

[Jaiya]

buying also squanders money...might as well just download...then again, those boxed sets are aesthetically appealing...but $100+ is not something so easily able to dish out just for anime.

[Daishikaze]

I can spend 100+ no problem, but I rarely buy that much at once. Its just that I don't want to waste my cash on something thats probably been done better in the past.

In recent years, I have been trying to by more than just anime (Classic Jidai-Geki films, Classic american films, Joshi Puroresu DVDs) so I'm not exclusively buying anime as much as I did before I moved over here

[ArkhanTerra]

To tell the truth I generally enjoy manga more than I do anime, but some cool anime that I like are:

Speed Grapher
Outlaw Star (I loved that back in the day)
Hajime no Ippo
Prince of Tennis
Fullmetal Alchemist (although the manga is better)

As far as manga goes:

DeathNote
Happy
Naruto (the anime quality is really iffy)
Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA manga > FMA anime)
Loveless (cool, but I haven't read much of it)

[ArkhanTerra]

Its all about Naruto and Gundam Seed!!! :D

Speed Grapher...I watched one ep of that...omg...that is one messed up anime. Seriously...a photographer who gets off by taking pictures of violence and stuff.

Messed. Seriously messed.

The first episode is an introduction. He gets the power to blow shit up with the camera, turning it into a kickass action flick.


Methinks you should watch more than one episode of a series before judging it.

[h2orowe]

I saw the Samurai X OVA ep 1.... the first 2 minuites was probably the best 2 minuites in anime ever.....
It's not my favorite, but this anime is extremely good.

[SpAdeR^]

1) One Piece

2) Elven Lied. How come no1 on this thread mention Elven Lied? Is it cuz none of you like blood and gore and good storyline?

other good anime:
Full Metal Alchemist (not the ending)
Ranma 1/2 (manga)
FLCL

[ukimalefu]

-Arjuna
-Serial Experiment Lain
-Cowboy Bebop
-Tsukihime
-Boogiepop Phantom

[Daishikaze]

I'm guessing nobody likes most animes over 10 years old.

Sad, because there is so much great stuff from the pre-95 era, and it seems no one in the fandom wants it.

I guess I'll have to step up my buying because at this rate, because soon all the pre-90s stuff thats out right now will be discontinued because the fandom doesn't want them. Ho hum

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I'm guessing nobody likes most animes over 10 years old.

Sad, because there is so much great stuff from the pre-95 era, and it seems no one in the fandom wants it.

I guess I'll have to step up my buying because at this rate, because soon all the pre-90s stuff thats out right now will be discontinued because the fandom doesn't want them. Ho hum

Without the exception of Evangelion, and a bit of kids still going around, screaming at the top of their lungs, "KAMEHAMEHA!!!"

[h2orowe]

Pfft... . I think I said this before, I'm not sure, but I found out I used to watch Gatchaman, back when it was G-force on American TV.

[lissybee]

Right now, I absolutely love Full Metal Panic!, especially TSR. I also like Fullmetal Alchemist, Fushigi Yuugi, Escaflowne and Fruits Basket. And i gotta admit that I like Detective Conan. I know, I know it's a kid's show but the cases are still pretty interesting.

[Daishikaze]

Pfft... . I think I said this before, I'm not sure, but I found out I used to watch Gatchaman, back when it was G-force on American TV.

I'm not asking if you saw anything older than 10 years. I'm stating that it seems no one here seems to like anything over 10 years old. Just because you saw something that is older doesn't tell you you watch alot of anime from that era.

But What can I expect? Most of y'all got into anime because of Cartoon network, if they never showed anything, alot of you probably would even care about it right now.

Also most of you say you download anime rather than purchase it, which I can understand, But it seems all anyone downloads is the New stuff that isn't out over here yet.

The truely terrible thing is, that even if you were to go out and buy something from the 70s or 80s, you probably wouldn't enjoy it because its not as fancy as the most recent shows. it happens everytime.

[KujiInRetsu]

I just have to say that 撲殺天使 ドクロちゃん (Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan; a.k.a. Club-to-Death Angel Dokuro-chan,or what I like to call "Blunt Force Trauma Angel") is quite simply the strangest anime I have seen in my life, and will probably be the strangest one I will ever see. In my honest opinion, Family Guy doesn't hold a candle to this series. Japanese just do weird better.

[Life25Karma]

My Favorite Anime Titles Are The Following(No Particular Order):

1. Peace Maker
2. Samuari Champloo
3. Tenjho Tenge - got this during the convention(Otakon 2005)
4. Saiyuki

[Life25Karma]

:p Old anime that I like are:

1.Ranma 1/2
2.Dominion Tank Police
3.Project A-KO
4.Vampire Hunter D(Not Blood Lust)
5.AKIRA(Duh?)
6.Fist Of The North Star
7.Wicked City
8.Burn Up
9.Tenchi Muyo
10.Slayers
11.GunSmith Cats

[houkouonchi]

Anime I have seen (most complete some partial)in no paticular order:

Ones that are still airing that I am current on the newest episode i put (current).

Ones currently on my computer:
愛してるぜベイベ
アルジェントソーマ
あしたのジョー
爆裂天使
星界の戦旗
ベック
ブリーチ(current)
バブルガムクライシス
BUZZER BEATER
キャプテン翼 (2001)(current)
神鵰俠侶
星界の紋章
新世紀ＧＰＸサイバーフォーミュラ
DearS
探偵学園Q
Ｄ・Ｎ・Ａ˛　～何処かで失くしたあいつのアイツ～
地球少女アルジュナ
へっぽこ実験アニメーション エクセル・サーガ
アイシールド21
フルメタル・パニック！
フルメタル・パニック? ふもっふ
フルメタル・パニック! The Second Raid
ふしぎ遊戯
未来少年コナン
ガンツ
GIRLSブラボー
ガラスの仮面(1984)
ガラスの仮面(2005)
ゴクドーくん漫遊記
ゴールデンボーイ
アガサ・クリスティーの名探偵ポワロとマープル
エイチ・ツー
イニシャルD(to current)
犬夜叉
ジパング
かみちゅ
カノン
旋風の用心棒
金色のガッシュベル！！
これが私の御主人様
魔法先生 ネギま！
今日からマ王！
魔法少女隊アルス
メジャー
名探偵コナン(current)
人魚の森
ナルト(current)
忍空－
ああっ女神さまっ
おくさまは女子高生
ワンピース
テニスの王子様
らんま１／２
Samurai Deeper Kyo
パタパタ飛行船の冒険
シャーマンキング
陸奥圓明流外伝 修羅の刻
スラムダンク
鋼鉄天使くるみ 1/2
円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ
剣勇伝説ＹＡＩＢＡ
XTV
焼きたて!! ジャぱん
絶対少年

Other ones i have burned on dvd(from memory)
めぞん一刻
ノワール
幽遊白書
るろうに剣心
うる星やつら
ヒカルの碁
.hack//SIGN
はじめの一歩
君が望む永遠
Whistle!
鋼の錬金術師
あずまんが大王
シンデレラボーイ
トライガン
東京アンダーグラウンド
カウボーイビバップ
ハンター×ハンター
スクライド
魔探偵ロキ RAGNAROK
RAGNAROK THE ANIMATION
リアルバウトハイスクール
鬼神童子ZENKI
宇宙のステルヴィア
スパイラル -推理の絆
グラップラー刃牙 1/2
中華一番
カウボーイビバップ
天使な小生意気
天上天下
タッチ

And lots of others on DVD which I can't remember

[Daishikaze]

Why is it that everyone is listing their favorite animes when there was already a thread for doing that? I thought this was supposed to be general anime discussion?

Very little discussion has happened so far, there are more lists than conversations

[h2orowe]

Who here's seen Tenjou Tenge?
Did you like it?
Rate it out of 10.

I have only seen the first 15 but I'd give it like a 7.8 or so

[kensei]

I just finished Tenjou Tenge. I'd give it at least an 8. The last episode was anti-climactic to say the leasts.

Does anyone know why it's only 24 episodes and if they're going to make another season?

[h2orowe]

I hope they have a second season, from what I've heard of the whole flashback arc taking up the whole damn show it's a waste of frigging time to not have a friggin second season.

[ukimalefu]

I'm guessing nobody likes most animes over 10 years old.

Sad, because there is so much great stuff from the pre-95 era, and it seems no one in the fandom wants it.

I guess I'll have to step up my buying because at this rate, because soon all the pre-90s stuff thats out right now will be discontinued because the fandom doesn't want them. Ho hum

I loved Mazinger Z, Captain future,Speed racer, and others.

[h2orowe]

Haha, Now who's everyones favorite character
Name one male and female

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Male: A Three-way tie between Kakashi from the Naruto Series, Sousuke from Full Metal Panic!, and Alucard from Hellsing.

Female: Haruhara Haruko from FLCL.

'Nuff said. My characters winz0rz.

[h2orowe]

Hahahaa, Haruko is awesome, but I think I might like Mamimi more.
Well you can name the top 3 haha
Male: Alucard, Vash, and Ishida/Ichigo ahh! even more! Ryu, Ken, Vega, E Honda!
Female: Chun Li, Haruko, Mamimi, Inoue, REM, Millie, Ed!

Male Top 3 (No order): Alucard, Vash, and Ryu.
Female Top 3 (In order!): Chun Li, Mamimi/Haruko, and REM.

[kensei]

Male: Alucard (manga version prefered)

Female: Natsume Maya

[h2orowe]

Err! I forgot Ten Ten!
Female list also now includes: Maya, Aya, and Bobs girlfriend whatever her name was.
Male list includes: Bob, and Nagi or w/e his name was (Not good with names obviously >.<)
Oh! And Kenshin!

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Err! I forgot Ten Ten!
Female list also now includes: Maya, Aya, and Bobs girlfriend whatever her name was.
Male list includes: Bob, and Nagi or w/e his name was (Not good with names obviously >.<)
Oh! And Kenshin!

What anime are they all from, idiot?

Oh, Kenshin and Ten Ten is excluded.

[h2orowe]

All the people I named were either from Tenjou Tenge, Samurai X, Trigun, Hellsing, Street Fighter 2, Bleach and Fooly Cooly.

Oh my god! I forgot Seras Victoria! Police Girl I'm sorry!

[Guess]

My Fav. Anime of all time:

Witch Hunter Robin - elegantly sad and beautifully depressing

Full Metal Alchemist - the concept is just plain cool

Naruto - very philosophical and funny (although its dragging alot)

[h2orowe]

They need to make a Soul Calibur anime!

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

They need to make a Soul Calibur anime!

Then they'll need to liscence the Console-based characters (Nintendo's Link, XBOX's Marvel Comic Spawn, etc), and so on...

[h2orowe]

No they don't need those characters, just the Soul Calibur original characters
GOD DAMNIT THE LIVING ROOM REEKS OF POT >.< I THOUGHT IT WAS MY PITS XO

[kensei]

I'll just sit over here with my PS2 and its exclusive rights to Soul Calibur III

[h2orowe]

Me too! Still, I want a SC anime! That'd be really awesome.

[Daishikaze]

Male:

Captain Harlock (Appeared in many Leiji Matsumoto anime, and had his own series too): his coolness cannot be overstated

Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura): Most Perverted man in the Universe (at least back then, he may have been surpassed by alot of the modern day freaks around nowadays)

Casval Rem Deikun/Char Aznable/Quattro Bageena (Gundam/Zeta/CA): The Coolest Gundam charactor ever, so cool that Bandai keeps copying him in every new series.

Hikage (Blood Reign): Bad ass Ninja with a mission, saw some pretty fucked up things and didn't bat an eye.

Arsene Lupin the 3rd: The original thief with a heart of gold.


Female:

The Entire female cast of Urusei Yatsura: Each has so much to like, it would be a shame to just single one out. If I have too, then Lum wins hands down. but I liked them all

Prissilla S. Asagiri (BGC 2032): The major bad ass of the Knight Sabers. So popular that they rewrote the story so she wouldn't die in Episode 6, which pissed off the creator, who pulled out if the project when there were still 8 episode left to film.


Lynn Minmay (Macross): Yes, I know how alot of people don't like her, but I thought she was an extremely well written charactor (Considering that Mari Iijima said that none of the charactor was her except the voice, the charactor was that well written). And I like her singing, so sue me.

Leona Ozaki (Dominion Tank Police): Who'da that a psychotic (bordering on Sexual at times) obsession with Tanks would be so funny? Masamune Shirow, thats who.

Asuka Natsume AKA Nuku Nuku (APCCG Nuku Nuku): possibly the most adorable cat girl ever.



Thats it for now, I know there are alot more I'm forgetting

[h2orowe]

I've like not heard of any of those in your list Daishikaze, except Lupin.

[l337m45t3r]

Favorite male: Coin toss between Dr. "Pops" Raven & Kaji Ryuoji.

Favourite female: Asuka Langley Sohryu

[Daishikaze]

I've like not heard of any of those in your list Daishikaze, except Lupin.

Of course not, if you only watch what CN puts out, or what is en vogue at the moment (I.E.: Naruto, FMP, etc. etc.), then you won't have heard of any of them. Most of these charactors were around before you were even born.

seriously, you should really branch out into classic anime, you are missing alot of great stuff, if you only stick to what is popular at the moment.

[Cheapo]

dubbed anime SUX in general
the only way to watch anime is raw or fansubbed. (professional subbing uses bad grammar)
i'm watching Gundam Seed Destiny, Bleach and Shuffle at the moment, but Gundam wing > Gundam Seed. (all subbed of course....english dubbing is the most horrible thing, you can place it right up there with japanese porn)

[h2orowe]

I just download it, I don't have money to buy it. But I did buy Akira and Ninja Ressurection, 3 weeks ago, yet to watch it.

[Citizen]

Captain Harlock (Appeared in many Leiji Matsumoto anime, and had his own series too): his coolness cannot be overstated

Oh God, yes. Leiji Matsumoto is anime royalty as far as I'm concerned.

And the expansive universe(Leijiverse, anyone?) with Captain Herlock is great.

[Daishikaze]

Yes Matsumoto's work on Space Battleship Yamato is what started me off on the road to anime fandom. I love everything I have ever seen by him, and Harlock still reigns supreme for me.

Leijiverse, thats very fitting, he's one of the only guys in anime that links all of his work together into one universe, its great.

[Citizen]

It always bothers me when people say that his work really "shows its age". Which is far from true. Almost all, if not all, of the stuff shown in his works is still futuristic or at least reasonable to have in a future setting. It's not like watching the original Star Trek and snickering as the crew consults "futuristic" three ton computers with no screens.

The voice acting is well done, the plots are still just as deep and meaningful, and all the other apects of a good show remain.

Some people just can't handle art styles that aren't the typical boring styles seen in thousands of other cliche animes.

[Trump]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Spike from Cowboy Bebob.

[Daishikaze]

It always bothers me when people say that his work really "shows its age". Which is far from true. Almost all, if not all, of the stuff shown in his works is still futuristic or at least reasonable to have in a future setting. It's not like watching the original Star Trek and snickering as the crew consults "futuristic" three ton computers with no screens.

The voice acting is well done, the plots are still just as deep and meaningful, and all the other apects of a good show remain.

Some people just can't handle art styles that aren't the typical boring styles seen in thousands of other cliche animes.

I'm with you there man, his work certainly holds its own against even the best of the most recent crop of anime. I also think this applies to alot of the classics, IMO alot of the best from yesteryear puts the current fan favorites to shame (Bold statement, no?).

I know I'm going to catch hell for saying that, but fuck it, I'm used to it.

[Wysen]

Haha, Now who's everyones favorite character
Name one male and female
Male: Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
Female: Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic!)

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Male: Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
Female: Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic!)

Haha, Sousuke's like Chidori's bitch, she slaps him when he does somethin' stupid or bad. :D

[Dr. Hobo is my hero]

Hmmm... favorite characters...

Male:

Sado (Chad) Yasutora from Bleach. I dunno why though. I guess I kinda relate to him being a gentle big guy and all.

GTO... Onizuka's the man.

Roy Fokker from Macross. Great big brother character for Hikaru Ichijou... not to mention the original fighter pilot/lady's man.

Lupin the 3rd. Why? Cuz he's Lupin, that's why.

oh and I can't forget Hanamichi Sakuragi from Slam Dunk, City Hunter, Basara from Macross 7, and a few others too.

Female

Miria Farina Jenius from Macross. She was a bad ass.

Azusa Fuyutsuki from GTO

Youruichi from Bleach

And to Daishikaze... Nuku Nuku rocks man.

[BluZytrix]

Male: Baki from Grappler Baki because he's one of the most badass people I have ever known

Fembot: Hinata from Naruto because she is training to kick some butt in upcoming eps.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Fembot: Hinata from Naruto because she is training to kick some butt in upcoming eps.

Haha, stupid fillers invaded my computer screen...

Dude, hinata jus' got kidnapped. And plus, the episode of Naruto seeing her naked has FANSERVICE all over it.

[BluZytrix]

I haven't heard of this naked Hinata thing. Interesting. Ya, I know she just got kidnapped but she is still training hard ya know. Give her a break or I'll give you 1000 years of pain!

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

It was on Episode 147-148, Hinata was doing some trick... I think she was doing an even better version of Neji's Hakkesho Kaiten (spinning around real fast with chakra swirling around him), or somethin' like that.

[Eagle]

How Many of you were into anime before Toonami? How about before Sailor Moon aired on western TV?

I just want to get an Idea of when everyone got started really.
.

I remember a subtitled version of Dragonball back in the 80's. Long before Cartoon Network and Toonami. And I had friends passing around tapes of Bubblegum Crisis and Dominion Tank Police before Toonami came along.

I didn't really get into them until Toonami, though. I got wrapped up in the short run series like Outlaw Star, Blue Submarine, Angel Cop, Sorcerer Hunters, and Big O. Bought boxed sets of most of those. And I got involved in Pokemon with my son. Then Digimon. Then Dragonball Z. Then Inuyasha, HACKsign and Yu Yu Hakusho.

I drew the line at Yu-Gi-Oh. Although it's cost me a small fortune. :mad:

[Citizen]

I'm with you there man, his work certainly holds its own against even the best of the most recent crop of anime. I also think this applies to alot of the classics, IMO alot of the best from yesteryear puts the current fan favorites to shame (Bold statement, no?).

No, I agree with you on that. A lot of the new stuff that gets raved about these days is crap. Inuyasha is a perfect example. I've not seen something so horrid become so overrated since FFVII.

Note: Don't bitch at me for the FFVII referrence. This isn't the place, and I don't care. :D

[kensei]

Okay, I just finished the last Tenjou Tenge OVA and I must say:

Nothing says finale like penis humor.

[Collapse]

Currently finished Rozen Maiden.

[Paragon]

Male
The Count from Gankutsuou(i loved the book)
Female
Yoko from Juuni Kokki/Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road

[Daishikaze]

I have been noticing alot of general anime Hate around the forums lately, I mean a real disdain for all things anime.

Why is this? Is it because anime in all its forms is completely aweful? No, I think not. After all they only see whats on TV at the moment, which is only a drop in the ocean of the Medium. Can't judge the whole because of the small part of it you have seen.

Perhaps its the fandom that deifies anything that is flashy enough to catch their attention for five minutes? Thats a strong possibility.

The Fandom tends to like anything and everything Japanese if its flashy enough. They then proceed to yammer on and on about how awesome something is until something new shows up, then they repeat the process ad nauseum, Promptly forgetting how much they worshipped the last show.

This easy to please bunch has is who they make anime for nowadays. This is why anime that would have flopped 10 years ago is all the rage now. And because no one looks at anthing older that 10 years, they don't know that alot of new stuff is rehashed from the popular shows of yesteryear.

But wait, there is one more possibility, Maybe its because the fandom puts anime above their favorite domestic series? I think that the people that hate it for this reason shouldn't really listen to what the anime fandom says. Personally, I think alot of american animation has caught up with the anime of old in terms of writting, They don't need to match them in artwork, they have their own distinct style that sets them apart. Trying to copy what Japan (or anyone for that matter) is a mistake. Its like in the 30s and 40s when alot of animators tried to be like Walt Disney, they failed miserably and lost everything in the process.

Japanese animators knew this, and they developed their own style, and they kept adapting. in the 70s, when american animation was stuck in a rut (though still fun I grant you), Japan was coming out with fresh ideas that no one had done before. It didn't take long for america to catch up, though they hadn't quite hit on alot of themes that the Japanese were using, US animation was still damn good.

The only thing that the US had a problem with when it comes to animation is they could never drop the idea that cartoons are just for kids, or should be family oriented. Though it seems lately that they have dropped their inhibitions about such things, and have made things alot more serious.

ah I don't know. I long for the days when the fandom was small, when we all knew what we were talking about. Most fans don't know a damn thing nowadays. Ah well

[h2orowe]

Hey! I barely know anything, but that's because if I get too into it in public, people mock me, and my friends think I change so I lose them -.- it's sad but true, and if I get too much into it online I lose hard drive space. I'm still relatively new at it.
I don't watch much older works because I'm rarely given the chance though. I can't wait for NGE to go on Adult Swim (you're not in America so it's like Cartoon Network, but on for adults/teens).
I know some people are turned off by what most people think, like Cartoons=childish, and they usually put Anime in the same category as like Spongebob and such. I admit I like some dorky anime that's kinda childish, like Super Milk-chan, but the main reason I watch anime is the fact it's like reading a novel, but in picture form. They actually develop characters, and have plots. Instead of American cartoons, which are either "childish" or if they have like Action ones, they're usually boring, or stupid because they can't kill people alot of the time. I hate those shows now because I can't watch a show restricted to such limits. It's kind of hard to say, it's just boring to me.
New one's I kinda prefer over old ones because of the animation, but I'd still watch old ones.
New ones that are really good are Bleach, Naruto (well, I heard they have filler eps, I've only seen 1-19 of Naruto though :/ ), and FLCL.
Old ones I like that I've seen are Lupin the the 3rd. XD I've not seen many old ones.

[Shamu]

Some anime isn't childish at all. Take Samurai Champloo for example, while it has it's "childish" moments, it deals with many adult situations (i.e. Jin and his romance with a married woman/prostitute as well as many others). My mom adores that show as well as Full Metal Alchemist, she's also a huge fan of Miyazaki/studio Ghibli stuff too. Funny thing is, she thought they were just cartoons until she sat down and watched one (FMA) and realized that they're not just for kids. My dad now watches Samurai Champloo as well and really likes it (he's mad that AS took the new eps off the air until Nov. :) )
Anime night has become a family thing in my house and it's a special treat for my daughter to stay up and watch Inuyasha (yes, I'm a RIF, I can't help it!).
I guess my point is, that anime can be for everyone.
BTW h2orowe, you should watch the first two seasons of Kenshin only, otherwise I recomend sticking with the manga. I also love wearing my FMA and Inuyasha stuff! I'm not affraid to let everyone know I'm an anime geek! One guy came up to me in a store one day and was like "You watch Inuyasha!? That's awesome!" Ah...the things that make this a small world...

[Random]

"My favourite animes" list is a short one:
Outlaw Star (best of all my favourites. And the only series I really own on DVD)
Naruto (up to around 110. Not after that)
Excel Saga
Trigun
and I'm currently watching Air, and enjoying it.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Naruto (up to around 110. Not after that)

Is it because of the fillers you stopped watching it? I really don't care about the fillers much, I just wait patiently until it get's to the Kakashi Gaiden.

[Random]

Yeah. I was at a friends house; he showed me the latest episode, I ran out the room.

At that point I was up to 110, so decided to wait there until it finishes with fillers, than I'll continue to watch. That way, I get to keep going at a nice pace, instead of slowly reaching an end at which point I must stop.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Yeah. I was at a friends house; he showed me the latest episode, I ran out the room.

At that point I was up to 110, so decided to wait there until it finishes with fillers, than I'll continue to watch. That way, I get to keep going at a nice pace, instead of slowly reaching an end at which point I must stop.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but what the hey, Naruto's Naruto, and I gotta masturbate.

[h2orowe]

That's cool Shamu, I wish my family was a little more open -.- and my whole community. Luckily, I have asian heavy area, and stupidly they think AZN PRIDE FOO MANGA, but there is a few who actually like it and know about it, so it's a little more accepted.

[Random]

Yeah, I know what you mean, but what the hey, Naruto's Naruto, and I gotta masturbate.

I hope that doens't have any relavance to Naruto.

If not, then that was a quick subject change.
If so, then.....
....
....
i must see those filler episodes! O_O


nah, just kidding. So I hope you were, too...

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I hope that doens't have any relavance to Naruto.

If not, then that was a quick subject change.
If so, then.....
....
....
i must see those filler episodes! O_O


nah, just kidding. So I hope you were, too...

Yeah, I was joking....

But, in ONE of the filler episodes, Naruto sees Hiata nekkid. :eek:

Fan Service, is what I can only say.

[Random]

But, in ONE of the filler episodes, Naruto sees Hiata nekkid. :eek:

That might explain why my friend's been watching these fillers like they're the most important thing ever made.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

That might explain why my friend's been watching these fillers like they're the most important thing ever made.

It's funny how they brought back that Mizuki guy from Episode one, because he was CONVENIENTLY connected to Orochimaru.

[Random]

plots become convoulted when popularity increases ;)

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

plots become convoulted when popularity increases ;)

The same thing goes with the Dragon Ball series. 'Twas supposed to end at the Frieza Saga, but the popuarity grew, and so became Drag-On Ball.

[Random]

Feh. After watching that for 3 weeks when I had digital freeview or something, I soon tired and never watched again.

I saw some battles, some random powerup scenes, cheesy american voices...

and this was BEFORE I got into anime.

[Hass]

My Fav Anime Of All Time(in Bold the Rest Are Getting There Slowly)
Berserk, FMA, Naruto(sorta), Samurai Champloo, Hellsing, And Speed Grapher

If i ever watched feminine anime like a whole season i would've listed some lol

[Tssss..]

i like naruto, trigun, inuyasha, fruits basket, fushigi yugi (sp), escaflowne, get backers, and...........some more. but my brain isn't working right now.

[h2orowe]

Dude! I can't believe I forgot to get the new Bleach last night ! T_T I'm losing my Bleach touch! Nooooo!

[Your Biggest Fan]

FLCL, Hellsing, Ninja Scroll 1,2. Escaflowne, Love Hina, Vampire Hunter D, Blood.
and thats about it.

[Praetorian]

My favourite is 'Great Teacher Onizuka'.

[The Laughing Man]

First anime that I watched were the super robots in Jim Terry's Force Five. U.F.O Grendizer, Getter Robo G (Starvengers), Gaiking, Danguard Ace. Spaceketeers wasn't exactly a super robot show.

I also grew up on other super robot classics like Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo, Voltes V, and other classic titles like Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy), Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor), Candy Candy, Akazukin Chacha, and what have you.

The anime that really got me into it was Chou Jikuu Yousai: Makorosu (Super Dimensional Fortress: Macross- NOT that Robotech crap). Up until this time, I have not found an anime title that can get me over Macross.

Right now, I'm keeping myself busy with Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Appleseed 2004, Shin Getter 2004, Macross Zero, Macross 7, Azumanga Daioh, and a couple more titles.

[Shinzon]

i only watch one Anime series and thats InitialD .. why? ... i like it ..
the rest of you .. your fucking loosers!

MOHAHA!

(yes i am a hater)

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

i only watch one Anime series and thats InitialD .. why? ... i like it ..
the rest of you .. your fucking loosers!

MOHAHA!

(yes i am a hater)

It irks me that the fact that the cars are better-looking than the drivers.

[h2orowe]

Sorry for the necrobump, but I want my thread back! :(

Has anyone seen Samurai X? I've seen the first ova ep, but I loved it. It gave me chills most the way through. I'm not going to "obtain" them throught the internet anymore, just because I really want to support the people who made it, so I'll buy the DVD.

[kattana]

"Samurai X" no, but the proper origional japanese kenshin OVA's yes, they are how kenshin is supposed to be, not the pathetic badly drawn and ugly idiot of the overly long and pointless series.
OVA Kenshin Owns, they are one of the best stories I have seen, as well amazing artwork. the animation is excellent as well, but the form of art does not matter.

[h2orowe]

I called it Samurai X, because that's what it's mostly called :/
But yeah, it is good. :D I've only seen the first one though! I need to get the rest!

[Aria]

My fav..hm...Well, I can't pick one, but here's some that I thought were great or that I thought were great but turned out to be crap. Just for some contrast.

Full Metal Alchemist - Yay for Peer 2 Peer in college! It was really sad. Broke my heart.

Cowboy Bebor - Hehe, just like everyone else. I guess it was just really good. :-P

Detective Conan/Case Closed - It's like CSI but anime. Sorta. I like it cuz of the weird ways people can get killed. Very creative.

Flame of Recca - It was good, except for the ran out of funds and like...ended it really bad. I haven't been able to watch anime in 3 weeks cuz that ending was so terrible. It like...deterred me from anime. I'll take manga, thank you.

Magic Knight Rayearth - That was a sad one too. But I thought it was cute. Good artwork (manga).

Vision of Escaflowne - I saw this like...3 years ago, but I remember it being very interesting. Granted we watched the entire series in one night, I think it was still good despite my eyes bleeding after 8 hours.

Hmm...that's really not that much anime. I thought I watched more/liked more of them. I guess I read a lot more manga. I recommend manga over anime. That way you can have the original, uncut plot. And no ugly voices, English OR Japanese. (In Japanese girls are annoying, in English everyone is annoying.)

[NotQuiteNecessary]

Top three list. This is in no particular order.

Noir- The animation will make you wet your pants, combining the robust backgrounds of .hack//sign with the gritty character designs and film-noirish attitude of Cowboy Bebop. Action choraeography is top-notch, as Kirika often kills people with simple household objects such as a tie(used as a garrote), sunglasses(broken and two and then stabbed through the temple), and a pickaxe(oh just guess). Music is Yuki Kajiura(of .hack//sign fame), but instead of the slow, meloncholic peices used in .hack, she replaces them with interesting mixes of techno, opera, J-pop, and rock(although the slower peices have not disappeared). The plotline is interesting, only slowly showing its hand and only completely revealing itself two episodes from the end. It turns out to be rather nice, but inplausible by the end. Then again, this is anime. Plausibility isn't often rewarded.

Paranoia Agent- I watched it BEFORE it was cool(IE on cartonnetwork) and I must say it was a work of certain genious. The entire series is self-referential symbolism wrapped in allegories about the japanese culture wrapped in gorgeous animation. I had to watch it twice to feel I had a grip on it, and I have only this to say: Satoshi Kon is a mad mastermind, and should be kept away from any firearms. Except for paintball guns, as they might help his work.

FLCL- Yes, it makes no sense. Yes, it's utterly insane. Yes, it could have easily been a disaster. But it's also a work of undenyable genious, even if just from an art-direction standpoint. The only thing that even comes close to comparing to this movie's visual style is the obviously acid-induced masterpeice 'The Yellow Submarine'. The recipe is similar anyway. Take rock band. Take songs. Plaster together into incoherant mass and hope like hell it turns out well. In this case, as with The Yellow Submarine, it turned out quite well.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

FLCL- Yes, it makes no sense. Yes, it's utterly insane. Yes, it could have easily been a disaster. But it's also a work of undenyable genious, even if just from an art-direction standpoint. The only thing that even comes close to comparing to this movie's visual style is the obviously acid-induced masterpeice 'The Yellow Submarine'. The recipe is similar anyway. Take rock band. Take songs. Plaster together into incoherant mass and hope like hell it turns out well. In this case, as with The Yellow Submarine, it turned out quite well.

And that's how I got hooked on The Pillows. The story may seem plotless, but to me, it's like a kid coping with the adult world. For more information about my statement, take a look at Naota's "horn".
Indeed, a child fitting in, inside the magic realm. GAINAX Style.

[NotQuiteNecessary]

I thought the horn was more a Freudian look at the male overcompensation and Naota's inability to have a real Oedipus complex because he lacked a mother and therefore wanted to screw Haruko. Or more realistically, it could mean he's gay. He DID turn down Haruko. But, ya know, that's just my interpertation.

[/fanwank off]

[h2orowe]

It was all a metaphor sort of for growing up. Every character had a flaw of immaturity. Look at the dad (forgot his name... kon right?) he was a pervert, and childish, thus immature; Mamimi had the bad girl complex, thus being immature (note the ciggarettes say Never Knows Best); Ninamori, she was a spoiled brat, accustomed to everything her way, thus immature; Naota, was always trying to act adult/cool, thus making him immature; but Haruko, she was a free spirit and did whatever she wanted.

There's also more symbolism to it, but it's hard to talk about now, I haven't seen the series in a while, I'll probably watch it this weekend if I'm free :D
It's my favorite. It got me into anime. I loved the dub, too, and the sub is also good.

[DJEvan]

just popped by to ask a quick question.

I've finished GITS:SAC but i've been seeing that there's this 2nd gig running around the net atm. Anyone know if this is the 2nd season for their tv series or something? also, are there any OVAs out there that are worth catching?

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

It was all a metaphor sort of for growing up.

True.

Look at the dad (forgot his name... kon right?) he was a pervert, and childish, thus immature;

His name was Kamon, but Haruko calls him "Mon-chan". :D

It's my favorite. It got me into anime. I loved the dub, too, and the sub is also good.

It's one of the only Anime that has been dubbed perfectly so far.

[Trump]

I wasn't that impressed by Paranoia Agent. When it started getting into the unrealistic things especially near the end it just got stupid and went totally overboard past the realm of believability and sanity. Though, I guess that is fairly common among anime? (the going totally crazy overboard, not the stupid) The beginning was very interesting in the way it tied all of the different things together and showed the interactions and personalities of all the people invovled and I watched it to the end because it was on with other things I watched. It isn't something I would go out of my way for.

FLCL is cool though. It doesn't start with a pretense of being normal so by the end of the first episode you already accept that its just wierd and wacky. You can focus on the other things going on (characters and their intereactions, etc).

[Balain]

It's probally considered lame but I love Fist of the North star

[NotQuiteNecessary]

It's one of the only Anime that has been dubbed perfectly so far.

There's quite a few actually. Cowboy Bebop, Noir, Paranoia Agent, Wolf's Rain, Witch Hunter Robin...the list goes on, but I don't feel like rattling off the entire thing here.

[h2orowe]

True.



His name was Kamon, but Haruko calls him "Mon-chan". :D



It's one of the only Anime that has been dubbed perfectly so far.
Ha! I've seen this show so many times, but I always forget about it XO
Kamon Kamon Kamon Kamon, hopefully I'll remember now.
Also, the eyebrows that the police guy used -.- I forgot his name too
but he uses the eyebrows for protecting his N.O., the thing that Haruko uses to get the stuff from Naota's head.

[rush]

Also, the eyebrows that the police guy used -.- I forgot his name too but he uses the eyebrows for protecting his N.O., the thing that Haruko uses to get the stuff from Naota's head.

Commander Amarao.

He's kinda cool, aside from his small guitar ;)

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Amarao probably have little GI Joe figures instead of giant robots that comes out of his head.

Haha, immature.

:D

[aussa]

I love all anime and manga. There's no question about it. I really do. Anyways, I even like the new American manga-styled comics since entertainment is entertainment. I really don't mind anymore when anime or manga is edited in the United States anymore since the facts must be faced. And the facts are that it is necessary to edit anime or manga since more money will come from youngsters that really love it and watch it on TV. And if any of the people that bitch about the anime and manga being edited, if they really loved anime and manga so much, wouldn't they watch it anyways, just to admire the animation? Seriously. People get ridiculous. Well, to get back on track, at the moment my favorite anime/manga may be Fruits Basket and Genshiken. Yup. So that's my input anyways... Indeed.

[h2orowe]

It's ok if it's edited, as long as the original plot is there :\ you have to remember, someone spent a long time making the story+characters and I'm sure it wasn't so it could be raped by 4kids!
Some edited shows are still good though, most of them are on AdultSwim though :\

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Midnight-Nin/Naruto_The_Akatsuki_Dreamteam.jpg

Quote for truth.

[Scarletdeath]

Hmm.. So many anime, so little time. Can't really remember all the anime I liked since I watched so many.. 2 that I remember though: X (http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,705,nznowh,x_tv.html) and Mai HiME (http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1493,hafpby,mai_hime.html).

[Scott]

just popped by to ask a quick question.

I've finished GITS:SAC but i've been seeing that there's this 2nd gig running around the net atm. Anyone know if this is the 2nd season for their tv series or something? also, are there any OVAs out there that are worth catching?

2nd GIG is the direct sequel to SAC. There are no OAVs, but there are the two movies - Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence.

[h2orowe]

Anyone find any new series?


Right now, I'm watchin' a few new ones (new to me I mean >.> <.<; )
Beck (FUCKING GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH SO GOOD)
and
Ichigo 100% (Really good, too)


Beck is one of my favorites, maybe my favorite.... it's getting me so pumped up about music XO I wanna be in a band again~!~!~~!~!#@$~@%@%#@^#


God damn it! I need to perform live sometime in the next two years!

[Loc]

Yeah Beck was kickass H2O, good choice :D
Although Koyuki(sp?) makes those totally wimpish moans all the time...

[h2orowe]

Yeah, haha, an as of now, on episode 14/15? I'm a better guitarist than him :p

[Daishikaze]

Just got Irresponsible Captain Tylor Ultra Edition recently, Very funny, and pretty unique IMO. Highly Enjoyable

Got the Gall Force Boxset as well, it brought me back to my youth, when I would watch Sci-fi Channels annual Anime week. This is definately a favorite of mine

I'm starting in on Kimagure Orange Road & Megazone 23 now, hopefully my order will arrive next week. But things tend to take forever getting here during the holiday season, and understandably so.

[h2orowe]

Daishikaze, if you want to restore your faith into some of the new anime... believing there are some good ones...


WATCH BECK!!!!

[Shamu]

Beck is awesome!
A new one I kind of like is Shakugan no Shana. It's kind of like Bleach and Inuyasha.

[Loc]

I love Beck really, it made me start our band and has been something of an inspiration for me, weird how I just started and now I've got my friends in to it as much as I am when before they couldn't care less.
Life changing...indirectly :p
/me r Taira(sp?)

Been watching Blood+ too...not sure why, it's ok though.

[h2orowe]

Ugh, I need to get in a band -.-

First I need to clean up my guitar play... it's been getting pretty sloppy lately...

[Daishikaze]

Actually, I added quite a few recent shows to my wishlist, so its not like there is nothing I want to see from recent years.

There are just some (Some? Fuck! Tons) that I have to grab before they go out of print, possibly never to be licensed again. I've missed some already, Much to my dismay, so I have to concentrate on the older shows if I'm going to get all the ones that are left to me.

[h2orowe]

I saw an old show today... 94?
Yeah... it was the Ninja Gaiden OVA... it was only like 1 episode, 49 minuites or so long.... it's first half was utter crap, the second half was good though. If you watch it, just skip the first 30 minuites -.-
I also just finished another anime (took me a whole wopping 2 days) called Ultimate Girls. It was awesome, it's pretty funny.... it's ecchi, it's like a parody of Kaiju (monster) animes..... it's like funny if you don't take it serious, 'cuz, well... the show itself doesn't take itself serious either....

I'm getting Jubei-chan... hopefully this show's good.....

Than I'm also getting all the Street Fighter animes! woot. Street Fighter Alpha movie first, than Generations, than the 2 movie, THAN 2v.

[NERD]

Normally I'd start a speech about how fucking the dead is disrespectful to both the living AND the dead, but... seeing this is THE anime thread, I could care less.

I'm actually amazed that nobody touched this in weeks.

[h2orowe]

Yeah.. the reason I rezzed this is 'cuz it'd be pointless to start another thread.... I don't wanna spam the entertainment folder.

[h2orowe]

I just got done watching Street Fighter Alpha, the OVA, I also got SFA Generations... I'll watch that tonight probably...


I'm also watching Eiken... I'm almost done with the first episode.... this show's so fucked up... the chicks breasts are like.... OMFG WTF ARE THOSE EVEN HUMAN!?

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Yeah.

They're HUGE! IN A BAD WAY!

[PinkRanger]

My favorite animes are (in no particular order):
-Cowboy Bebop (movie included)
-Yu Yu Hakusho (both movies included)
-Gravitation
-Inuyasha (all movies included)
-Sailor Moon
-Fruits Basket
-Wolf's Rain

I've seen:
-see all above listed
-Elfen Lied
-Love Hina (ovas included)
-Ayane's High Kick
-Rurouni Kenshin (all Samurai X ovas included)
-Paranoia Agent
-Dragonball Z
-Sailor Moon (all the movies included)
-Fushigi Yuugi (all ovas included)
-Azumanga Daioh
-Tenchi Muyo
-Tenchi in Tokyo

Currently watching:
-Samurai Champloo
-IGPX

...I think I got all of them in there, although I feel like I forgot some.

[Kuzzy]

I'm getting Jubei-chan... hopefully this show's good.....

Jubei-chan is a really fun show :D Definitely worth a watch if given the chance, in my opinion.

[h2orowe]

I watched like 5 episodes of Jubei yesterday... XD It's so funny...
I usually watch the Ecchi comedy shows, 'cuz I can't really find any funny ones.... this one is good because it's actually funny without using like perverted humor... well there is the bon bons but those are actually kept in a sweatshirt =O

[h2orowe]

I got out of anime for like a month and a half, then just got back into it, but I have a little harsher tastes.
Can anyone reccomend a show that's (not similar) on the same level of sheer awesome as Trigun or Cowboy Bebop?
Oh, and does anyone know a site with Kikaider for download? (If so, please PM it to me)

[fa11en87]

Ahh I really like Elfen lied! And the dubbed version for Gunslinger Girl came out, I really wanna get it!

[h2orowe]

Ahh, I DLed ep1 of Elfen Lied last night. I haven't gotten around to watching it, I shall check it out during Spring Break.

[Duke Luke of Juke]

/pops head up
Has anyone mentioned Cowboy Bebop in this thread yet, Joey?

[gyoza]

Or Full Metal Alchemist?

[fa11en87]

Ummm yea I'm waiting for full metal alchemist to come out with dubs in the imports!

[fa11en87]

Ahh, I DLed ep1 of Elfen Lied last night. I haven't gotten around to watching it, I shall check it out during Spring Break.


You should really watch it! The first 5 minutes has a lot of blood, I guess it's to draw you in.

[Uska]

I dunno if it's been mentioned, but really one of the anime I've enjoyed most is Honey and Clover. It's really random and funny, and had it's boring episodes, but the VAST majority of it was jus amazing. It touched a lot of themes, mostly about growing up, and friendship, just about life really. It was really deep, and I recommend it to everyone.

[Pancho]

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<h2o> Jay
<h2o> how tall are you?
<Jay> 6'4".
<h2o> I didn't know they stacked piles of shit that high

*proof of my meanness.. Roar.

You just ripped that off from Full metal Jacket

[Daie]

Damn it, I just spent two days downloading Ghost in the Shell, it finally finished. I open, I watch the first 10 seconds. It's in SPanish.

Argh!

*deletes*

[Kenshin]

Huh, I thought I had already posted on this thread before...
Oh well.
When I was little, we used to get every cartoon imaginable here, including ones with funny letters (which I know now to be hiragana, katakana and kanji, hehehe); mainly things like Candy Candy, Sailor Moon -which I hadn't seen until now because I considered it as being only for girls, and watching it was considered to be gay :boggled:-, Saint Seiya (which is known here as Zodiac Knights), Dragon Ball (except for GT, which sucked, IMHO), etc. I didn't even know those were all anime until a friend of mine from Perú (one of the countries in latin america known to have a huge anime/manga influence) told me to download Berusaiyu no Bara (Versailles no Bara, Rose of Versailles or Lady Oscar, whichever you prefer).

Since then, I was hooked.
I've watched -in addition to the ones listed above- Hotaru no Haka, Rurouni Kenshin (OVAs, movie, and all of the TV series), Saishuu Heiki Kanojo, Kareshi Kanojo no Jijuo, Sakura Diaries, Mahoromatic (both seasons), Card Captor Sakura, Yu-Yu-Hakusho, Evangelion (with Death/Rebirth and End of...), Full Metal Alchemist (haha, I got this one because I saw everyone here mentioning it, and I loved it), Tenjou Tenge (just started downloading it), Sailor Moon (I'm at episode 36, first season right now), Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins... and probably one or two more that I can't remember (I think I've burned over 20 DVDs full of this stuff, downloaded almost all of them through AnimeReactor.)

Anyway, this is mostly "new" anime... I think I'm missing out on watching great series just because of the quality of the animations (I think the oldest one I've watched has to be Lady Oscar, which is from 1980, IIRC.)

Edit: heh, I forgot about this one... Arupusu no Shoujo Haiji, otherwise known as Heidi: Girl of the Alps. We used to make fun of the title song - translated to spanish, of course. This one's from 1974, according to Wikipedia.
Edit 2: @Daie: Ouch.. that happened to me recently with Tenjou Tenge. Since it hasn't been released on AnimeReactor, I just downloaded the first one I found on Emule. It had japanese audio (which is a must for me since I hate dubbing) ...but the subtitles were in French. :bang::meh:

[Daie]

Hmm, I have to buy or download anime, since I don;t get Toonami, or whateverthefuckyacallit.

Hence, my experiance is limited to:

Love Hina (anime + Manga) -the 1st thing I ever saw.
Shaman King, in Japanese, good stuff
Tenchi Muyo+Tenchi in Tokyo- these two may be dubbed, but I prefer them, actually. Ryoko's english voice makes me melt.....

Oh/Ah My Goddess (both)
FLCL- this was interesting, and my initial reaction was What The Fuck?

That's about it really. Can anyone make any recommendations (although I'm going for Ghost in the SHell next.)

[kitsunepixie]

I hadn't watched any anime for about a year and a half, so I thought I had finally grown out of it...but then I discovered Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師). That show manages to juggle being bad ass, cute, sad, and heartwarming all at the same time. Definitely going to be a classic.

[Kenshin]

@kitsunepixie: Good choice! I highly recommend it. I just showed the first epi. to a friend of mine and now I have to burn another DVD for her (since I suffered with my first one... it got scratched and I have to redownload the first 17 episodes...:( 14 to go...) I recommend that you get the OVA (or was it a movie...?) as well, if you haven't seen it already.
@Daie: Alright, since I'm bored, I'll paste a list from the "AnimeReactor Community Recommendations" thread in AnimeReactor (would link it, but you have to register if you want to read them). It's sorted by genre and number of episodes.

AnimeReactor Community Recommendations

[Action]

Tiny (movies and OVAs of ~5 eps)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (Adventure, Comedy, Mystery)
Porco Rosso (Comedy, Drama, Ghibli, Romance)
Read or Die (Drama, Fantasy)
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust (Fantasy, Horror)
Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Elfen Lied (Science-Fiction, Horror)
Hellsing (Adventure, Horror)
Gunslinger Girl (Drama, Science-Fiction)
Medium (series of ~26 eps)
Chrono Crusade (Comedy, Fantasy)
Gungrave (Drama, Horror, Sci-fi)
Noir (Adventure, Drama)
Scryed (Adventure, Science-Fiction)
Trigun (Comedy, Science-Fiction)
Witch Hunter Robin (Science-Fiction)
Wolf's Rain (Science-Fiction)
Big (series of ~52 eps)
Fullmetal Alchemist (Adventure, Comedy)
Huge (series of ~75 eps or bigger)
Gensou Maden Saiyuki (Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Martial Arts)
Hunter X Hunter (Adventure, Fantasy)
Rurouni Kenshin (Adventure, Comedy, Historical Settings)
[Science-Fiction]

Tiny (movies and OVAs of ~5 eps)
Akira (Action, Adventure, Horror)
Hoshi no Koe (Drama, Mecha, Romance)
Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Gunparade March (Action, Mecha, Romance)
Seikai no Monshou (Action, Adventure)
Medium (series of ~26 eps)

Cowboy Bebop (Action, Adventure, Comedy)
Full Metal Panic! (Action, Mecha, Schoolkids)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Action)
Infinite Ryvius (Action)
LastEXILE (Action, Adventure)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Action, Drama, Mecha)
Planetes (Drama)
RahXephon (Action, Mecha)
Stellvia Of The Universe (Action, Romance, Schoolkids)
Vandread (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Mecha)
Big (series of ~52 eps)
Gundam SEED (Action, Drama, Mecha)
[Romance]

Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Kanon (Drama, Schoolkids)
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (Drama)
Koi Kaze (Drama, Incest)
Onegai Teacher (Comedy, Drama, Schoolkids, Science-Fiction)
Saikano (Action, Drama, Schoolkids)
Medium (series of ~26 eps)
Ah! My Goddess (Comedy, Fantasy, Magic)
Ai Yori Aoshi (Comedy, Drama)
Kareshi Kanojo No Jijou (Comedy, Drama, Schoolkids)
Big (series of ~52 eps)
Kimagure Orange Road TV (Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic)
Huge (series of ~75 eps or bigger)
Maison Ikkoku (Comedy, Drama)
[Comedy]

Tiny (movies and OVAs of ~5 eps)
FLCL (Action, Fantasy, Mecha, Weird, Science-Fiction)
Golden Boy (Ecchi, Adventure)
Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Genshiken (Parody)
I My Me ! Strawberry Egg (Schoolkids)
Medium (series of ~26 eps)
Azumanga Daio (Schoolkids)
Chobits (Science-Fiction)
Fruits Basket (Drama, Romance)
Jungle wa itsumo Hare nochi Gu (Adventure)
Love Hina (Ecchi, Romance, Schoolkids)
Big (series of ~52 eps)
Great Teacher Onizuka (Schoolkids)
[Fantasy]

Tiny (movies and OVAs of ~5 eps)
Kiki's Delivery Service (Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ghibli, Romance)
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Action, Adventure, Drama, Ghibli, Romance)
Mononoke Hime (Action, Adventure, Ghibli)
My Neighbor Totoro (Comedy, Drama, Ghibli)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Action, Adventure, Ghibli, Science-Fiction)
Spirited Away(Ghibli)
Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (Magical Girl)
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (Action, Romance)
Medium (series of ~26 eps)
Berserk (Action, Adventure, Historical Settings)
Princess Tutu (Adventure, Drama, Magic, Schoolkids)
Scrapped Princess (Action, Adventure, Drama)
Vision of Escaflowne (Mecha, Action)
Big (series of ~52 eps)
Fushigi Yuugi (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Magic, Romance)
Juuni Kokki (Adventure)
[Drama]

Tiny (movies and OVAs of ~5 eps)
Grave of the Fireflies (Ghibli)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Action, Science-Fiction)
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Science-Fiction)
Tokyo Godfathers (Adventure, Comedy)
Whisper of the Heart (Ghibli, Romance)
Small (OVAs and series of ~13 eps)
Haibane Renmei (Fantasy)
Kino no tabi ~the Beautiful World~ (Adventure, Fantasy)
Maria-sama ga Miteru (Romance)
Now and Then, Here and There (Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction)
Paranoia Agent (Action, Weird)
Serial Experiments Lain (Science-Fiction, Weird)
Big (series of ~52 eps)

Full Moon wo Sagashite (Fantasy, Music)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (Fantasy, Action, Comedy)
[Sports]

Medium (series of ~26 eps)
Initial D (Racing, Action, Schoolkids)
Huge (series of ~75 eps or bigger)
Hajime no Ippo (Boxing, Action, Comedy)
Hikaru no Go (Go, Fantasy)
Slam Dunk (Basketball, Comedy, Schoolkids)
Phew... done.

[h2orowe]

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<h2o> Jay
<h2o> how tall are you?
<Jay> 6'4".
<h2o> I didn't know they stacked piles of shit that high

*proof of my meanness.. Roar.

You just ripped that off from Full metal Jacket
I never said I didn't :P