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Cpt Obvious
You either love it, or hate it.

In my case its love (depending on series.)

Only watched few series so far:
Death Note
Elfen Lied
Code Geass. (so good i changed my avatar)

Any anime veterans here could recommend something that is a more serious nature and not too long series like the ones listed above?

Also feel free to discuss Smile

*raises up animehater flameshield*

Edited by Cpt Obvious on 03-10-2008 23:37

 
Abunai
I love death note and hate everything else
I am a hypocrite in everything I do, llulululuu
 
Raven
Love it

Utawarerumono
Elfen Lied
Bleach
Naruto
Chobits
Love Hina
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Masson
id rather watch power rangers on a saturday morning
which is what i do anyway
 
tomregev
The only ones I ever liked are Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Naruto is ok but the episode structure really pisses me off, almost every 5 minuts there's a goddamn flashback, sometimes from the same fricking episode, that's just annoying.
 
spaceboy
Props to Tom; Cowboy Bebop is one of the best shows out there period, an absolute classic.. and it's not even that long. I also loved Fullmetal Alchemist Smile
 
Fens
For some of us kids of the 80s, growing up with Mysterious Cities of Gold, Battle of the Planets(Gatchaman), Voltron and Ulysses 31, we basically had anime shoved down our throats from an early age Grin

You have started off with some decent ones Captian Smile Definately check out the two that Tom mentioned, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are both awesome.

Personally can not stand cutesy/slapstick/romantic anime, basically most of the emo stuff that Raven listed Pfft

If you have not seen any of the 'classic' movies like Akira, Ghost in the Shell 1/2, Ninja Scroll, Patlabor 1/2, Princess Mononoke or Appleseed then give them a whirl.
 
Tinger
fist of the north star ftw
 
Rofl teh cake
I am too cheap to buy anime, so I read those scanlated, free animes, which are flying around the internet. www.onemanga.com is my source.

So far, I've read Majin Tentami Nougami Neuro, 20/21 century boy (this is what I really really recommend for everyone, it's awesome), HighSchool of the Dead (Ooooh, shiny, a zombie manga, with boobs. Smile ) and Hajime No Ippo (If you go working out and have a lack of motivation READ THIS YOU FUCKER. If not, read it anyway, it's a pretty cool boxing manga.)

And now I realize that manga is not anime. Shit.
In Germany you don't get to see many animes, because there is only one channel which shows them. I've watched Dragonball and DBZ (Whatever you say, this shit is siiiick.) Sailor Moon ( Yeah, I was 7 years old...not an excuse, but I was 7 years old.). Tried to watch Ghost in the Shell, but it was hard, since they only show it at 1 am and I normally fall asleep while waiting for it. Grin

Where do you guys get your anime? Are watching it on TV or do you have a shiny special site? Mine would be www.crunchyroll.com.
 
Cpt Obvious
This is where i get mine:
http://animebreak...tion/4/30/
 
Raven
Movies:
My Neighbour totoro
Nausicaa valley of the wind
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Porco Rosso
Laputa Castle in the sky

classic studio ghibli films
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krakyn
http://kaa.animeconnection.net/torren...rrentpage/

If you are one of those filthy pirates who torrent things you may want to look here for good anime at a high quality (it has blu-ray rips ffs)
 
jem58
Never really gotten into anime series, but I'm such a bitch for Studio Ghibli Grin

Been to their museum lolol, how nerdy is that.
 
Hungover Engie
Tentacle Rape Machine

A great anime, except for all the kissing.
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Mike
I never really got into any anime films, most of them just don't interest me. Howls Moving Castle was awesome, though.

Blue Dragon is pretty much it atm. Everyone seems to like naruto, I'll give that a try when I'm less busy. All work and no anime Shock

Edited by Mike on 04-10-2008 16:52

 
agrippa
id agree totally with cowboy bebop.

If you liked Code Geass then theres a fairly good chance that you would enjoy both Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series. Geass has arcing and sometimes deep storyline which is similar to Ghost in the Shell (GitS), also the content of Gits is alot more adult (that doesnt mean porn). As a side not was it just me that was disappointed by the second season of Code Geass? a case of trying too hard imo, the magic just wasnt there.

Naruto and Bleach are long running series with large casts and massive story lines. Both have their good point and bad points but be warned if you start watching them you will still be watchign them in a year from now.

Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Chmaploo are effortlessly cool at all times. They were both directed by a guy called Shinichirō Watanabe who seems to be able to make any show work. Bebop is about space bounty hunters with a stunning blues and jazz soundtrack and is probably the best show that has been made ever. Samurai Champloo is a similar style but about samurai in Japan in the 1800s with a hip-hop soundtrack (sounds crazy i know but it works). Both shows are finite and so there is closure on both, somethign you wont really get with Naruto or Bleach.


There are others but those are the main 5 you should look at. As a rule of thumb (so doesnt alwaye work) the intro is a good yardstick to how good the show is. If you like the intro odds are youll like the show. If this holds true most of the time then this will help::

Cowboy Bebop -> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ...6zDfxZ4NcE
Samurai Champloo ->http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4OuRajF...OuRajFzMYI
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex -> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r8r6dHI...8r6dHIzg4I
Bleach -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtloNv...tloNvtGXX4
Naruto -> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dwsTZh-...wsTZh-rpOE

(some shows have multiple openings, i just picked the first one i could find on Youtube, apologies for the low quality).

I would strongly strongly suggest Cowboy Bebop. Its older than the others and its age does show, but its an absolute masterpiece.


I could cover others (FMA i could talk about for days) but those 5 above are all diverse enough as it is. Hope that helps.

Edited by agrippa on 04-10-2008 16:58

 
luckz0r
i like Naruto and Loved Full metal Alchemist althought i couldnt handle the lenght of both, sorta want something shorter.
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nax23
trigun
cowboy bebop
full metal alchimist
Ghost in the Shell
Dragonball Z
and DRAGONBALL(the best one Smile)
 
Mr G
DBZ movie trailer out Smile
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/F...Cz/summary
 
Cpt Obvious
that dbz movie looks horrible. =P
Guns, cars, WHITE piccolo? oh geez
 
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