[Cute]

Hey. So this is, y'know, the new anime thread for the year. Don't get the wrong idea. It's not like I made it just for you or anything, okay? It's just that I had it lying around and it would be a waste if no one saw it, y'know?

What? H-H-Hey, what are you looking at?!

B-B-B-BAKA!

(I'm about halfway done, will finish up the rest soon. Bear with me, nyaaaaaa~)







Kaicho: Cute
Synizta



Details on the anime club can be found here.
Leave a comment if you'd wish to join~



Coming soon~



Coming soon~

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	epic intro as usual!
	Bash:	10/10. would re-watch

[Cute]

So, can anyone give me some highlights of the current anime season? I've been staying at a friends for the last few weeks and haven't been able to catch anything. I'll probably end up watching at least the pilot for everything anyway, but still be nice to know what people recommend.

[ToRDeathsFang]

FUU double post

[ToRDeathsFang]

I lol'd so hard @ Derpy making a banner. Poor Derpy =/

[EveJeonSa]

ALRIGHT TIME TO SEE COLOURING MANGA SKILLS

[Cute]

Originally Posted by derpy

ALRIGHT TIME TO SEE COLOURING MANGA SKILLS

Highlight of your life I'm guessing?

I joke, I joke, it's good!

[LennX]

I will like to recommend an on going manga.

Bartender (SFW)
Author(s) Joh Araki
Artist(s) Nagatomo Kenji

Basically, it follows a young bartender Ryu Sasakura who went back to Japen to bartend. It has a lot of background on how drinks are made and the history of the drink. Also it shows how Ryu dishes out advice to his customers. Think of it as buying a drink and having a free counseling session.


High School of the Dead (NSFW)

Think Left 4 Dead. Think lazy author. Think 6months wait for a series that is supposed to be a monthly series. zzzz

[pikk0n]

ONE PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Edited by SkyBreaker].

[Cute]

@ LennX and pikk0n: thanks for the recs, will add them to the OP!

[BaKaiNu]

The ban hammer gods is angered. There is no anime/manga recommendation at the first post! >=(

I recommend Bakuman! The anime season 2 is coming out in Fall, but I so prefer the manga instead. The anime season 1 is just totally.... ugh.

Quick Comments

PapaBigBelly:

BAKUMAN ROCKS!! such a unique yet it really grabs you in with a MIX of vivid touching emotions! LOVE IT!

[LennX]

Remember. Always get the subbed version of anime not the dubbed haha.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by BakaInu

The ban hammer gods is angered. There is no anime/manga recommendation at the first post! >=(

I recommend Bakuman! The anime season 2 is coming out in Fall, but I so prefer the manga instead. the Anime season 1 is just totally.... ugh.

Don't ban us master! >=(

I actually quite enjoyed the anime. I haven't read the manga though. What didn't you like about it? I guess it was really. really. really. slow

Originally Posted by LennX

Remember. Always get the subbed version of anime not the dubbed haha.

Going to put this in the OP. I know a scary amount of people who watch anime dubbed O_o

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nirvAnA:

[Maynarde]

Naruto + Shippuden Manga and Anime. But for the love of god don't watch the english dub.

*waits to be yelled at by people who hate Naruto*

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Bash:

[matthras]

Originally Posted by Cute

So, can anyone give me some highlights of the current anime season? I've been staying at a friends for the last few weeks and haven't been able to catch anything. I'll probably end up watching at least the pilot for everything anyway, but still be nice to know what people recommend.

Mindless Anime That's Good For Lulz
R-15 (could be NSFW, but unfortunately there's a fair amount of censorship that may spoil your viewing pleasure)
Mayo Chiki (it's like a cross between MM!, Maria Holic with the genders reversed, and one more that I can't remember)

Interesting
Kami-sama no Memo-chou (It looks to be potentially an urban version of Gosick)
Kamisama Dolls (*shrug*)
Blade (I've never really read Marvel Comics, so the uniqueness of the setting is enough to pique my interest)

LOLIS
Ryo-Ku-Bu! (yep. Lolis. 'nuff said)

There's also Baka to Test S2 (I need to finish watching S1), and I've got No.6 (supposedly borderline yaoi?) and Mawaru Penguindrum yet to watch. Will update this post when I'm done watching the first eps.

High School of the Dead anime was so...cringeworthy. Boobies and zombies just don't mix =_=

As for recommendations...I guess I do have different recommendations for different genres, but I'm pretty much a no minder so I won't list any.

[LennX]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Naruto + Shippuden Manga and Anime. But for the love of god don't watch the english dub.

*waits to be yelled at by people who hate Naruto*

Naruto, One Piece and Shit I mean Bleach are the 3 main shonen manga. I do believe most people who watches anime/read manga have heard of them.

Quick Comments

pikk0n:

Bleach is shit but derpy likes it. LOL! Beware his retaliation.

[Brultze]

I would like to suggest Fairy Tail and Toriko under mangas

[pikk0n]

I hate ALL English dubbed.... The lines are just soooooooooooo cheesy.... OMG..... Leave them at subs and screw the people who are illiterate. They're not meant to understand the English dubbed ones anyway. I have no clue why the English dubbed ones changed the lines so much... Then there is the issue with the music as well.... Leave them as its original.... The English versions are horrible..... I'd rather they sing some random English words with the original song playing in the background than their so called new and improved music.... Hell to my ears.

[EveJeonSa]

List Of what I read!
Bakuman
naruto
toriko
Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn
High school Of the dead
One piece
Fairy tail
Hajime No Ippo
Beezlebub
Noblesse
>>POKEMON
Bloody Monday (Season 2)
Air gear? (dead)
Bleach
And many more!

[pikk0n]

Air Gear and Get Backers for their chicks and 'partial' (because they end up showing the tits anyway) nudity. LOL! Derpy, I know you've read Air Gear before.

[BaKaiNu]

Originally Posted by Cute

Don't ban us master! >=(

I actually quite enjoyed the anime. I haven't read the manga though. What didn't you like about it? I guess it was really. really. really. slow

Ban Hammer!

-misses-

Damn! Need to fix my aim.

On Topic: The manga is pretty exciting unlike the anime which is just a corny love story. I think they will fix that aspect in S2 since there won't be much lovey dovey parts in the latter half of the manga.

[EveJeonSa]

Originally Posted by pikk0n

Air Gear and Get Backers for their chicks and 'partial' (because they end up showing the tits anyway) nudity. LOL! Derpy, I know you've read Air Gear before.

Have i? >_> <_<

[Cute]

Okay, maybe time for a change of plan. If I just keep adding everyone's recommendations, we're just going to end up listing pretty much everything ever. But I still want to put recs in there. Anyone got an idea for a system we can use to decide what goes up there and what doesn't?

Originally Posted by matthras

Mindless Anime That's Good For Lulz
R-15 (could be NSFW, but unfortunately there's a fair amount of censorship that may spoil your viewing pleasure)
Mayo Chiki (it's like a cross between MM!, Maria Holic with the genders reversed, and one more that I can't remember)

Interesting
Kami-sama no Memo-chou (It looks to be potentially an urban version of Gosick)
Kamisama Dolls (*shrug*)
Blade (I've never really read Marvel Comics, so the uniqueness of the setting is enough to pique my interest)

LOLIS
Ryo-Ku-Bu! (yep. Lolis. 'nuff said)

Thanks heaps! I'll check out the ones under interesting for sure. I generally wait until BDs are released for loli/ecchi stuff, for obvious reasons xD

If anyone uses myanimelist, if you like, post your profile in this thread, and I'll put it next to your username in the OP so we can all add each other and be friends and stuff

Also, Austin, banner please?

[EveJeonSa]

Originally Posted by Cute

Okay, maybe time for a change of plan. If I just keep adding everyone's recommendations, we're just going to end up listing pretty much everything ever. But I still want to put recs in there. Anyone got an idea for a system we can use to decide what goes up there and what doesn't?



Thanks heaps! I'll check out the ones under interesting for sure. I generally wait until BDs are released for loli/ecchi stuff, for obvious reasons xD

If anyone uses myanimelist, if you like, post your profile in this thread, and I'll put it next to your username in the OP so we can all add each other and be friends and stuff

Also, Austin, banner please?

I will work on it tomorrow! (and it shall take ages)

Anime : Tiger And Bunny!

[pikk0n]

Add Love Hina to the list of corny love stories and lots of enhanced 'boobaging', Baka. Also, something for derpy to look into. HEHE!

[Cute]

Originally Posted by derpy

I will work on it tomorrow! (and it shall take ages)

Anime : Tiger And Bunny!

Make it nice and moe!

[nirvAnA]

my favourite anime out of the 10 different ones ive watched (lol no time ) is deathnote and if they are any similar animes please let me know!

[Cute]

Double post T.T

[Cute]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

my favourite anime out of the 10 different ones ive watched (lol no time ) is deathnote and if they are any similar animes please let me know!

I loved Death Note! It was the first anime I ever watched
Lots of people compare it to Code Geass (though imo, Death Note is far better)
Paranoia Agent is another good psychological/mystery as well

[EveMassacrisM]

I personally would recommend a manga series called Kana - My lovely Ghost(NSFW). Forgot its name in Japanese but there was too much a story in it that made me shed manly tears - for one that's supposed to be fapping material.

Other than that i also read generic awesomeness like Bleach and so on.

[Cute]

Speaking of manly tears, who can give me recs similair to Kanon/Clannad/Air, Nana, AnoHana, Kimi Ga Nozumu Eien, ef. Anything sad.

Make me bawwww. I dare you.

[Mezza]

Warning: Super long post

Here's the list of Anime that I really enjoyed watching, I'm not keeping current with this season's or even last year's stuff but some of these are oldies but goodies.

1. Cowboy Bebop
My favourite anime of ALL time.

Super highly recommended if you're a jazz/blues/bebop type music lover. The soundtrack for this 26 parter with an anime movies made for it is absolutely to die for. There's something like 6 CDs worth of soundtrack for this 1 season anime, which is MAD.

The music is mostly composed by this japanese housewifey looking woman who is otherwise known as 'Yoko Kanno' and honestly some of her work is downright brilliant. She's also written music for other well known animes like the Ghost In The Shell, Gundam series and Escaflowne. They've even done concerts like many years after the anime ended just to play music from the anime, seriously the music following this anime is a phenomenon onto itself.

The storyline is set in the future about this band of kooky intergalactic bounty hunters who have all their lives and stories intertwined somehow, and the lead female is a Singaporean girl who wears yellow hotpants and has purple hair and is called 'Faye Valentine'. The lead male character 'Spike Spiegel' vaguely reminds me of Kakashi from Naruto.

There's a rumour that they're gonna make a live action version of it casting Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel (dear god). But I haven't heard an update to that story in quite awhile since last year. This anime is truly legendary, and if you're looking for a classic, this will be it.

Here's the opening theme, its catchy and energetic as hell, say it ain't so?

You Tube

You Tube

And the live in concert version of it.

You Tube

You Tube

2. Ghost In The Shell
This series has 2 seasons of anime and 2 anime movies and an OVA. I haven't watched the OVA myself but the first 2 seasons and the 2 movies are awesome. This anime gets rather philosophical at times and its all around a great series.

They've got these incredibly cutesy robots called Tachikomas (resurrected as Hachikomas in the 2nd season) that are really awesome and I'd really like a plush toy of someday. Lol.

I haven't got much to say about it apart from the fact that its pretty much alot of science fiction, about cyborgs and androids and artificial intelligence and hackers, but yeah, there's some philosophical bits here and there, which makes it all in all a pretty non kiddy anime which I enjoyed.

3. Romeo X Juliet
I really dig Romeo and Juliet. Like the play by William Shakespeare. And I was never really gonna miss the anime remake of it. It's a complete bastardization of the story, where everything's set in a floating city called Neo-Verona, the characters ride winged horses, and loads of other crap.

But the animation is exceptionally gorgeous. And so is the soundtrack. You judge for yourself.

You Tube

You Tube

4. Hellsing
This is another one of those short 1 season things. Unfortunately the anime deviates so drastically from the manga towards the end, but still, this anime scores high on my list of favourites for its high level of badassery.

The main character is Alucard aka Dracula. (Lol, right? Seriously, Japanese author dude, you gotta do better). But everything's dark and dingy and you've got this crazy badass bloodthirsty Vampire who wields two guns, one black and one silver and if you're into the whole goth/vampire lore thing, this one's kinda cool.

5. Furi Kuri aka Fooly Cooly aka FLCL

A six episode gem with an 3 entire albums of soundtrack for it by this awesome band called "The Pillows". (Notice a trend here about animes and their soundtracks?)

This super short anime is just some seriously weirdass shit about a Vespa-riding-electric-guitar-wielding-pink-haired alien girl who went around smashing the lead male character on the head with her guitar and as a result lead to him sprouting some seriously badass robots from his head.

Riiiiiiiiiiight.

Just watch it man. Its way awesome. Seriously.

You Tube

You Tube

6. Gundam 00

There's 2 seasons worth of this incarnation of Gundam as well as a movie. This is the first ever Gundam series that I've watched and its rendered beautifully in 1080p which is great. Its a mecha type anime obviously but there's some real world issues about war and peace and shit, which makes for a really awesome watch and with some rather pensive moments.

The soundtrack for this anime isn't anything too fantastic, but there's still occasional gems like this

You Tube

You Tube

Here's a list of some other anime that I've watched that if I find the time to, I'll write something about them.

1. Naruto (I've given up watching the anime pretty early oncos it stopped being that awesome sometime after the Chounin exam)

One of Naruto's ending themes

You Tube

You Tube

2. Bleach (same issue as Naruto, given up on the anime and just reading the manga)

One of Bleach's ending themes

You Tube

You Tube

3. Initial D (not really fantastic, but cars are awesome, so)
4. Nodame Cantabile
5. Afro Samurai - this one is rather short and I remember it was pretty cool because Samuel L Jackson (yes, the BAMF himself) was doing some of the voice-acting, so yeah. This one was wayyy cool.

Quick Comments

	EveJeonSa:	holy shit
	Cute:	awesome post! we have completely different tastes, but awesome none the less!
	nirvAnA:	so good!
	SkyBreaker:	for the effort <3

[jason]

Must watch :
- k-on (extremely fun to watch!)
- high school of the dead!!!! (zombies + action + porn!)

[mustapusta]

Needs more non-mainstream crappy 1000 episodes long and still not finished anime/mangas.
Recommendations from me.

Animes :
Puella magi Madoka Magica (It even has it's own wiki http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Kaname)
Gosick (Think, detective novels and romance and action mashed into one)
Katanagatari (Hour long episodes that was broadcasted only ONCE a month. 12 episodes, very good)
Hanasaku Iroha (a girl's life about working at a country side inn)
Akagi ( The story of the man who descended into darkness as the mahjong genius)
Toradora ( because Rie is voicing Taiga)
Hokuto no Ken ( Manly tears)
Gurren Lagann ( Manly tears and spirals piercing the heavens)

Manga :
Kaiji (Life of a troubled gambler who faces many obstacles)

Visual Novel :
Higurashi/Umineko no naku koro ni (Horror, Suspense, Mystery, Fantasy. will read again)

(Having brain farts after watchoing so many years of anime, will add on more when i remember more)

[dippa]

manga recommendations fail (because there aren't enough of them)

obvious troll is obvious:

naruto
bleach

(turns out stories are good when you don't have fillers every 3 months, who'd thought ^.?)

read or i will murder you for being stupid:

liar game (actually 2g)
ghost in the shell (the anime is awesome for a reason: the source material is sick)
kurosagi (not complete, but every chapter is well worth it)
hellsing (does this need an explanation?)

highly recommended:

mx0 (complete series involving magic and some cool out-of-the-box thinking: if you enjoy liar game you'll find it very difficult not to enjoy this)

it's interesting:

claymore (uh, vampires that aren't vampires with swords ... still good though)
neon genesis evangelion (i actually think its awesome, but it can be ******* hard as balls to follow sometimes, so i'll slot it down here for practicality)

there's plenty of others, but yeah, read more manga because anime is generally shit, kgo

[SkyBreaker]

Awesome thread! I'll definitely be taking a few recommendations and having something other than Day9 to watch when I'm heading to bed As for my own recommendations, I'm not sure what category they fall into (never been entirely sure on the difference between anime/manga) however here they are, in no particular order:

Evangelion: Neon Genesis

+ [Picture] +

Ninja Scroll

+ [Picture] +

Akira

+ [Picture] +

I've always planned on watching Cowboy Bebop but I always put it off for some reason, should really get around to it!

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TCPLemminks:

Akria is apprently Day9 approved

[dippa]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Awesome thread! I'll definitely be taking a few recommendations and having something other than Day9 to watch when I'm heading to bed As for my own recommendations, I'm not sure what category they fall into (never been entirely sure on the difference between anime/manga) however here they are, in no particular order:

Evangelion: Neon Genesis

+ [Picture] +

Ninja Scroll

+ [Picture] +

Akira

+ [Picture] +

I've always planned on watching Cowboy Bebop but I always put it off for some reason, should really get around to it!

anime = video
manga = hand-drawn comics (see mangareader.net)

(thats a super simplified version, but you get the drill)

Quick Comments

SkyBreaker:

Thanks for the clarification <3

[SkyBreaker]

Originally Posted by dippa

anime = video
manga = hand-drawn comics (see mangareader.net)

(thats a super simplified version, but you get the drill)

Ah, thanks for the clarification dude! Appreciated, +rep

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by mezza

1. Cowboy Bebop
My favourite anime of ALL time.

Hell yes!
Best anime. Best soundtrack.

They also scrapped the plans for the live action version, FYI. Anyone who hasn't watched this yet is just silly.

2. Ghost In The Shell

I only saw the start of SAC and thought it was rather painful. I've been told the other series are much better, but haven't gotten around to them yet.

4. Hellsing

The original hellsing or the more recent OVAs? I loved the original because it just felt so cool (the music was good, everything was drawn rather dark...). It just had this great atmosphere. The new one felt so shallow in comparison, yet seems much more popular (it's technically a lot better, it's just not as cool).


And someone mentioned gurren lagann... why do people like this show? I understand it's supposed to be a parody of the standard fighting style anime and just goes wayy over the top for that effect, but I never managed to get into it. It seems just as lame as the things it's trying to parody for me. (On the other hand, I thought Yakitate! Japan was quite funny... Parodying fighting animes by having all of the battles be bread-making competitions.)


Other things not mentioned yet:
1. Baccano - This show is just so random and needs to be watched at least twice in order to actually get some of what's going on. There are so many different bits of story intermingled here. It's really quite funny, though. Durarara is also good by the same people (and features cameos by some of the characters from Baccano).

2. Darker than Black - More music by Yoko Kanno (for anyone silly enough to not know, she did the music from Cowboy Bebop) and this anime is similarly (but not as) cool.

3. Higurashi no naku koro ni - I loved the first season of this. After that it sort of drags on. It does better at creating suspense (the music, sound effects, the way the characters interact) than most big budget western movies I've seen that seem to think just because it's a horror movie that if nothing whatsoever is happening the audience will automatically be in suspense.

4. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - Can be a little hard to follow at times, since a lot of the jokes are related to japanese language/culture, but most of them are explained well enough (without feeling like it's having to go out of it's way to explain them or anything) or just still relevant here that I thought it was one of the funniest things I'd watched for a long time.

[Aean(:]

FMA Brotherhood is a must watch anime my favourite

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by Aean(:

FMA Brotherhood is a must watch anime my favourite

First thing I thought when I watched the first few episodes of that was that damn it looks good. It's very well drawn, and a pretty good anime.

Not quite one of my favourites, but very good.

[Stallion]

ok animes i recommend would be
Deathnote (ends at episode 27 or 28 for everyone thats watched im sure you agree that the series ends here)
Full metal alchemist brotherhood
Durarara
angel beats (purely for TK)

will be getting a bunch of new anime soon so i will update my list later but hope this helps and il update when the deathnote series ends later too :P

[AvPoker]

You guys need to watch Mononoke right now. (not to be confused with Princess Mononoke, which is a studio ghibli film thats not bad either)

A short 12-episode horror/supernatural series based off the Bake-Neko Arc of Ayakashi Japanese Classic Horror that focuses on the main character, a medicine seller, going around dealing with various demons/spirits in feudal Japan. The anime is separated into short arcs spanning from 2-3 episodes. The first episode may put some people off due to the abstract and obscure animation and possibly graphic content, but once you get past that, you'll see how amazing this series is (especially episodes 3-5 which is my favorite arc). Beautiful animation, great storytelling and a perfect blend of mystery, horror, drama and dark humor makes this a must watch for all anime-lovers.

Fan-made trailer:

You Tube

You Tube

Other series worth checking out are:
Baccano!
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Gankutsuou
Mind Game (film)
Mushishi
Monster
Paranoia Agent (and any satoshi kon film)
Hajime no Ippo
Dennou Coil
Kaiba
Full Metal Alchemist
Fantastic Children
Kino's Journey

[Cute]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

3. Higurashi no naku koro ni - I loved the first season of this. After that it sort of drags on. It does better at creating suspense (the music, sound effects, the way the characters interact) than most big budget western movies I've seen that seem to think just because it's a horror movie that if nothing whatsoever is happening the audience will automatically be in suspense.

I'm actually about halfway through this right now. Quite good so far, really interesting. Probably going to finish it off tonight or tomorrow!


As to the OP, I'm thinking that I'll just to through the thread and put up names that keep getting mentioned, as it would be far too long to recommend every single suggestion here. I'll probably break it down into genres or whatever (eg sci-fi, romance, comedy, ecchi, etc). Maybe I'll set up some polls and we can all vote or something ^-^

EDIT: Oh wow, do I get a custom avatar?

[Mezza]

I heard Trigun's pretty good too but never got down to watching it.

Gankutsuou has some pretty funky animation that just doesn't do it for me. Google it and you'll see. Also, it's based on the story of the count of Monte Cristo, so storyline isn't like amazingly awesome or something.

If you guys want short and sweet one episode things, watch the movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and FF: Advent Children. those were pretty good.

P.S. You really need to add Cowboy Bebop to the op or I'll resort to using my mod powers to add it in

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mezza

If you guys want short and sweet one episode things, watch the movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and FF: Advent Children. those were pretty good.

P.S. You really need to add Cowboy Bebop to the op or I'll resort to using my mod powers to add it in

Mononoke and Spirited Away are both good movies! Love the soundtrack to Spirited Away in particular

Alright, alright :P
What genre would you classify Cowboy Bebop as? I haven't seen it (don't crucify me!)

[AvPoker]

Originally Posted by Cute

What genre would you classify Cowboy Bebop as? I haven't seen it (don't crucify me!)

Cowboy Bebop is a genre of its own.

[Mezza]

cowboy bebop, hmmm, shounen and a little sci-fi i guess, but not really, hmmm, anyone else have any suggestions?

[Cute]

Hmm sci-fi, hey?

Alright, here's what I'll do. Firstly I'll try and compile a users list of sci-fi suggestions, so if everyone posts them, we can figure out the general consensus for best sci-fi stuff, which I'll add to the OP, then we can do another genre next.

Sound good?

EDIT: Updated OP

[Mezza]

@erasmus

yeah I like the old Hellsing episodes, the perk of the new ones is that its in 720p or something with crisp new artwork, but the old original 13 part hellsing series is just awesome.

and i loled @ pokerface's comment about how cowboy bebop is a genre unto itself, but honestly its true. its truly a classic.

[mustapusta]

a SCI-FI you say?
probably GURREN LAGANN or Macross Frontier from me. don't really watch much sci-fi myself.i code geass is pretty good too.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mustapusta

a SCI-FI you say?
probably GURREN LAGANN or Macross Frontier from me. don't really watch much sci-fi myself.i code geass is pretty good too.

tyty! good suggestions, i'll add them to the list!

[Maynarde]

I actually found Gungrave to be a pretty awesome anime series

The video games were baaaaaaad though.

[QuestionMark]

One Piece, Bleach and Naruto (be it Shippuden or not)

Flame of Recca, Captain Tsubasa are the older ones I would recommend. Not excluding Shaman King, Hikaru no Go and Hunter X Hunter.

[Cute]

You guys think it's fair to put Evangelion under sci-fi? Or would it be mecha? Or maybe even psychological?

[mustapusta]

Evagelion needs to be put under the "LEGENDARY ANIMES" Section.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by mezza

@erasmus

yeah I like the old Hellsing episodes, the perk of the new ones is that its in 720p or something with crisp new artwork, but the old original 13 part hellsing series is just awesome..

I only watched the first episode of the new one, and it looked very pretty, but it was not awesome at all compared to the original. If only the ending wasn't so randomly bad.

And speaking of weird and terrible endings: why do people still recommend Evangelion. I've watched it, and it's not bad, but it's nothing particularly special (imo, obviously). Standard mech battles and most of the characters are annoying more than anything. The characters are quite well developed, I just hated most of them and had no empathy for them(so I guess it's quite good in some sense in that regard).

Definitely legendary, but bleh. Can't work out why people are still excited about it...

[Cute]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

I only watched the first episode of the new one, and it looked very pretty, but it was not awesome at all compared to the original. If only the ending wasn't so randomly bad.

And speaking of weird and terrible endings: why do people still recommend Evangelion. I've watched it, and it's not bad, but it's nothing particularly special (imo, obviously). Standard mech battles and most of the characters are annoying more than anything. The characters are quite well developed, I just hated most of them and had no empathy for them(so I guess it's quite good in some sense in that regard).

Definitely legendary, but bleh. Can't work out why people are still excited about it...

Which Evangelion are you talking about? I'm actually not too huge on the original series myself (the ending was such a copout :P), but I think that the new "remake" movies have been pretty kickass

[UncleTom]

As I white boy in New Zealand I always was the first one to watch Dragon Ball Z, Yugioh, Digimon, Pokemon, Voltron, Inuyasa, Full metal alchemist, and several other ones you know the ones.
In New Zealand Adult swim was saddly canceled so only the 4kids, slightly more childish ones were left, so force online , I found that the first Naruto Season that I had watch 6 times on loop had about 7 more seasons in other countries, as well as more then just bleach 7-12.
So at the moment I've done away with watching the anime and only read the manga for internet/time reason, and it is of course the whitest of them all
Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail and my favorite of course has to be Air Gear, on a side note I have look a little bit at berserk and gantz anime/manga and have looked good but smarting a new series is too hard for me.

[Cyanide]

Alright, I'm new here, and this thread kinda caught my attention. And I am pretty appalled by the recommendations! Not saying their bad, but they just don't make anime like last time any more.

Full Metal Panic!
School Rumble

Oh, and Elfen Lied was pretty cool because of the violence. Lol...

[mustapusta]

Originally Posted by Cyanide

Alright, I'm new here, and this thread kinda caught my attention. And I am pretty appalled by the recommendations! Not saying their bad, but they just don't make anime like last time any more.

Full Metal Panic!
School Rumble

Oh, and Elfen Lied was pretty cool because of the violence. Lol...

Elfen Lied had no storyline(or rather, extremely weak). I'm Appalled you even said Elfen Lied.

[Cyanide]

Originally Posted by mustapusta

Elfen Lied had no storyline(or rather, extremely weak). I'm Appalled you even said Elfen Lied.

I did say only because of the violence

But yeah, my favourite of all time is probably School Rumble.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by Cyanide

Alright, I'm new here, and this thread kinda caught my attention. And I am pretty appalled by the recommendations! Not saying their bad, but they just don't make anime like last time any more.

Full Metal Panic!
School Rumble

Oh, and Elfen Lied was pretty cool because of the violence. Lol...

That's why we're working on a recommendations list!
FMP

Also, welcome to SC2SEA

[Makra]

Fullmetal Alchemist is heaps good, but now I hear there's this new Brotherhood series, which is a remake? Anyone here seen both and can clarify what the difference is?

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

I'll have to ask my brother about Brotherhood. I've seen the original series, but he's been watching the new one. As far as I'm aware the new one is more faithful to the manga.

[Cute]

I've only seen the original. I watched a bit of Brotherhood, but the art style reminded me of a Nickelodeon cartoon, which really put me off. I've heard it's good though?

[Rolex]

is Bleach still in fillers?

[dannnyds]

Originally Posted by Rolex

is Bleach still in fillers?

Sadly yes but i don't think it will last much longer. Also the mystery shinigami in the manga has got me interested now

[Fadey]

Hey just thought I would add some of my views on some anime I enjoy.

Naruto Shippuden
This really is alot better than the original Naruto if you can get past all the fillers... alot of the events that the last hundreds of episode leading upto actually happens below is a link to my favourite opener. The season this opener is from is really where its at alot of the big fights and main characters going at it.
http://youtu.be/CsVXJYsIxAc


Gundam wing
This is one of the first animes I really watched as a child, great story / character development and has fighting robots what more could you want? This anime really holds a special place in my heart.
http://youtu.be/gsoqf_5k4TQ

Full Metal Alchemist
Already been described in the other replys , really awesome anime a must watch.


Samurai x
Big swords , good fights a older anime I use to watch on austar which I enjoyed dont know how it stacks up these days as it was a number of years ago.
http://youtu.be/PeXBrob6_0E


*edit sorry i cant seem to get them to embed*

[AvPoker]

Ok I watched both the original FMA as well as Brotherhood. The most obvious difference is that Brotherhood follows the manga's storyline while the original takes a different path around the middle. The animation is also considerably crisp and overall better in Brotherhood compared to the original (although it is still great for its time).

However, FMA Brotherhood gives off a some-what rushed start compared to the original, which may put off fans of the original as it takes away the drama and emotional impact that the original had. This only occurs for the first few episodes (especially the backstories) and goes back to normal.

In terms of story, FMA: Brotherhood is more epic and in a grander scale than the original (although I won't go into detail) whereas the original takes a more darker tone. Both stories are good in their own rights, but as Brotherhood follows the manga more closely, the story is more fluent and the amount of plot holes compared to the original is minimal.

In terms of music, I don't remember much about the original but I do feel that Brotherhood has more of an epic feel than the original.

Overall Brotherhood is just as worth watching if you can get past the beginning and get into the new storyling. At least that is my opinion.

Quick Comments

Makra:

nice!

[Octo]

Best anime/manga of all time HunterXHunter. Some people find the first few episodes boring so if you watch it don't stop watching.
I believe the manga is starting once again in august this year and there is a new anime being made too - not sure if it continues on from the old anime or is a remake. I hope it continues on because it doesn't need a remake its an awesome anime. Its also by the same guy who made Yu Yu Hakusho (one of the only animes you will ever enjoy with english dubs).

Gintama - very funny anime where Edo has been taken over by aliens - has some serious episodes which are good too.

Samurai Champloo - A great anime about a girl and two samurais (one of them is the voice actor for Zoro) on a journey through old japan - has some funny episodes, especially one about a baseball game with some Americans who landed illegally that turns into a game to see which team will have a member that is still conscious so that they don't forfeit.

Samurai Deeper Kyo - don't bother watching the anime it doesn't really follow the manga and it fails, but the manga is very good.

Shadow Skill - A little bit confusing but I think it is worth watching for my favourite anime fight - diaz (Black Wing) vs Darkness.

Rurouni Kenshin - I wouldn't put this in my favourite list but I did enjoy it and a lot of people think it is great so I thought I would mention it since I havn't seen anyone else say anything about it.

(I didn't bother mentioning OP/naruto/bleach but I like them too and read the mangas every week).

Also gotta mention DB/DBZ/DBGT which I have always loved and without which we would not have a lot of other Animes/mangas, probably 9001 of them.

A lot of people are saying they enjoyed Highschool of the dead - I thought it was complete rubbish, I stopped watching after like 10 episodes. There was no real story. If the only reason you liked it was because of the tits you could try watching Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou which has a similar pervy style but actually has some story, or Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls which also has a very unique art style.

[Cute]

Anyone else watching Penguindrum? I'm loving it so far

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SURVIVAL STRATEGY!

[FvRelimzkE]

I tend to watch Slice of Life, Romance and Psychological more.
I personally recommend:
Clannad / Clannad After Story
Kanon 2006
Toradora!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (NSFW)
Sola
Yuru Yuri (ongoing, but funny as )
Lucky Star (first 7 or so episodes are boring, but you quickly begin to like it after those)
A-Channel

[Cute]

Originally Posted by elimzke

I tend to watch Slice of Life, Romance and Psychological more.
I personally recommend:
Clannad / Clannad After Story
Kanon 2006
Toradora!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (NSFW)
Sola
Yuru Yuri (ongoing, but funny as )
Lucky Star (first 7 or so episodes are boring, but you quickly begin to like it after those)
A-Channel

So good!
You like Clannad and Kanon but not Air?

[Starcyph3r]

I would also like to reccommend Evangelion. The series saved my life. Kinda disliked the rebuild movies because they were when Anno was out of his depression and you could see it in the somehow now badass shinji. End of evangelion was quite good though, the ost still haunts me.

Since bebop is already up there im not gonna bother reccommending it, but I did like it almost as much as eva.

Also I dont think it's fair to say not to watch dubbed anime. I'm as big of an otaku as the next guy but I also think there are a few examples of dub out there that manage to match or even surpass the seiyuu. Cowboy bebop is one of those examples. But I guess, god forbid that I would say those slimy americans were actually better than glorious nippon

[TCPLemminks]

I justed to watch and read bleach, but it was mainly for the lulz to be had on CAPSLOCK BLEACH.

Anyway I'm suprised no one has mentioned Death Note as a manga yet. I just started reading it and it's absolutely brilliant.

Another manga I would definately recommend is Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (hoshi no samidare), really some parts almost made me cry T_T (to much of a man though).

Lastly for those who want complete lolz featuring world leaders and Mahjong there's The Legend of Koizumi (Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku). You don't even need to know how to play Mahjong to appreciate the melodrama.

Also we should post websites where you can read these mangas like mangafox or manga2u.

[Cordance]

Originally Posted by Makra

Fullmetal Alchemist is heaps good, but now I hear there's this new Brotherhood series, which is a remake? Anyone here seen both and can clarify what the difference is?

The original Fullmetal alchemist anima branches from the manga at a very early point in time. Brother hood covers about half of the orginal full metal alchemist in the first 6ish episodes then follows a lot closer to the manga same people you know and love just there is a lot more story. One of the best things about FMA original is that is a complete story. Like many Animas when they end they feel a little rushed this one only slightly so they where nearing a point that looked like the end for a while and finished it up.

As for the rest of the thread I think there are about 3 things mentioned I have not watched more than once. Ill dig up my old compiled list I grabbed from watching a lot of top 10 anima series on you tube.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by Lemminks

Also we should post websites where you can read these mangas like mangafox or manga2u.

If you can get me a list, I'll update the OP

[Cordance]

OK time to search my hard drives and work out what animia Series I have I should recommend to others.
* Naruto skip anything that looks like a filler (about episode 150+)
* Naruto Shippuuden again some of the fillers are bad.
* Bleach skip anything that is a single episode filler but the filler arcs are reasonable not as good as the rest though.
* Full Metal Alchemist is a not happy go lucky animia but good.
* D grayman like FMA not happy go lucky was a bit disappointed when it clearly got a bonus season tacked on it. Fillers are worth avoiding.
* Hellsing Classic I still feel like something was missing from it the more I rewatch it but solid.
* Deathnote. Awesome a mind game. (dont watch the second season it will be a let down)
* Gundum 00. Visually stunning awesome story. Both seasons are quality work I would sit down non animia watchers to watch this one.
* Code Geas. Mind games. Well played out story.
* Darker than black. Just feels awesome.

Now on to some other worth watching if your into it.
*Trigun. Very foppish I think is the best way to describe it. It has its moments and is good if your up for something not to serious.
*Cowboy Bepbop. If you want to get a feel for it go listen to the intro messa linked basically sets the whole tone and mood for it.
*Trinity blood. Also quite foppish.
*Black Cat. Solid start I felt they didnt continue with but good first ending (then they get another few episodes which arnt bad but felt added)
*Basilisk. A bit deadly for most when the story sets up when one team is all dead the other wins kind of what you expect.
*Samurai Champloo. Nice sword fights very layed back and stylistic.

Well all I have time for now. Ill come back and mention some movies and see if I can find any more worth mentioning.

[|Erasmus|]

That stuff is in entirely the wrong order:

Bebop is the greatest... Naruto and Bleach are not worth it if you are older than 15. Too much crap in the middle of relatively generic fights.

Darker than Black is indeed rather sexy. And the music is more stuff by yoko kanno (who did cowboy bebop).

Champloo is also better than stuff like naruto/bleach... it's basically bebop, but set in the samurai era and with god awful music (whereas bebop is like sex for my ears).

[Starcyph3r]

Samurai champloo was really dissapointing to me, I started watching it straight after bebop because I guess i was still hungry for more of the same. But the whole series just lacks drive imo. The characters never really develop anywhere, and the plot is too disjointed. Which I suppose you could argue for bebop but bebop's characters brought the substance. The whole anime of champloo feels like too much style and little substance. Also darker than black in a way is like bebop but for some reason I never really grew to like it as much. I still enjoyed it but imo it suffered from the same flaws champloo did.

Also naruto is ok when your still starting to watch anime, but really the number of episodes of a series will let you know the quality 9 times out of 10 -_-

[Starcyph3r]

Originally Posted by pikk0n

I hate ALL English dubbed.... The lines are just soooooooooooo cheesy.... OMG..... Leave them at subs and screw the people who are illiterate. They're not meant to understand the English dubbed ones anyway. I have no clue why the English dubbed ones changed the lines so much... Then there is the issue with the music as well.... Leave them as its original.... The English versions are horrible..... I'd rather they sing some random English words with the original song playing in the background than their so called new and improved music.... Hell to my ears.

This is a completely ignorant post. Maybe your watching too many child aimed anime where I agree this is present. But almost always now days the japanese music is kept in tact as well as the dialogue. Alot of dubs are bad, but there are some that are good. Generalising like this and failing to acknowledge this fact just proves to me you are a weaboo

[Cordance]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

That stuff is in entirely the wrong order:

Bebop is the greatest... Naruto and Bleach are not worth it if you are older than 15. Too much crap in the middle of relatively generic fights.

Darker than Black is indeed rather sexy. And the music is more stuff by yoko kanno (who did cowboy bebop).

Champloo is also better than stuff like naruto/bleach... it's basically bebop, but set in the samurai era and with god awful music (whereas bebop is like sex for my ears).

Im not saying bebop and champloo arnt good stuff Im saying they are much more mood orientated. Ive met people who have seething loathing for both of those two but naruto generally only gets boring or lame thrown at it. The people who told me they loathed those shows had no real reason which is why I put them in right mood.

Also as a foot note Bleach and Naruto best watched with DB subs shame they arnt doing their thing any more, I wish crunchy subs had taken those guys in. Those guys could turn even the lamest stories into something freaking awesome to watch with some creative license (probably least accurate but I still stake my claim they are the best and will defend it with all my nerdom). Some of the bests where their trolls random episode with completely different story over the top with subs

[Octo]

I thought I would share the website where I dl all my anime in case any hasn't heard of it. http://www.instantz.net/
They don't do any actual subbing but they put links to pretty much every anime that comes out on their website (for download and streaming).

[noobinater]

Cowboy Bebop is what it took to make me stop joking about Anime and actually realise some of it is damn good (when it's not about angsty teenagers).

Now for the only other Anime that's grabbed me:

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
The show runs for 27 episodes and the dub is pretty damn good (I watched the show dubbed and the movies subbed, there's really not any quality drop in the dub).

It starts off with the coolest prologue of all time and its a fair approximation of what sort of level the show ends at.

You Tube

You Tube

Giant robots fighting each other at physically impossible scales, fan service, seriously ridiculous characters, drills, awesome quotes ("Simone, don't believe in yourself. Believe in me. Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!" and "MINE IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PEIRCE THE HEAVENS!"), mechs piloting mechs piloting mechis piloting..., fanservice (for the ladies!)...

You get the idea.

ops why did I put this in twice:

Basically, if you like your mecha to take it as seriously as the genre deserves, watch TTGL.

Depending on where you live, it can be watched legally for free here (up till a few weeks ago you could watch it in Australia but no more appaerntly )
(you wouldn't believe how many horrible AMV's i had to sit through to find the video I wanted)

Quick Comments

Digby:

YEEAHHH GURREN LAGANN! :D

[Cute]

amv's are the bane of my existance t.t

[Cyanide]

I recently started reading this Manga called Stein's Gate over at mangastream.com. basically about time-travelling and john titor (dude who claimed he time travelled from 2036 to 2000). You guys can check it out and be the judge of it. personally, I'm reading it because i'm too free and I quite like sci-fi stuff. even watch stuff on BBC about string theory and what not. Lol...

[MazEi]

Hey sup anime thread =D

I'm a dude who seems to like comedy/romance/drama and stuff closely related to that. Don't really like all those mecha stuff(I think action is fine since I loved Durarara).

Anyways, just wanted to ask any of you who watched Kimi ni Todoke Season 2. What do you guys think of it? I'm like at ep 4 or 5 I can't remember and I feel like its so slow and isn't as interesting as the first season =/

Oh and recommended stuff(just read the first post =P)

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Anime :
Durarara
Angel Beats!
K-On series
Shakugan no Shana series
Slam Dunk(just a classic that I used to watch)
Yu Yu Hakusho
The World God Only Knows
Fairy Tail
~ plenty more which may be even better than the ones I stated but can't think of now

Manga :
Don't read much manga but a few that I'm reading now is Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa and Fujimura Meitsu

VNs:
Sharin no Kuni(has NFSW stuff)
G-Senjou no Maou(has NFSW stuff)
Ever 17
Saya no Uta(has NFSW stuff)
FSN(I'm still playing but well I think you guys know about FSN)

This is merely a gist of what I think is worth a watch/read/playthrough

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by mazei

Hey sup anime thread =D

Sup. You may like bakemonogatari then, which I thought was pretty cool...

[MazEi]

Oh yes I loved Bakemonogatari, friggin LOVED it. Like I said, just couldn't remember a lot of the stuff I watched =P

[Cute]

Gonna do a huge ass update to the OP sometime over the coming weekend. Last chances for ideas of things that should be added!

[Digby]

Neon Genesis Evangelion and Trigun - Couple greta animes
Lupin III - Early series are like a psychadeilc comedy, the newer episodes are good too, but not as psychadelic and wierd great anime nonetheless
Lupin III Castle Cagliostro - Dubbed as one of the greatest anime films of all time
Afro Samurai - Lots of blood and guts - Voiced by Samuel L Jackson
Laputa Castle in the Sky - Movie

[MazEi]

Ano hi mita...that long titled anime =P. Quite the tearjerker, shed a few manly tears at the end.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mazei

Ano hi mita...that long titled anime =P. Quite the tearjerker, shed a few manly tears at the end.

I always just called it AnoHana. Loved that show. Shed manly tears myself

[Uglymutt]

I've been checking the OP pretty consistently and now have a BIG list of anime to watch now. I've always like anime but never really watched a lot of it (mainly movies, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu Gi-Oh etc.). There's a lot more variety to anime than I initially thought. Hopefully I'll enjoy your recommendations, I've just got to finish watching all my Daria first

[Cyanide]

Appleseed.

Studio Ghibli films (check out rottentomatoes for the ratings, they are generally good reflections of the movie).
I'll name a few: Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Borrower Arrietty.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by Uglymutt

I've been checking the OP pretty consistently and now have a BIG list of anime to watch now. I've always like anime but never really watched a lot of it (mainly movies, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu Gi-Oh etc.). There's a lot more variety to anime than I initially thought. Hopefully I'll enjoy your recommendations, I've just got to finish watching all my Daria first

Glad that we've helped out at least one person!

Originally Posted by Cyanide

Appleseed.

Studio Ghibli films (check out rottentomatoes for the ratings, they are generally good reflections of the movie).
I'll name a few: Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Borrower Arrietty.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Girl Who Leapt Through Time was great. I haven't seen many Studio Ghibli films (a travesty I know, I'll get there). Grave of the Fireflies or Princess Mononoke is probably my favorite of the ones I've seen though!

And I promise that I'll update the OP soon. I'm getting there ><

[xpaperclip]

Originally Posted by Cyanide

Studio Ghibli films (check out rottentomatoes for the ratings, they are generally good reflections of the movie).

Porco Rosso, English dub. I know that's a controversial suggestion on both counts, but it's among my favourite Ghibli films and, while people tend to hate on dubs, Ghibli films I think have very high quality dubs which have a charm of their own. Give it a try!

Furthermore, there is not enough love for Makoto Shinkai in this thread. 5 Centimetres Per Second is the most visually beautiful thing I have ever seen.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by xpaperclip

Furthermore, there is not enough love for Makoto Shinkai in this thread. 5 Centimetres Per Second is the most visually beautiful thing I have ever seen.

Oh my god, yes! Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised.... are just as good, if not better imo!

I think I might rewatch one of those tonight, haven't seen them in ages

[MazEi]

I heard 5 Centimetres Per Second is really really really nice in terms of the slice of life and romance. Didn't/haven't watched it yet =/

[neon]

Hi Guys,

I also have a dark secret and secretly love anime, however I've not watched more than one or two seasons in the past 3 - 4 years so my memory/recommendations are probably old.

I had a quick skim over the thread so I'll try mention things not noted where possible, I haven't actually ever read manga except to try work out why Hunter X Hunter stopped where it did.

1. Monster - I saw someone mention it but mention nothing about it, this would be probably my all time favourite anime for it's kind, it's about a young boy who is injured and the doctor who saves his life. It's rather involved and I don't really know how to describe it without giving any of it away, I guess it's more about the doctor trying to find the boy after he disappears and the things he uncovers and sacrifices on that journey.

I highly recommend anyone who is a fan of things such as Code Geass or Death Note, the not so gory, mindgames/story based stuff to check it out, though it's not quite like those I'm not sure what to compare it too.

2. Hunter X Hunter, I saw this mentioned also, but too good to pass up, I believe this to be a really well thought out series with a unique set of bad guys and good guys, and the magic system employed in the series is quite clever also, the character development is quite evident and the fight scenes are quite witty and powerful.

3. Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust - Think blade, only cool, half human half vampire, who everyone hates but has unique abilities. a few plot twists and this is rather entertaining movie, slightly darker theme I guess.

4. Ergo Proxy - A futuristic anime styled around a civilisation that has become somewhat deadend emotionally due to strict control everything and everyone, A young woman who seems somewhat immune or just bored by the system stumbles upon some things investigating a murder that show some more true colours of past and future of the city.

5. Rahxephon - This anime though seems extremely similar to Neon Genesis Evangellion, is actually unique enough to be entertaining, follows a similar storyline about a boy who is drafted to pilot a mech, but unlike Shinji he is a bit more outgoing.

I have seen many more but nothing too stand-out in my mind at the second, things like Gun X Sword, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Rurouni Kenshin, Ninja Scroll, Berserk, Basilisk, Samurai Deeper Kyo from the older stuff, more recently, Darker Than Black, (+ the two sequel seasons/prequel seasons). Code Geass(more notably R2(second season)) Death Note, Get Backers, Tenjou Tenje, Ghost in the Shell, + movies and sequel series. Chrono Crusade, Wolfs Rain, Hellsing, Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Blood: the last vampire and Blood+ series.

I guess thats a general run-down of the styles I like if someone can perhaps make some recommendations of anything fitting from the last 3-4 years it would be appreciated,

Also for Sci Fi, I vote Cowboy Bebop. that soundtrack is pretty fantastic.

And I guess I should mention I enjoyed Nodame Cantabile and Beck even though they aren't really my style.

Quick Comments

|Erasmus|:

Ergo Proxy... that was a fun show!

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mazei

I heard 5 Centimetres Per Second is really really really nice in terms of the slice of life and romance. Didn't/haven't watched it yet =/

It's great as far as the whole romance type of show goes. The artwork is absolutely incredible. There's one scene in particular (you'll know it when you see it) where I was pretty much breathless haha. Highly recommended!

[Nobunaga]

Omfg mayo chiki subaru is my waifu

[MazEi]

Originally Posted by nobunaga

omfg mayo chiki subaru is my waifu

^ agreed

Quick Comments

Nobunaga:

This person has good taste.

[Cute]

I was pretty tempted to watch Mayo Chiki, but found out that there's no ecchi content. I don't really like harem's without it

Maybe I'll give it a try when I'm bored sometime though

[nirvAnA]

oh dear simple glossory please for anime noobs! whats waifu ecchi, etc!

[Cute]

Hahah, maybe I should add one to the top

Waifu is pretty much an imaginary wife.
Ecchi is, uh...

[Nobunaga]

BOOOBIES

or

PENIS

if you're into that kind of stuff

[MazEi]

Ecchi = Sekirei =P

Originally Posted by Cute

I was pretty tempted to watch Mayo Chiki, but found out that there's no ecchi content. I don't really like harem's without it

Maybe I'll give it a try when I'm bored sometime though

Gogo. It would suit you since the show is incredibly cute(see what I did there ). Even without ecchi its definitely something to watch this for this season I feel, but that could be just because there isn't much romantic comedies this season that I'd watch =/

EDIT
Good show btw Sekirei even without the whole Ecchi part.

Double edit(because double posting should be punished with instaban)
Is the first post going to be edited ever? As I *might* be able to help out with it. And its a big maybe because I'm such a lazy tard.

[Azure]

I am a big naruto/bleach fan

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mazei

Ecchi = Sekirei =P


Gogo. It would suit you since the show is incredibly cute(see what I did there ). Even without ecchi its definitely something to watch this for this season I feel, but that could be just because there isn't much romantic comedies this season that I'd watch =/

EDIT
Good show btw Sekirei even without the whole Ecchi part.

Double edit(because double posting should be punished with instaban)
Is the first post going to be edited ever? As I *might* be able to help out with it. And its a big maybe because I'm such a lazy tard.

Haha, alright, I'll give it a shot, purely because of the awesome pun you made!

And yes, I'll set myself a deadline so I have to do it. Monday night, I'll completely update it. Just be floating around in this thread and you can help me out or whatever

[EveJeonSa]

What was I supposed to do again?


hahahaha.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by derpy

What was I supposed to do again?


hahahaha.

You were going to make a banner for this thread

[Nobunaga]

Today is a Friday.

Which means...

It's Mayo Chiki day.

Quick Comments

MazEi:

This person just says awesome things.

[Cute]

Okay, changed up the OP. All that's left to do is go through the thread and put in the most popular recommendations. Give me a day or so to get there

Also, made a chat channel for us to hang out in and play some games in SC2. Details are in the OP.
Also also, made a social group on this site. It's invite only, so PM and I'll invite you

[MazEi]

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Anime list for this Fall =)

Warning! Large image.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mazei

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Anime list for this Fall =)

Warning! Large image.

Oh nice! I'll put that in the OP. Haven't really heard much about any of these shows, but from reading the descriptions it sounds a lot better than this season for sure

[MazEi]

Well another forum I'm a part of are calling it the best season in recent times. I kinda agree, a lot of shows I might at least watch the first few episodes of then make a decision to drop or not. Except Working!! which I'll watch till the end

[Cute]

Out of curiosity, what's your favorite show from this year?

[MazEi]

This year? Erm, I kinda forgot what shows there were from this year alone. But umm, lemme find a list somewhere.

Kay, well its hard, I mean I just love The World God Only Knows, but Gosick was kinda cool as well. Oh woops, didn't see Anohana. Well I think it have to be something like 1st Anohana, tied 2nd TWGOK and Gosick, tied Hanasaku Iroha and Mayo Chiki for third.

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[Nobunaga]

Fate/Zero makes my dick hard.

Very hard.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by mazei

This year? Erm, I kinda forgot what shows there were from this year alone. But umm, lemme find a list somewhere.

Kay, well its hard, I mean I just love The World God Only Knows, but Gosick was kinda cool as well. Oh woops, didn't see Anohana. Well I think it have to be something like 1st Anohana, tied 2nd TWGOK and Gosick, tied Hanasaku Iroha and Mayo Chiki for third.

No Madoka love?
But yes, Anohana was fantastic. And I've been meaning to catch up with Hanasaku Iroha, that was really good too

[Nobunaga]

I thought Madoka was pretty overrated tbh.

Then again, I liked Infinite Stratos so my opinion doesn't count for much LOL.

[MazEi]

Originally Posted by Cute

No Madoka love?
But yes, Anohana was fantastic. And I've been meaning to catch up with Hanasaku Iroha, that was really good too

Madoka is one of those shows which I just thought, heh, not gonna watch that, then suddenly everyone goes like 'Madoka Madoka Madoka' which makes you think hey why not just watch it anyways. I'll get around to it.

Originally Posted by Nobunaga

I thought Madoka was pretty overrated tbh.

Then again, I liked Infinite Stratos so my opinion doesn't count for much LOL.

Well IS was nice with the range of characters(Houki's mine ) but it was just another series to me.

[Nobunaga]

IS could've done well with more episodes, but these 13 episode series are safer for light novels. Anime is running out of ideas =S

[neon]

I feel no one read my post!

[MazEi]

Originally Posted by neon

I feel no one read my post!

I'm sure I did =)

[EveJeonSa]

Originally Posted by neon

Hi Guys,

I also have a dark secret and secretly love anime, however I've not watched more than one or two seasons in the past 3 - 4 years so my memory/recommendations are probably old.

I had a quick skim over the thread so I'll try mention things not noted where possible, I haven't actually ever read manga except to try work out why Hunter X Hunter stopped where it did.

1. Monster - I saw someone mention it but mention nothing about it, this would be probably my all time favourite anime for it's kind, it's about a young boy who is injured and the doctor who saves his life. It's rather involved and I don't really know how to describe it without giving any of it away, I guess it's more about the doctor trying to find the boy after he disappears and the things he uncovers and sacrifices on that journey.

I highly recommend anyone who is a fan of things such as Code Geass or Death Note, the not so gory, mindgames/story based stuff to check it out, though it's not quite like those I'm not sure what to compare it too.

2. Hunter X Hunter, I saw this mentioned also, but too good to pass up, I believe this to be a really well thought out series with a unique set of bad guys and good guys, and the magic system employed in the series is quite clever also, the character development is quite evident and the fight scenes are quite witty and powerful.

3. Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust - Think blade, only cool, half human half vampire, who everyone hates but has unique abilities. a few plot twists and this is rather entertaining movie, slightly darker theme I guess.

4. Ergo Proxy - A futuristic anime styled around a civilisation that has become somewhat deadend emotionally due to strict control everything and everyone, A young woman who seems somewhat immune or just bored by the system stumbles upon some things investigating a murder that show some more true colours of past and future of the city.

5. Rahxephon - This anime though seems extremely similar to Neon Genesis Evangellion, is actually unique enough to be entertaining, follows a similar storyline about a boy who is drafted to pilot a mech, but unlike Shinji he is a bit more outgoing.

I have seen many more but nothing too stand-out in my mind at the second, things like Gun X Sword, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Rurouni Kenshin, Ninja Scroll, Berserk, Basilisk, Samurai Deeper Kyo from the older stuff, more recently, Darker Than Black, (+ the two sequel seasons/prequel seasons). Code Geass(more notably R2(second season)) Death Note, Get Backers, Tenjou Tenje, Ghost in the Shell, + movies and sequel series. Chrono Crusade, Wolfs Rain, Hellsing, Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Blood: the last vampire and Blood+ series.

I guess thats a general run-down of the styles I like if someone can perhaps make some recommendations of anything fitting from the last 3-4 years it would be appreciated,

Also for Sci Fi, I vote Cowboy Bebop. that soundtrack is pretty fantastic.

And I guess I should mention I enjoyed Nodame Cantabile and Beck even though they aren't really my style.

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[Nobunaga]

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[Cute]

Originally Posted by Nobunaga

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Okay okay, I'm going to get it and watch it over this weekend, just to see what all the fuss is about! It better be good!~

[MazEi]

Originally Posted by Nobunaga

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Darn...too slow to post it first.

[FvRelimzkE]

Originally Posted by Cute

So good!
You like Clannad and Kanon but not Air?

I went and checked out Air after you mentioned this but... that ending. Holy shit. :|

I've been watching some oldschool Anime like Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing and Trigun lately just so I can appreciate the classics. Other than that I've started watching through Yuru Yuri, which is incredibly light-hearted and funny. It's slice of life so there's no storyline, but it's definintely something to cheer you up ^_^

[Cute]

Originally Posted by elimzke

I went and checked out Air after you mentioned this but... that ending. Holy shit. :|

I've been watching some oldschool Anime like Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing and Trigun lately just so I can appreciate the classics. Other than that I've started watching through Yuru Yuri, which is incredibly light-hearted and funny. It's slice of life so there's no storyline, but it's definintely something to cheer you up ^_^

+ [Air spoilers"] +

Yeah, Air is like Kanon and Clannad, just it doesn't have a happy ending :P

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

[MazEi]

Is anyone else tensed up with how Subaru just doesn't have the guts to tell him straight?(Mayo Chiki btw)

[Nobunaga]

It's the usual "main character is dense" kind of deal which culminates into awesome schoolgirl Subaru.