wat r sum animes

[A Spoonful Supreme]

ive ONLY EVRR seen

princess mononoke
spirited away
akira

i liked them all, a lot

[Otherside]

grave of the fireflies

bring some tissues

[bradc1988]

<3 Spirited Away

Just search IMDb for that same director.

I'll probably watch his Howl's Moving Castle or something this weekend, or Grave of the Fireflies which I also have

[Otherside]

Oh and I think you'd enjoy the NGE series +movie

[A Spoonful Supreme]

oh ya neon geneiss evengaleon

i remember some guy trying to get me to watch it like 8 years ago

ill dload

[DeckerDontPlay]

Yes I am going to say it.....DBZ

/flamesuit.

[Meatplow]

some of the more or less essential ones -

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Ninja Scroll
Ghost In The Shell
Vampire Hunter D

And some others i'll suggest -

Bleach
Ah! My Goddess
Excel Saga

[Otherside]

TBH spoonfull the the ones youll like the most are probably NGE and Monster.

[Mister_Che]

Spoonful, don't watch the last two episodes of Evangelion. Skip them completely and watch the movies instead.

[Jude]

Spirited Away was actually good.

The rest, don't watch them

[fingers mccoy]

death note is the best

[Happymeal]

Cromartie High School

is the best

[fingers mccoy]

i think you'll find we already have a best

[2muchket!]

Elfen Lied. Gory as hell but oh so good. NGE and One Piece I'd suggest too. Watch the Japanese eps with english subs tho' the western releases are cr'ap.

[Happymeal]

i think you'll find we already have a best

I watched Death Note's ending yesterday and it sucked. Therefore it is not the best

[fingers mccoy]

hmm i liked the ending it was better than the middle

[PshSam]

death note is the best
QTF the show is amazing

im only on 30...or 31 i forget. i still have a few more eps to watch.

[Mr. Ron]

Jin Roh

[Hedgedive]

Elfen Lied.

this.

the mangas are good too.

[Echleon]

Full Metal Alchemist
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Trigun
Outlaw Star

[AlienEater]

My Neighbour Totoro
Metropolis

They the only two others I can think of right now

[planewreck]

some of the more or less essential ones -

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Ninja Scroll
Ghost In The Shell
Vampire Hunter D

And some others i'll suggest -

Bleach
Ah! My Goddess
Excel Saga
highlighted for truth.

are you look specifically for films? cause cowboy bepop works both ways (show and film), but also there's .hack//sign and FLCL

[PshSam]

ghost in the shell is borin, and teh suck no joke...

FOOLY COOLY, omfg i almost forgot, THAT is the best anime...

.hack//sign...i always tried to watch it, but always forgot the time... it was really intresting when i did watch it though, i think im gonna pick it up in the near future.

[2muchket!]

Cowboy BeBop. Love that show I do.

[Kithkin]

Elfen Lied. Gory as hell but oh so good. NGE and One Piece I'd suggest too. Watch the Japanese eps with english subs tho' the western releases are cr'ap.

Aside from the gore, there isn't much to Elfen Lied...

[StreetlightRock]

Ghost in the Shell
Akira
Ah! My Goddess
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
A whole bunch of Samurai X
A whole bunch of Flame of Recca

24/7 Anime channel in Malaysia ftw!

[2muchket!]

Aside from the gore, there isn't much to Elfen Lied...

I was won over by the opening titles to be fair. Plus some of the artwork is the best of seen of any anime.

But yeah the gore does play an important part.

[Otherside]

Look spoonfull stay away from most of this junk and just go watch NGE and Monster

[Echleon]

Look spoonfull stay away from most of this junk and just go watch NGE and Monster

There are more than 2 decent animes in the world.

[The Jungler]

Pretty much anything by Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso, Howl's Moving Castle) is good.

[Kithkin]

Plus some of the artwork is the best of seen of any anime.


Then you haven't watched much anime. It's artwork was pretty bland. Stereotypical Tokyo/countryside settings and standary multicolor-haired women and short dark-haired dudes.

The opening sequence is very promising, but the rest doesn't deliver. Just like Bebop and X and Read or Die and countless other anime that deliver an amazing first episode (Though Read or Die did have two amazing mid-series episodes, and Bebop had the Movie and 4 episodes worth or real story) only to dissapoint from then on out. At least Lied was only 13 episodes long.

And thanks for the Miyazaki posts. If anybody's looking for pop-punk recommendations they should check out this band called Greenday. They're really good...

[benerooni]

lol my friend's dad rented ninja scroll to watch with him when he was like five thinking it was a family-friendly children's movie. friend cried after watching that one guy get his arms torn off.

[Jude]

1) Why do animes all have such retarded names? (not to mention animation, dialogue, voiceovers, plots and premises)
2) Why are nerds so heavily attracted to anime? (and if you're going to get all defensive about this like some nerd on another forum I posted this on then don't bother)

[Kithkin]

1 - All? There are dozens of anime made every year in japan. Are all of our comedys good? Our dramas? 90% of everything is crap.

1 - Because they generally originate in Japan, the English names are usually chosen by vice presidents trying to make a quick buck (and hence, you get Samurai X for Rouruni Kenshin... a character who was the polar opposite of a samurai)

() - Depends on the anime, but most americanized anime have had their plots altered and voices poorly overdubbed to save costs and make plots "easier" to understand. Also, long anime tend to be filled with filler, plot arcs not written by the manga author, because they have new episodes 40-46 weeks out of the year. Since manga and anime come out once a week, but anime usually covers about 3-5 issues of the manga, long running anime eventually catch up the the manga (see Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Dragon Ball).

() - Regarding the animation, most action anime skimp on basic animation (the talking, the walking, the plot exposition) in order to focus on the fight scenes. If you think the major fight scenes in Naruto (fight with the mirrors, bushy eyebrows vs gaara, naruto vs sasuke) or Kenshin (ep 31) or Bebob (1, movie) or Read or Die (1, 11 or 12). It's not like they have disney level operating budgets. Besides, even though their budgets are typically less than American cartoons, the animation is still generally far better (aside from Fosters Home and Teen Titans and a few others)

2 - Nerds aren't really attracted to the anime you're talking about. Anime that has been americanized is only really appealing to younger kids. Nerds tend to download it subtitled from Japan. Plenty of non-nerds like it if they're introduced to the non-crappy ones. Also, anime is far better at doing Sci-fi than anything live action.

[DeckerDontPlay]

Outlaw Star

That show was so great.

[fingers mccoy]

nerds are heavily attracted to a lot of things

i dont really get why you have to ask that question

[A Spoonful Supreme]

1) Why do animes all have such retarded names? (not to mention animation, dialogue, voiceovers, plots and premises)
2) Why are nerds so heavily attracted to anime? (and if you're going to get all defensive about this like some nerd on another forum I posted this on then don't bother)

im not a nerd (depends on ur def) and im not heavily attracted to anime but it's just art i haven't devoured yet and i have no prejudices so im going about satiating my anime curiosity however dorky or retarded it is

[wartree]

full metal alchemist
and the hack! series

[Pop music sucks]

The ones already mentioned. However, Evangelion's overdubs are generally very well-done, with the exception of how Gendou's voice changed when he added lines on the 'deleted' scenes for the Platinum Edition.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and its subsequent season are very enjoyable. I really digged the continuing story arcs in both series, respectively, compared to their 'stand-alone' episodes. But that doesn't mean you should skimp over the stand-alone episodes either.

[Chrysostom]

Anyone suggested Bleach yet? Awesome series.

[2muchket!]

Never got into bleach despite how everyone raves about it.

Death Note is pretty interesting.

And as far as animes having bad plots I disagree. The good ones are far superior to 80% of hollywood movies storywise.

[The Chemist]

FLCL is definitely high on my list of Anime.

[Hedgedive]

FLCL is great... only 6(?) episodes though.
Elfen Lied
Love Hina is funny/stupid/perverted/good
Cowboy Bebop
Battle Programmer Shirase
the Tenchi Muyo trilogy was alright.

I also watched I''S all the way through but I don't know if I'd recommend it.

and idk if Battle Royale has an anime but the manga and movie were cool.

[Turkish]

Ones I really enjoyed are

Samurai Champloo
Samurai 7
Basilisk
Berserk (even though it ends all f****d up)
Vampire Hunter D
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gungrave

[Pluperfect_Arson]

INITIAL D

[Giga]

Spoonful, don't watch the last two episodes of Evangelion. Skip them completely and watch the movies instead.

No.

[2muchket!]

watch both. You got a better understanding of what things end.

[Giga]

Tang!

[Pop music sucks]

watch both. You got a better understanding of what things end.Here here:chug:

Whenever I re-watch the series, I watch the series, and then pop in the movie.

I find watching both gives you a better sense of the character's psyche.

[2muchket!]

Blood+ is good too.

[Giga]

I would have to disagree mostly on the grounds GRR GRR VAMPIRE HORSES and I can't really get into the story at all

but the cello music that that guy plays is grim I wonder who actually played it

[Iscariot]

there was this one anime full of loud obnoxious characters who would scream out a 15-word name for an attack every time they prepared to fight each other and they could all fly and shoot magic from their hands and weapons it was pretty gay

oh wait that was all anime

[Giga]

i don't think the picard would be happy that you are so critical of everyone else

[Pop music sucks]

That's children's anime, of course it will have no substance.

[Meatplow]

I really like Excel Saga, even if i don't know half that animes it is parodying.

[antihippy]

there was this one anime full of loud obnoxious characters who would scream out a 15-word name for an attack every time they prepared to fight each other and they could all fly and shoot magic from their hands and weapons it was pretty gay

oh wait that was all anime

pokemon ftw.