Crymsonblaze: Entry Level Anime?

Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	my name is regret
MO 07.18.13	DBZ, cowboy bebop, Akira, etc
oltnabrick 07.18.13	etc [2]
MO 07.18.13	m/
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	i've heard good things about etc will check out
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	shows: cowboy bebop trigun gundam wing movies: perfect blue akira ghost in the shell any miyazaki (my favorite is nausicaa) to be a fan of anime you need to see all those
MO 07.18.13	no but seriously if you've never seen Akira watch it now or so help your soul. the animation for the time was beyond amazing and the story to boot was sick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTiZnMtxtjE
JayVex 07.18.13	Not many good anime series, but Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are all fantastic movies.
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	forgot about howl's moving castle, which i watched the other day. fantastic definitely checking out more miyazaki
mindleviticus 07.18.13	cowboy bebop is probably the perfect entry level anime. that or wolf's rain or berserk
Keyblade 07.18.13	Digimon is life
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	the only problem with watching bebop first is you wont find anything else thats as good
Yotimi 07.18.13	Death Note was really easy to get into for a non-Anime fan. It's subtitles though.
Rev 07.18.13	"so only things with English dubs please" that's gonna limit your options
Yotimi 07.18.13	plus English dubs are usually pretty cheesy
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	"that's gonna limit your options" yeah, i know. i've just never been able to watch subtitles. i always end up reading and not paying attention to what's going on on-screen. at that point, i'd rather just read a book
cuki92 07.18.13	Welcome to the NHK
lyon1535 07.18.13	Bleach, but better to read the manga since the anime is essentially over.
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	well i loved evangelion's dub despite some minor translation issues here or there.
oltnabrick 07.18.13	Elfen Lied
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	well its not really that bad because most of the best animes all have english dubs. the only ones that wouldnt are the ones that dont have any popularity outside of japan and theres a reason for that and anime fans will bitch at you about watching dubs but theyre usually just weaboos who sleep with waifu pillows and smell bad
Rev 07.18.13	"minor translation issues here or there." major translation errors most of the time**
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	i watched the first episode of elfen lied but it seemed a little on the trashy fanservicey side. kind of entertaining though so i might keep going with it
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	"major translation errors most of the time**" eh i loved it
Rev 07.18.13	elfen lied is terrible "well its not really that bad because most of the best animes all have english dubs. the only ones that wouldnt are the ones that dont have any popularity outside of japan and theres a reason for that" so much wrong with this
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	lets be real here, there are amazing animes out there but the vast majority are irredeemably terrible.
oltnabrick 07.18.13	Lil Champ Fway
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	"lets be real here, there are amazing animes out there but the vast majority are irredeemably terrible." probably accurate, as live-action shows are this way as well
Rev 07.18.13	"ets be real here, there are amazing animes out there but the vast majority are irredeemably terrible." just as much terrible shit as any other form of media
Trebor. 07.18.13	"Bleach, but better to read the manga since the anime is essentially over." This guy wants entry level, I doubt he has the time to watch the same episode of dudes talk about fighting and then sometimes fight 900 times in a row
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	true, but the bad anime always tends to embody every single stereotype westerners have of otaku culture and antisocial weaboos and are pretty painful to watch
Rev 07.18.13	that's what entry level means rob
Rev 07.18.13	"true, but the bad anime always tends to embody every single stereotype westerners have of otaku culture and antisocial weaboos and are painful to watch" this is a massive overstatement but i get where you're coming from
oltnabrick 07.18.13	is one piece anime
Crymsonblaze 07.18.13	maybe i should rephrase. let's say smart entry level anime
Rev 07.18.13	i had a big list but none of it's licensed so i'm just gonna suggest the same old shit everyone else recommends
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	what would you recommend out of the unlicensed which might tickle my fancy? i always wish there was more good anime out there (ive seen pretty much all of the essential westerner stuff) but everytime i try something out it ends up being like i described up top
Rev 07.18.13	what kind of stuff do you like?
GringoSuave89 07.18.13	Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Ghost In The Shell (movies and tv show), Sword Art Online, Akira, Outlaw Star, etc.
Trebor. 07.18.13	I watched half an episode of One Piece one time and I seriously contemplated suicide I have a couple of buddies that watch naruto and one piece and bleach and I'm like are you fucking kidding me, shonen is for fucking 8 year olds jesus christ
treeqt. 07.18.13	m8 hold on a second i totes got you http://i.imgur.com/1gm6J7M.jpg
treeqt. 07.18.13	watch lain tho it's the best anime ever and no matter who disagrees he is wrongest
Trebor. 07.18.13	Shonen literally translates to "shit anime for dumb fucking 8 year old boys" I believe
Ssssssss 07.18.13	Steins Gate TTGL Texhnolyze Ghost in the Shell - first movie and show Gundam Unicorn Black Lagoon Monster
Hyperion1001 07.18.13	my favorites are: perfect blue akira cowboy bebop trigun neon genesis samurai champloo stuff like that. doesnt have to be scifi/fantasy, i just hate fanservice bullshit
treeqt. 07.18.13	and if you're into short films watch pale cocoon it's not amazing but it's the only anime short i know so watch that it's kinda ok, aye?
treeqt. 07.18.13	steins gate is awful btw except for mayushii she is kawaii³ ~tu~tu~ruuuu~
Ssssssss 07.18.13	^ this, pale cocoon was awesome
Ssssssss 07.18.13	maybe if you have terrible taste m8
Trebor. 07.18.13	Me and my buddies started watching Rosario + Vampire to make fun of it, but we started to get into it goddamn It's crazy, there's just so much awful anime that Rosario + Vampire is really good in comparison
Acanthus 07.18.13	Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo FLCL Trigun Outlaw Star Welcome to the NHK Fate Zero Basilisk Time Of Eve GiTS Berserk Code Geass Death Note Hard to think of the ones I started off with/would rec to newcomers.
treeqt. 07.18.13	funny that i am the first to rec lain and the last so far so ye you guys kinda suck lmao do you even lain
Trebor. 07.18.13	I would probably like anime more if it wasn't so anime
treeqt. 07.18.13	i would like anime more if it pamyu'd more
Rev 07.18.13	little witch academia
Trebor. 07.18.13	Isn't Weebo that fucker from Flubber
Acanthus 07.18.13	@ilove - In no way would I rec a new anime watcher Lain, Ergo Proxy, Technolyze, or Steins:Gate.
treeqt. 07.18.13	that's literally the only animes i've ever watched except for the obvious shonen shit
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	steins gate is awful btw except for mayushii she is kawaii³ ~tu~tu~ruuuu~ DIE ilovetree. and yea i know Lain and have seen it. :P
treeqt. 07.18.13	and the pilot of aku no hana
Ssssssss 07.18.13	gotta start em out not being a pleb man
treeqt. 07.18.13	when i say steins gate is awful i am obviously comparing it to lain. if oyu haven't seen lain before you might actually enjoy it, it's not thaaaaaat bad.
Ssssssss 07.18.13	personally liked it more then lain
oltnabrick 07.18.13	rec me spooky anime please its the only kind i like
Rev 07.18.13	lain's alright
treeqt. 07.18.13	lain is a little spooky refer to http://i.imgur.com/1gm6J7M.jpg though
treeqt. 07.18.13	psycho pass is great ling tosite sigure contributed the opener that's all i know about that anime
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	ghost hunt and has anyone reced Fate/Zero yet? NEVER WATCH FATE/STAY NIGHT THOUGH. NEVER
toxin. 07.18.13	"steins gate is awful btw" you wanna fight??? honestly it's idiotic comparing steins;gate and lain. steins;gate is intended as a story, lain is intended as an experience, for better or for worse. but yeah, i second whoever said bebop, champloo, death note (heard the dub was sort of bad) and maybe steins;gate if you don't mind (well-researched!) techno babble and a lot of geek culture/ anime culture references i didn't really get, yeah.
Acanthus 07.18.13	Monster could be spooky, more of a mental way though.
Jruined 07.18.13	Darker than Black is pretty tight.
toxin. 07.18.13	oh yeah, did anyone rec fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood, pretty much like avatar: the last airbender so if you liked the latter you'll like the former. the only criticism i give it is that it is a shounen which at times rears its ugly head (but not that often)
treeqt. 07.18.13	"honestly it's idiotic comparing steins;gate and lain. steins;gate is intended as a story, lain is intended as an experience, for better or for worse." word
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	HARUHI! : D
toxin. 07.18.13	can i un-suggest sword art online? awful show, it's basically the 2 1/2 men of shounen (which is already shitty so just imagine!!!)
Rev 07.18.13	mirai nikki's alright and kind of spooky also +1 psycho pass
Ssssssss 07.18.13	How am i the only one to recommend ttgl and texhnolyze, bunch of plebs
toxin. 07.18.13	mirai nikki is kind of bad, the characterization is awful tho the show has its moments (also #9 or w/e rules) would not rec to anyone unless they're watched good anime first
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	You're a pleb
Blackbelt54 07.18.13	how has nobody rec'd Rurouni Kenshin
Mister Twister 07.18.13	Stuff I recommend watching: Baccano! Steins;Gate Now And Then, Here And There (not really entry-level, but oh god it's a masterpiece. I would never be able to re-watch it though) Angel Beats! Durarara!! Obligatory mention of Cowboy Bebop, probably the most well-regarded anime, and deservedly so Stuff I recommend avoiding: Claymore Darker than Black Death Note Code Geass I get that people are gonna disagree with a good few of my avoid picks, but honestly they're pretty ugly to me.
treeqt. 07.18.13	kinda wanted to check out psycho pass so it's worth it i guess right? gotta finish steins gate and will probs watch that after because the wikipedia page looked COOL or something
toxin. 07.18.13	seconded baccano! i rated it low on mal b/c i wasn't paying attention so the plot made no sense but the plot was great when i looked it up lol
Rev 07.18.13	@toxin: agreed, but if you go into it not expecting good plot and characterization and view it like you would a grindhouse film, it's fun
Rev 07.18.13	thread needs more little witch academia
treeqt. 07.18.13	"tree judging by the stuff you mentioned itt you'll love it" nice dude im READY
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	thread needs more little witch academia never even heard of it
toxin. 07.18.13	fair enough, 'twas a fun show to mindlessly watch, plus yuno was a pretty interesting character speaking of creepy shows, just finished shinsekai yori. lots of fridge horror in the first half and actual horror(-esque) parts in the second half. amazing world-building, really compelling plot, pretty good characters, super highly rec'd to anyone who doesn't require a dub. also has awesome music---dvorak's new world symphony and the first ED specifically (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIlmo-UErB4)
Rev 07.18.13	it's the best thing to come out this year
Rev 07.18.13	shinsekai was such a letdown
toxin. 07.18.13	how was it a let down!
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	its one episode 26 minutes....hmm. Imma check it out. this list is making think of how many crappy shows i've seen lol.
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	shinsekai was such a letdown i dropped it
toxin. 07.18.13	i hate all of you
Mister Twister 07.18.13	Baccano! is my personal favorite anime, but that's probably just because of how it's so light-hearted about an admittedly dark concept. I would say that Now And Then, Here And There is the best one I've seen if I were to judge from an objective viewpoint.
toxin. 07.18.13	i kinda wanna 10 shinsekai but is it better than bebop ?
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	not comparable dude. and idk how much you like bepop
PunchforPunch 07.18.13	Serial Experiments Lain Ergo Proxy Grave of the Fireflies Guyver Berserk [must watch] gunslinger girl Baccano! Claymore
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	^ lol hes watching digimon ease him in man
dimsim3478 07.18.13	I love dubs too, but here are some actually good dubs: - Baccano - Durarara - FLCL - Kare Kano - Eureka Seven - Haruhi Suzumiya You'll get into subs eventually though, when you realise a lot of the best shows don't have dubs and may not ever get them.
dimsim3478 07.18.13	Oh, and Fullmetal Alchemist, of course (both series).
Gyromania 07.18.13	people covered this pretty nicely, but i'd maybe add escaflowne, card captors, and the first 2 seasons of soul eater. as for movies, pretty much any studio ghibli flick (the secret world of arrietty, spirited away, ponyo)
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	Excellent point i hated eva the 1st time i saw... well no i hated shinji. now its one of my favorites.
GringoSuave89 07.18.13	he already got into eva he's fine lmao [2] how is Ergo Proxy? I dig the art style but I know nothing of the story.
toxin. 07.18.13	"not comparable dude. and idk how much you like bepop" lol no i only say that b/c bebop has always been at the cusp of a 10 for me but i can't in good faith 10 it, anything that i 10'd therefore i liked more than bebop. it was sort of a rhetorical question but yeah
GringoSuave89 07.18.13	There was always something keeping Bebop from being perfect but I could never put my finger on it. What's your reasoning, toxin?
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	my scale is higurashi's 2nd season to my enjoyment when i 1st saw FMA when i was 15.
YakNips 07.18.13	FLCL. Now.
ITsHxCTOASTER 07.18.13	Don't watch dubs that's for noobs xD epic fail
IbenizGEO1 07.18.13	^ i hate people like you
toxin. 07.18.13	@Gringo, actually i'm not sure i don't think it's not perfect for what it is. everything about it is awesome, but i can't 10 it b/c it just didn't captivate me the way other shows do. i think it's the episodic format honestly that stopped me from being hooked.
toxin. 07.18.13	a word to crymson, fullmetal alchemist brotherhood (dubbed) is back on netflix so you can watch it there conveniently and in HD i believe
Mister Twister 07.18.13	Seriously though, what's the point of subs elitism? You're still going to be interpreting the dialogue in English, how is it better when you can't hear it in English too? How would someone handle it if a dub watcher had subtitles to their English dub? Would that have them counted as a sub watcher or a dub watcher?
PunchforPunch 07.18.13	oh and beck!
toxin. 07.18.13	subs is better because the talent pool for english VA's is a lot smaller than the one for japanese va's. this doesn't preclude every anime from having a good dub but it means a lot of them are just mediocre. and no, you don't need to know the language to understand the emotion in their voice. also, idk if everyone gets this in subs, but there's a lot of subtext in japanese speech based on closeness, and varying degrees of politeness. of course anime speak is a bit different, but a good example of its relevance is in 5 centimeters/ second, where the female lead calls the male lead by a different honorific (and name actually) based on how far they've drifted apart. the dub glosses over this completely, whereas the subs preserve this (so anyone with an understanding of japanese honorifics would get it)
PunchforPunch 07.18.13	yea i remember watching the dub version of Grave of the fireflies and it sucks the voices sound toneless imo
Yotimi 07.19.13	Yeah baccano! was great
jdennis31 07.19.13	ctrl + f and only one mention of naruto, and it was negative. are you all too cool for naruto?
YakNips 07.19.13	yes
jdennis31 07.19.13	congrats
PunchforPunch 07.19.13	Faith
toxin. 07.19.13	lol narut o don't wanna add to the amount of searches of it
GnarlyShillelagh 07.19.13	death note don't fuck with anything else bc they're all gay and have bullshit comic relief parts that make them super gay cowboy bebop is cool too i've only watched the first 6 episodes and now i'm bored of it but the soundtrack to that is literally one of the best things i've ever heard
toxin. 07.19.13	lol so condescending but you like death note lol
Keyblade 07.19.13	eff naruto and i barely watch anime
Havey 07.19.13	toxin whats ur opinion on the last airbender i know it's not exactly anime but
jdennis31 07.19.13	what's wrong with it?
Keyblade 07.19.13	I just hate that it's dragged out for the sake of it. I stopped reading it 2 years ago 'cause it got really annoying. I unno maybe I just prefer anime/manga to be short, sweet and to the point. Avatar rules hard btw.
jdennis31 07.19.13	Ahh. Avatar does rule. The new one with Korra was pretty gay though. Too much romance stuff, not enough bad ass avatar stuff.
Keyblade 07.19.13	Agreed.
treeqt. 07.19.13	avatar goes hard
jdennis31 07.19.13	Shymamalan is a bastard for ruining the movie.
XingKing 07.19.13	Not one mention of Outlaw Star, Yu Yu Hakusho or Zoids. Shame on all of you
PunchforPunch 07.19.13	damn that takes me back Xing. have you ever watched Monster Farm?
XingKing 07.19.13	I was never real big on that show. It intrigued me but I just couldn't get into it. I've always heard great things about some of the games though
ITsHxCTOASTER 07.19.13	lol anime noobs not getting why dubs suck el oh el :D xD
Mister Twister 07.19.13	Your comments speak for your credibility. How dare some "noob" have a different preference from somebody else? I understand the emotion argument, but unless you understand Japanese, you won't be able to tell which words are receiving the emotional attention. And if you do understand Japanese, the subs serve little purpose.
ITsHxCTOASTER 07.19.13	I'm just being a fuckin turd In all seriousness I do like subs better in almost every circumstance because the voice actors are basically always better, they don't have to try to make the dialogue fit the Japanese mouth movements, and yeah the emotion thing. But I also hardly even watch anime so
treeqt. 07.19.13	lol dubs are actually made for real people and not just as a joke? TIL
PunchforPunch 07.19.13	just imagine watching jimmy neutron with japanese dub
Keyblade 07.19.13	Not all dubs suck. FMA's dub for exampleiis excellent.
ITsHxCTOASTER 07.19.13	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eY6Ab_1SM Hahahaha
XingKing 07.19.13	What in God's name is that Spongebob abomination?
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.19.13	fwiw this is what I got so far http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Riotstarter I'm still fairly new to anime too, mainly just joined the Anime Society at my university as it was something to do but really enjoy some of the stuff. WataMote is fucking weird though and I dunno if I'm really gonna carry on with that one cos I only watched the first two due to the hype.
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.19.13	Also some dubs are alright. I've seen the Soul Eater, Hellsing Ultimate and GitS dubs but the rest subs. KT Gray's English accent is appalling though. She's the Dick van Dyke of anime dubs. But Crispin Freeman is an awesome voice actor.
Mister Twister 07.19.13	Since we're talking about Crispin Freeman... If anybody needs a reason to give dubs a chance, I have three simple words: STORM OF LOYALTY
Cipieron 07.19.13	Wolf's Rain the only anime i ever got into
PayneTiger777 07.19.13	Berserk, Outlaw Star, Wolf's Rain, and Samurai Champloo are the only four animes I will ever watch.
bloc 07.19.13	I don't care what anyone says, Yu-gi-Oh fuckin' rules
climactic 07.19.13	death note
GringoSuave89 07.19.13	I did not like Wolf's Rain the first time I saw an episode on tv, but when I sat down and watched it from the beginning, it was really something else.
Balarag 07.19.13	"Saint Seiya" I recommend.
IbenizGEO1 07.19.13	There seems to be a lack of a certain genre of anime so ill help out: To love ru, Highschool DXD, Rosario Vampire, Date A Live, Love Hina, Samurai girls, Highschool of the Dead, Sekirei, Shuffle!, Demon King Daimao, He Is My Master, Queen's Blade, sora no otoshimono, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, School Days, Ladies versus Butlers!, Strike Witches, and Kampfer
Balarag 07.19.13	Saint Seiya owns it all
ZilbelPing 07.19.13	The only anime series I ever watched were Zoids Rurouni Kenshin Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo Mobile Suit G Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Yu Yu Hakusho Dragonball/Z/GT (if it's considered that) Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh (duh) Uniyasha and Naruto Stopped very early on during Naruto cause I got really bored. This thread makes me want to find a stream and start re-watching a lot of these. Namely the Gundam Series, Cowboy Bebop, Zoids, and Rurouni Kenshin.
toxin. 07.19.13	"toxin whats ur opinion on the last airbender i know it's not exactly anime but" i love it. i was 10 when it first aired (right inside its target demographic) and the series pretty much grew up with me (i.e. got more mature as i got older). so right there i'm biased towards it. but even past that, i've rewatched it a lot recently and i'm surprised how high the quality is---animation is great, dialogue is decent, characterization is awesome, and the plot is awesome. and in fact i only watch anime b/c one of my friends rec'd FMA:B to me based on my love of A:TLA---i used to think anime (outside of ghibli) was all naruto and weird cartoon porn lol. so yeah tl;dr it's awesome. hbu ?
toxin. 07.19.13	"I understand the emotion argument, but unless you understand Japanese, you won't be able to tell which words are receiving the emotional attention. And if you do understand Japanese, the subs serve little purpose." well i mean like i said i know the rudiments of japanese so i'm already a little different from most people. but the argument that you don't know which "word" gets the emphasis doesn't really hold up because most of the time the entire line is emotional. in any case i preferred subs to dubs even when i didn't understand any japanese because dub quality is so poor, not because sub quality is high. i remember i watched the dub of angel beats! a long time ago and some of the VA's were horrible, so i thought fuck it and just watched the subs instead. that said, i also can see why people would watch something dubbed. i just think it's dumb to avoid watching something because it's not in your native language.
PunchforPunch 07.19.13	yea thats like asking jonsi to sing his songs in english
IbenizGEO1 07.19.13	God i hate the dubs vs subs anime argument.
joshieboy 07.19.13	Bleach is by far my favourite anime. Actually watching the whole thing again. I stopped at about episode 200 for some reason. But it is seriously entertaining.
qwe3 07.19.13	shows: Code Geass, Death Note, Gurren Lagann, Elfen Lied (really good if it's your first anime but if you watch it later on you won't find it too interesting, so watch it first or something), Cowboy Bebop movies: Howl's Moving Castle, Akira, Ghost in the Shell all these are pretty accessible and if you like none of them then anime is probably not for you
GnarlyShillelagh 07.19.13	Yo also the boondocks is fire peep that
OysterizerInsomniac 07.19.13	Baccano is the only anime that's actually better with the english dub so check that out
Keyblade 07.19.13	"Bleach is by far my favourite anime. Actually watching the whole thing again. I stopped at about episode 200 for some reason. But it is seriously entertaining." Bleach is the absolute worst. tox dude you forgot to mention the awesome fight scenes in Avatar
Crymsonblaze 07.19.13	"Me and my buddies started watching Rosario + Vampire to make fun of it, but we started to get into it goddamn" my girlfriend and i did the same. we only watched a few episodes, but it was pretty entertaining
joshieboy 07.19.13	Bleach is awesome man.
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.19.13	Heard a few people talking about Highschool DxD both in this thread and elsewhere so blindly decided to check it. woah that's a lot more nudity than I'm used to.
joshieboy 07.19.13	Lol l will have to check that one out.
Mister Twister 07.19.13	Everybody really needs to check out Baccano! if they haven't though. It's been mentioned enough in this thread for that message to get across, hopefully. Also, Now And Then, here And There is a bit dated, but it's so ;_;
TheSpaceMan 07.19.13	Pokemon
toxin. 07.19.13	"tox dude you forgot to mention the awesome fight scenes in Avatar" true, thought it was covered in the "awesome animation" part but as a martial artist yeah the fight scenes are incredible also bebop has a better dub as well but yea hearing new york gangsters speak in japanese would be odd
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.20.13	Just watched the whole Highschool DxD series, OVAs aside there's actually a lot of plot to it, but my overall rating is dragged down by the over-gratuitous boobage which seems to be shoved in at almost every opportunity and distracts from the main storyline (which is why I don't care for the ep 13/14 OVAs in which the storylines just revolve around tits). If they toned that down a bit it would be really good. ATM it's just alright and the plot's got enough in it to pique my interest.
IbenizGEO1 07.20.13	"Highschool DxD series, OVAs aside there's actually a lot of plot to it" lol I think by plot you meant to say tits..the plot is poo poo kachu...tits are good though
Ovrot 07.20.13	Dark Knight Ingrid Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Gunsmith Cats Cat Shit One
Ovrot 07.20.13	oh and the Ghost in the Shell series and movies and stuff
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.20.13	I've enjoyed the story arc but tbh I've also read into it and the whole light novel plot to date (still ongoing, about 5 or 6 volumes released so far so a fair amount released) and it seems fairly interesting so I'm interested to see how the anime adaptation of it will end up and if it'll stick to the light novels (which if it carries on past this second season is likely - they've started to develop the backstories of some of the characters more it seems which is definitely eating away at the episodes for this season). And yeah I prefer a decent storyline to excessive tits.
Winsomniac 07.20.13	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Also coincidentally one of the best. THE DAUGHTER, still haunts me to this day ;_;
Havey 07.20.13	"hbu ?" Haven't watched it all yet (i'm on season 3) but yeah I really enjoy it. The reason I asked is because I know they draw inspiration from anime and (since I don't know shit about anime) wanted to know if anime fans think they do a good job incorporating those elements or if it's a shitty americanization or whatevs
Keyblade 07.20.13	There are some idiots who think that, but w/e it still rules. The third season is the best dude so have fun (dat finale tho) :D
Havey 07.20.13	i'm on the penultimate episode as we speak i'm so excitedededededededededaaaa
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.20.13	I've watched almost 3 whole series of anime since Friday morning. It's 17:15 on Saturday now. I need help.
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.20.13	I've also got 3 ongoing series I'm keeping track of each week (Blood Lad, Highschool DxD New and WataMote but I might drop WataMote cos I'm not really getting the hype about it, it just seems to be a mentally unstable girl falling deeper into madness because she's not as popular as she thought she was. Not to mention is really weird).
treeqt. 07.20.13	sounds like the best anime ever to me
treeqt. 07.20.13	oh wait sounds like lain to me XD
treeqt. 07.20.13	ok not really but you get the point i guess maybe
toxin. 07.20.13	@ovrot, rec'ing oreimo to someone new to anime is a good way to turn someone off from the medium forever lol. @havey, nice and enjoy! anyways yeah a lot of anime fans don't like a:tla because it's not actually anime (which is fucking idiotic) but anime fans in general are fucking idiots so it's not surprising. BTW if you really liked a:tla, i really recommend fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood to you. it's how i got into anime, and i've also gotten at least 10 of my friends into it. it's on netflix (dubbed, don't worry the dub is excellent) so you can probably use the region hider browser extension. if not, you can legally stream (in japanese) through youtube, torrent it (i have about 30 episodes torrented, dual-audio and in 720p i think), or stream it in english on an illegal streaming site
Rev 07.20.13	>dropping Watamote but not Highschool DxD hwat
IbenizGEO1 07.20.13	hahahahahaha you watching it for the plot mayne?
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.20.13	Basically I've enjoyed Blood Lad but WataMote has bored me a bit. High School DxD is something I've only just found so I'm waiting a couple more episodes before passing judgement especially as it's a 15+ volume light novel and they appear to be taking on 2 volumes at a time (if they start doing filler episodes or rushing it then I'm done though). Also the girl in WataMote plain freaks me out. i think with all 3 of the series I'm watching right now I'll wait till about 4-5 episodes in when stuff normally starts to happen before I decide if I drop any. TBH morbid intrigue has kept me going a few times so I've ended up going through entire series I've hated just in the hope it could get good in the end. No.6 is not for me, I've found.
treeqt. 07.20.13	ayo downloaded watamote hard
Rev 07.20.13	No.6 sucks
treeqt. 07.20.13	sebastian is so kawaii~ :3 desu desu
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.22.13	Watched Heaven's Lost Property over the weekend. Crude humour aside it's really good especially when it gets serious. The movie was actually quite sad.
treeqt. 07.22.13	watched ep 1 of watamote today lol
DikkoZinner 07.22.13	Golgo 13
toxin. 07.22.13	crymson did you watch digimon tamers it rules same guy who wrote lain
treeqt. 07.22.13	ep 2 starts with her wearing blue beats lmao
Relinquished 07.22.13	"Golgo 13" this
Keyblade 07.22.13	Digimon Tamers is the shit I should make a Digimon ranked list
Hyperion1001 07.22.13	omg yes
Hyperion1001 07.22.13	season 3 is 5/5
Mister Twister 07.22.13	Digimon World is a fun PS1 game. I have Phoenixmon on my current save file, kicks ass.
Keyblade 07.22.13	word hype Digimon World ruled
Keyblade 07.22.13	Season 3 had Beelzemon. That's already RIP every other season.
treeqt. 07.22.13	watamote is so painful to watch i love it
toxin. 07.23.13	haha digimon world, definitely didn't understand you could overtrain your digimon and always ended up with some shitty mon (not the shitmon tho) and yea season 3 fucking ruled hard, knocked it down to 7/10 on my MAL but i'm gonna bump it back m/
Acanthus 07.23.13	Nice to see the Digimon love, hard to get back into the show though after all the childhood memories.
someguest 07.23.13	Why would anyone want to get into anime? I always thought it was a last resort for people who had failed at everything else in life.
Crymsonblaze 07.23.13	Most feel that way
treeqt. 07.23.13	most anime suck, wow, what an art form when it comes to music though there is obviously no such thing as bad music
Acanthus 07.23.13	It's a fun medium for escapism and story telling, as well as comedy and softcore porn. The now iconic art is endearing and definitely not Western (at least up until the mid 2000's with cheaper drawing tablets and the rise of DeviantArt). Its decidedly different and often idealistic (in regards to both personal goals as well as the outcome of the story arc), and to dismiss the entire genre is pretty simple minded.
Mister Twister 07.23.13	Why would anyone want to get into music? It's all Justin Bieber One Direction bullshit. You have to wade through the bad anime to find the good ones. Just as there exist Justin Bieber and Botch, both as music, there exists Naruto and yet Now and Then, Here and There, both as anime. Wonky wording, but basically: Naruto = Justin Bieber: boring and shitty, but commercially successful Now and Then, Here and There = Botch: not as well-known as some of the more popular franchises, but still widely respected by those who have heard of them
toxin. 07.23.13	damn someguest just got logic'd but seriously, anime's pretty refreshing after a lifetime of western entertainment. eastern thinking is just newer, so it's nice not having to deal with western tropes (of course you start noticing anime tropes after a few series but at least you haven't grown up with them). there's also the fact that anime is just more vibrant and colorful, both literally in terms of art and figuratively in terms of storytelling. lastly it's nice not to have to watch shows that have a set story in mind, instead of being dragged out until ratings inevitably wane (incidentally i'd hypothesize this is why breaking bad and game of thrones are so good). course there's the social stigma but i've got enough charisma to handle it !
someguest 07.23.13	My post wasn't serious at all, but a lot of anime fans I run into are somewhat 'social outcasts', even though that word has way too much negative connotation. It just isn't for me.
Crymsonblaze 07.23.13	I agree, I'm not really friends with outright anime fans. The ones I know tend to not shower.
toxin. 07.23.13	agreed the majority of anime fans are idiots someguest you seem like you'd dig bebop tho
someguest 07.23.13	Oh yeah. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxNw1bgH4dQ
Acanthus 07.23.13	I can see that, I've got a few friends that can be described that way.
treeqt. 07.23.13	people blow
someguest 07.23.13	People are awesome ilovetree, but nobody's perfect.
Mister Twister 07.23.13	A nice thing I find about anime is that some of the plots are more original than what you might see on Western programming. Not saying that it's a well of completely different productions, but nowadays you just see cop procedural this, "zany" sitcom that.
treeqt. 07.28.13	watamote goes hard
Yotimi 07.28.13	Watched Clannad recently bc of the acclaim it gets, but it was terrible
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	"but it was terrible" nope
Yotimi 07.28.13	Yeah maybe more god awful. Literally half the storyline was making stars
Yotimi 07.28.13	And the embarassingly cheesy scenes every time that chick beats up the one guy (the video game scoring)
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	But Clannad is good Air and Higurashi are terrible.
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	"And the embarassingly cheesy scenes every time that chick beats up the one guy (the video game scoring)" ....do you even know what anime is? Clannad's not incredible but it's definitely not terrible
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	.....six what is it?
heyadam 07.28.13	Probs already said, but FMA: Brotherhood is phenomenal.
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	you suck
toxin. 07.28.13	clannad is literally one of the worst shows i have ever seen after story was good once they dropped the arcs of all the (boring) various characters i couldn't give less of a fuck about
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	@toxin : (
toxin. 07.28.13	the fuko arc made me want to blow my brains out the humor was the best thing S1 had going for it and that was average at best
SirDazza28 07.28.13	Naruto Shippuden (skip the brutal fillers), Soul Eater, Attack on Titan, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Sword Art Online and Fairy Tail if you like Shounen.
toxin. 07.28.13	lol
reportingbird 07.28.13	Sword Art Online is pretty sweet. Higurashi Another
reportingbird 07.28.13	and why no one mentioned Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo?
DatsNotDaMetulz 07.28.13	and if you like Soul Eater then check Blood Lad. Art style is very similar. Although the manga had a lot more of a Soul Eater as done by Jamie Hewlett vibe.
toxin. 07.28.13	sword art online is horrible please
Mister Twister 07.28.13	Another [2] Although he said only dubs :c
toxin. 07.28.13	another is fun, last 3 eps were kinda disappointing tho :/
treeqt. 07.28.13	downloaded lots of stuff rec'd in here yesterday o/
Mister Twister 07.28.13	Episode 3 was holy fucknuggets.
Rev 07.28.13	another was dogshit
IbenizGEO1 07.28.13	^ lol
reportingbird 07.29.13	the story for sword art online isn't that bad tho. another is fun.
tragic.details 07.29.13	Cowboy Bebop Eureka Seven Soul Eater Full Metal Alchemist (both series) any Miyazaki film
sonictheplumber 07.29.13	duel masters :D
Mister Twister 07.29.13	Anybody else notice that in most anime series, the most likeable character always dies?
reportingbird 07.29.13	medabots
toxin. 07.30.13	c'mon rev, another is 5x better at what it tries to do than mirai nikki at what it tries to do, even if it ends in a cliched gorefest
DamnVanne 07.30.13	Outlaw Star is quality making it a real rarity in the medium
toxin. 07.30.13	shine
Rev 07.30.13	well i watched mirai nikki with my girlfriend who read the manga when it came out so that probably made it a more enjoyable experience, rather than another which i just thought was garbage
toxin. 07.30.13	oh ok fair enough, i left my thinking cap off while watching another. it was enjoyable but to each their own
Rev 07.30.13	that's how i felt about mirai nikki. i mean it took itself too seriously but i ignored that and just kind of enjoyed how ridiculous it was. like the goddamn super sentai serial killer dude