Anime

[Nautical Honors Society]

Death Note. And FMA: Brotherhood is dozen times better than FMA. I had watched FMA twice before even knowing about Brotherhood, and the latter seemed a bit pointless to watch after, at first, but it's more than worth it to watch.

In my opinion FMA is way better than FMA Brotherhood. I have watched all of FMA and read all of the manga, and even though FMA: Brotherhood syncs up directly with the manga I find it too goofy. It has sacrificed a lot of the meaning for more traditional anime routes, which I don't like.

Read FMA manga and stick to the original FMA anime.

Also, watch FLCL it is loads of fun for only 6 episodes.

 

[Barciad]

Depends what you're after:-
Fantasy - Twelve Kingdoms, Vision of Escaflowne, Last Exile
Sci-Fi - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Birdy the Mighty Decode, Count of Mount Cristo
Space - Crest of the Stars, Infinite Ryvius, Captain Herlock
Drama - Now and Then Here and There, Haibane Renmei, Mushishi
High School - GTO, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, His and Her Circumstances
Unclassifiable - FLCL

 

[MassiveGeek]

I heartily recommend Kino no Tabi, or, Kino's Journey. It's fucking awesome.

Also Gunslinger Girl is great.

Hmm. I like Lucky Star too, but that one is really not for everyone it seems. Although, I've only watched all of these with subs, but I dunno, maybe the dubs are good too.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Well, I watched Darker Than Black right after Soul Eater and FMA. And you liked those...And now I have a Darker Than Black avatar.

Guess my recommendation. GUESS.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Anyone have a go at Moribito?
It was on adult swim for a wee bit and then disappeared. I believe it's the most well animated series to date.
The characters are realistic, makes fantastic use of CG, and the world is well fleshed out. I've only seen the first episode from Hulu though...

I've seen it and it's pretty damn good. There are a couple of times when the show really drags though. But it does have a great setting.

I would say that Balsa is one of the greatest female anime characters I've ever seen, but then this show is based on a series of novels so I don't know if that counts.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

Its just plain awesome go watch it.

 

[Icey300]

Darker Than Black [Dubbed]
To Aru Majutsu no Index [Subbed]
Tsubasa Chronicles [Dubbed]
Hellsing [Dubbed]
Eureka Seven [Dubbed, but I'd recommend watching it subbed]
Nyan Koi [comedy] [Subbed]
Bakemonogatari [Subbed]
Gurren Lagann [Dubbed]

 

[Silverback91]

Gurren Lagann is the manliest show in existance.

Darker than Black is freaking awesome.

 

[owniscool1993]

Like Razor said, Baccano is good.

Also, I just started watching Hellsing. Looks pretty interesting.

Original or the OVA, Hellsing Ultimate which just got released....I would say recently but its been a year or 2?

Me? I'm watching the original. I've heard OVA isn't that good...

ive watched both the original and the OVA, the ova i find is a hell of a lot better than the original

 

[The Hive Mind]

Fuck dubs. Subs are much better; less is lost in translation and dubs zlways have inferior voice acting to the original.

You dont think just as much is lost in the subs? You would have to be an idiot to actually believe that its identical to the japanese version. Something is always lost in translation regardless of wether it is dubs or subs, infact dubs would more then likely be more accurate because of who is doing them. Besides that the rediculously high pitched voices in most subs make me want to kill somebody.

Clearly if you read I said "LESS is lost in translation". I am well aware that until I learn Japanese it will never be perfect.

Subs tend to be literal translations of whatever is said: although this can be pretty jarring to read as it may have many more syllables in the english version, there is a lot of lee-way for sentences that don't really fit (as we can read faster than we can talk), whereas with dubs they want to alter the animation as little as possible, so they have to jam the words into equal length sentences, which often goes horribly wrong:

As many have said, when a dub goes wrong, it goes WRONG. And without exception, the voice-acting in dubs is always worse (though you never contested that).

 

[mortalkiller]

Naoki Urasawa : Monster

a psycholycal, murder mystery
having the best anime where a really looked at the world around me
and it seems that everyone in nature is evil
its so much grounded in realisim that you actualy are afraid just at the mention of the main villian
the main vilain of the anime is imo the best and f*cking scariest vilain in anime
he's just perfect...
if you want to watch it for free on dub here the link (its on youtube and its free ^_^ )

http://www.youtube.com/show/monster

the only complain anyone can have about this is that its LONG
but every episode is amazing
from the main caracther to every day people have so much life and caracther to them you actualy believe they are real people (even though its an anime)

i HIGHLY recommend it if you like horror/mystery/psychology on the mind and of the human race

 

[AlkalineGamer]

Been mentioned before, and i'll mention it again.
I recommend Hellsing, it's the only one i actually like.
Subbed, Dubbed doesn't matter IMO both are good. Though not all the OVA's are dubbed.

 

[Thaius]

Clannad. This is the anime that will make you cry. I don't care if you've never cried in a show before. I don't care if you maintained a steely expression at your grandma's funeral when you were 9 years old. You will cry in Clannad. It's two seasons long (Clannad and Clannad After Story), it's funny, it's dramatic, it's romantic, and it makes everyone cry. No exceptions. And to clarify, I'm a 21-year old man, and just hearing some of the music makes me tear up now.

I also recommend Orphen. The first season, specifically. The second is okay, but they dropped the continuous drama in favor of an episodic comedy format, which simply isn't as good until it gets going in the second half. But the first season is fantastic.

I can also recommend Darker than BLACK. Sci-fi neo-noir with awesome characters, great animation, and interesting premises.

Also, I recommend all of them with the subtitles. Clannad's dub is passable, but not great by any means. Orphen's dub is actually pretty good, if a bit flat at times, so go ahead with that one if you want. Darker than BLACK... not sure it's actually been dubbed. But whatever, subbed is better in almost every case anyway.

As a side-note, if you ever do try Naruto (because it is a very good show), for the love of everything that is good, DO NOT watch the dub. It's one of the most terrible, ear-damaging piece of crap dubs that has ever been brought into existence. Just don't.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Baccano! and Gurren Lagann are very, very good.

YOU MUST WATCH THEM OR YOUR LIFE WILL BE FOREVER UNFULFILLED.

More people recommending Baccano! is always a good thing.

I've never seen the other one, but if it's in the same league as that, well then:

Colour me intrigued!

Off topic, captcha: Tracts elcog.

Sounds painful...

 

[ayuri]

i personally love one piece although it is an ongoing series
and if you like short runs check out flcl there are only 5 episodes

 

[Ice Car]

You prefer the old FMA over brotherhood...? Okay there is nothing I can recommend, clearly we are of a different type of person...species...universe...Space-time continuum.

Spoiler

Would you believe (if you count it as Anime) Avatar the last Airbender. Bitchin story.
Also maybe try Gurran Laggan, There are no excuses for that one.

Same as above. Brotherhood actually followed the manga instead od actually diverging from it like the original anime.

Clannad. Kanon. Haruhi Suzumiya. Do NOT watch the dub for Kanon, Haruhi, and Clannad, but I still can barely stand them. English Subbed for the win. Always go for the original VAs, the dubs always choose the worst possible VA for a position and basically rape the character's voice.

By the way, wrong forum.

I am sorry, but what is the point of watching the dubbed when the full authentic experience can go with subs. Especially Clannad, the full emotional rollercoaster won't affect anybody with a half as good voice acting. I prefer not even looking af the dubs.

Wait, what? I said in the post not to watch dubs. Subbed for the win.

 

[Ice Car]

You prefer the old FMA over brotherhood...? Okay there is nothing I can recommend, clearly we are of a different type of person...species...universe...Space-time continuum.

Spoiler

Would you believe (if you count it as Anime) Avatar the last Airbender. Bitchin story.
Also maybe try Gurran Laggan, There are no excuses for that one.

Same as above. Brotherhood actually followed the manga instead od actually diverging from it like the original anime.

Clannad. Kanon. Haruhi Suzumiya. Do NOT watch the dub for Kanon, Haruhi, and Clannad, but I still can barely stand them. English Subbed for the win. Always go for the original VAs, the dubs always choose the worst possible VA for a position and basically rape the character's voice.

By the way, wrong forum.

I am sorry, but what is the point of watching the dubbed when the full authentic experience can go with subs. Especially Clannad, the full emotional rollercoaster won't affect anybody with a half as good voice acting. I prefer not even looking af the dubs.

Wait, what? I said in the post not to watch dubs. Subbed for the win.

I know. I am just saying that no dubs are decent for the anime you listed. They never lived up to the subbed. Personally, I hate dubs with a passion.

I know that the subs are always the best, I agree, but I found the dub for Clannad to be bearable, unlike the others I've seen that were absolutely UNBEARABLE.

 

[The Hive Mind]

Fuck dubs. Subs are much better; less is lost in translation and dubs zlways have inferior voice acting to the original.

yeah the issue with that is, a lot of anime has fast paced action scenes. And i don't want to be focused on white words at the bottom of the screen when big robots are fighting, it takes you out of the moment.

I watch so many I don't even notice I'm reading them any more; it just seems like they are speaking english to me

I'm a bit of a foreign film geek ^^

 

[Katana314]

Looking for some recommendations here. I mostly despise anime, but I find in any medium I tend to despise the majority of things I see, and take my time to find niche things I enjoy. Here's what I HAVE liked.

-The first few episodes of Trigun before everything got emotionally invested, complex, and combat-based
-Cowboy Bebop
-Monster (until I couldn't find episodes)
-Death Note (to a degree)
-Gungrave
-Detective Conan (I love mysteries, but some of the later DC episodes started becoming such BS)

What I'd mostly like to find is some anime that doesn't depend on me frantically hitting the "next episode" every single time to be satisfied. Multiple-episode storylines are okay, but I am eternally pissed when something happens in episode 1 that isn't explained until the sixth season.

I don't quite like excessive use of magic and made-up rules. If there is a "system" to this world, it must be specified in very concrete rules, explained early in the series, that are never extended or broken (ie, Death Note, and the creative use of the simple rule: "When you write someone's name on this paper, they will die in the way you specify") I am very pissed off when Yu-Gi reveals some trap card that apparently does some amazing stuff for him in that exact situation he's in.

I'm not particularly fond of the "rising combat levels" genre, in which the quest is ultimately to become more powerful. Obviously, Dragonball falls under this, but also things like Bleach, Naruto, etc.

Given all that, is there any series that could be recommended for me, and if so, what about it would you recommend given what I've said?

 

[Marik2]

Air Gear is alright, but you have to read the manga to finish it (or catch up to speed) but man the fanservice on that one...

The fanservice pales in comparison to ikkitousen *shudders*

I shall be back shortly to investigate this...

I am not joking there is a pantysot every 3 seconds in that anime...

If you do a drinking game where you drank every time there was a pantyshot you'd die from alcoholic poisoning in the first minute...

The hangover from the last two days are a true testament to this statement... @_@

Im surprised your alive O_O

I only watched 30 seconds... Any more and I would have been comatose even longer.

LOL tis a shame cuz I can ignore fanservice as long as the premise is interesting. IN ikkitousens case it had the premise of reincarnated people fighting for power- that sounded really interesting to me...till I saw the montage of pantyshots, even I couldnt ignore it