I dont know about humor but... Mascross Plus, Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, Demon City Shinjuku, Akira, Appleseed are all great animes. You can try those.
I hate Anime. Make me like it!
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That is surreal, strange, and utterly brilliant. Has been added to the list of Anime I must watch. =DBelladonnah said:
I don't like anime much, either, but the series I do like are Azumanga Daioh, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and Angel Beats!.
As someone who also hates 90% of anime, let me show you some that I personally thought were pretty good.
-Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu is the only anime that has managed to make me laugh. Some people say Azumanga Daioh or Lucky Star is hilarious but I watched a couple of episodes of both shows and I promptly wanted to kill myself.
-Ergo Proxy is a good anime. It is a bit depressing though so I'm not too sure you'd like it.
-Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are good without being too over-the-top. I also think they're more easily accessible to people who dislike anime as they both have a lot of western influence.
-Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu is the only anime that has managed to make me laugh. Some people say Azumanga Daioh or Lucky Star is hilarious but I watched a couple of episodes of both shows and I promptly wanted to kill myself.
-Ergo Proxy is a good anime. It is a bit depressing though so I'm not too sure you'd like it.
-Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are good without being too over-the-top. I also think they're more easily accessible to people who dislike anime as they both have a lot of western influence.
Here's something you can do:
At 19:00 GMT on Saturday, there will be a number of us watching the start of Claymore together, with a chat box e.t.c.
Feel free to come along, and then you can see why we like it, and hopefully end up liking it yourself =)
[sub]For those of you interested, it's now a group that will hopefully be doing this kind of thing regularly.[/sub]
At 19:00 GMT on Saturday, there will be a number of us watching the start of Claymore together, with a chat box e.t.c.
Feel free to come along, and then you can see why we like it, and hopefully end up liking it yourself =)
[sub]For those of you interested, it's now a group that will hopefully be doing this kind of thing regularly.[/sub]
I think someone else already mentioned it, but Last Exile is definitely one of the best anime series produced in the last decade. I had a friend who was similar to you in that he was never really sold on anime, but wanted to like it and gave different shows chance after chance, and then I finally recommended Last Exile and he was hooked. So, at the very least, I know this series is a good one for hooking in the naysayers! lol
It's a good series for newcomers foremost because it doesn't suffer from the heavily clichéd anime tropes you see in series like Full Metal Alchemist, Evangelion and Naruto. I would say ignore people who have recommended Azumanga Diaoh to you as well, not because it's not a fantastic series, but because it plays heavily to anime tropes and is very set within the anime world in it's humour - from the outside it might just seem puerile or overly slapstick.
Another recommendation I would make is Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo). It's an episodic psychological horror series which I think is genuinely scary and manages to avoid most anime clichés. There is a good dose of Japanese mythology sprinkled throughout the series which, from a foreign point of view, is deeply affecting and helps to create the fear factor in its unfamiliarity. Great series if psychological horror is your thing, definitely.
Also, if you enjoyed Spirited Away then I wholly recommend you check out both Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. Both fantastic anime films by Studio Ghibli; the trailer for Howl's Moving Castle (my personal favourite) is below.
Failing all of that... then I'd say go with my favourite anime series of all time which is Full Metal Panic. lol... it's probably not your thing, but this trailer makes it look awesome! xD. Basically, it's an anime series which takes the giant mecha genre and tries to make it more realistic with a militaristic settling and a more 'internationally aware' storyline.
It's a good series for newcomers foremost because it doesn't suffer from the heavily clichéd anime tropes you see in series like Full Metal Alchemist, Evangelion and Naruto. I would say ignore people who have recommended Azumanga Diaoh to you as well, not because it's not a fantastic series, but because it plays heavily to anime tropes and is very set within the anime world in it's humour - from the outside it might just seem puerile or overly slapstick.
Another recommendation I would make is Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo). It's an episodic psychological horror series which I think is genuinely scary and manages to avoid most anime clichés. There is a good dose of Japanese mythology sprinkled throughout the series which, from a foreign point of view, is deeply affecting and helps to create the fear factor in its unfamiliarity. Great series if psychological horror is your thing, definitely.
Also, if you enjoyed Spirited Away then I wholly recommend you check out both Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. Both fantastic anime films by Studio Ghibli; the trailer for Howl's Moving Castle (my personal favourite) is below.
Failing all of that... then I'd say go with my favourite anime series of all time which is Full Metal Panic. lol... it's probably not your thing, but this trailer makes it look awesome! xD. Basically, it's an anime series which takes the giant mecha genre and tries to make it more realistic with a militaristic settling and a more 'internationally aware' storyline.
Viewtiful Joe is kind of ridiculous at times, but it's funny and cool.
Valkyria chronicles is a well-polished emotional series about war and love.
Valkyria chronicles is a well-polished emotional series about war and love.
I've been thinking about it, and I believe that one's fandom for Anime has a positive correlation with Doctor Who. They both exhibit stories that demand you suspend your disbelief, A LOT, and the Doctor speaks technobabble at a rate that many anime characters would envy. This might be personal experience, but I feel like anime was my gateway to Doctor Who, and I am fine with that. It is a fandom that is ever so slightly less maligned.
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Check out Hajime No Ippo. It's a great anime, the only flaw is that they occasionally like to lengthen fights to the point where it becomes annoying. Other than that it's great in every aspect.
Gantz is also great once you can get past the huge amounts of dialogue.