So Anime?

[Ganthrinor]

Until recently I had always thought that anime was for weird people, (U know who live with their mums at 30 lol) no offense. however after being a member on the escapist for a month I have noticed that a lot of people seem to like it so I started to watch some and I have enjoyed what I've seen, however I cant find any more which I might like. So any suggestions???

I have watched:
Full metal Alchemist
Bleach
Hellsing

So something like that...

I would just like to take a moment to state the fact that Bleach ends at Episode 63. Everything after that is just... Ugh. Right then. Moving on. More Anime You Should Watch In No Particular Order:


Death Note
Samurai Champloo
Blood+
Gungrave
Basilisk
Berserk (oldie but SUCH a goodie)
all the Samurai X OVA's
Ghost in the Shell (ALL of them)
TriGun
Spriggan
Last Exile
Trinity Blood
Elfen Lied
GunXSword
Wolf's Rain
Escaflowne
Grave of Fireflies
Princess Mononoke
Akira
Blue Gender
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiyah

and depending on your ability to cope with the "Wierd Shit" I reccomend:
Lain
FLCL
Excel Saga
Gantz

Edit: You can actually watch most, if not all of Haruhi Suzumiyah on YouTube at this very moment. I don't normally like the Japanese Highschool type anime, but dear god this series is hilarious.

 

[Syntax Error]

I do believe most of them are based on Japanese fairy tales and myths, so I wouldn't call the plots stupid, just... scary, actually, if you think about them in real-life terms.

Raccoon testicles as an instrument for blunt force trauma. Full stop (Read a Cracked article about that one).

 

[Lavi]

Cowboy Bebop is a classic.

Fullmetal Alchemist though I'd recommend Brotherhood if you haven't read the manga.

Hellsing Ultimate because the manga is pure win and by extension the anime actually following it is pure win.

DBZ for the love of God at least the first saga! My fondest childhood memory is Frieza vs. Goku.

Deathnote.

In all honesty, read manga. It is ALWAYS better than the anime (plus, then you don't need to wait for Hellsing Ultimate to get a new episode). Hellsing actually made me stop reading as much manga as I did because it was literally as good as anything was ever gonna get.

 

[Arisato-kun]

I'm gonna go ahead and recommend Baccano! I'm watching it right now and am truly enjoying the blend of 1930s mafia story with some alchemy thrown in.

http://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano!

All the episodes are dubbed and up on Hulu so even people that hate watching anime in Japanese have no excuse to not watch it.

 

[S4rdonyx]

If you haven't seen Death Note already DO IT!!!! FMAs brilliant, theres one called Nodame Cantabile which is about classical music- its really well done.

Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are made more or less by the same people and are both awesome. First 'proper' anime I watched (not the intermediate kiddy stuff) was Cyber City Oedo 808 but it's really hard to find these days... if anyone can find it post a link. I liked that too. fyi theres an animated tekken movie somewhere on the net if ur interested in that type of thing.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Raccoon testicles as an instrument for blunt force trauma. Full stop (Read a Cracked article about that one).

That is a Japanese myth, based around raccoons getting enlarged... you know, during mating season.

 

[Rassan]

I don't like most anime (but then again Anime have their own subgenres which are favorable or unfavorable) and I recall liking Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun, one of the older Gundam shows, and Death Note wasn't bad.

 

[kannibus]

I've got two suggestions, but they're more of a "based on reality" type of thing. No aliens, super powers, giant robots or magic. Not sure if that'll appeal to you but here they are:

City Hunter
You're Under Arrest!

 

[Syntax Error]

Raccoon testicles as an instrument for blunt force trauma. Full stop (Read a Cracked article about that one).

That is a Japanese myth, based around raccoons getting enlarged... you know, during mating season.

Still, tanuki that hit people with their balls (there's a good reason for it, no need to go all Freudian like that.) is still really freaking weird (by today's standard), even if it is part of myth.

 

[lenneth]

Haruhi (skip the second season, though, Endless Eight sucked).

DEFINITELY stay far away from the 2nd season

Hellsing Ultimate, Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Spice and Wolf (its really a great series), K-ON, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion

Nice to see someone else who supports Spice & Wolf and K-ON

Elfen Lied
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
FLCL
Soul Eater
Ghost in the shell
Gurren Lagann

The only things i can really add to these are
Welcome to the NHK <- One of the best, definetly watch NHK
Azumanga Daioh <- My favourite comedy series
Zero no Tsukaima, Ecchi but still good
and maybe Afro Samurai if it looks like your thing

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

Death Note and FLCL

 

[Brad Shepard]

Until recently I had always thought that anime was for weird people, (U know who live with their mums at 30 lol) no offense. however after being a member on the escapist for a month I have noticed that a lot of people seem to like it so I started to watch some and I have enjoyed what I've seen, however I cant find any more which I might like. So any suggestions???

I have watched:
Full metal Alchemist
Bleach
Hellsing

So something like that...

Im a huge fan of code geass, great story, amazing dubs, pure awesome story, and the charecters are very relatible, this is by far the best anime i have ever watched, idk if they still show it on Adult swim, but i would look it up.

BTW
Great animes so far, im not a big fan of hellsing, but bleach is awesome and fullmetal is really good too.

 

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*snicker* I suddenly remembered Wakamoto's eulogy, only it's not a eulogy but a glorification of breasts. Now, I don't understand a lot of nihonggo, but I can clearly hear him repeatedly saying "oppai" in that funeral scene. YouTube it, or don't (ah yes, the power of TvTropes).

 

[LloydEsaka]

Pretty much anything that was said seven or eight times by this point.

I'll also go ahead and give my full support to Clannad (the second season is Clannad After Story), and those of you who mentioned it I now could enjoy the company of.

I also highly agree with Getbackers, Zero no Tsukaima, Spice and Wolf, and Welcome to the NHK.

Two that I haven't seen listed yet, and that I've recently watched and enjoyed, would be Needless and To Aru Majutsu no Index (thats how its listed on some of the sites I frequent, the translation is something along the lines of A Certain Type of Index).

Needless is basically DBZ with less yelling to power up. The characters are highly colorful and the action is pretty fun to watch, even though randomness is thrown in every five seconds, and the out of combat humor is pretty good as well (elevator).

Index is one that was up my alley. Once again, its actiony and humorous. The only thing that annoys me with this one is that important characters tend to become unimportant for long periods of time.

 

[targren]

Outlaw Star- An excellent space western. Granted, it's no Firefly, but this was so good it helped inspire Whedon to make Firefly in the first place.

Gotta disagree with you there. It essentially IS the spiritual predecessor to Firefly (and if any fanboys want to claim Joss never saw OS, watch the scene where River first appears, then watch the scene where we meet Melfina. Repeat until it sinks in).

I can't imagine someone liking Firefly and NOT liking Outlaw Star, and vice versa.

Excel Saga- This comedy series is the most batshit crazy thing you'll see. I guarantee it. It's also a parody of nearly everything.

If Excel Saga doesn't make you laugh your ass off, you're dead or you have no soul.



I'm also a fan of Slayers (3 seasons) and Rune Soldier/Magical Soldier Louie for light-hearted sword and sorcery. A great way to unwind after exams (or maybe I'm just getting too old for college).

 

[Vimbert]

Outlaw Star- An excellent space western. Granted, it's no Firefly, but this was so good it helped inspire Whedon to make Firefly in the first place.

Gotta disagree with you there. It essentially IS the spiritual predecessor to Firefly (and if any fanboys want to claim Joss never saw OS, watch the scene where River first appears, then watch the scene where we meet Melfina. Repeat until it sinks in).

I can't imagine someone liking Firefly and NOT liking Outlaw Star, and vice versa.

That's essentially what I was claiming, but I didn't want it to sound like fanboy hyperbole and blunt its impact.

 

[vanguard135]

I would say GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) as the only one I like that hasn't been said five times. The dub is above normal and the story is fantastic.

 

[ResiEvalJohn]

It's interesting to me that you came up with this topic, Young205, because I've had the opposite experience. I used to love Anime when I was a kid, but nowadays it seems so cliche and predictable, I stopped enjoying it. However, there are certain animes that have stood the test of time that I'll probably love forever:

-Ninja Scroll (the movie, NOT THE SERIES!)
-The Vampire Hunter D Movies
-Any movie by Studio Gibli, directed by Miyazaki
-The Cowboy Bebop series.

I also heard that the Evangaleon series (can't spell it to save my life) was good, but I never watched it.

On another note, Ninja Scroll is my favorite movie. I've showed it to friends who told me they hated Anime, and they still loved Ninja Scroll; you gotta see it.

 

[Caligulove]

I still agree that most of it is for weird people. At least if they allow themselves to get too into it.

as for me, I recommend the only anime Ive ever been able to watch very much of. Cowboy Bebop
That show is for anyone who loves music. Because it has a plethora of amazing music hitting you all the time

 

[Graustein]

I love Ghibli he can make the dumbest plots some how awesome.

I do believe most of them are based on Japanese fairy tales and myths, so I wouldn't call the plots stupid, just... scary, actually, if you think about them in real-life terms.

*dons Ghibli fanboy monocle*
Not really. I can only think of one (Totoro) that's got anything to do with Japanese myth.
Howl's Moving Castle is a novel by Diana Wynne Jones, a British author.
Kiki's Delivery Service is similarly based on a novel, this time Japanese.
Spirited Away bears a considerable similarity to Alice in Wonderland, if you think about it.
Ponyo is definitely inspired by The Little Mermaid; there's even mention of her turning to seafoam in the film itself.

Even thematically, it's a mixed bag. While some of Miyazaki's films, such as Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, are clearly Japanese, many others - Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso - show a definite Western influence. I'm not even getting into Ghibli films not done by Hayao Miyazaki, such as Grave of the Fireflies or Tales from Earthsea.

Incidentally, to the OP, I would highly recommend each and every one of the movies mentioned in this post.