Jex
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Just off the top of my head: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, K-On!, Bunny Drop, FMA.
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Just off the top of my head: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, K-On!, Bunny Drop, FMA.
Northeastmonk
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I think the first anime I ever watched were Akira, Ninja Scroll, and Ghost in the Shell on VHS. I think I did very well growing up. Then it was strange. I got into DBZ, Gundam, Cowboy Beebop. Everything Toonami really aired I watched.
But to be honest I never liked Naruto or Bleach. I didn't see why it was considered good at all.
But I'll watch a few here and there. Movies, Attack on Titan has been allright. But I don't think I'll ever be as big as a fan like I am with the older Anime. The older stuff IMO is much much better.
Plus its one of those hobbies (for me anyway) where I'll watch it when its available. I wont go online just to watch it. And I own the box sets of the series I like.
But to be honest I never liked Naruto or Bleach. I didn't see why it was considered good at all.
But I'll watch a few here and there. Movies, Attack on Titan has been allright. But I don't think I'll ever be as big as a fan like I am with the older Anime. The older stuff IMO is much much better.
Plus its one of those hobbies (for me anyway) where I'll watch it when its available. I wont go online just to watch it. And I own the box sets of the series I like.
PoopShooter
Banned
The last few years "everything was Moe" I still enjoy a few shows but nothing like back in the day.
I miss this style so much
God that animation was amazing but the story was soooo shitty.
KidA Seven
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Don't do it bro. There's too many episodes. Don't put yourself through that torture.
So many bad movies and series too. As everywhere else you just have filter out the most recommended and critically acclaimed ones. Or just watch a funny dumb series, no matter what, because those are enjoyable too.
Those high quality cel anime had something to them, but digital ones can look great too with a nice budged, perspective amd team.
not psycho
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I agree with the earlier recommendation to start at the beginning of the series. But use this to skip the anime original episodes:
http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Anime
Using that, 33 of the first 82 episodes can be skipped. Makes it much easier to watch.
It's worth it though! And it's actually not hard to watch, just skip the anime original episodes.
KidA Seven
Member
It was worth it, but when I got to episode 80 something and saw how many episodes there were left I gave up. No way am I going to watch that many episodes. I felt like I wasted my time.
InfiniteBento
Member
Nope. I haven't/won't stop watching it.
Personally, it's far better than most shit they play on tv.
Personally, it's far better than most shit they play on tv.
Thanks for the tip, I'll take a look at it when the season is over.
I can definitely say that i prefer the Akira manga to the anime. While the movie is really superbly animated, it feels too much like a compilation movie with things left out. That' just my impression from back then though, haven't read or watched them both in maybe 10 years. I can't comment on any of the others mentioned by you or the poster above, since i haven't seen those series at all or just watched the anime.
Vicetrailia
Banned
Yeah, i'm done with anime and have been for 5 years.
I just read some mangas. I wonder what happened to wolf guy though, I really liked it but I haven't seen it in a while.
If another Hajime No Ippo anime did come out I would watch it though, but that's the exception I think.
I just read some mangas. I wonder what happened to wolf guy though, I really liked it but I haven't seen it in a while.
If another Hajime No Ippo anime did come out I would watch it though, but that's the exception I think.
Crash Station
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Wolf Guy ended and is fully translated.
At least it was mentioned.
I would try out Dennou Coil, it was so different from what I expected seeing only the cover. Can't think of a single bad thing about the manga, perfect length with great plot and characters.
I feel this post right here.
Passive Assassin
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I'm burnt out. The only things that I'm interested in right now are Gargantia, stuff like Gintama/Arakawa Under the Bridge/Cromartie, and maybe Maou. And that backlog of old school mecha stuff like Fang of the Sun Dougram and Turn A and MSV Gundam.
Fist of the North Star, Slam Dunk, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Lupin the 3rd, Galaxy Express 999, Oishinbo, Gegege no Kitaro, Kiteretsu Daihyakka, etc. and I could go on.
I don't know if you could even call yourself a fan of old school anime if you couldn't name at least a handful of good long-running series.
I tend to not like old school anime. For instance, on that list I know I didn't like Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, and Lupin (sans the miyazaki movie, which was good). I really don't know how someone could have the time to watch through that kind of stuff unless you're watching it while it's airing.
I actually find it easier to watch them when they've stopped airing since you can skip through OPs, recaps, EDs, and previews. Of course, you don't have to go at the snail's pace of one episode a week to catch up either. There are also quite a number of purely-episodic shows which require no knowledge of the background plot, so you can pick them up and drop them at any time.
The Return of
Banned
Please don't watch this show expecting Gundam lol. Valrave is just fucking ridiculous. Don't mislead people
Broder Salsa
Banned
Anyone got some good moe stuff?
djplaeskool
Member
Samurai Champloo ruined anime for me. It was perfect.
Too perfect.
Spent three years after that trying to watch stuff, nothing was good.
Then, I just stopped watching.
I get my fill of 'anime' through gaming as it is, so I've had no desire to go back.
Too perfect.
Spent three years after that trying to watch stuff, nothing was good.
Then, I just stopped watching.
I get my fill of 'anime' through gaming as it is, so I've had no desire to go back.
TheKaeptain
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Link to whatever this is.
Passive Assassin
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Yamato 2199
Why?
The name is right there in the image xD But here you go:
http://myanimelist.net/anime/4087/Michiko_to_Hatchin
Michiko to Hatchin
I'll let you figure out how to get hold of it yourself. I'm not sure if there is an English release yet but anyway:
If you like Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo, basically there is a very high chance you'll enjoy this show. It has the same atmosphere. There's a sense of adventure and you get those same little self-contained stories in an episode that still develop the characters and move the story forward. It's great. It's one of those rare anime that is great. You'll care about the characters, what happens to them. The dynamic between the two main characters is very carefully put together. It is a little slower paced that Bebop or Champloo, less action, but the action is very good as far as I can recall. The art is beautiful, the score has some nice Brazilian-type stuff going on. It's an anime that non-anime people will probably dig. My parents liked it. Parents. haha watch it! The director of this show actually directed a couple episodes of Champloo if I've got my facts straight. And the acting is actually believable! So many anime have such terrible voice-actors, even in the Japanese version you can tell they're doing the hokey equivalent of "ughuh!!! Goku - uhhuh how c-can his p-power level be so high? Uhh-ughu!??" But here there is some genuine talent.
tl;dr: Watch it. It will restore the faith. And then break your heart when you realise once again anime is still mostly shit.
Lumpy Onion
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Just watched the first episode of Attack on Titan. Anyone who has gotten tired of anime for whatever reason needs to see this. It's incredible!
I fall in and out of it, but this recommendation is certainly a back in moment.
The biggest drawback to me with Kyojin is it's generic character design, it seems all faces are quite similar, just compare that to any character from say, Bebop where each one of the casts' character already comes through when looking at them. Or just look at the stills of Michiko to Hatchin as posted by ugly which look amazing and compare these with Kyojin's cast of characters. It seems way more thought has been put into the former.
It really looks amazing, and totally what I was looking for I'm on it already!!
Lumpy Onion
Member
Did you quote me from some alternate dimension lol
They look distinctively different, it's just the uniform that makes them all look similar. Not every group can wear all colors of the rainbow to make them instantly recognizable from half a mile away.
Eh, because plan accomplished?
You think stuff like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ is worth watching?
Times have changed, shows these days that go on for 50+ episodes are definitely not worth it.
If you're willing to look past anime having to have fights and explosions there's loads of good stuff. Honey and Clover, Princess Jellyfish are both great.
Space Brothers is on its 60th episode currently, and it is absolutely worth watching.
Raildex has not gone stale either.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hey, someone else is watching this! Yay.
Haven't watched either one of those to be honest. I was thinking of the shounen shows with years of filler that go on for way too long mostly.
Although my new least favorite thing in anime is shows that end early but never caught up to the manga so they literally do not have an ending. It just stops.
Ahh the last show i watched during my active anime years. And even then, i wasnt watching as much as AnimeGaf.
It's fascinating imagining the story writers sitting in the room and asking each other "Ok what crazy plot twist we gotta put at the end of the episode this time?"
I always like when these anime thread pop up on OT. Gets me a list of anime to go try out. Now if only I actually go start watching lol...
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This thread makes me realise that there's a lot of anime fans that just don't bother with the seasonal anime threads at all. :/
http://www.animecrazy.net/heroic-age-anime/
pretty good actiony sci-fi anime
http://www.animecrazy.net/kingdom-anime/
if you like ancient china during the warring periods watch kingdom, one of my top 5 animes and a second season is coming out this month.
i've watched it twice already since it ended before march and will probably watch it again once the second season starts
pretty good actiony sci-fi anime
http://www.animecrazy.net/kingdom-anime/
if you like ancient china during the warring periods watch kingdom, one of my top 5 animes and a second season is coming out this month.
i've watched it twice already since it ended before march and will probably watch it again once the second season starts
Detective Conan is by far and away my favorite show ever, and I'm probably never gonna be caught up :lol
But that doesn't really matter I suppose. Still love it. Maybe one day I'll marathon it. Regardless, I have watched the first few episodes countless times, specifically that arc where Mouri goes to the hotspring reunion just because I got those DVDs as a kid. I can rewatch this show forever.
I wonder how many bothered to watch Lucky☆Star beyond the first episode.
Also I really didn't need to see that gif by HEALTH_DISCO while eating my lunch.
Theonik
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