Wow...best anime I have seen yet.

[cyu]

I was flipping through the usual channels on NTV when I came across the Chron Crusade stream. I was bored so I decided to tune in. After watching one episode, I was latched on. I watched epiosode 13-24, all in one night, lasting from 9 to 4 am. The anime incorporated religious elements into a story about trust, love and the eternal struggle between good and evil. The plot might seem simple at first, but it's very complex especially towards the final episodes. It starts out light hearted, filled with good action and in the last 5 episodes, the mood turns completely serious. The ending was one of the saddest endings I have ever seen, I almost started sobbing. (yes I am a guy). Even though I am not religious, this anime is very artistic and well directed.

heres a short summary:
The story begins in New York in 1924. Sister Rosette Christopher, a young novice nun from the Magdalan Order, a religious militaristic organization, and her assistant and best friend Chrno, a patient and kind hearted demon, are sent to different missions, consisting mostly in fighting the many different monsters that lurk in the shadows. During one of their missions, they met Azmaria Hendrick, a young girl with supernatural powers that is somehow connected to Joshua Christopher, Rosette’s younger brother who was kidnapped several years ago by Aion, a former comrade of Chrno. Aion is an overly ambitious demon that has big plans for the future of the entire world and will go to any lengths to achieve his great “dream of freedom”. To do this, he needs the help of 7 very special people. What exactly are Aion’s plans, and what does he intend to do with Joshua and Azmaria’s powers? Rosette and Chrno, along with Satella, a jewel witch who is also targeting Aion for personal reasons, are determined to find out, but they will have to face the dark shadow of Chrno’s past first, a past that is now coming back to torment him and could separate Rosette and Chrno forever. Will the strong bond they share be able to survive the test? Will they be willing to pay a very high price in order to stop Aion and rescue Joshua and everybody else?

Any anime enthusiasts seen this series? Or you can tell us about your fav. anime.

[henry3k56]

Anime, went through three weeks of watching Ranma 1/2. I won't go into details, but it is rather amusing to watch all seven seasons.

[kingo'mountain]

DBZ......

GT will air begining Jan 1st, so i cant tell if i like it or not...

also, does manga count? :D

[ertmann|CPH]

Anime series don't really say me anything....

Allthough i think Hayao Miyazaki's (http://imdb.com/name/nm0594503/) movies, Grave Of The Fireflies (http://imdb.com/title/tt0095327/) and Metropolis (http://imdb.com/title/tt0293416/) are very good.

[deeder7001]

i like watching love hina sometimes.

[mysterious_w]

As I am posting this I am beginning to watch episode 6 of ******, which (along with 3 other episodes) must have took 12 hours to download.

[bgesley]

Super Milk Chan is the weirdest anime in the world. Its like Mega-Anime

[General Geoff]

I love Big-O. That is all.

[shakey_snake]

The only cool anime I've ever seen was in Kill Bill.

[mysterious_w]

If you liked that, try getting Ghost in the Shell, it's made by the same director. (The movie, not the sperate series)

[henry3k56]

Spirted Away, and Castle in the Sky, by Hayao Miyazaki are good movies.

[MidnightViper88]

Originally posted by deeder7001
i like watching love hina sometimes.

Lately, I havn't found this much interest in Love Hina since 2 years ago when I first started on it...

I've been reading the manga to Hellsing on the side as well... :D

[cyu]

Originally posted by kingo'mountain
DBZ......

GT will air begining Jan 1st, so i cant tell if i like it or not...

also, does manga count? :D
Sure manga can count.. I find it if you want to enjoy an anime series you shouldn't read the manga first because it always takes away from the series.

Yes, Love Hina is very enjoyable since it is light-hearted and comical, but I feel that Hellsing the series wasn't as good as it could be.

[OutlawJim]

Serial Experiments Lain, FLCL, Sailor Moon and Cowboy Bebop are my favourites :D funfunfun!

[MidnightViper88]

Originally posted by OutlawJim
Serial Experiments Lain

Dammit! I really wanna watch that over again... >_<

I taped it two years ago when it aired on Tech TV, but I think I missed taping Layer 1 & 2 or Layers 1-3...

Damn...I just realized; 2 years...Has it been that long? :weird:

I'm also waiting for my illegal copy of the Ah! My Goddess movie to download as well...

[cyu]

Eh.. I tend to stay away from sentai series...like Sailor moon.

For those who don't know what sentai means:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sentai&r=f

[hgnis]

Last Exile was not bad as of late.

[aurorarose237]

Hellsing is good although I like the manga better. Trigun and Cowboy Bebop is good, except I haven't finished watching Bebop. I'm currently watching Full Metal Alchemist and thats good too.

[MidnightViper88]

I still need to borrow the rest of my cousin's Cowboy Bebop DVDs (Seasons 4 through whatever the end is)...

[ryan]

I enjoyed Kanon, Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, Onegai Teacher, Onegai Twins, Love Hina (And all the other sequals to it), Last Exile and a few others before I had to go back to dialup..

Ah, memories..

[cyu]

Any of you guys besides ryan like ecchi stuff?

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Ecchi is fun.

Dirty thoughts are bad!

[hgnis]

Prince of Tennis is also worthy of note.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Onegai Twins.

<3


Karen-chan!

[cyu]

hah make this a scantily clad anime women thread.
http://www.dragonsgold.btinternet.co.uk/Claire/Customs/mizuhocutout.jpg

Mnn.. sensei teach me now!
btw this picture is not mine.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Miinaaa!!!

[cyu]

hahah dude are these figures from your room?

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

I wish. They're extremely cute. They're a friend of mine's. He has TONS of figurines.

[hgnis]

Tsumaranai desu
You could always start an asiaphile thread....(sick yes, but there is comedy somewhere in there.)

I will be checking the oldie Rose of Versailles next.

[drewbar]

Onegai Teacher
Onegai Twins
Full Metal Panic
Hellsing
Lain
Paranoia Agent
R.O.D.

And a bunch more good stuff out there. I like it.

Oh yeah, and Excel Saga.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Throw

******
FullMetal Alchemist
Bleach
Gantz
Ghost in the Shell: StandAlone Complex
Mahoromatic


into the mix.

Oh, can't forget about Futari Ecchi. HILARITY.

[cyu]

Anyone seen an anime that almost made them cry or become depressed?

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

FullMetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop ("...Bang."), certain episodes of ******, some Mahoromatic.

[Omega X]

Originally posted by cyu
Eh.. I tend to stay away from sentai series...like Sailor moon.

For those who don't know what sentai means:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sentai&r=f

...I swear that everytime I visit these forums, I learn something new. Now whether its useful or not is definitely debatable...

[ryan]

Texhynolyze is nice too.

[OutlawJim]

oh, and Neon Genesis Evangelion and Raxephon! AND OUTLAW STAR! dear god, how could i have left that off my list yesterday?! JIM!!! :D :p

anyways, what about the anime guys! :p

[squakMix]

princess mononoke (http://princess-mononoke.com/) is the best anime I've ever seen.

...although I havent seen a whole lot.



(and the trailer on that site sucks ass)

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Mononoke Hime is a movie... Go for a nice 24+ episode series. ****** is currently on episode 115.

[squakMix]

I know it's a movie - didnt know this was limited to shows.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

It isn't limited to series'.

It's just that Mononoke Hime is far too short (134 min) to get a lot of enjoyment out of, compaired to, say, Trigun, which has a total air time of about 650 minutes, or ******, which currently has an air time of about 2300 minutes, and not even half-way done. So much more in an anime series to enjoy than in a movie. Though, yes, you can indeed have a favorite anime movie, but I'd throw in a series to go along with it.

[cyu]

Originally posted by Omega X
...I swear that everytime I visit these forums, I learn something new. Now whether its useful or not is definitely debatable...

There is also hentai, but we won't get into that.

[MidnightViper88]

What cyu said...
Anyone seen an anime that almost made them cry or become depressed?

Love Hina, actually...

Once I realized there were no such thing as "hot spring turtles", or turtles can't fly, I was severily dissapointed... :(

And as mentioned a few posts back, we do need a "Fanservice" thread... :D

[cyu]

Originally posted by MidnightViper88
Love Hina, actually...

Once I realized there were no such thing as "hot spring turtles", or turtles can't fly, I was severily dissapointed... :(

And as mentioned a few posts back, we do need a "Fanservice" thread... :D

Wait...there are no flying turtles??!!!
:cry:

[MidnightViper88]

Nope...Apparently, black cats can't talk either... :(

[cyu]

What about fav. anime music (opening, ending, etc)?

[MidnightViper88]

I wish I could get guitar tabs on Love Hina's "Winter Wish" and Serial Experiment Lain's "Duvet"...

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Fav opening is too damn hard...


****** opening theme "Far Off Distance" (Haruka Kanata) by Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Ghost in the Shell: StandAlone Complex opening theme "Inner Universe" by Origa

Onegai Twins opening theme "Second Flight" by Kotoko & Hiromi Satou

Battle Programmer Shirase opening theme "Suddenly" by Naomi Amagata

Gantz opening theme "Super Shooter" by Rip Slyme

[Mattress]

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing was very good, most of the other Gundam series episodes I've seen haven't been very good though.
Cowboy Bebop and Trigun were excellent.
FLCL was bizarre, but fun.
Tenchi made me cry once, I think I was pretty lonely at the time, I really fell in love with those characters.
DBZ is 2 minutes of action and 20 minutes of grunting, stand-off, and build-up, and then 3 minutes of "don't miss the exciting next episode!" No thanks.

I'm currently in the middle of Samurai Champloo which I've been downloading fan subs of since it's only just airing in Japan right now. It's by the same guy that did Cowboy Bebop and is quite excellent thus far.

[S-uper_T-oast]

SAILOR MOON (sry, it just poped into my head)
Trigun (pwange)
Tenchi Muyo - Tenchi in Space (pwnage)(not tenchi in tokyo or the GXP or anything after Space)
Gundam Wing
Outlaw Star (pwnage)
Inuyasha
FullMetal Alchemist
Cowboy BeBop (pwnage) (...bang bang...)

ummm... I think that's most of them. I'll look though my *cough*legal CD's and see if I forgot anything.

[MidnightViper88]

It's been over a year since I last watched Ah! My Goddess, but I just got done watching the first two episodes, and I've reminded myself why it's one of my favorites... :D

Now if I could find out what kind of BMW bike Keiichi drives...

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Kintaro Oe's bike is bad-ass.

Study! Study! Study! Study!

[cyu]

I thought the opening to Evagelion was pretty cool.

[OutlawJim]

Originally posted by cyu
I thought the opening to Evagelion was pretty cool.

i always liked the opening to Evangelion too :) and the opening to Outlaw Star too :D The Vision Of Escaflowne is another good anime, just got the first half of it on dvd.

[Cynichris]

I don't know a lot about anime but when the mrs. and I were living in Rome for a month, we had a place with a TV that picked up Italian MTV. They showed a ton of anime on there. Our favourite was Blue Submarine Number Six. There was another one that seemed to be about a high school basketball team. That one sucked. Of course it was all in italian so follwoing the dialog was a little hard. Endless sequences of guys hurtling through the air on a slam dunk was just too much to watch.

[Lady Sabrina]

I like Inuyasha, Kenchin, Gundam Seed, Full Metal Alchmist, Wolfs Rain, Coyboy Bebop, Trigun, Read or Die.... and thease are just the TV shows I watch!!! LOL

[tenchi61]

i try to get as much anime as i can get i luv inuyasha, full metal alchemist, ghost in a shell-stand along complex, trigun, case closed, and if u count lupin the 3rd, then kinda lol

[morgado]

Originally posted by kingo'mountain
DBZ......

GT will air begining Jan 1st, so i cant tell if i like it or not...

also, does manga count? :D

Believe me, you won't see anything better than the "Z" ones ... NEVAR !!!

[MidnightViper88]

Everytime I see the anime title "Slayers", I keep thinking of Slayer, the metal band...

[cyu]

I have started both kenshin and ****** tv series... ****** at ep. 25, kenshin at ep. 14. Both are pretty sweet.

[Twilightseer]

Originally posted by cyu
Anyone seen an anime that almost made them cry or become depressed?

SHE - The Ultimate Weapon (http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=517) is by far the most depressing thing I've ever seen.

That and Jin-Roh (http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=551)

It's a pure masterpiece but it's really sad.

[Spazz333]

Damn, I'd forgotten about Slayers. I should drag out my anime, blow the dust off it.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Originally posted by cyu
I have started both kenshin and ****** tv series... ****** at ep. 25, kenshin at ep. 14. Both are pretty sweet.

Ep 26/27 of ****** is an hr special. You'll LOVE the new theme, "Far Off Distance" (Haruka Kanata) by Asian Kung Fu Generation.

[electricmime]

in the last 5 episodes, the mood turns completely serious

i hate when animes have 19 episodes of stupid filler and then the 'real' story picks up and you realize they could have finished it in 6 eps >_<

[mysterious_w]

I know about that, the Dragonaball Z story moved so slow it bgasically stopped at some points.

Saw eps. 17 of ****** yesterday. Always thought the show was pretty damn good, but for the first 10 min of 17 there was so much quality animation that it made my jaw drop.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Nyahahaha, keep watching, it gets better.

http://irken.ath.cx:4444/lee.jpg

[cyu]

I am looking foward to the fight between Gaara and Rock Lee. I heard it was pretty sweet. I am currently on ep. 28 of ****** and 20 or kenshin.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

I think I'll tease just a tad bit...

http://irken.ath.cx:4444/******2.jpg

Don't make him angry. You wont like him when he gets angry. And don't hurt Sakura. He will get angry then, too.

[cyu]

/me eagerly awaits 51-75. I am trying to get upto date on the episodes before school starts in 4 days.
btw in what episode does ****** meet Jiraiya?

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

end of episode 52.

I take it you have your ****** on DVD-R, too? eps 51 to 75 are on my 3rd DVD. 76-101 on my 4th DVD-R.

[cyu]

Originally posted by SSJ4 Gogitta
I take it you have your ****** on DVD-R, too? eps 51 to 75 are on my 3rd DVD. 76-101 on my 4th DVD-R.
Yep, I do.
There is one thing that I dislike about the ****** series. It's the reminisence parts in some of the episodes. They are the bane of my ****** watching existence. One episode would have a nice action scene for about 10 min and it would turn more and more dramatic. Then all of sudden, BAM! comes one flashback after another. I understand that some of them might be necessary to get more background on the character, but taking up 60% of the episode and leaving a huge cliffhanger?? Those tormenting bastards. :mad:

Oh yeah the fight between Gaara and Rock Lee was awesome. Way better than any of the previous fights in the preliminary matches.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

hahah, indeed.

Then again, ****** follows closely to the manga. The flashbacks are there, too.

Jiraiya appears at the very END of chapter 90 of the manga, and pretty much starts at chapter 91.

The manga is currently at chapter 243. Chapter 244 will be out near Feb 1 (Kishimoto took a month off after the Kakashi Gaiden (small Kakashi back story, which is after the end of "****** part 1"). ****** part 2 will start Feb 1, which is afrter a 3 year ****** time skip (ie: everyone will be 3 years older).

Wont go much further than that unless you've read the mana.

[cyu]

I have finally watched all 118 episodes of ****** and I have a huge migraine.

[Spookey_VII]

I <3 <3 <3 Hellsing!!! :) My favorite of all time no doubt... Violence, sex, vampyres, betreyal, death, gore.... how much better does it get? lol but I also like;

Trigun
InuYasha (sappy, but I like the origional Jap. episodes)
One Piece
Princess TuTu
Guu
Vampyre Princess Myu
Sailor Moon (Live action, because it's so cheesey)
Model
Eerie Queerie (rocks!!!)
Sgt. Frog
Invader Zim (<3 <3 <3 Gir!!!)
Mars

There's alot more, but alot of the anime I'm into isn't main stream, and most people haven't heard of them...

[Too-DAMN-Much]

for me, my faves were : trigun, rurouni kenshin (yes the movie too), outlaw star (more damnit i wanted more!), and FLCL


btw how many ep's of FLCL were there really? i've seen episodes claiming to go up to 9

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Originally posted by cyu
I have finally watched all 118 episodes of ****** and I have a huge migraine.

BUT AIN'T THE MIGRAINE WORTH IT?!

Originally posted by Too-DAMN-Much btw how many ep's of FLCL were there really? i've seen episodes claiming to go up to 9 [/B]

6 episodes.

[OutlawJim]

i wanted more outlaw star too :( MORE JIM I TELLS YA!

anyhoo...gravitation :)

[cyu]

Originally posted by SSJ4 Gogitta
BUT AIN'T THE MIGRAINE WORTH IT?!

Of course! Now on to Full Metal Alchemist. I have never been on such an anime craze till now.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

You'll love FMA. One of the best anime to be made in the last while...

[cyu]

Just finished FMA. The series was pretty good. But the ending was lacking in that it just said:" oh well, we accomplished what we wanted even though it might not be what we expected."
And I doubt Ed and Al will see each other again. I hope the movie will fill the holes up.