Does anyone know of any good Anime series I should look into?

[CrazyDude]

Just a little curious.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Evangelion

[Kinetik*]

Trigun, Star Ocean, Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy, and Samurai X, just to name a few.

[White Raven]

Vision of Escaflowne. Period. More info check out my site.

http://www.escaflowneoncloud9.fws1.com

[CrazyDude]

Hmm... this should be enough downloading to keep me busy for a while. I used to watch Cowboy Bebop on Cartoon Network but then they screwed up the times that it was on.

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by White_Raven
Vision of Escaflowne. Period. More info check out my site.

http://www.escaflowneoncloud9.fws1.com

I hate that damned series! It annoys me ever so, but the art is quite nice.

I'm gonna look into a few of those too.

[Lain]

Escaflowne reminds me of soap operas.

Shaman King, FLCL, Serial Experiments Lain
These are some that I like.

[NetFury]

i like Vision Of Escaflowne also. another for Vampire Hunter D. and if you haven't seen the dvd movie yet....OOOOOH BOYYYYYYY!!!

[Orgone_Man]

"ninja scroll" is worth a look. Try "Princess Mononoke" too, its real good.

[White Raven]

I own Princess Mononoke! One of my favourite movies!
Also see Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro (Shut up, Totoro kicks ass.)

[Magic_Midget]

Hellsing is really good and so are some classics like Akira, Nadesico, and POKEMON!!

[Shenlong]

Arcane, don't forget DBZ, Bey Blades, Sister Princess, and Hamtaro...

Here are some good anime/manga series to look into...Some of them, I havn't seen, but...

Oh! My Goddess
Ai Yori Aoshi
FLCL
Full Metal Panic!
Hellsing
Initial D
Kenshin
Love Hina
Noir
Onegai Teacher
Vandread
Cowboy Bebop
Haibane Renmei
Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai
Azumanga Daioh
Get Backers
Heat Guy J
Groove Adventure Rave
Saikano
Record of Lodoss War
Jin Roh
Vampire Hunter D & Bloodlust
Happy Lesson
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Kiddy Grade
******
Spiral
Wolf's Rain
Fruits Basket

What else that I havn't thought off the top of my head...

[liquidmotion]

Pokemon and The Book of the Necromicon

[Yossarian]

Rurouni Kenshin

edit: fixed dumbass spelling mistake

[Avion]

-Vision Of Escaflowne
-Robotech
I have a soft spot fo vicious Mech battles

>Macross Plus<
It's not a series but if you like Escaflowne
then you'll love watching Macross Plus
It's a long movie.
Macross plus' story is very realistic
-With the way technology is going
a Macross future is possible

[NetFury]

Originally posted by Orgone_Man
"ninja scroll" is worth a look. Try "Princess Mononoke" too, its real good.

i own both of those also ownage.

[MetallichicA]

I'm not trying to sound mean here, I'm just curious...

How can you watch the stuff? It makes my head hurt! It's no wonder kids get seizures from watching shows like that.

I've tried to watch it, but somehow I can't get into it. Is there a series where the characters aren't overly hyper?

[Trigear]

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Evangelion

amen to that, brother.

Originally posted by MetallichicA
I'm not trying to sound mean here, I'm just curious...

How can you watch the stuff? It makes my head hurt! It's no wonder kids get seizures from watching shows like that.

I've tried to watch it, but somehow I can't get into it. Is there a series where the characters aren't overly hyper?

m-chica: i had that same opinion about anime many years ago. i've come to like it the hard way (wasn't into it because it was popular. i hated it and came to like it slowly and painfully). what i have to say for anime is this: it's an artform, at times. the mindset takes a little getting used to, because you are american, with american customs and american ideals (i could probably substitute western in there for better effect, but whatever), and the japanese have different customs, ideals, and traditions. the hyperness is their version of our slapstick. you watch the three stooges and some might say "this is stupid, where's the humor in it" but others see classic written all over it.

anime is the same way. there's different genres, comedy, action, drama, and there's a blurry line between the three genres. ie a drama will have some comedy elements, and maybe some action elements as well. a comedy might have some drama and action too. for instance, take the series "golden boy". it's a comedy, but it switches between the three different genres regularly. one minute it will be serious and the main character is on the verge of tears, and the next minute he's waving his arms around and screaming in one of those epilepsy-inducing scenes you were talking about. a minute later and he's involved in a gripping bike race that will have you on the verge of your seat. so you switch from laughing to crying and then nail-biting. the series itself has a very immature premise: it follows the adventures of a perverted young man who travels around modern day japan, but once you look past the crude premise you've got a really heartwarming tale. there are scenes in there that make you groan and wonder what the show's writers were thinking, but most of them are really tongue-in-cheek and actually parody themselves.

in a lot of ways, i prefer the anime method of storytelling and cinematography to normal live-action american films. the matrix tried to incorporate both worlds (without the epilepsy scenes, of course), and that's a huge part of its success.

i'd have to say give the real animes a try before you write them off completely. it's not all pokemon and sailor moon, and most of the animes that i watch and love, i would NEVER let my 6 year old sister watch. give them a shot. go through the lists mentioned above, and maybe look some of them up.

you have to have an open mind though, because at first glance, you'll think that if you've seen one show where teenage heroes control giant robots to save the world, you've seen them all, and anime is all about proving that wrong. the entertainment is in the actual storytelling, not in the storyline. and before you knock that idea, it's been done before. arguably the greatest english writer of all time, mr. bill shakespeare, was notorious for taking known stories and retelling them his own way, and most of the time his version is MUCH better than the original.

just give it a shot

[SemiTechGeek]

Evangelion & The Ping Pong Club

[MetallichicA]

Trigear... thanks dude, that's an interesting way of looking at it Perhaps I'll check some of these out. Maybe I've only seen one or two and kind of written off the rest as being the same thing. I guess I've only really seen DBZ and Pokemon-type stuff, plus a TEENY bit of Lain and Evangelion.

We'll see what happens

[SemiTechGeek]

Shit, i forgot about lain

[Trigear]

Originally posted by MetallichicA
Trigear... thanks dude, that's an interesting way of looking at it Perhaps I'll check some of these out. Maybe I've only seen one or two and kind of written off the rest as being the same thing. I guess I've only really seen DBZ and Pokemon-type stuff, plus a TEENY bit of Lain and Evangelion.

We'll see what happens

np.

what'd you think of the bit you saw of lain and evangelion? those are both quality series'.

[MetallichicA]

Didn't get to see enough to really tell, and it was a long time ago. Basically, my roommate in college was Japanese and had a bunch of videos, so every once in a while when I went in to get books or something, she would be watching them. So I only caught a little bit. I remember thinking it was a lot classier than, say, Pokemon-type anime, but I think I had (and maybe still do lol) this mindset that it was all the same stuff.

THE FIRST STEP IS ADMITTING YOUR IGNORANCE, DARNIT!

[Trigear]

OMG!!! you're a

BIGOT!!

no, you're not. but don't worry. you can rest assured with this information: some anime (a great majority of what is pumped out to the mainstream, actually) is crap. you have to sift through the good stuff, unless you have kindhearted citizens like us do it for you

first lesson, kemosabe: rent and watch "princess mononoke". it should be available at your local blockbuster. that'll remove any doubt in your heads that anime isn't for kids. as an added bonus, it's exceptionally dubbed, so it will also calm any latent worries you might have that it's all poorly dubbed. basically, i think that movie will give you a good healthy start toward appreciating anime, or at least cure you of your hangups. (it's either that or "neon genesis evangelion", but at ~11 hours long, it's a bit scary for the first attempt.) mononoke is a feature-length movie, that was actually released theatrically in the US about 4 years ago on a limited run.

[Oni-Dracula]

omg how dare you guys not mention


GUNDAM WING!!!!!

[anubis2003]

Hamtaro!!!(jk). It's not anime, but has anyone ever seen Felix The Cat(the perverted one)?

[Trigear]

Originally posted by JustSomeOni
omg how dare you guys not mention


GUNDAM WING!!!!!

i doth dare because gundam wing doth be long and boring, verily. yay, though gundam wing doth have some qualities, gundam wing doth in the longeth run BITETH THE BIG ONE.

[hgnis]

Originally posted by triGEAR
i doth dare because gundam wing doth be long and boring, verily. yay, though gundam wing doth have some qualities, gundam wing doth in the longeth run BITETH THE BIG ONE.

Care to let me show you some of the better qualities?

Curently d/l all Inu Yasha in the seies.
Next Project: Generator Grawl.

[Shenlong]

Keropi & Friends
Helly Kitty

These anime 0wn 477 0th3rz!

[Trigear]

Originally posted by Shenlong
These anime 0wn 477 0th3rz!

which 477 exactly are you speaking of?

[White Raven]

Okay.. KEROPI AND FRIENDS?? I watched that when I was two or something. Even at two I thought it was stupid. What is with that damned frog and the DAMN can on his head????? I saw that in a little Japanese kids' show (Don't ask.) And it seems a lot of frog characters have cans on their heads... O_o

And about the 'overly hyper attitude and squeaky Japanese girl voice' syndrome you often come across in anime. For anyone who's seen the Japanese version of Escaflowne (Subtitled or just Japanese.) with Ikue Ootani playing as Merle, it can just be damn well painful.

The reason for this is that in Japan, girls with high squeaky voices like that imply a cutesy kind of nature. I've been around a group of Japanese exchange student girls... My ears were positively ringing when I got home.

It's considered 'cute' to do that. In the same way that some girls squeeze their hands together to push their boobs up. That's supposedly 'cute.' Cultural differences... Sheesh...

If a Japanese man/woman/child comes to stay at your house, never shut the door before they're out of sight. Major insult and they thin they've overstayed their welcome if you don't watch them leave.

Yes... Anyways... TriGEAR, I love the new sig... Very cute... Isn't it a bit of a play on 'Vanilla Sky?' Cute... Sucky movie though, must say...

And if you're looking for an anime movie, try Amon Saga. I rented it and it's pretty good.

[Trigear]

Originally posted by Sawg
These anime owns all others.

sorry, i guess i forgot the at the end of my question



raven: vanilla sky is my favorite movie, so to you too

[zplsoccer]

I would have to say that anime is a great way to pass the time. Whenever I do not have something to do I just watch one of the anime that I have downloaded (cable is great). Here are almost all the ones that i have seen. Most show the number of eps. and the quality of them, this is b/c i have saved them all to disk. The ones at the bottem that do not show that are the ones i have watch but did not save to disk b/c i was lazy, but they are just as good.

1. Yu-Yu Hakusho “The Movie”

2. Princess Monomoke

3. Armitage III Poly-Matrix

4. Gundam X
a. Eps. 1 – 39
i. Medium Quality

5. Bubblegum Crisis
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Most Good Quality
1. First half are subbed, and seconded half are dubbed.

6. Neon Genesis Evangelion
a. Eps. 1 – 13
i. Medium to Low Quality
1. First 4 Eps. dubbed then rest are subbed.

7. Ayashi No Ceres
a. Eps. 1 – 24
i. Good Quality

8. Ah! My Goddess
a. Eps. 1 – 5
i. Good Quality

9. Ah! My Goddess “The Movie”

10. Trigun
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Good Quality

11. Weiss Kreuz
a. Eps. 1 – 22
i. Good Quality

12. DNA2
a. Eps. 1 – 15
i. Good Quality

13. Slayers Next
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Good Quality

14. Star Ocean Ex
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Good Quality

15. Flame of Recca
a. Eps. 1 – 42
i. Large vary of Good to very poor Quality

16. Inu Yasha
a. Eps. 1 – 87 (not whole series b/c of it being licensed)
i. Good Quality

17. Escaflowne
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Good Quality
1. All but about 2 or 3 are dubbed the others are subbed

18. Love Hina
a. Eps. 1 – 25
i. Good Quality

19. Love Hina Again
a. Eps. 1 – 3
i. Good Quality

20. Love Hina Spring and Christmas Specials

21. Ai Yoir Aoshi
a. Eps. 1 – 24
i. Good Quality

22. Now and Then; Here and There
a. Eps. 1 – 13
i. Rang between good and OK quality

23. Angelic Layer
a. Eps. 1 – 16
i. Good Quality

24. X-1999
a. Eps. 1 – 24
i. Good Quality

25. Vandread
a. Eps. 1 – 13
i. Good Quality

26. Vandread Second Stage
a. Eps. 1 – 12
i. Good Quality

27. Noir
a. Eps. 1 – 25
i. Good Quality

28. Earth Girl Arjuna
a. Eps. 1 – 13
i. Pretty Good Quality

29. Fruits Basket
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Good Quality

30. Tokyo Underground
a. Eps. 1 – 26
i. Very Good Quality

31. Rurouni Kenshin
a. Eps. 1 – about 93 ( but have up to 85)
i. Not sure on the Quality

32. Akira “The Move”

33. Chobits

34. Onegia Teacher

35. Hellsing

36. Berserk

37. Final Fantasy: Unlimited

38. Shaman King (not seen all eps)

39. ****** (not seen all eps)

[golferboy32531]

You people are making my eyebrows twitch (read: Akane's style) since ya'll have obviously forgotten about RANMA 1/2!!! Excuse me for seeming like a fanboy here, but hey. Seriously bad-ASCII martial artists + insance characters + millions of little hints + women who could easily 0wnz j00 (with sheer strength, and no, they do not look like football players) + annoying fathers who get punted/smashed/etc = hella fun. I hear that compared to the movies, the series wasn't all that spiffy. Meh liked the series, so...

[White Raven]

I like Ranma's friend, Ryoga, who turns into P-chan when splashed with cold water.

Ryoga:

[liquidmotion]

anime is sooo played. cartoons like Clone High USA are the wave of the future.

[Shenlong]

Be glad people aren't walking around with crazy hair styles, dyed like the rainbow...

[Trigear]

Originally posted by liquidmotion
anime is sooo played. cartoons like Clone High USA are the wave of the future.

you've got to be kidding me. that show is trash!

[Foratog]

hmm. I've only technically seen 2 full series. Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion. DBZ, ah DBZ. People who hate Anime think every single Anime is like DBZ or Pokemon. Sure, I loved pokemon. Hell, I still have some of my cards. But still, you gotta realize not all Jap-Anime is filled with hyper caracters. Are you gonna tell me Spike Speigel is Hyper? haha . Personally I like the more mature storys. I wanna see Akira and Jin Roh, can anyone tell if they any good?

[KingAsh]

Originally posted by MetallichicA
I'm not trying to sound mean here, I'm just curious...

How can you watch the stuff? It makes my head hurt! It's no wonder kids get seizures from watching shows like that.

I've tried to watch it, but somehow I can't get into it. Is there a series where the characters aren't overly hyper?

Try Trigun. Or Cowboy Bebop. Most of the episodes in these rely on depth to support the animation, instead of animation trying to convey depth of story.