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WELCOME TO THE JAPANIMATION THREAD!
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is one of the best shows you've possibly not watched due to prejudices and you are a worse off person because of it.
"But Spectrum", you say, "magical girls?"
Trust me.
"I heard it starts slow."
Yes, it does. But...
(Look, I have a chart! I can't possibly be lying to you!)
If you can't put up with 4 episodes before things start getting awesome, I don't know what to tell you. If you have a particular understanding of the magical girl genre, you may even find those first 4 episodes amusing. (May.)
"All right, all right, I give up already. Tell me about the series."
Franchise, really. But anyway...
Nanoha is the story of one girl who unlocks her magical potential because of a dire threat to her home. Unlike other magical girls, she realizes that hey this is kind of awesome and takes to it like a fish to water.
That's good, because Nanoha's first opponent is her:
"Is that...?"
Yes, dear reader. Our darling Fate is indeed wielding an energy scythe. And she knows how to use it.
So that's Season 1.
(Season 1 has a Sound Stage, also known as a Drama CD, but it's kind of hard to find and I've not the translations for it, so we'll leave it out.)
"There's more?"
Would I be this fanatical if there were only one season? (...on second thought, don't answer that.)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's is the second season and, as my previous infallible graph shows, is made of pure distilled win. It takes the high energy from the last season and keeps right on going.
"...want."
Season 2 has both a Sound Stage and a Manga volume, which run concurrently with the anime. They mostly provide background detail and some additional character development.
But wait...there's more!
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS is the 3rd season. It timeskips 9 years after the end of Season 2. It's about passing down one's skills, team combat, still being awesome, and has hints of intriguing politics.
"...huh. Okay, so what does that give us?"
That gives us this:
and
And as before, plenty of awesome new characters like these two:
StrikerS has a concurrent 2 volume or so manga, which technically leads in straight from A's and is somewhat important in terms of setting things up, but isn't strictly necessary. It, like Season 1 and A's, also has a concurrent Sound Stage which is more character development, but is somewhat more ignorable.
"Wow Spectrum, that's alot of..."
I'M NOT DONE YET.
Right.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS - Sound Stage X
This is a Sound Stage that takes place roughly two years after the end of StrikerS. This one, unlike the others, is significant plot wise and can be considered sort of a Season 3.5. It's also far easier to find, either to listen to or just to get translations for.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViViD
One half of "Season 4", this is a currently running manga centered around the new life of a character introduced in StrikerS roughly 4 years after the end of Season 3. It is utterly adorable.
Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force
The other half of "Season 4", this is also a currently running manga. Taking place 6 years after the end of Season 3, it is thus far much darker. (Note the change in title, Magical War Force as opposed to Magical Girl.)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st
A retelling of Season 1, possibly cutting out the boring/mundane/ordinary first 4 episode material. I haven't seen it personally yet, as it's not been subbed. It also has its own manga series.
Overall, the series's main themes are parental abandonment, maturity, friendship, family, HARD WORK, thinking [strike]with portals[/strike] intelligently, and doing bad things for ostensibly good reasons. It has its comedic moments, its surprisingly dark moments, its completely and utterly heartwarming moments, and lots of FUCKAWESOME action.
The Nanoha series has produced plenty of collectible merch, if you are of a mind to care for such a thing.
[tiny]oh god so much money spent but it was all worth it[/tiny]
And hey, like everything else, it too has one of those fancy alignment charts:
(spoilers abound)
Also, as a last benefit, the music for the series is, like everything else, awesome. All of the OPs and most of the insert songs are sung by the esteemed Mizuki Nana, Fate's seiyuu. The EDs are sung by Tamura Yukari, Nanoha's seiyuu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4flZeuNnAY
If you must, you can also discuss other awesome animation of an eastern variety here. Or manga, if you like. Or visual novels. Or even the soundtracks, OPs, and EDs. Not doujin games, though, as we have another thread for that. And not One Piece, either, as we also have a thread for that.
And now, a word from our malevolent overlords:
Right, so on that note...
Resources!
Legal streaming anime:
These are shows, movies, and OVAs you can watch in their entirety, for free, right now. NO EXCUSES.
(credit goes to YamiNoSenshi for the list)
AnimeNewsNetwork
Joost
Hulu
Funimation
So, gentle reader, you may be wondering what in there should you actually watch?
Well, if you know that your tastes fall in line with a particular poster, you might find the following list handy!
Alternatively, you can head on over to MyAnimeList and create yourself a profile. Then, join the PA Group for Judging Others and use the List of PA Handles thread to figure out who's who. If you put what you've watched into your profile, you can then get a comparison between yourself and another poster and see how well your tastes match up!
On the other hand, you may find yourself looking for a broader perspective.
In that case, why not take a gander at...
The Penny-Arcade All-Star Anime Recommendations List:
(credit goes to Chen for original compilation)
Note that a thumbs up does not equal an incremental number for the quality of a given series or movie. It is merely the number of times people have recommended it. Also note that the main purpose of this list is to introduce anime viewers to lesser known titles, so please refrain from throwing a hissy fit if your favorite show doesn't get enough recognition, because odds are it's already well-known to the public.
And, this should be your expression in the anime thread:
Otherwise you're doing it...er...let's go with this instead:
...right. Otherwise, you're doing it wrong.
A link to one of the older thread OPs, the content of which will eventually all be reproduced here:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=106271
Current season stuff:
New season preview chart
(Updated on request! Give me stuff! New links, new collections, corrections, anything! Ad space for sale!)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is one of the best shows you've possibly not watched due to prejudices and you are a worse off person because of it.
"But Spectrum", you say, "magical girls?"
Trust me.
"I heard it starts slow."
Yes, it does. But...
(Look, I have a chart! I can't possibly be lying to you!)
If you can't put up with 4 episodes before things start getting awesome, I don't know what to tell you. If you have a particular understanding of the magical girl genre, you may even find those first 4 episodes amusing. (May.)
"All right, all right, I give up already. Tell me about the series."
Franchise, really. But anyway...
Nanoha is the story of one girl who unlocks her magical potential because of a dire threat to her home. Unlike other magical girls, she realizes that hey this is kind of awesome and takes to it like a fish to water.
That's good, because Nanoha's first opponent is her:
"Is that...?"
Yes, dear reader. Our darling Fate is indeed wielding an energy scythe. And she knows how to use it.
So that's Season 1.
(Season 1 has a Sound Stage, also known as a Drama CD, but it's kind of hard to find and I've not the translations for it, so we'll leave it out.)
"There's more?"
Would I be this fanatical if there were only one season? (...on second thought, don't answer that.)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's is the second season and, as my previous infallible graph shows, is made of pure distilled win. It takes the high energy from the last season and keeps right on going.
"...want."
Season 2 has both a Sound Stage and a Manga volume, which run concurrently with the anime. They mostly provide background detail and some additional character development.
But wait...there's more!
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS is the 3rd season. It timeskips 9 years after the end of Season 2. It's about passing down one's skills, team combat, still being awesome, and has hints of intriguing politics.
"...huh. Okay, so what does that give us?"
That gives us this:
and
And as before, plenty of awesome new characters like these two:
StrikerS has a concurrent 2 volume or so manga, which technically leads in straight from A's and is somewhat important in terms of setting things up, but isn't strictly necessary. It, like Season 1 and A's, also has a concurrent Sound Stage which is more character development, but is somewhat more ignorable.
"Wow Spectrum, that's alot of..."
I'M NOT DONE YET.
Right.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS - Sound Stage X
This is a Sound Stage that takes place roughly two years after the end of StrikerS. This one, unlike the others, is significant plot wise and can be considered sort of a Season 3.5. It's also far easier to find, either to listen to or just to get translations for.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViViD
One half of "Season 4", this is a currently running manga centered around the new life of a character introduced in StrikerS roughly 4 years after the end of Season 3. It is utterly adorable.
Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force
The other half of "Season 4", this is also a currently running manga. Taking place 6 years after the end of Season 3, it is thus far much darker. (Note the change in title, Magical War Force as opposed to Magical Girl.)
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st
A retelling of Season 1, possibly cutting out the boring/mundane/ordinary first 4 episode material. I haven't seen it personally yet, as it's not been subbed. It also has its own manga series.
Overall, the series's main themes are parental abandonment, maturity, friendship, family, HARD WORK, thinking [strike]with portals[/strike] intelligently, and doing bad things for ostensibly good reasons. It has its comedic moments, its surprisingly dark moments, its completely and utterly heartwarming moments, and lots of FUCKAWESOME action.
The Nanoha series has produced plenty of collectible merch, if you are of a mind to care for such a thing.
[tiny]oh god so much money spent but it was all worth it[/tiny]
And hey, like everything else, it too has one of those fancy alignment charts:
(spoilers abound)
Also, as a last benefit, the music for the series is, like everything else, awesome. All of the OPs and most of the insert songs are sung by the esteemed Mizuki Nana, Fate's seiyuu. The EDs are sung by Tamura Yukari, Nanoha's seiyuu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4flZeuNnAY
If you must, you can also discuss other awesome animation of an eastern variety here. Or manga, if you like. Or visual novels. Or even the soundtracks, OPs, and EDs. Not doujin games, though, as we have another thread for that. And not One Piece, either, as we also have a thread for that.
And now, a word from our malevolent overlords:
ElJeffe wrote:Hi, I'm ElJeffe! You might know me from such mod actions as cleaning up gold-farming spam and jailing the fuck out of people. Today I'm here to talk to you about your new anime thread.
This is to be your new home for the next 100 or so pages. Here, you may discuss anime and things related to anime and whatever the fuck else people who are into anime do. Of course, hentai is beyond the scope of this thread, and anyway, what the fuck is wrong with the people who dig that shit, I mean seriously?
What you will not engage in here is retarded drama and bitching and whining. If you want retarded drama, go watch Desperate Housewives or Wife-Swap or something. This is to be a happy thread full of happy commentary. If I have to lock it for the same stupidity that raped the last incarnation, the anime thread will not be coming back.
Also, Clawshrimpy? Yeah, stay out of here. You've lost your anime thread privileges.
Right, so on that note...
Resources!
Legal streaming anime:
These are shows, movies, and OVAs you can watch in their entirety, for free, right now. NO EXCUSES.
(credit goes to YamiNoSenshi for the list)
AnimeNewsNetwork
Angelic Layer (dub)
Aquarion (dub & sub)
Baccano! (sub & dub)
Baldr Force EXE (sub)
Bastof Syndrome (dub)
Best Student Council (dub)
Captain Harlock (sub)
Chance Pop Sessions (dub)
Code Geass R1 (dub & sub)
Cosmos Warrior Zero (dub)
Dear Boys/Hoop Days (sub)
Death Note (sub)
Fairy Musketeers/Otogi-Jushi (sub)
Fullmetal Panic 2nd Raid (dub)
Galaxy Express 999 (sub)
Galaxy Railways (dub)
Ghost Hunt (sub)
Girl's High (sub)
Glass Fleet (dub)
Glass Mask (sub)
Gun Frontier (dub)
Gundam 00 (dub)
Ikki Tousen (dub)
Jyu-Oh-Sei (dub & sub)
Kiddy Grade (dub)
Kite Liberator (movie, sub & dub)
Kurokami (dub)
Moonphase (sub)
Mr. Stain (dub)
Mushishi (dub)
My Beautiful Girl Mari (movie, dub)
Mysterious Cities Of Gold (dub)
Naruto (sub)
Natsu No Arashi (sub)
Natsume Yujincho (sub)
Neo Angelique Abyss + S2 (s)
Nurse Witch Komugi (dub)
Origin: Spirits Of The Past (movie, dub)
Ouran High School Host Club (dub)
Parasite Dolls (movie, sub)
Peach Girl (dub)
Ramen Fighter Miki (sub)
Ristorante Paradiso (sub)
Robotech Shadow Chronicles (movie, dub)
Saiyuki (dub)
School Rumble + 2nd Semester (dub)
Shikabane Hime (sub)
Shuffle (dub & sub)
Shugo Chara (sub)
Sin (movie, dub)
Skip Beat (sub)
Strain (sub)
Suzuka (dub)
Slayers + Slayers Next (dub)
Web Ghosts PiPoPa (sub)
xxxHolic (dub)
Aquarion (dub & sub)
Baccano! (sub & dub)
Baldr Force EXE (sub)
Bastof Syndrome (dub)
Best Student Council (dub)
Captain Harlock (sub)
Chance Pop Sessions (dub)
Code Geass R1 (dub & sub)
Cosmos Warrior Zero (dub)
Dear Boys/Hoop Days (sub)
Death Note (sub)
Fairy Musketeers/Otogi-Jushi (sub)
Fullmetal Panic 2nd Raid (dub)
Galaxy Express 999 (sub)
Galaxy Railways (dub)
Ghost Hunt (sub)
Girl's High (sub)
Glass Fleet (dub)
Glass Mask (sub)
Gun Frontier (dub)
Gundam 00 (dub)
Ikki Tousen (dub)
Jyu-Oh-Sei (dub & sub)
Kiddy Grade (dub)
Kite Liberator (movie, sub & dub)
Kurokami (dub)
Moonphase (sub)
Mr. Stain (dub)
Mushishi (dub)
My Beautiful Girl Mari (movie, dub)
Mysterious Cities Of Gold (dub)
Naruto (sub)
Natsu No Arashi (sub)
Natsume Yujincho (sub)
Neo Angelique Abyss + S2 (s)
Nurse Witch Komugi (dub)
Origin: Spirits Of The Past (movie, dub)
Ouran High School Host Club (dub)
Parasite Dolls (movie, sub)
Peach Girl (dub)
Ramen Fighter Miki (sub)
Ristorante Paradiso (sub)
Robotech Shadow Chronicles (movie, dub)
Saiyuki (dub)
School Rumble + 2nd Semester (dub)
Shikabane Hime (sub)
Shuffle (dub & sub)
Shugo Chara (sub)
Sin (movie, dub)
Skip Beat (sub)
Strain (sub)
Suzuka (dub)
Slayers + Slayers Next (dub)
Web Ghosts PiPoPa (sub)
xxxHolic (dub)
Joost
Fist Of The North Star
Pretty Cure
Slam Dunk
Pretty Cure
Slam Dunk
Hulu
Astroboy 2003
Gun Frontier
Speed Racer
Virus
Gun Frontier
Speed Racer
Virus
Funimation
Blassreiter (sub)
Burst Angel (dub)
Gad Guard (sub)
Gunslinger Girl 2 (sub)
Negima!? Spring & Summer (sub & dub)
Sasami (dub)
Save Me Lollipo (sub)
Tower of Druaga: Aegis Of Uruk (sub)
Burst Angel (dub)
Gad Guard (sub)
Gunslinger Girl 2 (sub)
Negima!? Spring & Summer (sub & dub)
Sasami (dub)
Save Me Lollipo (sub)
Tower of Druaga: Aegis Of Uruk (sub)
So, gentle reader, you may be wondering what in there should you actually watch?
Well, if you know that your tastes fall in line with a particular poster, you might find the following list handy!
juice for jesus wrote: »Giant Robots: Gunbuster
Romantic comedy: Nodame Cantabile
Slice of life/school life: Sketchbook Full Colors
Martial arts: Hajime no Ippo, Bamboo Blade
Romance drama: ef - a tale of memories
"Hard" sci-fi: Planetes
Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery: Tower of Druaga
Action / Comedy: Great Teacher Onizuka / Cowboy Bebop
Slice of life / Comedy: Azumanga Daioh / Kamichu!
Romance: Honey & Clover / Nodame Cantabile
Slice of life / Supernatural: Natsume Yuujinchou
Action / Supernatural: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Action / Sci-fi: Planetes / Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team
Sci-fi / Comedy: FLCL
Slice of Life: Honey & Clover
Comedy: Detroit Metal City
Comedy/Parody/Crazy Alternative History: Gintama
Long-running shounen fighting: Yu Yu Hakusho
Sports: Hajime no Ippo/Fighting Spirit
Mecha: 08th MS Team
Mystery/Action/Comedy: Baccano!
mystery/science fiction : Denno Coil
Real Robot: Nadesco
Magic Girl: Nanoha A's
Drama/Mystery/Psycological: Monster
Slice of Life: Ichigo Mashimaro
What category is Skip Beat! I was thinking something of the KawaiiiSoCute~~Funnyy ~~~*!!!!=3 Category
Giant robots: Gundam 08th MS Team
Comedy: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Historical fiction/action: Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Comedy/sci-fi/historical fiction?: Oh! Edo Rocket
Horror/mystery: Mononoke
Fantasy: Twelve Kingdoms/Juuni Kokki
Supernatural: Mushishi
Fighting: Airmaster
Slice-of-life: Honey & Clover
Magical Girl: Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Epic Space Opera: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Romance (manga): Mars
Post-apocalyptic slice-of-life (manga): Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Cafe Alpha)
Action: Black Lagoon
Romance: Ouran High School Host Club
(manga): Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
Comedy: Azumanga Daioh
Comedy: Potemayo
Romantic comedy: Ouran High School Host Club
Slice of life/school life: Sketchbook Full Colors
Economics drama: Spice and Wolf
Comedy: Azumanga Daioh
Action: Black Lagoon
Robot: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
BEST EVER: Baccano!
OLDER THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE WATCHED YET BUT SHOULD
Samurai Champloo.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Big O.
G Gundam.
Bounen no Xam'd: Lost Memories (Mecha/Sci-fi/Fantasy)
Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners (Action/Horror/Drama)
Kannagi (Rom-com/Drama)
Michiko to Hatchin (Action/Drama)
Minami-ke 1st and 3rd seasons, skip the 2nd one (Comedy/Slice-of-life)
Rideback (Mecha/Action)
Sketchbook ~full Color'S~ (Slice-of-life/...erm... it's good, just watch it)
To Aru Majutsu no Index (Action/Comedy)
Toradora (Rom-com/Drama)
Little Girls being adorable little girls + 1 fucking bitch (slice of life): Straberry Marshmellow
Magical Gril Drama (Not Anime): Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Clannad+Clannad After Story, Kannon, or Air
Giant Robots with charm, space bugs, a perfect ending and great animation: Gunbuster
Giant Robots with music and love triangles and missile spam: Macross
FABULOUS with giant robots: Code Geass
Giant Robots with PIERCE THE HEAVENS: Gurren Lagann
I AM GUNDAM: Gundam 00.
Slice of life (The only entry I'll ever put on), charming cast of characters: Azumanga Daioh
Sheer hilarity and randomness: Pani Poni Dash!
ProfMoriarty wrote: »Code Geass <--- I don't know how to categorize this. Mechs doesn't do it justice, but neither does drama.
Mech: GaoGaiGar
Comedy: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
You Will Cry Like a Little Girl: Air
CyborgZeta wrote: »Action/Adventure: Samurai Champloo
Fantasy: Escaflowne
Comedy: Ouran High School Host Club
Mecha: Full Metal Panic!
Romance: Eureka Seven
Horror: Ghost Hunt
Gundam: Gundam X and/or Turn A Gundam
Action/Mecha/Henshin: Tekkaman Blade
Chrono Helix wrote: »I would like to add Akagi and Kaiji to the list of recommendations.
My kinda late recommendations list short version
Best sport series: Hajime no Ippo
Slice of Life: Honey & Clover
Comedy: Detroit Metal City
Giant Robots: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
The odd one out pick? Let's Bible.
The long version [see post for long version]
For lack of anyone else recommending it-The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Way better than Air-Kanon: Kyon in the snow (Less chin version)
Shipping delight without a proper ending-School Rumble
Board games with pretty good music-Hikaru no Go
Polearms!-Moribito
Kuwabara playing basketball-Slam Dunk
Fantasy: Moribito
Supernatural: Death Note
Slice-of-life: Azumanga Daioh(The manga, too)
Romance(with mecha...): Eureka 7
Post-apocalyptic: Tokyo Magnitude 8
Medieval/Renaissance: Spice and Wolf
Mecha(Real)/War story: Flag
Mecha(Comedy): Martian Sucessor Nadesico
Action: Black Lagoon
In it's own catagory altogether: Baccano!
Action / Adventure: Samurai Champloo, Sword of the Stranger
Action / Sci-fi: Canaan, Darker than Black, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Adventure / Drama: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Adventure / Fantasy: Fullmetal Alchemist, Xam'd
Comedy / Slice of life: Azumanga Daioh
Comedy / Despair: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Drama / Economics: Spice & Wolf
Drama /Supernatural: Bakemonogatari
Fantasy / Mecha: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Horror / Trainwreck: School Days
Supernatural / Thriller: Death Note
Something completely awesome: Baccano!
Let's see...
Chobits, Shuffle, Haruhi, Ninomiya, LoveCom, Tayutama, Prism Ark, Gravitation, Kamisama Kazoku, Maburaho... HiME, Otome, Chrno, Elfen Lied, Peach Girl, Narutaru, Shana, Geass, Fushigi Yuugi, Utena, Higurashi, and I'm tired of listing them. Are we finished here?
I made a sandwich made of melted cheese inside of fried cheese once. It was very very salty, but still delicious.
Action: Samurai Champloo, Sword of the Stranger
Immortal Gangsters: Baccano!
Sports/Comedy: Cross Game
Sports/Action: Hajime no Ippo
What the hell?/Awesome: FLCL, Tekkon Kinkreet
Ghibli: Princess Mononoke
Comedy: Minami-ke (first series)
BOO HOO: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
So good it makes up for all the ungodly tripe: Azumanga Daioh
That should cover most of my bases.
Xenogears of Bore wrote: »Best Overall Anime: Cowboy Bebop
Best Action/Tournament Fighter/Space Opera/Country Music Song/Mecha/Second Best Mecha Love Story Show: Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Best Teacher in all of Japan: Great Teacher Onizuka
Father Knows Best: Azumanga Daioh
Best My Original Joke for this Was a Pikapuff Level Spoiler: Haruhi
Best Mecha Love Story: Eureka Seven
Best Man JYB does a ton of dubs now: Trigun
Best "Oh Shit We Lost Our Funding...TWICE!": Outlaw Star
Best Train: Baccano!
Nicest Boat: School Days One Piece
Best Show that would have been Better without the Giant Mecha:Big O
Best Show that Will have you in stitches from episode 4 on: School Rumble
Best Use of Homo Sidekicks: Ouran
Best Use of Long Dead Celebrities: Cromartie
Best Job by a voice actress in portraying a character so accurately she ruined her voice: Excel Saga (Dub)
Best 80's/2030's hair: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Careful note here, bad guys generally have shitty hair while good guys look like Bon Jovi groupies!)
Best Platonic Form of All Things That is Anime: Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Reverse harem that turns into Magical Fighting Shounen and AWESOME: Mahou Sensei Negima (#3 personal, manga and OADs ONLY, ignore the anime)
Yuri+Magical Girl, deconstructed: My Hime (#2 personal)
Yuri+Magical Girl that turns into Shounen that then turns into Mecha and AWESOME: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (#1 personal, get through first 4 episode of Season 1 and you are set)
Yuri+mecha insanity: Kannazuki no Miko (#4 personal)
Yuri+Underrated war: Simoun
Action+Modern Day+Special Powers: Darker than Black, Tokyo Majin Gakuen, Witch Hunter Robin
Action+Samurai: Sword of the Stranger (the never failed recommendation), Samurai Champloo
Drama+Character/World Exploration: Haibane Renmei
Drama+blatant heartstring pulling: Rumbling Hearts/Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Comedy+Romance+School: School Rumble
Comedy+Romance/Harem+4th wall: Ouran High School Host Club
Comedy+Romance+Mecha+Drama: Full Metal Panic
Underrated mecha: Sokyuu no Fafner, Zegapain
Economics: Spice and Wolf
Traps: Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
The All-Star recommendations list definitely needs more Now and Then Here and There, and Rosario+Vampire.
And Virtua Fighter, English dub.
Fencingsax wrote: »Why the fuck does Cowboy Bebop only have 2 thumbs?
So, this recommendation thingie. Let me join in it:
Mindfuck: Paranoia Agent
Sci-fi Mindfuck: Serial Experiments Lain
Apocalyptic Sci-fi Mindfuck: Texhnolyze
Apocalyptic Sci-fi Mindfuck 2: Gilgamesh
Apocalyptic Sci-fi: Casshern Sins
Dystopic Sci-fi: Jin-Roh the wolf brigade
Cyberpunk: Ghost in the Shell
Slice of Life: Haibane Renmei
Slice of Life 2: Kino no Tabi (Kino's Journey)
Slice of Life 3: Mushishi
Super Powered Slice of Life: Red Garden
Deconstructive Shoujo: Revolutionary Girl Utena (watch the movie after the series)
Fairy tale Deconstruction: Princess Tutu
Comedy: FLCL
Romance: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (Kare Kano/His and Her Circumstances)
Romance 2: Bokura Ga Ita
Mecha Surfer Action/Romance thing: Eureka Seven
Mecha Action/Comedy: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Airforce Action Mindfuck: Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (Battle Fairy Yukikaze)
There are some more I wanted to cram in, but this is enough for now.
Alternatively, you can head on over to MyAnimeList and create yourself a profile. Then, join the PA Group for Judging Others and use the List of PA Handles thread to figure out who's who. If you put what you've watched into your profile, you can then get a comparison between yourself and another poster and see how well your tastes match up!
On the other hand, you may find yourself looking for a broader perspective.
In that case, why not take a gander at...
The Penny-Arcade All-Star Anime Recommendations List:
(credit goes to Chen for original compilation)
Note that a thumbs up does not equal an incremental number for the quality of a given series or movie. It is merely the number of times people have recommended it. Also note that the main purpose of this list is to introduce anime viewers to lesser known titles, so please refrain from throwing a hissy fit if your favorite show doesn't get enough recognition, because odds are it's already well-known to the public.
Azumanga Daioh :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Baccano! :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Ouran High School Host Club :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Samurai Champloo :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Eureka Seven :^: :^: :^: :^:
FLCL :^: :^: :^: :^:
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex :^: :^: :^: :^:
Hajime no Ippo :^: :^: :^: :^:
Honey & Clover :^: :^: :^: :^:
Spice and Wolf :^: :^: :^: :^:
Black Lagoon :^: :^: :^:
Cowboy Bebop :^: :^: :^:
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit :^: :^: :^:
Nodame Cantabile :^: :^: :^:
School Rumble :^: :^: :^:
Sketchbook ~full color'S~ :^: :^: :^:
Sword of the Stranger :^: :^: :^:
Air :^: :^:
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion :^: :^:
Cross Game :^: :^:
Darker than BLACK :^: :^:
Death Note :^: :^:
Detroit Metal City :^: :^:
Full Metal Panic! :^: :^:
Great Teacher Onizuka :^: :^:
Gunbuster :^: :^:
Haibane Renmei :^: :^:
Martian Successor Nadesico :^: :^:
Minami-ke :^: :^:
Mobile Fighter G Gundam :^: :^:
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team :^: :^:
Mushishi :^: :^:
Planetes :^: :^:
Revolutionary Girl Utena :^: :^:
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei :^: :^:
Strawberry Marshmallow :^: :^:
The Big O :^: :^:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya :^: :^:
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 :^: :^:
Xam'd: Lost Memories :^: :^:
After War Gundam X :^:
Air Master :^:
Akagi :^:
Angelic Layer :^:
Bakemonogatari :^:
Bamboo Blade :^:
Bokura ga Ita :^:
CANAAN :^:
Candy Boy :^:
Casshern Sins :^:
Clannad :^:
Cromartie High School :^:
Denno Coil :^:
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden :^:
Ef - a tale of memories :^:
Excel Saga :^:
Fafner :^:
Flag :^:
Fullmetal Alchemist :^:
GaoGaiGar: King of Braves :^:
Ghost Hunt :^:
Gilgamesh :^:
Gintama :^:
Hikaru no Go :^:
His and Her Circumstances :^:
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade :^:
Kaiji :^:
Kamichu! :^:
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens :^:
Kanon :^:
Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinners :^:
Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple :^:
Kino’s Journey :^:
Legend of the Galactic Heroes :^:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha :^:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's :^:
Michiko to Hatchin :^:
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 :^:
Monster :^:
My-HiME :^:
Natsume Yuujinchou :^:
Now and Then, Here and There :^:
One Piece :^:
Otoboku - maidens are falling for me! :^:
Outlaw Star :^:
Pani Poni Dash! :^:
Paranoia Agent :^:
Potemayo :^:
Princess Mononoke :^:
Princess Tutu :^:
Red Garden :^:
Rideback :^:
Rosario + Vampire :^:
Rumbling Hearts :^:
Saki :^:
School Days :^:
Serial Experiments Lain :^:
Simoun :^:
Skip Beat! :^:
Slam Dunk :^:
Tekkaman Blade :^:
Tekkon Kinkreet :^:
Texhnolyze :^:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time :^:
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross :^:
The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk :^:
The Twelve Kingdoms :^:
The Vision of Escaflowne :^:
To Aru Majutsu no Index :^:
Tokyo Majin :^:
Toradora! :^:
Trigun :^:
Turn A Gundam :^:
Virtua Fighter :^:
Witch Hunter Robin :^:
Yu Yu Hakusho :^:
Yukikaze :^:
Zegapain :^:
Baccano! :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Ouran High School Host Club :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Samurai Champloo :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann :^: :^: :^: :^: :^:
Eureka Seven :^: :^: :^: :^:
FLCL :^: :^: :^: :^:
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex :^: :^: :^: :^:
Hajime no Ippo :^: :^: :^: :^:
Honey & Clover :^: :^: :^: :^:
Spice and Wolf :^: :^: :^: :^:
Black Lagoon :^: :^: :^:
Cowboy Bebop :^: :^: :^:
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit :^: :^: :^:
Nodame Cantabile :^: :^: :^:
School Rumble :^: :^: :^:
Sketchbook ~full color'S~ :^: :^: :^:
Sword of the Stranger :^: :^: :^:
Air :^: :^:
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion :^: :^:
Cross Game :^: :^:
Darker than BLACK :^: :^:
Death Note :^: :^:
Detroit Metal City :^: :^:
Full Metal Panic! :^: :^:
Great Teacher Onizuka :^: :^:
Gunbuster :^: :^:
Haibane Renmei :^: :^:
Martian Successor Nadesico :^: :^:
Minami-ke :^: :^:
Mobile Fighter G Gundam :^: :^:
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team :^: :^:
Mushishi :^: :^:
Planetes :^: :^:
Revolutionary Girl Utena :^: :^:
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei :^: :^:
Strawberry Marshmallow :^: :^:
The Big O :^: :^:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya :^: :^:
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 :^: :^:
Xam'd: Lost Memories :^: :^:
After War Gundam X :^:
Air Master :^:
Akagi :^:
Angelic Layer :^:
Bakemonogatari :^:
Bamboo Blade :^:
Bokura ga Ita :^:
CANAAN :^:
Candy Boy :^:
Casshern Sins :^:
Clannad :^:
Cromartie High School :^:
Denno Coil :^:
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden :^:
Ef - a tale of memories :^:
Excel Saga :^:
Fafner :^:
Flag :^:
Fullmetal Alchemist :^:
GaoGaiGar: King of Braves :^:
Ghost Hunt :^:
Gilgamesh :^:
Gintama :^:
Hikaru no Go :^:
His and Her Circumstances :^:
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade :^:
Kaiji :^:
Kamichu! :^:
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens :^:
Kanon :^:
Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinners :^:
Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple :^:
Kino’s Journey :^:
Legend of the Galactic Heroes :^:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha :^:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's :^:
Michiko to Hatchin :^:
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 :^:
Monster :^:
My-HiME :^:
Natsume Yuujinchou :^:
Now and Then, Here and There :^:
One Piece :^:
Otoboku - maidens are falling for me! :^:
Outlaw Star :^:
Pani Poni Dash! :^:
Paranoia Agent :^:
Potemayo :^:
Princess Mononoke :^:
Princess Tutu :^:
Red Garden :^:
Rideback :^:
Rosario + Vampire :^:
Rumbling Hearts :^:
Saki :^:
School Days :^:
Serial Experiments Lain :^:
Simoun :^:
Skip Beat! :^:
Slam Dunk :^:
Tekkaman Blade :^:
Tekkon Kinkreet :^:
Texhnolyze :^:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time :^:
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross :^:
The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk :^:
The Twelve Kingdoms :^:
The Vision of Escaflowne :^:
To Aru Majutsu no Index :^:
Tokyo Majin :^:
Toradora! :^:
Trigun :^:
Turn A Gundam :^:
Virtua Fighter :^:
Witch Hunter Robin :^:
Yu Yu Hakusho :^:
Yukikaze :^:
Zegapain :^:
And, this should be your expression in the anime thread:
Otherwise you're doing it...er...let's go with this instead:
...right. Otherwise, you're doing it wrong.
A link to one of the older thread OPs, the content of which will eventually all be reproduced here:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=106271
Current season stuff:
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Anyone reading The World God Only Knows?
Getting caught up on Cross Game. Damn why did I slack off keeping up with this, it is the best show.
Yea, just finished the latest arc, nice twist on the normal route.
I would say Tenri/Diana and Ayumi are favourites. The pilot chapter was so good that Ayumi is really stuck in my mind. Some runner ups would be Jun, Chihiro and Kanon.
On another note a new Aoi Hana chapter. Yay it's been months.
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It's been a long time, so I can't remember all of their names, but Ayumi is defintely awesome.
I liked Librarian, Karate-girl, and Nagase (the teacher) a lot.
Although, to be honest, I don't think there are any I dislike.
WHY OH GOD WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT A SHOW TO BE SUPER S????
I really want to want to give Nanoha another try.
all that good stuff
CHECK YOUR MOE AT THE MOTHAFUCKIN DOOR
IF YOUR EYES TAKE UP OVER ONE-THIRD OF YOUR FACE, YOU ARE OUT
SORRY, GOTTA SHOUT OVER ALL THE TOTALLY KICKASS GUNSHOTS AND FISTFIGHTS GOIN ON
The only arc I felt was a little weak was perhaps Tsukiyo's (the telescope girl that shrunk) but even that was pretty alright. I don't really dislike any of the girls either. This is definitely my favourite harem series currently. Capture god fuck yeah.
To be perfectly honest my OP would just make the anime thread a G Gundam thread. Talking about other weeaboo stuff? That's a paddling.
I bet it would still make it to 100 pages.
Whoever had that post number gets to do the OP.
Jesus juice getting into the Cross Game club makes it ok.
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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The worst part was getting 10 minutes into ep 33 and realizing I'd never watched ep 32 fffffffffffff
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Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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I just haven't been in the mood.
But it's almost over. Only half a dozen episodes to go!
I don't know what I'll do for anime after unless durlrururl really grabs me.
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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What's this? A manga?
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This is that manga based on the Silk Road right? The art is pretty in depth. The author also did Emma I recall.
An awesome manga.
And yeah, the art is wonderful.
Here's a good example, if the link works.
http://media.onemanga.com/mangas/00005522/000268812/06-07.jpg
I don't follow much in terms of manga, but I'll admit to keeping track of this one. It's got a good style to it. I got introduced to the series through the Minami Ikoma arc, and haven't actually gotten back to most of the earlier arcs yet... guess I'll have to go back and see, since it seems most of your guys' faves have been earlier in the series.
The beginning is pretty great. Elsee (or however you want to spell her name) is cute and I feel like the first part of the series gives her a bit more time to shine.
Man... that was a pretty good arc ending episode.
Loved the battles between
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So they could just run away...okay faint and wake up and feebly roll away