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Anime. An-i-me. An eeeee may.
Lackadaisical
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I love anime, in fact, I love it so much that I've pretty much run out of good anime to watch. At least, good anime that I know about. That's were you, my faithful PA audience, come in. What anime is good to watch? Preferably shorter series, I am honestly getting tired of all of this 300 episode-nothing-happens crap with shows like Naruto.
I've Seen and enjoyed the following:
Slayers (Original/Next/Tri/And Revolution [still waiting for the other 21...with great anticipation])
Naruto (Why the hell do I keep hoping something will happen with this?)
Bleach (how can they cut from an actual story arc to filler in mid arc!?)
Trigun
Cowboy Beebop
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin
Elfen Lied
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Zero No Tsukaima
FLCL
Escaflowne
Love Hina
Fumufu
Ranma 1/2 (never saw the full thing, but most of it.)
I can't think of anything else...Any shows that i'm missing?
I've Seen and enjoyed the following:
Slayers (Original/Next/Tri/And Revolution [still waiting for the other 21...with great anticipation])
Naruto (Why the hell do I keep hoping something will happen with this?)
Bleach (how can they cut from an actual story arc to filler in mid arc!?)
Trigun
Cowboy Beebop
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin
Elfen Lied
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Zero No Tsukaima
FLCL
Escaflowne
Love Hina
Fumufu
Ranma 1/2 (never saw the full thing, but most of it.)
I can't think of anything else...Any shows that i'm missing?
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Sandra Lee and Rachel Ray raped food.
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If only for the music.
Of course, "Now and Then, Here and There" is very good, too, if slightly dated and depressing.
You should also see Haibane Renmei.
Isn't there a D&D thread about anime that stays pretty current? You may want to ask there for a wider range of results. There's tons of anime.
BECK Mongolian Chop Squad
Shuffle!
Ergo Proxy
Fate/Stay night
Wolf's Rain
Also you don't appear to have seen Fullmetal Alchemist. You should watch that also.
-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (great comedy/quasi-mech anime)
-Baccano! (great "mystery" anime...I guess thats how to describe it)
-Rosario to Vampire (human attends a school for monsters, very good)
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (horror/mystery anime)
-Serial Experiments: Lain (a show that will make your brain explode...in a good way)
-BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (great show about music, with equally great music)
Weaboo List
Actually, I have seen Fullmetal Alchemist. I liked it, a lot. I just forgot to put it on my list. FLCL also.
I love FLCL. It's my go to thing, any time I'm feeling a little down and need a pick me up, I watch FLCL. Also, someone mentioned Fullmetal Alchemist and I whole heartedly support that, it's one of my favorite shows period, not just favorite anime series. Robotech is kinda fun in a nostalgic way, Last Exile is really bad ass, Lain, I liked Outlaw star, Fullmetal Panic, Escaflowne.
GitS: SAC and the movies are also great.
Robotech is fun, but I've always preferred Gundam. The original is fun for that old school feel, and 08th MS Team is more modern and really great.
too bad it isnt worth half that.
Escaflowne is a good show.
Chobits.
Love Hina.
All very good.
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I have seen Melancholy, and I liked it. Updated the list up top with more things i've seen.
Thanks for all of the help so far.
Also, list lacks shoujo/josei anime. To undo this heinous act, watch Fruits Basket, Honey & Clover, Ouran High School Host Club, NANA and Nodame Cantabile. In that order.
It's to Record of Lodoss Wars what Fumoffu was to Full Metal Panic.
Also, if you like violence in anime try Elfen Lied. That's short and self-contained as well.
Seriously.
....It's actually a lot better than the girly name implies. Basically a series with an interesting take on old fairy tales and classical music. It gets better and better with each episode and it's only about 2 seasons long.
And yeah, I also agree with the others about Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (When they Cry.) I don't even LIKE scary/bloody shows normally, and Higurashi just pulled me in with its story. I mean, damn it's good.
Black Cat is sufficient levels of awesome to entertain cowboy bebop fans.
If you like Rockman, there are about 8 anime series with him.
Claymore is pretty good, the manga is better. Same with Shaman King.
-Fushigi Yuugi, for epic.
-I would second Princess Tutu, but if you have a low tolerance for ballet and some really weird shit, you probably won't like it. If you can sit through three episodes, you're golden.
-Monster Princess. This is a fun, Love Hina-esque anime execpt everybody is some sort of monster and the boy in the center of it all dies like four times an episode.
-Ayashi no Ceres, by the same artist as Fushigi Yuugi.
-Revolutionary Girl Utena. Again with the weird shit, but also again with the epic. This anime leaves itself open to many different kinds of analysis, and while it may seem battle-of-the-week-ish at points, everything fits in, and every battle lends itself to further consideration. I had to watch it twice to appreciate it.
I know there are some I'm forgetting.
Gurren Lagann -Purely epic mecha action
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei- Downright hilarious comedy
Cowboy Bebop- obvious
Ouran High School Host Club- One of the more amusing shoujo series
FLCL- explained in prior posts
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya- decent wacky anime
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion- The main character is a genius of a magnificent bastard who continues to surprise
Macross Frontier-transformable planes/mechs battle in a universe influenced by the power of song
Gokusen- School of delinquents taken to task by a new teacher who is privately the heir to a yakuza gang
Genshiken- group of nerds in college, mockery ensues
SCHOOL RUMBLE- school life comedy involving misunderstood love triangles
Baccano!- 1930s alchemist/mobster/train battle action
Birdy the Mighty: Decode- sci fi show with a super agent whose body must be inhabited for 1/2 of the day by a high school boy she inadvertently killed
Nodame Cantabile- glorious orchestral music, story of two piano prodigies and the conflict/love between them
Azumanga Daioh- high school madness, hijinks ensue
Bounen no Xamdou- only into its 3rd episode incredibly promising, although difficult to explain. Sci fi, but not in space.
Eureka 7- fantastic
I am deeply ashamed. And you should be as well. Turn in your membership cards and badges.
Seriously though, its an anime that, well...you don't watch it to understand it, you watch it so you can join the rest of the fans in saying "WTF was that?"
As for the rest...seeing that that acursed D&D thread has rekindled my interest in anime I will most asuredly check out some of the anime recommended here, so thats from me as well.
Gurren Lagann, also by Gainax, surpasses it in every way.
Great animation, writing, and stories! AND a movie made by Hiyao Miyazaki! MOTHA FUCKA.
Also, watch ALL of Hiyao Miazaki's films, and then check out Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, and the original Ghost in the Shell.
And dunno if you said you'd seen it, but Bleach is great (when not in filler).
RahXephon is like a NGE that makes a little (very little) more sense and has a better protagonist and, while borderline rip off of NGE, I'd recommend it over NGE to anyone looking for some trippy mindfuck mecha anime anyday of the week.
Weaboo List
Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai (kind of an FLCL-ish over the top comedy)
Death Note (takes a somewhat disappointing turn partway through the series, but the beginning is great)
Dennou Coil (it's like the matrix, but with little girls.)
Ghost Hound (I can't really explain why I liked this so much, but I couldn't stop watching it)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (seriously, the first two arcs are the creepiest anime ever created)
Infinite Ryvius (Sort of Lord of the Flies in space)
Kino no Tabi (Gulliver's Travels-ish)
Kino no Tabi (Watch it!)
Kino no Tabi (Seriously.)
Last Exile (steam-punk piloting, etc)
Monster (this might be a bit long at 74(?) episodes, but it's far and away the best drama anime I've ever seen)
Now and Then, Here and There (worst villain ever)
Paranoia Agent (trippy and short)
Serial Experiments Lain (cannot be recommended enough)
Some recommendations with caveats:
Allison and Lillia (only 15 episodes out of 26 released yet)
Bokurano (if you like depressing things)
Elfen Lied (if you like gore and nudity it's actually a pretty good story)
Narutaru (from zero to totally fucked up in 13 episodes flat)
5cm/s (an excellent movie; AKA byousoku 5cm)
Hoshi no Koe (another movie; AKA Voices of a Distant Star)
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (movie; AKA The Place Promised in Our Early Days)
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (movie; AKA The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
I'm ashamed for forgeting about this one ^. Is is really, really good.
Have you ever seen "Heat Guy J"?
I never saw a bunch of it, but they played it on MTV for like... a few days or somthing. Anyway, the episodes I did see were entertaining.
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Pokemon
Digimon
Gundam Wing
T-Nation blog
I normally hate most anime, but I loved both of those.
It is really good giant supernatural robot action, but also ends up doing a lot more with characters and themes than you'd ever expect it to, especially during the second half.
There are only about 2 worthless episodes, and those are episode 4 (shitty guest director) and episode 16 (recap episode from start to finish). Other than that, it's one of those animes that I only watch once or twice a year because I enjoy it so much I don't want it to get stale.