Anime suggestions

Vampire Knight
After School Nightmare
Absolute Boyfriend

 

^Those aren't anime though but manga. Although there will be a Vampire Knight anime version starting next month.

 

I definately agree with many of the suggestions above.

I've really enjoyed "RahXephon", a scifi with all sorts of confusing alliances. I would also reccomend "Scrapped Princess," a nice fantasy-scifi. It's a little obscure, but it's well worth watching. It's about a princess who is destined to cause the end of the world on her 16th birthday, so she was order to be executed as a baby, but a family took her in and raised her secretly. Now, as she's about to turn 16, they realize she's still alive and send assassins after her. There's all sorts of moral conflicts and plot twists.

 

Ok, I've been out of touch in Anime land lately, mainly because I'm in this dinky little town with NO Anime or Manga what-so-ever at the library , but most of the titles listed are good ones, from what I either remember or the little I've seen of them. I have to give a big endorsements to two of my favorites that I have seen, being Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. Simply awesome.

But I do have a question for Jedimarine. You said that mentioning Kenshin was "the unforgivable sin". Just out of simple curiousity, why is that? Sure, it is a bit campy, (OK, maybe more than just a bit) but the Kyoto arc fairly well rocks. And I really enjoyed Samurai X, even if it was a little hard to follow at times. Like I said, just curious, not trying to start anything .

--later--
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I watched Blood + Vol. 1 (when oh when will the rest of the series be available to DVD viewers?!). Many inconsistencies, occasionally silly, sometimes annoying -- but very beautiful, propelled by an excellent Mark Mancina score, with generally excellent building tension, fun action, and fine subplots. I will withhold a full review until the other half of the series is available, but so far I enjoy it more than I don't enjoy it.

Next on the docket: The Last Exile.

 

Tenchi Muyo...
The first 6 OVA episodes are excellent, tell a story, and finish.
Then they made another 7 that were OK, but didn't really go anywhere.

Then the movies... Excellent, ok, good.

Then there's the first TV series... Have to say after 5 episodes, I'm getting annoyed, and this is only 1/2 of disc 1 of _?

Then there's the Tenchi in Tokyo series which as far as I'm concerned was awful.

Question: is it worth the time to finish the retcon TV series?

 

ef - a tale of memories
Kurenai
Shigofumi

Three newer ones that are brilliant.

Plus, if you want comedy, can't go wrong with Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler), Lucky Star or Minami-ke.

 

I think this might be the place to ask this question: is Code Geass any good? I've been looking for a new anime series while I'm waiting for Gundam 00, and I've read some good things about Code Geass. Does anyone have any opinion on the show?

 

Code Geass is quite good and entertaining (it's basically Death Note meets Gundam) however the second season was a... disappointment.

 

A FABULOUS and hilarious disappointment.

 

Azumanga Daioh

Probably doesn't fall under what you are looking for. But it's great for a laugh.

~PK~

 

Since it's currently rated #2 on Anime News Network (out of 3000 different titles!), I'll take your word for it.

 

I'm making an effort to find Anime that looks interesting to me. Appleseed Ex Machina was basically what started me on this path, though when I went looking for the original Appleseed I found I didn't like it. Blood: The Last Vampire and Blood + vol. 1. They were decent - Blood + being better. But I can't find volume 2 anywhere. Volume three, easy to find. Volume two, not so much. Next, I decided to try Gundam. Starting with Gundam Seed. We'll see how that goes.

 

Gundam Seed is by far the best of the Gundam series (that I have seen; still waiting on Gundam 00). You should enjoy it a lot.

 

You really should get some of the Universal Century era Gundam series. I always say start with the originals when you can. MSG may not be pretty by today's standards, but it is really fun series. And that's where most of the tropes of the franchise began. Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam are also fun series, just don't expect ZZ Gundam to be the same tone as Zeta and you should enjoy it just fine. But, I'm a big fan of the character Haman Karn...which may be another reason I forgave ZZ Gundam's flaws so easily.

But seriously, try to get copies of the original series and the spin-offs set in that timeline. SEED is good, but it's not going to replace the originals. Oh, and if you value your sanity stay away from SEED's sequel.

 

Yeah, SEED Destiny wasn't so good. It was watchable, certainly not the worst in the franchise. I actually enjoyed it more than Gundam Wing. Wing seemed so random in places that I very nearly did lose my sanity!

 

I know a lot of people are going to jump on me for being "mainstream" (you know, since you need to like the more obscure anime in order to be "edgy" and "cool"), but I really suggest giving Dragon Ball a try. It's 42 volumes of good, brainless fun. If you aren't uppity about something insulting your intelligence, and you're not afraid to say things like "ZOMG TAT EXPLOSION IZ KEWL!!!!", then it will be a worthwhile experience. Trust me.

 

Sometimes, you need a show like that. Something you can just sit back, watch, and admire the... artistic explosions...

Oh, come on, destruction is always a good thing!

 

I got annoyed with the first episode of DB being mostly about some girl trying to get some privacy and ending up dampening herself at the end of the fight because she couldn't. That cost the show any attention I might have been willing to spend on it.

 

That's why I suggest the manga over the anime. It doesn't drag nearly as badly and if you want to skip some parts, it's much easier to turn a page than to fast forward to some unknown point. At least, that works until you get to Dragon Ball GT. After DBZ, the manga stopped and the anime continued for 64 episodes before being cancelled.

 

Space Battleship Yamato/Starblazers was my favorite cartoon as a kid. It's pretty much the only anime that I REALLY want to see as a live action movie. I would recommend the first two seasons.

 

ooo what a great resource this has turned out to be!

One thing is though I found Deathnote a bit weird. I couldn't decide how I felt about it after 3 discs but i just can't get hooked on it. I know a couple of people who absoultely LOVE it though. I alsolike Fruits Basket but by what you guys seem to read//watch I don't think it will be your thing.

 

Can't recommend Cowboy Bebop highly enough, even if it is redundant at this point.

I'm sorry, but I have to make one HUGE correction here.

The english dubbing of Cowboy Bebop is, in fact the correct version (this is official, not fanboi ****ing) As strange as it may seem, the voicework originally done for the Japanese language version is not as high quality, nor are the voices accurate to the characters. The English version is, according to the director and the creator, the REAL and proper version.

Nobody should ever go into Cowboy Bebop with the mistaken assumption that the Japanese language track is correct. This may be the default case for almost all anime, this is the one case where it does not work. While not bad, the casting work that was done for the Japanese track resulting in very generic voices, and they did not align with the characters presented in the story (It's pretty obvious even to the untrained ear that the entire cast on the Japanese track consists of middle-aged Japanese individuals, who were struggling to portray a diverse, multi-ethnic cast of variously-aged individuals) The director went to great lengths to ensure that the voice actors for the English version were properly cast, and accurate to the characters. They accomplished this for the English version, and totally knocked it out of the park in terms of quality and delivery, too.

English Cowboy Bebop > Subtitled or Japanese Language Cowboy Bebop.


Don't watch the Japanese version, at least not first. You'll lose so much in the process.

 

How about Ginga Nagareboshi Gin and Ginga Densetsu Weed? Watch Nagareboshi Gin first before Weed though. Nagareboshi Gin came first and the story happens before Weed(Gin being Weed's father). It's an Anime about dogs. None of the DVDs are out over here and it has never been dubbed so you either have to watch it online or order the DVDs in.