Anime discussion

[Gilgamesh•]

Well, there hasn't been an anime thread in a while, so I figured I'd make my own.

Do you like anime?
What are your favorite series/OVAs/genres and why?
Do you have any good suggestions?

Me, I like some anime, but others bore me. I'm more interested by the ones that have an intriguing story or interesting characters. I do occasionally like fighting or mecha anime, as well as some that are more psychological/philosophical.

Some of my favorite series include Scryed, Escaflowne, Tekkaman Blade and Macross.

[chezhead]

I like mangas more than anames, sorry! But there is occasionally the Death Note I will watch (Which is my favorite Manga, BTW.).

[ARD•]

Do you like anime?

No.
They are all exactly the same, all the characters are the same, and you can't tell if they are male or female.

[robotiod]

No.
They are all exactly the same, all the characters are the same, and you can't tell if they are male or female.

true sometimes you can hardly tell this was the only picture i could find but its still hard to tell.

[Gilgamesh•]

true sometimes you can hardly tell this was the only picture i could find but its still hard to tell.[...]

Rurouni Kenshin. I tried to watch that once but I got bored quickly. I find that to be true of most episodic anime that gets any mainstream attention here.

I did enjoy the Patlabor movies though, I think they're great. Good mix of mech action, suspense, characters and even political intrigue.
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[Dexiro]

I used to watch Bleach a lot but i got to a point where the story went a bit random and most episodes were just fillers.

I've started watched other animes recently though, at the moment i'm watching Full Metal Alchemist and Dragonball Z

I started watching Death Note as well but it was way too dull and miserable, not sure if i'll watch any more of that.

[xkappax•]

I'm more of a fan of manga than anime, but I used to watch Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura and Kodomo No Omocha! ^_^

[IceMaiden]

I love films from Studio Ghibli, my favourite is Howl's moving castle. Princess Mononoke is also good and Grave of the Fireflies had me moved to tears.

Some of the music from anime is wonderful, Liminality from .Hack is incredible, I adore it.

Icey

[Gilgamesh•]

I watched Princess Mononoke. I thought it had a really interesting story and the animation was great.

I'm trying to remember the name of another movie, it was about an android that was trying to reach a kind of futuristic city in the sky.

[Pitcard]

I watched Princess Mononoke. I thought it had a really interesting story and the animation was great.

I'm trying to remember the name of another movie, it was about an android that was trying to reach a kind of futuristic city in the sky.

Erm... possibly Metropolis

If not, its still one of the best anime films I've seen. Up there with Akira and the Ghibli movies.

[Gilgamesh•]

Erm... possibly Metropolis

If not, its still one of the best anime films I've seen. Up there with Akira and the Ghibli movies.

Hmmm, I'm not sure that's it. The movie I remember had a much darker feel and I think it was older. Metropolis looks very interesting from the few trailers I've seen though.

EDIT: Ah, I think I've found it. The scene I remember is from the very end of the Battle Angel Alita OVA. I can't say I remember much else about it unfortunately.
EDIT 2: Upon further study, it seems that the entire OVA is as dark and depressing as the scene I remembered. I can't recommend it unless you like that style.

[Hybrid]

i am a guy that hates anime beqause the charathers are taking every thing to persenal but
i like deathnote its Great

[qrtda235566]

i am a guy that hates anime beqause the charathers are taking every thing to persenal but
i like deathnote its Great

I agree, the uberseriousness of some I've seen are ridiculous. The only anime I watch is Pokemon.

[Hybrid]

I agree, the uberseriousness of some I've seen are ridiculous. The only anime I watch is Pokemon.

the first seasons of pokemon are good
but when there are 2 new poeple (that glasses boy and that girl)
the show became what to uberseriousness

[Yarbone]

You guys should try to be more serious, and try to see the emotion in animes.
It's the same as movies, if you only like the standard action-filled movies, and don't care about story, then yes, most animes suck.

In most cases there's a bigger thought in the story. Something to think about, in all seriousness.

- just some thoughts 'n stuff

[rseah]

yarbone hi

well some are not really that deep but others are

i personally just read the manga

right now Naruto,Bleach,One Piece and Fairy Tail

[Yarbone]

yarbone hi

well some are not really that deep but others are

i personally just read the manga

right now Naruto,Bleach,One Piece and Fairy Tail

well, i don't like to watch animes that aren't deep >.<

and One Piece is awesome

[Ayneh]

Some of my favorite series include Scryed, Escaflowne, Tekkaman Blade and Macross.

You might like Evangelion if you haven't seen it already.

General recommendations would be...

Noir:



Planetes:



Le Chevalier d'Eon:



Kino's Journey:



Haibane Renmei:



Requiem from the Darkness, Nurse Witch Komugi, Gunlinger Girl and Banner of the Stars are all good as well.

[Gilgamesh•]

You might like Evangelion if you haven't seen it already.

I actually own the boxed set, but I don't own the movie/OVAs. Evangelion is a bit like Trigun to me in that I find the start of the series really interesting and then lose interest near the end.

[Ragfell]

S-cry-ed...I own the legends edition, which has all of the episodes on six discs.

Shocking..FIRST BULLET!