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tarheel91 on 15 April 2009
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naznatips said:
tarheel91 said:
naznatips said:

 

I did in fact read that whole post, and for the record I love FLCL. It's one of my all-time favorites. But here's some stuff you may want to watch:

-If you want to see something smart, witty, and completely different from everything you've watched so far, check out Spice and Wolf. Just don't expect action.

-If you want something that's pretty nuts and gorey, but still manages to be funny and artistic, the very unique pulp-fiction style Baccano is a great one to check out.

-If you are secure in your sexuality and don't mind a good romance, Toradora is an excellent romantic comedy.

-If you are looking for something similar to Cowboy Bebop, there are 2 other space western anime out there: Outlaw Star and Trigun. Both are very good.

-If you want to see a serious mecha drama without all the emo crap, but still a unique approach to the genre, check out RahXephon.

 

I love your taste in anime.  I'd just add Eureka 7 to RahXephon (Both made by Bones).  A lot of KEY stuff is good for romantic comedy, but their endings piss me off.


@Rubang: If you're into anime movies right now, check out 5 Centimeters Per Second, Paprika, and The Girl who Lept Through Time.  I assume you've seen all the Studio Ghibli stuff.

 

E7 is good, but I was trying to give him a variety of options of different genres and styles of anime. I consider RahXephon a bit better in the mecha genre (if only cause Renton is really annoying for the first 10 episodes), so I gave him that instead.

And yeah, I like KEY, but if he's gonna watch a romance I'd rather it be Toradora than Clannad, even if Clannad is great too. Toradora is simply better paced than any other romantic comedy. You never have an episode where the status quo is maintained. You have character development constantly.

Yeah, I definitely agree that from a pure mecha perspective RahXephon is a bit better.  I like the characters of Eureka 7 a bit more, but that's really personal opinion, I guess.

ToraDora's my favorite romantic comedy, so I'm with you.  It's got some of the best individual scenes I've ever watched, and the comedy is amazing.  I was just trying to give a few more if he got done with those.  If he's like me, he'll spend all day watching some of those series in one sitting and get massively behind on work, but wanting more afterwards.

@Skeezer: I find Nagisa much more attractive, but I like Taiga's character a lot more.

CLANNAD SPOILERS:

The ending kills it for me.  There was such much emotion in those last few episodes; when Tomoya is finally connecting with Ushio and being forced to confront Nagisa's memory, that was incredible.  When Ushio died, my heart was about to break.  And then, out of no where magic saves the days?  That's just stupid to me.