GTO: The Early Years
If your familiar with the Great Teacher Onizuka manga/anime, then you'll probably enjoy this little spin off series based around the teen years of Onizuka and Dahma. It's pretty simple when it comes to plot, which basically involves the two delinquents trying to lose their virginity and through a series of drastic action, hilarity ensues. If you liked the original series, then I'm sure you'll enjoy the quirky humour and the delinquent high school badassery that follows the main characters around. It's fun to read and I'd recommend it if your looking for a few chuckles.
Paranoia Agent
A psychological thriller that takes a variety of characters from all walks of life and entwines them into a local phenomenon that delves into each characters deepest problems and how they react to the world under different circumstances. It has such and interesting plot and I find it really hard to stop myself from reading until the early hours of the morning. The characters are what makes the show, at first they all seem kind of normal, but as you start to see what happens behind closed doors, their real characteristics and problems start to open up and it's sometimes frightening.
The main plot line involves a series of attacks from an unknown delinquent that the media have named 'Little Slugger' and it follows two detectives are in charge of finding out how the attacker is and how all his victims are connected to each other. Paranoia Agent was made to twist your perspective of how people are when alone and how certain people react to certain situations and it succeeds on both accounts. If your into thrillers that need a little bit of brain power to get in to, then highly recommend this series.
Shaman King
It follows the shonen handbook way to closely and that makes it kind of off putting. If your looking to get into another standard shonen that follows a young guy looking to become the best at what he does, while also being laid back and happy go lucky, then I guess Shaman King is alright, but I'd much rather recommend something like One Piece, History's Strongest Disciple or Fullmetal Alchemist (especially Fullmetal Alchemist).
Anime Hour
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
I'll keep this one short. Brotherhood is an amazing series that consists of 50 episodes. The animation, dialogue, plot and voice acting is all fantastic and it's one of the few shonen anime that offers action packed fights, while also dwelling on mature themes and an incredibly interesting plot line. I highly recommend Fullmetal Alchemist and I can't imagine that any anime fan could dislike it.
Dead Leaves
If your into really interesting animation and batshit insane wackiness, then I'm pretty sure you'll love Dead Leaves. The movie is strong on animation, craziness and a stellar soundtrack, but the story isn't actually compelling, though it is crazy and should keep you entertained. It's recommended if your into new crazy art styles and love the idea of having retro cartoons mixed with more action oriented and mature themes. It's funky and delicious.
I'm trying to keep this thread going, so if anyone's willing to help by posting their own reviews on any manga, anime or movie that they've been watching, don't hesitate to post.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
