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c03n3nj0 on 16 April 2009

I don't actually watch that much anime...



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tarheel91 on 16 April 2009
skeezer said:
tarheel91 said:
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.

I really know what you mean, if you really hated the ending that much you could consider ep 21 the end. But it's true to the visual novel, in which its the same exact ending. BTW there was magic in the anime before the last ep too......still a 10/10

 

More CLANNAD SPOILERS:

I know the magic part was a side story developed pretty consistently throughout the whole series, I just felt like it was a cheap way to end everything.  Let's make everything better with magic!

 



twilit on 16 April 2009

As of right now. All I'm watching is Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei and DBK.



DeltaXIII on 19 April 2009
Soriku said:
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - This seems like one of those cute girl animes...but it's not. It's a really fun watch. Story's more complicated than you'd think (just read up on it on Wikipedia if you want.) There's 2 fight scenes...one was pretty bloody.

 

 Did you watch it when it first came out? I feel it loses something if you didn't because of what they did with the episodes and such, so I would actually recommend this one just be shown to someone by someone else without them knowing how many episodes there are or anything, but maybe that's just me. I'll also say that people have to be careful with the first episode. It can put you off, but the rest isn't quite like it.

 

As for what I'm watching, FMAB and Just started DBK for the new ones. Continuing Naruto and Bleach. I'll probably look into more after the semester is over.



 

SleepWaking on 19 April 2009

Full Metal Alchemist
Phantom
Eden Of The East
Pandora Hearts
Hayate No Gotoku
K-ON!
Dragonball Kai
Valkyria Chronicles
Koukaku No Regiosu (ok it already started in January)
I tried Basara but thought it was crap.

I'm watching all this while still watching:

Naruto
Bleach
One Piece
Gintama
Hitman Reborn



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SleepWaking on 19 April 2009
KillerMan said:
Soriku said:
I don't think Baccano is that gory. Rather bloody at times though. Opening song is awesome <3 Too bad it's only 14 eps...

I need to check out RahXephon eventually too.

I'd recommend these to him too:

Hitman Reborn - My top anime, if you have any like for shonen anime at all (which you should since you like Naruto) and good story, characters, music, and so on this is perfect. Can be funny as well. First 20 eps not much action, really just fun eps but then it gets actiony. It's one of those long animes (I'm waiting for ep 129) but there's no filler like at all.

Soul Eater - Really good action and it's hilarious in the beginning episodes. After that it gets serious. Good characters, music, and story. Plus the art is unparalleled when it comes to anime IMO.

Bleach - Well, you like Naruto...good bloody action and funny.

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - This seems like one of those cute girl animes...but it's not. It's a really fun watch. Story's more complicated than you'd think (just read up on it on Wikipedia if you want.) There's 2 fight scenes...one was pretty bloody.

Code Geass - all round great show. First 7 eps are slow but it picks up A LOT. Great characters (Lelouch is like the greatest main character ever), good music, awesome mecha fights, really great story.

Death Note - awesome as well. People think it tends to become kinda meh after ep 25 (for a certain reason) but it has a really good story and good music. Light's a bitch though, he's the most evil character I've ever seen.

Gurren Lagann - You'll never get bored of this. There's fights in every episode. It's a mecha show and it has the greatest mechs in anime history. They're so original and the fights are just crazy and awesome. Good story and characters too, and good art.

 

Though the last episode sucked hard. The worst ending that I have seen in anime

 

I couldn't agree with you more, what a crap ending that was. Worst I've ever seen.



naznatips on 19 April 2009

Really? I liked the ending of Soul Eater. Hah.



Blacksaber on 19 April 2009

Only the new FMA since I'm still depressed from Toradora and Soul Eater ending a week from each other >_>



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supermario128 on 19 April 2009

Just finished the first episode of Dragon Ball Kai!




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The Ghost of RubangB on 19 April 2009

I've bookmarked this thread right next to my Hulu tab, so the next time I have some time for TV I'll try to catch up on all the recommendations here.

Also, the day after Avatar came up, we had a presentation on Avatar in my anime class, and I brought up the "but it's not an anime!" debate, and every student, both professors, and the TA thought it was nuts and all agreed it's an anime. The lecture was on "the transnational qualities of anime." It seems that debate only exists on the internet, and not in academia.



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