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[Femmeworth]

I would probably avoid Cowboy Bebop, its style of storytelling and unappealing characters and characters that make you not really care for them makes it a pretty ungood story.

Anyway, Id suggest these three, I guess.
Guilty Crown - Good action, visuals, and music, really one of the lead anime of the decade and is pretty good. Definitely look into it for its special powers, visuals, and storytelling.

K - Possibly one of the most explosive and action intense new anime of the year and bound to be even bigger, excellent music, character designs, story, and world.

Angel Beats - Hilarious and emotional, and really memorable for its short run, check it out.

Also suggest Death Note like everyone else, and Naruto or Hunter x Hunter if you really want some long anime.

This user may or may not be a work of fiction. Be advised.

 

[Ninjimbo]

I can get behind Angel Beats. It's about kids in the afterlife coping with the fact that they're dead and have regrets. The dub is kind of awful though.

 

[mephixto]

First post nailed it

Last great anime was Cowboy Beebop, after that....I don't know.... Death Note?

90% of anime today are chibis, harem and fanservice, etc.

 

[shinobi602]

Kind of...flabbergasted no one's posted it yet...

 

[DrForester]

First post nailed it

Last great anime was Cowboy Beebop, after that....I don't know.... Death Note?

90% of anime today are chibis, harem and fanservice, etc.

Been plenty of good stuff. Haibane Renmei, Spice and Wolf, Princess Tutu, Penguindrum, Baccano, Durararararararararararararararara, Princess Jellyfish, Kids on the Slope, Gurren Lagann...

 

[mephixto]

Been plenty of good stuff. Haibane Renmei, Spice and Wolf, Princess Tutu, Penguindrum, Baccano, Durararararararararararararararara, Princess Jellyfish, Kids on the Slope, Gurren Lagann...

Nothing that stand out of the rest Cowboy Beebop, Evangelion are landmarks

 

[Gartooth]

Echoing the sentiments about Cowboy Bebop. Incredible show, easily my favorite anime ever and I highly recommend you to watch it.

 

[Wellscha]

La Blue Girl.

 

[TUSR]

La Blue Girl.

Nooooooope.

 

[Typographenia]

Kind of...flabbergasted no one's posted it yet...

Dragonball >>>>> Dragonball Z


I already took care of it. ; )

 

[XenoRaven]

First post nailed it

Last great anime was Cowboy Beebop, after that....I don't know.... Death Note?

90% of anime today are chibis, harem and fanservice, etc.

Samurai Champloo you big jerkface.

 

[DrForester]

Nothing that stand out of the rest Cowboy Beebop, Evangelion are landmarks

I'd put Haibane Renmei over Cowboy Bebop anyday.

 

[John Blade]

Kinda surprise no one say Ah my Goddess TV series. It's actually a decent anime to watch.

 

[BIGWORM]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan for over the top action and animation. <3 Gainax

 

[Sinistral]

Was going to detail what makes some of these so great but... there's so many and they're all so good. I've missed a lot too...


Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Planetes
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Hajime no Ippo

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Berserk

Read or Die
FLCL
Mushishi
Black Lagoon
Great Teacher Onizuka
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Princess Mononoke
Summer Wars
Millennium Actress
Tokyo Godfathers

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Death Note is a modern classic

 

[(._.)]

pm me if you wanna join my anime club

 

[1st Course]

Perfect Blue
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal

Good stuff that I would recommend to anyone.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Dragon Ball Z

 

[sleepykyo]

La Blue Girl.

Setting aside that it is an obvious troll post, there should be some sort of disclaimer.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Kind of...flabbergasted no one's posted it yet...

As the biggest fan back in the day I just don't think it aged well.
or maybe Kai is just bad.

 

[mephixto]

Samurai Champloo you big jerkface.

Ohh fck how did I forget about it sry that was great anime.

Mnnn thread bring memories:

Cowboy Bebop
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
Evangelion
Samurai Champloo
Death Note
Macross
GTO
Golden Boy
Code Geass
Escaflowne

 

[Clairvoyance]

Ohh fck how did I forget about it sry that was great anime.

Mnnn thread bring memories:

Cowboy Bebop
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
Evangelion
Samurai Champloo
Death Note
Macross
GTO
Golden Boy
Code Geass
Escaflowne

lol.

Also, Mushishi shits all over Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Retro_]

Legend of Galactic Heroes

Giant Robo OVA

Space Runaway Ideon

Kaiba

Cyber City Oedo 808


Then watch as many of those director's other works as you can

Death Note is a modern classic

good lord...

 

[mephixto]

lol.

Yeah yeah I know story was kinda original, guilty pleasure lol

 

[Dark Octave]

I saw that there is a Tales of Vesparia prequel anime in the works.

Pretty excited for this.

 

[wonzo]

Angel's Egg

Dennou Coil

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse

Time of Eve Movie

Trapeze aka Kuuchuu Buranko

You Are Umasou Movie

Plus anything listed here:

My favorites:

Revolutionary Girl Utena
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Dennou Coil
Ghost in the Shell (movie)
Macross Plus
Toward the Terra
Samurai Champloo
Cromartie High School
Fantastic Children
Baccano!
Angel's Egg
Haibane Renmei

Revolutionary Girl Utena - musical/romance
Angel's Egg - action/adventure
Anne of Green Gables - historical Canadian slice-of-life
Night on the Galactic Railroad - feel-good comedy
Midori (Shoujo Tsubaki) - children's coming-of-age film

Something for everyone - good listenin' for the whole family!

More -utterly sincere- recommendations from off the beaten path:

Chirin no Suzu/Ringing Bell (cute little anthropomorphic lambs!)
Belladonna of Sadness (groovy 70s psychedelia!)
The Rose of Versailles (fabulous 70s melodrama & gender bending!)
Oniisama e... (probably the single highest concentration of bitch factor in a single work in any medium - a truly glorious sight to see)
Gauche the Cellist (because the 70s were the best!)

 

[Jacob]

Time of Eve

This show sounded intriguing so I tried watching it, but all the quick cuts and camera movements made me nauseous so I turned it off before the end of the first episode even though I was curious to see where the show went. Does the show get better with the cuts and/or is it good enough that I should suck it up and try watching it again?

 

[Necrovex]

This user may or may not be a work of fiction. Be advised.

He's aiming to prevent this gent from entering the horrifying scene that is anime.

 

[cajunator]

Come join us in the community anime thead

 

[Memento_Mori15]

This show sounded intriguing so I tried watching it, but all the quick cuts made me nauseous so I turned it off before the end of the first episode even though I was curious to see where the show went. Does the show get better with the cuts and/or is it good enough that I should suck it up and try watching it again?

Suck it up and just watch the movie.

 

[wonzo]

This show sounded intriguing so I tried watching it, but all the quick cuts made me nauseous so I turned it off before the end of the first episode even though I was curious to see where the show went. Does the show get better with the cuts and/or is it good enough that I should suck it up and try watching it again?

You're better off watching the Movie as while the quick cuts are still there at the beginning, it flow's much better without all the episode breaks. Plus it add's a couple of scenes including one very important one after the credits. It's definitely worth giving it another chance.

 

[Necrovex]

Come join us in the community anime thead

People lose their mental stability in that thread!

 

[Syrinx]

People lose their mental stability in that thread!

Only the weak ones.

 

[Jacob]

Come join us in the community anime thead

I've tried posting there before but it just moves too quick for me, I think. I have a hard time keeping up with any one discussion. :/

Suck it up and just watch the movie.

You're better off watching the Movie as while the quick cuts are still there at the beginning, it flow's much better without all the episode breaks. Plus it add's a couple of scenes including one very important one after the credits. It's definitely worth giving it another chance.

Cool, I'll see if I can find the movie. I had been watching the show on Crunchyroll before.

 

[toddhunter]

He's aiming to prevent this gent from entering the horrifying scene that is anime.

Then he should watch Ergo Proxy first for sure.

 

[meltingparappa]

Oh god, how could I forget to recommend

M I N D G A M E


If you talk about animation as an artform with the potential to express something profound, this is it.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I've tried posting there before but it just moves too quick for me, I think. I have a hard time keeping up with any one discussion. :/





Cool, I'll see if I can find the movie. I had been watching the show on Crunchyroll before.

Don't worry about trying to keep up! Just post what you want and read what you can

 

[Rebel Leader]

The only anime series I've watched are .hack//SIGN when it came out long ago, really loved the slow-burning story, unique atmosphere and music.

I watched the first half of Steins;gate recently and loved the story, though some of the typical cliché characters really got on my nerves (especially the classic annoying high-pitched little girl -.-).

What do you think would be great series to begin with? And why? I've heard great things about Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost in the shell, Noir, Madlax, etc. I just don't know where to begin!! =D

EDIT: Please disregard my thread title fail.

DEADMAN WONDERLAND

 

[kingkitty]

Kids on the Slope is pretty good.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Summer Wars, I saw that.

If you saw the first Digimon movie and liked the look of it, this movie looks like that.

 

[Norua]

First post nails it.

Also, One Piece.

 

[Forceatowulf]

Ignore everything anyone said in here and just listen to me. I got you.

Watch these anime:

Berserk
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Akira

If you don't like any of these than you should just pack up your shit and walk out the Anime door. There is no fucking reason to bother.

 

[petethepanda]

You should listen to The Pillows.

And then you should watch FLCL.

Well, listen to the pillows up until 2002 or so, before they started their quick descent into suckdom. And watch FLCL.

I'm going to have to dig through this thread. I've always loved anime, but since the mid-whateverthelastdecadewascalled-s it's been really hard for me to find anything I like. Only thing I've watched recently was Kids on the Slope, which was great until it petered out in the end (which seems to be incredibly common in anime).

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

Can't believe people are suggesting FLCL to someone brand new to anime. It takes a very specific kind of person to get that shit from the get-go; 99% of people need to warm up to that.

For someone brand new to anime, I'd recommend:

1. Fullmetal Alchemist
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
4. Samurai Champloo
5. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

 

[klausbert]

FIST OF FURY YATATATATATTATATATTATATATTATATa

 

[Twin Drive System]

Needs more Cowboy Bebop.

Evangelion is pretty cool too.

I use to not like Evangelion (saw it during high school), but after watching the first two Rebuild movies recently. I've changed my mind.

 

[cajunator]

Needs more Cowboy Bebop.

Evangelion is pretty cool too.

I use to not like Evangelion (saw it during high school), but after watching the first two Rebuild movies recently. I've changed my mind.

Is that Millhi in your avatar?

 

[Mook1e]

Hi.
Not sure of it's already been said, but yeah, Ergo Proxy, Death Note, and Black lagoon complete me.

 

[Finaika]

Scrapped Princess.