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Tip on any anime series to watch?

Started by June 26, 2008 02:28 PM
67 comments, last by klems 16 years, 4 months ago
Quote: Original post by hydroo
The second worst thing is that the current filler arc started right in the middle of the action of the last arc.
And the worst thing is that I can't wait to see Zaraki Kenpachi kick the espada Nr. 1' butt. (probably by using his bankai)

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He wont have a chance. ~_^

On the other hand his vice captain is probably a little more strong than Kenpachi without bankai.

BTW they simplified anime quite a lot. For example at that place where that small girl is playing 1000 years of pain, she says something different in manga and in the anime. Anime is sometimes quite dumbed down. (especially in Claymore)
Baccano! is my top recommended anime of all time. Surprising nobody mentioned it yet.


Lain is a great anime *if you like no action whatsoever*. If you like Lain, you'd like Texhnolyze. They're both so goddam slow and overblown on slow artistic scnenery that you'll fall asleep and forget what they're even about when you're done.


Death Note has tons of stuff going on and is very amusing, but it Jumps the Shark more than any other anime I've seen.

Claymore was OK.

Bleach is a decent mix of action and plot, good art but progresses a bit slower than it could. Since it's MEANT to go as long as freaking possible it does its job very well.

Wolf's Rain is very interesting at the start but ends very weak.

Trinity Blood is very good. I don't know of a series called "Blood Trinity".


If you like slapstick, Seto no Hanayome and (to a lesser extent) Hayate no Gotoku are both great.

If you like sci-fi thrillers, Darker than Black is the best I've watched lately.

Saiyuki and sequels are FAR too dorky for my taste.

Full Metal Panic and especially FMP? Fumoffu were excellent.

Full Metal Alchemist was also excellent.

Hellsing is great but loses plot coherency FAST near the end. That's OK, it's meant to be pure ass-kicking and not very deep. There is an OVA in progress at the moment which looks more promising.
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Doesn't there come a time in someone's life where they grow out of cartoons?/quote]
Doesn't there come a time in someone's life where they grow out of computer games?

Actually, there is a big difference between Cartoons and Anime. yes, some anime can be cartoonish (pokemon), but have a look at Death Note (very good and I recomend). It is about a teenager who decides to fix the world by murdering every one he considers as bad (all he needs is their name and a face). Show that to a 6 year old and they will be having nightmares.

Ghost in the Shell (and GitS SAC 1 and 2) go into deep psychological theories that would not be understood may many adults let alone 10 year olds.

So, no. Anime is not Cartoons.

Anime is to Cartoons as Lord of the Rings is to Dumb and Dumber.
Quote: Original post by Nypyren
Death Note has tons of stuff going on and is very amusing, but it Jumps the Shark more than any other anime I've seen.

Overall its a really good series, especially since suspense doesn't get done in anime a lot,
But yea, it really goes downhill a lot after the time skip
Well, for now i've went with Lain and Death Note. Both are on their way.
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Quote: Original post by Edtharan
Show that to a 6 year old and they will be having nightmares.
Anime is to Cartoons as Lord of the Rings is to Dumb and Dumber.


also this one

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Quote: Original post by ldlework
edit: Just noticed the OP said Ghost in the Shell wasn't thought provoking enough. This surprises me and I'll confer with myself that Lain might fit the bill for you.


He must not have paid attention to the Tachikoma chatter. Go see Bananafish!

Spielberg bought the rights to the live action GitS.

GitS
Fooly Cooly
Full Metal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Eureka 7

Bleach is fun. Death Note has some intense moments. Paranoia Agent had it's moments too. Some episodes of Blood+ were excellent but it dragged overall. I still like Inuyasha [smile] Bleach runs on forever like Inuyasha.
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Quote: Original post by ldlework
edit: Just noticed the OP said Ghost in the Shell wasn't thought provoking enough. This surprises me and I'll confer with myself that Lain might fit the bill for you.


He must not have paid attention to the Tachikoma chatter. Go see Bananafish!

Well, i paid attention to about everything i could. While i thought the ideas they ventured into were interesting, they were not at all that thought provoking. The only time i had a slightly hard time following were the points where they were throwing a lot of detail to you at once, and those were still few and far between. But high information density is not the same as thought provoking or complex, at least in my opinion. Then again, maybe i'm just a gluten for mental masochism.
Although, the series is excellent imo and i would recommend it to others. We'll see how fun Lain and Death Note are too, i'm hoping they'll be quite good. I always enjoy engulfing myself in a series. Though i should have no worries from what i have heard here.
Though, in my op i didn't mention the other animes i've watched, which were mentioned here.. I've also seen Samurai X and the series, along with Samurai Champloo, both of which are good too.
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One Piece
I can't believe no one's mentioned this yet. It's long (oh very long), but its pacing is very good. I've seen the "big three" shounen (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece), and One Piece still feels the freshest of the three, despite being the longest. I suspect it has something to do with the way it's structured, as a series of sagas that bear the tiniest connection with each other, with overall-story-influencing parts dispersed here and there (generally between the sagas for a couple of episodes). It feels like they're going somewhere and developing (flashbacks are mercifully rare), but it doesn't feel like you've been watching the same thing for ages. I like it!

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Sports anime, can you believe it? I started reading the manga for this simply because I thought it would be funny, since my mate's into Gridiron. Turned out to be excellent, and some months later, did I find out a whole lot of other people thought so too. Although sports manga/anime may seem silly if you've never seen one, I encourage you to take a look, as some are pretty decent. I can't say anything about the anime itself, though, having only read the manga.


Oh, looking at the OP, you wanted stuff that's more complex. How about Metroplis?
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Quote: Original post by Jarrod1937
Quote: Original post by LessBread
Quote: Original post by ldlework
edit: Just noticed the OP said Ghost in the Shell wasn't thought provoking enough. This surprises me and I'll confer with myself that Lain might fit the bill for you.


He must not have paid attention to the Tachikoma chatter. Go see Bananafish!

Well, i paid attention to about everything i could. While i thought the ideas they ventured into were interesting, they were not at all that thought provoking. The only time i had a slightly hard time following were the points where they were throwing a lot of detail to you at once, and those were still few and far between. But high information density is not the same as thought provoking or complex, at least in my opinion. Then again, maybe i'm just a gluten for mental masochism.


I find the speculative exploration of the future advent of artificial consciousness quite thought provoking. It tells the story of an imagined future and does so in a manner that is literary, political, judicial, technological. These details provide a context for the representations of violence that make up the action sequences in the show. I agree that is a lot of detail but a lot of detail lends itself well to multiple viewings. And hearings (it may require adjusting one's ears).

There are many episodes. Some are more thought provoking than others. Some concern themselves with establishing the back stories of the various characters - cyber cops on the beat solving a mystery, unraveling nefarious plots of political and economic intrigue that echo some of the concerns of the present. Some address themes related to machine consciousness and in doing so address themes of consciousness found in our own cultural relics. Literary quotes abound. Salinger, Deleuze, Kesey, Keyes, Marx, Jameson and Goddard. I've probably missed a bunch. I might have mixed in references from the second season. The stories are fanciful but sufficiently realistic to remain plausible. The grapple with topics currently challenging society: surveillance, autism, corruption, military technology. The paramilitary setup affords the show opportunities to introduce the technology that resides at the center of the spectacle.

Quote: Original post by Jarrod1937
Although, the series is excellent imo and i would recommend it to others. We'll see how fun Lain and Death Note are too, i'm hoping they'll be quite good. I always enjoy engulfing myself in a series. Though i should have no worries from what i have heard here.


I recommend the episodes, Escape From, Machines Desirantes, Testation, Android and I, Portraitz and ¥€$ for kicks. -- Eraser

Quote: Original post by Jarrod1937
Though, in my op i didn't mention the other animes i've watched, which were mentioned here.. I've also seen Samurai X and the series, along with Samurai Champloo, both of which are good too.


The anachronisms of Samurai Champloo are great, like the cultural relics of Cowboy Bebop and Fooly Cooly.

[Edited by - LessBread on June 27, 2008 1:54:52 AM]
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes." - the Laughing Man

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