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Stallion · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 2:29 PM

ok animes i recommend would be
Deathnote (ends at episode 27 or 28 for everyone thats watched im sure you agree that the series ends here)
Full metal alchemist brotherhood
Durarara
angel beats (purely for TK)

will be getting a bunch of new anime soon so i will update my list later but hope this helps and il update when the deathnote series ends later too :P

AvPoker · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 2:56 PM

You guys need to watch Mononoke right now. (not to be confused with Princess Mononoke, which is a studio ghibli film thats not bad either)

A short 12-episode horror/supernatural series based off the Bake-Neko Arc of Ayakashi Japanese Classic Horror that focuses on the main character, a medicine seller, going around dealing with various demons/spirits in feudal Japan. The anime is separated into short arcs spanning from 2-3 episodes. The first episode may put some people off due to the abstract and obscure animation and possibly graphic content, but once you get past that, you'll see how amazing this series is (especially episodes 3-5 which is my favorite arc). Beautiful animation, great storytelling and a perfect blend of mystery, horror, drama and dark humor makes this a must watch for all anime-lovers.

Fan-made trailer:

You Tube

Other series worth checking out are:
Baccano!
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Gankutsuou
Mind Game (film)
Mushishi
Monster
Paranoia Agent (and any satoshi kon film)
Hajime no Ippo
Dennou Coil
Kaiba
Full Metal Alchemist
Fantastic Children
Kino's Journey

Cute · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 3:58 PM

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3. Higurashi no naku koro ni - I loved the first season of this. After that it sort of drags on. It does better at creating suspense (the music, sound effects, the way the characters interact) than most big budget western movies I've seen that seem to think just because it's a horror movie that if nothing whatsoever is happening the audience will automatically be in suspense.

I'm actually about halfway through this right now. Quite good so far, really interesting. Probably going to finish it off tonight or tomorrow!

As to the OP, I'm thinking that I'll just to through the thread and put up names that keep getting mentioned, as it would be far too long to recommend every single suggestion here. I'll probably break it down into genres or whatever (eg sci-fi, romance, comedy, ecchi, etc). Maybe I'll set up some polls and we can all vote or something ^-^

EDIT: Oh wow, do I get a custom avatar?

**Mezza** · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 7:47 PM

I heard Trigun's pretty good too but never got down to watching it.

Gankutsuou has some pretty funky animation that just doesn't do it for me. Google it and you'll see. Also, it's based on the story of the count of Monte Cristo, so storyline isn't like amazingly awesome or something.

If you guys want short and sweet one episode things, watch the movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and FF: Advent Children. those were pretty good.

P.S. You really need to add Cowboy Bebop to the op or I'll resort to using my mod powers to add it in

Cute · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 8:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mezza

If you guys want short and sweet one episode things, watch the movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and FF: Advent Children. those were pretty good.

P.S. You really need to add Cowboy Bebop to the op or I'll resort to using my mod powers to add it in

Mononoke and Spirited Away are both good movies! Love the soundtrack to Spirited Away in particular

Alright, alright :P
What genre would you classify Cowboy Bebop as? I haven't seen it (don't crucify me!)

AvPoker · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 9:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Cute

What genre would you classify Cowboy Bebop as? I haven't seen it (don't crucify me!)

Cowboy Bebop is a genre of its own.

**Mezza** · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 10:12 PM

cowboy bebop, hmmm, shounen and a little sci-fi i guess, but not really, hmmm, anyone else have any suggestions?

Cute · Mon, 11th-Jul-2011, 11:15 PM

Hmm sci-fi, hey?

Alright, here's what I'll do. Firstly I'll try and compile a users list of sci-fi suggestions, so if everyone posts them, we can figure out the general consensus for best sci-fi stuff, which I'll add to the OP, then we can do another genre next.

Sound good?

EDIT: Updated OP

**Mezza** · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 12:19 AM

@erasmus

yeah I like the old Hellsing episodes, the perk of the new ones is that its in 720p or something with crisp new artwork, but the old original 13 part hellsing series is just awesome.

and i loled @ pokerface's comment about how cowboy bebop is a genre unto itself, but honestly its true. its truly a classic.

mustapusta · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 12:39 AM

a SCI-FI you say?
probably GURREN LAGANN or Macross Frontier from me. don't really watch much sci-fi myself.i code geass is pretty good too.

Cute · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 12:43 AM

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a SCI-FI you say?
probably GURREN LAGANN or Macross Frontier from me. don't really watch much sci-fi myself.i code geass is pretty good too.

tyty! good suggestions, i'll add them to the list!

**Maynarde** · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 1:37 PM

I actually found Gungrave to be a pretty awesome anime series

The video games were baaaaaaad though.

QuestionMark · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 8:09 PM

One Piece, Bleach and Naruto (be it Shippuden or not)

Flame of Recca, Captain Tsubasa are the older ones I would recommend. Not excluding Shaman King, Hikaru no Go and Hunter X Hunter.

Cute · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 8:30 PM

You guys think it's fair to put Evangelion under sci-fi? Or would it be mecha? Or maybe even psychological?

mustapusta · Tue, 12th-Jul-2011, 11:08 PM

Evagelion needs to be put under the "LEGENDARY ANIMES" Section.

**|Erasmus|** · Wed, 13th-Jul-2011, 9:07 AM

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@erasmus

yeah I like the old Hellsing episodes, the perk of the new ones is that its in 720p or something with crisp new artwork, but the old original 13 part hellsing series is just awesome..

I only watched the first episode of the new one, and it looked very pretty, but it was not awesome at all compared to the original. If only the ending wasn't so randomly bad.

And speaking of weird and terrible endings: why do people still recommend Evangelion. I've watched it, and it's not bad, but it's nothing particularly special (imo, obviously). Standard mech battles and most of the characters are annoying more than anything. The characters are quite well developed, I just hated most of them and had no empathy for them(so I guess it's quite good in some sense in that regard).

Definitely legendary, but bleh. Can't work out why people are still excited about it...

Cute · Wed, 13th-Jul-2011, 3:00 PM

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Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

I only watched the first episode of the new one, and it looked very pretty, but it was not awesome at all compared to the original. If only the ending wasn't so randomly bad.

And speaking of weird and terrible endings: why do people still recommend Evangelion. I've watched it, and it's not bad, but it's nothing particularly special (imo, obviously). Standard mech battles and most of the characters are annoying more than anything. The characters are quite well developed, I just hated most of them and had no empathy for them(so I guess it's quite good in some sense in that regard).

Definitely legendary, but bleh. Can't work out why people are still excited about it...

Which Evangelion are you talking about? I'm actually not too huge on the original series myself (the ending was such a copout :P), but I think that the new "remake" movies have been pretty kickass

UncleTom · Wed, 13th-Jul-2011, 3:18 PM

As I white boy in New Zealand I always was the first one to watch Dragon Ball Z, Yugioh, Digimon, Pokemon, Voltron, Inuyasa, Full metal alchemist, and several other ones you know the ones.
In New Zealand Adult swim was saddly canceled so only the 4kids, slightly more childish ones were left, so force online , I found that the first Naruto Season that I had watch 6 times on loop had about 7 more seasons in other countries, as well as more then just bleach 7-12.
So at the moment I've done away with watching the anime and only read the manga for internet/time reason, and it is of course the whitest of them all
Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail and my favorite of course has to be Air Gear, on a side note I have look a little bit at berserk and gantz anime/manga and have looked good but smarting a new series is too hard for me.

Cyanide · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 7:24 PM

Alright, I'm new here, and this thread kinda caught my attention. And I am pretty appalled by the recommendations! Not saying their bad, but they just don't make anime like last time any more.

Full Metal Panic!
School Rumble

Oh, and Elfen Lied was pretty cool because of the violence. Lol...

mustapusta · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 9:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyanide

Alright, I'm new here, and this thread kinda caught my attention. And I am pretty appalled by the recommendations! Not saying their bad, but they just don't make anime like last time any more.

Full Metal Panic!
School Rumble

Oh, and Elfen Lied was pretty cool because of the violence. Lol...

Elfen Lied had no storyline(or rather, extremely weak). I'm Appalled you even said Elfen Lied.