[Cyanide]

Originally Posted by mustapusta

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

I did say only because of the violence

But yeah, my favourite of all time is probably School Rumble.

[Cute]

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...

That's why we're working on a recommendations list!
FMP

Also, welcome to SC2SEA

[Makra]

Fullmetal Alchemist is heaps good, but now I hear there's this new Brotherhood series, which is a remake? Anyone here seen both and can clarify what the difference is?

[Bugalugs McScruffin]

I'll have to ask my brother about Brotherhood. I've seen the original series, but he's been watching the new one. As far as I'm aware the new one is more faithful to the manga.

[Cute]

I've only seen the original. I watched a bit of Brotherhood, but the art style reminded me of a Nickelodeon cartoon, which really put me off. I've heard it's good though?

[Rolex]

is Bleach still in fillers?

[dannnyds]

Originally Posted by Rolex

is Bleach still in fillers?

Sadly yes but i don't think it will last much longer. Also the mystery shinigami in the manga has got me interested now

[Fadey]

Hey just thought I would add some of my views on some anime I enjoy.

Naruto Shippuden
This really is alot better than the original Naruto if you can get past all the fillers... alot of the events that the last hundreds of episode leading upto actually happens below is a link to my favourite opener. The season this opener is from is really where its at alot of the big fights and main characters going at it.
http://youtu.be/CsVXJYsIxAc


Gundam wing
This is one of the first animes I really watched as a child, great story / character development and has fighting robots what more could you want? This anime really holds a special place in my heart.
http://youtu.be/gsoqf_5k4TQ

Full Metal Alchemist
Already been described in the other replys , really awesome anime a must watch.


Samurai x
Big swords , good fights a older anime I use to watch on austar which I enjoyed dont know how it stacks up these days as it was a number of years ago.
http://youtu.be/PeXBrob6_0E


*edit sorry i cant seem to get them to embed*

[AvPoker]

Ok I watched both the original FMA as well as Brotherhood. The most obvious difference is that Brotherhood follows the manga's storyline while the original takes a different path around the middle. The animation is also considerably crisp and overall better in Brotherhood compared to the original (although it is still great for its time).

However, FMA Brotherhood gives off a some-what rushed start compared to the original, which may put off fans of the original as it takes away the drama and emotional impact that the original had. This only occurs for the first few episodes (especially the backstories) and goes back to normal.

In terms of story, FMA: Brotherhood is more epic and in a grander scale than the original (although I won't go into detail) whereas the original takes a more darker tone. Both stories are good in their own rights, but as Brotherhood follows the manga more closely, the story is more fluent and the amount of plot holes compared to the original is minimal.

In terms of music, I don't remember much about the original but I do feel that Brotherhood has more of an epic feel than the original.

Overall Brotherhood is just as worth watching if you can get past the beginning and get into the new storyling. At least that is my opinion.

Quick Comments

Makra:

nice!

[Octo]

Best anime/manga of all time HunterXHunter. Some people find the first few episodes boring so if you watch it don't stop watching.
I believe the manga is starting once again in august this year and there is a new anime being made too - not sure if it continues on from the old anime or is a remake. I hope it continues on because it doesn't need a remake its an awesome anime. Its also by the same guy who made Yu Yu Hakusho (one of the only animes you will ever enjoy with english dubs).

Gintama - very funny anime where Edo has been taken over by aliens - has some serious episodes which are good too.

Samurai Champloo - A great anime about a girl and two samurais (one of them is the voice actor for Zoro) on a journey through old japan - has some funny episodes, especially one about a baseball game with some Americans who landed illegally that turns into a game to see which team will have a member that is still conscious so that they don't forfeit.

Samurai Deeper Kyo - don't bother watching the anime it doesn't really follow the manga and it fails, but the manga is very good.

Shadow Skill - A little bit confusing but I think it is worth watching for my favourite anime fight - diaz (Black Wing) vs Darkness.

Rurouni Kenshin - I wouldn't put this in my favourite list but I did enjoy it and a lot of people think it is great so I thought I would mention it since I havn't seen anyone else say anything about it.

(I didn't bother mentioning OP/naruto/bleach but I like them too and read the mangas every week).

Also gotta mention DB/DBZ/DBGT which I have always loved and without which we would not have a lot of other Animes/mangas, probably 9001 of them.

A lot of people are saying they enjoyed Highschool of the dead - I thought it was complete rubbish, I stopped watching after like 10 episodes. There was no real story. If the only reason you liked it was because of the tits you could try watching Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou which has a similar pervy style but actually has some story, or Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls which also has a very unique art style.

[Cute]

Anyone else watching Penguindrum? I'm loving it so far

+ Show +

SURVIVAL STRATEGY!

[FvRelimzkE]

I tend to watch Slice of Life, Romance and Psychological more.
I personally recommend:
Clannad / Clannad After Story
Kanon 2006
Toradora!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (NSFW)
Sola
Yuru Yuri (ongoing, but funny as )
Lucky Star (first 7 or so episodes are boring, but you quickly begin to like it after those)
A-Channel

[Cute]

Originally Posted by elimzke

I tend to watch Slice of Life, Romance and Psychological more.
I personally recommend:
Clannad / Clannad After Story
Kanon 2006
Toradora!
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (NSFW)
Sola
Yuru Yuri (ongoing, but funny as )
Lucky Star (first 7 or so episodes are boring, but you quickly begin to like it after those)
A-Channel

So good!
You like Clannad and Kanon but not Air?

[Starcyph3r]

I would also like to reccommend Evangelion. The series saved my life. Kinda disliked the rebuild movies because they were when Anno was out of his depression and you could see it in the somehow now badass shinji. End of evangelion was quite good though, the ost still haunts me.

Since bebop is already up there im not gonna bother reccommending it, but I did like it almost as much as eva.

Also I dont think it's fair to say not to watch dubbed anime. I'm as big of an otaku as the next guy but I also think there are a few examples of dub out there that manage to match or even surpass the seiyuu. Cowboy bebop is one of those examples. But I guess, god forbid that I would say those slimy americans were actually better than glorious nippon

[TCPLemminks]

I justed to watch and read bleach, but it was mainly for the lulz to be had on CAPSLOCK BLEACH.

Anyway I'm suprised no one has mentioned Death Note as a manga yet. I just started reading it and it's absolutely brilliant.

Another manga I would definately recommend is Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (hoshi no samidare), really some parts almost made me cry T_T (to much of a man though).

Lastly for those who want complete lolz featuring world leaders and Mahjong there's The Legend of Koizumi (Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku). You don't even need to know how to play Mahjong to appreciate the melodrama.

Also we should post websites where you can read these mangas like mangafox or manga2u.

[Cordance]

Originally Posted by Makra

Fullmetal Alchemist is heaps good, but now I hear there's this new Brotherhood series, which is a remake? Anyone here seen both and can clarify what the difference is?

The original Fullmetal alchemist anima branches from the manga at a very early point in time. Brother hood covers about half of the orginal full metal alchemist in the first 6ish episodes then follows a lot closer to the manga same people you know and love just there is a lot more story. One of the best things about FMA original is that is a complete story. Like many Animas when they end they feel a little rushed this one only slightly so they where nearing a point that looked like the end for a while and finished it up.

As for the rest of the thread I think there are about 3 things mentioned I have not watched more than once. Ill dig up my old compiled list I grabbed from watching a lot of top 10 anima series on you tube.

[Cute]

Originally Posted by Lemminks

Also we should post websites where you can read these mangas like mangafox or manga2u.

If you can get me a list, I'll update the OP

[Cordance]

OK time to search my hard drives and work out what animia Series I have I should recommend to others.
* Naruto skip anything that looks like a filler (about episode 150+)
* Naruto Shippuuden again some of the fillers are bad.
* Bleach skip anything that is a single episode filler but the filler arcs are reasonable not as good as the rest though.
* Full Metal Alchemist is a not happy go lucky animia but good.
* D grayman like FMA not happy go lucky was a bit disappointed when it clearly got a bonus season tacked on it. Fillers are worth avoiding.
* Hellsing Classic I still feel like something was missing from it the more I rewatch it but solid.
* Deathnote. Awesome a mind game. (dont watch the second season it will be a let down)
* Gundum 00. Visually stunning awesome story. Both seasons are quality work I would sit down non animia watchers to watch this one.
* Code Geas. Mind games. Well played out story.
* Darker than black. Just feels awesome.

Now on to some other worth watching if your into it.
*Trigun. Very foppish I think is the best way to describe it. It has its moments and is good if your up for something not to serious.
*Cowboy Bepbop. If you want to get a feel for it go listen to the intro messa linked basically sets the whole tone and mood for it.
*Trinity blood. Also quite foppish.
*Black Cat. Solid start I felt they didnt continue with but good first ending (then they get another few episodes which arnt bad but felt added)
*Basilisk. A bit deadly for most when the story sets up when one team is all dead the other wins kind of what you expect.
*Samurai Champloo. Nice sword fights very layed back and stylistic.

Well all I have time for now. Ill come back and mention some movies and see if I can find any more worth mentioning.

[|Erasmus|]

That stuff is in entirely the wrong order:

Bebop is the greatest... Naruto and Bleach are not worth it if you are older than 15. Too much crap in the middle of relatively generic fights.

Darker than Black is indeed rather sexy. And the music is more stuff by yoko kanno (who did cowboy bebop).

Champloo is also better than stuff like naruto/bleach... it's basically bebop, but set in the samurai era and with god awful music (whereas bebop is like sex for my ears).

[Starcyph3r]

Samurai champloo was really dissapointing to me, I started watching it straight after bebop because I guess i was still hungry for more of the same. But the whole series just lacks drive imo. The characters never really develop anywhere, and the plot is too disjointed. Which I suppose you could argue for bebop but bebop's characters brought the substance. The whole anime of champloo feels like too much style and little substance. Also darker than black in a way is like bebop but for some reason I never really grew to like it as much. I still enjoyed it but imo it suffered from the same flaws champloo did.

Also naruto is ok when your still starting to watch anime, but really the number of episodes of a series will let you know the quality 9 times out of 10 -_-