[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...

[mustapusta]

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.

[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?

[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.

[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?

[FvRelimzkE]

Originally Posted by Cute

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

I went and checked out Air after you mentioned this but... that ending. Holy shit. :|

I've been watching some oldschool Anime like Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing and Trigun lately just so I can appreciate the classics. Other than that I've started watching through Yuru Yuri, which is incredibly light-hearted and funny. It's slice of life so there's no storyline, but it's definintely something to cheer you up ^_^

[Cute]

Originally Posted by elimzke

I went and checked out Air after you mentioned this but... that ending. Holy shit. :|

I've been watching some oldschool Anime like Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing and Trigun lately just so I can appreciate the classics. Other than that I've started watching through Yuru Yuri, which is incredibly light-hearted and funny. It's slice of life so there's no storyline, but it's definintely something to cheer you up ^_^

+ [Air spoilers"] +

Yeah, Air is like Kanon and Clannad, just it doesn't have a happy ending :P

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

[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.