any anime fans?

POSTED BY: Dorothea
UPDATED: Friday, August 4, 2006 13:12
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DOROTHEA

Monday, July 24, 2006 10:09 PM

Probably there was already a thread about anime somewhere that happened before I joined...but maybe other people missed out on it too... So I was wondering--who here likes anime? Do you watch fansubs, DVD's, or adult swim, etc? Most importantly (I'm really curious) what're your favorite shows?

Eek--I feel a little shy about sharing my favorites until I know that someone other than me is interested in this topic...so I'll just wait and see if there's a response for now...

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, July 24, 2006 10:39 PM

I'll watch pretty much anything. My pet peeve is I'll finally get into a show and they stop showing it or it is shown out of order. My favorites: Hellsing, Berserk, Gungrave, Full Metal Alchemist, and Rurouni Kenshin (#1 on my list). Don't be shy about you preferances here, most are glad to hear from different folks and are willing to try pretty much anything. Recommend it and it will be tried (if it can be found).

"Better dead and cool
Than alive and uncool."

DOROTHEA

Monday, July 24, 2006 10:55 PM

I'm always impressed by how genuinely nice the people on this board are...

I can't say one particular show is my absolute favorite, but Full Metal Alchemist is in the top tier, along with Princess Tutu and Kino no Tabi (Kino's Journey).

Some shows I adore almost, but not quite as much, as those three are Twelve Kingdoms, Berserk and Cowboy Bebop.

On the third tier, I'd put Gungrave, Elfen Lied and Speed Grapher...

Haven't seen any Kenshin yet--I've been meaning to for years, but it's so long I always hesitate to start it.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, July 24, 2006 11:17 PM

I highly recommend watching the first two disc's of the Samurai X OVA first. It is a great way to understand the beginning before the show started. Warning: Very violent and very sad. Bring your tissues and something to drink. You won't want to move from your seat once it starts. If you do watch the third disc before watching the show, there will be some gaps.

I tried Elfen Lied, but the local geek store (been going there for 13 years now) is missing a disc. Damn, I was getting into it too.

"Better dead and cool
Than alive and uncool."

KESSIE

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:12 AM

I´m just getting into the anime world but I liked X, Ghost in the shell ( especially the second movie), Elfenlied and all things Ghibli.

Any shows or movies you`d recommend?

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:19 AM

I've been an anime fan since I was about 5 years old, watching Mya the Bee on Nick. There are a ton of great movies and series out there, and my favorites change all the time, but if I had to choose a few I'd say:

Movies -
Metropolis
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Gunsmith Cats
Appleseed (the new one)
Ninja Scroll
Princess Mononoke

Series -
Tenchi Muyo
Tenchi Universe
Tenchi Muyo - Ryo Ohki (only one disk so far but damn good)
Record of Lodoss War & RoLW Legend of the Heroic Knight
Full Metal Panic
Noir
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gall Force

Amonong many, many others. There are many series like Naruto, Rurouni Kenshin, Full Metal Alchemist and the like, that can only be stomached in the original Japanese with subtitles. Granted, that's just my opinion.

EDIT: Can't believe I forgot Cowboy Bebop. Both the series and the movie.

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DOROTHEA

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:41 AM

I really prefer anime shows to anime movies, but some anime movies I've really liked have been:

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Perfect Blue (a very R-rated movie though)
Petshop of Horrors
Tokyo Godfathers (it's kind of bizarre, but it leaves you with a good feeling I think)
Ninja Scroll (the movie)
Princess Mononoke

I totally agree that a lot of the action anime is just unwatchable dubbed, especially Naruto. I always watch with subtitles. Bleach, along with those already mentioned, is another great action show. No one's mentioned any comedies yet though...I'm not really a fan of comedy I guess, but Cromartie High School is laugh-until-you-cry funny. Azumanga Daioh's another really funny one.

CHEWIE

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:55 AM

I love Fullmetal Alchemist!!! I've never been much for anime but my cousin made me watch it... and then I was hooked. Come to think of it thats how I fell in love with firefly. What can I say! lol

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:41 AM

I can't believe I'm the first to mention InuYasha. Rumiko Takahashi holds a share of my heart almost equal to Joss' (as does Hayao Miyazaki).

I watch most of my animé on YTV (a Canadian network [Youth TV], not to be confused with the Japanese YTV [Yomiuri TV]), mainly because animé in Canada costs as much as a small car.

I did however recently manage to find a copy of the Evangelion Platinum Edition box set for cheap on Ebay, and I'm working through that. Shinji isn't nearly as annoying as Death & Rebirth made him look.

I'm also collecting Gonzo's Samurai 7 series (I bought the first disk thinking it was going to be just an OVA, so now I refuse to watch it until I've secured all seven disks).

On TV, I'm especially fond of Witch Hunter Robin, Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (and I desperately wish YTV would pick up 2nd Gig, but they say it's too violent. 'Course, they said that about "Jungle Cruise," and fan backlash made them show it anyway, so they may yet be swayed), and Gundam Seed (and hoping YTV picks up Destiny).

I like what I've seen of Naruto, but the glacial, DBZ-like pace doesn't really endear it to me, plus YTV's been in reruns of it for a couple of months, so the gloss has kinda worn off. I also like FMA, but it's still fairly new here, so I haven't really become as obsessive as I could be.

YTV is unspeakably cool by Canadian standards; they have the largest on-air animé library in the country (completely steamrolling Teletoon, Canada's official "animation station," which shows only one almost-animé [a Japan/Canada coproduction called Spider Riders] buried amongst the hours and hours of Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes ). They even created a late-night block to be able to show the adult-oriented stuff (WHR, GitS) --and even managed to get away with showing uncut Escaflowne (in its bloody, violent glory) on Saturday afternoons!!!

I'm really hoping they pick up Eureka Seven and Macross Zero at some point, along with, as mentioned above, GitS: 2nd Gig and Gundam Seed Destiny.

Other series I'd like to check out (but don't actually expect YTV to get) include Gunslinger Girls (I've heard that there are only three DVDs in total; is this true? If so it'd put the entire series within my range), Cowboy Bebop (given that the movie DVD is everywhere, why can't I find the series?), Azumanga Daioh (yeah, I know it's a girls' series, but it looks suitably insane and wacky), Excel Saga (again, insane and wacky), Kare Kano ('cause I'm a shameless romantic), Fafner (which looks to feature the "cast" from Gundam Seed [the character designer recycled his old work] ), Read or Dream (having seen the OVA and fallen hopelessly in love with Yomiko-chan [yes, I know she's not in the show, but the story involves her]), and Lyrical Girl Nanoha (which seems to feature some of the best magic battles I've ever seen --it's like Gundams, only with magic).

I also read a fair bit of manga, including Shaman King, R.O.D., Evangelion (assuming Hideako ever gets off his ass and finishes it ), and Magic Knight Rayearth (and Van Von Hunter, assuming it counts, being American-made).

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EMBERS

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:48 AM

I love
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
but are those really anime? I'm never clear on the labels

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