 Some Anime Recommendations, Because I just can't resist. |
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 Jul 7 2004, 09:25 PM
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 Ai Ravana-hime  Group: New Members Posts: 1,834 Joined: 30-June 03 From: Satomi Tadashi Member No.: 421 Gender: Male  |
I've had the pleasure (and in some cases not mentioned here, extreme DISpleasure) of viewing quite a large number of anime titles lately and I figured I'd share some recommendations here. Because I can. And I'm bored. So roll with it, kiddies.
1) Someday's Dreamers - I cannot recommend this title enough. It's about how, in present day Tokyo, there are people called Mages who can wield the Special Power. Magic, more or less. The government has set up a Department of Mages type thing and mages go through training and become registered Mages with the government and are only allowed to use their powers on behalf of an Official Request. Anyone can request these and after approval, the assigned mage will do their best to fulfill the request. This story follows Yume, a simply countral gal heading into Tokyo for her Summer training. Surprisingly, the show focuses a LOT less on the whole Mage thing and more on the human stories involved. Characters hold back using their powers because there's always a "better way". It may not sound the greatest, but give it a chance. The show is well written and very nicely paced, and even tear jerking an episode or two. Highly recommended. 2) Azumanga Daioh - Pure, irreverent Japanese crack. That's all I can say. Any show where they have intermissions of one of the main characters cooking and singing in a REALLY cute voice.....yeah. It's cute, it's saccarin, it's giving me tooth aches. Yatta. This show follows the stories of a very interesting group of high school students. 3) Cosplay Complex - Fanservice. Of the WORST kind. Cute anime girls dress up like our favorite anime characters for their school club. An italian exchange student dresses up as walls, idols, you name it, in order to get the true love of little girls so desperately seeks, only to be "taken severe advantage of" by an older widow. Noses bleed, milkies bounce, Aries runs crying. Can't get enough of it. -------------------- Pimping Lolo and ridin' teh Trout since 2003. Dominated by Tigersong, e-hubby, since 2004.
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Jul 8 2004, 12:50 AM
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 I'm attracted by the potential for reckless abuse of power. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,683 Joined: 7-May 04 From: Viewtiful World Member No.: 1,105 Gender: Male |
Where is the Bebop? Where? WHERE?!?!?!
-------------------- I'm just a Viewtiful Girl living in a Viewtiful World.
Henshin a-go-go, baby. I swear to God, the above post was not intended to incite flame wars or to offend you. |
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Jul 8 2004, 02:57 AM
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the avatars weren't working again Group: New Members Posts: 332 Joined: 24-June 04 From: On a small planet called Randomnia. Member No.: 1,177 |
What about Trigun? Gundam Wing? And where do you see those? TELL ME.
I need anime help. -------------------- >(|||>
currently one of the four flourish freaks! Hazzah for me! -----------------------------//-------------------------- |
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Jul 8 2004, 05:58 AM
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 Made with googly eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret |
Azumanga daiyoh is very wierd, but good. My only gripe with it is they drag out a few things a little bit too long. I agree with Aries about the cuteness of Chiyo though.
I probably won't get to see the other shows you mentioned any time soon due to having 56k. It takes forever to watch series when I get a new episode about once a day. My current obsession is Naruto, and I'd already decided to start watching Saiyuki once I get caught up with it. I'll keep this thread in mind though. Oosaka rules! |
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Jul 8 2004, 06:44 AM
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 Superterriffic. Group: Established Members Posts: 394 Joined: 2-April 04 Member No.: 1,052 Gender: Female |
Wolf's Rain, baby.
OOH OOH, (technically it's an OAV but screw it) ANGEL SANCTUARY...it's the best manga/oav EVER Kaori Yuki does an excelent job, with the artwork--it brings me to tears at times. It's kind of a long summary, but if anyone is interested I'll let ye in on it  !
-------------------- [center]Lets all get drunk, tonight.[/center]
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Jul 8 2004, 06:52 AM
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 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang Group: Established Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 29-December 03 From: Wiggleton Member No.: 829 Gender: Female |
FLCL, otherwise known as Fooly Cooly
I also agree with Angel Sanctuary. -------------------- If the world collapses and we find ourselves closer together I'm convinced it would be positive.
Potat, R.I.P. April 30, 2004 5:03 PM |
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Jul 8 2004, 07:26 AM
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Superterriffic. Group: Established Members Posts: 394 Joined: 2-April 04 Member No.: 1,052 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (EvilSpoon @ Jul 8 2004, 12:52 AM) FLCL, otherwise known as Fooly Cooly I also agree with Angel Sanctuary. I could kiss you /spam -------------------- [center]Lets all get drunk, tonight.[/center]
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Jul 8 2004, 08:32 AM
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 Remorseless posting machine Group: Moderators Posts: 5,749 Joined: 19-July 03 From: Bloody London Member No.: 466 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (PsychWardMike @ Jul 8 2004, 01:50 AM) Where is the Bebop? Where? WHERE?!?!?! Surely every single anime fan has seen Cowboy Bebop? -------------------- Every sort of expert knowledge and every inquiry, and similarly every action and undertaking, seems to seek some good. Because of that, people are right to affirm that the good is 'that which all things seek'...
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Jul 8 2004, 10:22 AM
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 Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
And the movie, Commie.
Where is Gundam Wing? Where? WHERE?!?!?! Gundam Wing being the single greatest anime in the world. NATAKU GO! *Dashing through enemies ninja style with double edged laser staff in space with a huge mech made of GUNDAMIUM!* Ahhh! It's a gun-dum! |
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Jul 8 2004, 07:57 PM
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Made with googly eyes Group: Established Members Posts: 1,281 Joined: 9-April 03 Member No.: 240 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE (Mutilation @ Jul 8 2004, 07:22 AM) Gundam Wing being the single greatest anime in the world. Surely you jest. |
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Jul 9 2004, 05:01 PM
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 <3 Group: Established Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 20-December 03 From: Upstate New York Member No.: 806 Gender: Female |
Angelic Layer. I love that.
--------------------  Dance, kitteh, dance!   |
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Jul 11 2004, 01:06 AM
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Superterriffic. Group: Established Members Posts: 394 Joined: 2-April 04 Member No.: 1,052 Gender: Female |
Hellsing--and Trigun too!
-------------------- [center]Lets all get drunk, tonight.[/center]
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Jul 11 2004, 01:41 AM
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I'm attracted by the potential for reckless abuse of power. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,683 Joined: 7-May 04 From: Viewtiful World Member No.: 1,105 Gender: Male |
I've seen all the Cowboy Bebop Sessions and the movie at least three times. I was asking where the reccomendation for CB was.
-------------------- I'm just a Viewtiful Girl living in a Viewtiful World.
Henshin a-go-go, baby. I swear to God, the above post was not intended to incite flame wars or to offend you. |
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Jul 11 2004, 04:28 PM
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Ai Ravana-hime Group: New Members Posts: 1,834 Joined: 30-June 03 From: Satomi Tadashi Member No.: 421 Gender: Male |
I did not list certain things such as Bebop and Trigun simply because.....they're a given. Cowboy Bebop and it's movie are simply pure art. I can't say it enough. The ending of the series deeply stirred my emotions and the movie was ungodly intense. And with Trigun....all I will say is this. Wolfwood. The last scene you see him in. Just...wow.
FLCL has long been a favorite of mine. I only listed three newer animes I've just recently come across. Chiyo-chan is the cutest thing ever. I feel so bad for poor Osaka. Especially the episode where she's worn out and sleeping through class because she dreamed about Chiyo's pig tails all day. ANd the "Dream" episode where she kills poor Chiyo-chan. How freaking cute was that? The show DOES tend to drag on a bit at places....yet it's so addicting. Another I would like to recommend is an off shoot of the FABULOUS Excel Saga (any anime fan should watch THAT...good lord is it funny). It's called Puni Puni Poemi. Be warned though, there's some pretty hefty adult content, what with the S&M, nudity, and strange abuse of a fish for a transformation. The show is insane. It's horrible fan service and probably one of the worst things ever created. I can't recommend it enough. Any one who enjoys Excel Saga will get a kick out of Puni Puni Poemi. -------------------- Pimping Lolo and ridin' teh Trout since 2003. Dominated by Tigersong, e-hubby, since 2004.
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Jul 12 2004, 08:59 PM
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 sesquipedalian Group: Established Members Posts: 717 Joined: 3-February 04 From: der Mond Member No.: 915 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE ANGEL SANCTUARY...it's the best manga/oav surely you jest. AS makes me ill. the art didn't impress me, either. I highly recommend Serial Experiments Lain. The art is gorgeous. I'd give a capsule summary, if I could understand what it was about. Basically: If a program pervades the whole of the internet (the Wired) and could manipulate it, would it be a God? Lain enters the Wired after a classmate who committed suicide emails her, claiming to live on within the Wired. Where is the line between the digital and "real" world? Through it, do we create life? It makes my brain hurt, and if you search out the maddenly obscure DVDs, yours can too! Other than that? I second Wolf's Rain; Escaflowne's a classic; Miyazaki's old movies, like Totoro and Laputa, are awesome; Eva's a given isn't it?; and FLCL. Oh, and Millenium Actress is near perfect. The art, the music, the story, everything. The ending almost made ME cry, and I usually make crying an annual event. Watch it! cons00m! edit: I forgot Witch Hunter Robin! *slaps hand* but NOT the English dub: avoid it! I have a fansub box set, yay, and it's uebercool. 'Specially the last 15 or so episodes. it's brilliant. -------------------- -Grammar Nazi-quotes of the yesterday
It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. -Tennessee Williams |
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Jul 16 2004, 03:34 PM
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Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
Samurai X is a totally cool series aswell. Everyone should watch that. And Kenshin.
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 Jul 22 2004, 02:37 PM
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 There is glass between us...! Group: Established Members Posts: 265 Joined: 24-April 04 From: Denial Member No.: 1,091 Gender: Male |
Come on people, have we forgotten about Ranma 1/2 so quickly? What's not to like about a boy that turns into a girl, a man that turns into a panda, another boy that turns in to a cute little piggy, and a girl that turns into a cat? And then there's martial arts mayhem, and a bit of real human-based story (ie Kasumi/Akane and Tofu-sensei). Where is the love?
(Shame on you all)
-------------------- "Hell is... other people." No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Jul 23 2004, 01:21 AM
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 Fly me to the moon Group: New Members Posts: 284 Joined: 21-June 04 From: Los Angeles, California Member No.: 1,175 Gender: Female |
Bite your tongue! You forgot Naruto! .. well.. you dun hafta like it. But I sure do! <3<3 Me = obsessed with it. I think I'm too obssesed.. it's unhealthy. o_o;
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Jul 23 2004, 04:29 PM
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Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
What about Neo Genisis Evanglion? KENSHIN!
Anyway I think everyone should watch the Street Figher movies, because SF pwns! |
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Jul 23 2004, 05:35 PM
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 living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
You anime people are weird...very weird...and have many, many problems...
I assume to become one of you I should watch Cowboy Bebop first? -------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
teal and orange is the way forward |
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Jul 23 2004, 07:16 PM
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sesquipedalian Group: Established Members Posts: 717 Joined: 3-February 04 From: der Mond Member No.: 915 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE What about Neo Genisis Evanglion? Silly child, I already mentioned it. ^^ Eva's in the same realm as Bebop, it's required...er...viewing. QUOTE You anime people are weird...very weird...and have many, many problems... I assume to become one of you I should watch Cowboy Bebop first? Heh. Definately Bebop...but because it can be rather hefty stuff, I recommend Miyazaki as a painless, easy way of learning to love anime. To view (and remember, always watch the Japanese if you can. Dubby companies have a bad habit of changing the script.): Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime), Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro. There are others, but those are his best. -------------------- -Grammar Nazi-quotes of the yesterday
It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. -Tennessee Williams |
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Jul 23 2004, 08:24 PM
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Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
If you really want to become one of us, watch either Gundam Wing or some DBZ.
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Jul 26 2004, 02:50 PM
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There is glass between us...! Group: Established Members Posts: 265 Joined: 24-April 04 From: Denial Member No.: 1,091 Gender: Male |
QUOTE If you really want to become one of us, watch either Gundam Wing or some DBZ. AHH, WHY?!? <Okay, I admit it, there was a time when i watched it. Before it was popular, mind you.> If you do watch them, make sure you move on to something better. you know, something that isn't just cheapo still shots. Ooh, and i saw puni puni poemy... It was so funny, but not for anyone who can't handle heavy^2 adult themes. -------------------- "Hell is... other people." No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Jul 26 2004, 11:24 PM
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 Rabid Saskatchewanian Group: Established Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 2-December 03 Member No.: 752 Gender: Male |
Aries, my dearest e-hubby, got me hooked on this one. Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's, quite frankly, fricking brilliant. Very surreal in places, especially after the first saga. And the movie was brilliantly beautiful.
I wish I hadn't been out of the anime loop... so much catching up to do, so little time... -------------------- At the Left Hand of God
OMFG STEAM R0X0RZ TEH BIG ONE111! Thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination. Thou shalt do it standing up. Dominating Aries, e-hubby, since 2004. |
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Jul 29 2004, 10:42 AM
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Speed of Life Group: Established Members Posts: 694 Joined: 18-February 04 From: Leicester Member No.: 952 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Jul 23 2004, 06:35 PM) You anime people are weird...very weird...and have many, many problems... I assume to become one of you I should watch Cowboy Bebop first? I've discovered a better solution, watch Akira. If you haven't already though you should be shot. I'm the president! (read the sig) |
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