Anime recommendations

For everything else. Video games, music, movies, sports, you name it.

Moderators: th15, Moderators

User avatar
Latooni
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral
Posts: 784
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:57 pm
Contact:

Post by Latooni »

Tsakara wrote:agreed with outlaw star its very good, some others would be Full Metal Alchemist, Gundam 8th MS and Gundam war in the pocket ( ignore the others, they are too solo hero save the worldish)
Untrue, Gundam Turn A (logo looks like "Gundam [upside down A]") is by far the best gundam series. So nyah. That said, it's also a giant parody of mecha. So if you haven't seen many you may not get some of the jokes.

EDIT: The entire point of Eva was to write characters that had severe psychological issues. The end isn't that "philosophical bullshit", it's perfectly clear if you pay attention.

Then again, I was watching the last few episodes on the japanese option of my menu, and I've never watched the english episodes past about...19. The english has better voice acting (I am not lying, the ability to express emotion sucks ass in the japanese version) but they cut some things out.
User avatar
Anna
The artist formerly known as SilverWingedSeraph
Posts: 3447
Joined: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:51 pm
Location: Elsewhere

Post by Anna »

Eh. I thought Evangelion was great when I was twelve. All my ten years I absolutely loved it. It remained uncontested for years as my favourite anime until I realised that it wasn't the show itself that I liked, but the potential that the show had. The characters had all sorts of potential, as did the plot of the show itself. But it sadly never reached that full potential, because Hideaki Anno was every bit as much a of a nutjob as the characters in his story. And that was disappointing. But I still enjoy it, every now and then.

Based on what you said... I'll have to suggest Full Metal Alchemist. I'm not sure if you've seen it, or if it quite fits with what you want, but the story is very dark at times, the plot is interesting, the characters themselves are fascinating, and the world it's set in is awesome. I'd also probably recommend Fate/Stay Night, but I doubt you'd like the latter, much.
Founder and Event Coordinator for the BSF Beauty Pageant. Founder of the Pseudo-Chainship Project. Admin. Games Master.
Quality Control Enforcer
Gay cute girl and fucking proud of it.
Onibaku
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Posts: 30
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:55 am
Location: In the Internet...

Post by Onibaku »

Based off of the examples you've given, I'm not sure if you'd want to give Great Teacher Onizuka a chance. Its basically about a former street gangster who becomes a teacher and tries to reform a group of insane troublemaking students.
It's not really deep with interweaving storylines (the anime was cut short before the manga series it was based off of finished). The students are all stereotypical badass wannabe's with a dark secret that Eikichi uses to befriend them. It's not the most intense show to come around, but if you're ever looking for something short and funny, this anime will probably brighten your day.
"I don't remember giving you permission interrupt me. If you want, you can raise your hand so I can ignore you." -Mr. Tiffany
Squishy
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral
Posts: 852
Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:32 am

Post by Squishy »

Korean Animated Film:

Aachi and Ssipak

Dark, humurous, body count starts at 5 every minute straight into the movie, no moe/pretty boy perfect hero(in) bullshit. Nobody is a hero, nobody has any noble intentions, only one person kicks any ass in this movie and he gets shafted pretty badly too.

Its all about shit. Literally.
Zater
Commander
Commander
Posts: 143
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:01 am

Post by Zater »

Here's just some stuff.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Paranoia Agent
Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu
This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people. - C.S. Lewis
Wilbky
Captain
Captain
Posts: 360
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:10 pm

Post by Wilbky »

Steam Boy - movie
Ouran High School Host Club - series
The Place Promised In Our Early Days - movie
5 Centimeters Per Second - movie
[img]http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7827/ouranhostclubuserbarba9.png[/img]
[img]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1041/waffleuserbaroq0.png[/img]
Tsakara
Captain
Captain
Posts: 496
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:25 pm
Location: The desert of the real

Post by Tsakara »

I can't believe I forgot Death Note! you'd probably like that.
Wilbky
Captain
Captain
Posts: 360
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:10 pm

Post by Wilbky »

Seconded, that one is awesome.
[img]http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7827/ouranhostclubuserbarba9.png[/img]
[img]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1041/waffleuserbaroq0.png[/img]
Squishy
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral
Posts: 852
Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:32 am

Post by Squishy »

Death Note goes without saying. The manga is also wintastic.
osilus
Captain
Captain
Posts: 336
Joined: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:34 am

Post by osilus »

Yeah, death notes good, course I'm usually busy making fun of how utterly dramatic light gets.
JaffaJoke91
Captain
Captain
Posts: 347
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:53 am

Post by JaffaJoke91 »

i don't watch deathnote often, is it really worth watching?

Also, try Tokko. although it may be a bit strange
actually, it is not much stranger than deathnote
Need... More... COOKIES!
Zater
Commander
Commander
Posts: 143
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:01 am

Post by Zater »

osilus wrote:Yeah, death notes good, course I'm usually busy making fun of how utterly dramatic light gets.
Don't you understand? Death notes are serious business.
This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people. - C.S. Lewis
osilus
Captain
Captain
Posts: 336
Joined: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:34 am

Post by osilus »

Zater wrote:
osilus wrote:Yeah, death notes good, course I'm usually busy making fun of how utterly dramatic light gets.
Don't you understand? Death notes are serious business.
As are the internets?

Oh and other anime I forgot to mention, akira, and tekkonkinkreet.
Boba Fettuccini
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral
Posts: 775
Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:27 pm
Location: Everett, WA
Contact:

Post by Boba Fettuccini »

Interstella 5555. its a movie, pretty good at that :)
[center][url]www.boba-fettuccini.com[/url][/center]
Tsakara
Captain
Captain
Posts: 496
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:25 pm
Location: The desert of the real

Post by Tsakara »

you might like Noein, I've liked it so far although its confusing at times.
Post Reply