I went ahead and did some descriptions for them, since I've seen them. But just because they aren't on anyone's list doesn't mean you can't make your own list and put your own descriptions. The more you like a show the better your description tends to be.
Elfen Lied - If you like blood and splash, this is a great anime for you. This anime is personally my favorite. Hellsing - Vampyres and blood, evilness. Naruto - Strongly recommanded anime, its great. School Rumble - Liking comic? This is the best! Chobits - Great story and kinda funny.
Thanks for the information guys, especially Cold Nite and his wonderful descriptions <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I borrowed some Hellsing off of my girlfriends dad, well I took them as he's on holiday for the week he won't notice they are gone. Watched the first episode, pretty damn cool, it's put life back in to anime for me since DBZ killed it for me a few years back.
I'll be looking in to Naruto and Ghost in the Shell for definate. If I get time after my exams I will start to look at things like Cowboy Bepop and Spirited Away as they also sound pretty cool.
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yes, Listen to Cold-Night the man has very good taste in Anime.
what I personaly say are GREAT starters for some one new to anime:
Anything <a href='http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/' target='_blank'>Miyazaki</a>. These are realy the best way to get into anime.
Also, if you watch them starting with the earlier ones and gofowards you see a very cooland quick history on how Anime has changed (techniques and such).
My current Favorite was also said: Last Exile.
Very easy to understamd, Very likable characters, cool universe, and a good mix of action/drama/comedy/etc
Get your hands on a copy of Interstella 5555. It is a good example of sorta 'artsy' anime (no lyrics, just alot of music by Daft Punk).
As a note on Hellsing: The action rocks, the characters are rather cool (badarsed is a better descrip). However, I will give you the flat out warning that the plot is lackluster (especialy at the end). I still enjoyed it, I just waned more <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and we basicaly all hate DBZ. There are a few random people who realy like it and we just can't figgure out why (one of my best friends is 22 years old and loves DBZ, aside from that fact he is perfectly normal <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
<!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+May 11 2005, 11:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ May 11 2005, 11:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As a note on Hellsing: The action rocks, the characters are rather cool (badarsed is a better descrip). However, I will give you the flat out warning that the plot is lackluster (especialy at the end). I still enjoyed it, I just waned more <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and we basicaly all hate DBZ. There are a few random people who realy like it and we just can't figgure out why (one of my best friends is 22 years old and loves DBZ, aside from that fact he is perfectly normal <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah it lacks and has a certain repeatitiveness and the storyline moves shiftily slow but I am enjoying thus far, just a shame when reading a fansite they stopped at 13 episodes.
On a side note I grew out of DBZ years ago which has gave me my main 'anime sucks' opinion until now.
Important: anime is a medium, <i>not</i> a genre, so if you see one series that wasn't your thing it isn't an indication of what the others are like. If your only exposure to anime was, say, Galaxy Angel, it'd be veery different to if you saw Ghost in the Shell. I'm saying this in the same sense as... a newbie's first time playing NS who gets a terrible commander and unfriendly teammates; it's not an indication of how <i>all</i> of it is.
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edited May 2005
Big list comming of what I think are good animes <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Vandread Stage 1 and 2 (Space combat/mecha fights with lot's of comedy) Hikaru no GO! (an anime about the game GO!, with lot's of comedy) GANTZ Airmaster (Steetfighter girl who LOVES to fight and is realy good at it) Gunslinger girl (12-15yo girl assassins with big guns are pretty darn dangerous) Macros 7 Macros zero Bakuretsu Tenshi (Mecha/gunfight with some comedy) Naruto (Ninjas battle to be the strongest one with lots of comedy, downside is that there are sometimes lot's of flashbacks which might be annoying) Raxephon
<b>Personal favorites:</b> Love Hina Love Hina Again Cowboy Bebop (Comedy/bountyhunters in a realistic future for mankind) Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex Ghost In The Shell (movie) Ghost In The Shell - innocence (movie) Akira Chobits Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (A good love story, this actually made me sad T_T ) Wondefull days (VERY nicely animated movie with a good story) Trigun (very humoristic gunslinger hero in a wild west atmosphere)
<b>Funny and sometimes just wrong animes:</b> Ebichu (a weird sexistic hamster) Puni Puni Poemi (super hero girls with lots of weirdness) Digi charat (uhm yeh, seen a few things. From what I've seen it would fall in the weird catacory)
God I wish Gantz the anime was damn near close to as good as the Manga was. I was SO friggin dissapointed when I saw the changes.
Oh nice, someone recommended KGNE. It's a drama though, so it feels kinda like a chick flick.
Anyway if anyone needs recommendations, just ask.
------------------ OH! Hahaha, what an idiot I forgot one of my favorite anime of all time.
...PlanetES.
<span style='font-size:15pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:green'><u>PlanetES</u></span></span> <span style='color:white'><- One of the greatest Anime I will ever recommend to you.</span>
<i>In the year 2075, pollution reigns in the orbital space around Earth. Since the first incident of space debris striking and puncturing a shuttle, subsequently killing the majority of its occupants, space stations must now hire and maintain a crew of workers whose sole duty is to clean up the leftovers of a bygone age. Essentially they are the garbage-men and women of space. Join Hoshino Hachirota, known to his friends as Hachimaki (Headband), and the recent recruit Tanabe Ai, as they discover a little bit more about Space, the World, and Themselves.
BASED ON THE HIT MANGA BY MAKOTO YUKIMURA
A STORY ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT CONNECT US AS PEOPLE.
PLANETES. AVAILABLE IN A VIDEO STORE NEAR YOU.</i>
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
edited May 2005
Yeh I didn't know what KGNE was about. I initially thought is was your standart guy meets girls combined with lots of comedy. But then the plot changed, but I kept on watching it, because it does have a nice story.
It was certainly unexpected anyway. I wasn't sure if I would like it from the first 2 or 3 episodes... but then... heh. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Blue Gender! That one was good..just the English Dub was lacking good voice actors. I'd say watch it in Jap Language. All in all though, I liked it..VERY gory...very..... /nightmares
Aliens are on earth "The Blue" And humans have resulted in living in a colony on space, to wait for the time when the humans can reclaim their home. There are a specific amount of people with the "B Cells" in their body, which makes them the best fight against The Blue that they can get......
<b>Cyberformula GPX</b>.... Kinda hard to find. F-Zero + Speed Racer + Incredible Story + Created by the teams behind Gundam, Macross, and later Cowboy Bebop. One of the most popular series in Japan.
<b>Doraemon</b>... Don't know how you can get a hold of it in US. Yes, it's a kid show. But <a href='http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/heroes/doraemon.html' target='_blank'>the anime and manga should not be dissed.</a>
<b>Musashi No Ken</b>... Very old series, I saw it when I was in primary school.
Dad and mon are legendary Kendo masters. Kid is a Kendo prodigy. Dad die in a contest with family's friend. Kid developed rivalry with the killer's child, still remaining good friend. A saga that ended at a high school Kendo competition. Cult classics. <a href='http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1002997194/code-j/section-videos/' target='_blank'>http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/...section-videos/</a>
Tank Police < all of you. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Only other series that I've seen are the Evangelion series, and the NGE movie, Death, and Rebirth (Which is essentially the graphic novels, in a quick fire movie...)
Tank Police < all of you. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Only other series that I've seen are the Evangelion series, and the NGE movie, Death, and Rebirth (Which is essentially the graphic novels, in a quick fire movie...) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Wait, you have only seen Evangelion series and Tank Police, and you're so certain that Tank Police > all?
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+May 11 2005, 04:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ May 11 2005, 04:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> randomly appearing overidealized female characters in at least 2 of the lead roles <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> that's a bad thing?
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+May 11 2005, 04:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ May 11 2005, 04:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is there a such thing as a mecha series without randomly appearing overidealized female characters in at least 2 of the lead roles? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well personally I think anime can be an acquired taste so if you listen to some of these hardcore anime buffs they'll recommend something that might be a bit out there. So I'll recommend some anime that even non anime buffs would enjoy. Ninja Scroll. It's a simple plot, with lots of action, interesting characters and great animation. I remember there being some language and mild sexual content so be warned.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+May 11 2005, 11:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ May 11 2005, 11:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Am I the only one who has seen Noir? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I have seen it. Noir was good but the lack of blood was a bit freaky even if it was a design decision.
<!--QuoteBegin-relsan+May 12 2005, 08:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (relsan @ May 12 2005, 08:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well personally I think anime can be an acquired taste so if you listen to some of these hardcore anime buffs they'll recommend something that might be a bit out there. So I'll recommend some anime that even non anime buffs would enjoy. Ninja Scroll. It's a simple plot, with lots of action, interesting characters and great animation. I remember there being some language and mild sexual content so be warned. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You say that but most of us go out of our way trying to give you the mild stuff so you don't make fun of us...
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Hellsing - Vampyres and blood, evilness.
Naruto - Strongly recommanded anime, its great.
School Rumble - Liking comic? This is the best!
Chobits - Great story and kinda funny.
I borrowed some Hellsing off of my girlfriends dad, well I took them as he's on holiday for the week he won't notice they are gone. Watched the first episode, pretty damn cool, it's put life back in to anime for me since DBZ killed it for me a few years back.
I'll be looking in to Naruto and Ghost in the Shell for definate. If I get time after my exams I will start to look at things like Cowboy Bepop and Spirited Away as they also sound pretty cool.
Thanks alot guys!
PS: I love that pistol in Hellsing.
what I personaly say are GREAT starters for some one new to anime:
Anything <a href='http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/' target='_blank'>Miyazaki</a>. These are realy the best way to get into anime.
Also, if you watch them starting with the earlier ones and gofowards you see a very cooland quick history on how Anime has changed (techniques and such).
My current Favorite was also said:
Last Exile.
Very easy to understamd, Very likable characters, cool universe, and a good mix of action/drama/comedy/etc
Get your hands on a copy of Interstella 5555.
It is a good example of sorta 'artsy' anime (no lyrics, just alot of music by Daft Punk).
As a note on Hellsing:
The action rocks, the characters are rather cool (badarsed is a better descrip). However, I will give you the flat out warning that the plot is lackluster (especialy at the end). I still enjoyed it, I just waned more <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and we basicaly all hate DBZ. There are a few random people who realy like it and we just can't figgure out why (one of my best friends is 22 years old and loves DBZ, aside from that fact he is perfectly normal <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
The action rocks, the characters are rather cool (badarsed is a better descrip). However, I will give you the flat out warning that the plot is lackluster (especialy at the end). I still enjoyed it, I just waned more <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and we basicaly all hate DBZ. There are a few random people who realy like it and we just can't figgure out why (one of my best friends is 22 years old and loves DBZ, aside from that fact he is perfectly normal <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah it lacks and has a certain repeatitiveness and the storyline moves shiftily slow but I am enjoying thus far, just a shame when reading a fansite they stopped at 13 episodes.
On a side note I grew out of DBZ years ago which has gave me my main 'anime sucks' opinion until now.
<a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/' target='_blank'>Transformers : The Movie</a> is actually a good watch too.
Vandread Stage 1 and 2 (Space combat/mecha fights with lot's of comedy)
Hikaru no GO! (an anime about the game GO!, with lot's of comedy)
GANTZ
Airmaster (Steetfighter girl who LOVES to fight and is realy good at it)
Gunslinger girl (12-15yo girl assassins with big guns are pretty darn dangerous)
Macros 7
Macros zero
Bakuretsu Tenshi (Mecha/gunfight with some comedy)
Naruto (Ninjas battle to be the strongest one with lots of comedy, downside is that there are sometimes lot's of flashbacks which might be annoying)
Raxephon
<b>Personal favorites:</b>
Love Hina
Love Hina Again
Cowboy Bebop (Comedy/bountyhunters in a realistic future for mankind)
Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex
Ghost In The Shell (movie)
Ghost In The Shell - innocence (movie)
Akira
Chobits
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (A good love story, this actually made me sad T_T )
Wondefull days (VERY nicely animated movie with a good story)
Trigun (very humoristic gunslinger hero in a wild west atmosphere)
<b>Funny and sometimes just wrong animes:</b>
Ebichu (a weird sexistic hamster)
Puni Puni Poemi (super hero girls with lots of weirdness)
Digi charat (uhm yeh, seen a few things. From what I've seen it would fall in the weird catacory)
Oh nice, someone recommended KGNE. It's a drama though, so it feels kinda like a chick flick.
Anyway if anyone needs recommendations, just ask.
------------------
OH! Hahaha, what an idiot I forgot one of my favorite anime of all time.
...PlanetES.
<span style='font-size:15pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:green'><u>PlanetES</u></span></span> <span style='color:white'><- One of the greatest Anime I will ever recommend to you.</span>
<img src='http://img2.anidb.info/pics/anime/614.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<i>In the year 2075, pollution reigns in the orbital space around Earth. Since the first incident of space debris striking and puncturing a shuttle, subsequently killing the majority of its occupants, space stations must now hire and maintain a crew of workers whose sole duty is to clean up the leftovers of a bygone age. Essentially they are the garbage-men and women of space. Join Hoshino Hachirota, known to his friends as Hachimaki (Headband), and the recent recruit Tanabe Ai, as they discover a little bit more about Space, the World, and Themselves.
BASED ON THE HIT MANGA BY MAKOTO YUKIMURA
A STORY ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT CONNECT US AS PEOPLE.
PLANETES. AVAILABLE IN A VIDEO STORE NEAR YOU.</i>
Blue Gender! That one was good..just the English Dub was lacking good voice actors. I'd say watch it in Jap Language. All in all though, I liked it..VERY gory...very.....
/nightmares
Aliens are on earth "The Blue" And humans have resulted in living in a colony on space, to wait for the time when the humans can reclaim their home. There are a specific amount of people with the "B Cells" in their body, which makes them the best fight against The Blue that they can get......
<img src='http://omochadx.com/reviews/figures/escaflownebox.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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<img src='http://omochadx.com/reviews/figures/escaflowne.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
= Win!
<b>Cyberformula GPX</b>.... Kinda hard to find.
F-Zero + Speed Racer + Incredible Story + Created by the teams behind Gundam, Macross, and later Cowboy Bebop. One of the most popular series in Japan.
<b>Doraemon</b>... Don't know how you can get a hold of it in US.
Yes, it's a kid show. But <a href='http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/heroes/doraemon.html' target='_blank'>the anime and manga should not be dissed.</a>
<b>Musashi No Ken</b>... Very old series, I saw it when I was in primary school.
Dad and mon are legendary Kendo masters. Kid is a Kendo prodigy. Dad die in a contest with family's friend. Kid developed rivalry with the killer's child, still remaining good friend. A saga that ended at a high school Kendo competition.
Cult classics. <a href='http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1002997194/code-j/section-videos/' target='_blank'>http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/...section-videos/</a>
Tank Police < all of you. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Only other series that I've seen are the Evangelion series, and the NGE movie, Death, and Rebirth (Which is essentially the graphic novels, in a quick fire movie...)
Tank Police < all of you. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Only other series that I've seen are the Evangelion series, and the NGE movie, Death, and Rebirth (Which is essentially the graphic novels, in a quick fire movie...) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wait, you have only seen Evangelion series and Tank Police, and you're so certain that Tank Police > all?
EDIT: I'm assuming you mean ">" rather than "<"
And for the "Wheel of justice" scene, with the crook tied to a wheel with a grenade in his mouth, having knives thrown at him...
And the Sargeant reading "How to Kill" in the very first scene of the series!
Sheer humour of Tank Police > All
My personal favorite would have to be Trigun (esp. later in the series, the show is just pure awesomeness)
Edit: ok, here's something that nobody's said yet - SAILOR MOON!!! (okay, just kidding...you can stop looking at me like that now)
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Adventures of Mini-Goddess
that's a bad thing?
Chou Majin Eiyuuden Wataru
Gravitation
Boku no Sexual harassment
Osakana wa Ame no Naka
Ai no Kusabi
Kizuna
I think you'd really enjoy them, Thaldarin.
I have seen it. Noir was good but the lack of blood was a bit freaky even if it was a design decision.
You say that but most of us go out of our way trying to give you the mild stuff so you don't make fun of us...
heh...
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