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Posted: Apr 15 2009 02:58 am

When I get up the money I'm going to purchase the sets. That just looks too bad ass.

Posted: Apr 15 2009 02:44 pm

I'll repeat what others say: Start from the older stuff, then work your way up to the newer, with some exceptions like:

Arlock41 wrote:

Gurren Lagann

Yes... I. Can't. Fucking. Recommend. This. Enough. Such a well done show. This should be one of the first priorities of anime to watch to you, it's so good.

Arlock41 wrote:

Elfen Lied

No way. No fucking way. Not for newcomers at least. =p

If you're gonna watch Mobile Suit Gundam, grab the 3 movies-- the original TV series got fucked and filler'd up due to it's rocky run on Japanese TV back then. I'll second the three OVA's (0080, 0083, 08th MS Team) and Wing. Look into the sequels of the original timeline (Z Gundam, ZZ Gundam, Char's Counterattack, F91, and V Gundam if you liked the aforementioned shows). All brilliant space operas. G Gundam is good if you like absurdly insane, almost super robots (SHIIIINIIIING FINGAHHHHHH!!!111one) Oh, and try Gundam SEED too.

Even if you watched it in Robotech, watch Macross (specifically the movie Do You Remember Love?, prequel Macross Zero, and sequels Macross Plus, 7 (if you become a real fan) and Frontier, the most recent one.)

Mazinger Z and Getter Robo (specifically Getter Robo Armageddon) are good watching if you want. They are the "El Papas" of all mecha anime, including the shows y'all loved as little ones like Voltron (Golion =p).

DBZ only made sense to me when I was a kid, and I like Bleach, but yes, they are highly stereotypical of anime and I second the notion that you should stay away from them and most other shonen shows (like Naruto, sorry guys). Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X and Yu Yu Hakusho are kinda exempt from this rule though, because they're that good.

Also, Gun X Sword. EVERYBODY should watch Gun X Sword. If only for it having one of best dubs in anime. Ever. It also has a plot that does stuff like super robot shows, Cowboy Bebop, and Trigun better than the originals (though you should still watch them anyway.)

Last Exile is pretty great too, and has some beautiful animation to boot.

Oh, and Tekkaman Blade. Just Tekkaman Blade.

It's also a shame that Serial Experiments Lain, Record of Lodoss War, and Slayers (which will be 10 times better for you if you are a fan of RPGs, D&D, etc.) weren't mentioned in here.

Other than that, there's not much I can recommend that others have already.

One more thing: Leave all those slice-of-life/other stuff for later. (with the exception of Azumanga Daioh and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, which'd also be fun to watch with your girlfriend/wife/other half/whatever.) If morbid curiosity still strikes you, then go with Lucky Star (as mentioned), Air, Kanon, Clannad, all that stuff.

Fuck, that was a mouthful.

Posted: Apr 15 2009 10:24 pm

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

Blah blah blah anime, blah blah blah.

I saved your post in a notepad for when I get super rich and can buy everything you mentioned.
Also, I started watching Elfen Lied today and my Dad walked in. He asked me if it was one of "those porn animes" Embarrassed

Posted: Apr 15 2009 11:00 pm

Despite everyone's leanings towards more actiony anime do not pass up FLCL if you see it on a shelf somewhere.

Posted: Apr 16 2009 01:04 pm

I always thought FLCL was pretty action-oriented. I love that series, it never get's old for me.

Posted: Apr 16 2009 04:26 pm

There's action for sure, but there's also alot of talking and shit.

Posted: Apr 16 2009 11:43 pm

That's true. I always loved the action-sequences though. Talking about it makes me want to re-watch the series.

Posted: Apr 16 2009 11:56 pm

FLCL is very good, great action bits for when you feel the need for action, after a few watchings you develop the ability to digest its random bullshit and understand what the hell is going on. Best coming of age story ever.

Paranoia agent, freaky psychological stuff, endings kinda off, but pound for pound you can't beat the mood it creates. When you watch the episode "happy family planning" keep an eye on the shadows of people. Serial experiments lain is kinda heavy, but interesting and the logical sequence after Paranoia Agent.

Cowboy Bebop, enough said. Movie too, better than most movies that come out on the big screen.

Big O is good for silly giant robot action, same with G Gundam. Yeah, that guy just burst out of the Statue of Liberty, yes NeoMexico is a giant space sombrero, yes the guy from italy just cut a building in half by kicking, yep thats a german ninja, its a well known fact that there was an honest to god rebellion by the writers. Big O is like Batman the animated series but with giant robots. In case you couldn't tell by my namesake, 1920s pulp detective combined with automotons is kinda my thing.

You should watch Akira, I don't think it aged very well but its one of those animes that could be considered "Iconic". Starts out as Blade Runner, turns into DBZ, ends like Evangelion.

BTW, Evangelion. If the Gundam series is what giant robots would be like in real life, Evangelion is what the people around them would be like in real life. Don't worry about the symbolism, its all about the characters, from the sniviling little oedipus milkquetoast main character to the wacky drunk chick who stops being so wacky. Come to think of it you should wait on this one. A good deconstruction benefits from intimate knowledge of its tropes.

Some people like trigun, I can't get into it. I'm athiest; I don't like messiahs. Oddly enough Fist of the North Star is the same. As much as I like punching in videogames, animes with nothing but punching and shallow hypermasculine philosophy leave me cold. I prefer outlaw star and cowboy bebop for my space westerns, and for shonen anime I like the first seasons of Yu Yu Hakusho.

Excel Saga, once you've gotten a few animes under your belt. Very funny.

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Has anyone seem the anime "Perfect Blue"? That is a really great movie and blew my fuckin' mind the first time I saw it. Highly recommended movie.

Posted: Apr 17 2009 08:54 pm

I like El-Hazard, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Inuyasha.

No, I am not being sarcastic Embarrassed

Posted: Apr 17 2009 10:41 pm

Okay, I am being serious. I used to watch a show called Tranzor-Z when I was a kid and I loved it. I now know it was called Matzinger Z in Japan and it was highly censored when I saw it. Is there a translated version (subtitles are fine) of the original uncensored show or at least the censored version for the U.S. available on DVD. Region doesn't matter if it is on DVD.

Posted: Apr 17 2009 11:32 pm

Haddox wrote:

I like El-Hazard, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Inuyasha.

No, I am not being sarcastic Embarrassed

At least you're being honest. I like Inuyasha as well. I may have found it boring occasionally, but it's continuing storyline coupled with the amount of episodes it had gave my something to look forward to at the end of the week.

Posted: Apr 18 2009 02:22 am

I also agree that FLCL is good stuffs.

jackfrost wrote:

Okay, I am being serious. I used to watch a show called Tranzor-Z when I was a kid and I loved it. I now know it was called Mazinger Z in Japan and it was highly censored when I saw it. Is there a translated version (subtitles are fine) of the original uncensored show or at least the censored version for the U.S. available on DVD. Region doesn't matter if it is on DVD.

Unfortunately, Mazinger Z (or Tranzor Z) doesn't have an (official) English release, so torrents are your friend here. The whole series has been subbed for eons now. There are some sites that still offer it, but they're like, bootlegged and seem shady.

Also: If you want, try it's sequel, Great Mazinger too.