The Anime Thread!

[Powder]

You a fan? What series' have you watched? Currently following one? What's your genre of choice? All that general stuff.

I was hooked on Toonami back in the day, but when its popularity started phasing out, my interest more or less did as well. Just got caught up in school & other stuff. But I watched almost everything on there... Big O, Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, Dragonball Z, etc. Plus I was (and still am) a huge fan of Pokemon. After most of 'em went off the air I was into other things, playing music mostly, and anime was the farthest thing from my mind.

More recently though I've been diving into it all over again. When I moved out of state I had to find a few new things to occupy myself with, and after a while some of 'em got stale so I started going to conventions. In doing so I saw how invaluable certain series' were to fans, kinda like (most of) us with the turtles. Plus I realized there was a lot more genres than just giant robot fighting shows (which I find incredibly boring usually). Not long after I got Netflix, which happens to have an extensive selection of anime so I gave a few shows a shot and since then I've been tearing through bunches of 'em one after another. EDIT: Now I have Roku, which runs Crunchyroll & other anime services, which have subbed series' old & new. Much better. I've become a terrible weeaboo since I made this thread years back.

Here's what I've watched so far (as of 7/4/2014) in the order of viewing-

Kiss X Sis
Popotan
Sekirei
Girls Bravo
Shuffle!
Fruits Basket
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Clannad/Clannad Afterstory
Angel Beats!
Mushi-shi
Samurai Champoo
Chobits
Elfen Lied
Rosario + Vampire
Highschool Of The Dead
Nabari no Ou
Kokoro Connect
Shugo Chara
Oreimo
Astarottes Toy
Lucky Star
Nichjou
K-On!
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
Watamote
Ano Natsu Matteru
Love Lab
The World Only God Knows
Kill La Kill
Hentai Prince & The Stony Cat
My Mental Choices are Completely Interfering with my School Romantic Comedy
Kanokon
Recently, My Sister is Unusual
Squid Girl
Princess Jellyfish
Polar Bear Cafe
Hanamaru Kindegarten
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Kana Memo
Denki-Gai
Yuru Yuri
Non Non Biyori
Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!
Humanity Has Declined
Locodol
Barakamon


(Clearly I enjoy fan-service)

So what are you into? Also, anybody got any suggestions of shows to check out based on my preferences? Thanks in advance.

[gobo]

Some I like:
Street Fighter II V
Tenchi Muyo!
Mahoromatic
Cowboy Bebop
Hanaukyo Maid Tai
Fruits Basket
Fushigi Yugi
Sgt Frog
DragonBall

[愛]

Anime sucks.

...these days it does, anyway. I love the 90's and early 00's, though. It's especially awesome if you turn on the English dub. Hilarity ensues every time.

[Samhain]

Anime sucks.

...these days it does, anyway. I love the 90's and early 00's, though. It's especially awesome if you turn on the English dub. Hilarity ensues every time.

No one said it had to be current, dude.

For me:
Series:

Dragonball
Dragonball Z
One Piece
Saint Seiya
Naruto
Bleach
Sailor Moon

Movies:

Ghost in The Shell
My Neighbor Totoro
Akira
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle

Sure I'm forgetting some, just too many to list.

[愛]

I was just expressing an opinion without providing a cookie-cutter list, dude.

[CyberCubed]

I am not much of an anime fan to be honest. I watched Pokemon and Dragonball Z like most people did but that was the extent. Never bothered to get into anything else.

I was always more into videogames and Superhero cartoons.

[SherlockJr]

Used to be a big weaboo (for those who don't know, that term refers to an obnoxious anime fan who thinks Japan is the greatest place on Earth and throws random Japanese words into their vocabulary) back in my first two years of high school. I've since grown out of that, but I do like animation in general, so that includes anime as well. The only series I really like are Princess Tutu and Revolutionary Girl Utena. I also love Ghibli to death.:)

[TheCanadiandrome]

for me:

Dragonball
Dragonball Z
Dragonball GT, although not that big a fan
Sailor Moon
Various Pokemon Series'
Yugi-Oh, although to, not that big a fan

[ToTheNines]

Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop are the only two I own on DVD.

Paranoia Agent was really cool, and a few movies I've seen here and there.

[AleXviD]

Favorites:
Akira (Streamline dub)
Demon City Shinjuku
Devil Man 1: The Birth
Devil Man 2: Demon Bird
Dragon Pink
Elfen Lied
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Grenadier: Smiling Warrior
Guyver: Bioboosted Armor
Guyver: Bio-Booster Armour
Kite (censored)
Mad Bull 34
Mezzo Forte
Pet Shop of Horrors
Princess Mononoke
Ranma 1/2 - Seasons 1-3
Rumic Theater TV
Rumic Theater TV 2: Mermaid Forest
Rumic World - Mermaid Saga 1: Mermaid Forest
Rumic World - Mermaid Saga 2: Mermaid's Scar
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (Yello OST)
Space Adventure Cobra TV/OVA (all)
Spirited Away
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Wonderful Days
X TV

Some real good things:
Barefoot Gen
Blood: the Last Vampire
Chobits
Cowboy Bebop
Full Metal Panic
Gunsmith Cats
Perfect Blue
Street Fighter II V
They Were 11

Pretty sure I forgot something important.

[IamtheKnight]

Watched:
Naruto
Clannad
Shakugan No Shana
Bleach
Kanon (2006)
Code Geass
Fullmetal Alchemist
Favorites:
Clannad
Kanon (2006)
Code Geass
Shakugan No Shana
Fullmetal Alchemist

Got bored of or stopped watching:
Naruto
Bleach

[Redeemer]

Yeah I love anime
My fav
Gundam Wing
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Naruto/ Naruto Shippuden
Avatar the Last Airbender

Other good anime tv series/movies
Samuria X-M
G-Gundam
One Piece
Dragon Ball/Z
Bleach
Rurouni Kenshin
Tri-gun
Digimon 1st season
Zoids
Ronin Warriors

Others that I watched and suggest, these r not known by many, but I found to be better than some of the most popular anime!!!
Please Teacher
Gunslinger Girl
Peace Maker
Death Note(That I still have not freakn finished):x

I gotta say the three below are excellent anime's but the only reason they aren't my favorites is bc the r short and left me to desire more which pissed me off. lol But I Highly suggest any anime lover to watch these series

[Logan]

I like a lot of anime, but here's a few of my favs...

Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Vampire Hunter D/ Bloodlust
Robotech/ Macross/ Mospeada
Guyver
Dragon Ball Z/ GT
Mobile Suit Gundam
King of Beasts GoLion

[Lethal Lullaby]

I know this thread is a little old but I just have to know something real quick. Is Deathnote any good? Because that L character seems interesting and I think I might watch it.

[愛]

Death Note is good, but there are some plot holes in it. The story, while it tries really hard to be believable, the main character has the most durable plot armor I've ever seen in my life.

[zkarlette]

I really recommend Death Note, if you watch the movies too , you'll love "L".

[Redeemer]

I know this thread is a little old but I just have to know something real quick. Is Deathnote any good? Because that L character seems interesting and I think I might watch it.

Yes, DeathNote is really great, it is considered the top modern Anime by many

[GK Punk]

Death Note is pretty great. It's one of my favorites actually. (I Even own a replica of the Note Book.) It's a psychological Anime with a mix of the super natural more than anything so if that's your thing, you'll dig it.

[Mr.Turtle]

death note the anime is really good. the music n the voice casts n stuff i mean. together it's really good.

[GK Punk]

The music is fantastic in Death Note.

[Mr.Turtle]

not the ed tho...

[GK Punk]

Both of Ending themes are great.

[Mr.Turtle]

not really.

[Jester]

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[Logan]

Just got Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? in the mail. Beautiful animation. I just wish there was more action in it.

[Mr.Turtle]

anyways im not a anime fan at all but i have to admit that a few of them r really neat.

[Allio]

watching Smile Precure, waiting for Futari Wa Precure downloads

[Jelly Bean]

Crayon Shin-chan!

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[Lethal Lullaby]

My thoughts on what I've seen on "Death Note": This anime is actually pretty interesting. :) I already know my top three characters too. :tgrin:

L.
Matsuda
Ryuk

[Cure]

The only anime worth watching is where every other character name ends in -mon.

[Moonlight1102]

One of my favorite animes has to be Bo Bo Bo BoBoBoBo.

[Mr.Turtle]

hunterxhunter is classic too. personally, i think its better than dragon ball.

[愛]

hunterxhunter is classic too. personally, i think its better than dragon ball.

I hope you have reasons to back that claim up, broseph.

[Mr.Turtle]

i like dragon too but i dont quite buy the graphics. it just looks so out of date.

[Redeemer]

I have been watching Deadman's Wonderland on Cartoon Network on Toonami and it has been really good, I was unsure at first, but there is something about the show that keeps me watching it

[Shreddhead]

So Ive recently, last 5 years, gotten into anime a little. I grew up watching shows like:
Dragonball
Dragonball Z
Pokemon
Digimon

But now i have a true appreciation for how amazing this form of entertainment can be thanks mainly to 2 shows
COWBOY BEBOP
and
TRIGUN

I cannot tell you how much i enjoyed these series, and now im perusing others. The next few that im going to try to watch through are:
Outlaw Star
Full Metal Alchemist
Wolf's Rain

[Shreddhead]

Sorry for the double post, but i had to put these two intros up.

Cowboy Bebop
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Trigun
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[Mona_Lisa]

Here is my anime list!!!!


Fruits Basket
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Gundam Wing
Dragonball Z
Sailor Moon
Naruto
Avatar the Last Airbender

[Cure]

Avatar isn't anime.

[Mr.Turtle]

peace maker is good too, tho a lil old now.

[Redeemer]

Avatar isn't anime.

Avatar is from an art standpoint is an anime technically, a clear cut storyline I would consider it anime

[Moonlight1102]

Weirdest. Anime. Ever.

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[Cure]

Avatar is from an art standpoint is an anime technically, a clear cut storyline I would consider it anime

It's not anime. "Technically" or literally.

[Koi]

Animes/movies off the top of my head that I have liked
Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Golden Boy, Samurai Champloo, Ghost In The Shell, Tekkonkinkreet, Durarara, Barefoot Gen, Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso, My Neighbor Totoro, and Astroboy.

[Mr.Turtle]

almost forgot, saint seiya... the original tv n ova r really classic. personally speaking, its better than dragon ball...

[Moonlight1102]

Related to the Anime topic, has anyone ever heard of a anime internet review series called "Animerica"?

[GK Punk]

Avatar is from an art standpoint is an anime technically, a clear cut storyline I would consider it anime

It has nothing to do with Anime. It's created by Americans, animated in Korea. Nothing Japanese about it at all.

[Redeemer]

It has nothing to do with Anime. It's created by Americans, animated in Korea. Nothing Japanese about it at all.

It is drawn anime style that was the only point I made and you dont have to bee from japan or Asia to make an anime.

[Mr.Turtle]

^whatever man, it's boring like avengers... so who cares?

[Moonlight1102]

^Have you ever even watched Avatar The Last Airbender?

[Mr.Turtle]

yep... only one word for it... BOOORINGGGG...

[GK Punk]

It is drawn anime style that was the only point I made and you dont have to bee from japan or Asia to make an anime.

It can be anime inspired, but not actual anime.

[Cure]

It is drawn anime style that was the only point I made and you dont have to bee from japan or Asia to make an anime.

THAT IS THE VERY F*CKING DEFINITION (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime) OF ANIME.

Don't turn this into an argument. You will be wrong no matter what you say. For the love of God.

[Redeemer]

lol How about we agree to disagree, I can pull definition from multiple sources that will back my claim, the internet is not always right,

[Cure]

Yeah, not like Merriam-Webster existed before the internet or anything.

[Ninjinister]

I haven't watched anime on a regular basis in forever, but I've recently gotten the yearn to watch Happy Lesson again. Maybe I'll do that, this weekend.

[Powder]

Since I started this thread I've watched the following series on Netflix-

Samurai Champoo
Chobits
Elfen Lied
Rosario + Vampire
Nabari no Ou

Of them I found Samurai Champloo to be the one I was most immersed in. Each was well worth the watch, to my tastes anyway.

[Mr.Turtle]

Uchuu Kyoudai is fun sometimes too... i like this kinda work abt brotherhood n adventures.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I gotta catch more Dragonball GT

[Shreddhead]

I came across this today. Its a 5 min short an independent anime company made for a 1983 SI-FI convention. Whats truly amazing is all the cameo appearances of famous Si-Fi characters and ships they sprinkle in:

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And as far as the playboy costume....... its Japan.

[Peanut]

I'm bumping this thread up, because I absolutely need to talk about an anime I've begun watching recently called Attack on Titan. I'm on episode 7 right now and holy f*cking sh*t...it is something else.

Has anyone here watched any of it?

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You can watch it on the Funimation site (I think) but I'm watching it on Crunchyroll, because I have an account there. At the very least, if you even have a SLIGHT interest in anime, or just well done animation in general, check out the first episode. If you're kinda on the fence about it, watch until at least 5. I thought it was great at first, but when it got to episode 5 I knew I was locked in.

[愛]

My wife's been watching and raving about it. I still have yet to watch it, but I think I finally will start today.

[Anarchistguy]

I ll just post this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtGDSZie5I&fe

and powder...no need to be a smart ass. anyone can make a mistake

[Powder]

Apparently not.

[GK Punk]

I'm bumping this thread up, because I absolutely need to talk about an anime I've begun watching recently called Attack on Titan. I'm on episode 7 right now and holy f*cking sh*t...it is something else.

Has anyone here watched any of it?

c37Jq9zWd-I

You can watch it on the Funimation site (I think) but I'm watching it on Crunchyroll, because I have an account there. At the very least, if you even have a SLIGHT interest in anime, or just well done animation in general, check out the first episode. If you're kinda on the fence about it, watch until at least 5. I thought it was great at first, but when it got to episode 5 I knew I was locked in.

This ****in' show. I was not prepared for the feels it would give me. I got in to it a few months back when a friend was visiting after a con we went to. Our friends were there as the cast to promote the show and we kept hearing how amazing it is. So while she was here we watched the 10 episodes that were available at the time. I've been obsessed ever since.

[Peanut]

It really is awesome, even if it takes a couple too many swerves into cliched bullsh*t every so often. I was kinda put off by how obvious all the stuff with Annie and the female titan was, because they played up the mystery as if it wasn't totally obvious, but it seems like sh*t is about to pop off in the next episode.

I also started watching Hunter X Hunter, which I'm pretty sure is a remake or something? It's pretty cool, but it hasn't quite hooked me yet. I've watched about 6 or 7 episodes and it's enough to make me want to see more, but not enough to get me really into it.

[Peanut]

Anyone watch the season finale of Attack on Titan? What the sh*t is going on in that show!?

[Allio]

Anyone watch the season finale of Attack on Titan? What the sh*t is going on in that show!?

Not watching the anime, reading the manga

it gets crazier...and even more ass pully

[Peanut]

I heard the manga is pretty great, but I have a hard time committing to reading manga. I always feel disappointed when I spend $5-$10 on a book and finish it in 20 minutes.

[愛]

Buying manga is a financial rookie mistake. lol