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I would like to start watching some anime.

What are some of the best anime shows out there that I can start watching. I'm in USA so I don't see much.

Question also, whats the name of that anime cartoon of that boy with glasses that solves mysterys. He's like a man trap in a kid body. The show WAS on Adult Swim like last year.

Thanks

You're thinking of Case Closed (I think it's called something else here). It's an ok show, a little too formulaic though. Every episode follows the same pattern.

I can't tell you anything about "best" animes, but I can tell you what I enjoy. my 3 favorite animes are Cowboy Bebop, Azumanga Daioh, and Fullmetal Alchemist, 3 very diverse titles. Bebop is intelligent, introspective and enjoyably artsy. Azumanga Daioh is painfully adorable and airy while still managing to be hilarious and and thoughtful in regards to it's uneventful subject matter. Fullmetal Alchemist gives you the long, twisting storyline and endearing characters of a great RPG in the form of an anime.

I'll post some more titles a littel later, but those are my favorites.

Edit: I also have to mention Excel Saga. Probably like the funniest show ever.

Ranma 1/2 is great, The 1970s Cutie Honey series, and yeah ya know if I end up listing things, it's all going to be Old School anime so maybe I should stop. I find the older stuff alot better than the newer stuff.

The Guyver, even with it's renewed series though, it still does'nt seem to be as big, jusy like the last time it had a run in Japan. Ah well, once it's dubbed here it'll skyrocket in sales. Everyone besides Japan loves this franchise when they see it for some reason. Think Power Rangers with sex and violence

As mentioned, Bebop and Alchemist were breaths of fresh air to a block on AS now dominated by either the overrated or the inconclusive

I agree with Kittie. Look up the older anime. You'll find alot of gold there.

As for the new anime these days now... alot of it is crap. Most of the new anime is overrated garbage or complete fan-service junk.

Like kittie suggested, definetly check out Ranma 1/2. Also, check out a series called Mermaid Forest, and one called City Hunter.

Sorry for being a little off topic, but how is the new Guyver series holding up? I was never into anime too much, but remember watching the 12 episode Bio-Booster series and thinking it was awesome. A little while back, i heard that a new guyver sereies was being made for japan. Anyone seen any of it, or know if it'll really end up coming to the U.S.?

I highly recommend "Wolf's Rain".

I thought that series was excellent, and it had a beautiful soundtrack too.

Devilman Devilman Devilman.

Very violent, very gory, very disturbing, yet with an excellent and extensive mythos behind it, engaging characters, a tragic finale and kickass art-designs.

Currently, in the US, only the first two OVAs are available on DVD and the Japanese voice track is not included (I usually prefer English dubs, but the one for Devilman is just BAD).

I'd recommend getting a bootleg of the 3 OVAs. They're quite good.

The 70's TV series is fun in a campy, VERY 70's Speed Racer sorta way (but ith more gore and nudity).

DO NOT TOUCH the live action Devilman movie. It goes the route of the likes of X the Movie and crams a decade's worth of story into an hour and a half, making some of the worst changes and casting decisions I've ever seen. Much of the CGI is also utter sh**. Don't bother.

Also, don't get confused with Devil Dante (AKA Mao Dante). It was Go Nagai's precurser to Devilman, but the OVA series is quite terrible and not worth the trouble.

Haven't gotten around to seeing Devil Lady, heard mixed reviews, though.

Just stick to the 3 OVAs (the third one is usually sold seperately and is called the Apocalypse of Devilman).

And if you liked Devilman then I 100% recommend you pick up all three volumes of HBO's Spawn the Animated Series. Brilliant piece of work with some masterful story-telling, voice acting and gorgeous animation from Mad House Studio in Japan (the Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust people).

My favorites:
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
Naruto (the fillers don't count)
Noir
Rockman.EXE Axess
Black Cat

For anime with me it's "what canI stand watching", not best.

But there are 3 shows I rather enjoy, though not all the time.
Hellsing Ultimate
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star

I liek a few anime movies here and there as well*Very few and far apart* but other then that I can't stand anime for the most part.

I do however enjoy some manga series.

No, avoid Battle of The Planets. Watch the original version Gatchaman.

Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

Monster
Yakitate!! Japan
Black Jack series (OVA, TV series, or movies)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Big O (beware of the ending, though...)
Yu Yu Hakusho
Full Metal Panic series
Shura no Toki
Rurouni Kenshin

How many fights broke out over that damn ending?
I still like Corey's version the best.

Too many. It was so vague that people are still posting theories almost 3 years later... :lol:

I'm an Anime freak myself...

most of the anime I watch you would have to download as they're not released in America... yet.

Some of the anime I mention were already mentioned by other people, but they're worth a mention.

Already Mentioned:
**Fullmetal Alchemist (when you finish the series, download the movie!)
**Yakitate Japan (It's so horrid it's freaking hilarious. Just don't accept it as "a serious bilbographical ballad" :lol:
**Cowboy Bebop

Haven't Been Mentioned Yet:
**Elfen Lied (Very violent, and very thought-provoking. Also short, only 13 episodes)
**Tsubasa Chironcle (Anime is still ongoing. We're in the middle of the second season right now but it is an example of a romance done right. Also has good action and fun chemistry between various characters. Also an anime you would have to download)
**Bleach (The first 63 episodes are just AMAZING, IMHO. Fun action and fun humor. Plot can be predictable, but there's so many badass moments. We're in middle of forgettable filler right now tho. :| Will be on Adult Swim this fall.)
**Visions of Escaflowne (Also a nice romance story with mecha warfare thrown in. Was my first anime)

There's more, but those I would consider to be the anime I would show to people.



EDIT: I realized I forgot movies. ANY of Miyazaki's movies are a must see: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, etc. Akira is a classic... it was what put anime on the map in USA. Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll.

Already been mentioned, but.. Miyazaki, FMA, and Azumanga Daioh.

My girlfriend loves Bleach I never cared for it. I watched the first 13 episodes and it was the same thing over and over again. So boring. She claims it changes but it really doesn't.

If you like gore and action, and really cool looking heroes8)
deinitly check out The Guyver.

It's a comedy. It isn't meant to be taken seriously despite the joke in the beginning about being serious. :P