Code Geass
 

I watched the first five episodes of this and couldn't get into it. I mean it's obviously well written and animated in places and I really should enjoy it as I have an interest in empires and war, but it just seemed a bit...lighter than I expected it to be. There also seemed to be too much fighting between machines rather than character development and story.

It has been well received critically of course, but I am interested in what people here think. I've watched Monster and rewatched Death Note, so I am looking for an anime to watch and I don't wanna waste some time on this if I am not gonna enjoy it. FMA: Brotherhood, Berserk and Darker than Black all look appealing and I'm wondering if I should ditch Geass for now and watch them first.

I watched a handful episodes of this back in 2008 or so and couldn't get into it.

If you want a good anime dealing with factions and politics then I suggest Legend of the galactic heroes. In fact, CG was inspired by it to some degree. The main series is 110 episodes long, though.

Oh yeah, I have heard that's brilliant. Is it dubbed though? I prefer to watch dubbed if I can, as I'm lazy at times and can't be bothered reading constant subtitles.

Nah, it isn't dubbed since it wasn't licensed outside of Japan other than in Hong Kong.

Didn't know you were an anime fan, by the way.

I will probably still give it a go in future anyway. I will generally watch subtitled things if they're considered worth it. It's why I plan to watch "The Returned" soon (sounds a lot like the comic Revival).

I think we spoke about it before - perhaps you have forgotten. I never really knew anything about it until last year (although I did see Death Note a few years ago). I'm quite new to it but I really like what I've seen so far.

Anyway I am going offline for now to watch the Man U game, so will reply to your PM in a while. I decided to live a little and transferred Di Maria straight into my fantasy team. I expect you're a big fan, for obvious reasons. I am too. So here's hoping for a 4-3 Burnley victory and a Di Maria hat-trick. :)