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Because I love anime, but haven't yet to see all the good ones, I decided to make an Anime Suggestion topic. Basically, discuss anime, suggest it, all that. I, shall suggest two different anime, both equally as awesome at the other.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya follows the high school life of Haruhi Suzumiya, a young and very active high school girl, and those who are caught up in her antics. While Haruhi is the central character to the plot, the story is told from the point of view of Kyon, one of Haruhi\'s classmates. Kyon is an ordinary freshman high school student who has recently given up his fantasies of espers, time travelers, and aliens as he left middle school. When he chooses to speak to Haruhi, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events which drag him into surreal situations; he is drawn further into a world eerily like the fantasies he had just managed to outgrow, with Haruhi at its center.

Karin:
Karin is the middle child in a family of vampires who immigrated to Japan two centuries earlier. She is different from the rest of the family in that she produces blood instead of feeding on it. So she has to inject blood by biting someone or else she suffers exaggerated nosebleeds. Karin´s life looks like as of an ordinary teenage girl, but she is regarded as a freak by her family. She is able to venture outside during the day and attend high school, and follows the sleep pattern of normal humans. At someday her usual life gets interrupted as the new transfer student, Kenta Usui, arrives.

Haruhi is funny, and awesome. Karin is also funny, but made me cry once..
Also, as a note, my signature is from Karin.

Outlaw Star has always been my favorite. I'll just tell you that it involves Space Travel, Space Pirates, bar fights, explosions, and a Spaceship Race. Also, there's an entire race of Cat-people, and one of the main characters is a female member of said race.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Fullmetal Alchemist is good, but I thought the ending sucked.

EDIT: Forgot Fooly Cooly. I can't really explain that one, because there really isn't anything you could call a plot in it.

I don't watch anime, but I heard Naruto is good.

Techno wrote:I don't watch anime, but I heard Naruto is good.

H-H-Hardfail.

I've seen a fair number of animus, but the two that I'd recommend most highly are:
Death Note
Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu

Cowboy Bebop
Cyber City Oedo: 808
Spirited Away

And it's not really anime, I suppose, but the original Aeon Flux (animated) are very special.

The Big O

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/George

Pick anything that I've scored an 8 or above. Do you have any particular tastes?

<3 Elfen Lied. A warning though, very graphic.

Techno wrote:I don't watch anime, but I heard Naruto is good.

I like Naruto as well.

Uhh...umm...Tengen Topan Gurren Lagan, or something like that.
Kiba.
Lupin The Third.
Detective Conan (Case Closed).

I don't watch much (as in a variety).

WOLF'S RAIN WOLF'S RAIN WOLF'S RAIN!!!

I absolutely love Wolf's Rain. my main computers are named after characters from WR, which is a high honor (my old laptop is Toboe, one desktop is Kiba, one desktop is Hige, and another laptop is Tsume, the rest of my computers are named after ships/stations from Star Trek, mostly).

Wolf's Rain is about a group of wolves that can disguise themselves as human. Their ultimate purpose, as specified by something called the Moon Tome, is to find paradise. 30 half hour episodes for a total of 15 hours. it gets broadcast in the US on occasion, but usually at like 1 in the morning. I recommend renting it on DVD or via a download service (I think Netflix has it).

Note: I have been told (but have not verified) that the DVD version, at least as distributed in the US, is overdubbed to English. If possible, I would strongly recommend finding a copy with the original Japanese, subbed in your language. The version distributed in Japan probably includes English subtitles, if you can get a hold of it. I absolutely despise overdubbing.

lain
read or die
samurai champloo
eureka 7
outlaw star
lucky star
azumanga daioh

Lupin the Third
Slayers
Tenchi Muyo
Gundam Wing
Gundam MS stuff
Detective Conan
Astroboy
Macross
Patlabor
Blue Submarine
Sorcerer Hunters
Record of Lodoss War

blue_tetris wrote:Lupin the Third
Slayers
Tenchi Muyo
Gundam Wing
Gundam MS stuff
Detective Conan
Astroboy
Macross
Patlabor
Blue Submarine
Sorcerer Hunters
Record of Lodoss War

Old schoooooolllll.

George wrote:http://myanimelist.net/animelist/George

Pick anything that I've scored an 8 or above. Do you have any particular tastes?

Your list has a lack of Haruhi.

Whaddayamean?

Haruhi's right there in the completed section!

George wrote:Whaddayamean?

Haruhi's right there in the completed section!

Aggggh! /me slaps self
I was looking for it under 'H' rather than 'M'

I know I left this already and it's not 'anime' per se, but:

Aeon Flux

Why are everybody into those anime and manga (or whatever more there is) craps? I don't get it. I was watching those when I was six.

EdoI wrote:Why are everybody into those anime and manga (or whatever more there is) craps? I don't get it. I was watching those when I was six.

Because it's entertainment? It's merely another source of media. Not all anime and manga are aimed at six year olds. Just like the fact that most television programs aren't either.

EdoI wrote:Why are everybody into those anime and manga (or whatever more there is) craps? I don't get it. I was watching those when I was six.

Haven't had pie since you were six? Poor child.

Probably doesn't even need to be said, but the early seasons of Pokemon. If you've never watched those, you can't claim to have grown up in the 90s. Cardcaptors (That's the Americanized title; real title is Cardcaptor Sakura) is another one I watched back in the day. Man, being eight years old was awesome.

Post-review-edit: Agreed with George. To throw in another popular forum quote, if diversity were strawberries, anime-watchers spend their days drinking smoothies. Credit to spect and Condog for the references. I feel so old.

ehh, don't watch alot of anime, probably the most notable movie I've seen is

AKIRA

now I dont watch much anime...
don't go elitist and pick on me for this but like:
Bleach
Gun Grave
Ninja scroll (10th anniversary movie thing)

I don't really watch any series, but, as far as films go, anything by Miyazaki is fantastic. I also like Paprika and Tekkonkinkreet, which are pretty recent. And, of course, Akira, which is amazing.

//Zander wrote:now I dont watch much anime...
don't go elitist and pick on me for this but like:
Bleach
Gun Grave
Ninja scroll (10th anniversary movie thing)

it's cool, GunGrave is totally badass :)

A while ago I tried to watch ghost in the shell, but it was the movie, not the series, and I got confused so I got turned off that.
I do want to watch Afro samurai at some stage...