Official Anime Recommendation Thread
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Posted on: 2009-10-04 18:33 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Originally Posted by Harry_Canyon
What?
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You're not serious are you? You might as well throw in Doomed Megalopolis, if you want to see a ***** tentacle monster come OUT through a woman's mouth. *shudders*
have to add:
Moribito
Blood +
Slayers... but that isn't just a comedy. Its an adventure / fantasy too.
From the OP's list (At the time I'm writing this) +1:
Gurren Lagann
Vandread
Martian Sucessor Nadesico
Eureka 7
Gundam 00
Gunbuster (1st OVA Series, GB2 eh...)
Fullmetal Panic (Really should be listed as ACtion or Comedy)
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Basilisk
Fullmetal Alchemist
Trinity Blood
Tenjho Tenge
Kiddy Grade
Speed Grapher
Hell Girl (Should be in Horror as well)
Burst Angel
Ghost in the Shell (SAC 1st & 2nd Gigs and Solid State Society, 1st GitS film)
Samurai 7
Death Note
Ergo Proxy
Black Lagoon (1st & 2nd Barrage)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Last Exile
Nerima Daikon Brothers
Urusei Yatsura
Slayers
Samurai Champloo
Ouran High School Host Club
Jubei-chan
Ranma 1/2
Tenchi Muyo (Include Tenchi Muyo: Ryo Ohki in this personally)
Tenchi Muyo: GXP
Tenchi Universe
Saber Marionette J
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Otaku No Video
Card Captor Sakura (Not the English Dub)
Sailor Moon
Magic Knight Rayearth (TV Series, both Seasons)
Princess Tutu
Negima (Add to Harem personally, but Comedy works too)
Please Teacher (Comedy)
Please Twins (Comedy)
Ah My Goddess (OVA & TV Series, Both I'd say Comedy)
Moon Phase (Comedy)
Serial Experiments Lain (Drama)
Vision of Escaflowne (TV Series, Mecha)
3x3 Eyes (OVA Series)
Hellsing OVA
The Castle of Cagliostro (Lupin III)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Edited to proper title)
Laputa, Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Other Series/Movies I would include:
Akira (Action) (I'm shocked no one mentioned it)
Devil Hunter Yohko (Action/Comedy)
Godannar (Mecha)
The Big O (Both Seasons, Mecha)
Outlaw Star (Action)
Bubblegum Crisis (OVA Series, Mecha)
Macross (ADV Dub, Mecha)
Gundam Wing (TV Series Only, Mecha)
Gundam Seed (Mecha)
MS Gundam: 08th MS Team (Mecha)
Code Geass (Mecha)
DearS (Harem)
Gad Guard (Mecha)
That's it for now.
Thank you for the time...
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This is already pretty comprehensive, but I'll add my +1s...
Gundam Wing (+1)
Vandread (+1)
Tenchi Muyo (+1) - However, it must be said: Tenchi in Tokyo (-1). If I could rate it lower, I would...don't even bother with it.
Last Exile (+1)
MS Gundam 08th MS team (+1)
Bubblegum Crisis (+1)
Cowboy Bebop (+1)
Macross Plus (+1)
Slayers (+1) - I recommend the first TV series and Slayers TRY (The 3rd series). Slayers Next meanders too much IMO, and isn't really necessary for enjoying TRY.
Martian Successor Nadesico (+1)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (+1)
Macross (+1) - Robotech if you're desparate, since it's a watered-down version of Macross anyway.
Naruto (+1)
Trigun (+1)
Ah My Goddess (+1)
Elfin Lied (+1)
Dragonball Z (-1)
Berserk (-1)
"I may," he said with a grin that would have sent sane men scampering for the trees, "have been imagining it."
Now that I'm awake and not tired from work, I remembered a couple.
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit -- action/drama (currently on A.S and will have the final volumes released for sale by years end, barring any date changes)
D. Gray-man -- action/comedy/some drama (season 2 part one just hit the shelves and I'm hoping Funimation picks up Seasons 3 & 4 to finish the series off)
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If Crunchyroll still allows users to upload stuff (I don't know, I've never used it), and it still has unlicensed stuff there, then it doesn't belong here. Since people would have a tougher time knowing whether or not something is licensed, I'd rather err on the side of caution.
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Originally Posted by ketch
Well, if you like to go about things legally Crunchyroll is the place for you to see a lot of things that haven't been/won't be released in the states. They have an agreement with several studios and broadcasters to air sub-titled shows a week after they have been transmitted and with some even simulcast with the Japanese broadcasts. There are quite a few things there that I'll be watching this season (Natsu no Arashi 2, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu) and things I've enjoyed in this past season (Sora no Otoshimono).
There are too many good shows that will never make it to the US or be horribly subbed and edited to pieces if they make it. I'm glad Crunchyroll is providing an opportunity to see things before the excessively expensive DVD's come out. |
Code Geass should be on there as well.
And Moribito Guardian of Spirit is outstanding.
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Dominion Tank Police
Akira
Jin-roh
Elfen Leid
Crying Freeman
Spriggan
Appleseed
Full Metal Panic
Macross/Robotech
Star Blazers (aka Space Battleship Yamato)
Gundam
Ghost in the Shell
Fushigi Yūgi - The 52 episode series.. the others are sort of meh.
Vampire Hunter D - it was just awesome.
Naruto - because it isnt that bad. No English dubs tho.. the american voice actors suck.
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Originally Posted by Dark_One_NA
Ok guys, couple of things that may or may not be an issue...
First, try to give the names as what a Region 1 viewer would find them as in the store. Second, only titles officially released outside of Japan. I don't care about fansubs nor do I want to endorse them. Thirdly, try and limit suggestions to one primary genre. If I tried categorizing them by every permutation, there probably wouldn't be more than one in that genre. Just some things I thought of.  |
Those are the only ones I can think of right now.
My Lego Models http://www.flickr.com/photos/30369639@N07/ lemur lad: God you can't be that stupid... I'm on at the same time as you for once, and not 20 minutes into it you give me something worth petitioning?Lady-Dee: Hey my fat keeps me warm in the winter and shady in the summer.
Err, when I said, "Limit to one primary genre", I meant classify your suggestions as "action" or "comedy" rather than "mecha/comedy/romance" or something like that. Didn't mean to say that only suggest one genre.
Also, please try to include the genre if you are making a new suggestion for addition.
Thanks.
Wait a second. I can't believe I forgot to add a +1 to Escaflowne earlier. Bah.
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couple of favs from me:
Burst Angel - I love Jo, she's so cool 
Gunslinger Girls - Was a nice and sad story and i weeped at the end.
Sky Girls - Overall liked it, little girls trying hard to help others.
Black Lagoon - Spoke to my dark side, Revy is badass and i liked the setting of it.
Gunsmith Cats - Just a three episode series, but it was really nice and very much inline with the manga.
Shining Tears X wind - Mao! Mao! Mao!
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Yoko, sexy busy girl with a gun about twice her size... whats not to like?
Outlaw Star - Aisha!
Kiddy Grade - Loved the main chars how they offset each other. And i'm a sucker for kick-*** girls 
Mew Mew Power (Mew Mew Tokyo) - So so adorable cute with silly long transformation sequeces... Mew Mew Style, Mew Mew Grace, Mew Mew Power in your FACE!
And a hate object of mine.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - how can anyone like this piece of ****? O.o, it's just a bunch of emo. Woe is me for having to save the world, boo hoo. The first two-three episodes were ok, but then it turned to ****. One episode was just the same picture over and over and some "oooh noes what should i do, boohoo woe is me dialgoue" wth?
No love for Gaint Robo despite the title I think it the closest thing I've seen to Japanese Western Superheroes..
Evil group of villans Big Fire have a plant to take over the world and it up the Experts of Justice to stop them. Epic stuff.
and I just finished watching the first season of Aqua, it a slice of life show about a girl that moves to Mars, now called Aqua due it been terraformed and now it covered in water. to become a Unidne someone how drives a Gondola for toursits around. Very much a slice of life show, with a slight sci-fi twist. Great art and a great soundtrack.
. Gaogaigar, mecha show. Courage and guts will win the day! Crazy epic stuff like only the Japanese can do
and Black Lagoon. Over the top action show that takes a few anime cliches and turns them on there heads. Very violent. but good.
That all I can think of right now.
"And for us this is the end of all stories, and we can mostly say they lived happily ever after. But for them it was the beginning of the real story. All there life in this world and all there adventures in Narnia had only be the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of The Great Story which no one on earth has ever read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before" - C.S Lewis, The Last Battle.
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It doesn't allow users to upload stuff anymore, so it's fine here.
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Originally Posted by Dark_One_NA
If Crunchyroll still allows users to upload stuff (I don't know, I've never used it), and it still has unlicensed stuff there, then it doesn't belong here. Since people would have a tougher time knowing whether or not something is licensed, I'd rather err on the side of caution.
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It no longer allows video uploads and everything there is now licensed. The old video and fansubs are gone. It's definitely not the site that it used to be. For better or worse, it even locks people out depending on their region. There's no longer need for caution. It's all quite legally distributed.|
Originally Posted by Dark_One_NA
If Crunchyroll still allows users to upload stuff (I don't know, I've never used it), and it still has unlicensed stuff there, then it doesn't belong here. Since people would have a tougher time knowing whether or not something is licensed, I'd rather err on the side of caution.
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So go check it out. And check out Aoi Hana while you're there, a touching yuri romance.
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I second this. It's hard to describe how epic it is to anyone who hasn't seen it.|
Originally Posted by KowaiKawaii
No love for Gaint Robo despite the title I think it the closest thing I've seen to Japanese Western Superheroes..
Evil group of villans Big Fire have a plant to take over the world and it up the Experts of Justice to stop them. Epic stuff. |
I'd recommend Magical Girl Pretty Sammy/Magical Project S to anyone who likes Tenchi, Magical Girls, or Comedy. It has quiet a bit of variety of jokes in it, they even have an episode poking fun at the Power Rangers.
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I get exactly where you are coming from, and I typically don't go for the standard tentacle-sex stuff myself (Ok, I put Wicked City on my list too, but to be fair, the movie rocked.), But Urotsukidōji was just plain slick. Looking beyond that aspect, it was one of the most spooky and disturbing stories I have seen in Anime to date. |
Originally Posted by Westley
You're not serious are you? You might as well throw in Doomed Megalopolis, if you want to see a ***** tentacle monster come OUT through a woman's mouth. *shudders*
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But for the OP...
Comedy
- Cutey Honey
- Project A-ko
- Robotech
- Akira
- Fist of the North Star
- Ninja Scroll
- Vampire Hunter D
- New Dominion: Tank Police
- Rojin Z
- Devil Man/Lady
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Voices from a Distant Star
- Street Fighter: The Animated Movie
- 8 Man
- Blue Seed
- or Urotsukidōji
- Wicked City
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Didn't see these series mentioned. So I thought I would recommend 'em.
Azumanga Daioh (school comedy)
His and Her Circumstances (Drama)
Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV series (Sci-Fi Comedy, don't have the OVA series, not yet anyways)
School Rumble (school comedy)
Guyver (Sci-Fi action, recommend both the OVA and TV series)
Perfect Blue (Suspense/Horror)
Thought I would also +1 the series mentioned that I've seen and enjoyed
Mecha
Gurren Lagann +1
Neon Genesis Evangelion +1
Eureka 7 +1
Gundam 00 +1
Fullmetal Panic +1
Action and/or Drama
Cowboy Bebop +1
Trigun +1
Fullmetal Alchemist +1
Kiddy Grade +1
Burst Angel +1
Ghost in the Shell +1
Bleach +1
Death Note +1
Naruto +1
Rurouni Kenshin +1
Black Lagoon (1st & 2nd Barrage) +1
Le Chevalier D'Eon +1
Last Exile +1
Comedy
Desert Punk +1
Fullmetal Panic: FUMOFFU +1
Slayers +1
FLCL +1
Samurai Champloo +1
Excel Saga +1
Harem (catch all for the 1 guy + multiple women)
Ranma 1/2 +1
Tenchi Muyo +1
Tenchi Muyo: GXP +1
Tenchi Universe +1
Love Hina +1
Parody
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya +1
Magical Girls
Card Captor Sakura +1
Sailor Moon +1
Magic Knight Rayearth +1 (Liked the TV series, but didn't dig the OVA series)
Not Sure What to Classify It As
Negima +1
Please Teacher +1
Please Twins +1
Ah My Goddess +1
Moon Phase +1
Serial Experiments Lain +1
Genshiken +1
Vision of Escaflowne +1
Horror
Hellsing OVA +1
Hayao Miyazaki
The Castle of Cagliostro (Lupin III) +1
Nausicaa of the Vally of the Winds +1
Castle in the Sky +1
Kiki's Delivery Service +1
Princess Mononoke +1
Spirited Away +1
Howl's Moving Castle +1
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I would like to recommend
Dual : Paralel Trouble Adventure!
Its...a Harem Giant Mecha Anime.
Kinda...Evangeleon having Kids with Tenchi.
For those who are into the Mecha Genre, I found After War Gundam X to be the most entertaining series to watch. The series is very...realistic, for lack of a better word. Suits take damage, regardless of the armor. Characters are well developed and followable. All in all, it seems very believable.
*twitch*
I had just spent a half hour updating this...and the thing lost it. And I was on the last damn post too.
*twitch*
Another thing I thought of...no porn. Wicked City/Urotsukidoji, that's porn in my book. Non-negotiable on this point.
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If we are talking gundam...we gotta mention Victory Gundam just once.
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Originally Posted by FinalDestiny
For those who are into the Mecha Genre, I found After War Gundam X to be the most entertaining series to watch. The series is very...realistic, for lack of a better word. Suits take damage, regardless of the armor. Characters are well developed and followable. All in all, it seems very believable.
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I'm saddened by the lack of...
Read or Die (Action/Drama) - Think of James Bond, crossed with X-Men, crossed with your local library service. Highly unusual anime with great action. The 3 episode OVA is best, and pretty much required to fully understand the TV series which focuses on a different set of characters.
Warning, this anime is not a hentai but the following videos contain some suggestive nudity and are probably not work safe
"Read or Die" OVA intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0zsABQiaQ
"R.O.D. The TV" intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqmq-WiSKI0
Haibane Renmei (Drama) - Slow, thoughtful and spiritual anime about a group of girls with grey wings and halos... Next to no action or explosions, and quite slow paced until about ep 6/7, but an excellent, emotional story. Created by Yoshitoshi ABe, character designer of Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Welcome to the N.H.K.
This isn't for everyone, but those who it is for will love it forever.
Unfortunately it seems it's quite hard to find Stateside these days though.
This video is also probably NWS for shot of a naked character, but you'd be hard pressed to find a less-exploitative anime IMO
"Haibane Renmei" intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApAEg0ErgE
I'll also lend my support to...
Cowboy Bebop +1 (stylish, awesome music, great action and great stories)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya +1 (not the smartest anime I've ever seen, but definitely the most sly. Takes anime tropes and ruthlessly deconstructs them into something very interesting. Watch it in it's original non-chronological broadcast order for best effect. Don't bother with season 2 unless you're a HUGE fan - if you are not a HUGE fan season 2 may cause you to not be a fan at all)
Death Note +1 (a plot that twists like a pretzel with some of the greatest surprises possible, and fantastic characters)
Excel Saga +1 (utterly madcap screwball comedy that never fails to surprise)
Princess Tutu +1 (beautifully animated, surprisingly dark and utterly unique mash up of magical girl, ballet, Wagner and the brothers Grimm...)
Fullmetal Alchemist +1 (strong characters, cool powers, dark drama, sickening events, crapsack world...)
Everything by Studio Ghibli +1 (nuff said)
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