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My favorite anime has got to be Hellsing. What can I say, I'm obsessed with vampires... Anyways, saw a few episodes of Cowboy Bebop, didn't really grab me, but I intend to watch some more next summer, (my bother has them but I'm away at University). Tigun was pretty good, and I started watching some Naruto, but he doesn't use sexy no jitsu or harem no jitsu often enough... It just cracks me up when he does it though..

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Shhhh! I'm trying to hear the voices!

Ah, I almost forgot Naruto! Thanks for reminding me. It's definitely become one of my absolute favorites, now that I've discovered some manga scanlations for it that don't actually suck. The author has a definite talent for character design, and the whole idea (ninjas!) is awesome. Kakashi is definitely one of my favorite anime characters of all time.

Speaking of Naruto, I picked up the Viz translation of Volume 1 out of morbid curiosity. True to form, it really, really sucks. Don't even bother with it, just read the fansubs as much as you can before the big companies force them out.

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"Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as reality - in your own mind!"
~ Bruce Lee

Here we go...
[not in order]

1. FLCL [No Matter How many times I watch This I still can't understand the Plot line]

2. Neon Genesis Evangelion

3. Trigun [No Comment Needed]

4. Gundam [including Wing, G Gundam, 0080 yadda yadda yadda]

5. Slayers [Gotta Love that Run on Joke]

6. Escaflowne [Big Mechas Fighting + Good Storyline = Not Bad for TV Edit]

7. X [Very Dark, I Love It!]

8. Inyuahsh [Just Started Watching this, Looks good so far]

9. Bubblegum Crisis 2040 [only have seen bits and pieces of this, looks kinda cool]

10. Dragon Ball, DBZ, & DBGT [It's the first anime I ever saw, even though the plot gets a little lame now and again]

Sailor Moon, pokemon, Digimon, and all the other anipop [ Anipop or AnimePop: Anime That Has Been Edited, Censored and/or Modifyed Heavily for North American Mass Market. my own term w00t!] is not true anime unless you see the unedited Import Versions.

This post has been edited by Elena99 on 6th October 2003 19:07

Quote (Twisted_Freak @ 6th October 2003 14:14)

1. FLCL [No Matter How many times I watch This I still can't understand the Plot line]

That's because there isn't one.

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You are mistaken. There is indeed a plotline, you just haven't found it yet. I know, I got the plot on the first run through. =)

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Quote (Zephir @ 7th October 2003 04:14)

You are mistaken.  There is indeed a plotline,

Sorta. I've heard from people that on the second time through, you can find the plotline, and it's actually pretty deep.
I found it, and it's not that deep.

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Quote (Super Moogle @ 4th October 2003 14:59)

Ah, I almost forgot Naruto! Thanks for reminding me. It's definitely become one of my absolute favorites, now that I've discovered some manga scanlations for it that don't actually suck. The author has a definite talent for character design, and the whole idea (ninjas!) is awesome. Kakashi is definitely one of my favorite anime characters of all time.

Speaking of Naruto, I picked up the Viz translation of Volume 1 out of morbid curiosity. True to form, it really, really sucks. Don't even bother with it, just read the fansubs as much as you can before the big companies force them out.

LOL i guess the show NARUTO fits for many Asians (excluding chinese, i guess ;P)
Because I'll have to go with that. Although I don't like samurai/ninja stuff it's still my favorite anime ^^ ( i rip them off kazaa...)
and i there are many anime i don't even know about but excited to know about it, maybe some flashbacks from old memorize is mesmorizing my mind. I do not understand how my brain functions

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I will be there...

I hate to dabble in threadcromancy again, but I've been watching too much anime the past few weeks to not comment about it, I guess.

I got tired of downloading Naruto fansubs, so last weekend when I was supposed to be writing an astro essay I decided to get my story fix by downloading and reading the manga. All of it. Read it in a single weekend. Great stuff, in fact. The dude behind it has a great knack for character design, and the fact that there are around twenty well-designed and well-developed supporting cast members is both impressive and awesome. It's kinda funny though, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are probably three of my least-favorite characters. They're just damn annoying. It's all about Kakashi and Shikamaru.

On Goz's recommendation awhile ago, I went and borrowed Scrapped Princess over Spring Break from the anime rental store near my house up north (I try to rent when I can, because I get store credit for being a regular customer - it's how I got my Trigun DVDs and Bebop poster). It seems like sort of an overdone concept, but the characters are great and the story is awesome once it picks up. I only managed to be at home long enough to watch the first eighteen episodes, so I need to get back on that once school lets out....

I am really glad that AS picked up Samurai Champloo those several months ago. It's a very different beast from Bebop, and some of the episodes are too ridiculous (especially the wasabi undead episode and the baseball episode. ****ing stupid....), but it has enough good qualities to make me like it enough to download it fansubbed. As expected, the Japanese voice acting is significantly better. The only series I've ever seen with an English cast on par with the original VAs is CB.

Oh, and two of my friends combined their wallets to get me all of Cowboy Bebop for my birthday awhile back, and I'm eternally grateful. Best opening theme ever, best audio presentation ever, some of my favorite characters in any television series; yeah, still my favorite anime series of all time.

Yeah, that's about it. I've been watching anime. End transmission.

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It's funny you should dig up this thread, because I was just looking for one like it. The reason is because I've been watching Samurai Champloo the past few weeks. I'll just quote what you said:

Quote (laszlow @ 7th April 2006 05:22)

I am really glad that AS picked up Samurai Champloo those several months ago.  It's a very different beast from Bebop, and some of the episodes are too ridiculous (especially the wasabi undead episode and the baseball episode.  ****ing stupid....), but it has enough good qualities to make me like it enough to download it fansubbed.  As expected, the Japanese voice acting is significantly better.  The only series I've ever seen with an English cast on par with the original VAs is CB. 

I haven't seen all the episodes yet, and I agree that some are stupid (the one I think of is "War of Words," with the grammar teacher) but that was also true of Beebop. Samurai Champloo has quickly become one of my favorite anime series, and I would recommend it to just about anyone.

I agree with what Goz has said many times, that the market is flooded with anime and most of it is just bad. But I also think that when you find a really good anime the artistic value (of both the animation itself and the overall work) is usually leagues above most modern storytelling.

One that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread (and admittedly I haven't read all of it, so I apologize it if was) is Hellsing. It only has a few episodes, and sort of ends abruptly, but it has an awesome story about a war between Protestants and Catholics involving the undead, and one of the most kick ass characters of all time in Alucard. In fact, all the plot and character development is well done, and I especially enjoyed the fight scenes involving Alucard, particuarlly when he would go nuts towards the end.

The other anime I have seen and enjoyed are obvious ones that most other people know: Evangelion, Beebop, etc. I also really liked the first 7 episodes of Lodoss, before the plot lost direction and ended on a mostly unresolved note. Oh, and shout out to all the 80's anime that no one has mentioned, like Thundercats, Transformers, and Voltron.

the only anime i really watch is trigun and inyuyasha.
they are pretty good shows but i am starting to get tired of them even i think ihave spent way too much time watching these shows and so i think i am going to end up taking a break.

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Why is it that rpg's are now a dying breed?

These be my fav.s:

FullMetal Alchemist: I love the messages they portray on hard work for gain and the magic behind the alchemy...tis very neat!

Trigun:Ive only seen a few episodes, but i thought it was mega-exciting with the fights and battles!

Berserk: Only seen a bit, but so far its very neat...hope to find more places to see it!

Naruto:I love ninjas and Nin, Tai, and Gen-Jitsu

One-Piece:I like the humor and the idead of the forbidden fruit and special powers...I dunno, kinda hooked on it.

Chobits:You know why...hehe

Vampire Hunter D:I thought the vampire anime was awesome!!!

Dragonball/z/GT:I like the strategies the people pull and the battles where they get fusion and massive powwerups!

Gundam:Very cool space fighter series

Inuyasha: I like this for the same reason i like FullMetal, except without the message, just for the battles.

Zatch Bell:I like the ideas behind the spells and mamodo combos

Sailor Moon: I thought the show was really cool when i was younger, and i lost a bit of interest when it dissappeared, but it is still really cool!!


I am in the middle of watching ZatchBell, Naruto, andOne-Piece on Cartoon Network, and they are getting good.

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I liked Naruto about a year and a half ago, before it started having so much filler.
I don't really have much liking for it now.

Full Moon Wo Sagashite is a really good series. Don't know if it's coming to America or not in the anime yet, but it's amazing.

Still a fan of Sailor Moon. Can't help it. I need to get more of the re-releases that were the uncut ones.

Berserk. 'Nuff said.

Cowboy Bebop I really liked. I watched it all the way through finally and I was impressed.

Initial D. Probably considered generally a guys anime. Probably because of all of the racing. It has amazing music (Eurobeat and techno!). The band that does a lot of the music, MOVE, is amazing live.

I read more manga than I watch anime. :/

Fullmetal Alchemist was good, but I haven't watched the dub. Don't really want to honestly. The girl that does the english voice of Winry is so cute and shy in person!

Fushigi Yuugi is another favourite of mine. Romantic comedy! With lots of Drama.

Hana Yori Dango is probably my favourite -manga- of all time, but the anime that they made for it was pretty... un-inspiring. The live action drama that they based off of it in Taiwan is pretty good though. It made me happy.

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I haven't heard of most of those, and the ones I do know I have no clue what they're about! But I'm not a huge fan of anime anyway... I did like Ghost in the Shell, though I've only seen it the once, and that was when it came out. Uhm, Record of Lodoss War was not too bad either. I rented the full DVD set a couple of years ago and spent a weekend watching it. Not bad, though I'll be damned if I can remember what the plot was or how it ended!

Escaflowne I was somewhat interested in but never got around to renting... That's about it.

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Hrm... I'm not into anime all that much. Mainly because far too many shows out there are about saucer-eyed malformed freaks with high-pitched voices going on magical and happy adventures to find True Love ™ and World Peace ™ because a dragon ate their last power level. Though if I can find something that doesn't make a mockery of itself and has a serious plot, I'll enjoy it.

Ghost in the Shell - So far, I've only seen Second Gig. It's great. The storyline is very socio-political and definately not the kind of thing kids would be able to enjoy. The opening is one of the only opening themes I've ever actually enjoyed - the russian/english blend is great.

Cowboy Beebop - Great series. I thought it didn't take itself seriously enough though (what with all the side-plots that lasted a single episode or made zero sense, like that fridge episode... what the heck was up with that? Admittedly, I laughed.) Pretty decent stuff, all in all, despite the obvious fanservice.

Speedgrapher - Five minutes into the first episode, I was in love with this series. It has some really heavy themes and the storyline has somewhat of a political backbone, but the characters are awesome and despite obvious fanservice, it really owns. If you liked CB but wanted something a little darker and more serious, you'll like this. Awesome conclusion, though the series starts letting up a little near the end. The dentist episode always makes me cringe. Damned freak.

Elfin Lied - Just started watching this. I have mixed feelings about it. It feels like yet another cliché "harem" anime and some of the characters are too cutsey. But there's some pretty heavy and dark underthemes: child abuse, attempted rape, and lots, lots of dismemberment. I haven't seen enough of it yet to know wether I like it or not though.

Dragonball Z: Omg like goku powered up for three episodes AND HE BEAT FREEZA! then he became SSJ8 and got a dragonball and then vegeta beat him but he said "I'll become stronger than you NOW I WILL TRAIN!" and he left to train. IN SPACE! Then vegeta fused with a giant prosthetic testicle and became testita so goku beat him because it was a stupid plot hook AND HE BECAME AN ORPHAN AND JOINED SEED BUT THE GFS MADE HIM FORGET!!

Wait. I don't like this anime at all.

Hellsing - Very nice series. Too short though, and the series REALLY loses momentum by the end. But it's worth watching. And hey, who can resist short-haired girls with English accents?

Full Metal Alchemist - An old friend from highschool introduced me to this. It's... decent. I rather like it frankly. Too many silly moments to make it a favorite of mine but it has some really nice moments. Worth seeing.

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Quote (Silverlance @ 7th April 2006 16:24)

Cowboy Beebop - Great series. I thought it didn't take itself seriously enough though (what with all the side-plots that lasted a single episode or made zero sense, like that fridge episode... what the heck was up with that? Admittedly, I laughed.) Pretty decent stuff, all in all, despite the obvious fanservice.

I'm pretty sure that the fridge episode was a parody/tribute to the movie Alien. Bebop has some silliness in its gaiden episodes, but it's nothing compared tot the crazy **** that Champloo does. Believe it or not, one of my favorite CB episodes one of the crazy fillers - the episode called "Requiem for a Clown" that's another parody/tribute episode, but this time to Batman: The Animated Series. Trust me.

And damn, I didn't know I was supposed to list all of the anime I watch.... I've just been watching those four as of late. And Hikaroo, the Naruto filler saga is actually supposed to end sometime in May, so hopefully they'll finally get past the timeskip, or at least through Kakashi Gaiden, in a few weeks. There's always the manga, too.

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I think I remember reading somewhere that the last episode of filler airs in Japan on the 26th of this month.

And Magimaster, DON'T watch Naruto or One Piece on CN. Those two shows are two of the most popular manganime in Japan right now, and they're totally ruining them by having some of the worst voice acting I've ever heard. The only thing remotely good about the Naruto dub is the fact that Steven Blum was Zabuza.

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That's all I can remember for now, I may edit.

Tenchi Muyo OAV
My favorite anime of all times even though I don't like all characters (mostly Mihoshi, she may be a "genius of luck", but she's just too dumb). The story capted me from the beginning to the end even though some episode are boring all long. It's hard to understand everything, and we don't get much answers. But I'm really happy that they didn't hold back in terms of power. My favorites characters are probably Ryoko & Tenchi in this one. I've read No need for tenchi (the manga that follows this OAV) and watched the three first of the 3rd OAV series (which were made 9 years later). I want the three last episodes so badly.
Yet I don't understand why Sasami is a minor, she's 700-1000 years old. Having the appearance of a yound girl is not an excuse. Washu's more than 20,000 and she takes the body of a 12 years old...
Oh man why Tenchi never gave back her gems to Ryoko? There's no reason for not having done so. He'd be still more powerful than her, since

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Kagato's gems were stronger than Washu's and he beat him pretty easely.

Poor Ryoko, she can't get Tenchi's love and not even her gems.
Anyone knows why Tenchi only creates 3 light hawk wings when he can use matter conversion?

Tenchi Universe
A parralel universe, so a completely different story. I was totally dissapointed in this one. Yeah right,

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Tenchi has been rescognized as the most powerful prince of Jurai or whatever and defeats Kagato in the last episode without using any powers and just the sword (which is also called Tenchi and is used to convert Jurai's power into a blade [ie: Laser blade]). Geez Kagato could have killed him so easely, all Tenchi could do was block magic with his magic with the sword and strike with it.

Full Moon wo Sagashite
Such a strange story, but it's still fun. I really consider Mitsuki "dumb" here since she's so soft hearted. I watched the 13 first episodes so far and loved it. even if she is 12 years old, her clumsyness is too unbelievable and her alertness is off. I really wonder how thing would have gone without the Shinigami. Mitsuki is so hard on them and she doesn't even it. My favorite episode would have to be

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where Meroko transforms into Mitsuki, then Wakaouji, the manager... She sure has guts!

Cowboy Bebop
Now that one was WEIRD. 3/4 of the episodes had no link between them and were just weeeird. Of course the fridge comes to mind. Mmmm pudding... wtf?
Next episode they were all safe and sound. I hated the cowboy guy, not Spike, the other dumb on his horse. He was always ruining everything and made me wished he'd die so badly. I can't even remember the story... It was almost non-existent beside Fay's past, Spike's love, and Edward's parents. But it sure was entertaining.

Mahou Sensei Negima
I hate Harry Potter (I have my own personnal reasons) but I really loved this. The 22 first episodes were good, but the last ones were made up at the last minute, not even having anything to do with the original story. The manga is better, parts and characters were deleted in the anime (like Kotarou). Some thing are self contradicting, that's sad but we can live with it. The manga is still in progress, and who knows, perhaps Negi (trans: Onion... his father named him that even though he could speak Japanese, what a great father ) will find his "real" father one day.

Please Twins!
This can be qualified has harem because the girls are so weird. One of the two girls is the main character's relative, and yet the two of them falls in love with him, strangely, they won't fight against each other, instead they will from a "love alliance"... the hell. I think it lacks a bit of funny parts, but it has great ones. Good anime but there's better.

Get Backers
Now this one is really interesting. The characters are really strong (and I've waited so much to see the power of the Lightning Emperor... AMAZING!!!) and when they get serious, it IS a massacre. Too bad the accelaration perfume has side effects, because it obviously is the strongest thing. The Thread Master was quite something, but it's something else out of the impossible: it is awesome skills he got there. Why don't they get another type of job? Or perhaps their misfortunes would still makes things the same. I feel sad for them that they got through so much trouble to get a "platinum melon".

Slayers
I have only seen the first episode of of Slayer's Next and I want to watch all of them. But, the thing is that they don't have Slayers anywhere. Sure I could download them... with 56k? You can't believe how painful it is. I'd want to know that thing with Lina & Lina Inverse.

Sister Princess
ummm ha... HAREM. Totally. Ok so he discovers that he has more and more sisters? what the hell is that?? They all got a totally different personnality, most of them comes out of nowhere and say: "Hi brother!" or "Oh it's my brother!". No one tells how they know that, the place is just WEIRD. I've watched the first DVD and I can say that this guy isn't lucky. Who would want to take care of 13-20 sisters anyway (he has no brother of course).

Scrapped Princess
Couldn't watch the two last DVDs since they don't have them. The type of story is rather unusual, that thing with the D-Knight, the peacemakers, the guardians, etc. Too bad for their enemies that they underestimate them so much. I wish the princess will show her true powers one day.

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Her cancelling and stoppings abilities are useful, but I'm sure she can do much better as she is far stronger than her brother and sister.

Elfen Lied
Ahh kawaii vectors. The only thing I don't like one this series is the main concept. I wouldn't have chosen to create a virus that creates a new race that after a few years after their birth develops invisible hands on their back that can move so fastly they can crush/cut anything and that can even block bullets. It is a really dramatic story which made me always want to know what was going to happen next. It's sad that Lucy could never show any mercy, because of that she did something terrible to Kohta.

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Even if she asked Kohta to end her life if she would kill again, Kohta never did, though I was sure he would.

I'm done I guess

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Gah sorry wasn't thinking about it

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Oi mate, care to mark spoilers if you're going to blurt out the plot to every series you've seen?

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Wow, I'm quite surprised no one's mentioned Bleach yet.

Anyway, I never really got into animé. There are probably two major reasons:

1. I prefer to watch shows (as well as play games) in a language that I understand.
2. I don't watch much TV, period.

I did know about Sailor Moon at a pretty young age, but never got interested in it. The first animé I got into (without knowing it counted as animé, of course) was Eagle Riders (a.k.a. "Scientific Ninja Troop Gatchaman", or simply "Gatchaman"). Unfortunately, I caught the show exactly twice, and both times I saw the same episode. The show was then replaced the following season with The New Adventures of Voltron, and while I was initially disappointed, I gradually became a huge fan of the Voltron series. I continued to watch it even into the Voltron: the Third Dimension sub-series, which had computer-generated (instead of hand-drawn) graphics. I never saw the Vehicle Voltron series or the first Voltron: Defender of the Universe subseries, though.

Apart from that, I got into Pokémon when I was about 11 or 12. I'm proud to say I'm still a fan of it, even though I'm much more of a fan of the games than of the show, and of older Pokémon stuff than newer stuff. (I blame WB for making a cash cow out of it and then milking it like there was no tomorrow--leading to the "crash" of the fad.)

I also knew about Dragon Ball Z since I was pretty young, but I never liked the art style of it, nor the action--it felt that the entire show was just a bunch of overspectacular fights with characters "powering up" to insanity.

In high school, the anmé club (thinly veiled as a "Japanese Cultural Society") was generally the bunch of strange people with weird quirks like intentionally confusing reality with fantasy. Whlie some of them were my friends, I was hesitant to associate myself with the group as a whole--especially the kind that would come to school in baggy pants with chains on them and carry folders with goth-style animé characters and dye their hair strange colors.

More recently, one of my friends decided to download a crapload of Naruto episodes, and started watching them. He then spread the disease to his roommate, and with weeks, both of them had watched every single episode that they could find on the internet. Through their watching it, I also caught a bit of the action, as did some other friends, and while I'm not a fan of the series, its kinda interesting and I probably know a bit too much about it now. (You can also blame Wikipedia for that.)

Even more recently, that person who first discovered Naruto then discovered Bleach, which he's seen a bit of. I've seen like half an episode--the one where some major character returns after what I've been told is a long absence--but I did observe a few things: (1) The music was great--it seemed much better than that of the Naruto series, and that was already decent; (2) Rukia seems like a really cool character, what with the pwnage and all. However, like all animés, it has annoying quirks, like insanely long swords (coughsephycough). But then again, it had sacred music for its credits during the first season or something like that--Rie fu's "Life Is Like a Boat". (Ironically, I discovered Bleach after I discovered that song, which occured when that friend played the full (better) version on his computer.)

The only reason why I know about Yu Yu Hakusho and InuYasha is because of fankids. I haven't seen either snow to any significant extent, but I have been on places like IRC and Quizilla, the former of which has some asshole who calls himself "Sesshomaru" and the latter of which has about 5 million billion trillion personality quizzes and other fancrap (such as fanfiction) about those two series. Therefore, I already have a negative pre-bias against them, even though I probably shouldn't. But I know who to blame. "OMG I WUNT BBIEZ W SESS!!!111"...good grief. Oh, and enough reference to "Hiei" that I originally thought it was the name of an entire animé series. Seriously, good grief.

I have recently tried to find Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind for my personal enjoyment, though.

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I've never been much of a fan of Bleach, even though I've seen it up to ~episode 70. It reeks of the same problems pretty much all other "fighting" type animes have: trying to take things too far.

"Ha! Look at me! I'm the main character! My first second as a shinigami consisted of coming to terms with this suddent change, assessing the situation, cutting off the arm of this HUGE hollow, and doing it with styyyyle no less! "

And then, it just gets worse and worse. I'm always reminded of the classic cartoon cliché where one guy pulls out a bat, the other a gun, then the first a bazooka, then the other a ICBM missle, and eventually the camera zooms out to space where comically big handguns are constantly being replaced by bigger and bigger weapons on either sides.

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"Ha! I can beat hollows!"
"Yeah, well, I'm a Lieutenant. I can beat you."
"Oh no, I was beaten. But it's ok, now I have a new sword AND IT'S STRONGER!"
"Oh yeah? I'm a Captain. You fail."
"Damn. Well, I'll learn BANKAI IN THREE DAYS!"
"Oh crap. I lost."
"OH YEAH? THAT'S NOT ALL! I'M GONNA BREAK THE SPEAR CONTAINING THE POWER OF A MILLION DEATHGODS!!! Cuz I'm badass."
"Neat. Anyhow, this storyline hook is over. What now?"
"Uhhh... aw crap. Help me think of a totally random reason to lose this insane level of power so the show can survive a few more seasons, will you?"

Past the spirit world / Let's Save Rukia! ™ bit, I felt the series was over but being continued because it was a hit and thus a money-maker. That would probably be true if it weren't for the loose ends that remain unresolved afterwards...

Edit: typo. And how could I forget Gunslinger girl? Oh yeah, only saw one ep, that's why...

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I haven't seen anyone suggest it here, so I'll point it out.

Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars, and Banner of the Stars 2 (Seikai no Monshou and Seikai no Senki I/II respectively).

It's an intricate tale that is set within a vast futuristic society during the timeline of an insterstellar war. I read the novels and am quite impressed by the anime, it remains quite true to the series. The first season is an adventure tale that is dominated by cultural collision and builds up a good character base. The second is a military scenario that I have yet to find fault with, and the third is a political / power struggle narrative. I haven't seen the recent fourth season though I have read the book.

I highly suggest the entire series, though in order to get into the show, a commitment of at least 5 episodes is required.

The only thing I hate about it is a cliched "enemy soldiers can't shoot" scene early in the series. Of course, this is completely outweighed by a truly epic and properly scaled galatic war in season 2.

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Visions of Peace - Four Generals, One Empire, and the Returners caught in the middle.

I consider myself an anime junkie

Cowboy Bebop--Amazing, perhaps the finest series ever. The music is superb, and the episodes flow well. Sure, there are odd-ball episodes, but as has been covered before, some of these (Pierrot le Fou) are absolutely brilliant.

Trigun--I don't like many of these episodes to be quite honest, but the 7 or 8 that I do like are amazing. Regardless of my feelings toward any episodes in the series, I quickly became attached to both Vash and Wolfwood (while at the same time enjoying Legato).

Rurouni Kenshin--Who doesn't like samurai assassins that say "oro!" Overall, it carries a solid sense of verisimilitude and is another series whose characters will draw you in (though, the manga is better).

Full Metal Alchemist--Starts off great, stays great, and ends great........Throughout the series you can see the growth in various characters and even those characters that are cast as antagonists have good qualities

Damn, now I remember what the one I forgot to mention was.

Last Exile - Definately good once you start getting into it. It's a very "different" style. Reminds me of that rather terrible FF anime (FF Unlimited or something close enough to that) in terms of artwork, though with a far better storyline obviously. It's good to see the authors not holding back on their characters - it has a few dramatic and sad moments that helped keep things serious.

On a related note, does anyone know what "Kanazuki no Miko" is? Or something like that... I forgot the exact name. I've heard about it, but I have no idea if it's worth looking into.

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Full Metal Alchemist--Starts off great, stays great, and ends great........Throughout the series you can see the growth in various characters and even those characters that are cast as antagonists have good qualities

I like FMA a great deal - the characters are great, the mythology is interesting, the action and dialogue are beautifully paced and never overdone, but I can't agree with your entire statement. The series does not end well. Sure, I see the point that the writers/directors are making, and it's not entirely unsatisfying, but there is definitely not enough closure, and the secret twist is pretty damn lame.

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Well, at least Bones completely strayed from the manga before that, so you don't have to worry about the manga ending up like that.

I like alot of the titles said, but I also like FLCL. It's just...really awesome. (Can't think of a better adjective... )

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Quote (Kane @ 8th April 2006 19:03)

Full Metal Alchemist--Starts off great, stays great, and ends great........Throughout the series you can see the growth in various characters and even those characters that are cast as antagonists have good qualities

I like FMA a great deal - the characters are great, the mythology is interesting, the action and dialogue are beautifully paced and never overdone, but I can't agree with your entire statement. The series does not end well. Sure, I see the point that the writers/directors are making, and it's not entirely unsatisfying, but there is definitely not enough closure, and the secret twist is pretty damn lame.

The series isn't the end of the story.
There is a FMA movie that should be coming out sometime soon.


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Witch Hunter Robin
Outlaw Star (own the perfect collection...rather dissappointed with the extra's, or lack therof)
Cowboy Bebop
Gundam Wing(blame toonami)
Evangelion
Ranma 1/2
Record of Lodoss War
Patlabor
Crying Freeman(are we including movies? Hope so cause these rock!)
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D (first anime I saw and understood)

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I've noticed that almost everyone watches pretty much exclusively the ones that have been brought to America.
:/

Dubs or subs?

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<Tiddles> How about you die in a fire?

subs for me...i just like hearing them speak japanese...or korean whichever the case may be. Call me weird, but i think it helps with my lessons...

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There is a FMA movie that should be coming out sometime soon.

Well, it is out, unless you mean outside of Japan It's not that bad of a movie, but I liked the series the way it ended just fine.

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I've noticed that almost everyone watches pretty much exclusively the ones that have been brought to America.
:/

Dubs or subs?

It really depends. Some anime (like CB) have a really good English dub that I don't mind listening too. Some other anime (like Naruto) have some really God-awful dubs that I can't stand. And yet more anime (like a few select Miyazaki films) actually have a French dub that I think is better than the Japanese or English dubs, so I'll listen to that.

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