Anime Recommendations?

[Ladette]

Can't go wrong with Baccano! or Hellsing Ultimate.

I don't believe it's been mentioned yet, and I always get odd looks when I bring it up. But Digimon Tamers is really, really good. It's a helluve a lot darker than any of the other mon-shows i've seen, and the characters/story have a lot more depth. It also deconstructs a ton of the common cliches used in other mon-shows.

The phrase "You know, for kids!" pops into mind thinking about it, some of the stuff terrified me when I was younger.

 

[mireko]

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Has nobody else recommended this? For shame. It's not quite up there with the movie, but it follows the post-cyberpunk spirit of the manga much closer and becomes something truly unique.

Still the best sci-fi anime I've ever seen.

Kino's Journey: A story about a traveler trying not to stay in one place for too long. Each episode is basically a short story.

Boogiepop Phantom: Okay, I've never seen anyone else say they like this one, but it's fantastic. The plot is somewhat incomprehensible, but that seems to be the point. Everything is a weird, lo-fi, drained color and whenever there's a scene set during the night this means it becomes almost impossible to see. In a good way, it's like a nightmare.

 

[tthor]

I find this incredibly useful...

Big old list of popular anime [http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2010-07-14/1279139458612.jpg]

thank you for this! this will help me alot~

 

[BX3]

One Piece - If you have the patience for a slow, slow startup, I recommend this. It does fall into the average "Ah do anything fo' mah frenz" cliche's from time to time, but it has some pretty engaging storylines within and manages to avoid the my-power-level-is-bigger-than-yours pattern shonen anime usually follows (up until water 7 atleast).

FullMetal Alchemist - Seriously, if you haven't, watch it. Like now! Why are you still reading this? If you want manga to anime accuracy, pick FMA: Brotherhood. I'd personally suggest the original FMA though, mainly because Brotherhood tends to get kinda slow and overall I just like FMA's shift away from the original story alot better.

Gunslinger Girls - I just skimmed the thread mostly, so I don't know if this came up or not, but if not...why...? There's no real ending I can think of for the show, but the art is beautiful and the story itself is quite touching and tragic. Be warned though, the show is pretty slow, almost to the point where it's more like reading a book than watching a show.

seitokai yakuindomo - This show is like if a JP animation studio and Comedy Central somehow took on physical form and had dirty, dirty sex (which is fitting, given its subject matter). It's pretty damn hilarious and quite off-beat compared to other slice-of-life comedies I've seen.

 

[Andreas55k]

Do i have to feel bad if i liked "Kiss X Sis" ?

Or "Rosario + Vampire"

 

[MasterChief892039]

Honestly would not recommend watching death note past episode 26, the series really drops the ball after that point. I wont spoil anything but if you get that far you will see why.

I just finished watching episode 26. I have to say my interest in the series just plummeted... I guess I'll keep watching just to see how it plays out.

 

[Zeekar]

Look for Mononoke (The one with Medicine Seller, not Mayazaki's work).

Most interesting Anime series I've ever seen. Asides from that I can't recommend anything that hasn't already been mentioned since I am more of a gamer than an anime fan.

It's worth repeating that you must watch Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Can't believe there's still people that haven't seen those yet.

 

[Trilaanus]

Some of the most un-cliche anime I know of that haven't been mentioned yet. Some dark, some not.

Instead of Evangelion, watch Dual!: Parallel Trouble Adventure. Boy has visions of giant robots fighting in a parallel dimension, crosses over and becomes the pilot of the best giant robot to ever wear high heels and becomes a central character in the war that's going on. It takes all the elements that were annoying about Evangelion and makes them funny and it's a breezy 14 episodes.

The Legend of Black Heaven: Former rocker Oji has to keep it a secret from his wife and son that he's putting his band, Black Heaven, back together because their unique sound can power the ultimate weapon of a group of humanoid aliens fighting against other evil aliens.

El-Hazard: The Magnificent World, a small group of students and their PE teacher go to another world, gain conditional superpowers, impersonate a missing princess and fight against giant bugs and girl who is a living ultimate weapon. 7 episodes.

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Tylor seems to be an idiot, has God-like luck, joins the space force, gets put in command of a crew of misfits and makes enemies on both sides of a looming intergalactic war between humans and the Raalgon empire. One of the great anime questions: "Is Tylor an idiot, a genius, or just supremely lucky.?"

Wolf's Rain: Wolves are creatures of legend, thought to be extinct, learned to hide themselves by appearing human. Four wolves go on a bloody quest for Paradise with a girl who is a human flower. Gets pretty darn dark near the end.

Vandread, men and women live on different planets and war with each other, three men wind up on an all-female pirate ship and face off against an alien menace harvesting humans for body parts with some of the biggest mechs from the pre-Gurren Lagann anime era. For most of the series the men and women have no idea how to interact and are more often terrified of each other, avoiding most cliche harem pitfalls.

Nerima Daikon Bros., two guys and a girl work a raddish field and dream of singing to crazed fans in their own giant dome. A musical from Nabeshin, watch the dub, it's one of the greatest.

 

[DeadlyBritishDisease]

I know it's been mentioned before, but I would recommend Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Sure, it does the whole mecha thing, but it's not really about that, more about the war/rebellion/terrorist organisation stuff. It has it's dark moments, epic battles and some weird ass magical powers (and some stupidly childish comic relief). Not sure if its what your looking for, but it's worth it.

 

[Raven's Nest]

seitokai yakuindomo - This show is like if a JP animation studio and Comedy Central somehow took on physical form and had dirty, dirty sex (which is fitting, given its subject matter). It's pretty damn hilarious and quite off-beat compared to other slice-of-life comedies I've seen.

^ YES, MOAR OF THAT ^

Was a hysterical series and the perfect light comedy show to watch between heavy shows like Clannad and Bakaemongatari...

The beach episode is the funniest anime episode I've seen since Full Metal Panic: Fummaffo

 

[Technicolor]

If you're tired of the cutesy modern anime look I suggest going old school
Yep old school stuff like Fist of the North Star. No Pansy shit, just ridiculous head exploding karate. True the old show may have sluggish animation but its it still has more charm than most modern anime.
I also reccomend some of the over the top stuff like MAD BULL 34
Make sure to watch the dub, its ridiculously stupid, offensive, & hilarious.

 

[AhzekPyrae]

For good anime I would have to say:
Monster - really great character development and a brilliant plot
Shadow Star NaruTaru - This one is DARK but well done. The anime only covers about half the manga so if you like it I would recommend tracking down the manga.
Bokurano: Ours - I have no idea what the anime is like but the manga was good and has a lot of new takes on the normal "Big Robots" gene. Also pretty damn dark.

Oh and of course Higurashi and the new one called Umineko (or "when the seagulls cry") which is done by the same people.

 

[Jonluw]

It shows that we have not had an anime recommendation thread in week or two...

I recommend Welcome to the NHK, Clannad and FLCL for now.

 

[Jonluw]

seitokai yakuindomo - This show is like if a JP animation studio and Comedy Central somehow took on physical form and had dirty, dirty sex (which is fitting, given its subject matter). It's pretty damn hilarious and quite off-beat compared to other slice-of-life comedies I've seen.

^ YES, MOAR OF THAT ^

Was a hysterical series and the perfect light comedy show to watch between heavy shows like Clannad and Bakaemongatari...

I remember I needed to find some light comedy to watch after having watched Clannad. Choosing one at random from a list of ongoing series, I ended up with the Kiss x sis OVAs...

And Seitokai yakuindomo was certainly very fun. Sometimes you just need some perverted, carefree slice of life.

 

[Raven's Nest]

I remember I needed to find some light comedy to watch after having watched Clannad. Choosing one at random from a list of ongoing series, I ended up with the Kiss x sis OVAs...

And Seitokai yakuindomo was certainly very fun. Sometimes you just need some perverted, carefree slice of life.

I made the mistake of trying to watch Black Lagoon almost immediately after I finished Kanon, unfortunately it just put me right off BL.

Should have known sex jokes and innuendo was the way to cure any post-series-blues...

 

[Jonluw]

I remember I needed to find some light comedy to watch after having watched Clannad. Choosing one at random from a list of ongoing series, I ended up with the Kiss x sis OVAs...

And Seitokai yakuindomo was certainly very fun. Sometimes you just need some perverted, carefree slice of life.

I made the mistake of trying to watch Black Lagoon almost immediately after I finished Kanon, unfortunately it just put me right off BL.

Should have known sex jokes and innuendo was the way to cure any post-series-blues...

I don't know how Yakuindomo would work for curing post-series blues (I imagine it'd do well though), but Kiss x sis doesn't exactly stop at the innuendo...

The weird thing is that I sort of ended up liking Kiss x sis, and even showed it to two female friends of mine; one of which wondered if I had some sort of incest fantasy. Heh. Probably shouldn't have done that.

Kanon didn't really have that much of an effect on me. It was a nice story; touching and all, but after having had my feelings thorougly beaten into submission by Clannad, Kanon just wasn't strong enough to create a similar effect.

 

[Sticky Squid]

I'm gonna go ahead and say Code Geass, Ghost in the shell, Baccano! and Durarara!!
I feel all are excellent series that should be watched at least once.