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Now watch the uncensored version and count how many seconds until your eyes explode!Biodeamon said:
death note and shaman king are amazing shows. they're both short in comparison to most animes, which i kind of like because it means you get the full story without having to watch it for days on end. i'm planning on watching bleach soon with my friend, and finish up naruto. also, one piece is pretty decent, it's worth a look
Which I get, so why:klaynexas3 said:
'cos all of them are 500eps +, and believe me, my friend, they will never end...
If you love brilliant writing you can't go wrong with these. Quality of the utmost highest degree and mentally enticing. Sorry but I couldn't but put my Top 3, you should find one you like though there all different. I got nice sized posters of these framed up for my dorm so there pleasing on the eye 
1) Welcome To The NHK (my new personal all time fav. This show was a creepily accurate mirror of what my life was like up until recently. Made me wake up and strive to be a better person so I owe these two alot.)
2) The Tatami Galaxy (music,writing,animation,art style GEEZ it doesn't get any better than this XD!)
3) Spice And Wolf (The first romantic anime series I've seen where love and relationships grow at a warming and calm peace that makes me care about them so much more than other shows. I refuse to watch Spice And Wolf 2 on youtube until the english dub comes out this Summer and buy it for Blu-Ray.)
1) Welcome To The NHK (my new personal all time fav. This show was a creepily accurate mirror of what my life was like up until recently. Made me wake up and strive to be a better person so I owe these two alot.)
2) The Tatami Galaxy (music,writing,animation,art style GEEZ it doesn't get any better than this XD!)
3) Spice And Wolf (The first romantic anime series I've seen where love and relationships grow at a warming and calm peace that makes me care about them so much more than other shows. I refuse to watch Spice And Wolf 2 on youtube until the english dub comes out this Summer and buy it for Blu-Ray.)
well i never said i didn't like long shows, i was just saying the shortness of the first two i mentioned was a benefiting factor to them. however, it's also a down side. i finished up shaman king and found myself slightly sad that it was over. long story shows keep you going, which i like. i always find it sad to end something good. and i know that bleach is like filler after filler after episode with 5 mins of story with the rest being filler, but my friend is making me watch it and he's my best friend, we like the same shit, so i don't see how me trying it out at least will hurt. and naruto, i like ninja stuff, and one piece is really funny and pirates are awesome. even though they don't act like real pirates, they're still pretty damn awesome.SckizoBoy said:
Berserk?: I can't recommend Berserk enough to anyone. I've shown it to numerous people who are not anime watchers and it's changed their opinion on all anime. (Seriously even relatives of mine in their 40's and 60's enjoyed it.) A word of caution though, the ending of berserk as an anime angered a lot of people, primarily because it ends at a point in the story that people didn't enjoy. Be aware that the ending of the anime is just the beginning for the Manga (Kentaro Miura's ongoing Epic) and for that matter a new anime project is launching soon to continue the story:Floggo said:
There's no bad time to get in on Berserk. It's more intelligent and mature than a show about a man wielding a giant sword has any right to be.
I've been watching a lot of anime recently. I hadn't payed too much attention to it for about 5 or 6 years but Netflix made some nice acquisitions and I've been catching up. I thought Gurren Laagan was a really childish anime, but I didn't stick with it long and a lot of people seem to love it. Use your own discretion. Your own selections seem pretty solid so far.
A couple shows I'd recommend:
Baccano!: Immortals and gangster assassins on a high-jacked train! A good story (or set of stories) with a pretty large cast of great characters told in an unconventional manner. The show's got some nice action segments, some memorable characters and some nice dub work. (Brian Massey earned a spot in my memory bank for his portrayal of Ladd Russo) There's also some great un-conventional (for anime) animation at certain moments.
Claymore: Part demon, part human claymores are monster-hunters made to destroy demons. Claire is one such monster hunter and we follow her on her travels. The show's got a serious tone, a sweet soundtrack and tells an interesting, if incomplete story. (It's like Berserk in that it continues on in the manga it came from). Claire is a girl which sets her apart from a lot of protagonists in her genre and she's genuinely likable thanks to some nice character development.
Spice And Wolf: I have a hard time recommending this outright, because it might not appeal to a lot of people but the show scored some massive respect points with me for being unlike any other anime I'd ever seen. Set in a medieval world there's a trader named Lawrence who visits a pagan town during their harvest festival and winds up with their harvest Goddess hiding in his cart. The two strike a deal and Lawrence agrees to transport the "goddess" (though she claims to be nothing so grand), the wolf spirit Holo to her home in the north. What's interesting about the show given these elements is that it's shockingly grown up and intelligent. Instead of focusing on fan service or action or Holo's magical nature (she can change forms between a young woman and a giant wolf), the action centers mostly around Lawrence's merchant business and economics with a critical eye towards organized religion. Mostly it's about the pair encountering and unraveling economic intrigues and somehow manages to make you tense as you watch a commodity market. There's some romance of course, some verbal sparring and some fish out of water comedy and this is entertaining, quite well done and cute in it's own right. Basically it's hard to describe because it's better than it sounds.
Fair enough, if that's what you're into. But I've never bought into them because while I do express disappointment (or even downright anger on occasion) at a series ending (albeit for the right reasons), I believe it's better than getting peeved at something never-ending that used to be good. Still, you like what you like, and I'll leave it at that.klaynexas3 said:
*runs back... SLAP!*
Seriously though, a part of me was genuinely intrigued about Fairy Tail, but as it's on 77 eps so far, I'm having second thoughts about getting it for the reason I mentioned. I don't mind good stories, but with series that long, it can be a struggle to keep it up. (Though to be fair, this is coming from someone with the attention span of an ADHD kid on cocaine, so go figure.)
HAH! Great description.Gordon_4 said:
Bleach is a great show, but primarily I'd like to commend you use of Ein as an avatar.Aeroastrix said:
You have some very good taste. There was a youtube commenter under the song you posted that mentioned the show has no over the top action nor people getting punched into the sky and how that all adds to it's charm. I have to agree. Might I add I was the same way about Spice and Wolf, eventually I broke down and watched some in the japanese. I have to say the english Holo is so much better, you just keep on waiting, you'll be happy ya did. So as a matter of consequence I started reading the books instead. They're actually pretty good.ronald1840 said:
How are you for Durarara!! then? Same studio, similar feel, but different enough to be pleasantly surprised.Ghengis John said:
And why am I occasionally envious of Shinra?
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Good call on Darker than Black and Trigun, they're both great. A couple of my favorites are Baccano! (don't let the first episode fool you, it's really good) and Code Geass.
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Appleseed: Deus Ex machineima (never read the manga or saw the movie that came infront of it, just saw the Legendary John Woo was the director and have not regretted my decision to see it since).
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Appleseed: Deus Ex machineima (never read the manga or saw the movie that came infront of it, just saw the Legendary John Woo was the director and have not regretted my decision to see it since).
Gundam 00