First Anime (Sortof)

[Satin6T]

man guys
FLCL is best answer ever cuz it's soooo randomtastic

i also would like to say Trigun, DBZ, Outlaw star, and Love hina(if ur into romantic bs)

If you're going to watch DBZ, you might as well watch Dragon Ball Z Kai. It's a remastered version of Dragon Ball Z which removes the filler, so you don't have to sit through 7 episodes watching a guy power up while screaming at the top of his lungs.

I disagree, i cant stand to watch it
the voices are too bad
but if you've never watched the original i guess it could be fine

plus the filler is epic sometimes

The voices are perfectly fine in the sub, I have no idea what you're talking about.

oh in the sub, i wouldn't know
i watched the dubbed version and gohans voice was soooooooo bad

 

[DarkBlaze6]

I recommend Cowboy Bebop, which is excellently voiced by both the Japanese and American voice actors so it's really a matter of whether or not you want to spend your time reading.

I also recommend Berserk, but only if you aren't easily depressed. Berserk does have fantasy elements to it, and the show is way shorter than the source material it's based on. Oh, and it does have extremely depressing moments to it, but I love the story of it a lot. Again, finely voice acted on both sides of the equation.

 

[Casual Shinji]

edit. Wait a tick, you don't like spiritual stuff but you like Avatar: The Last Airbender?.........Hmmm.

Everyone dabbles in hypocrisy.
I always took to heart the first episode where Katara exclaimed how bending wasn't magic, so I never gave it much thought. Besides that it was just deep characters despite the targeting towards younger viewers, and just great fights without centering around them (see yogioh/pokemon)

Well, as long as they don't use midichlorians, nano-machines or some other cop-out explanation for their power. That's the one thing I've always hated about anime and manga; the whole "I have no chakra/spirit power left, so now I am useless" shtick.

 

[Ossian]

Lol I'm plowing through wikipedia articles and summaries. I'm a huge Sci fi fan, things like Firefly and StarGate are of my favorite shows. Looking forward to cowboy bebop.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Just starting?
I'll go with everyone else and say Cowboy Bebop. Not just a great way to start anime, but a great anime PERIOD. Death Note is the same. At least one Gundam series. Personal recomendation; G Gundam. Probably the most simple of the Gundams, and very entertaining.

After a few series?
If you get into anime, I personally recomend One Piece. But avoid the first english dub AT ALL COSTS. The second/uncut dub is great, and get my highest recomendations, but not the first dub! Or just go subs, since dubs only go to certian point.

 

[DarkBlaze6]

To be fair, it's 4kid's dub of it that was terrible. When funimation got the rights to it and re-dubbed it, it ended up being pretty good.

 

[Blackality]

I started with Death Note and it's still my favorite.

But ALWAYS watch in Japanese!

 

[Talvrae]

Akira...

 

[AugustFall]

Oh lord don't do dubbed, 90% of the time it has disgusting voice actors. Just watch the subs it's less painful on the ears.
Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Code Geass are all great.


Edit: Oh yeah, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Darker then Black.

 

[LightspeedJack]

Death Note, although I'm only a few episodes in but I don't think it's very action-packed so go elsewhere if you want balls to the wall action. I wouldn't start with a long running series like DragonBall Z because they are extremley long and they're are lots of filler episodes. As far as the subbed/dubbed debate I usually watch them dubbed because it's just easier unless the dub is particularly bad or if they change lots of stuff.

 

[wolf92]

See some dubs are good, Like FMA: Brotherhood and Rurouni Kenshin. Some are terrible, like Naruto (Shudders)
I recommend Death Note, G Gundam, and Bakuman, when it comes out later this fall.

 

[micky]

afro samurai is one of my favorites, you should try it out. (there was this one show about a rich guy with a giant robot but i cant remember it)

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

Gunsmith Cats is short but entertaining

 

[Altorin]

start at the beginning - Astroboy.

 

[Nannernade]

Well for action not relating to demons and such I'd say Cowboy Bebop or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

For a comedy I'd strongly recommend Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

 

[USSR]

Wait, did you imply you didn't want to watch bleach, or was it FMA?

Bleach I can understand, but FMA: Brotherhood..
That is a beautifully made anime.
(I put Brotherhood because it follows the manga strictly..)

 

[Lullabye]

Akira...

I concur.

BUt that's a movie, and he needs some long term exposure. May I suggest Soul Eater?

 

[drdamo]

I'd start with an anime that isn't a spinoff from a manga, simply because you'll end up watching 100-300+ episodes and counting.
I'd say take something like Samurai Champloo, Ghost in The Shell, Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun or Last Exile. But thats just me.

I tried watching DBZ, Bleach, Naruto & One Piece, but i got bored from the fillers (if an anime is based on a manga and the anime cought up on the actual story, they need to make up new stories untill the manga has a new arc and those fillers are usually not as good as the original story).

Just visit http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=genren and add or exclude what you want to see and you'll end up with animes of your liking.

 

[CosmicCommander]

I'm pointing you over to the only anime I've ever liked.

Paranoia Agent.

It's several hours of continuous, animated brilliance.

...So...

...Yeah.