Recommend me some anime.

[MajorTomServo]

It's sunday night, Im bored, my homework is done, and I dont have class until 4pm tomorrow. I've been wanting to watch some new anime lately, and I figure you guys know what's what. I havent seen much in the line of grown-up anime, mostly just toonami from when I was little. So far, I've only really seen Cowboy Bebop (which was awesome), a few episodes of Trigun (which was... okay), and High School of the Dead (which I really liked, even though it was a little too... boob-tacular for my tastes.)

Bonus points if it's on netflix!

 

[Loop Stricken]

These would be my recent recommendations [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/18.319459.14145122].
Beyond that, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is a definite must-see.

... and I'm sure someone will come along with a link to a megathread.

 

[Viper1265]

Here is the chart of Essentials. Read the descriptions and choose what you like. Have fun.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18286588/1319008691061.jpg

Personally I recommend Planetes and Monster, both are fantastic.

 

[Lilani]

It's sunday night, Im bored, my homework is done, and I dont have class until 4pm tomorrow. I've been wanting to watch some new anime lately, and I figure you guys know what's what. I havent seen much in the line of grown-up anime, mostly just toonami from when I was little. So far, I've only really seen Cowboy Bebop (which was awesome), a few episodes of Trigun (which was... okay), and High School of the Dead (which I really liked, even though it was a little too... boob-tacular for my tastes.)

Bonus points if it's on netflix!

All of Gurren Lagann is on Hulu for free. So go watch it. Like, right now. Go on, I'll wait.

 

[Tanis]

Soul Eater is pretty good, and I don't even like 'long' series.

 

[Rinshan Kaihou]

anime-planet.com

They have good recs made by other viewers on each page for each anime =|

To Aru Majutsu no Index followed by To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (If you like that kind of thing <3 Misaka Mikoto)

Angel Beats is good, fairly effective at making you tear up for at least feel some emotion, you cold heartless beast =|

Koihime musou if you like ecchi

K-on! if you like moe and cuteness and everyday life kind of stuff

 

[necromanzer52]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is easily the best recent anime produced, it's been my number one recommended anime for 3 years now.

Even if you consider brotherhood to be better (which I don't), Wouldn't you agree that you should watch the 2003 one first?

OT: The anime I'm watching at the moment is quickly becoming my all time favorite. It's called mushi-shi. But don't watch it if you want a big epic story arc (for that see Wolf's rain/fullmetal alchemist). It's literally nothing but some guy wandering around from place to place. And I love it.

Also, if you're a musician check out Beck:mongolian chop squad.

 

[Palademon]

It's sunday night, Im bored, my homework is done, and I dont have class until 4pm tomorrow. I've been wanting to watch some new anime lately, and I figure you guys know what's what. I havent seen much in the line of grown-up anime, mostly just toonami from when I was little. So far, I've only really seen Cowboy Bebop (which was awesome), a few episodes of Trigun (which was... okay), and High School of the Dead (which I really liked, even though it was a little too... boob-tacular for my tastes.)

Bonus points if it's on netflix!

All of Gurren Lagann is on Hulu for free. So go watch it. Like, right now. Go on, I'll wait.

It's also on Netflix...
Anyway, I'll add some info to your post.
Only 27 episodes. Quite fun. Nice art style.

Mecha anime about humans forced to live underground breaking out, stealing mecha from their beast men enemies, and generally shouting motivational speeches.

 

[Palademon]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is easily the best recent anime produced, it's been my number one recommended anime for 3 years now.

Even if you consider brotherhood to be better (which I don't), Wouldn't you agree that you should watch the 2003 one first?

I (sorry that I'm not the person you asked) would recommend at least watching the first 25 or so episodes of the original series first since Brotherhood wanted to get those episodes out of the way as fast as possible. Watching all of 03 depends on how much you like it.
My only problem with Brotherhood other than that is that it doesn't seem as dark.

 

[Johnnydillinger]

Seems like noone mentioned it, so I'd recommend When They Cry. Uh, lemme look up the original title... here: Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni.

It's pretty much like Twin Peaks meets Groundhog Day; I simply couldn't stop watching it after watching the first story arc, and it can even be quite scary sometimes. Yeah, scary; never thought that would work in an anime series.

Talking about scary, there's this pretty creepy series called Ghost Hunt. It can send a few chills down your spines, and is pretty interesting.

 

[necromanzer52]

Even if you consider brotherhood to be better (which I don't), Wouldn't you agree that you should watch the 2003 one first?

There's no need to watch the 2003 anime, they're both completely separated, the 2003 anime doesn't feature anything important that Brotherhood didn't cover.

It's just that the first 15 episodes of brotherhood were done so badly. I imagine people not familiar with the 2003 version would be incredibly confused.
Especially when that dark plot twist happens(You know what I'm talking about). It's not nearly as effective in brotherhood, because of the lack of build up.

I'd still recommend both of them though. It's just that I think watching the 2003 version first is a necessity.

 

[Palademon]

It's just that the first 15 episodes of brotherhood were done so badly. I imagine people not familiar with the 2003 version would be incredibly confused.

I had watched most of 03 before starting Brotherhood and the first episode still confused me.
"Wait, what's happening?! When does this take place?? They're using stuff without explaining anything! Is this only for people who have watched the original?"
Them bam, we'll start explaining our seemingly random concepts the episodes after so you have to think about how the first episode made sense afterwards.
That was certainly a weird way to start.
I'm also annoyed that certain episodes just got thrown out the window as if they're not important enough. As far as I remember, you have no introduction to that guy with a moustache before he helps Scar, in Brotherhood. Making him seem like a random character.

 

[dimensional]

Most of the ones I would have mentioned have been already so I will just list 3 of my recent favourites:-

[b/]K-ON! [/b]- certainly not for everyone but worth a look I usually dont like these sort of slice of life shows but this one is a rare exception I enjoyed watching it immensely.

[b/]Mirai Nikki future diary[/b] - Definitely worth a look, great story and characters reminds me of Deathnote a bit (but the anime is superior imo, not sure about the manga though deathnote probably still takes that) suffice to say a game is set up to determine a new god, a group of people have their diaries transformed to tell the future in certain ways and they have to try and find each others identities and location then kill them. The last surviving becomes the new god of time.

[b/]Persona 4 [/b]- Exactly like the game pretty much word for word it seems (mostly) and yes it is brilliant I finished the game so I knew exactly what was going to happen but I still enjoyed watching this its not quite as good as Mirai Nikki though IMO.

 

[bakan]

Here is the chart of Essentials. Read the descriptions and choose what you like. Have fun.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18286588/1319008691061.jpg

Personally I recommend Planetes and Monster, both are fantastic.

Every time I see something like this it reminds me of how much anime I have watched over the years

The only animes I didn't watch, which are in this collection, are Tatami Galaxy and Kemonozume.

OT: If you are looking for a recent anime I would also suggest to watch Nisemonogatari, which is the sequel to Bakemonogatari .

 

[Torrasque]

I recently got recommended Sword of the Stranger by Empire.Kas while watching his livestream, and I gotta say... Holy shit was it good. I definitely have to buy it whenever I can. I'll recommend it to you to, since it was fucking amazing.

What is it like? Ninja Scroll - the magic and demon stuff = Sword of the Stranger.
The combat is much better too, but it is much newer than Ninja Scroll (1993 vs 2007) so that is understandable.

And as always, check these out: FLCL, Ghost in the Shell, Birdy: The Mighty, anything by Studio Ghibli, Dragonaut, Zero no Tsukaima (which JUST finished), Gurren Lagaan, Eden of the East, Desert Punk, etc. etc.

I never watch anime on Netflix because I hate dubs. I look at the list of anime on Netflix and then go download it or stream it, lol.
I was going to tell you where I found my download of Sword of the Stranger, but it seems I can't do that here.

 

[Torrasque]

Here is the chart of Essentials. Read the descriptions and choose what you like. Have fun.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18286588/1319008691061.jpg

Personally I recommend Planetes and Monster, both are fantastic.

Lol, I've seen half of this list and intend to watch the other half sometime soon (before even seeing this list). This list just reminds me of how much anime I still need to watch.

Fucking Evangelion... I don't want to turn this into a flame war thread, but Evangelion is not a great anime. It is not a good anime. I'd rather watch DBZ for the plot and character development, than watch Evangelion for anything.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

Monster, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Code Geass, Death Note, Gungrave are my top 5 (not in that order).

 

[likalaruku]

I recommend GetBackers, Hunter x Hunter (watch the old one before the remake), Slayers, & Gintama.

First one is shounen action with some comedy that kinda reminds me of X-Men (& is way better than its manga), the 2ed one is a shounen action that's been a favorite of mine since 2001 & is a very popular manga in Japan, the 3ed is Japan's answer to Dungeons & Dragons with some comedy, & the last one is a shounen action comedy set in what modern day Japan would be if it had never been westernized.