So Anime?

[Vaer]

You should definitely try :

Samurai Champloo - nice samurai anime, looks good, has good voice acting, nice characters and some of the best fights in any anime

Darker than Black - nice dark sci-fi/action anime, has some good action, well done characters...

Hellsing - vampires, action, gore.. sweet

I also loved Mushishi - great setting, nice characters and mini stories, but it's not for everyone, it's a adventure/mystery/fantasy/supernatural anime and don't expect any action from it, there's no fighting in this one, but it's just amazing in its own way.. just not for everyone

D.Gray-Man is also a preaty good one and you'll probably liked it since you liked bleach and fullmetal alchemist

Sword of the Stranger (or Stranger -Mukou Hadan-) is also great, best action anime to date I'd say but it's not a series it's just 1 movie

I guess there are more but I think this is good for now

if you're into mecha I'd sugest Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Full Metal Panic I'm not into mecha myself but I still liked those 2

 

[Satin6T]

alright,
Cowboy Bebop is by far my favorite anime of all time
it's movie is also good
FLCL is an amazing 6 episodes
Excel Saga is funny as hell, if you have commentators notes on
Outlaw star is good
Ruroni kenshin is amazing
Trigun rules
if your into harem animes, Love hina and Negima
...oh one piece is pretty good
and just for the hell of it

Yu gi oh the abridged series!

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Death Note, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (basically what the first series was supposed to be), Hellsing Ultimate, all the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei seasons (you will laugh yourself to death0, Bakemonogatari (a MUST for all anime fans), Trigun, Samurai Champloo, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Clannad, Spice and Wolf (its really a great series), K-ON, Toradora!, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Seitokai no Ichizon.

And, for all you people who come on just to say that they hate anime, stop. We don't care if you hate it, but don't go spamming these threads with "Urr hurr, I hatezorz teh animez." Its bloody annoying and takes us nowhere.

 

[Kud]

Well, i dont know what type of anime your into, so i'll just give you a list of animes i like.

Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden
Deathnote
Elfen Lied
One Peice
Toradora!
Lucky Star
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
FLCL
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Hellsing
Bleach
Soul Eater
Ghost in the shell
Gurren Lagann
pokemon

in no particular order.... thats all i can remember right now.

 

[MrPatience]

Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad is amazing, especially if you listen to good music. And Neon Genesis is the anime by which you must judge all other anime. If you want someting that will mess you up, Berserk and Gantz are definately worth a look.

 

[funguy2121]

Neon Genesis Evangelion is my favorite anime so far, as cliche as that is.

If ..And Out Come The Wolves were your favorite punk album or Pulp Fiction were your favorite movie, that might sound cliche too, but for a reason. Evangelion is unlike any other anime and not quite like any other story. The only thing cliche about it is the first couple of episodes and the traditional Japanese pop intro. It's popular for a reason. Don't worry, loving this isn't like loving Transformers 2.

 

[C117]

Let's see...

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Blood+
Shikabane Hime

... and possibly Ghost in the Shell (at least the movie from 1995).

 

[Mistermixmaster]

Death Note is really nice if you like criminal investigation-like movies, except that it is at the "criminals" viewpoint. Its intriguing ^^ Oh, and it's not spread across 250 episodes or anything. Just 38(?) episodes at 20-ish minutes =P

Another one would be D.Gray-man which is also awesome, and consists of roughly 110 episodes.

Both are highly recommended from me =P

 

[CroutonsOfDeath]

I don't like concentrating "Anime" into a single genre, for two reasons: One, 'Anime' is just a contraction for 'animation' and in Japan it literally is used for any form of animation (One time when I was living in Japan, I saw a misguided Anime Nerd ask the clerk for the clerks favourite anime, and started whining when the clerk gave him a copy of 'Fantasia' and saying that it wasn't anime) and secondly, like movies and books there are tons of different genres. When people ask me "Do I like Anime" I always feel weird because there is a lot of anime I don't like and a lot of it are the shows that most people think of when you say "anime," yet there are some Japanese Animations that I absolutely love. For example, Princess Mononoke and Innocence (I refer to it just as Innocence because I didn't like the first Ghost in the Shell) are in my top 10 movies of all time list.

To make it short, I'm very picky but I don't like to squeeze anime into a single genre. I just judge them on their own merits. Regardless, here's a list of Japanese animations I like.

Innocence (One of the best sci-fi movies ever made)

Death Note (Very clever and creative show with good animation and a great story)

Naruto/Shippuden (Forgive me, I will agree it can be annoying and the 'really big' fans of the show are annoying, but I got hooked on this show early because I saw it when it first premiered in Japan as I was living in the country at the time.)

Trigun (I actually haven't seen it all, but I love the setting and the characters)

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (A cool show, though I lost track after the ending of the 'Complex' arch.)

Princess Mononoke (Epic mish-mash of Japanese history and fantasy)

Spirited Away (Beautiful and a ton of fun)

FLCL (Insane but hilarious. I don't care for the action sequences because I don't like giant robots, save for the one in episode 5, but it plays a fairly small part so I forgave it. Plus its hilarious.)

Dead Leaves (Don't go into this movie without an open mind or a seat belt, you might get whiplash and your brain might hurt from being fucked so hard)

Grave of the fireflies (This movie made me cry buckets :'( Good though)

Paprika (This movie is creative, gorgeous, and very entertaining)

Tokyo Godfathers (A very fun comedy drama from Satoshi Kon, who did Paprika as well. Satoshi Kon's animation is by far the best in the industry next to Hayao Miyazaki, its so much more expressive and full of motion compared to most Japanese animations)

Paranoia Agent (Another Satoshi Kon, but this time a TV series. Fucked up, but awesome.)

Mahoromatic (Forgive me again, or kill me, but I liked this show. I know it's full of bad fan service and I know it's what you can call a "Chick show" but my friend Emma from Australia got me hooked and it charmed the pants off of me, so :\)

Hellsing (Cool show. A bit misogynistic to the point of offensiveness at times, but still cool.)

I can't think of many more right now.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I dislike all anime.

Not my cup of tea.

I only went into this thread to see if my curious thought was correct. And it was. I knew I'd find you here, mentioning tea and all.

Ohh no! I've become predictable!

*Takes off pants and runs into the street singing folksongs*

That showed you!

I dislike all anime.

Not my cup of tea.

Then why did you post on this thread?

A combination of boredom and herpes more boredom.

 

[soundoflights]

If you liked those 3 I recommend

Claymore

Samurai Champloo

and Rurouni Kenshin

After that id go with

Trigun

Cowboy Bebop

FLCL

Code Geass

and Soul Eater

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

Lets see...

Shaman King
Gantz(stop watching when the Buddha Mission ends and go to the manga)
One Piece ( Even if it puts you of, just keep watching. Your GOING to LOVE IT!
Gurren Laggen
Preety much anything by Studio Ghibli
Now and then: Here and There ( You will cry your fucking eyes out)
Kazama Kazoku
Nyan Koi ( I'm enjoying it so far)
Basquash
Baccano
Black Cat
NANA
Mushi Shi
Ranma 1/2
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Z ( DONT WATCH GT!)
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Soul eater
Gintama
Reborn!
Fairy Tail
Inuyasha ( I dont like it, but its preety popular so why not give it a shot?)
Desert Punk
Beck Mongolian Chop Squad ( THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!)
Fruits Basket
Yu Yu Hakusho
Hunter X Hunter
Dragon Ball Kai
Elfen Lied ( The most FUCKED UP show I ever witnessed.)
Negima!?
True Tears
H20 Footprints in the Sand
Shadow Star
Bokura ga Ita
Trigun
Cowboy Bebopp
Berserk ( Read the manga)
Violence jack
Claymore



( there is probably a hell of alot more but this is from the top of my head)

 

[Lambi]

-Death Note
-Lucky Star
-Rozen Maiden
-Ouran High School Host Club
-Jigoku Shoujo
-Trigun
-Sekirei
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

I know of more, but this is enough for the moment...

Edit: UNTIL I SAW SUPA FRANKY'S LIST! WOW!

 

[Darkfreak]

Try "One Piece". It's about 400+ episodes (watch at least first 5-10). Maybe you won't like it, but if you do...

Same I liked it. Also there is going to be FMA Brotherhood soon enough and that's gonna be good(heh... I already watched some Japanese episodes ). If you really want to laugh bring "Heroic Age" to a non serious anima club/group of friends and laugh at it because the characters are so Corney and it is basically about a mentally impaired savior of mankind in outer space.

Go FMA!

 

[A random person]

This is astonishingly inoffensive for an Escapist anime thread. There's still old one or two illogically declaring an entire medium to be bad, but for the most part it's actual discussion.

My thoughts exactly, and even then pimppeter2 was pretty candid about it with his "not my cup of tea" qualifier.

And, for all you people who come on just to say that they hate anime, stop. We don't care if you hate it, but don't go spamming these threads with "Urr hurr, I hatezorz teh animez." Its bloody annoying and takes us nowhere.

Despite the above post I quoted, I still thank you for your service. Here, have a medal/cookie/medal made of cookies for your honorable deeds.

 

[Wayte]

Princess Mononoke- The plot is good, dubbing work is excellent, and it's worth watching quite a few times over. It's what sold me on anime in the first place.

Outlaw Star- An excellent space western. Granted, it's no Firefly, but this was so good it helped inspire Whedon to make Firefly in the first place.

Excel Saga- This comedy series is the most batshit crazy thing you'll see. I guarantee it. It's also a parody of nearly everything.

Lucky Star- It's like anime Seinfeld... with high school girls. It's a show about nothing, but manages to be hilarious.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya- This popular series continues to meet the hype around it. The premise is, basically, a Japanese schoolgirl is God, but doesn't know it. If she gets bored with the world, she'll end it and make a new one. People thus try to keep her highly ADD self entertained, and hilarity ensues.

EDIT: Also, all these that I recommended (except Princess Mononoke, which is a 134 minute movie) are only one season long, so it won't take you forever and a day to watch them all.

EDIT AGAIN: Though I'd love to see more seasons of all of them released over here.

Holy hell that's the premise of Haruhi 0.0 I just thought it was like lucky star...
I'm gonna have to watch that.

 

[Syntax Error]

snippage

Be careful of the anachronistic episode order. You will be saying "wuh?" more times than you would think because of it.

Most of my recommendations were already listed, if you like something a little light-hearted with awesome renditions of classical music, I highly recommend Nodame Cantabile. Sure it's a romance at the core, but it's also very funny.

 

[JAdenOne]

If you want your brain to smoke:
Ghost in the shell

If your ok with over the top blood and gore and a good story line:
Hellsing

Another I watch is Black Lagoon

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

I know you've heard of them, Dragonball and Dragonball Z.
If you like Bleach, I suppose you'll like Naruto.
You may like InuYasha.
Princess Mononoke - one of my favorite movies of all time.
Oh, and One Piece has quite an undeniable appeal.

I don't like it and never will. And please stop naming threads starting with "So" Thank you.

Why must you say such things when you add nothing to the discussion?