LostStraw Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Most animes really start to degrade after a certain number of episodes. I liked Naruto when it started -- it's a pile of **** now. I'm hoping I'll like it again when it starts following the manga once more. But that's the problem with having a weekly episodic series that spans a massive number of episodes. Both story and art take a plunge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Eureka seven and Last Exile - Both are somewhat similiar in that they are very much dealing with like a rouge group that rebels against some oppressive/evil power. They both have good plot, story, animation, and characters. Last exile is a bit more on the serious side but its somewhat lacking in the themes department. It's one of my favorite shows ever but the ending is somewhat lacking. Eureka seven is more laid back but it has some good themes and its definitely a new fav of mine even though its a mech show which i usually dislike. Samurai champloo - Pretty much 2 very talented and polar opposite samurai who meet up with a girl and they run into a bunch of trouble while trying to find a certain person. It has some comedy and good action/fights and just a hint of character development and is a definitely a solid show. Witch Hunter Robin - I watched this on adult swim and pretty much disliked it. I did have doubts though and dl'd it and i was surprised. It turned out to be another solid show with some cool characters/plots/story. It's basically about this special ops group that investigates and hunts witches but they also use some witches themselves. Definitely a cool show. Elfin Lied - It's been mentioned but i really can't help but not like it. Sure it has some mildy disturbing things in it (unless you frequent 4chan) and it goes crazy with over the top spewing of blood and such but once you get to the last episode it's like "wow....that was actually kind of good" Not a good choice for the new anime viewer but once you've watched a few you may want to check it out. Gankutsuou - Animated Count of Monte Cristo. Epic story that many movies and shows today copy. It's extremely well done and keeps close to the original story though it does deviate from it somewhat. Another favorite of mine. Paranoia Agent - Pretty weird show for sure but it does have it's moments. It's basically about two detectives who are tracking this kid who assualts people with a bent golden bat. The farther you get into the story you find that this kid is actually like a savior to these people. FLCL - made by the same person who did paranoia agent and its even crazier. FLCL is just non stop crazyness and its only like 6 episodes, deffinetly a must see. Full Metal Alchemist - Two brothers who use alchemy in the hopes to bring back their dead mother and end up paying the price. The rest of the show is them trying to figure out how to reclaim the things they have lost while uncovering the secret of the philosophers stone. I was absolutely hooked the entire show then the ending totally ripped my nuts off......in a bad way. Mind Game - Really cool and weird animation style. Basically this kid has known this chick since high school and he loves her but he doesn't exactly express it in a serious way and shes kind of getting taken away from him. Then some really crazy shi happens, theres yakuza, a giant whale, a crazy old dude in a speedo and tons and tons of epicness. Above average movie. Spirited away/Princes mononoke/Howl's moving castle/Nausica There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Samurai champloo - Pretty much 2 very talented and polar opposite samurai who meet up with a girl and they run into a bunch of trouble while trying to find a certain person. It has some comedy and good action/fights and just a hint of character development and is a definitely a solid show. Spirited away/Princes mononoke/Howl's moving castle/Nausica Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Yeah thats a huge theme that he does. I was going to mention that but i didnt know how to really say it without making it sound gay. His movies are so good though. There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 It's not gay: it's an archetype. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I'm not gay! You're an archetype! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) I watched Samurai Champloo the other day. The action packed episodes are entertaining... the filler episodes are not. Why is it called Samurai Champloo if Mugen is a pirate? Edited January 12, 2007 by Surreptishus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Most animes really start to degrade after a certain number of episodes. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think that is true for most TV series, not only anime. It is being made while there is interest. When all ideas and novelty are exhausted, the series become dull and less popular and the production is ceased at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I watched Samurai Champloo the other day. The action packed episodes are entertaining... the filler episodes are not. Why is it called Samurai Champloo if Mugen is a pirate? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> to be technical Mugen is a bandit and Jin is a Ronin. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I've caught a few episodes of SC as well. Quite nice. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Crying Freeman is another anime I recommend. Again, its about an assassin, though this one is unwilling. He witnessed a murder on tape or the like, and the gang that did it, found him, brainwashed him and turned him into their pet assassin. It's got a lot of violence and nudity in it, but its still kinda fun to watch.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I really liked Crying Freeman too, though I only saw it after the live action version, and only the first two of the series. Not sure how many there were in total. Anyway, I thought it was quite a nice premise and rather romantic in its way. Best Anime? Nintama Rantarou, obviously. There's also Gegegenokitaro, which you'll never forget if you've walked down Sakaiminato high street, as the whole town is bedecked with the guy and his friends and I think the theme tune plays round the clock. Plus ... rats, I can never remember the name, the one with the maths teacher with the demonic hand... I quite liked Anpanman, too, but never really got Doraemon. More young middle-class Saudi adults are familiar with One Piece than is probably good for them or the country, but given my very kiddie selection, I'm in no position to talk. As for movies, I'm a huge Tonari no Totoro fan, though Majou no Takkyuubin (I forget the English title) and Spirited Away get a look in. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 (edited) I like Black Lagoon. I like it very much. Edited January 15, 2007 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepixiesrock Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Is Pokemon anime? Lou Gutman, P.I.- It's like I'm not even trying anymore!http://theatomicdanger.iforumer.com/index....theatomicdangerOne billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the galaxy. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips. I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my viens. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krookie Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Watched the first three episodes of Cowboy Bebop yesterday, for the first time too, not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I like Black Lagoon. I like it very much. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> From being merely interested, i now HAVE to see this anime. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I may have to see this black lagoon..... There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Watched the first three episodes of Cowboy Bebop yesterday, for the first time too, not bad at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same here. Same result. Now I know where Laozi's old avatar comes from. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I still think Cowboy Bebop is the best anime I've seen. Partly because it's brilliant, but mostly because it's so un-Japanese. I think it's mostly attributed to the fact that it was first made as an anime and then adapted to manga and not the other way. I absolutely love it. Black Lagoon is remotely similar, although it pales in comaprison. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 A bad ass saxaphone playing hermaphrodite is so totaly unjapanese its like wapanese. *thumbs* yeeeeeeah! There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Newbs. Everyone in the know knows Black Lagoon kicks ass. Literally. Gangster nuns running arms smuggling operations out of the church don't take kindly when someone's stray bullet spoils their church door. Additional a-holes included. Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xard Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Watched the first three episodes of Cowboy Bebop yesterday, for the first time too, not bad at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just wait until you get to ending episodes Black Lagoon is not bad, but it's like prettier, "light" version of Bebop. Not bad, but... Well, you should get the idea. I guess... How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Watched the first three episodes of Cowboy Bebop yesterday, for the first time too, not bad at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same here. Same result. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Finished the series. Watching Bebop so soon after Outlaw Star didn't do OS any favours. I think Bebop's the best anime I've seen. Didn't think much of the movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 It's STILL Friday? Why can't it be Tuesday of next week! I just ordered Beast Wars/Beast Machines in their entirety off Amazon.com. 2-day shipping. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianw Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 For any anime fans who also happen to have some interest in basketball, I recommend Slam Dunk. It's quite old (early 90s) but still remains one of the funniest animes I've ever watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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