Also I go to Chicago's Anime Central Convention (or ACEN) and cosplay every year, I've done Tifa Heartlock, Kirara for Samurai 7, Rukia Kuchki from Bleach and a random ninja. The con has this event called the Masquerade, which has the best cosplayers and funny skits. I love the Masquerade, its the best event, but the last Masquerade SUCKED ! None of the skits were funny at all. So a few of my friends (they also play D&D with me) and I want to make a good skit for next year and I need some advice. I only have one idea so far and I'm up for new ideas. My skit idea is, to redo The Whitest Kids You Know poop meeting, if you havn't seen the video heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URE7--qtHck ,but with Narutos archvillians the Akatsuki ( Akatsuki pictures http://media.photobucket.com/image/akatsuki/AnimeChick415/Akatsuki/akatsuki-1.jpg?o=15 . So effectively Akatsuki Poop Meeting, I think it would be hilarious.
Witch Hunter Robin
Initial D
Ghost in the Shell (both series and movie)
Of all the animes you've listed, I've only ever seen Inuyasha, and it wasn't quite to my taste.
I did like Dragonball Z as a teen, but I grew out of that.
I don't watch as much anime as some of my friends, but some of the series I've liked include:
Witch Hunter Robin
Initial D
Ghost in the Shell (both series and movie)
Of all the animes you've listed, I've only ever seen Inuyasha, and it wasn't quite to my taste.
I did like Dragonball Z as a teen, but I grew out of that.
You'd probably like Berserk, it has alot of fighting and blood, heres an awesome amv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqyKbwC5nY. I don't know anyone who doesn't like it. As for Inuyasha, I pay homage to the anime that got me into anime.
You'd probably like Berserk, it has alot of fighting and blood, heres an awesome amv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqyKbwC5nY. I don't know anyone who doesn't like it. As for Inuyasha, I pay homage to the anime that got me into anime.
Cool, thanks for the link! It looks pretty sweet, like a D&D anime (but better than Record of Lodoss War or whatever that anime was called-- I just remember that it bored me).
I don't dislike Inuyasha btw, in fact I'd watch it if it were on and I had nothing better to do, or if I were watching it with someone else. It's mildly enjoyable for me, just not something I'd go out of my way to watch or anything. It's like Dragonball Z is to me, now. (And I'd probably have liked Inuyasha back when I really dug DBZ, but I didn't know about it at the time.)
The guy from Berserk looks like Yusuke (I probably murdered that spelling) from Yu Yu Hakusho. That was another anime I found fun to watch, though not quite to the extent as the ones I listed in my previous post.
Cool, thanks for the link! It looks pretty sweet, like a D&D anime (but better than Record of Lodoss War or whatever that anime was called-- I just remember that it bored me).
I don't dislike Inuyasha btw, in fact I'd watch it if it were on and I had nothing better to do, or if I were watching it with someone else. It's mildly enjoyable for me, just not something I'd go out of my way to watch or anything. It's like Dragonball Z is to me, now. (And I'd probably have liked Inuyasha back when I really dug DBZ, but I didn't know about it at the time.)
The guy from Berserk looks like Yusuke (I probably murdered that spelling) from Yu Yu Hakusho. That was another anime I found fun to watch, though not quite to the extent as the ones I listed in my previous post.
Heh. VG Cats once said Inuyasha was "Dragonball Z for girls", so however you wish to interpret that.
Heh. VG Cats once said Inuyasha was "Dragonball Z for girls", so however you wish to interpret that.
Funny you should say that, the main reason I did watch Inuyasha was because my ex-fiancee (back when we were together) was a huge fan.
Does Robotech count? 'Cause I loves me some Robotech.
I like Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop. I usually read manga though because I don't have a set schedule and it's hard to see a series in order that way. My favorite manga are Bleach and Fruits Basket. I got into both of those while trying to teach myself to draw the anime style.
Samurai Champloo is great ! I like the Naruto manga better then the anime, Bleach is good. You should check out Kurohime, maybe the best manga I've ever read.
I think 500 dvds makes that a credible statement. About a hundred dvds worth of fansubbed anime waiting to get replaced by retail dvd (comes out at several hundred dvd worth of retail anime).
Large Haruhi cloth wall scroll from last Anime North using rare wall space in hobby room. Only a small amount of anime miniatures though, but finding 1990s anime minis is not simple.
I do NOT watch anime on TV. It's fan sub or dvd thank you very much.
And NO I don't watch it on YouTube (yuck).
I support AMV.org with my wallet. Love watching decently made amvs.
I've even got the Sailormoon RPG (although I have never played it, too worried that some of my friends would actually be good at playing senshi
). Some things you just don't want to know.Samurai Champloo is great ! I like the Naruto manga better then the anime, Bleach is good. You should check out Kurohime, maybe the best manga I've ever read.
The Naruto anime seemed a bit... smarmy so I skipped the manga. I will take a look if it's better than the anime though. Thanks for the tip!
I have the entire Cowboy Bebop soundtrack. Tank, sung by Ein, for the win!
Total anime fan here.
I think 500 dvds makes that a credible statement. About a hundred dvds worth of fansubbed anime waiting to get replaced by retail dvd (comes out at several hundred dvd worth of retail anime).
Large Haruhi cloth wall scroll from last Anime North using rare wall space in hobby room. Only a small amount of anime miniatures though, but finding 1990s anime minis is not simple.
I do NOT watch anime on TV. It's fan sub or dvd thank you very much.
And NO I don't watch it on YouTube (yuck).
I support AMV.org with my wallet. Love watching decently made amvs.
I've even got the Sailormoon RPG (although I have never played it, too worried that some of my friends would actually be good at playing senshi
I only watch subs (okay 95% of the time), I hate American television so much that I don't have cable. Most anime I watch now are fresh from Japan, like Vampire Knight, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and D. Gray-man. I normally polish off at least one season (or series) a week. I've watched every episode of Naruto, Bleach, D. Gray-man ( I watch the new episodes as they come out in Japan) and Inuyasha + the mangas. I have the BISM anime RPG, I havn't played it though.
The Naruto anime seemed a bit... smarmy so I skipped the manga. I will take a look if it's better than the anime though.
I personally believe that the manga is better then the anime if for no other reason then the fact that it doesn't have DBZ-esque amounts of filler (Next time on Dragon Ball Z! They scream a lot, do inner monologues about the screaming power [over 9000!] and then grimace).
Let there be no mistake, I loved DBZ through my childhood (Gohan ftw! Saiya man = fail
) but it got too ridiculous.Who here has read Eyeshield 21? Samurai Deeper Kyo? Priest? Shaman King? One Piece (Die for kids television die in a fiery rain of magma that Asmodeous himself...
)? Rurouni Kenshin? Tsubasa?I personally believe that the manga is better then the anime if for no other reason then the fact that it doesn't have DBZ-esque amounts of filler (Next time on Dragon Ball Z! They scream a lot, do inner monologues about the screaming power [over 9000!] and then grimace).
Let there be no mistake, I loved DBZ through my childhood (Gohan ftw! Saiya man = fail
Who here has read Eyeshield 21? Samurai Deeper Kyo? Priest? Shaman King? One Piece (Die for kids television die in a fiery rain of magma that Asmodeous himself...
I haven't read the manga but I watched Rurouni Kenshin when it was on Cartoon Network and liked it. I've also watched some subs of it online.
I watched Samurai X someone had on DVD and thought it was pretty sweet.
The Naruto anime seemed a bit... smarmy so I skipped the manga. I will take a look if it's better than the anime though. Thanks for the tip!
I have the entire Cowboy Bebop soundtrack. Tank, sung by Ein, for the win!
Don't forget Piano Black! Heres a picture of a Mugen cosplayer http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=83434428&albumID=2059215&imageID=28248768 and a funny Spike pic http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=83434428&albumID=2059215&imageID=28248934. Is this the stairway to heaven ?
Anyone have any interesting cosplay experiences?
I went to ACEN's rave dance in my ninja costume.. I climbed onto a high rise and started dancing (I can't dance)
. I swear everyone was pointing at me. Later I snuck around and stole ALOT of glow sticks, I had like 40 of them on me when I stopped. I had to eventually leave though do to the only other ninja. How he knew I was a girl is still beyond me, I was in complete ninja gear and had on a tangle of glow sticks ! Everywhere I went, he went, not to mention he danced much worst then me! So like a ninja I vanished..Fate/stay night
Tsukihime
Claymore
Tower of Druga
Moyashimon ( tales of agriculture ! lol)
I am enjoying Kara no Kyoki right now, but each episode seems to have a 2 month wait period.
Don't forget Piano Black! Heres a picture of a Mugen cosplayer http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=83434428&albumID=2059215&imageID=28248768 and a funny Spike pic http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=83434428&albumID=2059215&imageID=28248934. Is this the stairway to heaven ?
Anyone have any interesting cosplay experiences?
I went to ACEN's rave dance in my ninja costume.. I climbed onto a high rise and started dancing (I can't dance)
did you kill anyone ninja style?
I haven't read the manga but I watched Rurouni Kenshin when it was on Cartoon Network and liked it. I've also watched some subs of it online.
I watched Samurai X someone had on DVD and thought it was pretty sweet.
Both the manga and anime of Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin are superb, much in the same way of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun being great on page and screen.
Other good animes include, Eureka 7, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Neon Genesis, Afro Samurai, Paranoia Agent and more that may or may not come to me in the future.
I'll still watch it either way, I'm just curious.
Let's put it that way.
So I'm a HUGE anime and manga fan. Some favorites Death Note, Berserk, Inuyasha and D. Grayman, just to name a few. I could talk about anime all day, so whats everyones favorites !?
Also I go to Chicago's Anime Central Convention (or ACEN) and cosplay every year, I've done Tifa Heartlock, Kirara for Samurai 7, Rukia Kuchki from Bleach and a random ninja. The con has this event called the Masquerade, which has the best cosplayers and funny skits. I love the Masquerade, its the best event, but the last Masquerade SUCKED ! None of the skits were funny at all. So a few of my friends (they also play D&D with me) and I want to make a good skit for next year and I need some advice. I only have one idea so far and I'm up for new ideas. My skit idea is, to redo The Whitest Kids You Know poop meeting, if you havn't seen the video heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URE7--qtHck ,but with Narutos archvillians the Akatsuki ( Akatsuki pictures http://media.photobucket.com/image/a...uki-1.jpg?o=15 . So effectively Akatsuki Poop Meeting, I think it would be hilarious.
Yes, finally!!!!! HAPPY DAY!!!
I love anime. Cowboy Bebop will always be my favorite, but I love Rurouni Kenshin (manga's my favorite), Death Note, NANA (yeah, it's for girls, but it's pretty damn good), TTGL (just started it, but it rocks), Blade of the Immortal, Ninja Scroll, VHD, and a multitude of others. I was recommended Paradise Kiss on my LiveJournal, so I'll check that out eventually. Oh yeah, and I have a bit of a Guyver jones right now (sig). Still need to watch FLCL, though. My first anime, however, was Project A-Ko (in '93).
I'm gonna cosplay next year, too. I can't this year because of school (and I need to lose weight), but I wanna go to Dragon*Con next year. I have an Aoshi and a rat thief started.
I know of your con's masq, as well, Rizen (never been there, but um...yeah, *cough*Stripper Vash*cough*).
Masq ideas? Well, I wrote a script for an Enzyte ad involving Altair a few months ago. There's also potential in Jimmy Kimmel's "I'm ******* Ben Affleck", but involving Aoshi and Kenshin. That might not get by censors, but for all I know, there's been worse. I would kill to see a skit involving nothing but ninjas from different shows. That would be sweet.
Good luck with the masquerade. Hope it goes well for you. Oh yeah, good job on Rukia.
Hmm maybe I have been watching longer than I realized.
Warning, massive copypaste en route, this is my collection.
This is still fan subbed
Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade
Ajimu Kaigan Monogatori
Amaenaideyo Season 1
Amaenaideyo Katsu Season 2
Baldr Force EXE
BibBou Shimai Monogatori
Bleach (ongoing)
Canvas
Canvas Season 2
Claymore
Cutie Honey OAV
Dai Mahou Touge
Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten OVA
Dokuro Chan
El Hazard The Wanderers + OAV 2
Fancy La la
Fighting Beauty WuLong
Final Approach
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic TSR
Futakoi
Futakoi Alternative
Futari Ecchi
Geneshaft
Great Teacher Onizuka
Guardian Hearts
Guardian Hearts Power Up
Hand Maid Mai OVA
Happy Lesson Advance
Happy Lesson Final
Hayate No Gotoku
Honey and Clover
He Is My Master
Highschool Girls (Girls High)
Ichigo 100%
Idol Force Hummingbird
Infinite Ryvius
Iketeru Futari
Ikkitousen Season 1
Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny Season 2
Ikkitousen Great Guardians Season 3
Innocent Venus
Kagihime Eikyuu Alice
Karin
Kanon (2002) + Kazhana, Special
Kanon (2006)
Kasimasi Girl Meets Girl + OAV
Kiddy Grade
Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
Lamume
Lingerie Soldier Papillon Rose
Like the Clouds Like the Wind
Love Hina Again
Love Love
Magical Canan
Magi Kano
Mahoraba Heartful Days
Mai-HiME Specials
Mai Otome Zwei
Mamotte Shugogetten
Manabi Straight + OAV
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya
Moekan the Animation
Momoiro Sisters
Monster
My Otome My Otome extras
Narue no Sekai
Natsuiro no Sunadokei
Negima!? +3 OAVs
Netrunmon the Movie
One OAV
Oran Highschool Host Club
Otome wa Boku ni Koisheteru
Pia Carrot Sayakas Love Story
Platonic Chain
Raimuiro Senkitan
Ranma 1/2 Season 6
Read or Die TV
REC
Rizelmine Season 1
Rizelmine Season 2
Rumic Theater
School Rumble Season 1
School Rumble Second Term Season 2
Shuffle
Shuffle Memories Season 2
Sky Girls OAV
Smash Hit
Stella of the Universe
Suzuka
Tenshi na Konamaiki
Today in Class 5-2
To Heart Remember My Memories
To Heart 2
Tonagura
Tokyo Mew Mew
Tsubasa Chronicles Season 1
Tsubasa Chronicles Season 2
Ultimate Girls
Usagi Chan de Cue
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2
ZegaPain
Zettai Karen Children (ongoing)
Kamen No Maid Guy (ongoing)
Zero No Tsukaima Season 1,2 3 (ongoing)
Gunslinger Girl II (ongoing)
Moetan
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha As
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Stryker S
Tenjou Tenge
Slayers Revolution (ongoing)
Clannad + Movie
Rosario + Vampire
Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge
Ran the Samurai Girl
Happiness
Lucky Star
Nanaka 6-17
Doujin Work
Higurashi no Nakukoro ni
Idolmaster Xenoglassia
Akahori Geddu Hour Rabuge
Kakyuusei 2
They Are My Noble Masters
Spice and Wolf
Nagasarete Airantou
True Tears
Minami Ke
Minami Ke Okawari
Maburaho
The following is retail dvd format
Abenobashi Magical Shopping District
Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi
Air TV
Air TV Movie
Akira
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
Amazing Nurse Nanako
Appleseed
Armitage III
Azumanga Daioh
Battle Athletes
Berserk
Blue Gender
Bubblegum Crisis 2040
Card Captor Sakura Seasons 1-2
Card Captor Sakura 2 Movies
Casshan Robot Hunter
Castle in the Sky
Chobits
DNA2 (sub)
Dual
El Hazard
Fate Stay Night
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Panic Season 1
Full Metal Panic TSR disks 1-4
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Fushigi Yuugi
Fushigi Yuugi 2
Fushigi Yuugi Eikoden
Gatekeepers
Gunslinger Girls
Gunsmiths Cats
Hanaukyo Maids
Hand Maid May
Happy Lesson
I My Me Strawberry Eggs
Inuyasha
Inuyasha Movie The Movie
Inuyasha Movie 4
Kimegura Orange Road (sub)
Kimegura Orange Road Movies
Kimegura Orange Road OAVs
Love Hina
Love Hina Spring Special
Love Hina Christmas Special
Macross Zero
Magic Knight Rayearth
Mahormatic
Mahoromatic Special
Mahou Sensei Negima
Maison Ikkoku
Mai-Hime
Martian Successor Nadesico
Martian Successor Nadesico Prince of Darkness
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya Disks 1-4
Meow Meow Taruto
Najica
Noir
Oh My Goddess OAV (2)
Oh My Goddess Movie 1
Oh My Goddess TV Season 1
Oh My Goddess TV Season 2
Onegai Teacher
Onegai Twins
Pani Poni Dash disks
Photon
Please Save My Earth
Porco Rosso
Project A-Ko
Project A-Ko Love and Robots
Project A-Ko Uncivil Wars
Ranma
Ranma OAVs
Ranma Nihao My Concubine
Ranma Big Trouble in Nekonron China
Record of Lodoss War
Rune Soldier
Sailormoon Seasons 1-4
Sailormoon Season 5 (avi)
Sailormoon Movies R, S, Super S
Slayers
Slayers Movie OAVs
Sorcerer Hunters OAV
Spirited Away
Steel Angel Karumi Season 1
Steel Angel Karumi Season 2
Tenchi Muyo OAV Ultimate Edition
Tenchi Muyo 2 Movies
Tenchi Muyo Here Comes The Bride
Tenchi Muyo Target Tenchi
Tenchi Muyo Final Confrontation
The Cat Returns
Those Who Hunt Elves Season 1-2
Tokyo Underground
Urusei Yatsura 1-33, 35
Urusei Yatsura Movies 1-6
Urusei Yatsura OAV 2
Video Girl AI
Whisper of the Heart
Yu-Gi-Oh! Seasons 1-3
Zegapain disk 1-3
Madlax
Lucky Star 1-2
Ikkitousen 1-4
ZegaPain 1-3
Vandread Season 1
Vandread Season 2
Quite a lot eh.
Casshan gets you a win. I've been trying to find that one for years with no success.
Since my b-day's on the 24th, I'm gonna get Black Lagoon. I really look forward to watching that series.
Just finished Elfen Lied, now that one was disturbing. Mutated girls with horns that kinetically slices and shreds and pulps people...while naked. And thats if you are lucky and don't **** them off so that they kill you slowly. Combine that with a split personality, alot of cute things, and the overhanging threat of insta-gib at any moment that the wrong personality comes back and you got an interesting series.
Before that i saw with hunter robin. bit too slow, bit to obvious who would be the ultimate bad-guys. backgrounds rendered with 3d and grainy ambient occlusion annoyed me. But it had pretty good characters and a few good episodes, worth watching.
Gurren Lagann was the most epic anime since Gits, great entertainment. really 4e in the special attacks and animations. And compared to evangelion Gainax got the mix of traumatic and bittersweet much better here. The blend of humor and loss/bitterness in this show is almost perfect.
Vampire Knight? Urgh don't get me started. Nicely drawn but never goes anywhere imo. Too much generic japanese humor a part of the canon, which breaks believability. And as mentioned, it takes forever to go anywhere. I was hoping for a more tragic ending(like her getting turned and slowly descending into inhumanity, that would have been a show). But hey, theres another season coming so still hope.
But I'll make it easy and make a list of things that i found worth watching:
1. Ghost in the shell. movies and series and series-movies. should be seen by everyone.
2. Gurren Lagann. epic, fun, bittersweet. a classic tale told in a great manner.
3. Fullmetal Alchemist. good show, nothing beats Alex Louis Armstrong in epic un-epicness :D
4. Death Note. nuff said
5. Castle in the Sky. one of those must-see anime movies, great mysterious technology and flying pirates!
6. Princess Mononoke, another one. very nicely fantasy movie with grey morality and plot that is hard to foresee. cute little maskots.
7. Akira. another must-see movie. psychic powers that bends reality in strange ways. think Leonardo Dicaprio is working on a hollywood version these days...
Theres probably more, but thats all i really feel like writing down. its a good start though.
I bought the animated film Transformers:The Movie on VHS when I was a kid.
That count?
Any other animes with a D&D feel? I watched a couple eps of Record of Lodoss War and didn't like it. I've, erm, "acquired" Berserk (though I haven't watched it yet). Any others?
WATCH BERSERK NOW!!!! its my favorite ever...very dnd ish... although you have to keep in mind that this is the LAST animated anything that was hand drawn.....so it is not as impressive to look at as computer aided animation. Berserk= last hand drawn animation in the world.
the story does have a cliffhanger ending....but thats one of my favorite parts about it.....you will literally dwell upon it for days after watching it. and in my opinion thats part of why its good. a lot of things are easy to forget...you wont forget berserk.
character development is awesome. plenty of violence and action...
if you are interested in the story continuing it is currently being translated (the manga) by Darkhorse.
The funniest anime I've ever seen is probably Golden Boy, its six episodes. It's probably the only anime I'd recommend watching in english.
Claymore is kinda D&D like.
Naruto would easily be among my very favorites had it stuck true to the manga, I mean with out the 100 some episodes of filler. The newer chapters are very epic.
Kurohime is the best manga ever. It's about a beautiful woman who summons monsters with her gun. She loses her memory, love and is turned into a little girl after she fights the gods. With the love of a young man she can turn back to normal. It's a great series. Oh and weres a picture of kurohime.. http://media.photobucket.com/image/kurohime/KakoHatake1992/Kurohime/InternetExplorerWallpaper140-1.jpg?o=7
My cosplay ideas for next ACEN:
Jenova from FF7
Road from D. Gray-man
Lenalee from D. Gray-man
Casca from Berserk
Or old school, Sango from Inuyasha (demon slayer outfit)
Diaguard: See what happen when saving the world is delegated to the lowest bidder.
Slayers: Like D&D
Ruin Soldier: Also like D&D
Vampire Hunter D and the sequel.
The Vision of Escaflowne: Giant robots, the Legend of Atlantis, psychic powers and Sir Issac Newton (that's no joke) as the BBEG. Looks allot like Eberron.
Excel Saga: The insanity hits fan.
my fav at the moment is Saiyuki.
Also Full Metal Alchemist, Black Lagoon and Inuyasha are pretty good.
So they're making a Cowboy Bebop movie huh? What's your thoughts on that? I hear Keanu Reeves is being rumored to play Spike Spiegel. Is that a good thing? Or did anyone just picture a complete Matrix "whoah, I know kung fu" thing and shudder?
Ugh! Keanu Reeves? Ick blick! Of course, I suppose it all comes down to how well he can point a finger and shout, "And you! You take too long to take a sh**!" I just can't picture pretty-boy mustering the proper poise for that...
I can't think of anyone else that fits the bill though either. Vin Diesel could do Jet though. That wouldn't be too bad.
Ones I really liked are Samuria 7, Escaflowne, Last Exile, Gungrave, and Trigun. Ive seen others, but they weren't my thing.
I love Anime. Need to watch a lot more, though. Any suggestions of great anime?
Each sub genre of anime has greats, you might need to go a bit further in your request.
I have seen anime that was great for its genre, but might not have been "utlimately" great. After all, how does a person compare Azumanga Daioh with Death Note?
The first anime I bought (honestly bought the real thing) was Air. End price for a mere 5 dvds was close to 200 bucks. On the surface that sounds crazy. But that series touched me in so many ways. You can be laughing one moment and crying the next. And the OST is about the purest joy I have known in music.
I also have a fondness for what I call serious story driven anime series that usually last 26 eps. I picked up Madlax at last years con. There's really no mindless haha factor, no panties gags, no oh it's summer, time to put the girls all in swimsuits and outdoors spas obsession. Not that any of that bothers me, but everyonce in a while, it's nice to watch a defacto 26 ep length drawn out movie type anime.
I have several of those in my stash.
But some days you just want to laugh your head off at a show that is only about making you laugh. Azumanga Daioh sure does that well. It's all just funny stuff. The same people did Pany Poni Dash (odd sounding name). 6 dvds each of pure laughter.
I find shows like Naruto tried too hard to be all things to all people and it came out looking like mainstream mush. And then there are all the shows that were just there to keep the show going while they tried to prepare s real ep that might mean something. Often those shows jump the shark and just don't know when to pack up and go home.
It's a VERY rare show that makes it past ep 26 and doesn't immediately go bland.
Other shows I've particularly enjoyed:
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Hellsing
Outlaw Star
Trigun (probably my favorite anime, if only because of the pacifism themes)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (brilliant!!!)
Elfen Lied
Samurai 7
Vision of Escaflowne
The only anime I've actually watched and truly did not like was Big O. While I love the visuals, I thought the mecha elements were really out of place for the setting and the characters I generally found annoying.
Making English dubs bearable since he's been able when he's been able.
May we all have a second of appreciation for Steven Jay Blum.
Making English dubs bearable since he's been able when he's been able.
His voice is really cool, but his pronunciation of Japanese words is lacking. I did like him in Guyver, though.
I like Crispin Freeman more, partly because he's an anime fan himself (he actually said once that he preferred subs, IIRC), but also because I believe his Alucard voice absolutely ROCKS!!
Berserk is my favorite, but if you watch it, do not expect a explanation at the end.
Ones I really liked are Samuria 7, Escaflowne, Last Exile, Gungrave, and Trigun. Ive seen others, but they weren't my thing.
Samurai 7 was extremely good. On the topic of Gungrave, as of 5 minutes ago, I just finished watching all 26 episodes today. I watched the whole series today ! I'M TIRED ! That was one hell of a good anime !
If anyone is looking to a good anime to watch, I'd suggest D. Gray-Man. Its a bit of a longer series like Naruto and Bleach, but a way better anime - I think. Its alot more of a serious anime, with alot more likable characters.
Neon Genesis Evangelion.. Personlly I think Rah-Xephon was better (- better ending).