The Anime Thread

[finji]

Finally finished watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1 & 2, absolutely incredible series and i'm sad that they are over. Brilliant voice acting, animation,music,story, everything about them was great.

Now I'm struggling to find anything that compares

[tuckerlinen]

just finished Samurai Champloo and it was excellent.
I'm thinking Cowboy Bebop next
totally new to anime

[brettheaslewood]

I don't know enough about anime, but i do enjoy it.
I think i've only seen Tekken - The Motion picture and Akira mind you.

got ghost in shell on its way, from love film. should i be watching the 2 hour long 96' film or the S.A.C series first?

can anyone recommend me some more similar, not too into the pretty stuff, more dark plezzzzzzzz.

[wub]

Recommend this;



Three 45mins episodes making a series, about a bunch of convicted criminals who are given time off their sentences in exchange for hunting other criminals. Also where Nero nicked the video for Innocence from.

[Soiree]

[sinc_vision]

Currently watching Stein's;Gate. A time travel/butterfly effect style series featuring a bunch of akihabara geeks. Pretty good, though 10 eps in I need something big to happen to really grab me. Will let you know how it pans out.



And yes Wub, Cyber City was one of the things that really got me into anime in the late 90's back when Sci-Fi channel had the 12pm-3/4am slot. The second chapter was the one. I think there was a bit of discussion earlier in the thread.

And to everyone asking for recommendations, might I direct you to the previous 14 pages of exactly that.

Having said that, breththeaslewood, for dark stuff you can't go wrong by Elfen Lied for a series and Perfect Blue for a film.

[Pedro Sánchez]

Recommend this;



Three 45mins episodes making a series, about a bunch of convicted criminals who are given time off their sentences in exchange for hunting other criminals. Also where Nero nicked the video for Innocence from.

badman anime

[finji]

I don't know enough about anime, but i do enjoy it.
I think i've only seen Tekken - The Motion picture and Akira mind you.

got ghost in shell on its way, from love film. should i be watching the 2 hour long 96' film or the S.A.C series first?

can anyone recommend me some more similar, not too into the pretty stuff, more dark plezzzzzzzz.

watch the first film, then the second. I cant reccomend the series enough, it's very very good.

[dj2slo]

Berserk

This

Recommend this;



Three 45mins episodes making a series, about a bunch of convicted criminals who are given time off their sentences in exchange for hunting other criminals. Also where Nero nicked the video for Innocence from.

and definitely this! Biggup Wub

[wub]

Also;



Just remembered the virus in this is called the Babel Virus - Babel being a name of an early Kode9 mix

[ThomasEll]

Cromartie High is a good show if you want something that is completely ridiculous

The show randomly has a mute Freddie Mercury, a Gorilla and a Robot all at the school for reasons that aren't really explained at all ever.

[cityzen]

@ Bret - Elfen Lied, Perfect Blue, Hellsing and +1 on the Ctber City tip.

[collige]

I don't know enough about anime, but i do enjoy it.
I think i've only seen Tekken - The Motion picture and Akira mind you.

got ghost in shell on its way, from love film. should i be watching the 2 hour long 96' film or the S.A.C series first?

can anyone recommend me some more similar, not too into the pretty stuff, more dark plezzzzzzzz.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (it's a classic, straight up)
all of Satoshi Kon's stuff (Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, Paranoia Agent)
Tokyo Tribe 2 (really underrated over the top series about gangs)
Death Note (mainstream as hell but still really good and well written)

[ghst]

Anyone else seen Kurozuka? Absolutely love the art direction, sort of reminds me of a dark miyazaki. Bit of a frustrating ending though.

[hifi]

[Laszlo]

I'm only joking, finji.

I actually really like anime! I'm on a Gurren Lagann tip atm but I also watched Basilisk for the first time recently which was pukka!

Edit - What is this from, finji?

[Laszlo]

Thanks

[hubb]

Mind game is brilliant. Dead leaves is pretty different.

Aachi & Ssipak
In a future where energy is made from fecal matter, the government rewards defecation with "juicybars". Small-time hustlers try to get rich while fending off the mutated Diaper Gang.

There's also Rock and rule, Yellow submarine and Valhalla that are cool but it's western stuff and probably unrelated..

[kaili]

code geass/the kenshin OVAs (not the series, series was too childish imo) are 2 good ones worth watchin

[jrkhnds]

best anime list. need inspiration.

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
2. Ergo Proxy
3. Code Geass
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Samurai Champloo
6. Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex
7. Gurren Lagann
8. Death Note
9. Serial Experiments Lain
10. .hack//SIGN

yours?