What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

lydabryant · 14-05-2009 8:50am

I'm watching naruto shippuuden...

Ishmael · 15-05-2009 12:37pm

Just got Gurren-lagann so gonna dig into that over the weekend. Watched first episode of 07-Ghost a few days ago, looks like it has some potential. Keeping up to date with Naruto and bleach manga's. Gonna stop watching Naruto shippuuden for a while i think. I can usually stick with the side-stories but the current one is painful to watch.

robby^5 · 15-05-2009 10:10pm

I wanna download something good for after my exams but I havent been following anime this year, I like stuff like GITS: SAC, Gurren Lagann, Geass, Haruhi... something unconventional. Any suggestions?

Cy_Revenant · 17-05-2009 12:05am

robby^5 wrote: »

I wanna download something good for after my exams but I havent been following anime this year, I like stuff like GITS: SAC, Gurren Lagann, Geass, Haruhi... something unconventional. Any suggestions?

You're looking for some quality ****ing animation.

Unfortunately its hard come by lately.

Two recommendations for you.

Xam'd: Lost Memories, unlike what you've seen but great (imo).

Eden of the East, ongoing, but it'll be a short run, think it ends at episode 11. Also a bit different from what you've seen, also great, I think.

I did love Gundam OO, but most people seem to have an irrational hatred of Gundam.

That's all I've seen worth recommending. Anything else was only okay, alright or quite good.

Butterscotch · 17-05-2009 2:26pm

I am watching Outlaw Star. It brings back memories, when I first got into anime.

robby^5 · 17-05-2009 4:41pm

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

You're looking for some quality ****ing animation.

Unfortunately its hard come by lately.

Two recommendations for you.

Xam'd: Lost Memories, unlike what you've seen but great (imo).

Eden of the East, ongoing, but it'll be a short run, think it ends at episode 11. Also a bit different from what you've seen, also great, I think.

I did love Gundam OO, but most people seem to have an irrational hatred of Gundam.

That's all I've seen worth recommending. Anything else was only okay, alright or quite good.

Well you were the one who suggested three of my above favourites so I'll give those a shot, you seem to have great taste good sir

Although I'll pass on Gundam, If there are to be giant robots I don't want it to be serious-business.

Archeotech · 18-05-2009 10:11pm

Well Eden of the East is directed by the same guy who did the Ghost In the Shell : SAC series. Brilliant anime! ^^

Anyone seen Pale Cocoon? It was a fantastic 20 min OVA released about 2 years back. Well the same people that brought that also made this 9 min short called Mizu no Kotoba and that seems to be referenced in their latest ongoing series called Eve no Jikan. Episodes are just 15mins long and so far 4 have been released with 2 more to go. Story seems interesting with gorgeous animation.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7998

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 20-05-2009 9:45pm

rewatching Berserk... I threw on the english dub for a laugh at how absolutely terrible i expected it to be but it's fantastic. I'm going to watch the entire series in english now I was just that impressed with it. Even the background characters have effort put into them, why can't all dubs be like this

Cravez · 20-05-2009 11:49pm

Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »

rewatching Berserk... I threw on the english dub for a laugh at how absolutely terrible i expected it to be but it's fantastic. I'm going to watch the entire series in english now I was just that impressed with it. Even the background characters have effort put into them, why can't all dubs be like this

Check out the bloopers, some of them are hilarious

Demeyes · 22-05-2009 3:56pm

I just started watching Code Geass last week, seems decent so far. I plan on watching a few other shows soon now that I have a bit of free time. I'm thinking D.Grayman and Gundam 00. I need stuff to fill the void left by One Piece. I only caught upto to the current episodes so now I have to wait for new episodes of it.

Monkeyto · 24-05-2009 11:19am

I just finished Azumanga Daioh and Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei. I enjoyed both but SZS has become a firm favourite of mine. I'm gonna check out Zoku Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei next as well as Love Hina. I've also gotten my hands on some K-On! and lookng forward to seeing the second episode of the new Haruhi content!

James-Brod · 24-05-2009 1:19pm

Well, I'm reading fate/stay night and just got up to date with Claymore.
Watching the Claymore anime and about to start the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig ^_^

monellia · 24-05-2009 2:14pm

Currently watching Nadia, the Secret of Blue Water . I'm on episode 10. It's vair good so far.

Romoro · 26-05-2009 8:37pm

Im watching BLEACH im amazed its brilliant.

RageBeat · 03-06-2009 3:03pm

Re-reading old chapters of Bleach & watching Gravitation again

Miasima Goria · 10-06-2009 6:19pm

I'm reading the Oldboy series - expensive at £10 a book!

Tirabaralla · 10-06-2009 8:44pm

I restarted One Piece from episode one these days ^_^

Zippitydoo · 11-06-2009 3:32pm

Looks like the Naruto anime filler is finally done with... well it was kinda filler right? Very poor animation and general effort put into it for the last few months in my opinion.
The manga hopefully will pick up soon again... got a bit slow the last few weeks. Still good though.

Funky · 11-06-2009 3:40pm

Zippitydoo wrote: »

Looks like the Naruto anime filler is finally done with... well it was kinda filler right? Very poor animation and general effort put into it for the last few months in my opinion.
The manga hopefully will pick up soon again... got a bit slow the last few weeks. Still good though.

That was purely a filler arc I think, though it might have been to(manga spoiler below):

give a bit more story to Orochimaru before Sasuke 'kills' him

Gave up on it about 4 or 5 episodes ago, looking forward to it getting back to the story.

I agree the manga's gone a bit quiet again but some of the recent previous chapters were unreal.

Numina · 11-06-2009 10:44pm

Reading Gantz.

It's awesome.

Lilith306 · 12-06-2009 12:53pm

Funky wrote: »

That was purely a filler arc I think, though it might have been to(manga spoiler below):
give a bit more story to Orochimaru before Sasuke 'kills' him

Gave up on it about 4 or 5 episodes ago, looking forward to it getting back to the story.

I agree the manga's gone a bit quiet again but some of the recent previous chapters were unreal.

Is today's episode back to cannon or is it next week, as i skip all the filler. Also what does everyone think about the latest chapters of the manga

I though it was a cop-out that they brought back Kakashi and the others I always like Naruto because people died and stayed dead this changed that.

Doklett · 13-06-2009 8:40pm

Im watching Bleach at the mo. I think its great that it follows the manga so closely unlike Naruto. Im reading the manga Veritas... its the S**t!

Zippitydoo · 14-06-2009 5:11pm

Yeah Katherine I agree, felt like quite a cop out to me too, I was content with what had happened, there needed to be some casualties!

The anime episode from Friday is back on track now with the manga, finally...

Funky · 14-06-2009 6:56pm

yea agreed

it woulda added a bit of darkness to the story and it would have been easier to make Danzou hokage which i thought was a bit rushed. though i guess the story is about how Naruto saves the world etc.

finally back to non-filler in the anime hurrah!

Zippitydoo · 14-06-2009 7:14pm

Yup. I was glad when Hinata died anyway, she wrecks my head. Kakashi's death was obviously too rushed for that to be real, his character is far too important and will play a huge role in my opinion. I think we're due a big death or too soon now, possibly at Sasuke's hands... we'll see

Yeah the newest anime episode was decent, there's some great Sasuke action on the horizon :pac:

Art_Wolf · 15-06-2009 6:38pm

Just started watching Baccano! Really enjoying it

mandaiben · 16-06-2009 1:51am

I'm alternating between Megazone 23, the second season of Black Lagoon, and rewatching Death Note. Great stuff, all of it.

Moneymaker · 16-06-2009 7:51am

None at the moment because I suck

myth. · 16-06-2009 6:31pm

i watched like 200+ episodes of bleach until they started another filler arc.. same with naruto.

whatduck · 18-06-2009 12:15am

Watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Dragonball at the moment. Gurren Lagann is awesome, Dragonball is funny.

Varkov · 20-06-2009 2:51pm

Naruto Shippuuden again now that the 3-Tails filler is over.

Sasuke just killed Orichimaru!

Zippitydoo · 22-06-2009 8:16pm

Yup they did it pretty well too...

StephenP023 · 05-07-2009 8:18pm

The 2nd season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Phenom™ · 05-07-2009 9:36pm

I'm watching Guin Saga right now. After that it's Sengoku Basara and Queens Blade.

Thomas-G · 06-07-2009 2:05am

Watching Outlaw star and reading God knows how many manga (Gantz being my most loved though)

BlitzKrieg · 07-07-2009 2:19am

season 2 of the melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is f*cking with my head far too much at the moment (anyone else who have watched the last 3 episodes would know what I am talking about.)

tman · 11-07-2009 8:15am

Going to get stuck back into Naruto now that the filler is over
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

And I have the 2 seasons of Gundam 00 lined up to watch... All I need now is 30 minutes to myself to actually watch something:(

Oh yeah, and season 2 of Haruhi is waiting to be watched as well... Might try to get the GF to watch it with me and totally wreck her head with it:p

Sorry for going OT - is it necessary to watch S1 of Haruhi before S2, or could someone just jump straight into S2?

Funky · 11-07-2009 8:20am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

season 2 of the melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is f*cking with my head far too much at the moment (anyone else who have watched the last 3 episodes would know what I am talking about.)

Though still enjoyable, the following statement shows how I feel about it so far:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Monkeyto · 12-07-2009 9:55pm

What the guy above me said. Just feels like I'm watching the same episode four time in a row. I love Haruhi but I need some progress!!

Numina · 13-07-2009 8:35pm

Haruhi isn't screwing with my head, because I know I'm not supposed to be able to understand it yet. It's great so far.

Headshot · 13-07-2009 8:39pm

Got into a new anime

Needless

Right good and only on its 2nd episode

Still loving naruto manga, i was gob-smacked by last weeks manga.

Loving one piece and bleach manga

Any body else read the above manga?

fitz0 · 13-07-2009 10:36pm

Im reading Bleach. I stopped for ages just to let it get ahead. So I started reading there last week again, 30-40 chapters at the weekend and I still managed to end on the wrost cliffhanger possible! I couldn't have timed it better.

Just as the Vizards showed up!

Also rewatched Cowboy Bebop, what a show! Caught up with Naruto and Im currently searching for the Gantz chapters I've not read.

Is the next reboot of Evangelion film out yet?

BlitzKrieg · 13-07-2009 10:38pm

Oh gods they've done it again with Haruhi.

Ahh my head is killing me now...

Numina · 14-07-2009 7:48pm

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

Oh gods they've done it again with Haruhi.

Ahh my head is killing me now...

It's actually just annoying now. 4 episodes of the same episode, I didn't even watch episode 5, I just skimmed through it to see if it was different, and it wasn't.

ruadhan · 14-07-2009 8:17pm

Yeah, i'm just sorta starting to get into anime but im watching code geass right now and its pretty good, then i'm gonna watch cowboy bebop, maybe FMA.

Hagakure_irl · 15-07-2009 2:23am

just about to start monster and death note

fitz0 · 15-07-2009 11:01am

ruadhan wrote: »

Yeah, i'm just sorta starting to get into anime but im watching code geass right now and its pretty good, then i'm gonna watch cowboy bebop, maybe FMA.

Four words: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Headshot · 15-07-2009 2:20pm

what's the story with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

is that a totally new Fullmetal Alchemist story line or somthing else ?

fitz0 · 15-07-2009 4:52pm

FMA:Brotherhood is the basically a more faithful adaption of the manga since its nearing the end. So far its racing through the bits from the original anime up to the point where the storylines diverged.

To me it feels awkwardly paced because of this, characters don't get as much screen time so you don't form any sort of connection with them

Maes Hughes came and went in the space of only a few episodes (I think its only 1 can't remember) and Basque Grand barely features at all

Still, its very good, worth checking out at least.

Cy_Revenant · 16-07-2009 12:00am

fitz0 wrote: »

Maes Hughes came and went in the space of only a few episodes (I think its only 1 can't remember) and Basque Grand barely features at all

To be fair, he had more screentime there than he had in the manga. And thats including his other appearance which they haven't gotten to yet.

What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

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