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Nocturnal Anime
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08-01-2011 12:24am#1I think there are a few secret and no-so-secret anime fans about so here is my little collection of Nocturnal Anime Animu.
These ones are pretty old. There is lots of newer stuff that is great, but these are some of my favourites that I think are Nocturnally themed.
Hellsing
It’s got vampires
The guy on the right is Alucard. He’s a very cunning vampire who hunts other vampires by shooting them with his awesome gun.
The woman on the right is Integra Hellsing. She runs a shadowy vampire hunting organisation. Alucard helps out with it.
The miniskirt in the middle is Seras Victoria. She was turned into a vampire by Alucard and also hunts vampires with GIANT guns and very short skirts. As is typical in Japan.
Opening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNJwUUHMxc
Trigun
Trigun just rocks. It’s about a mysterious happy go lucky guy called Vash the Stampede who has a bounty of several billion on his head. Somehow, no matter where he goes the whole town gets annihilated. It’s not his fault though. Seriously. Then two insurance reps are sent to babysit him. The amount of damage being caused when he is around is bankrupting the insurance company, so they want him prevented from causing any more damage. (Even though it isn’t his fault! ;_;)
Eventually the mysterious background of Vash comes out and the **** gets srs.
Trigun has great music and a sort of Wild West meets Steampunk feel to it. It’s really funny but when it gets serious, it gets serious with a vengeance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHe4U5c5Oc
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop is about bounty hunters .. in Space! It’s set quite a long way into the future but has a really cool (daddio) Jazz soundtrack. The group that made Cowboy Bebop like to put an anachronistic twist on their productions. They have another great anime called Samurai Champloo which is set in Edo-era Japan but has a kind of hip-hop soundtrack.
Each episode is a stand alone, kinda but the series does have an overall plot. Some episodes are quite intense, like when Spike and Co are going after a drug-dealer who has gone quite quite insane (cuz of the drugs). Some are just funny and silly. In one episode the ship is invaded by some kind of sludge beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE
Optional extras:
Azumanga Diaoh: It’s amazingly cute and REALLY strange.
Elfen Lied: It’s amazingly violent and REALLY ... well .. if you ever don’t need your soul any more go watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4OQI6qyCtg (NSFW)
Saying that, Elfen Lied really is great. It’s one of my favourites. It’s just a bit brutal. It’s a bit of a shock to people that have only ever watched the fluffier side of anime.
These are just off the top of my head.
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Doctor DooM wrote: »thread needs more Gurren Lagaan.
urdoinitwrong :P
I love my aul animu and mango so I do. Mad for the moe I have to say - Lucky Star, Haruhi
Neon Genesis Evangelion is also bloody awesome, as is Clannad and Sailor Moon and Baccano! and and and and...
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Never been a huge anime fan but if I did watch some, it'd be self-contained little shorts or movies rather than series'.
Really got into stuff like Genius Party (Beyond), Cat Soup, Mind Game, Angel's Egg and little quick stuff like Noiseman Sound Insect and this;
That said, I have watched Gurren Lagann, Kaiba, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Zetsubou Sensei and Death Note all the way through a few years back and had a blast watching them, especially Zetsubou Sensei. These days it's film theory so anime takes a backseat.0 -
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Don't know if it's true Anime, but I love the new series " Ugly Americans ".
If you grow up watching the " MTV Oddities " you will love this.
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cyberwolf77 wrote: »His leg is also metal, and his brother is a suit of armor with a human soul bound to it.
Ok that makes sense.
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cyberwolf77 wrote: »They also have a fellow known as The Strongarm Alchemist who is a massively muscled fellow whose last name is actually Armstrong.
It all falls into place. Beautiful. 0 -
cyberwolf77 wrote: »They also have a fellow known as The Strongarm Alchemist who is a massively muscled fellow whose last name is actually Armstrong.
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awesome!
Paprika next
Paprika is a fantastic piece of animation. The director, Satoshi Kon (who died last year), wrote and directed some great films and shorts in his time. If you enjoy Paprika, you might enjoy Millenium Actress or the short film 'Magnetic Rose' (part of the Memories trilogy and one of my favourite bits of writing in Japanese animation).0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9YtJC-Kd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9D4xcKpfkw
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