Recommend a series for me please?

The Sky

So yeah, could anyone recommend a series for me that is not like 200+ episodes long? I have been watching Naruto and I am on episode 109 and it is so frustrating. I keep seeing spoilers and it is killing me, even bloody Google search is killing me thanks to it suggesting searches which end up spoiling the show for me!

Hiberno Caledonian

I like Elfen Lied. It's definitely 18+ though. There's lots of gratuitous nudity and violence but there's a really good story behind it. I read the manga too. The manga was much better but I still loved the anime.

Konata

What sort of stuff are you looking for specifically? Something akin to Naruto but shorter?

Luckily for you, the vast majority of anime series are either 12/13 episodes long or 24-26 episodes. Very few series run for longer than that and even less go above the 100 episode mark. Is there any other anime you enjoy? Give us some more info and I'm sure someone can recommend something you'd like

The Sky

I am not really looking for something specific. I'm not fussed on whether it's like Naruto or not, just that it is enjoyable. I am new to anime and I am finding it amazing that it can draw emotion from me and that I can care for these characters.

AzN

Shingeki no Kyojin is a series that draws most to tears. Perhaps you'd enjoy it, it's currently still running though so you'd have to wait one week for a new episode.

Sephiroth_dude

The slayers
Full metal panic
bacanno
chrome shelled regios
sword art online
GUn grave
trigun

they'll get ya started.

Sephiroth_dude

also Vandread and desert punk are good.

19543261

If you're only really familiar with Naruto or a few other big titles, best start ehm...building some foundations .... .. .

Fullmetal Alchemist (drama/fantasy)
Gunslinger Girls (drama/action)
Red Garden (drama/action/psychological)

Samurai Champloo (feudal japan/drama)
The House of Five Leaves (feudal japan/drama)
Mononoke (feudal japan/horror)

Ghost Hound (psychological/drama)
Boogiepop Phantom
Princess Tutu
Ergo Proxy
Haibane Renmei
Paranoia Agent
Kemonozue
Texhnolyze

Scrapped Princess (fantasy/adventure)
Claymore (dark-fantasy/drama)
Last Exile (adventure/sci-fi/steampunk)
Noein (sci-fi/action)
Dennou Coil (slice of life/sci-fi)

Kamichu! (slice of life/fantasy)
Minami-ke (comedy/slice of life)
Ichigo Mashimaro

Bokura ga Ita (romance/drama)
Kita e: Diamond Dust Drops
Blue Drop (shoujo-ai)
REC
Koi Kaze (..;))
Le Portrait de Petite Cossette
Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl`s Heart

Ehhh... got a bit carried away there... mh'mm, lists. ...Anyway, you should get a couple out of those you'll enjoy, and from them you can find others you like. Use http://anidb.net.

Sephiroth_dude

Ohhh some very nice suggestions there ^^^^^ .

MomijiHime

Shounen Maid Kuro Kun! and Boku no Pico

Art_Wolf

19543261 wrote: »

Scrapped Princess (fantasy/adventure)

Ah flashback to college! Actually cant recall how this ended...

emo72

looking for something myself. heard of beck, death note, im coming from the studio ghibli movies. heard that they were decent. anyone agree with that?

19543261

emo72 wrote: »

looking for something myself. heard of beck, death note, im coming from the studio ghibli movies. heard that they were decent. anyone agree with that?

Eh.. not really shows I'd recommend to someone for their first.

You'd be much better off with either Dennou Coil, Paranoia Agent or Samurai Champloo. You wont be disappointed. Watch all three, in fact.

When someone has never watched any anime before, I want to blow their ****ing mind. I want to show them something free from Anime Bull**** (i.e. melodrama, regurgitated characters, plot troupes, etc.) and full of class, beauty, emotion and originality. I want to show what the medium is capable of, of it at its greatest.These three shows capture that pretty well, I think.

(no spoilers)

GarH

Hmm. Nobody mentioned Cowboy Bebop.
Similiar to Samurai Champloo only sci-fi (if that makes sense)
One of the anime shows than got me started.

Plus the music is awesome.

Martonio

Elfin Lied is absolutely amazing! I haven't read the manga but it is the only anime that makes me want to start. Such a great story.

Studio Ghilbi got me interested a few years ago with Spirited Away and I loved them. I then started other animes usually a long running series like DB, Naruto and Bleach (unfortunately that stopped airing).
Trigun is good, I also recommend bleach, it only goes to 366 episodes :P
I watched a terrible short series a while ago "Dance in the Vampire Bund". Has anyone seen it?

ixoy

And a recommendation for myself. Based on what I've seen:

Death Note - Still my favourite as I loved them trying to out-smart each other all the time.

Code Geas: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Really enjoyed this one. Again an element of out smarting each other.

Noein - Good, if not in the same league.

Cowboy Bebop - Might try it again but I couldn't really get into this.

Full Metal Alchemist - Just finished this, with just the movie left to view. Enjoyed it but the ending was a bit rubbish - hopefully the movie will do it more justice.

e_e

Serial Experiments Lain, as long as you don't mind things getting very surreal.

GarH

ixoy wrote: »

Full Metal Alchemist - Just finished this, with just the movie left to view. Enjoyed it but the ending was a bit rubbish - hopefully the movie will do it more justice.

I much preferred Full Metal Alchemist - Brotherhood. Same characters and story (ish) but it seems to written better. And the ending is so much better.
You should try to watch it soon after watching the FMA movie. There are some huge differences between the two series.

Sephiroth_dude

Blassreiter was brilliant also I thought.

Davyhal

I am going to recommend what my friend recommended to me when I first got into anime. He knew that I would not dedicate myself to long series, so he kept them short and sweet. Also, it is a mix of a lot of genres, many of which have a mix of emotion and humour, which I particularly like:

- FLCL (Space Pirates/Crazy Fun Chick/Much Humour)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (the Citizen Kane of Anime. Powerful stuff, classic)
- s-CRY-ed (kind of humourous with action, but you do grow to really care about the characters)
- Generator Gawl (humourous, action, with a few poignant moments)
- Martian Successor Nadesico (kind of a parody of other animes, so watch it after you have gotten a taste for anime, but a good anime in its own right. DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE!)
- Elfen Lied (violent anime, serious stuff, but definitely worth watching. Definitely 18+, especially if you like puppies)

Each of these could be watched over the course of a weekend if you have the time to dedicate to it.