What's your favourite Anime/Manga?

ambro25

Anime - the usual suspects

Akira
GiTS (I, found II a bit disappointing)
Spriggan
Voices of a Distant Star
Blood the Last Vampire
anything by Miyazaki/Ghibli (my 1-year old daughter just loves Totoro - she's starting goood!)

Anime series -

Albator (FR name - can't think of the English one)

Manga -

Akira (full collection in hardback, FR dialogue) - so much better than the film (which would end up 10 hours+ long if it was all in - I wish... )

Sarn

Anime - Akira, Rumik world (and manga)

Manga - Battle Angel Alita, Maison Ikkoku, Ghost in the shell, Blade of the Immortal (great artwork)

Enjoyed 3X3 eyes as well.

TheIrishGrover

Pixar have stated that they'd love to do a trad animated film...... How sweet would a Pixar/Ghibli collaboration be? Miyazaki and Lasseter.... I mean, Lasseter worships Miyazaki...... (As he should )

TheIrishGrover

ambro25 wrote:

anything by Miyazaki/Ghibli (my 1-year old daughter just loves Totoro - she's starting goood!)
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Yeah, Totoro's classic...... That catbus though..... What was Miyazaki ON?
Porco Rosso I THINK is my fave... I know everyone says Spirited Away and, hey, it's fantastic. It won the oscar afterall but for sheer childish fun it's gotta be either Totoro or Porco Rosso for me

Emo Kid

Gungrave.

elfpoo

A collaboration between Pixar and Ghibli would be the most amazing thing EVER! Well, presumably!

My favourite Animes are basically anything by Miyazaki, especially Nausicaa and Mononoke!

Also, The Place Promised in Our Early Days in amazing.
Also a whole menagerie of other titles.

*barRy*

sharingan

ambro25 wrote:

Anime - the usual suspects

Anime series -

Albator (FR name - can't think of the English one)

Manga -

Akira (full collection in hardback, FR dialogue) - so much better than the film (which would end up 10 hours+ long if it was all in - I wish... )

Albator == Space Pirate Captain Harlock, one of Leiji Matsumoto's works in his rather sprawling space opera canon (everything from Galaxy Express, Harlock, Queen Millenia, Emereldas are all related - we must be hitting nearly 20+ distinct titles).

Apparently the Akira anime was made when only books 1-5 worth of manga were completed. The director has stated some regrets on this.

Adding to my favourite manga:
Nausicaa - imagine the quality of the anime, except with a story 4 times as big.

evad_lhorg

woW. I just watched grave of the fireflies and i dont think a movie has ever brought me that close to crying ever. big fish was the closest but this was even more so. really sad movie but amazing also. a classic

Akira
Princess Mononoke

nadir

evad_lhorg wrote:

woW. I just watched grave of the fireflies and i dont think a movie has ever brought me that close to crying ever. big fish was the closest but this was even more so. really sad movie but amazing also. a classic

The saddest movie ive seen in years, (not anime) , is Sekai no Cuchin De Ai wo sakebu - (crying out love from the inside of the world).
It's a drama (Japanese) totally heart breaking.

Rei-chan

Woo.
Another favourite of mine now is Fruits Basket.
Oh, colorfull pwns aswell!! Soooo funny.
If I started this topic, then why didn't I say them all at the beginning? Meh... I don't even get myself.

Nirina

Favourite mangas; Chobits, Peach Girl, Paradise Kiss, Get Backers, Love Hina
Favourite anime; Dragonball Z, One Piece, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke. (i know, the last two are movies, but they are so wicked! So good!)

anyone else a fan of my fav mangas?

psicic

What a choice! First you’ve got real tearjerkers like ‘Grave of the Fireflies’.:( Beautiful production values, a well paced story that kept me hoping through tear filled eyes right up until the end. That has to make the top five.

Then there’s anime like ‘12 Kingdoms’ that create complete new magical worlds for the characters to explore. And ‘Vision of Escaflowne’ which fulfils all my girlish daydreams (which given that I’m a guy is quite embarrassing! )

Berserk kept me guessing. I watched all 25 eps in two days and quickly got swept up in the epic character development, forgetting important plot points until they became vital at the very end. Each and every character is developed – and developed well. Definitely a series that makes you lust for more episode and leaves a lasting impression.

My Neighbour Tottoro instantly made me nostalgic for a childhood that bore little resemblance to my own and I was eerily aware that I was not only watching the movie from a distant, sarcastic viewpoint, but a large part of me was being won over by it’s sweetness and I enjoyed it on a very childish – dare I say innocent – level.:rolleyes:

Perfect Blue – I first saw the English dub, TV edit of this movie and I was blown away by how effective anime was in portraying the main character’s sense of confusion. (One thing to note, however, when I got the DVD version, a lot of the cuts were in different places and, while still very good, lots of the suspense just isn’t present). A violent slasher a cut above the rest!

Cowboy Bebop had some really strong episodes (I’m thinking Episode 5 here) but definitely only the sub version. The dubs ruin it, especially Faye’s character. (I love Faye!!!:p )

Before I go any further off the deep end and star picking apart any more of the hundreds of anime OAVs, shows etc… I’ve seen, I’ll just say that top of my list for many years now has been ‘Serial Experiments Lain’ The version I saw had pretty dodgy subtitles, but the character design was fantastic (ranging from ‘Awww…Lain in her little bear pyjamas’ to ‘Eeeeeek! Lain sitting in front of a huge bank of computer terminals in the dark’). The ending had me thinking for days – not exactly emotional, just pondering the rationality behind the resolution . (Is that vague enough to avoid spoilers?) Then I went reading up on Lain and, wow, apparently the thing is loaded not just with subtext(some of which I got) but with hardcore philosophy. (see http://www.cjas.org/~leng/open.htm) All I can say is sweet! (and that Wired [or Wi-ard-o] is a cool name for the net. )

Raziel

psicic wrote:

Perfect Blue – I first saw the English dub, TV edit of this movie and I was blown away by how effective anime was in portraying the main character’s sense of confusion. (One thing to note, however, when I got the DVD version, a lot of the cuts were in different places and, while still very good, lots of the suspense just isn’t present). A violent slasher a cut above the rest!

:eek: The DVD version is tampered with?!

I'd love to see Grave Of The Fireflies, they had it in Tower Records when I looked a while ago!

FranchisePlayer

my Favourites would have to be Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust,neon genisis Evangalion and princess mononoke

mr.noobie

Hokuto no ken(fist of the north star),initial d ranma plus many others i may post when im not so tried HNK is the best though dam manga only bringing out 36eps shame on them

Fenian

Well anything by Miyazaki is gold, can't really go wrong with Lupin either.

EOA_Mushy

Neo Genisis
Vampire Hunter D
Trigun
Gundm wing
Kojin
Akira
Project AKO...
Ninja Scroll

All v.good. Any that suck and to be avoided?

EOA_Mushy

mr.noobie wrote:

Hokuto no ken(fist of the north star),initial d ranma plus many others i may post when im not so tried HNK is the best though dam manga only bringing out 36eps shame on them

Do not be decieved by this! "Fist of the north star requires ileagal substances to even watch let alone like....!!!
AAAAAHHH!!!! RUNNNN....

Iofur

Chobits
Excel Saga
Wolfs Raine
Card Captors
Sailor Moon!

"I will have my first legal meal in four days"

slightlycrazy

Lets see bleach, full metal alchemist and naruto are my favorite

Taishi

cowboy bebop and comic party

chopperbyrne

The Cyber City series, the Bubblegum Crisis series, Patlabor, Battle of the Planets, Akira and Macross Plus.

Crash

Currently watching Full Metal Alchemist - getting really into it - whats the manga like?

egon spengler

battle angel

Zen 2nd

Manga - Hellsing
Animé - Cowboy Bebop

Scratch Acid

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

Currently watching Full Metal Alchemist - getting really into it - whats the manga like?

Pretty good, worth reading I think. I haven't actually seen the anime so I can't compare.

Lillium

Elfen Lied
Chrono Crusade
Fulmetal Alchemist
Inuyasha
Chobits
Ah My Goddess

Taishi

full metal alchemist
jing:king of bandits
candidate for goddess

omegoku

Excel Saga both manga and anime
Evangelion both manga and anime (the manga is better but not finished yet)
Azumanga Daioh anime (havent read the manga)
Blade of the Immortal manga
Dead Leaves anime
Love Hina manga (havent watched the anime)
Hellsing manga( The series was crap imo, but the new OVA may be awesome)
Mahoromatic both manga(better) and anime
Dragonball manga(the anime is a shallow mockery of this awesome manga)