Any Good Anime Reccomendations

Emo Kid

Is There Any New Good Anime Out .Any Reccomendations

Repli

I recommend Bleach, but that's just my opinion.

irishshogun

Speed Grapher
Honey and Clover
Gantz
Basilisk
Aquarion
Bleach

A google search will fill you in on the details, but they're all very good esp Speed grapher and Gantz

Karl Hungus

Repli wrote:

I recommend Bleach, but that's just my opinion.

Liar! That's not your opinion! Not at all! That is the postman's opinion. You fraud.

nadir

yeah, In opposition to too many samey posts manely this
I recommend

La Blue Girl
&
Legend of the Overfiend

Tar.Aldarion

Nope i just have bad suggestions.

Emo Kid

Thank All

Repli

I just watched the latest few episodes of Naruto (149, 150, 151).. Kind of reminds me hack//SIGN, DBZ but it's not bad - worth checking out

Makaveli

Did they make any sense to you considering you havent seen episodes 1 through 148?

Repli

Pretty much, Naruto, Shino , Kiba part of a Aburame clan who fight with other clans over various different situations that may arise (finding some sort of a bug in this case) ?? Am I completely off track here lol..

psychooys

i just posted a recomendation for this is the forum, bu i'll say it again here. Zatch-Bell is an awsome and fun anime that i recomend. Great fun with this anime.

CyTai

Hunter X Hunter

Macross Zero

Gabkutsuou

Initial D

FF7 AC

Laguna

Couple of titles off the top of my head..

Hellsing
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai X
Neon Genesis Evangelion
RahXehpon
Ghost In The Shell: Standalone complex
Metropolis

I think a list of "good" anime should be stickied, too many threads asking for recommendations of anime pop up too often.

Vile

Elfen Lied is quite good too.

elfpoo

Movies:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Princess Mononoke

Series:
Serial Experiments LAIN
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

I recommend looking them up on Amazon.co.uk. You can read other customer reviews and stuff.

*barRy*

Vile

I just finished watching AIR....and it was amazing. I definitely recommend it.

Eva24

nearly all the Ghibli films just got some kind of 'platinum' re-release so that's worth a shot and I heard a box set of martian successor nadesico should be out before christmas

Rozie

FLCL, most certainly.

Failing that, DiGi Charat, Dragon Half or Ninja Scroll.

Laguna

Argh, I dunno now Rozie, did you think Ninja Scroll was really that good?. I had high hopes for it before I saw it but was quite disappointed afterwards.

Rei-chan

nadir wrote:

yeah, In opposition to too many samey posts manely this
I recommend

La Blue Girl
&
Legend of the Overfiend

La Blue Girl?
Your dirty perv! xD
Like an emo kid would be into tenticle-raping and defeating evil people by sexing them to death.

Eva24

Ah now, He's gone and offended the populace
With my friends we like to put a "H" on such people:D IT saves an awful lot of trouble and those easily offended [not you persay, but maybe religious types] and the underage[young girls in schooluniforms need to be protected] can avoid said "H"-Guy and no one else will be surprised when it em...... for lack of a better word,'arises':o

morphelan

Trigun
Samauri Champloo
Beserker
Escaflowne
Full Metal Alchemist
Outlaw Star
Saishuuheiki Kanojo
Wolfs Rain
Zone of the enders
Gungrave
Azumanga Daoih
Love Hina
YamiNoMatsuei
Automatic Maiden
Onegai Twins
Witch Hunter Robin
Any of the Gundam series

ok I'll shut up now cause thats all I can think of that hasn't been mentioned already. Lain which has been mentioned already is well worth a look

Lantis

Naruto is good to watch.
Also, Naruto.
And Naruto.
And Bleach. The Bleach series kicks the manga's ass, since the manga tends to get fairly boring.
Don't miss out on Escaflowne and Tenchi Muyo, too.

Repli wrote:

Pretty much, Naruto, Shino , Kiba part of a Aburame clan who fight with other clans over various different situations that may arise (finding some sort of a bug in this case) ?? Am I completely off track here lol..

Hilariously so. WATCH THE REST.

Nirina

i'd say "Spirited Away" all the way! Closely followed by "Princess Mononoke". They're my fav 2 anime movies, as for a series; DBZ, One Piece and anything else you can find! All anime is great, but they're top class.:D

Amry

As someone who has weathered many a threads like this, I would like to point out that it's impossible to make any sort of meaningful recommendation if the person asking for it does not state what genres s/he is most interested in. I think Nie_A 7 is a damn good anime, but if you're the kind of person who likes action packed titles, then you'll probably hate it.

TriFrog

Vile wrote:

Elfen Lied is quite good too.

agreed!

TriFrog

How about:
Saiyuki
Samurai Champloo
Samurai X
Rune Soldier
Beck
Wolf's Rain
Elfin Lied
and...
Dragon Pink! hehe

FlightRisker

Good to see a lot of love for Elfen Lied. I love that series.
I'd also very strongly recommend Jubei-Chan, Escaflowne, GTO and Excel Saga.

Sesshoumaru

I would reccommend

Blood+
Paradise Kiss
Bleach
Monster
Snow Queen
Mushishi
Windy Tales

These are all recent series which I have found entertaining. There is plenty of older stuff thats good as well.

nadir

Rei-chan wrote:

La Blue Girl?
Your dirty perv! xD
Like an emo kid would be into tenticle-raping and defeating evil people by sexing them to death.

yeah well they dont call it hentai for nothing.
Sounds like I missed the whole plot last time I watched it it too.
I guess I shouldn't fast forward the boring parts next time.

Zen 2nd

Hi I'm new but any animé I was going to name was already named!

Except for Chrono Crusade

miss_cheif

Everyone has to see Akira, which inspired the Matrix. Ghost in the Shell, because it revolusionised the way western countries saw anime and Spirited Away because it is simply that good.
Other reconmendations are Ray Earth and Bubble Gum Crash (3 parter) as well as the most recent episodes version, Bubble Gum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 though this one is hard to find in Ireland.

Gilgamesh

recently got Appleseed and was quite impressed by it.
otherwise, most of the above, depending on your taste

Malafus

miss_cheif wrote:

Everyone has to see Akira, which inspired the Matrix. Ghost in the Shell, because it revolusionised the way western countries saw anime and Spirited Away because it is simply that good.
Other reconmendations are Ray Earth and Bubble Gum Crash (3 parter) as well as the most recent episodes version, Bubble Gum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 though this one is hard to find in Ireland.

I think you mean "Ghost in the Shell, because it inspired The Matrix" and "Akira, because it revolutionised....."

Zen 2nd

No if you look at the box of Akira it actually states on it that it inspired the Matrix or something along those lines.

Malafus

Zen 2nd wrote:

No if you look at the box of Akira it actually states on it that it inspired the Matrix or something along those lines.

Umm..... sure, whatever you say.... but it was GitS that is accredited with inspiring the Matrix, and Akira is the anime that started making the genre more mainstream over in the States.


Edit: "But perhaps the deepest sign of its influence was its impact on the Wachowski brothers, creators of "The Matrix" and its sequels, who openly admitted to being inspired by "GitS" in the creation of their own existentialist action trilogy."

Zen 2nd

I just got the DVD box and it says;

"No Akira, no Matrix, it's that important" Empire

I'm not denying that Ghost in the Shell was an influencing factor, I'm just saying Akira was one.

Malafus

Zen 2nd wrote:

I just got the DVD box and it says;

"No Akira, no Matrix, it's that important" Empire

I'm not denying that Ghost in the Shell was an influencing factor, I'm just saying Akira was one.

I see.... and why do Empire get to decide that? I don't see much in common between Akira and The Matrix, you can't really draw a unique comparison between the psychic powers in Akira and the manipulation of The Matrix, mainly because this sort of psychic prowess is common in many films before, and since, Akira. It's a very popular theme in movies, comics, anime, etc.
Empire actually don't imply that this film inspired the Matrix.... here's the link to their review that the quote was taken from: http://www.empireonline.co.uk/athome/movies/review.asp?id=7729
The quote is designed so that you infer greater meaning than is actually there. The Wachowski brothers said that GitS inspired the Matrix, they never said anything about Akira(to the best of my knowledge).

Zen 2nd

Straigth from the issue of Empire that the quote "No Akira, no Matrix, it's that important" came from.

This was said.

"Laurence Fishburne, meanwhile, who would be cast as Morpheus after Val Kilmer passed, recalls being asked to watch three key animés: Ghost in the Shell, Akira and Ninja Scrolls"

CuLT

Zen 2nd wrote:

Straigth from the issue of Empire that the quote "No Akira, no Matrix, it's that important" came from.

This was said.

"Laurence Fishburne, meanwhile, who would be cast as Morpheus after Val Kilmer passed, recalls being asked to watch three key animés: Ghost in the Shell, Akira and Ninja Scrolls"

Hehe, which obviously directly implies that if Laurence Fishbourne hadn't watched Akira, The Matrix would never have been made.

Basically, it's hype.

Zen 2nd

Why would he be told to watch those?

Maybe becuase the Wachowski brothers had seen them and told him to watch them maybe because that those animé would have some connection to the Matrix? No?

CuLT

Oh, I'm not saying that there's no influence (though I don't see any and I've watched both films extensively), I just think there's more of that influence from John Woo films.

I certianly don't entertain the notion that without Akira, The Matrix wouldn't have been made. Perhaps though it's something like the Brothers saw the film when it came out and it got them interested in Japanese filmography? Even then, who's to say they wouldn't have seen another anime film and gone in the same direction?

Zen 2nd

ah okay I'll just leave it at that then. This thread was designed for a different purpose.

I don't think in the end that are discussion has any great meaning to it as Akira, Ghost in the Shell and indeed The Matrix are very extremely good movies anyway.

Also does anyone know what Mezzo is like?

Placebo

Okay im looking for a series that i can stick to, i havent seen anything decent in a long time,
Love Hina
Chobits
Love Hina got a bit boring afterwards, I only watched first few episodes of chobits, i cant remember why i stopped.
I recently Seen that post about Full Metal Alchemist and i downloaded the first episode and the starting was good but rest of it just looks awful.
I enjoyed Golden Boy and not because it was pervy, the animation was great but mostly the story line was so basic and hitting the asian culture, loved it.
I might check out Naruto again, i have some Paranoi Agent but it seems to 'serious' for me, Samurai Champaloo isnt holding my attention either. Anyone have anything for me ? Just looking for something easy, maybe hint of love , boy lusting over girl etc. No robots.
Also liked Serial Experiments lain, maybe because it was short and different.

As far as Movies go, im not sure about the first Ghost In A Shell but the 2nd:innocence was rubbish, i thought. The Metaphors were a bit over the line and repetetive, would put one to sleep.
My Favs:

Perfect Blue
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
Princess Monoke
Grave of the Fireflys
Street Fighter [first one, not alpha]
Akira
Castle in the Sky
Wonderful Days

cant think of the rest at the moment, very limited library i have
I have Wolf Brigade [havent seen it yet], My freind took my Spirited Away DVD i bought in thailand months before it was released and i still havent seen it , downloaded the new Apple Seed, thinking it would be good but flicked through bits and it looks as bad as the first one, which i rented from LASER a while ago. Have FF:Advent children, havent watched that yet either.

Makaveli

Try FLCL, it's funny stuff and only six episodes long, seeing as nothing seems to hold your attention past the first episode or so it should suit.

cade

zen 2nd, mezzo is okay, worth looking into, the action in it is good the stories are realistic (somewhat), not really much character insight or progression, mezzo forte is the prequal u might wanna check out first, personaly haven't seen it yet myself. aside from that the intro music is ridiculously addictive, have to see can i buy it on cd.

Zen 2nd

Ah no worries there, I have plenty of time to think about it as I have got the Cowboy Bebop Collection: Box 1 + 2 and also Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Complete 1st GIG Box Set (7 Discs) for Christmas.

Placebo

Makaveli wrote:

Try FLCL, it's funny stuff and only six episodes long, seeing as nothing seems to hold your attention past the first episode or so it should suit.

good call, i like it, any other recommendations ? might try chobits again.

miss_cheif

Reference to my last post. Am very sorry for starting up an argument. Didn't know GitS inspired Akira as well, you learn something new everyday.

Have to add to my list Excel Saga series, very funny. Worth the buy if you find them.

Makaveli

Ghost in the Shell didn't inspire Akira.

miss_cheif

miss_cheif wrote:

...Didn't know GitS inspired Akira as well...

I didn't mean Akira, was thinking about it at the time (brilliant anime), I meant Matrix. This is just to clarify my mistake.