Favorite Anime Show?

[Cherry Cola]

Shigurui is the best anime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARXeeHbnS4

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

Shigurui is the best anime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARXeeHbnS4

If you want a thinking show, try Death Note or Code Geass.
If you want action, try Hellsing Ultimate.
Tell me what you think

 

[BluePantsMcgee]

Any fans of RWBY here?

 

[Cherry Cola]

If you want a thinking show, try Death Note or Code Geass.
If you want action, try Hellsing Ultimate.
Tell me what you think

I don't think Death Note is a very "thinking" show, sure the narrative is complex but it's a pretty superficial form of complexity aimed solely at generating suspense. Sort of like Nolans films, they feel complex because you're introduced to new information and systems, but once you got it an em down there ain't much left to think about or ponder over.

Haven't seen Code Geass tho!

 

[Lot]

Any fans of RWBY here?

Rwby is great. The episodes are too short, but very enjoyable.

I've been watching through Spice and Wolf again. I really love this show. I'm actually learning about myself watching it. It has such a clever way of tying love, economics, and human nature together. I wish that the novels were translated farther in the story.

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

I don't think Death Note is a very "thinking" show, sure the narrative is complex but it's a pretty superficial form of complexity aimed solely at generating suspense. Sort of like Nolans films, they feel complex because you're introduced to new information and systems, but once you got it an em down there ain't much left to think about or ponder over.

Haven't seen Code Geass tho!

I wouldn't fully agree with the premise that DN is complex only because of the new info. Basically when you get anything at all down there is not much to ponder about, so it's about catching up with the flow, I guess. But even if you do, the badass characters do not hesitate to fill in that hole.
Code Geass shares a lot of elements with the DN, but it has a lot more magic and techno in it. Basically the same drill, only that CG is maybe a bit more enjoyable to watch (if Death Note had 100 episodes, the viewers themselves would eventually get heart attacks). It has a lot more additional stuff besides the plot that DN does not have, but no spoiling.

First three episodes would be enough to tell you what the show is all about.

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

I wouldn't fully agree with the premise that DN is complex only because of the new info. Basically when you get anything at all down there is not much to ponder about, so it's about catching up with the flow, I guess. But even if you do, the badass characters do not hesitate to fill in that hole.
Code Geass shares a lot of elements with the DN, but it has a lot more magic and techno in it. Basically the same drill, only that CG is maybe a bit more enjoyable to watch (if Death Note had 100 episodes, the viewers themselves would eventually get heart attacks). It has a lot more additional stuff besides the plot that DN does not have, but no spoiling.

First three episodes would be enough to tell you what the show is all about.

UPDATE: Sorry, just realized that Zero appears in episode 4. So yea, that is an utter must to know what the show is all about.

 

[Kuu]

If you want a thinking show, try Death Note or Code Geass.

Oh stop it you! I spilled my drink!

I don't think Death Note is a very "thinking" show, sure the narrative is complex but it's a pretty superficial form of complexity aimed solely at generating suspense. Sort of like Nolans films, they feel complex because you're introduced to new information and systems, but once you got it an em down there ain't much left to think about or ponder over.

HAVE MY CHILDREN.

Code Geass is certainly amusing, but hardly a thinking show. Particularly R2, which is essentially an endless sequence of ass-pulls (which, I suppose, does make it similar to Death Note).


In less depressing news, Le Chevalier D'eon. 18th century France. Vengeance. Decadent nobles. Cross-dressing knights. Zombies. Poets. Revolutionaries. Badass biblical quoting.

 

[Pyropyro]

In less depressing news, Le Chevalier D'eon. 18th century France. Vengeance. Decadent nobles. Cross-dressing knights. Zombies. Poets. Revolutionaries. Badass biblical quoting.

Don't forget the soundtrack which is just as messed up (but enjoyable) as the series

That's got to be the weirdest gender bender series that I have watched to date not to mention the bromance and literal brotherly romance.

However, that anime made me more interested in France compared to the Three Musketeers

 

[Hadoblado]

Shigurui is the best anime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARXeeHbnS4

That's a favourite for sure. Not a fan of the dub though.

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

Oh stop it you! I spilled my drink!



HAVE MY CHILDREN.

Code Geass is certainly amusing, but hardly a thinking show. Particularly R2, which is essentially an endless sequence of ass-pulls (which, I suppose, does make it similar to Death Note).


In less depressing news, Le Chevalier D'eon. 18th century France. Vengeance. Decadent nobles. Cross-dressing knights. Zombies. Poets. Revolutionaries. Badass biblical quoting.

Hmm. I guess I will have to make myself a bit clearer.
Anything that requires you to (usually) think (a bit) about what a certain character will do to avoid a series of events, qualifies as a thinking show to me, it there is enough of it, of course.

But I did like R1 more than R2, though. And I will take a look at the anime you suggested.

 

[Cherry Cola]

That's a favourite for sure. Not a fan of the dub though.

Me neither, few dubs are good. I actually liked Cromartie High School better dubbed, but that's like the one show I watched dubbed.

 

[Kuu]

For reasons beyond my power I was forced to follow Shingeki no kyojin, which just finished, and gods, what an overhyped turd. I can't even believe it was 25 episodes long, considering nothing happens: it's a ton of fillers and cliffhangers and a conflict that is never resolved, with a cast of utterly disposable one-dimensional characters. The only thing the show's got going for it is the art. That it is being praised as a 10/10 show just reveals the utter idiocy of humanity.

Anything that requires you to (usually) think (a bit) about what a certain character will do to avoid a series of events, qualifies as a thinking show to me, it there is enough of it, of course.

A thinking show would be one where profound social, ethical or philosophical issues are the very essence of the story, explicitly stated or not, and not a superficial gloss on the plot. A show that makes you wonder how a complex plot will be resolved is just a thriller (which is a different, not mutually exclusive, category).

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

A thinking show would be one where profound social, ethical or philosophical issues are the very essence of the story, explicitly stated or not, and not a superficial gloss on the plot. A show that makes you wonder how a complex plot will be resolved is just a thriller (which is a different, not mutually exclusive, category).

A valid definition. Seems to be that I am mainly biased towards a real-time chess game, then.

 

[TimeAsylums]

So, right now I'm watching Durarara. I wish I knew wtf was going on.

 

[DelusiveNinja]

So, right now I'm watching Durarara. I wish I knew wtf was going on.

Don't worry it'll all make sense in the end.

 

[Fukyo]

Mother of God, Diebuster.


Dat opening.
Dat amazing 10 year old animation.
Dat bittersweet romantic two girl friendship.
Dat badassery that inspired TTGL
Dat shirt ripping and self mockery
DAT HEART
DAT MESSAGE
DAT ENDING
THE BITCH TEARS

But you must absolutely watch Gunbuster before, which is epic in its own right.

 

[Kuu]

Mother of God, Diebuster.


Dat opening.
Dat amazing 10 year old animation.
Dat bittersweet romantic two girl friendship.
Dat badassery that inspired TTGL
Dat shirt ripping and self mockery
DAT HEART
DAT MESSAGE
DAT ENDING
THE BITCH TEARS


But you must absolutely watch Gunbuster before, which is epic in its own right.

Spoiler

DIDN'T I FUCKING TELL YOU SO BAKA FUKYO NO POSTTOOOO!!!

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You forgot

Spoiler

DAT SERVISU

Spoiler

DAT SETTING
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[Puffy]

Just saw Gunbuster. I'm not sure I understand.

Where dat pacing? Where dat character development? Surely, naming a character Jung Freud is intended to mean something Where -

Spoiler

oh.

That shirt rip at the end, lmao.

 

[Fukyo]

It's Hideaki Anno, you're not supposed to understand.

Where dat character development?

Spoiler

Noriko?

and what about dat

Spoiler

time dilation used to a devastating dramatic effect?

 

[Cherry Cola]

Anyone else noted that in japanese anime land inferior intuition is superior intuition? (Ruffy, Naruto etc)

 

[TimeAsylums]

Anyone else noted that in japanese anime land inferior intuition is superior intuition? (Ruffy, Naruto etc)

compare that to the colorfulness of EVERYTHING vs real life, the grandiosity.

 

[Puffy]

It's Hideaki Anno, you're not supposed to understand.

Spoiler

Noriko?

and what about dat

Spoiler

time dilation used to a devastating dramatic effect?

The time dilation would make sense of my main complaint, which was that I felt the pacing was too quick to the point that the characters felt a little one-dimensional.

In all likelihood, it's probably one of those cases where I just missed the important elements that bring depth to all the other parts of the show. Simply don't understand - a case from ignorance.

 

[TimeAsylums]

Been watching Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love while the forum was down,

I'm in loveee <3 <3<3

 

[nancykap1986]

I dont watch anime shows..

 

[Budthestud]

1. Elfen lied
2. Gantz
3. Bible Black (does this count?)

I haven't seen much anime and I would consider Dragon Ball Z or Pokemon to be cartoons not anime (even if they actually are anime).

Edit: Does anybody like Invader Zim? I love it, too bad it got cancelled.

 

[TheScornedReflex]

Invader Zim is fucking awesome.

 

[kaelum]

Haven't tried invader Zim. Hmm...old favorites :
(1) Kaiji: unhealthy intx who keeps getting into underground gambling.
(2) hajime no ippo: boxing, sometimes dragon ball style.
(3) FLCL: pretty much how I saw the world as a 10 year old.

I saw attack on titan (shingeki no kyogin): it has action, and a jigsaw puzzle plot. I enjoy the emotional roller coaster.

 

[tvrgvryen]

Samurai Champloo. I'm planning on watching Steins;Gate, Durarara, Death Note, and Full Metal Alchemist once I have the time to do so. I think I might like them.

 

[Cavalli]

Gotta go with One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh, both the original and GX. 5DS was shit.

 

[The Void]

http://mangafox.me/manga/nijigahara_holograph/
Read this manga

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

Film:
Ghost in the Shell : Innocence - great anime and setting; feel, music, characters, story

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa - Hideaki Anno, Joe Hisaishi, Hayao Miyazaki perfection; feel, music, characters, story

Mononoke Hime - introduced me to the anime; music, story, characters, feel

Tokyo Godfathers - story, characters

Series:
Cowboy Bebop - feel, characters, story
Slayers - characters, feel, story
Neon Genesis Evangelion - characters, feel, old ending
Samurai Champloo - story, characters, feel
GiTS - story, characters, feel

 

[TimeAsylums]

watching school days...lul

its funny

 

[Reluctantly]

Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged is great.

 

[Anktark]

Code geass and Death note are one of my favourites, but I did enjoy a lot of titles mentioned. It's nice to find a list of potentially good animes I haven't heard before.

All that said, Elfen Lied, oh my... It blew my mind with sadness, happiness and serenity, changed my world view a little. And it's beautiful. Also, that stained lilly in a red room- my favourite scene of all video media. Not quite sure what that says about me.

 

[Steven Gerrard]

I wish I could get back into anime.

It's absolutely beautiful.

I feel too old to really feel it.

Speaking of feeling it. I remember I watched an anime on Netflix canada that was amazing.

It was about that girl who's Father or parents died and just happened to find this house full of men that turn into animals when touched by a girl.

So much of the anime on netflix is so sexualized.

Anything else I should watch that I could find on netflix canada or at my library?

 

[appetiteforwonder]

Dragonball Z, no brainer

 

[Steven Gerrard]

Yeah I loved that.

I've seen it all.