it's another anime thread, v.122008

[BustedS13]

so recommend me something! the last series i watched was Tokko, which was pretty rad. i'd like to watch something actually funny. and if a DUB is AVAILABLE, all the better. i'm lazy like that.

[HyperTek]

i jus watched witchblade, it was alright
if you havent, check out Black Lagoon

[Om1kron]

macross frontier is over, i'm sad =(

[origin_s135]

my friend recommended todadora, there's also nodame cantabile: paris[2nd season]. there's also a full metal alchemist series in the works. :X

[KwKouki]

dubs ruin anime......im yet to hear one worth watching

[Darkadious]

michiko to hatchin
YouTube - Michiko to Hatchin trailer 2 (anime) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHoZV9AFZ1g)
fuck dubs

[s13.5guy]

Haruhi Suzumiya.

FTW.

Ill admit it. I like it.

Takes a bit to follow along...and you have to watch the episodes in sequence. Go to wikipedia and search the anime to find the correct order in which to watch em.

You won't regret it

OR

GTO...

Full metal jacket

[bardabe]

Naurto Shuppuuden

[SmogSUX]

Dubs don't always ruin anime. Cowboy Bebop was the best dubbing I've heard and it's amazing. I watched it in Japanese and English I liked it so much :D

[origin_s135]

sword of a stranger. GET IT. one of the best samurai anime movie ever!

[BustedS13]

dubs ruin anime......im yet to hear one worth watching

sorry, i'm not japanese
if i was japanese i'd watch japanese tv shows in japanese
i have no problem watching a foreign film with subs, but if i'm going to commit like 40 hours i want some 'mericans reading for me

[KwKouki]

sorry, i'm not japanese
if i was japanese i'd watch japanese tv shows in japanese
i have no problem watching a foreign film with subs, but if i'm going to commit like 40 hours i want some 'mericans reading for me

completely missed the point there. but I understand people find it hard to read and watch at the same time

[BustedS13]

point is i have no problem watching a three hour movie if it's subbed. but if i'm going to watch a series, that will occupy maybe 40 hours or more of my time, i'd rather it be in english. especially if it's a heavily visual series or comedy.

[norcal_black240]

Golden Boy and GTO with subs. Its epic.

Naruto shippuuden is getting good, no more retarted filler crap.

[ChiSleepyEyes]

Dubs don't always ruin anime. Cowboy Bebop was the best dubbing I've heard and it's amazing. I watched it in Japanese and English I liked it so much :D
:yum:
Inuyasha
Afro Ninja
Samurai Champloo
Full Metal Alchemist

and for something really crazy
Fooly Cooly!!

[JDM_inspired]

kurozuka... blood and guts galore!

[xtheenderx]

Speed Grapher - Best series I've watched so far
Desert Punk
Blood: The Last Vampire (movie)
Basilisk
Spriggan (movie)
Berserk
Escaflowne (movie/series) If too lazy just watch the movie it summarizes the series
Getbackers
Rahxephon
Scryed

[DataXUnknown]

^ I second GTO from an above post. Besides GTO I'd recommend Bleach, well the first 65 episodes or so, after that it starts dragging on a bit but it's still pretty cool.

[chibo]

Berserk - Great for the first part then the last few episodes everything goes to hell (and by hell I mean awesomeness)
Eureka 7 - Good mecha series
GTO was mildly entertaining
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Watch it.

[HyperTek]

deathnote was pretty epic for me lol
the subbed stuff

[norcal_black240]

sword of a stranger. GET IT. one of the best samurai anime movie ever!

Watched it last night, it was pretty good.

[JDMB0iKT]

Capeta and Eyeshield 21 was pretty good.

[mobilesuit818]

Gundam 00 is pretty good

[wizDUMB]

Tokyo Tribe 2

[DALAZ_68]

i recomend

TRIGUN
MAHOROMATIC
TENJO Tenje (sp)
School Runmble

[punk138]

michiko to hatchin looks awesome, has a tarantino vibe to it...

[muddafakka]

Gundam 00 is pretty good

I keep telling myself that I'm gonna devote some time to watch it but I keep forgetting. Fuckkkkkkk.

Well come spring semester I'm gonna have a 5 hour class so I'll probably watch it then.

[aznpoopy]

this season i'm not watching anything
may check out tales of the abyss since i like the tales rpgs

last season was macross frontier and code geass r2.
geass r2 was pretty meh
frontier had a good start and good ending, but most of the middle was meh

tried to watch the comedy/harem anime.
rosario + vampire, kanokon, to love ru etc... couldn't sit through them. i guess i'm too old now. couldn't watch sekirei either. really sick of that whole genre.

fairly recent shows i actually really liked...
tower of druaga
lucky star. this show is absolutely hilarious, but you have to be well versed in japanese culture and anime to get most of the jokes in the show...

[240love]

how about post up one of your favorites and give us a couple sentences of what its about?



*edit

that goes for everyone

[HyperTek]

^that would help
its hard to choose an anime to get into without knowing a little about it... I would watch like half an episode of a anime and be like "ehhh ill pass" lol

Black Lagoon *i may watch it again*
Black Lagoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lagoon)
The story follows a team of pirates/mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, who smuggle goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the 1990s[3] Their base of operations is located in the fictional city of Roanapur in Thailand, and they transport goods in the PT boat Black Lagoon. When on land, they move around and conduct business using Benny's 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T (with a '69 Plymouth Roadrunner side-scoop induction hood). Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions—which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles—in various Southeast Asian locations and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur.
You will watch it because of the girl.. Good visual art style, and the violence, they curse etc etc and the ending of the series was pretty intense.
heres an amv
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[BustedS13]

^holy shit

i'm sold. and an Offspring amv didn't hurt

[aznpoopy]

black lagoon was awesome. i wish it had a more coherent storyline... could've been epic.

most of anime in past few years has sucked imo. these were the exceptions.

code geass (first season). it's on cartoon network now so i think anyone who cares knows what it's about.

lucky star:
random daily musings and interactions of four high school girls with of japanese culture and anime culture references. it's very random with no real main storyline. everyone here should get this particular reference easily.
YouTube - Lucky Star - Initial D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa-uFj0frls)

tower of druaga:
based on an old 80s video game. goal was to reach the top of the tower and kill the demon druaga. story is about the aftermath in the decades following and resurgence of the tower, along with the mysteries around it. cool cast, light comedy as well. great artwork by gonzo. sequel coming next year iirc. awesome op intro (that has nothing to do with the actual story of the anime, btw).
YouTube - Tower of Druaga Aegis of Uruk op ita (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km4K606qW4Y)

haruhi suzumiya
too much summary would give away the twists... suffice to say haruhi is seemingly a bored high schooler (of course) who searches for 'espers, time travelers, and aliens.' she forms an after school club to find such adventures and forcibly conscripts the other main characters, including kyon, the narrator. weird things happen and it turns out haruhi's boredom is tied to the very fate of the world. it's stupid hilarious. episodes are also numbered out of order. sequel is in the works. opening:
YouTube - Lucky ☆ Star OP - Haruhi Style FULL COLOR (Haru☆Star) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1e-nRZfjo)

diebuster:
sequel to gunbuster, which is a classic 80s anime. humanity fights a mysterious invading aliens in space with the help of people with special powers called 'topless' (humorous reference to gunbuster 1) who pilot buster machines (read: giant humanoid robots). seriously over the top mecha sequences - it's almost half poking fun of the mecha genre (similar to the original gunbuster as well). story is light and random (flcl style) at first, but takes a serious twist at the end, tying straight into the original gunbuster.
YouTube - Groovin Magic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfKhYIH9CGs)

gurren lagann
another super over the top action not-serious mecha anime. it also pokes fun at itself and mecha genre in general. the story starts with a small tribe of people living underground digging tunnels to survive. by the end of the show the battle is over the entire universe itself... literally. similar to diebuster in that it starts totally nonserious and ends up almost tragic by the end, but has a much longer progression and more characters.
YouTube - Gurren Lagann OP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKSjUOrgQQ)

[HyperTek]

thanks aznpoopy ill check em out

i guess the art styles of the ones u posted are lil too childish looking for me lol but im sure they aight..

i enjoyed Capeta, doesnt seem too popular though.. wonder if they will continue it...

[Enna]

Tengen toppa gurren lagann was the shit. I'm still trying to find the movie subbed, but noone has dropped it yet. It is seriously one of my favorite anime's of all time, hands down.

I'm watching more old-school anime's atm. Outlaw star and Gundam Wing remastered FTW!

Also Gundam 00 is addicting like crack, fucking great show. <3 the HD gundam.

So glad to see I'm not the only one on here who watches anime, and prefers subs.

Edit: Just saw episode 10 of season 2 Gundam 00, holy shit. But damn do I hate cliffhangers.

[240love]

who here watches naruto?

that last episode was pure awsomenes

[PBucch]

berserk all day

[turbobrick]

gintama is one of my favorites.

[bardabe]

who here watches naruto?

that last episode was pure awsomenes

hah, thats nothing wait till the better stuff roles around. i follow the manga wait till you see how Kakashi gets killed

[240love]

shut up dont say shit!!! you already did once :mrmeph: lol

[bardabe]

you better not Cry when Jiraiya-sama kicks the bucket its pretty epic

[240love]

hahaha i didnt even read that cause i know you were gonna spoil it again

[norcal_black240]

gintama is one of my favorites.

That show is the shit. I dont think they make any more episodes. Def. one of my top 5 anime shows.

[Blurryeyes]

Hajime no Ippo, character design is butt ugly but I always liked those underdog stories

[LoneStarSilvia]

I've recently found the comedy gold of Slam Dunk. Old school and they bullshit alot with flashbacks and playbacks from the previous episode, its pretty intriguing if you like basketball and its funny as hell.

Anyone here seen Mushi-Shi? Its not your typical robot slaying, samurai super action stuff. Its very laid back and plays with your mind. Great art style and each episode is like a new story. If you guys have the spare time to sit down and relax I really recommend this one.

Blassreiter was cool too. I wanna check out Berserk and Black Lagoon now :)

[HyperTek]

Hajime no Ippo, character design is butt ugly but I always liked those underdog stories

ive watched like half of the series then deleted them off my hdd since i needed the space, it was ok but for me i couldnt watch them in a straight sitting, just didnt pull me enough.. but after watchin all this recent boxing crap, kinda makes me wanna watch it lol

[origin_s135]

hah, thats nothing wait till the better stuff roles around. i follow the manga wait till you see how Kakashi gets killed

are you fuckin serious? it's a ANIME THREAD. if you want to talk about the naruto manga then go make a topic about it. not everyone reads the manga you know. i read the manga, but i keep my mouth shut about it and stick the the topic.

[S13shaka]

it is not proven that Kakashi is dead, so I would not jump the gun yet. And no crying about manga spoilers, shit is bunk, go to onemanga.com and update yourself already

diebuster was good, I dont know fi there are any good subs of it though, the ones I found all had audio problems where you could only hear the music and not the dialogue.

why d/l the gurren movie? IIRC is it not just a massive summary of the series compressed into 2 hours?

[aznpoopy]

i almost forgot this one. check out blade of the immortal. it's been my avatar forever. i used to read the manga. there's a new anime of it now. it's about an immortal swordsman in ancient japan. the initial arc has him protecting a girl who seeks vengeance for the death of her father against a sword school going around killing other schools.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWeui3aJ7hY


Anyone here seen Mushi-Shi? Its not your typical robot slaying, samurai super action stuff. Its very laid back and plays with your mind. Great art style and each episode is like a new story. If you guys have the spare time to sit down and relax I really recommend this one.

mushishi was alright. it got old for me since there's no main plotline besides the 'mushishi of the week' set up. there's a live action movie of it now, iirc.

diebuster was good, I dont know fi there are any good subs of it though, the ones I found all had audio problems where you could only hear the music and not the dialogue.

it sounds like you got problems with your codec or player. lunar anime did a great sub of it but i don't know if it's still up. for the technical problems try searching on their forums.

[ManoNegra]

michiko to hatchin
YouTube - Michiko to Hatchin trailer 2 (anime) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHoZV9AFZ1g)
fuck dubs

michiko to hatchin looks awesome, has a tarantino vibe to it...

Not watching as much anime as I used to but
really into this one.

hah, thats nothing wait till the better stuff roles around. i follow the manga wait till you see how Kakashi gets killed

you better not Cry when Jiraiya-sama kicks the bucket its pretty epic

man, what's with the spoilers!!?


Soul Eater and Naruto Shippudden, that's about it.

[PBucch]

anything ultra violent and dark like Berserk?

you guys need to give more info than jsut names, and also let me know if these are childish and "comedy" because anime comedy is nausiating to me personally.

but yeah, please help so i dont have to run to wiki everytime with a title lol

[CrimsonRockett]

Naruto Shippuuden is the main one.

Samurai Champloo - finished it up not too long ago. Pure awesome. Sucks it had to end.

Ghost In The Shell - Just started watching. Friend let me borrow the complete collection. So far so good. A lot of talking, but the action is great. Definitely love the theme.

I think that's about it for now.

Bardabe, stop with the spoilers. Shit gets old.

[origin_s135]

Naruto Shippuuden is the main one.

Samurai Champloo - finished it up not too long ago. Pure awesome. Sucks it had to end.

Ghost In The Shell - Just started watching. Friend let me borrow the complete collection. So far so good. A lot of talking, but the action is great. Definitely love the theme.

I think that's about it for now.

Bardabe, stop with the spoilers. Shit gets old.

check out ghost in the shell 2.0 it's in CGi[like the newer appleseed movies] it's basically just the remake of the original movie. some dialogs were changed, but that's about it. also, it looks so damn good on LCD. : )

[HyperTek]

GITS SAC was good..

PBucch check out Death Note, not really violent, but very good story plot you will want to watch episode after episode. I had alot of "Oh shit no way!!" momments from watching that lol

I just downloaded a huge torrent of Cowboy Bebop *never really checked it out but saw an episode before* thought id watch that over this week.

[bardabe]

we should have a spoiler code like we do in the Anime forums. =)

[CrimsonRockett]

check out ghost in the shell 2.0 it's in CGi[like the newer appleseed movies] it's basically just the remake of the original movie. some dialogs were changed, but that's about it. also, it looks so damn good on LCD. : )

If you're talking about 2ndGIG, that's what I'm watching.

Shit looks bad ass on my flat screen.

Not to mention the surround sound I have makes it full of win.

[aznpoopy]

GITS SAC was good..

PBucch check out Death Note, not really violent, but very good story plot you will want to watch episode after episode. I had alot of "Oh shit no way!!" momments from watching that lol

I just downloaded a huge torrent of Cowboy Bebop *never really checked it out but saw an episode before* thought id watch that over this week.

you are in for a treat

cowboy bebop was epic

[Enna]

why d/l the gurren movie? IIRC is it not just a massive summary of the series compressed into 2 hours?

Typically yeah thats how it is. This one has new music, more detail, and expands the story in certain area's that were left kinda empty. Pretty much it fills in those lil area's the series didn't cover. Probably like how kamina got back underground when he was on the surface?

Edit: Also its split into 2 movies, maybe a 3rd.

[S13shaka]

it sounds like you got problems with your codec or player. lunar anime did a great sub of it but i don't know if it's still up. for the technical problems try searching on their forums.


nah, its the sub. I watched gunbuster by them a week before, no problems nor have I had any problems with audio with anything else by anyone.

[PBucch]

Thank you hypertek, dl'ing death note and gurren now....

[ManoNegra]

anything ultra violent and dark like Berserk?

Gore/swords?

Go watch Claymore now!

[PBucch]

Mano, funny you say that dude, I have some claymore files dl'ed dunno if its a series or movies, but theyre not in AVI and i dont know how to make full menu dvd's on ubuntu. I always just burnt data discs and my dvd player would play em. I will figure it out tonight, thanks.

[HyperTek]

i just finished cowboy bebop.. and just watched the movie. i slept on this anime lol. it was pretty good.


Resident evil degeneration torrent is out now search on google

[ManoNegra]

^the Pierroth (sp?) ep is one of my old time favorites.
Perfect story telling.

[HyperTek]

^holy shit

i'm sold. and an Offspring amv didn't hurt

busted, did you like black lagoon?

im watching skip beat!, not bad, its nice to watch some funny series sometimes.

[HyperTek]

im watching Michiko to Hatchin, im on episode 16.. its kinda like Cowboy Bebop in a feel essence. You will watch it because of the girl. lol
http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/5/35948.jpg

[tricky_ab]

Like Cowboy Bebop eh? I'll check it out then thanks!

[s13_redSILVIA]

AnimeBLOGZ | Watch Anime Online: subbed episodes, anime movies, and read Manga (http://animeblogz.com/)

[origin_s135]

just got the batch for gundam 00, don't know if i want to watch it yet because i'm also getting capeta. oh yeah, i recently finished hajime no ippo! kick ass boxing anime, plus they don't talk alot like how dbz does. the fights are finished in one episode. it's also cool when he knocks a fool out; DAMN!

[Sil-Abc]

watching full metal alchemist 2.... might have to rewatch 1 to remember what happens lol

[HyperTek]

just got the batch for gundam 00, don't know if i want to watch it yet because i'm also getting capeta. oh yeah, i recently finished hajime no ippo! kick ass boxing anime, plus they don't talk alot like how dbz does. the fights are finished in one episode. it's also cool when he knocks a fool out; DAMN!

they got a new one i think.. i havent finished the old ones i think i got borred of it lol

[Witness]

Blue Gender! owns kinda like starship troopers.

ill have to check out that black lagoon been a while since i watched anime.
Anyone watch shin chan for laughs?

[Slammed180]

I'm really diggin Afro Samurai right now.
Watched it a couple years ago, and never though much of it.
But now, it's my favorite. I want a 3rd season to come out.