Anime/Manga Thread!

[reci]

5 Centimeters Per Second - great love story, albeit heart-breaking Clannad + ~AS~ - comedic asides contribute to a life-changing story of romance and maturation Gankutsuou (The Count of Monte Cristo) - brilliant adaptation of the thought-provoking novel Planetes - good story of love; brings up ideological issues in the modern world The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya - great movie capping the two seasons; wraps your mind around itself just thinking of the time(s) @Anthony - Shinryaku! Ika Musume was quite the funny show; great for casual watching

[StaySharp]

Is anyone watching any new fall anime? I'm watching Guilty Crown, Un-Go and Squid Girl season 2. I'll watch Ika Musume 2 as well. The first season had some seriously funny moments. Apart from these I'll likely watch: Fate/Zero Shakugan no Shana 3 Mirai Nikki (already finished the manga) C3 (maybe, maybe not: depends on the ratings and reviews)

[Taffy]

I'll watch Ika Musume 2 as well. The first season had some seriously funny moments. Apart from these I'll likely watch: Fate/Zero Shakugan no Shana 3 Mirai Nikki (already finished the manga) C3 (maybe, maybe not: depends on the ratings and reviews) I've been meaning to watch the first two seasons of Shakugan no Shana. Was it good?

[StaySharp]

I've been meaning to watch the first two seasons of Shakugan no Shana. Was it good? I personally enjoyed the story, there are some things I didn't like but it was worth watching it. Giving it a chance shouldn't hurt.

[Original Poster]

I like anime with a good story but also some awesome shit like demon tournaments (bleach, yuyu-hakashu), assassins&samurai (kenshin, champloo), robots (android kikaider, ghost in the shell), space opera (bebop, outlaw star), giant robots (evangelion, gundam, big o, eureka 7), and post civilization (trigun, wolf's rain) No one is more into story than me but I like the story to come with some war too, so that it tests the principles that matter in life and death situations. I like mononoke and nausicaa 100 times better than tortoro, for instance, not that tortoro isn't neat

[acatalephobic]

There's really nowhere else to put this, but just now i was watching an episode of drrr! and there was a commercial for something called Battlefield 3... I saw the name Dutch and pressed play thinking i'd hear the voice of Dutch in Black Lagoon, but instead heard the voice of Jet from Bebop! So close, but no cigar.

[Alyzarin]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Outstanding anime. Good storyline, good characters, amazing soundtrack. And I'm not afraid to say that the laughter gets me excited. Draws you in to the extreme. Great over-the-top comedy AND insanely heavy on the horror genre, and yet... it all works out. Need I say more? Lucky Star: Dawww. A show literally about nothing, and yet everything, and almost depressingly accurate at times. Plus, comedic references abound. Like Seinfeld on crack, and addictive as it to boot. Part of me wishes it didn't just end so suddenly (plot-wise), but then, that's part of the beauty of it, isn't it? Angel Beats!: There are a lot of animes I'd love to put in my top three, but I think I'm going to have to stick Angel Beats! here for now. An absolutely wonderful show, it renewed my faith in anime after feeling like we'd passed the peak of the whole medium. Short and sweet, something anime does better than anything else, and yet so much story.... Truly something worth watching, I nearly died at the ending. P.S.

[Taffy]

Yes, I loved lucky star! Probably because I have so much in common with Konata... Hah. All night gaming session! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Can't get the Un-Go ED out of my head. It's so good. I'd post the video but I'm on my iPod right now. :I

[StaySharp]

I just noticed that Yumekui Merry is missing in this thread. The anime is pretty bad compared to the manga though. It's a story which is for a big part about dreams as the name suggests (Yume=Dream). In case you haven't heard of it I would strongly recommend the manga, and If you watch the anime, don't expect it to be as good as the manga.

[Taffy]

I just noticed that Yumekui Merry is missing in this thread. The anime is pretty bad compared to the manga though. It's a story which is for a big part about dreams as the name suggests (Yume=Dream). In case you haven't heard of it I would strongly recommend the manga, and If you watch the anime, don't expect it to be as good as the manga. I was looking for a new manga to read, and this one looks great. I'll check it out. It's marked as ecchi on MangaFox, exactly how ecchi is it? :I

[StaySharp]

I was looking for a new manga to read, and this one looks great. I'll check it out. It's marked as ecchi on MangaFox, exactly how ecchi is it? :I Well, you know the warning is generalized for violent and ecchi content as well. I felt it was just very slightly ecchi with a joke here and there at the right place. It's more that the story has some pretty harsh moments, like people dying or taking irreversible damage. In other words, not for the too faint of heart, but I know worse things. Yumekui Merry holds a nice balance of everything in relation to the story in my opinion.

[Taffy]

Well, you know the warning is generalized for violent and ecchi content as well. I felt it was just very slightly ecchi with a joke here and there at the right place. It's more that the story has some pretty harsh moments, like people dying or taking irreversible damage. In other words, not for the too faint of heart, but I know worse things. Yumekui Merry holds a nice balance of everything in relation to the story in my opinion. I'm not really too worried about it. I just read the first chapter, seems very interesting. I love that the chapters are called REM.

[Maeni]

Oooh, it's been a while since I was into this whole anime thing. Except one I'm watching lately ^.^ Fuck the 3-only rules! Favorites incoming! Lucky Star Randomness, humor and awesome characters. Death Note Must watch drama thing, it's just good. Elfen Lied Must watch drama thing, this one is good too, although this one is more emotional, whereas Death Note is just awesome. Gunslinger Girl Bad art style in my opinion, but it's really touching and awesome considering it's weird premise. Ichigo Mashimaro Sort of like Lucky Star but a little more 'crazy' in a way and it's more cute :3 Rozen Maiden I don't know exactly with this one, but it's colorful and dramatic and it's Rozen Maiden. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Has an awesome art style and is over the top as fuck which just makes it the coolest shit ever. And the one I'm watching now is a pure comedy goldmine. Nichijou. It's over the top. All the time.

[Taffy]

Un-Go has the best ED of the season, and possibly of all time.

[tambu]

Some of my favourites what I remember now are: One Piece - similar to bleach and naruto, but without massive tardy fillers and forced jokes Air Gear - awesome overall, but damn... it just ended so fast... (manga continues from there, but goes omgwtfhax uber too fast) Hellsing - smth different and not so kiddy Death Note - pretty much as above Gantz - imho more hardcore than Hellsing, again anime ends fast, but manga continues... goes fast omgwtfbbq Full Metal Alchemist - just plain awesome. Some unknown mangas I liked are: Parasyte Akumetsu Until Death Do Us Part (not a love story) Wolf Guy - again, really hardcore, 18+

[Original Poster]

Your avatar is mega awesome

[Taffy]

@Maeni Oh, man. Nichijou looks hilarious! (Added to the huge list of anime I'll never have enough time to watch.)

[Alyzarin]

Is anyone else reading Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni? The next series in line by Ryukishi07. :3 (Of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Umineko no Naku Koro ni.) I just got through the first story (the first eight chapters), it seems like it's got potential so far. I need to find more scanlations!

[Burke]

Personally, I <3 FMA (hence my avatar) and i also enjoyed durarara. I'm not much into anime, but I enjoyed both of those. I don't, however, like bleach or naruto very much, and I haven't really watched very much of others. I saw like 2 ep. of one piece and i liked it, but i never finished it or watched anymore.

[Taffy]

I read the entire series of Azumanga Daioh in two days. I've never laughed harder in my entire life. Moved up to the number one spot on my list of favorite manga ever.

[Taosaur]

I just finished up Baccano! (free in its entirety on Hulu, in the US at least), and it was excellent. The cast was sprawling and the series is only 16 episodes long, yet by the end I knew them all as distinct characters. You really have to just go along for the ride for the first two or three episodes before things start remotely falling into place. It's also the first anime I've seen that I would recommend dubbed rather than subbed. The English voice acting is solid, and works a lot better given the main setting of Prohibition Era NYC. The dialogue is also grandiose in a way that works great when voiced, but is very hard to follow in subs, and I usually have no problem with subs. A lot of it isn't supposed to make total sense, but the way it doesn't make sense makes more sense when you hear it, if that makes sense.

[Taffy]

I just finished up Baccano! (free in its entirety on Hulu, in the US at least), and it was excellent. The cast was sprawling and the series is only 16 episodes long, yet by the end I knew them all as distinct characters. You really have to just go along for the ride for the first two or three episodes before things start remotely falling into place. It's also the first anime I've seen that I would recommend dubbed rather than subbed. The English voice acting is solid, and works a lot better given the main setting of Prohibition Era NYC. The dialogue is also grandiose in a way that works great when voiced, but is very hard to follow in subs, and I usually have no problem with subs. A lot of it isn't supposed to make total sense, but the way it doesn't make sense makes more sense when you hear it, if that makes sense. I've never seen Bacanno!, but I have seen Durarara! A lot of people say they are similar, though, like DRRR! Is a modern day Baccano!

[Shadow12ogue]

Some of my favourite anime series and movies: Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Akira Howls Flying Castle Spirited Away Princess Mononoke Gantz Black Lagoon Elfen Lied Chobits Bleach Deathnote .....I loves animes

[Alyzarin]

Some of my favourite anime series and movies: Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Akira Howls Flying Castle Spirited Away Princess Mononoke Gantz Black Lagoon Elfen Lied Chobits Bleach Deathnote .....I loves animes That's a pretty good list there. :3

[Shadow12ogue]

Why thank you!! XD