What anime should i watch next?

[K]

I just finished watching Berserk.
To my great dissapointment the ending was not what i expected. They totaly left it unfinished. I guess it got canceled or something after the first season. The story was so awsome, then all the crazy other world stuff happens and you are left with a gapeing jaw mumbleing WTF?:eek:

Any way , I was thinking about starting on Samurai Champloo. Has any one seen it yet? I like the more serious and bloody ones like Berserk and NinjaScroll the best. But I also liked Bebop. This one looks alot like it.

Any other suggestions on what to watch.





*any dibs on how many days it takes Phatcat to see this thread?:D

[Capt.Toilet]

Yeah I loved Berserk but damn did that ending just leave me in a "WTF" mood. Sorry I cant recommend any anime since I dont really watch that much. I do own 2 Lupin the 3rd movies though :D

EDIT: Actually i can recommend. Its the Goldenboy series. Only 6 episodes but damn did i ever laugh my ass off. Maybe i have really wierd humor, but kid you not i still laugh myself to tears. There was also this one movie that was shown on the sci-fi channel on Saturday mornings, cant recall the name, but it features an alien who was nearly industructable and his head has a small face in the middle but jutted out like a snake. Wasnt a bad show IMO.

[Arcturus]

You weren't expecting a bat**** crazy and/or disappointing ending to an anime series? Are you MAD? ;)

Samurai Champloo is absolutely excellent and I thoroughly recommend it. It is very very similar to Bebop, not stylistically, but certainly in the way it plays out (three contrasting main characters, a different situation every episode,) so yeah, see that. :)

[anaemic]

WATCH SAMURAI CHAMPLOO

or at least start watching bleach :B

[Jackal]

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In all seriousness, this show, all 51 episodes, was the best ****ing anime I have ever seen. The ending gave me chills and goose bumps. Now...I'm a huge fan of the series.

[sid]

uhhh GET BACKERS hehe not to experienced with anime .......

[O.S.T]

dokuro-chan :o

[Nines]

Best anime series I've ever seen is Hunter X Hunter. It's around 90 episodes, including the 3 OVA's.
Hunter X Hunter is a must-see for all anime lovers. :)

Also Rurouni Kenshin, great series. And Hellsing, of course.

[K]

First of all you guys need to
OMG!!CALM DOWN!!!LOL
It will be ok . I promise!


ok
Rurouni Kenshin Is F***ing bad ass. Specialy the three OVA's "Samurai X". The Serious subjects and very bloody action! Thats what i am talking about!!! I watched the first episode of Samurai Champloo today. Its on the goofy side just like Bebop was. I dont care for the lame hip hop music in the anime but its tolerable. It looks like it will be a good one.

Someone explained the plot of Full Metal to me once and i wasn't to interested. I dont realy like storys about kids either. I prefer adult subjects and realy Bloody battles, But i will still check it out and give it a chance.

What are dokuro-chan , Hunter X Hunter, and Get Backers about? I have heard GB was a good one.

[Nines]

Overall, Hunter X Hunter is a show to rival to the hugely popular show Naruto in my opinion, but simply not discovered by many. Many action/adventure animes out there can’t compare to the quality of story and characters of Hunter X Hunter. More of a recent vintage, it deserves more attention from the anime community because it is truly one of those rare shows that are non-repetetive and original. So please, give it some love.


http://reviews.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=498

Hunter X Hunter review. I can't recommend this series enough!
The best of the best, IMO.

Btw, my avatar is from HxH. :D

[O.S.T]

What is dokuro-chan
shy boy, schoolgirls, magic, angels, love, some diarrhea and lots of blood

[Cap'n Beeb]

Samurai Champloo.

Then pick up the Hellsing mangas and read through them and play the waiting game with the OVA.

[draconx]

Let's see

Last Exile
The Vision of Escaflowne
Elfen Lied
Outlaw Star
.hack//SIGN
Witch Hunter Robin
Hellsing
Tsubasa Chronicle
Gunslinger Girl

To name a few.

[Nines]

GREEN GREEN!

Hilarious. 20 episodes.


Still, Hunter X Hunter is a must-see for anime fans. :)

[Cap'n Beeb]

Let's see
Hellsing


No. Seriously, wait for the OVA. It'll be so, so much better.

[Nines]

Is there a release date for the OVA?

[The_Noik]

Ghost in the shell and steamboy. (sounds like a silly title, but it's a good movie.)

[The Dopefish]

+1 for Hellsing.

Neon Genesis Evangelion if you like mindf*cks.

Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and Alchemist are the other ones.

[Dave the Insane]

Neon Genesis Evangelion if you like mindf*cks.


http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Kaligraphic]

Neon Genesis Evangelion is okay, but they didn't bother to come up with an ending, so they just threw something together, last-minute-ish.

[Cap'n Beeb]

Is there a release date for the OVA?

Japanese release is 12/9/05, fansubs to follow shortly. No word on the official American translated version.

[briach]

I'm watching FullMetalAlchemist or whatever and it's pretty cool.

[phatcat]

Ghost in the Shell, 2nd Gig
Now and there here and there (if you haven't watched this your missing out on a jewel)
Full Metal Alchemist
Mahobra Heartful Days (http://www.mahoraba.info/)
pani poni Dash! (http://www.paniponi-dash.com/)

[Airmoran]

The last anime series I watched was Paranoia Agent. It's good fun.

Aside from that, uhh... yeah, what they said.

[m&ms]

Wow. There are like 5 shows in this thread I haven't seen yet. One of which I'll be seeing within the week.

I'd go ahead with Samurai Champloo based on your tastes. Then you can go on with Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, and Samurai Deeper Kyo.

[K]

Seen these already:
Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X:2thumb: :2thumb:
Berserk:2thumb: :2thumb:
Elfen Lied:2thumb:
Neon Genesis Evangelion:2thumb:
Outlaw Star:tdown:
.hack//SIGN:tup:
Witch Hunter Robin:tup:
Trigun :tdown:
Ninja Scroll Movie:2thumb: :2thumb:
Ninja Scroll tv series:tdown:
FLCL:2thumb: :2thumb:
Bebop:2thumb: :2thumb:
Blood the last vampire:tup:
+ a bunch of others I cant remeber. . . . .

I started watching Champloo. Its looking realy cool. I think somethings wrong with my Codecs though.:hmm:

[Cap'n Beeb]

Is there a release date for the OVA?

12/9/05 for the Japanese version, with fansubs to follow shortly after. No word on the American release.

[Freon]

I started watching Champloo. Its looking realy cool. I think somethings wrong with my Codecs though.:hmm:
You're getting a green band at the bottom? I am. Other than that it looks nice.

[K.N.I.F.E]

STOP WATCHING ANIMIE! IT'S TOO ANIME-RIFIC!

[Cap'n Beeb]

^^^ Get the fück out of this thread.


I started watching Champloo. Its looking realy cool. I think somethings wrong with my Codecs though.:hmm:

Do you have the Defiler pack?

[Capt.Toilet]

You could also try out Vampire Hunter D and its sequel if your into the vampire thing with a moderate amount of gore. They are both really good movies, no matter what people say about the first one :mad:

[draconx]

I started watching Champloo. Its looking realy cool. I think somethings wrong with my Codecs though.
You're getting a green band at the bottom? I am. Other than that it looks nice.
Copyright Infringement makes baby jesus cry.

[Cap'n Beeb]

Horrible voice overs > copyright infringement. You can leave this thread as well, the less faggotry afoot, the better.

[draconx]

the hell? Incase you didn't notice, the R1 dvds have both english and japanese with subtitles....

And i agree with you. The voice overs are horrible.

[Freon]

Copyright Infringement makes baby jesus cry.
The administrative authority ensuring data privacy here in France said P2P users can't be sued for now :p

That said, I doubt most of the anime listed in this thread could be available here :hmm:

[Defeat]

>Yeah Neon Gensis Evangalion = mindf***s(Iv'e also got the UT2004 mod for it)
Since you like blood and adult themes I see why you don't really care for Trigun and Full Metal Alchemist. I don't know if you'd like Full Metal Panic but you can try it. You definatly wouldn't like any of the Love Hina stuff. OH NOES there is soo much anime in this thread that I need!!! I liked Cowboy Bebop but I haven't seen all of the episodes. Is Berserk pretty good? I am getting it next week because my friends said it was cool.

[draconx]

http://www.themanime.org/

That's the first place I go when looking for something new to watch.

[K]

Do you have the Defiler pack?
What player is it for? I'm useing WMP.

My problem is the picture gets real big pixlated in parts. . . . alot of parts. You cant read the subtitles sometimes. Would that be a bad codec? I thought codecs either worked or not. This half as working is for the birds.

[Trynant]

Akira?

You can always watch some Azumanga Daioh (I hope I spelled that right...) if you want random.

Other than that pretty much everything has been mentioned.

Vampire Hunter D?

That thing on Saturdays with Sci-Fi, I saw one called Iria that I liked. Never got a chance to see it again.

Just whatever you pick, stay away from the dark side (http://www.rhymes-with-witch.com/images/hentai1024x768.gif).

[Cap'n Beeb]

What player is it for? I'm useing WMP.


That's your problem. Try Media Player Classic or VLC.

www.videolan.net

Defiler pack:

http://hellninjacommando.com/defilerpak/

[draconx]

mplayer!

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/

Edit: And by the way, VLC uses internal codecs so you don't need to download any pack if you use it.

[Defeat]

>VLC 4tw

[MrSmiles]

i caught a few episodes of RahXephon and I thought it was pretty good

[hyrulian]

I just checked out VLC; I may have to give it a try. :)

[K.N.I.F.E]

I piss so many people off by saying:
ANIMIE SUCKS!!!

[Defeat]

>I guarantee you'd like at least one anime show thats out there in the world K.N.I.F.E.

[K]

OMG VLC rawks! It totaly solves the problem.
Why does WMP suck so bad? Ohh yeah i forgot . . . its Microsoft.
Half of the files wouldn't play in WMP.

Thanks you guys for suggesting VLC!

[Defeat]

>BSPlayer is supposed to be pretty good but iv'e been using VLC for quite a while and so far it's the best because of the internal codecs. Which version of VLC are you using kortniechan?

[K]

VLC media player 0.802 (wxWindows interface)
:tup:

[Defeat]

>OK, thats the one i'm using too. There is also a beta on filehippo.com of a newer version of VLC, i am getting it tommorow.

[draconx]

Internal codecs is, in actuality, a flawed design. It makes things unextensible - and VLC has a plethora of annoying codec bugs in it.

Seriously, mplayer is the best player out there. Its video filters can be used to make the nicest looking anime you've ever seen, although those filters can be quite cpu-heavy....

Although somehow it seems to run 3 or 4 times faster on linux than on windows.....

[anaemic]

Buying official licensed anime is for ****ing morons, case in point;

fullmetal alchemist :
total episodes : 51
episodes per dvd : 4
total dvds : 13 (?)
cost per dvd : 24 dollars approx

making a whopping 314 dollars for one series of a kids ****ing tv show.

i like anime as much as the next guy but thats beyond ridiculously expensive and well and truly deep in retardedly expensive territory...

[phatcat]

Back in the day (early 90s) a friend of mine purchased so much anime crap from Pioneer, he started getting company christmas cards. :eek:

[Nines]

I just started watching a series called Shaman King. It's awesome!
Not as good as Hunter X Hunter, but well worth a look. :tup:
I'm about to start on episode 13, and it's just getting better and better. :)

[Airmoran]

making a whopping 314 dollars for one series of a kids ****ing tv show.
But if you get your mommy and daddy to buy it for you, you'll be the popular kid at the Anime Club for weeks!

[Defeat]

I just started watching a series called Shaman King. It's awesome!

>I saw that on T.V. a few years ago, it was kinda meh, I thought it was too much like Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon. Anyone heard of a show called Aeon Flux? I saw an adertisment on T.V. about an Aeon Flux movie coming out and I looked it up and saw that there was a series.

[Nines]

Shaman King is a lot different from Pokemon, and a lot funnier.
But you need to watch at least 8-10 episodes before you get into it.
I didn't really like the series until I got past episode 8.
Now, I'm about to start on episode 28. :D

[Airmoran]

Anyone heard of a show called Aeon Flux? I saw an adertisment on T.V. about an Aeon Flux movie coming out and I looked it up and saw that there was a series.
While it appears like an anime, and features pretty much what you'd expect, it was developed for MTV by an american (okay, korean american, but that doesn't matter, right?), so I guess it ain't technically "japanimation." Either way, it's quite a homoerotic show. Yes, it features a half-naked, near-mute female assassin with a foot fetish (who dies a lot), but yeah, the men aren't any more dressed, generally speaking. Or is it just me that does aeon (and everyone else, male or female) look... effiminately manly?

To prove my point, at one point a senator (or something similar) strips naked on public TV to prove he's not "hiding anything." Ahh, political commentary, how I love and loathe you for strategically placing a dude's head to cover his unmentionables. Anyways, don't think the show as a "hur hur naked girls" show.

And if you enjoyed Aeon Flux, be sure to check out Reign: The Conqueror, for all your bisexual men wearing armor that proudly displays their nipples needs!

[Trynant]

And if you enjoyed Aeon Flux, be sure to check out Reign: The Conqueror, for all your bisexual men wearing armor that proudly displays their nipples needs!

Made by the same animation group if I recall. Does the Boondocks count as anime? It's certainly drawn manga style, but it's definitely an American cartoon. Funny as hell.

Waiter: Doggie bag?
Ho: Doggie bag is 90$, tea bag is 50$.

[K]

:shake: no , it does not count.

Neither does Aeon Flux , but Aeon is awsome none the less. A movie would be nice! I loved the series. Good stuff!

[Defeat]

>An Aeon Flux movie is coming out December 2nd. I saw a comercial for it and looked it up online and thats how i found out about the cartoon series. I don't know if i'll watch the cartoon series though.

[anaemic]

im currently watching bleach, mai otome and noein, id reccomend the first two at least

[K]

I just finished Samurai Champloo. Verry nice. Not as good as BeeBop but it was quality. I like how they incorperate the charicters into real history events, and they leave you to figure out what has happend instead of explaining it.

Well now I gotta find a new one to watch.
dokuro-chan :o
O_0 WTF?
This is the most f*cked up amime ever. Its just freikin to crazy.
Plot:
A cute angel from the future that Bashes heads in with a big spikey bat and makes blood gush all over just to say some words and reverse the killing. Sent to the past to stop the boy from inventing a fountiain of youth serum that makes all the future women stop ageing at 12 years old?
WTGDF? This is got to be the most messed up plot i have ever heard.
I dont think i will be watching more of this one.

Full Metal Alchemist looks so so. I am just tired of animes about kids. I want some serious stuff. People have sayed it kicks ass though so I will watch a couple more eps and see if it grows on me.

Where the hell did you find Hunter X Hunter? I cant find it any where.

[Defeat]

>Full Metal Alchemist wil grow on you if you like a strange/cool plot. It's gets better as it goes on too.

[Nines]

I got Hunter X Hunter from a friend and I unfortunately don't know where he got it.
Don't give up searching for it though.
It's one of the first anime series I ever saw, and one of the best. :)

On another note, I started watching Trigun about 5 days ago, it owns(Vash in teh avatar).
26 episodes, I've got 4 to go. The first half of the series is just plain fun and great action, but it gets very serious later on.

My anime top atm is:

1. Hunter X Hunter
2. Shaman King
3. Trigun

[Defeat]

>Trigun 4tw

[K]

OutlawStar is a total rip off of Bebop. So i wont be watching that.
Trigun is worth a shot i guess. Never realy been that interested in it.

Has anyone ever heard of Samurai 7 ?
My friend is highly recomending it.

[Nines]

Trigun may be a little slow in the start, but it gets really good after a while.
Very memorable characters, IMO. :)

It's the same with both Hunter X Hunter and Shaman King.

[rajput_warrior]

full metal alchemist is the best anime i have ever seen, i couldn't stop watching them, got really behind on homework because of that show, imma start watching bleach as soon as exams are over

[Kaligraphic]

Samurai 7 is "mostly awesome". It's basically an anime version of Akira Kurosawa's Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai in English). Of course, it adds some "Imperial entanglements", shall we say. :)

It's pretty good, and steals a lot of scenes from the movie. Of course, it does stuff like turning the bandits into robot bandits, but that's to be expected in anime.

[Enfyrneaux]

Now and there here and there (if you haven't watched this your missing out on a jewel)
I just borrowed this OVA from a friend...Phatcat is so right here that this thread deserves a bump. A review, (http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=325) and its site on Amazon (don't look at the plot synopsis, it has potential spoilers...the reviews are mostly spoiler free). (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000063K2C/103-9528935-8111808?v=glance&n=130) If you do watch it, don't be fooled by the first episode...this anime disturbingly powerful. Not for the faint-of-heart.

For my recommendation...I liked Planet ES (http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=713). It doesn't take itself too seriously at first, but it gets deeper.

[sid]

Hows Lunar Legend?

[K]

Do you know if this version has english subs:
[KAA]_Now_&_Then_Here_&_There_01.DVD[4BAB0900].avi?

[Enfyrneaux]

Do you know if this version has english subs:
[KAA]_Now_&_Then_Here_&_There_01.DVD[4BAB0900].avi?
Yes, that's the version I watched.

[Evil_Cope]

If you liked the anime version of Berserk, it's worth tracking down the manga. :)
Which, btw, is also ongoing afaik.

[K]

Berserk had me in the grips off all kinds of emotions. I dont think the manga could do it the same way , not haveing the great sound score.

[Defeat]

>Still trying to get ahold of Berserk, just got the Full Metal Alchemist manga.

[sid]

Last year I had seen Area 88. It rocked!

[draconx]

Aria - one of the more interesting shows I've seen in a while. Just one more episode to be subbed.

AIR if you want to cry.

[Evil_Cope]

Berserk had me in the grips off all kinds of emotions. I dont think the manga could do it the same way , not haveing the great sound score.

The soundtrack is awesome.
That said, i'd say overall the manga, (being more complete, for a start, including several sub-plots that didn't make it into the anime, and generally being less censored) is the superior product.

[K]

Strapped for cash lately, But i eventually would love to grab that manga and find out how it all ends. Man ! It goes in a crazy dirrection. :eek:

[Evil_Cope]

Yeah, it does. :D
Course, helps to remember that episode 1 is, infact, taking place after the last one's events.