Anime Recommendations

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#12

While not based on what you have seen watched or are currently watching, here is my personal list of anime I have really enjoyed or am currently enjoying. Who knows, maybe you’ll like one or more of them.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Action? Check. Political intrigue? Check. Interesting philosophical questions? Check.
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (AKA Seirei no Moribito) - Quite a bit less action, but generally more of what I enjoyed from Ghost in the Shell, only in a fantasy instead of science fiction setting.
Mushishi - While this series has strong supernatural elements, the focus is more on the personal lives of those effected by the “Mushi”.
If you are willing to track down quite an old (early 80s) anime, then you might try Armored Trooper Votoms. I’m not sure what it is about it, but I found it quite good.

Lastly, since I saw that you have Code Geass in your list, you might try Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHolic.

#13

I can only find the 1st 26 episodes out of the 52 released (aka the 1st season of TRC). Is there any reason the 2nd season isn’t hosted online yet ? Or if it is, where can I find it ?

ENGLISH SUBBED OR DUBBED PLZ !!! :slight_smile:

Thank you in advance.

5 minutes later…

Umph, never mind; I found the 2nd season.

Well anyway, thanks for the anime, I’m going to enjoy this… :mrgreen:

#14

Glad to hear I could help you find something you enjoy.

#15

Thank YOU for taking the time to help me. :smiley:

#16

Have you watched an anime called “Ghost Stories”? It has some great humor, though the last few episodes went overboard a little on the adult humor after they discovered it was being cancelled and gave the voice actors carte blanch to ad lib all they wanted.

How about the mini-series “Pet Shop of Horror”?

#17

Okay, here’s what I can reccomend:

Hellsing Ultimate
Trinity Blood
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (both seasons)
Gundam Wing
Gundam 00
Ouran High School Host Club
Rozen Maiden (both seasons)
Noir
Madlax
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor

#18

Onegai Teacher. It’s my favorite anime. The spin-off, Onegai Twins, is also good.

Others:

-Saber Marionette J
-Midori no Hibi
-Kannagi
-Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

#19

Scrapped Princess Starts out a little slow at first as the world is introduced, has a slight Anti-Religion theme to it, but as it progresses the Awesomeness increases exponentially.

#20

I recommend Planetes if you haven’t seen it yet. Best character development I’ve ever seen in an anime although it can be a bit slow at times. Another good one is Azumanga Daioh. It’s about the life of six high school girls and their two teachers. Here’s a couple hilarious clips from the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHYfiZWtCy8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9KHylRrwSQ.

#21

in the winter season alot of people are looking forward to dance of the vampire bund
it has a werewolf male lead and a loli vampire female lead
said loli vamp is frequently naked
and there are lesbians and lots of blood including blood from the sky at one point

#22

From what I read it is going to be a TV anime translation, though, which means none of those great things you mentioned will be part of the series …

#23

Gilgamesh is neat.

#24

I told the Epic of Gilgamesh for a history class once and it was fantastic … oh, you probably mean the anime … it was alright, too slow for me.

#25

The epic is great stuff man.Even yesterday I attended a session on ancient history and I had my moments, the epic was one of them.
The anime is okay, like I said, neat, not the best but cool enough.

#26

The Golden Boy OVA is pretty awesome. A bit old, but a classic nevertheless. Short too.

#27

I just finished watching the anime (there is only 1 season presently, yes?) and they did include the often nude loli, though of course they blurred over anything the American audience would find unsavory. I have looked at the untranslated Manga, however, (at least the first book, not sure if there is more than one in the series) and she is certainly naked more often in that. Neither the anime nor the first manga seemed to have any lesbianism in it, however - does it appear somewhere later in the manga series? (of course, since I can’t read Japanese it’s possible it was presented in the dialog and I missed it)

I really hope they get this manga translated into English, though chances are it will get shot down because of the often naked loli character.

#28

Any recommendations for the comedy genre?

#29

Azumanga Daioh is a good comedy/school life anime
I’m partial to Galaxy Angel; a silly anime with no continuity of a group a girls who have spaceships and resolve (or try to resolve) missions

#30

Irresponsible Captain Tylor if you’d like a good old school spoof of space operas. I can only reccomend the TV series though since I’ve heard the OVA sequels turn serious (why make a parody show try to actually be the show it parodies?)
The Slayers series

Still, one anime that I must reccomend to you is Baccano!. If you want something unconventional then this is the anime for you. The story is set in primarily 1930s America (and is surprisingly accurate in that presentation) presented from multpile viewpoints over multiple time periods. The story may seem a little confusing to follow at first, but you get used to it and at the end everything wraps up nicely. It’s also surprisingly light hearted for an anime set during the Great Depression and the majority of the characters are gangsters, and the humor, especially from two characters Isaac and Miria, is genuinely funny. The show also has a large cast of characters and almost all of them are memorable, which is not an easy feat considering this is a 13 episode (16 if you count the OVAs) series. And one more thing, the dub for this series is perfect, way better than the Japanese dialogue and I do not say that lightly as I’ve watched the series subbed, and it also features a number of my favorite seiyuus who all do a great job.

#31

Durarara!! is another good series
it is from the same person that wrote the baccanno novels (with at least 2 characters from baccanno show up)
the series takes place in modern tokyo and deals with craziness