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Posted September 29, 2009
Speaking of Gunnm, I'm currently re-re-reading the mangas.
Posted September 30, 2009
I don't think I've seen much Anime and Manga. I'm sure I can list everything I've ever watched.
Akira
Legend Of The Four Kings (mainly because the 4 brothers on that series just happens to look and act a lot like me and my 3 brothers, hilariously creepy!!)
3x3 Eyes
Guyver
A crappy censored to hell version of Fist of the North Star. Both movie and series.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
And some movie that has an old guy that gets a huge fancy mechanical bed thing that goes nuts. Havent a clue what its called but I hated it.
Just done watching the Fullmetal Alchemist series, liked that a lot. Major Armstrong is now one of my favourite characters, he's too funny.
Now I'm just about to watch Samurai Champloo.
Posted September 30, 2009
Dragon Ball Z will always be a great memory from adolescent days. My favorite series would have to be Outlaw Star, or maybe Onegai Teacher, hard to decide. i'm currently watching bleach, its long as hell and gets kind of ridiculous but its still fun to watch. i've never been able to get into naruto for some reason. I liked Girls Bravo cuz i'm a sick twisted bastard....but it actually was pretty good despite the fact that its borderline hentai. the akira movie was good, princess mononoke, i havent watched as broad of a selection of anime as most the people in the forums probly. 3x3 Eyes was cool......uh.....i know theres one or two i'm forgetting, i'll think of them lol.
Posted September 30, 2009
UC Gundam *The only real timeline* if you can gather from my name.
Some select Science Fiction anime and, of course, the Starship Troopers anime.
Edit - Oh yeah, Patlabor is good.
Post edited October 02, 2009 by Ramba_Ral
Posted September 30, 2009
What! There's a Starship Troopers ANIME???
Must find!
I have seen way too much anime myself, and read far more too.
I'm hard pressed to select a favorite, but it's a toss up between:
Hajime No Ippo (seriously, if you're a guy and haven't seen this, then PLEASE do. Or better still, read it here: [url=]http://www.confusticated.com/ignition-one/Hajime_no_Ippo/001/01/1100/1/[/url] - the graphics do improve over time and it's the longest running manga of all time now apparently - been going for over 20 years. And it just gets better and better)
GTO (Need I say more?)
Initial D - when ARE they going to release 5th Stage of the Anime???
And of course, all Ghibli movies.
As for manga, I recommend:
My Balls (so fucked up but SO funny)
Golden Boy
Berserk (seriously fucking cool, the Anime was a let down, but the manga is just so god DAMN kick ass - still ongoing too)
Posted October 01, 2009
Lets see here, the anime I've watched and liked are:
-Naruto
-Cowboy Bebop
-Big O
-Gundam (anything)
-Robotech
-Patlabor
-Trigun
-S-cry-eD
-Last Exile
-Anything Ghibli
-Fullmetal Alchemist
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Posted October 04, 2009
I'm a big fan of both anime and manga.
Favorite Anime:
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Akira
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
FLCL
Eureka Seven is worth watching as well.
Favorite Manga:
Berserk It is definitely not for kids, but it is unquestionably one of the greatest mangas ever created.
Fullmetal Alchemist If anyone likes the anime but hasn't read this manga, do yourself a favor and read it. The anime is good, but the manga (which is still ongoing) is vastly superior.
Akira As with FMA, the manga is superior to the already excellent anime.
Some lesser known anime worth checking out: Samurai 7 and Peacemaker Kurogane.
Personally I've always found Neon Genesis Evangelion to be a bit overrated. While the artwork is generally above reproach and the story is interesting, I've never found the characters completely believable. I know that Shinji's entire purpose is to be the anti-hero; an emotionally unstable coward. However I find the complete selfishness of nearly every character to be excessive to the point of caricature. Even when faced with the end of the world the characters are incapable of getting beyond their own selfish quibbles, yet act holier than thou about saving the world. Eva also shoves its over the top pseudo-religious philosophy right down the viewer's throat, making it that much less palatable.
I see FLCL (by the same studio) as a more poignant, rewarding series in terms of philosophical themes and character development.
I completely agree with the previous statements that extremely long anime (i.e. Bleach and Inuyasha) are not worth the time investment required. Those shows are little more than endless filler episodes where characters spend all their time talking about what they will do rather than doing it. Anime is best kept to movies and approximately 25-50 episode series.
Posted October 04, 2009
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Sardonic13: Fullmetal Alchemist If anyone likes the anime but hasn't read this manga, do yourself a favor and read it. The anime is good, but the manga (which is still ongoing) is vastly superior.

Not arguing that one shouldn't read the manga but there are now two separate Full metal alchemist series. The original which is only loosely based around the manga and has ended at 51 episodes and a movie (dubbed in English and heirs on Adult Swim) and the new FMA: Brotherhood series which started back in May and is a retelling (true telling?) based strictly on the manga (not dubbed). So if you want to know what happened in the manga but dont feel like buying/renting/stealing a ton of books now you can.
Anyone interested should watch both as they are very good and have very different stories making watching them both equally enjoyable.
Posted October 05, 2009
One of the first thing I did after coming home from Tokyo, was starting to watch Gantz. Watched the entire thing in four days (would have been less, if it wasn't for my brother nagging me to help him with quite literally tons of not so literal crap. Quite entertaining I must say, if a bit tragic at some points. The entire thing ends in a mindfuck I'm not sure what to make off.
Considering Neon Genesis Evangelion next, as I've got a couple of friends that are quite into it and talk about it quite a lot, and also because I noticed it seemed rather extremely popular in Japan, considering that several stores seemed to play exclusively what my friend's identified as Neon Genesis music, and sold and advertised a lot around it. We even found shoes based on the plug suits at some stores.
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Posted October 05, 2009
I'm not a big fan of the genre. However, I thought Revolutionary Girl Utena was pretty far out (in a good way.)
Posted October 05, 2009
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Darling_Jimmy: I'm not a big fan of the genre. However, I thought Revolutionary Girl Utena was pretty far out (in a good way.)

well based on all your hints i've downed about 60 episodes now
so i'll have a stroll through them to see what i like and what i don't like ;)
Posted October 05, 2009
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sheepdragon: Considering Neon Genesis Evangelion next, as I've got a couple of friends that are quite into it and talk about it quite a lot, and also because I noticed it seemed rather extremely popular in Japan, considering that several stores seemed to play exclusively what my friend's identified as Neon Genesis music, and sold and advertised a lot around it. We even found shoes based on the plug suits at some stores.

I HATE NGE with a passion.
It was all fine and decent until the last two episodes. BIGGEST FUCKING COP OUT ENDING EVER. AND I MEAN EVARRRRRRRRRRRR.
NGE can go fuck itself. By all means, go watch it, the first 22 episodes are awesome and there's some really good character development, but the end... Jesus H Christ. I just stared at the screen after it ended and felt so fucking ripped off. /end rant
Posted October 05, 2009
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sheepdragon: Considering Neon Genesis Evangelion next, as I've got a couple of friends that are quite into it and talk about it quite a lot, and also because I noticed it seemed rather extremely popular in Japan, considering that several stores seemed to play exclusively what my friend's identified as Neon Genesis music, and sold and advertised a lot around it. We even found shoes based on the plug suits at some stores.
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Virama: I HATE NGE with a passion.
It was all fine and decent until the last two episodes. BIGGEST FUCKING COP OUT ENDING EVER. AND I MEAN EVARRRRRRRRRRRR.
NGE can go fuck itself. By all means, go watch it, the first 22 episodes are awesome and there's some really good character development, but the end... Jesus H Christ. I just stared at the screen after it ended and felt so fucking ripped off. /end rant

I've heard about that... But the last four or so episodes have been remade, and a few movies have been made to extend it. Apparently, the ending was like so because they were running out of money.
Posted October 05, 2009
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Virama: I HATE NGE with a passion.
It was all fine and decent until the last two episodes. BIGGEST FUCKING COP OUT ENDING EVER. AND I MEAN EVARRRRRRRRRRRR.
NGE can go fuck itself. By all means, go watch it, the first 22 episodes are awesome and there's some really good character development, but the end... Jesus H Christ. I just stared at the screen after it ended and felt so fucking ripped off. /end rant
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sheepdragon: I've heard about that... But the last four or so episodes have been remade, and a few movies have been made to extend it. Apparently, the ending was like so because they were running out of money.

Really? I better watch it again then. The ending of the original was just SO lame. A monkey could have written a better end.
Can I have the episode/movie list in order (sometimes the movies get confusing as they insert movies in between episodes sometimes... or you're supposed to see this movie before the episodes then that movie after, etc...)
Posted October 05, 2009
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sheepdragon: I've heard about that... But the last four or so episodes have been remade, and a few movies have been made to extend it. Apparently, the ending was like so because they were running out of money.
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Virama: Really? I better watch it again then. The ending of the original was just SO lame. A monkey could have written a better end.
Can I have the episode/movie list in order (sometimes the movies get confusing as they insert movies in between episodes sometimes... or you're supposed to see this movie before the episodes then that movie after, etc...)

I'm not certain about the order of stuff, but I'm going to ask a friend about it, so I'll post it here later.
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