I'll constantly be adding to this section as I watch more animes. For now It will just be one big pile but eventually I might work up enough anti-lazy to organize them by episode length or something.
-Boogiepop Phantom -Hayate no Gotoku! -Serial Experiments Lain -School Rumble -Cowboy Bebop -Samurai Champloo -Haruhi -Lucky Star -Code Geass -Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann -Miname-ke -Nausicaä -Spirited Away -FLCL -Golden Boy -Full Metal Panic? Fomoffu! (Season 1.5) -Ghost in the Shell (All of them) -Death Note -Akira -Ergo Proxy -The Place Promised in Our Early Days -Paprika -Tekkon Kinkreet -5 Centimeters Per Second -Kannagi
For some reason I postponed watching this classic forever, no particular reason why but I finally got around to it. As there is very little which I find unlikeable, I will mainly focus on the positive, and as a result, the review will end up being pretty short.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - 26 Episodes
Story is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where the organization Nerv is fighting Angels, which is basically giant biological things that appear out of no where. Basically its a mecha/psychological anime with generous amounts of religious allusions.
This anime is good. The mech action isn't overly repetitive, the storyline is amazing, the sound is is suiting and well orchestrated. The various themes and emotional / psychological analysis is engaging and interesting. The characters aren't plain and have character (Shinji is generic which I normally despise but he is very tolerable in this setting). If I had to pick out any negatives it would be the ending of the series, which I found disturbingly inconclusive, however watching "The End of Evangelion" provides an acceptable ending for me. Kaworu was a bit too gay for me though.
[9/10] I don't give out tens unless the anime is perfect, however this anime does come pretty damn close. You can tell its fucking good if you want to watch I want to watch it a second time, a man who never watches an anime twice. However, you should watch it at least twice as with these types of animes you often will find more meaning the second time through. This is a well liked anime classic for a reason. Go watch it if you haven't already. Download the OST too, it's great as well.
If you're going to watch it, save yourself some time by getting the series with the directors cut episodes, and skipping Death and Rebirth, which is basically a series recap.
Going to watch the first 5 movies of Kara no Kyoukai next as requested by some guy whose name eludes me at the moment. (This time I mean I'm really going to watch it next!)
Probably my favourite anime. Recently watched the first part of the remake "Rebuild of Evangelion". But it won't be completed for years so I don't recommend it.
It took years but I finally got my friend to watch it. Afterwards he said something along the lines of "wow you really should have tied me down and forced me to watch this years ago."
Eva eh, such polarized reviews even among the Japanese.
Don't do Rakkyo please, at least not until all of the episodes are released, you won't be doing the title justice. On that note though, I'd love to see them release a chapter 8 based on the contents released during last summer Comiket, unfortunately since that is released via the doujin group the chance is small to none.
This is by far my favourite anime, when I saw your original list of recommendations I was about to say that I can't take anyone who wouldn't recommend it (NGE) seriously, but fortunately you have seen the light!
Anyone interested in NGE should start watching the remake called "Rebuild of Evangelion" (link with info below).
On March 07 2009 10:13 HumbleZealot wrote: This is by far my favourite anime, when I saw your original list of recommendations I was about to say that I can't take anyone who wouldn't recommend it (NGE) seriously, but fortunately you have seen the light!
Anyone interested in NGE should start watching the remake called "Rebuild of Evangelion" (link below).
Eh, Eva is one of those animes that gets particularly polarized responses, some people found it deep and thought provoking, others found those elements to be completely mindless and made purposely confusing so pseudo-intellectuals can point to it and look smart. With that in mind, it is probably a lot harder to take someone who recommend Eva without considering that issue first seriously.
EDIT - OP, when you mentioned Ikari as a generic I assume you mean Gendo? Not that Shinji isn't a sort of generic now :p
On March 07 2009 09:56 arb wrote: Liked it, However can you review G-Gundam? Its one of my favorite animes and id like someone elses opinion on it.
G-Gundam is fucking hilarious, I remember watching the English dubs as a small child. I have all the Gundams sitting on my hard drive ready to watch so if you can wait for awhile, within a year I will rewatch it and properly review it.
On March 07 2009 10:18 Ecael wrote: EDIT - OP, when you mentioned Ikari as a generic I assume you mean Gendo? Not that Shinji isn't a sort of generic now :p
Yeah I meant Shinji, should have been more specific. I bet it wasn't THAT common back in the day but by now its like meh.
On March 07 2009 09:56 arb wrote: Liked it, However can you review G-Gundam? Its one of my favorite animes and id like someone elses opinion on it.
G-Gundam is fucking hilarious, I remember watching the English dubs as a small child. I have all the Gundams sitting on my hard drive ready to watch so if you can wait for awhile, within a year I will rewatch it and properly review it.
On March 07 2009 10:18 Ecael wrote: EDIT - OP, when you mentioned Ikari as a generic I assume you mean Gendo? Not that Shinji isn't a sort of generic now :p
Yeah I meant Shinji, should have been more specific. I bet it wasn't THAT common back in the day but by now its like meh.
ugh just watching that clip makes me want to watch it again T_T. Also by hilarious to you mean bad?
I like animes that are deep and well written, but are a little less... abstract than say NGE. I don't want to finish watching it and then think what the hell just happened? I don't like mech animes, and I don't want to get into anything longer than a few seasons. Some of my favorites:
Hikaru no Go Xam'd RahXephon Ergo Proxy Ghost in the Shell stand alone complex.
Do you think I would enjoy most of those in your list?
On March 07 2009 10:55 Neverborn wrote: I like animes that are deep and well written, but are a little less... abstract than say NGE. I don't want to finish watching it and then think what the hell just happened? I don't like mech animes, and I don't want to get into anything longer than a few seasons. Some of my favorites:
Hikaru no Go Xam'd RahXephon Ergo Proxy Ghost in the Shell stand alone complex.
Do you think I would enjoy most of those in your list?
On March 07 2009 09:43 xmShake wrote: Recommendations
I'll constantly be adding to this section as I watch more animes. For now It will just be one big pile but eventually I might work up enough anti-lazy to organize them by episode length or something.
-Boogiepop Phantom -Hayate no Gotoku! -Serial Experiments Lain -School Rumble -Cowboy Bebop -Samurai Champloo -Haruhi -Lucky Star -Code Geass -Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann -Miname-ke -Nausicaä -Spirited Away -FLCL -Golden Boy -Full Metal Panic? Fomoffu! (This is the 2nd Season) -Ghost in the Shell (All of them) -Death Note -Akira -Ergo Proxy -The Place Promised in Our Early Days -Paprika -Tekkon Kinkreet -5 Centimeters Per Second -Kannagi
eva was my gateway drug to other anime and it was fuckin good; took me a couple watches through the series and movies, and a ton of reading/discussion on an eva forum to get a lot out of eva.
On March 07 2009 09:43 xmShake wrote: Going to watch the first 5 movies of Kara no Kyoukai next as requested by some guy whose name eludes me at the moment. (This time I mean I'm really going to watch it next!)
On March 07 2009 11:25 Spenguin wrote: Would you put out a review on TTGL? I know it's in your Recommended list but I would like to hear your thoughts on it as well.
Where is his list? EDIT: LIST IS ON THIS PAGE, DISREGARD.
Also on Noein: I tried that one and thought I would love it because I find quantum mechanics so interesting but the animation seemed awful poor (very few frames, even for anime) and the art style seemed a bit off. Then the story and characters didn't please me either but I gave up rather early in the series so maybe I'll try to get farther in it sometime.
On March 07 2009 10:13 HumbleZealot wrote: This is by far my favourite anime, when I saw your original list of recommendations I was about to say that I can't take anyone who wouldn't recommend it (NGE) seriously, but fortunately you have seen the light!
Anyone interested in NGE should start watching the remake called "Rebuild of Evangelion" (link below).
Eh, Eva is one of those animes that gets particularly polarized responses, some people found it deep and thought provoking, others found those elements to be completely mindless and made purposely confusing so pseudo-intellectuals can point to it and look smart. With that in mind, it is probably a lot harder to take someone who recommend Eva without considering that issue first seriously.
EDIT - OP, when you mentioned Ikari as a generic I assume you mean Gendo? Not that Shinji isn't a sort of generic now :p
This. I really liked evangelion till the last 4-6 episodes. Then i found it completely stupid.
On March 07 2009 10:13 HumbleZealot wrote: This is by far my favourite anime, when I saw your original list of recommendations I was about to say that I can't take anyone who wouldn't recommend it (NGE) seriously, but fortunately you have seen the light!
Anyone interested in NGE should start watching the remake called "Rebuild of Evangelion" (link below).
Eh, Eva is one of those animes that gets particularly polarized responses, some people found it deep and thought provoking, others found those elements to be completely mindless and made purposely confusing so pseudo-intellectuals can point to it and look smart. With that in mind, it is probably a lot harder to take someone who recommend Eva without considering that issue first seriously.
EDIT - OP, when you mentioned Ikari as a generic I assume you mean Gendo? Not that Shinji isn't a sort of generic now :p
This. I really liked evangelion till the last 4-6 episodes. Then i found it completely stupid.
aww come on haha
i actually liked eva more and more and i watched it. first half was pretty good, then shit starts getting fucked up and i start liking it even more. episode 23 was definitely my favorite.
but i understand why some people hate it, so meh, we can like something else together!
I went back and rewatched the whole series for the third time over the last couple of weeks, and I'll have to agree with most of the people here in saying that it is definitely my favorite anime series of all time. The characters are so deep and interesting and there are all these references to religion, psychology, etc. I think I've read everything there is to be found on wikipedia about the series.
Too bad they ran out of money at the end, otherwise they might have ended it quite differently; good thing they started doing movies as well, and End of Evangelion shows another possible way of how the story could have come to a conclusion.
I've not yet gotten around to watching the Rebirth of Evangelion, but I read that they've also added some new scenes that weren't in the original series, so that's something I definitely want to see.
On a completely random note, Asuka's German in the Japanese version is so horrible, it's almost unintelligible; it sounds so funny when she talks; basically like a person with no knowledge of the language reading out a phonetic transcription (most likely what they've done) XD
On March 28 2009 09:21 poilord wrote: I went back and rewatched the whole series for the third time over the last couple of weeks, and I'll have to agree with most of the people here in saying that it is definitely my favorite anime series of all time. The characters are so deep and interesting and there are all these references to religion, psychology, etc. I think I've read everything there is to be found on wikipedia about the series.
Glad you loved eva! If you've truly into the series, this wiki stores an IMMENSE amount of info, analysis, interpretations, etc etc. http://evapedia.evageeks.org/Main_Page There's also a forum there, with tons of discussion, both casual and serious/in-depth. I'll have to say, reading through a lot in that site gave me such a better understanding (if it's possible to understand eva hahaha) of the series.
Too bad they ran out of money at the end, otherwise they might have ended it quite differently; good thing they started doing movies as well, and End of Evangelion shows another possible way of how the story could have come to a conclusion.
I'm pretty sure their budget was fine. The reason the ending was so strange was because eva was supposed to be a children's show, broadcasted around prime time and intended for kids to watch. [Some spoilers! If anyone reading this hasn't seen eva yet and intend to, don't read!!] + Show Spoiler +
Obviously, throughout the second half of the series, things started getting more... fucked up. Parents, and the channel broadcasting eva, didn't think it was appropriate for kids to see strangling, excessive violence, blood spewing everywhere, disturbing images, naked 14-year-old girls literally falling apart, and a decapitation of a boy. The makers of eva had given the broadcasters the outlines of the intended episodes 25 and 26 (which was pretty much end of eva), and they rejected them; they said the writers had crossed the line, and that the ending was too much to be shown to kids. They had to change it, and so they did.
Although I must say, episode 25 and 26 were beautiful in their own way. The first watch wasn't too enjoyable, I was mostly saying 'wtf?' to myself the entire time, and the ending wasn't satisfying. But after watching EoE and understanding 25 and 26 better in how they relate to EoE, I can appreciate their goodness.
I've not yet gotten around to watching the Rebirth of Evangelion, but I read that they've also added some new scenes that weren't in the original series, so that's something I definitely want to see.
You mean Rebuild? You should watch it
On a completely random note, Asuka's German in the Japanese version is so horrible, it's almost intelligible; it sounds so funny when she talks; basically like a person with no knowledge of the language reading out a phonetic transcription (most likely what they've done) XD
yeah, ieatkids5 , I meant rebuild; it's hard to keep up with the different names of the movies :p And thanks for link to the evapedia page, looks like I'll have some more reading to do :D
Evangalion was amazing but a really good anime for people who liked this and death note is the anime code geass. It combines mecha with strategy and its like awesome. Btw, the main character of that anime can take out jaedong in random v j
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