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Since its summer holiday and I have over 2 months to ICC, read some books, etc, and since I didn't win a beta key in the guide contest and I'm guessing I won't be playing SC2's beta, I have a lot of time on my hands. So basically I want to ask for any anime recommendations since I haven't really been keeping track of anime for a pretty long time.
Some anime that I really enjoyed:
-Hajime No Ippo (followed the manga after the ending of the original anime + movies)
-Rurouni Kenshin (+ Trust and Betrayal <3<3<3)
-Monster
-Death Note
-Elfen Lied
-Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
-Newly Added: Code Geass (really loved this one)
I just finished watching Code Geass today. I would say it's one of my personal favorite animes ever. Some anime that I'm planning to watch over the next few months based on recommendations from a friend are:
-Mushishi
-Honey & Clover
-Black Lagoon
-Texhnolyze
I'm still looking for alternatives though. I would prefer an anime that is less than 30 episodes. I'm not really picky about "themes" such as setting etc. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks in advance 
 
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Hajime No Ippo: Awesome; watching new series now.
Rurouni Kenshin: Awesome
Monster: Awesome
Death Note: Awesome
Elfen Lied: Not quite as awesome but glad I watched
Black Lagoon: Good
Is Gankutsuou at all similar to the awesome movie The Count of Monte Cristo?
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Eden of the East has 11 episodes that are really enjoyable.
Aswell as 07Ghost at dattebayo.com.
Both these are very recent and great ones.
I started on Black Lagoon, but I thought it was pretty bad compared to others.
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higurashi no naku koro ni (and its sequel) are pretty good, and if you liked elfen lied, you'll probably like it
honey and clover may not suit your taste, but it's my favorite series of all time
if you end up liking honey and clover, watch nodame cantabile
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann sounds like it would fit your tastes
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Forget anime and just play ICCup all summer.
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Episodes 2-13 or 14? and then episode 25/26 of gungrave is my favorite anime. The other half of the anime is kind of trite.
The anime Kaiji is an excellent mind-screw. I highly recommend watching this. People play rock, paper, scissors. Then some people die. Then everyone cries. It was awesome.
I'm currently enjoying Ouran Host Club off of youtube shows and Eden of the East.
A couple of "o hey, that was actually pretty good. Kind of refreshing action. Not going to be on my favorite's list, but pretty good:" Darker than Black; Gunxsword; Samurai Champloo.
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Thanks for the recommendations guys.
To answer Micronesia's question, Gankutsuou follows the same story as the movie as it is also based on the the book. However, the anime focuses mainly on Albert instead of Dantes. It also has a different setting and more characters. The anime follows the book's events more closely than the movie does though.
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You are going to like Black Lagoon and Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann for sure, all I think I can add is Toradora xP if you will like Honey and Clover then Ouran High School Club and Lovely Complex prolly too but skip/rewind crying scenes ine the last one -.^
I got into LovCom because Risa's seyuu is the same as for ex Nami in One Piece;P
btw seen GTO already?
edit: hmm liking Rurouni Kenshin should be enough to watch LC and OHSHC ;P
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i'd vote the GTO live action over the anime btw
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I don't know about that maybe because I'm more attached to things I can see 1st... (as in: I saw anime GTO before piece of live action one and didn't like the latter)
that reminded me about Nodame Cantabile tho xP I think it was made by the same studio as HnC?
edit: talking about Monster / Elfen Lied like animes... I once made blog about it xP go ahead and read it x)
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I watched the live action adaptations of GTO and Nodame Cantible. Enjoyed both :D
On June 22 2009 06:02 beetlelisk wrote:
edit: hmm liking Rurouni Kenshin should be enough to watch LC and OHSHC ;P
How is Rurouni Kenshin related to OHSHC? 
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maybe a bit in climate of series I mean it's rather light but faster  (I'm bit drunk man forgive me ;d)
If you've seen Nodame Cantabile you can try Azumanga Daioh and 5 Centimeters Per Second too
edit: K-ON! too, I dk about Lucky Star as I haven't watched it yet and I read in General Anime Thread it has lots of references to truly lol ;P
edit2: omg forgot about Toradora?
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This is a list of animes I've watched the entirety of, and a 1-5 star rating. The star rating is relative, not an actual measure of whether I like it or not... Since I liked them all except maybe something with 1 star. I dunno how complete this is. I made the list months ago, but I also haven't watched that much anime since... I added like 3 I think that I remember but weren't there.
What I'd recommend doing, is anything with 4 or more stars, look up the wikipedia and see if the subject interests you. 5 stars and a topic that doesn't turn you off is pretty much a must watch/give a chance.
+ Show Spoiler +DeathNote *****
Cowboy Bebop ***
Hellsing ***1/2
Kaiba *****
Midori No Hibi ****
Zombie Loan ****
Baccano! *****
Detective Conan ***
Howl's Moving Castle **
Gunslinger Girl *****
Wolf's Rain **1/2
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu ****
Full Metal Panic ***
Vampire Hunter D *1/2
Blood+ ****1/2
Witch Hunter Robin ***
Read or Die T.V. ***3/4
Ghost Hound **** (was not able to finish, but liked the first 10 or so episodes)
FLCL ****
Tokko ****
Samurai Champloo ***1/2
Giant Robo ***1/2
Afro Samurai ***1/2
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann *** (really good then really bad, then really good again... it's weird)
Again, sorry for no personal descriptions of each. I just don't know exactly what you're looking for.
PS: I like shortish animes too, so these should suit your tastes. I don't think any of them are more than 2 seasons, and the only anime I ever tried to watch that's mammoth (Monster) I basically gave up on... I have all the episodes on my harddrive, but I just can't bring myself to watch another 'oh look, Tenma is a nice guy' episode.
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Some of my favourites are: Chevalier d'Eon, Gundam 00, and Kara no Kyoukai for the "serious" series; , True Tears and Kimikiss (maybe Strawberry Panic? lol) for the "romantic" series; Fullmetal Panic? Fumoffo, Lucky Star, and Kannagi for the "light-hearted" series.
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On June 22 2009 07:03 Chef wrote:This is a list of animes I've watched the entirety of, and a 1-5 star rating. The star rating is relative, not an actual measure of whether I like it or not... Since I liked them all except maybe something with 1 star. I dunno how complete this is. I made the list months ago, but I also haven't watched that much anime since... I added like 3 I think that I remember but weren't there. What I'd recommend doing, is anything with 4 or more stars, look up the wikipedia and see if the subject interests you. 5 stars and a topic that doesn't turn you off is pretty much a must watch/give a chance. + Show Spoiler +DeathNote *****
Cowboy Bebop ***
Hellsing ***1/2
Kaiba *****
Midori No Hibi ****
Zombie Loan ****
Ghost Hound ***1/2
Baccano! *****
Detective Conan ***
Howl's Moving Castle **
Gunslinger Girl *****
Wolf's Rain **1/2
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu ****
Full Metal Panic ***
Vampire Hunter D *1/2
Blood+ ****1/2
Witch Hunter Robin ***
Read or Die T.V. ***3/4
Ghost Hound ****
FLCL ****
Tokko ****
Samurai Champloo ***1/2
Giant Robo ***1/2
Afro Samurai ***1/2
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann *** (really good then really bad, then really good again... it's weird)
Again, sorry for no personal descriptions of each. I just don't know exactly what you're looking for. PS: I like shortish animes too, so these should suit your tastes. I don't think any of them are more than 2 seasons, and the only anime I ever tried to watch that's mammoth (Monster) I basically gave up on... I have all the episodes on my harddrive, but I just can't bring myself to watch another 'oh look, Tenma is a nice guy' episode.
Almost all you watched are shounen-like series. Try something else too?
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What's shounen? I thought there was some pretty good variety :O
The only thing I really avoid is fantasy anime with giant swords and magic yellow hair. I mean I watched Dragon Ball and digimon and stuff when I was a kid, but it doesn't exactly suit my tastes anymore ^^
Oh, adolescent... Yeah I guess so. It's kind of hard to have an old man as a lead protagonist though. I'll take recommendations tho.
Well... It doesn't really seem so to me. The word refers to like elementary/high school student... Most of the characters in the animes I watch are done school/adults.
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On June 22 2009 07:18 Chef wrote:
The only thing I really avoid is fantasy anime with giant swords and magic yellow hair. I mean I watched Dragon Ball and digimon and stuff when I was a kid, but it doesn't exactly suit my tastes anymore ^^.
I find some really good anime fall into those categories, and of course some anime in those categories are terrible for an 'adult' to watch. It's more about how they do it than what genre they fall into. No point in generalizing.... although I guess I'd be willing to stereotype against magical girl shows?
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Well, I gave a few a chance and didn't like them is all. I'm not really into the 'omigosh I'm so strong, I can defeat everyone now!" "oh shit! there's an even bigger enemy!" "'migosh I'm so strong, I can defeat everyone now!" "oh shit! there's an even bigger enemy!" rinse repeat. Which was my problem with Tengen Toppa. It was so good at times, and then it'd just get retarded and be like 'oh man, look at this super awesome super sayain fireball.'
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On June 22 2009 07:28 Chef wrote:
Well, I gave a few a chance and didn't like them is all. I'm not really into the 'omigosh I'm so strong, I can defeat everyone now!" "oh shit! there's an even bigger enemy!" "'migosh I'm so strong, I can defeat everyone now!" "oh shit! there's an even bigger enemy!" rinse repeat. Which was my problem with Tengen Toppa. It was so good at times, and then it'd just get retarded and be like 'oh man, look at this super awesome super sayain fireball.'
You are entitled to what you like. But to be fair that's kinda the whole point of Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann and not really an unfortunate side effect of how they chose to tell their story (unlike say, dragonball z).
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I just think it feels like a cop out to say something is the ultimate best thing ever, and then the break the rules of your own story just by randomly introducing something even more powerful. It doesn't let the audience guess what's going to happen next, or feel like they've experienced something unique. And by audience I mean me.
I love the whole 'drill into the sky!" and "who the hell do you think I am?!" thing, but I didn't like "SUUUPPPEERR ULTIMMAATTEE GIIGGGAAA DRILLLLOOOOO!"
That was my favourite thing about Death Note. They gave you enough information to guess what would happen next, and they didn't screw you over by randomly introducing a new element 3 seconds before it would be used. They introduced the element way in advance, and if you remembered it you could basically figure out what a character was gonna do before it did. If you guessed wrong it was a flaw in your reasoning, not just an unknown factor.
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