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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
to watch while im high! but NOT elfen lied, kaiji, eden east, nhk, school days (finished it at last!), hellsing ova, kenshin ova, flcl.. right now im watching steins gate & kaiji s2 but want something compact and epic (a movie would be good too but the only anime movies ive liked so far are end of evangelion, akira and laputa) basically something like elfen lied or eden east | ||
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Latham
9569 Posts
At least that's what I would watch if I were high. | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:26 Latham wrote: Hen Zemi or Kore wa Zombie desu ka? At least that's what I would watch if I were high. Hen Zemi. Zombie is fucking awful. | ||
Nagisama
Canada4481 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:07 MoonBear wrote: Sanzenin Nagisama, please tell me more about Haru-kun since you live with her now. She is so adorable~ Pfft, all about Hina XD H-I-N-A Hinagiku Hai Hai! | ||
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KazeHydra
Japan2788 Posts
On September 10 2011 06:51 Zeke50100 wrote: With the chart, it's much more difficult to ask for feedback without individually going through each of them. While the theme of things may be roughly the same, every show, book, movie, etc. is different. Someone saying "If you like Sci-Fi, watch Star Wars or Star Trek" is pretty awkward, considering both are completely different. I'll admit I was being a vague prick, though. I tend to do that :/ In general, I want to avoid things that are completely focused on romance. Some is fine, but I've had too much of that stuff in literature recently, so something that doesn't shove it in my face would be best (mind you, that's different from having a romantic theme, where it's subtly embedded within the story). I also enjoy realism to an extent. I'm fine with fantastic worlds, but characters who lack variety or are obsessively about one thing pisses me off (i.e. Shirou >.<). Action is always nice so long as there isn't anything else cut for the sake of action. Also, something with more of a point than Lucky Star would help, although I guess most stuff falls under that category  Although I still want to see what everybody's favorites are. It's interesting to see what kind of tastes people have ^_^ I don't really agree with that kind of logic, unless you're looking for only really specific types of anime that suit all your tastes. As someone who likes sci-fi, I enjoyed both Star Wars and Star Trek despite their vast differences. How is it awkward to recommend both to someone also interested in sci-fi? Not liking romance means: don't watch anything from the romance genre, it seems pretty clear and helpful to me. Realism as in "could occur in the real world?" Or is that preference limited to character personality? I agree flat and static characters are bad but, that's still kind of a vague specification because you're going to get good characters in good anime. Do you want them to develop over time or is it fine as long as they are interesting but stay the same? Do you want an anime that focuses on the characters rather than plot or do you want it to focus on the plot coupled with believable characters? You want action so things under action are a good place to start, but what do you mean nothing is cut for the sake of action? I mean, generally *something* will be absent from the show just because it's an action. This may be a lack of plot, a lack of character development, a lack of comedy...do you actually mean you don't want action for the sake of action? That would be different and helpful. And yes, you're right, almost everything has "more of a [plot]" than Lucky Star because it doesn't have one. That tells me nothing. I'm sorry, it's just that normally people list series they have enjoyed in the past and we respond with similar ones and that's it. | ||
Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:21 FFGenerations wrote: im looking for something short (12 eps or less i guess) and extremely compelling and interesting (no slice of life/drama) to watch while im high! but NOT elfen lied, kaiji, eden east, nhk, school days (finished it at last!), hellsing ova, kenshin ova, flcl.. right now im watching steins gate & kaiji s2 but want something compact and epic (a movie would be good too but the only anime movies ive liked so far are end of evangelion, akira and laputa) basically something like elfen lied or eden east Denpateki na Kanojo. 2 episode ova. | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
will check out the suggestions tnx | ||
MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:21 FFGenerations wrote: im looking for something short (12 eps or less i guess) and extremely compelling and interesting (no slice of life/drama) to watch while im high! FLCL is 6 episodes. Puni Puni Poemy is 2 episodes. Both of them are incredibly avant-garde and after watching a bit I had to stop to recollect me thoughts. I can imagine they would be hilarious to watch while high. On September 10 2011 07:30 Nagisama wrote: Pfft, all about Hina XD H-I-N-A Hinagiku Hai Hai! Shizuka Itou has the best voice ever. Her Character CD songs are great as well. I've memorised so many songs because I listened to them so much hehe. Also, Hina is probably a tsundere done right. But Chiharu and Aika are too adorable~ | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
On September 10 2011 06:51 Zeke50100 wrote: With the chart, it's much more difficult to ask for feedback without individually going through each of them. While the theme of things may be roughly the same, every show, book, movie, etc. is different. Someone saying "If you like Sci-Fi, watch Star Wars or Star Trek" is pretty awkward, considering both are completely different. I'll admit I was being a vague prick, though. I tend to do that :/ In general, I want to avoid things that are completely focused on romance. Some is fine, but I've had too much of that stuff in literature recently, so something that doesn't shove it in my face would be best (mind you, that's different from having a romantic theme, where it's subtly embedded within the story). I also enjoy realism to an extent. I'm fine with fantastic worlds, but characters who lack variety or are obsessively about one thing pisses me off (i.e. Shirou >.<). Action is always nice so long as there isn't anything else cut for the sake of action. Also, something with more of a point than Lucky Star would help, although I guess most stuff falls under that category Although I still want to see what everybody's favorites are. It's interesting to see what kind of tastes people have ^_^ Tears to Tiara Scrapped Princess Dragon Crisis 30-sai no token taiiku Seikon no Qwaser Rosario + Vampire Nana to Kaoru Mayoi Neko Overrun Zero no Tsukaima Dance in the Vampire Bund Senkou no Night Raid Kanokon Astarotte no Omocha Togainu no Chi The legend of Blue Wolves Pico to Chico | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10665 Posts
On September 10 2011 05:58 Zeke50100 wrote: So, what's everybody's favorite anime? I'm sort of looking for something to watch while I have nothing to do, but I'm not exactly sure on what genre I like the best (I'm not very picky). Over the summer, I've seen: Hidan no Aria Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Well, I sort of jumped my way through Endless Eight >.<) Shakugan no Shana Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Angel Beats! (<3) Clannad/After Story Lucky Star Fate/stay night Puella Magi Madoka Magica And other stuff that I can't think of off the top of my head. I'm really only interested in currently completed anime, really (at least, complete seasons). I don't want to risk being spoiled or having to wait for another episode if I jump into one that's still airing I'm not biased against shows that were originally VNs or whatever, so it would be nice if any hatred for shows simply because they didn't live up to the expectations of the VN would be forgotten >.>inb4schooldays According to your list, you would prolly definitely like Ano Hana. Its a must watch for everyone imo, even if you're into anime or not. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10665 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:21 FFGenerations wrote: im looking for something short (12 eps or less i guess) and extremely compelling and interesting (no slice of life/drama) to watch while im high! but NOT elfen lied, kaiji, eden east, nhk, school days (finished it at last!), hellsing ova, kenshin ova, flcl.. right now im watching steins gate & kaiji s2 but want something compact and epic (a movie would be good too but the only anime movies ive liked so far are end of evangelion, akira and laputa) basically something like elfen lied or eden east Puella Magica Madoka | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
yayyyyyyyyy | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On September 09 2011 23:44 Blasterion wrote: Zakus are like marines and hellions you just reactor pump them, but they "suck" or well aren't quality pieces. Gundams are like thors, require tech lab, long time, and alot of tech, but is a strong unit A Zaku vs Gundam is more like something obsolete from Broodwar, vs something newer/more advanced that replaces it in Broodwar. After the Gundam and GMs started rolling out, the Zeon paniced and started producing tons of new mobile suits to try and counter, but never really rolled out a mass production line like the Zaku. They tried Goufs, Doms, Rick Doms, and Geloogs (the last of which barely made the last 2 weeks of the war lol), but since they were crazy and spent tons of money on all these different types of suits, they weren't able to keep up with GM production. The Zaku was most plentiful because they had already mass produced it like crazy, and Zaku pilots were more skilled/expereinced than new GM pilots, so their numbers were able to stay high though the end of the war, simply because there were tons of left over Zakus. On September 10 2011 04:52 Nagisama wrote: I'm sorry to Sent in advance if this is a terrible analogy, but it's the only thing I've seen and have somewhat knowledge of. Also, since I haven't actually watched any of the UC gundam series yet, my knowledge of Zaku's is probably limited to what Sent posted earlier. While I believe that from what Sent has said, if the Zaku II were the only mobile suits for a long period of time during that One Year War, then yes, I would say they were pretty overpowered, but only because the Earth Federation had nothing that could compete with the Zaku II in terms of firepower, mobility etc. The analogy I bring is, between the GINNs for ZAFT and the mobile armours/battleships of the Earth Alliance. The GINN's were far superior to anything the Alliance had to offer, to the point where a few GINN's are able to wipe out entire space fleets of the Alliance (Sure ZAFT also had the Duel/Buster/Aegis gundams, but I'm sure the GINN's could have done it by themselves too). The only thing the Earth Alliance had going for them was the fact that they outnumbered ZAFT by a fair amount. Eventually, the Earth Alliance developed their own mobile suits, the Strike Daggers, and the GINN's while still slightly superior, were reduced to cannon fodder the rest of the series. Also cause Kira got the Freedom gundam and was untouchable by anything except other gundams. I'm sure another important factor for what made the GINN's so superior was because the Coordinators were also better in every way compared to Naturals. (Faster reaction times, physical strength, mental capabilities etc etc etc). Also: What about the Tallgeese? =D outdated prototype being stronger than the mass produced, newer Leos. The Tallgeese wasn't really outdated, its just that Japan has a funny idea about Prototypes. In pretty much all Gundam shows, prototypes are always better than MP types. Its because in Gundam, when they make a prototype, the developers throw together all the latest technology onto the suit with little regard for cost at all. And then, when they decide to MP, they start cutting cost and scaling things back. Gundam vs GM, Strike vs Strike Daggers, etc etc. The Tallgeese was much more advanced and powerful than ALL of Oz's mobile suits in Wing, at least for half the series. Its just that the Tallgeese had the unfortunate side effect of killing its own pilot, that they scaled back on it a ton to get the Leo. The GINN in SEED was in a pretty much identical situation as the Zaku, with the exception that Zaft made alot of different models for the Earth, like for example the BeCue. GINNs weren't as good as later models, but at the time of the GINN's development, there were no other models in around to compete with, so there was little reason to try and develop the GINN for anti-mobile suit combat (same as the Zaku). On September 10 2011 05:58 Zeke50100 wrote: So, what's everybody's favorite anime? I'm sort of looking for something to watch while I have nothing to do, but I'm not exactly sure on what genre I like the best (I'm not very picky). Over the summer, I've seen: Hidan no Aria Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Well, I sort of jumped my way through Endless Eight >.<) Shakugan no Shana Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Angel Beats! (<3) Clannad/After Story Lucky Star Fate/stay night Puella Magi Madoka Magica And other stuff that I can't think of off the top of my head. I'm really only interested in currently completed anime, really (at least, complete seasons). I don't want to risk being spoiled or having to wait for another episode if I jump into one that's still airing I'm not biased against shows that were originally VNs or whatever, so it would be nice if any hatred for shows simply because they didn't live up to the expectations of the VN would be forgotten >.>inb4schooldays My top 5 are Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Robotech, One Piece, Gundam SEED, and Getter Robo Armageddon. LoGH: Its a 110 episode space opera, and in my opinion is the best anime ever made. Its long, its kinda old, but its really good. The characters, the politics, the scale, I loved everything. IMO, LoGH isn't an anime you watch, but one you experience. Some people think its overrated, and think that I overhype it, but lol@hyping my own opinion, fuck them. Robotech: My nostalgia for this show knows no match. This was my first anime, and I still love it. Robotech was the americanized dub/rewrite of 3 80s shows, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Space Calvery Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. The 3 shows were rewritten/edited into 1 continuous timeline, and spans about 70 episodes. Macross, one of the shows that was included in Robotech, is considered a classic, and one of the most influential animes of the 80s, pretty close to the original Mobile Suit Gundam in importance. Robotech gets hate from purist, and people who can't stand their favorite show was turned into Robotech, but fuck them they are crazy. One Piece: I guess this violates your "currently airrng" rule, but the show is 500 episodes long currently, and still going. Its without question the best shounen show out there, and IMO the best one ever made. Of the "Big 3" (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece), One Piece is the only one thats any good. Its so good that a mod made a One Piece exception, to allow its discussion in this thread, unlike the still current ban on Naruto/Bleach. Gundam SEED: I had seen Gundam shows before, but this one really drew me in. Me being a big fan of BOTH Robotech and Gundam SEED is probably strange for how big of a mecha fan I am, but whatever. SEED only gets hate because of its sequel, anyway. SEED is the perfect show to get into Gundam with, has a good story, engaging characters, cool mobile suits, good music, etc etc. It was really well done. Getter Robo Armageddon: This is a "Super Robot" show. It is hot-blooded, has some of the most badass/manly main characters from ANY show (even more badass/manly than Gurren Lagann), good production values, good story, absoletely epic moments, and just everything that I look for in a super robot show. These shows might not be your cup of tea, but they are my top 5. Not necessarily top 5 for recommendation, but w/e. | ||
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KazeHydra
Japan2788 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:47 Gao Xi wrote: Tears to Tiara Scrapped Princess Dragon Crisis 30-sai no token taiiku Seikon no Qwaser Rosario + Vampire Nana to Kaoru Mayoi Neko Overrun Zero no Tsukaima Dance in the Vampire Bund Senkou no Night Raid Kanokon Astarotte no Omocha Togainu no Chi The legend of Blue Wolves Pico to Chico wtf? Seikon no Qwaser but no Manyuu Hikenchou? Astarotte no Omocha but no Hidan no Aria? where is Asobi ni Iku yo? Kampfer? Kiss x Sis? I can't agree with this list. | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On September 10 2011 05:46 Southlight wrote: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=94273¤tpage=1315#26299 ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sYLpL.png) .... Where do you dig up all this stuff.... | ||
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aers
United States1210 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:47 Gao Xi wrote: Tears to Tiara Scrapped Princess Dragon Crisis 30-sai no token taiiku Seikon no Qwaser Rosario + Vampire Nana to Kaoru Mayoi Neko Overrun Zero no Tsukaima Dance in the Vampire Bund Senkou no Night Raid Kanokon Astarotte no Omocha Togainu no Chi The legend of Blue Wolves Pico to Chico This is an absolutely excellent troll list. | ||
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Iodem
United States1173 Posts
On September 10 2011 08:19 KazeHydra wrote: wtf? Seikon no Qwaser but no Manyuu Hikenchou? Astarotte no Omocha but no Hidan no Aria? where is Asobi ni Iku yo? Kampfer? Kiss x Sis? I can't agree with this list. I'm quite certain that's a troll list, particularly because of it having the sequel to Boku no Pico at the end of it. On September 10 2011 08:11 FFGenerations wrote: oh shit i just remembered i was watching the new .hack/ ova (2 eps iirc) yayyyyyyyyy .hack//Qunatum 3 episodes long, and I thought it was a pretty fun watch. First episode is basically "Onyxia Raid Wipe" the Anime, and is the best part imo. ...Kinda makes you wish they'd do a .hack// series without the whole 'lol MC is now in a coma' and just have a nice slice of life anime of school kids playing the game for fun. | ||
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KazeHydra
Japan2788 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:46 MoonBear wrote: FLCL is 6 episodes. Puni Puni Poemy is 2 episodes. Both of them are incredibly avant-garde and after watching a bit I had to stop to recollect me thoughts. I can imagine they would be hilarious to watch while high. Shizuka Itou has the best voice ever. Her Character CD songs are great as well. I've memorised so many songs because I listened to them so much hehe. Also, Hina is probably a tsundere done right. But Chiharu and Aika are too adorable~ I'll just use my 500th post to say that Hina alone is such a good character but when voiced by Shizuka Itou, she becomes almost too amazing <3 | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
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HitoriTomoyo
Canada264 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:46 MoonBear wrote: Also, Hina is probably a tsundere done right. Hinagiku is a tsundere done right. She's just so much more than an embodiment of polarizing adolescent feelings/mindsets, she has proven (moreso in the manga imo, I'm not a huge fan of some of the liberties that the anime adaptation has taken) herself a deep, fleshed-out, versatile character that has taken a life of her own. She represents most, if not all, of the archetypical tsundere characteristics whilst (somewhat) twisting them in relatively unexpected, various ways that allows her character to be more "alive" for a lack of a better description. Imo, pretty much the above description can be attributed to almost any Hayate no Gotoku! character as they don't completely stay within their archetypical boundaries, but Hinagiku arguably stands out the most admist her fellow admirable cast. | ||
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