Anime Discussion Thread - Page 2299

On September 01 2012 01:11 Rebs wrote:




Its a pretty good resource. Mal and ANN will give you more headaches if you dont watch to much.

On September 01 2012 02:04 ragz_gt wrote:
MAL = http://myanimelist.net/ reviews there are more useful than other places though still alot of troll reviews.

ANN = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ the suggestion is only thing I like there really, reviews are generally pretty bad.

First thing I can think of is Full Metal Panic (original, Fumoffu, the second raid), a mech anime that rate very highly by almost everyone. original and TSR are main stories and Fumoffu is all about funny side stories.

If you want get into some older stuff, the 08th MS team, or Gundam 0080. Those two are best early gundams IMOH and they don't requires you to watch other stuff (as compared to all the Char ones).

Gundam Seed is good, Seed Destiny is NOT good (but you might want try that anyway if you enjoy Seed).

Last Exile is REALLY good steam punk anime with plenty of aerial battle action. There is a sequel, but you are better off pretending it doesn't exist.

Kara no Kyoukai movie you should definitely watch. They are written by Nasu Kinoko, who wrote F/SN (and Tsukihime), but Fate / Zero is written by Urobuchi Gen, who also wrote Puella Magi Madoka Magica which you might want check out (be warned his works tends to be highly disturbing, F/Z is probably the most tame of his work). KnK is made by Ufotable (same as F/Z) but with full movie budget for each.

If you enjoyed Angel Beats, you might want check out Air / Kanon / Clannad and upcoming Little Buster, all of which written by Maeda Jun and in the similar style. Kanon make sure you get the 06 version by KyoAni and not the earlier Toei one

If you just want try some good ones that's not really similar to the ones you listed and see anything works, Serial Experiments Lain, Dennou Coil, Noir, Gunslinger Girls, Haibane Renmei, Aria, Honey & Clover, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Gungrave, Trigun, Buccano, Cross Game, Nana, Katanagatari, Kaleido Star, Mushishi all worth check out.

On September 01 2012 01:40 XenOmega wrote:


Yea, that's where I first found Death Note. I actually tried some mecha from the chart : Neon Evangelion, Eureka 7, code Geas. (I've never completed any of them) but I didn't get into them. Maybe its because I'm bored of the mecha, dunno. Also saw Ghost in the shell, again it was decent but that's it.

Eventually I found FMAB (I thought it was from that list, guess I've found it somewhere else, not sure. Enjoyed it alot.

After Death note, I started posting in this forum asking for some recommendations Somehow got recommended DXD highschool. Found the show decent, but lacking. And then got recommended Hidan no aria and OmamorI Himari. Hidan was half-decent, Omamori was horrible. Both are similar to DxD highschool, so the people who recommended are not to. blame! Also got recommended Rosario vampire... again not my type. Too light-hearted, keep repeating itself, not serious. The concept is interesting, but they aren't exploring the part that would be interesting (IMO), the monster part. It's always naive guy who loves cute girls.

Meanwhile, I also found Guilty Crown (could it be from TL 2011 chart? I don't remember), after 2 episodes, dropped it. From memory, it was visually interesting but never got into the story. That's also when I discovered two animes based on video games : Valkyria Chronicles and Xenosaga. Decided to check them. Well they were good (because I loved the games). Not sure if they are considered good animes though. I'm planning on watching some of the Tales anime when I get time (because I do like these games)

Somehow, I got into Fate/Zero, I think it was the anime chart (not the recommendation, but the other one) Not too sure where and when. Its definitely on TL. Then I was so amazed by the anime that I posted here. And someone suggested looking at the original Stay night, which I did! Also checked the movie UBW

And finally, yesterday, as I was searching for an anime, I found Angel Beats, and loved it.

Yea, that's basically my story ^^
I think my experience with the chart is not very good. Which is probably why I prefer to ask

ps : I should probably add to the list of stuff I've seen : Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Naruto. But I never enjoyed any of these 3 shows.

On September 01 2012 01:40 XenOmega wrote:


Yea, that's where I first found Death Note. I actually tried some mecha from the chart : Neon Evangelion, Eureka 7, code Geas. (I've never completed any of them) but I didn't get into them. Maybe its because I'm bored of the mecha, dunno. Also saw Ghost in the shell, again it was decent but that's it.

Eventually I found FMAB (I thought it was from that list, guess I've found it somewhere else, not sure. Enjoyed it alot.

After Death note, I started posting in this forum asking for some recommendations Somehow got recommended DXD highschool. Found the show decent, but lacking. And then got recommended Hidan no aria and OmamorI Himari. Hidan was half-decent, Omamori was horrible. Both are similar to DxD highschool, so the people who recommended are not to. blame! Also got recommended Rosario vampire... again not my type. Too light-hearted, keep repeating itself, not serious. The concept is interesting, but they aren't exploring the part that would be interesting (IMO), the monster part. It's always naive guy who loves cute girls.

Meanwhile, I also found Guilty Crown (could it be from TL 2011 chart? I don't remember), after 2 episodes, dropped it. From memory, it was visually interesting but never got into the story. That's also when I discovered two animes based on video games : Valkyria Chronicles and Xenosaga. Decided to check them. Well they were good (because I loved the games). Not sure if they are considered good animes though. I'm planning on watching some of the Tales anime when I get time (because I do like these games)

Somehow, I got into Fate/Zero, I think it was the anime chart (not the recommendation, but the other one) Not too sure where and when. Its definitely on TL. Then I was so amazed by the anime that I posted here. And someone suggested looking at the original Stay night, which I did! Also checked the movie UBW

And finally, yesterday, as I was searching for an anime, I found Angel Beats, and loved it.

Yea, that's basically my story ^^
I think my experience with the chart is not very good. Which is probably why I prefer to ask

ps : I should probably add to the list of stuff I've seen : Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Naruto. But I never enjoyed any of these 3 shows.

On September 01 2012 04:22 Emnjay808 wrote:
Watched about 6 eps of Soul Eater last night... It was so good... I couldnt stop myself, each ep ended before I knew it. Saving these last couple eps is gonna be really hard =/

On September 01 2012 04:30 Maxie wrote:


I've watched about 3 episodes, I find it mildly interesting (I like 2 of the couples/teams but dislike the 3rd), but I've heard the ending is beyond terrible so I've dropped it for now. Come back after you've finished it and tell me if I should watch it anyway.

On September 01 2012 05:41 Emnjay808 wrote:
Soul Eater atm is going very strong, Im at the 35ish episode mark. Only about 15eps left for me. I dont really care much if the ending turns out to be crap. What I care about now is how well the characters are developing and how the plot unfolds. Right now its fcking intense!

On September 01 2012 03:08 XenOmega wrote:



Thanks for the recommendations! Seen most of the gundam, waiting for the next episode of Unicorn.

I'm actually leaning for Gunslinger Girls. Read the review + synopsis (is this the correct term?) and think it has good potential.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica : is this the same as Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica ? When I looked it up, that's what showed in my results. I'll check the KnK movie when I can get it

About the comment on ecchi : I enjoyed DxD because of the demon + good universe behind. My biggest complaint was that it was too thin. So when I asked for some recommendations, I guess I got more ecchi -.-
In general, I like the theme good vs bad (cliché, yea). I LOVE it when its grey vs grey (for example, Fate : its not just good guys vs bad guys, each master has reasons to acquire the Grail. Sure Caster+master were evil, and some others maybe too Kirei+archer, but I could feel sympathy for the others, and didn't cheer for one over the others. In fact, even the guy with Berserker was likeable because he wanted to save Sakura!)
Probably that something along the line of Angel vs Demon, or Good vs Bad, but enough grey in between the war would be my taste


ps : Why I loved Death Note. Sure, Light was evil, but it was a "good evil", or an evil that took birth from a somewhat good idea (getting rid of criminals).
Oh and second part of Death Note was really bad (the moment N made his appearance). I personally think the serie would have been better with Light winning it all but ending miserably because of power abuse that backfire.