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Good anime to start watching?
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IMoperator
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:24 IMoperator wrote: I don't watch anime at all (well, I watched a little bit of Dragon Ball Z and Naruto) and I'm interested in finding an anime series to watch. What's a good one that's pretty easy to get into and is really good? Do you have some genres/themes you like? Do you want something for younger or mature audiences? Sci-fi, romance, comedy, slice of life, critically acclaimed, etc. give some specifications. Or alternatively just watch Neon Genesis Evangelion because it has everything. | ||
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sharky246
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:29 sharky246 wrote: Death note, best anime/manga ever and i'm sure anyone who usually watches animes and manga will agree. Death note is great but only bother with the first half (first 24 episodes). The other half is garbage. I remember back in BW days when Death Note first came out and all the progamers liked to practice using the IDs "L" and "Light." | ||
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JonsaBoy
Denmark457 Posts
Personally, I usually recommend romantic comedies to my friends getting into anime because they're generally the easiest to get into. Try something like Toradora! (you can also find this on the chart above) | ||
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sharky246
1197 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:32 Sinensis wrote: Death note is great but only bother with the first half (first 24 episodes). The other half is garbage. I remember back in BW days when Death Note first came out and all the progamers liked to practice using the IDs "L" and "Light." what's wrong with the 2nd half? | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + The best character in the whole show is dead. And I hated the idea of the L training organization. He was supposed to be a unique super genius. | ||
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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ymir233
United States8275 Posts
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sharky246
1197 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:36 Sinensis wrote: + Show Spoiler + The best character in the whole show is dead. And I hated the idea of the L training organization. He was supposed to be a unique super genius. + Show Spoiler + But the storyline is what makes death note so great. If the story had other different characters as the main, it would still be just as good. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14054 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:39 Sumahi wrote: I like to watch anime that are more philosophical in their themes and so I recommend the original Evangelion for that. It can take itself way too seriously sometimes, but in terms of having such a rich textured storyline, I think its one of the best. It's my personal favorite anime but I'd not recommend it to people new to the whole thing, simply because it can be... confusing without lots of background info. -Death Note -Berserk (Medival-ish story, pretty cool and defined characters, lots of brawling and epic battle music) -GunGRAVE (Kind of a mafia-esque story with lots of shooting and a strong connected story. Also includes lots of "superhuman" fun things people encounter.) -Cowboy Bebop (Space Cowboys. Bountyhunters running around and.. trying to collect bounties. Quite awesome story in the long run, AWESOME music) | ||
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Unleashing
Denmark14978 Posts
On November 23 2012 19:29 sharky246 wrote: Death note, best anime/manga ever and i'm sure anyone who usually watches animes and manga will agree. No i'm sure that anybody who can realize major plotholes and the likes will realize that after a certain point it plummets and becomes incredibly mediocre, only being saved by animation and soundtrack. There are a ton of better animes and mangas. The death note anime is fine, but if the animation and soundtrack hadn't been as superb as they were, it would really only be a mediocre anime. The story has a lot of flaws, but it's a fine anime, but calling it the best ever really isn't true, it might be your opinion, which is fine, but yea. If you want to get into anime, i'd recommend something like Cowboy bebop, it's the only thing i'll recommend with this little information, give me more information about genres and stuff and i can make a more educated guess at a series you'd enjoy. Also, generally sub>dub. Edit: This isn't the thread to discuss death note though, so i wont go further down that path of discussion. | ||
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
was ruined after L died. They also made Light into some crazed psychopath rather than the character he started out as, which was supremely disappointing. And to me, the drawing changed a lot as the series went on; might be my imagination. That and they killed Light, which was just stupid. As for some good to start out with, I'd stray from long running ones so you can watch something and get an idea for your tastes and the genres. To cover some basic bases: Death Note Ouran High School Host Club Samurai Champloo Neon Genesis Evangelion | ||
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cosine
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also, most people enjoy Cowboy Bebop: odds are you're one of them. | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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Xiahou
Singapore80 Posts
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IMoperator
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Ikidomari
Australia485 Posts
one of the main characters death, and name But here's a list of what I'd recommend in no particular order. Death-Note - genius gets a note that lets him kill people, and does battle with a genius who wants to stop him Mirai Nikki - a god gives 13 people the ability to see fragments of a possible future, and makes them battle to the death Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Giant robots, manly speeches, epic fights. Steins; Gate - Scientist accidentally invents a form of time travel, shit goes down. Darker than Black - some humans have superpowers, all of them have a consequence for using them, except one guy with no consequence who hunts/kills other super humans. Elfen Lied - (my first anime) a naked chick with weird powers kills a lot of people Code Geass - Genius with a superpower controls people fighting in giant robots Angel Beats! - watch it and find out The next ones are all sort of girly, but still good. maybe not your best anime to start on, but work your way through them after you've watched some other anime Lucky Star Chuubinyou Kokoro Connect Clannad / Clannad Afterstory Kanon K-On! | ||
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sharky246
1197 Posts
It will make you jaws drop. That's how good it is. | ||
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