anime/manga

[Fayd]

okay, so i've been watching anime and reading manga pretty much nonstop for the past couple weeks. (aside from applying to jobs, exercise, eating..etc)

i've watched:

Code Geass (and R2) <-- favorite
Claymore
Bleach
Naruto
Inuyasha
Ouran High School Host Club <-- second favorite
Ah! My Goddess! <-- just finished
Rosario + Vampire
dot hack everything
Serial Experiments Lain

some others

I've also read the assosciated mangas for everything mentioned above (assuming they had one) as well as: (notables mentioned here)

Vampire Knight
No Bra <--- Wish they'd hurry and translate more of this
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Some others...


I guess i like ecchi + shounen type stuff, but does anyone have any suggestions on others i might like? I've seen some of the Gundam Wing stuff, but I couldnt stand the first series. (maybe because of bad animation...maybe cause of bad dubbing..and not having the undubbed stuff) I've also seen some of the more stupid anime like sailor moon, but i couldnt take 5 minutes of that.

I've been trying to find berzerk!, but i cant find it. at least, not in a format i'll accept. I'll continue looking for it tho.

 

[Baked]

Ikki-Tousen?

 

[Furyline]

Originally posted by: Fayd
Code Geass (and R2) <-- favorite

Death Note runs with a similar idea of someone with a secret power trying to change the world by executing his Sweet Plans.

 

[Fayd]

i'll check em both out. any other ideas?

EDIT: I seem to have a LOT of time on my hands these days.

 

[Tiamat]

Full Metal Panic, Fumoffu, TSR
Mahoromatic
Onegai Teacher
Tenchi Muyo! OVAs if you can find them

Maybe:
Special A, Sekirei, To-Love RU,

 

[Chronoshock]

I've found a good place to browse for new things to watch is AniDB (sorted by most reviews). Most shows are tagged, so its easy to find relevant stuff.

As for stuff I've watched and enjoyed,
Azumanga Daioh
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note (as mentioned)
Full Metal Panic + sequels
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (really excellent series)
Gunslinger Girl
Haibane Renmei
Honey & Clover
Stuff by Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters per Second, The Place Promised in our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star)
Noir
Planetes
Samurai Champloo
Trigun
Visions of Escaflowne
Yakitate Japan

 

[Howard]

Yakitate!! Japan (anime and manga)
Berserk (manga, anime optional)
Bleach (manga, anime optional)
Claymore (manga, anime optional)
Death Note (manga, anime optional)
Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)
Gantz (manga)
Monster (anime and manga)
Rurouni Kenshin (manga, anime optional)
Code Geass (anime)
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)
Sekirei (manga)
Bitter Virgin (manga)
Hajime no Ippo (anime and manga)
Zetman (manga)
Dragon Ball (manga)
Cowboy Bebop (anime)

 

[ChaoZ]

Death Note
Samurai Champloo
Midori Days
Love Hina
Hand Maid May
Onegai Teacher
Gundam Seed
School Rumble
Initial D
One Piece, Bleach, Hunter X Hunter (all kinda like Naruto but not really)
D. Gray Man
Vandread
Full Metal Alchemist
Hikaru no go
Prince of tennis (beware that it starts sucking really bad towards the end)

 

[Kirby]

Lol, I liked ouran high school host club too. it's weird as hell.

death note was too damn long.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Lol, I liked ouran high school host club too. it's weird as hell.

death note was too damn long.

it's a unique anime. i love the outlandish scenarios, and people asking why this is happening.

"did there used to be a grand piano here?"

"well yeah.. it is a music room..."

 

[Fayd]

well, i watched neon genesis evangelion... was pretty good.

I watched ikki tousen, but it wasnt really what i was looking for 🙁 seems it had ecchi for the sole purpose of having ecchi, to the point that it's target audience is strictly limited to 14 year old boys :/

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Full Metal Panic, Fumoffu, TSR
Mahoromatic
Onegai Teacher
Tenchi Muyo! OVAs if you can find them

Maybe:
Special A, Sekirei, To-Love RU,

Absolutely loved this one. Just watched it over the last few days, so much better than the rest of the whole harem highschool crap that's out there (Kanon, Kodomo No Jikan, Kanokon, Clannad, etc.). Hopefully they'll have more.

 

[Kirby]

lol, nice bump. i just started watching azumanga diaoh. it's pretty funny. i've also seen the drama for hana yori dango, and i've heard the manga is good too.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
lol, nice bump. i just started watching azumanga diaoh. it's pretty funny. i've also seen the drama for hana yori dango, and i've heard the manga is good too.

My wife loves Azumanga Daioh, about half of the 1TB of video on my HTPC is anime right now, we've pretty much watched all of it too.

Another you may like if you like AD is Minami-ke, very similar.

 

[fustercluck]

Was wanting to get into some anime again recently so I took a look at Planetes as many suggested. Was really bored with it through the first 4 episodes though, just seemed like run of the mill anime stuff. Think I'm going to move on to something else.

 

[Aikouka]

I started watching Astro Sun Fighter Red myself... it's such a strange anime and has an odd art style to it. It's about a Seinen (I can never spell that word... the Japanese term for masked fighter... it's what Power Rangers are) fighter that's umm I guess you could say living the opposite life as seen in some shows. The bad guys are weenies and are practically frightened by Red yelling at them.

Although it doesn't hold a candlestick to Guu when it comes to odd fun.

Originally posted by: Sphexi
about half of the 1TB of video on my HTPC is anime right now

You should take a peek at my media server 😉. Let's just say that I need something larger than 2TB HDD to get all my anime in one "place."

 

[abaez]

I can't find the old thread where someone posted an answer - are there any animes out there like "School Days" ??

 

[Ika]

Thought I'd throw in an "Elfen Lied" recommendation here.

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: abaez
I can't find the old thread where someone posted an answer - are there any animes out there like "School Days" ??

try higurashi, theres two seasons of it

@OP

try Xamdou, utawaremono, gundam 00, the melancholy of suzumiya haruhi, hajime no ippo

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
I started watching Astro Sun Fighter Red myself... it's such a strange anime and has an odd art style to it. It's about a Seinen (I can never spell that word... the Japanese term for masked fighter... it's what Power Rangers are) fighter that's umm I guess you could say living the opposite life as seen in some shows. The bad guys are weenies and are practically frightened by Red yelling at them.

Although it doesn't hold a candlestick to Guu when it comes to odd fun.

Originally posted by: Sphexi
about half of the 1TB of video on my HTPC is anime right now

You should take a peek at my media server 😉. Let's just say that I need something larger than 2TB HDD to get all my anime in one "place."

I've got three 500GB in a RAID5 now, I'll be moving that array over to my home server, and probably tossing in three 1.5TB drives once the prices come down (and reliability goes up) as replacements. The box also has three tuners in it (one single and one dual card), which is constantly recording stuff, so it fills up quick.