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Top 5 Anime Shows

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I still occasionally find myself humming:

Fight the comet empire
battle with the blazing fire
Filled with the hope that
Earth will survive

So keep peace alive with

our

Star

Blazers!

~Aldin
 
CupidsArt said:
5. Samurai Champloo (I was commissioned to MOD the Ninjas like these three, :) )

Man I can't wait to see that. I loved Samurai Champloo. I'm guessing the "landing from a jump" ninja is Mugen, right? :)
 
Naruto is Schlock????


Oh yeah. It is. :p
But I still liked it. 20 minutes a week of good and simple fun, followed by silly speculative conversation about "who would win if they fought"

Ditto for Bleach.

Trigun isn't schlock because of the story arc being so nicely constructed.

Cowboy Bebop had episodes I really didn't like, and most of the episodes weren't really useful in defining the greater plot. There was only one episode of Samurai Champloo I didn't like (number 2, blech). The soundtrack on Champloo is fantastic, good chilling/driving music.
 
Am I the only one that disliked Lain? I just found it extremely boring. Give me brain numbing CN anime over that anyday.
 
yagyuninja said:
CupidsArt said:
5. Samurai Champloo (I was commissioned to MOD the Ninjas like these three, :) )

Man I can't wait to see that. I loved Samurai Champloo. I'm guessing the "landing from a jump" ninja is Mugen, right? :)

Yeah, but with a little more "Flay-Va"
 
Before I say anything on this subject, I'll have to put this out there. I have been watching anime for a long time. Probably 15 years now if you count back to watching Robotech and Voltron on television. I like to watch anime that is funny, cute, action based, or just plain entertaining. I don't have to pick it apart or expect huge deep plots in everything I watch. I don't like gory movies or always like my head being messed with when watching shows. In short keep it fun and entertaining and I'm happy. Ah yah and I like some of that "other" stuff too... :p


DragonBall - I've watched it and just don't care for it. I always like to joke that each episode is about two people running at each other shouting at the top of their lungs and fighting and either the area blows up, the region blows up, or the world they are on blows up. Its got some cute moments and an interesting premise but just not for me.

Naruto - I've watched a bit of it and its a neat action series but its to reminicient of Dragonball to me. The fight scenes are certainly neat but after so much fighting I just don't care for it as much.

Robotech - This series was one of the first I watched so it is definitely colored by sentiment. For its day it was an awesome series that mixed fighting with an interesting story plot. I felt the first part was a bit week but the second and third parts had more depth and were more interesting. Anyone wanting to try Robotech I suggest trying to make it through the first part to the section with the Robotech Masters and then the Invid. The series is dated but still good.

Voltron - Lol. This one is hookey by most standards but again is one of the first anime series I watched. Very action based and not much plot. Its reminicient of Power Rangers in this day. Central villian wants world. Sends monsters to stop its defenders. Monster shows up and is destroyed by defenders with cool monster lions and giant robot.

Tenchi Muyo (The first series)- This series is actual best seen as the OVA and not the American release. The plot is much better and the series itself much longer. This series is cute with an ok story line. Something nice to watch when you just want to chill and be entertained.

The Mysterious Play - this series has a very interesting story with the main characters being whisked away to medievel Japan early on and getting tangled in a web to find the chosen warriors of that age. Its been a while since I've seen it but had a fair amount of action, a romantic interest for the main character and some neat plot twists. A bit more heavy than Tenchi. Overall a solid series in my book.

Those Who Hunt Elves - This series is just zany and whacky. A group of people from our world are trapped in an alternate world and the only way they can leave is to find the pieces of a spell on the bodies of various elves throughout the world. They of course have to strip them to find this spell fragment. Yah its one of those ones.... You could probably watch it once and never see it again. Its cute, has a fair amount of curves to it and is fun to watch. Not the best out there but an entertaining series in my book. Young viewers defintley not recommended.

Please Teacher - This series I watched just recently and has a relatively simply story line but has some depth to it overall and was a bit of a tear jerker for me for some reason. *snif* Its a romantic comedy with a little drama thrown in for good measure. If you want an anime that speaks to relationships and some of the more common things you can see happen in them its worth a watch. ITs kind of a space/snaime soap opera. I recommend older viewers watch it as it definitely rings true on some who have been in relationships before. Young viewers defintley not recommended.
 
Wierd can't put rest of post here for some reason odd...

EDIT: Found out why I was trying to use a forbidden word to describe Neon Genesis and the boards didnt like it lol.
 
Sorcerer Hunters - This is another series like Those Who Hunt Elves which involves equal parts action, stories, and curvage. the premises is in an alternate world were Sorcerer rule as corrupt magic users and people are used and thrown away the Sorcerer Hunters are the only ones to stand up to them. The plot is unique but not terribly deep. Young viewers defintley not recommended.

Oh My Goddess - This series is one part fantasy and one part romance with a bit of the usual anime schtick thrown in. Short guy misdials phone and calls goddess help line and ends up with her as a girlfriend. While there are moments of silliness it is a warm and affectionate series and bears watching if you like these kinds of anime. Watch the series before the movie if you can help it.

Video Girl AI - A romantic comedy and another relationship delving anime. Its been so long since I watched it I can only remember bits and pieces but loved it as well.

Hand Made May - A cute series about a guy who is into making his ultimate invention a talking Squidbot lol. He inherits a small anime maid several inches tall that falls in love with him. this isn't A class A anime but certainly funny, cute, curvy and has some cute relationship pieces that talk about what it means to love someone.

Neon Genesis Evangalion - This series is about an apocolyptic time where the race is being attacked by aliens and the only thing defending it are the giant robots piloted by several young kids. Its an action thrill ride gauranteeed to mess with your head. Very good story and overal animation though towards the end it crawls inside your head.

Dual Parrell Universe - This is a more tame version of Neon Genesis without being as crazy and less gory. Overal its a more cute clone that still to me seems as enjoyable to watch. If you want something more cute than serious but still like action I'd recommend checking it out.
 
Rhydderch said:
ROFL! Except the guy dressed as Sailor Moon part. THAT was unnecessary :p

My only regret is being unable to find a picture with a shorter skirt.

Rhydderch said:
Karkadinn said:
I don't care how 'light' a story is, there is no excuse for Bishounen Script Immunity.

Uhh... whats that? :p

Bishounen = A character that conforms to the Japanese ideal of male beauty (IOW, slender, smooth, agile) while also being inhumanly confident and competent in serious situations. Such a character can only be significantly harmed in a serious situation due to dishonorable trickery, his own will for it to be so, or by facing an opposing bishounen. 99% of the time you can tell who the cast bishounen is simply by looking for the most handsome-but-unsmiling person in the cast. Really big, unusual, gravity-defying hair is a bonus.
Kenshin is a bishounen. Other examples include Alucard from the later Castlevania games, Sephiroth of Final Fantasy, Kunzite of Sailor Moon, Zechs of Gundam Wing, and pretty much the entire cast of Heroic Legend of Arslan. In addition, there's at least one female bishounen that I know of, the Major from Ghost in the Shell SAC. I believe she was presented as such to contrast the 'submissive doll' character type that tends to dominate the female gender in anime/manga. But IMHO, going from one extreme to the other doesn't fix anything. Moderation is always the key.
I dislike bishounen as heroic figures because they, like the Superman of American comics, are heroic primarily because of an impossible innate perfection that can't be achieved in the real world, thus reducing any moral or philosophical messages within the story to irrelevance. I don't mind them so much as antagonistic figures, but they're still overused by lazy writers as ways to present credible threats without having to add any real depth to the character.

Rhydderch said:
That explains a lot of your choices for best anime and schlock anime then. You picked all the "weird" :)P) anime because its harder to predict. Hehe. Actually I enjoyed a lot of the odd anime although I never did get to finish Boogiepop. Also I have a non-anime question for you: what do you think of HP Lovecraft? Most of his stories are incredibly predictable but I personally think his strength comes in the presentation of the predictable, in the style of the reveal, even if you already know what the reveal will be. Since you despise predictability I'm definitely interested in how you feel about his work.

I own a Cthulhu plushie. 8)
I do consider unpredictability to be the chief virtue of modern storytelling, and predictability to be the chief sin. However, I grant significant leniency towards older storytelling, such as the works of Lovecraft, Tolkien, and Dickens, because what is cliche now was not necessarily cliche then, when the art of storytelling through non-oral presentation was much younger and newer to the world. For instance, I'm sick to death of Tolkien style elves, but I don't hate the Lord of the Rings because they were invented there. I'm just tired of everyone copying LOTR without even throwing in a decent parody or metacommentary or anything.
So yeah, what Lovecraft writes of is cliche now, but it wasn't when he was writing it, so I can read his stuff with all due enjoyment, keeping that in mind. In particular, I enjoy his grotesque and imaginative descriptions for monster aesthetics. And there's no denying his prose style really draws you in if you let it, same as with Dickens. Verbose, but very vivid for being so.
 
Karkadinn said:
Rhydderch said:
ROFL! Except the guy dressed as Sailor Moon part. THAT was unnecessary :p

My only regret is being unable to find a picture with a shorter skirt.

Thank goodness you did not find a picture with a shorter skirt. Anyway there's a specific picture out there which is really really bad. Its of a really large guy is in some sort of sailor moon type costume except its too (way) small...

I was subjected to it when some of the club members decided I hadn't suffered enough :p

Karkadinn said:
Bishounen = A character that conforms to the Japanese ideal of male beauty

Oh I know what Bishounen means I just didn't know what you meant by script immunity. I usually just define Bishounen by whether or not the character is fair or otherwise feminine. Of course Japan may have its animated Bishounen but we have our real life Bishounen:

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I dislike Bishounen but can see past it so I'm still able to enjoy a lot of the lighter anime. I'm surprised you've seen so much anime when you dislike predictable plots and Bishounen! I mean my friends and I are huge fans of Kenshin but I think you're the only person I know who sat through and suffered through the entirety of the third arc :shock:

Karkadinn said:
I own a Cthulhu plushie. 8)

I want one of those! Haha. Those are cool little buggers.

Karkadinn said:
I do consider unpredictability to be the chief virtue of modern storytelling, and predictability to be the chief sin. However, I grant significant leniency towards older storytelling, such as the works of Lovecraft, Tolkien, and Dickens, because what is cliche now was not necessarily cliche then, when the art of storytelling through non-oral presentation was much younger and newer to the world.

Yah I feel the same way about older material. Honestly I do not think LOTR is the "best" fantasy ever written if it is simply compared to every other fantasy. However I think it holds an incredibly important place because of its historical value, sort of like some of the Halls of Valhalla customs.

Dickens was painful to read though. I never really enjoyed Great Expectations. It relied too much on a contrived story and coincidences. I did like A Tale of Two Cities even though I predicted the end pretty much as soon as they introduced the girl and the two characters who liked her.
 
I didn't include Afro Samurai, because I wasn't sure if it was actually anime or not-someone enlighten me on this one. Inuyasha got on my list cause I really liked it when it first came on. Now it would most likely be replaced by Samurai Champloo, Ruroni Kenshin, or Ronin Warriors. I would also like to give an honorable mention the the mini-series Blue Submarine #6.

5. Yu Yu Hakusho-the only anime show I've seen that n compare too its original manga
4. Inuyasha-the first season was good, then it went to crap
3. Outlaw Star-it was short, but good
2. Dragon Ball (Z) -- none of that GT crap, though
1. Cowboy Bebop
 
I'm not sure if I can come up with 5, but I'll try:

1. Code Geass (note the Kallen avi ;) )
2. Silent Mobius
3. Geneshaft
4. Lain
5. Last Exile

2-5 were on "Anime Unleashed" (G4 are idiots for taking that off the air). I know my list is relatively old, but I just got back into anime with Code Geass (thanks STAR! :D ). I would watch the other anime shows on Adult Swim, but I would have no clue what the storyline was about and get lost immediately.
 
1. Eureka Seven
2. Code Geass(Me and NiteRaider are in love with this now. Go KALLEN!!)
3. Bleach
4. Death Note
5. Samurai Champloo
6. Naruto
7. Ghost in the Shell
8. Full Metal Panic Fumaffo(The comedy version of the show.)
9. Blood+
10. One Piece

:up: :)
 
1. Eureka Seven
2. Code Geass(Me and NiteRaider are in love with this now. Go KALLEN!!)
3. Bleach
4. Death Note
10. Samurai Champloo
6. Naruto
7. Ghost in the Shell
8. Full Metal Panic Fumaffo(The comedy version of the show.)
9. Blood+
5. One Piece

:up: :)

Fixed. :p

I haven't watched Anime in forever but I used to like Dragonball (forever ago) and Inuyasha (not as long ago).
 
1. Code Geass

Ugh. Admittantly, I'm only four episodes in, but from what I've heard, it doesn't get much better than Episode 2... and it's a snore fest. I needed to FORCE myself to watch this far. Heck, I'd rather spend my time with Blue Dragon...
 
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