General Anime Thread - See updated first post.

Pagan's Mind · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:57 pm�� Post subject:

Code Geass and Death Note are some of the best anime around so it's kind of hard to top those.

I would recommend giving Durarara, Baccano, Cowboy Bebop, GTO and Welcome to the NHK a go though.

admeister · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:07 pm�� Post subject:

Trumps Code Geass? That's a fairly big ask.

I'd recommend checking out Guilty Cown since it was created by the same guy who did Code Geass. Also Mirai Nikki since you seem to like more psychologically focused anime. Maybe Evangelion too. I'm surprised that you could watch 15 episodes of Steins;Gate and then say that you don't like it though.

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Scrav · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:36 pm�� Post subject:

Been watching the reboot of Hunter X Hunter. It's certainly not for everyone, but as a fan of the original one, I am enjoying the reboot (which does have its flaws).

It's more of an adventure anime with mystery elements and some darker parts (which can be misleading from the direction of the first few episodes). The main characters all have their interesting elements and because they all have different goals, it is interesting to see them work together.

The first story arc revolves around the hunter exam and I found it interesting the way it all was handled.

The Anime News Network seems to rank it quite well as well.

mikezilla2 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:06 pm�� Post subject:

isnt it just a repeat of everything that's been told in some from ( anime)
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Benza · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:14 pm�� Post subject:

@Coaltrain

Well you've set the bar low with those two. Death Note was just painfull and Code Geass was just full of hilarious racisim. (Serioulsy that show made me cringe)

Baccanno will basically shit on everything youve ever watched. 1940's american gangsters with super powers. so fucking good

FLCL is amazing and is only 6 episodes. Surreal and brilliant.

Samurai Mother fucking Champloo. Mugen is simply one of the coolest characters ever, great episodic show that doesn't force the story in the last two eps like Cowboy bebop does, also a soundtrack by the RZA pretty much seals the deal.

Afro Samurai: Basically Samuel L Jackson as a samurai. If that doesn't tickel your testicals then you're dead to me.

Genius Party Part 1/2: Bunch of short flims made by a bunch fo really good directors, yo'yo's in quality but when it's hot it's fucking scorching.

Gurren Lagan: Turn off your brain and enjoy some absolute insanity.

Basquash!: Basketball with giant robots and giant tits. It's like Gurren Lagann with sport.

If you want to try some movies try
Dead Leaves: Absolute bottled insanity, one of the coolest art styles put into animation.

Tekkonkinkreet: Some of the most gorgeous animation you'll ever see.

Mindgames: Done by the guy that did Tekkonkinkreet and trading in it's touching story of brotherly love for an absolute of nonsense and amazingness.

Aachi and Ssipak: Korean not Japanese but eh, a future where people get paid by the amount they shit, a porn star gets anal fucked with a dildo strapped with heaps of shit sensors so makes a fortune everytime she takes a dump. Amazing movie much better then it sounds.
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LeonJ · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:15 am�� Post subject:

I need to check out Code Geass.

And..Naruto is off filler in early Jan.
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Pagan's Mind · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:28 am�� Post subject:

Benza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:33 am�� Post subject:

oh shit I forgot DMC. That show is fucking amazing.

If you like that you should check out Tentai Senshi Sunred (fucking pain in the arse to find thoguh, managed to find it on some anime streaming site) basically a retired super sentai fighter who still constantly wears his helmet along with just shorts and a t-shirt (and can smoke through his helmet cause fuck why not) is now an unemployed bum mooching off his missus with the super villians still constantly hounding him to fight.

Weird as shit but fucking amazing.

Death Note I thought was really good up untill L and Light started going to the same school as eachother and then it just became a complete wankfest of "If I play this psort, then he will think I'm Light, but if I don't he will think I'm avoiding it so I don't know he's light, but if I do play then maybe he will think I'm trying to throw him off because Light would never do that because it would reveal himself but if I dont...." etc etc etc.... Jesus fucking christ it was bad.

That said the second opening is just balls out amazing

Oh also back to recomendations for Coltrain, Gankustuou. Basically the man in the iron mask told as this weird amalgamation of sci-fi and victoria era culture on the moon with giant robots and an absoutly amazing animation style.
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:36 am�� Post subject:

benza have you seen the devil may cry anime ? from what i saw of it i wasnit to big on it really
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Benza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:41 am�� Post subject:

saw the first couple of episodes and was pretty eh on the entire thing. From what I saw of previews and what not though the later episodes actually get Trish and shit into it instead of Dante chaparoning some little kid and shit.

The animation was my main bummer, it looks like they're trying too hard to mimic Hellsings style but they're not that good at it so it looks great in still frames but moving it all looks a bit rubish, and kind of devolves into "Dante lunging at the screen, black screen with a cut going across it" style of fight scenes instead of you know... actual coreography and animation. That shit just bugs me.
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Quin · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:02 am�� Post subject:

My top three still remain:
Macross Frontier
Martian Successor Nadesico
Planetes

For some mecha anime suggestions:
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
The Big O
Overman King Gainer
Gravion/Gravion Zwei/(Dancougar Nova)
Eureka Seven
Gurren Lagann (The two movies are watchable if you want the cliffnotes version)
Dai-Guard
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Coltaine · Status: Offline Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 82 $poons: 14.40

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll give it a shot. I doubt my taste would be the same as yours though Benza, if Code Geass made you cringe

@Pagan's Mind:

I also wanted to stop watching after R1 of Geass. It really wasn't that good. But R2 picks it up incredibly. R2 is like the universe compared to R1.
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Benza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:59 am�� Post subject:

fatpizza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:02 am�� Post subject:

I thought Code Geass R1 was much better than R2. R2 is a complete and utter mess. Mind you it's a hilariously entertaining mess with a fantastic ending.
I remember watching Death Note and really enjoying it, but then I watched the compilation movies about a year ago... They actually made me never want to watch the series again.
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Benza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:16 pm�� Post subject:

FUCKING REDLINE!

I know I'm slow on the uptake here but good god was this movie good, It's the kind of movie that I want to take out to dinner, then maybe go see a movie with, then get really drunk and fuck over the back of my couch till the neighbors complain. SO FUCKING GOOD! Animation was superb, the art style was gorgeous, the plot was fucking balls out ridiculous, the main dude was Ragna the Blooddge in a racing car, he raced a hotted up musscle car against futurisitc giant hover cars. There isn't a single thing I didn't like about this movie.
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fatpizza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:15 pm�� Post subject:

I bought the Redline Blu-Ray on Saturday and I really enjoyed it. Of course it was one of the dumbest movies I'd seen in ages but it was just a hell of a lot of fun and looked gorgeous to boot.
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Quin · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:23 pm�� Post subject:

Both the Redline and live action Speed Racer Blu-Rays have pride-of-place on my shelf.
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Benza · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:32 pm�� Post subject:

you're good people quin
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:08 am�� Post subject:

for benza - cheap as chips and region B

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Y0KR66/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

funi has a pretty big sale going as most of you know
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Benza · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:26 am�� Post subject:

haha I actually have that sitting around, really need to get around to watching it one of these days.
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fatpizza · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:45 am�� Post subject:

Ewwwww Claymore... Yuk.

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Pagan's Mind · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:32 pm�� Post subject:

Is Calymore really that bad?

fatpizza · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:38 pm�� Post subject:

mikezilla2 · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:44 pm�� Post subject:

but for $18 it cant be that bad ...

oh and from the madman sale of note

captain hurlock $12
skyland( not anime but a cool franch animation ) $16 for both parts !
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admeister · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:03 pm�� Post subject:

One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP is yet another February release for us.

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