anime connoisseurs, recommendations for a non wapanese viewer?

[sabrina]

okay, so i've posted on 4chan and 7chan for years now, but only in the serious boards and /b/. while i'm not very interested in anime, the massive weaboo energy rubs off on me, and i sometimes get struck by the urge to watch a new series, but i never really get around to it.

the only series i've ever watched as a whole was nodame cantabile, and i enjoyed it because i'm an avid musician. i watched 3/4 of great teacher onizuka and i enjoyed that too, but it got too formulaic for me and i lost interest.

what can you recommend that i can easily download?

a while ago, ap13 recommended me tengen toppa gurren lagann to me, but i never downloaded it :o

[Mark]

tengen toppa gurren lagann

Watch it,

If you're not hooked by the first 1/3 of the series you're a faggot

[animepark13]

night shift nurse, bible...

oh wait you're cool with me.
some of my faves: elfen lied, tsukihime, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, black lagoon, Now and Then Here and There, Rurouni Kenshin OVA, samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, haruhi, darker than black, beck, evangelion... bunch more... really depends what you like.

if you liked nodame you should check the live action. its even better IMO.

[Soymilk]

ttgl was pretty good.

if you like music / music based anime, watch beck, it's based around music too.

[Mark]

night shift nurse, bible...

oh wait you're cool with me.
some of my faves: elfen lied, tsukihime, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, black lagoon, Now and Then Here and There, Rurouni Kenshin OVA, samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, haruhi, darker than black, evangelion... bunch more... really depends what you like.

if you liked nodame you should check the live action. its even better IMO.Elfen lied is pretty good

I saw the frist ep of tsukihime and the incest makes me want to watch more.

I'm currently watching Black Lagoon and it's pretty awesome,

Rurouni, champloo, bebop, haruhi, and evangelion are all awesome too

[animepark13]

Elfen lied is pretty good

I saw the frist ep of tsukihime and the incest makes me want to watch more.

I'm currently watching Black Lagoon and it's pretty awesome,

Rurouni, champloo, bebop, haruhi, and evangelion are all awesome too

there is no incest in the tsukihime "anime"

[Soymilk]

toki wo kakeru shoujo is a pretty good movie, so if you want something that wont take up too much of your time, watch that. 5 centimeters per second was also a good movie. it's kind of different from what you'd probably expect, but i liked it a lot.

elfen lied is really good, as is black lagoon. they're both darker themed than most anime. darker than black is pretty badass too.

although if it's weeaboo-ness rubbing off on you, you may want to watch haruhi; that was HUGE in japan, and has a lot of references made to it, from inside and outside of anime.

[blue_fox]

B.E.C.K., since you said you enjoy music-related ones

[sabrina]

night shift nurse, bible...

oh wait you're cool with me.
some of my faves: elfen lied, tsukihime, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, black lagoon, Now and Then Here and There, Rurouni Kenshin OVA, samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, haruhi, darker than black, beck, evangelion... bunch more... really depends what you like.

if you liked nodame you should check the live action. its even better IMO.

lol, i already know about NNN and bible black, i've seen them :naughty:

i'm going to download elfen lied and haruhi suzimiya, i've heard great things about both of them

cowboy bebop is good, but i've only seen the butchered shit on CN :\

[sabrina]

ttgl was pretty good.

if you like music / music based anime, watch beck, it's based around music too.

that's cool, i'll look for it.

[animepark13]

lol, i already know about NNN and bible black, i've seen them :naughty:

i'm going to download elfen lied and haruhi suzimiya, i've heard great things about both of them

cowboy bebop is good, but i've only seen the butchered shit on CN :\

EL and haruhi might be on the ftp :dunno: i've uploaded EL so many times on so many different servers :run:

[Kira Yamato]

jesus fucking AV you fucker

[Shirayuki]

wat

[Kira Yamato]

he had LONGCAT as his AV

[sabrina]

he had LONGCAT as his AV

:rofl:

[deafcon]

You HAVE to watch Beck.

Nana is about musicians too, but it's mainly about their relationships. Give it a shot, but don't expect too much.

[Kira Yamato]

Paradise Kiss > NANA

[Shirayuki]

he had LONGCAT as his AV:mamoru:

[deafcon]

Paradise Kiss > NANA

Only the fact that Parakiss has a proper ending. I liked PK, but Nana goes farther in depth with its' characters. It's also has nothing really to do with music.

[deafcon]

A movie you might want to check out is Vexille. Paul Oakenfold did the sound track, and it's excellent.

[doboi]

TTGL, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied are all anime i think that anyone should be able to enjoy. more so if you're a heterosexual male and enjoy watching shit getting blown up while at the same time maintaining excellent story.

if you're not really into too much dialogue and philosophy i recommend the second season of GitS over the first though. much more intense.

[Soymilk]

nana is mostly romance/drama isnt it?

i know elfen lied is on the ftp (in the perm link), not sure if haruhi is. ironically, downshizzle seems to be down right now though.

[storm]

nana is mostly romance/drama isnt it?

i know elfen lied is on the ftp (in the perm link), not sure if haruhi is. ironically, downshizzle seems to be down right now though.

down for me atm

[Mark]

there is no incest in the tsukihime "anime"
so he doesnt fuck his sister?

then no thanks

[Kira Yamato]

i read that cat doujinshi, so fucking funny

[animepark13]

so he doesnt fuck his sister?

then no thanks

but the game... :oopsie:
i read that cat doujinshi, so fucking funny
loli overload :run:

[Kira Yamato]

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/A_Cat_Is_Fine_Too

[Sekuhara]

You should check out the nodame drama as well if you liked the anime.

As for series, check out Mushishi, Kino no tabi, and R.O.D. (read or die) the OVA, and then the series.

[Sekuhara]

You should give Full Metal Panic (3 seasons) a chance to see if you like more "generic" shows (although it's extremely fucking good for being generic). Check out Lucky Star or Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu to see if you like more otaku/crazy stuff (give it a chance lol).

Since you seem to appreciate music, I'll recommend both Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo as well (although they're both horribly overpopular in the states), as both have amazing music and sense.

Other notable series: TTGL (mech/epic/fun), Ghost in the Shell (two series, three moves, Sci-fi/action/godlike), Darker than Black (Action, a must see really), Rec (romance), Full Metal Alchemist (Fantasy/great story again overpopular here), Scrapped Princess (Fantasy/WATCH THIS ASAP), Genshiken (Fucking hilarious/otaku stuff), Ouran host club (romance/shoujo), Shakugan no shana (Fantasy/romance/action/loli), Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei (comedy/japan/DESPAIR), Golden Boy (comedy/older(early 90s)/classic), Black Lagoon (badass/action)

Fuck, I wish I could unwatch these and watch them again :o

[Musouka]

You should give Full Metal Panic (3 seasons) a chance to see if you like more "generic" shows (although it's extremely fucking good for being generic). Check out Lucky Star or Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu to see if you like more otaku/crazy stuff (give it a chance lol).

Since you seem to appreciate music, I'll recommend both Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo as well (although they're both horribly overpopular in the states), as both have amazing music and sense.

Other notable series: TTGL (mech/epic/fun), Ghost in the Shell (two series, three moves, Sci-fi/action/godlike), Darker than Black (Action, a must see really), Rec (romance), Full Metal Alchemist (Fantasy/great story again overpopular here), Scrapped Princess (Fantasy/WATCH THIS ASAP), Genshiken (Fucking hilarious/otaku stuff), Ouran host club (romance/shoujo), Shakugan no shana (Fantasy/romance/action/loli), Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei (comedy/japan/DESPAIR), Golden Boy (comedy/older(early 90s)/classic), Black Lagoon (badass/action)

Fuck, I wish I could unwatch these and watch them again :o

Just as a note on Lucky star, don't get turned off by the first 10 mins of the first episode where they talk about food. It gets a LOT better. No idea why they started it off like that. I almost stopped watching, but I usually give a series two episodes to try it out and it turned funny/crazy after that

[animepark13]

no one mention baccano? i can't believe i forgot to mention that one.

[sabrina]

i'm downloading beck and TTGL. i'll tell you guys what i think later tonight; can't watch now because i'm going to be really busy today.

thanks for all the suggestions :love:

[Sekuhara]

Those are great series, but I don't know if they're the best place to start because Beck is kind of weird and TTGL is way fucking over the top in every way. :o

IMO when you're done with those you should check out some of the favorites/classics from all genres to see what you like.

[Sekuhara]

no one mention baccano? i can't believe i forgot to mention that one.

Holy fuck I totally forgot too, but I don't think it's a good series to start on because it's so unique.

Fuck, I want to watch Baccano again now. The music alone is worth it.

[deafcon]

Those are great series, but I don't know if they're the best place to start because Beck is kind of weird and TTGL is way fucking over the top in every way. :o

IMO when you're done with those you should check out some of the favorites/classics from all genres to see what you like.

What's weird about Beck?

[Mark]

Just as a note on Lucky star, don't get turned off by the first 10 mins of the first episode where they talk about food. It gets a LOT better. No idea why they started it off like that. I almost stopped watching, but I usually give a series two episodes to try it out and it turned funny/crazy after that
TBHt the choco coronets are always funny

[Soymilk]

beck has a LOT of engrish in it, so if you cant stand that, :(

[Mark]

beck has a LOT of engrish in it, so if you cant stand that, :(Well they are from america, of course they'd speak english.

[Sekuhara]

What's weird about Beck?
What isn't weird about it? All of the people related to the music are odd, and the broken English is both uncommon and many dislike it.

[deafcon]

What isn't weird about it? All of the people related to the music are odd, and the broken English is both uncommon and many dislike it.

I guess there are varying degrees of weird. When someone tells me an anime is weird, I expect a kid to grow a horn and have some random bitch bash his head with a guitar or the main character loses an arm and a leg in the first episode.

[Soymilk]

who lost an arm and a leg?

[Sekuhara]

I guess there are varying degrees of weird. When someone tells me an anime is weird, I expect a kid to grow a horn and have some random bitch bash his head with a guitar or the main character loses an arm and a leg in the first episode.
Obviously, it's not off the wall like FLCL, but compared to the large majority I'd say it's pretty damn unique.

[Mark]

What isn't weird about it? All of the people related to the music are odd, and the broken English is both uncommon and many dislike it.
They hired japanese actors reading phonetic english, what's wrong with that

[deafcon]

who lost an arm and a leg?

The dude in Texhnolyze.

[hookupz]

you should watch all the sweet romance animes imo

[Sexbomb]

For a total mind fuck, watch Gantz.

Those light series like TTGL and Eureka7 are always fun.

[Soymilk]

you should watch all the sweet romance animes imo
did you watch true tears?

[Sekuhara]

They hired japanese actors reading phonetic english, what's wrong with that

There is nothing wrong with it.

[sabrina]

:bowdown: to beck

watched the first 4, and the engrish isn't that noticeable. i really like it so far.

i haven't watched any TTGL yet.

are there any good romance/comedy anime series at all, or are they all just omg ^_^ kawaii girly shit?

[animepark13]

beck :bowdown: i've never understood why people get turned off by the engrish, the show is to fucking awesome.

[Sekuhara]

:bowdown: to beck

watched the first 4, and the engrish isn't that noticeable. i really like it so far.

i haven't watched any TTGL yet.

are there any good romance/comedy anime series at all, or are they all just omg ^_^ kawaii girly shit?

Genshiken, Ouran host club, REC

Make sure you check out Golden Boy and Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei. Golden Boy is a classic and has easily maintained it's quality over time, and Zetsubou is crazy fun (although references a lot of Japanese stuff, maybe you won't relate to it much unless you know Japan a little better?).

[sabrina]

Genshiken, Ouran host club, REC

Make sure you check out Golden Boy and Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei. Golden Boy is a classic and has easily maintained it's quality over time, and Zetsubou is crazy fun (although references a lot of Japanese stuff, maybe you won't relate to it much unless you know Japan a little better?).

i used to be really into japanese culture, and i've been to tokyo with my family when i was 16 :dunno:

[animepark13]

seconded on golden boy :bowdown:

i don't know if genshiken will be the best thing to watch unless you want to watch a funny anime about otakus then :bowdown:

[Soymilk]

hm, i'll have to check out ouran host club and rec. i havent watched golden boy yet either.

[sabrina]

ouran host club looks promising; downloading now

[Sekuhara]

If you like romance comedy, definitely check out Genshiken as well.

Beware it may convince you to watch a lot more anime.

[deafcon]

Golden Boy is a fucking classic, I wish they had made more. Ouran was decent, nothing special. Genshiken is probably the next series I'll watch.

Chobits and Love Hina are good romance/comedy series.

[animepark13]

Golden Boy is a fucking classic, I wish they had made more. Ouran was decent, nothing special. Genshiken is probably the next series I'll watch.

Chobits and Love Hina are good romance/comedy series.

no don't check chobits or love hina :madfawk:

[deafcon]

no don't check chobits or love hina :madfawk:

They are both really popular, I don't understand why so many OTAMers dislike them.

[Sekuhara]

They're popular because they were dubbed early on. Many people started with that shit, compared to what is available subtitled they are complete trash.

[blue_fox]

They are both really popular, I don't understand why so many OTAMers dislike them. I've heard about them but haven't checked em out yet

[deafcon]

They're popular because they were dubbed early on. Many people started with that shit, compared to what is available subtitled they are complete trash.

I watched them subbed and loved them.

[Sekuhara]

I'd be willing to bet you haven't seen many series.

Or just have bad taste :bowdown:

[deafcon]

I'd be willing to bet you haven't seen many series.

Or just have bad taste :bowdown:

I'm willing to bet I've seen more than you.

[Soymilk]

maybe he's just easily pleased.

[Sekuhara]

I'm willing to bet I've seen more than you.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I guess soy. Although how someone could have seen so many series and not understand why those in particular aren't considered very good seems really weird to me.

[Mark]

I'm willing to bet I've seen more than you.Oh that sounds like a challenge, you guys should dual with MAL, ANN, or whatever faggy sites you use.

[Soymilk]

it's kind of sad though that people are challenging each other on who's seen more anime :mamoru:

[Musouka]

They're popular because they were dubbed early on. Many people started with that shit, compared to what is available subtitled they are complete trash.

I'll be honest, I loved Love Hina at first because it was the second anime I saw (Hellsing was the first). But I tried watching it the other day and saw why so many people don't like it.

[Sekuhara]

it's kind of sad though that people are challenging each other on who's seen more anime :mamoru:

Nobody is challenging anyone, I was just pointing out he either hadn't seen many good series or had bad taste if he still considered those quality.

I've never heard of someone who watches on a regular basis who does :dunno:

[sabrina]

Nobody is challenging anyone, I was just pointing out he either hadn't seen many good series or had bad taste if he still considered those quality.

I've never heard of someone who watches on a regular basis who does :dunno:

listen to yourself :ugh:

[Sekuhara]

Huh? Those series are awful. One is about some guy falling in love with his own robot doll (:ugh:), and the other is a horribly mediocre romance-comedy. Both became very popular in America due to their dubs, no other reason. I guess I'm particularly biased against them due to every stereotypical American otaku being avid supporters of the shows :o


Anyways, getting off of that, I was reminded of a fucking amazing series when I saw the OP on nico earlier. ef~a tale of memories is probably one of my favorite romance series, if you get the chance you should watch it. Make sure you stick it out to the end :bowdown:

[deafcon]

Nobody is challenging anyone, I was just pointing out he either hadn't seen many good series or had bad taste if he still considered those quality.

I've never heard of someone who watches on a regular basis who does :dunno:

I'm glad that you think of your own opinion so highly that anyone who disagrees with you has bad taste.

You act like anything worth watching needs to be Gone With the Wind. In fact, the Romance/Comedy genre SHOULD be whimsical and explore new ideas.

The great thing about Japanese animation is that it goes places that traditional media doesn't dare tread.

[Sekuhara]

I'm glad that you think of your own opinion so highly that anyone who disagrees with you has bad taste.

You act like anything worth watching needs to be Gone With the Wind. In fact, the Romance/Comedy genre SHOULD be whimsical and explore new ideas.

The great thing about Japanese animation is that it goes places that traditional media doesn't dare tread.
As someone who says they have watched so many series, I simply do not understand how you could consider those as good as you appear to (so much to the point that you can't understand why people may not like them here.) I'm actually hardly picky at all about what I watch, which is a large part of why I had the reaction I did to your post. Not really worth going into it further, we can agree to disagree.

Also I just burned my Clannad DVD. Full season, episodes 1-17 :bowdown:

[Soymilk]

lol, screw the rest of the crap?

[Sekuhara]

:werd: I don't need Nagisa ruining my Clannad :o

[sabrina]

Huh? Those series are awful. One is about some guy falling in love with his own robot doll (:ugh:), and the other is a horribly mediocre romance-comedy. Both became very popular in America due to their dubs, no other reason. I guess I'm particularly biased against them due to every stereotypical American otaku being avid supporters of the shows :o


Anyways, getting off of that, I was reminded of a fucking amazing series when I saw the OP on nico earlier. ef~a tale of memories is probably one of my favorite romance series, if you get the chance you should watch it. Make sure you stick it out to the end :bowdown:

my point is that you're arguing about anime

i know you're passionate about it and all, but come on, different people have different tastes :hsugh:

[Sexbomb]

Romance...

How can I convince myself to watch it?

[Sexbomb]

my point is that you're arguing about anime

i know you're passionate about it and all, but come on, different people have different tastes :hsugh:


:werd:

[Sekuhara]

Romance...

How can I convince myself to watch it?

Try a series and see if you like it? Have you seen any yet?

[Soymilk]

if you're trying to get into the romance genre, i would definitely NOT recommend ef. it's an ok one, but things like a crappy seiyuu will be a major turnoff, and i know when you're first trying to get into something these small annoyances make a big difference.

[Sekuhara]

While I agree, I don't think there is any romance series that can appeal to everyone. ef seems as good as most, especially due to ending very well which a lot of series have been failing at lately.

[animepark13]

i only liked ef because of the abstract but artistic story.

[sabrina]

where do you guys download your anime? newsgroups?

[Sekuhara]

Torrents and IRC. tokyotosho.com updates with just about everything new, and almost all decent sub groups release with distro bots in their IRC channel.

Or the a&m ftp :bowdown:

[Mark]

Torrents and IRC. tokyotosho.com updates with just about everything new, and almost all decent sub groups release with distro bots in their IRC channel.

Or the a&m ftp :bowdown:
box

[Soymilk]

boxtorrents for batch torrents of older stuff, tokyotosho for newer stuff as its released

[animepark13]

tt, isohunt, irc, ddl. mostly the last 2 since torrents are blocked at school.

[blue_fox]

isohunt, thepiratebay, Ander's server, dattebayo website

[sabrina]

damn, i honestly couldn't finish the first episode of ouran high school host club :ugh:

[sabrina]

genshiken is pretty awesome, though

[Soymilk]

yeah, genshiken's pretty good. make sure you dont miss the ova's that came after the first season before starting the second, as it's really more of a seamless continuation of the first season (new character introduced in ova's, second season doesn't do introductions or whatever, it's more played assuming you already know everyone).

[Sekuhara]

damn, i honestly couldn't finish the first episode of ouran high school host club :ugh:

You have to give it a chance, the style doesn't really reflect the story.

[blue_fox]

damn, i honestly couldn't finish the first episode of ouran high school host club :ugh: I haven't seen it. I know of other series I didn't want to continue after viewing the first episode but from others' insistence I watched some more and then couldn't stop watching:mamoru:. Melancholy of Haruhi, TTGL, for example.

[sabrina]

You have to give it a chance, the style doesn't really reflect the story.

i downloaded 3 episodes, so i might as well watch them :o

[deafcon]

damn, i honestly couldn't finish the first episode of ouran high school host club :ugh:

It starts a little slow, but it's not bad. The fag twins are pretty hard to get past though. I'd recommend Best Student Council over Ouran in the highschool comedy genre though.