Anime...

[echome]

Ive known of this kind of cartoons, never giving it a real chance - before now.

Just experienced a serie called "Avatar - The Last Airbender" and it's been a long time since I've been amused this much or just enjoyed a cartoon like this.

I highly advice people with, or without anime experience to watch this stuff.

P.s. If anybody know any series like this one please let me know - would like to see more of this kind.

 

[Blackjack]

Ive known of this kind of cartoons, never giving it a real chance - before now.

Just experienced a serie called "Avatar - The Last Airbender" and it's been a long time since I've been amused this much or just enjoyed a cartoon like this.

I highly advice people with, or without anime experience to watch this stuff.

P.s. If anybody know any series like this one please let me know - would like to see more of this kind.

Must watch;
Samurai Champloo
Naruto
Death Note
Kino's Journey
Prince of Tennis (I don't really like tennis irl, but this series is awesome )
Robotech
Hellsing
Vampire Hunter D, Bloodlust

Also recomended;
Kiba
Wolfs Rain
Silver Fang (classic, probably already watched)
Elfen lied
Paranoia Agent
Trigun
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Akira

Just to get started

 

[psyco]

Just experienced a serie called "Avatar - The Last Airbender" and it's been a long time since I've been amused this much or just enjoyed a cartoon like this.

fyi, thats the 3rd series, iirc... i have little knowledge for that series, but i think there's a 4th inc or aird... then they should run out of plot, but knowing producers, they'll come out with a 5,6,7th series, completely fucking up the series

 

[echome]

fyi, thats the 3rd series, iirc... i have little knowledge for that series, but i think there's a 4th inc or aird... then they should run out of plot, but knowing producers, they'll come out with a 5,6,7th series, completely fucking up the series

Sorry I didnt knew that. Ive only just watch the first "season" - and starting on the second as we speak.

Anyway I enjoy it this far.

And Blackjack, thanks for the heads up - I'll take a look at those series tomorrow at my next nightshift. Seems like a hole new world of cartoons have opened up for my mind.
Don't think I'll ever get to old to watch cartoons

Vege a very dear friend of mine told me about his one, this is the only reason for him to get up in the weekends haha.

Anyway I might seem a bit overexcited about all of this but when you realises something that is this awesome you just can't get it out of your mind again:worthy: . Uhh uhh and the girls sure aint making it any worse(yeah yeah it is cartoon and all but... okay nevermind ).

 

[psyco]

Sorry I didnt knew that. Ive only just watch the first "season" - and starting on the second as we speak.

Don't think I'll ever get to old to watch cartoons

well, im not entirely sure... ive only ever seen the ads, and avatar: legend of ang was first, then something about earth, so i assumed airbender is the 3rd

i love cartoons aswell, so your not alone

 

[echome]

well, im not entirely sure... ive only ever seen the ads, and avatar: legend of ang was first, then something about earth, so i assumed airbender is the 3rd

i love cartoons aswell, so your not alone

Awesome then I can hear I got a lot of other stuff to look into, thanks for the info mate.

 

[psyco]

Awesome then I can hear I got a lot of other stuff to look into, thanks for the info mate.

yeh... theres fuck loads of anime about, most of it Japanese though, and some pornographic(dont ask)

 

[Serbitar]

each night i watch:

shaolin showdown, loonatics unleashed, teen titans and the new series of the batman

if i'm not in they all get recorded on mah sky+ box

(nerf toonami not allowing series link btw)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Must watch;
Samurai Champloo
Naruto
Death Note
Kino's Journey
Prince of Tennis (I don't really like tennis irl, but this series is awesome )
Robotech
Hellsing
Vampire Hunter D, Bloodlust

Also recomended;
Kiba
Wolfs Rain
Silver Fang (classic, probably already watched)
Elfen lied
Paranoia Agent
Trigun
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Akira

Just to get started

Movies must see:
A-Ko(was it?)
Dirty Pair

Series:
Final Fantasy
Dirty Pair
Dominion Tank Police
Ghost in the shell(should be cool)
And the crem de la crem....watch it!--->Excel Saga<---Now!.

(Keeping the classic ghost in the shell etc out since everyone knows them)

 

[elisera]

Avatar is brilliant Can't wait for the Wii game to come out... Airbending with the wiimote shoudl be great fun!

 

[Basic_X]

Avatar is about the only "anime" with english voices thats actually good

other good series (some mentioned earlier)
Samurai Champloo
Naruto
Bleach
Hellsing
Shaman King
Berzerk
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic

 

[Megarevs]

BLEACH
NARUTO

 

[Basic_X]

BLEACH

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! BANKAI! (lots of showoff gfx included.....in my own head ;x)

 

[Hawkwind]

Wot no Afro Samuri, Full Metal Alchemist or Appleseed in those lists!

OOps just spotted Alchemist in Basic's post.

 

[Chronictank]

BLEACH
NARUTO

QFT

also
Ghost in a Shell (this one is more grown up)
Death note, glad someone mentioned it. very good series which draws you in
I found full metal alchemist quite dull tbh, i dont know why its rated so highly :<

If your after movies
Akira
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke (sp?)

 

[Garaen]

I recently watched 'Black Blood Brothers' which is about two brothers who are vampires attempting to get into the 'special zone' which is a sanctuary for vampires. It's only 12 episodes or so and is really entertaining. (Also the ending theme is really nice).

 

[eksdee]

best anime series ever: neon genesis evangelion.

i think i'm the only person in the world who thinks the studio gibli movies suck. i enjoyed spirited away and then the others just seem to be structurally the same, with very little interesting narrative and few new ideas.

 

[echome]

This is very nice guys, thanks a lot. I sure as hell got enough material for the next many nightshifts.:worthy::worthy:

Ohh and the Ghost in the shell, I've already seen - a few years ago - loved it but at the time I didnt really explore further into the world of anime.

 

[crispy]

Movies:

Akira (fucking rocks)
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust!
Princess Mononoke (generally Studio Ghibli movies are a really great experience to watch)

Some Studio Ghibli movie called something with "chihiro" - fucking weeeeird!

Series:

Wolfs Rain
Cowboy Bebop (fucking genious)
Hellsing
Berserk

I dont really like those 'cute' animes, they are a bit over the top. Better like it a bit, well not realistic, but when people act in a way you can relate, or when the movie/series has got some special feel about it.

Will add more to my list later

 

[Blackjack]

Sorry I didnt knew that. Ive only just watch the first "season" - and starting on the second as we speak.

Anyway I enjoy it this far.

And Blackjack, thanks for the heads up - I'll take a look at those series tomorrow at my next nightshift. Seems like a hole new world of cartoons have opened up for my mind.
Don't think I'll ever get to old to watch cartoons

Vege a very dear friend of mine told me about his one, this is the only reason for him to get up in the weekends haha.

Anyway I might seem a bit overexcited about all of this but when you realises something that is this awesome you just can't get it out of your mind again. Uhh uhh and the girls sure aint making it any worse(yeah yeah it is cartoon and all but... okay nevermind

Np, glad to spread alittle anime joy
Nothing wrong with being exited, you have just stepped into a world of awesomeness

 

[Blackjack]

Some Studio Ghibli movie called something with "chihiro" -fucking weeeeird!

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, better known as spirited away.

Very nice little movie aswell

Made by Hayao Miyazaki, if he made it, it's usually worth watching

 

[crispy]

best anime series ever: neon genesis evangelion.

i think i'm the only person in the world who thinks the studio gibli movies suck. i enjoyed spirited away and then the others just seem to be structurally the same, with very little interesting narrative and few new ideas.

Well the general plot is that there is some young boy or girl that has to complete some sort of mission, or youre just following that person around and watching what happens to him/her. But thats quite a general plot for most movies aint it?

The story line of the movies are, to me at least, VERY different from one another.

I dunno.. maybe youve watched 3 movies that seemed alike from Ghibli, but they have made quite a few

Try watch Princess Monoke or w/e its called

 

[crispy]

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, better known as spirited away.

Very nice little movie aswell

Made by Hayao Miyazaki, anything made by him is worth watching

yeah thats the title hehe, knew the sound of it in my head, but no fucking idea of how to spell it :>

Guess you just write japanese words as they sound? At least when using western letters

 

[Huntingtons]

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, better known as spirited away.

Very nice little movie aswell

Made by Hayao Miyazaki, if he made it, it's usually worth watching

that really tickles me of, if its better known as spirited away - why post the japanese name? nobody fucking cares and those who do are fat anyway ;< (seriously tho, it just shows some kind of wannabe wiseass attitude and in the field of anime its just way over the top)

 

[Chronictank]

that really tickles me of, if its better known as spirited away - why post the japanese name? nobody fucking cares and those who do are fat anyway ;< (seriously tho, it just shows some kind of wannabe wiseass attitude and in the field of anime its just way over the top)

if he gets the subbed releases from Japan he will have the japanese names

Last edited by Blackjack : Today at 01:20 PM.
for all you know he added the english version after

 

[Blackjack]

that really tickles me of, if its better known as spirited away - why post the japanese name? nobody fucking cares and those who do are fat anyway ;< (seriously tho, it just shows some kind of wannabe wiseass attitude and in the field of anime its just way over the top)

you fear anime snobbery? i can assure you that thats not something i do.
But i watch all my anime in japanese with english subtitles, so i get the japanese name.

Note that he asked about a movie named "Chihiro" something. Only the japanese title has Chihiro in it. Since it's Spirited away in english. And since Spirited away was mentioned earlier i figured he had only heard the japanese name, so i just noted that Spirited away was the same movie.

 

[Huntingtons]

you fear anime snobbery? i can assure you that thats not something i do.
But i watch all my anime in japanese with english subtitles, so i get the japanese name.

Note that he asked about a movie named "Chihiro" something. Only the japanese title has Chihiro in it. Since it's Spirited away in english. And since Spirited away was mentioned earlier i figured he had only heard the japanese name, so i just noted that Spirited away was the same movie.

yeah well, thought of that after posting, forgot that the danish name is chihiro and the witches which is why crispy could of thought that (though he should of known the english name since thats the title of it when we watched it, subbed mind you)

 

[eksdee]

Well the general plot is that there is some young boy or girl that has to complete some sort of mission, or youre just following that person around and watching what happens to him/her. But thats quite a general plot for most movies aint it?

The story line of the movies are, to me at least, VERY different from one another.

I dunno.. maybe youve watched 3 movies that seemed alike from Ghibli, but they have made quite a few

Try watch Princess Monoke or w/e its called

i actually meant narrative in the sense of the way the story is told, the way it is constructed and so on. i think studio ghibli are very talented and they have certainly exploited a certain niche extremely well, i do find their work very samey. each to their own innit!

i watch a lot of films and do a lot of film criticism as part of my uni course (i'm training illustration but specifically production illustration - storyboarding, concept art, narrative construction essentialy; for the film and video game industries) so i guess i over-analyse some stuff and it does hold me back from enjoying some films.

a good parallel to draw for me, with studio ghibli, is alejandro gonzález iñárritu (http://imdb.com/name/nm0327944/) - he was hailed as a brilliant director and a pioneer of forward-thinking/post-modern narrative construction and film making in general when amores perros came out... but since then, his two other major films - babel and 21 grams - essential rehash the same ideas and it proves that one great idea does not a brilliant director make.

 

[Pertan]

I've only watched like a few episodes of Death Note but i could tell it rocks.
Atm im watching Pokémon
While the best one ever is Silver Fang.

 

[Sharma]

BLEACH
NARUTO

Manga owns you and you bloody know it.



Also give a series called "Black Lagoon" a try, very very good.

I follow other stuff such as:

GantZ
D. Gray-man
Death Note (Even though I read the manga ages ago)
Getbackers
Last Exile
Ghost in the shell
ONE PIECE! (Dont be fooled by the art style, it's brilliant.)


Etc!

Naruto fillers set to finish mid-feb, Bleach manga arc has started also (And it's awesome, wait till you see whats coming up mwahahahahah!)