Good animes you're watching or have watched?

[Jonathong]

Originally Posted by DenkiMan!

uh whats another samurai champloo-like anime(s)? i absolutely loved the hip hop culture influenced Edo-era theme lol

I've been trying to look for other hip hop animes like samurai champloo but none can compare

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[LoneStarSilvia]

Afro Samurai?

[kingkilburn]

Air Gear was very nearly underground music themed but it lost it's soul somewhere along the way.

[Matej]

Originally Posted by wonpoo

Im soo sad I caught up to all 533 episodes of OnePiece

533 episodes at 23 minutes and 38 seconds per episode equals 8 days, 17 hours, 56 minutes, and 34 seconds.

[Prime]

Originally Posted by s0apgun

yeah gungrave could have done without the superior nonsense

beyond that i still look past it and appreciate the rest of the anime

sort of like how i look past the end of berserk

Berserk kept going in the manga, and I think it's got another animated project in the works. Loved GunGrave though. The anime was better than the game that spawned it. I still play the soundtrack to this day.

Originally Posted by MWH_Photo

What's the consensus on Monster?

I like creepy horror stuff (Another is the first that comes to mind) and while things like Hellsing get suggested it's not really what I think of as "creepy" or "horror" (even though I do like the series)

Monster is more drama than horror. It has some disturbingly mind raping scenes, but very little "gore".

Originally Posted by ManoNegra

I didn't think much of it when I first saw it
very cliche anime (big guns) of it's era (gungrave that is)

liking Brave 10, Another and Moretsu Pirates of this season new shows
but there's still a few I haven't checked out

Naruto is great but too many damn fillers kill it... reason I stopped watching Bleach years ago

GunGrave was based on the game of the same name, so it was doomed to be cool. But it still ended up being good somehow... also, I thought I was the only one watching "Another". Awesome show so far.

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

Air Gear was very nearly underground music themed but it lost it's soul somewhere along the way.

AirGear was awesome through and through, but the problem it faced is the author. Oh!Great must have ADD or something, cause he loses himself in minutia/current events all the damn time. Like when Obama was inaugurated, he IMMEDIATELY put a parody character in the manga. Then when the Occupy protests hit the media, his villain started talking about the "99% vs. the 1%" the next week.

[kingkilburn]

It almost had that feel that the early part of Eureka7 nailed. Makes you feel like you could drop your life and go become a zen surf bum and everything would be perfect.

[Prime]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

It almost had that feel that the early part of Eureka7 nailed. Makes you feel like you could drop your life and go become a zen surf bum and everything would be perfect.

A huge part of that was the music, and the whole theme of finding freedom in something you enjoy. At least how I saw it. Makes me want to re-watch it now, lol.

[kingkilburn]

The music and initial character design really sell it. The first episode is brilliant. Before all the pretense and cliche anime fighting. When the race to the finish for nothing more than honor and bragging rights was a plausible goal and all you needed for it to be emotionally compelling.


I like it more for what it could have been than what it is. lol

[LoneStarSilvia]

Wait, didn't the anime version of Air Gear just abruptly stop?

I don't remember the Obama parody or anything. I just remember not seeing any more episodes available.

[BoostSlideWayz]

im still a gundam fanboy .. currently im watching " Gundam Age " Its definitely not my favorite series but its got some great action in it. And some awesome twists that you dont expect...

some things i dont like is the style of the charactors ... sort of a childish style that kids would like.. usually its a more mature style with gundam anime so this is a first. Maybe they just wanted to try something new.

at any rate.. i love ALL gundam animes .. the cool thing about their work is all the story lines and mobile suits may ACTUALLY happen one day... plus what looks cooler than a gundam... just looks sooo badass. if i could.. i would vinyl wrap my s13 with gundam graphics. im still a gundam fanboy .. currently im watching " Gundam Age " Its definitely not my favorite series but its got some great action in it. And some awesome twists that you dont expect...

plus whats cooler than a mobile suit fight ? i personally dont think anything...

[Prime]

Originally Posted by LoneStarSilvia

Wait, didn't the anime version of Air Gear just abruptly stop?

I don't remember the Obama parody or anything. I just remember not seeing any more episodes available.

You are correct sir. I meant largely that the storyline CREEPS along, so it'd be hard to look ahead to future animation.

Originally Posted by Prime

AirGear was awesome through and through, but the problem it faced is the author. Oh!Great must have ADD or something, cause he loses himself in minutia/current events all the damn time. Like when Obama was inaugurated, he IMMEDIATELY put a parody character in the manga. Then when the Occupy protests hit the media, his villain started talking about the "99% vs. the 1%" the next week.

[kingkilburn]

It could have gone most of a season before the battle with Buccha. The author rushed headlong into a battle of the week routine.

[Prime]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

It could have gone most of a season before the battle with Buccha. The author rushed headlong into a battle of the week routine.

Buccha was just awesome though. Especially later on...

[kingkilburn]

What the shit?

[Prime]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

What the shit?

Instead of pushing the "bump up" blood to his upper body, he does his lower body. The series is pretty ridiculous at this point, but still has it's awesome moments. I'd like to see something similar animated soon. Durarara for some reason reminded me of it, but in kind of a darker way.

[kingkilburn]

Any opinions on Xam'd? So far I see obvious signs of Nausicaa and the quality of the animation and sound is great.

[Yellow4g63]

That was a very good anime in my book loved it.

[xshodaimex]

Gundam unicorn!

[wonpoo]

Originally Posted by Matej

533 episodes at 23 minutes and 38 seconds per episode equals 8 days, 17 hours, 56 minutes, and 34 seconds.

it took me months and months to finish. i think for like 2 months i had to go to tons of side sites just to find eps 300-400 to watch. then after that it was smooth sailing. just watch 534 and im sad cause i want more!


also

IM A HUGE FAN of MACROSS and Evangelion lost my interest with Gundam after GundamWing, never got into the chibi sized gundam.

im a mecha fan but i enjoy everything.

imma check out gungrave sounds promising.

[kingkilburn]

Gundam 00 was great, especially if you like Wing. Far better than the chibi and kids tripe they've been shoveling out.

[wonpoo]

oh yeah! one of my altime faves is BPS BAttle Programmer Shirase!

[Yellow4g63]

Originally Posted by wonpoo

it took me months and months to finish. i think for like 2 months i had to go to tons of side sites just to find eps 300-400 to watch. then after that it was smooth sailing. just watch 534 and im sad cause i want more!


also

IM A HUGE FAN of MACROSS and Evangelion lost my interest with Gundam after GundamWing, never got into the chibi sized gundam.

im a mecha fan but i enjoy everything.

imma check out gungrave sounds promising.

If you like Mech's your going to love Breake Blade.

[kingkilburn]

I just finished Xam'd and I must say it is a GREAT adaptation of Nausicaa of the valley of the wind.

[Prime]

Originally Posted by wonpoo

oh yeah! one of my altime faves is BPS BAttle Programmer Shirase!

I seriously thought I was the only person to ever watch that, lol

[Big Zee]

Initial D except the live action one
DBZ and GT
Darker then black
Kaza no Stigma
Devil may Cry
D-Gray Man
Witchblade
Claymore
Gundam wing
Gundam Seed and Destiny
Gundam 00 ( best one yet ) same as the second season and Awakening of a trail blazer
full metal Alchemist

I`m forgeting some I`m sure.

Netflix is nice opened up a bunch I would have never thought of. Interested in watching Blood

[Big Zee]

Originally Posted by BoostSlideWayz

im still a gundam fanboy .. currently im watching " Gundam Age " Its definitely not my favorite series but its got some great action in it. And some awesome twists that you dont expect...

some things i dont like is the style of the charactors ... sort of a childish style that kids would like.. usually its a more mature style with gundam anime so this is a first. Maybe they just wanted to try something new.

at any rate.. i love ALL gundam animes .. the cool thing about their work is all the story lines and mobile suits may ACTUALLY happen one day... plus what looks cooler than a gundam... just looks sooo badass. if i could.. i would vinyl wrap my s13 with gundam graphics. im still a gundam fanboy .. currently im watching " Gundam Age " Its definitely not my favorite series but its got some great action in it. And some awesome twists that you dont expect...

plus whats cooler than a mobile suit fight ? i personally dont think anything...

is Gundam Age the newest one ?the old gundam stuff like pre Wing I can't watch, it's just too old

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by Big Zee

is Gundam Age the newest one ?the old gundam stuff like pre Wing I can't watch, it's just too old

LOL. Yes, Age is the newest and continues the trend if hyper angular mecha so prevalent in Anime and Games today. *barf*

While the UC stuff features stiff animation, stories and char tend to be better. I hate the CG-Digital crap many new animes are made with these days.

[kingkilburn]

I can understand not getting into the OG Gundam but after that it's all good. Wing is actually the weakest of the older stuff(save for G Gundam, IDK what they were thinking there) in my mind.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

I can understand not getting into the OG Gundam but after that it's all good. Wing is actually the weakest of the older stuff(save for G Gundam, IDK what they were thinking there) in my mind.

Meh, IIRC G was one fo the first step away from the Universal Century Stories. The concept is a bit goofy - but it actually has a good plot.

Wing had an idiotic plot with a ton of warped philosophical garbage. What it did good was animation, music and a rehash of UC and G-Gundam designs.

Seed is a retelling of UC with worse mecha design and even worse characters. 00 is wing with the same issues.

Age has been "meh" so far, character styling has been a high-point.

But lets face it, none of these shows are "serious". They are 22 minute commercials for Bandai to sell us new merchandise and model kits.

[95KA-Turbo]

Started watching Mushi Shi last night on Netflix. I like that its like a collection of short stories...in that the main character is in each episode but the episodes are not tied together in any way. Its nice to not feel like I have to watch all 24 episodes at one time, hahaha.