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Yep another Manga/Anime thread; well this is for those who have experience with different Anime's/Manga's.

What Anime/Manga would you reccomend? Resently I watched Gantz (a very annoying but somewhat entertaining series) and I read the Manga, was fun but the further towards the end you got the less like Gantz it seemed, that and all the random naked girls gets annoying.

Pokemon. :p

Pokemon. :p

Lol is that some sort of insult cause I enjoy Gantz? :p (Can't wait for the translated new Manga Chapters to come out)

I watched Pokemon when I was young, T'was fun back then...

Lol is that some sort of insult cause I enjoy Gantz? :p (Can't wait for the translated new Manga Chapters to come out)

I watched Pokemon when I was young, T'was fun back then...

no just a joke :D

I like Gurren Lagann, and I the first 3 episodes of Black Lagoon were good.

no just a joke :D

I like Gurren Lagann, and I the first 3 episodes of Black Lagoon were good.

Well what type of Anime is it? Cause I'm more interested in the darker animes. Or the horror ones etc.

You want dark?

Try Elfen Lied, If you 'aint yet watch Ghost in the Shell, Gurren Lagann is about REALLY BIG mechs (We're talking the size of galaxies), Then there's Gilgamesh, and I'm gonna leave other suggestions open.

Well what type of Anime is it? Cause I'm more interested in the darker animes. Or the horror ones etc.

not horror, action. Black Lagoon is about mercenaries in like a jungle or something. Gurren Lagann is about mechs and stuff fighting each other.

Try Elfen Lied if you're looking for a quick fix. This short series bring gore and the paranormal together in a totally awesome way.

You want dark?

Try Elfen Lied, If you 'aint yet watch Ghost in the Shell, Gurren Lagann is about REALLY BIG mechs (We're talking the size of galaxies), Then there's Gilgamesh, and I'm gonna leave other suggestions open.

I was once gonna watch Ghost in the Shell but for some reason I decided against it.

Try Elfen Lied if you're looking for a quick fix. This short series bring gore and the paranormal together in a totally awesome way.

Your the second person so far to reccomend it to me... So I'm assuming its good, and best of all its a quick fix :p

I was once gonna watch Ghost in the Shell but for some reason I decided against it.

I strongly urge you to reconsider.

I strongly urge you to reconsider.

I'll get round to it one day ... I hope.

I'll get round to it one day ... I hope.

I hope you do. You're missing out on somthing awesome.

I highly recommend the Parasyte series by Hitoshi Iwaaki. There isn't an anime series to go with it and I doubt there will be one any time soon. It's a good read, though.

Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=560798).

Vampire Princess Miyu is horror-y. And it's not afraid to be dark.

Yep another Manga/Anime thread; well this is for those who have experience with different Anime's/Manga's.

What Anime/Manga would you reccomend? Resently I watched Gantz (a very annoying but somewhat entertaining series) and I read the Manga, was fun but the further towards the end you got the less like Gantz it seemed, that and all the random naked girls gets annoying.

Vexille and Appleseed are good ones.

anime:

blood+

darker than black

revolutionary girl

hellsing

Mononoke is a pretty decent horror anime in the traditional Japanese fashion. Its also a trip and a half. Very dark. Pretty disturbing sometimes too.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni is an EXCELLENT psychological/thriller/horror anime. Think Groundhogs Day combined with Texas Chainsaw Massacre ;)

Gurren Lagann is OK, as long as you dont watch past episode 16...or 15? I cant remember. Either way, dont watch the post-timeskip bit. It will make you hate the whole thing.

Betterman is an interesting horror/mecha combo with some decent humor in it. Its by the same people that did Gao Gai Gar, so you KNOW its going to rock ;)

Also, Gunbuster and Diebuster. Gunbuster is basically the basis of post-80's mecha (Or, at least, where the stereotypes come from) and is one of the first animes to feature fully animated breasts. Vital bit of trivia there :p

Try not reading Manga. It improves your life.

Try not reading Manga. It improves your life.

I have only ever read Manga once so far, and that was the gantz series.

Mononoke is a pretty decent horror anime in the traditional Japanese fashion. Its also a trip and a half. Very dark. Pretty disturbing sometimes too.


Pretty much all of the Miyazaki stuff has something going for it.

Try not reading Manga. It improves your life.

What a completely worthless generalization, forsaking an entire medium for the vague and ill-defined benefit of "improving your life".

What a completely worthless generalization, forsaking an entire medium for the vague and ill-defined benefit of "improving your life".
It improves your life the same way quitting WoW improves your life. Oh, and I've also abandoned American comic books.

Some of the ones mentioned I would say you actually avoid.

Elfen Lied is really a large gore fest with plenty of nudity to accompany it. Then again if you like that sort of thing it's the Anime for you.

Higurashi is a painfully repetitive horror-wanna-be. If you watch Higurashi, just quit after the first five episodes because nothing new happens after that except every one else takes a turn getting killed

If you are looking in terms of horror and dark anime one infamous one is Serial Experiments Lain. But it may just melt your brain.

It improves your life the same way quitting WoW improves your life. Oh, and I've also abandoned American comic books.

You read Watchmen first though, right?

Pretty much all of the Miyazaki stuff has something going for it.

Wrong Mononoke ;)
I'm talking about the one where the ghosts of aborted babies attempt to posses some womans unborn child. And thats just ONE arc :P

Higurashi is a painfully repetitive horror-wanna-be. If you watch Higurashi, just quit after the first five episodes because nothing new happens after that except every one else takes a turn getting killed
If you dont watch the whole thing, you miss out on K1's awesome speeches. And TOMITAKE SMASH. And Satoko's uncle getting his head caved in.

If you are looking in terms of horror and dark anime one infamous one is Serial Experiments Lain. But it may just melt your brain.

With boredom >_>

Digimon ofc.

Trigun is also good (esp the second half of the anime, which is less jokey), Cowboy Bebop is superb, the dub is very good, and I'll recommend Read or Die before anyone else does. HA!

You read Watchmen first though, right?

Yes. That was good.

Yes. That was good.

The Killing Joke was pretty good too, and done by the same guy.

Trigun

Black Lagoon is about mercenaries in like a jungle or something.

Uh no. It's about a small delivery company operating off the South China Sea. Technically, that is. Said delivery company tends to be involved clashes with mercenaries, Islamic radicals, and assorted groups and individuals heavily laden with firearms and munitions, no surprise given their usually illicit and unusual cargo.

The protagonist is, as usual, a Japonski, but unlike the typical stereotype, he's an office worker who got roped into the business, and doesn't fight.

Uh no. It's about a small delivery company operating off the South China Sea. Technically, that is. Said delivery company tends to be involved clashes with mercenaries, Islamic radicals, and assorted groups and individuals heavily laden with firearms and munitions, no surprise given their usually illicit and unusual cargo.

The protagonist is, as usual, a Japonski, but unlike the typical stereotype, he's an office worker who got roped into the business, and doesn't fight.

Dont forget the nazis. Good times ;)

Dont forget the nazis. Good times ;)

I prefer the manga though, even with its age long period between updates. The anime sort of ended on a cliffhanger.

I prefer the manga though, even with its age long period between updates. The anime sort of ended on a cliffhanger.

The anime's more of a bunch of self-contained plots, though, really. Leaves room for infinite sequels and all that :P

For anime:

Samurai Champloo (imagine if hip-hop was invented in Edo-period Japan...), Blood: The Last Vampire and it's follow-on series Blood +, Ghost in the Shell (the two films, the two Stand Alone Complex series, plus the series' film), Samurai 7, Afro Samurai, Naruto (fuck you guys, it's good), Cowboy Bebop...

Akira and Lone Wolf and Cub are the only manga series I've ever stuck at.

why start a new thread when we had a perfectly good one going already?

For anime:

Samurai Champloo (imagine if hip-hop was invented in Edo-period Japan...), Blood: The Last Vampire and it's follow-on series Blood +, Ghost in the Shell (the two films, the two Stand Alone Complex series, plus the series' film), Samurai 7, Afro Samurai, Naruto (fuck you guys, it's good), Cowboy Bebop...

Akira and Lone Wolf and Cub are the only manga series I've ever stuck at.

Don't worry. I follow the shonen trio: Naruto, Bleach and One Piece.

FLCL. Nuff said.

Pretty much anything by Miyazaki. Also Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&!. And the first Ghost in the Shell movie.

Make an account on anidb.net and vote on everything you watch. After you've voted enough, you can supposedly get some pretty good hints for other stuff you might like. I say supposedly, because so far it hasn't worked very well for me. It can't possibly be any worse than the shit we're telling you to watch though, and it's also a good way to keep track of what you've seen, good hints or not.

Stuff by Satoshi Kon, especially Paprika. Kon really knows how to scramble your brain cells.

Jumping into plasma screens is just part of the fun:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/regnans/Paprikascreenjump.png

Initial D. It's funky awesome. :)

Stuff by Satoshi Kon, especially Paprika. Kon really knows how to scramble your brain cells.
Oooh yeah, I quite agree. Another real thinky anime, Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa is utterly fantastic.

And I just remembered The Girl Who leapt Through Time, a lovely film based on an old japanese tale, IIRC.

Manga recommendations:

Alice on Deadlines by Shiro Ihara

Loveless by Kouga Yun

Alichino by Kouyu Shurei

Earthian by Kouga Yun

Q-ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl by Ueda Hajime

Kana by Tohru Tamegai

Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in the Shell
Tekkonkinkrete

The anime's more of a bunch of self-contained plots, though, really. Leaves room for infinite sequels and all that :P

Except there aren't any in the works.

Fushigi Yuugi - both the anime and the manga are amazing. This is my primary recommendation.

Vampire Hunter D
Angel Sanctuary (only read the manga)
FAKE
The Cain Saga (it's only available in manga form)
Grave of Fireflies
Kai Doh Mori
Shoujo Kakumei/Revolutionary Girl Utena (absolutely insane but amazing)
The Cat Returns
Junkers Come Here
Spirted Away
Antari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
Princess Mononoke
Millenium Actress
Zetsuai Bronze
Ai no Kusabi
X, X/1999
Ayashi no Ceres
Gundam Wing
Vampire Princess Miyu


There's a nice short list of recommendations.

Spanning a range of genres, I can recommend

Death Note
Elfen Lied
Serial Experiments Lain (trippy)

Shakugan no Shana (but skip the movie, it's mostly just a butchering of the first few episodes of the first season.)
Wolf and Spice
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Chobits (I wish my PC was that cute)
Clannad

Minami-ke (although season II wasn't quite as good as the first, imo)
Azumanga Daioh

Shakugan no Shana (but skip the movie, it's mostly just a butchering of the first few episodes of the first season.)


End of second season was a huge letdown though.


Wolf and Spice


Scores a whole bunch of points for breaking a slew of stereotypes and going with one of the most underused character types as a protagonist. Not to mention a plot that avoids most of the tropes and tricks of typical anime.


Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya


I suspect Kyon has British ancestry with his mastery of the art of understatement and unflappable nature.


Chobits (I wish my PC was that cute)


Until the eventual robot uprising that is. And most likely a maintenance nightmare. I'd never be able to upgrade and service my system if I had to contend with contractile polymer muscle fibers and what have you.


Azumanga Daioh

Source of incredible spoof parodies. Look up Lord of the Yen on youtube.

Fushigi Yuugi - both the anime and the manga are amazing. This is my primary recommendation.

Vampire Hunter D
Angel Sanctuary (only read the manga)
FAKE
The Cain Saga (it's only available in manga form)
Grave of Fireflies
Kai Doh Mori
Shoujo Kakumei/Revolutionary Girl Utena (absolutely insane but amazing)
The Cat Returns
Junkers Come Here
Spirted Away
Antari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
Princess Mononoke
Millenium Actress
Zetsuai Bronze
Ai no Kusabi
X, X/1999
Ayashi no Ceres
Gundam Wing
Vampire Princess Miyu


There's a nice short list of recommendations.

Bolded. Those are awesome. I want to add Tokyo Godfathers too.

Wrong Mononoke ;)
I'm talking about the one where the ghosts of aborted babies attempt to posses some womans unborn child. And thats just ONE arc :P

Ah. That's conclusions for you. I assumed you were talking about Monoke Hime. Ah well. The point still stands.

That does sound interesting, though... I might have to see if I can find some of that. :)

Fushigi Yuugi - both the anime and the manga are amazing. This is my primary recommendation.

There's a nice short list of recommendations.

Fushigi Yuugi is stellar - but you have to be prepared to commit a bit of time.

Well... a lot of time.

In a similar vein, I really liked "Hakkenden Shin Sho".

Ah. That's conclusions for you. I assumed you were talking about Monoke Hime. Ah well. The point still stands.

That does sound interesting, though... I might have to see if I can find some of that. :)

Its pretty trippy. One arc mostly takes place in a womans brain, involving playing back her plot to murder her husband scene-by-scene...backwards. And then fighting a demon...and...I cant explain the plot-twist without spoilers. Its crazy, though.

Artwork is unique too:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/TheLaProject/Anime%20Diet/Mononoke/Mononoke-Flowers.jpg

Has a sort of 'traditional Japanese' look. And while they were lazy with the background characters a lot of the time, at least they put a bit of effort into making them something more than blobs. Sometimes they were pretty good about it too. In the last arc all of the background characters are mannequins.

The main character himself is half the show. I suspect, as was mentioned with Kyon earlier, he might be part-British for his sheer inability to express strong emotion.
When confronted with a scene which involves a hug from a partially decomposed corpse, two giant heads screaming at him from the walls with blood pouring out of their eye-sockets and a few hundred dogs with the head of a man running around crying, his reaction consists of, "Oh."
Crazy stuff, man :P

Vampire Hunter D

You mean Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, surely? The original is a bit....'80s and it would be a shame if that put anyone off watching Bloodlust, which is genius.

Death Note

Yes. This has some of the best writing I've ever seen. Just stop watching after the second season.

Ohh, I also highly recommend afro samurai.It's like Samurai Champaloo except that it goes somewhere.

Uh no. It's about a small delivery company operating off the South China Sea. Technically, that is. Said delivery company tends to be involved clashes with mercenaries, Islamic radicals, and assorted groups and individuals heavily laden with firearms and munitions, no surprise given their usually illicit and unusual cargo.

The protagonist is, as usual, a Japonski, but unlike the typical stereotype, he's an office worker who got roped into the business, and doesn't fight.

whatever, I've only watched like the first two episodes so far.

Fushigi Yuugi is stellar - but you have to be prepared to commit a bit of time.

Well... a lot of time.

The manga is good if you want the shorter version... >.>

The anime (subtitled with Japanese dialogue) is worth it if you have the time. The seiyuu that do the voices are just amazing. I love Nakago's voice.

It's just horrible in English... Miaka is far too whiney and Yui sounds too young.

You mean Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, surely? The original is a bit....'80s and it would be a shame if that put anyone off watching Bloodlust, which is genius.

Oh yes. However, there is also manga, so it would be unfair to rule it out.

The manga is good if you want the shorter version... >.>

The anime (subtitled with Japanese dialogue) is worth it if you have the time. The seiyuu that do the voices are just amazing. I love Nakago's voice.

It's just horrible in English... Miaka is far too whiney and Yui sounds too young.


In defence of the dub - my nine year old girl comments on cheesy romance movies by loudly voicing "Oh Miaka"... "Oh Tamahome" in alternately low and high registers over the top of it...

But, I agree. The sub is - as in most cases - very superior to the dub.

FLCL? [stupid minimum character posts..]

In defence of the dub - my nine year old girl comments on cheesy romance movies by loudly voicing "Oh Miaka"... "Oh Tamahome" in alternately low and high registers over the top of it...

But, I agree. The sub is - as in most cases - very superior to the dub.

I agree with you on the dub. That's all I hear when I *tried* to watch it... *shudders*... sorry but no one can replace Udea Yuuji (sic) as Ami/Suboshi. *nods* Or Koyasu Takehito as Hotohori...

I agree with you on the dub. That's all I hear when I *tried* to watch it... *shudders*... sorry but no one can replace Udea Yuuji (sic) as Ami/Suboshi. *nods* Or Koyasu Takehito as Hotohori...

Well, she's nine. When there's a lot of stuff going on, she likes the dub because it's easier. For the same reason, something like "His and Her Circumstance", she'll also watch with the dub.

But then, with other stuff (like Ju-On, for example), she totally doesn't mind subs.

The Hotohori thing is a bit of a low blow. My wife has already told me she's going to leave me for Hotohori...

whatever, I've only watched like the first two episodes so far.

There were no jungles in the first two episodes, so I have to wonder about that.

There were no jungles in the first two episodes, so I have to wonder about that.

yeah there are. After they kidnap the main guy, they're on that boat in SE Asia, with jungle in the background...

Fushigi Yuugi - both the anime and the manga are amazing. This is my primary recommendation.

Vampire Hunter D
Angel Sanctuary (only read the manga)
FAKE
The Cain Saga (it's only available in manga form)
Grave of Fireflies
Kai Doh Mori
Shoujo Kakumei/Revolutionary Girl Utena (absolutely insane but amazing)
The Cat Returns
Junkers Come Here
Spirted Away
Antari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)
Princess Mononoke
Millenium Actress
Zetsuai Bronze
Ai no Kusabi
X, X/1999
Ayashi no Ceres
Gundam Wing
Vampire Princess Miyu


There's a nice short list of recommendations.

haven't seen one of them :D