Any Good Anime Recommendations? - Page 2

4thstreetpete · #11 10-13-2007, 05:20 PM

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Death note
A death god drops a death note to the mortal world, a genius student picks it up/ finds out what it does (you write people's name on the note, and they die) and starts cleansing the world, by killing criminals. Another genius who is on very top hierarchy of world wide CIA like organization, investigates the mysterious death of these criminals, and tries to find out who is behind all the deaths, by using some crazy logic/deduction skills.

I think all poker players will love the anime because there is so much logical/deductive reasoning exercised by both characters trying to get the upper hand.

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Is Death Note a movie? Or is it a series?

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Death note is a series but there's a movie of it too.
I have the manga but haven't read it yet. It looks really good. Allin, thanks for the recommendation. Downloading.....er I mean renting the dvd right now. Going to check it out.

I generally prefer the series as oppose to the anime movies. There's so much more character/plot development that is so good about anime series.

Rootabager · #12 10-13-2007, 07:47 PM

Cowboy Bebop is the best anime I have ever seen. It's really good.

Samurai Champloo is about ninja's and stuff and it's really good also.

Ninja Scroll is a pretty good action movie.

There is a big long anime rec. thread in OOT, started by raptor I think. It has alot of good rec in th ere.

I like the original dragonball(not Z) anime series. It's more for little kids but I thought it was pretty good when I saw it about 7 years ago.

Beserk- Another anime series ppl say is really great. I just got it yesterday and havent started watching it yet but it's supposed to be really good.

Record of the Lodoss War- A long movie that I havent seen since high school. It's like a fantasy Tolkien type movie that I remember being good but it's been so long I cant say it's great. But It will prolly be good if you like fantasy type stuff.

Miyazaki- he is huge in japan. All his movies are pretty good but Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke being the best.

They are really good and worth watching.

I didnt really like Akira. I saw it along time ago but I could barely get through it.

Rootabager · #13 10-13-2007, 07:47 PM

Also the first 50 eps of Roroni Kenshin are really good.

HarryW · #14 10-13-2007, 08:49 PM

For peoples looking for a departure from the theme of massive violence, check out Paranoia Agent. It's a series of 13 episodes dealing with MADNESS. The chances this show takes are amazing. Give it a shot.

Also there is a bit of violence, so if that's your bag you'll still be pleased.

oddjob · #15 10-13-2007, 10:32 PM

maybe it's just me, but i didn't find Grave of the fireflies that sad. the kid angered me more then anything. he was just so stubborn and stupid, most of that [censored] could have been avoided. i mean, don't get me wrong, it wasn't a joy of a movie.

also, i was a big fan of the Akira graphic novels, and although the animation is great in the movie. the story doesn't even come close to the books. i know it's hard to cram that much story in 2 hours, but i was very dissappointed in the movie.

i never would have thought i would like spirited away, but i found it very very enjoyeable. i was quite surprised.

princess mononoke was also a very very good move.

i just finished watching tekkonkinkreet. and although it was a bit hard to follow at times, i found it good, not great.

i'll be watching paprika soon, which is supposed to be visually stunning.

garcia1000 · #16 10-14-2007, 12:56 AM

Are you nerdy or geeky? I liked Serial Experiments Lain. It is a short (13 half hour episode) thing about "cyberspace" and it has a unique graphical style.

Kimbell175113 · #17 10-14-2007, 01:54 AM

I know very little about anime, but Miyazaki's movies are beautiful and great.

tarheeljks · #18 10-14-2007, 04:29 AM

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For peoples looking for a departure from the theme of massive violence, check out Paranoia Agent. It's a series of 13 episodes dealing with MADNESS. The chances this show takes are amazing. Give it a shot.

Also there is a bit of violence, so if that's your bag you'll still be pleased.

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man paranoia agent is out there, each show was basically a mind [censored]

4thstreetpete · #19 10-14-2007, 07:16 AM

One more for paranoia agent. I thought it was amazing.
Any other recommendations for mind [censored] ? I love these kind of animes.

Also Samurai Champloo and Beserk were also very good.

pennpal · #20 10-14-2007, 01:18 PM

I'm not much of an anime fan at all, but I'd definitely second the Death Note suggestion. Most of the episodes can be found online if you know where to look.