Favorite Anime & Animated Series....

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:43 pm

Thanks for the info guys.
I'll have to check Nadesico & Gekiganger 3 then.

Are they 80's or 90's anime by the way?
It seems to share elements from both era.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:49 pm

ST Dragon wrote:Thanks for the info guys.
I'll have to check Nadesico & Gekiganger 3 then.

Are they 80's or 90's anime by the way?
It seems to share elements from both era.

Nadesico is a post-evangelion lookalike anime, with a twist: the characters of the anime are fans of a cartoon series (fictional) that is a recreation of the classic '70 sunrise robot series.

(and therefore the best thing about the whole nadesico)

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:55 pm

SAM wrote:
Turrican wrote:Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
One with the classic three bad guys characters.
This three bad guys setting was even used in Gunbird series.

The three bad guys stereotype comes from Tatsunoko's Time Bokan series actually. But the Trio in Gunstar Heroes is definitely shaped from Nadia's trio.

SAM wrote:
Turrican wrote:Maho no Tenshi Creamy Mami
This is the classic of the classic of "Maho Girls". I even got it's songs album.

Ahh, Mami-chan songs... I officially envy you!

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:57 pm

ST Dragon wrote:I remember watching "The Little Toaster" some time around 1993. Wasn't it released by Disney in 1991-92?

Couldn't tell you. That sounds about right though.

ST Dragon wrote:Is it the same thing as the Movie you mentioned by the way? I hsven't seen it, but the BONANZA Parody theme sounds fun.

The parodies sound funny. The Felix movie is actually something entirely different. He's trying to find his lost friend or something (it's been quite a while since I've seen it) and he travels through all these surreal landscapes and meets wacky characters.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:13 pm

Animes:
Evangelion
GunBuster
Salamander

Cartoons:
Powerpuff Girls
Atomic Betty
Robotboy
Ulysses31

PlasmaDancer · Post by **PlasmaDancer** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:28 pm

Turrican wrote: All by Miyazaki Hayao
All by Takahata Isao

Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers (by Kon Satoshi)
Tenshi no Tamago, Uruseiyatsura Beautiful Dreamer, Patlabor 1 & 2, Ghost in the Shell & Innocence (Oshii Mamoru)
Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D (Kawajiri Yoshiaki)

You have good taste, indeed. As you've already mentioned most of my favourites, perhaps I'll add Jin Roh (directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and written by Oshii), Hiroyuki Kitakubo's Blood: The Last Vampire, and the anime adaption of Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories.

Turrican wrote: Kamui no Ken (Rintaro)

I'll have a look for this, I had been avoiding Rintaro after buying the hugely disappointing Metropolis.

On a slightly (!) different note, I think the original Tom and Jerry cartoons are still absolutely fantastic ('Sleepy-Time Tom', what a classic). I've seen them all dozens of times but I'm after a DVD collection at the moment.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:19 am

Just watched Grave of the Fireflies, awesome movie. That kid is a fucking dumbass, though.

SPOILERS SPOILERS
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He should've apologized to his aunt and gotten a job so his poor sister
didn't have to die. I felt sad for her.
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Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:11 am

Saint Dragon: The mech in MazinSaga/Wars is Mazinger Z all right. One of the first bosses is Garada K-7, which is one of the first robo monsters Koji Kabuto fought in the series by Go Nagai. Don't know where the other red robot with spiky ears came from. He was in the Mazinger Z movie we got in Mexico.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:50 am

@Specineff:
Ah, that brings some light to the subject!
Thanks.

Although in MazinWars, you only get to be the huge Kick-ass Mech, in the 1-on-1 Boss fights. In the levels you're just a sowrd wielding warrior of some kind.
Is that the way it is in Mazinger Z Movies, or are you a huge mech from the start?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:30 am

PlasmaDancer wrote:You have good taste, indeed. As you've already mentioned most of my favourites, perhaps I'll add Jin Roh (directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and written by Oshii), Hiroyuki Kitakubo's Blood: The Last Vampire, and the anime adaption of Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories.

Right, I forgot to mention Jin-Roh and Memories. Since Morimoto's Magnetic Rose is the most awesome of the three, I'd also like to mention his short "Beyond", the gem of the entire Animatrix project.

Kitakubo, I loved his style on Golden Boy and the Robot Carnival short, but I didn't feel too much for Blood. Perhaps because in order to really enjoy the story you must buy novels, games, and countless other media.

Oh, and Rintaro is kind of hit or miss - but Metropolis wasn't entirely his fault. I'd address the failure on Otomo's screenplay - after all Metropolis still managed to be less disappointing than Steam Boy.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:21 am

Andi wrote:
ST Dragon wrote:I remember watching "The Little Toaster" some time around 1993. Wasn't it released by Disney in 1991-92?
Couldn't tell you. That sounds about right though.

ST Dragon wrote:Is it the same thing as the Movie you mentioned by the way? I hsven't seen it, but the BONANZA Parody theme sounds fun.
The parodies sound funny. The Felix movie is actually something entirely different. He's trying to find his lost friend or something (it's been quite a while since I've seen it) and he travels through all these surreal landscapes and meets wacky characters.

If you like Felix, surreal landscapes & weird cartoon characters, then you'll absolutely love Garfield's nine lives, Comic album & Movie.
The comic strip was released around 1990 followed by the cartoon a few months later I think.

It's about Garfield’s adventures, through out his Nine Lives (Yeah he's a cat after all

)
1st one takes place in the dinosaur age. Another he's a detective’s cat during the gangster period of the 1920s in New York. In a later life he's a test lab animal at a bio-lab, a pirate even a space hero in a Flash Gordon type theme.
This is a true master piece.

Do check it out, both comic strip & cartoon.

umi · Post by **umi** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:23 am

There can be only one... Azumanga Dai-ou :P

PlasmaDancer · Post by **PlasmaDancer** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:34 pm

Turrican wrote:
Kitakubo, I loved his style on Golden Boy and the Robot Carnival short, but I didn't feel too much for Blood. Perhaps because in order to really enjoy the story you must buy novels, games, and countless other media.

Yup, I know what you mean. I have to admit that I was seduced by the visual side of Blood, and (for once) story came second. I'm not so keen on the 'I wish I was a Hollywood movie' soundtrack, but anyway.

I can't believe I forgot this one earlier, but Wings of Honneamise easily ranks among my favourite films of all time (animated or otherwise). I absolutely recommend it.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:40 am

ST Dragon wrote:It's about Garfield’s adventures, through out his Nine Lives (Yeah he's a cat after all )
1st one takes place in the dinosaur age. Another he's a detective’s cat during the gangster period of the 1920s in New York. In a later life he's a test lab animal at a bio-lab, a pirate even a space hero in a Flash Gordon type theme.
This is a true master piece.

Do check it out, both comic strip & cartoon.

I think I will. Thank you for the recommendation. I'm skeptical of anything involving Garfield, it'd be great if this could raise my opinion of him.

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:04 am

benstylus wrote:Anime: Vision of Escaflowne.

I've not seen anything else that even comes close, though there are plenty of other great anime series out there. (But hey, you asked for favorite).

I only read up to this post cause the rest dont matter.

I agree 100%

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:28 am

Andi wrote:
ST Dragon wrote:It's about Garfield’s adventures, through out his Nine Lives (Yeah he's a cat after all )
1st one takes place in the dinosaur age. Another he's a detective’s cat during the gangster period of the 1920s in New York. In a later life he's a test lab animal at a bio-lab, a pirate even a space hero in a Flash Gordon type theme.
This is a true master piece.

Do check it out, both comic strip & cartoon.
I think I will. Thank you for the recommendation. I'm skeptical of anything involving Garfield, it'd be great if this could raise my opinion of him.

I'm not a Garfield fan (Some of the comic strips are fun though, at least when I was a kid

) but the Garfield Nine Lives Movie & comic strip is awesome.

I've never seen any Felix cartoons or read any of his comic strips, but I would imagine that he's not as sarcastic, spiteful & bad tempered as Garfield?
What kind of a cartoon character is he?

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:48 pm

I like the more adult-friendly or "intelligent" anime. the ones ive seen and consider my "favourites" are

Ghost in the Shell (cool, quite mind expanding plot)

Ghost in the Shell 2 : Innocence (a more traditional plot than the first, but you probably need to see the first one to understand this)

Akira - obviously. the first anime i ever saw. excellent production values and the plot holds up to repeat viewings. still trying to figure out the ending and before anyone tries to explain it to me, i tnink it is open to the individual to create a meaning for themselves

Perfect Blue - Saw this last night. seemed cool, and very different. an anime slasher flick! need to watch it again. dont think i took it all in properly.

Gundam (Original series/movies) - epic!

Blood the last vampire - quite short, but pretty good with excellent animation

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust - excellent

Ninja Scroll - again excellent

X - The Movie (very good) X - TV series (quite dull but looks cool)

Macross Plus - good quality, but lacks a dynamic plot.

Record of Lodoss War- havnt finished watching this yet, but have enjoyed what ive seen so far. like dungeons and dragons/lord of the rings.

Fist of the North Star - Along with Gundam, one of the only older (ie 80's) series that i enjoy. although it does become pointless from about episode 20 onwards. and i beleive it goes up to ep 148

There seems to be a massive difference in quality between the 80's - 90's anime available. ones i didnt enjoy, or seemed to be cheap ie rip-offs of each other or with little plot :

Appleseed
Violence Jack
Gundress

Can anyone recommend any other "must see" anime of the "intelligent" or adult-friendly type?

PlasmaDancer · Post by **PlasmaDancer** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:22 pm

DC906270 wrote:
Record of Lodoss War- havnt finished watching this yet, but have enjoyed what ive seen so far. like dungeons and dragons/lord of the rings.

Is this available in the UK? I've wanted to see it since I first heard about it 10-ish years ago....I couldn't even find it in Japan!

If you like fantasy-themed anime, you might enjoy The Heroic Legend of Arislan (UK title). It's not the best film ever made, but the character design is wonderful and the first part in particular has a lovely atmosphere.
As for more 'intelligent' anime, Turrican and I listed a couple of good 'uns a little earlier (you've seen a few of them already, it seems), and I'll mention Wings of Honneamise again. It's great, honest.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:29 pm

DC906270 wrote:ones i didnt enjoy, or seemed to be cheap ie rip-offs of each other or with little plot :

Appleseed

I dunno; I felt and still feel that Appleseed is one of the best socio-utopian (is that even a word?) anime ever due to how ambiguously the creators paint the story.

And if you like Gundam, Z-Gundam and esp. V-Gundam are great choices (unless you're not looking to feel less than happy). Don't watch the Gundam F-91 movie though; I have a feeling you'll find it as pointless as Appleseed.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:47 pm

Don't watch the Gundam F-91 movie though; I have a feeling you'll find it as pointless as Appleseed.

if its as pointless and boring as Chars Counterattack then i dont think ill bother

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:07 pm

Hey, I agree with you there.

Well, the 2 movies are different. Char's Counterattack is boring because of the ridiculous rhetoric incorporated into the battle scenes and lack of real substance despite trying to create an epic environment and grand finale.

F-91 is an ephemeral, atmospheric adventure that doesn't really try to be much of anything. It's part romance, part war, part sci-fi drama, and ends on a road to nowhere. It focuses on an emotional pull and doesn't really have interesting action scenes or anything else that most people want to see, sort of like Appleseed.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:26 pm

Ganelon wrote:And if you like Gundam, Z-Gundam and esp. V-Gundam are great choices (unless you're not looking to feel less than happy). Don't watch the Gundam F-91 movie though; I have a feeling you'll find it as pointless as Appleseed.

While VG got a pretty good story(standard Tomino kill'em all style), I had a very hard time to get into the series because of the poor animation and bad mecha designs.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:21 am

As far as Japanese anime series, I'd have to say my favorite is Zatch Bell. Not every episode is great and it's really for kids, but sometimes it's got a good sense of humor and I like the artistic style quite a lot.

As far as American stuff goes, I'm liking Harvey Birdman (suddenly not sure that's the right title) best lately.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:13 am

It focuses on an emotional pull and doesn't really have interesting action scenes or anything else that most people want to see, sort of like Appleseed

Appleseed seemed to me to have quite a childish story and characters, young girl cops (

for starters) running about screaming and being "cute" - this is the type of anime i don't enjoy-seems cheap. ididnt notice anything particularly emotional about it. although the 'rabbit' cop was cool. or did i miss something? i watched the older movie btw, if there is more than one

mice · Post by **mice** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:52 pm

Just finished watching Evangelion and Trigun series.
Trigun really rocked my boat! I just love wanted-posters.
But Eva...what a piece of c**p! Heard so much good about it, could anyone tell me what exactly is so good about it?

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:00 pm

I just finished up the Mezzo series.
Definitely a short, fun enjoyable series. Better than I expected.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:39 pm

Evangelion is amazing... okay, the animation in the tv series is a little shaky in parts but this is put right for the movie "End of Evangelion", which simply kicks so much arse it should be illegal

the plot of the tv series is interesting and is pretty much just one long build up to the "End of" which is like the grand finale/climax.
this series pretty much sums up what i mean by "intelligent anime", ie the plot is not always obvious and you can read the ending several different ways (you decide the intentions of the creators!) . pretty much a whole new art-form rather than a simple "cartoon". i once read somewhere that anime is as much about the visuals as the storyline (in equal measure) - which is certainly true for Evangelion, and most other classic anime really. in fact, IMO some anime is more about the visuals than the story (Ghost in the Shell)

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:20 pm

DC906270 wrote:I like the more adult-friendly or "intelligent" anime. the ones ive seen and consider my "favourites" are

Ghost in the Shell (cool, quite mind expanding plot)

Ghost in the Shell 2 : Innocence (a more traditional plot than the first, but you probably need to see the first one to understand this)

Akira - obviously. the first anime i ever saw. excellent production values and the plot holds up to repeat viewings. still trying to figure out the ending and before anyone tries to explain it to me, i tnink it is open to the individual to create a meaning for themselves

Perfect Blue - Saw this last night. seemed cool, and very different. an anime slasher flick! need to watch it again. dont think i took it all in properly.

Gundam (Original series/movies) - epic!

Blood the last vampire - quite short, but pretty good with excellent animation

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust - excellent

Ninja Scroll - again excellent

X - The Movie (very good) X - TV series (quite dull but looks cool)

Macross Plus - good quality, but lacks a dynamic plot.

Record of Lodoss War- havnt finished watching this yet, but have enjoyed what ive seen so far. like dungeons and dragons/lord of the rings.

Fist of the North Star - Along with Gundam, one of the only older (ie 80's) series that i enjoy. although it does become pointless from about episode 20 onwards. and i beleive it goes up to ep 148

There seems to be a massive difference in quality between the 80's - 90's anime available. ones i didnt enjoy, or seemed to be cheap ie rip-offs of each other or with little plot :

Appleseed
Violence Jack
Gundress

Can anyone recommend any other "must see" anime of the "intelligent" or adult-friendly type?

I think you would like these:

Area 88 (Both Old & New series)
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
Lens Man
Macross Super Dimension Fortress - Do You Remember Love
Starchaser - The Legend of Orin
The Flight of Dragons (Nice Fairy Tale)
The Last Unicorn (Nice Fairy Tale with excellent voice acting featuring Christopher Lee)
Warriors of The Wind - Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (This is where Mushihimesama was inspired from?)

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:45 pm

ST Dragon wrote:I vaguely remember a Japanese anime series (Maybe 1985-7). It had a similar Sci-Fi theme and the same multi-purpose aircrafts to the western Thunderbirds (The one with the puppets), but with a post apocalyptic, darker/sad and more sinister atmosphere.
The animation was Japanese in style and the language of the TV series was English, but it must have been dubbed.
So, does anyone remember the exact name of this series, or any info / pics would be highly appreciated as I’m trying to track it down.

Another great Anime Japanese series I totally forgot to mention is:
Time Bokan.

http://falketta.altervista.org/timebokan/timebokan.jpg

The Japanese humor in Time Bokan was hilarious! The English voice acting was excellent too!

This specific explosion after the bad-guys ship would explode is a true classic! I remember when I was a kid; I would laugh my but off every time the scene would come up!

SAM wrote:
Turrican wrote:Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
One with the classic three bad guys characters.
This three bad guys setting was even used in Gunbird series.
Well, actually it was Time Bokan that 1st introduced the 3-Bad Guys theme and inspired the Gunbird series.
The 3 villains are almost identical to the Gunbird series.

By the way, what is the exact Japanese name of Time Bokan?

And let’s not forget these Kick-ass anime series:
Astro Boy
GETTER ROBO (GETTA ROBO)
GRANDIZER - GRENDIZER (FORCE FIVE: GRANDIZER)
Jumaru
Mazingr Z
Voltron.

Review:
http://mazinworld.com/Getta.html

They’ve even made some cool action figures:
http://www.toys.cybermatryx.com/catalog ... GX-04S.jpg
http://www.estoys.co.jp/home/71_haku/im ... r_06_1.jpg
http://www.figuresworld.net/animation/m ... zinger.jpg
http://2maniacos.com/images/getter.jpg
http://dosan.skku.ac.kr/~sjkim/icons/Ho ... ai)_01.gif

By the way, I noticed that the leading Mech in Mazinger Z anime is very similar to the Warrior in Mazin Wars on the Mega Drive / Genesis Beat Em Up.
Are the two stories linked in any way?
Mazinger Z (Anime)

http://www.arrakis.es/~jet/img/mazinger-z-t.jpg

Mazin Wars (MD)

Here’s an excellent list with pics of most of the best Anime of the 70s & 80s.

http://eltrasterodemiabuelo.tripod.com/trastero.htm

I remember watching the Japanese anime series that went by the name of "Thunderbirds 2086" and was shown on the USA cable channel Showtime in 1987-1988 (it was dubbed in English). Very cool sci-fi anime series for it's time. ^_~

And does anyone remember the obscure "Machine Soldier Dorvack" anime series? The Dorvack plastic model kits from Gunze Sangyo are legendary when they first came out in 1984 for the Japanese market.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:59 am

Seeing as though everybody seemed to have missed your questions, ST Dragon:

Time Bokan is called the same in Japan.

The mecha in Mazin Wars/Mazin Saga for the MD/SG is none other than Mazinger-Z from the anime series (although it looks somewhat different) and the bosses are also all derived from enemies in the series.

The game's story is essentially the same as the series IIRC where Dr. Hell is trying to take over the world and Koji is the last hope. FYI, aside from the MD beat-em-up, there's also an SFC sidescroller and an AC vert. shooter.

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Favorite Anime & Animated Series....

Does the Thunderbirds 2086 anime ring a bell for you?...