I need anime to watch!

[drauch]

Madox-01
Venus Wars
Gall Force OAV Series
Crusher Joe

....etc

THIS.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Watch the cool old-school three episodic OVA of Odeo 808 (circa 1990)...cyberpunk genre at it's best .

There's the "Gall Force: Fighting Spirits '89" movie worth checking out as well.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[BryanM]

There's always Gantz Abridged.

It's like Reverse Ghostbusters, if the ghostbusters were weird creepy horrible aliens that slaughter the fuck out of everything.

"You just got Kuro'owned!"

"Pacifism head explosion!"

I wish I could use these and 1 person out there in the universe was able to appreciate the reference. Shit my luck.

[xbl0x180]

Madox-01
Venus Wars
Gall Force OAV Series
Crusher Joe

....etc

THIS.

+2


Avoid Neon Genesis Evangina, Gurren Langam, and Love Hina. They're doo-doo related

[Cuilan]

Fate/Zero
Spice & Wolf
Gunslinger Girl
Monster
Ayakashi Ayashi
Durarara
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Great Teacher Onizuka

The troll in me wants to say Boku No Pico...

The Pico trilogy is great. It might not be exactly what Illyrian is looking for here, but maybe he'd enjoy it. I'd recommend watching them in reverse order.

[Formless God]

Mononoke
Bokurano
Katanagatari

I don't see the problem with Gurren Lagann. The concept isn't extraordinary, but the execution is pretty solid. The reason some shows are unwatchable is because they fucked up the latter.

[Leader Bee]

Madox-01
Venus Wars
Gall Force OAV Series
Crusher Joe

....etc

THIS.

+2


Avoid Neon Genesis Evangina, Gurren Langam, and Love Hina. They're doo-doo related

NGE is amazing.

Ignore this man.

[trap15]

Avoid Neon Genesis Evangina, Gurren Langam, and Love Hina. They're doo-doo related

NGE is amazing.

Ignore this man.

It fails the #1 criteria very hard. 1. No whiny pussy male protagonist who doesn't realise all of the female characters love him

[Leader Bee]

Elfen Lied fails at "No moe shit" but Ilyrian also watched an enjoyed this.

[O. Van Bruce]

Well... if we bombard him with this much anime he will never finish watching then... how about we wait until he finishes this list?

[Illyrian]

Elfen Lied fails at "No moe shit" but Ilyrian also watched an enjoyed this.

Like...3 years ago

There's a lot to be going on with here so I reckon there are more than enough really good suggestions already.

Many thanks everyone!

[Randorama]

Gundam 00 (mecha) and Rorouni Kenshin (samurai). You may try the lovely, but a bit post-modern Eureka Seven (mecha). Another gem is Planetes (hard sci-fi). I don't know how much you're into weird/psychedelic stuff, but Arakawa under the bridge is really lovely.

I wonder if you watched Captain Harlock, Illyrian. If you haven't, do it now. The original series had that choppy '70s animation style, but it was a masterpiece. If you are still in retro mood, Ashita no Joe is another classic.

[Illyrian]

Righto, full metal panic it is first.

Then I'm going for all the other stuff.

Thanks for your recommendations all.

[Leader Bee]

Man... I would so bang Tessa testarossa.

I love how the robots in FMP arent those unrealistic humanod robot shit like Mazinger has or most other Anime Sci-fi. Saying that, there's just not enough real robots in Anime, where's my fucking spiderbots? (ok fuchi/Tachikoma count but i need more!)

Plus, Gauron is the shit

[trap15]

Man... I would so bang Tessa testarossa.

And how!

[xbl0x180]

Well... if we bombard him with this much anime he will never finish watching then... how about we wait until he finishes this list?

Which is why he needs to avoid watching that Evangina garbage and stick to the good stuff

[rancor]

Which is why he needs to avoid watching that Evangina garbage and stick to the good stuff

Couldn't have said it better myself. That title represents all that is wrong with anime today. If you stick with stuff from the 80s and early 90s you can't go wrong.

[drauch]

Which is why he needs to avoid watching that Evangina garbage and stick to the good stuff

Couldn't have said it better myself. That title represents all that is wrong with anime today. If you stick with stuff from the 80s and early 90s you can't go wrong.

I do enjoy it, but I can't deny the truth. Nothing beats stuff from the 70s to early 90s in my book. Especially the 80s.

[rancor]

yeah - I had originally included the 70s in my post, but edited it out. Honestly a lot of that stuff is really hit-or-miss. It's akin to the late 90s.. Sure there are some good titles, but there's a lot of shit as well.

[drauch]

Yeah, I definitely hear ya there. I just felt bad not including it with lots of good stuff from Leiji Matsumoto and Go Nagai

[RNGmaster]

Mushi-shi is pretty cool, too, especially for people like me who generally dislike anime.

[xbl0x180]

Gundam 00 (mecha) and Rorouni Kenshin (samurai). You may try the lovely, but a bit post-modern Eureka Seven (mecha). Another gem is Planetes (hard sci-fi). I don't know how much you're into weird/psychedelic stuff, but Arakawa under the bridge is really lovely.

I wonder if you watched Captain Harlock, Illyrian. If you haven't, do it now. The original series had that choppy '70s animation style, but it was a masterpiece. If you are still in retro mood, Ashita no Joe is another classic.

Dude, even Ace Wo Nerae ("Aim For The Ace" - a girly tennis show!) rocked my face off. On the subject of space pirates, there's also Space Adventure Cobra

[Jeneki]

No whiny pussy male protagonist

If you hate that kind of character, Detroit Metal City is one of the funniest takes on it I've ever seen. Plus it has half-length episodes so if you're not ROFLing by the end of the first episode it's only 10 minutes of your time.

[Teufel_in_Blau]

Hah, I was just about to post this, and then you beat me to it.

Akagi is a great show, though. Some of tracks on the soundtrack are actually remixes of Aphex Twin tracks. Haven't seen Kaiji yet, but I want to, I'm a big fun of the Fukumoto's work.

Brofist.jpg

Fukumoto is a manga god. If you haven't read Kurosawa yet, do it! If this manga don't touch you in some way you are clearly dead inside. It is his best work so far. Kaiji is really great but more human as a character and less intellectual but on the other hand you get different gambles and not only mahjong. So Kaiji as a show is more diverse and easier to get into. And thanks for the Aphex Twin heads up, I will check them out since I really enjoyed the OST of both shows.

[chempop]

I could use some recommendations for anything good from the last 5 or so years. See my list for referrence of what I typically like (the darker more serious stuff).

After watching stuff like Monster it has been nearly impossible to find a series that is watchable.

[Raytrace]

I do enjoy it, but I can't deny the truth. Nothing beats stuff from the 70s to early 90s in my book. Especially the 80s.

yeah in general I agree, but like you I do definitely enjoy NGE in fact I'm rewatching it atm, I'm even enjoying the filler 'recap' episode (14)...

Shinji is a whining git, but I think the english dub makes him seem MUCH more whiny than he is in the Jap, and the direction/cinematography (well if that is the term you use for anime), is just perfect I think.

[Raytrace]

I could use some recommendations for anything good from the last 5 or so years. See my list for referrence of what I typically like (the darker more serious stuff).

After watching stuff like Monster it has been nearly impossible to find a series that is watchable.

Check out Lagrange, you'll love it! :p - (no seriously, don't)

[xbl0x180]

I could use some recommendations for anything good from the last 5 or so years. See my list for referrence of what I typically like (the darker more serious stuff).

After watching stuff like Monster it has been nearly impossible to find a series that is watchable.

Ningyo No Mori/"Mermaid's Forest": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqtMDdtXgY

This one was subtitled and officially licensed in North America. I really loved the OAV, Ningyo No Kizu/"Mermaid's Scar," and this was done again for the series as the 13th episode.


Space Adventure Cobra (the 2000s OAV remake): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_JJsl1qGs

It baffles me how this series has been ignored for so long. I have zero esteem for fellow anime fans who don't push for more series such as this one.


Blue Gender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmvUAAe2 ... re=related

Chara designs and animation quality are average, but I remember liking this series when it aired on Adult Swim back in the early 2000s.

[ArmoredCore]

Gungrave
Guyver
Zetman
Hokuto No ken


yes, love cheesy animes .

[Leader Bee]

While we're being semi specific in this thread can anyone recommend me some anime with mecha that look along the lines of these:

http://conceptrobots.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... chive.html





And NOT shit robots like these that seem to be all the rage these days:





I've already seen FMP, NGE, RahXephon, Gunparade March, ZOE and Escaflowne and probably a few others too, but I can't find many with the type of robots I really want, as detailed above. I just can't wrap my head around why you would make a robot look like a personw hen you can strap huge ass guns to it's arms and rocket pods to it's back...