Name an Anime, Get an upvote!
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Posted on Oct. 21, 2013, 8:45 a.m. by Demarge
I'll admit, I can't find any good anime to watch that I haven't seen so I've decided to ask the community for good ideas.
If you name an anime that I haven't seen and I like the first episode I'll look through your decklists and upvote the one I like the most.
Highschool of the Dead. Strike Witches. Black Butler. Full Metalal Panic. Full Metal Panic FMOFU. There's a ton more. Just check Netflix or animefreak.tv
October 21, 2013 9:48 a.m.
sumuri champloo...only one season but its badass. I'm a big Naruto fan, if you can find .hack thats a good one. Ghost in the Shell is good. Full Metal Alchemist is cool if you get into it. Eyeshield 21 is cool if your into anime still football.
October 21, 2013 9:48 a.m.
High School DxD is watchable but comes with loads of fanservice.
I liked Bartender as well.
October 21, 2013 9:53 a.m.
MonsterFinder221 says... #8
Fairy tail, Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, Dragonball, Gundam, Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers), Gun X Sword, One Piece, Bleach, Deathnote,
October 21, 2013 9:55 a.m.
Some new stuff:
attack of titan
kill la kill
majestic prince
Galilei Donna
log horizon
October 21, 2013 9:58 a.m.
@MonsterFinder221: Already mentioned by Cr0vv under "Shingeki no Kyojin".
October 21, 2013 10:03 a.m.
Puni Puni Poemi
Requiem from the Darkness
Speed Grapher
Excel Saga
October 21, 2013 10:10 a.m.
themindbullet says... #13
I think these are ones that pretty much everyone has seen but these are my all time favorites:
Trigun
FLCL
Gundam MS 08th Team
Akira
October 21, 2013 10:20 a.m.
Favourite anime by FAR: Steins;Gate. Combination of awesome comedy, really good story, and juuuust the right amount of feels. Oh, and mindfucks.
October 21, 2013 10:22 a.m.
@Zamarneim: Time traveling paradoxes (paradoxi?) is the most common reason why I don't get my sleep. Steins;Gate, ruined me for a while.
October 21, 2013 10:23 a.m.
well Toriko was a tad too on the childish side of it's genre for my tastes, at least based off of it's episode 1.
Now from comment 3 to 10 I saw a couple of animes I didn't watch already, will have to try them out later. It may also be worth noting that I made this thread to try to keep me from spending another few hours looking through animefreak again
October 21, 2013 10:25 a.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #17
How about Yu-Gi-Oh? (Gets hit by lightning) Ow... Ok, maybe Pokemon? (Gets shot)
In all seriousness, my friend's always talking about A Castle in the Sky. Never seen it, but he would't shut up about it for a few months.
October 21, 2013 10:25 a.m.
Ergo Proxy, black lagoon, and Jormungand are the ones that I enjoy watching.
October 21, 2013 10:27 a.m.
what about the classic anime: BASTARD. awesome action show.
October 21, 2013 10:48 a.m.
No suggestion of "Kyoukai no Kanata"? D:
I'd also recomend "Little Witch Academia" (Short film, about 30m)
And also "The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki" or "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" are both pretty good movies. I'd suggest trying to make a date of it~ Especially Ame and Yuki~
October 21, 2013 10:51 a.m.
LambertTheHighlander says... #21
Nodame Cantabelle - comedy with classical musiciansMonster - crime dramaClaymore - sword fighting womanberserk - sword fighting guy
October 21, 2013 11:11 a.m.
Triforce-Finder says... #22
I recently stumbled over Metropolis on tv. Really nice movie, there's action, mystery, a cutie, robots and an interesting story with implied deep philosophical topics.
I'm reading Blue Exorcist lately, that's also available as anime series. It's awesome (The manga is, I can't really guarantee for the anime until I see it myself).
October 21, 2013 11:19 a.m.
Cobthecobbler says... #23
Higurashi no naku koro ni, kai and rei
When they cry, When the Cicadas cry
Either or will yeild the same results. But I plead you, don't watch the dub, the voice acting was terrible... It's really hard to get into, but it picks up pretty fast. Gotta get passed a few episodes.
Genre: Horror
October 21, 2013 11:24 a.m.
Cobthecobbler: That series was one of the first I saw. That fingernail scene.
October 21, 2013 11:30 a.m.
Cobthecobbler says... #25
First time I watched that scene, I had to look away. Manned up and watched it again and almost cried ;~;
October 21, 2013 11:34 a.m.
SharuumNyan says... #28
I would have said Steins;Gate if it hadn't already been mentioned. Probably my favorite anime of the last five years.
It depends what you like. They just added Okami-san and Her Seven Companions to Netflix. If you're into Shojo stuff you might like it... lol
Have you watched the new Evangelion movies?
October 21, 2013 11:57 a.m.
Films: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ghost in the Shell, Transformers: The Movie, Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D
OAV's/ Series: Tenchi Muyo!, Gurren Lagann, RahXephon, Negima!?, Record of Lodoss War
October 21, 2013 12:04 p.m.
Future Diary is good.Mushishi is super chill.CLANNAD, ANOHANA WILL MAKE THE TEARSAfro Samurai for fun times
October 21, 2013 12:13 p.m.
Future Diary is good.
Mushishi is super chill.
CLANNAD, ANOHANA WILL MAKE THE TEARS
Afro Samurai for fun times
October 21, 2013 12:14 p.m.
It a bit psychologically heavy, but Kino's Journey: the Beautiful World is one of my favorites. It's only 13 episodes. Kino no Tabi is the Japanese name.
October 21, 2013 12:21 p.m.
RedKunoichi says... #33
I was mostly skimming the lists so I'm not sure if this was mentioned, but Sgt. Frog is pretty awesome.
October 21, 2013 12:26 p.m.
@pandith: Clannad is awesome. I liked Kanon 2006 as well. But dem feels.
@Cobthecobbler: Recently rewatched it. It still hurts my fingers to think about it.
October 21, 2013 12:38 p.m.
If you want movies, anything by Makoto Shinkai or Mamoru Hosoda are excellent films.
If you want current series, I recommend Kill la Kill, Nagi no Asukara, or Coppelion.
For recent series, try Shin Sekai Yori, Nichijou, or Steins;Gate.
For classics, watch any Ghost in the Shell production or Outlaw Star.
I watch a lot of anime and used to have an anime blog. I'm watching 20 shows currently and have a few movies and something like 5 series on backlog.
October 21, 2013 12:52 p.m.
well yungxak Kino no Tabi's first episode was decent, my only problem was it being stretched out, it felt nigh impossible to stay awake towards the end.
I guess it would be useful to put up some idea as to my usual anime watching habits: currently I'm not watching about 5-8 currently running anime that appears on animefreak's daily page (most of those being either mainsteam shows that I either don't have interest in or gave up watching due to not wanting to wade through season of filler, or shows in genre's I have no interest in or the shows that have very short episodes). I also watch about 25-70 episodes in addition each week, which can explain why most shows mentioned I have seen already.
I guess I should also bring up some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned in the thread yet.
Guilty Crown: The music in the show works well with the epic fight scenes. Also the development of the main character as he goes through his hero's journey, I especially liked when he shifted from a kind king to a tyrant or when he went from broken to martyr.
Soul Eater: An anime that fits in with Shounen, but doesn't pull punches to fit in with Naruto or Pokemon's target audience, it also has pretty sweet music and action scenes... if only they didn't go with a "Lets just end it now" type of ending.
Sword art online: The first half at least was epic, the second was decent.
Now that I think about it there's about 50 of my favorite anime that wasn't mentioned here... I don't really want to type that much.
October 21, 2013 10:42 p.m.
I rated Guilty Crown 3/10 and Sword Art Online 5/10.
We will never be friends.
October 21, 2013 10:56 p.m.
No one's mentioned Fooly Cooly or Guren Lagann? Another one is Little Witch Academia. They just started recently so there's only a few episodes out so far. I really like how it's shaping up.
October 21, 2013 10:58 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #40
Rewatch Code Geass. I'm starting to fall in love with it (thank you Code Ment for introducing us!).
October 21, 2013 10:59 p.m.
Demarge, have you seen Outlaw Star? i used to watch it all the time when toonami was on back i the day. best buy still sells the series i think. it's a good scifi anime
October 21, 2013 11:06 p.m.
ItchiUchiha117 says... #43
Really? Nobody's mentioned Helsing? It's so awesome, though.
October 21, 2013 11:16 p.m.
Yeah Outlaw Star was good when I saw it long ago, the opening song was good. Unfortunately now it's episodes feel worn, though that seems to be true for many older anime, people of today are given a much faster pace when it comes to any sort of show which is mainly due to commercials. Old shows would show a man getting up from a table, going to the door, tie their shoes, open the door, close the door, get in the car, start the car, get out of the driveway, drive down the road. A newer show will likely show a third of those scenes and assume your mind knows what happened.
October 21, 2013 11:56 p.m.
thelittleone says... #45
Skimmed through, didn't see it mentioned. Shikabane Hime. The first few episodes are a bit redundant because they try to spell out the concept for the viewer. I think its worth a watch, though.
October 22, 2013 3:06 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #46
Ghost Hunt!
It's my favourite, they were limited on cash so production quality isn't that good, however the story and characters are EXCELLENT!
It also have the added benefits of the characters actually changing their clothes instead of wearing the same thing throughout the entire story.
October 22, 2013 3:50 p.m.
DimirQueen says... #47
Angel Beats! (one of my favorites, super short too), Durarara, Full Metal Panic, Fairy Tail, Blue Exorcist, Eden of the East, Blue Seed (pretty old), Darker than Black, Gintama, FLCL (of course), Code Geass, Guren Laggan
October 22, 2013 4:02 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #49
I will now present a massive list of notable mentions. Many of them may already be mentioned ... but I'm not doing anything about that.
- Air (saddest anime I've ever watched)
- Akagi (Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai)
- Angel Beats
- Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
- Arakawa Under the Bridge (comedy about rich guy becoming in debt with a homeless woman)
- Attack on Titan
- Baccano!
- Bakemonogatari (don't think it ever got finished, still on hiatus)
- Bakuman. (anime about becoming a manga artist)
- Beck
- Black Lagoon
- Bokurano
- Bunny Drop (Usagi Drop, Slice of life about a single man who adopts a child, very heart-warming. I recommend any father out there to watch this.)
- Busou Renkin (made by the same person who made Bleach I think)
- Chihayafuru
- Daily Lives of High School Boys (Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou)
- Dennou Coil
- Detective Academy Q (Tantei Gakuen Q, best mystery anime besides Monster ... at least I think Monster is mystery, never watched it myself.)
- Durarara!! (most unique storyline I've seen)
- Eden of The East (Higurashi no Eden)
- Elfen Lied (Violent, VERY so.)
- Ergo-Proxy
- Eureka Seven
- Fushigi Yuugi (It inspired an entire GENRE)
- Futakoi Alternative (an alternate story to Futakoi, but way better)
- Ga-Rei: Zero
- Gankutsuou
- Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Suisei no Gargantia)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Political anime. Like Akira and Death Note, this is what made anime popular in North America)
- Gintama
- Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor (A show about gambling addiction)
- Gungrave
- Hanada Shounen-shi
- Honey and Clover (Hachimitsu to Clover, comedy about life in college.)
- Hyouka
- Jormundgand
- Juuni Kokuki
- Kemono no Souja Erin
- Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon)
- Kimi to Boku
- Last Exile (I can still hear the opening to this song to this day ... after all these years)
- Lupin III (these are movies, some of the best, about a band of thieves.)
- Mahoraba: Heartful Days (The main heroine has a dissociative identity disorder)
- Michiko and Hatchin
- Monster
- Moyashimon
- Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yuujinchou)
- Nodame Cantabile
- Noir
- Now and Then, Here and There
- Paranoia Agent (Mousou Dairinin)
- Planetes
- Psycho-Pass
- Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Silver Spoon (Gin no Sagi)
- Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai, currently one of THE BEST animes in running, it shows the real life of two brothers and their journey to travel to the moon. Every episode is fulfilling, heartwarming, suspenseful, and is an absolute joy to watch)
- Spice and Wolf
- Sunday Without God (Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi)
- Sword Art Online
- The Eccentric Family (Uchouten Kazoku, "What's fun is good!")
- Tiger and Bunny
- Time of Eve (Eve no Jikan)
- Trigun
- Tsuritama
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
- Tweeny Witches (Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu)
- Welcome to the N.H.K.
- Wolf's Rain (second most sad anime I've ever watched)
- Zettai Shounen (a very slow anime, but has a nice atmosphere)
October 22, 2013 6:37 p.m.
@Femme_Fatale: Have you seen Clannad, Clannad After Story, and Kanon 2006? It's the same group as the ones who did Air, and they're equally sad / brilliant.
Cr0vv says... #2
ok, here's my list of recommended animes :P not all of them are equally awesome, but they are at least awesome OR funny :P
Hunter X Hunter (2011 remake), Shingeki no Kyojin, Toriko, One Piece, Magi, Magi the kingdom of magic, Accel world, Horizon Log, Air Gear, Ao no excorcist, Arcana Famiglia, Baka to test to shoukanjuu, Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai, Btooom, Campione, Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Code Geass, Sword art online, Darker than Black, Deadman wonderland, Deathnote, Fairy Tail, Full metal alchemist, Full metal alchemist brotherhood, Girls und Panzer, Gundam wing, Gundam 00, Gundam seed, Gundam seed destiny, Gundam Age, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
This will probably keep you busy for awhile :P if you need more, let me know
October 21, 2013 9:34 a.m.