Anime / Manga

[notesee]

I'm not really into anime anymore, but when I was years ago my favorite series were ..

Cowboy Bebop

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Initial D

Tokyo Underground

And my favorite movies ..

Akira

Ghost In the Shell

Jin-Roh

Venus Wars

[Ryan]

The Running Man which was originally part of the Neo Tokyo collection of anime shorts was directed by Kawajiri, was shown on Liquid Television on MTV. Anyone remember that show?? So good, back when MTV wasn't a piece o'.

anyway its on youtube in 2 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KP4czrq0cI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-4MHbvqnQ

[notesee]

Elfen Lied

Serial Experiments Lain

Shit, I forgot about Lain. This was one of my favorite joints too.

[bluespring]

anime:

Monster

school rumble (super funny)

Full metal alchemist

GTO

death note

j-drama:

GTO live action

nodame cantabile

1 litre of tears

hahaha nodame is the shit!!! made me listen to classical music

[corporategrunt]

Any of the Gundam movies (debate vs. matching tv series aside) from the og to Char's Revenge is great.

I like Lupin movies as well. Galaxy Express 999 had me crying like a biatch as a kid

[Cameland]

i like BECK - good for people who are into guitars and shiz

Kimi ga nozomu eien - nice anime which is FAST moving and doesnt drag on too much

naruto and bleach are good if youre in it for the long haul. although maybe Full Metal Alchemist would be a better series.

dont want to give a long list but i cant help but mention One Litre of Tears. only ever movie/series to make me cry. I was so hooked on that, and the chick aint half bad either

[kauflust]

If you like themes of revenge, Gankutsuou was pretty good. Based off of the Count of Monte Cristo.

[drapygo]

Personally, these are the must watch, as they are the classics.

Noir, Evangelion, Trigun, Kenshin, Kenshin OVA 1&2.

I havn't watched Evangelion, but many people like it. But I've watched the others, and all were very good. If you don't like the length of Kenshin, being it's 96+ episodes I think, then just watch the OVAs, OVAs were best. Especially OVA 1.

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, was just fucking emo... lol There's also the OVA which is about Akane, and is named 'Akane Maniax.' And is just plain stupid, but the last episode I think tells something at least.

Beck, was definitly a fun watch. yup

I think everyone should watch Code Geass, that right now is fucking epic. It's a war anime. And it's all about plans and everything, like Chess.

[RAiNEEZY]

watch deathnote!!! they have a live cast movie out now too, somewhere, i just have not seen it.

[ordo]

Anybody remember Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato)? I loved that when I was a kid.

[s2kong]

death note is actually pretty good. kinda dark/goth but the story is pretty interesting.

here's a link for the latest episodes. they also have a link to download the first live action movie. i haven't seen the second one subbed yet though

http://fourzerofour.us/?p=downloads

[truestorytravis]

i know zero about anime, but i'm interested in seeing some adult oriented anime featuring samurai. any recs?

[selective beef]

anime:

Monster

school rumble (super funny)

Full metal alchemist

GTO

death note

j-drama:

GTO live action

nodame cantabile

1 litre of tears

i concur on school rumble that show is hilarious. my favorite jdrama atm is my boss, my hero. does everyone know they are redoing the evangelion movie AGAIN and also i heard there should be a live action one being developed by the makers of lord of the rings.

i would recommend: azumanga daioh, school rumble, golden boy, yakitate japan, speed grapher, evangelion, read or die, records of lodoss wars, gundam ms 08th team. shit cant think of any others right now.[/url]

[Quiver]

grrr typed up a pretty neat review of some series b4 but lost it all.. anyway...my 3 picks:

Rurouni Kenshin - pretty old but easily the most developed Samruai series IMO. What it lacks in animation quality compared to newer series like Champloo, it makes up for in content. An ABSOLUTE classic in my book.

Cowboy Bebop - incredible vision by Watanabe considering it was made almost 10 years ago. One of the best cast of characters I've ever seen, and even for today, it has an effortless style that is rarely achieved. Yoko Kanno also did a timelessly hip OST for this one.

Fumoffu (Full Metal Panic 2) - nothing serious but just 26 episodes of great laughs. Don't have to wacth FMP to enjoy this.

[Quiver]

Oh man and if I'm ever a kid again, Teknoman Blade!!! Tthat shit drove me into a little sci-fi anime geek 8) Lance was my fave teknoman btw.

[Cameland]

actually yeah. watch cowboy bebop. the series or the movie.

[psyence]

Battle Angel

Venus Wars (the octo-tanks and roller bikes amazed me when I was a kid)

Macross (NOT robotech)

Basilisk - shit's crazy.

[Ryan]

Naruto Shippuden started this week. So stoked.

Venus Wars is dope. The manga is good also

[DJ2xTech]

Battle Angel

Venus Wars (the octo-tanks and roller bikes amazed me when I was a kid)

Macross (NOT robotech)

Basilisk - shit's crazy.

def^ The real name for those battling babes are the Admiral P1!! ( i forgot the exact words haha)

I even found the music on some random website and downloaded it...

"WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW!?!?!? ::japanese:: RIDE AND CRASHHHH CRASHHH AND BURNNN!!!! ::japanese::

I was watching Macross: Do You Remember Love on youtube a few weeks ago. I love the song Minmei sings in the final battle.

[xocy]

Older anime:

Boogiepop Phantom

Vision of Escaflowne

Outlaw Star

Newer:

Death Note

Honey and Clover I and II

Mushishi

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Noein

NANA

[Loop]

Just skimmed most of this thread (did a search too) but it appears no one has mentioned Gasaraki. Got to be one of the best series I ever seen.

Otherwise, Stand Alone Complex is a must see, especially if you liked Ghost In The Shell (the original film I mean).

[tonaf]

gantz

existentialism with porn+ultra violence

[denimdestroyedmylife]

i recently enjoyed mazinkaiser

i love go nagai

[CityHunter]

Naruto (minus the filler episodes!)

Rurouni Kenshin (Just the Kyoto/Shishio Saga)

Bleach

School Rumble (funny!)

Hajime No Ippo (boxing anime)

I don't know about the anime, but I'm reading the Eyeshield 21 manga and its freakin' awesome. I'm sure the anime is good too!

[Pogi]

Atm I'm still loving Death Note, and for bball fans definitely watch Slam Dunk!

[englandmj7]

Been watching Cowboy Bebop lately........good stuff

Thanks DigitalDenim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lil brown brother]

naruto has now resumed its regular programming.....

[jayu]

beck - about music/bands

Great Teacher Onizuka & Golden boy - really funny

Monster - interesting

[hamham3001]

Panda Z... lol.. cute panda ripoff of Mazinger Z

[jayu]

akazukin chacha on youtube... still one of the funniest animes i've ever watched