Good Anime?

[jubjub13]

I was looking around for anime and couldn't seen to find anything good that i liked.:eek: So i need a little help. And that's where you come in.:D So if you knkow of anything good can you post a list of about 5 or less. 1=fav & 5=not so fav. THANK YOU!:D

[jrgen]

If you want to find good animé, why are you asking people to list ones that are "not so favourite"?

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I'm just going to list some good anime series.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (recently licensed, should be released soonish, 14 episodes)
Death Note (same deal, Viz will be releasing some kind of official online sub version, still being aired in Japan)
Genshiken (Out on DVD, 13 episodes)
Slayers, Slayers Next, Slayers Try, and Slayers Movies (Out on DVD, 26 episodes each season and 5 movites)
Samurai X (out on DVD, 4 episodes)
Azumanga Daioh (out on DVD, 26 episodes)

[jubjub13]

If you want to find good animé, why are you asking people to list ones that are "not so favourite"?

Well your not so favorites may turn out to be my favorites. Any anime will do.

[Dreddz]

Trigun.
Akira.

[Renmiri]

Ghost in the Shell - Cyber futuristic cop action

Wolf's Rain - Fantasy, end of the world, beautiful music

Anything by Miasagi Miyazaki but Princess Mononoke is the best.

Inuyasha - high school girl and a half demon travel through ancient japan

Full Metal Alchemist - fantasy and Alchemy plus political intrigue

[Aemilius Blight]

Let's see:

Akira

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Cowboy Bebop

Elfen Lied

Azumanga Daioh

Martian Successor Nadesico

Those are the only anime that I can think of that are irrefutably good.

[Roto13]

Serial Experiments Lain owns your face.

[Tasura]

Serial Experiments Lain owns your soul.

[Fonzie]

Bleach is all you need :cool:

[Wolf Kanno]

Irresponsible Captain Tylor. Funniest series ever made, and the best ending to a series I have ever seen.

Tenchi Muyo! Watch the OVA. The movies are wonderful as well. Avoid Tenchi in Tokyo cause it was made by people who hate children and puppies.

Rahxephon, It's like Eva for the first half of series and then evolves into it's own monster of a headcase.

Wolf's Rain. Cause it's beautiful.

Like Renmiri, anything by Hayao Miyazaki.

Gungrave, mafia shennanigans, betrayal, violence, drama, and ...zombies:confused:

Naruto, I know people don't care cause it's "mainstream" but find a fansub copy of the series (the fansub was kind enough not to translate Naruto's obnoxious catch phrase) It's a very deep an well written story about growing up, being accepted, honor, friendship and believing in your dreams. Even better, it's actually well written and doesn't feel too forced most of the time.

Robotech or Macross (depending on how much of a purist you are) The world is saved by a idol singer...

Night on the Galactic Railroad, a beautiful tale about growing up, life, death, and learning to let go.

Captain Herlock or Galaxy Express. Cause Leiji Matsumoto is a genius.

That was more than five but I have like thirty other series I could recommend like Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, Casshan the Robot Hunter, Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival, Kare Kano...

[Kenji Longaway]

Trigun.
Guyver.
Fushigi Yugi( Mysterious play ).
Project A-Ko.
Cowboy Beebop.

[black orb]

>>> Watch Gintama, Gintoki and friends will teach you how to be a better human being..

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Depends what you are looking for.

-Kyou Kara Maou! is all around good. A nice balance of humour and drama.
-Fushigi Yuugi put me through an emotional roller coaster sometimes it felt as if the stuff was too soap opera-ish. Nonetheless a good fantasy series.
-xxxHOLiC it is nice with humour, seriousness and a bit of philosophy.
-Sailor Moon, more specifically the last season, Sailor Stars
-Tsubasa Chronicle
-Elfen Lied, if you like goriness go for it.
-The Vision of Escaflowne

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Anything by Miasagi but Princess Mononoke is the best.

Miyazaki. Hayao Miyazaki.

And on that vein, Spirited Away is my other favorite of his works.

[NeoCracker]

Azumanga Daioh
Ouran High School Host Club
Excel Saga
X (TV)
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Ah! My Goddess
Chrono Crusade
Cosmo Warrior Zero
Any of Miazakis work, my current favorite being the Lupin III movie.
This Ugly Yet Beautiful world.

[MJN SEIFER]

Something that you like.

[Polaris]

Hellsing
Chrno Crussade
Samurai X
I watched a bit of Cowboy Beebop and I like it, unfortunetly when I started watching the anime was almost ending :cry:
You can also look for 'Noir' is pretty cool... I could list some more ^^" Oh and "Angel Sanctary" if u find it :shifty:

[fire_of_avalon]

Noir is really good. I also love what I've seen of Full Metal Alchemist. And Love Hina is pretty great too.

[JKTrix]

You should avoid Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou) until you watch the other stuff that some of these people are saying is 'good'. Noir is 'good', Gungrave is 'good', etc... But if you decide to watch Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, it will likely destroy your desire to watch anything else.

It is that awesome.

RahXephon is still my favourite anime right now, so I wholeheartedly second Wolf Kanno's reccomendation there.

I compiled this list (http://jktrix.myanimelist.net/) in about 1/2 an hour a few months ago. It's not complete (and I've started/watched a lot of anime since then so it's way out of date), but it should be a pretty good guide. Anything I rated 8 and above are great shows, 9 is an awesome show, 10 is a show that you should make every effort to watch. Juuni Kokki is known as 12 Kingdoms. 7 is a show that is still really good, but ultimately missable. 2x2=Shinobuden is hilarious, start to end, but compared to Azumanga (rated 9) it falls a little short. Etc.

'Course, it's all opinion. Still, Gankutsuou should be on your list. Perhaps you could just pre-empt the other stuff and start there, and work your way down.

[Mikztsu]

I can recommend two good animes that my girlfriend forced me to watch with her, and I loved them both.

<i>Wolf's Rain</i> and <i>Ouran High School Host Club</i>. Look them up.

Also from my old favourites <i>Silverfang</i> ( the dog anime) is still the best anime I've ever seen, I just aboslutely love it. If there's still people out there who hasn't seen the Silverfang series...you've missed a lot. Go get them now. New <i>Weed</i> series aren't bad either. It's a story about Silverfang's son.

[Tasura]

Since JKTrix linked his I will link mine. (http://tasura.myanimelist.net/) Yea, same with what he said, 8 or higher is worth watching.

[Lynx]

gundam wing - best of the gundam series to me only like 49 episodes. great group of characters. good story can be a little complicated.

rurouni kenshin - if you love sword fighting this is a great show for you.

inuyasha - same deal kinda long though and i dont think theyve finished makewing episodes yet?

.hack sign - compliacted. can be very hard to understand and some episodes are boreing but id say definatly worth watching.

trigun - ive only seen like 5 episodes but i really likes them.

[Bunny]

Fate/Stay Night is pretty.

[starseeker]

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Bleach
Death Note
Ouran High School Host Club
Tenchi Muyo

[Ichimonji]

In order of favourite, from best to least...

Eureka Seven (sub)
Fullmetal Alchemist (sub)
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (sub)
Last Exile (sub)
Scrapped Princess (sub)
Macross Plus (dub)
Spirited Away (dub)
Gundam SeeD (sub)
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (sub)
Onegai Teacher (sub)
Mahoromatic (sub)
Elfin Lied (sub)
Final Fantasy Unlimited (sub)
Haibane Renmei (sub)
FLCL (dub)
Serial Experiments Lain (sub)
Love Hina (sub)

[Vermachtnis]

Azumanga Daioh (Best anime ever)

Chrno Crusade (Great anime, sad ending)

Dr. Slump (Although I haven't seen the anime, the manga is hilarous)

Excel Saga (Don't watch the last episode o_0)

Love Hina (Kinda fan servicy and anime ends where there are two more volumes of manga)

Magical Project S (Magical Girl parady with Tenchi characters)

Ranma 1/2 (The first few seasons are good, but after awhile it becomes Ranma gains new Martial Arte to defeat X)

Tenchi Muyo and Universe (Funny, but don't watch Tenchi in Tokyo)

YuYu Hakusho (Kinda long, but well worth it)

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gilgamesh is probablly the best anime ever

[JKTrix]

Code Geass, it's pretty new and still unlicensed.

You can direct download from here
http://anime.fansub.tv/series.php/904/Code%20Geass%3A%20Lelouch%20of%20the%20Rebellion/

After 14 episodes, this pic sums up everything quite effectively (and hilariously).
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f128/JKTrix/codegeass.jpg
You'll understand once you watch it.

[karas]

guyver(old but ace)
macross plus(ace)
grave of the fireflies(moving)
D-grey man(very good)
deathnote(ace)
bleach(ace)
basilisk(amazing)
akira(changed my life)
vampire hunter D (both of them)
KARAS(amazing)
and rave master(very good)
thats all i can think of right now that are my favourites

[Dr Aum]

Nearly all the ones I would suggest have already been mentioned, most of them multiple times, but let me round off the list: Tokyo Babylon, Record of Lodoss War, Weiss Kreuz (and WK Gluhen).

[Renmiri]

No one here likes Ghost in the Shell but me ? Why ?

I just love that series!

[DocFrance]

Bleach is all you need :cool:

[Polaris]

No one here likes Ghost in the Shell but me ? Why ?

I just love that series!

It's good but a little confusing... Still good :rolleyes2

[ff7heart]

Final Fantasy Unlimited :D:D

[Mythra]

Just the one's I've been watching recently:
Inu-Yasha
Bleach
Full Metal Alchemist
Rurouni Kenshin
Naruto
Ghost in the Shell: SAC (confusing, but still good)

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Is Rurouni Kenshin even on anymore?

[karas]

No one here likes Ghost in the Shell but me ? Why ?

I just love that series!

It's good but a little confusing... Still good :rolleyes2

you people should watch millenium actress now thats confusing

[Tasura]

Is Rurouni Kenshin even on anymore?

3/4 of the shows mentioned arent on English tv.

[Renmiri]

ebay ftw!

Cartoon Network, Adult Swim for the ones who are on TV :D

[Mythra]

Not sure if Rurouni Kenshin is on anymore, I just started watching it from realitylapse.

[escobert]

.HACK//Sign
.HACK//Twilight Braclet
.HACK//Root
Outlaw Star
Princess Mononoke
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Rurouni Kenshin
so many others!

[Ki Ki]

Get Backers!
Gensomaden Saiyuki!
And Howl's moving castle is a cute anime movie. :bounce:

[StarlightAngel]

.HACK//Twilight Braclet


Ew, no. Read the manga of that instead; it's actually canon.

Karin is pretty good, and is not, as the opening may imply ('cause it's really, really fanservice-y), hentai. All the other ones I can think of have been named already.

Oh, and Inuyasha, no matter how much hype it gets, is not actually that good.

[Wolf Kanno]

No one here likes Ghost in the Shell but me ? Why ?

I just love that series!

I love the TV series cause their closer to the feel of the manga. The movies are overrated. I just didn't mention it cause I usually suggest older series cause god knows most people never think about them. I figured most people would cover the more recent stuff.

Know your roots...:meditate:

[Germ Hamee]

Oh and "Angel Sanctary" if u find it :shifty:

No, no, no. >.< That OVA was hardly watchable. Go with the manga.

Some of my favorites:
~Wolf's Rain
~Revolutionary Girl Utena (avoid if you don't like artsy fartsy, though)
~X (though the manga is preferable by far)
~The Twelve Kingdoms
~His and Her Circumstances

[escobert]

.HACK//Twilight Braclet


Ew, no. Read the manga of that instead; it's actually canon.

Karin is pretty good, and is not, as the opening may imply ('cause it's really, really fanservice-y), hentai. All the other ones I can think of have been named already.

Oh, and Inuyasha, no matter how much hype it gets, is not actually that good.
I've read the manga and I haver the series, I can't decided which I like better, yeah I'd say the manga is better but the series isn't bad.

[Fatal Impurity]

i'd say:

Ghost in a shell
outlaw star
love hina
any .hack// anime
blood the last vampire
macross plus
FF unlimited
cowboy bebop
DBZ (overrated and daft but still good and fun)
akira (amazingly and totally overatted and confusing but its still ok to watch)
blood the last vampire (short but has great atmosphere)
princess monoke (the best studio ghibli production)
laputa (the second best studio ghibli production lol)
FF7: last order (short but a nice retelling of the nibelheim incident)

[Polaris]

Oh and "Angel Sanctary" if u find it :shifty:

No, no, no. >.< That OVA was hardly watchable. Go with the manga.


I was talking about the manga! The series are impossible to watch, every channel that they pass it it's cancelled then :( But the manga is good!

[The Mog Ninja]

*skips lots* i dunno if this has been said, but bubblegum crisis 2040 or whatever is teh pwnzors and also inuyasha is good and sailor moon teh roxors and any miyazaki stuff is good so yeah... and neongenesis evangelion is also good and also ghost in the shell and... um whats it called... uh... gundam seed yeah gundam seed but not gundam wing, gundam wing ftl gundam seed ftw gundam seed very nice gundam wing not so much, and anything with ooh naughties, u catch my drift, is also a bonus

and i cant forget my absolute favourite anime of all time: Cowboy Bebop!!!!! /cheer.
and maybe a little tenchi muyo and trigun...and anything done by Madman cuz they make teh pwnzors anime but dont watch anything that rips off the sailor moon transformation sequence, that is just lame to rip off that

[Marshall Banana]

Inuyasha is a great series overall, but not in English, and not so much lately (concerning the manga). If you watch only the anime, though, that doesn't matter.

Inuyasha is my personal favorite. However, if you choose to watch Inuyasha, and love it, reading the manga to find out what happens after the last episode might leave you in a bloodthirsty rage to dismember Rumiko Takahashi (creator) once a week. =O

Oh, and it is quite lengthy! It has 167 episodes in total.

[Renmiri]

Its not really as good as all above, but I enjoyed "Big O" immensely when it showed on Cartoon Network. It's a short series with a very surprising ending and a curious premise: A city where every one's memories stop at 1 year ago. No one knows why or how.

[Wolf Kanno]

Its not really as good as all above, but I enjoyed "Big O" immensely when it showed on Cartoon Network. It's a short series with a very surprising ending and a curious premise: A city where every one's memories stop at 1 year ago. No one knows why or how.

God I loved that show...

I can't believe I forgot about it. I even own the soundtrack and everything. It's really good and has a wonderful atmosphere.

[Renmiri]

... "Big O" ...It's a short series with a very surprising ending and a curious premise: A city where every one's memories stop at 1 year ago. No one knows why or how.

God I loved that show...

I can't believe I forgot about it. I even own the soundtrack and everything. It's really good and has a wonderful atmosphere.

Agreed. The story was so creative and the hero was so cool! The robot girl too.

My only complaint is that it was way too short :greenie:

[Wolf Kanno]

... "Big O" ...It's a short series with a very surprising ending and a curious premise: A city where every one's memories stop at 1 year ago. No one knows why or how.

God I loved that show...

I can't believe I forgot about it. I even own the soundtrack and everything. It's really good and has a wonderful atmosphere.

Agreed. The story was so creative and the hero was so cool! The robot girl too.

My only complaint is that it was way too short :greenie:

You saw the second season right (Episodes 14-26)?

[Renmiri]

Eeek! I missed it!

* runs to check ebay for it *

[Aurons_Desciple]

Fullmetal Alchemist FTW

[look_out_below]

I list some that i dont think were mentioned
Fruits Basket
One Piece (Japanese version DONOT watch the English dub, it is horrible they completely butchered the show)
FLCL (you spend most this show going WTF? but its still good)
Ninja Scroll
Grave of the Fireflies

[TyphoonThaReapa]

A'yo, this is the list ya' heard me...

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (The movies are good to)

Yu Yu Hacusho (Is that how you spell that?)

Bleach

Trinity Blood

Cowboy Bebop (The Best)

Trigun

Outlaw Star

Fullmetal Alcamist (I know that's spelled wrong)

Samurai Shamploo (A definite favorite)

Peach Maker (It's alright I guess)

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT (I know a lot of poeple who like and dislike this saga. It's ok to me when it comes down to the fighting but thats about it.):cool:

[anvil_starsilver]

For me, Record of Loddoss War, Fushigi Yuugi, Fruit Basket and Black Jack are good anime. And also, all Hayao Miyazaki's work. You'll never regret watching those anime.