Anime Noobie

I've only just started getting into the whole anime scene, and none of my friends are really into it, so I was just wondering what you guys think I should start watching. I'm quite a sci-fi nut, so so far I've tended to go for the futuristic, set in space with robots, that kinda thing. I also must admit I really like big guns; not in real life I hasten to add, real guns very very bad, but in fiction very very good!

So if anyone feels like giving me some advice on where to go next, I'd be really appreciative. Thanks.

Cowboy Bebop.

The anime gateway drug.

Evangelion is probably a good start.

The only bad thing about starting with Bebop is that very little, if nothing else out there, is better. But it's my absolute favorite and should definitely be among the first things you watch. Here's a nice list

Cowboy Bebop - (Action, Drama, Comedy, Romance, the whole nine yards.)
Neon Genesis Evangelion - (Deep, thought-provoking, though angst ridden mecha series.)
RahXephon - (Evangelion done right. Better animation, less angst, more focus on plot and character development.)
Trigun - (Good action scenes, comedy, and a surprisingly in-depth plotline.)
FLCL - (Absolutely insane, with awesome animation, some funny moments, and some touching scenes.)
Berserk - (A war series in a medieval setting, but with most of the focus on character development. Big swords.)
Excel Saga - (Inspired lunacy.)

Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone complex.Its got robots.

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Go nuts.

• The Big O
  
• Cowboy Bebop
  
• El-Hazard
  
• FLCL
  
• Giant Robo
  
• Golden Boy
  
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
  
• Now and Then, Here and There
  
• Urusei Yatsura

There. That's all the anime you'll ever have to worry about seeing. Unless, I don't know, you enjoy crap.
If you're short on time, here's a slightly refined list.

• FLCL

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The only bad thing about starting with Bebop is that very little, if nothing else out there, is better. But it's my absolute favorite and should definitely be among the first things you watch. Here's a nice list

Cowboy Bebop - (Action, Drama, Comedy, Romance, the whole nine yards.)
Neon Genesis Evangelion - (Deep, thought-provoking, though angst ridden mecha series.)
RahXephon - (Evangelion done right. Better animation, less angst, more focus on plot and character development.)
Trigun - (Good action scenes, comedy, and a surprisingly in-depth plotline.)
FLCL - (Absolutely insane, with awesome animation, some funny moments, and some touching scenes.)
Berserk - (A war series in a medieval setting, but with most of the focus on character development. Big swords.)
Excel Saga - (Inspired lunacy.)

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surprised you haven't said fooly cooly

FLCL is.... that, I refuse to ever say that horrible American garbage name.

American? It was always intended by Tsurumaki to be pronounced Fooly Cooly. You can even see it spelled out in a magazine towards the end of the last episode.

Furi Kuri, more like it.

Yeah, if you listen to fansubbers who have no idea what they're doing.

Or if you LISTEN TO THE JAPANESE VOICE ACTORS SAY IT IN THE SERIES!

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Evangelion is probably a good start.

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Evangelion *dies* T_T

Evangelion is like FFVIII. You can love it, but since it's too different, do not start with this.

Start with Gundam SEED (DESTINY) instead.

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Or if you LISTEN TO THE JAPANESE VOICE ACTORS SAY IT IN THE SERIES!

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Or if you perceive how they would say it if they weren't hampered by their Japanese accents. Herro!

Ah, but Fooly Cooly is just hampered by horrible American garbage accent. Everyone knows that Japan is superior.

^_^;;

Seikai no Monshou (Crest of the Stars)
Seikai no Senki (Banner of the Stars)
Seikai no Senki II (Banner of the Stars II)

Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
RahXephon
Now and Then, Here and There
Planetes
Trigun
FLCL
Serial Experiments Lain
Infinite Ryuvius
Galaxy Express 999

Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence

They all have something to do with your "{futuristic}, {set in space}, {with robots}"; I think. :fpcow:

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http://anime-4ever.org/index.php?s=bt&loc=1
http://www.anime-kraze.org/index.php?page=releases
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl

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Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone complex

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I wouldn't recommend this. It is waaaaaaaaay too slow.

- Gundam Wing
- Gundam X
- Gundam Seed: Destiny
- Trigun
- Cowboy Bebop
- Dragonball Z? Hey, many anime fans started with this. If you're interested, I suggest seeing only the first 100-120 episodes. Once Goku beats Freeza, it gets way boring.
- Digimon! Well, it HAS digital monsters.
- Full Metal Alchemist
- Detective Conan
- Samurai X OAV
- One Piece is supposed to be pretty good.
- Blue Submarine Number 6, if you want a movie
- Android Kikaider: The Animated Series

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Now and Then, Here and There

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I was gonna recommend this, but I couldn't remember the name.

- Escaflowne has a really good story, though it may get too sappy at points for some.
- Serial Experiments Lain will suck you in, even though you'll never understand what's happening in it.

Wow! That's quite a list to be getting on with! I already have Evangelion, a Gundam, not sure which one, and Trigun (which is in black and white on my machine, because my machine is an arse), but I havn't got through with them. I've also seen half of Hellsing for some odd reason. I've got a couple of films as well, but again I forget which ones and I can't be arsed to walk over to the other room to check, on account of being a lazy sod!

I've seen the odd episode of Cowboy BeBop at stupid o'clock on some random channel, but I'm having a hard time finding it. I think it might just be on abount of me being an idiot.

Fooly Cooly, Furi Kuri, or FLCL, however the hell you want to write it out, is still a damn good show.

Also, if you're going for a mech show, and Gundam in particular, don't go for Seed. Like many entries in the series it's a remake of the original. But the original movie trilogy is better. True, the animation is dated, but the story is top-notch.

EDIT: I feel like a retard for not mentioning this earlier. Princess Mononoke!

Hayao Miyazaki's work is quite good, you can't really go wrong there.

I rather like Samurai X, if you're into the feudal Japan era with samurai and the like.

Spiral is an interesting anime if you want heavy plot-and-character orientation. And a heavy dosage of over-overdramatization.

I forgot to add.

DON'T WATCH GUNDAM WING.

Gundam Wing STINKS. Gundam Wing is a shame to Gundam, and Real Robot in general.

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Also, if you're going for a mech show, and Gundam in particular, don't go for Seed. Like many entries in the series it's a remake of the original. But the original movie trilogy is better. True, the animation is dated, but the story is top-notch.

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I have been watching Destiny and certain aspects follow Zeta such as Shinn-Stellar compared to Four-Kamille. I also think Athrun resembles Char as not wanting to accept himself or really know his role. Just an observation on the sequel series thus far.

PATLABOR!!

Abenobashi

I hate their wanabe texan accents but I generally like the show.

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Evangelion *dies* T_T

Evangelion is like FFVIII. You can love it, but since it's too different, do not start with this.

Start with Gundam SEED (DESTINY) instead.

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I forgot to add.

DON'T WATCH GUNDAM WING.

Gundam Wing STINKS. Gundam Wing is a shame to Gundam, and Real Robot in general.

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You just recommended him not to watch the greatest and second greatest anime in existance...

But I guess deep plot lines that you actually have to think about are not for everyone...

It's not so hard. God's angels are space aliens, Japan is the real Eden, etc.

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It's not so hard. God's angels are space aliens, Japan is the real Eden, etc.

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You...haven't seen it...have you?

(SPOILER)Angels were not aliens, and Toyko 3 was better destribed as a Neo Babylon.
EDIT: Sorry, forgot the spoiler tag...

I've seen the series and the movie multiple times.

FLCL (insane, with philosophies embedded in every scene)
Saikano (really really depressing anime about love and war)
Bubble Crisis Tokyo 2040 (pretty good anime set in tokyo 2040 with robots and stuff)
Gundam, of course....

if anyone has ever heard or seen a movie caled appleseed email me at legoerik@comcast.net

GO EXCEL SAGA!!!i like love hina too...those are funny anime...also consider Ruroni kenshin!!!!

id say watch gundam, trigun, cowboy bebop, gost in the shell, reign,wolfs rain,witch hunter robin ,vampire hunter d, evangellain, and flcl oh yea and blue gender

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id say watch gundam, trigun, cowboy bebop, gost in the shell, reign,wolfs rain,witch hunter robin ,vampire hunter d, evangellain, and flcl oh yea and blue gender

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Ha those are all from adult swim cept Vampire Hunter D (evangelion was on adult swim during giant robot week in 2003. and they are getting the full series and it'll air soon)

I sugest:
Samurai X OVA's: samurai's what more can i say.
Evangelion: Psycoligical mumbo jumbo, Big giant mechas eh can't say what else they are cause it's a spoiler.
Any Gundam series: They all have big giant robots in them. I recomend Gundam Wing and Gudam Seed
Hellsing: vampires
Excel Saga: crazy
Trigun: Funny, great action, guns
Record of Lodoss War: if you wanna go for fantasy
Saiyuki: Different spin on the ancient Chinese tale of Journy to the west, demons, guns
Blue Gender: If you really want to get scifi-ish, aliens, guns, World being overrun by said aliens
Cowboy Bebop: space bounty hunters
Naruto: NINJAS!!!!
One Peice: PIRATES!!!(i do say the japanese version is better but.. eh)
Outlaw Star: Scifiness

Tenchi Muyo.

And anything by Miyazaki. I personally recommend Nausicaa

Meh, most anime is crap . If guns and sci-fi (well its kinda sci-fi) are your thing then yeah go with Cowboy bebop. Evangelion is pretty good but terribly overrated. Ghost in the Shell is like .hack//SIGN. Theyre both too slow. Gundam wing just isnt entertaining. I dont know about seed. Unless the name of a partiuclar anime shows up in this thread a few times then I wouldnt consider it.

If you're just starting out, I say go with Trigun. Cowboy Bebop is insanely good, but save that for later. Trigun is hilarious, entertaining, and can still be serious. It's a good place to start out, I think.

Also, if you can, try watching Adult Swim once in awhile. They have a few different anime shows, like FLCL, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist, etc that are good, and chances are you'll find something you like.


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Rurouni Kenshin - samurai stuff, really great. The Manga is better than the Anime in my opinion.
King of Bandit Jing- I was obsessed. Its' about a kid who can steal anything! Truly amazing art style, and the anime is on par with the manga.
Trigun- Great for those of you who like gun-slingers with a little comedy and sci-fi
Evangelion- only read mangas 1-2 but it was great.
Android Kikaider- I loved this personally. I saw somebody else mention it too so I thought I would. The animated series is genius. I loved how you really got to know the carachters.
.Hack//Sign- If you loved the game, you'll love this. I personally hated the games, but this series was amazing. Too bad every time it got to the end, Cartoon Network would start it over.... jerks....
InuYasha- This show is great. I love the music. I havent read the manga, but I'd like to. Catch it on Cartoon Network on saturdays to see the newest episodes.

On that note of demons-

Devil May Cry- they're making a manga of this one. It will be released on october 11th I think. I haven't read it *duh* but I have a lot of hope for it. Dante has always been a favorite of mine, and I hope the manga lives up to the potential. I'm defenately gonna buy this one. See more here- http://www.tokyopop.com/devilmaycry/

I say watch BECK and also check out Tsubasa Chronicles.

Bleach is starting to own.

Actually Id love to see Tsubasa chronicles but that mainly because Yuki Kajiura does the music.

>>> Go and watch Bleach, that anime is getting better with each episode.

Oh yes and don't listen to people who whine about an anime being slow. Slow build up isn't a bad thing unless you have little time/patience. A slow buildup, when executed well, is really quite good.

Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles is a good anime, I rather like it. Also, Bleach is pretty good, and Full Metal Alchemist is quite good as well.

Any of the Gundams, Outlaw Star is my favorite anime ever. Great action about space pirates, outlaws and all that good stuff.