Anime Recommendations.

[Bakamut]

I'm looking for a new Anime to watch, and I'm not sure what. I love Gungrave, Speed Grapher, Death Note, Basilisk, Gantz, Hellsing, stuff like that. As far as movies go, I love Ninja Scroll, Ghost In The Shell and Princess Mononoke. I like a bit of action, good storyline and NOT GIRLY ONES. I don't like comedy anime much (never been able to understand the Japanese sense of humour).

So, can anybody recommend me something good to watch?

[DK]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Hajime no Ippo are the best anime I have ever seen and I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone. And both of them fit your criteria pretty well!

[Bakamut]

Awesome, I'll go read about 'em or something.

[Kossage]

There are quite a few anime series you might want to try out, but I'll just give two examples:

Try Wolf's Rain if you're interested in a tragic narrative set in a post-apocalyptic world with some fantasy mixed in. The story is quite complex and full of symbolism, and the characters get a lot of character development and are quite memorable. The music is absolutely gorgeous by mixing beauty into tragedy with some ethnic influences. Animation looks quite good too, and many scenes are breahtakingly beautiful. It's well worth watching.

I suggest you check out Monster if you want to watch urban psychological horror with detective elements and great storytelling. It has a great cast of wonderful characters, the story is top notch, the animation is quite good, and music supports the narrative well. It starts out slowly but develops during its lengthy running time, and as you get through more and more episodes, you begin to see how seemingly random things are actually connected to a greater whole. The story plays with your mind and offers a lot of thrills while it also has mysterious elements which keep you on your toes.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Gurren Lagann = VERY YES

Baccano! is also a great series to check out, both Genshiken series are hilarious and generally quality.

[Vermachtnis]

Full Metal Panic is really awesome. There's also Chrno Crusade.

[starseeker]

Gurren Lagann is awesome. Another show I'd recommend is Gundam 00, it has a complex plot and lots of moral grey areas. Plus it gets damn good towards the end. Code Geass is also good, you're cheering for the anti-hero in his fight against the evil Britannian Empire.

[Momiji]

Sorry, I can't help you with anything outside the moe/comedy/'magical girlfriend' categories, as I really haven't seen much outside of those topics.

However, if you ever are interested, just ask me! ^^

[Aerith's Knight]

I like dearS, Chobits, Love hina, Moon phase and the Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya..

but thats prob not what yur looking for, as its comedy stuff, so they would be ones you dont watch.

maybe cowboy bebop. I liked that too. oh and Gundam wings, Gundam X, etc.

[Citizen Bleys]

Full Metal Panic! seconded, it's awesome. It's got both the serious storyline and a lot of comic relief.

Darker Than Black is also quite good, as is Scrapped Princess.

[Bakamut]

Ah yeah I watched Darker Than Black pretty recently and I thought it was a very good series. Cowboy Bebop's pretty good too. I also watched the first two episodes of Code Geass a couple of months ago which were alright, and I might watch the rest at some point.

Kossage - Thanks for your more in-depth description of Wolf's Rain and Monster, they sound really interesting and I'm going to download some today and give them a watch

[Tasura]

*clears throat*

D.Gray-Man
Rental Magica
Black Cat
Bokurano
Ergo Proxy
Fate/Stay Night
Flame of Recca
Gankutsuou
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Hunter x Hunter
Kaze no Stigma
Matantei Loki Ragnarok
Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi
Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou Dai Ni Maku
Yuu Yuu Hakusho

I also second Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

[XxSephirothxX]

If you have not seen:

Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Berserk
FLCL (Fooly Cooly)
Mobile Suit Gundam (original movie trilogy)
Samurai X
RahXephon
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Samurai Champloo

You owe it to yourself to do so, as an anime fan. The weakest on the list is probably Berserk, but that's because it was cheap and really is little more than a glorified introduction to the manga, which is up there on the list of the most epic ever put on paper. It's still got a fantastic cast of characters and an excellent, excellent plot and fantasy setting that make up for ty animation.

[Citizen Bleys]

Also, if comedy's your thing, your life is not complete until you've seen Azumanga Daioh.

[Momiji]

Also, if comedy's your thing, your life is not complete until you've seen Azumanga Daioh.

Bakamut said she didn't understand Japanese humor.