[BlackaneseB]

The Legend of Legendary Heroes is awesome

Cliche but awesome

I'm on the fifth episode and I'm hooked. Ryner is hilarious with all the afternoon naps and such.

[Robyn Howlett]

After leaving it at episode 26 for almost half a year I just finished watching the Deathnote series.

Spoiler

I was actually supporting Light the whole way through. When he died I was actually very disappointed. The finale in the warehouse was great. I really thought he was going to win and kill everyone which I wanted him to. But i suppose good had to prevail I freakin hate L, Near and Mello.

I really like deathnote. I used to like animes like Naruto and stuff but I kind of started not liking them because of the sillyness. Deathnote is the only anime I know of that has no chibi, furries or anything like that. It actually takes itself seriously i mean sure Ryuk has his comedic relief moments but most of the time hes really creepy. I was reccomended that if I liked Deathnote then I should try watching ergo proxy. Any merit to that?

[Ashley Campos]

After I finish TTGL I was going to start on that. If you're still uncertain by the time I get to it, I'll let you know.

Gungrave is pretty serious. You'll want to skip the first episode if you watch it though.

[Ebony Lawson]

So, I can talk about my most liked anime here? Thats sweet.

Not to long ago I got the entire Iria : zeiram the animation set from ebay as well as the Armitage collection, the hack job, the OVA and dual matrix.

Those two are one of the best movie/shows I have ever watched, along with princess mononoke and Outlaw star and The macross series.

I really did not know how much was cut out of the T.V showing that is in the OVA. Its really amazing how much better the OVA is, even the opening is a blast!


I remember watching Gungrave, but its been a long time. I used to watch movies and shows more, but now I end up playing games more.

Had to find time for both.

[Tina Tupou]

After I finish TTGL I was going to start on that. If you're still uncertain by the time I get to it, I'll let you know.

Gungrave is pretty serious. You'll want to skip the first episode if you watch it though.

What on earth kind of show is it that you'd want to skip the first episode? :huh:

[Shelby McDonald]

What on earth kind of show is it that you'd want to skip the first episode? :huh:

For some reason they decided to spoil a later event in the first episode.(You don't miss anything by skipping the episode, it's actually completely covered by one of the episodes between 13-16)

No idea why.

[Jeff Turner]

After leaving it at episode 26 for almost half a year I just finished watching the Deathnote series.

Spoiler

I was actually supporting Light the whole way through. When he died I was actually very disappointed. The finale in the warehouse was great. I really thought he was going to win and kill everyone which I wanted him to. But i suppose good had to prevail I freakin hate L, Near and Mello.

I really like deathnote. I used to like animes like Naruto and stuff but I kind of started not liking them because of the sillyness. Deathnote is the only anime I know of that has no chibi, furries or anything like that. It actually takes itself seriously i mean sure Ryuk has his comedic relief moments but most of the time hes really creepy. I was reccomended that if I liked Deathnote then I should try watching ergo proxy. Any merit to that?

You should watch the 3 live action Death Note movies now. At first I was skeptical of a live action Death Note being anything but terrible, but the movies are actually really enjoyable. They have an alternate storyline so you don't have to worry about them being more of the same, which wouldn't have been a bad thing anyway.

But there is a good amount of serious anime out there, you just have to look. I haven't watched many anime series from start to finish myself, but of what I have watched, Code Geass and Cowboy Bebop are great, and serious. There's a lot more comic relief in both of them than there was in Death Note but they're still serious.

[sam smith]

For some reason they decided to spoil a later event in the first episode.(You don't miss anything by skipping the episode, it's actually completely covered by one of the episodes between 13-16)

No idea why.

It's a kind of in media res style. Begin the story immediately in the middle to show how things currently are, and then backtrack to show how everything became that way. In a story like Gungrave, that has some supernatural elements pop up in said middle, it's probably a good way to make sure they don't come out of left field when they finally appear after a dozen or so episodes of more down to earth mafia drama. That, and to make it immediately more familiar with the video game it was based off of.

[Greg Cavaliere]

So first episode of this round of Bleach filler just started on advlt swim. They've done an amazing job of seamlessly integrating it into the timeline in a sensible way. And by that I mean this is already completely [censored] stupid. <_<

You know what I'd like to see out of a filler arc in an anime, if they're going to force it on us? A story separate from what should be happening in the main storyline. Just have it in the same setting and create some new, fresh characters with their own story to tell. Maybe explore existing character's back stories. Anything but this garbage...

Seriously, this is worse than Kekkaishi, and Kekkaishi is awful.

[Klaire]

But there is a good amount of serious anime out there, you just have to look. I haven't watched many anime series from start to finish myself, but of what I have watched, Code Geass and Cowboy Bebop are great, and serious. There's a lot more comic relief in both of them than there was in Death Note but they're still serious.

Well, Code Geass DOES have a lot of comedy later on, but I don't think it was intentional

But yes, there is a lot of anime with serious storylines, you shouldn't judge all anime based on shows like Bleach and Naruto.

You know what I'd like to see out of a filler arc in an anime, if they're going to force it on us? A story separate from what should be happening in the main storyline. Just have it in the same setting and create some new, fresh characters with their own story to tell. Maybe explore existing character's back stories. Anything but this garbage...

I'd prefer if it just didn't have filler arcs at all, still, if the anime is getting ahead of the manga and you don't want to do what the first Full Metal Alchemist anime did and write your own original story that goes in a very different direction from the anime, that could actually be an interesting idea of what to do with your filler arc, they could use that chance to explore what's going on elsewhere in the setting, or maybe some of the secondary characters and other such things like that which are usually overshadowed by the main characters.

[Angela Woods]

You should watch the 3 live action Death Note movies now. At first I was skeptical of a live action Death Note being anything but terrible, but the movies are actually really enjoyable. They have an alternate storyline so you don't have to worry about them being more of the same, which wouldn't have been a bad thing anyway.

Yeah, I agree, the Death Note movies are pretty good. But be warned, the third movie pretty much has nothing to do with Death Note.

So first episode of this round of Bleach filler just started on advlt swim. They've done an amazing job of seamlessly integrating it into the timeline in a sensible way. And by that I mean this is already completely [censored] stupid. <_<

You know what I'd like to see out of a filler arc in an anime, if they're going to force it on us? A story separate from what should be happening in the main storyline. Just have it in the same setting and create some new, fresh characters with their own story to tell. Maybe explore existing character's back stories. Anything but this garbage...

Seriously, this is worse than Kekkaishi, and Kekkaishi is awful.

I'm with you man, nobody likes fillers. But I really hate it when they just drop everything on screen in the middle of an arc for a less interesting filler.

[Dorian Cozens]

You know what I'd like to see out of a filler arc in an anime, if they're going to force it on us? A story separate from what should be happening in the main storyline. Just have it in the same setting and create some new, fresh characters with their own story to tell. Maybe explore existing character's back stories. Anything but this garbage...

Doesn't seem like much of an improvement to me. Still wrecks the pacing, still distracts from the main plot, and there's no guarantee that it will have the same quality of storytelling that the rest of the show has, being as it won't be written by the mangaka (though I guess for some, equaling it wouldn't take much effort, but I digress).

[Lizzie]

So first episode of this round of Bleach filler just started on advlt swim. They've done an amazing job of seamlessly integrating it into the timeline in a sensible way. And by that I mean this is already completely [censored] stupid. <_<

You know what I'd like to see out of a filler arc in an anime, if they're going to force it on us? A story separate from what should be happening in the main storyline. Just have it in the same setting and create some new, fresh characters with their own story to tell. Maybe explore existing character's back stories. Anything but this garbage...

Seriously, this is worse than Kekkaishi, and Kekkaishi is awful.

That's why I tend to prefer shorter series'

They don't have time for filler episodes

Any case I'm still watching Legend of Legendary Heroes and am still impressed with it

I'm glad I started watching it but I've only got a few more episodes left before I have to start waiting for new episodes to come out

[Paul Rice]

That's why I tend to prefer shorter series'

They don't have time for filler episodes

And this is why I generally don't watch those series that tend to stretch on and on for 100+ episodes either. Generally, I would say that the longer a series goes on for, the higher the chance of filler episodes popping up, but I guess there's not really much we, as viewers, can do about it except for not watching series that are prone to long filler arcs, though fortunately, it seems like the ones often guilty of this happen to be series I don't watch anyway.

[Veronica Flores]

I just finished both Trigun and FLCL. I never actually watched either of them through completely but they were great. I'm addicted to playing Ride On Shooting Star by The Pillows on my guitar now.

[trisha punch]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Koromo_n_Minami.jpg Also included Minami who I bought a while back and hadn't opened yet.

Alter did an incredible job on Koromo

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Koromo1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Koromo2.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Koromo3.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Koromo_displayed.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/DEFRON/Figurines/Minami_displayed.jpg

Also bought the first four volumes of Fruits Basket. Been meaning to read it for some time now ^_^

On a downer note: as may have been apparent in those pictures, I really need another display case (still haven't figured out how to display Yuki yet), but I have no room in my room

[Dan Scott]

Lord Crow approves of Koromo.

Been watching Shiki. OMG! It's like a better Higurashi.

[Ezekiel Macallister]

Legend of the Legendary Heroes is pretty good so I'm sticking with that

I'm also trying to find another good series to watch

I've gone through Blessing of Campanella (or however you spell it) just lost interest

I didn't like Occult Academy

Hulu is only showing the dubbed version of Slayers and it sounds horrible

Ragnarok the animation just isn't good

Aegis of Uruk (or however you spell it) just isn't good either

uh...I'm running out

I need something good like Record of Lodoss War or Legend of Legendary Heroes

Any suggestions?

[Laura Ellaby]

Whatever happened to Toonami and Anime being played on Cartoon Network/advlt Swim almost every day and night? I haven't seen Toonami at all, and Anime is only played on Saturday (I think) nights now.

Also, were there any .Hack// series released in English after Sign and Legend of the Twilight?

[Amysaurusrex]

Whatever happened to Toonami and Anime being played on Cartoon Network/advlt Swim almost every day and night? I haven't seen Toonami at all, and Anime is only played on Saturday (I think) nights now.

Also, were there any .Hack// series released in English after Sign and Legend of the Twilight?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.hack//Roots

It's the prequel to the .hack//G.U. games just as .hack//Sign was the prequel to .hack//Infection

[le GraiN]

I'm trying to watch all the most popular "essential" anime films that are considered to be the best or most representative of what the medium's capabilities. Here's a list of what I have seen or plan on watching, please add anything you consider to be the pinnacle of anime:

• Studio Ghibli's entire filmography (eg. Nausicaa, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso - my favourite!, Pom Poko, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo)
  
• Akira
  
• Ghost in the Shell
  
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  
• The End of Evangelion
  
• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
  
• Perfect Blue
  
• Paprika
  
• Metropolis
  
• Steamboy
  
• The Castle of Cagliostro
  
• 5 Centimeters Per Second
  
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
  
• Memories
  
• Angel's Egg
  
• Tokyo Godfathers

[JeSsy ArEllano]

• Akira

Speaking of Akira, I just watched that for the first time the day before yesterday. I really liked the first bit of the film, where it focused more on the setting/dystopian feel/(cyber)punk aspect, what with the motorcycle gangs and run down, gritty city and all. It kinda lost me in the latter half though. It was still good, but I just liked the former so much that I was sad to see the focus taken away from it.

[Sarah Knight]

Speaking of Akira, I just watched that for the first time the day before yesterday. I really liked the first bit of the film, where it focused more on the setting/dystopian feel/(cyber)punk aspect, what with the motorcycle gangs and run down, gritty city and all. It kinda lost me in the latter half though. It was still good, but I just liked the former so much that I was sad to see the focus taken away from it.

I agree. Once you get into the second half of the story you realize that it's become pretty cliched now that it's inspired so many animes created after it. When it was first released it would have been amazing but not so much now. That said, I really enjoyed all of the great animation and the art, as well as the setting.

Frosty_theOzzie, I'd suggest watching it subbed and not dubbed. The DVD I watched had absolutely abysmal dubbing and it got to the point where the only way I could watch it dubbed was by purposely never looking at the character's mouths.

[Peter lopez]

Frosty_theOzzie, I'd suggest watching it subbed and not dubbed. The DVD I watched had absolutely abysmal dubbing and it got to the point where the only way I could watch it dubbed was by purposely never looking at the character's mouths.

Akira, I actually have on Bluray... you're right about the dub. It does such an injustice to the animator's efforts. Great attention to detail in facial expressions and lip synching for anime.

[Kim Kay]

• Perfect Blue
  
• Paprika
  
• 5 Centimeters Per Second
  
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

These are all nice choices.

• Angel's Egg

This one is awful beyond imagination.

I also notice the lack of series. While anime movies are usually better in quality, there are plenty of exceptions. Among those, some good additions to your list would be Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Paradise Kiss and Spice and Wolf. Maybe Haruhi too.