The Anime Thread :)

2010/02/27 UPDATE - Added a new free legal streaming site

Hopefully with all the anime nutz on this forum this thread will be useful to them and to any other members :) To keep things tidy there will be no links or discussions by me about how to attain anime other than through legimate means.

I'll update this post with any new info that others throw at me either via PM or as a reply here. The thread purpose is kind of an anime resource thread, be it what animes are good to finding more information about a title. Blame 0iD for suggesting this

So first section, resource!

For information about anime in general and explanations of terms used in describing an anime/character etc. (ie DFC, Pettanko, Ecchi, Tsundere):
Anime News Network

For information on any specific title:
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This (now deleted link) site is also quite a powerful tool if you register in terms of keeping track of what animes you have seen and what animes you're interested in and it can help you find similar animes that you like via the "tag" system as well as "anime hint" once you populated your "My List" page.
Alternate website (the former is a little too close to being dodgy so will discuss with a mod)
AnimeNFO

For information on similar animes (as recommended by other users):
Anime Planet

Where to buy:
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Otaku(Thanks to 0iD)
Play(Thanks to 0iD)
Good old Amazon
Not strictly a place to buy but...Crunchyroll...legal streaming (with exception to a few countries...inclusive of Japan) anime (of some TV Tokyo anime) WITH english subtitles .
Funimation more legal stream. (thanks to 0iD)
DVD Pacific(Thanks to BeanBandit)
Hobby Link Japan(Thanks to BeanBandit)
Sheffield Space Centre(Best to call them - Thanks to BeanBandit)
Forbidden Planet (Thanks to TAKTAK)
Anime United (Thanks to 0iD)
More free legal streaming (as always content is dependent on where you live)!!
AnimeNewsNetwork :D

Section Two, Sleepy's recommendation list: <Disclaimer: My tastes are wide and varied and therefore my list is biased as is any recommendation list. Please review one of the above sites to get an idea of what the show is about and category it is before asking about any shows listed below. Thanks>

The animes will be listed with their romanji titles first with UK/US titles in parenthesis (if applicable). They are roughly grouped into categories to split the list up. Blue titles indicate recommendations put forward by other fans. :)

ANYTHING by Studio Ghibli

Action (include sci-fi, fantasy etc.):
Argento Soma
Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend)
The Big O AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Boukyaku no Senritsu (The Melody of Oblivion)
Choujikuu Yousai Macross (Super Defense Fortress Macross)
Claymore
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 ((Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)
Dead Leaves
Death Note
El Hazard: The Magnificent World
Elfen Lied
Ergo Proxy
Fate/Stay Night
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Furi Kuri (FLCL)
Gilgamesh (Gilgamesh: Whose Side Are You On?)
Gunslinger Girl
Hellsing AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Hellsing OVA AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku (Now and then, Here and There)
Interlude
Juuni Kokuki (The 12 Kingdoms)
Kara no Kyoukai - Garden of Sinners
Kiddy Grade
Kidou Senkan Nadesico (Martian Successor NADESICO)
Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: 2nd Season (Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Season 2)
Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd GIG (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG)
Koukyoushi Hen: Eureka Seven (Eureka 7)
Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari (Requiem from the Darkness)
Last Exile
Macross F
Macross Plus
Macross Zero
Mai-Hime (My Hime)
Mai-Otome (My OTOME)
Mugen no Ryvius (Infinite Ryvius)
Noir
RahXephon
R.O.D - the TV
Samurai Champloo
Scrapped Princess
Sentou Yousei Yukikaze AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Sento Yosei Yukikaze FAF Koku Senshi AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Serei no Moribito (Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit)
Shakugan no Shana (Shana)
Shigurui (Shigurui: Death Frenzy)
Shinseiki Evangelion (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Slayers
Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor (Fafner)
Stranger -Mukou Hadan- (Sword of the Stranger)
Tenkuu no Escaflowne (Escaflowne)
Texhnolyze
Trinity Blood AS RECOMMENDED BY CAT-THE-FIFTH
Vexille AS RECOMMENDED BY 0iD

Comedy (self explanatory really):
Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~
Detroit Metal City
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (Dual!)
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Galaxy Angels
Genshiken
Genshiken 2
Genshiken OVA
GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)
Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu (Ping Pong Club)
Lucky Star
Midori no Hibi (My Days With Midori)
Minami-ke
Minami-ke: Okawari
Minami-ke: Okaeri
Musekinin Kanchou Tylor (Irresponsible Captain Tylor)
NHK ni Youkoso! (Welcome to the N.H.K.!)
Pita Ten
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
School Rumble
School Rumble: Ichi Gakki Hoshuu
School Rumble Ni Gakki
School Rumble San Gakki
Seitokai no Ichizon
Sora no Otoshimono
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Tenshi na Konamaiki (Cheeky Angel)
Toradora!
Ultra Maniac
Yakitate! Japan

Drama (romance, slice of life etc.):
Aa! Megami-sama [2005] (Ah! My Goddess TV)
Aa! Megami-sama: Sorezore no Tsubasa (Ah! My Goddess - Flights of Fancy)
Ai****eru ze Baby swear filter is disabling the url link :(
Beck (Beck - Mongolian Chop Squad)
Bokura ga Ita
Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5cm Per Second)
Clannad
Clannad After Story
Dennou Coil (Cyber Coil)
Ef - A Tale of Melodies
Ef - A Tale of Memories
Fruits Basket
Full Moon wo Saga****e (Full Moon)
Ghost Hound
Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)
Hitsuji no Uta
Iriya No Sora, UFO No Natsu (Sky of Iriya, Summer of UFO)
Kanon
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Rumbling Hearts)
Kimi ni Todoke
Monster
Mushishi
Ookami to Koushinryou (Spice and Wolf)
Peace Maker Kurogane (Peace Maker)
Planetes
Saishuuheiki Kanojo (Saikano)
School Days
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (Tsukihime - Lunar Legend)
Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Skip Beat!
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)

Ecchi (anything that is fan service based):
Chobits
Green Green TV
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
Ichigo 100% (Strawberry 100%)
Love Hina
Popotan
UFO Princess Warukyure/Valkyrie (UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie)
Tenchi Muyo GXP
Vandread

Horror
Jigoku Shoujo AS RECOMMENDED BY 0iD
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori AS RECOMMENDED BY 0iD
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsunagae AS RECOMMENDED BY 0iD
Vampire Hunter D AS RECOMMENDED BY 0iD

Weird:
Serial Experiments Lain (well in the case of Lain....Wired ;) )

Er...pretty bad animes that I happen to like watching for some masochistic reason...
Dragonaut: The Resonance (You have to be seriously deranged to watch this train wreck of an anime...but I couldn't help watching it all....)
Rosario to Vampire
Rosario to Vampire Capu2 (This and the prequel deviates badly from the manga and really is terrible...)

New Stuff That I Like So Far...
Kimi ni Todoke
White Album
Asura Cryin

What about Ghost in the Shell,Yukikaze and The Big O?? Hellsing(both series) and Trinity Blood were good too!

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Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH

What about Ghost in the Shell,Yukikaze and The Big O?? Hellsing(both series) and Trinity Blood were good too!

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Do you mean Ghost in the Shell the 1995 movie, the Ghost in the Shell 2.0 2008 movie, the Ghost in the Shell Innocence Movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The Laughing Man movie (summary of Stand Alone Complex, I think) or Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society movie?

As for YukiKaze and The Big O I can add that in as a Cat-the-fifth recommendation :) If I have seen "The Big O", I don't remember (my friend slapped me for forgetting about the cat bus from..ahh...forgotten, one of the Studio Ghibli Films...it's early, I got into work so don't shoot me :P )

Trinity Blood I've watched but don't really remember much about it so either it is good but something even better was out at the time or I found it so-so and was a watch and forget show. I got the weekend so I can go through a refresher reading up on it. Again I'll add it as a Cat-the Fifth recommendation :)

EDIT: Oh and Ghost in the Shell TV series is on the list, please look under the romanji name of "Koukaku Kidoutai". :)

Oh can you tell me which Yukikaze you are referring to or both? There is "Sentou Yousei Yukikaze" and "Sentou Yousei Yukikaze FAF Koukuu Senshi"
Hellsing - Can elaborate on the two series? All I see is the original series and an OVA remake - the original being good at the start and then falling over badly in the second half and the OVA remake I've only seen a couple of episodes and it's added in some "slapstick humour" which didn't quite click with me.

Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) - Despite it's apparent lameness, I liked it.
Vexille - Which is so like Appleseed I thought, but has its good points
Vampire Hunter D - It's a classic
Serial Experimants: Lain. - Took a while to get into, but I totally got it in the end
Phantom Memory Kurau - Another one that took a while to get into.
Otogi Zoshi - A big fave with many fans
Ergo Proxy - Must re-watch as I lost interest toward the end
Samurai Shamploo - Loved the ending
Ghost in the shell - I have everything :)
Death Note - I also have them all. Anime, live action, spin-offs etc
Ichi the Killer - a sort of prelog to the film of the same name, equally f'kd up
Berserk
Amaenaide yo!!
Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!!
Blue Girl - poor attempt at adult humour
Excel Saga - Freaky
Murder@Doll - one of the most f'kd up movies i've ever seen
Ninja Scrolls
Fist of the North Star
Paprika
Tekkonkinkreet
The Girl Who Leapt Thro Time
Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion
Akira - an all-time classic!!!
Mobile Suit Gundam
Shakugan No Shana
Princess Mononoke
Afro Samuri

Will add more when I'm not at work

Currently on my 'to watch' pile we have
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
Glass Fleet
Rosario to Vampire Capu2 (ofter sleppyhead's recomendation, can't wait to watch this :p)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

all of which arrived yesterday

Never watched any Bleach, Full Metal or Nurato, am I really missing much?

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Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) - Despite it's apparent lameness, I liked it.
Vexille - Which is so like Appleseed I thought, but has its good points
Vampire Hunter D - It's a classic
Serial Experimants: Lain. - Took a while to get into, but I totally got it in the end
Phantom Memory Kurau - Another one that took a while to get into.
Otogi Zoshi - A big fave with many fans
Ergo Proxy - Must re-watch as I lost interest toward the end
Samurai Shamploo - Loved the ending
Ghost in the shell - I have everything :)
Death Note - I also have them all. Anime, live action, spin-offs etc
Ichi the Killer - a sort of prelog to the film of the same name, equally f'kd up
Berserk
Amaenaide yo!!
Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!!
Blue Girl - poor attempt at adult humour
Excel Saga - Freaky
Murder@Doll - one of the most f'kd up movies i've ever seen
Ninja Scrolls
Fist of the North Star
Paprika
Tekkonkinkreet
The Girl Who Leapt Thro Time
Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion
Akira - an all-time classic!!!
Mobile Suit Gundam

Will add more when I'm not at work

Currently on my 'to watch' we have
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
Glass Fleet
Rosario to Vampire Capu2
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

all of which arrived yesterday

Never watched any Bleach, Full Metal or Nurato, am I really missing much?

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Oo...I'll add as and when i can (with links). You'll have to be specific about Gundam....lots and lots of series, movies and OVAs.

Bleach/Naruto all follow the same pattern so you are not missing much. It's just good to watch some mindless (but not brutal) violence from time to time.
The pattern is:
1. I am some lame character but seem to have some sort of potential
2. I am a lame character but get caught in some fight and win
3. I am a lame character that thinks he is invincible
4. Get butt kicked by a PROPER enemy
5. Rise again like a phoenix to kick previous enemy's butt (or become best buddies)
6. Repeat 3 to 5.

Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Alchemists are two animes you should check out 0iD :)

I'll have a look see which Mobile Suit Gundam it is. Had it many years, stuck in the back of the cupboard collecting dust, and it's on VHS :)

Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Alchemists are on the payday purchase list :thumbsup:

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Never watched any Bleach, Full Metal or Nurato, am I really missing much?

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Other than Ghost in the Shell and Akira thats pretty much all I have watched lol

So I would say you are missing a lot but have no comparison to your over whelming list lol

Man, that's what...2 years continuous viewing?? And that's only the recommended list as well.

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Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)

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Have you seen Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru a chein obu shōto sutorīzu abauto zea disutansu (5cm per second) and Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star)? Both are similar, superb animations!

edit: oops, 5cm per second is there!

Mind Game is also worth watching, although it's not a 'typical' Anime. Much in the same vein as Tokyo Godfathers.

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Where to buy:
Link removed by Bean(Thanks to 0iD)

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Personally i would not be posting links to non-official products. Most of those titles are not studio releases, big give-a-way is the use of chinese and region 0.

Good reliable place for importing Anime DVD's is DVD Pacific. Been using them for a couple of years now, never had one problem, and never been taxed. To avoid tax/duties, make order's with only 1 or 2 disc's if cheap.

For all toys and models then Hobbylink Japan is one of the best out there. Based in Japan they have been around for years now, been using them myself for over 10 years now, and have a very big selection.

In the UK, then Sheffield Space Centre has over 25 years in the business, not a massive selection, but can order stuff in. Not the best web site, but phoning is always best. Been using them since 1993 for most of my Manga, very reliable.

Recommendations.

Eureka 7.
Urusei Yatsura (very old, but bloody good, imho)
Bubblegum Crisis. Original* OVA, not the damn aweful TV series remake.


*and yes i am aware of what i did there :P

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Personally i would not be posting links to non-official products. Most of those titles are not studio releases, big give-a-way is the use of chinese and region 0.

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Thanks for the heads up; I will remove that link (and hopefully you can edit yours too quoting me) until someone tells me it's fully legit. :)

I'll spend some time tonight updating the main post with all your suggestions and hyperlinking them to animeNFO :)

Thanks guys, keep them rolling :D

The BIG O is very underrated!! It was made by the same people who did Batman:The Animated Series.
It is done very much in the style of 1950s big robot shows.

Here are some details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_O

Basically Sentou Yousei Yukikaze FAF Koukuu Senshi and Sentou Yousei Yukikaze are the same series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentou_Yousei_Yukikaze

I preferred the first version of Hellsing over the second. It did get a bit confusing towards the end but then so do many Japanese cartoons!! :)

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I'll spend some time tonight updating the main post with all your suggestions and hyperlinking them to animeNFO :)

Thanks guys, keep them rolling :D

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Need to add,

BLEACH
Naruto
Naruto Shippuuden
Dragon Drive
Angelic Layer
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story
Shakugan no Shana Second
Chrono Crusade (also known as Chrno Crusade)
Great Teacher Onizuka (Drama as well, a must, it is great)
Gokusen (Anime and Drama, superb!!)
Inuyasha
Initial D

Will report back once I unpack my Anime closet later this weekend xD :mrgreen:

Thanks guys!!

It's a great thread but I wouldn't know where to start on that list :)

I know it's a lot like hard work and you are doing this out of pure geeky kindness but perhaps the recommendations (which are really quite a long list) would work better (in the future..) as a kind of, if you like x then you will like a,b, and c.

Whether the x be a genre within anime.. sci fi etc.. or just the most popular anime of that genre. Obviously we could just find this through discussion and or PM but rather than bother you with every little thing or having to search around for info on all of that lot.. maybe that will work better.

Just a thought and all based on your opinion but it would be useful.

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It's a great thread but I wouldn't know where to start on that list :)

I know it's a lot like hard work and you are doing this out of pure geeky kindness but perhaps the recommendations (which are really quite a long list) would work better (in the future..) as a kind of, if you like x then you will like a,b, and c.

Whether the x be a genre within anime.. sci fi etc.. or just the most popular anime of that genre. Obviously we could just find this through discussion and or PM but rather than bother you with every little thing or having to search around for info on all of that lot.. maybe that will work better.

Just a thought and all based on your opinion but it would be useful.

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I totally agree with you Staffsmike. The list will ever evolve, right now I am just trying to list it all out in alphabetical order and then the next job is to put them into categories of sorts. Quite a few of them are difficult, such as Macross series of anime, they are romance, scifi and drama. I may try a poll elswhere for categories. but I really want to keep things simple when listing these animes as all i would be re-hashing is all the other anime databases out there that have already categorised them. :)

Actually, here are the categories I was thinking about:

Comedy (self explanatory really)

Ecchi (anything that is fan service based)

Action (include sci-fi, fantasy etc.)

Drama (romance, slice of life etc.)

Weird (I think only one anime fits this category..lol)

what say you?

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I don't see Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann on the list, you need to fix that, and go watch it if you haven't ;)

Gunbuster is a personal favourite and a good one if you like your sci-fi suitabley epic.

I'm going to leave it at that for the moment* since as staffsMike put it a long list is going to get pretty daunting quickly, as it is already... Breaking it up into rough genres would probably make things more managable, as might grouping together multiple titles of the same storyline.



*although I would only ever reccomend Kanon to be burned with a cocktail of every flammable chemical known to man rather than watched

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Actually, here are the categories I was thinking about:

Comedy (self explanatory really)

Ecchi (anything that is fan service based)

Action (include sci-fi, fantasy etc.)

Drama (romance, slice of life etc.)

Weird (I think only one anime fits this category..lol)

what say you?

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Just a suggestion but:

Unknowns - stuff that you've seen and thought was good but isn't widely known of

Mostly because I've never heard of The Big O before, and now I want to watch it...I want to know what else people are going to pull out of their hats...

Given the number of Gundam animes they should probably get their own section, along with a break down of which ones are worth a watch more than others by those that have seen enough to do so.