| I'm not looking for just the title.. I want you to reccommend your favorite, and give a detailed explanation to why it's your favorite... you can recommend more than one |
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| - One Outs ( This was the main reason I started watching Sports Anime. If you like psychological games then you'll enjoy it ) - Kuroshitsuji ( The Characters and the story are interesting. ) - Zetsuen no Tempest ( Good Story and the Animation is Good. ) - NouCome ( One of my Fav Comedies if not the best. ) - Ergo Proxy ( The Story is good ) - Monogatari (Series) ( Good? Really Good? :D ) *I'm not really good at stating why I like Something but you may check them all and decide ^^ |
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| Wolf's Rain: I love the characters, the music, the plot, everything. It deals with my favourite themes, such as reincarnation, and every character is important to the plot somehow. Shinsekai Yori: Outstanding world building and fascinating usage of psychology. None of the characters were cut out archetypes. Psycho-Pass: See Shinsekai Yori. They're quite similar anime which is probably why I like them so much. |
| Skip Beat because I love the characters and the MC is adorable. Senyuu because it's funny and kind of random, but still has a plot. Haikyuu because the characters are loveable and volleyball is one of the sports I decently like. Free because muscles and swimming. Noragami because gods and sad moments. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun because the OST is nice. Inu x Boku SS because I like sadists. Durarara because it has a cool plot. Kaichou wa maid-sama because maids and a not completely helpless MC. Kamisama Majimemashita because I like pretty demons. |
| Hayate no Gotoku: All the characters are really loveable, except for Yukiji, I never particularly liked or disliked her. It's a full on parody(at least the first two season), and its humor is second to none. It's just a really great series overall, except for Can't Take My Eyes Off You. J.C Staff did a decent job with HnG, but Manglobe murdered their designs, and the story in Can't Take My Eyes Off You wasn't nothing to write home about. They at least sorta redeemed themselves with 'HnG: Cuties Aria The Animation: It's just a great SoL overall. So long as you aren't a person who just likes nothing but action, you'll enjoy Aria a lot. It's relaxing, the character are extremely likeable, the world of Aria, Neo Venezia, is marvelous. Shinsekai Yori: What Grimmoire said |
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| Toaru Majutsu no Index - It's kind of hard to explain, its probably the setting and characters that i like, the idea of supernatural and science clashing makes it feel epic and interesting. There are typically anime tropes that get played out over and over if you watch enough anime, or read any books/manga. And there are certain things that bug the hell out of me, b/c they are cliche. Index actually uses some of these but you can tell whoever wrote it knew exactly what they were doing b/c they handled them well. And i'm a big sucker for cheesy payoffs. So if a story has some sort of evil villain, that villain needs get punched in the face real good and the pacing for the build up needs to timed just right so it doesn't feel rushed or doesn't feel dragged out. Index does this very well. And the characters have very distinct personalities, even though some of them might be cliche, it doesn't hide that fact and b/c of this is able to surprise the viewer when they do something that is a little out of character. I also like stories that combine a lot of elements together, while some shows may end up confused b/c of this, index manages to pull it off really well. The spin-off/side story Railgun is even more awesome. |
| Shounen HxH - A series that's excellent at creating tension in fights where the threat level of the opponents feels very real & overwhelming at times. Which really does the series justice as the main characters are quite young. Pretty cool world and some stand out characters make it worth watching. Comedy / Romance Hayate - Lovable characters & excellent humour. You can root for any of them pretty much. Only character that gets annoying is Tama and he's minor. Minami-ke Tadaima - I have no idea how this series is rated under an 8 when it really succeeds at being fun and light hearted. Great voice acting + simple but genuinely funny humour for most of it. No real elements of romance just light hearted fun. Nichijou - Lovable characters and absolutely hilarious jokes with excellent voice acting. I'm still not sure why those random parts exist in the anime and I felt it detracted from it but w/e when it goes all out for an awesome joke it's memorable as hell. School Rumble - I'm going to start repeating myself too much. See above. It has a poor ending, or did technically until we finally got what we wanted to see over a decade later. Baka to Test - Characters are very likeable, the MC & his best friend have absolutely hilarious bro & anti-bro moments. Despite some generic humour, they actually really pull it off and make it funny again. Love so much about this show. That's all I'll put down for now but there's a tonne of other shit I absolutely love. |
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| Shiki and Shinsekai Yori. Make you question sides, and think about which one was right. They're interesting plot wise too. And show how fast humans can turn into Monsters. |
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| Gosick -------- its a mystery action romance criminal-investigative historical anime in a fantasy land that was somewhat devastated by world war 1 -------- my username picture and forum sig are all based on that show lol |
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| Mentioned before, but might as well mention it again: Shinsekai Yori - it ain't perfect, but it's really damn close. Great story, amazing world, great characters, decent visuals, epic soundtrack etc. |
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| uh oh here i go The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, because it pulls off being a sci-fi slice of life comedy mystery romance story and it executes all parts of itself extremely well. It's plot is one that is constructed off many layers of intense contradictions. All the main characters are very intentionally trope-ish, but their inner desires and personalities all reflect the opposite of what is standard for their respective tropes and also what they say they want. IE, Kyon being the basic run-of-the-mill hyper logical protagonist who, on the surface, says he desires an ordinary life but truly longs for something extraordinary. Or Haruhi, who longs to meet aliens and other extraordinary people, and ends up completely surrounded by what she believes desires, but is only brought happiness due to mundane yet genuine friendship instead of the interesting things she thinks she needs. She fights constantly to achieve her strange goals, all the while completely unaware shes already done everything she wants to do. Because of her god like powers she can have anything she wants, but she lives her life completely unaware, constantly seeking things she doesnt truly believe she can ever have, yet already does. Every character in that show is a living contradiction, everything any of them want or feel is a contradiction, and everything any of them are capable of doing is a contradiction. I'm actually not as great as explaining this as id like to be, but you get the picture. Also, it has absolutely fantastic animation. BUT if im being honest, the reason why it's my number one show is that I find Haruhi deeeeeply relatable , in a way I've never really seen represented in any other character before, in any form of media. We share an extremely similar since of logic, world view and goals. I dont really relate to most people so when I find something I connect with I connect DEEP. idk. I could write a god damn novel about the subtle complexities of that show, but I'll stop here. Lot of people hate this show and are probably laughing at me, but I don't give a shit I think it's fantastic. I dont necessarily recommend it to everyone, since the reasons I like it are so specific, but whatever watch it if it sounds like something youre into. |
Sakaxxx said: Souten Kouro (Best historical anime and the storyline and dialogue are perfect) Death Note (You can always watch it clever storyline and exciting) Eden Of the East series and movies( very good, different anime) D.M.C - Detroit Metal City( funniest music anime) Beck (also a very good music anime) Souten Kouro is the only one I haven't heard of |
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KazuyaKujo said: Gosick -------- its a mystery action romance criminal-investigative historical anime in a fantasy land that was somewhat devastated by world war 1 -------- my username picture and forum sig are all based on that show lol I'm planning on seeing Gosick one day |
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-Grimmoire- said: Wolf's Rain: I love the characters, the music, the plot, everything. It deals with my favourite themes, such as reincarnation, and every character is important to the plot somehow. Shinsekai Yori: Outstanding world building and fascinating usage of psychology. None of the characters were cut out archetypes. Psycho-Pass: See Shinsekai Yori. They're quite similar anime which is probably why I like them so much. I've seen some of wolfs rain, I'm going to check out psycho path... I'd better see shinsekai yori since you're like the second person to recommend it |
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| Shinsekai yori. This anime is really awesome It talks about what people can do to protect themselves and their idea about a society. About how fear can control humans to a point where you can kill people from your own species to protect the persons you love or kill the persons you love for the greater good. . and about what is wrong. This anime makes you think about what is wrong and what is not. Is really philosophical. Shinsekai yori represents a world when the humans can manage the 100% of their brain. They can handle/or change the space around them as they wish. We can call them powers if we want to. Well anyways, Shinsekai yori represent a distant future. 1000 years in the future and the human civilizacion has been destroyed. the main characteres learn about the history of the humanity, which they find out that this blood-stained and more. Then in the summer, an unexpected and unprecedented tragedy strikes humanity and this is where the adventure begins. Shinsekai is my rank 1# anime and i loved this so much. Sorry if i wrote something wrong xD. |
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Kougyokuz said: Shinsekai yori. I think ill add a few more Shingeki no kyojin; A world in which the rest of humanity lives as cattle, and people are already used to the idea of this. They live in cages called walls with +50 meters; because the humanity was destroyed by the Titans, giant monsters who eat humans without any logical reason, bec they dont need to eat them survive. A corrupt world dominated by fear. The story follows three protagonists. And it focuses on the perspective of eren (main protagonist) Eren is not in accordance with his lifestyle and decides to face the Titans and kill them all. Inu x boku SS; this is really a fun romance anime with a lot of comedy, is about youkais and the relationship beetween a youka-girl and a youkai-butler ( a fox-human-butler) Kuroko no basuke; a sport anime, with a lot of emotion in all the episodes, this have comedy and is about basketball. Zetsuen no tempest; This anime is about magic. makes many references to hamlet. And some works of shakespeare. is about two clans who serve to two gods who control the good and the bad. (they are rivals something like the ying and yang). it has action, romance. I love this anime and is really good ;k Magi; I DONT HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEC MAGI IS PERFECT BYE |
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| Gintama - at first i thought this anime would be boring because it has 100+ episodes but after watching a few episodes i got hooked by its comedy,action and characters. Also new characters are introduced every episodes bringing out more fun and comedy.. and the creator of the series also makes appearance :D |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Tells the tale of two brothers and their effort to regain their intact bodies after a failed experiment to bring their mother back to life. The characters have real chemistry and the story is so well written that you can't help but keep watching. At first it seems like it isn't going anywhere big, but at the end it's just nonstop action. Streets ahead of the original (except maybe equal in terms of music). ...But it turns out you've already seen it so I'll just move on. Planetes: I read the description and I wasn't expecting anything big. I mean, it should have just been a romance in space with a couple of tense moments thrown in. Except it was oh so much more than that. I can't spoil exactly what made it tense since it's central to the plot, but I'm telling you... Watch it. It's funny, it's beautiful, and it feels so real. The best part of this show was that it made me really appreciate how far we've come in terms of space exploration... and how far we have to go. Just listen to the opening and you'll see what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-OyT4ivkM |
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zacoist said: The Aria series, especially the last installment, Aria the Origination, is a masterpiece of the slice-of-life genre. Amazing setting, beautiful soundtrack, charming characters, and all the little themes it presents honestly influenced the way I look at daily life. I know it sounds naive, but it really impacted me in a touching way that no other form of media has ever done for me. A must watch if you're into slice-of-life shows. I'm watching the first aria now |
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Kougyokuz said: Shinsekai yori. This anime is really awesome It talks about what people can do to protect themselves and their idea about a society. About how fear can control humans to a point where you can kill people from your own species to protect the persons you love or kill the persons you love for the greater good. . and about what is wrong. This anime makes you think about what is wrong and what is not. Is really philosophical. Shinsekai yori represents a world when the humans can manage the 100% of their brain. They can handle/or change the space around them as they wish. We can call them powers if we want to. Well anyways, Shinsekai yori represent a distant future. 1000 years in the future and the human civilizacion has been destroyed. the main characteres learn about the history of the humanity, which they find out that this blood-stained and more. Then in the summer, an unexpected and unprecedented tragedy strikes humanity and this is where the adventure begins. Shinsekai is my rank 1# anime and i loved this so much. Sorry if i wrote something wrong xD. You're like the third person to reccommend that |
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silversongwriter said: Kougyokuz said: Shinsekai yori. This anime is really awesome It talks about what people can do to protect themselves and their idea about a society. About how fear can control humans to a point where you can kill people from your own species to protect the persons you love or kill the persons you love for the greater good. . and about what is wrong. This anime makes you think about what is wrong and what is not. Is really philosophical. Shinsekai yori represents a world when the humans can manage the 100% of their brain. They can handle/or change the space around them as they wish. We can call them powers if we want to. Well anyways, Shinsekai yori represent a distant future. 1000 years in the future and the human civilizacion has been destroyed. the main characteres learn about the history of the humanity, which they find out that this blood-stained and more. Then in the summer, an unexpected and unprecedented tragedy strikes humanity and this is where the adventure begins. Shinsekai is my rank 1# anime and i loved this so much. Sorry if i wrote something wrong xD. You're like the third person to reccommend that Then go watch it |
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| Akame ga kill- nice fight scenes, major characters die, suprises me sometimes, esdese Gintama- self explanatory |
Kougyokuz said: silversongwriter said: You're like the third person to reccommend that Then go watch it I gotta finish Aria the animation and Fate Zero... I'm making it so fate zero will be my 80th anime |
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-Grimmoire- said: Wolf's Rain: I love the characters, the music, the plot, everything. It deals with my favourite themes, such as reincarnation, and every character is important to the plot somehow. Shinsekai Yori: Outstanding world building and fascinating usage of psychology. None of the characters were cut out archetypes. Psycho-Pass: See Shinsekai Yori. They're quite similar anime which is probably why I like them so much. I don't watch stuff with gays in it... so Shinsekai yori is out of the question... |
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silversongwriter said: -Grimmoire- said: Wolf's Rain: I love the characters, the music, the plot, everything. It deals with my favourite themes, such as reincarnation, and every character is important to the plot somehow. Shinsekai Yori: Outstanding world building and fascinating usage of psychology. None of the characters were cut out archetypes. Psycho-Pass: See Shinsekai Yori. They're quite similar anime which is probably why I like them so much. I don't watch stuff with gays in it... so Shinsekai yori is out of the question... Everytime someone says this, I laugh so hard at them I cry. |
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xDarkrai said: silversongwriter said: I don't watch stuff with gays in it... so Shinsekai yori is out of the question... Everytime someone says this, I laugh so hard at them I cry. I've heard that in episode 8, some gay shit happens... sorry, but I just don't wanna see that. |
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| Yeah it's a 5 second scene and it's explained in the plot prior to it why. So lol. Also the source material won a literary award. But it's up to you if you skip it. I just wanted to let you know you could skip it and it's part of the plot. |
xDarkraiNov 4, 2014 3:57 PM
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xDarkrai said: Yeah it's a 5 second scene and it's explained in the plot prior to it why. So lol. So none of the main dudes in the story are gay or bi? |
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| Lucky star - Has konata izumi and shes the master of chocolate cornets. nuth said |
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silversongwriter said: xDarkrai said: Yeah it's a 5 second scene and it's explained in the plot prior to it why. So lol. So none of the main dudes in the story are gay or bi? If you want me to explain it, it will be a minor spoiler. |
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Magzablaze said: Lucky star - Has konata izumi and shes the master of chocolate cornets. nuth said It's... eh.... Not one of my favorites, not as bad as some say it is. It's just alright |
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xDarkrai said: silversongwriter said: So none of the main dudes in the story are gay or bi? If you want me to explain it, it will be a minor spoiler. Then there's no way I'm going to watch that show... |
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silversongwriter said: xDarkrai said: If you want me to explain it, it will be a minor spoiler. Then there's no way I'm going to watch that show... See that's why I laugh. |
xDarkraiNov 4, 2014 4:17 PM
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| Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien I really liked this because it follows a realistic story that would be seen in real life (Other than the doctor's ignorance towards a patient x_X) and it left a mark on me til this date. and the opening is awesome as well. :) |
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xDarkrai said: silversongwriter said: Then there's no way I'm going to watch that show... Ignorance is bliss as they say. Have fun with yours. Btw I hate Yaoi and Yuri and I gave this Anime a 10, like other people that can look past one 5 second scene. It's not the scene that bugs me, it's the fact that everyone is bi... I don't need to see them characters doing gay shit for it to bother me, knowing that they are gay is enough for me to not like it. Even if there's zero kissing and stuff... Of course, that doesn't apply to two chicks, cause it's hot |
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| gurren lagann EPIC nuff said |
| L chrisedmonds said: gurren lagann EPIC nuff said I love that show so much |
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| Legend of the Galactic Heroes - I honestly still can't believe there's an anime like this. It's by far the biggest, most ambitious story ever told within the medium. The Ideon: Be Invoked - It's the ending movie to the series Space Runaway Ideon & no other anime has left a bigger impression on me. Aside from being extremely influential & serving as a transition that moved anime in a much darker direction, no other anime has sent chills down my spine the same way this one movie from the early 80s did. You'd probably need to watch 38 out of 39 episodes of the main series to fully appreciate it though because it's a direct continuation. Kodocha! - Probably the funnest anime I've ever watched. It's nothing like the above two, what with being a silly comedy and all, but it knows exactly what it is & it's extremely difficult not to love. It's consistently funny the whole way through, every single character is loveable & there's never a dull moment. Should be watched english dubbed as well; the english voices are so much better than the japanese ones it's insane. |
| I have 5 favorites, which are real hard to put in any specific order, so in no specific order: The Legend of Condor Hero Overview/review: http://www.anime-forums.com/showthread.php?158393-The-Legend-of-Condor-Hero-review Kingdom Overview/review: http://www.anime-forums.com/showthread.php?157090-Kingdom-(complete-series) Kemono no souja erin Overview/review: http://www.anime-forums.com/showthread.php?140783-Kemono-no-Souja-Erin Inuyasha+Inuyasha the Final Act The overview/review for Final Act: http://www.anime-forums.com/showthread.php?133474-Inuyasha-The-Final-act In addition to my Final Act review, the series in general has the best cast of characters, as well as English VA to go along with them, ever assembled, this anime has one of the top two best/strongest romance aspects in anime history, it has the greatest, and most twisted/evil villain ever created This series has byfar the greatest soundtrack ever created, and all the music by Do As Infinity+ Dearest is downright legendary, among the best Opening/Endings ever created in the history of anime, ect. Twelve Kingdoms Off the charts world building aspect, great characters, especially the support characters, this anime has 2 of the greatest support characters ever created, and omg, the dialog to match. It's a masterpiece in story telling, and has great plots, ect. |
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| Ookami to koushinryou (Spice and Wolf) - I loved the storyline, the teasing and romance and the character development. I also overly-enjoyed Horo's accent/dialect. Overall a great adventure/romance/comedy anime, you'll love Horo |
| One Piece - Show which brought anime to my attention. Funny, great fights, great characters. Fairy Tail - Great characters, very funny, makes me smile and laugh a lot. Binbougami ga! - Hilarious comedy show with good fanservice and lovable characters. High School DxD - Best ecchi show for me, characters are very different and lovable, hottest girls in anime but still has a great plot and action. |
| FMA:Brotherhood Great plot,Great Characters,Great Music.What more could you ask for? |
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