Not for me. Looking for shonen/action/fighting anime

Dec 5, 2008 6:01 PM

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Oki, I've already got enough animes I plan to watch, but my friend is looking for some, again. He prefers animes to be shonen/action with fighting in it. Likes it to have a good storyline and such. Anime he's seen (might be missing some):

Bleach
D.gray-man
Neon Genesis
Fate Stay Night
Darker Than Black
Rurouni Kenshi
Basilisk
Gundam
DBZ
Vampire Knight
Busou Renkin
Inuyasha (he didn't really like that)
Nabari no ou
Code Geass

I realize it would be easier for him to make a MAL account himself, but he's too lazy xD Thanks in advance :D

Dec 5, 2008 6:29 PM

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Claymore
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Appleseed
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Batman: Gotham Knight
Cowboy Bebop
Akira
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Hellsing (and or Ultimate Hellsing)

Dec 5, 2008 7:29 PM

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yuu yuu hakusho. there's more but i don't really know your friend so im throwing one in the hat.

Dec 5, 2008 7:45 PM

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Soul Eater, Shakugan no Shana, and if he likes Gundams then has he seen Gundam Seed and Gundam 00 they're awesome.

Dec 5, 2008 8:32 PM

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Shounen with plenty of action/fighting? He wants the original:

Hokuto no Ken

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Dec 6, 2008 1:50 AM

HaiAlwaysHungry

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One Piece the best shonen out there atm.

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Dec 6, 2008 9:19 AM

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MotokoAramaki said:
Claymore
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Appleseed
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Batman: Gotham Knight
Cowboy Bebop
Akira
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Hellsing (and or Ultimate Hellsing)

Just asking. Ghost in the Shell, Hellsing, Akira, Cowboy Bebop and others are consider to be shounen action fighting anime like Bleach, Naruto and One Piese?

Dec 6, 2008 9:39 AM

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Monad said:

Just asking. Ghost in the Shell, Hellsing, Akira, Cowboy Bebop and others are consider to be shounen action fighting anime like Bleach, Naruto and One Piese?

I wouldn't consider them in the "shonen/action/fighting" genre and they're definitely nothing like Bleach and Naruto. But honestly, there aren't many good series of this style so those loosely fit what OP is looking for.

Dec 6, 2008 3:47 PM

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One Piece the best shonen out there atm.

Hell yeah!

Dec 6, 2008 4:31 PM

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Monad said:

Just asking. Ghost in the Shell, Hellsing, Akira, Cowboy Bebop and others are consider to be shounen action fighting anime like Bleach, Naruto and One Piese?

No, but they are more adult action based like Basilisk, are they not? Dude likes vampires, so I recommended Hellsing. He likes strong storylines, so I added Cowboy Bebop and GitS. Akira I threw in there because its awesome. Also, I don't remember seeing One Piece or Naruto on the list of things he's watched.

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Dec 7, 2008 2:14 PM

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Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Cowboy Bebop

seconded.

Dec 7, 2008 2:20 PM

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Fullmetal Alchemist
Baccano!
Hunter x Hunter
Soul Eater
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
One Piece
Berserk
Claymore
Prince of Tennis

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Dec 8, 2008 1:36 PM

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claymore
gundam 00
one piece
Full metal alchemist
full metal panic
shakugan no shana
black lagoon
tengen toppa gurren lagan
gungrave
macross frontier
sword of the stranger(BEST ACTION ANIME MOVIE _EVER_)
soul eater
and as last ..
naruto
without all the fillers it is actually a very good shounen... despites what some people say about it. its the fillers what make it not so awesome but if you skip you have a very strong shounen/action anime.

Dec 9, 2008 4:11 PM

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Peacemaker Kurogane!

Dec 10, 2008 1:31 AM

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hunter x hunter

Dec 14, 2008 2:13 PM

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kie_ said:
hunter x hunter

...as a HXH fan, I don't really consider it an action series. Compared to most other shounen, the fighting is sparse.

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Dec 14, 2008 2:44 PM

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Soul Eater
Claymore
Baccano!
Kekkaishi
Ga-rei -Zero-
Casshern Sins
Samurai Champloo
Katekyo Hitman REBORN! (anime sux, manga rox)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Yuu Yuu Hakusho
One Piece
Karas
Magic Knight Rayearth
Night Wizard
X/1999
Shin Angyo Onshi

Dec 15, 2008 2:35 PM

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Check out One Piece! It has over 370 episodes, and there is no way it won't make it to atleast 800 episodes, in fact, expect over 1000 episodes of One Piece! Yea!

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Dec 15, 2008 3:11 PM

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Tell him to watch Kenichi .

Dec 15, 2008 8:20 PM

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Major_G said:
Shounen with plenty of action/fighting? He wants the original:

Hokuto no Ken

Am I the only person in this thread that's seen HnK? You guys all need to see it. It basically revolutionized the entire shounen genre.

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Dec 15, 2008 8:29 PM

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Try one of these OVAs/series
Afro Samurai
Bastard
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Ninja Scroll
Law of Ueki
Zippang

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Jun 28, 2013 2:51 AM

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Hunter x Hunter - is really good, in love with it.
Naruto - has lots of fillers, but despite that I consider it one of the best.
One Piece - is really nice imo. But right now it kinda sucks. Hope it'll come back.
Bleach - Lots of OP spells, imo its not that good of a anime but it works.
Kenichi the mightiest disciple - Really cool fighting anime, should def be watched.
Rurouni Kenshin - Very awesome sword fighting, take a look, bet he'll like it!
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! - I like this. but is kinda silly the first 20 episodes, but you get to know the characters and it gets awesome later on.

Jun 28, 2013 2:52 AM

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Congratulations, a 5 year grave-dig.

Jun 28, 2013 2:54 AM

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That guy is dead by now

Jun 28, 2013 3:18 AM

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RIP

Jun 28, 2013 3:20 AM

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RIP in peace.

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Jun 28, 2013 3:24 AM

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Perisher said:
RIP in peace.

You don't know what RIP stands for it seems

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