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Trigun
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Sunabouzu
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Recipe: Take 1 part Vash, 2 parts Wolfwood, and 6 parts short unattractive mega-pervert. Place in a desert oven set to 125° for 17-18 years and you get Kanta "Sunabouzu" Mizuno. Serve with large helpings of big bounties, boisterous badasses, and buxom babes and you get 24 episodes of action packed sexually frustrated hilarity known simply as "Desert Punk"
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Koukaku Kidoutai
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Armitage III
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Armitage came out around the same time as GITS and was therefor completely overshadowed by GITS' huge success. Both series have stacked intelligent heroins that excel in combat and who are members of a policing force and both have strong muscle bound male leads that play the important balancing role. Both fall into the "Cyber Punk" genre and both ask many of the same questions regarding the questions of what makes us human and the very definition of life. However, One key difference is in how they approach these same philosophical questions. While GITS uses Motoko (a cyborg) to search for life inside the digital machine world, Armitage uses Naomi (an android) to search for life inside herself. Don't let this series pass you by.
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Berserk
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Vagrant Soldier Ares
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Ares and Berserk share a number of themes and story elements, while at the same time remaining wholly unique. Ares follows the story of a group of talented young swordsmen who come together in a mercenary army and forge bonds of friendship and camaraderie through difficult battles. Each of the main characters is given a rich background and a very unique personality, however it's in those personalities that you see the echoing of Berserk's lead rolls. Ares, like Guts, has a tragic past and is driven by thoughts of revenge. Michael, like Griffith, has a very grandiose dream and he is willing to sacrifice anything to realize that dream. So if you are looking for something to read while you wait for the next chapter of Berserk then I highly recommend giving Ares a go, you won't regret it!