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hotsauceman1 wrote:I recently tried to watch Gunslinger girl. Couldnt stand it.
I jusst watched the entirety of soul eater. The ending was. Just wow.
Right now me and my friend are in the middle of watching BLue excorcist. Pretty good.
Hello there, May I ask what you didn't like about Gunslinger Girl? Did you watched the first or second seasion ( il torenno or something like that) I've watched the first seasion and although the first two episodes where a little meh, when it starts to show the other girls and how there handlers work with them I found it rather interesting.
If you have just watched the first two eps or so maybe giving it another chance might not be so bad. Then again different strokes for different folks.
Started re-watching Black Lagoon with friends, and it's been just as good the second time around.
Also started watching Black Heaven, on recommendation from someone in either this thread or the last. Not what I expected, certainly, but I've been enjoying it nonetheless.
Zefig wrote:Started re-watching Black Lagoon with friends, and it's been just as good the second time around.
Also started watching Black Heaven, on recommendation from someone in either this thread or the last. Not what I expected, certainly, but I've been enjoying it nonetheless.
Hot pirate chick with huge guns in the south china sea, whats not to like about Black Lagoon ( plus the theme song is just aces )
I tried A Certain Scientific Railgun again I dunno if I am a glutten for punishment, but after three episodes of hearing "Oneesan" my interest just wasn't there.
For ghits and shiggles I watched Genocyber again, wow, I didn't remember it being that violent but hey good none the less.I am also trying to fit in Hokuto no Ken (again, I don't know why I am so drawn to that sceries) inbetween episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heros
None as of right now, simply because Bleach and naruto jumped the shark.
So what all is out there that is similar to Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun, and Avatar? Been looking for a new one, but not very many of them I've watched a bit of seem worth my time....
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Slarg232 wrote:None as of right now, simply because Bleach and naruto jumped the shark.
So what all is out there that is similar to Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun, and Avatar? Been looking for a new one, but not very many of them I've watched a bit of seem worth my time....
If you liked trigun ( and honestly who didn't ?) give Cyber City Oedo 808 a try. It's totaly cyberpunk but it's done by the same studio who did Trigun (madhouse). It's got a ton of violence and swearing (especially in the english NA dub). It's not the best story ever told but it's entertaining IMHO. Three cyber criminals are offered a chance out of there 300+ year prison scentences if they will help track down and arrest other criminals. For each A type criminal they catch they get a little knocked off their scentence.
Bakerofish wrote:anyone care to recommend anything along these lines?
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai Champloo
Sword of the Stranger
Ninja Scroll
Basilisk
i need my swordfight fix
Have you tried Samurai 7? It wasn't bad imho. Ninja Scroll is just a classic though, good choice in shows. I've only seen the first episode of Basilisk ( I think it was that, these two ninjia's where fighting a honour duel or something then it goes into the history of each clan)
Edit; I know you said sword fighting, but if you want to watch a good fighting kind of show, I cannot recomend Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) enough. The movie was alright, but once you get into the actual TV sceries it gets rather graphic and entertaining.
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Just started watching Kami-sama no Memo-cho (Heaven's Notepad) out of curiosity when I found this song, as surprisingly that's generally how I find stuff to watch.
acacia
I call it so
suddenly he spells it in my synapse
fahrenheit 66
rotates in my silent life
crimson sky
dune, sprint, may, fish
cruise, heart, rain, complex
falcon, vibes, wind, geometry
shelter, swish, unite
flakes, mirror, edge, toe
fear, molecule, drifter
eve, sign,
teddy
Basically it's a good detective series, sort of if Death Note had followed L's prior cases. The song itself appeared in the first episode when she confronts someone, other than that her technique is pretty much the same as L. Up to the third episode and hope it stays with the more "realistic" approach it has to these cases.
Just watched Ghost in The Shell, damn that's a good movie. I started to watch the series as well on netflix. I want to get back to watching Cowboy Bebob and Samurai Champloo. Both those series make a lot of anime just unwatchable by comparison.
Rented Tritium wrote:I need some hard sci-fi anime in space. Who has some to suggest?
Legend of the Galactic Hero's, it's a little more space opera then 'hard sci-fi' but if you like watching large set piece space ship battle ( like 150,000-200,000 ships per side) set to classical music. This is the show for you. Lots of political intrige and poloticing.
Cowboy Bepop is rather amazing also. Planetees is rather good also, well the manga is, it's about astronoughts who clean up 'space junk' in near earth orbit.
The earlier Gundams ( 0079,0083 ,Zeta, Chars Counter Attack) are rather good IMHO but not really 'Hard Sci-fi'. I have found that Victory Gundam is damn amazing, if you want to see killem all Tomino at his best check out Victory or Space Runaway IDEON. IDEON is brutal, especially to little kids.
I rather enjoyed Irresponsible Captain Tylor when I watched it, although it's a lot more space opera too, and if you're going so far as to want hard sci-fi a lot of the characters are likely to annoy the hell out of you.
Bleak_Fantasy wrote:If you haven't seen it yet ghosts in the shell is pretty hard sci-fi. It deals a lot with what makes us individuals and little bit with singularity.
Considering how old it is, I would hope that, like Akira, everyone has seen it once by now...
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
No it is not. It's never been dubbed into english. But the fansubs are rather well done. I usually hate fan subs but I am impressed with Central Anime's fansub.
Here is the first opening for it, it's really easy to find on youtube which is a bonus. No hunting 'other places' for it.
If you want to get into it, I suggest reading up on the episode list on wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_galactic_heroes I started with the OVA movie, LoGH 'My conquest is the sea of stars'. I am up to episode 40 or so and wow is all I can say, I wish I knew about this show earlier. Do be careful though there are spoilers in the Wiki, so I wouldn't be reading to much on the charactors unless you don't mind spoilers.
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Rented Tritium wrote:Hard Sci-Fi and Space Opera are not mutually exclusive, so feel free to suggest space operas as long as they have strong sci-fi elements.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Its from like '79, so expect QUALITY animation)
Captain Herlock: Outside Legend, Endless Oddessy (Its from the 2000s, so much better animation)
I love Leiji Matsumoto's works, but the Captain Harlock stuff is easy to jump into. OLEO is probably better of a starting point for someone not firmilar with his works, and it was released in the states (by the now dead Geneon). Galaxy Express 999 and Galaxy Railways are also good.
Rented Tritium wrote:Hard Sci-Fi and Space Opera are not mutually exclusive, so feel free to suggest space operas as long as they have strong sci-fi elements.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Its from like '79, so expect QUALITY animation)
Captain Herlock: Outside Legend, Endless Oddessy (Its from the 2000s, so much better animation)
I love Leiji Matsumoto's works, but the Captain Harlock stuff is easy to jump into. OLEO is probably better of a starting point for someone not firmilar with his works, and it was released in the states (by the now dead Geneon). Galaxy Express 999 and Galaxy Railways are also good.
You my good sir have excellent tast in shows. I whole heartly recomend both Space Pirate Captin Harlock,, and the Galaxy Express shows.
Also if you have never seen Space Battleship Yamoto (aka Starblazers in North America) I would also recomend this. This is what I cut my teeth on when I was a kid first watching anime. They had Starblazers on BCTV at 6:30am, and I would wake up at 6:20am just so I could eat breakfast and watch Starblazers.
Rented Tritium wrote:Hard Sci-Fi and Space Opera are not mutually exclusive, so feel free to suggest space operas as long as they have strong sci-fi elements.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Its from like '79, so expect QUALITY animation)
Captain Herlock: Outside Legend, Endless Oddessy (Its from the 2000s, so much better animation)
I love Leiji Matsumoto's works, but the Captain Harlock stuff is easy to jump into. OLEO is probably better of a starting point for someone not firmilar with his works, and it was released in the states (by the now dead Geneon). Galaxy Express 999 and Galaxy Railways are also good.
You my good madam have excellent tast in shows. I whole heartly recomend both Space Pirate Captin Harlock,, and the Galaxy Express shows.
Also if you have never seen Space Battleship Yamoto (aka Starblazers in North America) I would also recomend this. This is what I cut my teeth on when I was a kid first watching anime. They had Starblazers on BCTV at 6:30am, and I would wake up at 6:20am just so I could eat breakfast and watch Starblazers.
I don't want to think about how much I spent on these..
I don't want to think about how much I spent on these..
Thats pretty, really really pretty. =o]
Rented Tritium wrote:
Hard Sci-Fi and Space Opera are not mutually exclusive, so feel free to suggest space operas as long as they have strong sci-fi elements
While it's not set in space Armoured Trooper VOTMOS is a rather 'hard sci-fi' while still having a good story and charactors.
Order of the Sable Heart
Grave Knights
House Rouen 
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love Leiji Matsumoto's works, but the Captain Harlock stuff is easy to jump into. OLEO is probably better of a starting point for someone not firmilar with his works, and it was released in the states (by the now dead Geneon). Galaxy Express 999 and Galaxy Railways are also good.
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