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Post by Almightynam on Feb 14, 2007 20:27:48 GMT -5
Well, Cowboy Bebop is one of those anime you have to watch at least once, just to know what all the nerds are referencing. Samurai Champloo is good especially if you liked Cowboy Bebop. So I say, watch them both, but if you need an order in which to watch them, watch Bebop first.
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Post by Kyle20 on Feb 15, 2007 7:03:31 GMT -5
I see... Alright, I'll just go ahead and see when/where I can watch Cowboy Bebop, especially for the reason of: Well, Cowboy Bebop is one of those anime you have to watch at least once, just to know what all the nerds are referencing. I hear about Cowboy Bebop everywhere, so I suppose it's high time I knew what they were talking about...
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Post by 8bitbluemage on Feb 15, 2007 20:12:23 GMT -5
Right, time to throw my two cents in. I kinda liked the anime, "Erementar Gerad". If you've never heard of it, it's quite understandable, as you won't be finding many episodes in English. (I found like... two.) Sure, it's only one season long, but I think it's good. It's about a boy named Coud who meets a girl named Ren, who seems to hate humans. We find out that she's a species known as Eden Raid, which are people who can "react" with a human to become a weapon. Ren wants to go to the "Garden of Eden", and Coud wants to help, to show her that not all humans are bad. (That, and he has a crush on her.) Of course, there's also some other people that end up joining the adventure named Cisqua, Roen, and Keau. If you're interested, then look for episodes on youtube, because I'm not revealing much more.
Oh, and I also recently started watching Adult Swim again on the weakends. I was lucky enough to catch Trinity Blood at the first episode. I'm gonna be watching it every weakend now.
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Post by Kyle20 on Feb 15, 2007 20:54:29 GMT -5
Suppose it's only fair I put MY two cents in as well.
I'd recommend Death Note. Sure, the anime's just started recently (only 18 episodes, new one airs once a week in Japan) but it's good. You can find subs on Youtube.
The anime isn't as good as the manga (DN's my favorite manga) but the anime's fine. Good if you like dark, psychological battles of the wits.
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Post by Almightynam on Feb 21, 2007 18:59:38 GMT -5
Oh, by the way, you should watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. You probably already heard of it because of the fact that its being completely whored out by youtube right now. Its still good, as long as you never ever take it seriously.
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Post by Kyle20 on Feb 21, 2007 21:02:29 GMT -5
....what do you mean, "never ever take it seriously"....? Elaborate.
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Post by Almightynam on Feb 21, 2007 21:19:06 GMT -5
Why? Its an anime that shouldn't be taken seriously. Its awesome in its ridiculousness. Its a ridiculous show, that should be looked at as such. I got into an argument with a guy in another forum because he was taking it seriously and complaining how the show sucked because the plot points were retarded, which, I tried to argue, was the whole point. I lost the argument because I took to long to respond a rebuttal and they deviated to another topic. Watch the first episode and you'll know exactly what I am talking about.
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Post by Zaku on Feb 21, 2007 21:28:21 GMT -5
I watch SD gundam. I can take any oddness thrown at me.
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Post by Kyle20 on Feb 22, 2007 9:09:54 GMT -5
Nam: Oh, ok. Random plots....I see....
Zaku: Wait, that really weird 3D one that used to be on Toonami/Cartoon Network?
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Post by Almightynam on Feb 22, 2007 12:41:59 GMT -5
Its not so much random plots as it is just ridiculous, and unbelievable stuff. Its not like excel saga where its completely obvious that they changed plots.
Its like, one day, Haruhi says, "Okay guys, I'm bored so we're entering a baseball tournament against college students!" And then the character you've never seen before in the whole series says, "Sure thats a great idea." Then the main character of the show is all like, "Shut up you, stop always agreeing with her, we barely know how to play baseball, nor do we have enough people for a full team." and so on and so forth.
I just told you the beginning of 4th episode. The second episode is the official beginning of the anime where Haruhi(the title character) creates the club, SOS dan, to look for aliens and stuff. The very first episode is the pilot episode. The third episode is the chronological 2nd which ends with one of the characters being all depressed because Haruhi uses her to get blackmail material so she could get a state of the art computer from the computer club and kyon(the main character) saying that he'd be surprised if she ever comes back. Now is the fourth episode, not only is the character thats all depressed is still there with no explaination, but theres a new character that no one explains.
Now, by just summarizing the 2nd-4th episode, can you kind of picture the ridiculousness of this anime?
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Post by Cobalt on Feb 22, 2007 16:48:14 GMT -5
Nam, that sounds like a summmary for the last episodes of a certain live action show that ended.
Zaku, why not watch some good old live action series.
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Post by Kyle20 on Feb 22, 2007 19:54:39 GMT -5
Nam: Yes, sir....
Cobalt: Where'd you come from? And this is "reccommended anime," no live action as far as I can see.
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Post by Cobalt on Feb 22, 2007 20:03:57 GMT -5
I just like live action more than anime nowadays, and i'm going to plug it into almost everypost.
Anyways, Samurai champloo and Cowboy Bebop are good animes.
For magical suff , I watch Fairy Musketeer Akazukin. Its basically girls kicking creature ass, dense boy who is a key to earth, fairy tales play a part in this.
Shuffle! is also enjoyable to watch, but it has its perv moments.
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Post by Almightynam on Feb 23, 2007 0:08:25 GMT -5
Kyle: Its awesome though, Watch it! WATCH IT NOW!!! Also a great anime thats 2 episodes long and is horribly horribly horribly inappropriate for just about anyone is Puny Puny Poemy. Its like Excel Saga, except it parodies hentai in a not explicit manner. Which means that everything, and I mean everything is implied. And its Hilarious. The trailer explains everything
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Post by Zaku on Feb 23, 2007 0:22:43 GMT -5
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