Looking for a new anime to watch????????

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by brahman, Nov 20, 2009.

  1. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    I liked watching the following Anime


    CowBoy Bebop---------> Favorite.
    Samurai Champloo--------> Awsome in it's own right.

    FullMetal Alchemist----> To a less extent.
     
  2. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

  3. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Could someone please explain to me what anime is? I am being completely serious. Is it comic books? Movies? What?

    On the art site I belong to where I put up my photography, there are people who draw anime and make money off of their drawings. They will take requests from people and then charge them $20 for it.:confused

    It looks like little cartoon characters. There must be more to it than that though that I'm not seeing.
     
  4. cake

    cake Corporal

    no LauraR, it's not more than that. it IS cartoon comic books or movies. i don't get the appeal, but plenty of people like anime comics & movies. just personal taste.

    old cartoon show "Speed Racer" is an example of anime.
     
  5. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    Animation?:-D Yeah cartoons but adult cartoons usually made in Japan,the people that charge $20 I think are people who draw cartoon versions of people,so you upload a picture of yourself and they create a cartoon version of your for an avatar.
     
  6. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Yeah. Not getting it, although I did love Speed Racer as a kid. LOL

    haha...yeah. I got it's short for animation, Rik. :p :-D Nope on the cartoon versions. These people will draw specific anime characters for people. Crazy to spend your money on this stuff if you ask me. But I'm sure I spend mine on things that make people go 'huh? too. LOL


    Ok...here's a link like I was talking about. Here's a person who does comissioned anime/manga (wha???): http://draa.deviantart.com/
     
  7. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    Lots of pink and a huge hammer,the mind boggles:confused:-D
     
  8. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Wha? You can't wear pink and wield a hammer???? :-D
     
  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Ghost in the Shell has always been my fav series. Akira was a classic but IMHO now overshaddowed by newer releases fo Anime.

    Oldie but a goodun is Ninja Scroll from japan in the early 90s, which saw a TV series in around 2003/4 if memory serves.
     
  10. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    I never saw the Ghost series but I liked the movies.
     
  11. JJJIrish05

    JJJIrish05 Sergeant

  12. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    Believe it or not, on top of

    Cowboy Bebop
    Samurai Champloo
    FullMeatl Alchemist

    I have also watched all your recommendations.......

    Animatrix
    Ghost in Shell
    Speed Racer
    Ninja Scroll


    Except Akira though, what is it about?
     
  13. abz1nthe

    abz1nthe Command Sergeant Major

    good choice :D

    I recommend Outlaw Star a must see series... Also Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X
     
  14. Clark_Kent

    Clark_Kent MajorGeek

    My Favorite was...

    -Superman the animated Series
    -Justice League
    -Justice League Unlimited

    And now i am watching Narruto Shippudden.....
     
  15. Just Playin

    Just Playin MajorGeek

  16. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    Death Note and Ruroni Kenshin.
     
  17. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Akira is about a motocycle boy whos a bit off the rails, set in the cyberpunk era (which Japanese Anime is famed for) it follows his exploits.

    Much more info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film) does also have a few offshoot films set in different times.
     
  18. star17

    star17 MajorGeek

    Macross Plus

    Released some time ago, but still pretty cool to watch.
     
  19. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    Holly cow, I just got done watching "Afro Samurai," very, very decent anime. To let everyone know, there is a 5 episode series before the movie, timeline is set up just right. And all the same voices and quality stays the same through out, so your not watching one high quality and one poor quality. You pretty much know if your gonna like the entire series or not from the first episode, because they all have the same quality.
     
  20. DeviceDemon

    DeviceDemon Private First Class

  21. DeviceDemon

    DeviceDemon Private First Class

    hahaha meant to say back in high school! doh!
     
  22. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    Well I just got done watching Ergo Proxy and I must say I am impressed. This is a sad anime filled with blood, guts, and tears. I do believe though that the original writer probably had this show a tad bit longer. As you watch this 23 episode series you realize it should have been closer to 46 or something. There are some episodes that are perfect length with just the right amount of info to support the story, then others are jam packed with too much information too fast. So I imagine budgeting played a part in the limited episodes. But other than that I liked it very much.



    These are the anime I have watched and the order of how much I liked them.

    CowBoy Bebop---------> #1
    Samurai Champloo--------> #2
    Ergo Proxy--------->#3
    Afro Samurai---------->#4
    FullMetal Alchemist----> #5
     
  23. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    Dragon Ball Z, Ronin Warriors.

    Anime: Litterally the animated adaptations of Manga. Sometimes it does go the other way though.

    And the commissions typically take the form of a large poster, rather than just the digital drawing, so you can hang it on the wall. Either that, or it's a much higher resolution given to the commissioner if it's purely digital.
     

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