Any Anime/Manga Fans?

[Alex Fox]

Are there any Anime/Manga fans here? if so, whats your favorite anime/manga? Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Pokemon, Dragonball Z, and anything that shows up on cartoon network (excluding Adult swim) or nick or disney or doesnt count.

[Mi-24 Hind V]

Are there any Anime/Manga fans here? if so, whats your favorite anime/manga? Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Pokemon, Dragonball Z, and anything that shows up on cartoon network (excluding Adult swim) or nick or disney or doesnt count.

Not gonna argue, but just playing devil's advocate: But why not the aforementioned?

I wouldn't say I'm an anime fan, at all. I absolutely do not like most of the drivel, but there are some series I do enjoy quite a bit.

Jin-Roh was a masterpiece. Animated great, unlike most, and masterful presentation. See it.

Outlaw Star I like as I'm also a Star Wars nerd. It always struck me as Star Wars with out lightstick wielding hippies.

Hellsing Ultimate. I need only post one reason:

This guy is awesome. Ze Major is win.

Ghost in the Shell. I do love my hard-sci-fi (Sci-fi imbedded in more reality than others) and some cyberpunk, so this is a no brainer.

My last favorite is Starship Troopers. Yes, an anime about Starship Troopers. However, It's way more in line with the book, although Dizzy is still female.

You will notice that the Mobile Infantry of the book are not the meat shields they were in the film. The MI of the book were a very professional and well equipped force as well as being a very small one (Only 500,000 strong to protect all of humanity).

It's probably one of my favorite books of all time, I love Robert Heinlein, and I feel Verhoeven really did it an injustice with his overly political statements with the movie.

[DeborahHedgehog]

Sure, I used to be a big fan, though I haven't enjoyed much in recent years.

I was a huge otaku of Sailor Moon and then Dragon Ball Z as a teenager. The more obscure animes I enjoyed were Doomed Megalopolis, Devil Hunter Yohko, Akira, Serial Experiments Lain, Key The Metal Idol, Outlaw Star, FLCL and Ghost in the Shell.

[Hakuzo NightFox]

Oh, this list could go on forever... but my Its a pain to remember everyone so I'll start listing what I do remember.

Trigun
Outlawstar
Cowboy bebop
YuYu Hakusho
Tactics
Naruto
Digimon
Dragon ball (all sets)
Sailor moon
Tactics
Whitchblade
Claymore
Howl's moving Castle
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Shaman king
Tokko
Bleach
Blueseed
Samurai 7
samurai Shamploon
Gundam (all of em)
Thundercats
Voltron


So, that's just to start the list.

[The Mysterious Traveller]

For moi, it's Bio-Booster Armor Guyver, Vampire Hunter D and Lupin the 3rd all the way to eternity!

[Alex Fox]

hmm... most of you mentioned the animes i said wouldnt count, but since you also mentioned lesser known animes, ill let it slide. reasons for the aforementioned is because everyone knows the already popular anime. dont get me wrong, those popular shows are good, but i wanna focus on the ones people hardly know of, with that said i like different genres of anime.

noein
elfen lied (not for the faint hearted)
ergo proxy
vampire hunter d
kekkaishi (i think thats how its spelled)
chibi vampire (also known as karin in japan, yeah i like it, even though its targeted for girls)
ghost in the shell
big O
neon genesis evangelion
gurren laagan (think thats how its spelled)
FLCL
i got more i like so check these ones out

[supersonic7]

Naruto/Naruto Shippuden
Digimon
Dragon ball
One piece
Shaman king (On Going)
Death Note
Pokemon (the first one)
Yu-Gi-Oh

And lots more.

[Agent Blaire Fields]

Do I like anime? For the most part I do. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I do find it interesting. My favorite anime right now is one I doubt any of you have ever heard of; Excel Saga.

Basically, it's a comedy/parody series-kind of a stretch from the orignal manga, which is comedic in itself, but nowhere near as crazy as the anime. The anime...can be very random at times.

So, this is how it goes; at the begining of nearly every episode, a caracture of the orignal manga's creator, gives the staff permission to use the show to paradoy various generes, such as a comedy love story (Episode 4) and a detective anime (episode 12). Now, pretty much every episode kinda links together, so it has continuity-somewhat.

Now as for the anime itself, it's about this high school graduate named Excel Excel (yes, that's her name) who finds herself working for someone she's crazy about-Lord Illpalazzo. (However, he doesn't share her affections, often dropping her down a very deep hole when she gets too annoying.) But anyway, Illpalazzo, thinking the world is corrupt, wants to take it over, so ACROSS (that's the name of the small organization he runs, btw) can 'set things right.'

However, he decides to be smart, and not just take over the entire world at once. No, he decides to start small (to allow room for error), and tries to conquer a place known a F City (which is based on Fukodoka [sp?] in Japan).

There are just a few problems with this. Excel is....crazy. Very crazy. And if something happens and their mission fails (which it usually does), Excel is probably the one to blame. And then we have Hyatt (yes, there's a very good chance she's named after the hotel). She's much more competent, but there's a little...problem she has; She suffers from what I like to call 'Constant Death Syndrome'. She will suddenly drop dead, only to come back to life a scene or so later. They never explain why she does that though.

And then they have to deal with The Department of City Security, which isn't aware ACROSS even exists until late in the series. It's kind of funny, because one of thier members actually has a crush on Hyatt.

The show lasted for 26 episodes, with Episode 25 ending the series proper and 26 just being a bonus ep, if you want to call it that. I haven't watched all the episodes, but I like to. Except for Episode 26, Going Way Too Far. Also known as The-Episode-That-Was-Not-Aired-Japan-Because-It-Appearently-Did-Indeed-Go-Way-To-Far-For-Even-Thier-More-Lienant-Standards. Yeah...I probably won't see that one.

And as I mentioned before, the episodes parody different generes. However, the series itself also has some of it's own recuring parody elements, ranging from catgirls (android Ropponmatsu Unit 2), deus-ex machinas (The Great Will of the Macrocosim) and even, get this, Pokemon. (the adorable-until they die- Puuchus.)

So yeah, that's my fav anime. I actually didn't expect to like it all that much, but I do. ^_^

Oh, and....

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Misaki Matsyu = total epic ownage.

(Random Fact: Interestingly enough, the folks that dubbed the English version of Excel Saga, A.D Vision, actually dubbed the Sonic OVA. That made me raise a curious eyebrow when I found out about it)

[Alex Fox]

Naruto/Naruto Shippuden
Digimon
Dragon ball
One piece
Shaman king (On Going)
Death Note
Pokemon (the first one)
Yu-Gi-Oh

And lots more.

i already those animes dont count. sorry

and Agent Blaire Fields, thats an interesting find, nice

[Morgan]

The only anime I even still watch is Sailor Moon. I used to watch Dragon Ball Z, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter. And Sonic X a few years ago.

And I generally tend to watch Sailor Moon in Japanese. The English dub makes me want to rip my ears off.

Sometimes I do watch Devil May Cry as well. Gotta love Dante and Lady.

[Alex Fox]

Sometimes I do watch Devil May Cry as well. Gotta love Dante and Lady.

thats the one i forgot i almost forgot about DMC. Also, some dubs do tend to be horrendous.

[Morgan]

I think DMC is probably the only anime I know of that had a good English dub. xD

[Mi-24 Hind V]

I think DMC is probably the only anime I know of that had a good English dub. xD

Cromartie High School had great VA's. I also forgot to mention it, so here

[pacmancdi]

well I liked tenchi myuo back when they used to show it on toonami. And The street fighter 2 anime movie was also pretty cool. I'm not really that big into anime as much as most other people on the internet seem to be. It seems like every site I go to is packed with hardcore anime fans nowdays.

[Hakuzo NightFox]

I think DMC is probably the only anime I know of that had a good English dub. xD

Cromartie High School had great VA's. I also forgot to mention it, so here

I completely forgot about that anime. That has got to be the most oddest one I've ever seen.

Lets see... more random animes.

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