What Anime do you like?

[Esioul]

I didn't 'get' Ghost in the Shell, maybe just because I have seen very little anime. I've also seen some Witchhunter RObin, which seemed ok.

[Jason_Taverner]

Originally Posted by Winters_Sorrow

Well, that's the standard complaint with most anime isn't it?
Either generic paint-by-numbers popcorn sci-fi/fantasy or mental, headcase "make no sense" surrealism.

I think that a lot of it is 'lost in translation' I just take what I enjoy from it and also what I think I would never see in a mainstream movie

[I_Survived_2046]

Inuyasha nearly prevented me from getting into anime. For some reason this show is huge but the plot is not anything special and the action/dialogue is mostly for little kids. It was the first anime I had seen, and figuring this was the best one because of it's popularity I dismissed anime's as being anything worthwhile. That was before I got hooked onto Cowboy Bebop. The series is nothing short of amazing, but the final episode was just orgasmic. Another one of my favorite's is Samurai Champloo. I'd have to say that the middle of the series is just about as good as the middle of the Cowboy Bebop season. Depending on how good they end the series it may replace Bebop as my favorite.

[Jason_Taverner]

watch legend of the overfiend its a classic from the 80's very very harsh

[Winters_Sorrow]

'classic' may be the wrong word - it was the animation equivalent of a video nasty during my time in school

[Kaylo Mizuri]

Yeah all the urotsukidoji (overfiend) movies are just plain sick really.

Anime I like: Trigun
Gungrave
X
Rurouni Kenshin
Ninja Scroll
Full metal Alchemist
Digi Carat

[Paige Turner]

Okay. (rubs hands together, preparing to alienate Chronicles subscribers) I can't stand anime. I have a friend who is a complete disciple, and she's been trying to win me over for years. She even—and I'm not making this up—called her dog Annie Mae. I can appreciate that some of the animation may have technical merit, but I can't get past the fact that the characters all have the same shiny-eyed schoolgirl look. Is there an actual reason that the styling of the characters has been the same for decades? Maybe it's a rule, or an obstruction that I'm unaware of.

[Thadlerian]

Originally Posted by Paige Turner

Is there an actual reason that the styling of the characters has been the same for decades? Maybe it's a rule, or an obstruction that I'm unaware of.

I can think of two reasons, though I'm not sure which one is the main:

1. One of the forefathers of animé and manga, Osamu Tezuka, based his style on early American cartoons. Later artists, inspired by the iconic Tezuka, seem to have developed this style, but maintained the basics.

2. Animé and manga have traditionally been low-budget projects, thus the need to minimize drawing time. This has been achieved in a number of ways, but the most genre-defining is to create minimalist faces. To compensate for the rather limited array of expressions a minimalist face can make, the eyes have been enlarged, to allow for more emotional variation.

[Jason_Taverner]

try ghost in the shell it is a bit different that the little girl look but there is some nudity I still sure why but hell its only nudy

[GrownUp]

This is going to be very typical of me, because I recommend the same film to anyone, even if they are just asking me the way to the bus stop.

But here it is:
Princess Mononoke.

Yes, demons and weapons are featured. Yes, the boys have those very slight figures and look a little feminine as they do in anime. Yes, the woman, as well as having sharp upward points for noses have those enormous chocolate-box eyes.

But the animals and trees look great.

If you cannot bear it and must have something to ease you in that looks more like a proper cartoon, like Disney, then you could try another film by the same studio.
Spirited Away.

[Animaiden]

Anime Series I like:
Wolf's Rain
Saiyuki
Generator Gawl
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Trigun
Fullmetal Alchemist
.hack//sign
Escaflowne
Bleach
Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex
Rurouni Kenshin
Cowboy Bebop
Silent Mobius
Fruits Basket
Digimon
Pokemon
Spiral

Anime Movies I Like:
Castle in the Sky
Spirited Away
Fullmetal Alchemist Movie
Inuyasha movies 1-3
Escaflowne
Princess Mononoke

Hmm, I know there's more, but that's good enough for now

NOTE: I have not seen all of some of the series'

[Lissa]

I loved Howl's Moving Castle!

[GrownUp]

I did like the first 2/3ds of it.

[Elyssandrel]

Just started watching Noein.
It's absolutely brilliant.
Not available in UK, but a friend of mine downloaded it and leant it to me.
One to watch.




Plot Summary: 'Fifteen years in the future, by high-level scientific power, a violent battle takes place between La’cryma, that protects humanity, and Shangri-La, that plans the annihilation of all space-time. The key to stopping Shangri-La’s invasion is a mysterious object known as “the Dragon’s Torque.” A group known as the Dragon Calvary is being sent through space and time to find it. In the present, twelve-year old Haruka and her friend Yuu are contemplating running away from home when they meet a member of the Dragon Calvary named Karasu (Crow). He believes that Haruka has the Dragon's Torque and claims to be Yuu from fifteen years in the future.'

[Jen526]

*waves* New here, but I'm a big anime fan so thought I'd chime in.

My highest recommendation would be for "Kino's Journey". One of the most thoughtful, unique genre series out there, whether animated or otherwise.

Some other big favorites in no particular order: Gunbuster, Fullmetal Alchemist, Saiyuki, Infinite Ryvius, Figure 17, Beck, Fruits Basket, and the complete works of Studio Ghibli.