Introduction to Anime

[Pugzley]

Battle of the Planets
Voltron
Voltes V

All mecha anime. All cult classics.

 

[Apey]

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

 

[Pugzley]

Yes.

Biker chicks rock.

Burn Up W
Burn Up Excess
Burn Up Scramble

All female SWAT team action.

Martian Successor Nadesico

Harem anime.

 

[Slackboy72]

Go over to crunchyroll.com and watch Kill La Kill and Sket Dance...






...and then google 'hentai'.

 

[Parra Pride]

Go over to crunchyroll.com and watch Kill La Kill and Sket Dance...

While you're there, also watch Space Brothers.

 

[elyod138]

Any Miyazaki/Ghibli fans who haven't seen Future Boy Conan, check it out.

It's a series Miyazaki made before Studio Ghibli, you can only find it online.

 

[Misanthrope]

Plenty to get me started here. I'm going to offend some of you now and say that I don't have a lot of time for the mecha stuff. Didn't like Pacific Rim much, and while I liked parts of Evangelion, I'm pretty sure it was just 14 year old Chris liking upskirt shots :lol:

 

[Springs]

Well to be precise the Evas are giant humanoids rather than robots. It's more of a deconstuction of the mecha genre.

 

[Pugzley]

Plenty to get me started here. I'm going to offend some of you now and say that I don't have a lot of time for the mecha stuff. Didn't like Pacific Rim much, and while I liked parts of Evangelion, I'm pretty sure it was just 14 year old Chris liking upskirt shots :lol:

Give Aquarion Evol a go.

Mecha powered by Men and women working together. i think that is what inspired Pacific Rim :sarcasm:

http://myanimelist.net/anime/10447/Aquarion_Evol

 

[parraparraparra]

There is a fantastic anime called Hentai, make sure you check it out. ;-)

 

[urban eel]

great thread,
ill be coming back to check some of these out

 

[Misanthrope]

There is a fantastic anime called Hentai, make sure you check it out. ;-)

Well aware of hentai. Had a co-worker in Korea get fired for showing it to students.

 

[Bulldog Force]

I'm trying to get into anime and wanted to know what the anime fans would suggest watching first?

I've seen Akira in the past (it wasn't bad, but I didn't love it) and used to watch Evangelion on and off. I was a fan of Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle too.

I'm looking for movies rather than TV shows, although I'll listen to recommendations for both. Hook me up!

I don't really know of any manga movies, however there was a short anime scene in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and it was fantastic. Absolutely brilliantly done, right down to every bit of detail. Even if you don't see the entire movie, that is one scene I highly recommend ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd2gG7arxfg ).

There was this show I caught back in high school called "Gunsmith Cats" - it was a 3-episode mini-series that went for 30 mins each, so 90 mins altogether, you can sort of say it was a movie (mini-series obviously meaning it was all the same story, just broken up footage over several episodes).

Here is episode 1, so you can catch the others on Youtube - no need to download or anything like that...

Enjoy

[youtube]W50Ifm-VQqg[/youtube]

 

[Pugzley]

Well aware of hentai. Had a co-worker in Korea get fired for showing it to students.

Was he teaching Sex Ed?

 

[mongoose]

Glad some people remember teknoman, was on cheese TV in the mornings in the mid 90s. Never missed an episode.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Glad some people remember teknoman, was on cheese TV in the mornings in the mid 90s. Never missed an episode.

I watched that recut/edited/toned down version as a kid as well. Much better when you watch it now without the kiddy filter on.

 

[Misanthrope]

Rewatching Spirited Away and absolutely adore the setting of it. Are there any other films with similarly fantastical or mythic settings that I should check out?

Beyond the obvious Studio Gibli films, obv.

 

[Pugzley]

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend. It's about a titanic clash between demon's and the end of the world. :sarcasm:

 

[afinalsin666]

Attack on Titan is sweet as hell. 25 eps at an 8 hour run time (assuming you'll binge it).

Elfen Lied is my favourite anime other than Dragonball, absolutely tragic story with some cool themes running throughout. I cried like a bitch watching it, twice. Couple gory scenes, including one of the most intense openings of any show ever. It is really good. 13 eps for a 4 hour run time.

Cowboy Bebop is also really good, has 26 episodes.

 

[Generalzod]

My favourite anime Battle of the Planets


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOnskcyrtA