anime worth looking at wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[YungJazz]

what 4 anime cartoons (YES ONLY 4)  do you feel is actually worth looking at?

1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
2. Samurai Champloo
3. FLCL
4. Street Fighter 2 V

[BloodyCheery]

1.) Cowboy Bebop
2.) Akira
3.) Millenium Actress
4.) Neon Genesis Evangelion

[psi43]

rosario+vampire
melancholy of haruhi suzumiya
rozen maiden

well maybe one piece, too

[Flash]

Cowboy Bebop, Akira, FullMetal Alchemist (yeah it's got dumb fanboys but it's actually good), and uh
idk
not really a big anime fan
as for Akira, seriously, read the manga, it's better than the movie

[Daveb0t]

Naruto

[lasse]

pokemon

[sQueef]

cowboy bebop
samurai champloo
mind game
flcl

[Daveb0t]

[Philip K Dick]

dexter's laboratory

[Necronomitr0n]

Samurai Champloo
Trigun
uhmmmmm
can't think of anything else atm

[psi43]

metropolis circuit

[Philip K Dick]

camp rock featuring demi lovato

[shura]

trigun, deathnote, samurai champloo, evangelion

fuck, i like flcl and cowboy beebop too tho D:
also 5 centimeters per second. even tho it's really girly
i thought fma was cool. and tenchi muyo even though it was kinda gay =P
too many to list D:

oh btw, don't watch love hina. ever.

[DrRumack]

pokemon

[emanhattan]

YUUUUUUUUUUU GI OH

[LordZeebmork]

I thought this was going to be




^ wow I was really shitty in 2007

[Daveb0t]

they both have their own little charm

[jjjjjjjjjj]

1) Cowboy Beebop
2) FLCL
3) Paranoia Agent
4) Cromartie high school

Idk, i never watch any animuz, uhhhhhh Azumanga Diaoh too IDK

[Daveb0t]

Cowboy Bebop is the only anime series I have ever watched in full, and been able to say I would enjoy watching it over and over again.  The main reason I never got into any other Japan based shows except DBZ is how the plots run like soaps with each consecutive episode running off the next (although looking back there is plenty I could have skipped), and how inconveniently all the "cool shows" were placed timewise.

Now with the internet I can rewatch them all on youtube or easily get them on Netflix, but the appeal for most of these series is drained.  I watch these kind of cartoons for two things.

A plot
The art

There's no kidding yourself, alot of the anime style is samey and repetitive.  Occaisonally wacky shows like Bobo bobo bobobo come and show you how much can be done in mockery of those silly styles and expansion thereof, as well as that one adult swim mini-series, I forget the name but I think it went something like "The quest for fish Mountain".  They encompass styles from all sorts of cartooning styles and lum it in a cluttered and wacky mess.

As for plots, anime is usually very samey there to.  Stereotypes include hero trains, gets stronger, drawn out fights with tough enemies, happy endings.  What made Cowboy Bebop really standout is how much of a beating characters took, and the fact that they never dwelled on happy endings.  Even the very end was shocking to me, even after a good 24-or-so episodes of the cowboys getting scanty rewards and recieving beatings left and right.  Instead of drawing out the fights, the draw out the characters and pull your own attracts to them even closer.

DBZ brought something new to my table when I was a little kid, and as ridiculous as it sounds, the way episodes were set up really drew me in as a kid.  Both the action and the constant plot made it all the rage around any kid my age, and there's no denying it.

So anyways, I plan on seeing Samurai Champloo (considering how alot of action looks as stylized as Bebo, and the art just as stylized), and I've started watching FLCL, but the appeal there has worn off after a few episodes.

Also I've seen a few great movies, the one that really stands out in my memory is the one with a bunch of kids playing hide and seek in a dead part of the cluttered city, and there's various demons chasing after them.  Its pretty heavy, dark, and depressing (if you can grow attached to the characters enough), but well worth it for the art.

So anyway taking one giant entirety of cartoons and calling it anime has always kept me away from discussing it lest I shoot myself in the foot upon reflection.

[Ying]

1.[size=]paranoia agent[/size]
2.arjuna
3.cowboy bebop
4.genshiken?