Felt I'd get a thread like this going due to the comments in a certain sexy gif all started to gear towards anime.

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So who here likes anime? How long have you been watching anime? What kinds of anime (genres, series) do you like best?

Since I started the thread, I'll share mine. I love anime. It was a great transition after I grew too old for childish cartoons. It has actually aimed me to being an anime styled artist and has driven me to want to make a few stories into animated series, but that's beside the point. Gurren Lagann was one of the first animes I accidentally came across while channel surfing. Wound up joining an anime club in high school and what with Toonami's reincarnation, my girlfriend and I have watched their lineup every Saturday for the past year or two now. We both loved Space Dandy and got into Sword Art Online and Attack on Titan when they started airing them as well. Not sure how to embed images into a forum yet using this code (too used to BBC code), so I just pasted the image links below.

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Anime! guess where my username came from a long time ago... erm...

I started watching anime when I was in grade 3. Started with Cardcaptors, Sailor Moon, Pokemon and Digimon. Later I progressed to Inuyasha, Dragonball and Dragonballz. I LOVE Studio Ghibli (As everyone should). ZOMG Sword art was pretty damn good. I loved the art style. If you loved that you should watch No Game No life. It is way better!!!!!

How did you feel about the second Sword Art-- I was pretty disappointed with it.

I also love Attack on Titan. Right now I have been meandering through odd episodes looking for something that I can outright binge on. I have also watched all of Black Butler, Hellsing, Stein's Gate, Claymore, Rosario Vampire and a fuck ton of others.

On my binge watching days I wear my Korilakkuma onesie and eat chinese pork buns or bubble tea ^^ I wish I could be an anime character. Cosplaying has actually always interested me but I am pretty handicapped when it comes to sewing!! A new coworker of mine dresses Lolita and has invited me to do it with her sometime. I will definitely take photos and share if it interests you.

Fuck Yeah SEAKINGG!! An anime/japanese thread has been severely long overdue. ... Sorry I am excited. :footinmouth:

I liked the first season, but the others don't feel quite the same. The first, you followed around with Kirito's character progression more than in the other two. Aincrad: Great. Everything Else: Eh. Caitlin loves it mainly for Bryce Papenbrook (Also voices Eren from AoT)

Space Dandy was pretty good, though. The creators of Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop all came together to make a goofy alien hunter with a misfit crew and 1 episode plot arcs. Was exceptionally hilarious. Shame they didn't have more seasons, though.

We're excited for Monster Musume being converted into an anime because that was a comedy romance manga we both got into reading. Gotta love those monstergirls.

I love anime. Some of my favorites are Paranoia Agent, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Outlaw Star, Knights of Sidonia, Sword Art Online, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and many more. Of course I'm a sucker for anything Studio Ghibli (save for Ponyo and some of the newer ones). Every now and then I need a good head trip anime though like FLCL or Kill la Kill.

Ugh, fuck I hate conversations where I want to contribute despite risk of dating myself...

I guess I'm pretty much an OG Otaku, and I've been into it almost literally all my life. I was brought up from about age 5 on a few live-action Super Robot flicks and stuff like the unwatered down, violent as fuck [Science Ninja Team] Gatchaman (later called Battle of the Planets), Cutie Honey, Space Battleship Yamato (aka Starblazers) and Space Pirate Captain Harlock.

Didn't catch onto Macross until later, for some reason, but saw Nausicaof the Valley of the Wind in theatres (yeah, shut up) which blew my mind. Akira, Ghost/Shell, Ninja Scroll blah blah blah... couple of pretty good slimy tentacle-sex movies later and a jump right over Drag-on Ball brought me to nowadays, which has produced some really good stuff I'm re-watching on Netflix like Death Note (fucking masterpiece, that), Bleach, FMA, Sword Art (although Se1 kinda fell off near the end and 2....meh.), Hellsing, etc. Currently about 3/4 way through finally seeing Naruto and Kill La Kill, and cannot fucking wait for some Attack on Titan 2.0 on the screen, although I'm fairly stoked for the live-action on that one, too.

https://youtu.be/ce7Zpes-3Eo?t=2s

Wonder why I didn't notice this one sooner. I didn't realize it at the time, but I watched FLCL back when I was six and had no idea what was going on. But, I watched the whole series. Evangelion is quite awesome and so's Studio Ghibli. Big O, though, I couldn't follow. Might have to rewatch it.

I also have a list of animes I need to watch. At the top is Rage of Bahamut. Saw a Kotaku article on it and it looks really good. Just have been too lazy to look it up. Has anybody watched it?

Seems I read over this while I was at work. Funny you mention cosplay because I've done it a couple times. I went as Hei from Darker Than Black. First time was with what I could fashion together, second time was more professional. Might share some of those pictures if I feel up to it.

My first anime that I had seen, the one that got me into this stuff, was Ranma 1/2.

Soon I got into Dragon Ball and DBZ (I didn't like DBGT, except for the first and final episodes)

(Master Roshi and Vegeta are my faves in those two shows)

My all-time favorite anime is the very crazy Excel Saga (if you hadn't seen it, just wait until you are bored; don't watch it while with a headache, or while eating/drinking)

Cowboy Bebop is always great to watch, as is Paranoia Agent, and Bleach (my favorite Shinigami (or Soul Reaper) was Gin; I knew he was a good guy!) Ghost In The Shell (the series) and Blood + are also pretty sweet.

My favorite anime movie is Perfect Blue, followed by My Neighbor Totoro (BIG difference in the two movies, if you know what they're both about)

Why does everyone love Cowboy Bepop so much? I tried to watch it but I couldn't get past all of the country-ness Hahah

You have mentioned space dandy a couple of times Apollo. Is it really that good?
The GIF for ROB looks beautiful!!! Tell me more--- what is!?!?

Space Dandy, well, it is kind of hard to explain. Basically it always starts with Dandy trying to get this big score and capture a rare alien, which leads him on these odd adventures. Oh, and a gorilla flying a ship looking like the statue of liberty's head wearing a ballgag keeps trying to catch him. Has something to do with a rare god-like element. Also, I'll grab my cosplay pictures xD

Took these back in Senior year of high school. The mask was a crap job, but the rest looked decent. Also wish I had better camera angles.

Definitely all good stuff so far!

I grew up watching old episodes of Speed Racer and Astro Boy (still some of my favorites), then Akira blew my mind like everyone else when I was 9 or 10 (I still prefer the original english dub over the original audio).

Nothing too surprising for stuff I dig: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, FLCL, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Trigun, most of the Studio Ghibli stuff (I'll admit I haven't seen them all and need to catch up), Ghost in the Shell, Dead Leaves was pretty twisted, I liked Attack on Titan when it wasn't doing flashbacks or dragging... um, Fairy Tail, Death Note, Cromartie High School, Full Metal Alchemist... the standards pretty much. I know I'm forgetting a lot that I watched in college.

Most recent series I've watched that I couldn't get enough of were Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill (SO MUCH FAN SERVICE AND OVER THE TOP INSANITY!!!! Ryuko cosplay WAM anyone???). I'm currently re-watching InuYasha and Naruto and starting Psycho-Pass. It's overwhelming logging into Crunchy Roll sometimes and not knowing where to start.

Naruto is...okay. Toonami plays the uncut episodes and OH MY GOD, do they drag it out. Annoys the hell out of me especially when some scenes that are supposed to be epic just have them standing there and talking.

that reminds me -- Ah My Goddess. I loved that show, too.

If you had to pick one good recommendation for everyone here right now what would it be?!

Mine would be No Game No Life --- GET ON IT!!!
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Gurren Lagann. Your drill is the drill that will PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!

Recommendations.

Series: Ranma 1/2

Movie: Summer Wars

Yeah, I forgot that I really only watched the first 20 episodes or so the first time around, I'm pretty bored of recaps and nothing really happening already.


Kill La Kill! I have the urge to watch it again soon myself...

Back in the days when Napster was free I downloaded this video for the FSOL song "Herd Killing" that someone mashed together with scenes from the miniseries "Macross Plus". Not much of an anime fan, but because of that cool little vid I caught a couple episodes of the series and liked those too!

https://youtu.be/zKh7MemDqro

it is a brilliant anime I hope there's more to come they kind of left us on a cliff hanger

I watched No Game No Life over the weekend. Really liked it, but it kills me that there are only 12 episodes. I think I need to find someone who'd be into wearing Steph's dog-girl costume from episode 4 for me now...

Technically not anime, but I just watched the first episode of the live-action Death Note and it's... different. the BBC level effects aren't helping it at all, I'm not sure if it works live. The alt-universe take on the story could be interesting, but I'm not sure how far I'll make it through the show.