Hey any one watches animes?

[Mr.YellowCat]

I like anime. I'm volunteering at an anime convention next month, actually.

Cooool

 

[BookLover120]

Do you guys prefer dubs or subs?

Subs all the way, It just seems weird when its dubbed.

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I love anime and One Piece is one of my favorites!
I love Inyuasha, Naruto, Fairy Tail, Case closed, Bleach, Kuroko's Basketball, etc..

 

[PenDragon]

Sub, sub and sub, Dub is no good for me even though I don't understand much of Japanese but I still listen it

 

[Seeker_2.0]

Since I like top 10 lists

1. Death Note
2. Elfen Lied
3. Sword Art Online
4. Mirai Nikki
5. Another
6. Fullmetal Alchemist
7. Chaos;Head
8. Robotics;Notes
9. Deadman Wonderland
10. Gunslinger Girl

 

[Nicholas]

WEEEE anime!!! we have an anime conventions here... but we are like 30 people... every year, still awesome...
i watch now Mushishi and Attack on Titan: No Regrets... still no ep 2, but its worth the wait
Any manga readers?

 

[BookLover120]

WEEEE anime!!! we have an anime conventions here... but we are like 30 people... every year, still awesome...
i watch now Mushishi and Attack on Titan: No Regrets... still no ep 2, but its worth the wait
Any manga readers?

I read manga but only yaoi

 

[Brightshadow]

I read manga but only yaoi

The same is true for me, except: replace “yaoi” with “yuri” ^_-

Manga is cool and all, I know that manga often (or even mostly) has a superior story and art, but I’m in love with voice acting just as much as with anime/manga style, setting and stories. My favorite seiyuu are Mamiko Noto and Halko Momoi.

The list of my favorite anime series and movies would be too long to post, but among the recent ones I would pick selector spread WIXOSS, SAO2 and Zankyou no Terror, Knights of Sidonia. Yet to watch Tokyo ESP (which, I hope, is on pair with Ga-Rei; no spoilers please). Among the slightly older series I would like to mention Gatchaman Crowds: I still can’t get enough of Hajime, she is a painkiller for my battered heart… ( if we had “your anime wife/husband” thread, my choice would be obvious ^^)
Some of my favorite movies are Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo, The Star of Cottonland (Wata no Kuni Hoshi).

 

[Skid Row 89]

I used to watch anime a lot more often but recently I've been watching Samurai Champloo and Sword Art Online

 

[Case]

Forgive me, but I have the urge to take you back in time to an era where "anime" and "manga" did not exist in the average English-speaking sci-fi geek's language.

I started watching anime in the US in the early Seventies when it was called "Japanimation." I watched shows like "Speed Racer" (Mach GoGoGo), as well as "Kimba: The White Lion," and "Gigantor." American TV didn't really open up to anime until 1985 when we got the amazing mash-up of three separate anime series to form "Robotech." I was addicted to "Robotech," and I remember coming home from college classes to catch the 3pm episode because it was like a sci-fi soap opera. That's when I started to see more and more anime titles in video rental stores. Of course, none of these stores had an "Anime" section back then. Mostly, these titles were shoved in the "Foreign Films" sections. The nearly defunct Suncoast Movie Company stores was the first time I saw a corporate video store have a dedicated "Anime" section, and that was some time in the Nineties.

Back when I was a kid, the only way to purchase manga was to fly to Japan, buy a bunch of titles at a shop and bring them home. Of course, you had to know kanji because no one was making English translations of manga when I was a kid. Then, vendors at a local sci-fi convention would offer a much wider range of titles, if one came to your town. Manga popularity did not really begin in the States until the 1990s, and it was slow to catch on. Back then, only the most hardcore fans had manga. I remember going to Borders (RIP) bookstore around 1995 and having to dig through the sci-fi section to find a tiny shelf with (maybe) 10 manga books. Now, Barnes & Noble stores have entire fixtures devoted to hundreds of titles. Manga fans today are very fortunate, indeed.

Anyway, in 1989, I saw Katsuhiro Otomo's "AKIRA" in a Beverly Hills movie theater. The showing was packed with fans of anime, (a small, exclusive group back then,) and it was a time where we had discussions about "new" topics like "adult anime." Terms like "hentai" or "tentacle porn" were completely unknown to us back then. But we were fascinated by this faraway culture making animation that American companies simply weren't making. When I finally saw "AKIRA," the animation blew my mind, and to this day, it is my favorite anime film by a long shot. That film created a cultural shift in American tastes in animation. After that, the flood-gates were opened, and more American companies were importing and translating anime and manga titles into English. Today, there are more titles than anyone can possibly consume in a lifetime. It is really a great time to be a fan of Japanese entertainment.

Without "AKIRA," Disney would never have financed the distribution of "Princess Mononoke" or "Spirited Away." "AKIRA" helped create a wave of interest in manga publishing and anime imports that culminated into what we see today.

I must say that, regarding anime, I am very picky. I'm into the animated realism of Otomo or Hayeo Miyazaki. I loved the animation in "Grave of the Fireflies," "Ghost in the Shell," "AKIRA," the shorter "Riding Bean," etc. But I admit, I am behind on my anime watching. I like harder-edged stories, which is why I liked what I saw of "Attack on Titan." I still need to finish the show, though. To me, if the animation is top-notch, I'll give it a try. I'd love to get some recommendations for some intense, edgy anime.

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TL;DR - I'm an old-school anime watcher from the distant past, so what kind of hardcore, intense and edgy anime would you recommend to me?

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[Nicholas]

Case!!!!

Akira is an amazing masterpiece, i get blown by it till this day. unfortunatly its not something you see these days.
My most favorite animes are from the 90s: Cowboy bebop, Hellsing, AH! My goddess, Ghost in the shell, Princess Mononokey.... and much more.
today you see too many "magical girl" crap =|

I really enjoyed reading what you wrote about anime... you just dont find people that really appreciate or have so much kwonledge about it...

I can reccomend you: Death Note, Samurai Champloo and Gantz for now...

 

[Skid Row 89]

For any fans of Attack on Titan I believe the next episodes of the anime won't be released till 2016. On a separate note, has anyone seen the wind rises? If so, what did you think of it?

 

[Brightshadow]

I know, I’m pretty close to winning a Darwin Award (as a guy desperately looking for a female companion / soul mate), but I’ll admit that my favorite anime in this season is Yuri Kuma Arashi.

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My favorite fansub version is by Asenshi:
[Asenshi] Yuri Kuma Arashi - 01 [97E8C378].mkv

 

[lifestream]

I started watching Naruto last year but couldn't get past the filler. I might start again.

I've heard good things about Attack on Titan and the new Dragonball Z film too.

Skid Row 89, I'm a huge Ghibli fan! The Wind Rises was my favourite film of last year. It was only played in one small arthouse theatre where I live, and I ended up seeing it by chance. I haven't been so moved by a Ghibli film since the first time I saw Grave of the Fireflies. I don't think I'll ever look at a Zero fighter quite the same way ever again.

"The wind rises... We must try to live..."

 

[shadetree]

I love anime, but when i watch it comes and goes like i might watch it for a while straight then not watch any for a year. Im old school too like somebody else who was posting earlier, i started out watching it back in the days of robotech. When i was a kid in the eighties that was one of my favorite things to watch i was glued to the tv because id never seen anything like it. As far as old stuff my favorite was probably Vampire hunter D as movies go.Also another old one i really liked was Gaiarth Genesis Survivor. I seen Akira like somebody else had mentioned but honestly i never seen what the huge deal was about that movie or why everybody went kinda nuts for it lol. It was okay but it didnt really blow my mind or anything. I know im in the minority on that but i usually am on everything and im good with that.

As far as stuff now i watched all of wolfs rain, i really enjoyed that, if you never seen it i highly recommend it, and No 6 was pretty good, i like Ergo proxy,Heroic AGE, this week im watching some little OVA called Gargantia on the Verduous Planet, yeah longest title ever i know lol.Thats actually where my avatar is from, its Ledo the main character. I really seem to like post apocalyptic sci fi and darker grittier stuff. Just because in those kinds of sittuations war etc it forces different sets of characters that wouldnt normally be together into all kinds of crazy sittuations and i enjoy seeing how they interact.

I cant really get into anime either where the characters constantly announce what theyre doing like MEGA ATTACK ZERO KNEECAP KILLER BEAM ACTIVATE! lol That crap drives me nuts, im not really a fan of chibi artstyle either but i respect that other people like it.Just not really my thang.

Theres still a metric crap ton of stuff i want to watch but it takes a while to get to it i guess.

Also as as an old school anime guy i really kinda hate how its became mainstream and if you do find somebody that watches anime its like everybody watches the same old shows and theyve probably practically seen everything ever made and know all the artists, writers, etc. I honestly dont care that much lol but i do love watching it, its awesome. I just dont wanna get a masters degree in the study of it or anything.

 

[ninako]

MEGA ATTACK ZERO KNEECAP KILLER BEAM ACTIVATE! lol

just wanted to note that^

I'm not a fan of older shows. The art style's pretty important to me. I also drift towards romcom because they're usually shorter series. In the past two months I watched, in ranking:
1. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
2. Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions [season 1]
3. Toradora
4. Love Stage
5. Princess Jellyfish
Wolf Girl & Black Prince [no ranking, it just made me pretty mad]
I've been meaning to watch things like Space☆Dandy, Future Diary, Bakuman [which I partially read], and Bunny Drop [which I read and love].

 

[shadetree]

I'm not a fan of older shows. The art style's pretty important to me.

I cant watch a lot of them either, so i get what youre saying, thats been a LONG time ago. I actually tried to watch robotech again a while back and it was really eighties and really cheesy so i didnt make it past the first episode.But during that time period it was amazing. I wonder in a few decades if well look back on these shows now and think the same thing?

 

[Tealeaf]

Parasyte
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Linebarrels of Iron
Aldnoah Zero

Anime that's never been on Cartoon Network tends to be the best.

 

[kamya]

MEGA ATTACK ZERO KNEECAP KILLER BEAM ACTIVATE! lol

just wanted to note that^

I'm not a fan of older shows. The art style's pretty important to me. I also drift towards romcom because they're usually shorter series. In the past two months I watched, in ranking:
1. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
2. Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions [season 1]
3. Toradora
4. Love Stage
5. Princess Jellyfish
Wolf Girl & Black Prince [no ranking, it just made me pretty mad]
I've been meaning to watch things like Space☆Dandy, Future Diary, Bakuman [which I partially read], and Bunny Drop [which I read and love].

Toradora is one of my all time top favorites. And Princess Jellyfish was nice too but ended too soon. NaNa is another one of my top favorites too if you havn't read/watched that one yet.

 

[nerdygirl]

A month or so ago, the kid and I tried to count all of the anime series we've watched. We gave up after we hit 200. I don't think I have a favourite, even if I broke it down into genres. It's easier to talk about things I don't get into- for example, I don't enjoy Basilisk. It's just too sad and bloody. I usually like things that have light moments. I mean, violence is great (that sounds weird, but you know what I mean), but I like to have a few minutes where things are just funny and/ or mushy.

 

[Arachne]

I have an extensive collection of animes. I watch them in Japanese with subtitles for the most part as I dislike the dubbing and daft plots they switch for North American audiences.

My first taste of anime came in the form of Simba the white lion, Starblazers ( use to watch before school) and Speed Racer.

favorites include Vampire D, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
Berserk,Cowboy Bebop,UC Gundam Series - Gundam 0079, Zeta Gundam, Char's Counterattack,Macross,Rose of Versailles,The Vision of Escaflowne,Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hellsing,Trinity Blood to name a few lol.

So yeah I am animeohlic lol.. Bright Blessings and keep watching..