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Kino's Journey is a great series if you don't mind slower, relfective anime.

If you'd like a character-based sci-fi drama, then Patlabor TV is a solid choice.

Does your idea have to be exclusively anime-ish? You could try to make it into a comic or graphic novel--Neil Gaiman included one of his scripts within volume three of Sandman, which could be used as a good example. Then again, I have virtually no idea how any of these industries work, so take my ad...

I like the reviews this guy writes. Informative and insightful. http://amr.nextstudio.net/index.html

There's also a sources page that lists other review sites.

You could try listening to the Constantine soundtrack.

kitsunebeolnet wrote:My 'first' was Kimba the White Lion about age 3-4 (circa 1970).

That's so awesome.

I agree with some of the things arzuro has to say; I wouldn't mind if some aspects of anime and anime culture were stripped away.

And I don't think anime fans have much of a "geek" image. Hyperactive psychos would be a better description.

Personally, the character trait I think is most important in anime is depth. They can't be impulsive robots; they need opinions, hopes, aspirations, fears, and they need to come off realistically, not just yell out their emotions and stomp around.

Started between 3 and 5 with Speed Racer and Voltron. Sort of put it off until I watched DBZ at 6 AM on a saturday morning (before it was on Cartoon Network), but I still didn't really pay much attention to the whole genre until Gundam Wing aired. That was the first show I truly appreciated as anime.

Okay, here's some pretty varied stuff: The Pogues : a band from Ireland, singing traditional Irish tunes with an alternative style Ivan Kupala : a Russian band that plays Russian folk music blended with electronica--very unique The Decemberists : from Portland, has the most evocative imagery I've he...