Any good anime recommendations?

macchinainterna · Post by **macchinainterna** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:14 pm

I live in a small backwoods mountain town where if you say the word "anime," people just look at you cross-eyed. In short, I haven't had much access to a lot of good animes. I have a decent collection, but it's mostly bigger anime movie titles from the likes of Satoshi Kon and Hayao Miyazaki. I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations to help me get caught up with a lot of great titles? I'd really appreciate it.

I'm very big on steampunk anime, if that helps. And here are some animes I'm thinking of investing in, to narrow the field down:

Last Exile
Chrono Crusade
Full Metal Alchemist
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:20 pm

You can't really go wrong with any of the Miyazaki stuff.

All of the titles that you've listed are actually pretty good. Vampire Hunter D doesn't really fit in with them, plus it's a movie not a series. VHD is still watchable, though.

You may also want to look into full metal panic, any of the three series are excellent choices.

macchinainterna · Post by **macchinainterna** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:54 pm

Vampire Hunter D doesn't really fit in with them, plus it's a movie not a series.

Yeah, I had seen the original back when Starz used to run it, and I was interested in seeing what they did with Bloodlust.

I'll look into Full Metal Panic. Thanks for the recommendation!

dragon bait · Post by **dragon bait** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:45 pm

i think this ugly and beautiful world is a good one

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:21 pm

steampunk eh?
how 'bout these:
Sakura Wars (tv)
Steam Detectives
Steamboy (movie)
*I haven't seen any of these except the last one...but I base these recomendations on seing the trailers

in a little different direction now (cyberpunk):
Ghost in the Shell (both movies and both seasons of the anime)

I would definately suggest getting Last Exile (not so much steam though...main theme is aviation) and FMA.
I wasn't really satisfied with chrono crusade though

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:32 pm

You have to have a good attitude when dealing with Chrono Crusade. The ending also is a bit... Screwy...

Anyway, I suggest Fruits Basket. That anime has ranked as my favorite. It's a really comical/bipolar anime. If that makes sense. I'd suggest this one to anybody.

gravityrules · Post by **gravityrules** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:46 pm

Ooh, definitely watch Last Exile. And I liked Chrono and FMA too. If you don't mind depressing stuff you should check out X TV too.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:12 pm

Check out Kishin Corps, also known as Geo-Armor. I haven't watched my LaserDisc copies in ages...

And for something new, I liked the first episode of Project Blue Earth SOS. Very SkyCaptain-ish.

macchinainterna · Post by **macchinainterna** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:59 am

steampunk eh?
how 'bout these:
Sakura Wars (tv)
Steam Detectives
Steamboy (movie)
*I haven't seen any of these except the last one...but I base these recomendations on seing the trailers

in a little different direction now (cyberpunk):
Ghost in the Shell (both movies and both seasons of the anime)

I own Steamboy, and it's one of my big favorites. I've also seen both GOTS movies, but never got into the series. As for the others, I haven't seen them.

Thanks for all of the recommendations everyone! I'll be sure to look into them! ^^

Mihru · Post by **Mihru** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:22 am

Naruto
Bleach
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fruits Basket
Azumanga Daioh
Angelic Layer