LFA (Looking for Anime): Love Story

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:18 pm

Maybe one of these have something you are looking for
I don't know about the humanoid part though ^_^

Lamune
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=5868

Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... php?id=903

Honey and Clover
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=4975

Iriya no Sora UFO no Natsu
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=4732

Kimagure Orange Road Movie
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... php?id=493

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:26 pm

Oh yeah!

Piano
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=1833

that one seems like it has a normal relationship
I've only seen like 3 episodes of it so far

nmaster64 · Post by **nmaster64** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:43 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:Now I'm just going by heresay. You might want to look through this thread I made a couple weeks ago, because I asked for much the same thing...although I wasn't nearly as picky as you >_<

Sorry about the pickiness...I'm just convinced there's something exactly what I'm looking for, and I really want to find it...thanks for the link, I'll look through those, and moonie your list too...

Elfen Lied was...hmmm...don't know how to classify it...not really a love story...but I did like that anime overall...I'd recommend it to the non-squiemish...

Here, I'm gonna be uber-specific for a second. I was trying not to appear to picky, but in the end just showed how picky I was...

...so, here's like exactly what I'm thinking of (anything close I'll take a look at):

- Non-comedy, non-ecchi
- Action good, but the action should be in the name of love! (...too corny?)
- More mature is good, although I'm not a big fan of gratituous gore or nudity. It should have meaning!
- I like: Angels, vampires, etc; I hate: mecha, cyborgs, incest, pedophilia, yaoi
- Tragedy. Guy falls in love with girl is boring. Guy loses girl, tries to get her back, fights for her, etc., whatever...everything doesn't have to have a happy ending either...

Thanks everyone for your help!

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:52 pm

For something completely different, how about Gankutsuou? ("The Count of Monte Cristo", a-la anime).

Not a love story per se, but all of it is underpinned in a failed love (followed by, of course, revenge), and there are some great romantic sub-plots involved. And it hits big points on your seriousness criteria and, surprisingly, somehwat on vampires too.
And if that's not enough, the art is gorgeous.

Failing that - if you can get past many of its comedic features, KareKano is a very good, albeit incomplete, believable story of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. There's a lot of darker, non-comedic undertones in parts of that one. Also ranks highly in my book.

nmaster64 · Post by **nmaster64** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:56 pm

Gankutsou is one of my favorite anime ever...oh I'd love to find something on par with that...

I'm downloding Saikano and Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora now, gonna take a look at those two first...

hmmm...is DN Angel a love story? It looks good but I just can't tell where it's at in tone and theme...

Super Shanko · Post by **Super Shanko** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:44 pm

i dont alot of anime's with emotional love, but 3x3 eyes had its moments here and there, kinda like Inuyasha love, along with tons of blood.

another one was Tokyo Godfathers, im not 100% sure on it but Miyuki commented on it about Hana & Gin.

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:51 pm

Alright, I just finished REC and I recommend it. I think it's more or less what you're looking for.

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:06 pm

If you are interested in Voices of a Distant star, You might also try The Place Promised in our Early Days. Both are very good Voices is a story of love over time and space, Place is a romantic story of a boy trying to save his girl from a coma of uknown cause.

Kite: romance and violence.

Howl's Moving Castle: Laputa, Castle in the Sky: Whisper of the Heart: Princess Mononoke: The Cat Returns: all good romance stories from studio Ghibli.

I just got Mermaid Forrest, done by the creator of Inuyasha. it is a horror story series with a lot of romance. I haven't watched it yet so I can't say how good it is.

Samurai Drifter · Post by **Samurai Drifter** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:51 am

nmaster64 wrote:From that pic...that guy looks kind of old for her...

They are the same age. She's short, but that's pretty much the only underdeveloped part of her... >.>

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:11 pm

I'd recommend Kare Kano, a.k.a. His and Her Circumstances, if you hadn't ruled out comedy out of hand. It's everyday-slash-upbeat-slash-angst-with-power-plant, but "romantic" and "goofy" are the two biggest slices of the pie. Standard viewing for hetero romance that's actually romance and not "lol oops i fell on a boobie, repeat for 26 episodes."

To add on a previous comment: Piano doesn't have much romance. There's omg-secret-crush talk, but it's not focused on romance as a whole, and it's not tragic. Slightly angsty, but not tragic.

Your stats sound like either X or Angel Sanctuary without the incest to me, and hey, I'd like to find something along those lines myself. For me, Yami no Matsuei is in the same category, but that's shounen-ai. Haven't seen Tsukihime yet. (note: Tsukihime, not Tsukiyomi. Grownup chicks that are probably vampires, not moemoe lolis. Not my bag.)

Ran X TV (which is the first series your comments reminded me of) through this recommendation site and got this, which may be fun to play with for a while.