The kid who is given command of an entire battalion
The sexually ambiguous general with a female-ninja-looking mech
The psychopath (who works for the army of course) with the HUGE mass-destruction mech
The dark guy with some gothic-looking mech
The big, strong and stupid guy with a fist-fighting mech
The knight with a sword-fighting mech (even if ultrapositronspacetimedisplacementbeamcannons are available)
The protagonist’s love interest who will get wounded even when her mech gets shot in its pinky finger
The gun lover, with his gun-loving mech (with infinite ammo if said guy is on the evil side, but with ammo that will run out when most needed if he’s on the good side)
wow did’nt know anime meant souls in… er … italien?
…but i’ve only seen a few animes…
princess mononoke
grave of the fireflies
Full Metal Alchemist
Naruto (currently still watching)
Ninja scroll
X
Spriggan
Fist of the north star (movie)
Street fighter II
er… I think thats it really… any suggestions… i’m really getting into anime now !
Oh, I like anime. Basicially my whole Japanese class at uni is totally obsessed with it, lol. I can’t say I’ve seen nearly as much of it as they have (when I say they’re obsessed, I mean OBSESSED), but I still like it.
Ones I’ve seen:
Almost anything by Hayao Miyazaki, who is a total genius (except Howl’s Moving Castle, which I’m dying to see because the original book was written by my favourite author, Diana Wynne Jones)
Perfect Blue
NGE (but I didn’t really like this, I couldn’t understand it)
Sailor Moon (when I was little and they still showed it on TV)
Pokemon (only a few episodes)
… I guess I prefer the movies to the TV series, really.
My suggestions to Freedom (since you asked!):
Everything by Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki, they’re fantastic!
Inuyasha. I haven’t seen the anime version of this, but the manga is brilliant. Pretty violent, though.
I’m spamming my NOW WATCHING LIST (yeah u read that right, this is not all that I have seen, but what I’m currently watching)
Tsubasa Chronicle
The Law of Ueki
Speed Grapher (Nudity and graphical violence, be warned)
Monster
Mahou sensei negima (don’t watch it, really don’t)
Zipang
Eyeshield 21
Honey & Clover (GREAT)
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (Also Great but in a different way then H&C)
Shuffle!
Kamichu!
Gun x Sword
Zettai Shonen
Okusama wa Joshikosei
Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken TV
Suzuka (If u like romance, watch this
Eien no Aseria - Aseria the Eternal
Tide-Line Blue
Amaede Naideyo/Amaede Yo/ Amaenaideyo (w/e XD)
Koi Koi Seven
Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge
It used to be 25 anime at once, but I dont have that much time now .
Recommendations:
Air TV - 13 episodes (2005)
Samurai Champloo - 26 episodes (2004)
Monster - 70+ episodes (2004 - still running)
Akira - 1 movie (1988)
Honey and Clover - ??? (2005 - still running)
Shinsheiki Evangelion - 26 episodes (1995)
Notes on Air TV: It has GREAT (really, AMAZING) animation, it’s based on a hentai game… (apparently h-games in Japan have plot XD) its not ecchi, nor hentai, go see it ^^.
Geez! What is the deal w/ Anime?
/me waits for the expected smack on the head.
I’ve only seen some of what they have on Starz (Well you know, some of the vampire ones anyway. I mean it’s vampires! Of course I’m gonna watch it, if there isn’t anything else on)
And I saw Spirited Away and various other kid’s cartoons more time than I like to remember. My kids love it. So why is it that everybody is so up on this stuff. What am I missing?
With anime, you have to think of what type of characters you like. What do you like in a movie or plot. B/c not all anime is compatible to what people like.
And with some of these people you really have to enjoy or not mind sci-fi.