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Offline TrashMan

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Strike Witches:
Now, this is a fan service series done perfectly. The basic idea is that there are 11 girls who fly using magic powered propeller using machines on their feet and fight against a mysterious force called Neuroi on an alternative WW2 era where the WW2 never happened. Oh and the girls don't wear any pants or skirts, just panties.


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Cyber city OEDO. And legend of the four kings also :yes:
 
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Offline asyikarea51

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Cool, Vandread isn't forgotten either. But it's so hard to find anything other than the anime itself around here... :(

it never asks the only interesting question the show could ask: can you kill Haruhi? And if you do, what happens?

/diabolical laughter

 

Offline Fury

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Nobody has mentioned the best anime ever?

Initial D
(first two seasons)

 

Offline BloodEagle

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I remembered another good one: Ergo Proxy.

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[truth]Code Geass is excellent. The protagonist is the Magnificent Bastard. The ending is superb. The soundtrack is symphonic.[/truth]

 
Seeing that people here are making recommendations I might as well add a few from my collection:

1.  GaoGaiGar:  If you likes Gurren Lagann and desperately need another fix of giant robo action then this is worth a go.  It's available in two boxsets, both at very decent prices.  The first box, the green "Bullet X Box" is SUB/DUB while the second yellow "Za Powa Box".  The first twenty or so episodes are your basic monster of the week stuff mainly used to introduce the main characters and attacks, the real meat is in the remainder.  Basically if you can stomach this for nearly every episode then you will like GaoGaiGar and then will curse the anime industry until GGG Final gets licenced.

2. Gunbuster & Gunbuster 2  Don't bother with the movie editions.  If you can find them get the original OAV versions.  GB comes as a single 3 disc set while GB2 is available as 3 separate single disc releases.  More giant robot action from the creators of Evangelion and Gurren Lagann.

3. Godannar:  More giant robot action (seeing a pattern here?) of the combining variety from the same creative mind as GaoGaiGar with almost the same amount of recycled combination sequences but with the addition of a healthy dose of fanservice.

4. Giant Robo: The Animation:  This should be in everybody's collection.

5. The Big O:  Another giant robot show (this is getting silly now).  Possibly holds the prize for best opening sequence ever.  If I had infinite money I would go over to Sunrise inc. in Japan, hand them a cheque with a lot of zeroes on it and a message saying "Make Big O season 3 now please".
6. The original Macross is always worth looking at, along with Macross Plus.

7. Dai-Guard:  Is what you would get if you had a Giant Robot built by the lowest bidder and then run on a shoestring budget, can't even afford a proper Rocket Punch...

and finally
8. Rahxephon:  If you enjoyed Evangelion or proper giant robot action isn't your thing then you can do a lot worse than this.
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Offline Snail

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lol, Rahxephon, that was like the Evangelion clone.

 

Offline TrashMan

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I just finished wathcing Chobits. It was actually better than I thought. The episode of trying to teach your persocon to buy underware was legendary :lol:
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lol, Rahxephon, that was like the Evangelion clone.

Except Rahxephon has a touchingly happy ending.

 

Offline Gortef

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Strike Witches:
Now, this is a fan service series done perfectly. The basic idea is that there are 11 girls who fly using magic powered propeller using machines on their feet and fight against a mysterious force called Neuroi on an alternative WW2 era where the WW2 never happened. Oh and the girls don't wear any pants or skirts, just panties.


D00d, you scare me. :eek2: :wtf:

Hey don't blame the messenger :p
Habeeb it...

 

Offline Ransom

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Must Not Watch
  • Last Exile (had serious potential, no real explanation for the ending)
Ignore this man. I'm not going to get into a debate about the ending, but it is nothing close to an excuse not to watch the rest of the show which is pretty much fantastic all the way through. The storytelling and production values are some of the best I've seen in an anime.

I'll second Ergo Proxy and Tytania. The art on the latter is pretty poor, but the feudal politics more than make up for it.

Twelve Kingdoms doesn't appear to have been mentioned, so I'll throw that out there. I'm yet to watch all of it, but it's a very compelling high fantasy series with a wonderful soundtrack.

 
Just finished Yukikaze and I have to say: Thanks TrashMan for that hint :>
I really liked it.

 

Offline GTSVA

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Samurai Champloo anyone?

Oh and DeathNote was awesome.

EDIT: So was Blade of the Immortal.
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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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I've read two bloggers' reviews about Clannad After Story, and both of them seem to have praised it on overall. Is it THAT good?
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Offline The E

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I'll +1 the recommendations for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Black Lagoon, Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy and Wolf's Rain. (My rule of thumb is, if Yoko Kanno worked on it, it's at least worth checking out)
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Offline Fury

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I've read two bloggers' reviews about Clannad After Story, and both of them seem to have praised it on overall. Is it THAT good?
Have you seen Air or Kanon (original or 2006 version)? If yes and you liked those, then you may well like Clannad After Story. However, After Story picks up where Clannad left.

 

Offline TrashMan

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I'll +1 the recommendations for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Black Lagoon, Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy and Wolf's Rain. (My rule of thumb is, if Yoko Kanno worked on it, it's at least worth checking out)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Kanno#Anime_works
She friggin rocks. Forget John Willians, she's 100 times better. She's even a Greater Diety in the TV Tropes Pantheon:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Pantheon/Craft


That's said, I'm just finishing Azumanga Daioh - that thing is da ****z. Sindefield on crack. Not as funny as Excel Saga, more downright bizzare.
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Offline Mongoose

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I feel an urge to write several paragraphs citing shows that everyone should actually watch (though The E touched on a few of the essentials), but I'm far too lazy at the moment. :p Suffice it to say that just about anything created by Studio BONES is pure gold.

 
 

Offline TrashMan

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You're linking the Escaflowne opening and NOT one of the awesome soundtracks?  :wtf:
No Epstile? No Dance of Curse? No Revenge? No Regret? (yes, I got the whole soundtrack) You're all backwards man.
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