[TrashMan]

Since I recently got flat rate I started donwloading a lot of stuff. And hten I decided it might be nice to watch a few animes - see a few old favorites, see what's new.
So I started my internet watching bonanza.
I though I'd share my watch log with you guys together with my impressions:


Trigun - starts fun, ends up switching more towards drama as the story nears it's end. Wild West fun action.

Hellsing - Bloody. The main character is a complete monster (Vlad the Impaler), even worse than those he fights.

Yukikaze - strange and somewhat surreal. Impressive visuals of areal battles. Has a bit of a WTF? and Mind Screw effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XFh3PsOpb4

Irresponsible Captain Taylor - a bit strange, but fun.

Full Metal Alchemist - strange. Don't really know what to think about this one.

Blade of the Immortal - story of a immortal samurai. OK.

Tytania - space battles, and a LOT of political intruige and backstabbing. Very good visuals too.

Outlaw Star - Oldie. Not bad at all, but boy did those grappler ships make me laugh!

Excel Saga - goofy, crazy, experimental and funny. Insane characters, insane plots and a lot of 4'th wall breaking.  (and the director and original manga writer both appear)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9BX_mR2uQ0

Puni Puni Poemi - made by the same guy who made Excell Saga. Nabeshin is insane. Also, more fanserive, but very short alltogether (2 episodes)

Time of Eve - 6 episodes so far. Nice visuals, interesting and deep story. This is a brainy flick that's here to raise questions and make you think. 


CURRENTLY WATCHING:

Chobits - what would you do if you found a fembot in the trash?

Azumaga Daioh - high school on LSD


OLD (watched them more than 2 months before):


Vision of Escaflowne (movie/series) - 

Saint Seiya - oldie but goldie

Rourin Kenshin (movie/series)  - move great, series medicre

Cowboy Beebop - snazzy 

Evangelion - mind screw deluxe. I hate the last two episodes

Beserk - gotta agree. Depressive. But bloody as hell.

[Colonol Dekker]

Those last two are dire apart fro Aunt haruka. .

[TrashMan]

Eh? You sentance confuses me. dire apart?

[Dilmah G]

I am now obsessed with Yukikaze, THANK YOU!

[Colonol Dekker]

One missing letter didn't break the whole sentence construction did it? :bah:
 Apply filter to sentence.
<quote> Those last two are dire (aka crap) apart from Aunt Haruka (the only saving grace in Azu manga whatever it's called)
 </quote>

[TESLA]

Two things i really liked were:



'Venus Wars' First ever manga film I ever saw. Must have watched it hundreds of times! brilliant!


Not sure if anyone has heard of this, but I was watching this on 'Joost' very recently on the 'Gong' channel.

'Cosmo Warrior Zero' -Thought it was very enjoyable, loved the old style space ships, more like WW2 destroyers.

[Dark Hunter]

My current anime is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2, which more accurately would be The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, but no one seems to be calling it that. People are subbing the new episodes pretty much as soon as they're aired in Japan.

At this point it's difficult to say how good the new season is, though, since "We've entered an endless recursion of time."

Kyoto Animation is really having fun messing with its fans with this...

[Turambar]

Gundam 08th MS will always be my favorite.

[Snail]

My current anime is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2, which more accurately would be The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, but no one seems to be calling it that. People are subbing the new episodes pretty much as soon as they're aired in Japan.

At this point it's difficult to say how good the new season is, though, since "We've entered an endless recursion of time."

Kyoto Animation is really having fun messing with its fans with this...

Season 2?

OH, SNAP

[Mongoose]

I'm lazy, so go here.

[JGZinv]

Try...

Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

Serial Experiments Lain, Boogiepop Phantom, or Paranoia Agent, if you're into horror.

Tenchi Muyo, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventures, Love Hina, if you're not against wacky harem ish plots.

K-on... fluffy slice of life.

Full Metal Panic

Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke for classics

The Place Promised in Our Early Days  - an art form.

[NGTM-1R]

Irresponsible Captain Taylor - a bit strange, but fun.

You called Outlaw Star old, but not this? wtf?

Nadesico. Don't watch the movie. It'll make you want to hurt people.

Nanoha. I'm not terribly fond of Striker S, but it's worth a couple viewings. The original's better once it grows the beard around episode 5 or 6. A's is best.

Newer version of Area 88.

[Uchuujinsan]

Currently watching Bakemonogatari and Haruhi S2 (The endless recursion sucks -.-)

That Yukikaze AMV really looked interesting, have to try this out

[TrashMan]

One missing letter didn't break the whole sentence construction did it? :bah:
 Apply filter to sentence.
<quote> Those last two are dire (aka crap) apart from Aunt Haruka (the only saving grace in Azu manga whatever it's called)
 </quote>

So you saying Vhobits and AD are crap compared to Haruhi?
Or am I getting this wrong?

[BloodEagle]

Notables that haven't been mentioned thus far:

Must Watch

• Gungrave
• Gunslinger Girls (misleading title, first season is superb, haven't seen the second)
• Innocent Venus
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion / R2
• Black Lagoon
• Coyote Ragtime Show
• Great Teacher Onizaku (no significant plot resolution, but very funny)
• Witch Hunter Robin (ending was a little annoying, but the rest is great)
• Zombie Loan

Must Not Watch

• Berserk (depressing for no reason, the series stops about 1/10th of the way through the plot)
• GantZ (way more depressing than the above + no plot progression or explanations)
• Last Exile (had serious potential, no real explanation for the ending)
• Vandread (trust me, don't waste your life on this)

That's about all that I can remember. Keep in mind that all of them should only be viewed in their best subbed forms.

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm saying they're crap full stop. On par with "oh my godess" or that "malice doll" junk. But my views don't represent the status quo i'm just airing them.

[Snail]

Why has Gurren Lagann not been mentioned yet?

[Colonol Dekker]

Forgot to say, i rate the Venus WArs mention a ten out of ten. Pure class.. Also Akira, Guyver, and a little known MD Geist.. The latter being one of my all time favourites, even more than the later Robotech episodes.

[Ghostavo]

(...)

• Berserk (depressing for no reason, the series stops about 1/10th of the way through the plot)

Berserk? Depressing? You don't want to read the manga then. It gets much, much worse!  

Awesomely worse of course.

Still, the lack of Fullmetal Alchemist (remake) and Fate/Stay Night in this thread doesn't bode well.

[TrashMan]

Still, the lack of Fullmetal Alchemist (remake) and Fate/Stay Night in this thread doesn't bode well.

AR.. I knew I forgot something!

Got to edit hte first post now. I probably forgot a few anime Well ,teh very fact I forgot about it doens't bode well for it, no?