[Ransom]

It's like that, yeah. I loved it, personally, but it's certainly not a satisfying show in any sort of traditional way.

Thanks for the list, Mongoose. I've added a bunch of those on my to-watch list.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

This thread is terribly short on recommendations for befriending Nanoha.

Yes, yes, it's a magical girl show. It's also the most terribly awesome magical girl show ever made. Truthfully, the series has moved away from magical girl conceits starting about episode seven, and season four has completely dropped the Mahou Shojo from the title apparently. This is just as well, because it was apparently always Nanoha's destiny to be the RX-78-2 in a schoolgirl outfit.

No, I'm not kidding. The show owes about 4/5th of itself to giant robot series. Striker S, the third season, even has what amounts to Gao Gai Gar-tan in Subaru Nakajima. Stock footage is conspicous by its absence; fight scenes are well-coreographed and usually rich in high-energy beam weaponry. Admittedly, some people go into fits over the first season/second season single-use transformation sequence and what was termed its "maligant lolicon" content, but that's cutting your nose off to spite your face. Stick with it, it won't dissapoint.

Spreading love through superior firepower!

[StarSlayer]

This thread is terribly short on recommendations for befriending Nanoha.

Yes, yes, it's a magical girl show. It's also the most terribly awesome magical girl show ever made. Truthfully, the series has moved away from magical girl conceits starting about episode seven, and season four has completely dropped the Mahou Shojo from the title apparently. This is just as well, because it was apparently always Nanoha's destiny to be the RX-78-2 in a schoolgirl outfit.

I'm not familiar with magic school girl shows, my exposure to anime is pretty limited.  However I know what a mobile suit is and the statement about her being an RX-78-2 incarnate had me in stitches.

My anime repertoire being what it is...

Cowboy Bebop
08th MS Team
0083 Stardust Memory
Macross
Macross DYRL

[TrashMan]

Meh. .. my list want much bigger until recently either.

[Flaser]

Here's the big damn list of things I've seen:

009-1 (12 eps)
3x3 Eyes OVA 1 (4 eps)
3x3 Eyes OVA 2 (3 eps)
5 cm per second
801 TTS Airbats (7 eps)
AD Police Files OVA (3 eps)
AD Police TV (12 eps)
Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka (12 eps)
Akikan (12 eps)
Akira
Alien 09 OVA (4 eps)
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku OVA (6 eps)
Amon Saga
Angelic Layer (26 eps)
Appleseed OVA
Appleseed (2004)
Appleseed Ex Machina
Area 88 OVA (3 eps)
Area 88 TV (12 eps)
Argento Soma (26 eps)
Armitage III - Dual Matrix
Armitage III - Poly Matrix
Armitage III OVA (4 eps)
Armor Soltier Mellowlink (12 eps)
Armored Trooper VOTOMS - OVA 1 - The Last Red Shoulder
Armored Trooper VOTOMS - OVA 2 - Big Battle
Armored Trooper VOTOMS - OVA 3 - Roots of Ambition
Armored Trooper VOTOMS (52 eps)
Asu no Yoichi (12 eps)
Aura Battler Dunbine (49 eps)
Avenger (13 eps)
Ayashi no Ceres (24 eps)
Bakuretsu Tenshi (24 eps)
Bald Force EXE (4 eps)
Banner of the Stars - Movie
Banner of the Stars (13 eps)
Banner of the Stars 2 (10 eps)
Banner of the Stars 3 OVA
Bastard (6 eps)
Berserk (25 eps)
Beyond The Clouds
Big Wars
Black Lagoon (26 eps)
Blood The Last Vampire
Blue Gender - The Warrior
Blue Gender (26 eps)
Blue Submarine no.6 (4 eps)
Brain Powerd (26 eps)
Bubblegum Crash (3 eps)
Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Tokyo (26 eps)
Bubblegum Crisis OVA - Hurricane Live! (2 eps)
Bubblegum Crisis OVA (8 eps)
Club to Death Angel Dokuro-chan (8 eps)
Club to Death Angel Dokuro-chan 2 (4 eps)
Code Geass (25 eps)
Comedy (Kigeki)
Cowboy Bebop - Knocking on Heaven's Door
Cowboy Bebop (26 eps)
Crest of the Stars - Movie
Crest of The Stars (13 eps)
Crest of the Stars OVA
Cyber City Oedo (3 eps)
Dagger of Kamui
Dai Mahou Touge (8 eps)
Darker Than Black (25 eps)
Detonator Orgun OVA (3 eps)
Detroit Metal City (12 eps)
Dominion Tank Police (4 eps)
Dragon Half (2 eps)
Dragon's Heaven
El Hazard - OVA 1 (7 eps) - The Magneficient World
El Hazard - OVA 2 (4 eps) - The Magneficient World
El Hazard - OVA 3 (13 eps) - The Alternative World
Elfen Lied (13 eps)
Elfen Lied OVA
Ergo Proxy (23 eps)
Fate/Stay Night (24 eps)
FLCL (6 eps)
Freedom (7 eps)
Full Metal Panic - Fumoffu (12 eps)
Full Metal Panic - The Second Raid (13 eps)
Full Metal Panic - The Second Raid OVA
Full Metal Panic (24 eps)
Fushigi Yuugi OVA (3 eps)
Futari Ecchi (4 eps)
Galaxy Express 999 - The Movie
Gall Force OVA 1 (3 eps)
Gall Force OVA 2 - Rhea
Gall Force OVA 3 - Earth Chapter (3 eps)
Gall Force OVA 4 - New Era (2 eps)
Gasaraki (25 eps)
Generator Gawl (12 eps)
Geneshaft (13 eps)
Ghost in The Shell
Ghost in The Shell - Stand Alone Complex (26 eps)
Ghost in The Shell - Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (26 eps)
Ghost in The Shell - Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society
Ghost in The Shell 2 - Innocence
Golden Boy (6 eps)
Good Morning Althea OVA
Grave of the Fireflies
Great Teacher Onizuka (43 eps)
Grey - Digital Target
Gunbuster (6 eps)
GUNNM (AKA Battle Angel Alita)
Gunparade March (12 eps)
Gunsmith Cats (3 eps)
Guyver OVA 1 - Out of Controll
Guyver OVA 2 (12 eps)
Hack.Sign (28 eps)
Haibane Renamei (13 eps)
Hellsing (13 eps)
Her and Her Cat
Heroic Legend of Arslan OVA (4 eps)
Higan
His and Her Circumstances (26 eps)
Hoshi no Koe
Hyper Polic (25 eps)
Iczer 1 (3 eps)
Iketeru Futari (16 eps)
Infinite Ryvius (26 eps)
Innocent Venus (12 eps)
Inu Yasha - The Movie
Jin-Roh The Wolf Brigade
Kannagi (13 eps)
Kannazuki no Miko (12 eps)
Kanokon (12 eps)
Kara no Kyoukai (7 movies)
Karin (24 eps)
Kemonozume (13 eps)
Kenkoo Zenrakei Suieibu Umishou (13 eps)
Key The Metal Idol (15 eps)
Kite (2 eps)
Kurau Phantom Memory (24 eps)
Kurogane no Linebarrels (24 eps)
Laputa - Castle in The Sky
Last Exile (26 eps)
Legend of Crystania OVA (3 eps)
Legend of Lemnear
Love Love? (13 eps)
M.D. Geist 2
M.D. Geist Director's Cut
Macross - DYRL
Macross 2 - The Movie
Macross Flashback 2012
Macross Plus OVA (4 eps)
Macross Zero OVA (5 eps)
Madlax (26 eps)
Madox-01
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (13 eps)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A (13 eps)
Mai HiME (26 eps)
Martian Successor Nadesico - Prince of Darkness
Martian Successor Nadesico (26 eps)
Megazone 23 (3 eps)
Memories OVA (3 eps)
Mezzo Forte OVA (2 eps)
Mezzo Forte TV AKA DSA (13 eps)
Millennium Actress
Mnemosyne (6 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 (6 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 OVA (13 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam 8th MS Team (12 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (50 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Stargazer (3 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (49 eps)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz OVA (3 eps)
Mobile Suit igLoo (3 eps)
Mobile Suit igLoo Apocalypse (3 eps)
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (51 eps)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation 1 - Heirs to The Stars
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation 2 - Lovers
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation 3 - Love is The Pulse of The Stars
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (50 eps)
Murder Princess (6 eps)
Nausicaa and The Warriors of The Wind
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Death
Neon Genesis Evangelion - End of Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Renewal 2003 (26 eps)
New Dominion Tank Police (6 eps)
Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll TV (13 eps)
Noir (26 eps)
Now and Then, Here and There (13 eps)
Oh! My Godess - The Movie
Oh! My Godess OVA (5 eps)
Orguss 2 OVA (6 eps)
Otaku no Video OVA (2 eps)
Outlanders
Outlaw Star (26 eps)
Pale Cocoon
Paprika
Paranoia Agent (13 eps)
Parasite Dolls - The Movie
Patlabor 1 - The Movie
Patlabor 2 - The Movie
Patlabor 3 - The Movie
Patlabor OVA (7 eps)
Patlabor TV (47 eps)
Perfect Blue
Phantom Quest Corp (4 eps)
Plastic Little
Porco Rosso
Power Dolls (2 eps)
Princess Mononoke
Project Arms (26 eps)
Project Arms 2nd Season (26 eps)
RahXephon - The Movie
Read or Die OVA (3 eps)
Record of Lodoss War OVA (13 eps)
Riding Bean
Robot Carnival
Rocket Girls (12 eps)
Rosario to Vampire (13 eps)
Roujin Z
Saikano (13 eps)
Saikano OVA (2 eps)
Samurai X OVA 1 (4 eps)
Samurai X OVA 2 (2 eps)
School Rumble (26 eps)
Scrapped Princess (24 eps)
Scryed (26 eps)
Sekirei (12 eps)
Sekirei OVA
Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (5 eps)
Serial Experiments Lain (13 eps)
Shakugan no Shana - The Movie
Shakugan no Shana (24 eps)
Shakugan no Shana OVA
Shakugan no Shana Second (24 eps)
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (12 eps)
Sky Crawlers
Sky Girls (26 eps)
Sky Girls OVA
Slayers TV (26 eps)
Sol Bianca - The Legacy (6 eps)
Sol Bianca (2 eps)
Sola (13 eps + 2 extra)
Soukou no Strain (13 eps)
Soukyuu no Fafner (26 eps)
Soul Link (12 eps)
Soul Taker (13 eps)
Sousei Seiki Devadasy (3 eps)
Space Battleship Yamato - Final
Space Battleship Yamato - Movie
Space Battleship Yamato (1978) - Farewell to Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (1979) - New Journey
Space Battleship Yamato (1980) - Be Forever Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato 2 TV - The Comet Empire (26 eps)
Space Battleship Yamato TV (26 eps)
Spiral ~ Suiri no Kizuna (25 eps)
Spirited Away
Spriggan
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko - OVA 1 (3 eps)
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko - OVA 2 (3 eps)
Starship Operators (13 eps)
Starship Troopers (6 eps)
Sub 707R OVA (2 eps)
SunaBouzu (24 eps)
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (36 eps)
Sword of the Stranger
Tales of Symphonia OVA 1 (4 eps)
Texhnolyze Rogue (22 eps)
The Animatrix
The Cockpit OVA (3 eps)
The Five Star Stories
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA 1 (2 eps)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA 2 (8 eps)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV (26 eps)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (14 eps)
The Vision of Escaflowne - The Movie
The Vision of Escaflowne (26 eps)
Those Who Hunt Elves (12 eps)
Those Who Hunt Elves 2 (12 eps)
Toaru Majutsu no Index (24 eps)
Tokyo Babylon (2 eps)
Tokyo Godfathers
Toradora! (25 eps)
Touhou - Niji Sousaku 1st Movie
Toward Terra - The Movie
Toward Terra (24 eps)
Trigun (26 eps)
Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (25 eps)
Utawarerumono (26 eps)
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
Vampire Princess Miyu OVA (4 eps)
Vampire Princess Miyu TV (26 eps)
Vandread (13 eps)
Vandread OVA
Vandread Second Stage (13 eps)
Venus Wars
Video Girl Ai OVA (6 eps)
Viper's Creed (12 eps)
Welcome to NHK! (24 eps)
Wicked City (2 eps)
Wicked City (movie compilation)
Wings of Honneamise
Witch Hunter Robin (26 eps)
Wizardry
Wolf's Rain (30 eps)
Wonderful Days
X - The Movie
X TV (24 eps)
xxxHolic - The Movie
xxxHolic (24 eps)
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito (13 eps)
Yotoden OVA (3 eps)
You're Under Arrest - OVA 1 (4 eps)
Zero no Tsukaima (13 eps)
Zero no Tsukaima 2 - Futatsuki no Kishi (12 eps)
Zombie Loan (13 eps)
Zone of the Enders - Dolores I (26 eps)
Zone of the Enders - Idolo 2167 OVA

[NGTM-1R]

I'm curious where you found VOTOMS...

[Snail]

Flaser my friend you have too much free time.

[Flaser]

Flaser my friend you have too much free time.

Hey, it took me 10 years 13 years to watch all this.

[BloodEagle]

Finished watching Ergo Proxy. Love the art style used....but watching the show is a creepy drugged experience. The storyline is messed up, a whole lot is unexplained. A lot of dreamy/vision/surreal episodes. It felt like Evangelion (the last two episodes) again.
Final conclusion: Good, but not that good.

 

It was a while back when I watched it, but I remember that just about everything was explained, albeit vaguely.

Spoiler:

Unless you're talking about that really weird gameshow episode. The developer explained in some sort of press-release (which I can't be bothered to look for) that they had to deliver a lot of plot very quickly due to budget cuts (the series was originally going to be much longer).

The same thing happened with Big O. :/

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@Flaser: I can't believe you were able to stomach Gundam Seed. 

And... uh... there are a few... promiscuous titles in that list. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Neon Genesis Evangelion and its movie, End of Evangelion.

Enough high-octane nightmare fuel to last a lifetime.

Some people treat it as fetish fuel.

[Colonol Dekker]

Misato is my wife.

Seriously though it's not that bad once you get over Shinj-emo.....


EDIT- seriously though Shes my wife >

[TrashMan]

*SNIP*

boy.

*impressive whistle*

I'm surprised I didn't see Excel Saga on the list.


On a somewhat related note, anyone here watched the AMV Hell's? I friggin love em!
I'm ATM making compilation, combining the best gags.

[TrashMan]

Just finished watching Death Note. Good visuals and interesting story, but they really overdid it with the plot twists and "lucky coincidences".

[BloodEagle]

Just finished watching Death Note. Good visuals and interesting story, but they really overdid it with the plot twists and "lucky coincidences".

I didn't care for the ending, myself. And I'm pretty sure someone already posted this, but....



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Neon Genesis Evangelion and its movie, End of Evangelion.

Enough high-octane nightmare fuel to last a lifetime.

Some people treat it as fetish fuel.

You can't forget about rule 36, when dealing with that series.  

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Side note: I've found another good abridged series.

[Scotty]

You can't forget about rule 36, when dealing with that series.

Do you mean Rule 34?

Apparently not.

[TrashMan]

I didn't care for the ending, myself. And I'm pretty sure someone already posted this, but....

Spoiler:

LOL...good one. Frankly, I think the plot quality started to drop off after L and Light shacked up together.  The amnesia bit and really redicolously intricate plans + crazily prepared^2 kinda started to mark the show. Still, was rather interesting. Loved hte ending where the bastard got what's coming to him.
Not happy that the killer girl stayed free.

[BloodEagle]

I didn't care for the ending, myself. And I'm pretty sure someone already posted this, but....

Spoiler:

LOL...good one. Frankly, I think the plot quality started to drop off after L and Light shacked up together.  The amnesia bit and really redicolously intricate plans + crazily prepared^2 kinda started to mark the show. Still, was rather interesting. Loved hte ending where the bastard got what's coming to him.
Not happy that the killer girl stayed free.

Fixed.

Spoiler:

It's hinted at that she commits suicide.

[Thaeris]

20) Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann -- Generator of many memes, recipient of much hype, Gurren-Lagann is packed with more raw manliness than an entire World's Strongest Man competition.  Gainax's loving tribute to the super-robot classics of the past, and in many ways an anti-Evangelion, Gurren-Lagann starts out showing the life of Simon the Digger, a young boy living in an underground village whose hot-blooded best friend Kamina dreams of breaking through to the forbidden surface.  One day, Simon digs up a small robot with a big face called Lagann, and the drill that powers it up...and with that, everything changes.  Simon and Kamina, along with the bombshell sniper Yoko and the pig-mole Boota, find themselves caught up in an underdog fight against the oppressive Beastmen, led by the mighty Spiral King.  But even that isn't the end of things...though I won't say any more here.  Gurren-Lagann is 27 episodes of hot-blooded manly spirit, ridiculous super robot action, and incredibly fun characters, and it manages to keep ratcheting up the scale and scope of things (quite literally) as its plot unfolds.  Leave plausibility and realism at the door, and enjoy the very personification of the Rule of Cool.

I've heard this mentioned a few times earlier on the HLP. Thanks to your post, I finally decided to watch it.

Good stuff!

Spoiler:

The "manliness" factor definitely went down when Kamina was killed, but that's to be expected... Other than that, it was certainly worth the watch. Again, thank you for the suggestion.

 

-Thaeris

[Bobboau]

Spoiler:

you just spoiled episode 8 for everyone who has not seen the show.

[Scotty]

Spoiler tags next time, please.

And it doesn't help to name what episode said spoiler takes place in LOL.