ANIME TOPIC

[The Glamour Nazi]

I noticed that we do not have an "SuperAnime" Topic or anything of the like, (Yes, I looked throught about 10 pages of both chatboard and General Discussion) And I thought I'd make one, post your favorite anime or anime recommendations here, of course try to keep the super hyped anime to a minimum, whether they're awesome or not, ANd let me put them up so no one is tempted to do so.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Naruto (If you're so inclined, I'm only putting it up to prevent it from being posted.)

Evangelion (for those who are more mature (Read: much) and don't mind nightmares.)

Anyway I will now post MY favorites.

Clannad, The number one on my list. Watch this anime. All I'll say is that its A great story with a really good meaning behind it. A must watch.

Also, Clannad Afterstory, but beware, watching without a box of tissue will cause house flooding.

Air, by the same people that did Clannad, not as good, but it does have a cool Samurai arc.

Canaan, for fans of the game 428: Fûsasareta Shibuya de, or people who love action anime. This is a must watch.

Cardcaptor Sakura, A magical girl anime by Clamp. A very good anime for those of you who don't mind a relationship web that looks like it was drawn by a blind 2 year old with epilepsy.

Gunslinger Girl, both this and the sequel Il Teatrino are both good action anime with a good amount of thought involved.

Hidamari (Sunshine) Sketch, a funny 4-koma based anime worth quite a few laughs.

K-ON! a funny 4-Koma based manga with really cute girls. Also really funny.

Lucky Star, Needs no explaination. 4-Koma that is legendary in laughs and cute girls. A must watch.

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, Lol worthy, it has a story that turns pretty much non-existant, also has a few REALLY funny episodes, namely number 7. It's a sony.

Myself; Yourself, A funny anime that turns pretty tragic, the last few episodes will leave you crying. A must watch.

Rozen Maiden, A good anime that will give laughs and has a good amount of action. A little strange but good.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, "Watch it. The second highest must watch on my list. A show that literally says "Screw the rules (Of physics) I'm awesome." And then has the robotsRUN OFF OF HOW AWESOME THEY ARE! Also, ROW ROW, FIGHT THE POWAH!

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: The number 3 on my list, this will make you think, and scream cause you can't figure it out. But it's also awesome nonetheless. A must watch.

Feel free to post any anime I didn't name, and post a little about it.

[Mysterious F.]

[The Glamour Nazi]

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Fine fine, any more things that I'VE POSTED ALREADY!?

Nevermind.

Any more?

Also, please Move this to the General Discussion if you would.

[Mysterious F.]

[The Glamour Nazi]

Granted, all his movies make it in.

[Mysterious F.]

I must say I probably like him more than any other "recent" director. To rank (and rate) all of his features I have seen:

1. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 10/10
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) 9/10
3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 9/10
4. Porco Rosso (1992) 9/10
5. Spirited Away (2001) 9/10
6. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8/10
7. Princess Mononoke (1997) 8/10
8. Castle in the Sky (1986) 8/10
9. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) 5/10

I also like most of Studio Ghibli's other films:

1. Only Yesterday (1991) 8/10
2. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 8/10
3. Whisper of the Heart (1995) 8/10
4. Pom Poko (1994) 7/10
5. The Cat Returns (2002) 7/10
6. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) 6/10
7. Tales from Earthsea (2006) 3/10

I can't wait for Ponyo to get out on DVD next month.

[The Glamour Nazi]

I'm waiting for Ponyo too.

[Mysterious F.]

What about you? Which ones have you seen?

[Twilight Wolf]

FMA is absolutely incredible. It's an excellent mix of sci-fi and action, with a bit of fantasy added in, as well. It's also very well-written: with perfectly proportioned amounts of both dialog and action, it never gets boring, there is NO FILLER, and the story develops at just the right pace, and each character has a unique and distinct personality that evolves through the course of the series and either changes your opinion on them or more firmly roots your opinion of them in your mind. Good and evil are constantly at war, and the show discusses subjects such as morality and the sanctity of human life, often in dramatic and serious ways. The only real flaw? The series itself doesn't wrap up the story; you have to see the movie for that.

Overall, it's pretty much perfect. 10/10

[MagmarFire]

Wait, if we have a Supertelevision topic, why do we have a Superanime topic? Isn't anime a subcategory of television?

[The Glamour Nazi]

Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's delivery service, Spirited away, and Princess Mononoke.

Kiki's delivery service is one of the things that got me into Anime, along with Cardcaptor Sakura, even though the anime only aired a few episodes and they were HEAVILY censored because America is TOO correct. it'd have no problem with the YukitoxSyaoran nowadays, but when I was a kid it got half the episode removed.

Also TW, it's one of the few long anime that DOESN'T get fillerific, *CoughcoughNarutoandbleachCough* Although its not nearly as long most get filler-y.

But considering it goes completely seperate from the manga it was avoided.

and Mags, this came about 20 minutes before.

[Mysterious F.]

Wait, if we have a Supertelevision topic, why do we have a Superanime topic? Isn't anime a subcategory of television?

Anime is just any Japanese hand-drawn animation. Have you forgotten about



In fact, how about we just turn this into plain-old animation, instead of just anime?

[The Glamour Nazi]

Cause I really want it for anime references to check out, i don't want the other things, i started it to get anime suggestions. XD

[Mysterious F.]

There are great animation besides anime, you know. A lot of the earlier Disney stuff, for instance, when Uncle Walt was still alive.

[The Glamour Nazi]

Well, if you want to post them go ahead, but try and keep it mainly towards anime, if you can do that I guess you can post western Animation too.

Anyway, I'll elaborate on Clannad.

It stars Tomoya Okazaki, a school delinquent, who meets a girl named Nagisa at the bottom of a hill. He then befriends her and finds she wants to re-establish the theater club. He befriend Several other people of the course of trying to re-establish the Theater club and finds out a lot about the value of friends and family, it sounds corny but they make it work really well, the heartwarming effect this story has in NOWHERE near as good as afterstory's but you will cry at least once.

Afterstory is Awesomeness on a whole different scale, the combined sadness and happiness will make you dry up from crying. Not counting the awesome music.