Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

There's lots of Ramance left out there, but decent ones? That's a bit of a tall order, especially considering the ones you've seen. I guess there's still the third season of Shakugan no Shana you gotta finish. If you're willing to lower your standards, there's An Ugly Yet Beautiful World - I liked it, but I've heard more people hate it than not. Zero no Tsukaima might also be something for you if you keep your expectations low.

If you're willing to go old School, there's Maison Ikkoku and Kamigure Orange Road, which are great romantic comedies, and are often considered some of the best out there.

I also just remembered a show called Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. I've never watched it and don't remember whether or not it was supposed to be any good, but it might be worth looking into at least.

Haha, seems like not too many good ones left then . I am gonna start watching EF - A Tales of Memories like you suggested Mickey. Maybe I should start up reading manga again, or just get a life...

Did you ever check out the Da Capo series? They never got licensed, but I wished they would have. I loved the crap out of all of them! For reference, there's D.C. Da Capo, D.C.S.S. Da Capo Second Season, D.C. II Da Capo II, and D.C. II S.S. Da Capo II Second Season. Confusing, huh?

@Dezner Thanks, man (or woman, I don't know), I'll have to check them out

Not to my knowledge at least, but then again, romance isn't exactly my thing. If you don't end up with enough suggestions, I think you might want to try asking at an anime forum, perhaps even one that specializes in Romantic anime (heck you wouldn't even have to join there, I'm sure the question's already been asked and answered thoroughly a million times). Honestly, I only know about so many shows because I joined and frequented a few anime forums. Even joining, say, a Clannad forum could help in this case.

Try out Honey and Clover and Nodame Cantabile! Neither are strictly romance, but they are both brilliant series in their own right.

Also I've heard of this one called Kids on the Slope made by Yoko Kanno and Shinichiro Watanabe (and we all remember what happened when they worked together last time), does anyone here know if it's worth watching? I heard it's kind of slice of life, which is very much my thing.

Another Saturday night, another night of Toonami.

Bleach - At least it's new.
Deadman Wonderland - This show gets more f***** up every week, but also more compelling.
Casshern Sins - Finally starting to get into it.

As for a little bonus, tonight's episode of Cowboy Bebop (Pierrot Le Fou) is one of my favorites

People must be complaining about the programing redeux halfway through the night, the number of shows that have been on for awhile (like Bebop, GitS, and FMA:B), or both, because they actually had T.O.M. explain that reruns are a part of TV, and they aren't able to bring a whole night of new content at this point in time. He went on to say that just to remember that they're doing this (Toonami) for the sake of the fans, and that if you hold on tight, that there are "big plans" in the works.

EDIT, the "Reruns" speech was a word for word remake of a speech Moltar (original Toonami host) used to give, so it was done for nostalgia more or less (although I'm sure that it had some relevance).

As someone who watched the entire thing week by week (it concluded earlier this week), I can tell you that it is definitely worth watching. The story, the music and the characters are all great, so you're sure to enjoy it...

Haha mickey I have trolled the web a few times on random forums. This thread is actually more helpful than the rest of the net anyways. NintendoLife has such a great community

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Well, Panty & Stocking was originally meant to imitate/make fun of American cartoons. With the English-dubbed version, it's become American in every sense of the word! I watched the first four half-episodes on You Tube, and there's even more vulgarity than the Japanese version, LOL! In the JP version, Panty was trying to keep pace with the King of the F-Bomb, Joe Pesci. In the US version, she's trying to surpass him.

Also, they've changed A LOT of dialogue, which in subtle ways changes the nature of some episodes. Not sure if they're trying to more "Americanize" it, or mix it up from the JP version.

VA-wise, I love Panty and Garter's voices. They're right on target (not sure about Brief yet, and I've yet to hear Scanty & Kneesocks). Stocking, not so much so. In the JP version, she was quite lovable and really differentiated herself from Panty. You could see Stocking as an angel, but Panty as an angel was a HUGE stretch. Here, in the American dub, Stocking seems much more vulgar and obnoxious, and is closer to Panty's character (aside from the promiscuity) than I feel she should be. Stocking feels really out of character, and I'm not crazy about it to say the least two full episodes in.

Thus far, I prefer the original's dialogue, and this version's vulgarity is just for the sake of vulgarity. Other opinions on JP vs US Panty & Stocking?

Just started volume 3 of the Kingdom Hearts manga

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/07/01-1/crunchyrol... - looks like we all get to watch it soon.
Also, finally there's an upcoming show for me to watch!

@Mickeymac Anohana is great. Probably my favourite one I have seen I hope you enjoy it, dood.
Also, I finished ef- A Tale of Memories and that was pretty good. Thanks for that random suggestion, man

My iPod has magically decided to work again after three months, so I might be able to check out their app again.

Last time I had their app (when my iPod was starting to die), I tried watching Gintama, but I'd get kicked off the app 10 mins into the show.

Just to take things easy, I might use the pre-installed YouTube app to try and watch Gundam 00 again.

@Smexi - Got it scheduled to watch soon. I just gotta get through a few other shows first.

Just saw the first episode of Total Eclipse, and I must say, this is exactly what I need right now. Alternative histories, alien invasions, mecha action with lots of attention to detail, at least semi-mature drama. It's not perfect - felt a bit off at times with the setting, and the fanservice was kind of annoying, and I don't know anybody's names yet, but all in all, it's off to great start. The next episode can't come soon enough!

I stopped using the crunchyroll app a while back too, although mostly because there wasn't anything on there which I really wanted to see. Lately I've been trawling through the catalogues on Funi's youtube page, and going at a slow pace since exams and such... I watched Sora no Woto on that at one point, I was going to check out Durarara! as well. But I've hard nothing but great things about Anohana, so I guess I'll have to go check it out again in a while.

....waaaait. America only... rats.

Does anyone have any manga recommendations? I do like me a little romance of course, but they don't have to be solely romance focused.
I liked D Gray Man and Black Cat to name a few. Currently reading Bakuman and like that too

I know I sound like a broken record on this, but again I'll say InuYasha (although Rurouni Kenshin is fantastic as well).

Oh wait, you said manga. Haven't read too much manga yet, but I'm sure the series I mentioned don't deviate too much between anime & manga (except Kenshin).

I've just kinda started really getting into anime and I'm watching Sgt. Frog right now.
I've also read some Pokemon manga and Yotsuba.
Also any anime suggestions that would be appropriate for a 12 year old?

@Nintengirl: Azumanga Daioh is age-appropriate, plus it's Yotsuba&!'s predecessor, so you're sure to enjoy it. I'd also recommend Hanamaru Youchien and Usagi Drop...