Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Do series that leave some things open/hints of cliffhanger but are ultimately concluded count? Because Tiger & Bunny came to mind.

Also Slayers despite having sequel series, you could watch the first series and be satisfied.

I'm assuming you haven't seen these series, which is a questionable assumption at best.

Huh, I was just about to recommend Tiger & Bunny too. Yeah, watch it.

@CanisWolfred If you've already seen Baccano! and Durarara!! (and if you haven't, GO DO THAT), the only other thing I can recommend off of the top of my head is [url=http://myanimelist.net/anime/14075/Zetsuen_no_Tempest]Blast of Tempest[/url[. Mind you, it's a bit of a stretch to call the series anything beyond "Mildly Good", but it's a show that starts off slow and, after a multi-episode dialog-fu match, plays with so many ideas and concepts that it's impossible to not find some enjoyable aspect of it. It's not for everyone and won't exactly satisfy your "Good Story" criteria, but it's certainly an engaging viewing experience.

@CanisWolfred
have you seen Serial Experiments Lain? Its kind of a dystopian future/drama anime.

On the subject of One Piece games, since it was being discussed earlier, I have to say I have never played one. There are tons I've considered playing or importing, but I've never actually done so. The newly released Romance Dawn looks pretty bad unfortunately, the 3DS games I'd really like to see over here are One Piece Unlimited Cruise SD, (not in parts like they did in Europe, the whole thing like in Japan) as well as the brand new One Piece Unlimited World Red. Both of those games I would die to see localized.

Also, it sounds like you gave the Pirate Warrior games, @caniswolfred, some great praise. I've had mixed feelings over whether to buy them, going between moments where I really want to play/buy them, and moments where there seems to be some warranted criticism. Are they really that great?

Also, with the films, filler, and specials (yes, I'm trying to watch those too) as long as nothing truly conflicts with canon, I kind of regard them as my own, personal "canon" and view them as fun side-stories. On the whole, this hasn't proven too bad for me so far. Only Movie 3 truly can't have existed (there was never a point where it was just the Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper. You either have Vivi, or Robin, there really was no in-between time) but I didn't like the movie anyway so it doesn't matter.

I finally caught up with the One Piece anime. ever since i heard dressrosa started i just had to marathon it XD. Since i follow the manga i have an idea whats happening and stuff but it still feels fresh.

I also watched the first Nisekoi episode. I was wondering how they were gonna deal with the large amount of dialogue when both main characters fight. What they did was this zoomed out angle it looked kind of odd but im guessing it was a cost cutting measure.

Toonami Saturday night!

Space Dandy - Missed it.

Bleach - They're still on this clone filler thing, whatever.

Naruto Shippuden - This was a pretty decent episode I guess. Nothing outstanding, but decent.

One Piece - Okay, now I do kinda regret missing it these past couple weeks, as this was actually pretty interesting stuff. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Blue Exorcist - Well, this sure has an unusual theme for an anime, I'll give it that. Art style looks really nice too. I guess I can see where it goes.

Soul Eater - The big fight here was pretty good, but I don't know, it just felt like it was missing something. Is it just me, or does it seem like the animation quality has dropped a bit these past few episodes? (An odd occurance, you'd think quality would be going up, given it's reaching it's climax)

Well, time to wait for InuYasha!

@RR529 Why are you missing the best thing in the entire lineup?

Sigh It's kind of annoying whenever you come across "adult" anime fans who find One Piece too childish without knowing enough about it...

Oh I'd say One Piece is childish roughly 70% of the time. It's shounen, what do you expect? It's the other 30% that makes its story really awesome, and to be quite honest, if it weren't for the childish, lighthearted moments that make up the majority of the show, I don't think the drama would work nearly as well.

Then again, some people just don't like childishness in general, though I do think that A) Those people are sour pusses and B) They're severely limiting what they can watch, since often a lot of good drama is at its best when it has some less serious, calmer moments strewn in between. You can't have nonstop-darkness and drama (well you can, but then you get stuff like Battlestar Galactica, which make soap operas look like comedies), and while I suppose you can handle those moments differently (Legend of the Galactic Heroes comes to mind, which ties its calm/lighthearted moments into the story), but I have not seen a lot of people do that.

Didn't have control of the TV yet.

Well if people hate childish stuff they should just watch seinen titles. Then again even Berserk has some light hearted moments.

A few months ago i was playing basketball on this park and overheard a group of people talking about naruto. I came over and mention if they watched One Piece. and every1 in that group looked at me like i was talking a foreign language XD.

I'm not saying I dislike One Piece's childishness, in fact I love it's charm, goofiness, and really strange characters/settings. It's just that the people I'm talking about discredited it as stupid, and too young for them simply because One Piece isn't dark enough for them. They then listed "mature" shows like Berserk, Gantz, and Death Note. Not that those are bad shows, but just ignoring something of high quality because it's "for the kids" is kind of...well immature.

Im gonna start watching wake up, girls!

I always heard that one was good if you liked Idol stuff.

Actualy, I realy disslike things like X factor, Idol, sport and moste kind of tv shows about music / singing / sport, but for some reasons I still like K-ON and Tari Tari ^^

Idol in Japan is...different, as far as I can tell. If you've seen stuff like Idolmaster, maybe you'd like it.

I hope the One Piece Unlimited 3DS games come over seas, anyone else?

Same with Victory J Stars Vs.

@Rocko52 tell those people about "arlong park","marineford" & "the fish-men island" arcs. I wouldn't call them dark but those were more serious.

Also, I see Tiger & Bunny isn't on Crunchyroll anywhere, and I'm having trouble finding the dub, so I'll hold off on that until April when I can watch it on Neon Alley.