^I actually think One Piece is one of the best shows I've watched. I found the characters quirky and charming. Just out of curiousity, when did you last watch it?
Eva was pretty different for a giant robot show at the time.
I'm still watching Gundam SEED Destiny. I'm 10 episodes in, and so far so good. It's similarities to earlier Gundam shows, particularly Gundam SEED still get to me, but otherwise I'm enjoying it highly. I'm in love with the mech designs, and the character designs are appealing as well. The music still holds up to Gundam SEED's high standard. So far the story is enthralling, though they don't seem to be doing much characterize the new characters (bear with me, it's 1 in the morning) besides Shin, in which all they're really doing is playing how his family died over and over again. I get that he was traumatized, but does the audience need to see the flashbacks so often, too? Gawd. Not to mention the guy's just annoying in general. Ugh, other than that, I'm enjoying it. Too bad it won't get much better than this.
Eva was pretty mind blowing but I'm glad they're condensing it into easier to watch chunks. While it's important to see Shinji's struggle, it does get a bit tiresome. Would the series even make sense if you watched these new DVDs without seeing the whole series first?
@mariofanatic128: So, Bleach was a "really good anime" at first, but you found One Piece terrible? And you disliked Luffy? Those are some skewed views, there, my friend. Luffy is light years ahead of both Ichigo and Naruto in terms of shonen protagonists. Of course, different strokes and all...
@Akatsuki: Azumanga Daioh is a great series. I've yet to watch the anime, but I did read the manga and enjoyed it immensely. I'm still holding out hope for an anime adaptation of Yotsuba&!—Kiyohiko Azuma's manga after AD— someday...
"Don't make enemies, they'll stab your heart; don't make friends, they'll stab your back. Including me, including you, all men are trash. Don't love; don't be loved. Have nothing to do with other; live in isolation."
@mariofanatic128: So, Bleach was a "really good anime" at first, but you found One Piece terrible? And you disliked Luffy? Those are some skewed views, there, my friend. Luffy is light years ahead of both Ichigo and Naruto in terms of shonen protagonists. Of course, different strokes and all...
@Akatsuki: Azumanga Daioh is a great series. I've yet to watch the anime, but I did read the manga and enjoyed it immensely. I'm still holding out hope for an anime adaptation of Yotsuba&!—Kiyohiko Azuma's manga after AD— someday...
I have almost all of the yotsuba&! volumes. It's by far my favorite manga of all time. o_o
Eva was pretty mind blowing but I'm glad they're condensing it into easier to watch chunks. While it's important to see Shinji's struggle, it does get a bit tiresome. Would the series even make sense if you watched these new DVDs without seeing the whole series first?
I've never seen any Evangelion before 1.11 and 2.22, it makes sense. (I believe 1.11 is a reboot or remake rather than a continuation). It also comes highly recommended, from me at least.
@SigourneyBeaver: I prefer the spastic/straight man comedy styles of Tomo-chan and Yomi, myself...
"Don't make enemies, they'll stab your heart; don't make friends, they'll stab your back. Including me, including you, all men are trash. Don't love; don't be loved. Have nothing to do with other; live in isolation."
"Don't make enemies, they'll stab your heart; don't make friends, they'll stab your back. Including me, including you, all men are trash. Don't love; don't be loved. Have nothing to do with other; live in isolation."
Gundam SEED Destiny wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The first few episodes at least are very entertaining, and Shin's starting to grow on me (though I'm still hoping he gets beat up eventually). His immature attitude and needless references to other Gundam shows still annoy me, but other than that, I'm very glad to be watching it.
I was putting off watching Birdy the Mighty: Decode after reading the press release for it, but it's actually really good. It's campy and silly, and very 80s-flavored. Plenty of funny dialogue and great characters.
Just finished the first series of Fullmetal Alchemist. Very good, and highly recommended to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Do yourself a favour and don't watch Fullmetal Alchemist. Instead, you should watch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It has way better animation, pacing, story, character development and it doesn't have as many plot-holes as Swiss cheese has holes. Here's a little back-story: when the Fullmetal Alchemist manga first became popular, an anime was created. The anime's story soon took over the manga's, since in Japan they make and air one episode per week. The author of the manga allowed the studio to make up their own story from that point on. The manga went on and years after the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime ended, the same animation studio made another anime that followed the story of the manga closely. That anime is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
My recommendation would be Kaiji. It's a relatively unknown anime that is only now getting more and more recognition after season 2 started. It's about a guy called Itou Kaiji who spends most of his life being a useless slob, drinking and gambling. One day he unexpectedly falls into debt for co-signing a contract. He is then conned into participating in death-defying gambles by a debt-collector who is also a yakuza. Kaiji is probably the most thrilling anime I've ever seen. It has a high emphasis on psychology. It paces rather slowly but manages to captivate. Kaiji can be very disgusting because it shows the vile and probably true face of human beings. If any of has awaken your interest, I highly recommend this anime to you.
Just finished the first series of Fullmetal Alchemist. Very good, and highly recommended to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Do yourself a favour and don't watch Fullmetal Alchemist.
I have this odd feeling it's too late for him to not watch FMA when he just said he watched FMA.
and yeah it has some problems but it's still pretty great and get it's strengths are still on display throughout the series. Just watch both, it means more FMA, which is not a bad thing.
Besides the worst part was the teacher arc which was at least half manga-based.
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