05-28-2012, 04:21 PM
I've grabbed three different recommendation lists for Anime to watch, in between /a/ and /m/.
Gentlemen, here's what I'll be watching for some 2 years:
129 Series, Films and OAVs, not counting stuff that was recommended but I had already seen, like Evangelion.
Wish me luck.
WHAT I'M CURRENTLY WATCHING:
TRIGUN (I'm only on episode 13 so far)
More on Trigun when I watch the next 13 episodes
ALSO I'M READING: MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X
Gentlemen, here's what I'll be watching for some 2 years:
[A]
Abenobashi
After War Gundam X
AniKuri 15
Aquarion (Series + OVAs)
Aria
Azumanga Daioh
[ B]
Baccano!
Betterman
Berserk
Big O
Birdy Decode
Black Lagoon
Bubblegum Crisis
[C]
Code Geass
Cyborg 009 (2001 Series)
[D]
Dai-Guard
Dancouga
Dancouga Nova
Dennou Coil
Denpa Teki Na Kanojo
Diebuster
Dimensional Fortress Macross
Dougram
Dunbine
[E]
Escaflowne (Series + Film)
Eureka 7
Eve no Jikan
Excel Saga
[F]
Fafner (Series + OVAs)
Fantastic Children
Flag
Full Metal Panic!
[G]
G Gundam
Galaxy Angel
GaiKing
GaoGaiGar (Series + OVAs)
Gasaraki
Genius Party
Genshiken
Ghost Hunt
Ghost in the Shell (Films)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Giant Robo
Godannar
Golden Boy
Grasshoppa!
Gravion
Great Teacher Onizuka
Gunbuster
Gundam 00
Gundam 8th MS Team
GUNxSWORD
Guyver
[H]
Haibane Renmei
Hellsing Ultimate
Heroic Age
His and Her Circumstances
Hyakko
[I]
Ideon (Series + Films)
Immortal Grand Prix
Infinite Ryvius
[K]
Kaiji
Kamichu
Kara no Kyoukai
Karas
Kemonozume
Kikaider (Series + OVAs)
Kosetsujin Jeeg
Kurenai
[L]
Legend of the Galatic Heroes (OVAs + Film)
Library Wars
[M]
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Film)
Macross Plus (OVA + Film)
Mazinkaizer (OVA + Film)
Memories
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080
Mobile Suit Gundam Trilogy Film
Mononoke
Monster
Moyashimon
My Neighbours The Yamadas
[N]
Nadesico (TV + OVA)
Nanoha A's
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
New Getter Robo
Noein
[O]
Ookiku Furikabutte
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer
[P]
Paranoia Agent
Patlabor (OVAs + Film + Series)
Planetes
Poni Poni Dash
Princess Tutu
[R]
RahXephon
Read or Die
Robot Carnival
Roujin Z
Ruronin Kensihin
Ryu Knight (Series + OVAs)
[S]
Saiunkoku Monogatari
Samurai 7
Seirei no Moribito
Seto no Hanayome
Shigofumi
Shin Mazinger
Slayers
Space Adventure Cobra (Series + OVAs)
Space Battleship Yamato (Series + OVAs + Film)
Sword of the Stranger
[T]
Tekkaman Blade
Tekkon Kinkreet
Tetsujin 28 (Series + Film)
The Five Star Stories
The Girl Who Jumped Through Time
Toward the Terra
Trigun
Twelve Kingdoms
[V]
Vandread
Vifam (Series + OVAs)
VOTOMS (series + OVAs)
[W]
War in the Pocket
Witch Squad Alice
[X]
Xam'd
Xabungle
[Z]
Zambot 3
ZegaPain
Zeta Gundam
Abenobashi
After War Gundam X
AniKuri 15
Aquarion (Series + OVAs)
Aria
Azumanga Daioh
[ B]
Baccano!
Betterman
Berserk
Big O
Birdy Decode
Black Lagoon
Bubblegum Crisis
[C]
Code Geass
Cyborg 009 (2001 Series)
[D]
Dai-Guard
Dancouga
Dancouga Nova
Dennou Coil
Denpa Teki Na Kanojo
Diebuster
Dimensional Fortress Macross
Dougram
Dunbine
[E]
Escaflowne (Series + Film)
Eureka 7
Eve no Jikan
Excel Saga
[F]
Fafner (Series + OVAs)
Fantastic Children
Flag
Full Metal Panic!
[G]
G Gundam
Galaxy Angel
GaiKing
GaoGaiGar (Series + OVAs)
Gasaraki
Genius Party
Genshiken
Ghost Hunt
Ghost in the Shell (Films)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Giant Robo
Godannar
Golden Boy
Grasshoppa!
Gravion
Great Teacher Onizuka
Gunbuster
Gundam 00
Gundam 8th MS Team
GUNxSWORD
Guyver
[H]
Haibane Renmei
Hellsing Ultimate
Heroic Age
His and Her Circumstances
Hyakko
[I]
Ideon (Series + Films)
Immortal Grand Prix
Infinite Ryvius
[K]
Kaiji
Kamichu
Kara no Kyoukai
Karas
Kemonozume
Kikaider (Series + OVAs)
Kosetsujin Jeeg
Kurenai
[L]
Legend of the Galatic Heroes (OVAs + Film)
Library Wars
[M]
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Film)
Macross Plus (OVA + Film)
Mazinkaizer (OVA + Film)
Memories
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080
Mobile Suit Gundam Trilogy Film
Mononoke
Monster
Moyashimon
My Neighbours The Yamadas
[N]
Nadesico (TV + OVA)
Nanoha A's
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
New Getter Robo
Noein
[O]
Ookiku Furikabutte
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer
[P]
Paranoia Agent
Patlabor (OVAs + Film + Series)
Planetes
Poni Poni Dash
Princess Tutu
[R]
RahXephon
Read or Die
Robot Carnival
Roujin Z
Ruronin Kensihin
Ryu Knight (Series + OVAs)
[S]
Saiunkoku Monogatari
Samurai 7
Seirei no Moribito
Seto no Hanayome
Shigofumi
Shin Mazinger
Slayers
Space Adventure Cobra (Series + OVAs)
Space Battleship Yamato (Series + OVAs + Film)
Sword of the Stranger
[T]
Tekkaman Blade
Tekkon Kinkreet
Tetsujin 28 (Series + Film)
The Five Star Stories
The Girl Who Jumped Through Time
Toward the Terra
Trigun
Twelve Kingdoms
[V]
Vandread
Vifam (Series + OVAs)
VOTOMS (series + OVAs)
[W]
War in the Pocket
Witch Squad Alice
[X]
Xam'd
Xabungle
[Z]
Zambot 3
ZegaPain
Zeta Gundam
Wish me luck.
WHAT I'M CURRENTLY WATCHING:
TRIGUN (I'm only on episode 13 so far)
Ok. Let's get this right out of the bag.
Trigun is a story that asks the question "what if Jesus was a peace-loving gunslinger in a Wild West planet filled with ancient technology."
That's what Vash is. He's Jesus, but with added doubt and angst, humanified. And before anyone says I'm crazy, this is something well-known- the author of the Trigun comics was that rare man in Japanese society, a Christian. In the opposite site, Legato has clear demonic associations. They don't even try to hide it. His first episode is named "Diablo". (Yes, I know the Diablo is meant to be Vash himself, but wasn't Jesus himself almost tempted by the devil? Vash also reminds me of Saramago's book "The Gospel of Jesus Christ", in which Jesus' motivation is given as being the attempt to repent for Joseph's sin [of knowing Herodes was going to kill all the children, but doing nothing to warn the other families].) The Jesus parallel has two other strong vertents- Vash's use of Lost Technology, which is presented as a Deus proxy, and the way he is treated by the populace, hated by everyone and with a fame of a rioter and problem-maker, until people actually meet him.)
Ok, so, Trigun. I remember this airing on tv when I was 10, but I was busy watching Evangelion, so I've never watched this until now. It's pretty damn great. I'm loving all the characters and the way they evolve- Vash with his dark past he tries to hide by being a clown, Milly the innocent naive girl, Meryl the judgemental girl, and the badass Priest.
I think the character I'm enjoying the most is Meryl, actually. She's a very stubborn, judgemental girl, who has her ideas made and refuses to accept something different. See how much time it took for her to admit that the blonde buffoon they were encountering so much was Vash. But then, we see her character slowly evolving; in a later episode, Vash accepts a job to kill someone. When Meryl discovers this, she quickly concludes he was a villain all along and gets ready to shoot him, but then stands down and asks for the whole context of the mission. CHARACTER EVOLUTION!!!
Trigun is a story that asks the question "what if Jesus was a peace-loving gunslinger in a Wild West planet filled with ancient technology."
That's what Vash is. He's Jesus, but with added doubt and angst, humanified. And before anyone says I'm crazy, this is something well-known- the author of the Trigun comics was that rare man in Japanese society, a Christian. In the opposite site, Legato has clear demonic associations. They don't even try to hide it. His first episode is named "Diablo". (Yes, I know the Diablo is meant to be Vash himself, but wasn't Jesus himself almost tempted by the devil? Vash also reminds me of Saramago's book "The Gospel of Jesus Christ", in which Jesus' motivation is given as being the attempt to repent for Joseph's sin [of knowing Herodes was going to kill all the children, but doing nothing to warn the other families].) The Jesus parallel has two other strong vertents- Vash's use of Lost Technology, which is presented as a Deus proxy, and the way he is treated by the populace, hated by everyone and with a fame of a rioter and problem-maker, until people actually meet him.)
Ok, so, Trigun. I remember this airing on tv when I was 10, but I was busy watching Evangelion, so I've never watched this until now. It's pretty damn great. I'm loving all the characters and the way they evolve- Vash with his dark past he tries to hide by being a clown, Milly the innocent naive girl, Meryl the judgemental girl, and the badass Priest.
I think the character I'm enjoying the most is Meryl, actually. She's a very stubborn, judgemental girl, who has her ideas made and refuses to accept something different. See how much time it took for her to admit that the blonde buffoon they were encountering so much was Vash. But then, we see her character slowly evolving; in a later episode, Vash accepts a job to kill someone. When Meryl discovers this, she quickly concludes he was a villain all along and gets ready to shoot him, but then stands down and asks for the whole context of the mission. CHARACTER EVOLUTION!!!
ALSO I'M READING: MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X
I had been wondering for a long while why there were certain series I liked when they had everything to make me hate them. I mean, I liked Lucky Star and K-On because they were stupid and made me laugh, but generally I hate the whole "JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL THE MAIN CHARACTER SITS ON THE BACK NEXT TO THE WINDOW" deal.
But there are two manga, I've read for stupid reasons at first, that got me hooked despite fitting into this pattern of sorts- Masturbation Master Kurosawa (I'll speak of this some other time) and Mysterious Girlfriend X, which I started reading literally because I like how the author draws faces.
I later realised this has to do with the audience. You see, japanese comics have 5 main audiences. There's children comics (Doraemon and the such, brilliant stuff), Shonen (for young boys- Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc.), Shoujo (for young girls- Sailor Moon, Mermaid Melody, etc), Seinen (for older/adult men, stuff like Chobits, Battle Angel Alita, and anything done by Masamune Shirow), and Josei (older/adult women, stuff like Honey and Clover).
I quickly realised that my favourite series were mostly on the Seinen audience. Stuff like Alita, Ghost in the Shell, Akira. Masturbation Master is definitely Seinen; and so's Mysterious Girlfriend X. These stories often give more focus on character interaction, mature plotting, sexuality, etc.
So what's Mysterious Girlfriend X about? Well, you got a 16-year-old, Tsubaki, and a girl recently transferred to his class, Urabe. Urabe has a tendency to sleep during the breaktimes, and she's the kind of girl who drools while sleeping. One time, Tsubaki decides to taste her drool- and quickly becomes so addicted he becomes sick. Urabe realises what has happened and explains the situation, revealing that unlike Tsubaki suggests there's no sci-fi in this -she doesn't drool drugs- the deal is, he is in love with her, so he became addicted to her bodily fluids (lawlawlawlawlawlawl). They establish a routine where everyday after school she gives him a fingerfull of drool, and the manga goes to accompany their relation, and how they both start to discover sexuality and desire for one another.
It's being adapted for an anime now, which is adding extra focus on the fetish bodily fluid parts. Not that the manga isn't fetish-y in itself. Personally I suggest it to everyone, as IMHO the fun part is seeing their relation and how Tsubaki deals with wanting a normal girlfriend but instead having Urabe. Plus his dreams are amazing.
Oh and also Urabe tends to have a pair of scissors on her panties, that she uses to cut stuff up. Like any plant and poster around Tsubaki if he hugs her without her permission, or his porn magazines. She's possessive! He's also possessive too, so it works out.
It's nice.
But there are two manga, I've read for stupid reasons at first, that got me hooked despite fitting into this pattern of sorts- Masturbation Master Kurosawa (I'll speak of this some other time) and Mysterious Girlfriend X, which I started reading literally because I like how the author draws faces.
I later realised this has to do with the audience. You see, japanese comics have 5 main audiences. There's children comics (Doraemon and the such, brilliant stuff), Shonen (for young boys- Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc.), Shoujo (for young girls- Sailor Moon, Mermaid Melody, etc), Seinen (for older/adult men, stuff like Chobits, Battle Angel Alita, and anything done by Masamune Shirow), and Josei (older/adult women, stuff like Honey and Clover).
I quickly realised that my favourite series were mostly on the Seinen audience. Stuff like Alita, Ghost in the Shell, Akira. Masturbation Master is definitely Seinen; and so's Mysterious Girlfriend X. These stories often give more focus on character interaction, mature plotting, sexuality, etc.
So what's Mysterious Girlfriend X about? Well, you got a 16-year-old, Tsubaki, and a girl recently transferred to his class, Urabe. Urabe has a tendency to sleep during the breaktimes, and she's the kind of girl who drools while sleeping. One time, Tsubaki decides to taste her drool- and quickly becomes so addicted he becomes sick. Urabe realises what has happened and explains the situation, revealing that unlike Tsubaki suggests there's no sci-fi in this -she doesn't drool drugs- the deal is, he is in love with her, so he became addicted to her bodily fluids (lawlawlawlawlawlawl). They establish a routine where everyday after school she gives him a fingerfull of drool, and the manga goes to accompany their relation, and how they both start to discover sexuality and desire for one another.
It's being adapted for an anime now, which is adding extra focus on the fetish bodily fluid parts. Not that the manga isn't fetish-y in itself. Personally I suggest it to everyone, as IMHO the fun part is seeing their relation and how Tsubaki deals with wanting a normal girlfriend but instead having Urabe. Plus his dreams are amazing.
Oh and also Urabe tends to have a pair of scissors on her panties, that she uses to cut stuff up. Like any plant and poster around Tsubaki if he hugs her without her permission, or his porn magazines. She's possessive! He's also possessive too, so it works out.
It's nice.