Anime and manga

[Danny Top Hat]

Anyone else dig?

I've just seen the first 17 episodes of a new series in Japan called 'Bleach'.  It's a really good story, definately some of the best anime i've seen recently.  The fighting (because, of course, there is fighting) is kinda similar to DragonballZ, but the feel of the show really reminds me of FF7 and Akira.  It is getting extremely popular very fast, but we won't be getting a UK release for a while because, y'know, we're the UK.  If any of you are into your anime though, I would seriously recommend getting some subtitled discs off ebay for ?8 - it'd be well worth it.

Other than that, i'm also really enjoying another series called 'Cowboy Beebop' right now.  That's got a really different feel to it, but it's so damn cool and stylish, as well as being really, really funny.  Again, if bounty hunters in space is your thing then i'd really recommend trying it out.  The series is quite expensive but there is a film as well which is very good (and cheap on play.com) so, yeah, i'd recommend that someone check that out.

Anyone got a favourite show/film that they wanna recommend?  I'm always looking for new stuff.

[Timothy]

Spirited Away and  Princess Mononoke are pretty good. I would also recommend Grave of the Fireflies .

I?m still waiting for FF advent children to get released ,It?s seems to be delayed just as much as Cd

[Jessica]

an 80's manga called " harlock" although it's called " albator" in france.

It is and will stay my favorite

[*Izzy*]

Ha, a few years back my friend went crazy and started buying Cowboy Bebop DVDs off the internet, I find that memory funny for some reason

I've read my fair share of manga, I never really "got into" the whole anime thing though

  Izzy?

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Cowboy Beebop is great.  It has a very rock n' roll attitude to it.

I recommend 'Hellsing'.  It's about a vampire, but I assure you it's not cheesy.  It's one of the best animes I've ever seen.


I also like 'Noir' - a dark series about two women, and it's unusual as the story is set in France. 


hmm, for light-hearted stuff, 'Love Hina' is a good, fluffy anime.

[N.I.B]

i love it
my all-time favourite was Gundam Wing although i loved the other gundam sieres. another good one was escaflone and everybody knows the dragonball saga 

[Danny Top Hat]

Tim, I love Mononoke - it's one of my all time favourites.  'Grave of the Fireflies' is the most unbearably sad thing i've seen since 'My Girl'.

I recommend 'Hellsing'.  It's about a vampire, but I assure you it's not cheesy.  It's one of the best animes I've ever seen.

I've seen trailers for that, it looks pretty class.  Have you seen 'Blood The Last Vampire' or 'Vampire Hunter D'?  Those are both dead popular, although I thought Blood was a bit too short.

I bet someone here is into hentai.  Go on, you can tell me.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

DRAGON BALL Z and MACROSS or ROBOTECH

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I recommend 'Hellsing'.  It's about a vampire, but I assure you it's not cheesy.  It's one of the best animes I've ever seen.

I've seen trailers for that, it looks pretty class.  Have you seen 'Blood The Last Vampire' or 'Vampire Hunter D'?  Those are both dead popular, although I thought Blood was a bit too short.

yeah, Vampire Hunter D is pretty cool.  I havent seen Blood though.

What is 'Mononoke'?  does it have your typical 1 guy and like 43 girls with multi-colored hair?  I watched one like that a while ago, cant remember its name.  But all the girls would turn into some kind of pet animal.  really weird.


What do you guys think of Evangelion?  I liked the overall storyline and those giant mechas, BUT the main character really bugged me.  I kept wanting to reach out to my monitor and slap him silly.  The coolest character is that girl who had 3 lives - I think her name was Rei.  I wish there was a spinoff series about her.

[Doc Emmett Brown]

resurrected this thread to tell you about Naruto.  It's an action/ninja series with lot of interesting characters.

A bunch of people have uploaded the shows to YouTube.  Here is Episode 1 (sub): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP75YD3qLJE

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Neon Genesis Evangelion +++++

[Chelle]

Of course!  I used to love Dragon Ball and DBZ!  Gundam Wing is a good one too.  They got pretty popular here a few years ago, but I kinda quit watching them... 

[Elrothiel]

I quite like Gravitation... I always liked DBZ and Gundam Wing... and uh... I went through a phase of liking Sailor Moon...

[Neemo]

Ranma 1/2 & Record of the Loduss War are great

of course there is also Akira and Voltron and Battle of the Planets and The Green Forest

were transformers and thundercats Anime too back in the 80's?

...haven't seen barely any anime in a long time though

[Danny Top Hat]

...haven't seen barely any anime in a long time though

Then take the doc's advice and watch Naruto.? I've seen about 170 episodes of that and love it to bits.? The characters are really great and the show gets better and better as the series goes on.? Naruto's so fucking funny; "haha, none of you can do that can you?? I can, i'm great!

I like Evangelion but I also think it's overrated.? People go crazy over it when there's much better shows out there, although I guess a lot of them wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Eva's influence.? Full Metal Panic is a very similar idea but a lot funnier.

Also here's a class show that a lot of you might like.? It's called FLCL (or Furikuri), it's only 6 episodes long and is really cool and surreal, but with a really intelligent theme hidden in there somewhere.? The first time I saw it I thought it was random fun but it's a lot smarter than that.? Really entertaining.? The first ep only comes in 3 parts on youtube, so here they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJST5JMrCvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzyFUPgYKSg&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVRiLBeKsqk&mode=related&search=

[Nighteyes]

It sucks that there still is fillers in Naruto,anyone knows when it will start for real again?
(hmm,i hope you understand that,that sentence got a little bit weird  )

[Danny Top Hat]

I'm not sure.? I stopped watching cause the fillers got so shite, but I have a feeling they might have ended by now.

Like Naruto?? Then watch Bleach, because it's probably better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed6oZf5SEcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTJhiujM5o&NR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeiD99s64f0

(Edited to add parts b and c.  For some reason I can't get full episodes now).

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

watched 120 episodes straight for naruto then i got sick of it.

[Elrothiel]

For the manga part of this I recommend Abenobashi... my friend got me into it, its really quite funny and an uplifting read.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

What's so great about anime?