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Whoa whoa whoa... Hold UP.

Essentials = mainstream series while the beautifully done 5cm/s and some Ghibli films are only in OTHERS? Geez! \o\

+1
-Eden of the East
-Five Centimeters per Second
-Howl's Moving Castle
-My Neighbor Totoro
-Spirited Away
-Princess Mononoke
-Nausicaa
-Kiki's Delivery Service
-Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

I swear. My Writing for Animation professor would have hung himself!
 
+1 to:

Natsu No Arashi
Bakemonogatari
Tegami Bachi (okay, I know it just came out, but the manga's great, so I don't see why the rest of anime shouldn't be unless something goes horribly wrong...)
 
well let's see
+1 for
Code Geass/R2 (loved the show and Lelouch, still I want to think that he really died in the end)
Fullmetal Alchemist (haven't begun watching brotherhood yet but the original was great)
the Skullman (the ending is a bit confusing, but it's still very cool)
Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of Sinners (looking good so far, and I love Shiki's mystic eyes of death perception)
Darker than Black (can't wait for the new one)
Asura Cryin' (waiting for chihiro before starting on season 2)
S-Cry-Ed (own all the DVD's, sure as hell wasn't cheap)
Trigun (see the comment above)

That be all for the moment (can't remember any others)
I would add Trinity Blood to that, 'cept I hated the ending (I mean WTF nothing was solved).
 
nasune: I love FMA too (well... except for the movie, that was like, wth is this...), but brotherhood doesn't do anything for me... maybe it's the fact that it treats the original series as never happening, but it still doesn't work for me... I gave up on it after the first ep. That is just me though...

So many anime have bad endings it's almost cliche. They'll be awesome until episode 24, then 25 and 26 will suck. Noir is my classic example of this, the ending makes the whole series pointless... Anymore I'm amazed when a series has a great ending like Code Geass R2 did.
 
The "original" fma never happened, it was a fanfic made by bones because the "OOPS, RAN OUT OF MANGA MATERIAL, LETS MAKE OUR OWN SERIES" happened to them.

-1 for Umineko no Naku Koro ni

Studio DEEN and Chiaki Kon have fucked up everything I looked forward to seeing animated.
Apparently, they also like replacing every song with suspicion, they'll probably replace dream end discharger and Battler's endless nine with a remixed version of suspicion.

/rant
 
+1 for:
World destruction,
Code Geas,
NaNa,
Soul Eater,
Reborn,
Dragonball Kai,
One Piece,
Tales of Symphonia OVA
Hellsing OVA,
History's Strongest Desciple Kenichi.

-1
Bleach
Naruto

I read the manga of all the serieses above, and both Bleach and Naruto suck at the moment, though Naruto is ending soon (I think).
 
Bit new in the animé thing.
But,
+1 to:
Bleach
Soul eater
Bakemonogatari (started watching this yesterday, it's awesome).
Death Note
And ofcourse Dragonball Z

EDIT:
Btw, dunno if this is the good topic for this, but I'm looking for more animé to watch.
I like animé with characters who power up all the time (Like in dragonball z, supersayin, supersayin2, 3, fusion, etc. Or in Bleach, bankai, halfhollowficationmaskthing, etc.)
And yes, I watched Naruto, but it was average imo. Also, I tried One Piece, but I didn't like that at all.
I also liked Death Note veeeeeery very much.

What should I watch next?
 
mysticwaterfall said:
nasune: I love FMA too (well... except for the movie, that was like, wth is this...), but brotherhood doesn't do anything for me... maybe it's the fact that it treats the original series as never happening, but it still doesn't work for me... I gave up on it after the first ep. That is just me though...

So many anime have bad endings it's almost cliche. They'll be awesome until episode 24, then 25 and 26 will suck. Noir is my classic example of this, the ending makes the whole series pointless... Anymore I'm amazed when a series has a great ending like Code Geass R2 did.
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Yeah I've been watching brotherhood too, and I'm not exactly liking it (I know the original series was 'fan' material but it was good, wish they would've done that with those harry potter books). I do have the manga (the 19 or 20 volumes out here, does anyone know how many volumes there are in total by the way?) but still the first show was too awesome to ignore like that you know.

I have not watched Noir by the way so I can't comment on that one, still I do agree that some endings suck major balls (Trinity Blood and a couple of others come to mind, not that they were bad but like Berserk there was a sense of unforfillment, it was as if they did not really finish yet but dfor Berserk the manga continues at least so that saves it) but I agree that the ending of Code Geass was beautifully done. Any recommendations for other anime like it? (please do not say Death Note, 'cause for some reason it is impossible for me to get past ep. 10)

By the way +1 for Air, one of the few present day anime I can stand, 'tis a beautiful and sad tale.
 
+1

Naruto
One Piece
Shaman King
Dragon Ball Kai
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Kaiji
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Hajime no Ippo
 
+1 Full Metal Alchemist
+1 Azumanga Daiyoh
+1 Clannad
+1 Chobits
+1 Bleach
+1Naruto
+1 Love Hina
+1 Shippuuden
+1 Lucky Star
+1 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 




Tsukune Aono is a normal high school freshman who is unable to get into any private school, due to his dismal grades. The only school he is finally accepted into turns out to be a secret school for supernatural monsters and mythical creatures (y?kai), who are disguised as humans. He quickly becomes friends with the beautiful Moka Akashiya, who turns out to be a vampire attracted to the sweet taste of his blood (and Tsukune's only, it turns out). While at first Moka was upset upon discovering that Tsukune was actually a human, she realizes that he's the first real friend she had ever made. Tsukune quickly realizes his admission into a monster school must have been a mistake and fears for his life.

Despite Moka's vampiric nature, she is a kind girl and Tsukune quickly falls for her. Moka also quickly falls in love with Tsukune after they meet. He decides to stay and be near her, despite the various dangers. He must hide his human identity from the faculty and other students, while trying to keep his grades up and avoiding conflicts with the various not-so-mythological monsters lurking around campus. Tsukune soon discovers that when he removes the "rosario" around Moka's neck, she transforms into a super-vampire, stronger and more powerful than almost any other creature at the school. However, in this state, she has an entirely different, often cold and merciless personality, so the rosario is only removed in dire emergencies. Tsukune is the only person who can physically remove it to transform Moka, and only in the case of an emergency (the rosario remains physically bound to Moka, while Tsukune attempts to willfully remove it in a moment immediately preceding, and sometimes interjecting - a malignant situation).
 
+1 Death Note famous recently.
+1 Dragon Ball Z is the all time favorite.
+1 Doraemon best for kids.
+1 Mobile Suit Gundam legendary anime
 
Watched some animu in my time but not a weeaboo, +1 to Hellsing and Evangelion. Also the Studio Ghibli movies should really be grouped or something because they can't really be called an anime by series :/
 
+1 to Nogizaka's Secret (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu)... just finished watching that today and was pleasantly surprised. It does fall back on some genre cliches, but it all ties up nicely at the end. Will have to start watching the second season now, but since they're already together I don't know what they can really do with it now... (I don't consider that a spoiler since you know from the opening they're going to end up together, preatty much like any other romantic comedy anime)

EDIT: So, the first few eps of the second season that are out so far are not great. But at least the first season was good...

The only thing I really don't get is why her secret of being an otaku is such a huge deal. She even transfers schools because of it. I know shes uberpopular and popular people aren't supposed to like "nerd" things, but still, it's a little over the top. Plus from what we find out later she seems to be popular for totally different reasons anyways...
 
HatsuneHaseo said:
Tsukune Aono is a normal high school freshman who is unable to get into any private school, due to his dismal grades. The only school he is finally accepted into turns out to be a secret school for supernatural monsters and mythical creatures (y?kai), who are disguised as humans. He quickly becomes friends with the beautiful Moka Akashiya, who turns out to be a vampire attracted to the sweet taste of his blood (and Tsukune's only, it turns out). While at first Moka was upset upon discovering that Tsukune was actually a human, she realizes that he's the first real friend she had ever made. Tsukune quickly realizes his admission into a monster school must have been a mistake and fears for his life.

Despite Moka's vampiric nature, she is a kind girl and Tsukune quickly falls for her. Moka also quickly falls in love with Tsukune after they meet. He decides to stay and be near her, despite the various dangers. He must hide his human identity from the faculty and other students, while trying to keep his grades up and avoiding conflicts with the various not-so-mythological monsters lurking around campus. Tsukune soon discovers that when he removes the "rosario" around Moka's neck, she transforms into a super-vampire, stronger and more powerful than almost any other creature at the school. However, in this state, she has an entirely different, often cold and merciless personality, so the rosario is only removed in dire emergencies. Tsukune is the only person who can physically remove it to transform Moka, and only in the case of an emergency (the rosario remains physically bound to Moka, while Tsukune attempts to willfully remove it in a moment immediately preceding, and sometimes interjecting - a malignant situation).
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I think this guy is trying to say that he wants this anime added to the list, but I'm not 100% sure. What do you guys think?
 
I was a little confused by it myself, but then I thought maybe he just really likes Rosario and Vampire. Even though, openings are not really the best way to judge a series.... some great series have terrible openings (I'm looking at you, death note opening 2... why they couldn't just keep the 1st opening the whole time...)
 
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