Recommend me an anime series

[Am0s]

thanks everyone for your input will check them out

thanks gain

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

Some stuff in the serious range then, and all long since gone to dvd so dub is not a problem.

Noir or Madlax. 26 eps of serious plot, great action. And girls with guns

Neat male parts too.

Bublegum Crisis 2040 for some serious scifi mecha action
Blue Gender also a great scifi setting. Best described as the ultimate eco horror setting.

Full Metal Panic, eqal parts funny and parts serious. Basically a military style thriller. Good male and female roles.

That's the first things to come to mind.

Clannad and Clannad Afterstory if you can handle parts that will make you laugh out loud and others that will have both of you crying.

 

[Shakraka]

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[The Catboy]

Watch Boku no Pico. It is a beautiful story about a young boy (Pico) coming to terms with his man-hood while facing the troubles of adult-hood at a very young age. It wonderfully depicts the compassion, struggles, hardship and romance that almost every grown man can relate with. Here's the plot summary:

On August 10, 2010, a.t.b., the Holy Empire of Britannia overpowered Japanese forces and conquered the country with their new, powerful, robotic weapons, the Bokus, in less than a month. In the aftermath of Britannia's invasion, Japan lost its freedom, its rights, and even its name, becoming Area 11 of the Britannian Empire. The Japanese people, renamed as "Elevens", are forced to survive in poor neighborhoods, while Britannians live in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persist, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations struggle against the Empire for the independence of Japan.

After his father, the Emperor of Britannia, failed to prevent the assassination of his mother, an attack which also left his sister blind and crippled, the young prince Pico vowed to destroy Britannia. Seven years later, he accidentally becomes mixed up with "Bokus" in Area 11 and encounters a mysterious girl named Chico, who gives him the power of Geass. With it, he finally has the power that he needs to defeat Britannia and fulfill his two wishes: to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister Coco can live happily.

That's not Boku no Pico. That's Code Geass.
Boku no Pico is a shota/yaoi hentai (edited though) OVA.

On topic: Check out Hellsing, Excel Saga, and Death Note. Those are my top three anime that I watch.
There is also Sukisyo, it is a sh?nen-ai, but it's a really awesome anime with a great story, lovable characters, and it's freaking funny as hell.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

Clannad and Clannad Afterstory if you can handle parts that will make you laugh out loud and others that will have both of you crying.

This. I don't care how tough you are, if you don't cry, or shed at least SOME tears at certain points in it, then you HAVE NO HEART.

 

[xMekux]

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Durarara!
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
One Piece
Fairy Tail
Giant Killing
Heroman(suits more for kids)
Darker Than Black
(Down most are horror)
Elf Lied
Mermaid Forest
Trinity Blood
Vampire Princess Miyu
GantZ
Vampire Hunter D
Twilight of the Dark Master
Wicked City
Demon City Shinjuku
Pet shop of Horrors
Nightwalker
Descendant of Darkness
Blood+
Tokyo Revelation
Blood Reign - Curse of the Yoma
Higurashi no naku koro ni'
(Most of Them are hard to find subbed =X)
Well these are good ones =P

 

[_Burai_]

Try hayate no gotoku (hayate te combat butler) it's pretty funny it's paradies xD

 

[GundamXXX]

Black Lagoon
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
Gunslinger Girl (think thats the name atleast)
Elfen Lied
Gundam Wing
Gundam SEED
Trigun
Genshiken
Shakugan no Shana
Blood: Last Vampire (movie not series)
Ghost in the Shell (movies + Stand Alone Complex)
Serial Experiment Lain (if you like ending up with a seriously messed up head and go "WTF!?")
EDIT Excel Saga FUNNIEST ANIME EVER!


Kids wise try
Aishitaru ze Baby
Ourouen High School Host Club
Sailormoon
Cardcaptor Sakura
Avatar

 

[GentleFist]

samurai champloo, wolfs rain, the girl who leapt through time, k-on!, school rumble,

cowboy bebop, golden boy, afro samurai, the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya, ikki tousen, elfenlied, onegai teacher,

 

[Joe88]

if for family, be careful of the romantic comedy's
they tend to get a little ecchi here and there

Clannad and Clannad Afterstory if you can handle parts that will make you laugh out loud and others that will have both of you crying.

This. I don't care how tough you are, if you don't cry, or shed at least SOME tears at certain points in it, then you HAVE NO HEART.

most people dont care for moeblobs

 

[wanderone]

I guess I should ask how much time you're willing to devote to a series. But anyways here goes:

- Kare Kano (aka: His & Her Circumstances) (26 episodes) - Synopsis: Yukino Miyazawa is really, really vain, and loves to hear people praise her. She's always been the best at everything, and always tries to look perfect. But when Yukino goes to high school, she's finally upstaged--by Souichiro Arima, who scores better on the entrance exams and instantly snatches the attention of the class. By accident, Arima finds out that Yukino is just pretending, and this starts off a series of events that lead to Yukino and Arima falling in love. They then have to cope with a lot of obstacles in their relationship.

This one'll draw you in. I don't think I've ever seen an anime that's so thought provoking. I thought it was kinda 'girly' from the 1st episode, now its one of my fav series.

- The 12 Kingdoms (45 episodes) Synopsis: Yoko Nakajima, an unhappy high school student, is one day suddenly faced with a strange man who swears allegiance to her. After a battle with demon-like beasts, he then takes her to another world along with two of her classmates. There, her appearance has changed and she can understand the language even though her classmates cannot. But their status as "Kaikyaku" (people who come from Earth) makes them hunted fugitives, so they wander the land of the 12 countries, simply trying to survive and to figure out the reason why they were brought to this world.

I really love this one. The music is good too. Too bad it wasn't finished (They ran out of money I think). Its still worth a viewing.

- Wolf's Rain (25 episodes) Synopsis: In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise.

This one's pretty sad, but the story was good.

- Berserk (26 episodes) Synopsis: Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman" looks upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries, the Band of the Hawk, nicknamed "the Grim Reaper of the Battlefield." Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and intelligent man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that may change their entire lives.

Okay, 1st off, the anime style for this is older (Its an older series), but after awhile you forget about it because the story is so great! And WOW, what a shocker ending. The manga for this one is still ongoing (Yeah, another one you're gonna want to keep going) so you can pick up the story there when the series ends. (PS: There's alot of gore and sexual content in this one)

- Saikano (13 episodes) Synopsis: Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other. Then, with no warning, a squadron of bombers from an unknown country destroy the city of Sapporo. All hope is lost when suddenly, the bombers are destroyed by a small red light floating across the sky. At this point, Shuji finds out that the one responsible for eliminating the enemy forces is Chise, who reveals herself as a cyborg engineered for mass-destruction.

This is probably one of the sadder(est) series out there.

- F.L.C.L (6 episodes) Synopsis: Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.

One of the craziest/wackiest OAV series out there! Its funny at times, but mostly you have to see it to know what 'wacky' is like in anime circles.

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- X (TV) (26 episodes) Synopsis: It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fuuma, and Fuuma's younger sister Kotori. But destiny and fate are haunting Kamui and pulling in himself and his loved ones. It is his destiny to decide the fate of the world and mankind, no matter if he wants the role or not.

Was good. Maybe not spectacularly good, but enjoyable enough to remember and want to see again sometime when nothing else is out.

Well, I could go on a bit more, but I really haven't seen as much as alot of other people. Another series that I think worth recommending would be: Claymore, D. Gray Man (Doesn't really get GOOD good until in the 50-something episode range, then its great until the final episode, which is 103), Basilisk (Kickass ninjas!), Code Geass (Only 1st season worth watching IMO) and maybe Scryed.

Anime movies to see:

Akira (A classic)
Ghost in the Shell (Another classic)
Grave of the Fireflies (Classic)
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D (The Original one)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

There's prob more, but I gotta go!!

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[Am0s]

thanks for the in depth review, will check out most of them as most of them are quite appealing, between me and my wife we can quite happily sit there all evening watching stuff back to back until its time to go to bed

 

[5%]

Serial Experiments Lain

 

[rikuumi]

Discipline

 

[FireGrey]

I suggest letting your kids chose what anime they want to watch.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Bakemonogatari is great. Or Soul Eater. Weird, but damn awesome at the same time.

 

[Nobunaga]

FullMetal alchemist & brotherhood
Bleach
Katekyo hitman Reborn!
Dragon ball Z Gt & Kai(is the same with z)
Gundam 00

 

[Prime_Zero]

Most of the Gundam Anime's are very good, unless you don't like gaint robots in which you will not like all the others Im about to list lol. Heroic Age, Vandread, zegapain, Bubble gum tokyo 2040, cowboy Bebop, Outlaw star, Tekkaman blade, Elfen Lied, Zoids chaotic century, Zoids new century, zoids fuzer - some how some one found all the english episodes which is werid cause it was cancled on episode 13 lol. Zoids Genesis, Wild Arms Twilight Venom, Tri Gun, Blue Gender which is a good end of the world type anime along with some of the other's ive listed.

 

[Am0s]

I suggest letting your kids chose what anime they want to watch.

hard to find one that isn't pokemon, and doesnt have bad language in it, my kids are only 4 and 5 and they love naruto doesnt have many bad words only crap and pervy sage rofl.

A friend said yu yu hakusho but the first episode has him saying he was pissed off so I had to turn that one off,

just started watching death note and its really good

started watching bleach too but for some reason I cant find volume 24 but 25 I got weird

 

[ChuckBartowski]

Evangelion
Blood+
Both of those are short and sweet, Evangelion has 36 episodes and blood+ has 50