the370z.com's Official Anime/Manga Thread
 

I bet many will scoff at this...but there's more than a few of us who watch anime / read manga lurking around here. So here's a thread for us to offer some thoughts on what we're watching, give some recommendations, etc.

I will start out with my current anime recommendation: Gosick.
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Sherlock Holmes-esque mystery show, except Sherlock is a little girl...:rofl2: way to go, Japan! This show is a LOT of fun to watch, although the mystery solving is a bit 'deux ex machina', i.e. it's not a natural progression, it's more of "...wtf?" straight to "here lemme explain it you idiots."

For manga...I dunno. If you haven't yet, go read Black Lagoon.

Anybody? :tup:

:facepalm:

Ohhh... I can just see where this is going to go. :bowrofl:

Oh shut up Chris hahahaha

:tup:

My fav two were Gundam:Wing and DB:Z and only those segments of the brand. I didn't care for Mobile Suit:Gundam or DB:GT just those two.

Endless Waltz is very good as well. Other then that, I stay away.

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I don't watch a lot.

I like many of Miyazaki's movies, especially Porco Rosso.

I liked Trigun, Outlaw Star, Record of Lodoss War, Vampire Hunter D, and several others.

Nausicaa > Porco Rosso IMO

My little sister is begging me to find copies of Inuyasha...ugh.

:barf:

the ayumi hamasaki songs were pretty good though

I have Outlaw star on DVD.

Akira Toriyama fans should pick up the Dr. Slump manga -- dumb, but fvcking hilarious, and you can definitely see the origins of all the ideas that eventually became Dragon Ball.

Those of you familar with Lone Wolf and Cub should also try Path of the Assassin and Samurai Executioner.

Just re-re-re-read JoJo's Bizzare adventure (at least the short series that was translated into English) and all 28 volumes of Ruroni Kenshin (the anime is much dumber than the manga).

Lone Wolf and Cub :tup: I haven't read that in ages! Not to mention it's one of the lesser known mangas. Good find!

I'm a big fan of Manga much to the chagrin of my Girlfriend and delight of her children.

I'm always on the lookout for a new good series, Naruto has finally heated up with the next episode promising to be the most exciting since the Pain vs Naruto Battle.

-=Current Anime=-
Naruto
Bleach

-=Old Favorites=-
Full Metal Alchemist
HunterXHunter
Hellsing
Berserk
Cowboy Bebop

-=Movies=-
Vampire Hunter D

I'm thinking the next episode is going to be full of flashbacks like the past few episodes. Sasuke and Naruto just met up...they're not just going to go straight into battle.

They're supposed to, but nooo it's like bleach, every battle takes 10 ******* episodes to complete

fix't :rofl2:

Hmm you're probably right, thanks for ruining the anticipation for me.

j/k I just figured since they just spent 2 episodes doing Kakashi and Sakura flashbacks they might actually give us some action.

Relatively recently Netflix has started streaming tons of Anime.

Currently watching

Darker than Black

Black Butler

There's a ton of choices, but lots of crap Anime as well. People should post their "available for streaming on Netflix" top picks

There's actually a sequel to it! Not in English yet. tho... :(

Diagoro is taken in by another samurai and trains under him (so much for suio ryu) -- reeeeeaalllly want to get it, even if its in Japanese.

No more Yagyu, and I believe the story continues based on the premise that Retsudo dies.

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If someone could walk me through the steps to DL all that, I'd be very grateful!

I used to be big into anime back in the day, now I only really watch stuff when it is recommended to me.

Last thing I watched was Black Lagoon, and that was pretty awesome, tbh.

Macross, Evangelion, Gurren laggen...Shikibane Hime, Fate/night Stay, Shakugan no Shana, Slayers, so many more..

classics like Akira, and Ghost in the shell..

great episode of gosick this week :tup:

Slayers was awesome

Some favs:

Ranma
Slayers
Kenshin
Trigun
Gundam (alot good but 0083 stardust memoryis the best)
Nadesico
Nadia
Miyazakis films (nausicaa = fav)
Escaflowne
El hazard
Macross/robotech

Also like full metal alchemist.

i hate you. i'm still reading gosick 6 lol (basically after beelzebub's skull arc)

for those of you who haven't, try 'denpa onna to seishun otoko' which is hilarious.

:iagree: Porco Rosso is my favorite out of his.

I haven't read any manga recently and I forgot most of the titles.

fixed! but :iagree: with the rest

yeah you may think that but when your 8 its all good stuff.

this is absolute truth my friend.. and I concur :tup:

menma!!!!!

weeks later and i'm still annoyed with madoka's ending lol

ya that was a stupid ending...

so what time does kalafina play?

when I was deployed last a buddy from another forum I browse sent me some really good stuff.. I need to find it.. and tell you what it was

anyone here read 21st century boys? My god, one of the best I've ever read. I recommend it over any other manga.

Currently I read Naruto and Bleach weekly when new issues come out.

I don't watch anything really anymore because I don't have the time and they're usually way behind the manga.

When I was younger I was into
Dragonball Z
Gundam Wing
Escaflowne
Ronin Warriors
Tenchi Muyo
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Beebop

So many more in there too I can't think of everything lol

fate stay night, durr.... lol

I think its time to rewatch Kara nokyoukai...

i still havent finished it :P

someone should send me some good stuff!!

failll finish it right meow!

homework fail ><

I wish I could watch at work!

I'll post my collection later lol