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02/17/2011, 05:54 pm
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Card (Whale) Shark
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The Anime and Manga Thread
Since we've gotten to derailing the Post A Pic thread, best to start a new one.
Anyway, use this space to talk about your favorite anime and manga, your collections, recommendations, etc. My top 5 Amine? (in no particular order) Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Mushishi, Kino's Journey and Durarara. Manga? Detective Conan, Mushishi, Fullmetal Alchemist, xxxHolic, and +Anima (so sue me, it's my guilty pleasure) I'm watching Mononoke and Bartender right now, I don't really have that large of a choice other than what DVDs I managed to bring with me. American streaming sites don't work here and our dorm's single tv set is currently on the fritz.
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02/17/2011, 06:16 pm
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Top 5 bother
YuGiOh, DBZ, Legendz (The manga was pretty cool), FMA/Brotherhood (Didn't like the first Anime series) Death Note (Anime, Manga went to slow) Man, It's been a while since I've watched any anime.
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02/17/2011, 06:30 pm
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... ... ... ... ... ... I actually like Naruto. |
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02/17/2011, 06:41 pm
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lol.... Well...there is a case in which you won't look silly. If you say you like the manga. ^^ My top anime. Only no.1 is set and the rest have no particular order. Cowboy Bebop, Last Exile, Samurai Champloo, Now and Then Here and There, Hikaru no Go, Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann, NGE, Card Captor Sakura(go ahead laugh), Hajime no Ippo My top manga in order: Berserk, Detective Conan, Hajime no Ippo, FMA, Spiral, Buddha, Akira
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02/17/2011, 06:42 pm
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Yes! This is a good thread! Sure, we did have the animation thread, but I'm fine with a topic like that that is more narrowed to this particular topic. Wall o' text!
My Favorite Anime Series Currently- Fullmetal Alchemist Eureka Seven Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo Paranoia Agent Big O Now And Then, Here And There Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Macross Frontier DARKER Than Black DARKER Than Black: Ryusei no Gemini Trigun Black Lagoon Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu Lupin the 3rd Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Hajime No Ippo Full Metal Panic Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Crayon Shin Chan Gregory Horror Show Baccano! Death Note Highschool of the Dead Occult Academy XXXHolic Ghost Hunt Ghost Hound Crest of the Stars I seem to change this list every time I write it. My Favorite Anime Films Currently: Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro The Dagger of Kamui Sword of the Stranger Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door Paprika Perfect Blue Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Ponyo Interstella 5555 Howl's Moving Castle One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Grave of the Fireflies Spirited Away My Top Ten Least Favorite Anime Series + Movies: One: End of Evangelion Two: Neon Genesis Evangelion Three: Bleach Four: Naruto Five: Gantz Five: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Six: Trinity Blood Seven: Inuyasha Eight: Eiken Nine: Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells From the Sky Ten: Kekkaishi My Favorite Manga Series Currently: Fullmetal Alchemist Detective Conan One Piece Pluto 20th Century Boys Rurouni Kenshin Death Note Hajime No Ippo Hunter X Hunter Umineko no Naku Koro Ni Gyo The Enigma of Amigira Fault Trigun DARKER Than Black Astro Boy Kingdom Hearts II (take that Dashing) Yotsuba&! Manga I'm just starting: Battle Angel Alita Uzumaki Dragonball Billy Bat Monster Berserk Violence Jack Least Favorite Manga: Eureka Seven Neon Genesis Evangelion Gantz My Debatable Top Anime Series Villains: One. Gendo Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion Two. Envy - Fullmetal Alchemist Three. Legato - Trigun Four. Light Yagami - Death Note Five. Beatrice - Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Six. Vicious - Cowboy Bebop Seven. Spandam/Cipher Pol. 9 - One Piece Eight. Ladd Russo - Baccano! Nine. Alex Rosewater/Alan Gabriel - The Big O Ten. Lil' Slugger - Paranoia Agent Eleven. Gouda - Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig Twelve. Rossiu - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Thirteen. Lupin the 3rd - Lupin the 3rd
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02/17/2011, 06:44 pm
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02/17/2011, 06:47 pm
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02/17/2011, 06:50 pm
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Manga still goes kickass though, although it is a bit weird. I'm not a profound anime/manga follower truth to be told. I liked Death Note and I watched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann with fair amount of amazement. |
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02/17/2011, 06:51 pm
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Hmm Fawful and I have a lot of similair favourites. The only difference is that by rule I don't watch Anime that is an adapation from a manga and DOESN'T cover all the content.
And didn't you just major spoil Umineko by listing the villain? I haven't seen it myself but from what I understand it's partially a whodunnit.
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02/17/2011, 06:56 pm
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02/17/2011, 07:03 pm
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How does it fair up to Higurashi? I watched that. 2nd season became a bit longwinding probably because they tried to stretch a less number of chapters into 26 eps. Still pretty good. I especially liked how they handle the big mysteryIt started out as something occult and supernatural but got a very cool twist If it didn't have all that 'filler' I am sure I could give the series a spot in my top list.
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02/17/2011, 07:09 pm
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You know what's a really good show that people should watch but have probably never heard about? Moyashimon (just, do everyone a favor and watch the anime, not the live action drama that came later. UUUUUGH)
It's a story about a ag-school freshman named Sawaki who can see microbes with the naked eye and interact with them. And before you claim he's Blessed With Suck, remember, "How d you make beer, wine or other alcoholic beverages?". Yes, there is an entire story arc about Sawaki coercing some yeast to make spirits. Also, the microbes are !@#$ing cute.
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02/17/2011, 07:13 pm
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I don't know, as I haven't watched Higurashi. As far as I know, though, they're very different series. However, the best thing to do is to play the visual novel, or read the manga. Avoid the anime, because it's a rushed, crappy, paceless piece of cow shit. The only good thing to come of that one was the opening music which is awesome. Keep in mind that the visual novel is VERY long and WILL take you forever to get through, but it is worth it. The manga is a better adaption but it still can't be a perfect one, as the mystery and plot for Umineko is so complex and layered that leaving even one thing out can make it somewhat impossible to follow or cause it to make less sense. Also, the story was basically DESIGNED to screw with you using the visual novel format, and a lot of that is lost in translation. On Higurashi, I wanted to watch it for the mystery, but the setting and characters appealed to me far less than Umineko. Apparently, Umineko gets far more disgusting in the gore department, even beating Phantasmagoria believe it or not, than Higurashi ever does. I don't know all of how because I haven't played fully through Episode One of the visual novel, and I stopped in the manga about where I did in the visual novel. I made it farther in the anime, but stopped a bit after the real plot begins so I need to get back into it. It's mostly a matter of the gore I've heard about bugging me, cause damn what I've heard is nasty, and not having the time.
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02/17/2011, 07:56 pm
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If you read the VN (unless it's the PS3 version) the gore is only described, never seen. It was one of my concerns too when I began reading it and now, well *points at avatar* When the gore is actually seen though in the adaptations...good god I couldn't sleep the night I first read the manga version of EP1's first twilight. Visually though, I'd say the gore gets tamer as the series progresses, but that's IMO. I'd say when it comes to gore it'd go 4>1>2>3>5>6>7 haven't read 8. Pretty much because faces gruesomely "blown up" with the brains showing>stomachs cut open with the guts hanging out>other still kinda gruesome but still not as gruesome deaths>just decapitation>just getting shot
...now that I think about it though, I'm not exactly sure how to rank 1, 2 and 4. Even if it's only described, Battler and Kinzo getting eaten by the goats, with that image, those sounds and music. Good god the nightmare fuel. Also the tea party, which is surprisedly less gruesome in the anime than I expected and even is nightmare retardand by the end. Quote:
Anyways *Ctr+F "Neuro"* What the hell TTG forum? You disappoint me and Neuro, and you don't want to disappoint Neuro.  So yeah, you guys go read Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, Neuro commands you you lowly insects. 
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02/17/2011, 07:56 pm
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I go through spurts of watching anime so I don't really have a lot of favorites.
I do like: Yu yu Hakusho Dragonball/Dragonball Z Full Metal Alchemist (first one) Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo Death Note Soul Eater
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02/17/2011, 08:07 pm
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02/17/2011, 08:13 pm
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I just started reading Battle Royale. Very violent and distrubing at times but it's interesting.
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Anyways, you're forgiven then =P
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02/17/2011, 08:35 pm
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Okay. I'm part of the Tatami Galaxy crew. I LOVE Tatami Galaxy. It encompasses most everything I like about modern Japanese culture and excludes everything I hate about modern Japanese culture. It's also the one of the few anime I've ever watched that had a really satisfying ending.
I also like really old hokey older shows like Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, Shin Chan, and Doraemon. Stuff that I grew up with. I also like Black Jack in manga form. It was my mom's favorite manga, so I was exposed to it a lot when I was younger.
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02/17/2011, 09:11 pm
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My Top-5 anime in no particular order: Irresponsible Captain Tylor, GTO (except the ending they made up), Terra E, 12 Kingdoms, Samurai Champloo.
Top-5 manga: Monster, Berserk, Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (kare kano), H2, Planetes.
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