My Lion King Forum

Post what anime you're watching, your top (insert number here) list, and a review of an anime you feel deserves one.

Well, Tanabi hasn't been here in forever so Imma just break the rules a little and state opinions on anime instead of review it...

I really dislike true Japanese anime shows. However, I LOVE anime movies from what I've seen. They're creative, unique, acted out well, everything about them is great. However, I prefer 'americanime' show, AKA shows made in America with the anime style. It's like anime stripped of all the things I can't stand about it, and the animation is a hybrid between anime styles and American/European styles Totally Spies is a great example.

I really like anime, but I have yet to see more. So far, my fave anime is Dragon Ball Z.

I REALLY want to see the Studio Ghibli movies.

[quote="SimbaGamer"]I really like anime, but I have yet to see more. So far, my fave anime is Dragon Ball Z.

I REALLY want to see the Studio Ghibli movies.[/quote]

See them. Like right now. Drop everything you're doing and see them.

At the moment I'm watching Hayate no Gotoku!!, Betrayal Knows My Name, Hoshi no Kaabii/Kirby of the Stars and Onegai My Melody: Kuru Kuru Shuffle
I will continue with Kirby and My Melody whenever I'm done with the others. xD Since they have a lot of episodes.

One of my favorites is Elfen Lied. ^^
It haves a beautiful and very sad story.
Another one of my favorites is Umineko no naku koro ni. I still need to continue with Higurashi, but I LOVED Umineko!! <3 The witches are awesome. I only don't like the fact that they censored stuff sometimes.. I don't mind it when it gets bloody in Anime. xD

I really want to see Cowboy Bebop now LOL looks like an awesome series.

I think it does, anyways.

[quote="SimbaGamer"]I really want to see Cowboy Bebop now LOL looks like an awesome series.

I think it does, anyways.[/quote]

It's an AMAZING series, with an amazing soundtrack, and even more amazing art style. I'd definately recommend it, it's a very short series, only like 26 or so episodes.

My favorite animes as of now are:

FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - A really... unique anime. lol Basically about this boy who is struck in the forehead by some random girl with a guitar, and he suddenly grows a giant hand out of his forehead. lol, don't ask, just watch, it's only 6 episodes, and it's on netflix.

Dragon Ball - A fantastic beginning to a fantastic 2 part (3 parts if you include GT, which had an original story, and had no relation to the source Mangas) anime series, about a boy who has superhuman strength, and is thrown against a number of enemies, including the greatest assasin in the world. It's actually cool, it starts to transition pretty perfectly into the darker, and more violent tone of the second half of the anime towards the end.

Dragon Ball Z - The second half of Akira Toriyama's epic story, this time focusing more on violence, and just overall saving the earth, and other worlds from mayham. A very solid series, though sometimes having a bit to much filler, which was halfly fixed in Kai.

Bleach - An AMAZING anime, about a guy who can see ghosts, who is forced to turn into a soul reaper in order to save his family. This is definately a must watch, and anyone who has not seen it, NEEDS to see it.

Full-Metal Alchemist - A very good series, which I don't want to say much about, since it's sort of short, and easy to give away everything. lol

Naruto - A great series, but if you do decide to watch it watch the uncut version.

Inuyasha - Another really great series, and also a really touching love story. Definately recommended to any anime lover.

Ramna 1 1/2 - A great anime, from the same person who wrote Inuyasha. Again, highly recommended.

Cowboy Bebop - Last but not least, the amazing series about a guy oddly very skilled with a gun, who's name is Jet, and his group of space assasins.

Gonna be totally (un)original here and say Neon Genesis Evangelion is my favorite anime series (and, perhaps not so coincidentally, one of the few I've managed to watch all the way through). Talk about a strange take on a genre traditionally considered straightforward. =P Bleak in tone and rife with misleading symbolism it may be, but its message can be interpreted as oddly uplifting.

Hmm ...
I have the full series of Yakitate Japan!
It's SO silly, haha, so silly it's funny to watch ^^
It's about a boy with "golden hands" and he loves to make bread, and tries to find a job for a well-known bakery.

Elfien Lied <3
It is simply amazing!
Though, you really have to sit the first episode through!
I was watching it with my eyes like this O_O but once passed certain things, the story is just simply amazing and beautiful.
Not to mention the song Lilium which carries the whole series.

Death Note!
I watched this and I was on the edge of my seat, that's how good I thought it was, haha, needed more after the first episode!
Haha
I own both 3 limited numbered edition DVD sets.
(and some other L stuff, some manga's)

I started watching Guin Saga too, but it got lost somewhere in my mind ... I only saw the first 2 episodes, I need to find more of them ...
I've also started to watch Code Geass a while ago and Gunslinger Girls, but they didn't do it for me.

Well, I never liked anime until I watched Avatar The Last Airbender, just freaking awesome! Since then, I started to love anime :3

Anyway... my favorites.

- Pokémon < never stop loving it.
- Avatar The Last Airbender < No words for it because it's cool
- Wolf's Rain < sad but wonderful
- Peach Girl < Lovely dovely stuff
- Bakugan: Battle Brawlers < something like Pokémon, but very interesting to watch. (haven't watched the new series now)