Anime questions

[SineSwiper]

(Kinda bumping this into a new thread...I figured somebody has watched these series...)

Okay, we finished Death Note (another thread) a while ago.

We've been watching Mushishi for a bit (up to episode 9), and it's pretty good, but kinda boring. Does it pick up at all? I was hoping something better for the #4 top rated anime on ANN. The lack of a continuous storyline is really killing it.

Noein is... well, weird. They keep mentioning all of this unknown bullshit (with as much cryptic dialogue as a Star Trek episode), and then go back to a bunch of kids playing. I really don't know what to think of it. It doesn't have nearly the appeal as Ergo Proxy, but is it worth watching? I just which it would start to answer some questions, instead of daring me to continue just so that I'm not completely confused.

Full Metal Panic caught me completely off-guard. It's not the type of series I would ever be interested in, but some of the situations are LOL funny. It sorta reminds me of Excel Saga. I'm at episode 5, and I hope they can keep up with the same type of situations and still be funny.

Finally found XXXHolic, but I still can't get Heat Guy J or Ghost Stories.

[Tessian]

Ever find Gantz? That's a sick one too.

FMP is an amazing series. It's one of the few that I bought outright and there's 2 more seasons (FUMOFFU and another one) the series does a balance act between the goofy LOL stuff you're talking about and the serious action storyline that's behind it-- I think they did an awesome job. FUMOFFU is a silly shorter series that's only about them in school (no war stuff) while the 3rd season actually picks up after the 1st and is a true 2nd season.

Desert Punk's another one you'd like-- it's quite an interesting one as well. Ghost Stories you need to track down somewhere; that shit is hilarious.

Other than that I'll try digging through my Netflix archive to see what else I've watched over the past 5 years that would be worth looking into.

[SineSwiper]

Okay, I'm grabbing Gantz and Desert Punk right now. I also got a hold of Paprika (movie) and Dennou Coil. Lucked out on a dual audio for Heat Guy Jay, but Ghost Stories refuses to pop out on the public torrents. (Maybe somebody can start a seed on one of the torrent sites?)

Got XXXholic, and watched a little bit of it, but it seems like the long-limb anime style might get on my nerves a bit.

Has nobody seen Mushishi or Noein? I figured they were pretty popular series.

[Blotus]

Is XXXholic about booze fiends or porn?

[SineSwiper]

Is XXXholic about booze fiends or porn?

Neither. It's about evil spirits. Granted, there's a chick with a big rack, but that appears in 75% of any anime you see anyway.

[Tessian]

I pulled together the list of anime I've watched in the past 6-7 years... don't think it's complete but feel free to ask about any of the ones here.

Air Gears
Azumanga Daioh
Big O
Black Lagoon
Bleach
Blue Gender
Blue Seed
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Burn Up Excess
Chobits
Chrono Crusade
Cowboy Bebop
Dears
Death Note
Desert Punk
DNAngel
Elfen Lied
Ergo Proxy
Escaflowne
Excel Saga
Fafner
Figure 17
FLCL
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic FUMOFFU
Full Metal Panic: TSR
Gantz
Gasaraki
Generator Gawl
Genshiken
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: The Second Gig
Ghost Stories
Great Teacher Onizuka
Gun Sword
Gungrave
Gunparade March
Gunslinger Girl
Heat Guy J
Hellsing
Hellsing Ultimate
Initial D
Inuyasha
Kiddy Grade
Lain
Last Exile
Love Hina
Macross Plus
Martian Successor Nadesico
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Mezzo
Mirori Days
Naruto
Naruto Shipuuden
Neo Ranga
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Noir
Now and Then, Here and There
Outlaw Star
Parallel Dual
Peacemaker
Perfect Blue
Please Teacher!
RahXephon
Read or Die
Record of Lodoss War
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rurouni Kenshin
Saiyuki
Samurai Champloo
Scrapped Princess
s-Cry-ed
Solty Rei
Speed Grapher
Steal Angel Kurumi 2
Steel Angel Kurumi
Tenjho Tenge
Trigun
Vandread
Witch Hunter Robin
Witchblade
Yukikaze

[bovine]

what was your favourite series that started with the letter "G"?

[Tessian]

what was your favourite series that started with the letter "G"?

LoL ass... actually now that I look most of those anime are REALLY good. Gantz is twisted and weird, Gungrave is an AWESOME story, Gun Sword is like Trigun with mechs, Ghost Stories is HILARIOUS, GitS is freakin amazing... yeah, they're all great.

If I had to pick ONE out of the G's to recommend... I think it's be either Gantz or Gungrave.... assuming you've seen GitS

[SineSwiper]

Nah, I would pick GitS (the series), hands down.

I think I've watched about a third of those series. How was Air Gears? I saw a few episodes of it, but I dunno. The series seems like it's just about these air races.

[Tessian]

Nah, I would pick GitS (the series), hands down.

I think I've watched about a third of those series. How was Air Gears? I saw a few episodes of it, but I dunno. The series seems like it's just about these air races.

I'm not done it yet, actually. I'm watching it on Netflix Instant Watching each time I send back a Witchblade DVD

To be honest, at first I thought it was stupid and boring... but once you get 3-4 episodes in it starts getting interesting; they actually have a lot more to the story than just air racing. Something about the Sky King and different roads... I've enjoyed watching it so far.

Also-- the reason why I didn't say GitS is because it drags sometimes and gets boring... when they get into the action and scifi it's fantastic, but too often they're just TALKING for 5 minutes straight.

[Eric]

what was your favourite series that started with the letter "G"?

Win.

Edit, wtf all those G animes and no Grenadier?!

[Don]

For G I'd go with Gunbusters.

[SineSwiper]

Also-- the reason why I didn't say GitS is because it drags sometimes and gets boring... when they get into the action and scifi it's fantastic, but too often they're just TALKING for 5 minutes straight.

Well, that's part of why I like it. You get some interesting conversations out of the whole thing, and the political conflicts are intriguing. It's not just about explosions and sci-fi and shit, but a good mixture of it all.