Former Anime Snob Seeks New Obsession

[Tsunulia]

I see Betterman on your list Monkey I saw the first few eps on a disc I bought and was recently lucky enough to pick up the complete set for dirt cheap

I'll reccomend Galaxy Angel and Galaxy Angel A It's incredibly random and hilarious. Five girls in the Angel Brigade are commissioned to find Lost Technology but they always get sidetracked with other jobs and end up saving cats out of trees

And Witch Hunter Robin darn it Watch it. Witch hunters hunting down witches in the modern day world, and a lot of the witches have stupid lame powers But it's a great series


Also, Angelic Layer is a good series. It's made by CLAMP but it's not their usual magical style. It's about a girl named Misaki Suzahara discovering a popular game called Angelic Layer in which dolls can move on a table with the use of a helmet that catches the players brain waves. Angelic Layer is widely known for it's tournaments and Misaki enters with her Angel named Hikaru.

 

[SapphirePrima]

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
is an anime series by Gainax, by the same staff team that worked on Mahoromatic. It deals with the mass extinctions that have occurred on earth in the past. It takes this subject and shows a very interesting possibility for how it might happen today, if the basics of the story are to be believed. In doing this it touches at the love we show for others in different forms, from boyfriend-girlfriend to the love within our families. Due to this more or less constant push on relationships, this anime fits best in the moé (cute girls, romance) genre. Most other anime in this genre would also be considered shōjo anime, however, this anime fits in just as well within the shōnen genre because of all the fighting scenes.

 

[crazy monkey]

crazy monkey, you watched Avalon? Did you liked it?

very few people have seen that movie and I really loved it

Hells, yeah! I loves me some Avalon! That movie is total genius, and I have always been completely stumped as to why it's not considered an Oshii classic. Because, dude, as you know, it sooo is. It's as if he watched the first Matrix and was like,

"Hey, not bad. Can I try?"

And then created a more imaginative, comtemplative, and soulful version of it -- with a total mind-f*** for an ending. Tell me you didn't think you had the whole plot figured out by the end! I sure as hell thought so...and then, BANG -- Welcome to Avalon! You don't know which way is up! Dude, that flick fried my brain like an egg.

Absolutely as good as anything Ghost in the Shell-related. Certainly better than Jin-Roh (one of the many I left out of 'the list' )...although, did he direct that, or only produce? I forget now. No matter, it was melancholy overkill.

Dai Mahou Touge looks amazing, thanks! Very Excel Saga. Look out! I got that new anime tingle comin' back to me bones.

***One last word on Avalon (promise!) in the form of a warning to those who might be curious due to my gushing. Get, somehow, a fansub. The film is a must-see in it's original Polish (don't ask, just go with it), and the subs on the US disc are not a literal translation. They are rather a transcription of the crappy English dub script, which reveals major plot points during the first ten minutes, basically capsizing the entire backstory through this voice-over that was never in the original. I purchased said disc and was incensed. Thankfully, I had seen the film already in its natural state.

Don't stop now, gang! C'mon, gush about the stuff you love! I wanna know what to watch...especially shows that are really brand new, just getting subbed now.

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[crazy monkey]

I see Betterman on your list Monkey I saw the first few eps on a disc I bought and was recently lucky enough to pick up the complete set for dirt cheap

Dude, a Better-fan! Nice! My friends hate me for loving that show, but I can't help it nor do I care. Yes, it's a nonsensical hodge-podge of genres with no real direction. It's bold, I say! I call it "Super Mario" anime. You know what I mean? It follows a Mario-esque lack of logic. Grab a dead leaf, it grows a racoon tail on your butt, twirl it as you run and it lets you fly like a bird. How random! How disparate! How cool. That's Betterman, IMO.

I'll reccomend Galaxy Angel and Galaxy Angel A It's incredibly random and hilarious. Five girls in the Angel Brigade are commissioned to find Lost Technology but they always get sidetracked with other jobs and end up saving cats out of trees

I must watch this show.

And Witch Hunter Robin darn it Watch it. Witch hunters hunting down witches in the modern day world, and a lot of the witches have stupid lame powers But it's a great series

Yeah, Witch Hunter Robin. I had heard it fit very snugly into the all-style, no-substance category, so I had stayed away. But we seem to have similar tastes, so....

Also, Angelic Layer is a good series. It's made by CLAMP but it's not their usual magical style. It's about a girl named Misaki Suzahara discovering a popular game called Angelic Layer in which dolls can move on a table with the use of a helmet that catches the players brain waves. Angelic Layer is widely known for it's tournaments and Misaki enters with her Angel named Hikaru.

Hmmm. Spoke too soon. Me and CLAMP don't mix -- usually. I guess I could try it. But thanks for the post!

"I HAVE CONTROL!" ^_^

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[crazy monkey]

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
is an anime series by Gainax, by the same staff team that worked on Mahoromatic. It deals with the mass extinctions that have occurred on earth in the past. It takes this subject and shows a very interesting possibility for how it might happen today, if the basics of the story are to be believed. In doing this it touches at the love we show for others in different forms, from boyfriend-girlfriend to the love within our families. Due to this more or less constant push on relationships, this anime fits best in the moé (cute girls, romance) genre. Most other anime in this genre would also be considered shōjo anime, however, this anime fits in just as well within the shōnen genre because of all the fighting scenes.

Fighting scenes? That last sentence just threw me -- and piqued my interest. I likes good fightin'.

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[Corinthian™]

what made me love the Movie Avalon was what made me love Ghost in the Shell. What -IS- Reality? Is it the place where you go to the bathroom, eat and do everything, or is it the place where you are yourself?

You can see that in the movie colours. Whe Ash entered Avalon, she looked real and in full colour, when in the "real world" she was not in full color, but filtered in gray.

The movie is beautiful and everyone should really watch it

 

[crazy monkey]

Yes, they should. Beautiful + Kickass = Classic.

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[SapphirePrima]

Fighting scenes? That last sentence just threw me -- and piqued my interest. I likes good fightin'.

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I posted the wrong part here's the plot summary

Two young high school boys, Takeru and Ryo, are struggling through teenage angst when a mysterious light in the woods offers forth a young girl practically out of Takeru's dreams. They are promptly attacked by a strange alien-looking monster, which is defeated when Takeru mysteriously and spontaneously transforms into a powerful and strange looking beast himself. Not much is clear about the girl, who they name Hikari (Light), but she is more than a little bit strange. Without a memory or a past, the girl is integrated into the lives of the two boys and their families. She knows only her love for Takeru. Most of the group live in a type of group home, along with Jennifer Portman, a drunken American super-scientist who can't keep her hands off the boys and has her own theories about what Hikari is. The series follows them as they hang-out, go to school, and take trips, and all the while Hikari, and also later her "sister" Akari, learn about the human condition. They are also joined by a shape-shifting robot, apparently loyal to Hikari, and Kuon, a little floating alien. They also encounter more strange monsters on occasion. The series spirals towards a rather unexpected climax questioning the value of human life, relationships, love, and the spirit of survival shown by all life on Earth.

 

[Tsunulia]

Hmmm. Spoke too soon. Me and CLAMP don't mix -- usually. I guess I could try it. But thanks for the post!

"I HAVE CONTROL!" ^_^

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Angelic Layer isn't that bad. Ya the character relationships suck in the usual CLAMP style but the Angelic Fights are pretty sweet. And there's nearly one or more fights in almost every ep.

YOU HAVE CONTROL!