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With the exception of Akira, I've not realy seen much animé that really interested me. I have simliar feelings to Blayne, in that it all seems to be huge-mouthed silent screams and big eyed girls with big heads and little bodies.
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Try "Record of the Lodoss War". I don't know if it borrows specifically from those versions, but it reminded me of D&D quite a bit.
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Neither Naruto nor Bleach is particularly similar to Avatar. Perhaps Dragonball Z? Or any anime based on the Journey to the West. And I'm not aware of any anime borrowing heavily from D&D, but there are some that have very dungeon-crawling feels to them. For one on the darker side of things, have you seen Berserk? On the lighter side, you might like Slayers (Slayers Revolution, the latest, stands reasonably well on its own).
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Oh, and check out Rurouni Kenshin if you haven't yet. It is a classic shonen series, so might fit in with your like for Naruto and Bleach.
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I don't know. If you can get past the cliche's in Kenshin, you will realize it is an incredible gem, but it definitely has some of the standards of japanese animation.
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quote:Originally posted by fugu13: Neither Naruto nor Bleach is particularly similar to Avatar. Perhaps Dragonball Z? Or any anime based on the Journey to the West. And I'm not aware of any anime borrowing heavily from D&D, but there are some that have very dungeon-crawling feels to them. For one on the darker side of things, have you seen Berserk? On the lighter side, you might like Slayers (Slayers Revolution, the latest, stands reasonably well on its own).
There are simularities, the way combat works isn't that far different, in terms of element manipulation, just Avatar is better animated.
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The combat scenes in each are just loosely modeled on various martial arts traditions. That isn't enough to call them very similar at all.
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Ergo Proxy has kept our interest so far, but I'm not fond of the very very contrived scenes in which characters exposit their motivations and reasons behind their decisions. There's no hints at future plots turns either, so I just feel like I'm getting jerked around. I'm an uninformed viewer, and at the same time, it's very obvious when I'm being informed. I'm honestly wondering if I'm becoming the proverbial "Back in mah day we had REAL anime" kinda person. The cranky neighbor. Maybe it's a phase every young person goes through, because I'm turning 25 this year, and I haven't watched an anime that I genuinely thought was great since...well...a while. They ALL have their cliches, and sometimes, it's just bad storytelling and plotting. They used to get away with it because it was "new" and "refreshing" and "different culture", now I'm just increasingly noticing how badly information is conveyed to the viewer, either through underplaying important elements, then overly talky scenes.
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Not so much a sequel as a remake. Basically, rumour has it that it will follow the manga's story this time whereas the first series diverged from it greatly (and is one of the very few manga-based series to do so successfully). The manga is still ongoing but looks like it may be coming to an end soon.
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Without going into to much detail, I'll let you know some of my favorites.
Patlabor movies. Good monster movies, and the last one is also a detective movie, a little.
Jin Roh: the wolf brigade. Historical fiction, maybe loosely based on true events, set in post ww II japan. Believable characters that are very easy to relate to. Military thriller / mystery.
Perfect Blue. Psychotic, twisted, funny, scary, has pop star.
I'll drop another Cowboy Bebop recomendation
Project A:Ko full of cliche' on purpose.
I got to go now, but I'll post more later.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I like G Gundam. It's less about war than it is about one on one tournament style combat, but it also gets a little wacky with the subplot stuff.
I like G Gundam, too, but more because it cracks me up than for any other reason. "MASTER ASIA!!!" "DOMON!!!" "RAIN!!" "KYOJI!!!" Lots of shouting going on. Let's not forget the Statue of Liberty Cannon, Hurricane (aka Windmill for my brother and I) Gundam, or Mermaid Gundam.
Besides Cowboy Bebop, which everyone should experience, I'd say Last Exile is a MUST. You've got some great suggestions up there, so I'll first, second, third or whatever the following: Trigun Ghost In The Shell, both seasons Full Metal Alchemist Paranoia Agent Blood Samurai 7 Outlaw Star RahXephon s-CRY-ed Gundam 08th MS Team (short one, more realistic, as much as giant robots can be) Naturo
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Completely forgot about Kino's Journey! It doesn't look like much (edit -->) at first glance, but it packs an ethical punch.
That as well as Paranoia Agent and Lain (though that one's been around so long now, it seems) are good if you're looking for series that don't require a huge time commitment. These two are 13 ep series while I think Kino is even shorter.
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Lain... ahh.. yes. A good one to mess with your mind. Paranoia Agent is a favy. I agree, Last Exile is a must as well.
You've seen Evangelion right? Gunslinger Girls Kiddy Grade ZegaPain Big O Metropolis Blue Sub 6 Full Metal Panic
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seen Lain, nightmares for a week, seen Kino's Journey twas fun figuring her out as True Neutral, Last Exile was fun, seen scryed, seen FMA, and naruto.
quote:Originally posted by Telperion the Silver: I agree, Last Exile is a must as well. .... You've seen Evangelion right?
Last Exile has to be my current favorite, and I've watched it through several times. And the animation style is beautiful to boot. </gush>
Seen NGE, and despite liking it, I kind of think of Rahxephon as the less whiny manifestation of a similar concept.
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Will take a look at FMP again.
It's hard trying to come up with non-cliched AND good series. I'm sure there are some out there that fall in one or the other categories, but to hit both... Anyway, my brother really liked FMP. Of course, he's in the military and so could relate to the humor more.
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I tried watching it but got distracted by something and hadn't been able to finish it.
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You seriously need to finish. The ending is what is worth the journey. Seriously fraked up. SERIOUSLY.
I would love to have Arch-Angel Gabriel as my lover. Posts: 4953 | Registered: Jan 2004
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There better not be yoai in it.
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almost done watching Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Azumanga Daioh, I really really really liked Suzumiya, it had the right style of animation I liked, a nice gimmick, and the sort of high school group of friends stories Im addicted to.
Daioh... Eh, it has its funny moments, I really dont like the style, and it REALLY ticked me off when in a scene where someone from Canada or States of England bumped into the Gym teacher rather then actually conversing in english they just had Charliebrown-speak.
I'm pissed.
But it is moderately funny enough ill keep plodding through.
Now I think Ill watch Negima next, Im really interested in some Magic A is Magic A Vance styled magic using anime or D&D styled, anyone have suggestions for that?
**Just in, I saw the most awesome "Enemy Gate is Down" moment in Anime when the SOS Brigade fought a virtual space battle against the Computer club, just pure win.
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just better. More recently, anime'd mangas have been abused by pointless and stupid side-stories. Is better to read the manga to get the story. Or the anime takes what was written in a radically different direction (as i think you are mentioning). This isn't always bad, but Manga gives a fuller story.
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So far I read the Manga for naruto and bleach because either the anime version went off on another dumb non canon side arc filler or is simply plain taking too long.
Im interesting in reading Code Geass's manga as it doesnt have the Knightmare frames whichs makes me think bwha!? Then how the heck did Britannia succeed in invading Japan which was implied to be Great Power in its own right because of having Sakurite.
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I used to be so obsessed with anime...now every time I try to get into a new one, my eyes catch a glimpse of my Berserk manga and I remember what real art is.
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