Right now I'm watching Welcome to the NHK, one of my favourites anime.

The story talks about an hikikomori(japanese nerd that doesn't leave go out their home) Saito, one day he encounter a girl Misaki, that wants to help him. However, Saito declines, saying that He is not a hikikomori, but his isolation is justified because he programs softwares(namely, he lies). But Misaki wants proof of this.
   So Saito asks help to his ex-college-friend, Yamazaki, a student in the game designers university. Saito and Yamakazi plans to make a gal-game(common: hentai game). Here, we can say, the story begin.

It's an Anime, It isn't an Hentai Anime. The story seems to be incentred more to Saito's life(problems, anguish etc...) then the "object" (making the gal-game).

It's really beautiful, I raccomend this.

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. That's all I'm gonna say. Watch it, it's fantastic.

Aside from that, mostly I've been watching D.Gray-man, Death Note, and Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge; which is a bit strange for me, as I've read the manga to all those three, and am mostly just watching them to see how well the transition from manga-to-anime goes. Death Note is spectacular, and I highly reccomend it to anyone who just plain likes anime. It's one of the better ones I've seen in a while. D.Gray-man is also really good, but the series is not for everyone; I know a lot of people who tried reading it/watching it and just couldn't get excited about it. I was about twenty chapters into the manga before it really picked up for me. But if you want something different, D.Gray-man is a great show. The opening theme song is ridiculously catchy, too. I'm watching Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge because I loved the manga to bits and pieces, and-- well. The anime is directed by Nabeshin. It's a special level of weird and crack. I like it personally, but if you are a die-hard fan of the manga, you might be steered away.

(Personally, I'd watch Death Note just to hear Miyano Mamoru's creepy laughter. )

Quite a lot, actually, thanks to my college's Anime Society.

Black Lagoon. Badass mercenary team takes on every single organized crime group known to man. And the CIA. And Nazis. It's hilarious, it's dramatic, it's just plain awesome. The characters rock hard. And there's a scene where the torpedo boat the mercenaries ride around in goes airborne and launches a torpedo riiiight into a low-flying helicopter. It's one of the best scenes ever. Highly recommended.

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. This is another fun one, and one that I think Utena fans would enjoy. It revolves around a series of murders in a small town--there are several different story arcs that present different resolutions to the mystery based on the actions of the protagonist. Plus, it has cute little girls wielding meat cleavers. What more do you want?

Ouran High Host Club. Crack. Crack. And more crack. I can't count the number of times I've fallen out of my seat laughing during this one. Haruhi gets pressed into  being a host at the immensely popular Ouran High Host Club to cover the costs of a shattered eight-million-yen vase. The catch? Haruhi's a girl. The show sends up every shojo stereotype out there. The art style's very Utena-esque, both in the MASSIVE amounts of roses and in the way people's faces are drawn.

Death Note. Bored teenage genius gets the power to kill people by writing their names in a shinigami's notebook. Another genius teen marshals the forces of the police to bring him down when he starts killing criminals. The interaction between L and Light is so much fun to watch, the artwork's gorgeous, and the head games are delicious. And the voice actors make me drool so very much. Mmm.
I'll shut up now.

I've also been watching Bleach, Samurai 7, Dai Mahou Toge, and Speed Grapher, although not as regularly.

allegoriest wrote:

People keep giving me episodes of Bleach to watch, but I'm far too busy, lazy and have too short an attention span.

I actually have to admit snickering a bit in laughter at that since Bleach doesn't really require a fantastic attention span, especially in comparison to Utena. If you do ever get the chance to, you should check it out, 'cause its a rather fun series even if it is fairly simplistic.

EDIT: I just realized that Bleach and Utena actually have some very vague parallels. OH EM GEE.

Last edited by A Day Without Me (12-03-2006 11:59:59 PM)

Some of the animes I have been watching

School Rumble
Is a comedy that covers the daily life of second year high school student Tsukamoto Tenma, her friends, her classmates, and their many unsuccessful attempts at love as well as not realising the fact that Harima the bearded delinquent is in love with her.  Its very random and cracks me up plenty of times.

Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings
This series follows the manga a lot better and is certainly worth watching.

Peach Girl 
Is a high school drama centered on Momo Adachi. A member of the swim team, Momo tans easily and her hair is bleached out; unfortunately, she is stereotyped as a ganguro girl by her ignorant classmates, and is forced to endure rumors about being a beach bunny and a slut. Her only 'friend' is the fair and beautiful Sae, who secretly hates Momo but only pretends to be her friend to benefit from her superior fashion sense. I like this show cos of the powerplays and intrigue.

Trench Kamen wrote:

I've been pretty busy lately, so the only new anime I've really been following is NANA. I usually don't go for shoujo-dramas, but this is fantastic. Ai Yazawa manages to add an angle of realism that somehow reminds me, in a bluesy way, of Cowboy Bebop.

I do want to watch the full series of Cardcaptor Sakura I've had on my hard drive for a while now.

Ah, are you reading the manga? (You don't really have to. The series is following the story line just about perfectly.. but since it's only a 50 episode series I'm assuming they're going to diverge at some point. I'm just not sure where since they forshadowed on something that hasn't really been thorougly explored in the manga...)

It's supposed to be pretty popular among both genders in Japan (though I suspect the premise gives the female bit a good angle) but the whole story is, in a very subdued way, focusing on some pretty heavy concepts. "Making a choice when all your options are shit-terrible" seems to be a common theme, which is probably why I like it so much.

Tamago wrote:

I can only hope that someone will upload 25 and 26 of Season 2 onto Youtube againand keep it on long enough for me to grab it.

*cough*

You could, y'know... just a thought... buy it...

Too bad you don't live in NA, where renting it online is cheap and easy.

As for me, I watch very little "new" anime since I avoid fansubs and other illegal methods of distribution. I'm currently either renting or buying through Overman King Gainer (pretty good so far), His And Her Circumstances (very good so far), Brigadoon (also very good and unfortunately obscure), and watching Eureka 7 (sucks), Full Metal Alchemist (s'okay), and Bleach (very good so far) on TV.

Last edited by Blade (12-10-2006 07:04:30 PM)

From all the video places that I know that sell anime over here, I haven't come across any shows like Utena series, School Rumble, Ouran Host Club on DVD to buy, mainly cos the anime market over here in Oz is way smaller than in the US. 

And trying to buy it online is damn tricky as well as I don't qualify for either a Visa, Mastercard or American Express.

Blade wrote:

Watching His And Her Circumstances

The anime starts off pretty good but because of infighting between the manga artist that created Kare Kano (as it is also known) and the anime studio, the last couple of DVDs were overloaded with recapping apon recapping which spoilted it somewhat, you are way better off buying the Kare Kano manga.

I have already bought 20 vol of the Kare Kano manga(RRP AU$20) and I am waiting for the 21st and last vol of the series.

Personally they should redo His and Hers Circumstances after the episode where Yukino goes postal on Tsubasa's ass as that was funny as!

Last edited by Tamago (12-10-2006 08:09:48 PM)

Blade wrote:

At Rightstuf http://www.rightstuf.com/, you can buy something via cheque or money order. I imagine there's quite a few other retailers where you can use money order as well, and you don't need a credit card or even a bank account for those.

I had a poke around the site but they don't seem to have School Rumble on DVD yet, knowing my luck, they haven't released it yet, I would still get the DVD as long as they are uncut and I would be curious to see how the dub version would sound.

I can just about imagine them dubbing Harima with the same voice as Vegeta from DBZ or Tenma been dubbed by Lisa Ortiz(Lina Inverse), Amanda Winn Lee(Rei Ayanami) dubbing Akira would suit her pretty well and Eri should be dubbed by the same person who did Asuka just cos they look alike.

Edit: Grammar

Last edited by Tamago (12-11-2006 04:03:33 AM)

Hinotori wrote:

Trench Kamen wrote:

I've been pretty busy lately, so the only new anime I've really been following is NANA. I usually don't go for shoujo-dramas, but this is fantastic. Ai Yazawa manages to add an angle of realism that somehow reminds me, in a bluesy way, of Cowboy Bebop.

I do want to watch the full series of Cardcaptor Sakura I've had on my hard drive for a while now.

Ah, are you reading the manga? (You don't really have to. The series is following the story line just about perfectly.. but since it's only a 50 episode series I'm assuming they're going to diverge at some point. I'm just not sure where since they forshadowed on something that hasn't really been thorougly explored in the manga...)

It's supposed to be pretty popular among both genders in Japan (though I suspect the premise gives the female bit a good angle) but the whole story is, in a very subdued way, focusing on some pretty heavy concepts. "Making a choice when all your options are shit-terrible" seems to be a common theme, which is probably why I like it so much.

I've only read the first two volumes of the manga, as released in English. And I agree--Loving the realism.

Alexa, don't bother with the DGM anime. It's pure crap. I didn't like the manga that much either, but the anime butchered everything good in it.

I haven't watched any anime in a while. The last thing I watched was One Piece. Which you should watch. I mean, like, NOW. Then I read the manga, and now I'm flooded with exams and stuff so I don't really have the time or the mood to get into any other anime.

Yeah, the manga originally put me off, but the artwork is gorgeous.


I gave up on Code Geass too thinking of it now, but I might take on another series if I have a lot of downtime during winter break and I get snowed in or something. D:

Oh yeah, as far as reccomendations this would be the thread I bring Simoun up in even though I've brought it up in 20 other threads.