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[matthews_world]

I've always been a Japanese anime fan. As a kid I was into Speed Racer and Voltron quite a bit. Recently I've gotten into the Death Note series which is available in English subtitles via download.

I'm not into any of the widely popular sexual stuff that's out there, I'm just looking for decent action and/or drama adult anime.

You guys have any recommendations?

There's also some Japanese or Korean series which a Korean movie channel broadcasts call Warrior something-rather which seems pretty good. Anyone know the English title of this program?

[Tony_Balony]

[Komichi]

Now and Then, Here and There.

[fruitcake]

The Fullmetal Alchemist. Has 51 episodes in the series, which you can get from bit torrent.

[happeningthang]

Anything by Hiyaho Miyazaki (except those stupid cat ones)
Ghost in the Shell
Perfect Blue
Lupin the Third
Neo Genesis Evangalion

[Jizzo T. Clown]

Serial Experiments Lain--like Perfect Blue but even more f*cked up.

[pastis]

"Furi Kuri" - it's one of the best I've seen (has music by the band "The Pillows" too, which is really good).

"Cowboy Bebop" and "Samurai Champloo" are two others that you won't wanna miss.

[Czarjorge]

I second FLCL (Furi Kuri). It is amazing.

I like, however reluctantly, "Naruto." I prefer watching several episodes at once, as the serialized nature of the show drives me crazy. Download them in Japanese, the dubbing is sh!te.

"Bleach" is pretty great too. Again, watch the subtitled, not the dubbed version.

[Alyallen]

Trigun. It's got a great story and it's actually pretty damn funny. I really enjoyed The Get Backers. I also liked the anime Big O but I'll admit that it's cheesy. It's like a strange version of Batman with big arse robots fighting it out.

My sister likes anime A LOT so I'll recommend one of her favorites: "One Piece." I don't know much about it but she watches the anime and buys the comic books, so I figure it must be good. Same for Naruto. I haven't watched much of it but I enjoyed what little I viewed.

[mikowee]

Monster has a great, dark storyline. It's 72 episodes though, and hard to stop watching once you get into it.

If you're looking for comedy, School Rumble is funny stuff, as is Full Metal Panic - Fumoffu. I'm sure you can find them all on boxtorrents.

[oxfordstu]

I've just recently gotten interested in this stuff. It's confusing at times to keep track of all the characters and many plotlines, but there are some good ones:

Full Metal Alchemist - Still my favorite. I loved how it ended, and the music is awesome. I cannot recommend this one enough.

Cowboy Bebop - About bounty hunters in space. Still haven't watched all of them, but the stories are pretty good.

Akira - this movie was confusing as hell, but the animation was awesome for its time.

Ghost in the Shell - again, this one can get confusing sometimes, but the animation is really good and the story is great.

Perfect Blue - I don't remember much about this, other than there was a lot of nudity.

IMO, most anime sucks. Either the animation is horribly choppy or the story is targeted for children. But I enjoyed all the ones I've mentioned.

[jhaelin]

[IncognitoHFX]

Ghost in the Shell is good... both the movies, and the series (including a TV movie). Noteably, the first movie is much better than the second, but you should enjoy both.

Akira is freaking amazing. Some people can't follow it, which is okay because you don't really need to follow the plot in order to appreciate it.

A personal favourite series of mine is Paranoia Agent. Its a character drama, and varies from heavy to light, but it is immensely enjoyable if you watch it from start to finish.

[pkang0202]

I'm an Otaku.

Top Animes that any anime fan would recommend:
Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Maison Ikkoku
Death Note
Rurouni Kenshin
Vandread (Everyone I know who doesn't watch anime but wants to check out a series always has fun with this one.)

Giant Mecha Animes that are really good:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sokyuu no Fafner
Heroic Age
Nadesico
Zegapain (very Matrix like storyline)

Great dramas:
Kiminozo (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
Saikano (Saishū Heiki Kanojo)
School Days
NANA

Action Action and More Action:
Black Lagoon
Full Metal Panic (kind of a comedy title too)
Noir
Seven Samurai
Claymore
Code Geass
Simoun
Shakugan no Shana

Feel Good Animes (gives you a warm fuzzy happy feeling)
My Neighbor Totoro
Aria
Azumanga Daioh
Full Moon wo Sagashite


Comedies:
School Rumble
Ouran Host Club
Keroro Gunso
Genshiken
Lucky Star
Zero no Tsukaima


Most of the titles I listed are fairly recent. Thats only because I can remember them off the top of my head.

[IncognitoHFX]

I am a fan of good, well written, well animated anime; but I sincerely wonder how seemingly intelligent (by "seemingly intelligent" I mean "not mentally retarded") people can become fans of anime shows like "Dragon Ball Z" or some other show in the same genre.

After hearing that "DBZ" is so great for so many years from people my age (albeit people I didn't care for very much who also like professional wrestling), I tried to give it a watch... and without a doubt, lacking any form of exaggeration, found it to be the most rancid piece of trash animation ever aired on any kind of TV, anywhere, ever. It was just awful. I hated the animation, I hated the characters, the story looked like something a ten year old could write, the very facial expressions of the characters really pissed me off... it was just god awful.

Anyway, I know this is way off topic but, why is anime like this popular and why do most anime fans like it? Its really beyond me. All the anime I like is what I consider good/classic/well done, but the stuff that is popular right now is quite the opposite of what I like.