Re: Best Anime you've ever watched...No seriously...

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:33:32 -0600, GeoDin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hi all,
>I'm rather new to this group however I would appreciate some imput on
>a problem deciding what to get next.  
>I live in the center of nowhere and can't get anime at the local vid
>shop.  Ergo, I've been downloading fansubs for a while.
>
>I've seen Cowboy Bebop, Ranma, Excel Saga, Onegai Teacher,
>Trigun, Ninja Scroll, Princess Mononoke, Akira, Animatrix, Love Hina &
>Again, Tenchi, and a few others.
>
>I heard that Cowboy Bebop was the best anime, re: style, music,
>storyline etc.  I've also heard about Fushigi Yuugi being great as
>well although I've never seen it.  
>
>I realize there are websites to answer this question but would also
>like to hear from hard core fans like yourselves as to what's really
>entertaining.  (Of course I realize this is a subjective question but
>give it a stab anyway)                                 8^{)  
>
>TIA,
>
>Geodin

Now that (a) I have a bit of time, and (b) I've seen your replies to
some of the other suggestions, I think I'm in a position to offer some
suggestions.

"Read or Die":  The three-episode OAV (on DVD from Manga Video) can be
summed up as "James Bond meets X-Men" - the lead characters have
(mostly) low-key superpowers, and there's a plot to destroy the world.
The TV series (on fansubs) is somewhat more laid-back, but still has
action sequences a-plenty.

"Princess Nine":  A girls' school forms a baseball team and sets out to
play in the same tournament as the boys' teams.  This focuses more on
the character interaction than the baseball games or the twin struggles
to be taken seriously and to be treated equally, so you might like it
even if you don't like sports.  On DVD from ADV.

"Nadia":  A classic, based very loosely on Jules Verne's novel "20,000
Leagues Under the Sea", and a forerunner in style and philosophical
depth to "Neon Genesis Evangelion".  On DVD from ADV.

"Martian Successor Nadesico":  You said in another post that you didn't
see the point to giant robots.  Neither did the folks who made this
show.  It's equal parts high comedy and high drama, as a war refugee
becomes a giant-robot pilot - but would rather cook.  Again, on DVD from
ADV.

"Saber Marionette J":  My current favourite anime, this show deals with
the question "what does it mean to be human?" is such a subtle way that
you might not even notice the question until your third or fourth
viewing of the series.  It's set in the future, on a planet where the
only people who made it off the colonization spaceship before it blew up
were all male.  They cloned themselves and built city-states, and
created female-formed "marionettes" to take the place of women.
Unfortunately, marionettes don't have free will or emotions - exept for
a very few, all of whom are extremely important to the storyline.  On
DVD from Bandai.

Hope this helps.


(Oh, I maintain a nifty list of anime titles that people think are good,
at <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/primer/a-primer.html>.  Feel free to
critique the site.)

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