Anime recommendations

[LC]

I've been out of the new-anime loop for a while. Is there anything recent in the vein of more serious action/drama stuff like GitS, Ergo Proxy, or Mushishi? I keep seeing a lot of shounen/terrible-anime-injoke stuff in the lineups and I'm just not into that anymore.

Maybe some of these?
Code Geass
Darker than Black
Macross Frontier
Phantom
xxxholic
sarai-ya goyou
RAINBOW
Hakuouki
Galaxy Railways
Natsume Yuujinchou
Kemono no Souja Erin

[Hoax]

I've been out of the new-anime loop for a while. Is there anything recent in the vein of more serious action/drama stuff like GitS, Ergo Proxy, or Mushishi? I keep seeing a lot of shounen/terrible-anime-injoke stuff in the lineups and I'm just not into that anymore.

Maybe some of these?
Code Geass
Macross Frontier

Those are bad calls, the only other one I'm very familiar with was Darker Than Black which I felt was bad though overall I seem to be in the minority considering it has gotten additional seasons. xxxHolic could be good I guess, I hated the art and have never watched the other CLAMP stuff so it didn't work for me.

Actually I saw a little of Natsume Yuujinchou very soft art and slow pacing, seemed to be taking itself at least fairly seriously but it was more light slice of life / spiritual compared to hard scifi/drama/action.

[Segoris]

xxxHolic's art I couldn't get past either, though I'd also suggest Code Geass for the criteria from Chenghiz. I think it would fit in serious action/drama.


For my current viewings, I finally got to High School of the Dead and absolutely loved it to a point I'm reading the manga now. I saw the censored version, which is fine by me as the manga is showing me that the only thing in the anime that was out of place was the temple scene. That was something that didn't really flow with me during my viewing of the anime so it's good to know that wasn't how it was supposed to be anyways.

I finished Seitokai Yakuindomo, I'll suggest no one else waste their time on it. It's basically 3-4 girls turning everything that's said into a non-funny sex joke. There are a few truly funny moments, but too few to make it worth anyone's time to watch.
I did try to watch more of Natsu no Arashi, while it improved over the first few episodes it was still awful.

[LC]

Sorry, I never saw him mention high production values or perfect art.

[Bzalthek]

I loved xxxHolic's art.  The long stick limbs are a little disorienting, but once you got past that, there were some very beautiful scenes.

[Hoax]

Sorry, I never saw him mention high production values or perfect art.

I'm guessing that might be directed at me, if so I highlighted what he did say "no shounen" and he also asked for serious action/drama so I'm thinking more adult shows, also look at his list of examples. I personally loved Code Geass and Macross Frontier but those are exactly what he said he doesn't want to see from my standpoint. My other comments were merely my personal preferences regarding those shows (Darker & xxxHolic) but I was trying to convey that I felt they might fit what he was looking for.

[LC]

I'm guessing that might be directed at me, if so I highlighted what he did say "no shounen" and he also asked for serious action/drama so I'm thinking more adult shows, also look at his list of examples. I personally loved Code Geass and Macross Frontier but those are exactly what he said he doesn't want to see from my standpoint. My other comments were merely my personal preferences regarding those shows (Darker & xxxHolic) but I was trying to convey that I felt they might fit what he was looking for.

Code Geass and Macross Frontier are both considered to be seinen.





I linked the anidb pages for each one. He is free to read the synopsis, and then decide if it's something he wants to try.

[Chenghiz]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've seen a few of those (Darker Than Black was pretty good, Macross Frontier was a little too fanservicey) but haven't even heard of others. I'll look into those.

[Hoax]

Code Geass and Macross Frontier are both considered to be seinen.

I disagree. But your point about people should read synopsis and that they were conveniently linked is a good one.

Jyu Oh Sei was fairly adult scifi from a couple of years ago, not super recent but you might of missed it as it was not very hyped.

[satael]

Tytania is a nice sci-fi (alot like an updated Legend of Galactic Heroes). Too bad they only made one season of it

[rk47]

I haven't watched any anime recently, but...

Code Geass character design can be such a turn off sometimes, at least the writing has enough twists and turns to enjoy. Tragic deaths and magnificent bastards archetypes are aplenty. Think of it as a cross between Death Note & Gundam at times with sprinkling of psychic powers. Try it. I think you'll find something you'll like in there. Although early episodes can be slow to introduce the characters.

[Stormwaltz]

Think of it as a cross between Death Note & Gundam

That was my assessment.

I only watched about a quarter of Gaess before life became too chaotic to regularly watch anything, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Hoax]

Just don't let them fool you into thinking the second season is a second season. Its like someone decided to one up Gundam in the fuck our fans we don't need to use new animation or even a new plot to sell a new show department. Loved the first one though, great cast.

[Rendakor]

I haven't watched any anime recently, but...

Code Geass character design can be such a turn off sometimes, at least the writing has enough twists and turns to enjoy. Tragic deaths and magnificent bastards archetypes are aplenty. Think of it as a cross between Death Note & Gundam at times with sprinkling of psychic powers. Try it. I think you'll find something you'll like in there. Although early episodes can be slow to introduce the characters.

The reason you're likely turned off by the character design is because it was done by CLAMP, who typically do shoujo manga/anime and not stuff for guys.

[Hoax]

That. Its in the same vein as the art that I couldn't look past in xxxHolic but somehow Lelouch being insanely over the top flamboyant works for the character and they manage to include a lot of more classical male characters that shouldn't disturb your gaydar.

[Rendakor]

I'm generally a CLAMP fan but didn't care for xxxHolic; it felt like they were trying too hard to be artistic. I generally enjoy their older works, however: Tokyo Babylon, X/1999, Rayearth, etc.

[Vision]

What about some good samurai animes? I love the Samurai X trust/betrayl movies. I thought the story was awesome and the art was easy on the eyes. I liked Champloo and Ninja Scroll the movie a lot as well, although for different reasons. Preferably something with lots of cool fight scenes, and a pretty good story.

[Rendakor]

Samurai Deeper Kyo wasn't bad, although the manga was much better.

[Arrrgh]

Preferably something with lots of cool fight scenes, and a pretty good story.

Bleach, all the shinigami samurai fights you could ever want.

[LC]

What about some good samurai animes? I love the Samurai X trust/betrayl movies. I thought the story was awesome and the art was easy on the eyes. I liked Champloo and Ninja Scroll the movie a lot as well, although for different reasons. Preferably something with lots of cool fight scenes, and a pretty good story.

There just isn't much pure samurai anime out there. Maybe because there are a lot of live action samurai dramas on japanese tv.

Here are a few I can remember with anidb links and yt openings:

Shura no Toki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tuIgV1mKTs
Peace Maker Kurogane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEv4JAdf-o
Sarai-ya Goyou - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Eu36lGIB4
Samurai 7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxsTXmDwShE
Hakuouki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08AgcBxT7w

[LC]

I'm generally a CLAMP fan but didn't care for xxxHolic; it felt like they were trying too hard to be artistic. I generally enjoy their older works, however: Tokyo Babylon, X/1999, Rayearth, etc.

The first non-dubbed anime (up until then I only knew about DBZ) I watched was a CLAMP work called Angelic Layer. In fact I was watching it at the same time I was duping platinum in Dark Age of Camelot. I can't think of anything from CLAMP that I have disliked.

[AutomaticZen]

What about some good samurai animes? I love the Samurai X trust/betrayl movies. I thought the story was awesome and the art was easy on the eyes. I liked Champloo and Ninja Scroll the movie a lot as well, although for different reasons. Preferably something with lots of cool fight scenes, and a pretty good story.

There just isn't much pure samurai anime out there. Maybe because there are a lot of live action samurai dramas on japanese tv.

Here are a few I can remember with anidb links and yt openings:

Shura no Toki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tuIgV1mKTs
Peace Maker Kurogane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEv4JAdf-o
Sarai-ya Goyou - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Eu36lGIB4
Samurai 7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxsTXmDwShE
Hakuouki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08AgcBxT7w

Let me just say that Shura no Toki is the shit.

[Lantyssa]

The first non-dubbed anime (up until then I only knew about DBZ) I watched was a CLAMP work called Angelic Layer. In fact I was watching it at the same time I was duping platinum in Dark Age of Camelot. I can't think of anything from CLAMP that I have disliked.

Thanks.  I just heard something in my brain snap as it tried to piece together a hard-core exploiter loving Angelic Layer.  (I liked it, too, though I remember it getting a little tedious.)  The Angels wore some cool outfits.

[Mosesandstick]

Have you guys ever thought about compiling a list? I just go through shows way to slowly to catch up with all the suggestions (thanks!) in the thread.

[rk47]

Preferably something with lots of cool fight scenes, and a pretty good story.

Bleach, all the shinigami samurai fights you could ever want.

Well it is Dragon Ball with swords. Unless you count giant samurai wielding furry. I went totally WTF when they introduced that character. But overall it got draggy and I left it alone. The manga ended. Thank god. Let's move on with something new. With all the K-On and moe-moe bukkake going on, I can't really justify spending too much time anime. It's just not that great at the moment. 

[Bzalthek]

I've overloaded on the ecchi shit.  It's a rare ecchi anime these days that I'll bother watching, which means it has to have something else.

[Simond]

Star Driver update: Still fabulous.

[rk47]

I've overloaded on the ecchi shit.  It's a rare ecchi anime these days that I'll bother watching, which means it has to have something else.

[Bzalthek]

A 'dat ass' pikachu is ecchi to you?  Well, whatever perversion floats yer boat, I guess.

[rk47]

I think that avatar's facial expression is all what I have on when I watch 'THAT' kind of anime. Honestly, special kind of ecchi? What do you want??!

Stocking & Pantyhose?!


Ecchi Powerpuff?  I heard it's ...uh...crazy.

My sister aint that cute


Wincest? My sister likes porn game?! Whodathunk?!

I find these two pretty good to over.

[Stormwaltz]

The second half of Toradora is in the mail. Can'twaitcan'twaitcan'twait.

I have not anticipated a "next disc" this much since... probably Higurashi. And we don't even have to wait for the boys to go to bed to watch this one!

[rk47]

Taiga is one of those 'tsundere' top 10. I think she's on par with that Sanzenin Nagi of Combat Butler Hayate. Repetitive formula but somehow addictive.

[Simond]

Star Driver: Over the last couple of episodes, Shit Just Got Real.
And it is awesome.

(Disclaimer - Utena is my favourite anime of all time, so that may colour my recommendation a little).

[Furiously]

I'm enjoying high school of the dead.

But I still don't get why powerlines are shown so often in anime openings.

[Stormwaltz]

Continuing my thread of watching stuff everyone else saw last year, we're on the last two episodes of Gundam o_O season 1. It's been a good ride, though not without problems. The most glaring, in my mind, is how the civilians (Saji, his sister, and his useless girlfriend) never really had much to do with the main plot. Even the end-of-season shonen Break the Cutie with Saji never had a direct payoff with the main plot. Other seemingly dropped plots include Marina and her attempts to reform her country (all she's done the 6 or so eps is look troubled and murmur "Setsuna"), the origins of the pseudo-solar reactors, the Chinese girl and her karate expert, and "blink and you miss him" Laguna's plot. Instead we've got a truckload of cackling evil from al-Saachez and smug evil from that Observer guy whose name I can't even be arsed to remember.

I don't know why they're spending so much time on these one-dimensional losers when Graham Aker and Colonel Smirnov are concentrated awesome.

Of course, it was a forgone conclusion that the character we liked most died dramatically. >.<