What anime are you watching?

Kristian Meller · Sep 30, 2011

X said:
Steins;Gate. One of the best series I have seen in a very long time.

I checked out the first episode on Crunchyroll. It was weird.

Andy Is A Bastard · Sep 30, 2011

bloodhokuto said:
It was the complete opposite for me, I found it really underwhelming and didn't enjoy it at all. To the extent of where I didn't watch the whole series. I really can't see how people like it - and I do want to like it, but it just doesn't work for me.

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Recently I just started watching K-ON and, I'm up to episode 4 and must say that I'm not really into this either.

I heard the music to the series before I ever watched it and whilst the music is great the anime is far from it.

I thought that post lucky star, Anime series would do the Moe stuff a little tongue in cheek, but that seems not to be the case.

The series that I recently liked the most was Haruhi - (although I have only seen the 1st season and am not inclined to see the 2nd). I thought Haruhi was very well done, especially with the mixed up episodes, which I hate how they reordered them for the US release.

It seems like GL is a hit-or-miss for everyone. About half of my friends loved it and the others lost interest within ~10 episodes. I personally enjoyed it in the hot-blooded giant mecha tradition.

As far as Haruhi, I've always been forewarned of the "Endless Eight", so I watched the recommendation of a friend: I watched the entire first season in the ORIGINAL order, then jumped straight to "Disappearance" (the movie) with the knowledge of what happened in season 2. Honestly, just knowing that Endless Eight exists/the premise behind it and two more plot points are enough to understand Disappearance, which after watching the series before hand, ended up being my favorite movie I watched in the last year, anime or no.

evil wasabi · Oct 31, 2011

bloodhokuto said:
It was the complete opposite for me, I found it really underwhelming and didn't enjoy it at all. To the extent of where I didn't watch the whole series. I really can't see how people like it - and I do want to like it, but it just doesn't work for me.

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Recently I just started watching K-ON and, I'm up to episode 4 and must say that I'm not really into this either.

I heard the music to the series before I ever watched it and whilst the music is great the anime is far from it.

I thought that post lucky star, Anime series would do the Moe stuff a little tongue in cheek, but that seems not to be the case.

The series that I recently liked the most was Haruhi - (although I have only seen the 1st season and am not inclined to see the 2nd). I thought Haruhi was very well done, especially with the mixed up episodes, which I hate how they reordered them for the US release.

Thank you.

Can I get recommendations for anime that isn't faggotshit like Gurren Lagann? I enjoyed Berserk!, Speed Grapher, Death Note, off the top of my head.

We need a kiddie forum for the kiddie anime fans.

Kristian - baseball sucks.

Jacen · Oct 31, 2011

Fate Zero is the best show going around currently and its definitely not a kiddie show . Though if you didn't like Gurren Lagann you are pretty hard to please.

Andy Is A Bastard · Oct 31, 2011

Jacen said:
Fate Zero is the best show going around currently and its definitely not a kiddie show . Though if you didn't like Gurren Lagann you are pretty hard to please.

Fate/Zero is the one of the only shows that I've picked up this season, as well as Mawaru Penguindrum and Hyouge Mono (which I count as this season because the subs are still slowly trickling out...).

Fate/Zero is beautiful, brutal and epic. Definitely sticking with it until the end.

Penguindrum is fucked up. Not in the sense that everything is weird and surreal, which it mostly is, but in that every character is pretty twisted. I keep watching it because it's like seeing a 20-car pile up, but the people are still crawling out of the wreckage and someone might survive. I want to see some kind of good ending come out of this, but it looks pretty bleak right now. At least it has had more than its fair share of twists and turns...

I tried to pick up Gundam AGE, but I haven't kept up with it since the first episode. I've been watching Z Gundam instead.

Kristian Meller · Oct 31, 2011

Agent Sands said:
Kristian - baseball sucks.

I've gained a certain amount of appreciation for it, in the real life version and the Japanese animation version as well. Big Windup, Cross Game and Touch are fantastic anime series.

Jacen · Oct 31, 2011

I tried to pick up Gundam AGE, but I haven't kept up with it since the first episode. I've been watching Z Gundam instead.

I watched a little bit of the first episode and was turned off by it immediately. Seems like a kids show.

Hot Chocolate · Oct 31, 2011

X-Men

Renmauzo · Oct 31, 2011

Trey Burnout said:
X-Men

That was a pretty good show, albeit, a little slower paced than I was expecting.

SouthtownKid · Oct 31, 2011

Jacen said:
I watched a little bit of the first episode and was turned off by it immediately. Seems like a kids show.

Gundam AGE? Guess what? It is a kids show. That's kind of the point of it.

bokmeow · Dec 28, 2011

Watched all of R.O.D. the TV almost in 1 sitting between yesterday and today. So good man, lots of action, great photography, good music, great writing, and it's really nice that the 3-part OVA transitions seamlessly into the TV series. Using information and culture as a way of propagating an empire is also very nice, as it finally bridged the gap between real life and fiction — information had always been used as a means of bringing colonies or spheres of influence to extend the reach of real-life empires.

neo-geo-mvs · Dec 29, 2011

Finished watching D. Gray-Man Season 1 & 2. Just hoping for an English release of Season 3 & 4. Fantastic series so far.

Just waiting for Code Geass Season 2 in the UK to be released and will be watching Season 1 & 2 back to back.

For now I'm going to watch Eureka Seven The Movie, Evangelion 2.22 and then Gurren Lagann :buttrock:

pandyra · Dec 29, 2011

Just re-watched some Shangri-la. The beginning and end are sort of questionable but the middle is full of delicious gooey crazy awesome. I'm thinking of picking up Narutaru and Bokurano next, because dammit Madoka just hurt so good.

Dr Shroom · Feb 14, 2012

Finished Baccano! two days ago, bought the set totally blind and it was a lot better than expected. Starts off a bit slow but gets good pretty fast. Watched the whole thing in english which was a first for me and the dub is pretty decent. The whole setting and the characters are pretty cool and this whole "Pulp Fiction"-like time jumping storytelling makes it even more interesting.

Its just sixteen episodes so you can get through the whole thing pretty fast.

Probably another one of those anime who did really bad in Japan but were quite popular in the west (Cowboy Bebop, The Big-O I'm looking in your direction...)

bloodhokuto said:
The series that I recently liked the most was Haruhi - (although I have only seen the 1st season and am not inclined to see the 2nd). I thought Haruhi was very well done, especially with the mixed up episodes, which I hate how they reordered them for the US release.

The "second" season was a fucking joke, you should skip it and watch the Disappearance movie instead.
I watched three episodes of endless eight and felt like smashing my monitor in.

Kid Panda · Feb 14, 2012

started watching super dimension fortress....

Renmauzo · Feb 14, 2012

Finally watched Berserk this past weekend after all the talk about it here recently, and my wife and I watched Nemo in Slumberland yesterday; I'd almost forgotten how amazing that movie was, like a Ghibli, but a little darker.

wataru330 · Feb 15, 2012

Crusher Joe: The Movie.

Kristian Meller · Feb 15, 2012

I finished Blue Exorcist recently and will finish Star Driver today. Sekirei 2, Kimi Ni Todoke and shit like that is in my immediate backlog.

outlaw_moon · Feb 15, 2012

I am giving Naruto on last chance and will be skipping all the filler BS. Its on my Netflix and surprisingly its in original JPN so Naruto's voice will be more tolerable... I think :eek_2:

Shawn Carr2o · Feb 15, 2012

I finished watching these anime DVD's recently,

Demon City Shinjuku
Dirty Pair OVA series boxed set
Mobile Fighter G Gundam complete collection 1 boxed set
Ranma 1/2 Digital Dojo season 1 boxed set
Read or OVA/TV series blu-ray boxed set
Trigun Badlands Rumble movie

DVD's I need to finish are,

Escaflowne series boxed set
Grave of the Fireflies
The Slayers seasons 1,2&3 boxed set
Trigun series boxed set

SetaSouji?? · Feb 15, 2012

Doctor Shroom said:
The Big-O I'm looking in your direction...

Big-O did suck, I didn't like it at all.

However, doesn't stop the Big-O from looking awesome.

edit: be nice if I actually finished my post. I'm on a Studio Ghibli kick right now, watching Grave of the Fireflies as I type.

Dr Shroom · Feb 15, 2012

SetaSouji said:
Big-O did suck, I didn't like it at all.

Fuck off and die.

SetaSouji?? · Feb 15, 2012

Doctor Shroom said:
Fuck off and die.

Well I really didn't. I don't know what it was, but something about it just isn't right and it's not my thing. Love the mech itself but the rest of it is :|

Dr Shroom · Feb 15, 2012

Second season isn't all that good but I still like the style of it. Maybe its just not sugoii-kawaii-desu shit enough for you? The series is great.

SetaSouji?? · Feb 15, 2012

Doctor Shroom said:
Maybe its just not sugoii-kawaii-desu shit enough for you?

I'm watching Grave of the Fireflies right now. Pretty sure that's not the problem...

What anime are you watching?

Vanguard Pilot

A Bastard, Andy Is,

The Jongmaster

Rugal's Thug

A Bastard, Andy Is,

Vanguard Pilot

Rugal's Thug

No Longer Yung, No Longer Raoul,

MS Paint Master.

There are four lights

Ned's Ninja Academy Dropout

Sieger's Squire

Mr. Big's Thug

made it in japan

The Chinese Kid

MS Paint Master.

Mr. Wrestling IV

Vanguard Pilot

Marked Wolf

6200|!!|Drillslug Driver

There Can be Only One

made it in japan

There Can be Only One

made it in japan

There Can be Only One