Anime Nation

[GoldenX]

Well, you watched one of the huge classics.
Try Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, for something of similar quality.

 

[bubbleawsome]

That moment when you have never seen anime, watch Death Note as your first anime, and fall in love and binge watch it until the end.

Then you come to TPU or OCN Anime forums, and read through the last couple of most recent pages... and your like ok... maybe I'll just quit while I am ahead. these names, mate these names...

Anything can be intimidating Attack on Titan is Shingeki no Kyojin for example.

While I was writing this GoldenX said to watch FMA:B and as you'll see that's basically the right answer to everything.

Of what I can remember I've watched here we go;
What I do recommend #1 is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and then just maybe Attack on Titan. AoT isn't particularly great but it's got action and a formula that isn't wildly out of place if you've watched at least one each of a horror movie and over the top action movie. Fullmetal is fantastic in nearly every way. Sure that might be coming from a little rose-tint on my end, and I'm the kind of person to like it anyway, but I think most everyone would like it. Brotherhood is newer and better than the first one though so watch that one.
Castlevania is simply animated, not anime, but it's pretty good. Might wait for season 2 to come out though, season one is very very short.
One Punch Man is tons of fun but I'm not sure it's great for a first time anime viewer. It includes a ton of jokes that poke fun at typical anime stuff, but I'm not sure you need any more than a basic knowledge of anime to get it. Fight scenes are 10/10 though.
Sadly I recommend against Knights of Sidonia for a while. I'm not sure how I got suckered into it, but I'll admit it's fairly interesting and entertaining, and giant robots are always cool. Thing is, it's very classically anime-y. Quite a bit of "main character is hopelessly awkward and so is everyone else and nearly every male-female relationship dynamic is at least 50% weirder than it needs to be" Oh and some of those dynamics are 150% weirder than that. The whole show had me thinking about how it was really weird almost all the time, but I watched it anyway.

Cowboy Bebop is also a classic, I haven't watched it though. And apparently if you just hate yourself and emotional stability you can watch Clannad. I haven't psyched myself up enough for that one yet.

 

[Space Lynx]

Thanks Bubble. I actually finished Re:ZERO as well, and enjoyed it a lot. Death Note and Re:Zero and the Netflix 4 episode Castlevania only 3 animes I have ever seen. I enjoyed all 3 a lot. One Punch Man and DBZ stuff are not my thing, no offense to anyone.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Code Geass were already on my top 5 list to watch next though

 

[jormungand]

Cowboy bebop Super Classic that ill dare to say a (MUST) then Black Lagoon. everyone have their prefs dont worry good thing in anime is that we all can find good stuff ....BTW Hellsing Ultimate maybe??

 

[GoldenX]

Anything can be intimidating Attack on Titan is Shingeki no Kyojin for example.

While I was writing this GoldenX said to watch FMA:B and as you'll see that's basically the right answer to everything.

Of what I can remember I've watched here we go;
What I do recommend #1 is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and then just maybe Attack on Titan. AoT isn't particularly great but it's got action and a formula that isn't wildly out of place if you've watched at least one each of a horror movie and over the top action movie. Fullmetal is fantastic in nearly every way. Sure that might be coming from a little rose-tint on my end, and I'm the kind of person to like it anyway, but I think most everyone would like it. Brotherhood is newer and better than the first one though so watch that one.
Castlevania is simply animated, not anime, but it's pretty good. Might wait for season 2 to come out though, season one is very very short.
One Punch Man is tons of fun but I'm not sure it's great for a first time anime viewer. It includes a ton of jokes that poke fun at typical anime stuff, but I'm not sure you need any more than a basic knowledge of anime to get it. Fight scenes are 10/10 though.
Sadly I recommend against Knights of Sidonia for a while. I'm not sure how I got suckered into it, but I'll admit it's fairly interesting and entertaining, and giant robots are always cool. Thing is, it's very classically anime-y. Quite a bit of "main character is hopelessly awkward and so is everyone else and nearly every male-female relationship dynamic is at least 50% weirder than it needs to be" Oh and some of those dynamics are 150% weirder than that. The whole show had me thinking about how it was really weird almost all the time, but I watched it anyway.

Cowboy Bebop is also a classic, I haven't watched it though. And apparently if you just hate yourself and emotional stability you can watch Clannad. I haven't psyched myself up enough for that one yet.

Man I love Clannad, and a lot of other "feelz" series, I prefer that over the lot of simple fanservice/action combos.
End of Eva is what to watch if you hate yourself, you'll see what I mean.

Re:Zero is great, on a similar style, Made in Abyss is also great.

 

[jormungand]

Forgot to mention movies... i really liked SAO Ordinal Scale and Genocidal Organ pretty good.

A friend of mine told me that Made in Abyss won anime of
the year>>

 

[ShurikN]

Made in abyss is amazing
Starts innocent, but gets pretty grim.

 

[Ahhzz]

Thanks Bubble. I actually finished Re:ZERO as well, and enjoyed it a lot. Death Note and Re:Zero and the Netflix 4 episode Castlevania only 3 animes I have ever seen. I enjoyed all 3 a lot. One Punch Man and DBZ stuff are not my thing, no offense to anyone.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Code Geass were already on my top 5 list to watch next though

I do add Cowboy BeBop, and also Trigun to the list.

 

[Vya Domus]

End of Evangelion (the movie) is the true ending. If you can survive that.

I am pretty sure Anno is incapable of ending this series properly.

Should I still watch the last ~4 episodes of the anime?

Nope , they are utter trash.

 

[djisas]

I would personally recommend watchobg higurashi no naku koro ni, shiki and elfen lied for a complete experience...
Also, am i the only one that liked the original FMA than brotherhood?

 

[jormungand]

I would personally recommend watchobg higurashi no naku koro ni, shiki and elfen lied for a complete experience...
Also, am i the only one that liked the original FMA than brotherhood?

No youre not the only one

 

[GoldenX]

I liked the beginning of the original FMA.

 

[djisas]

I think music, story flow, voice acting, was all better in the first, the second might have had better animation, but having watched the original first i didnt like a lot of the things, even if it was more faithful to the source...

 

[R0H1T]

Well the first FMA was more like a draft, the (creative?) director took a lot of liberty towards it's end. If you've followed the manga you'll see that it's miles ahead of the climax we got in FMA 1.0

Speaking of Anime, my list in no particular order ~

Ninja Robots, Yamato Takeru, Curious Play, Inu Yasha, Samurai X, Blood+ & lastly Zodiac Wars.

 

[GoldenX]

The No Game No Life Zero movie is a lot better than I expected. Who could say that if you replace useless fanservice with good writing and character development in a well grounded 'verse, you could have a great movie?

 

[djisas]

The No Game No Life Zero movie is a lot better than I expected. Who could say that if you replace useless fanservice with good writing and character development in a well grounded 'verse, you could have a great movie?

But fan service is good...

 

[GoldenX]

But fan service is good...

Only if it doesn't disrupt the story.

 

[LightningJR]

The No Game No Life Zero movie is a lot better than I expected. Who could say that if you replace useless fanservice with good writing and character development in a well grounded 'verse, you could have a great movie?

There's a new movie?! I loved No Game No Life, I do dislike the fan service and the loli fan service but man it's a great anime if you ignore that aspect. I gotta look up t he movie, thx!

 

[bubbleawsome]

Well.....
uh.
huh.....

......

 

[GoldenX]

You started watching Eva?

 

[bubbleawsome]

Yesterday as I posted it, and finished it today.
I'm not sure binging it was the right idea

 

[GoldenX]

It's not, but I didn't tell you, just to see your reaction.
A friend watched it when he was 8 years old, imagine that.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Man there are so many themes and images that were more than enough for me in it, I feel bad for him.

Some interesting philosophical questions were asked though, the whole idea behind the show is still awesome, and the action scenes were all cool. It's just some of it really wears you down, especially the ending movie. It was rough. And weird.

And honestly, as messed up and confusing as it was, I have to say there is a small chance I'd watch the new movie series if it cleaned up a bit. Not saying I wish it was totally different but I'm not sure I'd watch the same thing again just for fun either.

Spoiler: End of Evangelion

The ending scene where EVA 01 wakes up feels like it gives a peek at what could be. Wings weren't even used until then in the series if I haven't forgotten a part already. It probably ended at a good time though, anything more than that and it'd just turn into another mecha show

 

[GoldenX]

It all returns to nothing...

Watch Rebuild when the final movie is out (if ever), don't watch it now.

If you have some parts you don't understand, ask me in a PM.

That scream at the middle of End of Eva is something you remember for the rest of your life.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Watch Rebuild when the final movie is out (if ever), don't watch it now.
That scream at the middle of End of Eva is something you remember for the rest of your life.

Yes and yes. For the final rebuild movie I think I heard recently he's returned to work on it after shin-Godzilla wrapped up. And that scream is the main reason I watched the whole series in Japanese rather than English. I'd heard about it before and figured the subs would be the way to go. I don't regret that at all

Well now that I've wrapped up Eva, any recommendations you guys have? Never thought I'd enjoy something quite like Eva, so I guess I'm not picky, I'd just like it to not be where everything goes wrong just because the characters refuse to communicate. That still bothers me in shows