Anime suggestions ??

koworld · Post by **koworld** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:10 am 0

I got the first two Patlabor movies the other week. Both are excellent but the second one really pushes things forward. There is a lot of Ghost in the Shell in both. Easy watching though and perfect for an anime starter.

Akira as a first go? No fuckign way

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:45 am 0

love akira,
ghost in the shell is pretty good but there is something about the friendship between kenada and tetsuo that puts akira above ghost,

I really want to see pat labor II its by the same director as ghost in the shell.

i quite like metropolis a well when i first saw it i wasnt that intrested but the film has played on my mind and i keep going back to watch it. you know a film is good when you cant stop thinking about it all week.

Tmuk · Post by **Tmuk** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:03 am 0

Hmm, not seen Patlabor 2, but the first one was cool.
Akira - I can't get my head around that film. But it looks cool

Other than that, Devilman is good and so is Urotsukidoji if you can find it...wouldn't bother with the sequels though. Oh and Vampire Hunter D too.

Edit: Oh and I thought that Ghost in the Shell was dead boring. Style over substance IMHO

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:30 am 0

Truemetaluk wrote:Akira - I can't get my head around that film. But it looks cool

its about the potential achive things, singel celled creatures had the most potential as they evolved and evolved untill you get people.

this potential is a source of power that scientests are trying to harness in the film. tetsuo gets to use this power. get it?

Ive watched that film about 18 times, its a tricky one.

ive noticed that every on who says they havent seen Akira, and that watches it then says that they think they've seen it before, even me. any one else?

Tanatoes · Post by **Tanatoes** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:25 pm 0

If you're looking for series and not just movies then check out "Here is Greenwood" a great (and weird) series about boys n a high-school dorm.

If you're only looking for feature films, I haven't seen Kite mentioned yet. Great and gory.

There's plenty to see in the truely odd catagory. See FLCL and Excell Saga. Then, if those aren't weird enough, watch the theme from Dragon Half.

So much good anime!

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:11 am 0

I suck. I forgot to mention Miyazaki in my recommendation list. Posting when kind of tired and forgetting a detail of two is one thing, but forgetting Miyazaki is simply inexcusable.

The Miyazaki movies I recommend, in the order I'd recommend them-

Kiki's delivery Service
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (English version is just Castle in the Sky, no Laputa)
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

All movies, all one-shots. He's done a few others (notably Nausicaa) but these will be the easiest to find. Plus finding tv series Future Boy Conan is next to impossible, what with fansubbers having gone mostly online nowadays.

Excel Saga is not, repeat not!, a first anime by any stretch of the imagination. Once you've seen a few year's worth then you watch it so you can get all the gags and cliche-skewering going on, but not a minute before. The Slayers, on the other hand, is a great fantasy/comedy anime series well worth checking out for good dopey fun.

James

polyhex · Post by **polyhex** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 8:37 am 0

There is a live action hollywood version of akira in the works at the moment.

Also ghost in the shell 2 should be out sometime soonish.