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the_eggwhiteSo... I've run out of Anime that appeals to me. I'd quite like to know about some more, please. That said, please refrain from just recommending anything that you like and actually look at the things I already approve of. Big turn offs: lots of filler episodes, no ending in sight, endings that bear no relevance to what went before (I'm looking at you here, Evangelion). Things I do like: Good stories, good characters & character development. Films & series are both okay...
Stuff I already like rather a lot:
Ghost in the Shell (films),
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (series),
Pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli,
Planetes (Hard SF anime),
Last Exile (MIGHTY!),
Paranoia Agent,
Read or Die (Original OVAs)
(Bizarrely...) Azumanga Daioh (It's just barking enough that it's fantastic!)
Akira (I know it's become a cliche of giant, pulsating proportions, but it's still good)
Perfect Blue
[EDIT] Haibane Renmei
Stuff I enjoyed when I watched it:
RahXephon (like Evangelion, but more consistent),
Cowboy Bebop (overrated, but still good)
Full Metal Alchemist (would be in the first list, but lost it's way too often)
Full Metal Panic (bizarre high school / mecha / comedy / action nonsense - EDIT: includes followups)
Read or Die the TV (still good, but not as good as the originals)
Witch Hunter Robin (enjoyable enough - just didn't make the favourites list)
Chrono Crusade
Gungrave (really good, but a bit too unrelentingly bleak for me)
Texhnolyze (see above)
Serial Experiments Lain (huge hairy pile of WTF!?)
Some stuff from CLAMP, provided it escapes from the CLAMP formula & isn't too loaded with filler.
Trinity Blood
[EDIT] Hellsing Ultimate (OVA remake - it's a bit more consistent than the original Hellsing)
Stuff I can watch if it's a good example, but often just find excerable:
Harem anime (eg: Love Hina, Oh! My Goddess, Tenchi Muyo)
Some other stuff from CLAMP, where the CLAMP formula is clearly visible, but at least there's plot.
Stuff I don't like:
Naruto (made almost entirely of filler, no end in sight)
Excel Saga (Too much WTF, with not enough to hold it together)
School / shopping based anime that doesn't have something more going for it
Some more stuff from CLAMP, where CLAMP are making money from old rope.
So... what do people out there in LJ & Facebook land reckon I might like?
Stuff I already like rather a lot:
Ghost in the Shell (films),
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (series),
Pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli,
Planetes (Hard SF anime),
Last Exile (MIGHTY!),
Paranoia Agent,
Read or Die (Original OVAs)
(Bizarrely...) Azumanga Daioh (It's just barking enough that it's fantastic!)
Akira (I know it's become a cliche of giant, pulsating proportions, but it's still good)
Perfect Blue
[EDIT] Haibane Renmei
Stuff I enjoyed when I watched it:
RahXephon (like Evangelion, but more consistent),
Cowboy Bebop (overrated, but still good)
Full Metal Alchemist (would be in the first list, but lost it's way too often)
Full Metal Panic (bizarre high school / mecha / comedy / action nonsense - EDIT: includes followups)
Read or Die the TV (still good, but not as good as the originals)
Witch Hunter Robin (enjoyable enough - just didn't make the favourites list)
Chrono Crusade
Gungrave (really good, but a bit too unrelentingly bleak for me)
Texhnolyze (see above)
Serial Experiments Lain (huge hairy pile of WTF!?)
Some stuff from CLAMP, provided it escapes from the CLAMP formula & isn't too loaded with filler.
Trinity Blood
[EDIT] Hellsing Ultimate (OVA remake - it's a bit more consistent than the original Hellsing)
Stuff I can watch if it's a good example, but often just find excerable:
Harem anime (eg: Love Hina, Oh! My Goddess, Tenchi Muyo)
Some other stuff from CLAMP, where the CLAMP formula is clearly visible, but at least there's plot.
Stuff I don't like:
Naruto (made almost entirely of filler, no end in sight)
Excel Saga (Too much WTF, with not enough to hold it together)
School / shopping based anime that doesn't have something more going for it
Some more stuff from CLAMP, where CLAMP are making money from old rope.
So... what do people out there in LJ & Facebook land reckon I might like?
