H A V E F U N R E A D I N G T H I S G U I D E Now on with the G U I D E --- This FAQ is to aid people who for some reason either do not know about anime or are intimidated by it. First of all Anime is NOT cartoons. Yes it is animation, yes some anime is obscenely cute, but anime as a rule is not for children. Anime also covers such mature and gratuitous topics as violence, drama, politics and sex. Anime nowadays isn’t the sole domain of the Japanese either. The Koreans, Germans, French, and the Americans have all tried to emulate the Japanese and have pulled it off with varying degrees of success. Most people are put off by anime because of two main reasons: The sheer number of titles out there and the content of said titles. If a 10 year old is shown a violent blood bath such as Guyver, he will most probably shun anime for the rest of his life. Like wise an18 year old does not want to watch Hello Kitty as well. It’s all about identifying what you like and moving on from there. In fact in Japan it’s not a big deal to be an anime fan. Every ones likes anime. They have been exposed to so much of the stuff that they have become very selective about what they watch. They have become fans of specific genres. Which is a pretty good idea for anime n00bs as well. I have tried to divide some good animes into some broad categories so that people can identify what they like and hopefully once they have been hooked they can diversify. Anime is a strange beast and titles don’t always sit comfortably in one genre, but I hope this FAQ helps you. So here goes If you like MECHS /SCI FI/ ACTION, then watch Appleseed Full Metal Panic Neon Genesis Evangelion (Death and rebirth of Evangelion / End of Evangelion) Macross a.k.a Robotech (all three sagas) Macross 7 Macross Plus Macross II Macross : Do you remember love? Macross Zero (The prequel to Macross) Escaflowne RaXephon Zone of the Enders( IDOLO and DOLORES) If you like ACTION / SCI FI / NOIR, then watch Akira Armitage III: Polymatrix Blus Submarine no 6 Bubble Gum Crisis Witch Hunter Robin Serial Experiment Lain Wonderful days Ghost in the Shell Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TriGun Cowboy Bebop The Movie Cowboy Bebop Lupin III Outlaw Star If you like HORROR (GORE) / SCI FI / ACTION then watch: 3 X 3 Eyes Blood The Last Vampire Devil Hunter Yohkho Hell Sing Guyver If you like CUTE / COMEDY Sailor Moon (sic) All Purpose Cultural Cat Nuku Nuku Card Captor Sakura Exel Saga Hand Made May Love Hina Kiki’s Delivery Service If you like SPORTS then watch: Slam Dunk Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Second Stage If you like MARTIAL ARTS then watch: Ruroni Kenshin a.k.a Samurai X Flame of Recca Hunter X Hunter Hunter X OAV Naruto Ninja Scroll Shadow Skill If you like FANTASY / DRAMA / ADVENTURE then watch: Castle In the Sky Final Fantasy Unlimited Kiddy Grade Princess Monoke Spirited Away Scrapped Princess Stellvia of the Universe Vampire Hunter D Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Grave of the Fireflies MANGA: Manga can be loosely described as Japanese Comic Books. Most anime titles begin life as manga. So if you are really into a specific series theres a good chance that there is some manga that you can download as well. Where to get them: Most of the really famous tiles can be had on DVD. You have to look hard to find them but its not impossible. Turning to the internet, try Mirc .( PM me for a few channels to get you started), there are also the P2P’s but as per forum rules I’m not going to comment on them. Anime Torrents are also easy to find, you can try Supernova.org or downloadanime.org etc. File Formats and Quality: English or Japanese? It is a very difficult job to successfully dub an anime in English. Most of the times the English voice actors are stiff and wooden in their delivery. True anime fans always go for the real deal, that is Japanese Vocals with English Subtitles. Try it, you wont be able to watch anything in English after that. I hope this helps people out there who are interested in Anime but who just needed a push in the right direction. If you have anymore questions ask Echelon, me or m4st3r pr3d. They are fellow anime lovers and know a lot of useful stuff. Hope this Helps Merged Post: bump
You're welcome. I made this cuz I know that not many people really know what anime is, although they watch it like mad!
Try giving Movie Examples to compare the animes to... i.e. Ghost in the Shell -> Matrix Hellsing -> Blade Another good Anime is: Full Metal Alchemist You make list of good manga too? i.e. Eden Alita
Too bad you've missed Gundam Your list has to be a lot biggar, there's so many animes, make a list of movies and stuff. Movies are freaken awesome
