Elfen Lied, hands down. Enthralled from the first episode till the final conclusion. Oh and it's not hentai, don't care what you say that's not its intent (all though it did help the story some).
However, if you've never seen or heard of it, I have to warn you, it is very violent and you need to be mature.

Pics (Examples of from the show, you've been warned (no nudity shown, some very well drawn artwork but do show some profanity...pity)).

http://www.markfox.org/images/elfen_lied_06.jpg Main Character
http://www.canli.net/manga_anime/elfen_lie...en_lied_14.jpg Great artwork
http://sakura.magicssoft.ru/content/image/...-22-16.574.jpg Example of Violence

Also, here's the theme song(s, one is the girl, other the saints). The song(s) have a haunting, dream-like melody that fleshs out the show extremely well.

http://esnips.com/doc/1ea08282-d52e-4553-a...aint-Version%29 (Saint)
http://esnips.com/doc/56b675f3-6de2-4c58-b...n-Lied---Lilium (Girl)

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Spyder(female of this pair)I could no sooner pick a favorite star from the heavens....

Jaxon(male)NEED...MORE...HENTAI...

I enjoyed Full Metal Alchemist.

I found Bleach amusing.

Samurai Champloo is infinitely better than both. Ahh, Mugen. Will you ever learn?

Most of my favs are kind of older...

Although I also really like FMA.

Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, Armitage III, Venus Wars, Robotech(more my husband's fav),Ghost in the Shell(ALL of it), Slayers, Akira, Green Legend Ran, Princess Mononoke. Others include Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Vandread...there's more, I just can't remember.

flcl

Ghost in the Shell

Fullmetal Alchemist

Samurai 7

Samurai Champloo

Genkshiken

Gunslinger Girl

annddd Appleseed

FLCL or Bleach

Favorite is Dragon Half. Only 2 or 3 episodes of this one, but they were all freakin' hilarious.
Next up FLCL, following that is Kino's Journey, then Cowboy Bebop, after that is Princess Nine...need I go on?
I tend to like the more bizzare stuff, or the funny stuff. Not really into hentai.

Blasphemer! Begone from my sight!

Outlaw Star
Record of Loduss War
Ghost in the Shell
Neon Genisis
and a few others I can't recall

Neon Genesis is by far my top favorite.

Followed closely by:

FLCL

Eureka 7

Full Metal Alchemist

Trigun.

All others are inferior.

I just came. I love you.

Mine are as follows:

TRIGUN!onehundredelevenbilliononehundredelevenmilliononehundredeleventhousandonehun
dredelevenpointonehundredeleven!

FMA
FLCL
Samurai Champloo
Hellsing
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Love Hina (Mock me all you like, it's funny)
(MORE TO COME...)

Spyder- Can anyone recommend something along the lines of Midori Days? I thought it was funny and a nice change from what I usually watch.

I enjoy (in no particular order):

Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in the Shell
Fullmetal Alchemist
Record of Lodoss War
Bleach
Vampire Hunter D
Robotech
Green Legend Ran
Starship Operators
Akira
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Gundam Wing
Kiddy Grade

Samurai Champloo
Trigun
I also kinda liked Witch Hunter Robin, but it was short lived...

Akira
Elfen Lied

What's Elfen Lied? I've never heard of it.

It's hentai.

Oh. The only hentai whose name I actually know is Bible Black, and only because it disturbed me deeply.

Actually, I don't know that it is, it's just the first guy was so adamant about it NOT being hentai that I had to say that it was. On principle.

Always like "Robotech" was never certain if it was Anime or not!




Also, Ranma 1/2






"You can do anything in a cartoon."

Really? Because that was quite tame. It had so many places where it could have gone further. I was a little disappointed actually.

I was more intrigued that they seemed to cover EVERY POSSIBLE FETISH in only a few episodes.

I will say no more.

You may thank me later, Ghis. (jk!)

Yeah, they touched on them but they didn't penetrate them. So to speak.

I found myself quite put out that it could have easily expanded nearly every fetish in it.

I am suddenly glad I've never seen an episode of Bible Black.

You should be. It's so full of unused potential.

Potential I could harvest?

I'm not too much of an Anime fan so much as a fan of Cartoons. But anime I have enjoyed have been
Vision of Escaflowne
Bleach
Dragonball (when I was a kid growing up)
Ghost in the Shell
Trinity Blood
Balisk(sp?)
Samurai 7
Full Metal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop

Hentai doesn't really do it for me, too much stuff that involves sex that I don't want to have done when I'm doing a girl... and once I found lolicon, I still feel dirty.

...

I never understood why these shows have become so largely popular. I mean, if they are good watch them, but it seems that people are consumed by them now.

Can someone explain to me why people find these so utterly facinating? I know someone who wears clothing from something she calls, "Naruto".

I don't get it either, but if there is a good story I'll watch it. The only think I figure is that people are either sheep or don't know a good cartoon (Like Batman, Pinky and the Brain, etc.). But like on this side on the ocean we have shitty shows that people still watch.

I don't even know what a good show is anymore. All I know is if I find an old Bugs or Mickey cartoon on TV, everything else becomes unimportant. That's were it all began folks, in a little steamboat or rabbit hole.

Basically your only hope for good tv is to youtube the shows you liked or see if you can buy them on DVD.

Spyder- For my husband and I, I think it is the art first and story second. Both are pretty up there, but it is amazing art to me. Plus, there are many things that movies still can't deliver like anime or animation. Well...CGI is starting to catch up I suppose, but I'll always love the anime. And the classics are fine and all, but don't hold a candle to the stuff you can get in anime. It's like saying you don't want a gun 'cause archery is where it began....

Trigun. Never seen a better combination of guns, big guns and bigger guns, humour, (dark and light), love and action come together any better. Love and Peace!

Love Hina. I welcome any light hearted approach to love, life and other catastrophes. Soap operas just aren't my thing. And the flying turtle is cute.

Neon Genesis though the ending can only be described as anti-climatic.

And finally, I loved Astroboy when growing up.

So hard to chose.... Theres just so many great animes out there, so heres a little list of some of my favs:
Naruto (Japanese dub. english sucks)
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Hunter x Hunter
Saiyuki
trigun
Elfen Lied
Tsubasa Chronicle
Rozen Maiden
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
The Slayers
Bakaretsu Hunters
Akazukin Chacha
.hack//
Peace maker

Its simple we don't have a life. We rather be in our own happy place.
I rather sit at home play WOW, watch anime, read a book, go on a hike, or bike ride, than go to a bar or club and meet/deal with people. I deal with people all day at work, so why do I want to do it at home too.



Why do people wear "NARUTO", "Anime", "WOW" or shrit with a logo? They like it.

Miyazaki's works...I have fond memories of Totoro.

Also, why has no one mentioned Ergo Proxy? That one had quite a bit of depth, good animation, and a well-brought plot.

And for the people who push for Naruto and Bleach...that's just the same thing as Pokemon. Your favorite anime will fall to cheap episodes meant to further the cause of capitalism. You will sacrifice quantity for quality, and be subjected to an eternal hell of "Quick, get higher spirit power! Okay, now defeat that guy! Right, you need more power again!".

I know what you are saying, most anime I've liked are just one season long and then there are the ones that just don't seem to stop. But then again in my town everyones (that feels like including anime in every sentence) favorite is DBZ and for as long as that series is it could be cut down to a good 5 hours if they took out all the grunts, groans, and standing around doing fuck all.

Reminds me of a VG cats cartoon....

"Gohan, let's fusion!"

I'm kind've surprised someone liked Elfen Lied. I remember every moment of watching it, I would have a throbbing headache.

Berserk
Naruto
Bleach
Full Metal Alchemist
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Bastard
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Fate Stay Night
Hellsing
Trigun
Yuyu Hakusho

Are the top ones off the top of my head. Maybe I'll post some pictures later. I've noticed a theme. For the most part, much of the anime I watch in Japanese comes to Cartoon Network at some point or another. :-p Granted I don't think they'll ever get something like Berserk up there.

Fate Stay Night in a nutshell: great art. horrible animation. worst plot ever. Really; Saber was the star of the show. She's awesome. The King Arthur bit was terrible though; I was thinking Joan of Arc. And Shirou? The guy could give Luke Skywalker a run for his money on being a pansy.

"SEEEEEIIIII-BAH!"

Jeeze...Berserker couldn't even do the job right.

Another good character was Archer, and Gilgamesh, but nothing they did could have saved the anime. Worth a watch for good art, but beyond that, don't try. It'll make you cry inside.

The main reason I appreciate Fate Stay Night is that I did some Wikipedia research. Fate Stay Night is based off a video game with multiple storyline options. There are three installments of it. The storyline and possibilities are considerably more indepth for the game than the anime. Alone, it may not be as strong but a combination of the anime and game makes it worth while.

hellsing OVA is that best and you can burn in hell if you think other wise

Ive seena few animes I thought were good Neon Genesis Evangelion, Grenadier(Nobody has said that), the yu-gi-oh stuff (the japanese dub, before 4kids messed with it), Naruto (Im going to get killed now, again Japanese dub) and Azumanga Daioh.

Yes, I know that about Fate Stay Night, and the game is fine. The anime, is not. It was pretty much a cheap fan-supplement to appease the masses...and it did poorly at that.

I'm surprised, I would have thought that there would have been more shows listed. Points go to Kayhynn for being the first to mention Record Of Lodoss War. I would rank that one up there as a "must see". I have too many favorites to even begin to list.... but I will list a few.

No particular order:

Full Metal Panic! (includes all sub-series)
Dragon Half
All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku (original series)
Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Record of Lodoss War
Ghost In The Shell (includes all titles)
Vandread
Maburaho
Nadesico
Noir
Black Magic M-66
Appleseed (remake version)
Love Hina
Please Teacher/Please Twins
.hack//sign
Oh My Goddess! (original ova's)
Slayers
Dominion Tank Police
Project A-Ko

Like I said... too many favorites to list. But even with the new stuff that's out today, don't forget some of the classics like Record of Lodoss War. Again, points to Kayhynn for being the first to mention that one.

I do remember that from VG Cats. That is one scary/funny webcomic; I can't believe someone remembered that!

I dunno. I was content with it. Though I did get off on the mixture of languages used in the anime more than anything else.


I had completely forgotten about Record of the Lodoss Wars. The rest you've mentioned, all I can remember are scantly clad females bouncing around.



I still have nightmares.

bobobo
cause i am partly insane
medabots
cause i just like robots beating the crap out of each other
thats pretty much it