Obligitory Animes Thread

Which anime eras are you into?

  • Old School

    Votes: 29 17.7%

  • New School

    Votes: 13 7.9%

  • Both

    Votes: 107 65.2%

  • Anime? What's that?

    Votes: 15 9.1%
  • Total voters
    164
hey dudes,

this has probably been asked before, but can y'all recommend me an anime that meets the following criteria:

not teen/tween-centric. i.e. contains dark/mature themes

not particularly comedic, unless we're talking Detroit Metal City / Gyagu Manga - style comedy

is violent, action-adventure-oriented, and/or philosophical

kicks as much ass as Death Note, Berserk, Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ergo Proxy, Rurouni Kenshin, and Samurai Champloo.

thanks much,
 
LKV said:
hey dudes,

this has probably been asked before, but can y'all recommend me an anime that meets the following criteria:

not teen/tween-centric. i.e. contains dark/mature themes

not particularly comedic, unless we're talking Detroit Metal City / Gyagu Manga - style comedy

is violent, action-adventure-oriented, and/or philosophical

kicks as much ass as Death Note, Berserk, Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ergo Proxy, Rurouni Kenshin, and Samurai Champloo.

thanks much,
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You ask the impossible sir. However I never heard of DMC. After looking it up, it's time to watch it.
 
Cowboy Bebop.

And I would suggest Black Lagoon, but that show is terrible. However, it does do its level best (and fails) to meet the requirements on your list.

Anime doesn't really do the "dark" or "philosophical" things very well at all, so don't get your hopes up.

Watch FLCL, though. And since you list Akira I'd guess movies are alright; watch Sword of the Stranger.
 
wicked city is dark and from the akira age
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tokko is good also
 
I thought the name looked familiar and it's cause I've read some of the manga. maybe I'll try it but probably not.
 
hey dudes, thanks for the recommendations!

i've seen Bebop, Elfin Lied, and Sword of the Stranger. all were enjoyable.

both dark and philosophical is possible-- it was achieved to great success in Death Note, IMO. also, i would imagine there are a few anime where dystopian futures feature enhanced humans debating the meaning/validity of their existence.. that counts too ;)

any i'll check out Wicked City and Tokko and FLCL. :thumbsup:


DMC is kinda like Spinal Tap in a way... haha it's pretty twisted though. prolly one of my favorite things ever :P there's a manga too, but it's not quite as awesome.
 
lol. well i've watched one of the Legend of the Overfiend movies and Akira on shrooms, does that count? :P

i watched two episodes of FLCL so far. pretty whacky, which is good, but maybe a bit too ADD-ish for me. will continue to watch though, its unpredictability is definitely fun.
 
I guess I missed the part where Death Note had any sort of meaningful philosophy or darkness. Seemed like a very adolescent powertrip wankfest that was only interesting for the constant cliffhanger oneupmanship. After L was done the show should have ended, it would have been much better for it. The show jumped the shark and everything post-L was retarded.

But I hate everything.
 
The only depth Death Note had was in the cross of what was right and wrong, and it didn't do well at that. I will admit it was entertaining at first, cool little thought, and some thought was put into TRYING to make it seem like it wasn't straight shounen, but it was. replace DBZ power ups with wooooorrrrrrrrrrrds and there you go.

Otoshimono ep 1 was sort of funny, so far (as in ep 1) not a terrible start for an ecchi series.

Sasameki Koto though, i mean for real, i can't stop watching. The amount of lesbianism in this show is far too great to turn my eyes from.
 
Figures.

I've found the current yuri infested anime crop to be kind of disheartening. I hope it's just a fad. Just a shame that the moment I'm actually interested in anime there's nothing at all worth watching (except for Cross Game).
 
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