Good Animes?

Breakthrough · April 2005

Anyone know of any good action animes? Like GITS, but with more gunplay. Lots of gunplay.

Edit: preferably English dubbed <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Sky · April 2005

For anime w/ guns, I like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. But I'm an anime nub, so don't listen to me. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' />

NeonSpyder · April 2005

<a href='http://www.sprigganthemovie.com/sprig.html' target='_blank'>Spriggan</a>, the website really speaks for itself, i uh, hope you have flash, and if you dont then it doesn't matter, because you're lost to me anyway.

(it's a recent anime, very action oriented, good plot, etc, it's an anime, what do you expect?)

Byeka · April 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sky @ Apr 30 2005, 10:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> For anime w/ guns, I like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. But I'm an anime nub, so don't listen to me. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
OMG.

Me and slacky just saw that movie last night. Cowboy BeBob. It was kickass! Is that an actual show too?

Breakthrough · April 2005

I think so - I just looked into it, it looks completely awesome!

NeonSpyder · April 2005

Yeah, Cowboy Bebop is a 26 episode work of art, and deserves all the glory and worship bestowed to such a thing. when i watched the final episode i cried, and i am not ashamed.

Breakthrough · April 2005

Are the episodes in English too, or is it like the 2nd GIG of GITS (Eng. Subs only <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> ).

NeonSpyder · April 2005

Cowboy bebop, is like most anime... being japanese... it's up to you to watch it with english dubs (blech) or subs (yay)

Cold_NiTe · May 2005

Breakthrough, what sort of stuff are you looking for? Action? Thriller? Mystery?

Here's my big list of stuff to get;

Anything made by <b>Hayao Miyazaki</b>, includes but is not limited to;

<u>Princess Mononoke.</u>
<u>Spirited Away.</u>
<u>Laputa; Castle in the Sky.</u>
<u>Howl's Moving Castle.</u>

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Anything made by <b>Shinichiro Watanabe</b>, includes but is not limited to;

<u>Cowboy Bebop.</u>
<u>Samurai Champloo.</u> <- You WILL love this series. More than you would imagine. Puts all other samurai anime <i>to shame</i> with it's greatness.

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Anything adapted from the works of <b>Masamune Shirow</b>, as follows;

<u>Ghost in the Shell</u> <- Movie #1
<u>Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex</u> <- Tv series 1
<u>Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence</u> <- Movie #2
<u>Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG</u> <- Tv series 2

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<b><i><span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:yellow'>Action/Adventure:</span></span></i></b>
<u>Appleseed</u> <- Movie. Full CG. Beautifully done. Don't know much about the OAV that came before it though.
<u>Akira</u> <- Movie. Very ground breaking. Cyberpunk.
<u>Bleach</u> <- Unlicensed. Grab it while it's hot. Fun actiony series.

Theres WAY more in the category. I'm tired though. So I'll leave it to the others.
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<b><i><span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:yellow'>Mecha:</span></span></i></b>
<u>Full Metal Panic</u>
<u>Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid</u> <- You'll have to wait on this one as it airs Fall 2005.
<u>Neon Genesis Evangelion</u>
<u>Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth</u> <- Movie #1
<u>Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion</u> <- Movie #2
<u>RahXephon</u>
<u>RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio</u> <- Movie

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<b><i><span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:yellow'>Philosophical /Special Interest:</span></span></i></b>
<u>Haibane Renmei</u>
<u>Infinite Ryvius</u> <- In my opinion it is, because when I see it, I think Lord of the Flies.
<u>Kino's Travels</u>
<u>Grave of the Fireflies</u> <- Incredibly sad, beautifully done portrayal of World War 2.
<u>Paranoia Agent</u> <- Crazy to watch, no promises that it will make any sense though.
<u>Serial Experiments: Lain</u> <- Up to you. Some like it, some hate it.

MORE TO BE ADDED.

Omegaman · May 2005

Oh, Infinitum! Where are thou?

Lofung · May 2005

hagaren is nice =)

NeonSpyder · May 2005

hey, i haven't seen infinitum around for a while, i wonder where he is? normally he would be posting his answer even before the thread starter. kinda suprising.

CForrester · May 2005

Definitely check out Noir. It's not completely focused on action, but the action scenes are amazingly well done, the plot is pretty cool and the music is great.

I haven't seen the dub, but I honestly couldn't recommend it. Dubs usually have sub-par voice acting, and the voices feel all wrong for the characters. I'm not going to get all zealot on you, but I strongly recommend that you watch it with subs. What's wrong with subs, anyway?

Crono5 · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 30 2005, 11:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Breakthrough, what sort of stuff are you looking for? Action? Thriller? Mystery?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Breakthrough)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Anyone know of any good action animes? Like GITS, but with more gunplay. Lots of gunplay.

Edit: preferably English dubbed <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

NeonSpyder · May 2005

Thanks Chrono, what would we ever do without you!

Cold_NiTe · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Crono5 @ Apr 30 2005, 11:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 30 2005, 11:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Breakthrough, what sort of stuff are you looking for? Action? Thriller? Mystery?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Breakthrough)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Anyone know of any good action animes? Like GITS, but with more gunplay. Lots of gunplay.

Edit: preferably English dubbed <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Don't worry. I'm going to bring out the big guns on this.

**EDIT**
I'm tired. Too tired to notice that I wasn't listing all action. Oh well. Once a salesmen, always a salesmen. This time it's anime instead of shoes though.

theclam · May 2005

I really like:

Cowboy Bebop
FLCL

I quite like:

The Animatrix
Ghost in the Shell Movie
Ghost in the Shell TV Show
Cowboy Bebop Movie

I sorta like:

Trigun
Paranoia Agent

Most of these have both dubs and subs. Anything that's been on Cartoon Network has been dubbed well (not necessarily expertly, but not anywhere near painful).

Chrono · May 2005

in my opinion trigun was one of the best animes i ever saw but thats because i love westerns

theclam · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ May 1 2005, 02:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> in my opinion trigun was one of the best animes i ever saw but thats because i love westerns  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I liked Trigun, but I thought that most of the love story was handled badly and it had too many anime cliches.

Cold_NiTe · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (theclam @ May 1 2005, 02:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ May 1 2005, 02:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> in my opinion trigun was one of the best animes i ever saw but thats because i love westerns </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I liked Trigun, but I thought that most of the love story was handled badly and it had too many anime cliches.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Anime Cliches are like ninjas. There are too many to count. They all come at you at the same time. Avoiding them is nearly impossible. And when they come, killing yourself to escape them seems all too feasible.

Melatonin · May 2005

its all about the Samurai Champloo

for those who need incentive.. its by the same director as Cowboy Bebop.

nuff said

AnarkiThreeXSix · May 2005

I recently watched the entire Full Metal Alchemist series, was really great.

Watching some Evangelion and Gundam Seed nowadays, cuz robots are fun to the maxxx

DrSuredeath · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Breakthrough @ Apr 30 2005, 10:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Edit: preferably English dubbed <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Can I flame you?

Lot's of gun play?
Im not sure if City Hunter anime was ever released in North America. Seen the series years ago. Surprisingly, the anime's much better than manga.

I'm Shoji Kawamori's biggest fanboy, right now, I'm downloading Sousei no Aquarion, another mech anime with buttload of religious reference.

Merkaba · May 2005

Dominion Tank Police? It's by a manga by Masamune Shirow, the guy who wrote the original manga of Ghost in the Shell. Lots of destruction <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Crono5 · May 2005

Since no one's really on topic much anymore, I'll recommend Jin-Roh: The Wolf's Brigade and Last Exile. The former at least has guns but it's not really an action movie... The latter's totally unrelated, though; primarily takes place in the sky. I think both have dubs...

Quantum_Moose · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 30 2005, 11:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <u>Princess Mononoke.</u>
<u>Spirited Away.</u>
<u>Laputa; Castle in the Sky.</u>
<u>Howl's Moving Castle.</u>
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If your into anime, and have not scene any or all of these movies, rent them now, or waste being alive.

BulletHead · May 2005

InuYasha

Geminosity · May 2005

seeing as you like action and gunplay and english dub then cyber city oedo will give you all the fix you need if you can find it... outside of that I'm not recommending anything else because dubbing is the devil :p

DOOManiac · May 2005

Asking an internet forum if there are any good animes is a lot like going into a Barnes & Noble and asking if there are any good books.

You'll probably get sacked. :P

Nemesis_Zero · May 2005

Re: Dubs. I challenge you to get back to the Cowboy Bebop subs after having heard the dubbed voices. Not all translations are bad.

Abra · May 2005

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