epicstruggle said:
3dilettante said:
Tell me how you like it when you get to the end.
I haven't had a chance to see it, and would like to get a sampling of viewers outside a few acquaintances who are far more into anime than I am.
No prob. I just got into anime with InuYasha, which i just recently finished watching (season 1, 166 episodes). Im now searching for other quality anime to watch. Any recommendations?
epic
I'm probably not the best judge of quality, since my exposure is somewhat limited, but I can give you a few series I had fun watching.
Hellsing was entertaining, I liked the style, though I don't know how much violence you feel like watching.
I've seen a bit of Naruto thanks to a friend, and I've found much of it to be enjoyable. Warning: This show has one of the few instances of a flashback nested within a flashback I've ever seen. The show really, really likes flashbacks. There's a lot of dialogue and some filler before ninja fights, but nowhere near the level of the DBZ I've seen (except for the ending of the first season, where they managed to stretch 5 minutes into several episodes). It's a lot of fun otherwise.
I also had my introduction to anime through Cartoon Network. I don't believe it was adult swim, though. I caught a few episodes of the Tenchi Muyo OVA, which I found very fun to watch. I don't know where it ranks in levels of quality, but the first time's always special.
The Tenchi Universe TV series had its moments.
Don't look into Tenchi in Tokyo, it will make you pine for death, or at least I did after catching the first one.
El Hazard had a number of the same creative team (not the Tokyo one), though I've only seen the OVA series. It was pretty fun.
Among the others I've seen are Scrapped Princess (funny parts, enjoyment will hinge on how much "Religion=Bad" symbolism you can take), Read or Die OVA (lesbian undertones a plus in many circles, don't know if it is in yours), and portions of Outlaw Star.
Outlaw Star is kind difficult for me to take a stand on. I'm not a purist by any means when it comes to dubbing versus subtitles, and I found the cat-girl rather screechy in the Japanese version. I can't deny that a lot gets lost in the translation, however.
One of the best lines of unintended humor I've heard, however, came from the dubbed version of Outlaw Star on Cartoon Network.
I'm the first to admit I'm not an Anime guru or Otaku, so I can't say if my list is a good one, but I had fun watching them.