Anime Suggestions for Everyone :)

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I liked Ghost in the Shell (the movies are the best, in my opinion - I recall loving 'Innocence' when I watched it), Code Geass, Death Note and Ergo Proxy. I'm really not sure what I'm going to watch next... I always take a long time to choose my next series. I'm thinking about Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop or Haruhi Suzumiya. I've also got an interactive visual novel I've yet to play through, 'Katawa Shoujo'. I have no idea what it's about for now though :D
 
Yeah I also gotta go with Berserk. The latest movie is pretty good and faithful to the manga but I do recommend the manga over everything else. The tv series isn't too bad if you skip past the opening and ending songs...
 
I've go a question - what is the DEEPEST, THE MOST WISE anime you've ever seen? Like, without any compromise like "it's got something to it, but it's anime, so, relatively, pretty clever" - no, I'm asking about content that seriously was a shock to you when you already were adults.

My opinion is, perhaps you're gonna slam me for that, GitS is not like that. And Eva definitely isn't.

THX for any suggestions.
 
I hear The Legend of the Overfiend is good if you like tentacles?

Seriously,  ;D I haven't watched a single one.  I tried to watch Akira and didn't get very far.
 
I've go a question - what is the DEEPEST, THE MOST WISE anime you've ever seen? Like, without any compromise like "it's got something to it, but it's anime, so, relatively, pretty clever" - no, I'm asking about content that seriously was a shock to you when you already were adults.
THX for any suggestions.
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I've got a few that I think really stand out, a series, a movie, and another series:


  • Steins;Gate might be the best time travel story I've ever seen. It's got unexpectedly good science, with as solid a foundation in actual quantum physics as a time travel story could be, extremely consistent logic and rules, and a character-driven story that, despite its better-than-average science, is first and foremost about character growth and relationships. It's a very good, very emotional story, and it does its premise justice.

    The time travel subgenre of science fiction is saturated with pseudo-intellectual stories that use pretension to disguise their flimsy content (Looper), junk science that can't consistently stick to its own rules (Back to the Future), and hamfisted, clichéd messages about inevitability that don't really have a point other than "the future can't be prevented" (12 Monkeys), and audiences and critics alike eat this stuff up.

    Steins;Gate, on the other hand, manages to be well above average quality in all these respects, not only for anime, but in general. It can truly sit with the science fiction greats, Asimov, Heinlein, and Wells. That's no easy feat.
  • Grave of the Fireflies tells the story of two Japanese siblings trying to survive near the end of World War II. There's no futuristic tech, no magic, no aliens, no ancient prophecies, and no older teenagers getting bloody noses every time they accidentally see a pair of panties. Just an honest story about two kids. I don't want to say too much, because spoilers would absolutely decimate this one, but it's based (very) loosely on a true story, and is guaranteed not just to tug at your heartstrings, but to really EARN whatever emotional response you give it.
  • If ever a television series could be considered genuinely therapeutic, Gurren Lagann is it. It's about a young boy in an underground village who learns of the surface world, ends up there, and over the course of 27 episodes learns some much needed self-confidence as the world around him and its hazards just seem to get bigger and bigger. What makes it special is that it's perhaps more uplifting than pretty much anything. Just look at how people reacted to it.

    Even aside from its must-watch status for anyone who isn't quite sure of themselves, it's a heck of a lot of fun. Giant robots, exciting battles, funny quips, a beach episode... all things that are completely at home in any anime, and Gurren Lagann handles them better than most. But to be so inspiring on top of that, that's what got it into this post.

And Eva definitely isn't.
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Evangelion is pretentious emo crap that confuses angst for depth and tosses in a bunch of random religious symbolism for no real reason, using Judeo-Christian tradition and imagery the way Family Guy uses pop culture references. There's no meaning to any of it, it's just there, like we're supposed to laud it for simply acknowledging the Bible and making some analogies.

I usually consider "X is analogous to Y" to be one of the lowest forms of intellectualism unless the work aims to provide some deeper understanding of or message about the thing it's making an analogy to. Evangelion does neither. It has nothing to say, and takes a lot of words to say it.
 
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Oh in terms of anime movies the Series Kara No Kyoukai. It's complex, even after watching analysis videos I was still a little confused. Also there is a chronoligical order and an airing order. Watch the movies in the order they aired, the order they aired won't make as much sense but it's SUPPOSED to be that way, otherwise you take some of the thinking and mystery out of it. Japan's done this with a few series like Haruhi(but I don't recommend Haruhi because of the infamous arc of 8 basically repeated episodes, they could of made this two or 3 episodes and accomplished the same purpose...) Also in Kara No Kyoukai the animation and music is FANTASTIC.

Don't want to spoil the story too much, but basically the female protagonist, Shiki has Shinigami eyes. That is her third eye is open, and she can see the truth of all things, so she can see the death that surrounds us, ghosts, etc. Because of this power she became pretty distant and jaded from other human beings until she meets this kind guy, the story follows her adventures to try to make an impact on a world that only she can truly see the truth of, and her finally finding a meaningful connections in life.

 
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Any anime with MASSIVE fanservice. The more tentacles the better.

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Berserk 2016... Smh... Forget the awkward 3D animation; the real problem is the screenplay and pacing. Seriously wth? And why drop several arcs?? I'm guessing it's due to budget and they can only do so much with it. Still... Smh...

Even the comic has changed tone drastically. I wish I could go back in time and convince Miura not do as much comic relief (or in the case of Bersek: "comic relief" as it's most of the time not funny, but awkward). I have no problem with normal Puck and Isidro. But chestnut Puck and "comic relief" Isidro can go die.
 
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And why drop several arcs?? I'm guessing it's due to budget and they can only do so much with it. Still... Smh...
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I have no idea why they dropped the Guardians of Desire Arc (just WTF?), but they always drop the beginning of the Conviction Arc from EVERYTHING... likely because Apostle Rosine is both constantly naked, and 12.  Of course it's not sexual (unless you're into horrible violence or something), but I don't think anyone wants to risk it... There's not enough that happens in that Arc to make it worth trying.

Even the comic has changed tone drastically. I wish I could go back in time and convince Miura not do as much comic relief (or in the case of Bersek: "comic relief" as it's most of the time not funny, but awkward). I have no problem with normal Puck and Isidro. But chestnut Puck and "comic relief" Isidro can go die.
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I kind of like the switchover to High Fantasy, and I really like Isma (then again, I generally like mermaids period).  But I agree that Miura is starting to run the comic relief of Puck, Isidro and Farnese's brother into the ground.  Badly.  And I'm also starting to get somewhat sick of cutting over to seeing the "wonderful utopia" of Griffith's city; come one, we all KNOW the guy's a bastard underneath it all by now, attempting to contrast it like this is starting to get really old.

As for entertaining anime, besides the aforementioned Berserk, I really enjoyed CLANNAD (though if you don't like slice-of-life animes or feeling REALLY sad, avoid); Ah My Goddess is always a good one, Higurashi was something else entirely (though don't go in if you hate horror, because it IS horror in the most visceral sense), and one great anime that everyone should really watch is, of course, Fate: Stay Night.
 
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