Good anime series?

[rayner23]

My wife and I were talking and we realized that there are very few anime series that we have actually sat all the way through and enjoyed. I was wondering if there were any suggestions for good series. Here are my top 5 favorites:

1) Cowboy Bebop
2) Wolf's Rain
3) Berserk
4) Samurai Champloo
5) Gundam Wing

I've seen parts of Trigun and I didn't like it.

I've watched enough DBZ to never want to watch it again.

I refuse to watch Inuyasha and Naruto.

I watched the first episode of Last Exile and I was very interested in it, but I wasn't sure if it was worth my time.

Thanks for the help!

[Boyos]

Cowboy Bebop is up there for me. I will allways love my Robotech, older series are just that older, but still good, it ages pretty well, the newer seires are very well done graphic wise. Samurai Champloo was good too, I enjoyed Trigun, I enjoyed Full Metal Alchemst Mostly becuse its so fucked up half the time. I would recomend Outlaw Star, and if you dont mind older graphics robotech.

[Tadanori Oyama]

Bio Booster Armor Guyver, old and new animation series.

My personal joys have tended away from shonen recently and into mixed-breed, high school based shows.

School Rumble is amazingly good.

DearS is excellent and one of the few series I've seen with a really nice dub job.

I am loath to plug anything "popular" but Death Note really is quite good.

[dragonshaos]

Oh god.
You just tell me what kinds of things you find interesting and I can recommend enough anime/manga to occupy yourself with for years.  I've sadly started a list of all the anime and manga I've watched and it's 12+ pages long typed in I think 9 pt font no spacing.  So it's about... 750 total, and it's out of date.  It's a collection of anime and manga where in order for it to even make the list I must have either watched 4 episodes or read 1 volume in order to get an accurate idea as to how the quality, story, etc will go.

[codered]

I have never watched any of these anime except DBZ and I just watched the whole series a few weeks ago. But I'm not sure if I can get my self to watch any but if I should what shows are good and that I caan get free from the internet?

[Mason]

Outlaw Star is pretty good. Gantz is great if for no other reason than it would make a great RP scenario. I really enjoyed Ranma 1/2 when I was younger, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it now. I cant afford the two hundred sticker price for the box set.

I don't know I'm searching around for a good anime myself.

[Tadanori Oyama]

Gantz was good, just make sure you remember it can fall into the "fucked up shit" category sometimes. Alot of the time. Freaky ass show.

Guyver fits in there sometimes too. Being a true blue child of the eighties it's as "edgy" as all fuck. Lots and lots of blood, slicing, language, and weird themes, especially in what could be called the second half of the series.

[AmishNinja]

Gantz was good, just make sure you remember it can fall into the "fucked up shit" category sometimes. Alot of the time. Freaky ass show.

Agreed. Although the ending for the animated series was awful.

[dragonshaos]

Something Cute=  Chi's Sweet Home Anime/Manga

Something Bloody= Battle Royale Manga

Something Interesting= Kamiyadori Manga

Something Nerdy= Genshiken Manga (also anime but too short)

Something Innuendo= FLCL (Fooly Cooly/ Furi Curi) Anime (Manga is eh)

Something Ecchi= Shuffle! Anime( i really just like the art, cute, end has a bunch of twists.  Harem)

Something Educational= Futari Ecchi manga (aka Step Up Love Story 18+)

Something Fun= Urusei Yatsura

Something Historically Fictional= Vagabond manga (Awesome)

FKING ZOMBIES= Highschool of the Dead manga

Something Fetish= He is my Master manga (maids)

Something to Avoid= Eiken (unless you love just giant boobies on little girls and no story)

Something Vampires= Hellsing Ultima anime (based off manga, not by Gonzo)

Something kinda Steampunk= Steamboy anime movie

Something Must See= Neon Genesis Evangelion manga (and anime with EOE ending)

Something Shojo= Angelic Layer anime (still kinda neat)

Something Shonen= HunterXHunter manga (anime ended, manga still going)

Something Seinen= Berserk manga (Fking sweet!!!)

Something Else= I can recommend a number of titles if asked.  Let me know what you like.

[Mason]

cant believe I forgot about this but Desert Punk is also pretty good. Ive only watched the first three episodes and I'm enjoying them so far.

[dragonshaos]

cant believe I forgot about this but Desert Punk is also pretty good. Ive only watched the first three episodes and I'm enjoying them so far.

Sadly only the beginning of Desert Punk is worth it.  Once you hit the episode where he takes off his helmet it all goes downhill.

[Maze]

I found Grenadier surprisingly interesting for what it is.

[Setherick]

Outlaw Star is pretty good. Gantz is great if for no other reason than it would make a great RP scenario. I really enjoyed Ranma 1/2 when I was younger, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it now. I cant afford the two hundred sticker price for the box set.

I don't know I'm searching around for a good anime myself.

I loved Gantz as a comic, but haven't watched many of the episodes. The few I watched were pretty faithful to the series though.

[dragonshaos]

The thing about Gantz is that it's only really interesting while they are fighting.  When they are out in the real world doing their thing, it's actually really boring and uninteresting.  It's only when Gantz summons them to fight do things get interesting.

The manga is still ongoing, it's recently been licensed by Dark Horse and Vol. 3 is out.  The anime is complete with 26 episodes.  The anime itself is alright, some scenes are a ittle too long and it you think about it the people are retarded when it comes to fighting.  it also ends abruptly after the fourth Gantz mission.  In the manga, that mission is extended and opens up new story elements which have yet to even be touched again.

It's good for the violence, the T&A, the gore, and did I already say violence?

[Zeernebooch]

Some of my favorites that i would suggest are:

Please Teach
Outlaw Star
Chobits
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai 7
Genshiken
Gunslinger Girl