Anime Recommendation Thread

Recommend:

++Fullmetal Alchemist
++Ga-Rei Zero
++Angel Beats!
++Bakemonogatari
++Hayate the Combat Butler
++Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao
++Welcome to the NHK
++Gunslinger Girl
++Death Note
++Elfen Lied
++Serial Experiments Lain
++Clannad
++ef ~a tale of memories~
++Darker Than Black
++My-Otome
++The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
++Kiki's Delivery Service
++Spirited Away


Against:

--Last Exile
--Ladies versus Butlers!
--Excel Saga
--Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
--Chobits
--Ookami kakushi
--Sora no Manimani


Add:

Law of Ueki (Comedy/Adventure) 51 eps / Pretty average, but the ending was pretty good.
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (Comedy) 13 eps [airing] / Freakin hilarious. Can't believe this wasn't already up there.


Nitpicks:

-Gunslinger Girl has 26 eps with the second season included. It's called Gunslinger Girl II: Teatrino, but the only thing changed is the artwork; The characters and plot remain.
-Please change Destiny of the Shrine Maiden back to Kannazuki no Miko. The name was translated when it was dubbed, but Kannazuki no Miko is the most common name.

Added:
MOVIE

Air The Movie

Drama

Romance

Movie

butterfλi

COMEDY

Title	Genre	Other Genres	Episodes	Recommended by	Recommendations against
Law of Ueki	Comedy	Adventure	51	Johnson
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu	Comedy		13 (Airing)	Johnson

Changes:

-Gunslinger Girl has 26 eps with the second season included. It's called Gunslinger Girl II: Teatrino, but the only thing changed is the artwork; The characters and plot remain.
-Please change Destiny of the Shrine Maiden back to Kannazuki no Miko. The name was translated when it was dubbed, but Kannazuki no Miko is the most common name.

[color="#000080"] Vouching for all the Miyazaki movies.

You should add ''Laputa, Castle in the Sky'', and ''The Cat Returns'', which aren't on the list. Is ''Princess Mononoke'' there? If not, add it as well. [/color]

Ah... I'll add a list later, but for now, 2 things:

1. I totally agree with Baka To Test; it's hilarious.

2. It is, however, not airing- the last episode aired March 31st. New season starts next year, though.

Recommend:

Baccano! + Specials
Code Geass
Code Geass R2
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai
Kara no Kyoukai
Mushishi
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - Zoku
Azumanga Daioh
Black Lagoon
Boogiepop Phantom
Death Note
Escaflowne
Ga Rei Zero
Haruhi Suzumiya - Season 2
Higashi no Eden
Love Hina
Lucky Star
Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~
Samurai Champloo
Silent Möbius
Trigun

Against:

Blue Seed
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan
Cromartie High School
Magical Pokaan
Oruchuban Ebichu
Devil May Cry

[color="#000080"] Vouching for all the Miyazaki movies.

You should add ''Laputa, Castle in the Sky'', and ''The Cat Returns'', which aren't on the list. Is ''Princess Mononoke'' there? If not, add it as well. [/color]

This. Princess Mononoke left me in tears after I watched it. I don't cry often. Especially for movies...

Oh, recommending FLCL too. I remember naming a character as "FLCL Haruko" on Phantasy Star Online, and getting her to lv 123. Thanks a lot for reminding me.

This is starting to look like a game of hurt and heal.

++Cowboy Bebop
++FLCL
++Ghost in the Shell
++Mnemosyne
++Samurai Champloo
++Slayers Next
++Ranma 1/2

++Girl Who Leapt Through Time
++My Neighbour Totoro
++Princess Mononoke
++Spirited Away
++Howl's Moving Castle (read the book - I picked it up just because of the anime, and don't regret it at all)

--5cm/sec

Add:
Toshokan Senso - 12 eps, Action, (Romance, Comedy)
Perfect Blue - Movie, Psychological, (Drama, Horror)

I need to rewatch Grave of Fireflies. I was a kid at the time, and got 2 things out of it: fireflies, and CANDY. IN A TIN. I was obsessed with fruit drops in tins for weeks afterwards.

Recommending Against
-FLCL: Don't get me wrong- I didn't hate this series, but didn't exactly like it that much either. But it was certainly one watch I could have done without. This is commonly recommended as a "must-watch classic" for most people who are getting into anime or want to watch a lot of anime. Frankly, it's overrated. I actually found this even boring at a few times, and wasn't holding my interest nor was it anything exciting. Is "classic" and "symbolic story about growing up" really the only reason people recommend it? The thing that stands out most in this series is the whacky, over-the-top, and random humor; but that really didn't get to me. I just didn't happen to find it that funny. What I did like about FLCL was the more quiet, subtle moments where the symbolism about growing up was more obvious, the music by the Pillows, and the neat directing styles that would be later used in Gurren Lagann and other stuff. Sure, the symbolism was cleverly placed and I thought that part of FLCL was nice- but was what I watched on the screen actually worth it? Eh- not really.
-Angel Beats: Same reasons as 'Lexy.
-Yu-gi-oh
-Digimon
-B Gata H Kei
-Love Hina- Felt kind of generic to me; and I'm told the manga is far better.

Recommending Against
-FLCL
-Angel Beats
-Yu-gi-oh
-Digimon
-B Gata H Kei
-Love Hina- Felt kind of generic to me; and I'm told the manga is far better.

Done. Also added 'Lexy's missed post from previous page. Was wondering what you were talking about. The list will be up for 2 more weeks; I saved a copy for future reference.

Love Hina manga, iirc was pretty good. It was a very satisfying read. However, I read it about 5 or 6 years ago so I might have a different opinion of it now due to its heavy dependance on harem, he-fell-and-his-face-landed-on-her-boobs-LOL type of comedy.

 Spoiler

Got to work on picking up a few new titles yesterday.

Seconding:
Kannagi
Paranoia Agent
Planetes

Case Closed | Drama | Comedy | 578 (Airing)

Not really recommending against anything. I don't know what main genre you would put mystery in, and I'm also surprised no one likes this.

Case Closed | Drama | Comedy | 578 (Airing)

Not really recommending against anything. I don't know what main genre you would put mystery in, and I'm also surprised no one likes this.

Used to watch this all the time in middle school.

Wanted to ask, has anybody seen Rosario + Vampire? Is it good? Is it bad? Also, why would rate it poorly or great if you think so? I'm just curious, because I might pick it up.

Wanted to ask, has anybody seen Rosario + Vampire? Is it good? Is it bad? Also, why would rate it poorly or great if you think so? I'm just curious, because I might pick it up.

Yeah, I've seen part of it. I picked it up after I read the manga, but dropped it like four or five episodes in. I would rate it poorly, since there's too much blatant fan service for my taste.

I recommend Moribtio: Guardian of the spirit. Even though I didn't see the ending of it, the episodes I watched were very good. There is some fantasy, but it doesn't show itself prominently until midway through the series.

The anime I've seen are few, so this might not sound good coming from me. derp.

Wanted to ask, has anybody seen Rosario + Vampire? Is it good? Is it bad? Also, why would rate it poorly or great if you think so? I'm just curious, because I might pick it up.

It's really bad.