anime for a 2ND year newbie ?
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Hi ho Kermit the Frog here...oops! wrong newsgroup...
but seriously 8) I have seen
o Akira
o BubbleGum Crisis
o ADPOlice
o Macross:Love Do You Remember
o Nausicaa
o Vampire Princess Miyu
o Riding Bean
and others...ex. Ah, My Goddess, Giant Robo 1, PatLabor (?).........
seems like I have seen more mecha shows than anything else, nothing wrong
with that except I was wondering if there's any anime out there that just
makes ya drop ya jaw and go Wowwwww! you know, anime that is so filled
with wondrous things ya just wanna see more..some great story centered
in a breathtaking world....any such anime out there ?
I have heard Laputa but never seen it, and that it was done my the same
person who did Nausicaa any one mind giving this 2ND year newbie a clue ?
8)
I guess at this point I wanna see more contained stories as opposed to
OVA's..
thanks very much,
PS. can someone tell me something about
o Dagger of Kamui (is it a hero against ninja or against some god or somethi
ng?) - I was debating whether I should buy it from this video place....
my BLOCKBUSTER "the family place" doesn't much in their 'animation'
section...
o Windaria (saw this thing at a Sam Goody's. Saw StreamLine and I put it
down..)
o The Wind's Name is Amnesia (just sounded interesting...)
sorry to babble on like this....I am bored, and I don't wanna see my
meager commercial anime collection another bunch o times...
8)
.
thanx again.
.
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>
> I was wondering if there's any anime out there that just makes ya
> drop ya jaw and go Wowwwww! you know, anime that is so filled with
> in a breathtaking world....any such anime out there ?
No. ^_^
Seriously, there is a lot of good stuff you haven't seen.
Go to remus.rutgers.edu, and get everything under pub/anime/faq,
especially the Anime Pocket Guide.
> I have heard Laputa but never seen it
Yes, that's very good.
> Dagger of Kamui (is it a hero against ninja or against some god or something?)
It's a ninja against other (evil) ninja. Nice visuals, but it's kind of slow.
> o Windaria (saw this thing at a Sam Goody's. Saw StreamLine and I put it
> down..)
The original is great, but Macek pretty much killed it.
> o The Wind's Name is Amnesia (just sounded interesting...)
It's a *very* interesting concept. The execution, alas, is not all it
could have been. Still, recommended to those who like weird stuff.
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NORIECE
> but seriously 8) I have seen
> o Akira
> o BubbleGum Crisis
> o ADPOlice
> o Macross:Love Do You Remember
> o Nausicaa
> o Vampire Princess Miyu
> o Riding Bean
> and others...ex. Ah, My Goddess, Giant Robo 1, PatLabor (?).........
> I have heard Laputa but never seen it, and that it was done my the same
> person who did Nausicaa any one mind giving this 2ND year newbie a clue ?
I'm a 1st year anime newbie with sukoshi information for you, and I'm
wondering myself of any good stuff out there (ie. has a plot - unlike
Dragon Ball Z). To answer your Laputa question, it is by the same person
who did Nausicaa. When you see it, you will be able to tell it via the
artwork.
My meager list of anime that I've seen and liked (and recommend):
* Laputa
* Totoro (also by the artist of Laputa and Nausicaa)
* Vampire Princess Miyu
* Silent Mobius 1 & 2
* 3 X 3 Eyes
* Tokyo Babylon
* Record of Lodoss War
* Project A-Ko
* Iczer 1 ; Iczer 3
* a couple of others, but don't remember the titles to them
If anyone has any titles to recommend, doozo...
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Isaac Kuo
>I'm a 1st year anime newbie with sukoshi information for you, and I'm
>wondering myself of any good stuff out there (ie. has a plot - unlike
>Dragon Ball Z). To answer your Laputa question, it is by the same person
>who did Nausicaa. When you see it, you will be able to tell it via the
>artwork.
Well, I'm a 6 month anime newbie (hint hint to any 3 month anime newbies
out there :).
I've come to the conclusion that seeing any more than 3 Miyazaki
productions is redundant. This is after seeing Lupin episode 155,
which features robots which look almost exactly like the ones which
appeared later in Laputa (even down to the laser).
>My meager list of anime that I've seen and liked (and recommend):
[list deleted]
>If anyone has any titles to recommend, doozo...
The first half dozen of Yuu Yuu Hakusho have a plot, but then the
plot slows dramatically as it enters "fight-of-the-week" mode. I
still like it, though (unlike DBZ). Here follows more likely
suggestions (which I have seen and highly recommend):
Maison Ikkoku
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (the OVA series, _not_ the movie)
Lupin III (any, but esp Plot of the Fuma Clan and Castle of Cagliostro subbed)
Ranma (when Viz starts subtitling it)
Patlabor TV (I didn't like the movie, but the TV series is funny)
Other titles which or good, but not as awesome as the above:
City Hunter (either you like it or you don't)
Dirty Pair (ditto)
Urusei Yatsura (ditto, but the OVA's are the best)
Bastard OVAs (If you liked Lodoss)
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>
> It's a *very* interesting concept. The execution, alas, is not all it
> could have been. Still, recommended to those who like weird stuff.
Actually, if you *really* want to get into wierd stuff, there's also
shows like Angel's Egg....
More seriously, one of my favorite movies is _Wings of Honneamise_. The
plot can move a little slowly at times, but it has a great storyline,
character development, an interesting culture, and much more. Then
again, I might be biased by the story line (see my .sig...). :-)
Aaron Teske
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Howard Chan
Isaac Kuo <isaa...@jif.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>Well, I'm a 6 month anime newbie (hint hint to any 3 month anime newbies
>out there :).
No, I'm not 3 month anime newbie ^_^
>I've come to the conclusion that seeing any more than 3 Miyazaki
>productions is redundant. This is after seeing Lupin episode 155,
>which features robots which look almost exactly like the ones which
>appeared later in Laputa (even down to the laser).
3 Miyazaki productions? Let me think ... Laputa, Valley of the Wind and
Porco Rosso (sp?) ...
Add to that: Totoro (thought not appeal to me ... but my sister love it)
>Maison Ikkoku
>Irresponsible Captain Tylor
>Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (the OVA series, _not_ the movie)
>Lupin III (any, but esp Plot of the Fuma Clan and Castle of Cagliostro subbed)
>Ranma (when Viz starts subtitling it)
>Patlabor TV (I didn't like the movie, but the TV series is funny)
I wonder ... Why no Kimagure Orange Road?
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! (with sequence TV -> OVA -> movie)
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Peter Evans
>In article <2i15mj$3...@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>, gh...@wam.umd.edu () writes:
>> I was wondering if there's any anime out there that just makes ya
>> drop ya jaw and go Wowwwww! you know, anime that is so filled with
>> wondrous things ya just wanna see more... some great story centered
>> in a breathtaking world....any such anime out there ?
>No. ^_^
>Seriously, there is a lot of good stuff you haven't seen.
>Go to remus.rutgers.edu, and get everything under pub/anime/faq,
>especially the Anime Pocket Guide.
[munch]
>> o The Wind's Name is Amnesia (just sounded interesting...)
>It's a *very* interesting concept. The execution, alas, is not all it
>could have been. Still, recommended to those who like weird stuff.
Ah, Kaze no namae ... Yes, I liked it.
Also try:
Kaze no Tairiku (The Weathering Continent)
Blink and you'll miss something important, nice music.
Jubei Nimpucho (Jubei the Ninja)
Jubei is a REAL man. He uses a real sword and some of
the bad guys he meets would be perfectly at home in
nightmare on sesame street.
95 minutes of industrial ninja-ing.
(Now watch Conty shoot me down in flames.)
Peter
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>seems like I have seen more mecha shows than anything else, nothing wrong
>with that except I was wondering if there's any anime out there that just
>makes ya drop ya jaw and go Wowwwww! you know, anime that is so filled
>with wondrous things ya just wanna see more..some great story centered
>in a breathtaking world....any such anime out there ?
Breathtaking world, eh? Try any Miyazaki or Five Star Stories or
Wings of Honneamise.
> o Windaria (saw this thing at a Sam Goody's. Saw StreamLine and I put it
> down..)
A wise decision. Windaria is one of the more pitiful Macekre victims.
The original, on the other hand, is a brilliant, moving tragedy. Find
yourself a fan sub.
> o The Wind's Name is Amnesia (just sounded interesting...)
This may be best described as a "conceptual piece of science fiction".
It's an interesting twist on the post-holocaust genre because of the
mechanism that causes the "holocaust".
To wit: What would happen if humanity lost all memory of its culture
and history?
Hope this helps,
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>productions is redundant. This is after seeing Lupin episode 155,
>which features robots which look almost exactly like the ones which
>appeared later in Laputa (even down to the laser).
Bad conclusion. Sounds as if the three things you saw were Laputa,
Cagliostro, and that Lupin ep, or possibly Laputa and two Lupin eps.
Other than most productions having a Nausicaa/Clarisse/Fio clone, the
stories are quite different. Aside from the similar character design
I just mentioned, you probably happened across the greatest parallel
in Miyazaki's works.
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa, Kurenai no Buta, Tonari no Totoro, and Majo
no Takkyubin are all quite different from both each other and Laputa
and Cagliostro.
Hope this helps,
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> o Dagger of Kamui (is it a hero against ninja or against some god or somethi
> ng?) - I was debating whether I should buy it from this video place....
> my BLOCKBUSTER "the family place" doesn't much in their 'animation'
> section...
I considered buying it too--until I actually saw it, rented. I
was... extremely disappointed. I guess if you like action, it'd be cool;
but I'd rather have a plot which is at least somewhat believable. There
were too many coincidences, and the characters were rather uninteresting
(to me, anyway). Practically everyone dies (the main reason I say this
is just that the movie was so darn predicable--very annoying). I think
the writer tried to string too much together (it is written as historical
fiction... or fantasy, or whatever).
I'd suggest seeing Battle Angel Alita (which I _really_
liked--great animation and plot (IMNSHO); it's not about mecha, although
it is about cybernetics), Kimagure Orange Road (definitely the TV
episodes, if you can get them somehow), and... Ranma, except that you'd
have to watch it dubbed (if that doesn't bother you, then fine). Not that
there isn't plenty of other stuff out there, of course... (:
Jorge Donato
> o Dagger of Kamui (is it a hero against ninja or against some god or somethi
> ng?) - I was debating whether I should buy it from this video place....
> my BLOCKBUSTER "the family place" doesn't much in their 'animation'
> section...
Hero (ninja himself) against an entire army of ninja (no this is not a
*spuer*hero, he gets help...) If you like action &/or ninjas, this is it
for you.
> o The Wind's Name is Amnesia (just sounded interesting...)
I only saw 20 mins but it looked very interesting.
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Charles Kwong
>In article <2i1n28$6...@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Isaac Kuo <isaa...@jif.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>>Well, I'm a 6 month anime newbie (hint hint to any 3 month anime newbies
>>out there :).
>
>No, I'm not 3 month anime newbie ^_^
>
Me neither... ^_^
>>I've come to the conclusion that seeing any more than 3 Miyazaki
>>productions is redundant. This is after seeing Lupin episode 155,
>>which features robots which look almost exactly like the ones which
>>appeared later in Laputa (even down to the laser).
>
>3 Miyazaki productions? Let me think ... Laputa, Valley of the Wind and
>Porco Rosso (sp?) ...
>
>Add to that: Totoro (thought not appeal to me ... but my sister love it)
>
Don't forget KiKi's Delivery Service is also one. ^_^
KiKi's Delivery Service and Nausicaa (Valley of the Wind) are the only
Miyazaki's anime I recommend.
>>Maison Ikkoku
>>Irresponsible Captain Tylor
>>Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (the OVA series, _not_ the movie)
>>Lupin III (any, but esp Plot of the Fuma Clan and Castle of Cagliostro subbed)
>>Ranma (when Viz starts subtitling it)
>>Patlabor TV (I didn't like the movie, but the TV series is funny)
>
If you treat Patlabor as a comedy probably you'll miss many great stuff...
>I wonder ... Why no Kimagure Orange Road?
>
Hey, don't underestimate the no. of anti-fans of Orange Road in the net. :)
>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! (with sequence TV -> OVA -> movie)
>
Agree. ^_^
This is the one I HIGHLY RECOMMEND:
Slam Dunk
Let me add more:
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Patlabor movies (1 and 2)
Aa Megami-sama
V Gundam (if you haven't watched any Gundam animes except F91 and 0083)
Captain Tsubasa (but I think it's VERY old now...)
Don't watch Sailor Moon or Hokuto no Ken so fast, otherwise you may have
misunderstanding about anime... watch them later... ^_^;;
Charles Kwong-- now addicted to Slam Dunk
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Phillip Yee
Isaac Kuo <isaa...@jif.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> V Gundam (if you haven't watched any Gundam animes except F91 and 0083)
>
>I haven't seen V Gundam, but based on the (cell based) manga, I have to
>agree with those on r.a.a. with negative opinions of it.
Conmon Isaac, Does the film comic really count as the anime ? I admit that
V Gundam started off as trash but the series gets much better towards the
current episodes (like Sailor Moon).
BTW the Zeta Gundam Box set should be comming out in the middle of FEB. so
fan subbers should be should be hussling like mad for scripts. And I cant
wait :)
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Isaac Kuo
> This is the one I HIGHLY RECOMMEND:
> Slam Dunk
Has it been fansubbed (any)? If not, then I doubt it's suitable for
a newbie who doesn't know any Japanese.
> V Gundam (if you haven't watched any Gundam animes except F91 and 0083)
I haven't seen V Gundam, but based on the (cell based) manga, I have to
agree with those on r.a.a. with negative opinions of it. On the other hand,
Z Gundam's pretty good and it seems that most of the Z Gundam non-fans
don't like any Gundam anyway.
In any case, both have synospes available via ftp so the scarcity of
fansubs isn't such a great problem.
But then, I can't stand transforming mecha--Macross is borderline.
> Captain Tsubasa (but I think it's VERY old now...)
Where do you find this? I remember seeing it ten years ago, back before
the VCR revolution...
But again, for a newbie who doesn't know Japanese...
Peter Evans
>In article <2ibpan$5...@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Isaac Kuo <isaa...@jif.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>> V Gundam (if you haven't watched any Gundam animes except F91 and 0083)
>>I haven't seen V Gundam, but based on the (cell based) manga, I have to
>>agree with those on r.a.a. with negative opinions of it.
> Conmon Isaac, Does the film comic really count as the anime ? I admit that
>V Gundam started off as trash but the series gets much better towards the
>current episodes (like Sailor Moon).
V Gundam gets better?
Now there's a concept! Which mushrooms do you use? 8-)
Excuse me. The only way VG could improve is by going off the air
or having the entire creative staff disappear in a freak accident
engineered by the LDP.
It's not that it's good. It's not. It's a merchandising mobile
that shamelessly exploits the "NEW TOY" sections of the young
viewers.
Sailor Moon is just as bad, it just happens to have better looking
robots.
This has been my humble opinion getting carried away with itself.
R Mitsuyuki Miyashiro
Peter Evans <pe...@ryutai.co.jp> wrote:
>In article <2ic467$8...@nntp2.Stanford.EDU> phi...@Ranma.Stanford.EDU (Phillip Yee) writes:
>> Conmon Isaac, Does the film comic really count as the anime ? I admit that
>>V Gundam started off as trash but the series gets much better towards the
>>current episodes (like Sailor Moon).
>
> V Gundam gets better?
> Now there's a concept! Which mushrooms do you use? 8-)
>
> Excuse me. The only way VG could improve is by going off the air
> or having the entire creative staff disappear in a freak accident
> engineered by the LDP.
But, Katoki Hajime and Okawara are on the staff! how about all but those 2.
Look at the cool 0083 MS desigins by Hajime, he can do some good stuff.
> It's not that it's good. It's not. It's a merchandising mobile
> that shamelessly exploits the "NEW TOY" sections of the young
> viewers.
Well, isn't that the case with all Gundam series? Zeta and ZZ had an even
stronger MS of the week feel (IMHO). Look how many eps. the Gabsurey lasted.
> Sailor Moon is just as bad, it just happens to have better looking
> robots.
Sailor Moon, Robots??? What Robots???
Are you sure you arn't getting it confused with Maitogain or Iron Leaguer?
-A very confused Tokio D Randall