Recommend me a anime that i must see before i die?

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Kendarr

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Recommend me a anime that i must see before i die?

its sunday, rainning and i'm bored.. going though the sites encyclopedia and i'm still unable to find something to watch.

can you recommend me a anime please?

my favourite animes are:

Evanglion
Blood+
Tokko
Elfen Lied

cheers
 
Th one anime that every one must see before they die is Plantes.

Got the box set late last year, watch it twice through straight away.

Other options can be

Paranoia Agent
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Martian Successor Nadesico
Full Metal Alchemist
 
I always find the "...before I die?" questions melodramatic. Simply saying "must see" would suffice. Anyway:

Devilman Lady
Perfect Blue
Trigun
Full Metal Panic (first season, Fumoffu, The Second Raid and any other following seasons)
Martian Successor Nadesico
Chobits
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Please Teacher
Berserk
 
Perhaps go for the middleground? Before i hit middle age? Anyways:

Cowboy Bebop
Full Metal Alchemist
GITS - SAC

These 3 are just no brainers - you HAVE to see these

Serial Experiments Lain (A wildcard, you'll either love it or hate it)
Ouran High School Host Club (the only pure comedy/drama anime i've seen, it absolutely blew me away.)
 
Ergo Proxy
Chobits
Noein
Planetes
Serial Experiments Lain
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Paranoia Agent
Requiem from the Darkness
Kanon
Saikano (or She, the Ultimate Weapon)

I'd recommend all of the above, and more, but I can't be arsed to make an extensive list.
 
Maxon said:
I always find the "...before I die?" questions melodramatic. Simply saying "must see" would suffice. Anyway:
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lol, i meant before you die.

Serial Experiments Lain - ive wathced some of the first ep and i was like WTF?. i belive i will order this to add it to the collection.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - I'm totally Addicted to this, no idea why too :eek:

Ergo Proxy - awesome series
Chobits - again awesome series

Ouran High School Host Club - that sounds interesting, ive not seen this yet, will add it to the planner

anyone seen golgo 13? old skool!!! :D

please keep the ideas coming, i'm making a list for pay day!

one other question:

Where is the best place you would recommend for buying anime?
 
Kendarr said:
anyone seen golgo 13? old skool!!! :D
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I've watched the first episode of the new series, It definately looks and feels much older than it is. Animation-wise and even storytelling-wise. I'm going to keep going on with it, though. Apparently the manga is very similar to it as far and there has to be something about it to keep it as one of the longest running manga series', ever.

I might purchase the 13 volumes that VIZ released under their signature lot, Basically their only range they can be trusted with. ;p
 
Kendarr said:
Maxon said:
I always find the "...before I die?" questions melodramatic. Simply saying "must see" would suffice. Anyway:
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lol, i meant before you die.
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I know. What I'm saying is that there's no point in the "before I/you die" bit. Simply asking "What anime would you say are a must see?" would be sufficient.
Jayme said:
Kendarr said:
anyone seen golgo 13? old skool!!! :D
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I've watched the first episode of the new series, It definately looks and feels much older than it is. Animation-wise and even storytelling-wise. I'm going to keep going on with it, though. Apparently the manga is very similar to it as far and there has to be something about it to keep it as one of the longest running manga series', ever.

I might purchase the 13 volumes that VIZ released under their signature lot, Basically their only range they can be trusted with. ;p
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Who's subbing it? I'm quite keen on seeing it.
 
Kendarr said:
one other question:

Where is the best place you would recommend for buying anime?
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I havent bought any in a long while but i generally hit the "norms" of hmv and play (and once asda, they had eva for £5 a volume ages back strangely enough!)

Take a ganders at this thread, althought beware, you'll end up spending waaaay too much money!

http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic ... &start=570

Oh this is all for domestic purchases btw, if you're looking to import ask someone who has some semblance of a clue - ie not me!
 
Liquid Skin said:
Oh this is all for domestic purchases btw, if you're looking to import ask someone who has some semblance of a clue - ie not me!
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Importing isn't hard. Amazon do a lot, and even Play.com have some. United Publishing is a more specialised import site that I like to use.
 
As Maxon said, Up1 is pretty decent. They do the imports, so you don't need to worry about customs and all that, but they sell at US RRP, but at least it's lower than what a UK RRP would be for the same good.

Average price for singles on Up1 is about £14. Sub-only releases are usually around 10 quid.

I tend to use Up1 when I plan on ordering a lot so I don't get customs added on. DVDPacific is a pretty good (and cheap) American site.
 
I am probably going to go over so already mentioned but anyway here goes:

Ghost In The Shell (any and all of it)
Full Metal Panic (just watch it all)
Gunslinger Girl
Black Cat
Black Lagoon

As for buying R2 stuff I just tend to use Play.com and now and again www.anime-on-line.com. R1 I tend to use deepdiscount.com and dvduniverse.com but I have also started to use a few of the Play Traders and Amazon Marketplace people as most of the time you can get some good prices on the odd bits and pieces.
 
Lupus Inu said:
La Blue Girl
Boku no Pico
Legend of the Overfiend
Vampire Wars
Violence Jack
Bible Black
Hentai Kamen

Etc.
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I can scarcely think of anything more disturbing than watching Legend of the Overfiend before you die :lol:

Someone mentioned NHK, I'll second that. And if no ones mentioned it yet I'll also opt for Monster.
 
I'm surprised how feeble most of these lists are:

Cowboy Bebop (I'm not a fan, and the movie isn't essential, but it's a classic and most people enjoy it).
Full Metal Alchemist (the movie isn't essential, but most would find it enjoyable).
Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, GITS 2: Innocence, GITS: Stand Alone Complex and GIT:SAC 2nd gig are essential, but Solid State Society and the two summary films aren't, though most would probably find the former worthwhile, and some the latter).
Grave of the Fireflies.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (and NGE: The End of Evangelion).
Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
Voices of a Distant Star.
Wolf's Rain (a personal recommendation and a good fantasy series).

After watching all of those, I doubt anyone could insist anime has nothing to offer.

Also, I haven't seen Texnolyze, Noein, Monster, Haibane Renmei or Deathnote, but they might all be worth looking into, and I haven't finished The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (or started Lucky Star), which I imagine are popular, but not essential series, from what I've seen so far.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is an excellent showcase, particularly the rise during Carmilla's ressurection scenes, up until the end of the fight between D and Link. Azumanga Daioh, Fruits Basket and Pokemon are also recommendable, particularly for an understanding of classic anime and Japanese culture, but aren't essential (especially Dragonball and Pokemon in their entirety). Naruto's Haku saga stands out as the highpoint of the series, and is worth watching, even isolated from the rest, while shounen make a great case study, including Bastard, Bleach, Dragonball, Naruto and One Piece. Inuyasha and Rurouni Kenshin are good shojo equivalents, where Loveless is also a highly recommendable modern series. Some might call different series in this list essential.

And, of course, I will have missed some deserving films and series.
 
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