Good Anime

[Peoples' War]

So...I'm a huge fan of the Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY anime. What are some really good animes to check out?

[wsg1991]

i know great anime : Cowboy bebop

and one Great USA cartoon Megas XLR

[Luc]

I enjoyed Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood but that was when i was younger... got me into chemistry and science though.. influenced me :lol:

Naruto was ok but thats p cliche for anime fan to like it :sleep:

[campesino]

Robotech-macross saga, trigun, zeta gundam, ghost in the shell. Anybody got any communist/socialist themed animes? I know it likely doesn't exist, but if it does i would love to watch it.

and of course sailor moon:D

[Luc]

Robotech-macross saga, trigun, zeta gundam, ghost in the shell. Anybody got any communist/socialist themed animes? I know it likely doesn't exist, but if it does i would love to watch it.

and of course sailor moon:D

fuck yeah robotech! i was lucky to discouver it on early TV :D second it


oh and robotech reminds me...

does original transformers count???

[Comrade Samuel]

I loved DBZ when I was young (just like every other kid in the 90's) but for the most part I find amine difficult to follow and really strange.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

I have two words.

Death Note

[Savant]

Fist of The North Star - If you like Martial Arts you should find this anime to be awesome. (In my opinion, FOTNS inspired the creation of DBZ, with it's fast-paced hand-to-hand combat)

Hajime No Ippo - Boxing. The main character is a shy high school kid & after an encounter with an elite boxer, falls in love with boxing & becomes a fighter himself. Great fights, great story, great anime.

Cowboy Bebop - One of the best animes of all time. Just check it out. (Especially if you're into the Sci-Fi genre)

Hellsing - A British military organization specializes in situations dealing with the supernatural. Their trump card is a vampire named "Alucard", (read the name backwards & you'll figure out who he really is ;) ). Lots of action, sprinkled with some comedy. Almost reminds me of Buffy.

That's all I can think of for now. I would recommend this manga called Berserk due to it just having a great story, however, I personally am annoyed by the "demon rape" & "tentacle porn" that's very prominent in Japanese culture.

[bcbm]

akira, perfect blue, all of the ghost in the shell stuff, vampire hunter d and sequels, samurai champloo, elfen lied, green legend ran, everything by miyazaki, seriously but princess mononoke is a fav, armitage iii, neon genesis evangelion, record of lodoss war, patlabor, kite

[Commiekirby]

akira, perfect blue, all of the ghost in the shell stuff, vampire hunter d and sequels, samurai champloo, elfen lied, green legend ran, everything by miyazaki, seriously but princess mononoke is a fav, armitage iii, neon genesis evangelion, record of lodoss war, patlabor, kite

This.
Also Rozen Maiden and Hetalia are good if you don't mind the cuter stuff.

[o well this is ok I guess]

>anime
>good

...on that note, Legends of the Galactic Heroes is pretty much a perfect way to kill a week.

[bcbm]

god this forum is full of nerds

[Os Cangaceiros]

I pretty much hate all anime.

But I remember a while back watching some anime film on TV called "Blue Submarine No. 6" and thinking that it was not bad. But that's about it.

[wsg1991]

I pretty much hate all anime.

But I remember a while back watching some anime film on TV called "Blue Submarine No. 6" and thinking that it was not bad. But that's about it.

watch cowboy bebop , you will like it

[The Jay]

Samurai X. Watch it. Learn it. Love it.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Have all of us really forgotten to mention Rurouni Kenshin?

And yes, we are all nerds.

[marl]

My tastes... differ (http://myanimelist.net/animelist/zzzzac1)

This is a list of animu I've watched, sort it by score or something.

[#FF0000]

you kind of can't go wrong with gundam just because it's robots but I like 08th MS Team in particular. Instead of focusing on a bunch of super-soldiers, the protagonists are basically regular soldiers/gundam pilots.

Everything bcbm said is good. Fist of the North Star is good. Cowboy Bebop is excellent.

I also liked FLCL a lot

[Lenina Rosenweg]

http://mikeely.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/antarsya-greece-left-kasama.jpg

Antarysa isn't going anywhere as an organisation, but I think this is a col poster.

[L.A.P.]

Megas XLR

Only show listed so far that I liked, and I loved this show. I was into Naruto for a little while but that was just a phase in 6th grade. I always thought that anime was too melodramatic.

[#FF0000]

bad anime sure is.

most anime is bad anime

[L.A.P.]

bad anime sure is.

most anime is bad anime

I'm sure I've just been seeing bad anime then, would you put Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist in that category?

[bcbm]

even a lot of good anime suffers from pandering to teenage boys.

[#FF0000]

I'm sure I've just been seeing bad anime then, would you put Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist in that category?

yeah.

i remember i thought Full Metal Alchemist was good after the "Mother" episode but it was pretty much the only good thing in that entire series. But it's better than a lot of stuff. I remember when I was little and all I knew of anime was fuckin Gatchaman and Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star and Gundam I was like "oh man anime must own" and then I saw inuyasha and was like "i have made a grave mistake".


even a lot of good anime suffers from pandering to teenage boys.

yeah this is true.

[o well this is ok I guess]

Man on the topic of robots....
Armored Trooper Votoms>Gundam

[Game Girl]

Oh! I'm an anime nerd!

I like A LOT of animes. But I have to say my favorite anime is One Piece. I love how it's not just your typical pirate story. It's mostly about adventure, with a dash of anti-goverment notions and batshit insane creatures/people!

[bcbm]

then I saw inuyasha and was like "i have made a grave mistake".

i had a friend who would send me her inuyasha slash fic to proofread:(

[Halleluhwah]

The 4 animes I've enjoyed are:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Paranoia Agent
FLCL
Gurren Lagann

in that order. Seriously, watch gurren lagann while you're tripping. :tt1:

[Luc]

ah nvm...

[wsg1991]

Only show listed so far that I liked, and I loved this show. I was into Naruto for a little while but that was just a phase in 6th grade. I always thought that anime was too melodramatic.

that's no anime , but one of the best USA cartoons , too bad they stop it ,

[wsg1991]

I'm sure I've just been seeing bad anime then, would you put Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist in that category?

naruto bad anime , i look for more mature themes

chibi maruku chan , GREAT one

[#FF0000]

i have a sign above my bedroom door that says "ANIME" and I touch it whenever I walk through the door for good luck.

[Comrade_Stalin]

So...I'm a huge fan of the Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY anime. What are some really good animes to check out?

To Answer the original question; I would at least list the following as this person is a big Mecha fan.

Armored Trooper Votoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Trooper_Votoms
This series comes around from the 1980s. And the story has very much that 1980s feel of fighting the war to end all wars. Here the difference between Armored Troopers Votoms and shows like Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY as stated by wiki.



Except for its starships and medical technology, the VOTOMS universe is fairly low-tech (and is often described as hard science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_science_fiction)). Soldiers and combat vehicles alike are equipped with missiles and projectile weapons; only large spaceships have energy weapons, and then only in small numbers. The main weapon of the conflict is the common Armored Trooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha) (also known as AT, described in a derogatory term as a 'tin can with a machine gun'), a mass-produced humanoid combat vehicle piloted by a single soldier. They are known alternately as VOTOMS (Vertical One-man Tank for Offense & ManeuverS).

Broken Blade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Blade

Broken Blade just cannot recently, and is slated for an audience in in their 20s. What is different though than other series is that it shows elite pilots being able to hit targets outside their enemies effective firing range or in some cases bring down their enemies with one effectively play shot. It does though give off that Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY vibe. But the shows use of current day politics based off of resource depletion, and the use of military tactics like ambushes makeup for the vibe

Exosquard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exosquad
Exosquard is a 1990s Western cartoon which was produced in response to Japanese Mecha Anime. Therefore they have manned robot battles just like in the Japanese Animes. Unlike the Japanese Anime their robots are nothing more than piloted suits, instead of 100 Tons walking tanks.


even a lot of good anime suffers from pandering to teenage boys.

This is a stereotype, created by capitalist. Because Anime looks cartoony many capitalist believe that it will only be watched by "teenage boys". Therefore the List turnaround and mostly publish Anime tailored to this group of "teenage boys". There are a lot of enemies that have heroes that are in their 20s to 30s, but are a fewer number than the ones that have heroes for teenagers, because of this view by the capitalist.

Legend of Galactic heroes, exosquard, and Broken Blade are a few that do not have heroes in their teens.


god this forum is full of nerds

Yet another stereotype. People who watch Anime do so for a number of reasons.

Reason number one people who watch anime do not like to watch reality TV shows. Which they find the demeaning, annoying, and boring. They would rather watch a show with a unique setting, then watch a kid running up and down an obstacle course.

Reason number two there are a lack of good series on television. Face it today in the US we are seeing more reality TV shows than good series. Even channels like TNT and sci-fi network which have mostly shown nothing but series are now showing their own reality TV shows. Is this lack of good series which have characters in unique and interesting locations, to people watching cartoonish like anime.

[Comrade_Stalin]

So...I'm a huge fan of the Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY anime. What are some really good animes to check out?

To Answer the original question; I would at least list the following as this person is a big Mecha fan.

Armored Trooper Votoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Trooper_Votoms
This series comes around from the 1980s. And the story has very much that 1980s feel of fighting the war to end all wars. Here the difference between Armored Troopers Votoms and shows like Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY as stated by wiki.



Except for its starships and medical technology, the VOTOMS universe is fairly low-tech (and is often described as hard science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_science_fiction)). Soldiers and combat vehicles alike are equipped with missiles and projectile weapons; only large spaceships have energy weapons, and then only in small numbers. The main weapon of the conflict is the common Armored Trooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha) (also known as AT, described in a derogatory term as a 'tin can with a machine gun'), a mass-produced humanoid combat vehicle piloted by a single soldier. They are known alternately as VOTOMS (Vertical One-man Tank for Offense & ManeuverS).

Broken Blade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Blade

Broken Blade just cannot recently, and is slated for an audience in in their 20s. What is different though than other series is that it shows elite pilots being able to hit targets outside their enemies effective firing range or in some cases bring down their enemies with one effectively play shot. It does though give off that Gundam SEED/SEED DESTINY vibe. But the shows use of current day politics based off of resource depletion, and the use of military tactics like ambushes makeup for the vibe

Exosquard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exosquad
Exosquard is a 1990s Western cartoon which was produced in response to Japanese Mecha Anime. Therefore they have manned robot battles just like in the Japanese Animes. Unlike the Japanese Anime their robots are nothing more than piloted suits, instead of 100 Tons walking tanks.


even a lot of good anime suffers from pandering to teenage boys.

This is a stereotype, created by capitalist. Because Anime looks cartoony many capitalist believe that it will only be watched by "teenage boys". Therefore the List turnaround and mostly publish Anime tailored to this group of "teenage boys". There are a lot of enemies that have heroes that are in their 20s to 30s, but are a fewer number than the ones that have heroes for teenagers, because of this view by the capitalist.

Legend of Galactic heroes, exosquard, and Broken Blade are a few that do not have heroes in their teens.


god this forum is full of nerds

Yet another stereotype. People who watch Anime do so for a number of reasons.

Reason number one people who watch anime do not like to watch reality TV shows. Which they find the demeaning, annoying, and boring. They would rather watch a show with a unique setting, then watch a kid running up and down an obstacle course.

Reason number two there are a lack of good series on television. Face it today in the US we are seeing more reality TV shows than good series. Even channels like TNT and sci-fi network which have mostly shown nothing but series are now showing their own reality TV shows. Is this lack of good series which have characters in unique and interesting locations, to people watching cartoonish like anime.

[Zav]

You should watch Boku no Pico.
I couldn't resist. I'm sorry. :(

[cynicles]

AnythIng by Miyazaki, he used to be a Marxist and it heavily influenced some of his work, overall very progressive political and social themes.

[#FF0000]

This is a stereotype, created by capitalist.

Here we go.


Because Anime looks cartoony many capitalist believe that it will only be watched by "teenage boys".1) No
2) It's because you have shows that are supposed to be about high school kids fighting zombies where those high school kids look like this:

http://www.lzsy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Girls-highschool-of-the-dead-14994355-975-875.jpg

Of course there's the hella cutesy shit too but I mean come on dude there is a ton of this sort of thing in anime.


because of this view by the capitalist.

No.


Yet another stereotype. People who watch Anime do so for a number of reasons.
A guy with a stalin avatar taking things too seriously.

another stereotype.

Reason number one people who watch anime do not like to watch reality TV shows. Which they find the demeaning, annoying, and boring. They would rather watch a show with a unique setting, then watch a kid running up and down an obstacle course.

Reason number two there are a lack of good series on television. Face it today in the US we are seeing more reality TV shows than good series. Even channels like TNT and sci-fi network which have mostly shown nothing but series are now showing their own reality TV shows. Is this lack of good series which have characters in unique and interesting locations, to people watching cartoonish like anime.DUDE ANIME IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING IT IS NOT INHERENTLY SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR TO ANY OTHER DUMB SHIT ON TELEVISION. IT IS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, OVERWHELMINGLY BAD WITH A HANDFUL OF GOOD THINGS.

jesus

[black magick hustla]

i really like berserk. it also lacks like the teenage fanservice bullshit 2. its just some dude with a bigass sword put through the worst tragedies and being hella unlucky, but he gets to live. its like the only manga i follow, im sad the anime just covered the golden age arc tho.

[Commiekirby]

even a lot of good anime suffers from pandering to teenage boys.
*Cough* Highschool of The Dead. *Cough*

Oh yeah, also forgot to mention Darkside Blues in my last post. Pretty awesome Anti Corporate Anime that lacks more of the annoying aspects of newer anime.

[L.A.P.]

Another thing that always bothered me with anime, not a single Japanese person to be found in those shows.

[Savant]

i really like berserk. it also lacks like the teenage fanservice bullshit 2. its just some dude with a bigass sword put through the worst tragedies and being hella unlucky, but he gets to live. its like the only manga i follow, im sad the anime just covered the golden age arc tho.

Berserk has a really good storyline, however I don't understand the need to have so much raping in manga & anime (Berserk has ALOT of that shit). I've heard that Japanese people are sexually repressed or something of that nature, to the point where they put all their sexual fantasies in anime & manga. I don't get it....

[kitsune]

Another thing that always bothered me with anime, not a single Japanese person to be found in those shows.

Wrong. All the characters are Japanese unless otherwise specified. They just aren't drawn using Western racial indicators of Asian-ness.

Anime and manga drawings are highly stylized. Westerners think they look Western because that is their default. Westerners have to indicate Asian by exaggerating racial characteristics. Asians do not do that. The default look is Asian. We don't do anything to indicate "Asian".

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/08/30/guest-post-why-do-the-japanese-draw-themselves-as-white/

[L.A.P.]

Wrong. All the characters are Japanese unless otherwise specified. They just aren't drawn using Western racial indicators of Asian-ness.

Anime and manga drawings are highly stylized. Westerners think they look Western because that is their default. Westerners have to indicate Asian by exaggerating racial characteristics. Asians do not do that. The default look is Asian. We don't do anything to indicate "Asian".

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/08/30/guest-post-why-do-the-japanese-draw-themselves-as-white/

I was talking more about the blonde hair and the blue eyes rather than the lack of Western conceptions of stereotypical East Asian traits. I read a long time ago from the creator of Naruto that he purposely makes his characters look more Western to appeal to Americans, this is what bothers me.

[Raúl Duke]

ehh...anime

I barely watch any.

When I was younger I have.

I guess I'll just mention Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Gantz, Armitage III, Ghost in a Shell, and idk whatelse.


Wrong. All the characters are Japanese unless otherwise specified. They just aren't drawn using Western racial indicators of Asian-ness.


I was talking more about the blonde hair and the blue eyes rather than the lack of Western conceptions of stereotypical East Asian traits.

That depends on the anime, but I also noticed it too.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

I'm currently enjoying Deadman Wonderland.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

I like Black Lagoon, it's the only anime series I've enjoyed. Akira is a great film, love the music and the narrative. I'll also be cliche and say Spirited Away is another great film.

I watched Ghost in the Shell and it was shit. It was trying to be a mix between Blade Runner and Akira but failing miserably. I've watched and hated Neon Genesis Evangelion; there comes a point in time where your whiny, pathetic protagonist is just a little too whiny and pathetic. And I read the Naruto manga quite religiously up until the time-skip because afterwards it became essentially Dragonball Z.

[black magick hustla]

Berserk has a really good storyline, however I don't understand the need to have so much raping in manga & anime (Berserk has ALOT of that shit). I've heard that Japanese people are sexually repressed or something of that nature, to the point where they put all their sexual fantasies in anime & manga. I don't get it....

honestly, i think the amount of fucked up sexual shit in the berserk universe is pretty realistic. the medieval age was hard time and people got raped and shit all the time and women were pretty much worth dirt. reminds me a lot of the depiction of sexuality in song of ice and fire.

[shinjuku dori]

Japanese are supposed to be sexual repressed, but I can walk 5 minute from apartment into Pink Saloon and get a oral sex while sitting in a booth. In America, pay for sex is banned.

[MotherCossack]

h-h-h-e-l-l-o!!!!! queen with the aang avatar coming through......

omg!!!!!! the legend of aang....... i am an alter .... i bow to thee most brilliant hero oh aang.... you are cool..... you are the most divine and excellent, amusing and superior one!!!!!the legend of aang: books of water, earth and fire, yes especially fire!!!!!!!!
simply the best cartoon ever conceived of.......
and now the legend of korra.... not a bad addition....... an avatar with some potential but clearly with much to learn......


oh yes and studio gibli films are pretty much all top notch....... especially;
princess mononoke,
spirited away,
laputa
and there is that one about a pig pilot and
one about a little independent principality and a wacky subversive journalist who falls for the heroine who narrates the whole film,
oh and i like kiki's delivery service ...... i love this stuff...... beats other efforts by miles.

[Susurrus]

There's only one even vaguely communist anime I can think of, this Russian one called First Squad.

lIKHL36h3YU

[Comrade_Stalin]

Here we go.



Yes we will. As you have done nothing more then prove me right, while trying to tell your self that you are right. Which is no shcok to me here on revleft.



1) No
2) It's because you have shows that are supposed to be about high school kids fighting zombies where those high school kids look like this:

http://www.lzsy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Girls-highschool-of-the-dead-14994355-975-875.jpg



One show does not prove you case. Before you posted, I showed a number of case where the leads or heroes in the story are in there 20's to 30's. You just went out and found one show that "proves" your point. Hell some one can go out and find a anime with 6 to 10 year old heroes and try to "prove" that all animes are for little kids.




Of course there's the hella cutesy shit too but I mean come on dude there is a ton of this sort of thing in anime.


That because MOST capitalist are willing to pay only for those anime for young male teens. Like you example above. You should note that this is becuase they stereotype everthing. Tell me then why some women watch anime then?




No.



To the fact that capitalist only put what they what to see on tv? Because that all I see them do. Unless you think fox news is some how on our side.




A guy with a stalin avatar taking things too seriously.



This coming form the person who avatar is "Proletarian Realness". I have yet to see the "realness" in just saying no most of the time.




another stereotype.
DUDE ANIME IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING IT IS NOT INHERENTLY SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR TO ANY OTHER DUMB SHIT ON TELEVISION. IT IS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, OVERWHELMINGLY BAD WITH A HANDFUL OF GOOD THINGS.

jesus

You had to Cap now did you. Just keeping it real? I think that the reason that you are upset, is that you like these reality TV shows.

Well I'm going to set the record straight, EVERTHING ON TV IS BETTER THEN A REALITY TV SHOWS. Anime right now is a low cost alternative to the lack of series we see today. The only tv series that are being renewed are one where they can get cheap sets. That why Terra Nova was not renewed.

And "jesus" is for thesis.

[bcbm]

This is a stereotype, created by capitalist. Because Anime looks cartoony many capitalist believe that it will only be watched by "teenage boys".

i didnt say all anime was for teenage boys, i said some of it suffers from pandering to teenage boys. i am thinking of things like idk all of the bathtub scenes in elfen lied and the like.


There are a lot of enemies that have heroes that are in their 20s to 30s, but are a fewer number than the ones that have heroes for teenagers, because of this view by the capitalist.

the age of the heroes doesn't really have any bearing on the demographic the show/film is aimed at.


Yet another stereotype. People who watch Anime do so for a number of reasons.

uh dude i just listed a bunch of anime i like it was obviously said with tongue firmly in cheek.


Reason number one people who watch anime do not like to watch reality TV shows. Which they find the demeaning, annoying, and boring. They would rather watch a show with a unique setting, then watch a kid running up and down an obstacle course.

lol uh ok.


Reason number two there are a lack of good series on television.

the last few years have been very good for tv watching actually

[JustMovement]

h-h-h-e-l-l-o!!!!! queen with the aang avatar coming through......

omg!!!!!! the legend of aang....... i am an alter .... i bow to thee most brilliant hero oh aang.... you are cool..... you are the most divine and excellent, amusing and superior one!!!!!the legend of aang: books of water, earth and fire, yes especially fire!!!!!!!!
simply the best cartoon ever conceived of.......
and now the legend of korra.... not a bad addition....... an avatar with some potential but clearly with much to learn......


oh yes and studio gibli films are pretty much all top notch....... especially;
princess mononoke,
spirited away,
laputa
and there is that one about a pig pilot and
one about a little independent principality and a wacky subversive journalist who falls for the heroine who narrates the whole film,
oh and i like kiki's delivery service ...... i love this stuff...... beats other efforts by miles.

i think its technically not anime but i love it as well. this second series is nowhere near as good as the first but i like the character korra so I have some hopes for it yet.

I loved cowboy bebop, i loved flcl which is i think captures perfectly what its like to fjrst fall in love, i didnt really like serial experiment lane though i thought it was an interesting idea and it was pretty spooky at times, i hated neon genesis evangelion. and thats all the animes ive watched. never got into dragon ball as a kid for some reason. oh yeah and they sometimes played this show called lupin III on italian tv as a kid. it was baller.

[Rafiq]

Fuck anime. How about that? Fucking hate that shit. Never seen an anime show but just looking at pictures makes me turn away in disgust.

All the anime-fetish people in my school are wierd ass people,that's all I know.

http://protaku.com/pics/fuck_anime.jpg

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[individualist]

I would say Shuffle! Is a pretty good anime.

[Permanent Revolutionary]

I'm disappointed that no-one has mentioned Silver Fang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeiYAs_gNP8

[#FF0000]

One show does not prove you case. Before you posted, I showed a number of case where the leads or heroes in the story are in there 20's to 30's. You just went out and found one show that "proves" your point. Hell some one can go out and find a anime with 6 to 10 year old heroes and try to "prove" that all animes are for little kids.

No one said "all". Just that a lot of anime has a lot of dumb pandering stuff in it.


To the fact that capitalist only put what they what to see on tv? Because that all I see them do. Unless you think fox news is some how on our side.


lol


You had to Cap now did you. Just keeping it real? I think that the reason that you are upset, is that you like these reality TV shows.


no i had to go all-caps because that was a really embarrassing post. like i said, anime is literally no better or worse than any other thing. there is more bad anime than good anime, just like there is more bad everything than good anything.


Well I'm going to set the record straight, EVERTHING ON TV IS BETTER THEN A REALITY TV SHOWS.

yup.


Anime right now is a low cost alternative to the lack of series we see today.

low cost like how. anime dvds are hella expensive which is real weird considering the conditions the animators so often work in

also what I have an issue with is this whole "capitalists do this and that" like they are all in a board room somewhere plotting anime conspiracies.

[campesino]

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skip to 2:14

[individualist]

I actually like fanservice in anime.

[RedSonRising]

Gundam 00 is one of the best I've ever seen. It's not explicitly socialist, but the themes are progressive and critical of the hierarchies of government & the war they produce. Without giving too much away, the setting is in a fictional near-future in which nation-states have consolidated their power into 3 major global power blocks, and a group called Celestial Being have declared that they will intervene any military action between countries with force. Celestial Being carries this out through their 5 ideologically driven Gundam Pilots, who have superior technology to every army on Earth, and characters on all sides view and participate the resulting series of conflicts in different ways.

[Amon]

You should check out the first 4 episodes of the 'Aoi Bungaku' series. The first 4 episodes are based on a novel by Japanese author 'Osamu Dazai', the novel is called 'No longer Human' and is the 2nd best-selling novel in Japan of all time. It's short but incredibly interesting to watch, no magic or supernatural stuff, just real life, especially focussing on the darkness.

The people who I've recommended it too all absolutely loved it, definitely check it out :)

[theblackmask]

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion is pretty much the best anime ever.

[Robespierres Neck]

I like Yosuga no Sora. :wub:

[matthewlous]

I watch Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.