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Post by december on Jan 24, 2009 2:13:46 GMT -5
Ok, so my boyfriend is an anime virgin, but really wants to be involved with anime like I am. (He thinks cosplaying is cool, but doesn’t really understand it.) But I’m afraid that if I start him off with the wrong anime he won’t like it. So I need some good animes but they need a few things.
1. Action (duh)
2. Mystery
3. Epic battles/ quests
4. Some blood would be nice
5. And more on the fantasy side, than based on real life.
Now here are some of MY requests,
No Inuyasha, No Naruto, More Or less no main stream Animes.
I was thinking along the lines of like Cowboy Bebop. Do you think might be a good starter one??? (Yes I know it was main stream)
But in a nutshell, what do you guys think?
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Post by Hime-sama on Jan 24, 2009 2:29:59 GMT -5
Evangelion? Well, I guess that's kind of realistic... for Mystery genre... I can really only think of Meitantei Conan which lacks really epical battle scenes and it's more or less realistic... ...
With your filter of requirements, it's a bit hard to determine what's appropriate. xD;
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Post by rinoaheartilly32 on Jan 24, 2009 2:59:31 GMT -5
I think Cowboy Bebop is a good anime to start off with I love it! Other ones I can recommend somewhere along those lines(it at least touches a few of the requirements) are Trigun, Gundam Wing, and Rurouni Kenshin(although for this if you are going for blood go for Samurai X, I personally liked it better anyway) I know those are all pretty mainstream but I don't think they are too mainstream. Hope that helps!
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Post by Judai Yuki on Jan 24, 2009 8:53:35 GMT -5
Negima, Battle Royale (hes a guy-blood guts-he will love it),
Tenchi, Street Fighter, Blood Plus, and Soul Eater.
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Post by Rakuen on Jan 24, 2009 13:06:39 GMT -5
Under no circumstances should you ever start anyone out on Evangelion, it's far too much of a disjointed mindscrew. >_<
I'd say start him off with either Cowboy Bebop of Full Metal Alchemist. Both of them pretty well fit the bill, though FMA less on the actiony side. That's what we've pretty much started everyone around here on.
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Post by Sabi on Jan 24, 2009 13:46:48 GMT -5
Darker than Black! Just ask Daniel, he'd say the same thing. It's a very good series, and fits in pretty much all the things you listed.
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Post by cosplayerrika on Jan 24, 2009 16:05:27 GMT -5
Yu Yu Hakusho? It used to be a mainstream, but they don't show it anymore.
Outlaw Star?
Saiyuki?
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Post by newcastleepl on Jan 24, 2009 16:14:01 GMT -5
Trigun!
And Cowboy Bebop. Both are excellent starter animes for action series.
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Post by Judai Yuki on Jan 24, 2009 19:01:32 GMT -5
Fruits basket, Ghost in the Shell (and SAC), Akira, Spirited Away, Devil May Cry, Love Hina, and Ranma 1/2
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Post by iMustang on Jan 26, 2009 23:48:11 GMT -5
Yu Yu Hakusho would be good for him... One Piece is good for humor and epic fight value (assuming it's the japanese version). He would probably like Love Hina or Elfin Lied too, and of course DBZ. For mystery and overall awesomeness though, show him Death Note. Even non-anime fans love it  |
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Post by Bolmung on Jan 27, 2009 0:32:49 GMT -5
Yu Yu Hakusho is a great starter anime. There's some blood, tons fo violence, plenty of comedy and lots of memorable characrters and msot of all, one of the BEST anime plot lines!
Was my first anime and it got me into other anime. I didn't even like cartoons when I got into it, I jsut started watching it and immediatly fell in love with anime!
Most anime fans I've met started watching cartoons until cartoon network started airing anime. YYH being one of the first they aired!
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Post by General Koibito Cross on Jan 27, 2009 7:43:32 GMT -5
mmk heres the best to start ppl on
dbz, yu yu hakusho, one piece stuff like that
ooh another good one is hellsing
oh to what sasuke said do not start him on the dmc anime its good but if someone gets into dmc they have to start with the games lol
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Post by newcastleepl on Jan 27, 2009 11:20:20 GMT -5
Black Lagoon is a good action-y anime to watch, although later in the series it gets a little darker.
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Post by pop ・LOVELY on Jan 27, 2009 12:31:35 GMT -5
Trigun and Cowboybebop two of my first animes, two I really loved. Anything really new to the anime scene I can't say I've been pretty out of touch for awhile. But maybe instead of starting a series, you can start with a movie, Akira, Ghost in the shell, etc., then stem off into a series. A series might be a bit much to someone who's super new. Also I agree with not starting off with Evangelion. |
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Post by Mokirin on Jan 27, 2009 14:57:07 GMT -5
I also agree that a movie would probably be best to start with, or an anime series that doesn't have a whole lot of episodes.
I remember my friends got me into anime through Inuyasha. As many people have said above, I'd suggest Trigun, since I really liked it myself.
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