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| Nimbo |
Anime, anyone?So do you watch any anime, 'cause i'm a uber fan of anime, and it would be nice to have some like-minded people to talk to. ^^Maybe someone who knows about the whole shojou ai thing.. or not as long as you know about and have seen some anime i'm thrilled 
erm anyways i haven't been watching so much anime lately but heres my list: Claymore Bleach Naruto Kannazuki no miko Strawberry panic (haven't watched the whole serie yet) Trigun Slayers And others that i can't remember right now ^^ Now it's y'alls turn |
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| TLC DEMON |
Well there is
Nadesco Out Law Star Lastexile Green Green Trinity Blood Robin The Witch Hunter (cause her name is Robin and so is mine) there are alot more i cant remmber all their names right now. i know if you go to you tube and type in shoujo ai there is amv's and you can look at the list of names of the animes and they have some on there. my faviorit is mai hime even though i havnt gotten to watch most of it. and if ya ever wanna talk just pm me or send me a message on anything pretty much. |
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| nekotine |
my list of watched/watching/watched a bit of anime is daaaaaaaang long. too long to post on here so i'll just direct you to my myanimelist page. i probably need to update that...
but yeah, watched Voltron, Robotech and a few others when i was a kid, didn't really register it as Japanese animation though. when i was in high school, Sailor Moon hopped onto US televisions, it piqued my interests a lot, along with Dragonball Z and Tekkaman Blade. my dad was a manager at Hollywood Video and brought home one of Masamune Shirou's anime (can't remember if it was Black M-66 or the original Appleseed oavs...) so i began to browse the animation section, which i had been unaware of. i rented GunBuster and from there i was pretty much smitten with anime. started attending the local con, Fanime, met friends (some with whom i'm extremely close to to this day) online via IRC and have been watching fansubs since they were still only available on VHS tape sent by mail! XD yeah, i'm pretty dated... still watch anime to this day though i'm taking a bit of a hiatus to catch up on some j/k/asian dramas i hadn't gotten around to watching. as for yuri/shoujo ai, i was translating for the manga scanlation group, Otenba , doing titles such as Kannazuki no Miko, Read or Dream and Hayate x Blade before they got licensed. i regularly hang out/idle in #lililicious, who also translate yuri anime/manga for fans. i plan to do a yuri panel at Fanime, provided i can find the time between work and school. x_x; so yeah, i'm down with the anime/manga/yuri talk if other people are. :3 |
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| Lyska |
animeI love anime, and my absolute favorite is:Haibane Renmei.. and let me tell you why! The series is about being reborn, and discovering your darkness before it consumes you. Even though there aren't any clear lesbian or gay themes in the series some characters probably are. It's about the feeling of falling on earth and being charged to declare your purpose. When it starts, you think "oh, this is about a bunch of non christian angels redeeming themselves" but what it's really about is the power to save someone else no matter how powerless you feel. That series is gorgeous, moving, and damn infecting. Prepare to be permeated. Oh, and Lain, Ergo Proxy, the Scrapped Princess (if you want a little old school). and Full Metal Alchemist can't be missed. ditto on the Witch Hunter Robin.. it's My So Called Life for the hunter 90's witch. It's one of those animes where nothing happens.. yet everything happens. Anime is almost endless. I like that about music too.. you can watch and watch and never watch it all. |
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| nekotine |
Haibane Renmai was definately a good one from Yoshitoshi ABe, i feel fortunate that i was able to get a hold of 2 of the short doujinshi he did and based it on. if you really enjoyed it Lyska, you might want to check out the book Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Murakami Haruki (or Haruki Murakami, if you go by the English way of arranging names...), which supposedly influenced/inspired ABe to do Haibane.
as for there being gay/lesbian overtones, while i would say that certain characters certainly become attached to one another, probably beyond that of a common friendship, i wouldn't go so far as to say anyone was 'in love' with each other. along with the message that everyone has the power to save someone no matter how powerless they feel, it's also about learning to believe and trust that the people close to you will be there to help you, and that there is no shame in asking them for help in your darkest of times. and i think it's that level of trust that people 'inflate' to be love. not that i blame them. heck, i'd be all for it but yeah... n.n; it's a pretty common theme in a few of ABe's works really. i'd definately recommend it to those who can handle a somewhat slow paced 'slice of life' drama. my personal all time favorites are:
Princess Tutu / プリンセスチュチュ GunBuster / トップをねらえ！ Macross Plus / マクロスプラス Kaleido Star / カレイドスター Spirited Away / 千と千尋の神隠し Princess Mononoke / もののけ姫 Slayers Next / スレヤーズNEXT i like and have watched a lot more anime than that but those are the ones i can marathon over and over again and never get sick of EVER. as for stuff that's yuri/shoujo ai/has girls in love/like/fans hope they love/like each other, there's:
Simoun* Kannazuki no Miko Strawberry Panic Kashimashi ~ Girl Meets Girl ~ Sailor Moon (well, at least the last couple of seasons...) Noir* Madlax El Cazador Mai HiME Mai Otome Revolutionary Girl Utena* Kaleido Star* (my own bit of wishful thinking...) Haibane Renmei* ...and much, much more. if there's an *, that means i particularly enjoyed watching it.  for a full list of titles or just about everything considered yuri in nature, whether it's in canon or fandom, i'd suggest checking out Yuricon for all your needs.
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| Taija |
I'm wouldn't call myself a huge fan of anime, but I surely do like it. My favorite series are Noir, a story of two female assassins, and Wolf's Rain, which follows four wolves trying to find a way to the paradise - both of them are really beautiful and touching. Over the time I have also became attached to Bleach.
As for yuri.. well, I tried watching Maria-sama ga Miteru, but I didn't really like it. I'm still willing to try something out, though, so I'm open for suggestions. |
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| Nimbo |
I haven't watched Haibane Renmei, but the way you describe it i'm definetly going to watch it very soon. omg i love ergo proxy, it's a really cool show. I have seen a couple of Wolf's rain episodes and it looks awesome. The very first anime i watched was called "Ginga nagaraboshi gin" or "silver fang" and it will always be my favourite anime, cause the story is so deep and moving(and there's a hella lot of blood) ^^ |
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| nekotine |
is there a certain genre that you prefer to watch? Maria-sama is pretty slow and well...girly, so i can understand it's not for everyone. if you liked Noir, you'd probably like Madlax and El Cazador, since they're done by the same production crew. there's also Avenger but i have yet to get around to watching that. along the lines of things more action oriented but still yuri, there's Mai HiME, Mai Otome, Simoun, Kannazuki no Miko and Revolutionary Girl Utena (if you can handle your head hurting a bit). |
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| Taija |
God, how did I forget to mention GNG? I first saw it when I was just a little kid and I still love it, it's such a beautiful story. And sad, too; I've burst out crying countless times while watching it, 'specially when Benizakura leaves his home and when Riki dies. Damn, I'm starting feel nostalgic.
You're right, I should try out Madlax and El Cazador, they seem to be more fitting for me. It's not that I dislike girly animes, I just prefer ones with more serious themes - Maria-sama was way too cheery.
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| Nimbo |
wow a GNG fan like me, yay I have the series on dvd and i agree that it can be really really sad, and yeah the scene where Riki dies will always make me cry. I dunno if i'm going to watch the series about his son weed hmm.
I've also watched Maria-sama ga miteru, and i thought it was really slow and nothing exctitng never happened( though satou sei was kinda cool) Kannazuki no miko was def more my cup of tea, but the whole mecha deal got really old, really quick. |
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| Taija |
Yeah, I wasn't expecting to meet a GNG fan here. ^^ I've seen Weed and even though the story is pretty good, it's been drawn so poorly that it's not really worth the money - at least I sold my own DVDs. |
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| Nimbo |
I've heard that it was poorly drawn, and that is kinda why i haven't gotten around to watching it yet -.- Anyways maybe we should let some others geek out too lol Has anyone seen claymore.. or loveless? Loveless is a really good story. Ritsuka is soo cute, how can you not like him, Soubi is.. different lol. I've seen the anime and i'm reading the manga at the moment, and there is some shoujo ai in it both the manga and the anime, though it isn't focused on so much, it is there =p |
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| nekotine |
yeah, while Maria-sama ga Miteru has yuri to it, it's also josei, meaning it's very 'slice of life'. so yeah, not much of a 'deep story' to be found within it, mostly just...emotions, for lack of a better wrod. Strawberry Panic, which is kind of a parody of Marimite, has more of a story to it, rather than just individual character backgrounds that effect how everyone interacts with one another.
hmm...i watched Loveless but like a lot of yaoi my friends share with me, it's a bit too much on the emo side for me. i did enjoy Kouya and Yamato's side story though. Claymore was fun. at first, it reminded me a lot of Berserk but with female warriors instead but it's quite different. i have to say, myself and a lot of people cheered when Raki was absent from episodes for a long while. he's a decent kid and means well but man...whiny/screamy much? x_x; the first few episodes were pretty meh but once they started Claire's flashback arc, things picked up. i'm curious to see what happens past the anime ending but i have yet to pick up the manga. i'd really recommend Simoun if you want something with a deep and beautiful story and yuri. on the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born a female but once they reach the age of 17, they can choose to remain female or begin the transition to become a man. although, in the nation of Simulacrum, if you make this choice, you are unable to continue piloting an advanced aircraft called Simoun, which were built by an ancient, yet somehow advanced civilization. other nations of the world want this technology for their own ambitions and are willing to wage a war to do obtain it, using technology similar to that of the 1920-30s, while a single Simoun is able to do an incredible amount of damage by 'drawing' ceremonial glyphs in the air. i'll stop there before i start spoiling stuff but yeah, it has a bit of a slow start but it picks up really quick. definately recommend it. hmm...i haven't heard of or seen Ginga Nagareboshi Gin though it's interesting it was translated as Silver Fan. ginga = Milky Way, nagareboshi = shooting star and Gin = silver, though Gin is a common name as well. ah well, even official English translated name that the Japanese come up with is completely different so yeah... n.n; |
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| Rogue |
i loved Maria-sama ga Miteru! i thought it was really cute.
my current favorites: Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Elfen Lied Slam Dunk i'll have to check out Strawberry Panic.
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| vou |
I don't really have favourites but I do enjoy a good story and lots of gore and blood, one i can keep watching is blood +, if anyone wants to recommend more bloody titles then please feel free | ||||||||
| nekotine |
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Kai - which would be the second season) is good and bloody. the way the story is told in a very 'visual novel' way in that there's usually multiple stories, with the last one pulling/linking them all together. i tell you this now since it'll seem like the characters get 'reset' after each story, and i just want to say that there IS a reason why, and it's worth seeing it through to the end.
Elfen Lied is definately bloody as hell as well, just within the first 5 minutes of the show. Darker Than Black is an excellent series (though the ending kind of faltered unless they plan to do an OAV or second series to follow up on it) and is...not as bloody as the other two but can be ruthless in it's own way. Speed Grapher is supposed to be pretty violent iirc though i have yet to finish it myself for it also tends to hurt the brain at times. XD that's all i can think of off the top of my head but i'll write again if i think of more. |
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| Rogue |
i just finished up Strawberry Panic; i really enjoyed it (even if it was super cheesy in parts. hehe). Any other yuri anime you recommend, nekotine?
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| nekotine |
while some of them aren't necessarily 'we totally kiss onscreen' yuri, they do all feature two girls/women being in a situation that brings them close together. if you want a series that is 'we totally kiss onscreen,' then i would suggest either Kashimashi, which is kinda on the cheesy/mushy side like Strawberry Panic, or if you're wanting something with a bit more action, either Simoun or Kannazuki no Miko. although, if you ask me what my favorite is amongst that list, it's likely Kaleido Star. :3 |
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| xKiDDOx |
Is there like, an anime version of The L Word?
Like, I know so much shoujo-ai is filled with 'almosts'. You watch 26 episodes only to get a small kiss at the end, and 'almost' touches, kisses, etc throughout the season. I'm not patient enough for that anymore. haha |
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| narukoyuri |
Maybe Strawberry Panic would fit the bill? It became a lot more explicit than I was expecting from a girls school anime. Lots of fanservice.
Another good one is Simoun - flying mecha powered by kissing girls, and heaps of lesbian drama happening on the ship. The story and characters are really good, I enjoyed it a lot. On a separate note, it's not yuri but has anyone mentioned Black Lagoon yet? I love that show! It's so kickass and Revy is so hot. Recommend to fans of girls with guns and lots of things blowing up. Another show I just started watching is Seirei no Moribito. The main character is cool; a strong independent spearswoman who's a resourceful fighter and bodyguard. The scenery is rendered really prettily, if a bit overly CG at times. Oh, and surely someone has watched Bubblegum Crisis? It's not really yuri but you can pretend it is XD |
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| nekotine |
yeah, Strawberry Panic and maybe even Kashimashi to a point is the closest you'll get to L Word anime-wise. in manga though, there's two that come to mind, and that's Shoujo Sect and Maka-Maka. they're a lot less 'fluffy' than SP and Kashimashi, seeing as they're manga for adults/older audiences.
Maka-Maka is a shounen yuri manga features two girls, Jun and Nene, who start out as good friends and as the manga progresses, so does their relationship. the subtitle of the manga kind of says it all, really- Love Sex Communication. at first, they're very 'good friends with benefits'-like, seeing as they both still see guys on the side, but by the end, it's obvious that they're very attatched to one another, even if they never really get to the whole romantic 'i love you' moments. you can download the entire manga from here, just be warned, it is pretty sexually explicit so read with caution around parents/young siblings/coworkers/etc. XD Shoujo Sect is also a shounen yuri manga but i would say that it ranks higher on the 'fluff' scale seeing as the girls tend to get involved with one another after their sexual encounters. it features a cast from an all-girl private school, most of whom live together in dorms. there's no real story as it generally just jumps from 'couple to couple' but the main/most recurring characters are Honda Shinobu and Naitou Momoko, and while Shinobu is interested in Momoko, Momko is pretty turned off by the fact that Shinobu has Shane Syndrome. n.n; part of it can be downloaded from here, though i'm ashamed to say i/we haven't finished translating it because school/work/laziness has prevented me from doing so. for that, i apologize. <_< but yeah, those are my suggestions. |
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| narukoyuri |
Aha, I forgot about Shoujo Sect! Man those girls have sex at the drop of a hat.
I think I found a chapter from the second volume translated; is anyone else translating it? Otherwise, I could offer to help, I've read both volumes in Japanese. : D |
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| KamiKiwi |
I'm not a huge fan of anime, but two animes I really like are Death note, and Lucky Star (It's hillarious!) | ||||||||
| aluminumcandy |
I'm a huge anime/manga fan as well. Sadly all mine are packed away in boxes right now so I'll have to update with a list later. Though I have/have seen a lot of what's been mention already.
Not sure if this one was mentioned, but I love Rose of Versaille. Anyone else seen it? |
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| Sami |
^^ I'm really into anime too.
I just finished Saiunkoku Monogatari and am waiting for a torrent of season 2! I also keep up with all the yaoi anime releases and the good yuri ones. I own about 125 manga so that is a decent sized collection. Mm.. I love collecting plushies too! *holds up cute little Sailor Uranus one* |
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| Vickie |
The newest complete anime I watched most recently is Death Note. The last one I watched was Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist). Have been wanting to watch Naruto since my younger brother and cousins all watch it, but there are just way too many episodes! Caught a few episodes of Monster and it looked quite interesting, too.
I also re-watched the whole Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon and Ranma Nibun no Ichi series. Reminded of the good old days(?).
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| acro_circus |
I just got back into watching anime again, now that I've seen this thread I'm going to have to check out a lot of these suggestions o.o
I usually watch anime movies, I believe the last one I saw was Tekon kinkurîto I just finished watching Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, didn't really like the ending though :/ |
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| FullMetalRissa |
Anime/Manga has control over me.
I watch/read: Death Note Naruto Bleach InuYasha FullMetal Alchemist Black Cat The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Burst Angel Code Geass Doujin Work Vampie Knight Blood+ Ghost In The Shell Yu Yu Hakusho Reborn! There are more but I'm really tired and it's late and I can't think... |
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| Sora |
Ah a friend of mine watched Monster, she seemed pretty into it. Said it was a bit slow at first but the story takes you in. I saw Death Note as well and I follow Naruto..but by manga lol. Can't be bothered to watch all those eps anymore xD |
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| FullMetalRissa |
Death Not is so amazing. And Naruto, I only follow the manga too. I'm up to date with Japan and... IT'S FACINATING. 8D |
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| acro_circus |
Finished watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, does anyone wanna learn the dance with me?! XD
...I like co-ordinated dance more than I should probably admit =_=;; |
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| FullMetalRissa |
Let's kick it Hare Hare Yukai style. 8D |
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| funiai |
Hoo...This is going to take a moment....>.>;;
Either in animated or manga form, I won't bother to differentiate specifically or put them in any specific order. -Samurai Champloo -Cowboy Bebop -FLCL -Trigun -Gurann Lagann -Gundam (Esp. New Mobile Report Gundam W, Z and ZZ, 0083 Stardust Memory and SEED) -Candidate for Goddess -Gunslinger Girl -Code GEASS -Welcome to the N.H.K -Fullmetal Alchemist -Vampire Knight -Dr. Slump -Dragonball -Sandland -One Piece -Shaman King -HoiHoi-san xD -Strawberry PANIC -Afro Samurai -Eureka SEVEN -Juvenile Orion -Death Note -The Candidate for Goddess -D.Gray-Man -D.N.Angel -Kill Me Kiss Me -Ergo Proxy -Paranoia Agent -Ghost in the Shell -Gungrave -Gun x Sword -Hamtaro xD -Hellsing -Lupin III -MAR -Macross -Sailor Moon -ZOMBIE-LOAN -Bobobo -Boogiepop Phantom -GinTama -Kirby of the Stars -Panda-Z -Strawberry Panic ...That's...All I can think of off the top of my head, and 'so far'. It's difficult to collect a stronger variety without a lot of money and between my lust for games. o___o; |
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| crazy88s |
I have several favorites, like Love Hina, Wolf's Rain, Blood+, Bleach, Gundam Wing, Lucky star, they have a funny dance, Rurouni Kenshin, and Princess Mononoke . There are lots more that I like. I'm an going to check out Strawberry Panic, it sounds interesting. | ||||||||
| FullMetalRissa |
funiai, ...Wow... You're awesome! 8D | ||||||||
| Serenity |
I'm a huge anime/manga fan. I think most of my favorites have been mentioned, but I'll list them anyway. 
Favorite Anime: Cowboy Bebop Black Lagoon Deathnote Kyo Kara Maoh Ouran Host Club Mai Hime Howl's Moving Castle The Melancholy of Haruhi Full Metal Alchemist Witch Hunter Robin Paprika Millennium Actress Ghost Hunt Spirited Away Kannazuki no Miko The Twelve Kingdoms Beck And Simoun and Welcome to the N.H.K. both look good, will probably check those out next. 
As for manga, I'm really into gender benders but I read anything (yaoi too). I like Hourou Musuko, After School Nightmare, Angel Sanctuary, Fruits Basket, Ouran Host Club, My Barbaric Girlfriend, Kimi wa Petto, Lovely Complex, Haru Wo Daite Ita, and more that I just cant remember atm. Also, I've recently gotten into yuri manga, I've read Free Soul, Sweet Blue Flowers, Love Vibes, and I've bought Voiceful and 12 Days, but havent had a chance to read them yet. I also like Honey Honey and Plica, they're really cute. ^^ |
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| acro_circus |
Ohh, didn't see you liked cute mangas, I'm reading Kashimashi, saw the anime but reading the manga as well ^^;;; | ||||||||
| FullMetalRissa |
Go to www.onemanga.com and read Boys Next Door and Doujin Work. They're good! | ||||||||
| Serenity |
I'm about half-way through Kashimashi, and its a cute anime. Havent read the manga yet, but I'll have to check it out.
I finished reading 12 Days and Voiceful, and i liked them both although 12 Days was a bit sad, and Voiceful did not have any real romance, it was more like a really close friendship. The Voiceful manga had a preview of First Love Sisters and it looked kind of cute. Anyone ever read this? Is it any good? |
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| acro_circus |
Woah!! Just read over a description of 12 days, craziness! I'll have to check that one out 
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| Serenity |
yeah, 12 Days was certainly different. lol. My only complaint is that its read left to right, and I kept reading in the wrong direction at first.
Oh, I really like Boys Next Door. I'm a Kaori Yuki fan! If you like Boys Next Door, I also recommend Kaine. Its about a rock star, and like Boys Next Door, its both disturbing and beautiful. |
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| acro_circus |
Ohhh thanks for the recommendations :O Lol, yeah I like it better when they release manga from right to left, I hate it when they switch it confuses me O_o |
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| FullMetalRissa |
Alright I'll check it out! Thank you! |
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| Serenity |
I read Welcome to the NHK last week. Its crazy! Depressing and hilarious, especially if you like dark humor. Its really different though. haha I'll be watching the anime too. XD
I started reading Animal X cause its a gender bender and I love those, but . . . its really violent and I don't know if I like it. 0.o I'll keep reading, but not sure what to think about it yet. |
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| acro_circus |
I've read a couple volumes of Welcome to the NHK, maybe not enough to get into it but maybe I'll have to give it another try. Lemme know if you like Animal X I love gender benders too
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| Babycha |
Has anyone seen the anime 5 centimeters Per Second? It's made by the same guy who did Voices of a Distant Star. I remember the previews for it, but I haven't seen it yet. | ||||||||
| Serenity |
It took me a while to get into Welcome to the NHK. The lolita complex and ero games in the beginning almost made me stop reading, but a friend told me it was good, so I stuck with it. I can't remember exactly when it all became funny . . . maybe after the main character meets the girl he liked in high school? I remember it became funny to me when he went with the girl to an island, thinking its was going to be a romantic getaway, but it turned out to be something completely different. I think thats when I started to like it. I read more of Animal X, and I really tried to like it, but I could not get into it. It's just so violent . . . there's dinosaurs eating people, rape. and sometimes it was boring. There were history lessons of the dinosauraids (or whatever they're called), and I generally skipped those parts. The gender bender aspect of it is ok, and I got more interested in it after the first part of the series, mainly in the relationship between the two guys. I thought I might be ok with the manga at that point, but then, more people eating, more rape. I just could not deal with it. |
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| Sora |
Violence does not sit well with me T_T
I don't mind the blood and gore with the action but too much or too realistic will have me cringing. And rape is a definite no for me >< Can't watch that at all and even implications give me bad feelings : / Never tried Welcome to the NHK, but my anime viewing has ceased recently =o Shame on me! |
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| Babycha |
I've been hearing a lot about this one recently. I think i'll check it out. |
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| Pescean |
Just watch these parodies of Sailor Moon and you'll be okay.
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| Babycha |
hahahahaha  
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| acro_circus |
Oh good to know, maybe I'll give NHK another try
I haven't seen either, but I really want to! Especially after I saw this AMV for 5 Centimeters Per Second :X and lmao @ Sailor Moon parody xD DIALUPPPPP |
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| Kaledio_Ruby |
I'm going to enter my shameless little plug here: the first article of Lily Colored Lenses has been posted on Lesbiangeek.com. Heh heh...
Anywho, I'll do my part and list some stuff worth watching/reading (since I'm a HUGE Akiba-kei) Light Novels Strawberry Panic (better than the manga and anime) Oh! My Goddess Missing Shakugan no Shana Zero no Tsukaima (when it's finally released by Seven Seas) Manga Strawberry Panic (yuri) Hayate X Blade (yuri) Hayate the Combat Butler Special A Mermaid's Forest/Scar saga The Last Uniform (yuri) Voiceful (yuri) Kannazuki no Miko (yuri) .hack Oh! My Goddess Shoujo Sect (18+ smutty yuri... tasty!) Strawberry Shake Sweet (yuri) Iono-sama the Fanatics (yuri) The Miko's Words and the Witch's Incantations (yuri) Anime (time for the long list...) Fate/Stay Night Spice and Wolf Allison and Lilia Clannad Kanon Air Vampire Knight Strawberry Panic Maria-sama Ga Miteru Candy*Boy Zettai Karen Children Wagaya ni Oniarai-sama Telepathy Girl Ran Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou World Destruction Slayers (now with the new season, Slayers Revolution!) Koihime Musou xxxHolic Tsubasa Chronicles Amatsuki Crystal Blaze Gakuen Alice Kara no Kyoukai Kanokon Kimagure Orange Road Ranma 1/2 (also great in Manga!) Kyouran Kazoku Nikki Koharubiyori Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Strike Witches Zero no Tsukaima Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Kurenai Mnemosyne Kyou no Go no Ni Mai-Hime/Otome/Sif.r Zillion Best Student Council Shakugan no Shana Rozen Maiden Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Kannazuki no Miko Sailor Moon (classics!) Bubblegum Crisis Battle Angel Vampire Hunter D Robot Carnival Nadia Anything by Miyazaki Hayao (Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, etc) Ouran High School Host Club Nana Ok... I'll stop for now... I just realized how far the scroll bar was going... ^_^* Sorry! |
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| acro_circus |
I've never heard of Light Novels before, is it like a doujinshi? So I suppose that you have to be somewhat familiar with the series before reading them? 
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| Kaledio_Ruby |
Light Novels are pretty much just pocket sized novels of a series. Most of the newer series started out as light novels such as Suzumiya Haruhi, Shakugan no Shana, and Spice and Wolf. While I love anime and manga, there's a delightful connection you get to the story by reading the light novels. Thus far, I think Seven Seas and Viz are the top two publishers that are releasing light novels.
...I'm reading the second volume of Strawberry Panic right now.. and OMG is it intense. The story is different from the anime and longer than the manga. http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Main_Page Baka-Tsuki translates a lot of light novels and some games. They've got almost all the volumes of Suzumiya Haruhi posted and you can read them online. I'm getting all into Fate/Zero, the prequel to Fate/Stay Night.
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| Babycha |
Here's a great gender bender I stumbled across on http://Onemanga.com today, it's called Hourou Musuko. I recommend it to all the manga fans.
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| yuna |
Not the hugest anime fan here, but there was one anime cartoon I was crazy about when I was a kid. Watched all seasons. It's called Saint Seiya, can anyone remember it? I had tons of Saint Seiya action figures when I was like 8. Surely the only reason I didn't get beat up at school was because I was a girl, cause I had "geek" written all over me. | ||||||||
| nekotine |
lol i haven't watched it but i know what Saint Seiya is so don't worry, yuna. :3
5cm Per Second is a BEAUTIFUL movie. as are all of Shinkai Makoto's work really but yeah. n.n; i think it's my personal favorite over Hoshi no Koe/Voices of a Distant Star and Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Bashou/The Place Promised in Our Early Days. it just seemed like he put a lot more of himself into it as it was supposed to kind of be a reflection of how because pretty much constantly at work, he felt he was becoming more distant from his wife, and you can really feel the sorrow he feels from being away from the person he loves. absolutely beautiful. :3 if you happened to like any of his films, i would definitely recommend seeing Toki o Kakeru Shoujo. Welcome to the NHK i haven't gotten around to watching though i do have all the episodes. it just didn't grab me as fast as Genshiken or Lucky Star as far as the whole 'embrace your g33k/otakuness!' type of series but i'll get around to it eventually. oh and by the way, Shoujo Sect now has a short oav animated series, with the first part already out. i'm...trying my best to translate it but it's slow with work and all. ~_~; anyhow, the couplings stay true to the manga though they added a bit more dialogue and some of the sexual encounters have been modified to fit the new stuff. nothing...too major i guess but as someone who translated the manga, it's kinda like 'nnnuuuuoooo~ why did you change that~?!' XD as for the sex scenes themselves, they're...okay. it comes off as more like B film sex at times, showing just enough but never getting too detailed like the manga did. it's somewhat disappointing considering the studio that worked on it also did titles like Black Bible but then again, there were sex scenes in Black Bible that weren't animated all that well either so meh... it just would've been nice to finally have a full-on lesbian hentai for once, rather than just the one to two scenes of a lesbian couple within a majority of hetero sex scenes. *sigh* ah well, maybe there will be improvements in the next 2 OAVs...i hope. 
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| narukoyuri |
What, no explicit sex in the Shoujo Sect anime? That's no fun at all.
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| Serenity |
I adore Hourou Musuko! Its one of my favorites, I've read it several times. XD So glad someone else likes it too.
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| Babycha |
Awesome! I only read the first 15 chapters or so, I really need to finish it. |
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| Serenity |
Yes, you must finish it! There were a few more chapters released too. Its up to chapter 33 now.
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| Serenity |
Here's a yuri slideshow I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHx_dwXitvQ
Its my first amv and not very long, but I thought it came out ok. I'm gonna start another vid with only anime clips as soon as I decide on a song and anime.
And I started reading Eerie Queerie. It is soo funny! I finished volume 1-2 and just started volume 3. The art is a little weird at first, but it improves by the end of the first volume. |
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| Babycha |
Whoa, I bought the first volume of this a while ago... I should find it and check it out again. Are you reading it online? |
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| Serenity |
No, I haven't looked for it online. I got the first 3 volumes from the library. |
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| Babycha |
ahh, I see. I'm trying to read as much manga online as possible since my collection's getting too big, but I didn't think of the library. |
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| Duran |
I'm gonna do my Pracital Assignment for Art-class about Manga and Anime and some other Assignment I have to compare 2 artists so I chose Walt(er) Disney and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto). I hope it'll get me a high mark, wish me luck | ||||||||
| Babycha |
That should be interesting  I love Naruto, and yeah,,, Walt's ok too.
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| Duran |
I know but I couldn't think of anyone else to compare Kishimoto with... Btw All hail Hinata Hyuuga and her magical lovehandles!! |
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| Earrame |
You could always compare him to another manga artist. Like Akira Toriyama or even an artist that does shoujo manga. |
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| Duran |
True but I wanted to keep it a bit simple and well that woman (aka the teacher) doesn't know much about artists like Akira Toriyama or Masashi Kishimoto, so I felt like making it her easier by using a more (for her) famous artist like Walt(er) Disney.. |
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