Comics/Cartoons/Anime

[Morfio]

Is there anybody here that is interested in any 3 of these subjects? I was looking for this kind of thread and didn't find one so I thought I'd go ahead and post about it.

Basically I'm looking for people to talk about favorite characters, shows, what universe they like, and things of that nature. Seems like a good idea.

 

[Petyr]

I am a cartoon fan , but I am not into comics, as for anime I recently developed interest in the whole universe, since you probably know about the big diversity. So if you have any anime recommendations I would be pleased to hear them.

 

[Morfio]

At that point it depends on what you really like to watch. What kind of genre are you looking to watch when it comes to that? I don't want to be vague and name a bunch that I've seen with you not liking a lot of them. Lol.

 

[Petyr]

Well I am into sci-fi, and more serious , darker stuff if possible, but I don't mind comedy . I've been recommended Cowboy Bebop and Banner of The Stars , but I will be grateful if you could recommend something else.

Oh, I am definitely not into the Echi genre, if what I was told about it is true

 

[Morfio]

*Ecchi - Basically if you're not into Hentai then you won't enjoy it. Not that I'd recommend that to anybody.

Good series that I would recommend would be Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Outlaw Star, Darker Than Black, Blue Gender, Terra Formars, Ninja Scroll, Zetman, Arc The Lad, Shiki, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Higurashi no Naku Koroni Rei (When They Cry), Witchblade, Pet Shop of Horrors, Strait Jacket, Chaos Head, Descendants of Darkness, Gantz, Bokurano, Paranoia Agent, Blood+, Blue Seed, Ghost Hunt, Baccano!, Eureka Seven, Berserk, Ergo Proxy, Trinity Blood, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, and Death Note.

 

[Petyr]

Thanks! I looked them up and I think I will start with Darker Than Black and Blood+ , since I have so much on my plate right now. Btw I started watching Crest of The Stars and it is awesome ! I already now that it's gonna be one of my favorite sci fi shows.

 

[Morfio]

I'll definitely have to give it a look then. I looked up the series and it looks decent. Apparently there's also a 90 minute OVA (anime film) attached with that series as well that I'll have to watch.

Darker than Black I thought was an amazing series. There is 1 more seasons after that show named Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor and an OVA called Darker than Black: Gaiden which takes place between the 1st and 2nd seasons storylines.

Blood+ I thought was very good. Action-packed along with the ability to really keep you interested in the story.

 

[Morfio]

Now if you really want a storyline that will throw you for a loop then I recommend Baccano! greatly. I thought it was an amazing serious that really reels you into each character.

 

[Petyr]

I would like that! I will see it too, I just need some time.

As for the Crest of The Stars, there is the OVA and there are two seasons which are continuation of the story Banner of the Stars I and II. I really got interested in the whole story and after a miniscule amount of digging it turned out that they are based on a series of books.

This is the crazy part, the guy who wrote the books, invented the Abh (imperial ) language and alphabet and wrote the books in this language. (of course there was a translation included in the books) So I will be looking also for the books.

 

[Azrael Ibanez]

If you like dark sci fi I would recommend Gantz.

 

[Petyr]

Thank you about the recommendation and will probably also check it out, but for the moment I have too much on my plate and except if I don't go in a full on anime frenzy , it will take a while

 

[Morfio]

If you like dark sci fi I would recommend Gantz.

Good to have another person onboard.

 

[Morfio]

Hey @Azrael Ibanez , are you watching any specific anime at the moment?

 

[CTFX]

Samurai Champloo was a great series. If you're interested in 19th century Japanese with a mix of hip hop.

 

[Morfio]

It is a good series to fall back to.

Another one that is good for taking on a story in the Japanese Warring States Period is Samurai 7. Basically it is a futuristic take of the film The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (RIP). It's really good in my opinion if you want to give that a watch as well.

 

[Azrael Ibanez]

Hey @Azrael Ibanez , are you watching any specific anime at the moment?

I've been into Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet lately.

 

[Morfio]

I've been into Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet lately.

I just looked up that anime and I want to watch it so bad now!!!! Now that I know that Production I.G. produced it I'll have to give it a look for sure. It looks pretty good.

 

[Azrael Ibanez]

Yeah I'm really loving it so far. Also, Samurai 7 is one of my favorites.

 

[Morfio]

I have it on DVD. Bought it when I was still in the military.

 

[Azrael Ibanez]

I have it on DVD. Bought it when I was still in the military.

I have the first volume on DVD but my boys and I watched the rest on Crunchyroll. They loved it too.

 

[Morfio]

That's awesome! I love anime as a whole for the versatility it bring to cartoons as a whole. There's something for everybody. You can't really say that for most of the cartoons that are on TV today here in the state.

 

[Petyr]

It took me a while, but I finished Blood+ and Darker than Black (not the OVAs though) and I think that both are incredible, now I am in the middle of Sword Art Online and I am sure that I am already a sucker for the genre.

 

[Morfio]

Sword Art Online was good but I don't really count the second season for that as a part of the show. I can't say anything about Sword Art Online 2 though since I haven't seen it yet. I need to start getting back into seeing what is airing in Japan at the moment to see if there is anything that I might watch.

I've been reading the Air Gear manga of recent and since I saw the anime I've wanted to figure out what happened after they ended the show and the manga goes through that thank goodness.

 

[NXX.SXPXRNX]

I am into comics I've read a couple Deathstroke / Deadpool, Green Arrow, Batman books. I also have manga DBZ books (Only Majin series right now.) Any recommendations?


I am also a gigantic fan of DBZ watched it at 8 years old and still watch it to this day. Attack on Titans is interesting too. I tried to get into Bleach and Naruto but couldn't - once again, recommendations?

 

[Morfio]

Attack on Titan was good. The story needs to go for a little bit longer but I haven't read the manga yet so I don't know if it continues after the anime.

Now when it comes to recommendations what kind of genres regarding anime are you into? Do you like more of the action packed shounen stuff or are you looking for something kind of specific? Just let me know what you like and I can give you some recommendations based off of that.

Manga: I'm reading Air Gear right now and that's a really good series. I'm trying to get through all 357 chapters of it (I'm only on 51 [T_T] ) but it's a really good one. Originally came out in '02 but the anime series didn't make it here till way later along with most of the English versions of the manga. They never fully translated all of it which is why I'm finally reading the manga so I can figure out what happens after the anime ends.

 

[NXX.SXPXRNX]

Attack on Titan was good. The story needs to go for a little bit longer but I haven't read the manga yet so I don't know if it continues after the anime.

Now when it comes to recommendations what kind of genres regarding anime are you into? Do you like more of the action packed shounen stuff or are you looking for something kind of specific? Just let me know what you like and I can give you some recommendations based off of that.

Manga: I'm reading Air Gear right now and that's a really good series. I'm trying to get through all 357 chapters of it (I'm only on 51 [T_T] ) but it's a really good one. Originally came out in '02 but the anime series didn't make it here till way later along with most of the English versions of the manga. They never fully translated all of it which is why I'm finally reading the manga so I can figure out what happens after the anime ends.

Attack on Titan was good. The story needs to go for a little bit longer but I haven't read the manga yet so I don't know if it continues after the anime.

Now when it comes to recommendations what kind of genres regarding anime are you into? Do you like more of the action packed shounen stuff or are you looking for something kind of specific? Just let me know what you like and I can give you some recommendations based off of that.

Manga: I'm reading Air Gear right now and that's a really good series. I'm trying to get through all 357 chapters of it (I'm only on 51 [T_T] ) but it's a really good one. Originally came out in '02 but the anime series didn't make it here till way later along with most of the English versions of the manga. They never fully translated all of it which is why I'm finally reading the manga so I can figure out what happens after the anime ends.

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Anything similar to DBZ is preferable but I'll take anything

 

[Petyr]

Hey, @Morfio , I asked around and a friend of mine recommended seeing this site http://forum.anime-reactor.net/viewforum.php?f=23 . Up until 2012 they used to have this community driven awards, divided in different categories, and from what I've seen they were pretty good. It seems though that they are no longer in business, do you know another such site for the last 3 years ? I mean something where all the chaff is cleaned and you could see the best productions for the past year ?

 

[Morfio]

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Anything similar to DBZ is preferable but I'll take anything

At that point you can just look at stuff that is tagged as 'Shounen' since that's what DBZ really appealed to (the younger generations I mean). There are mounds of shows like that. Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann, Hajime no Ippo, Deathnote, Hunter x Hunter, Haikyuu!!, Naruto, One Piece, Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, Soul Eater, Noragami, Blue Exorcist, Eureka Seven, and the list kind of goes on. Just have to know where to look basically.

 

[Morfio]

Hey, @Morfio , I asked around and a friend of mine recommended seeing this site http://forum.anime-reactor.net/viewforum.php?f=23 . Up until 2012 they used to have this community driven awards, divided in different categories, and from what I've seen they were pretty good. It seems though that they are no longer in business, do you know another such site for the last 3 years ? I mean something where all the chaff is cleaned and you could see the best productions for the past year ?

I'll have to really do some snooping around to see if I can find something else like that. I personally don't know of any off the top of my head but I'm sure my other friends that watch anime as much as I might know of something. I'll see what I can find either tonight or this weekend and post about it later.

 

[Petyr]

I will be grateful. It is an industry and in any industry if there is demand there is someone trying to fill up this demand even if it is with low quality stuff. Having something like this will be extremely helpful .

 

[Morfio]

I will be grateful. It is an industry and in any industry if there is demand there is someone trying to fill up this demand even if it is with low quality stuff. Having something like this will be extremely helpful .

I was fairly busy this weekend also so I didn't have a lot of time to look. Sadly I couldn't find anything over the weekend but I'll continually be looking for stuff whenever I'm not at work. I'll keep you updated on stuff you might be interested in nonetheless.

 

[DaBuddhaVapes]

I honestly watch a bit of everything, but I don't have a TV so I mostly end up just watching anime at crunchyroll.

 

[Morfio]

I honestly watch a bit of everything, but I don't have a TV so I mostly end up just watching anime at crunchyroll.

But do you have a computer? If so that could mean there are numerous anime you're missing out on. I have many sites I get on to either watch anime or read manga along with superhero movies & stuff related to that. Just let me know if there's some links you might want for either of those.

 

[DaBuddhaVapes]

But do you have a computer? If so that could mean there are numerous anime you're missing out on. I have many sites I get on to either watch anime or read manga along with superhero movies & stuff related to that. Just let me know if there's some links you might want for either of those.

Haha yep. I basically watch on the computer while I work and stuff. I know a few websites, but I'm not sure if there are any movies I've missed or interested me. Haha, I kinda feel like I've watched most of them, but I'm so bad in memorizing names and stuff. Right now I'm super liking the Food Wars anime series....so much lolz. And for movies, I am anticipating for the next part of Berserk.

 

[Petyr]

Yesterday, I watched Ghilbli's "Wolf Children" and was really good. The director knew his business and you could see that they had spared no expenses when it come to the animation. I recommend it to anyone who thinks will enjoy more relaxed, quick watch anime

 

[Morfio]

Haha yep. I basically watch on the computer while I work and stuff. I know a few websites, but I'm not sure if there are any movies I've missed or interested me. Haha, I kinda feel like I've watched most of them, but I'm so bad in memorizing names and stuff. Right now I'm super liking the Food Wars anime series....so much lolz. And for movies, I am anticipating for the next part of Berserk.

Ah okay. Well I didn't know if you were trying to watch stuff that is still airing in Japan or not. I usually try to get the jump on most of the newer stuff I would want to watch before it comes out dubbed. :3

 

[DaBuddhaVapes]

Ah okay. Well I didn't know if you were trying to watch stuff that is still airing in Japan or not. I usually try to get the jump on most of the newer stuff I would want to watch before it comes out dubbed. :3

I seriously cannot watch dubbed anime. Maybe just DBZ since I grew up with it being dubbed.

I watched Ghilbli's "Wolf Children"

Haha, that movie is awesome.

 

[Morfio]

I seriously cannot watch dubbed anime. Maybe just DBZ since I grew up with it being dubbed.

DBZ in Japanese....just Goku's voice. That's about the only issue I have with it since a chick does his voice in Japan. I think it was better in English in comparison. It's like not being able to watch Outlaw Star or Cowboy Bebop in Japanese. They had such good dubs that I didn't want to watch them in Japanese.

 

[Petyr]

I think that in many cases the dub version is worse, I mean you are watching the anime, some stuff is happening and the voice actors sound as if they are fighting the effects of sleeping pills. But there are indeed some that have a really good dub.

 

[DaBuddhaVapes]

DBZ in Japanese....just Goku's voice. That's about the only issue I have with it since a chick does his voice in Japan. I think it was better in English in comparison. It's like not being able to watch Outlaw Star or Cowboy Bebop in Japanese. They had such good dubs that I didn't want to watch them in Japanese.

I think that in many cases the dub version is worse, I mean you are watching the anime, some stuff is happening and the voice actors sound as if they are fighting the effects of sleeping pills. But there are indeed some that have a really good dub.

I absolutely agree.

 

[Morfio]

Most cases of dub aren't the best and most leave out certain things that you should know in the show (which I figured out by re-watching some shows subbed). It seems that over the years it's gotten better but nothing can beat the original Japanese in my eyes. Something about how they accentuate certain words and their overzealousness with some characters is what keeps me entertained. I just wish that some of the voice actors here in America would learn how to do.

 

[Petyr]

I recently watched a special on Sword Art Online and in it the people behind the show were talking exactly about that. How it is often that the English dub, leaves a lot of the emotion out. But they were really happy with the dub of SAO and I have to agree. Since the voice actors have done their job I preffer watching this particular anime in English rather than Japanese

 

[Morfio]

To each their own. I still prefer sub over dub only because I watch a lot of Asian movies as well.

 

[Petyr]

Yeah, you are also right I think that this would be a type of topic that would ensue flame-wars whenever it pops up , so maybe we should stick to the pure art form of anime and leave the sub and dub part for some other place

 

[Morfio]

Yeah, you are also right I think that this would be a type of topic that would ensue flame-wars whenever it pops up , so maybe we should stick to the pure art form of anime and leave the sub and dub part for some other place

I completely understand. We don't need any bad blood in this thread over something so trivial.

 

[BigNasty]

@Morfio I know what ya mean about the shitty over dub. But I found the dubbed outlaw star was lacking seriously lacking emotions. Cowboy either way just wish there were move of them, Ed and Ein were the show stealers IMHO.
Last anime I got into pretty heavy and binge watched was one I cannot remember the name.

 

[Morfio]

@Morfio I know what ya mean about the shitty over dub. But I found the dubbed outlaw star was lacking seriously lacking emotions. Cowboy either way just wish there were move of them, Ed and Ein were the show stealers IMHO.
Last anime I got into pretty heavy and binge watched was one I cannot remember the name.

@BigNasty :Outlaw Star wasn't terrible but yes, it could've been done waaaay better. Then again around that time voice actors were still learning a decent amount when it comes to emoting the right way for specific situations. They're still learning to this day but they have really progressed over the years after shows that came out around that time. I'm hoping one day that dubs can reach the status that Japan voice actors have bestowed on anime as a whole.

 

[BigNasty]

OK since you are the anime guru ill float this one to you.
The anime was female demons male handlers.. cannot remember the damned name of it.

 

[Morfio]

OK since you are the anime guru ill float this one to you.
The anime was female demons male handlers.. cannot remember the damned name of it.

I'm definitely not an anime guru but I'm very knowledgeable on the subject. It kind of sounds familiar. Do you remember what year you watched it?

 

[BigNasty]

I'm definitely not an anime guru but I'm very knowledgeable on the subject. It kind of sounds familiar. Do you remember what year you watched it?

5 or so years ago at least, I was working with a graphic artist who was a manga/anime junky and he was talking shit about it. So I tried to watch the giant eyed garbage he touted was kick ass and was like watching retarded shin chan.