Just watched FLCL

"McChiken116 - Patrick H." (mcchiken116) 01/29/2014 at 11:39 • Filed to: None

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This is the first anime I've watched in about 6 years, and I only watched it at the behest of my lady friend. After falling in love with this series I wonder what else I haven't seen that I need to. Any suggestions oppo?

MonkeePuzzle > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:42

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Cowboy Bebop?

Taylor Hedgie > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:44

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I love FLCL! My girlfriend got me hooked onto Black Butler. Pretty dark little anime, but it's a fun one.

Mattbob > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:44

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if you like FLCL, you might like kill la kill, needless, and gurren lagan. Some that I have liked lately are attack on titan, and book of bantorra.

Agrajag > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:45

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What MonkeyPuzzle recommended.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mattbob 01/29/2014 at 11:46

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Came here to make the Gurren Lagann recommendation.

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 11:49

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GL is on the list to watch so far

magman007 > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:50

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I liked Blue Gender, Bebop, tri gun, and Big O.

Walfisch > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:54

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This is what I'm currently watching. It's a slice-of-life type of anime, about a Tokyo kid enrolling and studying in a farming high school in Hokkaido. Season 2 is ongoing, so you have time to catch-up in Hulu.

MonkeePuzzle > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 11:54

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perhaps some Evangelion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Gene…

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:55

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As a secondary recommendation, there are a lot of older anime that may have slipped your notice that are probably worth it: see e.g. Getter Robo.

Mattbob > magman007 01/29/2014 at 11:55

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the intro to big O cracks me up every time. Used to watch that business on cartoon network.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2014 at 11:57

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I was assuming if he liked FLCL he might not necessarily want a series with meandering seriousness and psychodrama, but he very well might.

Agrajag > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:59

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Gah! I always forget about Outlaw Star. Watch that one as well.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 11:59

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In the "old anime" subcategory, there's also this and Space Battleship Yamato. Also Trigun, obviously, if you haven't seen that (which you likely have). FMA is also high on the "likely seen already" list, though it wouldn't include Brotherhood, which as a partial reboot makes things a bit more confusing.

MonkeePuzzle > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 12:00

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a valid point FLCL is pretty... non-standard :D

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Agrajag 01/29/2014 at 12:03

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There must be something forgettey about Outlaw Star, I keep forgetting to put it on my list to watch.

Nibbles > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 12:05

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I heard that Brotherhood actually fills in a lot of the gaps left from the original series; haven't watched it yet but it's still in my queue

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibbles 01/29/2014 at 12:07

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I watched most of it immediately after the original - by which I mean I was in the same room as people watching all of it. Pretty good, but even with some good things in the overwritten-by-new parts, if I were to throw someone into the series fresh, I'd probably just give them Brotherhood to avoid confusion.

RotaryLover > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 12:11

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Paging Alex.

Nibbles > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 12:13

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Good to know! Have you watched any of the "movies" (or movie type things) that are on Netflix now?

CKeffer > Walfisch 01/29/2014 at 12:13

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Great show, and probably my favorite of the currently airing ones.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibbles 01/29/2014 at 12:14

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I can't remember, which is functionally similar to "no".

spanfucker retire bitch > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 12:41

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Ghost in the Shell is my personal all-time favorite. The Movies, the TV show - all of it. Such a great cyber-punk thriller with philosophical everything. It's like Blade Runner, but anime.

Also, one of my favorite OVAs that I just discovered out of nowhere is Broken Blade. Not only does it have a great plot, and a very interesting world - its mechs, but pretty much powered by "magic" instead of anything electronic or mechanical. Yet still vastly different from Escaflowne (before you think it sounds familiar). Also, in one of the episodes, the protagonist leaps his robot off a giant claymore he stuck into the ground. I mean...that's just fucking awesome.

spanfucker retire bitch > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2014 at 12:42

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Bang.

Definitely a must watch.

spanfucker retire bitch > Agrajag 01/29/2014 at 12:43

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I really wish there was more than one season to Outlaw Star. There are a few occasions where I actually preferred Outlaw Star to Cowboy Bebop despite not being as critically hailed as Bebop.

Also, I love the "magic" and casters! Paguwa Sunpha!

CKeffer > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 13:43

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Shows I would recommend are: Black Lagoon, Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gurren Lagann, Samurai Champloo, and Cowboy Bebop.

Agrajag > spanfucker retire bitch 01/29/2014 at 14:21

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I think Outlaw Star can be more fun, but Bebop is a work of art in all aspects. Depends on my mood for which one I prefer.

KirkyV > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 15:07

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What was once old is new, again.

KirkyV > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 15:19

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I second pretty much everything that's been brought up so far, and have a couple of my own recommendations.

Macross Zero:

(Planes that transform into mecha, prequel to the rest of the franchise.)

Macross Frontier:

(The most recent entry in the Macross franchise. Same as the above, but with more space, pop singers, and awesome. The video's actually cut from one of the Macross Frontier films, which are a sort of alternate retelling of the television series. The rest of the series isn't quite as bonkers as this one sequence - indeed, it's actually a fairly serious space opera, in its own way - but I love this bit so much that I couldn't help but show it.)

...

(If you do decide to watch Macross, it might be a good idea to read into some of the lore. It's been going for over thirty years.)

NaturallyAspirated > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2014 at 18:59

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Trigun was the first anime series I ever watched. Good stuff.

NaturallyAspirated > Taylor Hedgie 01/29/2014 at 19:02

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It amuses me that Black Butler is about a butler who is a white guy.

(I've heard that it's good, but I wasn't able to get into it last time I tried to watch it.)

NaturallyAspirated > McChiken116 - Patrick H. 01/29/2014 at 19:23

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Let's see, what hasn't been suggested yet?

I liked Wagneria!!, AKA Working!! quite a bit.

If you want something that can really tug on your heartstrings in an unexpected way, Angel Beats! is fantastic, as is Clannad, which is by the same team.

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet is probably the only "giant robots" anime that I've actually enjoyed watching.

I enjoyed FLCL but I really dislike Gurren Lagan. The "Woo! Look how much wackier this episode is than the last one!" thing just didn't appeal to me much.

Fullmetal Alchemist is great, but has some of the most abrupt tonal shifts of any series I've watched, so be forewarned.