Anime appreciation thread~!

Horizons wrote: MAL is great. I'd suggest signing up asap.

the latest addition to add to this drastically increasing list (which i SERIOUSLY need to document somehow <cough>Myanimelist<cough>), Toradora! i think was a very enjoyable ride from beginning to end, especially as a romance anime!

Skalla-Grim wrote: Personally I find Elfin Lied to be overrated, it's great the first time you watch it but the weak plot become ever more apparent with repeat watching. OK, I only watched it once, it was also one of my first animes, so I was very enthusiastic about it.

Same here, it was one of the first anime's I'd seen about 8 years ago and I loved it, but I rewatched it recently and, being far more familier with anime, didn't enjoy it as much. Too many cliched tropes with them all living in the same house, an undeveloped premise and the ultra violence isn't all that ultra in the end. 

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I have not watched Durarara but it sounds great! Maybe I'll buy the UK Blu-ray release.

sleeper wrote: Higurashi is awesome, but people really need to watch both series to figure out the story.

Definitely, though I was a little sad when the story was over and all the mysteries had been unveiled ...  Unfortunately some of the OVAs have nothing of the spirit of the original story.

I really like Claymore but I'm not a fan of the way they ended the anime. I know why they did it, because there was never any plans to do a second season so it ties up the story nicely, but the rcently finished manga was much better.

Yes, the ending was very fast-paced and not satisfying.

Personally I find Elfin Lied to be overrated, it's great the first time you watch it but the weak plot become ever more apparent with repeat watching.

OK, I only watched it once, it was also one of my first animes, so I was very enthusiastic about it.

By the way, I can also recommend Another for those who like horror/suspense anime. And Shigurui - Death Frenzy for those who like it really dark and morbid. But Shigurui, like Claymore, has an ending which doesn't answer a lot of questions.


Edited by Skalla-Grim - July 21 2015 at 06:48

Skalla-Grim wrote: My favourite animes: Baccano! - also a very good story about 1930s gangsters and alchemists, I think you have to watch it at least twice to piece everything together

My favourite animes:

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (also known as When They Cry) - my favourite anime and my personal favourite story ever written. Though the visual novel is still better. It is a mystical horror drama with some humour, which tells about the dark secrets of a Japanese village in the 1980s.

Baccano! - also a very good story about 1930s gangsters and alchemists, I think you have to watch it at least twice to piece everything together

Claymore - beautiful landscapes, frightening creatures and cold-eyed warrior beauties

Red Garden - a mysterious story about four very different girls being confronted with the death of one of their friends and a secret battle, which will also decide if they will survive

Clannad - about the life of a frustrated student who gets to know a few girls, helps them with their problems and starts to enjoy life, but has to face new hardship. A slice of life story with supernatural elements

Elfen Lied - a melancholic and gory story about krypto-scientific research which turns girls into killing machines

UPDATE #1: yeah, earlier today i decided to watch Your Lie in April as well; i didn't cry at it like a majority of people (i'm not sure that'll ever happen with anything.....omg i don't have a soul ), but i still really enjoyed it overall nonetheless. animation and music are of course high points, and i don't mind the emotional points, especially near the end. okay, hopefully everything's back to schedule soon!! (was originally a part of the previous comment for a couple of days but somehow the site doesn't note it was updated for everyone to see...weird...)

See You Space Cowboy

Finished Kids on the Slope today. One of the few anime I've watched recently that made me sad it was over. Soundtrack is pretty jammin' too

Just finished Death Parade. I really liked it until the end of the 11th episode and the 12th episode where the drama was a little overdone. It seemed like they were trying to milk all the emotion of scenes that would have been just fine with a less overstated approach.