Hooligans of the Night

For awhile now I've been considering making a list because I can never recount all that well what I've seen, especially with how many series I've watched in the last few months. So I finally sat down and just typed up a list that's mostly complete. I'm sure I'll be able to think of at least one or two other shows (just added one more while typing this sentence, in fact) and add them as they come to mind.

Anyhow, there's no GOOD point to this thread, mostly just to see what others have watched and perhaps get some recommendations? I'll probably go through later and add some marks or something to note which are favorites or recommended or whatever.

Oh, and make a list of films if you want. I didn't want to try to remember what I've seen, though it really isn't all that large of a list. If I put together a more complete list I may add that.

Finished:

Afro Samurai
Ah! My Goddess
Ai Mai Mi Strawberry Egg
Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~
Air
Aishiteruze Baby
Asatte no Houkou -
Azumanga Daioh
Beck
Berserk
Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
Bokura ga Ita
Burst Angel
Chobits
Club-to-Death Angel Dokuro-chan OVA
Cowboy Bebop
Earth Girl Arjuna
Elfen Lied
Eureka Seven
FLCL
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu!
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Gantz
Genshiken
Golden Boy (OVA)
Great Teacher Onizuka
Gunslinger Girl
Haibane Renmei
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
His and Her Circumstances
Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover II
Ichigo 100%
Kanon (2006)
Karin
Kimi ga Nazumo Eine (aka Rumbling Hearts)
Kino's Travels
Last Exile
Love Hina (and Specials)
Loveless
Maburaho
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Mahoromatic
Mahoromatic 2
Mai Otome
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
Midori no Hibi
My Hime
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Noein
Now and Then, Here and There
Onegai Teacher
Onegai Twins
Ouran High School Host Club
Outlaw Star
Paranoia Agent
Peach Girl
Planetes
Rec
R.O.D. OVA
R.O.D. the TV
RahXephon
Saikano
Samurai Champloo
Serial Experiment Lain
Seven Samurai
Shakugan no Shana
Shuffle!
Speed Grapher
Suzuka
Tenjou Tenge
Texhnolyze
Tonagura!
Trigun
Tsukuyomi ~ Moon Phase ~
Twelve Kingdoms, The
Welcome to the NHK
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Unfinished:

Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (won't likely finish)
Escaflowne (won't likely finish)
Excel Saga
Fushigi Yuugi (won't likely finish)
Getbackers
Mushishi
Noir
Rurouni Kenshin
Witch Hunter Robin

Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Onegai Teacher
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic!
Ah! My Goddess
Fushigi Yugi
Ranma 1/2
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z (not recomeded)
Escaflowne
Flame of Recca
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Hellsing
Lain
Macross
Ninja Scroll The Series
Samouraï Pizza Cats
Slam Dunk

I think thats it for now.

This should be most of the anime that I have watched. There are a few series that I'm still working on that I'll probably list at a later time as well as films.

3x3 Eyes
Aishiteru ze Baby
Ai Yori Aoshi
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi
Angel Cop
Azumanga Daioh
Banner of the Stars
Bastard!
Blue Seed
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
Burst Angel
Chobits
Chrono Crusade
Crest of the Stars
Dual Parallel World Adventure
El Hazard The Magnificent World
El Hazard 2
El Hazard The Alternative World
eX-Driver
Fate Stay Night
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Panic
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fushigi Yugi
Genshiken
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Girls Bravo
Gunparade March
Haibane Renmei
Hana Yori Dango
Here is Greenwood
His and Her Circumstances
Love Hina
Mahoromatic
Maison Ikkoku
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Mermaid Forest
Mai Hime
Mai Otome
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ping Pong Club
Planetes
Please Teacher!
Please Twins!
Princess Nine
R.O.D
R.O.D the TV
Ranma 1/2
Sakura Diaries
Sakura Wars TV
Sakura Wars OVA
Samurai Champloo
Scrapped Princess
Shakugan no Shana
Shuffle!
Suzuka
Spirit Warrior
Tenchi Muyo GXP
Tenchi Muyo OVA 1
Tenchi Muyo OVA 2
Tenchi Muyo Universe
Tenchi in Tokyo
Tenjho Tenge
Tsukihime Lunar Legend

Well, I added one more and fixed a spelling based off of your list, Invincible.

So, now if either of you would be so kind could you share your thoughts on Hellsing, Planetes, Mai Otome, Mahoromatic, and Bastard! Those are all shows I've considered grabbing (or already downloaded and have yet to touch) and would like to know if they're decent.

Also, any suggestions in particular based on what you've seen that I haven't?

If you two, or anyone else, want some suggestions or care to ask about any particular show I'll reply as well.

Since I have difficulty expressing my opinion about any series, I'll just write a quick blurb and or summary on what ever possible. That is unless you have a specific question that I might be able to answer at a later point.

Planetes

It's 2075, there's a lot of space debris and it needs to be cleaned up due to dangers of it and stuff.

This was a pretty good series overall. Good story and pacing throughout.

Mai Otome

Arika Yumemiya wants to join Garderobe which is a prestigious school that trains girls to become otomes. Not exactly a direct sequel to Mai-Hime (My-Hime) although it is hinted to being one.

This had a better start than Hime personally but felt really rushed towards the end. If you liked Hime, you'll probably like Otome.
Mahoromatic

Android maid uses whats left of her remaining life to look after some kid as his maid. Hijinks and a troubling past are obviously in this series as to be expected from shows of this nature.

A simple lighthearted comedy for the most part. Wasn't anything special nor was it bad although it is reccommended that you skip the last episode and possibly read the manga ending instead. It just felt too sudden and although the manga has a similar ending, it more fleshed out with more information about some of the side characters.

Bastard!

Some warlock named Dark Shnieder was beaten and imprisoned either as some kid or in the body of a kid. Shit starts up when his old generals start waging war on humanityy and the people unseal Schnieder hoping he'll help out their cause.

I watched this one like seven, eight years ago. It seemed enjoyable at the time but seeing as I barely remember anything about it, I can't exactly vouch for it.

Mega Man

Ninja Scroll
R.O.D. the TV
Berserk
Fafner
Naruto
Bleach
Chrno Crusade
Witch Hunter Robin
RaXephon
Evangelion
Bubblegum Crisis 2040
Serial Experiments Lain
Samurai Champloo
Samurai 7
Final Fantasy Unlimited
Excel Saga
Devil Man
City Hunters
Full Metal Alchemist
Elfen Lied
Scrapped Princess
Habane Renmei (sp?)
Martian Successor Nadesico
Get Backers
Xenosaga
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
FLCL
Blood
Trinity Blood
Hellsing
Inuyasha
Otogizoushi

Fuck, that's all I can think of from the top of my head but I know I've seen way more. I've seen a retarded number of anime series, this is only the tip of the ice berg.

I was suggested to watch Bubblegum Crisis 2040 just recently. You think it's worth it? I've seen the first couple episodes of the original Bubblegum Crisis back six or seven years ago so I don't really remember any of it but I believe I enjoyed it and thought about grabbing that. The other night I was informed that 2040 is apparently better and I should just watch that instead.

Naruto
Bleach
FLCL
Cowboy Bebop
Gantz
Full Metal Alchemist
Now and Then, Here and There
Paranoia Agent
Azumanga Daioh
Blue Seed
Tenchi Muyo Universe
Tenchi in Tokyo
Golden Boy
Colorful


Uhhh I am sure there are a lot more, but I can't remember them. Wibs what would you say are your favorites or must sees?

Just a few of my favorites that aren't the common sort (since I also really like the popular anime, e.g. Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Neon Genesis, etc.) would be Beck, Eureka Seven, Full Metal Panic!, and Haibane Renmei. I'm cutting it a little short since there's others I really liked but I haven't really thought about them enough to decide where exactly they'd place.

Not sure what you're looking for but including those and some others here's a few recommendations:

Beck - Really simple premise of a teenage boy, a bit of an unpopular sort, that suddenly gets into rock music and learns guitar. There's absolutely nothing "supernatural" about it as most anime tends to be quite fantastical. They did a good job with what I feel to be a realistic portrayal of living that age and dealing with things. I also really liked the music, so that helps. Pretty much my favorite anime overall.

Eureka Seven - Young boy is a big fan of "reffing" (think surfing in the air) and his hero is a leader of Gekko State, a group that puts out a zine that features reffing and other activities of theirs. Due to peculiar circumstances he partners up with a young member in that group to help pilot a mech of sorts (Zone of Enders style mech) as Gekko State continues spreading their beliefs and such. I'm trying to keep it vague so nothing is really spoiled. Most of this is stuff from the first couple episodes (of fifty total).

Full Metal Panic! - This one is a bit more popular, I believe. A clueless-to-the-world agent for an organization is put on a mission to attend a high school to protect a female student whom, unbeknownst to her, is a target of terrorist groups and such because she holds a secret that she doesn't realize she can't remember. Between school and such the agent also has his missions that, like many other shows, has him piloting a mech and doing that sort of thing. A good mix of humor at school and action on the battlefield. The two continuations are also really good where Fumoffu is an almost irrelevant series of comedy episodes and The Second Raid is more of a continuation of the main story and is very dramatic.

Haibane Renmei - Not for everyone as it's pretty much a show even children could watch and it doesn't have much anything for action as it's purely a drama. In a walled region is a city for regular people and separated from them are the Haibane, ladies with angel wings born when a speck of light or something falls from the sky, lands, and creates a room-sized egg they hatch out of. It follows a newborn (though she's born as a teenager, roughly) and the entire show is mostly her learning about the world she was born into and befriending the few other Haibane that live in the area.

That covers favorites, but some others I really enjoyed...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzuyima - Bizarre show the plays out of order. As far as I can recall/figure the main plot is six of the thirteen episodes and they're spread across the entire season. The other seven episodes are in different chronological order and are simply placed inbetween different episodes and such. I know that when you finish Episode 6 it's a "To be continued!" ending but it doesn't follow through until Episode 8 where it does the other half of that plot. Regardless, it's a silly and lighthearted show that's just fun to watch. I got a kick out of the characters. Yup.

My Hime - Seems like it'll start as light fare but then gets more and more serious as the series goes on. Relatively simple idea that within a private school special girls are being gathered since they were born as "Hime", those with the power to summon robot-animal creature things as well as have some special powers. Gathered together they're used to fight off enemies and such. That's how it starts, the main plot takes a big change around halfway into the season. Sounds pretty basic but the characters are likable and the action is entertaining.

Gunslinger Girl - Young girls on the brink of death are given to an organization that turns them into brainwashed, cyborg killers to carry out contracts for the government. I really don't want to say a whole lot more since that sums it up well enough and doesn't get into the main plot too much. It's a short show that takes a bit too long to really start up but I liked it as a whole. I may be partial to the style of the show over the substance, though.

That's a pretty decent list of suggestions. Enjoy!

Thanks a lot Nick. Beck seems like the one I really want to see the most, thanks.

I've seen a lot of 'em, I probably can't remember 'em all. But here's what I do remember:

Martian Successor Nadesico
Genshiken
Getbackers
Trigun
Black Cat
Naruto
Ranma 1/2
Dragonball
Cromartie High School
sCRYed
Love Hina
Battle Royale (Does Manga count?)
Samurai Champloo
Azumanga Daioh
Macross
Evangelion
Tekken
Street Fighter
Ultimate Muscle
.Hack
Bobobo-bo bo-bobo

I've also seen some of Beck and Bleach, which were both good. I'd like to see more of those. Also, a Death Note anime's coming out, which I'm looking forward to.

The hellsing is a wierd one its only 13 eps I think.
Very violent and it should have been 26 episodes to explain more of the backround story

Favorites:

Cowboy Beebop
Cowboy Beebop: The Movie
Dragonball
Excel Saga
Full Metal Alchemist
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Howl's Moving Castle
Inuyasha
Inuyasha: Affections Touching Across Time
Inuyasha: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Naruto
Outlaw Star


Others that I've liked:

Dragonball Z (well, I used to like it)
Fruits Basket
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Spirited Away
Tenchi Muyo
Tenchi Muyo Universe
Tenchi in Tokyo
Trigun


Briefly seen:

.Hack
Bleach
Blue Seed
FLCL
Ninja Scroll
Samurai Champloo
Witch Hunter Robin

Wibs, why all the love for Eureka 7? I saw the first two episodes and hated it, to be fair I guess I didn't give it too much of a try.
And what's up with all the anime geeking out lately? I didn't know you watched so much.

Anyways, thanks to boredom and a Tivo-esque device, I'm now watching s-CRY-ed for the third/fourth fucking time...and I actually think it isn't as stupid as I did before. Simple entertainment for a simple man, what can I say.

I really do have a hankering to watch The Slayers, I only saw four episodes about four years ago on the International Channel and I loved every minute of it...

Here's my oh-so-mainstream list:
Sailor Moon (every series except for the last one or two)
Gatchaman (G-Force!)
Samurai Champloo
GITS (first two series, man 2nd SAC sucked)
{Castle in the Sky
Nausicaa
My Neighbor Totoro
Pom Poko
Porco Rosso
Only Yesterday
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle}
Gungrave
Cowboy Bebop
Super Milk Chan
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai X (the last OVA)
Dragonball
Dragonball ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ whoo and some movies
Ninja Scroll
Neon Genesis Evangelion and movies
RahXephon
Hellsing (shitty)
Trigun
Serial Experiments Lain
Tenchi Muyo and subsequent shittiness
Full Metal Alchemist
Quite a few Gundams, still want to see G Gundam and 0083
Harmageddon (my FIRST anime movie, musta caught it on TV back in 3rd grade..loved it)
The Guyver Bio Booster Armor (bonus points to kids who saw live-action USA movie stuffs)
and FIST OF THE NORTH STAR WA-TATATATATATATA

sucks that Raijin Comics went down..

I know I'm missing some anime, but it's 12 and I've been up since 6..