The Favorite Anime Thread

[Tehwilburforce]

lol. I was in kindergarten when I first saw Sailor Moon.
I definitely remember thinking those girls were hot, though!!!

ahem... Anyway, nice to see the show back.

[RollCasket]

Mars was my favorite...>.>

But yeah, it was that and Dragonball Z, that was it anime-wise lol.

[Tehwilburforce]

Never watched any Dragonball, unfortunately...

It was only the anime that had toys and games to go with 'em for me. Besides Sailor Moon, there was Pokemon, Digimon, and Yu-Gi-Oh.

I watch a lot more now fortunately. Still have a lot left to see. In fact, a friend of mine was getting on my case last night for not having watched either Gurren Lagann or Panty and Stocking.



Crap... Don't you guys nag me too!

[RollCasket]

Well Pokemon and such came after, originally it was just SM and DBZ though I watched Pokemon when it came out too.

But yes...you NEED to see Gurren Lagann! This is also a great opportunity for...Bear and Pie need to see the 2nd Gurren Lagann movie!!! RAWR!

[Fixxxer 117]

I have been watching a fair bit of Pokemon lately and why oh why does Team Rocket have to sing their song in every episode. A man can only take so much

[Bear]

I was into Mars as well. Just something about girls with long dark hair hit me in just the right spot.

At the point in my life when I was watching Sailor Moon, anime was intensely interesting. They did stuff with animation that I thought Western animation simply wouldn't do; not just simple stuff for kids and slapstick. Tackling serious and violent subjects as if animation was on par with full feature-length motion pictures or serious TV dramas was amazing to me. I remember the first time watching Fist of the North Star, X the Movie and Macross Plus and being absolutely blown away. It really sparked my infatuation with anime as a genre and at that time anything that could fill the void was consumed. I admit, I probably would get bored with Sailor Moon now because it gets awfully repetitive in format, but I would at least be interested in how they deal with this in a new series.

It is interesting seeing this now since Pie and I are cleaning up the house in order for the move, and we're throwing out a lot of old posters, books and stuff from sub-par anime that we wouldn't even bother with now. Pie and I both admit that it was a phase where it was "grab anything anime related for the sake of being anime". Clearing out the house to keep only what you really treasure is a good way to look back at your past and see how your tastes have evolved, and also to find stuff that holds up well through the test of time.

[chrisb]

Pfft what is wrong with you people? The amazingly hot and elegant lesbian pair Uranus and Neptune are the best of the bunch.
@TehWilbur: You REALLY need to watch Panty and Stocking. It's sexy, has an amazing electronic soundtrack, and features the best transformation scenes I've ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw48o19fySc

I've managed to find some free time lately (yay) so I've been watching as much anime as I can before things get hectic during finals. I started watching Utena again. I really can't recommend the series enough. It is the only anime that can make me honestly care for angsty teenagers. I think if more anime with angsty teens had awesome fights with swords under an upside castle with rock opera blaring I could appreciate them a bit more. I can hardly keep up with all the symbolism though.

[Soeroah]

Why has no one watched Steins;Gate since I said to watch it it's awesome and complicated and my favourite probably it's got time travel and that makes it awesome and it's based on a visual novel so it's planned out from the start

[ThePaul]

Interesting.... I never actually found Sailor Moon to be all that hot. I mean, I was never a leg's man when I was a boy, and that's about 85% of a Sailor Scout's Bodies. And the rest doesn't really do anything for me either.

But then again, "hot womens" never really was something I was willing to let be the only reason I watch a show. Not when I have access to the Internet, even in those early stages

[ThePaul]

Also, I will look into this Steins;Gate, as soon as I'm in an anime watching mood. Right now, it is mostly bad comic books and MMO's.