Anime out of the blue, ie surprised you liked it

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Postby ZephyrStar » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:22 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:Kare Kano, because traditional angsty-ass romance does nothing for me either. Granted, I often want to punch Arima in the face.


So true. I love this show so much, despite no season 2 :/
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Postby megaman917 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:13 am

The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:
Malificus wrote:
megaman917 wrote:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, for obvious reasons.

what, did a haruhiist kill your father or something?

He lied about being an esper. He had to be removed.
I loved the series.
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Postby Malificus » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:37 am

megaman917 wrote:
The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:
Malificus wrote:
megaman917 wrote:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, for obvious reasons.

what, did a haruhiist kill your father or something?

He lied about being an esper. He had to be removed.
I loved the series.
and why did that surprise you?
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Postby OzzieAlThor79 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:08 am

Kamichu. Top 10, almost top 5 anime for me out of nowhere. (Understand, I think Evangelion is a masterpiece so this kind of show isn't remotely close to the same experience)
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Postby megaman917 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:05 pm

Malificus wrote:
megaman917 wrote:
The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:
Malificus wrote:
megaman917 wrote:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, for obvious reasons.

what, did a haruhiist kill your father or something?

He lied about being an esper. He had to be removed.
I loved the series.
and why did that surprise you?
I kinda misunderstood the purpose of this thread, and was trying to agree with someone else who mentioned the series.
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Postby Super Shanko » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:13 pm

For me it was Desert Punk.

I saw an ad for it in some New Type magazine my sister borrowed, Rented the first volume and watched it over and over again now im simply waiting to see the last volume.
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Postby Lyrs » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:34 pm

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

I thought this anime was going to be a light mystery anime with some blood thrown around, but after the first half of episode 1, it already feels heavy. There was a dread and horror at what is happening and perhaps what will happen. This isn't a light story, the elements in here are heavy, the themes humbling, and visuals disturbing.

I like it, I like the characters, i like the setting and atmosphere.


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Postby willshankle » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:54 pm

rune soldier, also called louie the rune soldier, i am a big BIG d&d player and the thought of a retard wizard punching people out made me go all omfg this is hilarious, anywho if you get the chance, watch it, high school rumble is good too, and so is those who hunt elves omg funny :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Qyot27 » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:30 pm

Rozen Maiden, actually. I'd gotten it and tried watching the first one or two episodes and it bored the crap out of me - this was back during its original run. Later, when I started getting more adamant about not letting my huge-ass queue of shows sit around, I sat down and forced myself through the beginning and realized how addictive it gets later on.
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Postby Sukunai » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:09 pm

Sailormoon Live Action is as fun to watch, as it is embarassing to admit you have a full set of the files for it :)

The girls look good in it, but the fighting is "oh my god, why am I watching this, and letting other know I am" :)

The show went and made a fuss of being true to season one for about 3 shows, then it just went off into the twilight zone. Eventually I was wondering, what the heck's the deal with making Venus dying? The season ended, and it became clear, don't wait for anything more. Pity.

But it was kinda funny watching them try to ignore gravity.
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Postby XiaoMovieMaker » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:44 pm

Pale Cocoon was great
Definately worth watching, i just wish it was longer...it seemed quite rushed...
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Postby macchinainterna » Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:08 pm

Berserk: At first with the outdated animation and dreading that the violence would reach levels equal to Elfen Lied, I thought for sure that I would give up. In the end it is one of the very few animes that left wanting so much more that I'm actually planning on collecting the mangas to get the whole story.

Evangelion: I thought for sure I would find the series painfully overrated with all the praise behind it. Instead, I too became a huge fan, and was overwhelmed when I came to realize that I had seen so many other animes that were influenced by it before ever actually seeing Evangelion.

Wolf's Rain: When I first saw this series and figured out on how it was going to end I worried that it was another Evangelion clone, but with wolves instead of mechas. However, the show had so much meaning and emotion to its finale that I was left awestruck and relieved that I didn't have to sit through a truckload of teen angst and self-discovery on acid again (I have my limits ;P).
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