recommend anime?

[Arigatomina]

I didn't think Wolf's Rain had the yaoi element in it. Wait.....a little angsty, and a little violent?

I never said it was a yaoi anime, just that I think it would appeal to fans of those two anime. Though if you want to get technical, there is a certain redhead named Toboe who proclaims to like a certain friend of his by the name of Tsume who has more than one yaoi fangirl giggling in appreciation over Wofl's Rain. But that's not why I mentioned it - it has the soft lovely animation style (like ai no kusabi - think Iason's hair), the angst of that anime (felt by all of the bishonen in Wolf's Rain), the sweet innocence of Earthian (namely Chihaya's empathy - Toboe certainly fits the bill there), and on and on. It's a genre, you might say - as a fan of both the anime I mentioned, and a new fan of Wofl's Rain, I *know* why I liked it so much - because it has things in common with other anime I also liked. I never said it had anything to do with being a yaoi or nonyaoi anime. Not everything I talk about has to be yaoi in nature. ^_^;

And violence - compared to other anime I've seen the little 'wolf fights' don't really seem explicite at all. Watch the Kenshin ovas, or maybe even Hellsing - then you'd easily throw Wofl's Rain into the same level of Violence as Earthian (no one in Wolf's Rain has a body part ripped off of him by someone he cares about). >.>

[Kalium]

OK, so that was a somewhat unexpected response. I was making a joke based on Ai no Kusabi and my personal experience with it. Anyway, I will definately agree about the animation style, even if some of the content drove me nuts. As for violence.... I'm not certain violent/not violent should be determined by comparison with the most graphic material commonly available.

As for Toboe, all I'm going to say is that I think he's more than a bit off.

As for genre, a lot of the relatively new stuff seems to be high on the angst-o-meter (or maybe it's just me). Of course, bishounen and angst seem to be going together more and more often. Maybe certain American cultural trends are starting to spread... O.o

[sunandshadow]

Actually, the angst was the thing I liked least about Ai no Kusabi; or rather, angst in the middle of the story is fine but I wanted a happy ending, darn it. >.< Same complaint I have about Berserk - it as awesome until the last 5 or 6 episodes got really horriffic.


To answer the earlier question about violence - I don't like it when characters die, but comic or non-fatal violence I don't have a problem with. Like Fushigi Yuugi, I was very upset when the characters started getting killed off, I felt kind of betrayed by the author,lulled into a false sense of security by all the comedy. I suppose it's the character/social/authorial mindset that leads to the violence that I don't like. I hate tragedy, and I also think battle scenes are just kind of boring - I have a shorter attention span for explosions and martial arts than most people.

[inuyashaguru]

cowboy bebop
inuyasha
rurouni kenshin

started big o but decided that i didn't have the time to figure it out lol

[inuyashaguru]

whopss sorry i thought iwas at a differnt topic i got all confused doing to many things at once
but they are still good animes

[Arigatomina]

Actually, the angst was the thing I liked least about Ai no Kusabi; or rather, angst in the middle of the story is fine but I wanted a happy ending, darn it. >.< Same complaint I have about Berserk - it as awesome until the last 5 or 6 episodes got really horriffic.

It takes a while to get there, but Wolf's Rain had a nice ending, justifying the angst that paves the way there. ^.~ And it does have some very cute/sweet episodes along the way. Other than YYH (which I would recommend if it weren't 112 eps, some of which are pure tournament style fighting), Wolf's Rain has one of my favorite endings for a longer anime.

[Youkai_Lady]

If you liked Fushigi Yugi you'll like Ayasha No Ceres (Celestial Legend Ceres)

Also I would recomend Samurai Deeper Kyo and Saiyuki

[Aethylla]

Wow, all are great but i'm soo surprised that no one mentioned NARUTO. (or did i miss that...) Great action anime with humor and cleverness. You're hooked from the start. It's still ongoing and is not released domestically yet. Others i recommend are: BERSERK, FURI KURI (FLCL), WITCH HUNTER ROBIN, and BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2040 (didn't watch the older version.) Mostly i like to cool, dark anime rather then the lovely dovey anime like SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS or AI YORI AOSHI. (FRUITS BASKET doesn't count )

[Arigatomina]

I don't think 'minimum violence' goes with an action anime like Naruto (think Inuyasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho) - there are good anime, but action anime is violent by nature. Can't be helped. ^_^;