Rec us some anime!

[firecat]

OMG, we've only got one more anime series in our Netflix queue. Please rec us some anime series! Here's some stuff we like and don't like:

Don't like:
Really silly and/or romance obsessed characters/plots (Jubei Chan is about our limit)
Plots that are really surreal or difficult to follow (we're watching Ergo Proxy, but it is a little past our comfort level)
Series that go on for more than ~30 episodes

Like:
Black Jack
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Gankutsuou
Genshiken
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Hellsing
Kaze no Yojimbo
Last Exile
Macross, Macross Plus
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Outlaw Star
Princess 9
Samurai Champloo
Shakugan no Shana

Comments

[firecat]

Ooh, thanks!

[feuervogel]

You're welcome! I've put keywords of a sort in the listings, to give readers an idea of what to expect and whether to click the link or not.

I've linked (where available, which is most of the recent shows) to official/legit online streams, so they're free to try.

I really liked Planetes; the humor is admittedly silly, but there's a really good story under it. You may want to skip the episode where Fee really needs a smoke (though there's plot going on in the background...)

If you like weird deconstructions of things, Princess Tutu is amazing. It's a deconstruction of magical girls and fairy tales, whose theme is largely free will vs fate. (Yes, it's about a duck who is a girl who is a magical girl, and there's ballet. It sounds ridiculous, but I love it so much.)

[firecat]

Both of those were ones where we couldn't get past the silly humor parts to enjoy the story. It was really frustrating with Planetes because we liked the other parts a lot.

But I'll definitely be watching your blog!