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

[erin-c-1978.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like a bunch of your likes.

Vision of Escaflowne: A young girl from Japan crosses over into a fantasy world with low-tech mecha. Oldie but goodie. Pretty animation, especially for the time period, and phenomenal soundtrack. 26 episodes. The movie is a retelling of the series and isn't nearly as good, IMO.

Noein: Lovely little coming of age story mixed with quantum physics-based time travel. 24 episodes.

Eden of the East: Short and quirky and almost impossible to describe, but I loved it. (I guess it might fall into SF?) I think it was 13 episodes + two followup movies.

Samurai 7: Steampunk remix of the Kurosawa movie. Same studio as Last Exile, Hellsing, and Gankutsuou. I think 26 episodes.

Wolf's Rain: In a dying world, four wolves (that can pass themselves off as humans) search for Paradise. 30 episodes, but there are 4 filler eps in the middle that you can safely skip.

Darker Than Black: Weird and spooky, gorgeous animation, first season is 26 episodes. Present-day... urban fantasy, I guess? With spies and people with strange powers. There is a second season that I did still like but isn't as good, IMO.

Paranoia Agent: 13 episode series by Satoshi Kon, who directed Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, and a number of other acclaimed anime films. Defintely surreal, but I didn't find it confusing.

Recently finished and enjoyed Princess Tutu, a sort of metafictional ballet fairy tale, but might be too romance-oriented and/or silly? 26 episodes.

This is just a standalone film, but I thought Summer Wars was really funny and uplifting. (The world is threatened with destruction through the power of the Internet! The world is saved... through the power of the Internet!)

[firecat]

Oh, jackpot! We didn't like Princess Tutu, but the rest of them look great. Thanks so much!