Mythopoet
Auror
I love anime. I have a hard time, in general, finding fantasy books/movies that I enjoy. But the opposite seems to be true in the medium of anime. When it comes to anime I can't find enough time to consume all the great shows that I find. Over the past several years I've gone from completely ignorant about anime, to skeptical, to fan, to obsessive fan. I don't know what it is about Japanese storytelling as experienced through anime, but I love it.
I pretty much browse for anime randomly and watch whatever seems intriguing. And I've found that I enjoy anime from a much wider variety of styles and genres than I generally do with books. (I pretty much just read fantasy with a side of sci fi). Here's a list of shows I've finished or in the case of long running shows at least watched more than one arc of:
A Certain Magical Index
Ah My Goddess!
Bamboo Blade
Black Butler
Bleach
Blue Exorcist
Campione!
Clannad
Code Geass (finished first season, working on second, no spoilers please)
Cowboy Bebop
D. Gray Man
Demon King Daimio
Fairy Tail
Fractale
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Hakuoki
InuYasha
Is This a Zombie?
Kaicho wa Maid-sama
Katanagatari
Kaze no Stigma
Level E
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
Negima!
Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Ouran High School Host Club
Rah Xephon
Romeo X Juliet
Special A
Tears to Tiara
The Book of Bantorra
The World God Only Knows
Toriko
Yu Yu Hakusho
Right now I'm working through several series:
Code Geass
Clannad After Story
Get Backers
Angel Beats!
Sword Art Online
Is This a Zombie of the Dead?
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
Actually, I feel like I've watched more than this, but these are what I can remember. And there are quite a few others I've tried and didn't like or watched some of but never finished. (I've tried to watch Le Chevalier D'eon a couple of times, but I get bored.)
I watch anime both subbed and dubbed. There are shows that just sound better to me in Japanese (Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, Maid-sama, Black Butler), shows that I thought had fantastic English voice acting (The Book of Bantorra, Is This a Zombie?, Level E), and shows that I've enjoyed in both languages (InuYasha, Ouran High School Host Club, Toriko, Fairy Tail). And I always like to find shows in English that my 10 year old daughter might also enjoy. (She's a big fan of InuYasha among others.)
So I guess this is a thread to talk about the anime I'm watching and the story telling lessons I'm learning from it. I'd love to talk about anime with any other anime enthusiasts and I like recommendations.
I pretty much browse for anime randomly and watch whatever seems intriguing. And I've found that I enjoy anime from a much wider variety of styles and genres than I generally do with books. (I pretty much just read fantasy with a side of sci fi). Here's a list of shows I've finished or in the case of long running shows at least watched more than one arc of:
A Certain Magical Index
Ah My Goddess!
Bamboo Blade
Black Butler
Bleach
Blue Exorcist
Campione!
Clannad
Code Geass (finished first season, working on second, no spoilers please)
Cowboy Bebop
D. Gray Man
Demon King Daimio
Fairy Tail
Fractale
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Hakuoki
InuYasha
Is This a Zombie?
Kaicho wa Maid-sama
Katanagatari
Kaze no Stigma
Level E
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
Negima!
Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Ouran High School Host Club
Rah Xephon
Romeo X Juliet
Special A
Tears to Tiara
The Book of Bantorra
The World God Only Knows
Toriko
Yu Yu Hakusho
Right now I'm working through several series:
Code Geass
Clannad After Story
Get Backers
Angel Beats!
Sword Art Online
Is This a Zombie of the Dead?
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
Actually, I feel like I've watched more than this, but these are what I can remember. And there are quite a few others I've tried and didn't like or watched some of but never finished. (I've tried to watch Le Chevalier D'eon a couple of times, but I get bored.)
I watch anime both subbed and dubbed. There are shows that just sound better to me in Japanese (Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, Maid-sama, Black Butler), shows that I thought had fantastic English voice acting (The Book of Bantorra, Is This a Zombie?, Level E), and shows that I've enjoyed in both languages (InuYasha, Ouran High School Host Club, Toriko, Fairy Tail). And I always like to find shows in English that my 10 year old daughter might also enjoy. (She's a big fan of InuYasha among others.)
So I guess this is a thread to talk about the anime I'm watching and the story telling lessons I'm learning from it. I'd love to talk about anime with any other anime enthusiasts and I like recommendations.