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Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« on: May 03, 2012, 03:08:51 AM »
This is for you people to ask for recommendations on some anime and manga or just to proclaim to the world some awesome series that you've found for yourself.

Now, I'll start

Anime:
- Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu = One of the most hilarious rom/com animes I've ever seen.

Manga:
- Kimi no Iru Machi (Ongoing) = A dramatic tale of love, loss and all the problems you may face when searching for your loved one
- Ai Yori Aoshi (Completed) = Seriously, I have no words to describe this, it's quite possibly the most touching and most heartwarming story I have ever read. And this is coming from a guy who has read Love Hina, Ah! My Goddess, And LOTS and LOTS of other romance mangas.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 04:10:10 AM »
Summaries are taken from Anime News Network. I'll add more as I think of them.

Anime:
  • Fractale - Complete - Japanese and English | Subs Available - In a far distant future, humanity has embraced the Fractale system as the ultimate path towards utopia. Comprised of several trillion networked computers, Fractale was created in the 22nd century to promote a peaceful lifestyle for the entire world in exchange of a periodic recovery of personal data from individuals through terminals located within their bodies. Living in a rocky coast region, Clain is a young boy fascinated by old technology. After helping a girl named Phryne, she gives him a pendant before disappearing by the next morning. Accessing the data from the peculiar gift, Clain ends up summoning a girl-shaped avatar named Nessa. Together they start a journey as they discover the truth behind the Fractale system.
  • Haibane Renmei - Complete - Most Languages | Subs Available - A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of females with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.
  • Last Exile - Complete - Most Languages | Subs Available - In a world that looks like the 19th century with anti-gravity devices, Claus and Lavie are pilot and co-pilot of a Vanship and act as couriers. They become involved with a mysterious mission after rescuing a little girl from a strange star-shaped killing machine. Not willing to let the girl die, they complete the mission by delivering her to the legendary mercenary ship Sylvana, only to become part of the crew as fighter pilots.
Manga:
  • Negima! Magister Negi Magi - Ongoing..? - Most Languages | Scanlations Available - After graduating from Merdiana Magic School in Wales, 10-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield is assigned to be an English teacher at Mahora Academy in Japan as training to become a Magister Magi. To his surprise, he is tasked with a class of 31 older girls, 2-A. The story tells his life and times as he juggles with keeping his magic a secret, trying to gain acceptance and respect from his students, helping them with their problems as their teacher, dealing with threats from inside and outside the academy, and finding his father, the legendary "Thousand Master".
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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 01:46:26 AM »
Looking for a short, dark series with lots of action/suspense

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 02:42:53 AM »
Looking for a short, dark series with lots of action/suspense
Elfen Lied

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2012, 02:59:58 AM »
Looking for a short, dark series with lots of action/suspense

Try:

Mirrai Nikki
Bloody Monday
Rabbit Doubt

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2012, 06:14:40 AM »
Are any of these on Netflix?

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2012, 06:36:21 AM »
Are any of these on Netflix?

Bloody Monday and Rabbit doubt are only available as manga sorry.

However, Mirrai Nikki DOES have an anime, and it is a definite MUST WATCH! (though it it better to read the manga beforehand). AFAIK, it is not on Netflix.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2012, 05:08:07 PM »
Can anyone recommend some manga for me to read?

The most important thing is that the series have finished publishing. Preferably less action-oriented and not so much gore and/or horror; more on the light-hearted side, I guess. Other than that, I'll take pretty much anything. Comedy, romance, psychological, sci-fi, etc. Oh, except sports.
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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2012, 06:17:10 PM »
Ranma 1/2?

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2012, 07:34:06 PM »
Maybe Ergo Proxy, if you haven't already. That's pretty heavy on the psychological aspect.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2012, 07:15:35 AM »
I've watched the anime adaptations of both of them, so probably not. :/

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2012, 01:39:44 PM »
I dunno if there is a manga off, but Chrono Cross.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2012, 03:28:46 PM »
There's no anime adaptation of it either. I've played the game though.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2012, 10:19:21 PM »
Psycho-Pass.
I like it.
Ep 2 just released.
Watch it.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2012, 02:21:50 PM »
There's no anime adaptation of it either. I've played the game though.
There is, I am watching it.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2012, 02:45:18 PM »
You sure it's not Chrono Trigger or Chrono Crusade? I can't find anything about a Chrono Cross anime.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2012, 06:09:36 PM »
I think Jonez just got mixed up with Chrono Crusade, I haven't heard of a Chrono Cross anime either.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2012, 09:35:25 PM »
I think Jonez just got mixed up with Chrono Crusade, I haven't heard of a Chrono Cross anime either.

what Pow Said
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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2012, 11:06:04 AM »
Derpy me. -_-

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2012, 11:55:48 AM »
Try Btooom! It's kind of like Hunger Games in a sense. Oh, and expect some rape scenes along the way. :\

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2012, 03:22:57 PM »
Oh, and expect some rape scenes along the way. :\
I need this

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2012, 05:15:58 PM »
Try Btooom! It's kind of like Hunger Games in a sense. Oh, and expect some rape scenes along the way. :\

It sucks that it's a monthly manga. And there are even times when a whole month passes without a new chapter :\

Anyways, I recommend these manga

- Midori No Hibi (Midori Days)
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- Ai Kora (Love Collage)
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- Koharu No Hibi (Koharu Days)
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The first two are from the same author so expect the same artstyle. And I recommend reading Midori no Hibi before Ai Kora (just for the simple fact that Midori no Hibi was made before Ai Kora)

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Midori No Hibi is a story of a High School delinquent (well not really, he's a big softie at heart) who wakes up one day to find that his right hand has transformed into a girl! What's more the girl turns out to have a crush on him! what'll happen to the his peaceful high school life? Hilarity ensues!

Note: Midori No Hibi does have an anime adaptation, but it doesn't matter which one you see first.


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Ai Kora is the story of Maeda Haichibei. This young man is not quite like most guys, who only lust after beautiful girls. This pervert lusts after specific and discrete parts instead. When he moves to Tokyo to attend school, he finds himself living in a dormitory with five girls, each of which possesses one of the ideal physical features he desires: cat-like blue eyes, bullet-train breasts, a deep dulcet voice, straight “anime-esque” legs, or a waistline shaped like fine Japanese pottery. How can he manage to keep his wits when surrounded by these women?


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Koharu no Hibi is vastly different from the two mangas I've mentioned, for the plain and simple reason of "that bitch be crazy!"


Koharu Mutsuki is in love with her senpai Akira Torii. Though she has never confessed to him and prefers to watch him silently from a distance. Wait, did I say watch? I meant STALK. That's right, Koharu is a grade-A stalker. I can't even begin to describe her level of obsession and yanderism. You just have to read and see it for yourself.


Just some instances of her stalkerism to really prove my point


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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2012, 11:32:15 PM »
Can anyone recommend some manga for me to read?

The most important thing is that the series have finished publishing. Preferably less action-oriented and not so much gore and/or horror; more on the light-hearted side, I guess. Other than that, I'll take pretty much anything. Comedy, romance, psychological, sci-fi, etc. Oh, except sports.
Shaman King. The manga is better than the anime, so double points to you.
It's...actually action oriented, but it goes far deeper than that. I recommend at least looking it up.
Durarara! is also great plot-wise. I'm not sure if you'd consider that action-oriented...There's a lot of acton, but it's not the main theme or anything. I think.

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2012, 09:01:49 PM »
Psycho Pass is pretty graphic on the violence. Whoever made this must be pretty psycho himself. I'd say this is an adult only anime :o

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Re: Anime/Manga recommendation thread
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2013, 01:37:59 PM »
Looking for a short, dark series with lots of action/suspense
Boku no Pico

 

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