MrEco wrote:Anyways the 5 anime I'm currently trying to get through are:
....Strawberry Panic
18 episodes in. An extremely good romance anime following the story of Nagisa Aoi as she joins an all girls school. As literally everyone in the school is completely without question a lesbian yuri fans should take notice of this. However don't mistake this for a fanservice heavy throwaway. It actually has very little fanservice and an extremely good (And moving) story. Highly recommended.
Anyways, thank you to anyone who takes the time out time contribute to this thread. I look forward to some cool anime discussions.
I think you're one of the first persons I've seen recommend this. I remember watching this via Youtube the day after each episode was released. I liked it (enough to buy it, in fact) but I know a lot of people really, REALLY didn't (mostly for it's "abundance/lack of" fanservice), so it's nice to see someone else enjoyed/is enjoying it.
I'll also agree that Kenshin and Samurai X are must see and I'll second the recommendation of
Le Chevalier D'Eon. They really are great shows so long as you skip the made up storyline of Kenshin after the Kyoto arc. The Kenshin manga are in nice 3 volume sized books now, so they're a bit more practical and easier to obtain now than when I bought them. (Not to mention cheaper).
A couple of other shows that I like are Trinity Blood, Otogi Zoshi, Noein, Samurai 7, and Wolf's Rain. I like a wide range of things so the subject matter is a bit all over the place. For the most part though, I like a bit of Sci-Fi/Supernatural/History in most of my shows.
As for movies, some of my favorites have been the Ghibli films, Satoshi Kon's
Millennium Actress, and Katsuhiro Otomo's
Memories.
