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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3653943" data-attributes="member: 6562">Good stuff:Slayers -- It's a good series in its own right, but it's an excellent parody of D&D. Three series (Slayers, Slayers Next and Slayers Try -- 26 episodes each), then some movies which apparently have different characters, and which I haven't seen yet. The first series is the best, IMHO.Fullmetal Alchemist -- Excellent and accessible. Usually my first recommendation, if you have the time for a long series. (51 episodes)Mushishi -- The best anime no-one has ever seen. Simple, dramatic, haunting, beautiful. (26 episodes)Wolf's Rain -- Wonderful non-human perspective. (26 episodes)Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia -- Every series since this one has echoes. Truly genre-defining. Non-linear episode ordering can be confusing at first, but it actually works well... except for the first episode. I skipped to the 2nd episode immediately, then went back later to watch the first. (13 episodes)5 CM per Second -- Should be fully subtitled soon; some of the most beautiful modern animation. (movie)Witch Hunter Robin -- Supernatural mystery; good characters; decent dub. (26 episodes)Good, but not necessarily accessible:FLCL -- Full of in-jokes for anime history buffs, but still quite enjoyable if you don't get most of the references. Makes excellent use of the medium. Highly recommended, particularly as it's very short. (6 episodes)Here and There, Now and Then -- A very good depiction of a very brutal war. Painful and terrible and very well done; makes me sad thinking about it. (13 episodes)Full Metal Panic -- Three relates series; same characters, different tone. One traditional mecha, one school romance, and one gritty "grown-up" mecha. Influential. Lots of "in-jokes" particularly in the 2nd series. (13 episodes each)Good, but kinda girly:School Rumble -- One of the funniest series I've ever seen (particularly season 1). Makes very good use of the medium. Too many anime in-jokes to be generally appreciated, though. (2 seasons, 26 episodes each)Eureka Seven -- Might be fully dubbed into English by now; don't know the quality of the dub, but the original was pretty good. If you like the metaplot of Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri, you may like this series. (52 episodes)Ouran High School Host Club -- Very amusing, but perhaps too much of a parody of the traditional school drama to appeal to a wider audience. (26 episodes)Current Events:Darker Than BLACK -- Supernatural futuristic horror; great animation, cast and music.Dennou Coil -- Studio Ghibli meets William Gibbson. Bit of a sleeper.Higurashi no Naku Koro ni -- Mystery and horror in a small town. Very well done. Non-linear episodes, and some supernatural stuff... perhaps to be explained in Season 2, airing now. (26 episodes each)Popular, but not necessarily recommended:Evangelion -- Starts out as an interesting "modern" mecha, but eventually turns into abstract psyhcological horror.Inuyasha -- Watch the first few episodes, where stuff actually happens. Now think about watching like 150+ more episodes where nothing significant changes. Bleah. Maybe the movies are good.Bleach -- Watch 1 through 65, then stop and pretend they get married and everyone lives happily ever after.Naruto -- Kinda interesting, but apparently has years and years worth of filler mixed in. Stop at 135 (if not before), and don't be afraid to fast-forward if something seems to be taking too long.- - -Wow, I wrote a lot.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

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