what anime should I start collecting?

[jdavis]

I think he may have been referring to TV. Most every Oriental film that I've seen on TV lately has been subtitled, rather than dubbed. The only subtitled animes I've seen on TV were Overfiend 3 and Adventure Duo (both are pornos, incidentally).

I prefer the original Japanese myself, because often I just can't stand the voices in dubs (Such as Molly's voice in Sailor Moon, or Tenchi's in Tenchi Muyo). The biggest exception to this would be Nadesico, which seemed to have better English Voice-acting than the original. Plus, I can read fast enough to keep up.

Well as far as TV is concerned I don't see subtitles ever getting too popular for any type of show, there is a large portion of the audience in America that would just turn off anything with subtitles regardless of what it was. I have not seen anything on TV that was subtitled in a very long time and that was on channels like HBO then. The average television viewer just doesn't want to read his TV. If Cartoon Network started showing subtitled versions of anime it would flop in weeks, the vast majority of people are casual fans and they don't care about the minor story changes or the better voice acting involved in the original, they want simple entertainment. A subtitled Dragonball Z wouldn't of lasted 10 episodes on Cartoon Network. That's just a matter of economics there.

What on TV have you seen that was subtitled lately and what was it on? Just curious as to what I'm missing out on.

 

[jdavis]

Got hooked on the series as well so I picked up the games. The first one was pretty interesting. The second was just like the first, so less so. Unfortunately, each $50 game is one forth of the game. There are 4 games total, you transfer your save between games. They also aren't very long either. Since I've got the first 2, I'll pick up the last 2, but I'm disappointed they didn't make it one or two great games instea of four short ones.

Oh, and I'll throw in my votes for Kenshin, Bebop, Trigun, Eva, .hack//sign, InuYasha, Nadesico, Lodoss War, and one no one has mentioned yet, (but I hope I spell it correctly) Fishugiyugi. Nope, that spelling is wrong, bah, anyone got the correct spelling? The one with the priestess of Suzaku, the seven celestial warriors (that doesn't give anything away).

Later.

Fushigi Yuugi (also called Mysterious Play, or maybe that is the translation?) http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=178
I've heard that was good but I have never seen it.

 

[zug_zug]

Forgive me for saying this, but what the hell are you talking about???

I'd say that roughly around a good 90% of the anime you can find nowadays has a subtitled version available for retail sale. This is especially true thanks to DVDs. Only a few companies, such as Manga Entertainment, tend to offer anime with no subtitled version/option available. More than any other foreign film, anime comes subtitled often. It is leading other foreign cinema by a decade easily (how many old hong kong films can you find subtitled, for example?).

Yea I meant TV. It would be nice to see anime in subtitled versions on TV. But like I said probably given the fact that anime is seen as adolscent or for children in the States and the view(as stated by jdavis)that the general audince have, it probably wont happen. At any rate itd be nice.

As for the decade thing, that was really just a rough timeframe. In the bad old days, things like subtitles for foreign films were give short shrift. The subtitles evolved slowly from the hard to read white to easier to read yellow. Now most bigger theatrical foreign films are subtitled. But then again its only relatively recently that letterboxing for movies in general has caught on.

Oh yea to change the subject-USA TODAY had a spread today on how networks are embracing adult animation, TNN, CN, etc.

 

[Dog Soldier]

I would recomend.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - War In The Pocket I've only seen the Cartoon Network edit but it is good, but short. Only 6 episodes.
Ruin Explorers Another short OVA. It's kind of DnDish.
Berserk Others have mentioned it.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Not a series or OVA but a movie, look into it you may like it.
Spriggan Another movie.

 

[Alzrius]

one no one has mentioned yet, (but I hope I spell it correctly) Fishugiyugi. Nope, that spelling is wrong, bah, anyone got the correct spelling? The one with the priestess of Suzaku, the seven celestial warriors (that doesn't give anything away).

Fushigi Yuugi. Literally, "The Mysterious Play" this is a romantic adventure of two schoolgirls who fall into a book, and find that they are priestesses of two celestial beings...who are in opposition. The two girls must each find their celestial warriors dedicated to serve and protect them as they find their destiny in this strange new land.

 

[Uzumaki]

FY is a case. You either love it or you hate it. It has it's redeeming parts and characters, but in general I don't like it.

 

[Enchantress]

Phew! I'm not on the internet for one day and look what happens! Thanx for posting so quickly. In answer to some of your questions, I like basically any genre, including romance, comedy, action, sci-fi, dark vampiric/horror. I am looking for something with, like I said, very deep and complex characters and plot lines for the more serious animes, and good humor for the comedies. I'm definitely more of a fan towards animes with graphic and detailed artwork.

You also reminded me of some other animes I like/have seen:
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Kiki's Delivery Service
Castle in the Sky. (I also think that Haiyo Miyazaki is a genious when it comes to anime.)
Oh, My Goddess (the series and the movie)
I started on 3x3 Eyes and really liked that but missed the rest of the show after 2-3 episodes. Any reviews on that?

 

[Anavel Gato]

I saw a trailer for "Voices of Distant Star" and ADV has been hyping it pretty well.
"Saiyuki" is a retelling of the Journey West.
I, too, must express that "Samurai X" (Kenshin) is really good. And one great thing is you can get Trust and Betrayal on one disc on the Directors Cut.
Any Gundam UC era.
"Berserk" is great too.
"Rahxephon"
old school "Robotech"
"Jin-Roh" and "Blue Gender" are good one-shot deals...
thats all of can think of right now...

 

[jdavis]

Watching Full Metal Panic right now, so far so good. Also picked up the first volume of Samurai Deeper Kyo but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Samurai X? What's the deal with that? Is that like Rourinin Kenshin or something in an OVA version? What's the relationship between the two series?