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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3373247" data-attributes="member: 2067">Generally, the more open-minded can find at least a handful of good anime out there. You've seen Princess Mononoke? Or Spirited Away? That's some great fantasy right there, kind of on par with something Neil Gaiman might pump out with "creepy mythos."Cowboy Bebop. I didn't really like ANY anime 'till I saw that series. Yeah, some of the characters are close to the archetypes (not a lot of people like Radical Edward at first, for instance), but, like I said, it's the Anti-Trek: it's jaded and hyper-commercialized, corrupt and dirty vision of our glorious space future makes it quite notable. You don't have to watch it all, even: the first few episodes and the last few episodes pretty much tell each character's story, and the rest is just "adventuring for a buck" (but it's still pretty sweet). For something that's not a series, try Grave of the Fireflies. I'm not a huge fan of the way the characters are drawn, but try and watch it without crying and you'll fail. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Witch Hunter Robin has been mentioned as a "Westernized" anime, so if you want to avoid a lot of the things like face-faults and giant swords, this would do you well. I found it a bit slow-paced for my tastes, but it still has a fairly short story arc.Last Exile might be good for a more "Westernized" anime as well -- it draws its motifs more from early-1900's aviation style, and then jumps into sci-fi elves, and it takes place mostly in a court of intrigue in the sky. If you're brave and open-minded, try FLCL. For those who can hear what it's saying, the six-episode arc is definitely saying something deeper than appearances will show. Not everyone "gets" it, though, and those that don't often hate it for what they see as randomness. There are a few anime-isms sprinkled in it, but the art and animation is in a constant state of flux between styles and designs, and the whole thing is delightfully weird enough that the anime-isms don't appear too out of place.Of course, with any of these, you actually have to have an open mind and be willing to play along. The moment you say "I won't like this, because it's anime," the battle is already lost. Welcome the new experience, and you should be pleasantly treated by any of these above.BERSERK....let's just say I was with it until it got to the end of the DVD's....and I didn't want to watch more. I really, really didn't. Because o.0</blockquote>

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