I don't really watch anime too often, but I decided to watch some recently. I just saw Code Geass, which was decent. Then I saw -- for the most part -- High school of the Dead, which was shit. I just finished Ergo Proxy, which was also decent. Last anime I saw before these was Elfen Lied.

What animes would you guys suggest? I like the quasi-realistic animations of Ergo Proxy and I do like the slightly darker elements, although they aren't necessary. I don't mind romance, but I don't want some cheesy shit like HotD. I have Gantz and soon Neon Genesis Evangelion ready to watch because I saw some youtube clip where someone rated it very

highly. Any other suggestions?

This post was edited by donkey_kart on Nov 26 2012 07:25am

http://myanimelist.net/anime/339/Serial_Experiments_Lain

there's bluray out somewhere now.

"Slightly darker elements"

http://myanimelist.net/anime/11111/Another (You'll be like wtf... Final Destination?)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/6880/DeadmanWonderland (You might want to read the manga as well.)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/6746/Durarara!! (It was interesting and I enjoyed this show.)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/467/GhostintheShell:StandAloneComplex (Futuristic, awesomeness.)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/3342/Mnemosyne:MnemosynenoMusume-tachi (6 episode OVA's 45 minutes each.)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster (74 episodes, if you liked Death Note because of the cat 'n' mouse chase then you'll love this. I hope you can tolerate longer animes.)

This post was edited by Louisa on Nov 26 2012 11:07am

If you like movies based on samurai/sword fighting , i just saw sword of the stranger , and it was probably one of the best movie animes with by far the best sword fighting scenes ive ever seen

Samurai Champloo
Darker than black
Greater Teacher Onizuka but thats more on comedy side
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry - starts out all nice and happy but after first episode it gets lot darker after characters brother betrays their nation.

Thanks and keep up with the suggestions, guys. If you could, put a slight summary (without spoilers) about what the show is about.

Currently watch Gantz.

Gantz is awesome - My advice is not to watch the last episode though - just stop the episode before and pick up where u leave off with the manga. Possibly the worst filler ending in anime history - yes, even worse than berserk.

I was actually going to ask a question regarding manga and anime. I would prefer not to watch any other anime like Gantz where it's based on an unfinished manga. When I watch an anime and it's not even based off the complete manga, I find myself having to read the manga. I did that for Full Metal Alchemist, Elfen Lied, Bleach, and Naruto. :\

Do you happen to know where Gantz the anime ends and the Manga begins? Also, is it exactly the same except for the last episode?

Yes and no... I dunno. Been a long time.

Gantz anime is awesome - but last episode sucks as show was cancelled. Just watch it til penultimate episode and then start on manga - there are subtle differences up until about 3/4 of the way through the anime where they start to get quite different. Don't wanna spoil anything but the manga is awesome also.



Listen to this guy too Monster is probably my fave anime of all time.

This post was edited by Vivienne on Nov 27 2012 04:02pm

Yeah, I actually crossed Monster when I was searching for good animes, but I decided to skip it for now since the summary wasn't that interesting. I'll probably check it out, anyways.

Gantz has been decent so far (only about 4 episodes in), but I dislike the protagonist. However, I am seeing the slight character development and I'm sure he'll probably improve. Also,I know you said to watch up to the penultimate episode of Gantz, but that has a 0% likelihood of happening.

I hate not finishing stuff that I start, but I will definitely just ignore the last episode after I start reading the manga. Thanks.

This post was edited by donkey_kart on Nov 27 2012 04:56pm