Board 8 > I just finished Cowboy Bebop, what are some animes like that?

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Or just any other good anime series? I love DBZ but haven't really watched much else.

I do have one criteria and that's the style of the drawings. I have no idea what it's called but it's more mature? better? I don't know. Stuff like One Piece or FMA are shows I don't really like looking at. So yeah, recommend away.

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FMA is pretty mature, both of them. In a Manchild sort of way.

But yeah, it looks kiddy but deals with some dark themes.

I recommend:

Mobile Suit Gundam: 0080 War in the Pocket. If you watch the English dub (which isn't bad as far as late 90s dubs go), one of the main characters is voiced by David Hayter. It's pretty short, only 6 episodes, but it's pretty mature.

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Baccano! is always a great start.

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Durarara is a pretty good mature themed anime and it's rerunning the third episode this weekend on Adult Swim.

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Samurai Champloo is by the same people as Cowboy Bebop.

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Watch Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Both seasons are amazing and make you think (though I guess there's probably more philosophy than most people would be able to stomach). FullMetal Alchemist is also worth watching, the style really isn't that kiddy, and the story is quite serious and emotional.

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I liked the original version of FMA better than Brotherhood but it's good too.

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Yeah, FMA: Brotherhood is definitely worth watching. Even if you don't really like the art now you'll probably get used to it easily.

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I've always had Death Note as my favourite and I greatly enjoyed Bebop.

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How could I forget about Death Note!? That show was awesome though it did get wordy and philosophical sometimes.

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Trigun

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Samurai Champloo is Cowboy Bebop with Samurais

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you should check out Trigun before anything since it was Bebop's direct rival at the time

I prefer Trigun to Bebop as well!

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Gundam Wing! In terms of content it's nothing like Bebop. I just found at the end of both of them that I was surprisingly attached to the characters.

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Counter-voting Gundam Wing. It's not a bad show, but in terms of Gundam, its one of the weaker series IMO.

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what are some of the better gundams then? I've only really seen wing and the BURNING FINGER one, I think I saw a bit of one of the others that was on toonami or adult swim forever ago too but I forget which...

also seconding death note

Trigun
Samurai Champloo
Gurren Laggann (sort of)
Outlaw Star

Death Note is pretty much the best place to start. Stay away from stuff like Gundam until you're more accustomed to anime.

Also lol FMA not being mature. It's no less mature than Bebop, that's for sure.

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Trigun is a definite next show.

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I'll look into all of these later today. Do most have a nice DVD collection available? Or are they just hard to find online...?

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kurtfisto posted...
Baccano! is always a great start.

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Well Trigun is usually on Netflix watch instantly.

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Full Metal Alchemist
Berserk
Death Note
Baccano!
Monster
Trigun
Wolf's Rain
Vision of Escaflowne
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Those are all good ones to watch.

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Netflix has a couple of good animes on it.

Liquid Wind posted...
what are some of the better gundams then? I've only really seen wing and the BURNING FINGER one, I think I saw a bit of one of the others that was on toonami or adult swim forever ago too but I forget which...

also seconding death note

Anything set in the Universal Century will be great.

These include (in production order):

Mobile Suit Gundam
Z Gundam
ZZ Gundam
Char's Counterattack
0080: War in the Pocket
F91 Gundam
0083: Stardust Memory
08th MS Team
Gundam Unicorn

The only one I didn't care for is 08th MS Team, but most people seem to love it so I'm in the minority there. Gundam Unicorn is pretty awesome, but it isn't finished yet BTW. Won't be done until next November.

Of the non-UC shows, I think the stand out so far has been Gundam X, which is sort of like Mobile Suit Gundam meets Mad Max. In other words, it's post-Apocalypse Gundam.

Wing is okay, but I'm not a fan of the aesthetic. Too frilly and aristocratic. Plus there is a stretch of episodes where they get really hamfisted with their pacifism and it's annoying.

Avoid Seed (and I hear Seed Destiny)

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Samurai Champloo is by the same person as Cowboy Bebop and its style is much the same.

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LowCalorieH2O posted...
Samurai Champloo is Cowboy Bebop with Samurais

And hip hop!
So assuming youre not racist, do champloo

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Samurai Champloo is pretty amazing and definitely worth checking out. It has great action, a great dub (if you're into that), and a pretty good story as well. As people said it's also by the same person and has a lot of the same style.

Outlaw Star is an older one that has some similarities to Cowboy Bebop. Honestly I watched it a long time ago and barely remember anything about it so I can't give a strong recommendation beyond remembering that I liked it a while ago.

If you're not adverse to watching some more mature stuff, you should absolutely check out Shigurui -- It's one of the better samurai series I've seen. Very visceral, brutal, violent, but not in an over the top manner -- They don't just show gore for the sake of gore, it actually means something. It's an anime about how deadly the life of a samurai TRULY was. Most fights ended in one or two moves. The story is pretty amazing and it's a great historical piece that shows two samurai who will go through absolutely anything to destroy each other because of a very real hatred that you see build up from day one. The anime ends before the conclusion, but the manga is fully translated now so if you really like the series you could read the manga to see how the story ends.

On another note, a fantastic samurai anime which is fairly recent and was overlooked is Saraiya Goyou (The House of Five Leaves). I don't believe it has a dub but you can watch it subtitled although I think for a casual anime fan this one is going to be the hardest to find. It's not very anime-like at all, at least not in how the typical western fan thinks of anime. There is close to 0 focus on action, no awkward Japanese humor that is hard to get into without knowing the culture. The entire story focuses on the character and the interactions between the characters in the story, their development, heavy emphasis on storytelling and is also a period piece like Shigurui that attempts to at least somewhat accurately portray the era (vs something like Samurai Champloo which is all about BADASS STYLE. Both great, just two opposite ends of the spectrum). The American TV show that it actually sort of reminds me of would be Breaking Bad since it's about a guy who is forced into the criminal element somewhat against his will but finds himself growing to understand that lifestyle and be more familiar with it as the series progresses. There's not as much of a sense of tension or danger as Breaking Bad and some of the more interesting plot threads (one in particular that I thought was going to develop into something amazing) don't live up to their full potential but all in all it's still a very good series and one of the best samurai anime I've seen.

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From: saveus_Maria | #029
a great dub (if you're into that)

people aren't?

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a lot of people hate dubs.

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From: Menji76 | #030
people aren't?

eh, I think sub vs dub wars are mostly a thing of the past now but I'm sure there are still some people who 'hate' dubs. I don't care either way personally, although I prefer both types for different things.

. . . also I just realized almost everything I recommended is a samurai show. no idea how that happened, hahah. I'm actually going to go through my list in a minute and see if there's some other good stuff you might be into that I could rec.

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I don't hate dubs; it's just that I tend to find them to be of vastly inferior quality

there are a few exceptions I'm aware of (Baccano! has a decent dub, YuYu Hakusho's dub is considered superior by some), but for the most part the original work tends to be better

it helps that Japan has a much healthier VA industry!

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Oh I know one major one I missed.

If you haven't seen the movie Akira you need to watch it immediately. It is a beloved classic for a reason. Even my fried who hates anime loved it.

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Dubs have increased in quality over the last 15 years or so, but there are still problems:

Anime studios tend to only cast the same 5 people in all of their shows. Gets really tiring listening to Brad Swaile or Yuri Lowenthal.

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Lupin III, check out the Miyazaki flick Castle of Cagliostro for example.

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trigun and outlaw star are the next places to go after cowboy bebop. Id argue they are both slightly better too.

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No mention of Gungrave?

So anyway

Gungrave
Berserk (though the manga is better)
Monster
Ghost in the Shell
Texhnolyze (I'd mention the other aBe anime series, but Haibane is more like Murakami and Lain is pretty dense and Texhnolyze is probably the most similar in overall themes anyway)
Ergo Proxy (even though I didn't like it much due to the disjointedness it might be worth a shot)
Trigun (though again the manga is better)
Outlaw Star
Vampire Hunter D (again even though I don't like the series much but it's one of the more well known anime action movies)
Boogiepop Phantom (although it's helpful to read the first novel/manga for a clearer grasp of the plot and characters)
Le Chevalier D'eon
Sword of the Stranger
Garden of Sinners

uh that's all i can come up with offhand

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From: saveus_Maria | #036
If you haven't seen the movie Akira you need to watch it immediately. It is a beloved classic for a reason. Even my fried who hates anime loved it.

That's interesting because my friends who love anime hate it!

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hey man that's WishMeLuck915 you're talking about

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the majority of anime fans prefer subtitles actually

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also


http://myanimelist.net/anime/1/Cowboy_Bebop/userrecs

some anime people recommend if you liked Cowboy Bebop

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From: SuperAngelo128 | #045
the majority of anime fans prefer subtitles actually

who ever said they didn't

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From: LowCalorieH2O | #012
Samurai Champloo is Cowboy Bebop with Samurais

and hip-hop in place of jazz

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