Re: Any anime fans? I need recommendations
The actual Ghost in the Shell series is meh. The movies are far better. I am in total agreement on One Piece. My friend calls it the "Japanese Veggie Tales" lmao. As others have pointed out already, I avoid any dubbed anime at all costs. There is so much that is lost in translation (particularly with tone of voice) in many of them that they become unwatchable in English.
These are some of my favorites...
- If you like Cowboy Bebop (I saw the dubbed version which ruined the series for me), I suggest trying Trigun. It's Robin Hood meets Space Western.
- Case Closed. If you love mysteries (a la Scooby Doo), then you will love this series. It blurs the line of childish and adult humor well like Scooby which makes it good.
-Wolf's Rain. This one is kind of weird but I like it. It's about wolves and people (not furry but more anthropomorphic) but you would have to read the plot to get an understanding of it.
- A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun. Sure it's Yuri, but a lot of great action also (and not that kind of action
). I would throw Zettai Karen Children on this note too because they have a similar type of story.
- The Girl Who Lept through Space. I would put this along side Sky Girls and Strike Witches for the female mech-ish genre, although the first is one of the better ones.
- Some oldies but goodies are Ranma 1/2, Yu Yu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin.
I could throw out some other animes that are more romance or fairly bizarre like Ouran High School Host Club, Gravitation, Ah! My Goddess! and Saki.
