I started in the mid to late 90s when the only US source for anime on television was Sci-Fi channel's Saturday morning "Japanimation" which was later changed to Saturday anime.
First anime I saw:
Akira
Project A-Ko (Gray Side/Blue Side is actually my favorite of them)
Record of Lodoss War
Vampire Hunter D
Ninja Scroll
The Slayers
I must have watched my Lodoss War VHS two dozen times, then I got the DVD later, then I got the Collector's Edition DVD.
Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sword Art Online,The Slayers, Hyper Police are some favorites.
Witchblade is really good. I expected a fan service fest, but the story is actually good and has one of those "last 4 episodes kinda make you just wanna die" feeling.
I liked Spice & Wolf, Seikirei, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, most Ghibli films really (except Totoro, I didn't care for it), Elfen Lied, Kino's Journey, and High School of Dead (ridiculous, I mean RIDICULOUS, fan service aside). Oh, and Our Home's Fox Deity (but I'm a fan of foxes and kitsune stories).
Puella Magi Magica Madoka was tremendous as a deconstruction of the magical girl trope.
I've only seen some of Attack on Titan. I kind of lost interest when they revealed the main character could turn into one or whatever. It seemed interesting, but then I felt it became "flesh mecha." I'll finish the anime to give it a fair shake.
The World God Only Knows is one I HIGHLY recommend to any gamer.
My "to watch" list is way too big.
Probably going to finally watch Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood soon.
And you can argue for or against defining it as anime, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is probably one of my favorite animated series of all times, hands down. It is a near perfectly told story with well paced character development to me.
Waiting on Hellsing Ultimate OVA to be release in a complete set to watch that one.
As for manga, I like Ai Yori Aoshi, Hyper Police, Et Cetera (very Trigun-esque and seems fairly unknown, but really good), and Akira. I used to read a lot more manga when I worked at a book store and could read them on break, check them out from work, and got a discount buying them. I don't read too much manga anymore, though.
First anime I saw:
Akira
Project A-Ko (Gray Side/Blue Side is actually my favorite of them)
Record of Lodoss War
Vampire Hunter D
Ninja Scroll
The Slayers
I must have watched my Lodoss War VHS two dozen times, then I got the DVD later, then I got the Collector's Edition DVD.
Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sword Art Online,The Slayers, Hyper Police are some favorites.
Witchblade is really good. I expected a fan service fest, but the story is actually good and has one of those "last 4 episodes kinda make you just wanna die" feeling.
I liked Spice & Wolf, Seikirei, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, most Ghibli films really (except Totoro, I didn't care for it), Elfen Lied, Kino's Journey, and High School of Dead (ridiculous, I mean RIDICULOUS, fan service aside). Oh, and Our Home's Fox Deity (but I'm a fan of foxes and kitsune stories).
Puella Magi Magica Madoka was tremendous as a deconstruction of the magical girl trope.
I've only seen some of Attack on Titan. I kind of lost interest when they revealed the main character could turn into one or whatever. It seemed interesting, but then I felt it became "flesh mecha." I'll finish the anime to give it a fair shake.
The World God Only Knows is one I HIGHLY recommend to any gamer.
My "to watch" list is way too big.
Probably going to finally watch Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood soon.
And you can argue for or against defining it as anime, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is probably one of my favorite animated series of all times, hands down. It is a near perfectly told story with well paced character development to me.
Waiting on Hellsing Ultimate OVA to be release in a complete set to watch that one.
As for manga, I like Ai Yori Aoshi, Hyper Police, Et Cetera (very Trigun-esque and seems fairly unknown, but really good), and Akira. I used to read a lot more manga when I worked at a book store and could read them on break, check them out from work, and got a discount buying them. I don't read too much manga anymore, though.
