Alright guys. I've been getting into it a little more recently.
I'm looking for recommendations for adult anime. None of that kiddie crap. That rules out stuff like Full Metal Alchemist and other assorted anime with stupid jokes and stuff like giant question marks appearing over characters heads, smoke blowing out of their ears, etc..
So far, I've already seen and own Appleseed which I think is great.
I'm currently looking into the following:
Witch Hunter Robin
Ergo Proxy
Deathnote
Are these any good and what else is there that has guns and swords and gore galore? (that was awesome)
Links would be great too if you have some scenes I should watch.
Samurai Champloo. Hands down. Plenty of violence (not a lot of gore though), incredible fighting scenes, great dialogue (both humorous and pensive), incredible character development, etc.
Don't watch the English dub though. It way sucks.
Serial Experiments Lain is a good one too. Sci-fi drama.
I've never watched a full anime in my life due to the kiddie thing up until recently. A friend invited me over to watch Samurai Champloo. I ended up watching like 10 of the episodes in one sitting. I eventually finished it. It's a good place to start though.
If you just youtube Samurai Champloo it will come up with some pretty good fight scenes. Such as the second video listed.
You know, what's unfortunate about looking for anime clips on YouTube, is all you get are those shitty ass AMVs. They're really annoying and pretentious. And everyone person who makes an AMV thinks that viewers would rather watch their AMV than just unedited scenes from the show.
And on Adult Swim, all of their clips of Samurai Champloo are in English Dub and they're just horrible.
But let me also say this, that I hate the same things about anime that you do. Especially when shapes and punctuation markes fly out of people's orifices.
And there are few animes these days that I can confidently recommend except for Haibane Renmei, Serial Experiments Lain, and Samurai Champloo. I was totally engrossed in Samurai Champloo as I watched it all the way through on my computer and would stay up really late doing so. Most anime sites have a torrent of it.
Idk if you guys have heard of or seen the anime series called Afro Samurai, but its pretty good. im not a fan of it, but if i get home from work, and i see it on... i will probably end up watching it, since it has some good fight seens, and some crude humor. Im definitely not a fan of anime, so me saying that i like this show is huge, so you might wanna check it out.
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That's usually on Spike isn't it? I was watching it on and off too, but I found the Afro's sidekick, Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson to be too unbearable. He just never shuts up.
Fullmetal Alchemist is borderline, the characters Alphonse and Edward, at times have rather "kiddie anime" moments, but other than that, yeh it's not bad. little to none of the horrible "throbbing angry cross" "angry big head" "sweat drip" "falling over in embarassment" stuff you get in pokemon, yu gi oh, err Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Shaman King, Duel Masters, Mix Master King of Cards, basically what we here in New Zealand refer to as the "4 O'clock anime" as that is generally when it screens here. 4pm, just as all the little kiddies are getting home from school. Generally you have to wait till either 8pm or 10pm to watch the good (more mature) anime.
But that's not too say older people don't watch these types of shows, some of them are pretty good, and older people, like myself do watch them. I will often watch Shaman King or Naruto when they are on. I just tend to go for anime that don't have all the things that come to mind when people think of anime, which is often what causes some fairly intense debates and dicussions, stereotypically or generally when someone thinks of anime, they will think of Dragonball Z or one of the other shows I mentioned above, and will lament it's use of the conventions I mentioned above which are surnominous with those types of anime, and this is mostly due to the popularity of these shows, everyone whether they care to admit it or not have (probably) heard of Dragon Ball Z, Yu Gi Oh, Pokemon, and this will form the basis for their understanding of what anime is.
Yet shows like Baslisk, Berserk, Ghost in the Shell, which are also anime, but not as popular, often due to their content which is a bit more mature/specialised, often become something one has to introduce you to. And much like all things you will either like them or you won't. but they will show you that not all anime, just like western cartoons, are not all targeted at a younger audience.
But there is nothing wrong with an older person enjoying an anime like say Naruto, they just aren't generally the intended audience.
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I never would have thought you were a hentai viewer.
I'll just throw it out again, that FMA is probably as adult as its going to get without getting too bloody or sexual. Elfen Lied I think is an awesome anime, but if you don't like blood and nudity it may not be for you. Even if the nudity is never for erotic purposes. If you watch it you will know what I mean.
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I'm looking for recommendations for adult anime. None of that kiddie crap. That rules out stuff like Full Metal Alchemist and other assorted anime with stupid jokes and stuff like giant question marks appearing over characters heads, smoke blowing out of their ears, etc..
So far, I've already seen and own Appleseed which I think is great.
I'm currently looking into the following:
Witch Hunter Robin
Ergo Proxy
Deathnote
Are these any good and what else is there that has guns and swords and gore galore? (that was awesome)
Links would be great too if you have some scenes I should watch.
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http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17929
Don't watch the English dub though. It way sucks.
Serial Experiments Lain is a good one too. Sci-fi drama.
Siaynoq's Playthroughs
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I have it on my computer. Took me a couple days to download the whole series on bittorrent....
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Here are some others I think you might like.
Cowboy Bebop
Elfen Lied
Noir
I must warn you Elfen Lied has quite abit of nudity.
If you just youtube Samurai Champloo it will come up with some pretty good fight scenes. Such as the second video listed.
And on Adult Swim, all of their clips of Samurai Champloo are in English Dub and they're just horrible.
So unfortunately, all I can do to show you is link the homepage.
http://www.samuraichamploo.com/
But let me also say this, that I hate the same things about anime that you do. Especially when shapes and punctuation markes fly out of people's orifices.
And there are few animes these days that I can confidently recommend except for Haibane Renmei, Serial Experiments Lain, and Samurai Champloo. I was totally engrossed in Samurai Champloo as I watched it all the way through on my computer and would stay up really late doing so. Most anime sites have a torrent of it.
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Berserk
Basilisk
Ghost in the Shell
Ninja Scroll
Broken Saints
Highlander
Blood+
Cowboy Bebop
Elfen Lied
Gantz
Trinity Blood
Rurouni Kenshin
Fullmetal Alchemist is borderline, the characters Alphonse and Edward, at times have rather "kiddie anime" moments, but other than that, yeh it's not bad. little to none of the horrible "throbbing angry cross" "angry big head" "sweat drip" "falling over in embarassment" stuff you get in pokemon, yu gi oh, err Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Shaman King, Duel Masters, Mix Master King of Cards, basically what we here in New Zealand refer to as the "4 O'clock anime" as that is generally when it screens here. 4pm, just as all the little kiddies are getting home from school. Generally you have to wait till either 8pm or 10pm to watch the good (more mature) anime.
But that's not too say older people don't watch these types of shows, some of them are pretty good, and older people, like myself do watch them. I will often watch Shaman King or Naruto when they are on. I just tend to go for anime that don't have all the things that come to mind when people think of anime, which is often what causes some fairly intense debates and dicussions, stereotypically or generally when someone thinks of anime, they will think of Dragonball Z or one of the other shows I mentioned above, and will lament it's use of the conventions I mentioned above which are surnominous with those types of anime, and this is mostly due to the popularity of these shows, everyone whether they care to admit it or not have (probably) heard of Dragon Ball Z, Yu Gi Oh, Pokemon, and this will form the basis for their understanding of what anime is.
Yet shows like Baslisk, Berserk, Ghost in the Shell, which are also anime, but not as popular, often due to their content which is a bit more mature/specialised, often become something one has to introduce you to. And much like all things you will either like them or you won't. but they will show you that not all anime, just like western cartoons, are not all targeted at a younger audience.
But there is nothing wrong with an older person enjoying an anime like say Naruto, they just aren't generally the intended audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeBdiJOhuNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZieSV79qT8Y
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=aQS4GNdcKrk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2FsXW1gt8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUdTGmqtX0o&feature=related
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I never would have thought you were a hentai viewer.
I'll just throw it out again, that FMA is probably as adult as its going to get without getting too bloody or sexual. Elfen Lied I think is an awesome anime, but if you don't like blood and nudity it may not be for you. Even if the nudity is never for erotic purposes. If you watch it you will know what I mean.