Anime Brigade: We all have 8th grade syndrome~

[Homura]

You're in!

Yu Yu? You know, I never actually watched that. DX

I'm gonna see waht I can go watch again, I'm interested in Prism Ilya! :D

[XaiakuX]

Yu Yu? You know, I never actually watched that. DX

WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY?! D<

YOU WILL DEVOTE A WEEK OF YOUR EXISTENCE RESOLVING THIS ISSUE PROPERLY!

... No, but seriously, anime is a thing. I like it. Count me in, and consider your club more awesome.

A few animes that make up my top 5 of late:

YU YU HAKUSHO (grrrrr... D<)
Orphen (Dunno why no one's ever heard of this. .___.;)
Soul Eater (It's on Netflix, by the way.)
Highschool of the Dead (IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT I WATCH IT FOR THE ZOMBIES!)
Fullmetal Alchemist (either series is good to me)

I wanted to add Sword Art Online, but I wasn't sure what I'd get rid of for it. But it is fantastic, and I'm excited for more when they get around to it.

But I've watched all those all the way through. I'm currently watching Fairy Tail as well. Dunno where I'll go after that.

[Sanctus]

*high-fives XaiakuX* You have good taste in anime. I haven't seen Orphen but I have heard of it. Someone I knew owned it actually and I wanted to watch it but never got to. :/ Since you bring it up though, I'll watch it.

I have a question about Sword Art Online. How much action is there in it? The reason I ask is because I was a huuuuuuge fan of the .Hack// series years ago, and Sword Art Online is similar in many ways, but it seems that SAO isn't nearly as dramatic or dark as .Hack//. These are all first impressions based on nothing but trailers but really, it just seems like a weak .Hack//.

Hm. I don't think I could actually compile a top five. I could only say that Ruroni Kenshin is probably my favorite? But then I also like Gundam Wing...

[XaiakuX]

I have a question about Sword Art Online. How much action is there in it? The reason I ask is because I was a huuuuuuge fan of the .Hack// series years ago, and Sword Art Online is similar in many ways, but it seems that SAO isn't nearly as dramatic or dark as .Hack//. These are all first impressions based on nothing but trailers but really, it just seems like a weak .Hack//.

S.A.O is kind of its own thing. It has its own drama, and own story that makes it utterly different from .Hack. You'd need to actually watch it to understand. The battles though, tend to be fast paced, and physical. I do recommend it, though. There are very few anime that made me just SIT and WATCH without doing anything else until it was done.

Kenshin is mah dawg.

Gundam Wing I got into with Endless Waltz. So as far as I'm concerned only Mobile Suit Gundam Wing as well as Mobile Fighter G Gundam was good. I couldn't really deal with Seed or anything else. xD

[Homura]

I've heard of Orphen, I just never watched/read it. I dunno, Yu Yu never captured me as a series that I must go watch, that's probably why. Then again, my favourites are of a different kind of tone:

1. Monster
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
3. Noein
4. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
5. Fate/Zero

So far anyway. I'm definitely more of a manga reader myself though.

Kenshin and Gundam Wing are both still good. Wing and Turn A Gundam were the last gundam to be interesting. Seed and on got weak.

SAO I hear is like .hack with more action and less plot. The setting is certainly one thing that ties the two together, but it seems like they're simply different genres.

[Sanctus]

I probably like drama the most. Even when it comes to action, it's primarily the drama of the battles that keeps me hooked. Kenshin, Soul Eater, and to a lesser extent, Yu Yu struck a great balance between action, drama, and comedy. Of course they have different types of humor too.

For that matter I actually read a little bit of Fruits Basket for the humor, but it was ultimately too girly for me and I had to put it down. xD

[Homura]

Oh you'd probably like Monster then. it's Seinen drama at its finest. It even has a slow pacing to go with as well. My repetoire of manga is much larger than my anime repetoire though. Stuff like Team Medical Dragon and Dr. Frost are amazing, even though ironically my favourite manga is The World God Only Knows, which is shounen.

[Sanctus]

This is why I joined this club. :3 Thanks for the recommendations.

I'm sure SAO has it's own story but the basic concept is still similar: getting trapped in a vidya gayme and put in a coma. But hey if Bleach can get away with its similarities to Yu Yu then whatever. I'll have to watch it to pass a final judgment on it though.

[XaiakuX]

So, is it completely homosexual that I'm watching and enjoying Ouran High School Host Club? Or.. just a little bit homosexual?

[Sanctus]

I tried to read it, but I could only manage to glance at a few pages. At least with Fruits Basket Shigure's dry humor was great enough to get me through three volumes.

You'll have to watch Cloud doing Omni-slash to Sephiroth at the end of Advent Children just to get your manliness back... but save that until you're completely done so you won't have to do it again later.