Anyone else here watch anime tv series or films? I started watching anime a few years ago as my best friend is hooked on it. I've started a collection of anime on dvd & video as well.

Some of my favorite series include-
Inu Yasha
Fushigi Yugi
Chobits
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ceres
Love Hina
Sorcerer Hunters
Soul Hunters
Tenchi Muyo
and my current favorite series, Noir.

A few favorite anime films include-
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Blood: The Last Vampire
Vampire Hunter D
Akira
A Wind Named Amnesia
Utena The Movie

Please list any anime series or films you like, though they need not be exclusively Japanese anime. Thanks! ^_^

I loved the SF anime "The wings of Honneamise", the animation was excellent, the story was good and the sentiments expressed were very close to my own. It is, I should add, the only anime feature film I have seen that I enjoyed.

Most of the feature length Anime I have watched is seriously and unpleasantly violent at the same time being aimed at children or early teens. I am also concerned about the paedophiliac way in which many female characters are portrayed in this medium.

Having said that I also greatly enjoyed the series "Strange Dawn" which was on the telly early on Saturday mornings last year. It was certainly "Strange"; the plot seemed to be about seriously bloodthirsty munchkins vying to control giant schoolgirls. The scenery was very reminiscent of Dean and the "Yes" album covers. Parts of the plot reminded me of "Walkabout". I suspect it lost rather a lot of clarity in translation and gained a huge amount of mystique at the same time.

Ranma 1/2
Fooly Cooly!
Ninja Scroll
Macross
Gundam Wing
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
all the above
and the list goes on and on

I haven't seen "The Wings of Honneamise" but have read some great reviews of it. I'm anxious to see it. "Strange Dawn" is a new one for me, have to keep an eye out for it.
Ranma 1/2 & Trigun can also be added to my list of favorites.
There's still so many anime films & series I haven't heard much about.

I hear Japanese culture has a different attitude towards violence & sex in anime and other tv programs. I thought the
3x3 Eyes tv series was unusally violent & bloody but I heard it was the norm for Japanese tv viewing, airing in prime time there.

I watch:

Yuugioh
Rurouni Kenshin
Yu-Yu Hakusho
Gravitation
Shaman King

I usually read Shaman King and Yuugioh in the Shonen Jump manga . . . Rurouni Kenshin is going to be in Shonen Jump, now . . . yay!

I love reading manga. I haven't tried Shonen Jump but I do like AnimeExtra and Manga Blast magazines...or I guess I should say "mangazines". A good magazine about anime I recently subscribed to is NewType. Besides articles about new anime
and manga in the US and Japan, each issue comes with a
dvd that features premiere episodes of new anime, plus previews of other anime programs and dvd's. ^_^

Shonen Jump is an original work from Japan, and it has Yuugioh in it...do the other mangas you mention have Yuugioh in them???

AnimeExtra has Fushigi Yugi, Marionette Generation, Short Program, Steam Detectives, Video Girl Ai, and Revolutionary Girl Utena manga. Manga Blast features Club 9, Shadow Star,
What's Michael, Appleseed, 3x3 Eyes, and Seraphic Feather.
My favorites here are Fushigi Yugi of AnimeExtra and Shadow Star in Manga Blast.

My current favorite manga is Planet Ladder, which is only available in graphic novel form.

Sorry, none of these feature Yuugioh. There was a big article on Yuugioh in Animerica recently and I imagine NewType will cover Yuugioh, if it hasn't already.

I watch:
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Dragonball Z (Not GT, because I don't have a sattellite)
Beyblade
Pokémon

Animé isn't vrey popular in the UK (I hate that!), it's polluted by soap programs.

Really. Andy, do you read any mangas like Shonen Jump?

No, can't because that I'm in England (hey, I'm on holiday)!

Some of mine are:

Trigun
Chobits
Cowboy Bebop
Vampire hunter D (one and two)
Inuyasha
Yugioh (Japanese Version)
Excel Saga
(these are just my top favorites)

My Anime Favorite? Totally Spies!

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I'm not actually an anime fan but I heard great things about Spirited Away, so I rented it, and it's fantastic. The animation was beyond anything I've ever seen before - so realistic, and the story was remarkably original too. I watched it three times before returning it. This is one I'm going to buy for the home library.

Yes, 'Spirited Away' is just awesome.

check out some of the other Hiyao Miyazaki films.
'Castle in the Sky'
'Princess Mononoke'
'My Neighbor Totoro'
'Kiki's Delivery Service'

trust me...you will not be disappointed.

Did you know that 'Spirited Away'
is the current box office king in Japan?
it beat out 'Titanic' for that honor.

I felt that the train scenes were just serenely stunning
the dragon flight scene was awesome
great music, too

I loved "Spirited Away" as well as "Princess Mononoke", which is probably the best anime film I've seen so far. I'm
hoping to rent "Castle In the Sky" soon, I've read some great
reviews about it.

Recently I've been watching "Noir", a great anime series just released on dvd in the States. I've also purchased dvd's of the
"Argentosama" series and have just begun watching episodes
of "Please Teacher" and "R.O.D (Read Or Die)" .

I have "Animatrix" on dvd but have yet to start on it. Have to admit I'm slow getting caught up on anime.