Yeah my brother bought a subscription to Shonen Jump because he's obsessed with YuGiOh .*gag* Actually the magazine isn't that bad. I like Sand land, its pretty funny.
My thoughts on The DragonBall siries: <cannot be posted for lack of polite language> :D I used to like it but it's now lost on me.

Later :cool:

here are my favorites in no particular order
Shadow Skill
Battle Athletes (anyone know where to download some episodes)
Neon Genesis: Evangelion
Dragon Ball Z
Tri Gun
Darkside Blues
Battle Angel
Akira
There are many more but can't think straight right now, heck i got more in my collection than this

Cowboy Bebop (I wish I could play violin like that, omg!)
Dragon Ball Z (only if there is absolutely NOTHING better to do)
Yu Yu Hakasho (is that really how to spell it?)
The gu with the Tetsasaiga....what the heck was that toon's name???
Outlaw Star

Well... Dragonball isn't complicated... I dunno how you could get lost on that.. but DBZ does get kinda complicated with all the power and such. Anyways, I prefer Dragonball because it goes more into the daily lives of people... I like how Toriyama does that, I mean he does stuff with fights but he also shows the characters just chilling or eating or sleeping and stuff.

Hey man I never said I got lost or confused. Oh no, to the contrary.
I dislike the Dragon Ball series for a few reasons. First and foremost, the art is terrible! I cannot stand his work. Second, the plot. Every story in the series is the same. It starts off with every thing peaceful then a new threat comes about. Next you hear the story, which is usually boring or stupid. Then you finally get to the fight scene(s), most likely, after some new vigorous not to mention impossible, training. Then after nearly 20 episodes of charging big blast attacks, and terrible dialog, the fight ends.

I said that the series was lost on me, meaning that I don’t care for it.
And like I said I used to like it when I was younger (6th grade). But then I grew up a little.

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If the previous offended any one, in anyway, I apologize. :D
I was simply voicing my opinion, and explaining previous comments.
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If you want to see a fairly good series with the character’s living a nearly everyday life, but still with some good action, and humor, I suggest Tenchi Muyo.

PS
Another really good Anime is Guyver. :cool:

Later

Well you are partially right... I do agree w/ the art thing.. it's not of the greatest quality.. but I mean from the time it was made in and such... it's okay...

Now w/ the trainin thing yeah yeah I get it lol I must power up some morea hhhhh not enough power must train that does get tedious..

Tenchio Myuo! I loved it great series all the Tenchi series are awesome :D I just can't get that Toriyama out of me though...

yeah it's so ridiculous...all that straining and reaching new power levels and crap...theres no LIMIT to these guys. I also like Lupin III.

Anyone here familiar with the Chobit series of comic books? I just read the first one...wow that's interesting. Has the second one been released yet?

Gotta love the fight scenes in DBZ where they power up and the "camera" shifts so you see one guy powering up and yelling then another then the first then the other and so on for about half the episode.

I've been reading the manga for Chobits and i think it's cool. and as far as i know they are on book 3 of the graphic novels.

Metropolis is a good movie, that is if you like the whole robot/human type stuff like Armitage.

the chobits manga is very good along with the anime, however i think that DBZ kinda exposes people to an anime thats not very good...thus they make the broad statement that anime sucks. just a personal gripe i guess..

Heh.. Yeah
 

Yeah Tenchi is great.
Yeah, And that's not even the half of it.
Oo! Oo! I have! LoL. I think the Manga is awesome. I've read half of the first one and looked through the other two. And I've seen the Chobits anime. Great stuff. :D
Yes it does. When I draw somthing in class usually a doodle unless I'm in art, I always get "That looks like those Chinese Dragon Ball cartoon." I usually say somthing like "No no, First, it's Japanese. Second, Dragon Ball Z is terrible, I wouldn't want to think I draw that bad." I also get alot of "Digimon 'peoples'" whcih doesn't bother me as much. Digimon may be for kids but the style isn't that bad. Opposed to say, Dragon Ball.
But now a'days I don't have to do much explaining. More and more people are learning about what Anime is.
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"It's in Anime style. But it's original..."
"Really?"
"Yes.. Now go away."

Even though I'm relatively new to anime (only been watching for a year or so), i'm already addicted. Favorites include, Neon Genesis Evangelion (series is great, movies are incredible), Lain, Nadesico, Chobits, haven't seen Akira yet, but it's on my list to see, Revolutionary Girl: Utena (interesting storyline), Cowboy Bebop is pretty good, Ranma 1/2 (also, interesting storyline), Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind, X/1999, basically anything CLAMP or Gainex. I've also aquired the Evangelion n64 game, and man is it sweet. Doesn't matter if I don't know Japanese, it's a great game, and if you know the series, you can play the game =D.

I also agree that most mainstream/americanized anime isn't all that great. Most authentic Japanese anime will deal with issues of humanity, and ultimately teach some sort of lesson on a higher level of thinking, whereas Americanized shows are mere violence and kick-butt loosely coupled to a simplistic storyline. Watching real anime requires actual thinking :-D

Cowboy Bebop-I second the motion (I missed the first show 3 times, sigh)
Dragon Ball Z-...Pauses...*Long Pause*...I'll get back to you...
Yu Yu Hakasho-yep, correct spelling ( on cartoon network @ 6:00-6:30, the same time as the news)
The guy with the Tetsaiga is Inu Yasha-Another great production
Outlaw Star-I second the motion a second time.

The only problem with it is that it's either on at:
A) A time when the news is on (parents)
OR
B) Mon.-Thurs. 11:00-2:00 (I've got 2 dogs, kinda hard to sneak downstairs to the TV)

Another good one is the second Gundam series, (0083?), or Gundam Wing.

Wow man. You just described most of my Favorite Anime series up there. Anyone heard of Project Ako? It's fun to watch. Not that great but fun. It was the first Anime movie I ever saw. I think I was 10.

About the second part. True most americanized Anime is nothing but violent and isn't true you have to give some series credit. They did a pretty fair job with the Gundam Series. I thought Wing was good as far as 'Americanized' anime goes. But most Anime like you said is killed by stations like Cartoon Network, and the WB.
The Action Chanell plays some pretty good movies...
Not all Anime (even Jap) requires thinking. For instance: Hentai. Need I say more.
Okay End of that.
So once again has anyone seen Project Ako (might be Ako Project)?

I really like Lupin III, because it's fairly intelligent, for a comedy show. Also, I'm surprised and shocked that I didn't mention Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team. The artwork and characterization are at the top of my list. In fact, I have too much respect for the series to consider downloading it. I already have some .hack//sign, all of AMG, and 2/3 of Read or Die.

Just out of curiosity, what do you people think of Dai-Guard?