I am a sweet, short and adorable 34 year old female anime lover, and i have been watching anime since 1995. Although i didn't realize what anime was till the early 2000's. Thus my real journey began.
My favorite anime will always be Inuyasha, as it was that exact anime that really got me into the anime world. However like everyone else, my first anime's were Sailor Moon, Cardcaptors, and also Digimon and Pokemon...etc.etc.
Sometime after i realized what anime was and how awesome it was, i re-watched my earlier anime favorites like sailor moon and Cardcaptors, and had a new respect and love for them. However these anime's just tickled my fancy, until Inuyasha came along of course.
What was your #1 favorite anime that still makes your heart flutter when you just started watching anime? Ya know, the nostalgic kind of love, that cant be replaced.
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Have you been studying Japanese too and what do you love most about Ghost in the Shell?
My semitomboyish friend from North Carolina has the exact same birthday as you and she loves cyberpunk.
I hope you had a great birthday this year, milady.
I recently did a review on Eden of the East if you want to check that out. It might be something you'd like if you haven't seen it yet. Just check my profile and scroll down until you see a video.
The World God Only Knows will get more story driven, I can promise you that. The first 2 seasons are basically "Okay, every 3 episodes he'll conquer a girl and move on", but in season 3, every girl he's conquered (in season 3 it ends up being like 20), he needs to reconquer a few of them in order to stop something bad from happening. It's a lot more complicated then I'm making it out to be, but season 3 is my favorite in the series.
I actually just finished an anime you might enjoy, have you ever heard of "Is This a Zombie?"? It's got blood, violence, romance, comedy, practically everything. It's really funny, I was easily able to marathon it. A little hard to stream unless you find a good site, but worth the watch.
The World God Only Knows will always be my favorite romance anime. For the first 2 seasons, there was only one thing I didn't like about it, and that was the fact the girls don't remember what experiences they had with him after they've been conquered. I was glad to see that change when Season 3 came out.
When it comes to dubs, I'm not the biggest fan. There are maybe 3 animes I prefer to watch dubbed (Clannad, Kanon (2006), and Eden of the East). Other than that, I prefer subs all the way. I didn't originally know if you were a dub or a sub fan, so I recommended the Future Diary be watched dubbed cause most of my friends found Yuno's Japanese voice annoying. It's a lot more calm in the dub, but I have to agree that most of the time subs are the way to go.
Speaking of the Future Diary, I really loved it. I am on the "It was amazing" side of the fandom and not the "It's overrated so it sucks" side. The idea itself was both original and unoriginal, but the way it played out was what I loved about it.
Another had some of the most detailed artwork I've seen in a long time, but at times it went a bit overboard. The beginning of episode 7 strengthens my belief. It was one of my favorite episodes, but still...
Overall, Another is awesome and entertaining to watch, the thing you need to be prepared for is the ending. It will either make you really sad or satisfied... maybe both.
Makoto must think with his penis a lot, cause he ends up cheating on girls all the time. Total douche bag. Most despicable character ever.
If you don't hate Makoto by episode 6, I'll be famous for meeting the first person that likes him.
It gets even better. I found myself marathoning it at least 1 season a day. Just to let you know, it'd be best to watch the OVAs after season 2 in order to help you understand a little bit about season 3, cause if you don't you might be really confused.
If I were to recommend an anime like Higurashi... I'd have to go with The Future Diary. It's not technically a horror, but it's super violent and enjoyable. There's also Hellsing, Elfen Lied, and Shiki.
The World God Only Knows is my favorite anime ever. It has a lot of corny romance scenes in it, but it was just so original and unique that I couldn't help but love, and Keima (MC) is one of the few protagonists in anime that I don't hate at some point down the road.
Glad to see that there are some people watching my reviews, I hope to get them popular at some point in the future. Another was fun to watch. Sure a lot of my favorite characters ended up dying, and I know this might be a little freaky to hear, but there are a few deaths in that anime that I can't help but laugh my head off at... specifically one involving a teacher stabbing himself in the throat... unrealistic blood splatter, but hilarious.
I watch a lot of anime at a time, but not as much as it says on my list. Some of the animes like Code Geass or Ghost Hunt are just on my "Watching List" so I know what my priorities for that specific anime are. If I don't really feel like they're amazingly high in priority, they go back to the "Plan to Watch" list. So what I'm trying to say is that most of them are just staying there so I know what I want to watch right after I'm finished with the one I'm currently watching so I don't have to go digging in my "Plan to Watch List" for one that might catch my eye out of the hundreds that are there.
The thing about Air is that I didn't care much for it at the start until I rewatched it. I agree that it was amazingly confusing, I really had to pay attention to it, and even today I still don't quite get the ending, but that's why I enjoyed the movie more. It had a different ending, the characters seemed a lot more attatchable, and there's an actual romance aspect to it. I'd recommend watching the movie before putting the entire series off as a mess, but that's just my opinion.
Mars of Destruction was entertaining in a horrible way. It was something a 5 year old could have come up with, but I watched it because of how much I enjoyed it.
However, my least favorite anime is probably either Doki Doki School Hours or Naruto.
Doki Doki School Hours was literally impossible for me to sit through. I found myself stopping at the halfway mark of episode 1. Terrible characters, awful voice acting, overall... unoriginal.
As for Naruto, it was fun to watch as a kid, but as Shippuden came out, it went downhill. Too many fillers, no good stories, Sasuke stating he'll become the hokage, I mean good Lord...
The Clannad series was legendary. I agree with you that even though Kanon 2006 was amazing and made me cry more than Clannad, I prefer Clannad due to the amazing story.
Yosuga no Sora was beautiful. It's definitely a guilty pleasure anime, but the reason I stuck with it and didn't mind the immoral theme was because of the way they told the story. It was really good.
I watched School Days due to my friend's recommendation. I hated him for it afterwords, but the only plus to watching it all the way through is that it ended exactly the way I was hoping. No spoilers, although I'm sure you probably know what happens anyway.