Favourite/recommended Manga/Anime

[matteus the inbred]

I just bought Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust (having originally watched Vampire Hunter D and found it a quirky but generally quite poor example of the genre).
This one was better in every way, beautiful animation and backgrounds, including some spectacular castles, a decent plot (although the twist could be seen for miles) and a very cool central character.
What manga/anime do other people like? Any surprises or little known films?
I have Cyber City Oedo 808 and Ninja Scroll in my collection too, and rate them highly as well, plus all the usual Miyazaki stuff.

[Divinus Arma]

Why do you like naked cartoons? Isn't manga like hentia?

[matteus the inbred]

not hentai, just Manga/anime involving action, adventure, stuff like Fist of the North Star or Akira. I do have Urotsukidoji, which is about the most extreme hentai you can legally get in the UK, but that's really nothing comparitively, unpleasant though it is. None of that sex-obsessed nasty stuff please!

[Vladimir]

I don't watch too much but I like Inu Yasha.

[Divinus Arma]

oh. okay.

I always liked that toon on Mtv. The one with the eyelash that catches the fly. What was that? Wasn't it a movie recently?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

[Csargo]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

Cowboy Bebop is awesome you have good taste my friend good taste

[Voigtkampf]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

No, hard-core anime fans will do no such thing.

Cowboy Bebop is Numero 1, Jackie.

Also very fine = Vision of Escaflowne. Further recommendations: Ghost in the Shell (2 movies and 2x 26 Stand Alone Complex series), Hellsing, Trigun, Last exile...

And of course Naruto. Looks bit odd in the beginning but it is one of the greatest ones. Evah.

[Geoffrey S]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

Echoed. My sister watches it online and I've found myself drawn to iot, it really is excelent.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

I don't watch any other than what all is on Adult Swim, so yeah I'd say Cowboy Bebop. Either that or Ghost in a Shell. The movie for that is awsome.

[Vladimir]

I'm sure hardcore anime fans will berate me for being mainstream and uncool, but you really should watch Cowboy Bebop.

Watching Adult Swim I saw Jupiter Blues (either I or II) and I remember that it made me very depressed. So depressed that I was INpressed with the show and now own the movie. There's no cartoon titties in the film but it's a solid movie and I like the titles and themes of the episodes.

Damn, you guys are making me mad I don't have time to watch cable anymore :snif:.

[Pannonian]

The Nausicaa manga, if you haven't already got it. Otherwise The Three Adolfs (Osamu Tezuka).