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Hey,

I have been watching some Naruto recently on Cartoon Network and I just bought the complete set off of Ebay 1-210 episodes for a whopping $25 plus $5 shipping. I have also been told by some friends that Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)  is really good too.

Does anyone else like Anime here, or does anyone have any suggestions on what I could watch to get into Anime?

Thanks,
Dr Fweega

I just happen to love anime and have been watching it for quite a few years now.
Kenshin IS a very good anime. We watched that years ago and it still rated among one of our favorites.

2 Good places to get reviews, information and ratings on anime.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
http://www.animenfo.com

places to get anime torrents
http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Releases
http://www.animesuki.com/
http://www.boxtorrents.com/

Animes I would suggest watching:
Monster - This was our favorite anime. This is a Drama, Horror, Mystery, Police, Psychological type anime.
                 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3750 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3750)
Bleach
FLCL aka Fooly Cooly aka Furi Kuri
Full Metal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop
Read or Die (OAV)
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in the Shell (series)
Death Note
Berserk
One Piece
Last Exile
Blood+
Hellsing
Elfen Lied
Paranoia Agent
Ergo Proxy
Mushishi

And there's many more but that's just what comes to mind right now. And those are not in any order of how I rate them. That just happen to be the order I remembered them. Of course these are just what I personally like. So you might think some of them are Lame.
Also those are mostly just series animes. There some good movies out there too
A few would be:
Akira
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell (Movie)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Final Fantasy: Advent Children
Appleseed

Well that's about all I can think of for now. Hope it helps.

Yes, that helps out a lot. Thank you.

I have been looking at Rurouni Kenshin on eBay and saw the complete directors cut 1-95 episodes for $40. Is that a good price?

The anime torrent sites you listed above are going to be added to the Torrent Sites topic.

Well I'm not really sure if that is a bad price or not. I guess if you have the money. And with the time it'd save with looking for all episodes (which I found @ BoxTorrents 1-25 (http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=128129) 26-50 (http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=128130) 51-75 (http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=128159) 76-95 (http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=128187)) and then downloading them and then putting them on DVD's, $40 not bad I guess. Also do you prefer Dubbed over Subbed? I noticed the Kenshin you were looking at was both ,but the Naruto you ordered is most likely Fansubbed and it not really the complete series. The series is still going and before yesterday that was all the episodes released, but the Fansub of 211 was just released today so it's still going, (but hey for that price I don't think that's a bad deal at all) and depending on the Fansubbed group that did them that can be good or bad.
In the forum of Anime-Planet (http://www.anime-planet.com) you can find a Fansubbed quality comparison to find out which groups do which series and how well they do them and what the majority prefer.
Well I gotta put kids to bed. If I think of anything else I'll add.

*Edited post*

i am a Super Anime user =) i have seen close to 300+ animes or More  =) all ones listed so far i have Seen =)

""NEW""DragonRom <--Man how could i forget about this one LOL 
(Sweet Anime about a Game thats More then just a Game)
Bleach <--still on going
Naruto <---still on going
Ghost in the Shell (SAC)/ 2G
FLCL <--funny But will leave you guessing and Asking 1,000 questions LOL
Cowboy Bebop <-- sweet   bounty hunter Anime
Full Metal Alchemist <-- good anime but to short
Hellsing <--damn good Bloody Anime
"I My Me! Strawberry Eggs <--Very Funny anime
Ranma ½ <-- One messed up anime LOL
DBZ <--had to add this one LOL
Samurai Champloo <--Good
Rurouni Kenshin <---good
Xenosaga <--Nice

i can't think of all the animes i have seen and alot of animes i seen Have No english title so i can't say what they are =(

ps... i only watch the SUB versions of the Animes Cuz the DUB version cut s**t out and thats Not cool

That is SOO True. They cut out quite a bit. But if you've never watched a Fansub before you might not even know.
You figure they only have a set amount of time the character supposed to be speaking so they(eng.Dub) fit what they can into that time slot. And Sometimes it is nothing like what they say in the Real, Uncut, Japanese anime. I only watched Fansubs and have been for about 7-8 years now. I have a 3'x2' Box that weights about 100lbs with nothing but Anime in Slimline cases in it.

Awesome to see some Anime lovers here.

Yeah, I am guessing that SUB means subtitles and DUB means that they take English people and do the voices. If so, then I hate DUB and love SUB! I always like watching the original not the remake.

I am probably going to get the original Japanese Directors Cut Import of Rurouni Kenshin that I saw on eBay, because people never seed those anime shows. I am also going to look for some Bleach because I heard it was good too.

Thanks again for all the help.

*edit* What about Inuyasha?

I honestly have not seen much of Inuyasha, but what I have seen I did enjoy. I don't know much about the story, but it is a very popular anime and I'm sure you couldn't go wrong with it. It had a pretty long running series.

Yeah it had 188 episodes! That would take a long time to watch.

i will have to agree with ZZK FLCL is one other those shows that leaves u think WTF? but its funny as hell! heres some shows i like

Gundam wing
Gundam 0083
Evegallion/ neo genesus (sp)
FLCL
idk if this counts but tansformers and thundercats

Thundercats & Transformers are freaking great!

Inuyasha is a good anime But don't watch it on Cartoonnetwork  Watch the SUB versions =) i see the Cartoonnetwork version alot and every time i see s**t cut out lol  i have seen All Inuyasha Eps and Movies

Yeah FLCL is great just because of how wacked it is. That was one of the first Animes I watched and I still rewatch it here and there.

Hey zzk have you seen Monster? If so what'd you think of it?
Ergo Proxy?

I also suggest Dragon Ball just because that was also one of my first animes and I got a big kick out of it. Best to watch with Subs and Uncut though. And usually when I say Subs I mean Fansubs, I don't like DVD Subs.

So Naruto is the First and Only anime you have seen? Just to know what to suggest.

Whats the diff between fansubs and DVD Subs?

Nah, DBZ was the first I saw then I watched a little Inuyasha and then Naruto. Unless Thundercats and Transformers count then they were my first. :)

Well hmmm. I'd say the quality of translations and the quality of the font for the translations.
Fansubs are die hard fans which are groups that pretty much translate and encode and sub animes.
And they do it very well. If you've ever watched DVD with subs and then watch a Fansub, you'd see the difference.
But, not all fansub groups do the same quality work. Somes translations suck, some have horrible fonts, some have bad encoding, etc...
Plus some of the better groups will Give extra information on what certain traditions and signs mean, and just extra tid bit of info.
Fansubbers usually do releases that are currently being aired in Japan. New episode comes out on say Wed., it'll be Fansubbed and out to download by say Fri.
But Some groups and episode take awhile to come out for various different reasons.
I posted a link earlier I believe of a place (anime-planet?) that has a Fansub quality comparison section for people to discuss the groups and the quality the are currently doing on an anime.
Well it's about lunch. Hope that helps abit.

I watch anime...when I get the chance that is.

I like Naruto
Inuyasha
...and many more

Yeah that clears things up for me. Thanks for all the help. I'll go look around for some good fansub releases of Samurai X.

to me nuttin beats gundam!!!!!!!! specialy gundam wing and gundam 0083

Yes, Gundam Wing is one of my faves

anime sucks my left nut


ATHF FTW!

who votes there should be a ban button to ban SMD? say I
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:( sorry guys, i was out of line clearly. :( lets be friends again.

Haha, okay friends we are. I do agree ATHF is one of the greatest cartoon shows ever.

In the words of the most high,
" I want candy, bubblegum and taffy.
Skip to the sweet shop with my girlfriend, Sandy.
Got my pennies saved. so I'm a sugar daddy.
I'm her Hume Cronyn, she my Jessica Tandy.
I want candy!"

Bleach and Naruto Jap Sub versions

are the ones i am watching right now
Both are starting to get Alot better again

in Naruto 2 more years has pasted and everyone Looks Much older =) SWEET

and in Bleach alot of s**t is Going Down =)

Nice, I've heard a lot about Bleach. I'll have to check them both out.

Dont watch Naruto or Bleach there 2 kiddy.  Watch Evangelion and Gunam Wing or i'd recommend Cowboy Bebop for a good story or try watching X the Movie for a crazy ending.  Also there was this one movie forgot the title of it but it had this hero and he had to fight this guy named Noahs Ark or sumthing and it was futuristic and it had mad fight scences in it, its mad crazy, i'd also recommend that one too.

Thanks, I'll be sure to check some of those out.

i would have to agree with beef, those 2 are for lil kids, but neo genesis and gundam both have more thought out stories, with more adult type situations not just I NEED MORE ENERGY and it jus so happens they have more. Cowboy bebop was jus kinda off a little bit to me, it was a good show, but WTH was up with the guy that thought of some of that stuff?

http://yhbt.mine.nu/ (http://yhbt.mine.nu/)

^^ torrent site for bleach and naruto (subs)

watch list:
gundam wing
bleach
naruto
fooly cooly
ghost in the shell
argento soma
rurouni kebnshin
full metal alchemist
full metal panic

well Fweega  I have no idea if anyone who has said it yet and sorry if somebody has but the English Version of Naruto SUCKS!!!! lol the jap ones with subtitles are way better and way ahead of English by like at least 100 episodes lol i don't remember which episode I'm on right now but I've pretty much seen all the episodes i may have skipped a few though because they were boring episodes lol there is also Full Metal Alchemist too and much more that i cant really think of lol

bleach
naruto

are easy to get =) 

 i think naruto is 150 eps ahead of the DUB crap   

naruto stops at 220  then goes into the

naruto Shippuuden  and thats at eps 28 =)

Right now I love bleach WAY better then Naruto  as it has gotten very boring in the naruto anime =(

ps... I have ALL Bleach And naruto eps on my xbox  :P

yeah Naruto has been pretty boring lately but i think there coming out with a  Shippuuden movie in a couple weeks im not sure though because like the last few eps i saw in Shippuuden they were showing clips of something and I've been hearing that there is gonna be a another movie,anyways yeah im trying to get into bleach too just don't have the space to put it on my computer cant really download much with like half a gig left out of a 18 gigs of space lol my 80 Gig physically crashed on me and i lost everything,it sucks too cause when it happend i had just gotten back from fishing HA HA HA!!!! lol oh well.

some of my favorite anime would have to be


Naruto
Bleach
Ruroni Kenshin
Yu Yu hakushow
tenshi muyo
death note
blood+
Ghost in the shell
Cowboy bebop

i hate to say it, but naruto is the dumbest tv show ever.... maybe its because i have matured beyond the point of watching shows that all they thing or say is "man he's strong" and "only if i was a little more stronger".  but i have the agree with n00blet on cowboy bebop and the tenshi series.

i love naruto but i dont like how cartoon network redid it. i  like that i can understand what they are saying but ive watched some of the eps in japaneese and they switched the diolog around. in the original one they curse and it just sounds better, i think cartoon network tried to make it more for kids :-[

and ya tenchi and bebop are awsome those are some of my favorite animes

gundam is my favorite, i have had many gundam games, and i have had countless gundam models, but my little bros alway broke all my models, my next favorite was zoids. zoids was probably the first anime i ever got into, i had my first zoids model kits when i was about 6-7. then 10 years later, zoids comes on cartoon network :)

gundam wing original i have seen all the original episodes plus all the extra episodes noy many have seen all 54 episodes

i only enjoyed the original gundam it was pretty sweet. i had an action figure and a game (that i rented) the games i must say were pretty awsome