Forum - View topicnewbie looking for good robot anime
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Starganderfish
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Hi guy's,
I'm a newbie to this site and relatively inexperienced regarding anime. However I'm 34 years old so I grew up with the anglicized remakes such as Macros, Star Blazers, G Force and the like. Watched some manga (as it was called in the 90's at the local video store) like Akira, Pat Labour, Neon Genesis Evangelion and the like in the 90's and more recently have rewatched Neon Genesis (though I admit I still kind of tuned out in the last episode or two - it all got a bit esoteric for me). I caught a few episodes of Code Geass on the ABC and managed to get my hands on the rest of the series on DVD which I'm quite enjoying. I'm looking for some suggestions for other similar anime, ie: Real Robot or Super Robot themed, or sci fi/space opera, good characterization and plot (though as I said Evangelion was a bit weird towards the end) I would also prefer English dubbing (I'm sure many would consider this blasphemy but I just find it easier to follow that way, plus I often burn the episodes onto my iPhone for watching on the train so subtitles become to small to read). Any suggestions for shows would be appreciated Cheers |
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ayyu
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I personally am on a search for good old-fashioned robot series so I can only name newer shows, but out of the ones I've seen:
- Gundam in general was fun to watch, especially as the warring sides aren't defined black/white as good or evil. I admit I've only seen a bit of the first series and some newer ones, though. - Escaflowne was fantastic, mind you I see it with rose-colored lenses as it was during my teens when I was new to anime. Also, it may be a bit girly for your tastes but it's a unique mix of shoujo fantasy and shounen elements and the atmosphere and music is beautiful. - Bokurano, which is just heart breaking. It's very different from the ones you mentioned, though there's definitely an Eva influence, but it was good (though it lost some steam at the end) I hear really good things about RahXephon, only saw about a quarter of it though, I need to get around to finishing it. As for mech designs, the mechs from the space opera Five Star Stories are GORGEOUS. I'm intrigued but I don't know much else about it. I know it's a manga, but there's some anime spin-off of it or something. Another one for the long to-read/watch list. *sigh* |
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takimaki
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gundam well that depends on how far and how much you want to spend as it is a big franchise, Madman at last count only had 4 series on release..
R4 release appleseed appleseed ex machina battle of the planets bubblegum crisis 2032 bubblegum crisis 2040 cyber city oedo fafner full metal panic full metal panic ff full metal panic tsr gasaraki ghost in the shell ghost in the shell: innocense ghost in the shell: stand alone complex ghost in the shell: stand alone complex 2nd gig godanner gravion gravion zwei gun x sword guyver the bio boosted armor heat guy j infinite revius karas Kiddy grade M.A.S.K martian successor nadesico martian successor nadesico:prince of darkness mobile suit gundam wing mobile suit gundam wing: endless waltz mobile suit gundam seed mobile suit gundam seed destiny mobile suit gundam seed destiny: final plus neon genesis evangelion new getter robo patlabor 1&2 patlabor wx3 planates robotech star blazers starship operators steel angel karumi stellvia vandred 1st stage vandred 2nd stage voltron lion voltron vehicle Yukikaze region 1 releases dai guard escaflowne exo squad gaogaiga giant robo gun buster kannazuki no miko magic knight rayearth Mobile suit gundam movie collection 3 Mobile suit gundam ms 08th team mobile suit gundam ms 08th team miller's report mobile suit gundam F91 mobile suit g gundam fighter collection 1 mobile suit g gundam fighter collection 2 mobile suit gundam 0080 war in the packet collection mobile suit gundam 0083 star dust memory collection mobile suit gundam Char's counter attack 1 mobile suit gundam zeta collection 1 mobile suit gundam zeta collection 2 5 sd gundam force s2 pilot candidate saber marionette j saber marionette r z.o.e. there is a few space battle opera's listed there though it should give you a mixture of things to watch |
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