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Alright /c/. I'm looking for some good anime series's to take up my time. Now, the thing is, I don't like most of the typical 'guy', big guns, big mech, kung fu, anime. Honestly, my favorite is Sailor Moon. That is why I am posting in /c/ rather than /a/, the people here tend to be more on the shojo side. Other favorites are: El Hazard, St. Tail, Escaflown (sp?), Chobits, Tenchi Muyo, pre-tear, Rayearth, and most of the early 90's ADV like cutey honey, iczelion, etc. So can you recommend any like this. Maybe some magical girl shows, super powers, ordinary girl becomes magical in some way, fantasy, things like that. Or anything else you guys just love.
>> Seraph Lamington
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Fate Stay Night might be up your alley. Fairly action-oriented, but there are plenty of soft moments too.
>> Anonymous
Do you know Azumanga Daioh?
If you like humorous anime, it's a classic you don't want to miss. It's a "slice of life" comedy series, i.e. no big guns, no kung fu, no good guys beating bad guys up, no saving the world. Just the everday lives of a bunch of high school girls.

Sounds a bit boring, maybe, but it's really worthwhile. It has a silly style of humor that can be somewhat surrealistic at times, mainly based on the curiosities of the characters' personalities and their friendships.
Look it up on Wikipedia if you want to know more about it. They have an excellent article about it.
>> Sam
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Haruhi is a good choice. Male oriented, definitely, but mostly character based. Some action (though in a weird way) but...

Also, to offer some more "out there" stuff, try "Cromartie High School." Not /c/ at all, as it's about a high school for "badasses" and other typical Japanese thugs... except there's never any fighting. It's almost all verbal humor with weird sight gags.

Pani Poni Dash is another weird genre-defying all-girl-cast (except for a few minor characters) that basically parodies just about everything it can. At some moments, it's so intentional adorable that it can be nauseating, and others... well, plenty of slapstick, inside jokes, sight gags... But the animation is awesome, the characters are nutty, and it makes me laugh.

Note that my tastes are weird and your mileage may vary.
>> VZ
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The 5 ep OVA Galaxy Fraulein Yuna is good nice it has a 99% female cast (the mecha in it are only a small part so you won't mind it). Get it the next time ADV's website has one of their sales.
>> Anonymous
>>369210
I'll definitely check it out. I liked Niea Under7 to. And don't get me wrong, I like action and kung fu as well, just has to have a decent story to go along with it with memorable characters as well. The weird thing is, I enjoyed dragon ball z to. There was just something about it. Full metal alchemist and Naruto wasn't really up my ally.

>>369208
Never seen Fate, but from what I've seen about it it looks good. Have to check it out.

>>369214
Will look at these to. I really trust /c/'s judgment. Always has things I like.
>> Anonymous
>>369214
Oh, I didn't like Pita Ten for some reason. Maybe to me, it seemed a bit generic. Pretear was alittle that way to, but it had 'something' that made up for it. Cutey Honey I liked because of the characters and the humor style. The nudity was a little strong but it was vulgar to me. Has anyone seen Iczelion? It wasn't releced on DVD for some reason, but I thought it was really cool for being just an hour long. It had really cool character designs.
>> Anonymous
>>369229
pitaten is fucking awesome.

vandread is pretty awesome. mostly girls, but has quite a lot of gar. also ufo princess valkyrie. only saw a bit from a newtype cd, but looked cute.
>> Anonymous
You tried Revolutionary Girl Utena? Prince competes in secret schoolyard swordfights for the prize of a mysterious companion. Also for the right to "bring Revolution to the World" or some such lofty, vague stuff.

Also this Prince happens to be female.

I saw the movie first, got me terribly interested. I'm not sure I would've tried the series without having seen it. They're two tellings of the same story.
>> Anonymous
>>369222
Yes. =) Got those on VHS and dvd already. Love them. See, I knew we would have the same tastes.
>> Anonymous
>>369255
I did only get to episode 8. Shall I give it another try?
>> Anonymous
>>369261
Not yet, was wanting to check it out for a few years now. Maybe I'll get around to it now that you said something.

Keep em coming guys. Thank you for your help. See, I knew there were some decent people on 4chan.
>> Anonymous
Gakuen Alice

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2435
>> Anonymous
Fruits Basket?
>> Anonymous
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Angelic Layer.
>> Anonymous
>>369296

Watch the movie. Srsly. A couple hours. You won't have time to regret it.
>> Anonymous
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Majipoka
>> Anonymous
oh oh oh, escaflowne! my all time favourite!

hmm... some others...
card captor sakura
ouran high school host club (another really good one)
my boyfriend likes Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha A's for some reason (I refuse to watch it but apparently its cute...?)
fushiigi yuugi (sp?). Some people like it, others hate it, but its an old shojo standby you might want to try out.

btw have you read the rayearth manga? MILES better than the anime, so if you liked the anime, def. check it out.

shojo is more of a manga phenomenon than an anime one, too, so if you have the cash or the dl capabilities, check out the originals of most of your titles for extra fun!
>> Anonymous
also...
saint tail
marmalade boy
kodocha
try those!
>> Anonymous
>>369400
Oh yeah, forgot fushiigi yuugi. Yeah, thought it was great as well. You guys are on a roll.
>> Anonymous
hmmmm..... Girls Bravo, Negima, Love Hina, Midori Days....
>> VZ
I REALLY tried to like Pani Poni Dash but I just didn't find it funny evnthough I like the character designs.

There's a fun 5 volume manga by Haruhiko Mikimoto called Marionette Generation that you might like. It's like Rozen Maiden a bit.
>> Anonymous
Oh oh, speaking of manga. Can anyone recommend their favorites. Art is one of the top, along with character design and story line. TIA.
>> Anonymous
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Fruits Basket! Best show ever! (read the manga though, it be better.)
>> Anonymous
>>369206
Someday's Dreamers is a pretty unique take on the magical girl genre. It's a relaxed, laid back show, so it might be too slow paced for some.
Mahoraba is a great little story about a girl with multiple personalities and the eccentrics that live in her apartment building.

>>369504
Kare Kano. Best shojo ever.
Blood Alone's Misaki is so moe she rivals Hazuki from Moon Phase.
>> Anonymous
>>369563
teh heroine is so upbeat vs. adversity that i wish a gundam would step on her
>> Anonymous
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If you're looking for recent stuff, the Romeo x Juliet anime adaptation is a lot less lame than I thought it was going to be. It's a lot different from the original play, but it's still pretty intriguing- great character designs, interesting plot, nice action once in a while...

I dunno, give it a try if you're up to it. Like I said, I thought it was going to be terrible, but I'm pretty hooked on it right now.