Convince me to watch anime...

[acolyte_to_jippity]

naruto sucks, but bleach and fma (the real one, based entirely off of the manga) kick ass. and that's what i said about eva and elfen leid. they both kick so much ass it's hard to describe, but are way way too heavy for an anime virgin. akira's too heavy as well.

[StarsMine]

naruto sucks, but bleach and fma (the real one, based entirely off of the manga) kick ass. and that's what i said about eva and elfen leid. they both kick so much ass it's hard to describe, but are way way too heavy for an anime virgin. akira's too heavy as well.

Yet Akira was the gateway for anime in the US.
Although I agree it might be to heavy.

For Movies, you cant go wrong with Ghost in the shell, you can watch the 95 version of 2.0, its the same movie just with improved CGI.

[Jeimuzu]

Samurai Champloo.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

got it!

i just rememberd a bunch, thanks to james' post in the other topic

wolf's rain, trinity blood, claymore, outlaw star, and hellsing.

out of those, hellsing and outlaw star the best bet to start. they're the most "western" out of them (i.e. most like normal american cartoons)

hellsing, a vampire alucard works for a family of knights in modern day england, hunting his own kind. once yu watch this, you'll laugh yourself to tears every time someone mentions twilight. this is a real vampire, not some sparkley fairy.

outlaw star...if i had to explain it...imagine making a cartoon of firefly, adding two arms onto serenity that hold weapons for ship-to-ship combat, and a catgirl. that's basically outlaw star. amazing amazing amazing series

[Spasm]

def action based, i dont think i could see myself watching comedy anime.

[StarsMine]

def action based, i dont think i could see myself watching comedy anime.

oh man I love comedy
Samurai champloo like James said is a mix of both.

Other good shows in the action, with out to much comedy genre
08th Ms team
Canaan
Hellsing OVA
Lupin the III if your into old cartoons, but has a lot of comedy.
Ghost in the shell also have some good action in them, just look at the amvs in my top ten


Avoid watching anime on Youtube though, either download it or find better streams from places like Hulu or veoh, or buy them, but considering this would be your first steps I doubt youd want to do that. try to avoid the bootlegs like what Loka put up <.<

[loka]

def action based, i dont think i could see myself watching comedy anime.

My first anime was Berserk. If you know whats good for you, you will watch Berserk. UTE can testify to that.

http://www.animeniacs.com/item/DVD0018.html

[Spasm]

Going to watch some tomorrow btw, since my desktop is down, all I got is my old ass laptop, and now lots of free time lol