Anime Recommendation Thread

[Azurel]

Activity in the anime section is slowly picking up and I think it's high time that we have our very own recommendation thread. If you want to share any of your favourites or new series that you absolutely love, start posting here!

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Title: Name of the Anime you want to recommend.

(picture/trailer is optional)

Producers: The company that produces the anime.

Summary: Explain what the story's about, but remember to avoid spoilers.

Type: TV series, OVA or movie.

Details: Genre, No. of episodes, Status (currently airing/finished airing), and anything else that comes to mind.

Why You Recommend It: Be sure to comment on the animation, art style, and plot.

Where to Get It: Help others know how to get it here, by providing the torrent, direct download or streaming links.

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Lastly, if you want to discuss about the animes recommended here,you can always talk about it at Anime Hangout or feel free to start your own Discussion thread.

P.S This post is adapted from Nami's post which is adapted from GK's post.

[hatsuharupeace]

Lemme have the first recommendation!!!

Title: Gundam 00

Producers: Sunrise

Summary: (From Anime News Network): It is the year A.D. 2307. Fossil fuels on Earth have been depleted entirely, with mankind turning to the next available power source: solar energy. During this time, 3 orbital elevators with solar power generation systems are built, each under control by the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (formerly United States of America), the Human Reform League (Russia, China and India) and the Advanced European Union. However, not all countries are able to enjoy the benefits of this system, leading to widespread resentment and war. Arising out of the conflict, a mysterious military organization known as Celestial Being appears, dedicated to end all warfare using Mobile Suits called Gundam. This begins the stories of Gundam Meisters (pilots) Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism and Tiera Erde as they are thrown into conflict between the 3 superpowers and the various other factions.

Type: TV Series

Details: Genre - Mecha, Action, Drama, Science Fiction
No. of Episodes - Season 1: 25, Season 2: ?
Status: Currently finished Season 1

Why You Recommend It: Arguably the best Gundam series as of yet, Gundam 00 brings in many new elements to the Gundam World, while still keeping various older styles and ideas. The plot line is rich with story and depth, the characters complex while simple, and the animation is clean and very well done, as it is one of the first animes to be aired in HD.

Where To Get It: For HQ subs, go to Menclave's main website to find their Gundam releases, otherwise, check out TokyoTosho or Animesuki for torrent downloads.

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Title: Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei

Producers: SHAFT

Summary: (From Anime News Network): Itoshiki Nozomu is the world's most negative person. To his way of thinking, there is no hope or meaning in this existence. Even the three kanji of his name become the two-kanji word zetsubou, "despair", when compressed. What an ironic twist of fate, then, that he becomes teacher to a class containing his precise opposite, the invincibly positive-minded Fuura Kafuka.

Type: TV Series

Details: Genre - Drama, Slice of Life, Comedy
No. of Episodes - 12
Status: Finished

Why You Recommend It: A comedy anime, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei is full of laughter, from Zetsubo Sensei trying to commit suicide, to Kafuka's positive views of everything. The plot line is very basic, which is about Zetsubo Sensei trying to teach his class how everything is hopeless and that you can get nowhere. The animation is simple, but elegant, and the music is unique, from the opening to the background music.

Where To Get It: Check out TokyoTosho or Animesuki for torrent downloads.

[RyuSensei]

You can also get Gundam 00 on Shinsen-subs website, first tracker and then "Kido Senshi Gundam".

[hatsuharupeace]

You mean Shinsen Subs??? People, if you want QUALITY Gundam 00, and that's what you should be watching it in, go to the Menclave website.


No bashing. Edited. ~ Luckas

[destiny4ever]

Title: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-3r...eature=related

Producers: FUNimation EntertainmentL, Silver Link

Summary: (From MAL)

The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the "baka" of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. A girl named Mizuki Himeji is actually one of the smartest girls in Akihisa's sophomore year, but she had a fever on test day and was pigeonholed into the F class. Besides Mizuki (who Akihisa secretly adores), the F class also has Yuuji Sakamoto, the class president who has been Akihisa's friend and partner-in-crime since the freshman year.

The school happens to have developed experiments to summon fantasy creatures, and Akihisa decides to rally F class to take on the higher-tiered classes and seize their perks. The F class uses the summoned creatures in an all-out battle for school supremacy

Type: TV series

Details: (From MAL and ANN)

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 6, 2010 to Mar 31, 2010
Genres: Comedy, School, Super Power, Fantasy, Romance
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Why You Recommend It:

It is one of my favorite anime series. I absolutely love it! It has a bit of everything; there is romance, drama, suspense, friendship, action and of course comedy!! There wasn’t a single episode of this anime that I didn’t have fun or rolf. This anime is so epically hilarious!!! All the characters are so funny in their own way. So when all of them combine their LOL powers the result is tons of laughs. The funny moments come from different sources but all of them are awesome.

The animation, the music and the story are also pretty good.

Where to Get It: You can watch it here

[thornofcarrion]

Thread revival-no-jutsu

Title: Eureka Seven AO

Producers: BONES

Summary: Ao, the son of Eureka, lives on Okinawa. He comes into contact with Mark 1, which turns out to be Nirvash, his mother's mecha, which no one has been able to make it work since his mother used it. Ao ends up joining an organization called Generation Blue with Nirvash and helps fights G-Monsters/Secrets.

Type: TV series

Details: Genre : Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy - No. of episodes : 24, Status (currently airing Episode 22)

Why You Recommend It: Probably the best anime I watched this season. The animation quality is great. Lovely character designs, addicting BGM and complimented by an intelligent plot. I loved it more than I have loved the prequel Eureka Seven. I thought it was stretched too much. However, AO is done right, with total 24 episodes. I will highly recommend it, especially for the fans of previous Eureka Seven. I would rate it 9/10 at least.

[Kisame Hoshigaki]

Lemme have the first recommendation!!!

Title: Gundam 00

Producers: Sunrise

Summary: (From Anime News Network): It is the year A.D. 2307. Fossil fuels on Earth have been depleted entirely, with mankind turning to the next available power source: solar energy. During this time, 3 orbital elevators with solar power generation systems are built, each under control by the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (formerly United States of America), the Human Reform League (Russia, China and India) and the Advanced European Union. However, not all countries are able to enjoy the benefits of this system, leading to widespread resentment and war. Arising out of the conflict, a mysterious military organization known as Celestial Being appears, dedicated to end all warfare using Mobile Suits called Gundam. This begins the stories of Gundam Meisters (pilots) Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism and Tiera Erde as they are thrown into conflict between the 3 superpowers and the various other factions.

Type: TV Series

Details: Genre - Mecha, Action, Drama, Science Fiction
No. of Episodes - Season 1: 25, Season 2: ?
Status: Currently finished Season 1

Why You Recommend It: Arguably the best Gundam series as of yet, Gundam 00 brings in many new elements to the Gundam World, while still keeping various older styles and ideas. The plot line is rich with story and depth, the characters complex while simple, and the animation is clean and very well done, as it is one of the first animes to be aired in HD.

Where To Get It: For HQ subs, go to Menclave's main website to find their Gundam releases, otherwise, check out TokyoTosho or Animesuki for torrent downloads.

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Title: Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei

Producers: SHAFT

Summary: (From Anime News Network): Itoshiki Nozomu is the world's most negative person. To his way of thinking, there is no hope or meaning in this existence. Even the three kanji of his name become the two-kanji word zetsubou, "despair", when compressed. What an ironic twist of fate, then, that he becomes teacher to a class containing his precise opposite, the invincibly positive-minded Fuura Kafuka.

Type: TV Series

Details: Genre - Drama, Slice of Life, Comedy
No. of Episodes - 12
Status: Finished

Why You Recommend It: A comedy anime, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei is full of laughter, from Zetsubo Sensei trying to commit suicide, to Kafuka's positive views of everything. The plot line is very basic, which is about Zetsubo Sensei trying to teach his class how everything is hopeless and that you can get nowhere. The animation is simple, but elegant, and the music is unique, from the opening to the background music.

Where To Get It: Check out TokyoTosho or Animesuki for torrent downloads.

hmm arguably the best gundam series yet, implies that you are including gundam wing, which was absolutely epic

if this is the case i may give gundam 00 a try

thus far i have been disappointed with most of the other gundam series, mainly because i hold them to the standard that gundam wing set so high

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Title: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-3r...eature=related

Producers: FUNimation EntertainmentL, Silver Link

Summary: (From MAL)

The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the "baka" of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. A girl named Mizuki Himeji is actually one of the smartest girls in Akihisa's sophomore year, but she had a fever on test day and was pigeonholed into the F class. Besides Mizuki (who Akihisa secretly adores), the F class also has Yuuji Sakamoto, the class president who has been Akihisa's friend and partner-in-crime since the freshman year.

The school happens to have developed experiments to summon fantasy creatures, and Akihisa decides to rally F class to take on the higher-tiered classes and seize their perks. The F class uses the summoned creatures in an all-out battle for school supremacy

Type: TV series

Details: (From MAL and ANN)

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 6, 2010 to Mar 31, 2010
Genres: Comedy, School, Super Power, Fantasy, Romance
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Why You Recommend It:

It is one of my favorite anime series. I absolutely love it! It has a bit of everything; there is romance, drama, suspense, friendship, action and of course comedy!! There wasn’t a single episode of this anime that I didn’t have fun or rolf. This anime is so epically hilarious!!! All the characters are so funny in their own way. So when all of them combine their LOL powers the result is tons of laughs. The funny moments come from different sources but all of them are awesome.

The animation, the music and the story are also pretty good.

Where to Get It: You can watch it here

i second this recommendation, this could be the funniest anime ever, the story is great the characters are some of the best ive ever seen, but the humor...

almost unparalleled !!!

[KingOfNight]

School Days




Seriously though. What I recommend is gonna be :


Title : School Rumble.


Producers : TV Tokyo, Sotsu Agency, Marvelous Entertainment and FUNimation Entertainment.


Summary : Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high school student who has fallen in love with one of her classmates, Karasuma Ooji. However, currently she is unable to confess her feelings to him. To make things worse, she found out that Karasuma is transferring to another school in a year. On the other hand, Tenma's other classmate, Harima Kenji (who is a delinquent) is also in love with Tenma. Not being able to confess his feelings, Harima gets depressed day by day.

Type : TV Series.


Details : Genre : Romance, Comedy , Schoo Life, Shounen.


Episodes : Two seasons ; 26 episode per season.


Why You Recommend It:

As a man of immeasurable boredom, I spend the time I have marathoning all Animes I come across (if I find them interesting to some extent.) Among those Animes, I came across this one. One of the most amazing Romance\Comedy shows I've ever watched. I've laughed to death so many times because of this show. So when I say it's a comedy show, I mean it's off the chart. You up there with the Baka to Test, you got a challenge in humor But it still an amazing romance show that I really really really...really recommend.

Where to get it : This is where I watched it (you can watch the second season on the same site too, it's called 'School Rumble Ni Gakki.'

[Kaiten]

Mawaru Penguindrum
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Psychological
Production: Brain's Base
Director: Ikuhara Kunihiko
Starring: Miyake Marie, Arakwa Miho, Kimura Subaru, and Kimura Ryouhei
Aired: July 8, 2011 to December 23, 2011
Status: TV Anime, 24 Episodes, Complete

Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins!

Mawaru Penguindrum is a dense, surreal, psychological tragicomedy filled with symbolism and metaphor. Lacking a true, linear storyline, Penguindrum is instead a fully symbolic parable about life, family, love, resentment, destiny, and free will. Penguindrum will most appeal to fans of Satoshi Kon, SHAFT, Tekkonkinkreet, and the likes. Includes a cast of characters as outlandish and quirky as Durarara and Steins;Gate.

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Tari Tari
Genre: Coming of Age, Drama, Comedy
Production: PA Works
Director: Hashimoto Masakazu
Starring: Seto Asami, Hayami Saori, Takagaki Ayahi, Hanae Narsuki, and Shimazaki Nobunaga
Aired: July 1, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Status: TV Anime, 13 Episodes, Complete

The last year of high school is always a time of both looking forward and looking back. Before you lives the future, alternately bright and scary. Behind you lie memories, both happy and sad. And somehow, in the course of one year, you have to reconcile those two and decide where your life is going to go.

For Wakana Sakai, who had started studying music, it's time to face the tragedy that made her abandon that path. For Sawa Okita, it's about her dreams of riding professionally. And for Konatsu Miyamoto, it's about bringing her friends together through the magic of a song. Can something as simple as the formation of a choir club really help solve the hurts and pangs that come with growing up? Can music bring people together despite their differences?

By no means a classic, but still an effecting, thoughtful, coming of age story. The characters are all memorable, the animation is crisp, and the story will scripted. At times a little contrived, but overall an emotionally realistic depiction of high school life. A well done, appealing teen drama.

[Kisame Hoshigaki]

tari tari looks cool i will check it out

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i recommend both anohana and kokoro connect to everyone

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Mawaru Penguindrum
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Psychological
Production: Brain's Base
Director: Ikuhara Kunihiko
Starring: Miyake Marie, Arakwa Miho, Kimura Subaru, and Kimura Ryouhei
Aired: July 8, 2011 to December 23, 2011
Status: TV Anime, 24 Episodes, Complete

Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins!

Mawaru Penguindrum is a dense, surreal, psychological tragicomedy filled with symbolism and metaphor. Lacking a true, linear storyline, Penguindrum is instead a fully symbolic parable about life, family, love, resentment, destiny, and free will. Penguindrum will most appeal to fans of Satoshi Kon, SHAFT, Tekkonkinkreet, and the likes. Includes a cast of characters as outlandish and quirky as Durarara and Steins;Gate.

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Tari Tari
Genre: Coming of Age, Drama, Comedy
Production: PA Works
Director: Hashimoto Masakazu
Starring: Seto Asami, Hayami Saori, Takagaki Ayahi, Hanae Narsuki, and Shimazaki Nobunaga
Aired: July 1, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Status: TV Anime, 13 Episodes, Complete

The last year of high school is always a time of both looking forward and looking back. Before you lives the future, alternately bright and scary. Behind you lie memories, both happy and sad. And somehow, in the course of one year, you have to reconcile those two and decide where your life is going to go.

For Wakana Sakai, who had started studying music, it's time to face the tragedy that made her abandon that path. For Sawa Okita, it's about her dreams of riding professionally. And for Konatsu Miyamoto, it's about bringing her friends together through the magic of a song. Can something as simple as the formation of a choir club really help solve the hurts and pangs that come with growing up? Can music bring people together despite their differences?

By no means a classic, but still an effecting, thoughtful, coming of age story. The characters are all memorable, the animation is crisp, and the story will scripted. At times a little contrived, but overall an emotionally realistic depiction of high school life. A well done, appealing teen drama.

tari tari is a very good anime, it has good drama good humor, a few sad parts but in the end you will be smiling and feel all warm and fuzzy inside

tari tari is a good example of a high quality slice of life/coming of age anime

i love all of the "choir and sometimes badminton" club members
i would recomend this anime to fans of any genre, who just want to see a quality anime with a well written story and good characters

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Myself ; Yourself

i recommend this anime to anyone who wants to see a good drama anime

[Jammin]

Title: Katanagatari

Producers: White Fox

Summary: Katanagatari is the story of Yasuri Shichika, a swordsman that fights without a sword, and Togame, an ambitious strategist that seeks to collect twelve legendary swords for the shogunate. The son of an exiled war hero, Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotoryuu school of fighting and lives on isolated Fushou Island with his sister. At a request from the female general Togame, Shichika and Togame set out on a journey across Edo-era Japan to collect the twelve Deviant Blades.

Type: TV series

Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Drama, Comedy

No. of episodes: 12, approximately, one hour episodes.

Status: Completed Series

Why You Recommend It: This is a lesser known anime based on light novels by Nisio Isin. A name some may recognize from the other series he's created Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, and Medaka Box. This is a different, much more action oriented, series but it has the great dialogue that makes his other light novels stand out so much. But the main reason I recommend it is that I have found Katanagatari's story to be the most "memorable" anime of the last few years. Even this long after I originally watched the series I find the emotional impressions it's story left still linger in a way that they rarely do for me.

Where to Get It: If your interested you can find streaming links here.

[Kaiten]

Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Production: Xebec
Director: Izubuchi Yutaka
Starring: Ono Daisuke, Kouichi Yamadera, Kuwashima Houko, Sugou Takayuki, Otsuka Houchuu, Suzumura Kenichi
Status: OVA Series, Ongoing, 18 Episodes
Airing: April 7, 2012 -

The year is 2199. The once blue and green planet Earth has been reduced to a radioactive desert wasteland by constant attacks by the hostile aliens from the planet Gamilus which force the remaining population underground. However, a friendly alien race from the planet Iscandar contacts the humans and gives them the blueprints to build a powerful space battleship capable of retrieving a device to clean the planet before humanity disappears. The United Nations Cosmo Navy - whose space fleets have been decimated by Gamilas forces - resurrects the long-sunken battleship Yamato and applies the alien technology to its interior, transforming it into the vessel for which the series is named: Space Battleship Yamato.

A remake, and update, of Matsumoto Leiji's 1974 space opera classic. The basic story is the same as the original, but with updated science, art, and animation. The character retain 1970's style design, but with cleaner, more finished looking animation. Some of the characters have been converted from men into women, to balance out a cast that originally included only one prominent female character. The end results have been stunning. An action packed, dramatic, unpredictable story with incredible depth and feeling. The original is often considered one of the first serious anime. Anno Hideaki claimed Space Battleship Yamato as inspiration for Genesis Evangelion. He has returned the favor by providing storyboards for the remake. A brilliant update of an anime classic, Space Battleship 2199 deserves to be considered a classic in it's own right, as one of the best currently airing anime.

Space Battleship Yamato will conclude after 26 episodes, 18 are currently available. New episodes are given a limited theatrical run in select Japanese theaters, before being released to disc a month later. Five BD/DVD's are currently available, out of seven. Episodes are also airing on Japanese TV, from April to October, 2013.