Anime Recommendation and Suggestion Query

[David75]

Regarding Death Note, with enough time for thinking since its end, in a way the less interresting 12 eps are fine.
Why?
Because they allow for the badguy to be less attractive.
They allow for us to see how he declines and become less and less smart, becomes more and more crazy.

In a way, in the 25 first ep, we get to believe (story wise) Kira/Light is becoming a God, everything folds nicely up to that point.
The latter eps are here to remind us no man can become a God (they say there is an execption born something like 2 thousand years ago...)

Anyway, I'm going to watch the director's cut ep. It seems the end is different.

[Munsu]

Stop discussing the actual plot of the anime in this thread, stick to the topic of the thread.

[narutosharingan]

So then, it's still worth watching even though it isn't as good later on?

[Ziggy]

It's definitely worth watching and like stated before, the first half of the series is one of the best animated series ever.

[KrayZ33]

HA!! kana eating rice..nice avatar.. i knew someone would make this! i use it as a wallpaper though :P

and yes it IS worth watching, thats what we were saying, didn't we? it just takes a different direction from there.. while the first 20 episodes were EPIC, the last ~13 were simply normal and a bit freaky and overdone.

[Barcode120x]

I got up to episode 20, its been about a year since I watched episode 20, just didn't feel like continuing it, but YES, it IS worth watching!!! I kind of got the feeling that it was so great and tense that I kind of feared if I continued, it would end soon and I stopped probably because of that. I'll continue it this summer or spring break though .

[Psyke]

Death note was awesome till the end for me. Go see it.

[Junior]

I have a question about the anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya...is it actually any good?

I've read the plot and seen pics but I still don't know if it's worth while.

[Kraco]

It's very good. It didn't gather such a hype and cult following for nothing.

What comes to it's plot, it's a bit peculiar mainly due to the structure of the series. But I still suggest you watch it in the order it was aired (following the episode numbering) and don't follow any "guides" for the first time through.

Edit: The very first episode doesn't really represent the series itself, yet will be perfectly explained later. So, don't be fooled by it.

[Junior]

Alright thanks. I'll get it from my friend then. ^^
If you hadn't told me about the first ep, I probably would've stopped watching immediately or something. Dx

[KrayZ33]

hmmm i would suggest watching it in the "right" order (chronologically) because it's kinda weird to watch it in the nonlinear order... (see first episode :P the only reason i kept watching was the bunny-girl-with-ak47 part xD)

i've watched it twice (first time = nonlinear and second time = chronologically) and the second time was much more fun to watch..

btw, its even worth to read the light novels.... they are funny even though i just read to a few chapters... but since it is written in kyon's view, there is a lot of sarcasm (well its in the anime too but even more in the novel) and its really good ^^.

i think this series is really good because you can identify yourself with kyon... he's really someone like you or me trapped in a world full of strange and chaotic beeings.. he simply reacts the way you would do yourself... at least thats what i think.

too bad that it ended so quickly (the last episodes were AWESOME! with the band and stuff !.i won't tell to much, even though i won't spoil even if i do...)... however i've heard some rumors about a second season... or was it a new manga? something called "the *blabla* of Haruhi" NO SPOILERS

[Ryllharu]

That's strange, because as the American released dvds were ending their release, there were increasing reports that "chronological" rather than "airing" order tarnished the series quite a bit. The dvds, unless you bought the special editions, were released in the "chronological" order.

Yes, there is added confusion as to exactly what is going on, and why things jump around so much, but it was meant to be there. The series is told from a single person's viewpoint, and one could argue that it is very much a Modernist series. All of the narrator's "knowns" become false.

But beside the artistic side of the presentation, there's also the practical. The series in "airing" order ends on a climax, the end of the first novel. However, "chronologically," it ends in filler, filled with references, some obscure to even the most hardcore otaku (well, it's not Hayate bad, but it's not the easiest).

[KrayZ33]

you got a point there with the ending... but i really had to watch it twice to understand everything.. and i think it took a lot of "fun" away because storys got split up so much... for example one episode ended with a conversation between 2 persons (let it be episode 2 for example) but this conversation was finished later (let it be episode 8...) i already forgot everything they were talking about and that conversation was actually simply pointless then. because i couldn't understand a thing anymore..

well but the funny thing is/was that even though i watched it twice ( 2-3 days pause between) it wasn't boring...
it was like playing a game where you can choose between 2 path..right or left... if you go right, then you cant go left.. but since you don't want to miss out that part will play it again once you finished it and choose the other path then ^^..

btw a good thing about the nonlinear order is that it remindet me of "Kill Bill" ^^

[shinta|hikari]

The non-linear order also emphasized the gradual exposition of characters rather than plot. It only makes sense since even if the characters know each other better as the series moves on, it doesnt necessarily show with every episode. Watching it in the airing order gives a better flow of character development.

The arrangement of episodes was pure genius IMO.

[MFauli]

ah, im not looking for a new anime, just for the name of an anime i watched, not long ago.

Was about a world, where people are normal, but sometimes there are people with psychic abilities. The main character has blond hair and his foster parents (all kids are raised by such) live a happy life. Then, he finds out that he has certain abilities and the head guy of these Mu people approches him, called "Blue". Later the main character becomes Blue´s successor.

Whats the name of this series , argh ><

[Ryllharu]

Well, it most sounds like the Korean manwha Zero (Mangaupdates)

I have not seen it, so I can't say for sure, but Kurau Phantom Memory (AniDB) sounds like it might fit as well, but it is not about a brother and sister.

It doesn't sound like anything I've seen, but Munsu always watches those kind of series (Kurau is one of his favorite series) so he'd know a lot better than I would.

EDIT: I'm going to continue looking for better matches.

[Shinji Ikari]

Haha, I remembered, not that name, but through one anime you can find another one. Fate/Stay Night's voice actor for Saber has a part in this anime as well. It's called E's Otherwise.

[Munsu]

It may be E's Otherwise.

Edit: A couple of seconds too late.

[Ryllharu]

Details help us find things faster for you too.

Nothing helps me more than voice actors. Oh well, glad you found it.

[Shinji Ikari]

Voice actors are my biggest help as well, that's why I found it through Fate/Stay Night