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Random Anime Thought

I was looking at the list of all the series I watched, all 53 of them, I am such a lose in that respect, but anyways... I realized that since it was in alphabetical order that I havent watched an anime that starts with each letter of the alphabet.

Im missing the letters: i, j, o, q, u, v, x, and y. I can get the 'u' if I finish Utawarerumono but I thought that that was interesting. We should do some sort of poll and figure out the best series that starts with each letter of the alphabet for a top 26 series by letter. Kinda kidding, but that would be pretty cool.

Yeah so that was just a random blurb, Im sure i channeled by inner FFF on that one, now returning to your regularly scheduled programing.

But if you are interesting, Ill take suggestions on what to watch for each of the missing letters. That might give this thread some direction lol.

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02.19.2009, 09:18 PM

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You haven't watched Vandread? Wow, I thought you were into mecha. Well, there's Valkyrie, the only other that comes to mind, but I haven't seen that.

Under 'I', I've seen "I Wish You Were Here" which is an OVA (not really that great IO, but watchable), and "Ichigo Mashimaro", which I just finished, which is like AzuDai with kids. "Initial D" is a no-brainer, Inuyasha would be a no-no,

I'm guessing Infinite Ryvius would fall under 'M', for "Mugen no Ryvius", so I'll skip that.

Most famous under 'J' would be "Jigoku Shoujo" now in its third season, although it gets reptitive after a while. "Jarinko Chie", or Chie the Brat, you should know; it's a pre-ghibli after all. "Jin-Roh" needs no introduction, it's just too good. "Juubei-chan" if you want a childish version of Rurouni Kenshin. "Juuni Kokki: or Twelve Kingdoms if you like political/fantasy genre.

For 'O' now... "Ouran High School" I haven't watched, can't comment. But I think "Omohide Poro Poro" and "On Your Mark" you should already have watched, right? Anyway, not recommending One Piece obviously, but "Onegai Teacher" and "Onegai Twins" I would recommend. "Otogizoshi" is another good one.

We'll skip 'Q'. Simply because I only found three titles; one is from 1981 one has yet to be released, and one is an OVA I haven't watched based on an NDS game. It's called Quiz Magic Academy btw.

'U' you already mentioned, but FYI "Umi ga Kikoeru" is under here too, y'know. As is Ultraman, but let's be serious.

On 'V', apart from Vandread, there's "Vampire Hunter D", but I haven't seen that either, so meh.

'X' is easy: "xxxHolix" is pretty much obvious. Then there's, well, "X" by CLAMP. Haven't seen Xenosaga, no comment.

Under 'Y', I've seen "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" more for Bishounen lovers really. And the only other titles I CANNOT recommend are "Yu Yu Hakusho" and "Yugi-Oh".

There ya go.

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I think O is obvious. Don't know about the others I'm afraid... haven't watched nearly enough myself.

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Cool stuff, thanks for teh suggestions Roar, I have seen On Your Mark and Jin Roh obviously, Im trying go for series instead of films just because. I think I might have a few more letters if I count the films, so ill stick with series.

I think I might start with xxxholic and do some research on the rest of those as well. Thanks man, any other suggestions are open and welcomed.

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02.20.2009, 12:11 PM

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@Miyrru and Roar...

Let me know what you think of 'xxxholic'. Been thinking about it but not sure if I want to watch in it... The title is kind of a put-off unless it is not really an xxx type of thing. If like 'Chobits' that is cool.

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02.20.2009, 03:26 PM

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The "xxx" depict an open tag. In simpler terms, a fill-in-the-blanks of sorts.

Like most other anime, it suffers from bad endings, but the series itself is more episodic, like Mushishi, then a single storyline, so I guess it can be forgiven in a sense.

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Well if its to the quality of Mushishi then there should be no problem, but that is a pretty high standard to me. I loved Mushshi, it is to me the embodiment of 26 mini Ghiblis with a loosely binding story. Great series.

I have some xxxholic on my computer so I think ill watch some tonight to try it out. Im having some sort of retro movement by rewatching Cardcaptor Sakura and then probably watching Tsubasa. Should keep me occupied for a while.

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Well I got around to xxxHolic last night and was pleasantly surprised. I liked it. I watched the first four eps and found them good, the humour is pretty good, and the story's are kinda episodic but it seems like it will still be good. I really liked the art style, CLAMP is pretty good for that, and I was a little wary with it, but the disproportions of people being two thin and just the shapes and styles of the characters make it pretty interesting.

I found my 'x'. One down.

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I think CLAMP are sorta famous for the length of their character's limbs.

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02.21.2009, 02:07 PM

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lol, my favourite, and sometimes only favourite series by them. XD I want to watch the second season after episode 8, but I can't find the episodes...

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@Kaz, yeah I think it is, but it wasnt as bad in Code Geass, like it was probably still longer then normal, but Yuko in xxxHolic has like 2 metre long arms, its insane. But I kinda like the style.

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02.21.2009, 03:17 PM

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Haven't seen Xenosaga, no comment.

It sounded good when I looked it up aaaages ago...

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and then probably watching Tsubasa.

Mm, I liked Tsubasa but just know it's stuffed with fillers and was never really ended. Got cancelled at the end of season 2 if I remember rightly... apparently due to violence in the manga... but it got so far off track from the manga anyway, I don't see why they couldn't just make the rest of it up. ¬_¬

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and then probably watching Tsubasa.
Mm, I liked Tsubasa but just know it's stuffed with fillers and was never really ended. Got cancelled at the end of season 2 if I remember rightly... apparently due to violence in the manga... but it got so far off track from the manga anyway, I don't see why they couldn't just make the rest of it up. ¬_¬

Hmm, considering its links to Card Captor Sakura, its hard to believe it got to violent. Im surprised though, the violence in anime is pretty graphic and it still gets made. Ill probably still watch it cause its 52 episodes and that would keep me busy for a bit. I need at least 4 new series and a few oldies on at all times

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quote:
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and then probably watching Tsubasa.
Mm, I liked Tsubasa but just know it's stuffed with fillers and was never really ended. Got cancelled at the end of season 2 if I remember rightly... apparently due to violence in the manga... but it got so far off track from the manga anyway, I don't see why they couldn't just make the rest of it up. ¬_¬

Hmm, considering its links to Card Captor Sakura, its hard to believe it got to violent. Im surprised though, the violence in anime is pretty graphic and it still gets made. Ill probably still watch it cause its 52 episodes and that would keep me busy for a bit. I need at least 4 new series and a few oldies on at all times .

Not too violent...? o_o Limbs came off, eyes were ripped out... None of that was in the main anime of course, though some was in the OVAs. The manga was certainly very violent, believe me.

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and then probably watching Tsubasa.
Mm, I liked Tsubasa but just know it's stuffed with fillers and was never really ended. Got cancelled at the end of season 2 if I remember rightly... apparently due to violence in the manga... but it got so far off track from the manga anyway, I don't see why they couldn't just make the rest of it up. ¬_¬

Hmm, considering its links to Card Captor Sakura, its hard to believe it got to violent. Im surprised though, the violence in anime is pretty graphic and it still gets made. Ill probably still watch it cause its 52 episodes and that would keep me busy for a bit. I need at least 4 new series and a few oldies on at all times .
Not too violent...? o_o Limbs came off, eyes were ripped out... None of that was in the main anime of course, though some was in the OVAs. The manga was certainly very violent, believe me.

Well I was just speculating due to the nature of the previous iteration. Sounds interesting though, a little violence is always a spice up. Are you still having a fangirl attack with a new OVA coming out? lol

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Originally posted by Miyrru
and then probably watching Tsubasa.
Mm, I liked Tsubasa but just know it's stuffed with fillers and was never really ended. Got cancelled at the end of season 2 if I remember rightly... apparently due to violence in the manga... but it got so far off track from the manga anyway, I don't see why they couldn't just make the rest of it up. ¬_¬

Hmm, considering its links to Card Captor Sakura, its hard to believe it got to violent. Im surprised though, the violence in anime is pretty graphic and it still gets made. Ill probably still watch it cause its 52 episodes and that would keep me busy for a bit. I need at least 4 new series and a few oldies on at all times .
Not too violent...? o_o Limbs came off, eyes were ripped out... None of that was in the main anime of course, though some was in the OVAs. The manga was certainly very violent, believe me.

Well I was just speculating due to the nature of the previous iteration. Sounds interesting though, a little violence is always a spice up. Are you still having a fangirl attack with a new OVA coming out? lol .

The new OVAs... X3 Mm, they're called Tsubasa Shunraiki. It seems like it's gonna be the end of March before they're out though... >< Hee, can't wait though.

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Oh i bet, I tend to have mixed feelings on OVAs. Now i think this is just me, but I like there to be OVAs, but i dont like watching them. Prime example for me is the Lucky Star OVA. I loved Lucky Star, im watching it again in english and its still sidesplittinly funny, but if i watch teh OVA then it is all over for me, there is nothing more coming and all the characters and stories I enjoyed come to a end. I dont like it when that happens, so, i havent watched the OVA but have it on my computer incase the impulse happens. Im weird I know.

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02.22.2009, 06:29 PM

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There's a Lucky Star OVA?

*runs*

*comes back*

Um yeah, personally I don't think Tsubasa was violent at all. Spoiler!, highlight to read.

I mean, they showed the murder of Kurogane's mother after all. And xxxHolic had that spider demon eat Watanuki's eye. And unless I'm mistaken, Tokyo Revelations showed Sakura's leg being impaled, didn't it?

Well, in any case, TRC and xxxHolic were supposed to be two stories running in parallel, so I guess it was gonna fall apart anyway for the anime, meh.

Now, about that Lucky Star OVA...

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02.23.2009, 09:38 AM