Reccomend me some good Anime

[Naren]

True, stuff like Excel Saga, Genshiken, PaniPoni Dash! etc. have plenty of obscure references that make no sense to a person that isn't used to a specific "environment". I'm certainly not claiming that I understand all of the inside jokes. Although lately, fansubs have been explaining a lot of references (sometimes they even write small PDF's with explanations), which is a very good thing.

Assuming those fansubs are "correct." My friend used to watch a lot of fansubs and I've seen a lot where - not only is the translation incorrect in a lot of places - but the references are incorrect. Of course, you can't expect someone who doesn't understand the language to notice that (the fansubber is forcing his mistranslation to fit a lot of the time).

For example, I saw this one a long time ago where the idiot translated "mikata" as "viewpoint" because his limited knowledge of Japanese made him think what they were saying was 見方 and not 味方 (both pronounced the same). I think his translation (if I can call it that) in the fansub read "Is that your viewpoint?" when the correct translation would have been "Is he our ally?" (or whatever would have fit the situation, such as "Can we trust him?")

Just remember that when you're watching these fansubs, a lot of these people have never been to Japan before, do not have the capabilities to read a newspaper in Japanese (much less a novel) and are oftentimes "winging it." I don't watch animations that much anymore, but when I do, I don't watch them with subtitles (because they tend to be a hindrance to understanding), but I've seen plenty from friends, my brother, my cousin, etc. and I've noticed that, because japanese animation is so popular in the West nowadays, everybody seems to think they can translate an animation or comic now (I've seen a lot of funny mistranslations, though - stemming from a lack of knowledge).

 

[Ciprian]

True, there are plenty of bad fansubs, even with my limited knowledge of japanese I'm able to spot mistakes from time to time.

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

Fansubs are the best people like me will ever get who have no fucking hope in hell of ever understanding Japanese. I can't even learn french, and there's a fuck load of frenchies around here.

 

[distressed_romeo]

Urutsukidoji is a good film.

I watched the whole of the 'Nightwalker' series over Xmas, and thought that was pretty good.

 

[Pauly]

Urutsukidoji is a good film.

Ahh Legends of the Overfiend. Tentacle porn and all that haha.

Once again....

AFRO SAMURI

 

[Naren]

Urutsukidoji is a good film.

Isn't that porno?

 

[Toshiro]

Isn't that porno?

Instead of the girlies eating octopus/squid sushi, they're getting screwed by it. Raped by lunch, and I'm not talking about being "fucked by the drive thru".

PS: Some of the "Pro" anime translation companies take liberties with things, especially in dubs. People started to notice on bi-lingual DVDs, so most won't let you watch the dub with the subs on. Bad edit don't help either. There's a scene in Lost Universe when the one girl has "Bitch" written on her forehead, and f'ing ADV digitally edited it to say "Loser" on the US release(at least they put the original intro animation and eye catches back on the DVD, the VHS version was butchered).

 

[Kagami]

lol Naren, you've never seen a 4kids edit of something before

Japanese:

English:

wtf...

LOL

and a retarded one...

ok enough of that...

Mistranslated stuff is the least I'm worried about, lol.

lmfao

japanese:

english:

some of the comments from that one:

no wonder kids in the US are stupid....they don't have to read anything anymore

Well Americans are usally tied to graphics, as in they want to see the BIGGEST BADDEST GRAPHICS in order to get them intrested.

lol


LOL

japanese:

english:

comment: my god... it's full of cards!


then the best one ever which has never ever made sense and is even contradicting the editing ways!

no explanation can ever be reasoned...and he still has the cig


it happens in manga too:

original:

fskz0rd:

 

[Naren]

No, I've never even heard of 4Kids. That is funny though. I've never done anything ridiculous like that, but I was helping out the team for another game on their translation and I called one of the guys over and said, "Hey, what have you guys translated 'zenmetsu' as? I translated this sentence as 'If your entire party is annihilated...' but I don't think the company would want me to use 'annihilated' since they want to avoid any reference to death..." and the other guy said, "Yeah, but I love that word, 'annihilated....' I'm pretty sure we can't use that though." So I said, "Okay, how about 'if you entire party is defeated...'?" and he goes, "Yeah, that's probably the best way to go." (It's just that "zenmetsu" means "annihilation" and not "defeat" but seeing as, if you're annihilated that means you're defeated, it was a no-brainer.)

I think that's a somewhat reasonable change (even though NPCs in the games CAN die in some story arc or something). The above ones... they're just ridiculous. Hard to believe they're real.

 

[Uroborus]

Beserk
Wolf's Rain
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note

 

[goth_fiend]

Ive really been getting into the hellsing ultimate ova, its really good.

 

[damigu]

i'm selling much of my anime DVD collection. let me know if you're interested or want more info on any of the below titles:

ah! my goddess (the movie)
blue submarine #6 (4 DVD set)
escaflowne (8 DVD set)
generator gawl (4 DVD set)
ghost in the shell (the original movie)
jin-roh
millennium actress
ninja scroll (the first remastered DVD version)
perfect blue
please save my earth
now and then, here and there (4 DVD set)
vampire hunter D
vampire hunter D: bloodlust

PM me if you're interested and we can work out a fair price--everything is in perfect condition.

i have a few other titles but i'm not sure i'm willing to sell them yet.
(NDG is absolutely right about "grave of the fireflies"--which is one of the few anime titles i'm definitely keeping)

 

[TomAwesome]

Just a note that "Grave of the Fireflies" is a freaking sad film, so if you don't want to be depressed for a whole day watch it when you're like in the mood or something.

This is true. Oddly enough, this depressing tearjerker was my first anime experience aside from Sailor Moon. Great movie, though.

I've been mostly out of the anime game for a while, and I think most of the ones I'd recommend have been listed already. I don't think I saw Record of Lodoss War mentioned, though.

There's also crazy weird random Japanese lulz type stuff like Ebichu, Dokoro-Chan (which I saw listed earlier), and Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu that is freakin' great, but it's not for everyone. I pretty much laughed my ass off through Dokoro and Guu in their entirety. I haven't seen either in English, though, so I can't say whether or not the English dubs are any good.

 

[estabon37]

I don't think Martian Successor Nadesico has been mentioned yet. Good for a laugh (a stupid laugh), and then about fifteen episodes in a plot jumps up out of nowhere and all of a sudden that pointless show you were just watching turns out to have had substance all along.

Personal favourites:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Serial Experiments Lain (I don't understand it, but I like it anyways)
Porco Rosso (Ghibli movie - I can't get sick of this one)

 

[Warpticon]

There's also crazy weird random Japanese lulz type stuff like Ebichu,

Ebichu is hilarious. crude as hell, but hilarious. Speaking of which, considering where we are, I'm kind of surprised a similarly crude-but-hilarious series hasn't been mentioned around here: Detroit Metal City.

damigu, I'd buy your N&TH&T off you in a heartbeat if I wasn't incomparably broke. It's one of my favorite shows of all time, and mine got stolen years ago. Also PSME and Esca, because not only are they great shows, but I'm determined to own any and everything Kanno has had a hand in.

 

[damigu]

i like hayao miyazaki's work a lot (he heads studio ghibli). his creativity is wonderful and the animation itself tends to be of high caliber. even the soundtracks seem to have a lot of thought put into them.
sometimes he wraps the endings up a little too quickly and too "happily ever after" (like on "spirited away") for my tastes, but i can forgive that considering how good every other aspect is.

damigu, I'd buy your N&TH&T off you in a heartbeat if I wasn't incomparably broke. It's one of my favorite shows of all time, and mine got stolen years ago. Also PSME and Esca, because not only are they great shows, but I'm determined to own any and everything Kanno has had a hand in.

you, sir, must be a man of good taste.
N&TH&T only barely made it on my chopping block. it really is a good one, but i've decided the only keep the few i re-watch every couple years.

i'm not in a massive rush to sell them off, so i may still have them once your funds are available--just send me a PM at that time.

i'm selling much of my anime DVD collection. let me know if you're interested or want more info on any of the below titles:

ah! my goddess (the movie)
blue submarine #6 (4 DVD set)
escaflowne (8 DVD set)
generator gawl (4 DVD set)
ghost in the shell (the original movie)
jin-roh
millennium actress
ninja scroll (the first remastered DVD version)
perfect blue
please save my earth
now and then, here and there (4 DVD set)
vampire hunter D
vampire hunter D: bloodlust

PM me if you're interested and we can work out a fair price--everything is in perfect condition.

i have a few other titles but i'm not sure i'm willing to sell them yet.
(NDG is absolutely right about "grave of the fireflies"--which is one of the few anime titles i'm definitely keeping)

i forgot a couple titles to add to the list:

vampire princess miyu (2 DVD set)
a wind named amnesia

again, PM me if interested.

 

[Warpticon]

you, sir, must be a man of good taste.
N&TH&T only barely made it on my chopping block. it really is a good one, but i've decided the only keep the few i re-watch every couple years.

I'll certainly get back to you when my money situation tightens up. N&TH&T is no lower than 5th on my list of favorite animated series, behind Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and intermingled somewhere with Shamanic Princess, Berserk, and His & Her Circumstances. I've been wanting to rewatch it forever, and just haven't been able to.

I am seriously tempted to start a DMC thread.

 

[sami]

My fav's that I didn't see previously posted (did a real quick scan too, so forgive me):

Boogiepop Phantom
Lain
Haibane Renmei

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

I am looking to get into anime as well. Some (but not all) of you people listing stuff haven't really said what it's like. I'm looking for some epic/humor combo.

 

[TomAwesome]

Epic + humor... FLCL perhaps? At only 6 episodes, it's not a huge time investment.