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Figured I might as well touch base on it, but are there any good Abridged series out there? I figured I might as well while short on youtube series to beng. I've heard only of a few note worthy series, and have watched even less than that

Just to clarify, the Abridged series I have seen are DBZ & Hellsing from TeamFourStar(bless those abridging gods) and SAO from SWE. I don't think there needs to be much explanation on the praise to TFS's work, especially when they set the standard onwhat makes a good abridged series <_< If you havent watch either of their series.. go do that now.

DBZ adds a whole new level of depth to the series and frankly speaking can supplement the OC and still give you roughly the same story. As for Hellsing.. mother.. [&@%!]... Alucard. As if he couldn't be any more well liked, and god dammit they did. He very much makes that show, an oh.. that voice... personally I wouldnt have it any other way... except maybe more episodes..

Idk how many of you have watched SWE's version of SAO, or even te actual anime.. My advice, skip the anime, go straight to the abridge >_> With all the flashy animation n wonderful setting, that show fell flat especially with character development. Abridged? Saying it was a vast improvement in development to add an actual personality to a previously bland cast woud be an understatement. Hehe.. If Alucard is #1, then I think Kirito must be 2nd best. I mean.. just watch. Honestly, in every way I love him more than his generic, blank slat self from the actual show, hell even that unmasculine voice

With all tht in mind, are there any valid recommendations I shoud go see.. I'm considering EVAbridged for many reasons(my fav anime review voicing it being one of em..), but it hardly will be enough to beng on

50% is, from what I hear, a great comedic reindition of Free!, so IDK, might be worth checking out if you liked Abridged series stuff.

There's so many badly done imitations of the Abridged format, however, so you have to sift through a lot of crap to find the good stuff.

I know I heard of sone of the classic abridges being superb, but I do not feel like shuffling through attempts at pokemon, Yugioh, one piece, naruto, ect.. But it's unrealistic of me to hope for anything near to what I've been lucky to see.. and nowhere near Ghost Stories' dub(seriously, Ik its not an abridge, but it might as well be)

So I've been looking at a few clips of an old anime movie today >_> looks very interesting. It's called Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade and is one of those old school animes before they became popular in the west. Made around the same time as Ghost in Shell..and heck I even get a bit of the same vibe minus once you strip away the cyberpunk(& the badass Major).

It may not have aged all too well and can seem a bit slow paced, but setting and premise wise.. something tells me Kerr will like this here's a trailer to it. There is a decent dub out there, and alot of iconic ppl in the industry had their hand with its development. Funny how, out of so many 90s anime, how this lil gem never gets mentions :/

Oh I heard about that one, it's Alternate History "What if Germany occupied Japan instead of America?" I've been meaning to check it out for a while, thanks for reminding me.

Okay, after looking through this thread and the anime section on Netflix, I have narrowed it down to 6 candidates for the next anime on my list. Could people please tell me which one I should watch first? Give a reason as well, if possible.

Samurai Champloo
Soul Eater
Death Note
Attack on Titan
Kill la Kill
Fairytail

Thanks!

Death Note, then either Samurai Champloo or AoT. Kill la Kill is a parody of stupid anime tropes, so I'd hold off on that for a while. Good show, though.

Fairy Tail is pretty terrible. Soul Eater is better, but I honestly thought it was mediocre overall. A great idea executed in a mostly lackluster fashion.

Ya Fairy Tail is a shonen that seems to never end.. much like Naruto or Bleach. It may have some good moments... but you'll have to shuffle to tons of filler n bs.

Soul Eater is another popular shonen, but this one actually ends <_< sadly, despite being good, it never lived up to its potential. As Rook said, great idea, poor execution.

Well out of those I've only seen Death Note and Attack On Titan and I like them both. There are OVAs (basically stand alone episodes, just in case you aren't familiar with the term) of Attack on Titan that aren't on Netflix which are excellent. But you wouldn't want to watch them until after you've seen the series.

Psycho Pass is on Ireland's Netflix. It's an excellent Cyberpunk Anime.

Eh, spoilers for Psycho Pass:

Ya, Psycho Pass is wonderful, notably some of it's music. It may not be the damn best cyber punk anime, but it's worth watching, thats for sure. If I'm not mistaken, I tipped you on the series right Kerr?

You did and I'm very grateful for the recommendation because it was right up my alley.

I'll probably be watching Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade some time this week, I'll post in this thread after I watch it and let you know what I thought about it.

Unfortunately, no Psycho Pass

It seems that I'm down to Death Note or Attack on Titan.

I tried diggin thru this thread to find my grand list of anime... only to find out it was in GD So here it is, where it belongs, don't judge me

And might I add this is an older post... so that list has only grown. So if you're wondering why One Punch Man isnt up there.. thats why

Ach, I wanted to narrow down my list, not make it bigger! Ah well, the only one from the top list (I'm not ready to go through the second one yet) that I can watch is Mushishi.

Since I'll be watching with a friend, I think that I'll go with Death Note, then Attack on Titan. I can watch Mushishi on my own in my spare time.

Thanks to everyone for your help!

Edit: I just started watching Death Note and it is so good. I binge-watched the first 12 episodes today and am loving it. Thank you to the people who recommended it!

Warning: Death Note spoilers

You've been hit by
You've been hit by
A smooth criminal

Hehehehe.. welcome to the feels club. Population, us

Why do I have to get so attached to the characters? Now I'm just sitting here eating Cheetos and feeling slightly depressed.

Should we tell Cass about other animes that just love to take you on feel-trip? IBc I'm going to say Attack on Titan.. or RWBY.. we all know what I'm talking about there <_<

'Sobs in the corner'

No! Don't say such things! I just finished crying my way through FMA: Brotherhood.

I mean, I guess that it shows that they are good animes, since you get attached to the characters. But I don't know how much of this I can take.

Well, alot of anime know how to play with your heart strings.. good anime know how completely wreck you.. and not just bc you are invested, but bc you genuinely cared due to the character.. something I wished more anime put nore thought into

Quite frankly, and I hide this not.. SAO had so much potential but went so much more wrong. Ya its pretty, ya it has great music.. but it lacks direction and more importantly its vision <_<

Rather than a story of how everybody struggled through each floor and the day to day hardships.. we got some bite sizes between large time skips and pointless filler. Season 2 just butchered away any spirit it had left.. and dont get me started on its sequel.

I will however give praise to the sequel's season focusing on Asuna and Yuki's band of friends. It did it some justice.. just not enough to rectify the whole series...

Totally! It had a great premise, but they didn't use it to its full potential. The plot wasn't well thought-out enough to match the rest of it, and I found the whole second season just weird. Though I haven't actually seen the sequel (it's not on Netflix).

I was more just alluding to the fact that the second season of SOA seemed like a bit of a stretch to carry on the plot. It felt like it's own separate thing, which is what this second half of Death Note is feeling like to me.

Listen to me go on about a series that I haven't actually finished yet...