Rec me anime!

[oyceter]

Currently I have no kdramas except Gourmet on my list, and I'm caught up with most of the shows I want to watch. Also, I'm in the mood for short episodes. So, rec me anime (but please read the qualifications first)!

• Available on Netflix


• Not too bloody


• Have cool women. I don't mind if they aren't the protagonists or if they don't physically kick ass, but I also don't want a series in which all the women or girls feel like objects.


• Not depressing


• Have an ending


• Bonus points for something funny with depth (ex. Samurai Champloo) or something that hits my gothic shoujo id buttons (ex. Vampire Knight)

I prefer series, though I may watch movies/OVAs too.

I've seen and liked:
Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gundam Wing, Gunslinger Girls, Haibane Renmei, Honey and Clover, Kare Kano (incomplete), Mushishi (incomplete), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ouran High School Host Club, Princess Tutu, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Samurai Champloo, Vampire Knight, X, Yami no Matsuei, and nearly all the Studio Ghibli movies. And though it's not anime, I've seen Avatar too.

I've seen and disliked:
Akira, Gasaraki, Ghost in the Shell, Lain, Perfect Blue, Tenchi Muyo

Comments

[oyceter]

Oooo, ok. I think I know what you mean by the feel of Haibane Renmei and Gunslinger Girl and like that.

Hrm. How bloody and/or violent is Claymore? I couldn't get further than two volumes into the manga because the gore was getting to me... is the anime better?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...well, it's still there in the anime, but it's anime, so it tends to kind of happen and move on pretty quickly, as opposed to being plastered in front of your eyes like the manga. Unlike most shounen anime, the fights in Claymore tend to move fairly fast. (Screencapping them was a pain when I was watching, because the cool poses weren't on my screen for as long.) I'd say watch it at least through the story that introduces several other Claymores (ok, there are several of those, but I'm referring to the first one, which also has the origin of 2 important characters. If it's still too much for you, then it'll probably stay too much. (I'd have to look, but we're only talking 6, possibly 7 eps.)

I admit, I'm insanely biased in favor of any version of Claymore. I think it's ruined me for all other shounen. And Miria is the most awesome thing to ever happen to shounen manga, though the best reasons for that are after the anime diverges from the manga.