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]

Hee, Kino's Journey is now on my list.

Is Please Save My Earth available on Netflix? Or am I just searching under the wrong name? I think I'd actually like to watch it... maybe it will help my recollection of what happens in the manga!

[larryhammer]

Okay, it looks like Netflix doesn't have it -- coulda sworn it did. Hmph.

The anime is very good, but the last espisode tries to cram in the events of like five volumes of the manga, then cap it with an invented ending that's their best guess of how it'll turn out, ten volumes later.

---L.

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Netflix did have it at one point. I had recced it to a friend, who found it wasn't to his taste when he rented it from Netflix. But I love PSME, both the anime and the manga.

[larryhammer]

In that case, dopuble-humph to Netflix for dropping it.

*turns into a camel*

---L.

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

It might not be Netflix's fault. Looking at Amazon, it appears to be out of print :( So the rental copies might have all worn out, leaving Netflix with no good way to refresh their stock.