Yeah, this is totally non-MA, but that's what the locker room is for, right? 
I seem to remember Kaith mentioning he also ran a board for anime/gaming type discussions, so I thought maybe some of those people would be here be into anime. I think I found his board, but didn't see a ton of anime specific stuff there, so I thought I'd ask my question here and see what sort of response I could get.
I'm relatively new to the whole anime world. I've seen some stuff on TV and generally liked it. Most of those were oriented more towards children though. There's nothing wrong with that, I like kids' shows, too. (I'll gather together a list of shows I've seen that I think are considered anime if you want to know.) But this past Saturday I was at home and watched the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network and saw a bunch of other shows geared towards a more adult audience. I think the current typical line up is Inuyasha, Yuyu Hakusho, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam 0083, Mobile Suit Gundam, and Outlaw Star. Rather different from the more children oriented shows I've seen and they looked pretty good to me. I plan to watch some more of these on TV when I can, but I also understand that there are some problems with editing and dubbing when things get imported from Japan to the US. Searching the web I've found places to buy shows, often in the original Japanese with English subtitles, and I was thinking of maybe getting some of those. However, being new I don't really know exactly what to get, so I was hoping to get some suggestions from others.
Here's the thing. Naturally everyone's individual tastes are different and so everyone will have different opinions on what are good shows. So hopefully I can get a better set of suggestions by asking the question this way -- what are some shows that are *generally* considered good and/or popular ones, that most people will like regardless of their personal preferences for specific styles/genres? There have to be *some* shows that pretty much everyone agrees is good and worth watching. Related, can you suggest some relatively short series that fall into that category? From stuff I've read I know some series were as short as 26 episodes while others went as high as a few hundred shows, and I'm sure others are still currently in production. I'd like to get complete series so that I can watch a whole thing without gaps or cliff-hangers if possible and I have seen some complete series for sale. But because I am new, I don't really want to spend tons and tons of money right away. I'd like to start with some shorter complete series that pretty much everyone agrees is good and worth watching to save some money in the beginning. Then if I get really hooked, I can go from there. I know there's always what's on TV, too, but I know I've missed a bunch of shows already and haven't seen the series right from the start.
All that being said, can anyone offer some suggestions? If you can provide some help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
I seem to remember Kaith mentioning he also ran a board for anime/gaming type discussions, so I thought maybe some of those people would be here be into anime. I think I found his board, but didn't see a ton of anime specific stuff there, so I thought I'd ask my question here and see what sort of response I could get.I'm relatively new to the whole anime world. I've seen some stuff on TV and generally liked it. Most of those were oriented more towards children though. There's nothing wrong with that, I like kids' shows, too. (I'll gather together a list of shows I've seen that I think are considered anime if you want to know.) But this past Saturday I was at home and watched the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network and saw a bunch of other shows geared towards a more adult audience. I think the current typical line up is Inuyasha, Yuyu Hakusho, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam 0083, Mobile Suit Gundam, and Outlaw Star. Rather different from the more children oriented shows I've seen and they looked pretty good to me. I plan to watch some more of these on TV when I can, but I also understand that there are some problems with editing and dubbing when things get imported from Japan to the US. Searching the web I've found places to buy shows, often in the original Japanese with English subtitles, and I was thinking of maybe getting some of those. However, being new I don't really know exactly what to get, so I was hoping to get some suggestions from others.
Here's the thing. Naturally everyone's individual tastes are different and so everyone will have different opinions on what are good shows. So hopefully I can get a better set of suggestions by asking the question this way -- what are some shows that are *generally* considered good and/or popular ones, that most people will like regardless of their personal preferences for specific styles/genres? There have to be *some* shows that pretty much everyone agrees is good and worth watching. Related, can you suggest some relatively short series that fall into that category? From stuff I've read I know some series were as short as 26 episodes while others went as high as a few hundred shows, and I'm sure others are still currently in production. I'd like to get complete series so that I can watch a whole thing without gaps or cliff-hangers if possible and I have seen some complete series for sale. But because I am new, I don't really want to spend tons and tons of money right away. I'd like to start with some shorter complete series that pretty much everyone agrees is good and worth watching to save some money in the beginning. Then if I get really hooked, I can go from there. I know there's always what's on TV, too, but I know I've missed a bunch of shows already and haven't seen the series right from the start.
All that being said, can anyone offer some suggestions? If you can provide some help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
