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Hi there,

- Right now i'm looking for either a short-anime (max: 20-40 episodes) or a good, refreshing anime that just started (max: ~10 episodes so far). Any suggestions are welcome :) Most importantly, I prefer Shonen.

Thks !

If you don't mind "some" blood and nudity then Shigurui (12 eps) and Kurozuka (12 eps). The artwork in both anime are amazing. The stories are good and refreshing, but both openings are quite confusing until you watch the last episodes.

If the two above are too violent for you, then you might want to check out Samurai Champloo (26 eps) or Sumurai 7 (26 eps).

So far I haven't like any of the anime series coming out this year. I'm waiting for Blade of the Immortal (season 2) to see if it's worth following. They butchered season 1 with bad story telling and replaying the same music at almost every fight scenes (it felt like they tried to make the story telling feels like that of BOTI manga and failed).

I'm waiting for Blade of the Immortal (season 2) to see if it's worth following. They butchered season 1 with bad story telling and replaying the same music at almost every fight scenes (it felt like they tried to make the story telling feels like that of BOTI manga and failed).

Waiting for that as well, the anime just ended abruptly :/

Radish?

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I hated Terra E because the main guy was so emotional and way too feminine for my liking. If you like Gundam 00, Code Geass or any other anime series emo male characters, then it's your cup of tea... Especially if you love Gundam Seed (looks at your sig and tries to forget the horrifying painful experience of trying to watch the first ten episodes).

^What's so wrong about those series?

Just to be sure, Gundam series are about teenagers who are forced to fight a war. So the emotions come hand in hand with that, which IMO makes it a great story.

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I hated Terra E because the main guy was so emotional and way too feminine for my liking. If you like Gundam 00, Code Geass or any other anime series emo male characters, then it's your cup of tea... Especially if you love Gundam Seed (looks at your sig and tries to forget the horrifying painful experience of trying to watch the first ten episodes).

Will you stop putting code Geass in the same category as Gundam when it's on the same level as GaoGaiGar...

^What's so wrong about those series?

Just to be sure, Gundam series are about teenagers who are forced to fight a war. So the emotions come hand in hand with that, which IMO makes it a great story.

I guess it's a personal thing. I cannot stand teenage drama. I wanted to punch Kira in the face because he lacks intelligence and maturity. It's like the producer was trying too hard to be unique so he took Neon Genesis Evangelion's Shinji and put him in the Gundam series. I love many series from the Gundam universe like Mobile Fighter G, 08th MS Team but Seed took it to an extreme. I even gave the series a second chance and tried my best to watch it but hated it.

Will you stop putting code Geass in the same category as Gundam when it's on the same level as GaoGaiGar...

Why can't I? After watching more than 200+ anime series and reading 150+ manga series, Code Geass felt like Death Note's Light was the protagonist with plenty of internal disputes among friends who somehow manage to fit into all the most powerful positions during the conflict then play out lame drama.

I group TTGL, Geass and Gundam SEED in the same category since they really play out teenage drama and lame cliched twists.

Ah, I understand. It's something that you have to like. I know that you're not the only one who thinks like that about Gundam SEED and Destiny. The emotional side of the series is indeed a bit more "exploited" compared to other Gundam series. Though it was less in Gundam 00 imo. The characters in Gundam 00 where a bit more mature, almost like the ones in Gundam Wing.

08th MS Team was to short if you ask me, it felt as if it ended to quickly. Besides that it was a great anime, that's for sure. They intentionally made all the mobile suits and tanks etc look a bit more "real". Kinda hard for me to explain but I bet you understand what I'm saying :p

Ah, I understand. It's something that you have to like. I know that you're not the only one who thinks like that about Gundam SEED and Destiny. The emotional side of the series is indeed a bit more "exploited" compared to other Gundam series. Though it was less in Gundam 00 imo. The characters in Gundam 00 where a bit more mature, almost like the ones in Gundam Wing.

08th MS Team was to short if you ask me, it felt as if it ended to quickly. Besides that it was a great anime nonetheless.

Gundam 00 didn't grind my gears that much. I enjoyed it because it was silly/fun to watch. I gave it a 7/10 on MAL. 08th MS Team definitely was too short but it was a great watch overall. It had a great story (very important to me) and was also unique in the military/sci-fi/romance genre of anime.

I don't mind watching teenagers do amazing things (Eureka Seven). I just don't like it at all when the show seems to turn into some shoujo, emotional garbage. There is only so much metrosexuality I can take. :p What happened to guys acting like real guys rather that emotional, oversensitive crybabies while creating the most devious plans or destroy the toughest of all enemies?

Why can't I? After watching more than 200+ anime series and reading 150+ manga series, Code Geass felt like Death Note's Light was the protagonist with plenty of internal disputes among friends who somehow manage to fit into all the most powerful positions during the conflict then play out lame drama.

I group TTGL, Geass and Gundam SEED in the same category since they really play out teenage drama and lame cliched twists.

Only 200???...

Only 200???...

I have my standards... I don't want to watch mind numbing anime series like Tokimeki Memorial Only Love and such. I prefer to just stick to the great ones like GTO, Gundam 08th MS Team, Cowboy Bebop, Akira, RahXephon, Kare Kano, etc...

200 is enough to know all the cliches. I don't want to turn into a NEET or an otaku, who fuss over details of even the most trivial anime series.

Gundam 00 didn't grind my gears that much. I enjoyed it because it was silly/fun to watch. I gave it a 7/10 on MAL. 08th MS Team definitely was too short but it was a great watch overall. It had a great story (very important to me) and was also unique in the military/sci-fi/romance genre of anime.

I don't mind watching teenagers do amazing things (Eureka Seven). I just don't like it at all when the show seems to turn into some shoujo, emotional garbage. There is only so much metrosexuality I can take. :p What happened to guys acting like real guys rather that emotional, oversensitive crybabies while creating the most devious plans or destroy the toughest of all enemies?

I dunno... TTGL didn't really have much in the way of crying guys. The main character whined at first, but he was a little kid...

I'm assuming that other reasons played a bigger part in your dislike. Maybe the simplistic plot?

I'm assuming that other reasons played a bigger part in your dislike. Maybe the simplistic plot?

Maybe I'm too picky... Maybe I'm losing faith in all the new anime that come out. I want a great story line that gives me a feeling that I can keep. TTGL's protagonist seemed very immature compared to Renton from Eureka Seven.

There's only so much "I'm going to bring down this humongous, unbeatable bad guy" and "Row Row, fight the powah!" I can take. The second half of TTGL was almost a textbook classic copy pasta of Infinite Ryvius (must watch). There was almost no storyline to speak of either. It was just the "go get the unbeatable enemy and kick him to the next dimension" story line and shallow characters that ruined the anime.

Gundam 00 didn't grind my gears that much. I enjoyed it because it was silly/fun to watch. I gave it a 7/10 on MAL. 08th MS Team definitely was too short but it was a great watch overall. It had a great story (very important to me) and was also unique in the military/sci-fi/romance genre of anime.

I don't mind watching teenagers do amazing things (Eureka Seven). I just don't like it at all when the show seems to turn into some shoujo, emotional garbage. There is only so much metrosexuality I can take. :p What happened to guys acting like real guys rather that emotional, oversensitive crybabies while creating the most devious plans or destroy the toughest of all enemies?

Well, that's what you get for only watching a few episodes :p Kira grows more mature with each episode, though he's still unsure about things in the first half of the 1st season. I agree that Gundam SEED had more emphasis on the emotional side then Eureka Seven and NGE, I wasn't bothered by it though.

I kinda understand your point of view but you also have to remember that in Gundam SEED they're teenagers who never fought a war. All of the sudden they're thrown into one and they need to fight all these people. Teenagers can't act like real guys in a situation like that me thinks :p

Oh well, you either like it or don't like it.

I kinda understand your point of view but you also have to remember that in Gundam SEED they're teenagers who never fought a war. All of the sudden they're thrown into one and they need to fight all these people. Teenagers can't act like real guys in a situation like that me thinks :p

Oh well, you either like it or don't like it.

I can say the same thing about many anime series about teenagers who have no experience in the dark part of reality but manage to be resilient and become a fantastic anime series such as RahXephon, Eureka Seven, Zegapain, Gunparade March and Heroic Age. I guess seeing personalities like Kira (SEED), the main guy from Fate Stay Night and others really make me dislike the anime.

All in all, it's not my cup of tea.

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