I was lured into Japanese media by anime first, so I must warn you - never, EVER watch Prince of Tennis XD I love tennis, which I thought would help at first, but really the tennis they play is anti-gravity, anti-physics and basically magical, so it's not really anything like real tennis at all. But that's over 170 episodes to get through. All I can say is the characters were so much fun :x
It's kind of fun to watch you wade through dramas, then manga and then anime though! ;)
Yeah, I prefer the manga. The anime is pretty, but the manga owns my *heart.*
I don't think the Skip Beat! anime was distributed as neatly as things are on jdramas. The uploads were a bit scattershot. There are a bunch of alternate download links over here.
and im not sure if it's the fact it's an ANIME or just the fact that it's this anime that's causing me to fast forward..you know, the fact that i know what's coming.
Knowing what's coming doesn't necessarily bother me. I've reread SB! a half dozen times by now. It's. . . hmm. I have echoes of the manga when I watch the anime, and they don't *quite* match. It's jarring.
If the dl links don't work (I didn't check any of them), give me a shout. I'll upload the remaining eps myself.
I...i dont know? um, see, honestly, this is the VERY FIRST ANIME IM WATCHING. i mean, like, watching the whole thing, and not getting bored and turning it off in the first five minutes.
i need some romance, but it doesnt have to be a ton, and im not particular as to het or slash..i like strong female characters, and im shallow enough to admit the guys should be hot. i like the funny, rather then soul crushing angst, but ill take dashes of soul crushing, so long as it isnt the main thing.
i like crack in dramas, but i think sticking with more realistic type things to start with might be of the good...that said...i love fantasy/sci fi everywhere else, so...
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One of my favourite manga series ever is Ouran High School Host Club and I found the anime adaptation quite good (TAMAKIIIIIII~). It's not realistic AT ALL but it has some great funny moments and the story is just adorable.
Another one you might like is the 10-episode (really short!) series Hatenkyou Yugi, which is published as the manga Dazzle. It's about a girl who goes off adventuring with a hot guy, and then they meet another hot guy, and there's hotness and hilarity and then random bits of plot and nothing is ever really explained but I liked it.
Hmmm. I love a series called Ghost Hunt, about a normal girl who joins a team of ghost hunters. It's very case-orientated and the first case (first three episodes) is easily the slowest, but the characters are excellent and the steady drip-feeding of plot that we get is just amazing. It's based on a series of novels and has an AUSTRALIAN CHARACTER and I love it to pieces.
anenko loves a manga series called The Wallflower (I like it a lot too) and it was made into an anime with rather
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I'd suggest the Wallflower manga over the anime. Neither of them is really *good,* I suppose, but the story is pure id. Sunako/Kyohei are the MOST FRUSTRATING OTP EVER. They have great sexual tension when they aren't trying to kill each other, though.
Fruits Basket: a must read/watch. THE shoujo series. I second Ouran, as well.
I loved Witch Hunter Robin (secret organization that fights witches. . . but are they the good guys, or the bad guys? Male/female team that the fandom ships). GetBackers is another favourite (male/male team who "get back what shouldn't be gone." Ensemble series, with some great female side characters).
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It's kind of fun to watch you wade through dramas, then manga and then anime though! ;)
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It's kind of fun to watch you wade through dramas, then manga and then anime though!
YOU ARE MOCKING MY DESCENT INTO JAPANESE HELL.
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...I mock with love!
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I don't think the Skip Beat! anime was distributed as neatly as things are on jdramas. The uploads were a bit scattershot. There are a bunch of alternate download links over here.
ETA: here, too.
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and im not sure if it's the fact it's an ANIME or just the fact that it's this anime that's causing me to fast forward..you know, the fact that i know what's coming.
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If the dl links don't work (I didn't check any of them), give me a shout. I'll upload the remaining eps myself.
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Tell me what you'd like and I shall endeavour to hook you up!
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i need some romance, but it doesnt have to be a ton, and im not particular as to het or slash..i like strong female characters, and im shallow enough to admit the guys should be hot. i like the funny, rather then soul crushing angst, but ill take dashes of soul crushing, so long as it isnt the main thing.
i like crack in dramas, but i think sticking with more realistic type things to start with might be of the good...that said...i love fantasy/sci fi everywhere else, so...
...this comment basically answers no questions at all. sorry.
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Another one you might like is the 10-episode (really short!) series Hatenkyou Yugi, which is published as the manga Dazzle. It's about a girl who goes off adventuring with a hot guy, and then they meet another hot guy, and there's hotness and hilarity and then random bits of plot and nothing is ever really explained but I liked it.
Hmmm. I love a series called Ghost Hunt, about a normal girl who joins a team of ghost hunters. It's very case-orientated and the first case (first three episodes) is easily the slowest, but the characters are excellent and the steady drip-feeding of plot that we get is just amazing. It's based on a series of novels and has an AUSTRALIAN CHARACTER and I love it to pieces.
anenko loves a manga series called The Wallflower (I like it a lot too) and it was made into an anime with rather ( ... )
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Fruits Basket: a must read/watch. THE shoujo series. I second Ouran, as well.
I loved Witch Hunter Robin (secret organization that fights witches. . . but are they the good guys, or the bad guys? Male/female team that the fandom ships). GetBackers is another favourite (male/male team who "get back what shouldn't be gone." Ensemble series, with some great female side characters).
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