Anime that isn't asinine - please

[I Broke The Sun]

Black Lagoon, Bakemonogatari(really fucking awesome one that's almost entirely dialogue), and Hellsing.

Bakemonogatari has some of the best animation and story I've ever seen in anime, it's amazing.

[Froztshock]

Ghost in the shell is good. Like most anime, it has some moments which you consider asinine. There's some moe crap relating to the robots, and some relatively rare mild fanservice, but other than that it's pretty good.

[QUOTE=DTkach;28547536]Ghost in the Shell is impossible to understand, and I find that asinine in itself.

The only one I'd recommend would be NGE, with the exception of the last few episodes, which are simply ridiculous. And stupid.[/QUOTE]

I don't get what's so hard to understand about it.

[thrawn2787]

[QUOTE=Cruma;28545670]- Hellsing - barely any asinine moments
- Bleach, save the filler arcs - some asinine moments
- Trigun - barely/none any asinine moments
- Cowboy Bebop - barely/none any asinine moments
- Claymore - barely/none any asinine moments
- The Tower of Druaga - few any asinine moments
- FLCL - few any asinine moments
- High School of the Dead - few any asinine moments[/QUOTE]

Bleach is complete and total shit after Soul Society. And FLCL is all asinine / weirdness. And from what I can gather High School of the Dead is ALL like the video gmodpanda posted.

[Swamphunter]

[QUOTE=booster;28545694]Black Lagoon.[/QUOTE]
This so hard.
If you want a John Woo-style series, this is it.

[Chex]

Gantz is pretty good. It's pretty fucked up though :geno:

Lots of pointless perversion too. But if you think about it, that's hard to not find in any kind of anime :v:

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[QUOTE=Gmodpanda;28547953]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM5G1veXFv0[/media][/QUOTE]

What the fucking fuck :v:

[Raiskauskone V2]

[QUOTE=booster;28545694]Black Lagoon.[/QUOTE]
Speaking of which, any info about season 3's release date?

[DainBramageStud]

git sack

[Lazyboy0337]

[QUOTE=Drasnus;28544027]Gurren Lagann is a hilarious parody of the kind of anime you hate. Might be worth checking out if you look at it from that perspective.[/QUOTE]

So true. Watch it. Now.

[FredFuckstone]

Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are definitely not bad. Also their English dubs are fantastic and not at all "awkward" like the average anime's.

[chunkymonkey]

[QUOTE=Monty Pie-thon;28545857][img_thumb]http://www.ani.me/site_media/media/articles/2010/07/22/_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion__title_logo_jpg_650x10000_q85.jpg[/img_thumb]
This is obligatory.[/QUOTE]

Maybe if you're hoping he'll commit suicide because of how bad it is.

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[QUOTE=halflambada;28547586]Neon Genesis Evangelion

It's a midfuck but it's awesome.[/QUOTE]

Awesomely bad.

[Monty Pie-thon]

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;28550944]Maybe if you're hoping he'll commit suicide because of how bad it is.

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Awesomely bad.[/QUOTE]

:frogsiren:

Opinions, opinions everywhere.

[Taggart]

[QUOTE=Monty Pie-thon;28551016]:frogsiren:

Opinions, opinions everywhere.[/QUOTE]

chunkymonkey and opinions do not roll in the same vehicle, my friend

[Itszutak]

I can't believe it took half a page for someone to mention Evangelion. Fantastic series, although it is fairly slow-paced (until the last 8(?) or so episodes).

[OctopusGuy]

Hellsing Ultimate, Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.

The latter starts off very silly and light-hearted in the first couple of episodes, but it all turns into an awesome sci-fi western with a pretty great storyline, and some touching moments.

[chunkymonkey]

[QUOTE=Itszutak;28551091]I can't believe it took half a page for someone to mention Evangelion. Fantastic series, although it is fairly slow-paced (until the last 8(?) or so episodes).[/QUOTE]

It took that long because everyone else has realized how not very good it is.

-Poor art
-Shit characters
-Terrible story

The list goes on.

[atvaark]

Gankutsuou, Planetes and Flag are rather short and nice series.

Gankutsuou is the anime version of The Count of Monte Cristo, however I believe even someone that didn't read the original can enjoy this one, mainly because the characters and the plot weren't copied one-to-one.

Planetes is a mixture of comedy and later on romance about space refuse removers, but focuses more on the character's personalities and their dreams and motives.

Flag is a realistic approach to the mecha genre.
The main character, a cameraman, is sent into a a small Asian country where a civil war broke out in order to record the activities of a UN strike force, created to retrieve a flag(hence the title), a powerful symbol for the cooperation between parties involved in peace talks.

Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes on the other hand are quite lengthy 30 hours / 50 hours respectively and therefore focus more on storytelling rather than high quality animation.
I've started to watch them after seeing pretty much everything that was mentioned in this thread and wouldn't recommend them to someone who just wants to see some quick action.

[Gmodpanda]

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;28551184]It took that long because everyone else has realized how not very good it is.

-Poor art
-Shit characters
-Terrible story

The list goes on.[/QUOTE]

I never watched it but I just can't trust someone with a Manfred von Karma avatar. I know you shouldn't judge people by their avatars, and this is a forum on the internet and that's not really your face, but, damn, I just can't.

[QUOTE=--;28551344]Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes on the other hand are quite lengthy 30 hours / 50 hours respectively and therefore focus more on storytelling rather than high quality animation.
I've started to watch them after seeing pretty much everything that was mentioned in this thread and wouldn't recommend them to someone who just wants to see some quick action.[/QUOTE]

Wanted to watch Monster, but I never found anywhere that had it with good quality.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;28549544]You should definitely check out Baccano!, It's one of my most recent favorite Animes.[/QUOTE]

If you check Baccano! you must definitely check also Durarara!!!, made by the same guy.

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Also, check the movie Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

You might like them depending on how you define "asinine".

[Spiderface]

Cowboy bebop, evangelion, gurren lagann up to nia, big O
all I can think off the top of my head

[Photo Shop]

Well I've been watching Trigun as of late and have been enjoying it. There's humor in it but I don't think it really goes overboard.

[willothewisp]

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;28551184]It took that long because everyone else has realized how not very good it is.

-Poor art
[/QUOTE]

Were you STONED when you watched Nge or something, the art is one of the strongest reasons why you /should/ watch it

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsjRA0QKko&feature=related[/media]

If you can watch the entire video and still say it has shitty art, there's something wrong with you

[Mr. Scorpio]

[QUOTE=DTkach;28547536]Ghost in the Shell is impossible to understand, and I find that asinine in itself.

The only one I'd recommend would be NGE, with the exception of the last few episodes, which are simply ridiculous. And stupid.[/QUOTE]

Ghost in the Shell ain't that confusing bro.

Mind Game, that's fucking confusing.

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[QUOTE=froztshock;28549743]Ghost in the shell is good. Like most anime, it has some moments which you consider asinine. There's some moe crap relating to the robots, and some relatively rare mild fanservice, but other than that it's pretty good.

I don't get what's so hard to understand about it.[/QUOTE]

I don't particularly remember Ghost in the Shell having a lot of fan service.

Unless you're referring to the major in which I agree I have no clue what the hell that's about.

[JaegerMonster]

[QUOTE=OctopusGuy;28551109]Hellsing Ultimate, Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.

The latter starts off very silly and light-hearted in the first couple of episodes, but it all turns into an awesome sci-fi western with a pretty great storyline, and some touching moments.[/QUOTE]

Ughh noo, I've seen Hellsing and Trigun, they are both the definition of what I'm talking about. Hellsing only slightly less so merely by merit of it's darker tone.

[Froztshock]

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;28551930]Ghost in the Shell ain't that confusing bro.

Mind Game, that's fucking confusing.

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I don't particularly remember Ghost in the Shell having a lot of fan service.

Unless you're referring to the major in which I agree I have no clue what the hell that's about.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I am refering to the major, but besides that you're right there isn't much.

[Kaz]

I'm seconding Baccano! and Gurren Lagann. These two are pretty excellent anime, especially Baccano!.

[I Broke The Sun]

the best in my opinion. It's more like an art project than an anime, very surreal

[img]http://www.animeshinobi.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bakemonogatari.jpg[/img]

[PulpedFiction]

Cromartie High School is pretty awesome, it's a self aware parody that takes every anime cliche and turns it on it's head.

Oh, and it's got Freddy Mercury in it, too.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgMr1vss1M[/media]

All of the episodes are on YouTube, the last time I checked.

[Mr. Scorpio]

[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;28554133]Cromartie High School is pretty awesome, it's a self aware parody that takes every anime cliche and turns it on it's head.

Oh, and it's got Freddy Mercury in it, too.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgMr1vss1M[/media]

All of the episodes are on YouTube, the last time I checked.[/QUOTE]

cromartie high is the greatest thing ever created

[Tobylol]

I tried to get into "Highschool of the dead". But the endless boob close-ups and panty-shots completely ruins it for me and honestly it's a bit patronizing.

One Anime which I find very entertaining is "Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei".

[chunkymonkey]

[QUOTE=Gmodpanda;28551549]I never watched it but I just can't trust someone with a Manfred von Karma avatar. I know you shouldn't judge people by their avatars, and this is a forum on the internet and that's not really your face, but, damn, I just can't.[/QUOTE]

I hope you feel ashamed for how dumb that is. If I was to judge you based on your avatar I'd say that you were simple and dumb.

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[QUOTE=WilloTheWisp;28551856]Were you STONED when you watched Nge or something, the art is one of the strongest reasons why you /should/ watch it

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsjRA0QKko&feature=related[/media]

If you can watch the entire video and still say it has shitty art, there's something wrong with you[/QUOTE]

IMO you'd have to be stoned to like it.

Looks bad to me. Everything is unappealing to look at. You know art doesn't just apply to the way things are drawn but the way they are coloured right?

[Dronaroid]

[QUOTE=I Broke The Sun!;28553977]the best in my opinion. It's more like an art project than an anime, very surreal

[img_thumb]http://www.animeshinobi.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bakemonogatari.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Bakemonogatari was pretty sweet, I agree with its recommendation.

Also Paranoia Agent and The Tatami Galaxy, for fuck's sake. Watch The Tatami Galaxy.