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Jakob.	Jul 18 2009, 03:17 PM
Monsterland Associate Posts: 64 Group: Members Member #164 Joined: June 4, 2008	As a long-time anime fan, I think I've been watching it for the past 5-6 years now, maybe more, I think I can contribute a lot to this topic. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com ^A site that lists a lot of animes and a lot of information, plus news regarding old and new animes. http://www.anidb.net ^A site which contains a lot of information about subtitles anime, specifically regarding fansubs. Broadcasts that have been ripped off a TV signal in Japan and distributed through the internet, and then subtitles by people around the world. These files are then called fansubs. Now regarding recommending some good anime. Popular anime: Fullmetal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic!, Naruto, Bleach, Hajime No Ippo, Slam Dunk and Soul Eater. Use the titles to look for descriptions at anidb (the link I provided) For a new anime fan I would recommend Hajime No Ippo (it's a boxing anime, but you don't need to do boxing in order to like it, it's got comedy, action, martial arts and drama) I could also recommend Soul Eater, Full Metal Alchemist and Slam Dunk, though you would need to continue to read the mangas (the source of material) to continue SOME of the stories. You see, some of the mangas have been totally animated while others were stalled because they weren't making enough money animating it. Some animes have caught up to the source of material, the mangas, and the studio behind the anime are then filling the anime with non-source material, also called fillers which is commonly known in the Naruto and Bleach world, those I mentioned before. So I would, well, warn you that's they're both long series and have fillers, but there's no need to watch them as they're like commercials but do contain stories about the characters in the show. Naruto, Bleach are still airing. Hajime No Ippo have just finished its second season. But will return soon. There's many shows that can be watched and it's just as good as watching a movie, better in most cases, imho. Though as you can see it takes some time to become familiar with all the sites, expressions and ways to download. There's XDCC bots that can be accessed by using a program called mIRC, there's regular downloading, also called DDL (Direct Download) and then there's torrents. It's also possible to stream anime, but even though it's easier, don't. It'll ruin the entire enjoyment if you stream instead of downloading a >350MB episode. I can do that in 5 minutes or so. Watch the show how it's supposed to be seen, Japanese Audio and Original Quality. Animes are sometimes licensed by an American company, mostly Viz Media, Funimation or other companies who then have permission to distribute a certain show in their name through DVDs or TV broadcasts, and in most cases they also contain a dubbed version of the show. I'm talking about an English audio track by American Voice Actors. Myself I'm totally for subbed versions, meaning subtitled anime which has original audio track, japanese, and english subtitles. Because I feel the spark about animes goes away, the thing I love about it, it becomes every other american cartoon which kills the show. Also, it's pretty funny to hear japanese voices, and it'll grow on you so you eventually start to say: "Baka" - "Idiot" ^Japanese^English" Also, most people, like myself, feel that the English Voice Actors don't even like voice acting, I mean, there's so much feeling in Japanese voice actors, while English ones just seem to monotone, so dead, stupid and out of place. So I hope I've kept you going until this point. I can add some more anime sites where it's possible to download some animes. Good luck and you won't regret it if you watch a couple of episodes of Soul Eater or Hajime No Ippo. There's also anime movies which are just as long as regular movies. Try "Grave of the Fireflies", "Akira" or "Ghost in The Shell" if you're interested. They're only movies and won't take forever to finish if you don't like what you see. P.S. When an anime gets licensed it's common that the anime gets taken down from various sites by their admins in order to respect the company who licensed the anime, but also to prevent the companies to send "Cease and Desist" letters to websites and fansubbers who offer fansubs of the specific anime. @Lone Wolf and Cub: Macross is a fine anime, though it might be too big for a new beginner. Both Macross and Gundam are mecha anime, which means robot animes, but there are many titles to watch if you're planning to begin with that series, that's why I stay away from them at the moment. They're just too damn big. P.S.S. Don't believe those people who just say "Oh, that **ing cartoon porn? Oh, you're just so **ing disgusting... Ew, are you really watching that shit?" I've heard more than enough people who say that, and I'm still watching anime. It's true that there's something called hentai which is animated porn. One would think it's more disgusting watch real people do it than cartoon characters. Guess not. But anime and hentai are like heaven and earth. They're totally different from each other. Only ignorant pricks who haven't even seen anime before, and feel like bullying someone would say that.


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