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2. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)
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7. Baka & Test: Summon The Beasts Season 2 (Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
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8. Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts - Season One (DVD/Blu-ray Combo)
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9. GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (English and Japanese Edition)
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16. The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki (Amazon Exclusive) [Blu-ray]
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Why not start with the big ones?
Outlaw Star This is pretty much the anime version of Firefly even has a freezed dried girl like Firefly. While Joss Whedon claims no correlation it has proven the phrase that great minds do in fact think alike
Cowboy Bebop Spike (the main character) is a bounty hunter... in space! I mean come on do I have to explain more? Its awesome... pure awesomeness...
Gundam - I'd post a link but any of the gundam he might like if he's interested in giant robots
Fantasy
Slayers This is just a real fun fantasy adventure. I only recently got into Slayers but I have been absolutely impressed and have fallen in love with the series. Plus with the recent re-release you can get the first 3 seasons dubbed for pretty cheap Amazon Link
Berserk I've gotten people into anime from this great anime classic. He might really like this one.
High School of the Dead Zombies attack a school and 4 students band together to survive. It has an abrupt ending making you yearn for more and it has plenty of funny fan service (search youtube for matrix boobs... lol awesome :P). If he likes Zombies this is the one to watch
Rom-Com:
Amigami SS If he doesn't like the wait or usual romcoms give Amagami a try. It's based of a dating sim game in the anime the guy gets the girl in 3 episodes and then it starts a new story arch from the begining where he gets a different girl. This continues for 6 girls I believe and then theres Amigami SS+ where the re-visit each story arch to see where they are a few months after the initial story. I loved this anime. Not a whole lot of comedy in here... I guess its more of a strait up romance anime but I still very much enjoyed this one.
Love Hina This is one of my personal all time favorite romcoms slap stick and embarrassment comedy at its best :P although you mentioned he disliked the length of time before first kiss... this one might drive him nuts as it takes FOREVER for romance to progress and the anime ends right before the manga's fantastic conclusion. I wished they had just one more 20min episode of the last manga book to kind of bring the entire series to a fantastic close. Either way it's still one of my absolute favorites.
The World God Only Knows aka Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai - Its about a guy who is the all time champion of dating sims. He is employed by a demon who hunts other demons that possess girls, in order to free these women he must seduce them and make them fall for him. However after they are freed they forget all about him. It seems sad but do not fret as he doesn't really care as he is only concerned with his dating sim games.
Pussy footing around sex? Well why not try:
B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time It's about a girl just trying to get laid. Granted there is no sex and it does take like 26 episodes for them to kiss (exaggeration if I remember correctly :P) but its still pretty funny IMHO.
Comedy
Shinchan Had to link to the funimation website for this one as the american dub (which is completely different from the Japanese sub) is absolutely hilarious. If you love South Park, Family Guy, or Simpsons you'll love this one. The direct sub of this anime would need pages to explain jokes as most of the jokes are puns on what Shin-chan says, which is why I love what Funimation did to this one, it's just masterful.
Cromartie High School Oh Cromartie High I love this anime its so weirdly funny. Its one of those anime that does weird things to make you laugh and it always does for me.
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! I recently watched this and was pleasantly surprised by it. It's about a college guy who ends up having to take care of his sisters kids. It's funny and heart warming.
Edit: took out spoiler >.< sorry bout that
Many "cute girls doing cute things" are actually seinen. The aforementioned K-on is one of the earliest and most major in this boom. Many other entries published under Manga Time Kirara also fit your request, so look through its catalog.
Other examples of this phenomenon include, but are not limited to...
Shonen examples:
I didn't post in last weeks, but here's my comment from two weeks ago.
In my last thread, I mentioned starting Psycho-Pass 2. I ended up finishing it, and I liked it. It didn't quite match Season 1, for various spoilery reasons, but for a sequel I wasn't expecting, it was good. [Now, for slight spoilers](/s "I really really liked the beginning of this series. There wasn't much development in the characters, but it was dark, gorey, even brutal at times. At the rate it was going, I was going to like it even more than the first season. Then after about episode 8 it kind of fell apart. I won't get into why, but the whole ending kind of left me feeling meh towards the series. I'm excited for the movie though, hope we can see that sooner rather than later!") 8/10.
Now... Dog Days... This shit is weird. But it's also a lot of fun. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. It's hard to describe why it brings me so much enjoyment. I watched it with a few people on /r/watchinganime with my alternate account, and that made it more fun. I don't know, I gave a brief synopsis of the show on my last comment. I'm going to be putting links in this one. I'm watching season 2 now. 7/10.
I watched Death Billiards in anticipation for Death Parade, and wow was it good. I wasn't expecting to leave this so fulfilled with it. The whole concept is awesome, and I liked the little rivalry between the two main characters. It was probably my favorite short. It seemed to drag on a bit, but for some reason that's a good thing. By that I mean, the episode is about 22 minutes long and for some reason to me it seemed to go on for about half an hour maybe even 40 minutes, but that was good since I liked what I was watching. It's only 22 minutes, do yourself a favor and check it out :) 9/10.
I started Clannad: After Story this week (/u/drjamesfox right now) and it's off to a great start. I was really expecting a time jump, but it's actually probably better that it didn't do that. Either way, I'm definitely watching more of this this week. I only watched 4/24 episodes so far.
That's all! Here's links for everything:
Psycho-Pass (Anime) - Funimation | Hulu | Netflix - Okay, so there was a 'remake' of season 1. Season 1 was 22 episodes, and there was a re-airing of season 1, but with 11 50 minute episodes. I've heard some bad things about the re-airing, so try to stick with the original if you can.
>Season 1 - MAL | Hummingbird | Trailer
>or
>Season 1 - Re-start - Hummingbird
>then
>Season 2 - MAL | Hummingbird | Trailer
Dog Days (Anime series) - Crunchyroll | Trailer
>Season 1 - MAL | Anime-Planet | Hummingbird
>Season 2 - MAL | Anime-Planet | Hummingbird
>Upcoming Season 3 - MAL | Anime-Planet | Hummingbird
Death Billiards (Anime short) - MAL | Anime-Planet | Hummingbird - Okay, so this is part of 'Anime Mirai 2012,' or, Anime Future 2012. There were a few other projects that came out of this, like Little Witch Academia, Ryo, and Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi. Death Billiards also spawned it's own series, Death Parade. I didn't include it as a part two because MAL considers it an "alternate version." I have made links for all of these, so please let me know if you're interested.
Clannad (Anime series) - Hulu | Trailer
>Season 1 - MAL | Hummingbird | Prime
>Season 2 - After Story - MAL | Hummingbird | Prime
Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts
It's hilarious. Seriously. If you have a goofy sense of humor and don't mind not taking this show seriously at all, it's freakin' funny. It's very quirky and all over the place. The characters are relatable and have some good backstories to them (Especially in season 2). The English dub is really good, too. FUNimation does an excellent job selecting the right actors with this one, in my opinion. I love the animation and art of it, too. Many different kinds thrown in there and used, mostly, for laughs. It's got a bit of everything in it: action, comedy, romance, fan service (for the lulz), everything.
It's honestly one of my favorite anime of all time. I'm mostly a shounen guy (DBZ, One Piece, Fairy Tail), but this one really gets to me. Truly an awesome show that I recommend to damn near anyone.
Mushishi is wonderful. But it is very episodic. Its best not to binge the show. Once I got half way through the first season (this was before the second season was even a twinkle in the anime studio's eye) I actually saved the rest for "rainy" day type situations. It took me almost 6 months to finish a handful of episodes, but I really enjoyed watching it that way.
Also, how in the heck can you give Lain an 8 when its like 100x slower than Habaine Renmei?! No, but I do partially agree with you. I love HR a lot, but the first half really drags. Also, I would like to mention that it is very loosely based on a book called Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Its a very bizarre but fun read if you are ever looking for a new book to get into.
On the other side of the coin, anime can have its place in language study. So, to answer your question, check out http://kitsunekko.net where you can find Japanese subtitles for many shows. They're of course written in Japanese, so be sure to study your kana and kanji.
But don't expect that to be enough to learn the language. Language learning needs lots of practice interacting with others. It's also more difficult to learn the grammar rules from passive listening.
I'd recommend looking for a place that holds Japanese lessons in your area. One possibility if you have the time are universities or community colleges, where you may be able to sit in on classes for no credit, for a small fee (which is called auditing). My old university charges $50 for non-students, which is pretty cheap for a several month-long language course. Other universities may be cheaper or more expensive. Granted, the class times might be difficult if you're still in K-12 or working.
If you can't find any classes, at least invest in some proper course books. The universities I studied at used either Minna no Nihongo (main book in Japanese only, need the English, or your native language, supplement), Genki (starts out all in English/romaji, and gradually introduces kana and kanji), or one other I don't recall the name of. For supplementals, I had found the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar set useful. A good electronic dictionary is helpful as well, which will give you many example sentences. http://jisho.org is so/so as well, and free.
Good luck!
It should be, but since I'm german... well here you go with links to IMDb,
amazon, and since walmart seems to be a thing on the other side of the pond... hope you can get it, and have fun watching it!
Oh, and Ayakashi on IMDb - and as I'm looking into the similar shows tab, good stuff there. ;)
It's personally my favorite series, but I'm not sure $250-300 is worth it, especially if you don't know if you'd like it. The set also doesn't come with the sides stories Mirai Fukuin and Mirai Fukuin - Extra Chorus.
The side stories are sold separately on RightStuf ($70) and amazon.co.jp ($90). It looks like the amazon version has the OST and another disc, though I'm not sure what it is--google translate says it's a drama CD, I guess?
I still highly recommend the series, but because it's so expensive, I'd recommend trying to watch it first before you decide to buy.
for a 21 year old women, this might be a good idea. the anime is well known and quite well liked. albeit almost there are also a decent amount of people that do not know it
https://www.amazon.com/Puella-Madoka-Magica-Kyubey-Plush/dp/B0054NGO8A
though the plusch might be too evil
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as for sword art online, i would recommend not buying those. the community is split between haters and lovers.
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and yeah totoro is a pretty save bet, albeit maybe usually for younger people (though i guess there are plenty older people that like it too). but i guess a real collecter has to have it in his collection either way. its after all one of the more influential anime
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might be helpful to know what moviegnere she watches, if you dont know her anime habits
This isn't anime, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway since this theme is so specific. If you like the idea of an immortal MC, you should check out the novel "All Men Are Mortal" by Simone De Beauvoir. It's about a man who is cursed to live forever and an actress who becomes obsessed with him for a variety of reasons.
A good deal of the book explains his history (he's been around since the late 13th century), but the first 70 pages or so, where you meet this guy, and you see how he handles eternity and how this actress reacts to him, I can't explain why but there's just something magical about it. I wish I could read it for the first time again.
You can read some snippets of the first part of the book in the link, and if you're interested in reading the whole thing you can pick up a used copy on amazon for dirt cheap. Also your local library will probably have a copy.
Based on the movies inside (and the drawing on the exterior), that seems to be the Hayao Miyazaki Directed Works Collection (or, in Japanese, 宮崎駿監督作品集). You could use google translate on the description in the amazon.jp entry for it or the page for the similar North American release to figure out how to describe it, but it looks like it has a disc for every Miyazaki film from Castle of Cagliostro through to The Wind Arises, with two bonus discs.
I don't know where is best to sell it (I'm not from North America, so I really have no good input here).
Heidi is great.
I also recommend
Panda Go! Panda http://www.amazon.com/Panda-Go-Geneon-Signature-Series/dp/B00012QLUU SO FREAKING CUTE I LOVE IT.
For funny? I recommend Binbougami ga! It references other animes a bit though. But i was dying of laughter watching this. Oh and if dubs are your friends thing, FUNimation is making a dub.Good Luck Girl <- The dub version on sale at amazon.
EDIT : I know it isnt a dark anime, but oh well >.<
Awww... you okay? I could buy you some sweets to cheer you up :)
>just as manga is literally just comic books
The split is growing in Japan, classifying comics different from manga. Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san's (an autobio of working at a Japanese bookstore) episode 2 talks about the differences of comics vs manga, as well as the differences between Japanese comics vs foreign comics. Marvel/DC stuff is called "kaigai comics" which means "overseas comics". There's even a convention dedicated to kaigai comics. Episode 3 they even had the real Frederic Toutlemonde voice himself in the show. He pretty much single handedly created the French comics culture in Japan and facilitates the licensing of French material in Japan. Without him, we'd never have the Radiant anime. Radiant is released under the designation of "Euro manga".
Within Japan, "manga" is losing its catch-all terminology as Japanese manga and Japanese comics are growing in differentiation among Japanese fans. And likewise, Western comics (#bless hollywood superhero films) and Western manga is is cutting out their own names. Language changes with time and with fandoms so Japan will eventually have different names for different things as commonplace as we have in English with anime, manga, cartoons, manhwa, manhua, webtoon, OEL, graphic novels, and comic books in our everyday vernacular.
While anime doesn't have anything like that which is done well, there is a book series called Janissaries which is exactly that. It's about a group of US mercenaries who were cut off and left for dead before being rescued by an alien race and taken to a planet where they would use guns and what he learned in school as far as science(such as introducing black powder and modern tactics) to subjugate the local people and then grow a mysterious crop for the aliens, or that was the plan at least. The books protoganist is a college dropout and leader of the mercs who suffers a mutiny as soon as he gets put on planet. Now he must use his wits and military know-how to lead the local populace and figure out exactly why this planet full of humans exists and what plans the aliens have once they get the desired harvest. The most interesting thing is not only is the author a veteran scifi writer but he also holds a masters degree in psychology from university of Washington and a PhD in political science from the same school. I like it because while it is a scifi novel, none of the actions of the characters or events that play out actually seem illogical.
https://www.amazon.com/Janissaries-Book-1-Jerry-Pournelle-ebook/dp/B00APARD0K
Haibane Renmei is also one of my favorites. In a similar vein I really enjoyed
Also, have you read the novel on which Haibane Renmei is loosely based? It's good.
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