Post what the most recent series you have seen that you have never seen before. I have seen ALOT of different anime and cartoons before as well, but sometimes I get to see something new.

My latest was 3 episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

I was impressed with the research they did on the backstory. The fact that it's based (loosley) on 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea is weird. The characters were fairly cool and the animation wasn't too goofy. Not a real fan of the style but it wasn't too bad.

My latest would be Keroro Gunsou

My latest would be Wings of Rean, and Super Robot War - both of which are pretty damn good!!

As of late Genshiken! Ever since I read the 5 volumes of manga, 6 coming soon, I got hooked 

sh15uya i had never heard of it till i seen the 1st episode and i was quite impressed

I watched 2x2 Shinobuden in its entirety based on some mentionings in teh INH. Perverted ninja fun for the whole family...wait, no thats bad.

Its rofflehouse and its got shoujo ai, so I'm happy and stuff.

Yeah and I've watched ten episodes of Kashimashi GARU MEETSU GARU (Girl meets girl). You'll realize that the title is misleading if you know anything about the plot. A more correct name would be Kashimashi Guy meets girl, but guy gets turned into a girl by aliens who come to earth to learn about love or something like that and all of his friends suddenly fall in love with him now that he's he's a girl and stuff.

Its shoujo-ai of course. And its got a wacky love-triangle that you just keep expecting to turn into an episode of Jerry Springer. "She's mah man. Keep you dirty hands off!"

Wooh cat-fight! Wait no that didn't really happen.

I've actually been watching Kashimashi, too...haven't yet finished it. (The subitler I'm following has been working Keroro Gunso...and I'm too...loyal or something to jump ship to the group that finished it, even though I really want to see how it ends.)

It's pretty funny at points, and while I hated the reason for Yasuna rejecting Hazuma and thought it was stupid, I feel kinda bad; The Today Show did a story on an actual condition really similar to Yasuna's. 

The most 'new to me' series that I've watched would either be Karin (only seen one episode, though.), Jigoku Shoujo(5 or 6 episodes of it), Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wings or an episode of...well..I forgot the name of the last series.

How new is new, though? I've been watching/seen a couple of these series for a month or so now.

Aoi

Sounds like Ranma 1/2 .... Plus Aliens.

Really? I thought her condition was one of the more illogical parts of the series.

firefly and serenity.

Yeah, I did too...but it looks like Prosopagnosia, doesn't stop people from seeing faces like Yasuna, it just doesn't allow them to reconize them. (here's a site I found after running a quick search.) http://www.prosopagnosia.com/main/pa/

So I suppose Yasuna's condition is still pretty illogical. ^_^;

and another reason to dislike Yasuna...she's starting to make my head hurt trying to get this all sorted out. 


Aoi

finaly got round to watching that densha otoko. its sorta scared me that i knew people like him

I love Densha! I'm eagerly looking forward to the manga releases based off of it, and the Mina anime.
Although..since you've watched the TV series, I assume...avoid the movie. ^_^; I watched it a month or so back..and it's alot of the same..but not. (Instead of the legion Yamada ends up with in the TV series, Densha as he's called in the movie only has about seven supporters, total...and the movie seems more of a run-of-a-mill romantic chickflick than how the TV series turned out. )

Anyways, I actually got one of my College teachers interested in it. She had us do a report on our favorite TV show, and Densha was the only thing that came to mind. She had written a note on my paper about how it sounded interesting and was wondering if it was live action or animated. Asked if she wanted to see it, burned it to disc and passed it along. ( Only thing is..by the time I actually got the discs to her; it was on the day of finals..so I haven't a clue if she got to see it, since I haven't had any more classes with her teaching. ^_^;; )


Aoi

"Where my Dogs at" and "Celebrity Death Match". I had no Idea they were making new episodes to CDM. I loved that show. I use to watch it faithfully years back. Where my Dogs at? was funny as hell. I celeb spoof show where the characters look and sound like the real people is cool as hell. Some times you're like "who the hell is that sposed to be?"

just about finished Gun Grave...GREAT series, kind of a combinaiton of Good Fellas, Scarface and well...wierd anime science fiction....but all the good stuff.

Aww man, you have to see King Gainer. Its all of the mecha and none of the angst of Gundam. Since its done by the same artist, the people are the same art style (if not updated to modern techniques) but mecha is more "organic" with "muscle engines" and whatnot. Revoltech is doing King Gainer and I am soo going to pick him up.

Just saw Ultimate Avengers, and I'm thinking about picking up GunGrave

Oran High School Host Club. I LIKE TEH SHOJOS KTHX

hmmmm, the latest anime movie i saw was wicked city, and oldie, i know, but until recently i'd been very hard pressed to find anime at all.  newest series i'd been into (other than amg2) was yakitate!! japan, unfortunatly it's over.  latest series i watched was Dual Parallel Trouble Adventure.  next i'll prolly watch Furi Kuri

Volume 7 of Robotech = first 6 (butchered) episodes of Super Dimensional Fortress Southern Cross. Its kind of annoying... I never seen any Robotech episodes like this on TV back in the 80s. Its funny how they are tying in Southern Cross characters with the Macross ones during the flashbacks or dialogues.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

This show is awesome.  Watch it.  Now.

The Masters/Southern Cross sucks.  Yeah, they were trying to mix oil & water together with the dialogue, which was awkward & funny.  Making references to Rick
Hunter knowing during the Masters/Southern Cross portion was confusing to me
until I did some research and found out 3 different anime shows were fused
together to form Robotech.  If it were up to me, I'd rip out the middle episodes
and just fuse Macross & Genesis Climber Mospeada together, which are my
favorite parts of the series.

I am watching Machine Robo, and I love it.  It sucks that it wasn't dubbed in
English because I think it would have done very well with English speaking
audiences.

I got a new series to work on! Coyote Ragtime Show.

I can't really tell much of a story so far, but the artwork is nice, the animation is great(ooh! some of the facial expressions near the end of the first episode was so cool to see.)...and there's plenty of action to be seen. So fun!

The only problem I had with it, was the subtitling. There was a few points where the secondary dialoge would be hidden behind the primary dialoge, making both really hard to read. I kinda dislike MKV files for this reason.

but still, I'm downloading the second episode now. I hope it'll be as fun as the first.


Aoi

Yesterday I watched the 1st two episodes of Brave Express Might Gaine,
and I love it.  I have a vcd box set of the series so I can watch it on my
tv.

New stuff I watched:

Mazinkaizer
Voltron Blue Lion
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Dual!

I just recently purchased the new 2005/2006 Guyver dvd's (Vol.1 and Vol. 2) and The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar. Guyver doesn't seem very different but I do like GaoGaiGar. The goofy weapons/tools crack me up; DIVIDING DRIVER!!!!!!

I can tell you one thing. I caught the tail end of Bleach 7 and it was the most bizzare thing I ever saw in my life.

Have seen 5 episodes of Soukou no strain.
I think it´s a good show combining mecha, romance and rivalry.
The battle scenes are good too.

G.I.Joe Sigma Six: First Strike

There was something I didn't like... perhaps the recreation of the Duke character. It seemed like it was a continuation of the old show, but as if the writers never even watched it before. I mean even Bob Skir did a better job... Well Cobra Commander sucked, and it reminded me of Gonzo/GF animation. The voice acting for most characters sucked, especially Scarlett and Tunnel Rat.

Well, in the other thread here, I was introduced to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I got my hands on all 14 episodes, and I'm seriously loving it. She's a smart, mean, manipulative, no-nonsense do-what-she-wants, don;t-care-about-anyone-else kind of girl. In short, I'm falling in love with her.

I'm kinda getting into Code Geass, from the same animation studio (I think) as Eureka Seven. Am about 5 or so episodes in, so I kinda understand what's supposed to be happening.

Am also getting back into Giant Robo, since I used to watch it when it was on Sci-Fi Channel many, many years ago - Might have to try and get hold of it on DVD, if possible..

Watching Zero No Tsukaima now. It;s cute, with Harry Potter-esque magical qualities. Story about a Noble, Louise, who studies magic in a Hogwarts-like castle, but who is a bit of a buble. Basically, everythig she performs magic on, explodes. She has to summon a familiar, an eternal servant. Turns out the familiar she summons is a boy from Earth. Funny thing is, everything from Earth, especally technology and the such, is considered magical in this realm.

...OK, I know it;s sad, but I'll just go ahead and post after my own post.

Fruits Basket. It's a story about a girl who ends up with a family, of which the members are cursed by the animals of the Zodiac. This means, whenever they are in great distress, or hugged by someone from the opposite sex, they turn into the animal they represent.

To show you the kind of humor involved: One of the guys has the Aspect of the Ox, and has white and black hair. He gets in an argument with the student president about a couple of things, one of them being his hair, which the president believes to have been dyed that way. He (the president) asks for proof that the hair-color is natural. The Ox-guy drags him to the bathroom, and gives him said proof...

Robot Chicken season 2. I caught up on a few episodes on youtube. Man, they are getting better. Their writers are totally knowledgable about the source characters. It amazes me.

Does Turn A Gundam count? I quite like the mix of technology and the semi-Victorian era; not entirely sure about the Gundam with a moustache though..

Turn-A's one of my favorite Gundam series. I liked the mix as well.

Anyhow, I got quite a hand-ful of new series.
Re:Cutie Honey, Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge, Venus Versus Virus,

The last two series I haven't finished yet.


Aoi

Downloading Ouran High School Host Club, after watching the first episode on Youtube. It's silly, but just perfect in its lightheartedness for me at the moment. Oh, and Ranma 1/2. It's old, even older than DBZ, I think, but damn, it's great to watch!

I'm watching:
Dancougar Nova - So far not that great. No twists, same sad typical characters, I thought this was a Masami Ohbari project but it has yet to show his signature anywhere in the show.
Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora - Girl on girl action with a nice twist to the mecha. A bit overly dramatic and predictable, its still good fun!
Busou Renkin - I don't know, I love this show, we've seen this story a hundred times, but I'm still loving it! Go Papillion! Man of the year!
Death Note - Need I say more. A series like this doesn't come around often, catch it!
Reideen - The NEW series. First episode just setting everything up, I hope the CGI Mecha improves. Its nice, but I like my robots to move with some speed and not just lumber around in slow motion. Time will tell.
New Giant Robo - First episode was fun, can't wait for more!
Gekiranger - Come on, you all want to watch it! Sure its silly , but its still fun and thats what we're here for!
Kamen Rider Den-O - Boy I just can't watch this incarnation. They are seriously pushing this series to a much younger demographic than previous times. Side note: It must be the year of the bumbling idiot in Japan as both Geki and Den-O's main characters are, I'm sure, legally retarded. (sorry retards, don't mean to offend!)
Thats it, thats all I'm watching now. I'll let you know how some of the newer ones progress.

well i watched all of neon genisis evangellion including the movie end of evangellion

I cant seem to find a torrent for that and I really wanna watch it

I just saw Great Dangaio, it was alright. I've been trying to find a torrent for the original OVA, but cant find one and the Manga dub hurt my ears.

First I finally watched the first 5 episodes of Headmasters on DVD. The disc had 6 episodes, but after playing 5 it wouldn't play anymore. It was the PAL Headmasters DVD with Star Saber on the cover. It was really bad, to start the opening credits were the Victory opening and the end credits were a translation of some Japanese credits but in English. And it played the Season 1 End Theme. There is no credits for the English voice acting. This is the BAD Headmasters dub starring characters such as Sparkle (Spike Witwicky), Billy (Blaster and Metroplex), Wally (Blurr) among others. The most ridiculous part was when the narrator recaps that "Soundwave" was destroyed, but recently been remade into "NEW SOUNDWAVE". And yes, they referred to him by that name, an example of Galvatron saying "How are you doing NEW Soundwave? Oh and Billy got renamed into Blaster. And Rodimus Prime (pronounced ROAD-I-MUS) was the name for Hot Rod, and they make sure to tell you later that (paraphrased) "When Roadimus Prime was given the Matrix by Optimus Prime, he was reformed into Roadimus Prime." It was the worst dub in the world, but funny once I stopped being offended by it.

Now I am working on the Chinese Victory Boxset. It is also in English, and the only big issue right now is that they call Super God Ginrai as Optimus Prime. And some of the lines do not match up with what is happening. An example would be when Dinoforce gets briefed to NOT destroy anything on the power station, and they get there and destroy it. Then Star Saber or Road Caesar at the end say "well at least there wasn't much damage" but you can tell by the scenes that the whole place was destroyed. This place wasn't even repairable ala after the Ultimate Doom. The menus for this one are in Chinese and have Japanese subtitles. Like the Headmasters DVD above, the Japanese subtitles (character names, planets, locations) aren't translated by the Narrator. The end credits may have been the same credits (and definately the same song) as the Headmasters DVD, but with a black background. I must also note that this was the first time I opened the box. I couldn't get it open for about 10 minutes when I almost broke it. The box had gotten moldy on the inside and the paper stuck together. So far the DVDs are playing fine, but the audio mastering is lower than the Headmasters DVD.

I'm following Romeo X Juliet right now.

Oh. My. God.

It's so good. Really. It's not very often I have a "This is so awesome, I have to scream!" feeling when watching or reading something, but, this does exactly that. The story is similar, but different from the classic Shakespearian tale: All the Capulet, save Juliet, are dead. Murdered by the Montague, who thus took over as the ruling family of the nation. Juliet, tomboyish girl with a fierce sense of justice, dresses up as a Robin Hood/Zorro like character, in order to protect the common people from harm. Oh, the nation apparently has flying horses, too.
I will be the first to admit, this sounds rediculous. However, the story itself, despite its premises, is excellent, and the characters are great. Best of all, WIlliam Shakespeare also appears in it. And to my overwhelming excitement, he has the part of the wise fool, a character type he himself practically invented! I am absolutely lyrical about this, and I have only seen but two episodes (all that has been subbed so far, with the series being barely a month old)

SHIN-CHAN!

OMFG ROTFLAMO!!! that sums it up.

also:

"ACTIO~N BASTA~RD!!" "we got the kid in trouble now! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

...You...like Shin-Chan?



You are dead to me now.

Sorry Klarion. but it just feeds that brand of humor to me. but hey its funny some times.

Just finished watching a bunch of stuff over the last few weeks. Man, it feels good not to have a story spoiled once in a while .

First up was Serial Experiments Lain. New to me in that I'd not heard anything about it beyond the introductory blurb about how Lain gets an e-mail from a classmate who died a few days earlier, and the apparent barriers between the real and the Wired world start to break down. Far from new in terms of release, though, it's almost 10 years old now (heck, it got a release on VHS). I can say, if you're at home with the existentialist musings of the last few episodes of Evangelion, then you'll love this sucker to bits. It's a serious mind-trip. Slow, methodical, and downright creepy, it sets itself up in a totally surreal way and never really stops. I really enjoyed it as a psychological thriller, but it's certainly not for everybody.


I followed that up with X, which I was rather disappointed in. It's one of those anime that constantly get good reviews (4.5-5 out of 5 scores and the like), but it totally failed to live up to the "hype" for me. I mean, it's got strong characters, a good story, and some serious hummers of plot twists, but the pre-destiny angle that's so heavily enforced in it sucks some serious fun out of some of the character developments, and as such, the show failed to grab me on an emotional level. Lots of characters get killed off in this, but very few of said deaths managed to provoke me in any way, despite how deeply tragic a lot of them are. Part of that feeling might also be because too many of the characters are of the "cold badass" mold. The main character, Kamui, eventually comes around and opens up quite a bit, but it's too little, too late.


The standout series of this session for me was Kannazuki no Miko. After the more angsty and brain-melting escapades of Lain and X, I pretty much downloaded this one on a whim, looking for something lighter and fanservice-y to break up the pace. Mystical shrine maidens, doomsday prophecies, giant robots, turbulent high-school love triangles, goofy archetypical villains: sounds like the makings of a silly "turn brain off, insert popcorn" series to me. Maybe it was my low expectations going into it, but I was completely blown away. Despite that bizarre setup, at its core is probably the most beautiful romance story I've ever borne witness to. The doomsday/giant robot angle is essentially a diversionary tactic, employed by the writers, it seems, as a way to sell this as a shonen adventure series (which is how it was marketted), and to that extent, those elements work fairly well. It does provide a suitable threat for the heroes/heroines of the story, but by having those elements play off of stereotypes and cheesy super-robot concepts rather than coming into their own, they make sure that those elements don't ever try to take the spotlight. They're simply there to exacerbate the issues of the main characters, of which there are many. The true focus of this series is the love triangle that's building between a guy and two girls, and even moreso the bond that the two girls share. Romantically. Yup, despite the good showing the guy gives to gain the affections of the girl he cares most about, he plays second fiddle to a budding lesbian romance. That actually came out a lot dirtier than how it actually plays out (although as a series aimed at guys, there's no shortage of fanservice, with plentiful scenes of the girls in their skivvies or less. Although unlike a lot of fanservice-oriented anime, these scenes don't necessarily feel contrived). As I mentioned a bit earlier, what drives this series is one of the most finely crafted romantic stories put to animation. The directors were truly the masters of the melodramatic here. Every sidelong glance, every half-formed gesture is enough to cause a tightness in your chest and a knot in your stomach. In some cases, just a subtle expression from one of the girls was enough to get me all misty-eyed. As a short, 12 episode series, the pacing is immaculate. The complex well of emotions just keeps bubbling up to a crescendo, up until a gut-wrenching twist in episode 8, where the concepts of love and devotion are truly put to the test through until the end of the series.
Really, I've never seen an anime couple more perfect for each other than Himeko and Chikane (Not really a spoiler. Honestly, if for once you think that Soma has a chance of getting with Himeko by the end of the series, despite all his commendable efforts, you're daft). Screw social acceptability. If your personal beliefs would have you stand in the way of a relationship such as theirs, you're a cold, heartless bastard. Your impression might be that the yuri element only exists to add a fetishist appeal to the love story, but that's not really true. It's because of the "wrongfulness" of the relationship that makes it as complicated as it is, creating the real tension of the series, and because it's between two girls rather than two guys, it makes the flow of emotions between them seem more natural (and easier on the eyes ). Forgive the obvious character stereotypes at the beginning (shy, clumsy, innocent girl; aloof, popular, skilled, beautiful girl; handsome, popular, protective guy); it's almost required of shorter series like this, to give the characters an instant appeal, so no time is wasted building an attraction to them. Their backstories (where applicable) and motivations let them come into their own by the end of it, and no heartstrings are spared. If you're a sap like me with a passing taste for the melodramatic, very highly recommended. Make sure to pack the hankies. For you cynics and emotionally devoid out there, steer clear. Personally, once I finished watching it, I rushed out to buy the DVDs as fast as I could. This one's a keeper. I finished watching this last Friday, and I'm still kinda coming down off the emotional high this one left me with.

for some reason, i never had a chance to watch robot chicken... the star wars marathon was enuff to make me a lifelong fan...

and the ep with optimus prime with prostate cancer was pretty funny.

Dancougar Nova (the new one) i noticed thier were a few references to Gravion like sandman being an "investor" is the term genosideren.

Yo, new to the boards. Really the most recent show I've seen was and still am is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Friend I know showed me it and I've been hooked since.