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by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 24, 2008 6:13am PST

And a good morning to each and every one of you. Had a good weekend?

Mine was filled with hours of Fable 2. Unless the storyline goes horrendously bad during the last part, this will be my Game of the Year.By far more fun than anything I've played this year, and I don't look forward to completing it at all. I'm just doing side-quests now to avoid having to advance the main story for the time being. Though a bit buggy (I've played half the game with a furniture upgrade message at the top of my screen), its just so incredibly charming and funny - though I can see it doing nothing for other people because some elements are probably a bit of an acquired taste. Unless its just horse armor, I will buy every bit of DLC they release for this game.

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Anime fans, what is the new or semi-recent hotness?

Watched (and rather liked): Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Nadesico, Macross Frontier, Haruha Suzimiya, Zipang, Bleach, Tenchi, Cowboy Bebopy, Planetes, etc etc.

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Anime fans, what is the new or semi-recent hotness? Watched (and rather liked): Ghost in the Shell: S... : geedeck
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  Detroit Metal City. Not too new but I think it largely went unnoticed. : Wombat Woo
  - This show is awesome. : unjustend
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  deathnote : deathofrats
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    I'm only so-so on Deathnote. Too bisho + reliant of clamp-esque gimmicks. : geedeck
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      There is only one bisho esque part where one character washes another characters feet, but that is more a : deathofrats
      
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      i don't know what bisho means but the first half of deathnote was omfg awesome. plus it's free on hulu. : snicker-snack 2
      
      I think it means male on male erotica, a huge genre in japan popular with women. : deathofrats
      
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      Yeah it was awesome until they killed L : RyDogg1
      
      ^^^ This is a huge fucking spoiler if you haven't watched this series and plan on it. Fair warning. : Dynotaku
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    This until it deviated from the comic at least. : losimagic
    - How badly does the show deviate from the comic? : mr.sleepy
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  Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! Seriously, it's good stuff. The action is ridiculously over-the-top and it co... : lightly inclined
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    That's the one that had been on the tip of my brain... thanks! : geedeck
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      How was Macross Frontier btw? Busted out my Macross Plus dvd recently and have been wanting to check out ... : lightly inclined
      
      It's very good, especially if you watched the other Macross series since the whole thing is like an homag... : mroizo40
      
      Great show. : breadsticks
  - Tits Tits Giant LRobot more like! I fucking love this show : Majuju
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  Boogiepop Phantom - stark, deeply unsettling, brilliantly structured. : eldersveld
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    This is one of the few series I can still watch. I think I grew out of anime for the most part. : airmaus
    - Pretty much. The stereotype of anime as shallow, puerile, googly-eyed bullshit is well-earned, and I'm p... : eldersveld
- Have you caught Darker than Black yet? : flagg209
- Samurai Champloo! It is from the guy who created Cowboy Bebop....very awesome. And Death Note is epic as ... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
- Black Lagoon : spigot
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  what's next after SAC ?? that was a good sequence. : Downforce
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    There's 2nd Gig and Solid State Society. 2nd Gig gets into more of the back story for each character. ... : yonderboy
    - freakin' sweet. will update list when I get home :D :D : Downforce
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  In my quick search for new shit just now, I came across this: Michiko to Hatchin (ミチコとハッ�... : Yanks
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    the intro!!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H1L8ms8YDm8 OMG IT LOOKS GREAT : Yanks
    - looks good, getting sort of a Lupin vibe, hopefully there will be a lot of crazy car chases.. : deathofrats
  - It is pretty good so far. Love the animation and music. : byorn
- as someone who doesn't usually get into anime, i'll put my vote in for deathnote too. thoroughly enjoyed ... : waxthirteen
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  History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi : mroizo40
  - Entertaining :) : GrimmyD
- Soul Eater : pimpium
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  I'm a giant girl apparently. I really enjoyed Nana (but they need to make another season or 2) and Schoo... : unjustend
  - Sola is pretty good if you like dramas involving vampires.. : deathofrats
- NOEIN, Xenosaga : m0rfus
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  Tekkon Kinkreet (2007) http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Tekkon_Kinkreet/70076376 : Ride-My-Rocket
  - Almost everything by Studio 4C is great. Mindgame ftw : pipboy
  - ^^ SECOND'D and get Papriki : m0rfus
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  It's not new... but Serial Experiments Lain is missing from this list. : heartsauce
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    Present day... Present time!!! ahhahahahahahhahahaha good stuff : unjustend
    - That laugh is so creepy I love it! : heartsauce
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    i watched all of Lain and i don't think i understood one second of it : electroly
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      Yeah I gave up after the episode KIDS : mroizo40
      
      You pretty much have to watch it all the way through twice for it to start making sense. : nurglich
- if you want a good Shounen Jump anime check out Claymore. The mood it sets made me think of Berserk a lit... : Shai-Tan
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  Rah Xephon : indosauros
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    I second this. It's a less crazy, more cohesive version of Neon Genesis. : deathofrats
    - Great artwork, too. : Damodred
- has anyone checked out guba.com? I just noticed they have tons of anime episodes on there... : deathofrats
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  Someone tried to sell me on Claymore, but it was just a bunch of fighting and cocky villains who get owne... : Dynotaku
  - it's shounen jump, it's a genre of boys action that has the same trappings. it's called shounen jump beca... : Shai-Tan
  - The manga is actually awesome. The anime was terrible in comparison. : jayacheess
- Samurai Champloo : Killrig
- I've been watching Michiko to Hatchin. It's pretty nifty so far, but it hasn't developed enough for me t... : dopeman
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  Oh fuck, there was a new Macross series? Totally missed that. : Wadmaasi
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    Also, Macross Zero (OVA I think?) : nevicata
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      Right, there is Frontier and there is also Macross Zero which is not the same thing. : nevicata
      
      Zero was awesome; did that ever get an actual Stateside release? I just have some fansubs. Not having m... : Wadmaasi
      
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      I was confused by his question - and zero is also not new, it's like 4 years old now. : mroizo40
      
      New is a relative term. :) : nevicata
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  You owe it to yourself to check out Top wo Nerae 2 (Gunbuster 2). It's easily one of the most entertainin... : jayacheess
  - Good recommendation. Gunbuster is a classic. The sequel stands well on its own as well. : TrptJim
  - Yeah, Gunbuster's interesting. Diebuster's not bad either. : pipboy
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  FLCL. Gurren-Lagann. Neon Genesis Evangelion. : pipboy
  - ^^^ what this guy said : pipboy
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    Gurren-Lagann is a treat. I can't get anyone I know to watch it. :( : TrptJim
    - It IS a treat, but my recommendations are better. =p : jayacheess
    - i echo these two as well : synack
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    If you do watch NGE, do yourself a favor and skip the last 3 or 4 episodes. : Dynotaku
    - This is false. : pipboy
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  another vote for Samurai Champloo, i just watched this again recently. Such an amazing show. : Dschinghis Khan
  - IAWTP, one of the best anime i've seen since Bebop, Akira and GitS : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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  Berserk you son of a bitch. Haha you've kept up with more stuff than I have, I pretty much stopped wat... : sevogajre
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    they never released anything else here on the west besides that Berserk dvd collection did they? just w... : X-GOUKI
    - Gotta read the manga. : jayacheess
    - That's all that they made at the time.. The manga goes way beyond this and I hear of a new anime series i... : TrptJim
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  does anybody enjoy Naruto? i swear this anime annoys the shit outta me with their flashbacks and amoun... : X-GOUKI
  - I gave up on that show after the puppet master fight. It's not worth watching after that point and I advi... : TrptJim
  - it's dragonball z the sequel and also terrible : Yanks
- xXxHolic : Malku
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  Watch Elfen Lief. It's a good short series that is a must. : Koral06
  - Elfen Lied? Was actually pretty good, if you can get past the cheesy intro and sexual references. : Pilmar Khin-Kari
- Crest of the Stars : zohar79
- I enjoyed Fullmetal Alchemist a lot more than I expected to, and I usually don't like anime. : kallanta
- A pretty old one, byt Hellsing is fucking awesome. And Samurai 7 : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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  Threads like this always remind me of the Oil Rig fight in Ghost in the shell: SAC. man, that was awesome... : Beady
  - SAC is so far off in a league of its own that I can barely stand to classify it as anime. : eldersveld
- I've been lagging behind on watching anything recent, but Sword of the Stranger isn't too old and was fuc... : Vincent Grayson
- If you like funny animes, He is my Master, Ruin Explorers, and Azumanga Diaoh are really good. : Dynotaku
- Only seen the first few episodes, but Ergo Proxy looked interesting. Very well animated. : Conan
- Haha, I just posted this in the SA anime forum last night. : Moonbase Commander

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