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  When you say Ghost in the Shell, do you mean the movie or the series? Because if she hasn't seen the seri... : ArcKnight
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    The first series. She may have watched the movie with me as well, but I dont recall. : mountdreamer
    • check into a movie called appleseed: ex machina. Very similar format and theme between humans and machin... : JuffoWup
• When I was still buying anime, primarily from Amazon however there is a great store in Calgary that I use... : spiffymc
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  Darker than Black if she enjoyed Ghost in the shell... : flagg209
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    Absolutely. I can't wait for season 2. : ArcKnight
    • It was good. They just started releasing a prequel type OVA that I believe takes place before S2. Haven... : breadsticks
  • +tag : Cheeziologist
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    Darker than Black starts out well but ends up very lacking. The series never explores its potential or do... : Link.
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      This is the way 95% of anime is though. Starts off with cool ideas and action, but I honestly can't think... : Dynotaku
      • Cowboy Bebop? : Alco23
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        Planetes, Kamichu, Fist of the North Star, Kimagure Orange Road, etc. I could keep going here. Most anime... : Link.
        • Fuck yes PlanetES. Oh, and Trigun. : ucanbfuzzy
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  Everyone should see the "prequel" to GitS, Black Magic M-66! Might want to test her with Samurai Seven; t... : AxeMan808
  • Thanks, going to check out Black Magic M-66. : DJ Clipdat
  • M-66 is fucking awesome. I remember watching it on VHS back in the day. : g0nk
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  If i ever buy, either wait for a sale or buy at Fry's. Anime is still entirely way too overpriced though... : deathofrats
  • Way too overpriced? If you buy it as MSRP, yeah. If you buy from Amazon, then not really. : ArcKnight
  • I barely ever buy anime at full price. I wait around for sales or buy from Deep Discount. : Link.
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  Serial Experiment LAIN : akirabob
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    LAIN is complete awesomeness. The soundtrack is pretty dope as well. : ghost hacker
    • truth about the soundtrack. : akirabob
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  Air Master was never fully released because Toei had major issues and pulled out of the US market. ROD T... : Link.
  • You could probably find ROD TV used on Amazon marketplace or elsewhere fairly easily though. : Link.
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  she didn't like Bebop, ROBOTECH or AKIRA?!?! get me my axe and some plastic bags.. : g0nk
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    I think this about people that didn't like Evangelion. : ArcKnight
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      I liked the first 3/4 of Evangelion. Except for any scene with Shinji. I really hated that crybaby. And t... : Dynotaku
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        I think it's amazing that they managed to craft a character that is such a lightning rod for hate. Everyo... : ArcKnight
        • I kinda agree with you about the story not going anywhere if you ignore End of Evangelion, but the whole ... : ArcKnight
      • Misato was fun. : g0nk
      • The story did not go anywhere?? Sure sure sure. : ghost hacker
    • best. series. ever. the masses are too picky. : m0rfus
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      This eva subthread gets me itching to see 2.0..... : DJ Clipdat
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        http://event.yahoo.co.jp/eva2010/dvd/index.html 2.22 trailer, released yesterday. : ArcKnight
        • Looks amazing : DJ Clipdat
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          Awesome. Wonder how long it'll take for the BR to come out here. : Vincent Grayson
          • http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2010-03-05 Looks like it will be awhile :( : ArcKnight
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  Other suggestions: Gunslinger Girl and Code Geass. : ArcKnight
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    Also, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, which in my opinion has the best score of any movie, anime or otherwis... : ArcKnight
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      I hate to admit it, but I bought an import of that score and have it on my iphone. :( : walker270
      • I listen to it all the time. There's no telling how many playcounts it has on my ipod - I put it on when ... : ArcKnight
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    ^^ i approve of ArcKnight's choices and add NOEIN : m0rfus
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      I recommended Noein above. Everyone should see it. : Link.
      • Yeah, it's even on IW on Netflix unless they removed it. : Totenjaeger
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    FIST OF THE NORTH STAR - used to watch this on VHS. took me forever to find a DVD : m0rfus
    • "It's all mine. And your woman, too." : AxeMan808
    • Yeah, I can't recommend Fist of the North Star to his girlfriend. Haha. I love the show but come on. : Link.
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  anime should only ever be watched in Japanese, with sub-titles. shame on you : m0rfus
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    bzzzzt! Wrong! Case in point: Cowboy Bebop. : ArcKnight
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      get out of here. i watch cowboy bebop in Japanese! : m0rfus
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        Even the Japanese bitched about how much better the English dub was compared to the Japanese vocals! : ArcKnight
        • (otherwise, yes, I watch my anime subtitled and in Japanese.) : ArcKnight
        • Did they? When? : Mr. Goodwrench
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      That's about it. FLCL has a great dub too. : Link.
      • augh I was looking for clips of it the other day on Youtube and the English dub fuckin' ruined my life an... : Majuju
    • I couldn't watch it with English voiceover, it was horrible. Akira was good in English, and the first Git... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Two words: Golden Boy. : Talonus.
    • Definitely. Its not really even that funny with subtitles. : chungathebunga
  • There are a couple of exceptions, like Hellsing and some big budget movies with decent voice actors, but ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Uhhh shin-chan? : Zollington
    • But yeah aside from maybe 10 exceptions always in japanese w/subs : Zollington
• this one is fun http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6008 : indosauros
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  One Piece! : ted aka silent bob
  • good luck getting her to watch all 400 episodes. : Goodkatt
• Air Master was good... then it looked like they ran out of money or something cause the last couple episo... : mo13
• I always like Noir. It has sort of a lesbian vibe to it. : Goodkatt
• I usually buy mine from rightstuf.com or amazon.com. Righstuf caters just to anime and manga, and Amazon... : mjfiddes
• I know I have ROD the TV series as an official product with English dubs... hmmm... *check amazon* ... : Masem