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I love weird anime scenes just as much as normal anime scenes. Episode 4 of Stella Jogakuin Koutou-Ka C3-Bu had a couple weird anime scenes. Love all the characters. Hope it lasts for awhile.

Girls und Panzer has exceeded my expectations. I just finished Another, and it really creeped me out. I rarely enjoy horror, but I enjoyed that one a lot. Oreimo really was that cute!

I've been looking to get back into anime and would like to find a deep anime with similar characteristics to the Legend of Korra cartoon that is not called FMA. Anyone have a name?

Perhaps Durarara!!, it probably as and although it is fairly rooted in reality (as real as something with a dulahan) I think characters might have similarities.

I am always partial to Fairy Tail, you get the magic powers, it is fun and the characters have deep elements.

I think I like the new Genshiken even better than the original. I just watched the current episode, and I was laughing hysterically.

Also, I can't believe I forgot to mention Bakemonogatari and the rest of the Monogatari series. I want to buy it, but only Blu-Ray is available, and the prices are high!

Though I don't really care for Fairy Tail (far too similar to One Piece in more ways than one), Hiro Mashima (the anime producer) confirmed a month ago that production will continue on the series - http://www.jefusion.com/2013/03/fairy-t ... shima.html - so I guess numbers won out. No idea if Funimation will continue dubbing it. Probably will though.

Can anyone recommend any more anime that isn't so ... obviously pandering to straight men? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Girls und Panzer and Strike Witches and Clannad the like are bad, but trying out Chobits yesterday made me feel really dirty -- the bad kind of dirty. (then again, I'm not really the target audience - and before anyone recommends that swimming club Free anime, I'm not into that either!) I don't mind fanservice but I'd rather have a plot to carry things along.

So yeah, I'm basically looking for another novel-to-anime adaptation like Kokoro Connect (a big thank you to whoever recommended that - wonderful series!), Ruroni Kenshin, Shinsekai Yori , Kemono no Souja: Erin and Jyu-Oh-Sei. You know, decent character development and the like; I don't mind the setting and I don't mind some comedy, as long as it's tasteful (ie. Arakawa Under the Bridge or Yakitate Ja-Pan!) Anyone got any ideas?

Your welcome, I really enjoyed it myself. I was so happy with how things turned out for my favourite character, it made me really become a fan of her voice actress. I can see how Chobits can make you feel dirty from watching it, I had the same feeling, which only really drifted when I got into the good parts of the series.

You already said no to Free, so I can not sarcastically trick you into watching that now. Because it is on my mind, I might bring up if you have seen Sword Art Online, it is based on a novel, and is incredibly popular.

Actually you might find more luck with My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, it kind of goes into the muck of teen relationships similar to Kokoro Connect, and it is not what you would expect with something with that sort of name. Basically it pretty much ignores most tropes of being a romantic comedy and can be rather dramatic, a show that rewards the careful viewer, which I would say I got out of Kokoro Connect also. I would describe it as Haganai, the way it should have been (not counting Haganai's second season which was awesome), barely any fanservice. On that note I recommend Watamote if you have not already, it is my favourite current airing anime, I find that funny because I can sympathise a lot with the main character.

On a whim I will also recommend some of my personal favourite melancholic anime; Kurenai (not the Naruto character), is a very sweet story that affected me days afterwards. And I am not sure what your gender is, but I might recommend Sasameki Koto, now this was a yuri anime, and I expected it to be disgusting fanservice aimed at guys, but I ended up finding it incredibly enjoyable, it was a very sweet anime that handled the subject of same sex relationships so maturely and not pandering, in fact I would say the formulae would appeal to both genders. Also genuinely funny, I might recommend at least watching the first episode to see the heart that it has.

I suppose I should also mention something that has really strong character development. For that I can't mention Black Rock Shooter enough, the action is nice, but my favourite draw is the characters, how they develop through the series.

As novel-to-anime adaptions go, I liked The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Spice & Wolf well enough to buy the novels. Kokoro Connect was terrific, as was SOA.

Any other Hidamari Sketch fans around?

Alas, I'll be ignoring Sword Art Online completely - I'm not really the intended audience as I don't game and I had a very difficult time trying to get into hack.sign in the past. Besides, I heard as novel adaptations go, it's on par with Shakugan no Shana... (ie. the main characters takes a very very long time to develop, if at all)

Haruhi Suzumiya I didn't like - from the four episodes I saw several years ago, it seemed like a slice-of-life/light comedy relative of When The Cicadas Cry (in terms of non-linear storytelling)... maybe it was the first of its type in the US or something... I don't know, I couldn't work out what was going on (not that I'm stupid or anything, I was perfectly fine with the movie Memento).

That said, I'll try out the others (though, I'm very sceptical of Spice and Wolf because of what I read in the manga - please, please tell me that there's far more to it than that horse-and-cart scene). My humble thanks go out to everyone who answered; I'm afraid we don't get that much anime in the UK (unless it's kiddie merchandise paraphernalia) and it's a minefield trying to find something new to get into that doesn't have skirts flapping or super-powered fighting...

Oh and for the record, I'm male but I don't like material like DearS or Elfen Lied; I prefer female characters that are actually written like human beings ie. Nana, Paradise Kiss, Hataraki Man. Not that I'm saying anime with Orihime-style characters are bad and don't have their audience; they do, of course. I'm just into anime for different reasons. Mostly storytelling.

I haven't read the Spice and Wolf manga, but the characters do spend a lot of time talking (if that's what you mean ). Madoka Magica has a great story.

Oh yeah. What about Natsuyuki Rendezvous?

I finished We Without Wings, Under the Innocent Sky. For the first few episodes, it seemed like a disjointed, random story without much going for it besides the unabashed fanservice (much of which is censored on CR, but not on the DVDs). However, once the plot started to come together it got quite intense, and I developed a deep interest in the characters.

My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu had me from the first episode. I feel very interested to see how it develops.

Kobato has come to mind several times during the last week. CLAMP takes their time in showing their hand, and the anime drops even fewer hints than the manga, but the art in both versions makes me smile just remembering it.

I actually started learning Japanese originally because of Fushigi Yuugi, which has the most horrific English dub and the most awesome Japanese dub. I now can't watch in English without wincing at the mispronunciation. Though I am surprised that aspies watch in English since the English dialogue is often hugely changed from the Japanese original and I would've thought that would annoy other aspie people as much as it annoys me...maybe not?

Either way, seven years on I'm now compiling material to do a PhD in pre-modern Japanese samurai literature so...who says anime isn't educational?

And with Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS and Yami Shibai done, I have finished almost all of my currently watching anime. Watching Yami Shibai while alone in the dark was not a good idea. When I went back through the list to make sure I took a picture of each series I realised that everything ended and I got sad, although there were some great last episodes, Railgun knew how to top their first season

Either way I am going to start a marathon of Mai Hime on YouTube next.

I also thought that Daybreak Illusion had quite a bit in common with Black Rock Shooter, which made me happier for it.

I've started Watamote. It seems like a well-made show, and I really like the style, but it hurts a little.

I gotta figure out what the fuss about Attack on Titan is.

This is the fuss:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXgHfHxKVM[/youtube]
You are looking at weird monsters that can be a little horrifying, and the occasional human who can be pretty badass.