I have extremely little knowledge in your world of anime and have probably never even heard of most of the things you watch. That being said, I just finished watching all the Elfen Lied episodes and enjoyed them. I was wondering if there are more series like this (and I don't just mean boobs and explosions of blood). If possible I would prefer a dub over a sub as long as they aren't terrible; I don't mind reading subs, but it does get tedious when watching a lot of episodes consecutively.

Other animes/cartoons I like:

Samurai Jack
Escaflowne
Avatar
Howl's Moving Castle

I also used to watch DBZ a lot when I was younger so the idea of having ULTIMATE POWER BEINGS still excites me (although I am open to the idea of shows that don't contain energy blasts, psychic hands, or god-like beings). I'm not into Naruto, though, so please don't suggest that.

Thanks!

there are no good animes, but if you like Howl's check out Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. personally I prefer SA, it's a pretty good movie overall

if you like sexy anime babes and action try tengen toppa gurren lagann. action, Samurai Champloo which is actually OK

earl chip comics & animation mod 2008.

From your description of what you like there is only one way for you to go: One Piece! You have to watch One Piece. It is one of those fighting animes like DBZ but it handles everything miles better, has great characters and story and man just everything about it is bloody awesome. Honestly I love everything about it except for when the fights go into so much power omg territory but since it seems you actually liek that I can't think of a single thing you will not like about it. Except for maybe the art style the first 30 episodes.

You will want to skip fillers, some of them are actually pretty good but anyway all of them can be skipped and you won't miss out on anything. See a list of episodes here, check which ones are filler and skip them.


Two other shows you might (WILL) like are Gurren Lagann and Cowboy Bebop. I can't say enough good things about both of them but I can tell you they're both 26 episodes long, Gurren Lagann is a completely over the top mech anime with insane battles (in the final battle they are throwing galaxies at each other like shurikens) with the best plot twist you've ever seen, while Cowboy Bebop is quite the opposite, a sweetly paced, non-serious Villain-of-the-day style story about a lazy bounty hunter and his weird crew, set in the future.

after you watch mindgame, check out Kaiba, made by the same guy and is very awesome.

wrong

mindgame
akira
ghost in the shell 2
studio ghibli
kemonozume
paranoia agent

were all pretty neat, I think you are just holding a hatred for anime because you saw some BAD ANIMES but that doesn't mean there aren't any good ones at all.

man though this is like someone saying I HATE COUNTRY and you say WHAT ABOUT...JOHNNY CASH. a few examples does not redeem a whole medium.

i think of them more as japanese animations.

*reads a graphic novel*

why you would take that seriously & literally dunce is beyond me. I even recommended some in my post! and yeah dude I've seen all the ones you listed & most of ghibli, personally I prefer the first gits and kemonozume is good at first but then it starts to blow

edit: dunce and apparently headp. your gay!!!

What some of them have said... plus "Now and then, here and there".

Paranoia Agent
Darker Than Black (isn't dubbed yet)
Samurai Champloo is pretty good.
Cowboy Bebop

From your description of what you like there is only one way for you to go: One Piece! You have to watch One Piece. It is one of those fighting animes like DBZ but it handles everything miles better, has great characters and story and man just everything about it is bloody awesome. Honestly I love everything about it except for when the fights go into so much power omg territory but since it seems you actually liek that I can't think of a single thing you will not like about it. Except for maybe the art style the first 30 episodes.

You will want to skip fillers, some of them are actually pretty good but anyway all of them can be skipped and you won't miss out on anything. See a list of episodes here, check which ones are filler and skip them.


Two other shows you might (WILL) like are Gurren Lagann and Cowboy Bebop. I can't say enough good things about both of them but I can tell you they're both 26 episodes long, Gurren Lagann is a completely over the top mech anime with insane battles (in the final battle they are throwing galaxies at each other like shurikens) with the best plot twist you've ever seen, while Cowboy Bebop is quite the opposite, a sweetly paced, non-serious Villain-of-the-day style story about a lazy bounty hunter and his weird crew, set in the future.

Gurren Lagann is 27.

Plus what is this massive plot twist you talk about? I can't really think of any apart from episode 8 where yoohoo karks it. Is that the one you're referring to? Or maybe that Lordgenome is actually a good guy? They're the only two I can think of but none were like HOH DAMN BEST EVER (I liked KotoR's twist better!). I'm just curious.

out of all the experimental stuff Gainax has released gurren lagann is the worst, but it's probably the closest to what you're looking for.

ahaha that kid's face is hilarious 2:13 - 2:30