Idk man, I watched a lot of shows too
Off the top of my head.. Bleach, Gantz, Record of Lodoss War, Berserk, Full Metal Alchemist, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Bosco Adventure, Dragon Ball, Cowboy Bepop, Triton, Attack on Titan, Naruto, Death Note, Samurai Champloo, Samurai 7, Rurouni Kenshin, Hellsing, Blood+, .hack//Sign, X, Afro Samurai, Appleseed and I'm probably forgetting some
That's...very (not to say extremely) little though. I have seen all of those, except for Bosco Adventure, Triton, Attack on Titan and Afro Samurai.
Akira and Ghost in the Shell are indeed very good but Ninja Scroll is just enjoyable if you want to turn your brain off
Well Idk what you mean... In anime I foremostly look for good animation. Ninja Scroll is one of the best.
Basilisk I rather liked, although I watched it in my early internet phase, so my rating from back then might not be as representative anymore.
It's a very underrated anime. There is a manga "sequel" (sort of) called Yaguy Ninja Scrolls. Similar story but still no adaption. I just like anything based on Futaro Yamada's books
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto was ok-ish/decent
It's mostly for history buffs, and a little slow. But animation was excellent
while Hakuoki Shinsengumi Kitan is from a time when I already stopped watching current stuff...and it's also shoujo aka for girls.
Didn't know that. Looked suspicious
Have you, for instance, watched Gankutsuou/The Count of Monte Cristo? It's also from the mid 00s and I liked it back in the day. Unfortunately, I only read the novel afterwards, so I couldn't compare. (And I only ever very rarely re-watch anything.)
Nope. I guess it should be good if based on the book
I agree with that. But animation is obviously not everything and while I very, very much like good animation, I can definitely live without it.
Is it? From what I see, it's a mostly adequately rated anime.
Oh, I very much like and have an interest in history (among a mass of other topics) and, unlike a lot of other people who watch anime, I don't mind it being slow at all...and you can even say that I prefer slow build-ups and good characterization. So you will never hear from me that an anime is slow, ever. I rated it 6/10 which means what I wrote above (note that most of the anime I rate are at 5 or 6, as, unlike most everyone else, I don't overrate everything; so there is no rating inflation here....it's just a shame I use a scale from 1-10 instead of 1-100 which becomes a lot more appropriate the more you watch). Anyway, I rated it that way, despite my decent knowledge of Japanese history but unfortunately I couldn't tell you why, as I watched it probably like 12-13 years ago.
Hehe.
Eh, book adaptations and all... I rated it 8/10 back in the day as a standalone work. If one knows the book, expectation and a comparison could probably swing a score in one direction or the other.
Idk how can you say this isnt good or for "turning your brain off"
storyboarding, editing, design, all excellent. it's basically cinema
Whatever media you posted doesn't load in any of my browsers. And I didn't say it's not good (I rated it 7/10). I said it's popcorn cinema and nothing that gets your brain going like Ghost in the Shell.
This is bang on, and you literally cite the exact 5 examples to watch which I would. I'd also chuck Urotsukidoji 1 & 2 in there just for the shock factor
I'm interested to know what your other choices would be to make up that dozen?
So for a point of reference then: How many anime have you watched?
