Unappreciated Anime (or Manga)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:41 am
So what're some animes you think that are just as good, if not better, than the mainsteam ones like Fullmetal Alchemist or Naruto? Rare gems that most people skip over because it seems like so few know they exist, and the ones that do give it a harder time for not being as action-packed and angsty as the other shows.
One of my personal faves is Soukyuu no Fafner. It's a mecha show, meaning giant robots normally with teenagers with pilots (sometimes combining but in this case not) where they're thrust into cockpits and made to defend the world, or things like that. The art seems to have pointless squiggly lines just underneath the eyes, and the character design is almost a direct copy of Gundam SEED and SEED DESTINY, but the story is infinitely better. Recommended Watch
One manga that I think gets little light is Salad Days. 18 volumes of short stories based on mostly teenage romance. The setting is all around one city, and there's one main pair in the series that have several chapters about them throughout the manga, but several others are either loosely linked or completely stand-alone with no ties to anyone else. They're not always happy endings either, but usually in the span of one chapter, a character undergoes alot of growth. Situations like lying in a relationship, liking someone older than you, and guys who just can't catch a break cause the girl they like likes someone else, something I bet many guys can relate to, if they're still in High School. 18 volumes just isn't enough. Recommended Read.
One of my personal faves is Soukyuu no Fafner. It's a mecha show, meaning giant robots normally with teenagers with pilots (sometimes combining but in this case not) where they're thrust into cockpits and made to defend the world, or things like that. The art seems to have pointless squiggly lines just underneath the eyes, and the character design is almost a direct copy of Gundam SEED and SEED DESTINY, but the story is infinitely better. Recommended Watch
One manga that I think gets little light is Salad Days. 18 volumes of short stories based on mostly teenage romance. The setting is all around one city, and there's one main pair in the series that have several chapters about them throughout the manga, but several others are either loosely linked or completely stand-alone with no ties to anyone else. They're not always happy endings either, but usually in the span of one chapter, a character undergoes alot of growth. Situations like lying in a relationship, liking someone older than you, and guys who just can't catch a break cause the girl they like likes someone else, something I bet many guys can relate to, if they're still in High School. 18 volumes just isn't enough. Recommended Read.