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"Fans of Manga + Anime films recommend me some really good titles on DVD"

Im quite into Managa + Anime movies and would like some recommendations Im into thrillers, films with lots of action w/ twisty plots thanks.

Im quite into Managa + Anime movies and would like some recommendations Im into thrillers, films with lots of action w/ twisty plots thanks.

a few of my Favs.

Perfect Blue - Plot twist, stalker kinda thingy.

Ghost in the shell- Great. Wait for the 2 disk set coming out, at least I think there's one coming ouy.

Patlaour 1 and 2 - bargin for £19.99 together. Look aroud and you might
be able to get it even cheaper.

Macross Plus - The 3 disk set. Another great collection.

Princess Mononoke - A nice little title.

Neon Genesis Evangelion - Try and get the complet collection.

Martian Successor Nadesico - Again try and get the complet collection again.

This one comes highly recomended from nearly everybody but I've never had chance to see it.

Akira

Thanks Cid Vilante that is a great help, whats Blackjack like any good?

Blackjack is pretty good too. I quite enjoyed it whenI watched it. Another good one that I forgot to mention was Spriggan. Don't let all the relgion and stuff put you off. Very good it is.

Another that I don't think is on DVD is battle Angel Alita. I think it might have been from omic books or something but that was another one I enjoyed too. Just started getting the comics as of late. Very good too.

I'm watching The End Of Evangelion right now
I really recommend this movie

I also recently noticed Excel Saga to be a rather interesting looking series.
I didn't really know much about it until I happened upon a tiny piece of info about it, so I did a bit of research (looked at some reviews), and it sounded great. I downloaded the first couple of episodes from Kazaa and it really impressed me.

I can’t easily describe it as it’s quite indescribable, but it’s a madcap spoof show which parodies lots of anime shows.
The description I've read is as follows:

"Excel Saga contains the chronically over-challenged and understaffed secret ideological organization of ACROSS (total membership: 2), whose goal is to conquer the city of F. It contains your complete daily requirements of Martian princesses, afro-wearing action heroes, mysterious
governmental agencies, space butlers, deranged comic book authors, androgynous prisoners in iron masks, annoying roommates, removable
moustaches and a generous supply of adorably cute aliens bent on galactic
domination. Excel Saga contains one (1) emergency food supply/singing dog
and one (1) Excel, the most certifiably insane teenage girl to ever walk the face of the planet."

Surprisingly, the first dvd is out in the UK with the rest still to follow. How can an insane show like this which will go over the head of most people get released here and not other, more normal shows like the amazing Cowboy Bebop? Strange.

I saw the first two episode today. Very, very funny. Like you said, indescribable really. I did enjoy it and will try to watch the rest of them if I ever get the chance.

NOTE : Anime = Japanese animation / Manga = Japanese comics
NOTE : Less than 1% (if even that) of animes are "cartoon porn"
NOTE : More 70% of animes aren't targetted at kids
NOTE : Anime fans are nerd, computer geeks, freaks, goths, greebos, librarians, writers, artists, film critics, movie directors, homosexuals, hetrosexuals, rpgers, gamers, model fanatics, Jonathan Ross, single mothers, people aged between 2 and 65, both male and female, Kirsten Dunst, people with lives, people who can understand that animation is just another medium and not cartoon porn or just kids toons. So basically anyone can be an anime fan. ^^

I just spent almost an hour writing a huge list then accidently clicked a link and lost everything ¬_¬ I hate it when that happens. Well I'm too lazy to list everything again.

Play.com sell both US and UK animes, they have a small selection of animes but are very cheap. Other places have been recommended already.

-- UK Animes

Over 141 titles, around £14.99 and less.

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-> "I'm a UK guy what would I like?"
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Princess Mononoke
Noir
Spriggan
Escaflowne
Booie Pop Phantom
Patlabor
Excel Saga
Nadesico
Blue Gender
Blood
Hellsing
Bubblegum Crisis 2040
Burn Up Excess
City Hunter
Dai Guard
Generator Gawl

-- US Animes

Over 841 titles (400 less than the real number of DVDs in the US) around £17.99 you can get a multi regional DVD player from Special Reserve for around £79.99 (we have 2 of them)

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->"I'm a guy who likes comedy"
Ranma 1/2
Niea Under 7
Trigun
Love Hina
Inu Yasha
FLCL
Jubei Chan
Outlaw Star
Those Who Hunt Elves
GTO
Vandread
Yu Yu Hakusho
Gatekeepers
Hand Maid May
Knight Hunters

->"I'm a guy who likes romance"
Ranma 1/2
Inu Yasha
His and Hers Circumstances
Video Girl Ai
Oh My Goddess

->"I'm a guy who likes serious/action"
Rurouni Kenshin
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Lain
The Big O
Knight Hunters
Princess Mononokr

->"I like family stuff"
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Laputa - Castle in the Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service

Im not bothered about Anime/Manga films at the moment, bought Sopranos series 1 on DVD its f******* brilliant, can't wait to get series 2, 3 and 4. Also probably getting Trainspotting The Definitive Edition and Once Upon A Time In America (Special Edition). Need a new DVD player, hmm I think Argos are selling them for £48.00.

Get a multi region. Handy thing to have. I got to get one as I just got a region X for my PS2. Too noisy for my likeing.