Want more epic anime!!!

[postdiluvium]

So I just finished watching Gurren Lagann and I a week ago I finished watching Samurai 7 for the 2nd time. I'm considering watching Outlaw Star for the third time now that I can't find another anime like these that doesn't involve high school kids or some subject that seems like it was taken up because all of the other subjects have been done (like I saw a youtube video about an anime series about go-kart racing!!! WTF?!!!).

I want more anime series along the lines of the ones mentioned above. I guess DBZ would be a good template as I am looking for a series where the protagonist acquires new found powers as the series progresses to deal with bigger and badder obstacles. And each time the protagonist acquires such powers, its always epically done. Can anyone recommend any series? I am cool with space operas as Robotech/Macross was the first series I ever watched.

Added - also twists at the end like Gurren Lagaan or NGEvangelion. Like moments that make you go "holy shit, I did not see that coming!"

[negz]

... high school kids...

...the protagonist acquires new found powers as the series progresses to deal with bigger and badder obstacles. And each time the protagonist acquires such powers, its always epically done.

...space operas ...

Welcome to the NHK

[lethargic]

Have you watched Code Geass yet? I'd recommend that if you're looking for something epic. In fact, I do believe that Code Geass covers most of what you've described.

I also just started watching Heroic Age. Only four episodes in, but it looks pretty fecking good so far.

[postdiluvium]

I just skimmed through the wiki article on it. It first started talking about a university school failure... which started to lead me to believe that this was some kind of Love Hina kind of thing. But at the end of the story plot it says drug use by the protagonist is mentioned often.... interesting. Thanks for the recommendation.

[2009/10 is really GAY]

I want more anime series along the lines of the ones mentioned above. I guess DBZ would be a good template as I am looking for a series where the protagonist acquires new found powers as the series progresses to deal with bigger and badder obstacles. And each time the protagonist acquires such powers, its always epically done.

Yu Yu Hakusho
Bleach
Flame of Recca
Naruto/Naruto Shippuden
Hunter X Hunter


Cowboy Bebop
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai Champloo
Escaflowne

[postdiluvium]

I don't know if I'm the only anime fan to say this, but I thought Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Naruto were boring. I never watch the full series of any of those three, but I caught episodes here and there. None of them ever pulled me in. When I talk to other anime fans, they all love those shows. It is because I started on anime in the 80s and there is some kind of generational thing going on?

[D̉̋ilẻ̡̓t͓tant͖͑̓e]

But every shonen anime has that kind of plot

No, there's no such thing as generation gap
I started anime recently and stuff like yu yu hakuso and naruto are better in the manga, when you watched them in anime they tend to drag over an over again with unlimited flashback work which is boring when you are doing it wrong

OP, try watching eden of the east, it's not shonen but it's the best series of this season
Gantz has created the thread http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=23303

This season shonen, Sengoku Basara, which suppose to replace Guren Lagan, don't do really well.
(But the counterparts, K-ON! that most people say to be Lucky Star replacement is great)

[Death Snuggle]

Devil Lady (http://www.anilinkz.com/devil-lady/)(click for full episodes) and it's not a space opera. It has nothing to do with space at all, but it is very scifi. You will not see the ending coming no matter who you are. It is border line ridiculous but fairly plausible because of the story basis and characters. Oddly enough, the main characters are a fashion model and a secret government agent but I promise you won't see truth behind the series until the last episode.

(I take back the full episodes thing.... I can't find a site that has ep 26 with sound. -_- It was the best episode too.)

[Trauntj]

I liked Wolf's Rain myself, Gantz has a pretty interesting story.

[lvl99]

I liked monster and code geass.

[constantinople]

Yu Yu is a great fucking show. So is bleach if you have the time to watch all 3000000 episodes.


Deathnote was pretty fucking good, but not necessarily "epic".

[Gantz Graf]

Ergo Proxy is pretty epic.

[azalie]

I liked Wolf's Rain myself, Gantz has a pretty interesting story.

Wolf's Rain is great until you get to the end, at which point you may or may not shoot your TV/ computer.

As usual my reply to most of these threads is Fullmetal Alchemist. Best production value, story telling and character development I've seen in a while.

[Gantz Graf]

Wolf's Rain is great until you get to the end, at which point you may or may not shoot your TV/ computer.

As usual my reply to most of these threads is Fullmetal Alchemist. Best production value, story telling and character development I've seen in a while.

Yeah, personally I kind of loathed Wolf's rain.

Fullmetal Alchemist is very good at owning it's genre/medium and making it it's own. I can think of so many lame action shonen-y ripoffs, but FMA was actually pretty emotionally affecting, and even occasionally a bit deep... which, like, we all know anime tries to be deep, but most of the time it really tries, it really falls flat on it's face

[azalie]

Yeah, personally I kind of loathed Wolf's rain.

Fullmetal Alchemist is very good at owning it's genre/medium and making it it's own. I can think of so many lame action shonen-y ripoffs, but FMA was actually pretty emotionally affecting, and even occasionally a bit deep... which, like, we all know anime tries to be deep, but most of the time it really tries, it really falls flat on it's face

I remember wanting to pull my hair out after wasting all that time on Wolf's Rain. The music was probably what made it interesting but I can't stand anime with fillers and endings like that.

FMA stands out as a masterpiece though. Just the amount of effort that went into utilising the characters and how true they were till the end is mind blowing. Almost every episode was littered with thought and detail. It's only let down is that they got greedy and made that poor excuse of a movie.

[constantinople]

Samurai Champloo

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[Star Wars Fan]

? I am cool with space operas as Robotech/Macross was the first series I ever watched.

Legend of Galactic Heroes
Tytania
Heroic Age
Toward the Terra
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Space Battleship Yamato (all series)
Gunbuster
Galaxy Rangers (not technically anime)
Exosquad (american production)

EDIT: and Gundam has a similar series, but not as much given its liited to Earth and often within the orbit of the Moon

I want more anime series along the lines of the ones mentioned above.

oh, Megas XLR is the American counterpart/'sibling' to gurren lagann

[Star Wars Fan]

Welcome to the NHK

NHK doesn't have Space Opera. lol as fucking Haruhii Suyumiya has an ep where they have a space fleet batte duel FFS (WTF, only reason I /dled Haruhi was to see that.). SOASE lan lol


I also just started watching Heroic Age. Only four episodes in, but it looks pretty fecking good so far.

you'll like the later eps.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2qnxy1j.jpg
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http://i44.tinypic.com/oqk6eg.png
http://i40.tinypic.com/4qg50p.png

There's a bunch of ship types and shit. The giant artillery piece is pretty damn win.

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lol

[Star Wars Fan]

I forgot. there are the gurren lagann side stories and the movies (a second one should be released by now and it has TTGL fighting a foe the size of the entire universe!)