Last year I started checking out the anime series Death Note, in this old thread:
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa-lounge/422511-death-note.html
Here are the anime series I've now watched in their entirety:
Death Note
Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Big O
Fullmetal Alchemist
(I've sampled a couple of other series but didn't continue with them.)
I've really enjoyed all of the series. But one common thread has been that most of the series don't end well - particularly Neon Genesis Evangelion and The Big O.
Death Note fizzles out - it went 10-15 episodes too long, and started repeating itself, to the point that I didn't really care anymore; but, the first 10-15 episodes are some of the best TV ever.
Cowboy Bebop stayed fairly consistent throughout its run, and didn't end strangely, it just ended. While I liked the series, I never felt that it was really compelling, so I was sort of ambivelent about getting to the end to begin with.
Both Neon Genesis Evangelion and The Big O end on a weird metaphysical left turn. Picture a Saturday Night Live take on a hoity toity French art film, animate it, and you'll have the endings of both series The titles of both final episodes should be "WTF?".
But then along came the series I finished most recently, Fullmetal Alchemist. Wow! This series fires on all cylinders throughout its 51 episodes, and ends really well. The ending doesn't tie everything up, but it's a great conclusion (or at least rest stop) regardless. I recommend this series very highly. It has great colorful animation, a great soundtrack, it's full of the entire emotional spectrum from good humor to really sad moments or memories, and best of all, the voice acting is superb.
So, now I'm on to Ghost in the Shell. I'm a few episodes into the first season of that, so I haven't drawn any conclusions yet.
Ken
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa-lounge/422511-death-note.html
Here are the anime series I've now watched in their entirety:
Death Note
Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Big O
Fullmetal Alchemist
(I've sampled a couple of other series but didn't continue with them.)
I've really enjoyed all of the series. But one common thread has been that most of the series don't end well - particularly Neon Genesis Evangelion and The Big O.
Death Note fizzles out - it went 10-15 episodes too long, and started repeating itself, to the point that I didn't really care anymore; but, the first 10-15 episodes are some of the best TV ever.
Cowboy Bebop stayed fairly consistent throughout its run, and didn't end strangely, it just ended. While I liked the series, I never felt that it was really compelling, so I was sort of ambivelent about getting to the end to begin with.
Both Neon Genesis Evangelion and The Big O end on a weird metaphysical left turn. Picture a Saturday Night Live take on a hoity toity French art film, animate it, and you'll have the endings of both series The titles of both final episodes should be "WTF?".
But then along came the series I finished most recently, Fullmetal Alchemist. Wow! This series fires on all cylinders throughout its 51 episodes, and ends really well. The ending doesn't tie everything up, but it's a great conclusion (or at least rest stop) regardless. I recommend this series very highly. It has great colorful animation, a great soundtrack, it's full of the entire emotional spectrum from good humor to really sad moments or memories, and best of all, the voice acting is superb.
So, now I'm on to Ghost in the Shell. I'm a few episodes into the first season of that, so I haven't drawn any conclusions yet.
Ken