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CommanderKarasu

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Welcome to my profile. My previous username was Kousagi. 

Likes: shounen, tournamentsjosei, horror, fighting, action, bubble blowersStudio Bones, noitaminA, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshihiro Togashi, a true shinobi, spear wielders90s animation, Shinto, Feudal Japan, samurai, large casts, a unique and memorable universe, fire demons, lovable characters with depth, dual wielders, mafia/gangsters, delinquents, women in suits, stories with deities/spirits/gods/the supernaturalsweet tooths, good atmosphere, stupid terroristsmilitary women, tragic romancessuspense, random cats

 Stalled list: Anything that is listed as stalled is something I intend to pick back up at some point in time. If episodes are currently unavailable, the anime will be listed as stalled. This happens often with OVAs. If I grow tired of a series but don't want to completely drop it, then it will also be listed as stalled.

Dropped list: I don't like dropping an anime after I've started it, but it happens. I generally give something 3 - 5 episodes before I consider dropping it, however there are a few that I gave up on even after the first episode. I don't intend to pick up anything under this list, but on very rare occasions, I may give a dropped title another try. 

Won't Watch list: The only things found under this list would be sequels, OVAs, movies and/or specials of an anime that I don't care to watch anymore of. 

 My ratings are based off of pure enjoyment.

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Galadriel avatar Galadriel

Konnichiwa!

Jul 23, 2010

Well i can give ya some nice soundtracks from those respective shows:

Kara no Kyoukai - check out Yuki Kajiura - M01 and Kalafina - Oblivion

Madlax - check out FictionJunction YUUKA - I'm Here and Hitomi no Kakera (Fragments of an Eye) or Nowhere and the last one Inside Your Heart, all from the same band which colaborated with Yuki Kajiura as well.

Noir - check out these OSTs, Canta Per Me and Salva Nos.

Jigoku Shoujo - SNoW - Sakasama no Chou, Nana Kitade - Tsukihana (Moon Flower), it has many good OSTs but way too many to mention here :D

Sora no Woto - Kalafina - Hikari no Senritsu (there are alot of covers made on youtube here is the original video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJufvb_epUY, you will get a headache until you find the original song with the original voices)

Hanasakeru Seishounen - J-Min - One and J-Min - Change (same artist) - careful for fan covers, pisses ya off when you want to search for the original ones.

Nana - hard to recommend from this one since it has a huge load of great soundtracks (check out Shadow of Love from Olivia Lufkin, Kuroi Namida from Anna Tsuchiya, Rose from Anna Tsuchiya and Olivia Lufkin - A Little Pain, these are the best ones i could think of, there are alot more)

Why i like Nana so much? its funny, its extremely dramatic and in my opinion, is the most realistic love story i've ever encountered in 8 years of watching anime, a priceless jewel in my opinion. It reflects reality extremely well, the hardships of living nowadays and how complex the word love is nowadays. This is show for romanticists x3 like me. And its also a show that i wish its ending before dying, the anime was left on a clifhanger and the manga is on hiatus for more than a month so the an ending for Nana is still far away.

Galadriel avatar Galadriel

Konnichiwa!

Jul 23, 2010

Yu Yu Hakushou, been a while, i liked it to be honest even though i'm not fond of shounen type shows, this one, Bleach and Inuyasha are indeed great shows. I dun remember much about since its been like 7 years since i last seen it but i do remember that i liked it back then.

A+ for sound for a show like Angel Beats! yeah i agree it might diserve it but in my eyes not quite, because i cannot compare the sound from Angel Beats with the ones from Noir, Madlax, Nana, Sora no Woto, Kara no Kyoukai, Jigoku Shoujo or Hanasakeru Seishounen. Those shows impressed me alot with their soundtracks and OSTs and tbh i am really not a fan of J-songs, i got very very few that i like and it needs a miracle for me to actualy like just one.

Also the sound in K-On! wasn't that bad either x3

Galadriel avatar Galadriel

Konnichiwa!

Jul 23, 2010

It's not like i hated Angel Beats! but 13 episodes can't possibly make a good thing out of it, the story was just randomly tied up specialy made to reach that tear-jerking ending but absolutely no character development at all with few exceptions and even those weren't without flaws. 13 episode and with such a big cast...impossible to develop every character, in other words i expected a failure from the begining.

And about underrated stuff...yeah i am glad that i manage to find some underrated show but i get pissed fast because i see people being so ignorant. I experienced it for the first time bk in 2007 when i watched Dragonaut: The Resonance. A very well tied up story with few flaws, a nice character development, cool animation and listenable soundtracks. The thing that made fan's rate it lower is its fan-service aspect (i.e. oversized breasts) however ignoring good things just because you see 2-3 chicks with huge breasts...i think that is pathethic and once again i blame fans for being too simple minded rather than the anime industry itself.

Bee Train studio managed to pull out over the past 10 years some very good shows, they are well-known for their assassin shows and i gave ya some examples. I recently finished Madlax and Noir which technicaly they are the same thing but presented differently (after all original plots are like snow in hell). I came to the conclusion that Madlax is superior to Noir because the story was much more complex than the one from Noir yet it was tied up almost perfectly.

Galadriel avatar Galadriel

Konnichiwa!

Jul 22, 2010

Hehe well i guarantee that you will like Kara no Kyoukai, as for The Third hmmm, this is an anime that combines sword mastery (Bleach) with mecha (Gundam) and with superpowers (To Aru Majutsu no Index), not this is what made it good, but the way the story was presented and the nice action sequences made it worth watching. I concider it a bit underrated, i mean it had almost everything a good show should have yet its not even in top 500 here? sometimes i wonder if the anime shows are bad or the fans rare, remains to discuss :D.

Another thing, since i haven't mentioned a studio that i rely upon (in my case i know what studios produce good stuff), i recommend ya watching the works of Bee Train's studio (Noir, Madlax, El Cazador de la Bruja, Mein Liebe, Phantom). This studio created these shows that frankly are similar, but presented differently, all of them are amazing assassin, political shows, nice thrillers involving mystery themes and also trying to be phylosophical. Owh and all of them are exploring the "girls with guns" theme x3. Want to see strong female leads making a hell of a fight? then this shows are highly recommended.

Galadriel avatar Galadriel

Konnichiwa!

Jul 22, 2010

Its's not something out of common believe me. I've been watching anime for more than 8 years and it pilled up like this now. One thing is certain, i love watching anime and i enjoy any minute of it, maybe this is another reason why my list got so big :D

I checked your list a bit and you got some nice tastes, i mean it. I see you like horror shows, psychological-mindfuck shows and fantasy type shows. I love horror animes very much, one of them is on my top no.1 fav shows i've ever seen so far out of almost 1200 anime shows, excelent in all aspects, superb animation design and quality, though-provoking plot and story, twisted-minded and complex characters, stunning soundtracks and OSTs, in 3 words, Kara no Kyoukai.

If you love post-apocaliptic show, i got a good one for you, its a crossover between Bleach, Gundam and To Aru Majutsu no Index, its called The Third, this one won the award as the best TV series in 2006.

My top fav animes contains the best shows i seen so far and impressed alot (i will be adding a few later since it's been a while since i updated it, and i seen some good ones meanwhile).

~See ya around~

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