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[quote=yumtoast154]>Boku no Pico
>10/10 rating
5 star post. You are a gentleman of the highest tier; congratulations on winning on the internets.

But seriously speaking, you haven't completed that many series.

Your Plan to Watch section, make sure to drop these (they suck the most):
Chaos; Head
Dragon Crisis
Digimon Xros Wars
Freezing
He is my Master
Softenni
R-15
Kami-sama no Memochou

Why haven't you started? (that's on your to do list):
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Yuru Yuri
Serial Experiments Lain
Welcome to the NHK
Redline
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Kanon
Kaiji
Hidamari Sketch
Ghost in the Shell
Gintama
Ga-Rei Zero
Full Metal Alchemist
Death Note
Clannad, Clannad: Afterstory
Amagami SS

[b]YOU ARE MISSING OUT.[/b] Drop Bleach,Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Astarotte no Omocha!, A-Channel, and Naruto right now and start watching above^

I wouldn't exactly recommend that to a newbie. The jokes need you to have knowledge on Japanese culture for them to be funny, though they do have references outside Japan (the 'God is dead' [Nietzsche] quote was hilarious).[/quote] Thanks for the recommendation. I will take note of it.

@YouMadSis: Yeah because I'm the stubborn one when YOU replied without answering anything that I had said to you/asked you.

@YouMadSis: Where did you get that question? "Are you going to call naruto an american cartoon"? I had no intentions of calling it an american cartoon in the first place.
Let me ask you, how is one piece plain and simple?

[quote=NerdyMapleGeek]Do me. [url=http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Failures]Link.[/url][/quote]
>Boku no Pico
>10/10 rating
5 star post. You are a gentleman of the highest tier; congratulations on winning on the internets.

But seriously speaking, you haven't completed that many series.

Your Plan to Watch section, make sure to drop these (they suck the most):
Chaos; Head
Dragon Crisis
Digimon Xros Wars
Freezing
He is my Master
Softenni
R-15
Kami-sama no Memochou

Why haven't you started? (that's on your to do list):
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Yuru Yuri
Serial Experiments Lain
Welcome to the NHK
Redline
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Kanon
Kaiji
Hidamari Sketch
Ghost in the Shell
Gintama
Ga-Rei Zero
Full Metal Alchemist
Death Note
Clannad, Clannad: Afterstory
Amagami SS

[b]YOU ARE MISSING OUT.[/b] Drop Bleach,Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Astarotte no Omocha!, A-Channel, and Naruto right now and start watching above^

[quote=jjoe50020023]nichijou[/quote]
I wouldn't exactly recommend that to a newbie. The jokes need you to have knowledge on Japanese culture for them to be funny, though they do have references outside Japan (the 'God is dead' [Nietzsche] quote was hilarious).

@YouMadSis: You can say all you want about how I find things funny or not. We all have our own opinions on things. Including humor.
By the way, learn the meaning of a troll before you even use it.

i love ao no exorcist

[quote=shosen123]soul eater and fma:brotherhood[/quote]

This and [b]s-CRY-ed[/b]. It's short and awesome.

@YouMadSis: Yep because I didn't watch all of regular naruto because of how boring he was.
One piece is actually funny, and the fights have more.. pressure to it than naruto's fights.

Darker than Black.

[quote=yumtoast154]>Dropping Yosuga no Sora
>Watching all seasons of ZnT instead and rating it a 9/10.

Sort out your priorities, bro.[/quote] Do me. [url=http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Failures]Link.[/url]

[quote=YouMadSis]@NotZach: one piece is also popular and long. and crappy. discrimination much? 25knx says so.[/quote]

yeah because seeing naruto doing the same thing over and over again is sooo exciting.
Extreme fights : die, kyuubi revives, use kyuubi powers, win.

[quote=RealDeal]If you want something like Special A, watch Kaichou wa Maid Sama or take a look here
http://myanimelist.net/animelist/theFlash
All romance/shoujo/drama mostly[/quote]

>Dropping Yosuga no Sora
>Watching all seasons of ZnT instead and rating it a 9/10.

Sort out your priorities, bro.

You should watch Gintama. It will keep you busy for a few weeks, if not months.

[quote=YouMadSis]25k nx ppl will say one piece is better than naruto.[/quote]

all animes that are popular and go on forever usually end up being crappy after 200 eps

OT: Black Butler, Higurashi, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Read or die, Speed Grapher.

Welcome to the NHK! and Clannad are some pretty good ones that I've watched.
Clannad also made me cry..

[quote=shosen123]soul eater and fma:brotherhood[/quote]

This

Every time there's one of these threads, I always recommend Ranma 1/2. It's pretty funny, a good plot, and it's made by the same person who wrote inuyasha. The manga is way better though (so much filler in the anime), but nonetheless, still a really good one.

soul eater and fma:brotherhood

If you're over 15, I recommend Black Butler. I'm pretty sure it's rated MA15+.
I haven't watched it, but the manga was epic. I made my friend read it and she also watched the anime. Apparently it is also very good, but may be scary at times.
I'm probably the last person to watch anything rated M or even MA, but Black Butler is an exception because Sebastian just gives it the 'wow' factor.
Watch at your own decision. ^_^

I swear to god, we just had this thread. Use ANN, dammit.

Anime & Manga Resource Package: Second Edition, Version 2.31

[quote=Anonymous]Because anime is serious business.[/quote]
[quote=Me]You better read this post, OP. If you are asking an anime-related question on Basil, all your questions will be answered in this post. Do not t|;dr on this because recommendation threads should be frowned upon. Also, yes, I made this guide. The version number is a reference to an anime, not a copy-pasta.

Credits+Thanks: yumtoast154, Rafflesia, malapo[/quote]

[b][url=http://animu-mango.wikia.com/wiki/Anime_Recommendations]ANIME RECOMMENDATIONS[/url][/b]
[b]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/b]
[i]>needs to be updated with anime from 2010-2011. I will get to it one day, or after the fall season when all the god-tier anime airs.<[/i]
[i]>I also could use help with a manga recommendation section<[/i]

[*][b]Tip:[/b] [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/]Use the search function[/url] and find anime related to the ones you like.
[*][b]Tip 2:[/b] Ignore anyone who recommends Bleach or Naruto. They are the plebeians of the 'anime world' who probably watch dubs on YouTube while cosplaying some fictional character; how unsightly and ungentlemanly. I bet they slurp their tea while in those fancy English parlours.

[b]Action[/b]
[*]Cowboy Bebop
[*]Outlaw Star
[*]Full Metal Panic!
[*]Trigun
[*]Samurai Champloo
[*]Black Lagoon
[*]Baccano
[*]Claymore
[*]Hellsing
[*]Gungrave
[*]Fullmetal Alchemist
[*]Busou Renkin
[*]Ga-Rei Zero
[*]Tiger & Bunny

[b]Drama[/b]
[*]The Girl who Leapt Through Time
[*]Clannad
[*]Kino's Journey
[*]Gunslinger Girl
[*]Eden of the East
[*]12 Kingdoms
[*]Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai

[b]Mecha[/b]
[*]Gundam 00
[*]Gundam Seed
[*]Code Geass
[*]Eureka Seven
[*]Neon Genesis Evangelion
[*]Gurren-Lagann

[b]Science Fiction[/b]
[*]Planetes
[*]Crest and Banner of the Stars
[*]Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[*]Ghost in the Shell
[*]Last Exile
[*]Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

[b]Slice of Life[/b]
[*]Aria
[*]Kamichu
[*]Hidamari Sketch
[*]Kannagi

[b]Romance[/b]
[*]Honey and Clover
[*]Clannad
[*]Kanon
[*]5 Centimeters per Second
[*]ef: a tale of memories/melodies
[*]Spice and Wolf
[*]Shakugan no Shana
[*]True Tears
[*]The World God Only Knows

[b]Comedy/Slapstick[/b]
[*]FLCL
[*]Azumangah Daioh
[*]Nichijou
[*]Haruhi Suzumiya
[*]Welcome to the NHK!
[*]Hayate no Gotoku
[*]Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
[*]Gintama
[*]School Rumble

[b]Mystery[/b]
[*]Higurashi
[*]Big O
[*]Dennou Coil
[*]Darker than Black
[*]Mushishi
[*]Mononoke
[*]Detective Conan
[*]Bakemonogatari
[*]Umineko
[*]Serial Experiments Lain

[b]Sports[/b]
[*]Hajime no Ippo
[*]Kaleido Star
[*]Kaiji
[*]Akagi

[b]Fantasy/Adventure[/b]
[*]Card Captor Sakura
[*]Mahou Shoujo Nanoha
[*]Scrapped Princess
[*]Tower of Druaga
[*]Slayers
[*]Rosen Maiden
[*]Kaze no Stigma

[b]Thriller/Drama[/b]
[*]Death Note
[*]Steins;Gate
[*]Kaiji
[*]Monster
[*]School Days
[*]Ergo Proxy
[*]Elfen Lied

[b]WATCHING ANIME[/b]
[b]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/b]
[*][b]>>>STREAMING ANIME IS FOR LOSERS. IF YOU STREAM IT, YOU ARE A LOSER<<<[/b]

[*][b]THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A 'GOOD' ANIME STREAMING SITE: ANYONE WHO RECOMMENDS OP A STREAMING SITE IS INCORRECT AND SHOULD STOP SPREADING CANCER.[/b] (Crunchyroll, Anime Season, Gogoanime, Animecrazy, anime44, animefreak, etc. All those are streaming sites. [b]STOP IT[/b].)

[*]The only reason anyone should watch streams is if: they're just stupid, they don't know that downloading anime=better, or he/she is too poor to afford even a decent hard drive to store things with.

[*]Q: "Why are streams bad, yumtoast?"
[*]A: Ads, retardation in general, loading, plus the audio and visual quality is normally terrible. Here, let me give you an example:
[url=http://minus.com/mcX7jCT#1f]TV rip[/url] I downloaded of Spice and Wolf II, episode 10. Tried to find the torrent again; took about 10 seconds. Look at Horo. Look at those lines! Beautiful!
[url=http://minus.com/mcbQwcU#1f]TV rip[/url] stream of Spice and Wolf II, episode 10 I found on watchanimeon; also took about 10 seconds. Look at Horo now. What blurry lines! Almost as bad as 3DPD cosplay.
(Sorry, it's pretty hard to stop the video at the exact moments with MegaVideo)

[b]ANIME DOWNLOAD SITES:[/b]
[url=http://www.nyaa.eu/]Nyaa Torrents (Multi-purpose site for RAWs, SUBs, DUBs, untranslated LNs, OSTs, software, etc. Torrent only.)[/url]
[url=http://bakabt.com/]BakaBT (similar to Nyaa Torrents)[/url]
[url=http://tokyotosho.info/]Tokyo Tosho (also similar to Nyaa Torrents)[/url]
[url=http://animebyt.es/]AnimeByt.es (you need to fill out an application)[/url]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Everything below this line are anime subs [b]ONLY[/b]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[url=http://www.animeout.com/]Anime Out (Small-encoded anime)[/url]
[url=http://www.animetake.com/]Anime Take (DDL+Torrents)[/url]
[url=http://www.animebuzz.tv/]Anime Buzz (DDL+Torrents)[/url]
[url=http://minitheatre.org/]Minitheatre (Small-encoded anime)[/url]
[url=http://www.animesenshi.com/?s=c]Anime Senshi (DDL+Torrents)[/url]
[url=http://www.animea.net/]AnimeA (DDL+Torrents)[/url]

[*]If your college blocks torrents, I'm sorry for your loss. You'll be stuck with crappy 300kb/s DDLs. ;_;
[*](cont'd.)If you can't download torrents/hate DDLs, you can try XDCC. Though I haven't used it myself, it's another option.

[*][b]DOWNLOAD ANIME IN .mkv FORMAT. ANYTHING ELSE IS POINTLESS.[/b]

[*][b]To have your computer read .mkv formats, you [i]MUST[/i] download one of these:[/b]
[url=http://www.cccp-project.net/]CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack[/url] for Windows users (comes with MPC: Media Player Classic).
[url=http://www.mplayerosx.ch/]MPlayer OSX Extended[/url] for Mac users.
[url=http://www.mcmediaplayer.com/]MCP: Media Player Classic[/url] for Linux users.
[url=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]VLC Player[/url] for Mac, Ubuntu, Windows, and Fedora users.

[*]CCCP has the [b]best[/b] support for hi10p, h264 videos. Everything else is inferior; only use the other links if your OS does [b]not[/b] support CCCP. I will say this again: CCCP>MPC [OSX Extended], MPC and VLC

[*]Useful link: [url=http://www.fansubwiki.com/]Fansub Wiki[/url] for those who watch subs.

[*]Protip 1: Don't waste bandwidth on crappy encoders who double/triple file sizes. [b]THORA, COALGIRLS *HACKHACKCOUGHCOUGH*[/b]
[*]Protip 2: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is virtually useless if you don't have god-tier ears with an amazing audio system.
[*]Protip 3: Seed what you leech. Don't be that asshole who removes their torrent after they finish while setting upload to absolute minimum. If you have a crappy bandwidth cap, this is understandable.

[b]MANGA[/b]
[b]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/b]

[*][b]Same rules apply to manga. Downloading=higher quality.[/b]

[*][b]MANGA ONLINE:[/b]
[url=http://www.mangareader.net/]Manga Reader[/url]
[url=http://www.mangafox.]Manga Fox[/url] broken link due to Basil filters. Add the .com yourself.
[url=http://www.onemanga.com/]One Manga[/url]

[*][b]MANGA DOWNLOADS:[/b]
[url=http://www.mangatraders.com/]Manga Traders[/url]
[url=http://www.mangashare.com/]Manga Share[/url]
[url=http://www.downloadmanga.org/]Download Manga[/url]

[*][b]MANGA VIEWEING:[/b]
[url=http://www.desertdragon.addr.com/mv/]Manga Viewer[/url] for Windows users.
[url=http://comix.sourceforge.net/]Comix[/url] for Mac and Linux users.

[*]Your best bet is to find the scanlators/provider for the series and download it off their blog/site.

[b]IMAGES[/b]
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[*]The following are anime/manga-related image hosting sites.
[*][b]WARNING:[/b] Danbooru and Gelbooru have 18+ ads. Make sure to go into their work-safe mode before searching/download adblock.

[url=http://danbooru.donmai.us/]Danbooru[/url]
[url=http://gelbooru.com/]Gelbooru[/url]
[url=http://www.pixiv.net/]Pixiv (in Japanese, but it's fairly straightforward)[/url]
[url=http://konachan.com/]Kona-chan Wallpapers[/url]

[*][b]REVERSE IMAGE SEARCHES[/b]
[*][url=http://iqdb.org/]IQDB[/url]
[*][url=http://www.tineye.com/]TinEye[/url]
[*][url=http://saucenao.com/]Sauce Nao[/url]

[b]ANIME/MANGA-RELATED RESOURCES[/b]
[b]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/b]

[*][url=http://myanimelist.net/]MaL: My Anime List[/url] Keep track of what you watch and whatnot.
[*][url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/]ANN: Anime News Network[/url] Reliable database.
[*][url=http://www.cccp-project.net/]CCCP: Combined Community Codec Pack[/url] Download the beta. It can already read hi10p files (file size=smaller, no more crappy colour banding, quality=same).
[*][url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/]Manga Updates[/url] Keep track of anime, manga, doujin, etc
[*][url=http://www.2chan.net/]2chan[/url] For all you people who can read Japanese. A text board dedicated to all things animu. It's a shame this board has terrible taste in anime. iDOLMASTER is not a masterpiece, stop talking about it, dammit. No, don't 'wwwwwwww' at me; you guys are the ones that are getting pandered by crappy SoL/comedies like Lucky Star. However, it's well-kept and organized unlike its sister site.
[*][b]Wait, wait. I get banned for [i]indirectly[/i] linking this site, but Reddit can be linked? I don't see how this is fair, mods, when Reddit sucks 100x more with its 3-y/o late memes. Plus I can link 2ch[an]. What's so bad about its sister site when the parent host is worse?[/b]
>Newf&gs and underb&s, gb2 >>/[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/]gaia[/url]/.
[*][url=http://2ch.net/]2ch[/url] Not to be confused with 2chan, 2ch is a text board while 2chan is an image board (fyi, it's more popular than 2chan and of course, it's in Japanese)
[*][url=http://www.niconico.com/]NicoNico[/url] English site. This was released recently, but they've higher quality anime streams than most sites plus anime/manga-related videos
[*][url=http://www.nicovideo.jp/]NicoNico[/url] Japanese version; more videos and much more popular, if you know Japanese, that is.
[*][url=http://www.baka-tsuki.org/]Baka-tsuki[/url] Light novel translation site for those who can't read the ones off Nyaatorrent.
[*][url=http://www.utorrent.com/]utorrent[/url] A bit-torrent client. Download it if you haven't already.
[*][url=http://www.hongfire.com/]Hong Fire[/url]. A site for downloading [translated+untranslated] visual novels and other miscellaneous games/software.

[b]>>>[url=http://www.google.com/]Google[/url]. THE REASON YOU SEE THIS POST IS BECAUSE OP WAS TOO LAZY TO USE GOOGLE TO FIND HIS/HER ANSWER. USE THIS SITE.<<<[/b]