Anime First time watching anime?

[Medviah]

I found this interesting flowchart for people that haven't watched anime before. It gets a bit complicated at the end though!

 

[Sexy Beast]

 

[Helpless Glint]

Yeah, it gets complicated towards the end but the chart is a great starter

 

[ChocolateVillain]

Best advice is to just start watching some and going from there!
Hell I would say best advice is just spending a few hours on CrunchyRoll

But never the less still a nice little starter chart. Even tho I think Death Note is way over rated.

 

[SanoNTX]

Series one should watch:

Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Outlaw Star
Sailor Moon
FLCL: Fooly Cooly
Full Metal Panic

 

[Alchyon]

More layers than an onion

 

[erickablyat]

NGE
Cowboy Bebop
Elfen Lied
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
1st half of Death Note (2nd half is complete and utter garbage)

The only anime you will ever need.

 

[Frody]

no thanks.

 

[ZER0C00L]

So much goodness here

 

[_MEGA]

Hell I would say best advice is just spending a few hours on anything that isn't CrunchyRoll

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I guess for broken English, limited selection, and subpar video quality it's alright @_@

 

[SanoNTX]

What type of anime are you interested in also? Romance, Syfy, Comedy, a mixture of genres?

 

[stewie574]

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I guess for broken English, limited selection, and subpar video quality it's alright @_@

I use Cunchyroll and enjoy it.

Fite me.

Seriously though, what is a good alternative apart from downloading series?

 

[SanoNTX]

I use Cunchyroll and enjoy it.

Fite me.

Seriously though, what is a good alternative apart from downloading series?

There are always streaming sites out there... for example: animeseed.com

 

[_MEGA]

I use Cunchyroll and enjoy it.

Fite me.

Seriously though, what is a good alternative apart from downloading series?

Some older fansub groups used to also stream series on their websites. Vivid and SS used to do it, not so much anymore sadly. But as Sano mentioned, there is a huge selection of anime streaming sights you can use that will have a much larger pool of series. CR may have about 60-70% of shows released since 2010 or so but they lack some of the series that I would personally consider gems of the anime world, such as Katanagatari. It may have a page on CR, but no episodes are listed.

Just in my experiences, you do not get the same quality subs as you would with groups such as Elysiu, Eclipse (rip :_() or THORA. It's easy to tell when time and effort goes into the subs. I find usually the anime that don't end up falling under the horriblesubs/commie umbrella tend to be of better quality.

 

[stewie574]

Some older fansub groups used to also stream series on their websites. Vivid and SS used to do it, not so much anymore sadly. But as Sano mentioned, there is a huge selection of anime streaming sights you can use that will have a much larger pool of series. CR may have about 60-70% of shows released since 2010 or so but they lack some of the series that I would personally consider gems of the anime world, such as Katanagatari. It may have a page on CR, but no episodes are listed.

Just in my experiences, you do not get the same quality subs as you would with groups such as Elysiu, Eclipse (rip :_() or THORA. It's easy to tell when time and effort goes into the subs. I find usually the anime that don't end up falling under the horriblesubs/commie umbrella tend to be of better quality.

My biggest gripe with CR is the selection of anime they have, for example they have like three or four of KyoAni's shows (off the top of my head Euphonium, Kyoukai no Kanata and Chuunibyo), yet they don't have Hyouka or K-ON.

I mean, for they price it isn't that bad for what all is included. I've found the quality to be better than some streaming sites I've found, the simulcasts for airing shows are awesome, and I haven't noticed any awful subbing (though that could be because I'm new to anime as a whole).

 

[_MEGA]

My biggest gripe with CR is the selection of anime they have, for example they have like three or four of KyoAni's shows (off the top of my head Euphonium, Kyoukai no Kanata and Chuunibyo), yet they don't have Hyouka or K-ON.

I mean, for they price it isn't that bad for what all is included. I've found the quality to be better than some streaming sites I've found, the simulcasts for airing shows are awesome, and I haven't noticed any awful subbing (though that could be because I'm new to anime as a whole).

I can't remember if it was CR/HS (horriblesubs and crunchyroll are basically the same thing for the past couple of years) or commie who did Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, but it's not always typos/mistranslations. Medviah can probably tell you as well, in this show and these comedy/parody shows in particular, one poor translation will ruin an entire scene. I'd have to go find the scene in the anime compared to the manga, but basically they did not translation the initial set up for the joke so when they translated the joke, it made no sense because it was out of context.

 

[ChocolateVillain]

I mean, for they price it isn't that bad for what all is included. I've found the quality to be better than some streaming sites I've found, the simulcasts for airing shows are awesome, and I haven't noticed any awful subbing.

This is why I have a sub with CR. The simulcast is just wonderful!

I have yet to find any really bad anime subbing besides spelling mistakes here and there, but over all it has been outstanding.

But yeah. Selection could always be better, Hell that goes with everything really. Take for example Netflix, they don't have all the movie gems on streaming but you can always order the DVD. Even then I find it hard to find some of the more obscure movies on their DVD selection.

All in all I find Crunch Roll an outstanding service, especially if you are looking for newer anime's out there.

 

[Medviah]

I'd suggest anilinkz, they offer a variety of streaming services (a couple in HD)

I can't remember if it was CR/HS (horriblesubs and crunchyroll are basically the same thing for the past couple of years) or commie who did Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, but it's not always typos/mistranslations

Also MEGA, I'm pretty sure Horrible Subs did the translation at the time.

. Medviah can probably tell you as well, in this show and these comedy/parody shows in particular, one poor translation will ruin an entire scene.

And yes I agree

 

[Samurai_TwoSeven]

Top 5 Personal Favorite and reccomended animes
1.) Shingeki no Kyojin
2.) Girls und Panzer
3.) Space Battleship Yamato 2199
4.) Death Note
5.) Full Metal Alchemist

 

[Diseased_Carcass]

I watch just about anything on Hulu and now with the commercial free its worth the $12 a month. Its sad to say but cable used to be commercial free too.
My favorite shows of all time.

Robotech all three series.
One Piece I'm all caught up on the dubbed and watch the subbed every week.
Trigun, I just started rewatching it.
Bleach, go ahead give me sh*t I miss it still.

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