which anime with the best story line + meaningful?

Vilincica · Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:22 am Post subject:

Ok at the beginning Hazedream said: NOT like NARUTO ............. I just had to get that out of my system. At least read the first post, to learn what the topic is about Smile

I agree with people who recomended:

Chobits
Haibane Renmei
Yami no Matsuei
RahXephon
Witch Hunter Robin
Cowboy Bepop
Serial Experiments Lain
Trigun
Air
Monster

I would add Juuni Kokki and Last Exile to the list

kaitune · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 3:07 am Post subject:

Ummmm... Probably...

-Tokyo Babylon
-X/1999 (but for this one I think the comic is much better)
-Yami no Matsuei
-Air
-Evagelian
-Utena

If you manage to watch all this Animes, then I believe that you will spend at least another months or years enjoying thinking about them( or wondering what's actually the whole series are about?(for Eva/X/Utena)) Very Happy

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eichi · newbie! Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 15

Try watching Kaleido Star too bad the subbing aint finished yet but you can get a good laugh from the first season and start to think about your life Laughing

mapleci · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 58

Evangelion - The Bast Anime!!

Drama - AIR,Kanon
Drama&Action - Gunslinger Girl,Elfen Lied
Science Fiction - Soukyuu no Fafner,Fantastic Children
Mystery - Monster

Rya · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject:

hm, most meaningful story...
probably Evangelion ... I still can't figure it out.

I can figure out and therefore recommend as meaningful animes:
Full Metal Alchemist - one of my favourite animes
Earth Girl Arjuna - I'm really not a fan of this one, but it does have a message
Most Gundam Animes seem to have very good stories - although I've only seen Wing, Seed and now Seed Destiny

Maybe Sousei no Aquarion too... but I'm still uncertain whether they go into the direction of EVA or rather Power Rangers ... it does have a little mental component nevertheless.

dragon_pickle · newbie! Joined: May 15, 2005 Posts: 1

i like Gundam Seed Very Happy

it roks

ohtori_akio · A-Source Staff Joined: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 22

Utena, Utena, Utena

waitingcheung · newbie! Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 8 Location: London

Anything by studio Ghibli...

i just finished watching Princess Mononoke and its beautiful!

you will value life after watching this film. If it doesn't open your eyes and see what we "humans" are doing to our world, i don't know what will.

jadedmandarin · newbie! Joined: May 29, 2005 Posts: 2

one word 'Berserk'

(well that was 3 words actually, its 9 if u include the what i just said or 30 if u include numbers and what im writing now)

Fwankling · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 52

... meaningful... NGE

... best storyline... HARDLI... (no, hardli's not a series)

Darkside_Jess_Sovar · newbie! Joined: May 23, 2005 Posts: 6

Let's sort out these storylines, ok? Surprised

(Help me out here dudes!)

1. Philosophical Confused

(Too many themes)
.hack (SIGN - not that funky LotT), evangelion, lain, etc.
2. Twisted Daily Life / (Shoujo?) Wink

(so many...)
3. Adventure Mad

with Magic
Saiyuki Trilogy, Orphen, Ragnarok (Animation)
4. Romance / Ecchi Embarassed

/ Shoujo(?) Embarassed

Maburaho, Onegai(both), Ayashi no Ceres, Fushigi Yuugi,
5. Sci-Fi / Mecha Surprised

Gundam (all of 'em), Vis o' Esca, Full Metal Panic, Macross (all of 'em), Vandread (more of mecha + shoujo + philo), Ghost in the Shell (all of 'em), Saber Marionette (all of 'em 2), Zoids
6. Thriller Twisted Evil

Gs Girl, (help here?)
7. Comedy Very Happy

GTO, Ranma 1/2, FMP Fummofu, Galaxy Angel Trilogy
8. History (Includes ninja and samurai stuff) Cool

Samurai 7, Flame of Recca, Naruto, Samurai X(?)

Let me point out a few things too. Idea

* Aside from Gundam UC, all other Gundam storylines blather about "true peace"-even SeeD...(sheesh). Evil or Very Mad

* Mechas tend to add a lot of shoujo flavoring (don't tell me you dudes saw Gundams because they're pose good).
* The more meaningful anime have central dogmas - you can find it easy enough, though in .hack SIGN, I'll be damned if their philosophy was clear-cut.
* Setting aside the eye-candy Embarassed

, what do you get? If you get something with a lot of sense, then you got a good storyline + meaningful anime.

Idea

Oh yeah, for me I'll go with Samurai X, .hack SIGN, & Gensomaden Saiyuki (NOT Reload & / or Gunlock!) Idea

CardCaptor32584 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 51

If you want meaningful as in after you watch it, you have this happy feeling and greater determination to go on living or something, i recommend the following.

CardCaptor Sakura - yes yes, one of those where the main character refuses to kill the bad guy, but its so good!

Fruits Basket - Just sob sob and laff laff

Air - Wow, i was amazed at how illustrated the raw emotion. Made me really feel for the characters

LiangZzZ · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:

I think Tsubasa Chronicles is rather meaningful though, except that the anime is on quite a slow pace now...

wanzu · newbie! Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 12

anyone here love ti watch mahoraba - heartful days?

the sory line is simple and the characters are all cute

mrzebra · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 31, 2005 Posts: 98

in my opinion, i find that the best plot is fma as it has many real life //, for example the moral implications of clonning is shown as the human transmutation...
FMA also has alot more substance compared to gundam seed(which is very idealistic) and Eva (which is a little to crappy)