Need help picking a new series

Prince Vegeta · Post by **Prince Vegeta** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:28 pm

Hi guys,

I have just finished watching the complete uncut japanese dbz series for like the millionth time and let me say it was awesome.

But i'm thinking of starting on a new anime series. So i just wanted to get your opinions on a good series to watch. I basically loved the db/dbz series so anything close to that would be awesome. As you can tell i'm not aware of any other good japanese anime so i need some serious help from you guys.

Let me know what you think. The only thing that i would object to are series that are intended for female viewers (eg. sailor moon)....not that there is anything wrong with them

Cheers

pastatdude · Post by **pastatdude** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:32 pm

So you want a fighting oriented series to watch next....

Here's my suggestions:

Yu Yu Hakusho
Naruto
Flame of Recca

Those are just a very few, but I'll let some others speak up too.

hanaeleh · Post by **hanaeleh** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:40 pm

Hmmm... feels like I've done this before, but I'll just go ahead and post my same two cents:

Yu Yu Hakusho has a lot of dbz qualities to it, and is a great way to be slowly introduced into a new series.
Rurouni Kenshin is an incredible anime and one which I would recommend to anyone.
Inuyasha is also great, but has a ton of episodes.

Others which top my list are Blue Gender, Case Closed, Wolf's Rain (only once, though), X and Naruto.

glorff · Post by **glorff** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:14 pm

I will second Pastatdude's first recommendation of Yu Yu Hakusho as a great next step from DBZ.

I think that all the others are must see series, but start with YYH

birdie · Post by **birdie** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:00 pm

Yes YYH and RRK are great series to follow DBZ. But if you're looking for something shorter - try Outlaw Star. Or do you want to stay Earth bound? One Piece is loads of fun and lots of fighting.

Lady Brick · Post by **Lady Brick** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:37 am

I second flame of Recca... it's a GREAT series with really fun characters and all that great fighting/action too. Also, you would probably like Naruto. I personally don't like YYH as much as these other shows... maybe because I saw Flame of Recca first, which is a similar show but a lot better

Shampoo · Post by **Shampoo** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:03 am

"Ima Made Nando Moooooo.."

Naruto all the way!!

If you like DBZ you'll probably like it, they are very similar in some ways

Picture above is courtesy of Son Goten

lol! man that fanart tickles me to no end

pastatdude · Post by **pastatdude** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:19 am

Bah-hahahahaha!

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:13 pm

I'll have to go with naruto to as the stepstone from DBZ.

Prince Vegeta · Post by **Prince Vegeta** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:48 pm

heheheheheheheh

Man that fan art rocks

kira · Post by **kira** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:46 pm

since i dont know to many anime with fighting the only ones i know is yyh or inuyasha.

sweet fanart, goten.

Joost · Post by **Joost** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:26 am

maybe also not that bad : Samurai Shamploo

( no not Shampoo

, bad joke

)

Shampoo · Post by **Shampoo** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:28 am

LOL!

awwwwwww.. drats!

I dont get my own ass-kicking, sword wielding series?

Poo...ah well.. theres always a next time

kira · Post by **kira** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:27 pm

i know another series you could watch, hokuto no ken. true it's old but it has the action and the violence if you dont mind a really long one.

Post by **Rekka Alexiel** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:45 pm

Well, if you liked Fushigi Yuugi, you'd probably like Haruka naru toki no naka de, too. They're not really related, but they both share a few similarities such as a girl (and two of her friends) who gets sucked back in time where she becomes the Ryuujin no Miko...and she has 8 protectors... It's a great series. I found out about it maybe 2 years ago. There's all kinds of drama CDs, music CDs, mangas, and games available for it. The third Haruka PS2 game is coming out either in December or January, I believe, and it looks good as usual. But out of the three main stories, I still like the first one the best. I'm SO happy that they've finally decided to make a TV series out of it, and it's perfect! It's following the manga really well so far. I'm just curious who they'll pair Akane up with in the end. I hope it's Tenma!! *crosses fingers*

But if you want to know anything else about this series, just let me know and I'll try to describe it some more. =) There are some great seiyuu in it too... like Seki Tomokazu and Miki Shinichirou just to name a few.