What Animes Would Dan Ryckert Like?

Clearly Dan's favorite animes would be Clannad and Grave of the Fireflies.

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Jeff mentioned that he had a copy of Akira he never watched. I bet they'd both get a kick out of it.

I like how 90% of the suggestions here are suggestions of anime that are the exact anime Dan automatically says that they are stupid. More so coming round and saying "This TV series." as I think what if someone came by and said "here you like action films watch all 24 episodes of 24." 24 episodes is very daunting to someone who is not used anime. That is an automatic no despite Cowboy Bebop being one of the better suggestions. I personaly would tell Dan to sit and watch Legend of Galactic heroes....EXCEPT THATS 110 episodes! Of which to sort out the start is a task.

So guys....the main thing is ANIME BULLSHIT! not BULLSHIT ANIME! I mean WE NEED TO AVOID ANIME BULLSHIT. It is hard to tell if your so close it as that is what is part of anime mostly nowadays.

Dragon ball Z, Lots of Anime Bullshit.

Gurren Lagann IS NOTHING BUUUUUUUUUUUT anime Bullshit.

Black Lagoon pretty filled with anime Bullshit.

Redline a good choice as it actually has a very small amount of anime bullshit. Why do I say this? There is not stuff in it you need to know about anime in it! There is not real "Why does that guys pull that face? What does this mean? Why is that happening." Redline is just straightforward wackiness. Still a bad choice for Dan.

He wants MGS we wants over the top ACTION. Not OVER THE TOP Silliness. However Ultimate Muscle and Kinnikuman are strong candidates on the silly side and are a maybe in latching on to him.

Spriggan.....it is very MGS but it is also very cathartic and naval gazing with philosophising and such. Yes that is very MGS in a sense however Spriggan does not deliver it very well....it is a very well animated anime but terrible in story, Dan I am sure would not finish it or go to sleep.

Jo Jo's Bizarre adventure is an utter gamble to even mention, if he looks at it, his reaction is either "WHAT THE FUCK!? FUCK OFF ANIME!" or "OH GOD I NEED TO SEE THIS!".

Suggestion wise we need to have one good shot off action anime that Dan could enjoy. I suggest movies only series are too indepth if he was to watch ONE movie that would be a great achievement everybody is asking too much with a lot of these. I was not sure if I could suggest Castle of Cagliostro or Space Adventure Cobra myself as they are good and hold on their own with knowing about Anime Bullshit.....buuut there is Anime Bullshit in it but could be good following more recommendations if he watched some of the first level anime along the same lines.

I sent a message to Dan with my own refined suggestions. Let me copy the message and most of you here in this thread, if you are not already offended by my views of your suggestions....you will be after you read my message.

Cowboy Bepop is the only animes I can think if that he may like.

I really want Jeff and Dan to jump off the deep end and watch anime ass anime. I would pay to see them watch Kill La Kill

I think Big O is still probably one of the number one "shows that people who don't like anime still like" so ill throw in for this

It has an art-style that looks like an western animated show (which is what they were trying for and helps when you have some of the Batman:TAS animators on your team) and doesn't really have any of the tropes that people usually list for not liking anime-type shows.

Also I still think Schwarzwald is one of the best villains in anime/TV

Cowboy Bebop and Big O.

I don't care if he watches any other anime, he should just watch Cowboy Bebop.

Anything western influenced would do. I'd say Cowboy Bebop or Berserk.

There some other good stuff along those lines, but it comes with some caveats. Ghost in the Shell (movie) for example is kinda boring in this day and age and Akira, while spectacularly animated it's a bit underwhelming story-wise for being an adaptation from a significantly larger story from the original comic....( tho he might like the gore)

Maybe Trigun and FA Brotherhood also.

Cowboy Bebop, Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and maybe FLCL.

@akyho: black lagoons crazy anime shit (ie serial killer vampire children of doom, etc) only really ramps up once the series has already hooked you

also the stupid bad English intro is great (cigrattes, guns and tits, what more do you need?) but might be off putting

@azrailx: I never said it was bad as an anime. I just said It was bad for introducing to a non anime fan. I myself enjoyed it sad that the creator has a fetish for Roberto and dragged that part on too long so much so it has gone past Black lagoon and is almost the only this he does now. Remember the original brief from dan himself is "MGS like anime." Black Lagoon is not all that MGS like.

I can't remember the name, but the one where the angel always accidentally kills the person she's guarding/protecting and has to bring him back to life.

Yuuuuuuuup. That baseball episode is fucking amazing.

I think anyone can enjoy Champloo.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (it's so westernized he might not think it's an actual anime)

Dan likes Dark Souls right? For some reason I remember him saying at some point he enjoys Dark Souls.

If that's the case, he'd definitely enjoy the Berserk comic. At least the first volume. It's Metal as fuuuuuck and tells a compelling story. Even if he doesn't like anime on the whole, Berserk is special. Really love that comic.

This made me laugh way too hard. I had a friend who swore up and down that it was the greatest anime ever.

If you can't tell I got trolled pretty hard.

I'll say a bunch of the stuff people have already said pretty much. I think Dan like ridiculous action and he's probably so desensitized like the rest of us that gorey violent stuff would be cool as well.

Cowboy Bebop - I recently watched this and thought it was alright. Fight sequences are very well done but maybe wasn't enough of them? Great style. I think it might be a little too slow for him?

Redline - I thought this was awesome but I also like racing and F-Zero and such. This is basically F-Zero: The Movie. I also feel like I lost interest in it about half way through. Mostly has the awesome opening sequence and the decent closing sequence. Fantastic animation.

Akira - Famous bike scene with great music. I think Jeff and Dan would both like this. But this movie also descends into "wtf.. anime" at some point and it makes no sense. They might like that.

Attack On Titan - Really just because I think Dan would like the action and violence. I think it suffers from the same DBZ stuff of every episode milking every cliff hanger to death. He might not like all the in-between talking stuff but I think he'd like the story. Show is still awesome.

Blood: The Last Vampire - Been forever since I've seen this. Its a movie I think with good animation and action as far as I remember.

Kite - Another movie I think? I remember there being action with the girl shooting dudes and stuff? Don't remember much about it.

Death Note - Awesome. Not sure if Dan would be into the awesome sort of analytical crime detective stuff. Don't remember there being any real action but awesome suspense thriller.

Kite is the very last thing you want to show someone who has a low opinion of people who enjoy anime.

I'd say Gundam Wing. It's been a long time since I watched it but I remember it being loaded with the same war is hell melodrama that Metal Gear Solid has as well as awesome robot action scenes and I remember it being light on the anime bullshit.

Or show him the Evangelion movie and make his head explode.

P.S. As a long time dabbler in anime I've got to say that the MGS series is one of the most anime series I've played this side of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva. The poor bastard doesn't even know how much of an anime fan he already is...

@truthtellah: I came to say both these

I've seen the first 20 or so episodes of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It seems like the kind of mix of really cool action and weird story stuff that a Dan Ryckert would be into.

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Also I can't not recommend Dragonball Z, Bacanno, Soul Eater, Attack on Titan, Cowboy Bebop, and Akira.

G Gundam. It's just giant robots punching each other. I think he could get behind that.

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I kinda think he would like One Piece. Early on anyway. It has grand-scale insane action scenes but is also whimsical and very non-serious about itself. And it doesn't have schoolgirls or shitty romance.

Cowboy Bebop is just a really good TV show, unqualified. You could easily watch that and 99 other highly-rated anime, and hate everything else you saw.

Probably any without crazy animal people and with lots of awesome fights.

I was going to say he would like Outlaw Star- because it's one of my favorites- but he may not like it because of animal people in that.

He might like Trigun if he can reconcile the looney tunes comedy that is intermingled with the super serious metaphorical story about the A-bomb.

He could potentially also like the .Hack//sign series if only because it's about video games (but it also has animal people, although I would argue those are more easily defended since they're avatars inside a video game).

I basically just named 3 of my favorites, all of which are maybes.

Stop trying to corrupt Dan, you animals. Don't listen to these damn weebos, @danryckert. Stay on the path and remember:

Hajime No Ippo? It's about boxing, so it's sorta like wrestling just.. you know, real. It's one of the few animes I enjoy.

Psycho Pass isn't that bad of a choice either for a newbie. It's shamelessly cribbed from Phillip K. Dick, but somehow finds it's own voice. And I'm a sucker for neo-noir and cyberpunk.

Anything by the late, great Satoshi Kon. Perfect Blue, Paprika and Paranoia Agent are fucking BRILLIANT. I don't throw the word "genius" around often, but Satoshi easily fits the bill.

I will give my commentary on predicted reception to these suggestions with a mix of what Dan may like AND IT BEING CLOSE TO MGS LIKE WE KNOW HE LIKES. Also you gotta think on how Dan can watch this stuff, we cannot advocate illegal stuff and we should not assume Dan would do so. Also just saying Crunchyroll is kind of dangerous he goes on and there is Girls Und Panzer or Strike Witches and he goes "nope too weird goodbye". I would say a DVD in his hands is the better result.

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, it is absolutely outlandish an a manly way it could work but I think it is too out there and requires a anime refined mind. Actually kinda like MGS in some very small ways. However how will watch this?
• Space Dandy .....just nah. Too Whacky and not at all like MGS. How would he watch this?
• Free! Eternal Summer ? SIMPLY NO NEVER WHY IS THIS EVEN HERE!? NOTHING TO DO WITH MGS! HE SHOULD NEVER WATCH THIS!
• Spriggan, I think it is not that exciting and would bore. It is very MGS like maybe? DVD easily found and should be cheap.
• Kill La Kill, I think this is too stupid and whacky and too japanese requiring too much explanation that no one could give. Also the pacing is terrible. NOTHING LIKE MGS. Getting the DVD/Blu ray is an expense and effort right now.
• Fist of the North Star, Maybe. this would be more to Dan's Pallet however it is a series. The movie would be better. How easy are either on DVD?
• Cowboy Bebop, It is good and may grab Dan. Easy on DVD sadly it is a series and a bit of an ask to get his attention on I think.
• Bleach, NO! Even Bleach fans get annoyed with bleach due to pacing and it is too long. Easy to get on DVD but that is a lot of DVD's.
• Redline, This is nothing at all like MGS, however I think it is very palatable to a non anime fan. I got my non anime friend to watch and enjoy. No explanations needed. Easy to get on DVD and cheap.
• Ghost in the Shell, I think this is one of the anime's most in the wheelhouse of MGS and also it has 0 Anime bullshit, why it is an international hit. Good recommendation. Easy to get on DVD and cheap.
• Shin Chan, it is not a good showcase on anime. NOT AT ALL LIKE MGS. Can be gotten on DVD.
• Hunter X Hunter, I cannot comment on this too much except I do not think so. Too many DVD's if he can get it.
• Darker Than Black, I really cannot comment on this.
• Gurren Lagann, I really do not think it would go down too well, as well as many anime fans have a problem with the mid way point. Very unlike MGS. DVD's plentiful
• Samurai Champloo, I cannot comment on this, however I do not think this is a good choice. Unknown MGS likeness. DVD's available.
• Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, another anime that does not showcase anime at all. NOTHING LIKE MGS. DVD's Available.
• Gundam Wing, There is good reason for people to suggest this but I have gone back to watch it in recent years as a big gundam fan, realising it is slow and boring, very simple politics and well...stupid characters. Quit like MGS. If It was not so boring it could be a suggestion. DVD's available.
• Detroit Metal City, Not a good showcase of anime and NOTHING LIKE MGS. Are DVD's available.
• Kinnikuman, This might actually work the only problem is it's age. Also it is kinda of MGS like. Are there DVD's?
• Black Magic M-66, This might actually work this one. It is very anime like and kinda of MGS like. This is good recommendation and it is a one shot movie. There should be DVD's out there but probs out of print.
• Baccano, I cannot comment on this. DVD's plentiful.
• Afro Samurai, While it is a decent recommendation to alot of non anime fans, I do not think it is for Dan. A bit like MGS. DVD's plentifull.
• Captain Tsubasa, naaaah I really do not think. naaaah. DVD's are not easy I think.
• Ultimate Muscle, This might work. DVD's are around but how easy to get?

@jerseyscum: Oh yeah. Psycho Pass is fucking great. Not sure how Dan will take it though. Also its an anime that doesn't have a lot of "anime bullshit" that Akyho is purporting that we should avoid. :P

Both the movie and series are on Amazon but they are pretty expensive ($20 for the movie and $106 for the series).

@akyho: Btw Redline is actually available for free on Youtube AFAIK from the distributor's channel.

@milkman said:

Stop trying to corrupt Dan, you animals. Don't listen to these damn weebos, @danryckert. Stay on the path and remember:

Wrestling is for jerks.

DAN IF YOU ARE READING THIS WATCH AKIRA. If you go into it with an OPEN MIND I guarantee you will flip your lid. All types of cool shit, way more entertaining than a bunch of guys in tights fake hitting each other.

Movie it is then. Besides it wraps up the series storyline with some of the main points. Price is the only barrier.

I forgot Manga entertainment has gone insane in a very cool way. Yeah Redline is available for free streaming on Youtube legitimately and legally.

Cowboy Bebop and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Cowboy Bebop is nice and easy to watch for someone not into anime; it's just a fun space adventure with some cool fight scenes. JoJo is wrestling-as-fuck.

Dan would not like Kill La Kill; I like anime generally and even *i'm* kind of embarassed watching Kill La Kill. Think of something that either isn't super-anime, or is anime in a way that is so outlandish that it just makes you go "FUCK YEAH". And no blatant sexualisation because that's like the number one thing that makes people discard anime. Get that trifecta right and it's all good.

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This is pretty much exactly what I was gonna say. Particularly the part about Gurren Lagann. Seeing him nod his head sternly and proudly during the introspective moment between Snake and Meryl made me feel like, if he got to the final third of Gurren Lagann, he'd love it. That's a big if though-- I mean, I feel like I went into Gurren Lagann with a pretty open mind and even then, I nearly stopped watching before the eighth episode.

Besides that, I just came in here to post this:

I think people should think "What anime would they show their parents?" I myself have recommended anime I got my friends to watch and enjoy, or more so my father watches and enjoy. My dad loves Legend of the four kings, Heroic Legend of Arslan and the anime that topped both me and my dads lists Legend of t5he Galactic Heroes we watched together at the start of this year all written by Yoshiki Tanaka. My father was the first to show be anime despite it being a new discovery himself. The first real anime I saw was Cyber city Oedo 808 which....it is a very violent swearing anime my father recorded on VHS and showed me at the age of five. Been watching anime since and more so my love is 80's anime as that was when action anime was great.

Like you say a balance, JoJo strikes that balance better than Kill La Kill for the reasons to already stated, JoJo IS a gamble may work, he will remember it. I think Jeff remember after the all star battle Quick look.

I don't know if this has been said or not but the live action Fist of the North Star movie was on Netflix last time I looked

That movie is a pale imitation of the manga and anime. And the complete anime series is currently on DVD through Discotek Media. Someone should just send Dan the complete series set and tell him to binge marathon it.

@akyho: Btw, some of us did suggest Psycho Pass. How do you think, hypothetically speaking, if Dan liked Ghost in the Shell, then Psycho Pass might be a safe bet on a show that he might actually like as one of the follow-up recommendations? Though it does have a lot of talking parts and not a lot of action so I don't know if Dan would get into that. Plus Psycho Pass is on Netflix, not sure if Dan has a Netflix sub but I think he does.

Yeah it's fucking awful.

Guilty Crown

I was thinking of doing a thread like this. Glad you did.

Ghost in the Shell? Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, TTGL, Full Metal Panic (maybe Fumoffu), Darker Than Black.

Anything with guns and fighting and stuff. Things closest to 80's action movies as possible.

@bigjeffrey: HAJIME NO IPPO!

It's not wrestling, but it is Boxing! He might like it!

Metal Fighter Miku, Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Ghost in the Shell.....others like that.

I think he would really like Akira. Sweet ass cyberpunk madness with motorcycles, psychokinetic power and a pretty interesting story. I haven't seen anything even compare to Akira to this date (my personal opinion, of course).

Legend of the Galatic Heroes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNyY2F1OurUbDBCtILijHYI52YAiIvSX5