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Suggestions for a Good Box Set...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:34 pm
by CookinLikeSanji
Alrighty, as some of you may know, today is my birthday. For my birthday, I am entitled to selecting a present that I'd like from my parents, I'm dying to get a new box set, but I have no idea what to pick.

I need suggestions, lots of them if possible, preferably relating to my tastes in anime.

I'm a big fan of Hellsing, Bebop, Champloo, FMA and the like, so basically I'm a big action anime nut.

So can you guys please help me out and give me some suggestions ^_^?

Thanks in advance!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:37 pm
by Tenshi no Ai
I don't know how you feel about mecha, but it certainly is an action title:
http://www.advfilms.com/CatalogFilms_Detail.asp?ID=616
A real nice series.

Also...
http://www.bandai-ent.com/products/product_details.cfm?id=414
Another great action title, AND it includes the movie^^

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:42 pm
by CookinLikeSanji
Ah yes, Escaflowne...

I remember seeing it on TV a few times, then they took it off the air after like 6 episodes. ^_^; For the longest time I thought that was the entire series.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:52 pm
by Tarnish
Though I've never seen it, I've heard Last Exile is good.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:23 pm
by Tommy
I want Star Ocean EX but I doubt any stores have it now.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:29 pm
by Puritan
Escaflowne is absolutely classic, a great action/mecha anime. I like RaXephon, but it wasn't until the second viewing of the series that I liked it. It's....interesting. If you havn't seen it, I wouldn't buy all of it at once, because its one of those things that some people like and some don't.

Another action anime that's quite good is Noir, its interesting and very well done, one of my favorites. That might be another good one to look into.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:04 pm
by rusty789
I highly recommend you get Fruits Basket, it is a great series, very funny and heart felt. If you like total randomness that is strange, yet hilarious, I would suggest Azumanga-Diaoh. And if you like an awesome serious one, try .hack//sign. :)

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:08 pm
by Anime Dad
Orenji wrote:Though I've never seen it, I've heard Last Exile is good.


I have it, although I haven't finished watching it all yet. And yes, it is very good :)

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:17 pm
by CookinLikeSanji
Right now my top picks are Noir, .hack, Fruits Basket and Star Ocean EX(If I can find the bloody set >_<!).

Thanks for all of your suggestions!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:40 pm
by Kawaiikneko
Last EXILE! Get last exile!

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:57 am
by Mangafanatic
I'd second Noir. You can get that box for 60 bucks at Best Buy.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:44 pm
by TrigunX89
I saw that Walmart has the complete Evangelion platinum boxset for under $50. I haven't seen the whole series yet though.

*runs away from that topic before getting banned*


Noir and Last Exile are great choices, as people have said before me. Then there's Outlaw Star, if you don't mind a few content issues. Of course there's Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, but those are a bit more expensive.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:36 pm
by Shao Feng-Li
I don't know of a lot of box sets, but there's the season 1 box set of Rurouni Kenshin, and I saw the Pretear Thin pack for about $40.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:57 pm
by erlic4god
Ooh, definetly Pretear, or Fruits Basket!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:20 pm
by Yojimbo
You can actually get the thinpack of Noir for as low as $40 online.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:22 am
by GrubbTheFragger
and I saw the Pretear Thin pack for about $40.


Actually i got it at best buy for 22.99 and yea i would recommend that as long as the transformation scene stuff doesn't bother you and also i would recommend if u can find it cheap s-CRY-ed cuz that was a excellent series