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Postby Shuji » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:01 pm

My birthdays coming up and Im having a tough time choosing which animes to get. Ive narrowed it down to 3 but out of these 3 i can probably only get 2. The ones ive looked into are as follows; Last Exile, Berserk, and lastly Haibane Renmei. Which of these 2 would you think are good choices. (Violence etc etc does not bother me in the least).
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Postby Rev. Doc » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:03 pm

Last Exile and Haibane Renmei are the two I would choose from your list.
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Postby Shuji » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:01 pm

Anyone else?
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Postby Jingo Jaden » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:03 pm

Last Exile looks cool.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:38 pm

Last Exile was definitely a good series. You should give it a try.

(I hear fantastic things about Haibane Renmei, but since I haven't seen it myself, I can't suggest it.)
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Postby Tancos » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:15 pm

Of the three, I've only seen Haibane Renmei, but it is the single best anime I've ever seen and my favorite. Last Exile is on my to-see list.
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Postby faithfighter » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:18 pm

last exile rocks hard!!! I'ts definatly one of my favorite anime, other then lng and voilence it's clean too!
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:05 pm

Haibane! *points to avvy* My most favortiest anime ever^^
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:26 pm

Last Exile is excellent. There is a little mild language and some violence, but not heaps (actually there are only one or two episodes that could be considered violent at all).
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Postby Phil Hartman » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:51 pm

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Postby ChristianKitsune » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:00 am

eeek! Hard choice! Haibane Renmei and Last exile are awesome!

Last exile is 26 episodes while Haibane renemei is only 13....so HR is probably cheaper but you get more with your money for LE.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:41 am

if i were to choose between last exile and haibane renmei, then i'd choose last exile, mainly because the plot sounds much more interesting. berserk, at least for me, is out of the question. but you might want to check out the anime review.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:33 am

I've only recently started watching Haibane Renmei, but it's been good so far. Other than that, though, I can't reccommend much, since I haven't seen the other two you mentioned.
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Postby Ichigo_89 » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:28 am

I enjoyed both Berserk and Last Exile alot. But of the two, I think I liked Last Exile more.
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Postby blue elf » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:10 am

Last Exile is the only one of those three that I've seen, and I thought it was pretty good, so that's the one I'm suggesting. I don't really know enough about the other 2 series to have an opinion on them.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:22 pm

Having finished Haibane Renmei, I have to reccommend it. XD It's not action-packed or anything, and is mostly character driven, but it's a really wonderful series! I highly reccommend it!
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:45 pm

If you like spunky teenaged female lead characters in space operas then check out
Geneshaft.Mika's one of the spunkiest characters in anime plus she's played in the dub by Amanda Winn Lee.
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Postby CDLviking » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:55 pm

From your list I would choose Last Exile and Haibane Renmei. I would avoid Berserk. I've said it in other places, but the last episode is the most evil thing I've seen in anime (and I've seen Ninja Ressurection :o )

And I always have to plug Now and Then, Here and There, which is getting to be pretty cheap to pick up, as it's been out for a number of years.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:09 pm

One of the things you may want to do is to go to your local video or book store to check out what titles are in fact avaible not all stores will have the same titles.
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