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Postby GhostPoet » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:44 am

I'm in the mood for a good sci-fi anime.

Can anyone suggest to me a Sci-Fi anime that doesn't center around Mech battles and has a good, deep plot?
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Postby blue elf » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:48 am

How about Last Exile or Outlaw Star?
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Postby GhostPoet » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:49 am

blue elf wrote:How about Last Exile or Outlaw Star?



Seen em..also saw Cowboy Bebop and Rahxephon...
I Think those are all the ones i've seen right now..
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Postby Gypsy » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:54 am

Robotech is a good one if you like oldies. Iria is also very good ... then there's Martian Successor Nadesico (it has *some* mechs in it), The Irresponsible Captain Tylor ... Nadia is also sort of sci-fi.
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Postby Godly Paladin » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:30 pm

I believe he wanted non-mecha, Gypsy, which Robotech has in spades. :grin:
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Postby Yojimbo » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:43 pm

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Postby Rev. Doc » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:06 pm

I would second Gypsy's suggestion for Iria.
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Postby Technomancer » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:32 pm

Cowboy Bebop (series and movie)
Ghost in the Shell (movie and Stand Alone Complex)
Crest/Banner of the Stars
Nadesco (a comedy but still pretty good, ditto for Captain Tylor)
Akira
Patlabor I and II (they have mech, but they're more like SF mysteries that happen to have mech in them). Skip WXII. I haven't seen the series.
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Postby kazekami » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:30 pm

I'd recomend Serial Experiments Lain. Its somewhat esotetic though but its very intresting. I also thought Crest of the Stars and banner of the stars was good.
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Postby Arnobius » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:39 pm

If you don't mind the equivalent of R rated content, Green Legend Ran was very good

Oh, and I forgot: Wings of Honneamise was also very good.
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Postby Nate » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:15 am

The Eva Monkey wrote:Aim for the Top 2: Diebuster, aka Gunbuster 2, which is like FLCL but with mechs. Very promising, available on fansub. Not really traditional Mecha, more comedy action.

Just a side note, if Gunbuster 2 is anything like the first one, there's quite a bit of nudity in it, so you might want to be aware of that.
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Postby Blitzkrieg1701 » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:26 am

I've been hearing good things about Planetes, though I haven't actually seen it yet, so I wouldn't know for sure.

Memories is pretty darn good too. Three short films for the price of one
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Postby Lynx » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:18 am

my vote is on nadesico....

trigun is good too, it's kinda a sci-fi westernesque thing... but very good!
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Postby Maledicte » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:48 pm

Space Pirate Captain Herlock. Gotta love that ship.
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Postby Michael » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:18 pm

I'd go for Nadesico, there is some mecha, but not a ton.
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Postby Nate » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:20 pm

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention a series, huh? Irresponsible Captain Tylor has almost no mecha at all...and it's a great series. I highly recommend it. :D
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:50 pm

My recommendations:
1.Silent Mobius
2.Crest/Banner of the Stars
3.Geneshaft
4.Cowboy Bebop
5.Last Exile
6.Serial Experiments Lain
7.Ghost In The Shell:Stand Alone Complex
8.R.O.D.The Tv/Read Or Die
9.Gundam Seed(I know it does have mech,but also has a great storyline and
terrific characters...*cough*FLAY*cough*) :lol:
10. .hack//sign and .hack//legend

Besides Gundam Seed for mech(if you ever changer your mind on the
subject):
1.Dual!Parallel Trouble Adventure
2.Betterman
3.Zoids:Fuzors
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Postby Ichigo_89 » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:21 pm

I second Memories. Outstanding and well worth every penny!!
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Postby samaside » Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:55 pm

GhostPoet wrote:I'm in the mood for a good sci-fi anime.

Can anyone suggest to me a Sci-Fi anime that doesn't center around Mech battles and has a good, deep plot?


Planetes and Galaxy Railways.
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Postby Knives » Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:00 pm

Planetes seems like a good anime.
Trigun is really good.
Gundam 0080, but it has mechs...
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