Alright, sadly, the Consolidated Anime Recommendations thread was unwittingly deleted the last time the forums were pruned. I am going to start that back up again with this thread, except I will also include helpful links and such for downloading, getting more information (including reviews), good sites for purchasing anime, and so on.

So, feel free to post anime recommendations and/or links, and either I or Mahimaki will edit this original post to include the information. Eventually, the thread will get archived or submitted as a text file for posterity.

Downloading Resources

Anime

BoxTorrents

Anime Download List

http://kaa.animeconnection.net Kick Ass Anime

FTP Download server

Manga

Stoptazmo.com

MangaZero

Anime Preview

You tube

*When using YouTube, enter the anime's name in the search bar. Search will return AMV's, Preview Trailers, and possibly chunks of episodes.

Information Resources

www.Anipike.com

http://www.animenfo.com/

www.Animenewsnetwork.com

www.Anime-planet.com

Purchase Resources

www.AnimeNation.com

www.SunDevilDVD.com

www.Jlist.com

Anime Recommendations

Classic

Akira (movie)

Area 88 (known to SNES fans as U.N. Squadron)

Cowboy Bebop (series and movie)

Galaxy Express 999 & Adieu

Grave of the Fireflies (movie)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (series and movies)

Speed Racer (Mach Go Go Go)

Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer

Vampire Hunter D (movies)

Action

AppleSeed

Black Magic M-88

Bubblegum Crisis, Crash, and 2040

Captain Harlock

City Hunter

Demon City Shinjuko (movie)

Dominion Tank Police

Fist of the North Star (series and movie)

Full Metal Alchemist (series and movie)

Grappler Baki (series and movie)

Golgo 13

Gun Frontier

Gun Smith Cats

Hellsing (series)

Ikkitousen (Battle Vixens)

Initial D (series and movie)

Kite (movie)

Mezzo Forte(series)

My Youth of Arcadia

Naruto (series and movie)

Ninja Scroll (movie)

Noir (series)

Queen Emeraldas

Read or Die (movie)

Riding Bean

Rurouni Kenshin (series and movie)

Samurai 7 (series)

Samurai Champloo (series)

Samurai X (series)

Shinsengumi

Shadow skill (series and movie)

Sin (movie)

Speed Grapher

Spirit awakened: the peacock king (movie)

Spriggan (movie)

Shura No Toki (series)

Tenjou Tenge (series)

Venus Wars

Wrath of the Ninja (movie)



Drama

Crest of the Stars

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien

Now & Then, Here & There

Scrapped Princess

Voices of a Distant Star



Action/Drama

Berserk (series)

Chrono Crusade

Elfen Lied (series)

Gunsliger Girl (series)

Inu Yasha (series and movies)

Jin Roh (movie)

Perfect Blue (movie)

Wolf's Rain (series)

X (series and movie)

Comedy

Abenobashi

Azumanga Daioh

Cat Soup

Colorful

Comic Party

Di Gi Charat

DNA ^2

Excel Saga

FLCL (series)

GateKeepers 21

Golden Boy (series)

GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) (series)

He Is My Master (series)

Iketeru Futari (series)

Jubei Chan (Secret of the lovely eyepatch)

Jubei Chan 2 (Siberia Yagyuu's revenge)

Knights of Ramune, 40 Fresh

Love Hina

Mahou Sensei Negima

Ping Pong Club

Ranma 1/2

Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen)

Silent Mobius

Tenchi Muyo

Urusei Yatsura

Yakitate Japan (series)

Family

Angelic layer

A little Snow Fairy named Sugar

Fruits Basket

Hamtaro

Kiki's Delivery Service

Magic Users Club (OAV & TV)

Metropolis (movie)

My Neighbour Totoro

Nausica: Valley of the Wind (movie)

One Piece (series)

Princess Mononoke (movie)

Shinigami No Ballad

Somedays Dreamers (Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu)

Spirited Away (movie)

Tokyo Pig

Hentai

Bible Black

Cool Devices

Dragon Pink

La Blue Girl

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

Venus 5



Occult/Horror

Angel Sanctuary

Bleach (series)

Blood: Last Vampire (movie)

Haunted Junction

Mermaid Forest

Pet Shop of Horrors (series)

Serial Experiments Lain (series)

Vampire Princess Miyu

Witch Hunter Robin (series)

Yu Yu Hakusho

Romance

Chobits

Gravitation

His and Her Circumstances

Saikano (My Girlfriend is the Ultimate Weapon)

Sci-Fi/Giant Robots

Armitage the Third (movies)

Bakuretsu Tenshi (series)

Blue Gender

Full Metal Panic! (series)

GANTZ (series)

Ghost in the Shell (movie)

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (series)

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (movie)

Gundam, 0080, Wing, Seed, 08th MS, F91

Macross

Nadeisico

Outlaw Star (series)

Planetes

Plastic Little

RahXephon

Southern Cross

Vandread (series)

Venus Wars

Sports

Princess 9

Prince of Tennis

Unclassified

Pretty Cure

Roujin Z

Paranoia Agent



[This message has been edited by Red Raven (edited 01-30-2007).]

Here is how the categories are being defined:

Classic

Anime that have stood the test of time in terms of popularity, merit, and impact on the medium as a whole.

Action

Focus is on combat, gunfights, or fisticuffs in general. If high technology is involved, it goes in Sci-Fi/Giant Robots.

Comedy

Main focus on amusement, jokes, or parodies.

Drama

Main focus is on the emotions and/or interactions of specific characters with one another, not necessarily in solely romantic situations. Frequently set in war-torn or otherwise hostile environments, but action is not sole focus of the show.

Family

Main focus is on the simpler things of life: exploration, imagination, and so on. This does not mean kiddie shows, but rather shows that could be seen and enjoyed by almost everyone in the family.

Hentai

Main focus is on sexual, perverted, or otherwise erotic subject matter. This category encompasses all Hentai, from soft/hardcore porn to tentacle-rape to furries and beyond.

Occult/Horror

Main focus is on something strange, scary and/or mysterious, usually with ghosts, spirits, or demons. Also includes shows that are just plain weird.

Romance

Main focus is on the romantic relationship of one or more pair of characters. Typically, the theme boils down to "love conquers all," but not always.

Sci-Fi/Giant Robots

Main focus has a lot to do with the high technology present in the show. Spaceships, star colonies, and mecha combat define this category.

Unclassified

A temporary category for anime that have yet to be classified into the others.



Putting anime into strict categories is really kind of difficult, so try and choose the predominate aspect of the show and go with that.

[This message has been edited by Red Raven (edited 09-03-2005).]

From this point on, when suggestions are used and added to the list, the relevant post will be deleted in the interest of conserving space.

[This message has been edited by Mahimaki (edited 07-13-2005).]

Damn, nice. I was afraid no one saved the list before it was completely deleted. I'm going to put the titles in alphabetical order and clean it up a bit though.

Otherwise, feel free to keep them coming. Remember, this resource is everyone's.

I am adding Hentai as a category, per the suggestion.

Bump. Anything that we've missed?

Well, here is a dump of my direct download manga links:

http://www.lovehina-party.org/kmt.php http://www.kippei.x-wh.net/manga/ http://www.jprealm.host-dot.com/manga/ http://souhaku.free.fr/ http://www.stoptazmo.com/ http://bleach7.com http://www.blubbblubb.net/manga/ http://www.mangazero.net/manga/ http://www.tidwah.net/releasenews.php http://www.squiggle-manga.co.nr/ http://manga.crystalnova.net/ http://manga.myran-san.com/ http://www.fiendishdownloads.tk/ http://snoopy007.shackspace.com/GantZ/ http://www.otenba-quality.com/ http://directmanga.com/ http://dualtranslations.org http://www.jminders.com/ http://att.allyouranime.com/ http://141.219.23.7/~jolpeter http://pointace.com/refrain/mangacity/ http://www.silent-moon.com/Hosted.htm http://shades.leadsalad.com/devilman/ http://www.strangyeard.co.uk/urasawa/ http://homepage.mac.com/sp831/lovehina/downloads.html http://24.214.125.78/op/ http://www.mangadownload.net/ http://narutofan.com http://users.telenet.be/steponit/gantz/ http://www.mangadownloads.org http://sazanquest.cjb.net http://www.mvhs.net/~achang/ms/ http://hngotrans.net/index.php http://www.soukutsu.net/manga/

Manga Direct Download Links:

http://www.lovehina-party.org/kmt.php

Some of the latest KMTS releases (notably Ares).

http://souhaku.free.fr/

Various latest releases.

http://bleach7.com

Bleach Manga.

http://www.blubbblubb.net/manga/

Various latest releases.

http://www.mangazero.net/manga/

Various latest releases (notably Hellsing and 666 Satan).

http://www.tidwah.net/releasenews.php

Good collection of manga.

http://www.squiggle-manga.co.nr/

Latest Nexgear releases (notably Hunter X Hunter).

http://snoopy007.shackspace.com/GantZ/

Latest Gantz.

http://narutofan.com

All of Naruto manga.

http://sazanquest.cjb.net

3x3 Eyes Manga.

EDIT: Clean up.

[This message has been edited by R_I (edited 10-29-2005).]

You forgot Bleach (action) and Yakitate Japan (comedy)

A link for bleach downloads as well as other anime : http://a.scarywater.net/lunar/

A link for Yakitate Japan downloads as well as other anime: http://a.scarywater.net/ae/

http://www.animeadrenaline.com/

has some OST mp3s.



I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but

ADL is one of the better collections of up-to-date pages.

yes, WH:R goes into occult.

Tenjou Tenge and Demon City Shinjuko should go in action

and gunsliger girl should go somewhere on the list, but i'm not far enough into decide drama or action.