Anime for a complete noob.
 

I'd like to know some of the "essential" anime tv shows or films. I have seen a few films, most are obvious, mainstream hits like, "Akira" and "Spirited Away." I'd like to put together a list of media to watch, so help me out.

what kind of things are you into? Fantasy... science fiction... comedy, drama..?

True, but they might want to start with a shorter or already completed anime :P

Lol, these faces don't mean much to me. : D

fine, I'll stop, but it is by far the best!!!
ok...Naruto is in orange, and he's the coolest character ever!!!!!!!!!!!1
Rock lee is also the coolest ever, and he's in green!!! w/ the beetles haircut!!!
Sasuke is in blue, and he's just a wannabe cool guy...but is really a jackass....
and Gaara, who's also pretty kickass is the one with sand flying all around him!!!

I'll put Naruto on the list.

One of my favorites is Fruits Basket. Also: Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan, Vandread, and Karin (the chibi Vampire).

yay!!!!
Kakashi is pretty cool to!!!!!!

ooooh!!!!...you can't forget about Hinata!!!!!!!!!!!!1
she's hot, and she deserves Naruto!!!!!!!!!!

... o.o; lol.

And I am the Kyuubi!!!!!!!!!!!!

but you have to watch in Japanese, otherwise, it's all crap!!!!......as with all anime!!!....

I agree that Naruto is good, and so is Inuyasha. As for anime movies Howl's Moving Castle, and Final Fantasy:Advent Children are awesome.

Kiki's delivery service is a must with the movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeep!!!!.........and check out Love hina manga!!!...they ruined the anime from the start!!...but the manga is good!!

If you like comedic anime, then Great Teacher Onizuka is a great anime. Or if you prefer drama, then Angel Sanctuary is great(and short).

oh yeah!!!...I was going to look at GTO!!!!...eek....I gotta watch it soon!!!!....summmer's almost over!!!!...eek!!

Death Note.

Haha. Rock Lee is my homeboy (H)

And eh, Fullmoon Wo Sagashite.

<33~x

The artwork is so simple and doesn;t take it away from the story which is uh...rly touching... ./sniff

Srsly though, check it out <3

if u want to watch an LOL anime i recommend Azumanga daioh. i also recommend Suzumiya Haruhi no yutsu (the character in my sig and avater).

Claymore and Darker than black are two quite new and good series.

Also recommend The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

I just watched the first episode of Naruto. I like I like : D. At first, I thought he was a little bitch.

Quick question. Right now I'm watching "Naruto" from the first episode. What's the difference between Naruto and "Naruto Shippuuden." I read that Naruto Shippuuden was better because it wasn't "filler" or something. Could I just start watching Shippuuden w/out being too confused or do I need the background from the original Naruto. Thanks.

no!!!!!!...I just got to the shippudden!!!.....It is the new season!!!...It is after they've matured somewhat!!!....no!!...You have to watch all 220 episodes of Naruto before you get to the shippudden!!......silly!!!........I think the filler is great........so, just watch it and stop complaining!!!..lol.....:rheart:

Let's see... there's videos all over the intarwebs, but I'd suggest (for ones licensed in the U.S.), The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist, Naruto, and Prince of Tennis.

Anything Miyazaki, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Alchemist, Elfen Lied, Hellsing, Kimagure Orange Road, Naruto, Bleach, DragonBall Z.. theyre all essentials :D

Shippuden's the second season and just came out fairly recently.

I can;t rly imagine what it'd be like for a beginner but it'd be harder to understand what they're on about if you haven;t watched the second season. Kind of like fast forwarding a film to half way and only watching from there. So yeh watch from the beginning.

I personally got sick of the fillers (which were only there because the anime was catching up to the manga or something) so you can skip those if you want. They start at roughly episode 180? My memory fails me. You can watch the fillers if you want though, i'll admit some chains were guid but the majority made me want to throw my computer across the room.