bkev said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

bkev had me watch Cowboy Bebop.

Usually I'm not a big anime guy (in fact I've never really watched it), but WOW this was amazing. In fact, my reaction to it comprised mostly of positive expletives.

The truth. He was shocked and possibly appalled when I told him it only got better, I don't even like the first episode. Full recommendation post from me coming someday.

In other threads I have mentioned how anime has never been able to grab me in the slightest. I find it tends to be annoying and obnoxious even when it is at its least annoying and obnoxious. Someone described Cowboy Beebop to me and I thought it sounded really cool, so I watched three or four episodes, but just couldn't get into it.

Concerning the whole anime thing, a few weeks ago I watched an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood with a friend of mine and actually found myself really enjoying it. So I watched the next episode, and enjoyed it too. Then I watched a couple more and found it getting on my nerves. Seriously, why does everyone of these dumb cartoons have to include dumb, annoying, and obnoxious things in it? What is with the over the top campy Japanese humor? I have a feeling that was probably one country that could really appreciate Jar Jar Binks. Tingle from the Zelda games was perceived as painfully creepy and weird by American audiences, yet in Japan he was so damn popular he got his own spin off title.