Plea for Help for my Xmas List

[arccie]

Hey hoo,

Guess, what?

Yes, this is Arccie actually speaking. I'm not dead. (groans of disappointment are not appreciated thank you very much!!!)

I've started working on my fanfics again, so I'll try and be productive and actually publish something in my other journal sometime soon. I feel like such a slacker. I think it's been about 3 months since I actually did any writing (and I have soo forgotten my writing style, I've mangled it with other influences)

Anyway, I need some help to pick out my christmas present. I'm shipping over an anime boxset, but I don't know what to choose. Any help or thoughts at all will be of great help.



What do I like in an anime series?
Well, pretty (slashable) boys are always appreciated.
Good quality art/animation (preeety is good)
Good plot line, with an acceptable satisfying end (no...build up to the climax, build up build up and then "flop")...and when I mean plot, I mean actual plot PoT crack story lines are OK, but EXCEL saga, not really my thing.
I probably prefer action series, or at least series that have a fair deal of actionable scenes (I like Fruits Basket, but examining my collection it seems one of the rare series that isn't full of action)
Oh, and preferable main characters that aren't annoying i.e. don't want to make me smother myself with a pillow in embarassment of them or that spend the entire time bragging.



This is the list of possible animes:

(ones I actually know something about)
Outlaw Star
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Rurouni Kenshin
Escaflowne
Rahxephon
Sorcerer Hunters
Peacemaker
Pilot Candidate
GadGuard
Wolf's Rain
Generator Gawl
Chrono Crusade
Hack Sign
Arjuna

(ones I've heard are good, but know nothing about)
Berserk
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Yukikaze
Lodoss War
Aquarian Age
Betterman
Soul Hunter
Wild Arms
Dai-Guard
Android Kikaider
Kaleido Star
Key the Metal Idol


...Yes I know that's a long list, but I'm an indecisive person, and I'm all like "ooh ANIME!"

Any other series recommendations would be cool, and I can take them into consideration for birthday and christmas's later on.
I really want GSeed, Saiyuki and Soukyu no Fafner (the main character is so almost another Kira), but as no box sets, it's too expensive to get them shipped over here.

Oh christmas time, oh christmas time, why are you making my life difficult?

Comments

[love]

You would love Peacemaker Kurogane, your tastes sound similar to mine. :) The crack in PMK made me die laughing (you haven't lived until you watch the carousel-music scene).

I'll tell you which episode that's in if you really need me to ... *scratches head* Too tired to go look for it now.

Besides that, Chrno Crusade was great, but the ending was ... hmm. I thought it was a good way to go, but you may disagree, because a lot of people did.

.hack//sign is slow. The story moves along painfully slowly. I've abandoned my efforts to finish the story already, and I tried up to somewhere around episode 8 or 9 (or was it 12?). However, .hack//twilight was good. :)

Escaflowne was neat, but definitely like Fushigi Yuugi. Go for that if you want long epic love stories.

If you like sports anime (hey, you like PoT, who knows?) try Whistle, Dear Boys, Major. :) And if you enjoy slice-of-life, PLEASE, get Genshiken (makes fun of otakus) or Honey and Clover (art school students searching for a meaning in life).

There are a lot more, and I'm surprised Fullmetal Alchemist isn't on your list. Feel free to ask if you would like a blow-by-blow on recent fansub releases, I'm pretty much up to speed on most series. :) (Not all, but most.)

[arccie.livejournal.com]

Peacemaker does look shiny...

But I have an aweful feeling Tetsu will spend the entire time annoying the hell out of me...

Chrno Crusade does look good...and I've heard something about the ending...

*sigh* Whay are there so many choices?

...I have Whistle *evil laughter*
Oh I love the adorableness of Shou

I also have FMA, GREAT isn't it?

:D

Thanks for the help.

Certainly helped me narrow down the list alot.

^_^

[love]

*chuckle* Glad I could help. Feel free to ask with specific questions if you want to. I refrained from saying anything about those I didn't know about, but I'm good for a try on most series. :)

[love]

By the way, I wasn't annoyed with Tetsu or anything ... but then again, I'm not a huge PMK fan like I am a PoT fan ... *shrug*

[arccie.livejournal.com]

Really?
You weren't annoyed by him?

I suppose everyone has different standrds of annoyance.
He was fun and cute and then he kept opening his mouth (in the first episode that is) and just being very loud and embarassing.

*shrugs*
It was probably just because iy was the first episode.

...I ended up making a decision on anime. Unfortunately for me, the deciding factor came down to cost.
So I'm really hoping some of the other good animes I had my eye on will come down in cost by my birthday.

*fingers crossed*

*chuckle* Glad I could help. Feel free to ask with specific questions if you want to. I refrained from saying anything about those I didn't know about, but I'm good for a try on most series. :)

[arccie.livejournal.com]

Ooops!
Don't know how I managed to copy and paste those last 2 sentences.