# Recommend Your Favorite Anime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-your-favorite-anime/578477 "2011-04-15T13:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-your-favorite-anime/578477/61 "2011-04-26T20:17:17Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Well, I can vouch for a number of suggestions here, so far—especially anything that’s **Read or Die** related—but if I may suggest [**Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHk2Yk6C81M)? It’s a remake/reimagining of the original _Bubblegum Crisis_ series (of which I’ve only seen a couple of episodes). And naturally, as you can tell from the typical anime naming convention, it’s basically _Blade Runner_ crossed with _Batman_ and _Iron Man_. Only with women. > > But I think I can safely say that it _doesn’t_ depict women as subservient or over-idealized gender conformists, _and_ has "emotional bonding and personal growth theme"s. And robot-zombie fights. And rock music. > > And the ending _doesn’t_ leave you wanting to mainline Prozac. Always a plus. 😃 **Bubblegum Crisis** was my favorite series back around 15 years ago, the time in my life when I watched anime. A big part of it, of course, was that the woman who voiced Priss had a hellasexy voice. But the series was entertaining apart from that as well, and I bought the series when it first became available on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Odaran09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Odaran09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odaran09)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-your-favorite-anime/578477/62 "2011-04-27T01:45:27Z")
The hard part about anime is that it is like American movies and there are movies and shows that span ALL genres. I started out watching anime back in the early to mid 90s. So many of my favorite series are ones that were out at the time. Depending on what genre you like, these may be good suggestions for you or bad ones. It also depends if you are willing to read subtitles (which after awhile most fan prefer because it opens up so much more) or dubbed. Most movies from Studio Ghilbi I second Ranma 1/2 and Nadesico Series (if it has not already been mentioned): Tenchi Muyo (and all 30 some spin-offs 😃 J/K) Slayers Bleach (if it has not already been mentioned) Naruto Kiddy Grade Oh! My Goddess (AA! Megami Sama) Hell Girl Currently in fansubs: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Sorry ran out of time to post this. But once you have the genre that you like, check out [http://animenfo.com](http://animenfo.com) for suggestions. They are a really good site for anime information. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-your-favorite-anime/578477.md?page=3)