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Fragless



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:54 am Reply with quote
ok i work at Media Play, and a customer came in the other day and said this " i new to anime and i was wounder if u could make some suggestions"

now r guy wants films not tv ser. so what 3 films would u tell him to pick up.....
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Legato 2057



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:27 am Reply with quote
Akira
Perfect Blue
Ninja Scroll
Metropolis
Cowboy Beebop
Vampire Hunter D. /Bloodlust
Demon City Shinjuku
Oh My Goddess
Iria (not really a movie, but still single disc)
Princess Mononoke (or any Miyazaki film)
Wings of Honnemaise
Ghost in the Shell
Green Legend Ran
Jin-Roh
Kite
Patlabor Movies 1,2 or 3
Roujin Z
Voices of a Distant Star
Z.O.E. Idolo
Spriggan

That's all I can think of at the moment.
I know its not three films, but I would recomend any 3 from this list.
I really can't pick just three movies.
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Fragless



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:55 am Reply with quote
see thats the tuff part is that we know so many good ones..... and u don't want to over whiele him so pick just three.... which three would u choice
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Delthayre



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:06 am Reply with quote
1. Perfect Blue
2. Patlabor 1
3. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

I think that's a sufficiently broad sampling of anime.
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Fragless



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:11 am Reply with quote
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

but that takes place towards the end of the series
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:23 am Reply with quote
Spirited Away, Akira, and Patlabor
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Delthayre



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:28 am Reply with quote
The movie stands independent of the series, but having seen the series does make it easier to appreciate.

Alternately, I would suggest Wings of Honneamise.
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Cassandra



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:36 am Reply with quote
Delthayre wrote:


Alternately, I would suggest Wings of Honneamise.

BLECH. The WoH DVD is a piece of crap. Do not recommend that to anyone. (Only recommend it if they can get something other than the R1 DVD.)

Three movie-type shows:

Spirited Away (or pretty much any other Miyazaki film if it isn't available)
Ghost in the Shell
Read or Die (technically, 3 OAVs but it's one disc so I'm counting it)
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Yuki555



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:55 am Reply with quote
Confused Lets...see. It kinda depends on what that person likes, since anime is so diverse. I would recommend Vision of Escaflowne since it's compose of lots of genre (love, action, fantasy).
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:40 pm Reply with quote
Kiki's Delivery Service, Metropolis and Laputa. Easy on the cultural references, easy on the content.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:46 pm Reply with quote
A little bit of everyting:

Akira
Grave of the Fireflies
Princess Mononoke

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Fragless



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 2:54 pm Reply with quote
good one Emerje

i like that one......
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Legato 2057



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:13 pm Reply with quote
ok...

Perfect Blue
Cowboy Beebop (seeing it even if you haven't seen the series won't spoil anything)
Princess Mononoke

Its a tough choice to pick just three, but these 3 I can always watch and no I will enjoy them.
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Delthayre



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:59 pm Reply with quote
I didn't know the Wings of Honneamise DVD was of poor quality. I've only seen the movie on VHS. Well, then I'll suggest Grave of the Fireflies as an alternative to my alternative.
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Davmx



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:22 pm Reply with quote
Spriggan
Princess Mononoke
Akira
The Voices of a Distant Star (really short)
Ghost in the Shell
Kite ( a bit extreme)
Ninja Scroll ( sexual themes)
Cowboy Bebop Knockin on heavens door
Ah! my goddess the movie
Daughter of Darkness

3 films... ehh....
I know the first one is Spriggan then Knockin on heavens door. Dont know about the third one though
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