Skank

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Ninja Scroll

innocentfreak

Just some of my favorites. I haven't picked them up on DVD yet, so I don't know if all are available.

Berserk
Blue Submarine #6
Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell
Grappler Baki
Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
Ninja Scroll
Outlaw Star
Record of Lodoss War
Spriggun
Trigun
Vampire Hunter D

Azrael23

Perfect Blue
Crying Freeman Vol 1-5

NeoZophar

Here a small list of the anime I like very much
-Tenchi Muyo! series
-Armitage
-Outlaw Star
-Record of Lodoss War
-Cowboy Bebop
-Neon Genesis Evangelion
-éX-Driver
-Riding Bean
-All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku Collection
-Gunsmith Cats: BulletProof!

Enjoy or DVD's

wju2004

Tisk Tisk. Surprised no one has included either Noir or Chobits. Chobits can be iffy, but Noir is a definate, IMO.

Others I've seen and enjoyed:
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Outlaw Star
Inu-Yasha
Rurouni Kenshin (sorry if I misspelled)
Trigun
Hellsing (Good to try before you buy)
Perfect Blue
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

This list is nowhere near exhaustive of good Anime out there and there are series and Movies I haven't seen, but it's what I have enjoyed.

davidlynchfan

Wings of Honneamise -the one and only!!

smw

Initial D

orangejason

as great a movie as totoro was, resist the urge to buy the dvd as the transfer is pretty poor , has no special features and worst of all it's in 4:3.

orangejason

i'm not sure if they rereleased this dvd w a new transfer yet but i recall the transfer of Wings of Honneamise is pretty bad as well.

paradicelost

Lain is great. So is Patlabor, i haven't seen any of the films but i love the episodes. I actually just found out today that Vol 3 and 4 has already been released. My favorite is Blackjack, but the best episodes/films arn't on dvd yet at least not in R1(at least not to my knowledge they arn't i'd be a happy camper if i was wrong). There is one film out on dvd for Blackjack but it isn't as good as some of the early ones.

Philip Reuben

Unfortunately, Wings of Honneamise has a notoriously awful DVD release.

DaJosha

check out Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. the UY series isnt too cool, but the second movie is crazy.

Also, Perfect Blue and the Lain series.

yojimbo1

oooh Patlabor, that is a good suggestion, but I would start off with:

Cowboy Bebop (series before movie)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (series before movies)
Lain
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky
Castle of Cagliostro
Kiki's Delivery Service (story more geared towards children but people of all ages will love it)
Ghost in the Shell (don't get if you can't sit through a slow story, but this one will be available for rent so try that first)

Check out cartoon network see if there is anything you like there.

I don't think anyone would disagree with these picks.

Rocky_Stallone

I loved "Spirited Away" and "Castle In the Sky", I'll have to watch more Miyazaki films.

I tried to watch "Akira" and "Vampire Hunter D", but those bored me, I'll have to try to watch them again.

And I'm new to anime too by the way.

Rypro 525

Go on amazon, buy the cowboy bebop 6 disc set for 98.92 retail would be around 180 if spending 29.99 a disc. Watch those, and if you enjoyed it, get the movie.

Jackskeleton

noir's only on disc 2 so far and i found the series to drag till say ep 9 when it got better. as for chobits.. it's good, but the manga was better.

dragonstitch

i too am a fan of anime, not a big fan, but a fan nonetheless. i would second the recommendation of jin-roh but not as a film to start your anime experience. the ghibli films are however.

other films i consider anime but some may not.

final fantasy the spirits within. story is lacking but visuals are worth it.

the animatrix due out in june but 3 are already available for download at www.whatisthematrix.com

and spawn the animated series. fine fine show that needs to be continued.

mikeporter

Not yet mentioned:
Barefoot Gen

Mentioned but not completely:
Record of Lodoss War (OVA) Collector's Series

thegame370

I wanna start buying me some Anime films or series on DVD and i need some suggestions. I just recently bought one of my favorites Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and the Street Fighter II V: The Collection box set. I have my eyes set on getting these next, Nightwalker (both discs, episodes 1-12), Akira, Animatrix, Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. Just to let you know a bit what im into, i like dark stories, especially Vampire stuff. Im not too interested in the Tech or Mech Animes like Robotech or Gundham.

eedoon

Anything from Ghibli.

Jackskeleton

Ninja Scroll should be up your alley. Try also Noir and chobits, it has some cutesy to it but it also has a bit of a dark side to it. Wicked City,

Some Mech Animes can be dark you know. Neon Genesis was pretty morbid as it progressed so I would recommand that series.

HELLSING is something you might enjoy.

RichDB10

It maybe worth you while to hang on a little if you intend on picking this up as there is a very strong rumour that a 'Ninja Scroll SE' is likely to appear in June/July

In a similar vein to 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' may i also suggest the excellent 'RahXephon'.

TomOpus

You just missed this discussion of anime. Check it out for some good ideas

Anime thread

KWilliamTaylor

Genocyber
Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood is a bit short and you can rate your own opinion of the anime, but the soundtrack and production of this anime title is worth seeing if for nothing else.

Deckard-10

I highly recommend Akira. &nbsp