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    Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    Looking for anime with a good strong plot. These are some of the animes I have already seen.

    Cowboy Bebop
    Death Note
    Code Geass
    Wolf's Rain
    Bleach
    Higurashi
    Full Metal Alchemist
    Berserk
    Claymore
    Darker than Black
    Monster
    Durarara
    Baccano
    Shiki
    Clannad
    Kanon
    Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
    Steins;Gate
    Elfen Lied
    Soul Eater
    Last edited by lambert1; 10-08-2012 at 12:47.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    Gundam Wing and Gundam 00 are both highly awesome and are on the youtube machine.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    Apart from the first two , I've yet to see any of the following but these are all apparently lesser known 5/5 quality.

    Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
    Nana
    Noein
    Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
    Scrapped Princess
    Toward the Terra
    DN Angel
    Angel Heart
    Romeo x Juliet
    Haibane Renmei
    Twelve Kingdoms
    True Tears
    Last edited by confuzzled92; 09-08-2012 at 22:22.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    I feel like I need more to work with than "strong plot".

    As it is I'll just throw some with what I consider to be a decent plot among other things.

    Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
    Fate/Zero
    Akira
    Welcome to the NHK
    Ghost in a Shell
    Spice and the wolf

    These pretty much cover all genres, but as I said before it would be helpful if you could give a more specific description of what you want.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
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    I feel like I need more to work with than "strong plot".

    As it is I'll just throw some with what I consider to be a decent plot among other things.

    Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
    Fate/Zero
    Akira
    Welcome to the NHK
    Ghost in a Shell
    Spice and the wolf

    These pretty much cover all genres, but as I said before it would be helpful if you could give a more specific description of what you want.
    Something that constantly evolves rather than sticks to the same format every episode. Something unpredictable. Something with likeable character personalities including the villains if there are any.
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    (Original post by lambert1)
    Something that constantly evolves rather than sticks to the same format every episode. Something unpredictable. Something with likeable character personalities including the villains if there are any.
    gw... treyes is the most badass villain with the most badass surname.
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    Future Diary

    So many twists and turns.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    I'm noticing a distinct lack of Neon Genesis Evangelion, even the guy who has one of it's main characters as his avatar didn't mention it. It's a classic, it delves into psychoanalytical issues such as mental illness, the nature of existence and reality whilst exploring themes such as religion and philosophy. If you haven't checked it out yet then I suggest you should.

    Also, try Elfen Lied, it explores issues such as social alienation, prejudice and the value of humanity; it's quite short (only around 11 episodes) so it's not too challenging to get through. It's pretty good, I'd give it a look. Also, don't let the first episode influence your first impression, that episode is (and most of the others, in fact are) quite notorious for it's violence but the story quickly turns more serious and becomes a lot deeper after a short while.
    Last edited by michaelhaych; 10-08-2012 at 02:35.
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    (Original post by lambert1)
    Looking for anime with a good strong plot. These are some of the animes I have already seen and liked.

    Cowboy Bebop
    Death Note
    Code Geass
    Wolf's Rain
    Bleach
    Higurashi
    Full Metal Alchemist
    Berserk
    Claymore
    Darker than Black
    Monster
    Durarara
    Baccano
    Shiki
    Clannad
    Kanon
    Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
    You need to watch D Gray man. It's so underrated but its a really good anime.

    This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Desire HD A9191
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    FateZero or ZETMAN.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    I love the count of monte cristo (gankutsou)


    the art and plot is amazing
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    Elfin Lied is one of my favourites.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    (Original post by lambert1)
    Looking for anime with a good strong plot. These are some of the animes I have already seen and liked.

    Cowboy Bebop

    Death Note
    Code Geass
    Wolf's Rain
    Bleach
    Higurashi
    Full Metal Alchemist
    Berserk
    Claymore
    Darker than Black
    Monster
    Durarara
    Baccano
    Shiki
    Clannad
    Kanon
    Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
    Try Samurai Champloo from the same guy who made Cowboy Bebop.
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    I don't think fairy tail has a particularly strong plot but it's freaking awesome nonetheless...

    It's an on going anime and seems to be a long one. Past 140 eps
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    (Original post by NotYourAverage')
    FateZero or ZETMAN.
    I need to see fate zero, what did you think of the main series that it's based on?
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    I would recommend watching fate zero first, since its a prequel to fate stay night. All in all, it was really good, but since I already knew what was going to happen, it wasn't as exciting, but it was still really good. I would recommend it.
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    Steins Gate , Melancholy of haruhi suzumiya and Eden of East are really good plot wise.

    Also which fullmetal have you seen? If its the first one I'd recommend you watch Brotherhood aswell since imo the plot is better
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
    One Piece, it's quite long though. 500+ episodes, but what I like about it is how indepth each characters are. Filter arcs which are very rare are short like less than 5 episodes unlike some others (opps sorry bleach :rolleyes:)

    I see you haven't watched Naruto too. Not that strong but o k.

    Ao No Exorcist
    Katekyo Hitman Reborn
    Soul Eater(Ending was lame though)
    Beelzebub
    Deadman Wonderland(Haven't watched it tho, but it's everywhere?)
    Kuros h i t s jui aka Black Butler
    Gintama

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    Steins;Gate. Starts out slow but man, when it kicks off it really kicks off.
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    Re: Looking for anime with a strong plot that I haven't seen
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    I need to see fate zero, what did you think of the main series that it's based on?
    The VN Fate/Stay night is amazing.

    Avoid the anime adaptions like the plague.
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