Last Anime You Watched 2.0

[Zardoch]

Recently, I watched all 37 episodes of Death Note and by god, it is one of the best animes I have watched over a span of MANY years. Seriously, I've been searching for a good anime for so long, I've lost interest in checking out new anime and a couple days ago I felt like killing some time. The really interesting and funny thing is I'm an action lover, anime that has no action 8 times outta 10 bores me. Death Note has completely blown me away by the fact it's all about a couple genius's going at it trying to figure out who is who, all the while having great successes or failures. The characters are very interesting as well and aren't your typical high school kids with super powers that are above 9000. This anime truly goes beyond the average shit you see today that is simply rehashed stories and characters of older anime.

The other anime I've recently been watching is One Piece. So far, I hate the art, hate one or two of the characters, and a decent amount of the episodes [watched 1-30 so far]. However, I think I may be able to like it soon enough after I finally get more episodes ready to go through. Besides that, the only thing that really bugs me is some episodes that I'm sure I've seen somewhere before in other animes as being cliche as shit and the other fact that some of the characters "disappearing speed" sounds exactly like when a DBZ character vanishes to reappear a second later. Hopefully, once I get at least to the 100th episode I might come to like it, but right now I'm not so sure, especially since there are so many goddamn episodes. What is this? Pokemon with it's hundreds of episodes that are all about the same thing? I'm just glad I'm watching the Japanese dub and not the English because the English was just terrible.

[Cain Highwind]

The other anime I've recently been watching is One Piece. So far, I hate the art, hate one or two of the characters, and a decent amount of the episodes [watched 1-30 so far]. However, I think I may be able to like it soon enough after I finally get more episodes ready to go through. Besides that, the only thing that really bugs me is some episodes that I'm sure I've seen somewhere before in other animes as being cliche as shit and the other fact that some of the characters "disappearing speed" sounds exactly like when a DBZ character vanishes to reappear a second later. Hopefully, once I get at least to the 100th episode I might come to like it, but right now I'm not so sure, especially since there are so many goddamn episodes. What is this? Pokemon with it's hundreds of episodes that are all about the same thing? I'm just glad I'm watching the Japanese dub and not the English because the English was just terrible.

Well that disappearing sound you're talking about could be because both One Piece and DBZ are both done by Toei Animation (because now that I think about it, you usually don't hear it outside those two shows)

As for liking it, yeah, you just need a little more time with it. I get LOTS of people including my brother and sister who absolutely didn't get what I liked about One Piece. And I just said "stick with it". Eventually they get through episode 35 and the end of the Arlong arc (around Episode 42) and they're hooked. For someone craving originality such as yourself, One Piece is your best bet, it just starts slow.

The reason OP has so many episodes is not because it's Episodic (like say Shin Chan or Detective Conan) but because it's one long story that actually intrigues people. Yeah, you COULD compare it to Inuyasha or Pokemon, but One Piece stays surprisingly fresh even after nearly 350 episodes just because it's good at introducing unique, original characters you won't see in other Anime. When I got to Skypeia (@160), I literally stood up and and gaped in awe of what I was seeing. Really.

Oh as for what I just watched. Episode 346 of OP, LAWL. I've also been watching Bleach and Death Note on AS. I could definitely say the "coolness factor" for Death Note has worn off with me. I've posted this in my Journal, but Light annoys the hell out of me. It also doesn't help that I was somewhat spoiled by the ending thanks to AMV Hell 4.