Upcoming anime for September 2006 to December 2006

[Andromeda18_]

Well, basically anything that tells a good, meaningful story. I don't like too many weird stories because, t least right now, I’m really in a realist mode and mood. Super violent and/or graphic stuff has never been my thing, but if the story is worth telling I want to hear it. Lately, the Vampire Hunter D novels have been what I enjoy spending time with the most. I just Picked up the stuff of Dreams and am trying to steal off with some time to actually read it (this week, I will work 68 hours at two different jobs...). But it is stuff like that, or berserk, or Anne Freaks (cause it is different and mysteriously engaging to me) that real peak my interest now. Personally, I think the death of the Naruto anime has stolen a lot of the joy that almost anything shonnen had. (Like what is it, 70 filler episodes now?). But thanks for the links (though when I'll have the time to really watch them is up in the air), I didn't really understand what it was about and I read the thread about it lol.

Yeah, it's a pity what happened to Naruto. I used to love watching it but then I got to a point when I just couldn't take it anymore.
If what you want is a meaningful story then perhaps Mushishi and XXXHolic aren't for you. It's not that they don't have meaningful stories it's just that they're not told in a conventional way.
Mushishi is actually completely episodic, the only thing that transits from one episode to the other is the main character and his life story. But the thing about Mushishi is that it's pure art. It's the most artistic anime I've ever watched. Each episode is a very good, extremely meaningful story on its own. Anyone who's watched Mushishi will tell you it's completely different from everything else.
XXXHolic is CLAMP, plain and simple, which of course means it's not realistic at all. It has a good story that's delivered in a subtle way. However, since that story is related to Tsubasa's story, with which XXXHolic crosses over, and all elements of Tsubasa were removed from the anime (no idea why) the story doesn't come across so easily. Still, they managed to create a great anime even if it's not for everyone. There's a good way to find out though, just watch the movie (1h long). If you like it, you'll definitely like the anime.
Both Ergo Proxy and Noein are realistic, in a futuristic way. Noein is based on the laws of physics so something similar to that might happen. Ergo Proxy takes place in a kind of post-Apocaliptic future so who knows if it couldn't happen as well. The thing about Ergo Proxy is that it's very philosophical and psychological and the way the story's told enhances that even more.
As for Welcome to the NHK, it's very realistic, the way Beck was realistic only with a completely different story. I think this plot summary explains it quite well:

"Satou Tatsuhiro, 21 years old, thinks that everything that happen around him is a conspiracy. He figure out who is behind it all: The NHK, an evil secret company. “When you think anime, you think otaku. When you think otaku, you think people that dislike other people. Those people become hikikomori (people who shut themselves in)”. So Satou manage to uncover the plot of The NHK (stands for Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai), after three years of shutting himself in (and rapidly approaching the fourth). In reality, he is nothing more then a NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training), desperately in need of a cure from that ‘disease’. He want to break out from the curse, but going out and getting a job is frightening enough for him. That is until he gets selected for a ‘project’; it is a plan to help hikikomori like him in facing the reality of this world."

don't worry blight, the filler is almost over. i think it ends on what, october 5? or the episode after that? o btw andromeda, where are you dling your ergo proxy? from pino no usagi?

Well, I was downloading it from either Shinsen-Subs or Anime-Jiyuu but for some reason they both stopped subbing it after episode 14. When I saw episode 15 from Pino no Usagi on baka-updates I downloaded it right away and have been downloading all of Pino's episodes ever since.




An anime that I recently began watching and that I'm enjoying very much is 'Le Chevalier D'Éon'. I love the fact that it's set in 18th century Paris with its gorgeous settings. The story is quite interesting as well as related to the supernatural (and I like that) so, so far so good. I've only watched 2 episodes though so who knows if it won't turn out to be bad.