Official Summer Anime List, 2009

[elementalhero]

EDIT (JUNE 15): Have made this sticky to remind myself where I'm at.  Do I expect to finish this whole list this summer?  No, but I'd like to at least put a dent in it.
***edited July 18

I've decided to make an official list of manga to read/anime to watch for this summer.  Anything you guys want to suggest is welcome!

Have Watched/Read in Their Entirety  (just for reference):
--ZombiePowder (manga)
--Ouran High School Host Club (anime)
--Millenium Snow (manga)
--Fullmetal Alchemist (first anime)
--Death Note (anime/manga/novel)
--Absolute Boyfriend (manga)
--Godchild/Cain Saga (manga)
--Uzumaki/Spiral (manga)
--The Demon Ororon (manga)
--Scrapped Princess (manga (three-volume spin-off from anime))
--Full Metal Panic! (anime)

Am Currently Following (just for reference):
--Naruto (anime/manga)
--Bleach (manga only)
--Ouran High School Host Club (manga)
--Fullmetal Alchemist (manga, following American release)
--D.Grayman (manga, following American release)
--Gentleman's Alliance + (manga, following American release)

Have Dropped For Various Reasons (just for reference):
--Angel Sanctuary (read one volume after finishing Godchild and was very squicked.  Not even Kaori Yuki's bishounen can make me read this.)
--Bleach (anime) (so...much...quality.......)

Have Begun, and Plan to Continue/Finish:
--Wolf's Rain (anime)
--Soul Eater (anime)
--Nabari no Ou (manga)
--Yu Yu Hakusho (anime/manga)
--Outlaw Star (anime)
--Hikaru no Go (manga)
--Shaman King (manga)
--Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga) (STOP JUDGING ME)
--bits and scraps of One Piece (manga)
--Code Geass (anime)

Stuff to Begin This Summer:
--Soul Eater (manga) (not sure if I'll watch the anime only or read the manga only or do both, feedback plz?)
--The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)
--Fullmetal Alchemist (second anime) (!!!!!!!!!)
--D.Grayman (anime) (possibly may be watching the dub, which will be out soon.  Depends on how I feel.)
--Black Lagoon (manga)
--Samurai Champloo (anime)
--Sengoku Basara (anime)

Suggestions?  Recommendations?  Squeeing/Booing?

Comments

[keepdreamingxx.livejournal.com]

Read Uzumaki. It's short and really good/scary~~~

..and have you seriously not read/watched Fruits Basket. :/ DO IT.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

OOH! I forgot I read that already! :X Will add to list (and yeah, it was great, but I couldn't look at spirals for a week or so... *shudders*)

I've been thinking about Fruits Basket! I'll add that to the maybe list.

[keepdreamingxx.livejournal.com]

xD Such a good manga~~ And lol, I started drawing spirals everywhere after I read it. :x

Fruits Basket is so adorable and funny. It's like Ouran, really. I suggest watching the anime first, because it's only 20 something episodes. The manga continues from the anime.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you have to watch the anime FIRST? I will make a note of that...

[keepdreamingxx.livejournal.com]

..NO, you don't. D: That's just how I did it. XD; You really don't have to watch the anime at all if you don't want to. Everything from the anime is in the manga.

[renaliner.livejournal.com]

I really liked "Baccano!" (which is only 13 episodes, OVAs aside.) One Piece is pretty good, except that the fights take forevvvver. I dunno, I wouldn't watch a lot at once, or it feels like a slog. Fairy Tail is quite good, (manga) and as a warning, I've heard that the dub for D. Gray Man is sort of horrible. Just thought I should say.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I've heard good things about that, and if it's that short... *adds to list*

You mean, the English dub or the actual Japanese anime?

[renaliner.livejournal.com]

English dub.

I FORGOT TO SAY: WATCH SCREAPPED PRINCESS. plz. 26 episodes? :D

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

OKAY! *adds*

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

I recommend the Soul Eater anime, mostly because the anime art is gorgeous and the manga art is... rather fug. I love Ohkubo, but his art skills leave something to be desired.

I too have heard good things about One Piece, and I was quite impressed by the first volume.

Haruhiiii! :D

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

The anime is what I started watching, and I think I'll stick with it. I just tend to be a manga reader in general because it goes quicker, lolol~

Really? What made it stand out for you?

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

It flowed very nicely and the characters were really interesting. Also the art style is very cartoony and comical.

[fuuma-konan.livejournal.com]

HARUHIIII~ is the best.
Seriously. The dub is actually good, too. I highly recommend it; the manga owns too, although they're different.
I should make a list like this... I doubt I'd actually end up watching/reading any of the stuff I put on it, though. =v=

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

I hear a lot of awesome things about Haruhi. I might not even wait until summer for it, at this rate.

[feilyn.livejournal.com]

FMA SECOND ANIME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEEEEEEE IT COMES OUT LIKE, TWO DAYS AFTER I TURN 17 OR SOMETHING :D :D :D

Oooo, D.Gray-Man *noms on* Approved!

Also, you NEED to read Fruits Basket (ahahahah, I am such a fantard *was about to write Furuba instead*). Of course, I probably just have a soft spot for it because it was my first ever manga, but it is still really good.

Also! I suggest Hikaru no Go for holiday reading ^_^ It is completely, and completely awesome.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

That's vote number 2 for Fruits Basket! What's more, someone recommended it to me IRL last Thursday. D8 CLEARLY, THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF, MAN.

Hikaru no Go? That's the one with the kid getting possessed by the ghost in the Go board and suddenly getting good, right?

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

OKAY, THEN, WILL DO.

I'll put them on the list (idiot, forgot YYH...)

I wasn't. It really just started to fail, for me. One of these days, I'll go onto Onemanga and blow through the chapters, just to see how it turned out.

OH FRACK ME, YES. I HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE LIST.

[tempting-silver.livejournal.com]

Hana Kimi, is kinda cheesy but with oodles of win. The D.N anime made me laugh so hard as a sophmore I peed myself. But I think I like the manga better ♥ There's also...maid sama..which isn't the full name.

Ahh.

I used to watch Read or Die, but I totally digged the movie better than the show. It's kinda interesting. TENCHI MUYO...I spelled that wrong, Ahhh I'm consulting my Toonami days as a child. Silly Ana. But I was addicted to it as a child, I also loved boys over flowers the anime. I'm trying to think of more, I may or may not come back to it.

Okay Manga --

OMFG ON ONEMANGA THEY KILLED THE DEVIL DOES EXIST, i hope you read it. It's amazing, I friggin love it. Aishiteruze Baby, which I have not finished but I love to death. Alice 19th, which I liked to a degree I believe. Child's toy, both the manga and the anime (Kodomo no Omocha.) I adored both, THOUGH I couldn't never find much of the anime on youtube. Fushi yuugi is pretty good.

There's a lot more, but I have to talk about Suki about the names.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

I've heard of Hana Kimi! What's it about? I read the first two volumes of D.N. Angel, and thought it was cute.

[tempting-silver.livejournal.com]

SO THIS GIRL WHOSE NAME I FORGET BECAUSE I'M TIRED, GOES TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE BOY SHE IDOLIZES. BECAUSE HE'S AWESOME. AND SHE DRESSES UP AS A BOY, AND CONVENTALLY GETS ROOMED WITH HIM.

AND THERE'S A GAY DOCTOR.


SO YOU HAVE TO READ IT, BECAUSE I LOVE HIM .

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

WHOA, MAN. WILL CONSIDER.

[abrof.livejournal.com]

maybe start watching bleach again that horrible horrible bount arc will be over with soon

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I've already watched those episodes in Japanese...

hmmm

[chocomarauder.livejournal.com]

Were you planning on finishing legal drug? It's not coming out fast enough in America for me so I might just skip ahead and read it on Onemanga. Same goes for Gentleman's Alliance Cross.
Also, have you read Black Cat? I've been hearing a lot of good things about it but I've never gotten around to reading it...I wonder if it's any good.
Are you really going to watch/read One Piece? Shun, SHUN!Sasuke says to watch Bleach or your grounded from Naruto. But seriously, the animation quality hasn't been that bad lately. Even Dugras said so. You're not going to listen to me on this one anyway so just go watch your crappy filler kid on Naruto.
Oh, lol, Angel Sanctuary...I had forgotten about that...just lol. I'm sorry I even gave you that volume. I guess I didn't want to be scarred for life by myself.

Re: hmmm

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

Not sure about Legal Drug, but definitely GA+. Man, I love that manga.

I did read that! Up to volume 8. Jade saw the anime and said it was very different from the manga. At this rate, though, I may not have room on the list. *looks up*

BUT I HEAR SO MANY NICE THINGS ABOUT IT FROM PEOPLE I RESPECT! AND DON'T YOU DARE DISS MY FILLER KID! GO WATCH BLEACH WHERE THE FILLER PEOPLE WEAR STUPID SHIRTS AND EXPLODE. I WILL BE OVER WITH SHIPPUDEN FILLER, WHICH I ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING.

Ahaha, I don't blame you. Anyone would pick it up after reading Godchild, what with the sexy bishounen on the cover and the cool name... And then she goes "ahaha LET'S SCREW WITH THEM" and dumps in a whole barrel of Squick Fuel. It's completely not your fault.

[digthenym.livejournal.com]

That's a great list you have there! I should probably do the same...

Anime wise, two series I've finished that I think you'll enjoy are blood+ and Witch Hunter Robin!