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English Dub + Action + Marathonable (interest, not length)
Tiffanys:
Right. So, I was thinking about it and it seems that the best animes I've seen appear to be in English dubs and they tend to have a lot of action so that I can end up marathoning them without getting tired or bored.
For instance, how you could watch like 10 episodes of Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Naruto, or so on (barring fillers) and not really be all that bothered. Yet, if you have to watch something instead that doesn't have as much action and you have to read it and blah blah... you get tired/bored of watching it much faster, at least I do.
So anyways, I'm essentially looking for something that has a lot of action, an English dub, and it's interesting enough that I'd probably watch it start to finish, or at least try to if it's quite a long one. You can find the list of what I've already seen in my signature.
Some examples of what fall into this particular category for me...
Dragon Ball Z
Bleach
Naruto
Death Note
Code Geass
Elfen Lied
Black Lagoon
Claymore
Hellsing
Ghost in the Shell
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
Mai-HiME
Mai-Otome
Mnemosyne
Trinity Blood
Ikkitousen
Gantz
Queen's Blade
Noir
Mirai Nikki
Simoun
Witchblade
Freezing
Canaan
Beck
Full Metal Panic
Rosario + Vampire
Shikabane Hime
Madlax
...that should give you a pretty good idea of what I'm after. It's largely seinen/shounen with tons of action, and it doesn't really matter if there's a metric ton of ecchi or not. I do prefer stuff with an English dub, so if you're going to suggest anything without one then make sure to mention that it doesn't have one.
bpfoley89:
As far as what NOT on your list that I feel I could marathon through, or actually have marathon'd through:
Break Blade
[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
Hellsing Ultimate
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Outlaw Star
RahXephon
Soul Eater
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
xxxHolic
Tiffanys:
That list wasn't everything I've seen.. :P
I've seen these:
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL - hated it
Hellsing Ultimate - it's not finished yet
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Dropped this:
Soul Eater
So that leaves these...
Outlaw Star - have it downloaded already, will probably watch it
RahXephon - looks interesting
Break Blade - looks pretty good, though it's retarded how MAL breaks it down into 6 different releases
[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control - looks interesting
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - I feel like I'd probably need to rewatch all the other Gundams first o_O
xxxHolic - not sure that this is what I'm looking for
I'll have to check those out and see if there's any I'm interested in. I have Outlaw Star downloaded already, a friend suggested it awhile back...
anoligarh:
Yu Yu Hakusho - I've watched this one long ago, when i was still a kid and watching anime on the TV. Now i'm downloading it again (because i forgot most of it), but i still remember that i was very entertained by it. It's similar to DBZ/Bleach etc... a nice shounen.
Zalis116:
I would say:
Afro Samurai
Aria the Scarlet Ammo
Chrono Crusade
Coyote Ragtime Show
Escaflowne
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 series - I know it's not a straight manga adaptation like the 2009 series is, but it's still very worth watching)
G Gundam (basically a shounen tournament/fighting series that happens to use mecha)
Gungrave
Last Exile
Pretty Cure (fusion of Magical Girls + shounen-style action, though only the first season is dubbed)
R.O.D OVA/TV (though there are a few slower episodes)
Rurouni Kenshin (mainly the second arc; first arc is semi-episodic, and 3rd arc is fillers that drove the show into the ground)
Samurai 7
Scrapped Princess (I recall watching the first 14 episodes in one sitting)
Scryed
Tower of Druaga
Vandread
Wolf's Rain
All of these are dubbed. Many are from the early/mid 00s, so I hope you don't have age restrictions in effect.
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I would say that it's not -- it's largely episodic, and has relatively little action. It's kind of a supernatural/mystery slice of life series.
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Just beware that the screenwriter carosel the show employs results in some episodes being much more boring than others. I don't view it as very marathonable. And while it looks like (and in many ways is) a Neon Genesis Evangelion clone, the action and mecha fights aren't particularly inspired or interesting. I prefer to view it as a moe harem (unintentional) comedy with secondary mecha/war/philosophical elements.
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