Anime is one of the most expensive interests ever. I own a few DVDs but wouldn't recommend many. I'll go through everything I own or have seen though.
Last Exile is ok, but the story was confusing. Certain events had little or no meaning, and I was left dissatisfied. Worth a look though if you see it on special offer anywhere.
Full Metal Alchemist is the obvious choice, although once all the DVDs are out, you're looking at £260 ish for the entire series. Ouch.
Neon Genisis Evangelion is one that I've started watching but I've only seen the first few episodes. I enjoyed what I saw, and it's supposed to be good but apparently it has a crap ending.
They're supposed to be bringing out Naruto on DVD later this year, though I'd really doubt it's your thing from what you describe (I love it). The advantage here is that I heard they're releasing quite a few episodes on each DVD (usually it's just 3 or 4 which is why anime's so damn expensive).
Final Fantasy Unlimited is for die hard final fantasy fans only.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Best. Film. Ever. But only if you've played FFVII. The story kind of sucjs but seeing all the characters again brings beck memories. They also fight just like you imagine them to when paying turn based battles in the game. Especially Cloud and Tifa. The guy in the shop looked at me funny when I bought it because I was visibly shaking with excitement. Seriously.
I've heard good things about the following, though I've never seen them. I also don't know if they're all available on DVD in England.
Elfen Lied is supposed to be amazing(ly disturbing
). Basically a girl can kill people at will, but instead of just killing them, she rips them apart so blood goes everywhere. There's supposed to be a great touching story behind it though. Definitely available in England.
Full Metal Panic is one that I know very little about. Something about mechs and school or something. Don't really know but it's supposed to be good. Available in England.
Bleach is supposed to be good, but really long (still going, almost 90 episodes so far). Something about samurai sword weilding deathgods and ghosts and stuff. No idea if available in England, though probably not.
Hellsing is something to do with undead stuff. Supposed to be quite good. Don't know if available in England.
Shakugan no Shana looks interesting. I don't think it's available in England, but I've never looked. If I find it, it will be the next one I buy.
For proper discriptions of any of the above, google them. There's loads of info out there. There are also loads more series, so I'll go through my methods of finding new anime.
1) Google "anime" most of the sites have lists of anime and reviews.
Here's a site with a list of 200 top anime with reviews and ranks and descriptions.
[url=]http://www.animenfo.com/statistic/top.php?type=anime]Ranked list[/url]
2) Search anime forums. I won't link any because I don't want to get banned any time soon
Seriously though, anime fans give loads of recommendations. Just ignore any download links. ( *starts to rant on how UK-available anime should be bought no matter what cost to encourage more anime releases over here* )
3) Amazon. Not only can you find what is and isn't available in UK, but you can find lists of recommended anime, and similar items. Very useful.
There you go, that's all I can think of right now. If I come up with anymore I'll tell you.
IceBound Melodic rock/metal band with loads of lead guitar, clean female vocals, and more guitars! What more could you want?
