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was among my first anime.. how about gungrave?
yeah one piece 500.. i only started when it was like 350 lol
Kage
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The anime you mentioned is a great foundation!
Very few n00bs venture beyond Naruto or Gundam the first few months or even years.
If you are looking for crime, investigation and/or fighting then you need look at:
Ghost in the Shell movies
Ghost in the Shell - SAC (2 Seasons)
Darker than BLACK
Zombie Loan
The problem is that there are actually a lof of "investigative" type of anime but they fall under more topical genres.
Try my MAL @ http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Kage-Proxy
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czc
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definately Black Lagoon(mind the language though)
NSFW!
:wtf: What the fsuk!!!
And thats what an episode is like?
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Tank
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that! although i prefer the english dubs
ZenbaaS
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shadowfox
Anime Junkie
lol @ sub vs dub now
There's a subject I avoid like nothing on earth. Gets almost as heated as religious discussions sometimes.
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ZenbaaS
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I think my dislike for dubs are pretty much that the voices sometimes sound so fake and emotionless. There are however decent dubs out there 
DCWarhound
Dakka Dakka
I liked Gantz allot.too bad the anime was short but i'm still following the manga.
ZenbaaS
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Minus the way how they decided to "end" it in the anime. The manga is still excellent though.
DCWarhound
Dakka Dakka
Kage
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There are very few dubs that are even good enough to watch.
FLCL is one of the best ones where I actually prefer the English.
The biggest problem with dubs is that the English Production Company's almost always get the characterisations wrong.
One of the worst dubs I have ever had the misfortune of experiencing is Negima! Negi's voice was...like a pubescent schoolgirl going through a sex change...wanting to sound masculine but physically incapable of the act.
The subs have just become a personal preference throughout the years as I have learned a few Japanese words here and there I am able to pick up small mistakes due to the subber not being able to understand the "context" of the situation changes the meaning of the word.
shadowfox
Anime Junkie
QFT
I just don't like getting involved in the discussions anymore.
I've come across a few decent dubs - Cowboy Bebop was okay, Kiddy Grade was bearable, Evangelion wasn't bad at all - and the Full Metal Panic! set my teeth on edge, Negima! made me want to strangle Negi, Kanon made me burst out in tears. Not because of the storyline.
One of the best places to judge voice actor quality? Any really really emotional scene (a loved one dies or something). Does the character crying out raise a lump in your throat, or does it simply sound like he/she is trying to appropriately raise their voices? Usually its the latter.
As Kage also said - characterisation. This is key. FMP again - Sagara sounded like a playboy in English, rather than the completely confused by the situation yet hard-bitten soldier he was supposed to be. Tessa's voice in English made my ears burn - they made her sound like a pre-teen schoolgirl who discovered pop-tarts for the first time.
Pronunciation of Japanese names and words in English is another major gripe - and then of course there's the loss of context with regards to Japanese humour - some of those scenes just won't translate well at all - a particular example I can quote relates to Yuuichi persuading Ayu to say "Ore" and "watashi" rather than her usual "boku."
Translated into English they all 3 mean exactly the same thing - whereas in Japanese the use varies based on situation/gender. So - context is lost - and I have no idea how the gag was supposed to translate into English. I suppose they substituted it for something else - I never watched the English version.
I'm a purist - always will be.