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PistolPete made a reply in the I Robot review thread that got me thinking.<br /><br />Hollywood can rarely produce a good SciFi movie that actually cares about science as anything other than a backdrop. There are a few exceptions (Independence Day) of course, but they're just that, exceptions. With the high production costs hollywood cuts corners and streamlines the movie, trying to reap the rewards with sheer charisma rather than actual substance. <br /><br />So this got me thinking, where do I see good scifi? When I went to Anime Expo this july I attended an interview with the staff of a new anime short series called Freedom, and the director and lead animator explained why they got into anime instead of regular film:<br /><br />They love SciFi, but SciFi is expensive to produce. If you use the medium of animation however, your production costs are pretty stable, so long as you don't go completely overboard on quality. You certainly don't have to meet the incredibly rigourous standards of a live-action production while still looking really good. They're able to focus on the worlds and stories of the science fiction universes.<br /><br />Here are some Scifi (or scifi-ish) anime that's high qaulity that I recommend. These shouldn't be too wierd or head-trippy for even the normal audience, listed in descending order of scientific integrity (roughly):<br /><br />Planetes *<br />Freedom *<br />Moonlight Mile *<br />Ghost in the Shell +*<br />Appleseed *<br />Robotech #<br />Cowboy Bebop #<br />Coyote Ragtime Show #<br />Serial Experiments Lain +<br />The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (good laughs) #<br />Captain Herlock #<br />Nadesco #<br />Outlaw Star #<br />Crest of the Stars #<br />Steamboy (steampunk)<br />Blue Chikyuu SOS (an over the top johnny quest homage)<br /><br />Forthcomming: Mutineers Moon<br /><br />* What I'd consider good classic SciFi<br />+ CyberPunk<br /># Episodic Space Opera (akin to Star Wars style of sci-fi)<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I'll list a few more as I think of th <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector. Goes "bing" when there's stuff. It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually. I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>