Incandenza wrote:You need to rent and watch the following movies and TV series, ASAP: akira, ghost in the shell, ninja scroll (that one might be dicey given your minor status, since there's nudity and severe violence), vampire hunter d (ditto), neon genesis evangelion, cowboy bebop, princess mononoke, castle in the sky, samurai champloo, macross plus, blood the last vampire, and I'm sure there are a few others but I've forgotten them. The animatrix wouldn't hurt either, nor would the old aeon flux shorts.
If we're talking old school, he needs to watch Miyazaki's entire collection, starting with
Nausicaa. Oh, and he needs to track down
Now and Then, Here and There and watch the entire damned series in one sitting (and preferably not go kill himself afterwards), because the show is just that damned good.
Hoshi no Koe is up there, too.
Samurai Champloo was good, but he might as well hunt down
Kenshin while he's at it. There are tons of others I can name that are worth watching (old and recent) :
Tenchi,
El Hazard,
Escaflowne,
Gunslinger Girl,
Crest/Banner of the Stars,
Full Metal Panic,
Claymore (currently airing), and a thousand other odds and ends depending on how well you tastes match my (rather eclectic) own.