I haven't seen Cowboy Bebop in - 10 years, I think? So my own opinions on it might have shifted; I'll be curious to see your response! Tutu I've seen several times and absolutely adore; it may seem overly precious at first, but stick with it, I guarantee it has some real meat. (though it is also definitely precious, and adorable, and has one of my favorite het pairings of all time, so...)
There are several places to get anime legitimately - Hulu and Crunchyroll.com are the main sources I know of, there's likely more (...most of what I watch is legally-vague fansubs, though I try to buy the series I like when they become available...)
Genres in anime are odd - there are the broad categories (shounen and shoujo, literally "boys" and "girls", as well as mens & womens) and then subcategories within those genres (fight shounen, magical girl shoujo) - but anime especially can fall out of the genres (all "shounen" or "shoujo" etc really means is the target demographic of the magazine the manga was published in, so series like Madoka which were an anime first don't fit as neatly into any space. Not to mention a lot of the magazines are known for hitting outside their target - Shounen Jump, the #1 most popular manga magazine in Japan, is technically aimed toward teen boys, but at least 30% of their readership is female and they cater to them as well. And anime often caters to women even more (since girls are more likely than boys to buy merchandise and such...anime & manga is all about the marketing, but the Japanese methods are, I daresay, more refined and better at actually targeting their audiences' tastes than America...)
...er, oops? I can go on about this forever, I find the culture of anime as fascinating as the shows themselves ^^;
--where was I? Oh yes, FMA! I was a fan of the original series, started watching it with the second episode - but then was rather frustrated by the end; the story lost me around the time it ran out of manga to adapt (I wasn't reading the manga, but it felt to me like it lost its direction.) I didn't bother to keep up with the manga, so when I finally watched FMA: Brotherhood last year it was a new thing for me - and amazing, I absolutely loved it. And now I just read the manga (which Brotherhood follows pretty much precisely) and oh, so so very good, all the way to the end! So I much prefer it (though I might be biased, as two of my very favorite characters - Ling and Olivia - don't even show up in the original anime...)
If you haven't read the end yourself, personally I'd say it's good enough to watch now and then watch again with the Mark Watches...but I can see how it'd be fun to experience it that way, too!
If you feel like any more anime recs, just ask! (...or rather, tell me to shut up if you don't feel like any more ^^;;;) (Juuni Kokki/12 Kingdoms and Durarara!! would be my next suggestions - Chinese-flavored high fantasy and urban fantasy in modern-day Tokyo, respectively - both are gorgeous and complex stories with characters I love to the moon and back. My other favorite series are more parodies that make more sense if you're familiar with their genres. And One Piece, of course, but that's its own special category of crack...!)
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There are several places to get anime legitimately - Hulu and Crunchyroll.com are the main sources I know of, there's likely more (...most of what I watch is legally-vague fansubs, though I try to buy the series I like when they become available...)
Genres in anime are odd - there are the broad categories (shounen and shoujo, literally "boys" and "girls", as well as mens & womens) and then subcategories within those genres (fight shounen, magical girl shoujo) - but anime especially can fall out of the genres (all "shounen" or "shoujo" etc really means is the target demographic of the magazine the manga was published in, so series like Madoka which were an anime first don't fit as neatly into any space. Not to mention a lot of the magazines are known for hitting outside their target - Shounen Jump, the #1 most popular manga magazine in Japan, is technically aimed toward teen boys, but at least 30% of their readership is female and they cater to them as well. And anime often caters to women even more (since girls are more likely than boys to buy merchandise and such...anime & manga is all about the marketing, but the Japanese methods are, I daresay, more refined and better at actually targeting their audiences' tastes than America...)
...er, oops? I can go on about this forever, I find the culture of anime as fascinating as the shows themselves ^^;
--where was I? Oh yes, FMA! I was a fan of the original series, started watching it with the second episode - but then was rather frustrated by the end; the story lost me around the time it ran out of manga to adapt (I wasn't reading the manga, but it felt to me like it lost its direction.) I didn't bother to keep up with the manga, so when I finally watched FMA: Brotherhood last year it was a new thing for me - and amazing, I absolutely loved it. And now I just read the manga (which Brotherhood follows pretty much precisely) and oh, so so very good, all the way to the end! So I much prefer it (though I might be biased, as two of my very favorite characters - Ling and Olivia - don't even show up in the original anime...)
If you haven't read the end yourself, personally I'd say it's good enough to watch now and then watch again with the Mark Watches...but I can see how it'd be fun to experience it that way, too!
If you feel like any more anime recs, just ask! (...or rather, tell me to shut up if you don't feel like any more ^^;;;) (Juuni Kokki/12 Kingdoms and Durarara!! would be my next suggestions - Chinese-flavored high fantasy and urban fantasy in modern-day Tokyo, respectively - both are gorgeous and complex stories with characters I love to the moon and back. My other favorite series are more parodies that make more sense if you're familiar with their genres. And One Piece, of course, but that's its own special category of crack...!)