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I kinda enjoy Bio Hunter when I first saw it. I thought the idea behind the anime was interesting. MD Geist was bad, but it's very cheesy for me to watch. I remember renting Legend of the Crystals on VHS, but I remember it being okay. I didn't see the others.

I also really hated Doomed Megalopolis, Genesis of Aquarion, RahXephon, Diabolik Lovers, Skelter+Heaven and Kiss x Sis (I could not finish the first episode).

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This looks good. I saw the manga at Barnes and Noble and almost picked it up. Which would you suggest?

It was a really good movie. I didn't read the manga, but I found the movie to be really well done. I also like Summer Wars which is another movie that Mamoru Hosoda directed.

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I started watching this but I kind of felt like I wasn't familiar enough with either property to really enjoy it.

I think it helps that you know with one of the properties to enjoy it. I do recommended reading the Devilman manga since it's one of my favorite manga of all time. It's from the 70's, some of the stuff is dated but I still think it has a very strong story overall. The OVA's are pretty good too (The third one is a alternate version of the final chapter of the manga. So it has spoilers). The 70's anime TV series is very different from the manga and anime, but still a fun monster of the week show similar to Ultraman.

Cyborg 009 is a fun manga, but I never finish it due to lack of proper English translation scans. I do enjoy the early 2000's TV series.

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A lot of my friends are into this but I have no idea what it is. I assume you'd recommend?

I personally like it. I watch it on Toonami from start to finish. It has some major flaws, but I find it to be a very fun action series. I'm still reading the manga and people will likely tell you read that instead. However the anime is worth a watch.