I like neon genesis evangelion. You've probably never heard of it
Oh you're into niche stuff? Have you watched Naruto?
Naruto is a bit too main stream for me. It might be hard to find online. But there is a series called Dragon Ball Z. But you will probably never find it.
The Tatami Galaxy.
People will stan other Yuasa shows like Ping Pong, Devilman Crybaby or Hands off Eizouken! (And don’t get me wrong, they’re all good shows) but Tatami Galaxy and Night is Short, Walk on Girl are still my favs.
Jokes on you, Tatami Galaxy is the only Yuasa show I've actually watched!
It was pretty good, too.
Main complaint I usually hear when recommending the show is that the subtitles are hard to keep up with, which y’know what is kinda fair.
Watch Night is Short, Walk on Girl next! The movie basically happens sometime during the events of the show. Maybe. It’s a bit fuzzy.
Main complaint I usually hear when recommending the show is that the subtitles are hard to keep up with
This is a skill issue, people need to get bored halfway through Hunter x Hunter and turn it up to 1.5x speed. That'll learn 'em to read fast.
I loved “Planetes” it’s about a crew who does orbital debris cleanup.
It’s been ages since I’ve even thought of this series. I need to watch it again soon.
It’s such an endearing series.
Saint Oniisan, a slice of life where Jesus and Buddha are roommates. One of the funniest slice of lifes I've watched
linebarrels of iron
for good reason, it's shit but i enjoy it
full metal panic
it's good but people have no taste
rahxephon
also good but pales next to nge, but i'm godawful hipster trash so i prefer it
yes i like mecha, can you tell?
I'm on the next level of hipster. I only liked Full Metal Panic Fumoffu.
EDIT: Linebarrels of Iron does have pretty good mech design tho
Katanagatari
ooh an sword based adventure through edo japan, looks cool!
If you weren't going to post this, I was going to post this. Criminal how this show is underrated.
For anyone on the fence, imagine Dragon Ball-era Goku beating his way up across feudal Japan. Only written competently. To sick music.
Space☆Dandy
Found it on Netflix while high and immediately latched on to its extremely chaotic energy, lack of respect for the idea of canon, constant hamminess, and barrage of jokes, references, homages, and satirisations. Think a surreal saturday morning cartoon version of Cowboy Bebop with Johnny Bravo as the protagonist.
Episode 4, "Sometimes you can't live with dying, baby", is the best zombie episode of anything you will ever watch.
One reason it feels like Cowboy Bebop is probably that it's by the same director (he also did Samurai Champloo).
I love princess jellyfish! I bought the first translated manga book. I don't know if I've ever met an OG Devilman fan, or an IRL Madoka Magica fan. I also haven't ever met a welcome to the nhk fan because... honestly I don't come out of the blocks with that.
i loved welcome to the nhk back when it came out but it kind of fucked me up and i'm not allowed to watch it again
i still love it and miss it sometimes but it would push some trauma buttons in me that i know not to push to see it again
good soundtrack too!
Asobi Asobase. It's so good but I never see anyone talk about it
Had it heavily recommended by a friend actually. All I know personally is it’s got a banger outro theme
Grappler Baki. I've met fans online and made my online friends watch it but I've never met a person in real life who knew what it was
Hello, I'm a Baki fan and was really excited when I found out literally like 3 days ago that Baki Rahen had been coming out for a few months.
Great Pretender - one of the few Netflix anime projects that was actually worth watching, easily overlooked amid all the low-effort stuff
Short Peace - a set of art pieces that belongs on your shelf next to Memories
Serial Experiments Lain - a high school girl slowly descends into insanity/ascends to digital godhood, while the world around her becomes increasingly incoherent
Scryed
Feels like this is my answer to every anime question thread, but Nichijou. I love the anime deeply, but even anime watchers I know have never heard of it.
this is a bit right? it's definitely in my top ten but it's incredibly popular.
i realize it's incredibly snobbish of me to say, but i feel like there's a kind of fan that only learns about new shows from shirts at hot topic. There isn't anything wrong with really liking BNHA, Demon Slayer, Naruto, and One Piece, but it doesn't translate to general chinese girl cartoon knowledge.
Gankutsuou. It's a scifi re-imagining of The Count of Monte Cristo with unique art and architecture. Instead of colors all of the objects are "painted" with textures. Even has a few mech fencing matches.
I remember really liking Last Exile but I was like 18 the last time I watched it and I'm scared it won't hold up to political scrutiny if I rewatch it.
I just like airship races.
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993) is a fantastic parody of late 80s/early 90s sci-fi and adjacent genres like space operas, while developing a good story of its own. As the name implies, it very much subverts the trope of the wise captain making the best decision in the name of the crew and the big human space empire named something like the federation, and is a entertaining story. [Note: it's kinda horny at times, especially E1] The TV anime is a complete story, but unfortunately the sequel OVA is stuck with a "read the LN lol" ending. I suppose it suffers from the main driver of unpopularity, being old.
The World God Only Knows (2010) is a story that's got an eyebrow-raising premise, but is actually really good both in manga and anime form, with a slow-burn but good story, unique protagonist and lovely artstyle. Unfortunately the ending was rushed because the author was going through a period of bad health, but is still is good enough.
One day, someone with the skills, time and resources to do will start translating the Emblem Take 2 manga... I hope. The OVA is good shit, yet even with the relative lack of anime/manga serious yakuza stories and the popularity of the Ryu Ga Gotoku video game series, it hasn't happened yet.
I LOVE PRINCESS JELLYFISH! The manga especially. The anime has that problem where it had to wrap up way too soon but it was still rly cute.
I feel like I'm always talkin about it on here but Kids on the Slope is a beautiful romance set in 1960s Nagasaki. There's Jazz.
Chevallier d'Eon. You'd think some leftist trans people would be fans but no. Super popular in Japan and has a live action musical triolgy with Rose of Versailles and Scarlet Pimpernel.
Megalo box. It has cowboy bepop style aestetic, leftist themes, and cool scifi boxing. It got a seccond season that is so brutal I have r finished it yet.
Children of the Whales. I think it has the exact mix of terrible but incomprehensible and well made to leave scars on my brain. It has beautiful watercolor kinda art. It is like nausica with murder twinks.
Goblin Slayer. Appart from the show being some cringe edelord stuff it is about dealing with the trauma of systemic violence and social murder. Plus some fun light hearted DnD hijinks.
Angelic Layer. I think it was kinda popular but I watched it in low quality downloaded of Kazaa. I am.sure it is terrible but it hit me right in the childhood but I remember the fights being cool.
Dr. Slump. Everyone in the west knows Toriyama for Dragon Ball Z and Chrono Trigger but I've yet to met someone who's even heard of it. Shame, it's a great gag manga that's pretty funny (in an extreme juvenile way) with charming Toriyama art.
I haven't watched much obscure stuff so I'm sure most people will have at least heard of these, but a few things none of my IRL friends have watched:
Read the books for LOGH. The author explicitly denounces liberalism. He was (is?) a card carrying member of the party.
If it helps, the point of the show is that the society presents us the choice between a corruptable democratic liberal society that claims meritocracy vs the feudal Prussian inspired system where birth matters second most and winning battles conquers birth.
The core of the show is that liberalism vs feudalism is an unresolved issue that is ultimately supplanted by the later government (no spoilers here)
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun: just a dumb fun one season romantic comedy but for some reason I can't convince anyone to watch it. It's good!
I watched it. It was very good, and I need to pick up the manga eventually. Love to see some
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asexual/aromantic representation, even if I do feel bad for Sakura.
Mai hime. https://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME/
Been years since I watched it. It seems well liked enough, so I guess I'm not the only fan, but I've never seen anyone talk about it. IIRC, it's a spin on magical girl anime but the pets are mecha. I like mecha and strong female characters, so it worked for me.
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