I’ve liked Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassination Classroom. Cool with any genre you guys have to recommend, since I enjoyed stuff like Zombieland Saga too.
Yu Yu Hakusho. The old school battle shounen that the author of hunterXhunter first major success. Starts with some interesting ghost stuff and then veers more into a more traditional battle shounen including one of the best tournament arcs ever.
A guy gets sucked into an Isekai (what he thinks is a typical otherworld fantasy that he’s read about) but despite being genre savy he painfully learns that it’s not exactly like that. He doesn’t get cheat codes to make him powerful and beloved like in those wish fulfilment books/anime he consumed. If he wants a better life then the one he gladly left behind he will have to put in effort and improve himself. Luckily (or unluckily) he will get multiple chances as he has received power of time looping after his (usually extremely painful) deaths.
- Loneliness/body horror, Adventure, fun time
A Place further then the Universe. An incredibly inspirational story of four teen girls who decide to go to Antarctica. Other then dealing with grief this doesn’t have anything upsetting. Just the ultimate feel good motivation show.
It’s all a conspiracy. Sato is a college dropout neet/hikomori (not in education employment or training due/acute social withdrawal. Also easily addicted and very conspiratorial in part due to an old HS crush). A mysterious high school girl appears one day and declares she wants to save him from his lifestyle for her own selfish and mysterious reasons. That is the start to a very dark journey as he attempts to recover but on the way stumbles into a lot of troubling japanese social trends.
Monster. The actions of a well meaning Japanese surgeon unleash a monster on the world, the doctor travels around post communist Germany and Czechoslovakia going deeper and deeper into the mystery of the Monster and looking for a way to stop him. But can he do what is necessary even if it breaks the Hippocratic oath?
Patlabor, specifically “Patlabor ON TELEVISION” and “Patlabor New Files” (sometimes called New OVA) are takes place in a very comfy near-future environment and is about a group of policemembers who are under the division for dealing with any mech incidents, meaning giant robot fights will happen in a very down-to-earth setting
I also recommend the movies if you enjoy the GITS movie as it’s the same director and he likes exploring a various amount of social commentary, from criticism of institutional inefficiency to existential reflections, (just dont watch the 3rd movie, it has nothing to do with anyone who made the original Patlabor)
There’s also the original Patlabor OVA, but I personally didn’t enjoy that nearly as much as the tv anime, and some of the characters act a little different, so it might be jarring if you watch that before the tv anime despite it being chronologically made first
If you want something to laugh at check out Grand Blue
Something to laugh at but it is an isekai The Eminence in Shadow or KONOSUBA
Or an SOL to laugh at BOCCHI THE ROCK!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Made in Abyss
Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
Steins;Gate
mans out there recommending Made In Abyss. That’s some heavy content.
But it’s so beautifully done I have to recommend it
This makes me really curious to check it out now.
I recommend it to anyone watching Anime.
Ghost in the Shell and Serial Experiments Lain are classics you can’t go wrong with.
- ODDTAXI (absolutely amazing)
- Madoka Magica (watch until ep 3 at least)
- Land of the Lustrous (very different animation style)
- Vinland Saga (great story)
- Your Name. (great romance)
- Baccano! (very interesting style of storytelling. The characters feel like something you’d see in a theatre)
- Dorohedoro (weird, but interesting)
- Dororo (just two good friends adventuring)
- Made in Abyss (gets good, but really takes those 13 episodes for that)
Has anyone recommended Gundam yet? No? Good, I’m recommending Gundam.
Now, the whole thing might confuse you, and there are a ton of separate Gundam shows each one in it’s own continuity. So, to make things simple, I’m going to just suggest two of them. The currently airing Gundam: Witch From Mercury, and the classic that started everything, Mobile Suit Gundam.
The 3 compilation movies of the classic Gundam are on the Gundam.info Youtube channel for free right now, by the way! There’s several other shows in that channel and you might even be able to watch G-Witch depending on your location.Gundam is awesome. I got into it after I got into Gunpla and wanted to find out about the series. Zakus got the best design. I’ve seen the first movie trilogy, but not the rest yet. Was the oldest anime I’ve seen and it held up well.
Gwitch is great. And I have been watching through the entire backlog over the past few months. finally done with UC!
It’s well worth the investment, much of the story and art is so amazing!-
Big fan of GWitch. It’s a really strong story, and the art is beautiful.
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Mob Psycho 100 is a completed action series that makes me think of slice of life coming of age story meets DBZ meets urban fantasy. The story is very strong and the art is used in a fairly clever way.
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If you want dark/horror, then Psycho Pass was a fairly popular thriller.
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Demon slayer
Oshi no Ko
Hell’s paradiseI’ve seen Oshi no Ko mentioned a lot. Is it really good?
Don’t look anything up about it and just watch the first episode if you have a spare 1.5 hrs to spend. If you don’t like it then it’s easy to find out.
