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[The Silver]

Another Flowers of Evil mention. Can the ratings really be that wrong?
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While I haven't seen Flowers of Evil, I think I would like the show but the rotoscoping is just too uncomortable for me.(I know that's the point but it personally reached my limit) I wouldn't take those ratings as gospel, after all Sword Art Online has a high rating on MAL, they can be VERY VERY wrong.

 

[Lucumo]

Yeah, sorry. I didn't see your MAL in the OP when I made my post. Don't watch the Berserk movies. Despite what anyone says, they can't come close to the original series. Neither in tone, nor character. The pacing and scope also suffer from the compressed run time of the movies.

Flowers of Evil is a fantastic look at the often awkward and nerve-wracking teenage experience. It tackles issues such as social anxiety, peer-pressure, depression, rebellion, confusion and infatuation in a very harsh (maybe even nostalgic?) light. All this with deft pacing, and the know-how to let some scenes breathe just a little bit longer. It's probably a lot more relevant if you found your own adolescence to be equally blown out of proportion. It's a good show, and it captures the right kind of feelings. It made me nervous as hell. It also has an absolutely incredible soundtrack to fit the mood.

What's your last comment referring to? Madoka? Yes, the style is weird, and definitely moe. Don't let that fool you however, the show is an experience. Broaden your horizons and you will be rewarded. I'm serious. This is my serious face.

I'm also going to second (triple, quadruple, whatever), the recommendations for Ping Pong one more time. Character arcs don't get better than this.

They are actually rated pretty high but I've never seen anyone talk about them. So who knows which people watched them. And yep, that is always the problem with movies that adapt anything.

Sounds pretty good if you say it that way. I probably won't be able to relate at all since I was either on top of the pack (age 6-12) or I just didn't bother at all (age 13-19) (my adolescence was the most uneventful thing ever). All I can say is that my peers were awesome in general. Maybe people are a lot nicer in the countryside, who knows. Well, read some comments now. Apparently people either think it's good or it's crap.

The Adventures of Captain Retard and Friends. I found it difficult to watch this show, and not because of the rotoscoping.... Mostly because there are no likeable characters in this show to identify with. And so I switched modes and watched it to see Kasuga the fucking retard suffer at the hands of Nakamura. And honestly, she was nowhere near brutal enough for me.

I was really expecting a dark grim look at humanity and i got a kid who steals gym clothes who's whining just grates on me everytime, i understand the lack of social sense to this show because its a social outcast thing but the lack of common sense dumb founded me to no end.

It will be hard to watch if there are no likable characters...
I'm a rather logical thinking person with common sense, so would it really work with me?

I tried watching moe shows (Higurashi, Lucky Star), as well as slice of life and comedy. Otherwise I wouldn't simply be damming it. But as I said before, I will give it a try.

That's a shame becuase Kai is really good (and becuase S1 by itself feels incomplete). In the event you do get decide to watch it and Rei, avoid Higurashi Kira because it is nothing but "moe."

As for DRRR, I haven't seen Baccano yet but Durarara is a pretty damn good show and it's getting a second season this winter.

It felt rather complete to me, aside from everything behind it...but I was able to live with that. Well, if I can force myself to it, we will see. What about Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak though?

Baccano is most likely better. It has great characters and a nice way of telling the story. There are also no real main characters in the traditional sense. Be sure to watch the extra episodes though. It's actually 16 episodes.

Although the show has some humorous elements it's actually about isolation, rejection and learning to reconnect to a world that for a long time didn't want you. The main protagonist can see yokai (Japanese spirits from folklore) and as he helps each one with what they need he is exposed to much tragedy and sadness but also learns to slowly let people in to his life.

It's a beautiful show that will make you cry a lot but will also make you smile.

Also, it has Nyanko Sensei.

Meh, that's what I talked about before. I find it hard to watch anime which mix comedy with serious topics (TTGL being an example). There is not a problem per se with this but, in real life, it would seem quite different. How to say it...the comedy can't really be proper comedy then, there would be a need for a different underyling tone, as in, you laugh because you want to avoid crying. Is it like that or just standard comedy? If it's the latter, I can't really respect the problems of the character since if something weights on you, you wouldn't be able to laugh innocently and happily.

The cat isn't exactly a plus. I'm indifferent to them and like dogs better anyway. Cats are just fat and lying around while dogs protect my property. Simple as that.

 

[Lumination]

- story and characters with depth
- thought-provoking anime

No one's mentioned Psycho Pass? It's set in a future where people can get arrested for having a "tendency to commit crime" (really thoughtcrime). The main character is pursuing a unique criminal while struggling with controlling his own thoughts because people in law enforcement eventually develop thought processes relating to crime due to their work.

I see Shiki is on your list. It's also great for suspense/slight horror. It's about a small, unremarkable town where people start going missing.

Bonus points if you pick up Madoka. It's a complete deconstruction of the magical girl genre and not at all what you perceive it to be. It's a horror anime dressed in magical girl clothing.

Finally, HxH and Attack on Titan for your shounen needs.

 

[Witchfinder General]

Meh, that's what I talked about before. I find it hard to watch anime which mix comedy with serious topics (TTGL being an example). There is not a problem per se with this but, in real life, it would seem quite different. How to say it...the comedy can't really be proper comedy then, there would be a need for a different underyling tone, as in, you laugh because you want to avoid crying. Is it like that or just standard comedy? If it's the latter, I can't really respect the problems of the character since if something weights on you, you wouldn't be able to laugh innocently and happily.

The cat isn't exactly a plus. I'm indifferent to them and like dogs better anyway. Cats are just fat and lying around while dogs protect my property. Simple as that.

It's not a comedy, it's more like a slice-of-life with "ghost stories" and some well integrated humour.

Also, the cat is a very powerful yokai who has a much bigger, powerful form.

 

[Lucumo]

Wow. You really have seen everything.

I see you've seen my go to 3:

Monster
Code Geass
Death Note

So those sadly are not options.

I have heard nothing, but positive things about Hunter x Hunter and I think that it may be something you'd like

In terms of recently aired anime I can point out three that I found to be possible reccomendations:

Zankyou No Terror (About agroup of teenage terrorists, Beautiful art and OST, made by Watanabe, Decent story and characters)

Akame Ga Kill (Still airing, This is a bit of a stretch, Characters seem to be developing well and the story seems to be quite good as of yet, Focused on a group of assassins)

Tokyo Ghoul (Darker theme, Good character development, Likely will be picked up for a season 2 if I had to guess, Plot is good as of yet, focusing on a boy gaining sudden powers and being forced to fit in with another group)

I also notice that you dropped FullMetal Alchemist and simply based upon my own opinion and assuming that was the original, I can not reccomend enough that you give. Brotherhood a second try.

The first one actually doesn't seem to be bad. At a quick glance, I found nothing wrong with it. Gonna try that one for sure.
How come a 16 year old girl, which seems to be a Tsundere, who looks like three years younger is part of such a group? Also, she has twin tails and pink hair. Any reason for her being there? I mean, is it like Gunslinger Girls (first season, haven't seen the second one) where they have a reason and the tone for it fits? I forgot to mention that I dislike the tsundere, yandere, bla type of categorization. It didn't use to be like that...
People say Tokyo Ghoul is an awful anime adapation. That's also the reason why the score is so bad. Apart from that, the idea of the manga was stolen from the World of Darkness universe...
Not sure how I feel about that.

Yep, it was the original. I found this anime very pretentious and it also had the comedy/serious theme problem. I actually wanted to give it a try again but back in the day I watched it dubbed and years later, I tried it subbed. It just didn't work out, at all.

The Tatami Galaxy
Madoka Magica
Welcome to the NHK
Log Horizon

On your list that I've seen and can recommend:
Ping Pong the Animation
Steins;Gate
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
Space Battleship Yamato 2199


Don't watch Another if you're looking for story and charaters with depth or thought provoking anime. It's a dumb slasher flick dragged out into 12 episodes.

More seconding with Log Horizon added into the mix. The blue-haired girl looks rather moe, even with blushing and then all the comedy. My first thought is that it's an anime that is trying to jump on the SAO train (which is terrible, even though I haven't seen it - only good anime featuring an MMO is .hack//Sign).

That doesn't sound interesting if it's just slashing and no real suspense.

Spice and Wolf is indeed excellent!

Duly noted.

Kimikiss ~pure rouge~ (spelled something like that) is like watching a Spanish telenovelas. Go watch it if you want an actually good teenage love story (compared to the ones airing right now).

Spice and Wolf
Ai yori Aoshi

No idea what Spanish telenovelas are like. The character design doesn't seem bad but the blushing, urgh. Why do so many anime have to do that? Are they unable to display emotions without that? But as long as it doesn't happen every time, all the time, it's not that bad. I will probably give it a shot (not that I necessarily want this but as long as it's good, I'm fine with it).

Why Ai yori Aoshi? The character design is fine again. But apart from that, it features all the things I dislike. Harem, ecchi, romance/comedy and who knows what bad character traits.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

The first one actually doesn't seem to be bad. At a quick glance, I found nothing wrong with it. Gonna try that one for sure.

Don't watch Zankyou no Terror/Terror in Resonance. It starts out promising but peters out into a mess of bad writing.

Yep, it was the original. I found this anime very pretentious and it also had the comedy/serious theme problem. I actually wanted to give it a try again but back in the day I watched it dubbed and years later, I tried it subbed. It just didn't work out, at all.

Are you sure you know what "pretentious" means?

 

[Professor Renegade]

I'm open to most things, so classical music is fine. Well, I can try at least. Comedy is always hit or miss and the problem I have is that comedy and a serious topic don't go well together. It's one of the reasons I didn't really like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

;_;

I'm going to suggest Ghost in the Shell, nothing more thought provoking than transhumanism.

 

[ShinRPGamer]

It felt rather complete to me, aside from everything behind it...but I was able to live with that. Well, if I can force myself to it, we will see. What about Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak though?

Baccano is most likely better. It has great characters and a nice way of telling the story. There are also no real main characters in the traditional sense. Be sure to watch the extra episodes though. It's actually 16 episodes.

Outbreak is basically a zombie outbreak story only instead of zombies, everyone in Hinamizawa goes insane. It's good, but It has only 1 episode out and it came out back in 2013. I don't know when it the next episode will come out so you can pass on that if you want.

 

[Lucumo]

MAL ratings are BS; the masses have no taste. Especially when it comes to an unconventionally directed and produced show such as Flowers of Evil, which uses rotoscoping and a deliberate style of filmmaking akin to some sort of live-action indie film. If you can get into the rhythm of its storytelling, you'll find a real treasure.

Blood-C is a well-made black comedy with good action; the climax is highly entertaining. As I said above, MAL ratings are BS.

I would never consider MAL ratings. It's, I think, where all the younger anime user base is located. I use several sites for different things. That's why it's taking some time to respond (looking up several websites for ratings, comments and screenshots). Well, but you guys convinced me with that one already, so no problem.

Won't happen. I'm not too fond of the design and clumsy characters in general (even worse when they aren't that all the time). Being clumsy is not cute, damn it, Japan.

List in the OP makes me feel like I'm reading scripture. There needs to be more irreverent things put in there.

Sorry...

It seems like you quite enjoyed watching sports anime. Try watching slam dunk (though I recommend the manga more) and big windup.

I'm open to all kinds of sports, so there is that. I actually wanted to watch it before but the lack of (good) subs bothers me. It also isn't available here. Saizen dropped it unfortunately.

Mawaru Penguindrum is a very good character-driven story with a good sense of humor. It's very dense, has a ton to think about, and is just really good. What about pictures turned you away?

Patlabor 2 stands pretty well on its own and you don't need to see the series or first movie to appreciate it. It's an excellent movie and its still incredibly relevant. It also has an English DVD release.

Madoka's designs are there to fool you into thinking the show is a standard cutsey moe magical girl show. I'm not a huge fan of the character designs, either, but they just highlight the dissonance between the designs and the actual story.

Tatami Galaxy, yes, but it's not really even a romance, it's more a satire comedy about college. If you don't like it after a few episodes you can stop since it doesn't really vary that much in its delivery, just its content (it's episodic).

It's not supposed to be dense though. I, ideally, want to use my brain while watching something. Weird penguins running around, kissing the way it was done (reanimation because the girl apparently fell into a river), character reactions and proclamation...like standing with one foot on a penguin in a subway and loudly proclaiming something while having hearts in your eyes. Entertainment, for me, is something I have to actually pay attention to because it requires it. I don't want something where I can just shut off my brain and stare at mindlessly. Well, mecha might be an exception because it can be awesome on its own, but still...

Still gonna try to watch everything, I need to.

Yep, that I know. But it's not exactly easy to look past the facade.

Well, I have to see what I do with that one. It's one of the more difficult choices.

 

[omlet]

It's not supposed to be dense though. I, ideally, want to use my brain while watching something. Weird penguins running around, kissing the way it was done (reanimation because the girl apparently fell into a river), character reactions and proclamation...like standing with one foot on a penguin in a subway and loudly proclaiming something while having hearts in your eyes. Entertainment, for me, is something I have to actually pay attention to because it requires it. I don't want something where I can just shut off my brain and stare at mindlessly. Well, mecha might be an exception because it can be awesome on its own, but still...

Uh, what?

I mean dense as in packed full of symbolism and themes to think about and pay attention to, not dense as in dumb or stupid. You'd be doing yourself and the show a disservice if you try to watch it mindlessly; it's not a show meant to be watched (or really even understood or enjoyed) in a detached state of mind. The penguins are typically comic relief, yes, but the rest of the show is a lot more serious and thoughtful. If you don't like the particular mixture of rather serious story with light-hearted penguin comic relief (and "anime" reaction faces and a few other silly things), well that's one thing, and it doesn't work for everyone, but you're dismissing something that I think will fit your criteria for entertainment in terms of requiring you to pay attention. It's a story about family, loyalty, and sacrifice. Well, and penguins.

 

[BlazS01]

Monster.You need to Watch Monster.

Nice Darker Than Black Avatar Btw

Oh you watched Monster... WATCH IT AGAIN

Am I a monster if I didn't like Monster?

After episode 10 or so I stopped watching the anime, was tedious to watch for me o;
When they kidnap some girl or something.

 

[Lucumo]

Penguindrum is shit don't try to fool the OP

Gah, is that avatar the first proper tsundere in an anime or am I imagining things? And thanks for the heads-up.

While I haven't seen Flowers of Evil, I think I would like the show but the rotoscoping is just too uncomortable for me.(I know that's the point but it personally reached my limit) I wouldn't take those ratings as gospel, after all Sword Art Online has a high rating on MAL, they can be VERY VERY wrong.

Will have to see once I get there. Are there other anime which used this technique?
Yep, MAL is terrible. I use a different site but even this one has it at 7.30, sigh. Reviews are at 5.56 though which is a plus.

No one's mentioned Psycho Pass? It's set in a future where people can get arrested for having a "tendency to commit crime" (really thoughtcrime). The main character is pursuing a unique criminal while struggling with controlling his own thoughts because people in law enforcement eventually develop thought processes relating to crime due to their work.


I see Shiki is on your list. It's also great for suspense/slight horror. It's about a small, unremarkable town where people start going missing.

Bonus points if you pick up Madoka. It's a complete deconstruction of the magical girl genre and not at all what you perceive it to be. It's a horror anime dressed in magical girl clothing.

Finally, HxH and Attack on Titan for your shounen needs.

The premise sounds interesting. Has it anything to do with 1984 by George Orwell?

Yep, I wrote about that before. Gonna see whether I can become friendly with Madoka or not.

SnK has been hyped so much and it seems to be at least decent, so I guess I have to watch it at some point. I was somewhat spoilered already since a female (who would have thought) friend of mine liked to talk about it a bit too much.

It's not a comedy, it's more like a slice-of-life with "ghost stories" and some well integrated humour.

Also, the cat is a very powerful yokai who has a much bigger, powerful form.

But that doesn't really help it (I just didn't add slice of life to the list of bad things because Mushishi is probably a pretty good anime). So it's a fault on my part.

By the way, Youkai Watch probably just stole the idea/setting from this anime/manga.

Don't watch Zankyou no Terror/Terror in Resonance. It starts out promising but peters out into a mess of bad writing.

Are you sure you know what "pretentious" means?

Need more opinions on that then.
The anime's rating is average, so that doesn't help me at all

Prententious as in fake and phony.

;_;

I'm going to suggest Ghost in the Shell, nothing more thought provoking than transhumanism.

Seen most of the franchise. First movie and series was great. Second one not so much. Don't really care about Arise (damn young characters), unless there is a good reason for it.

Outbreak is basically a zombie outbreak story only instead of zombies, everyone in Hinamizawa goes insane. It's good, but It has only 1 episode out and it came out back in 2013. I don't know when it the next episode will come out so you can pass on that if you want.

So it exists because there is fun in seeing chaos and madness be at work?

 

[Lucumo]

Uh, what?

I mean dense as in packed full of symbolism and themes to think about and pay attention to, not dense as in dumb or stupid. You'd be doing yourself and the show a disservice if you try to watch it mindlessly; it's not a show meant to be watched (or really even understood or enjoyed) in a detached state of mind. The penguins are typically comic relief, yes, but the rest of the show is a lot more serious and thoughtful. If you don't like the particular mixture of rather serious story with light-hearted penguin comic relief (and "anime" reaction faces and a few other silly things), well that's one thing, and it doesn't work for everyone, but you're dismissing something that I think will fit your criteria for entertainment in terms of requiring you to pay attention. It's a story about family, loyalty, and sacrifice. Well, and penguins.

Oh, sorry. I guess that's what I thought of when I looked at all the screenshots. And it's not uncommon for people to regard something like that as a plus.
And the mid-part is about that which I'm having problems with (which I already mentioned, TTGL). I don't get why comic relief is necessary or even there? Do they think people can't watch serious movies/series/anime without it? I think it's one of the most illogical things to do. It undermines the point which one is making. At least that's how I see it.

Am I a monster if I didn't like Monster?

After episode 10 or so I stopped watching the anime, was tedious to watch for me o;
When they kidnap some girl or something.

Yes, you are.

 

[The Silver]

The premise sounds interesting. Has it anything to do with 1984 by George Orwell?

Psycho Pass really looked like a show I would love, the premise seemed great, the art style was fine, the director had an anti-moe stance, but damn I just couldn't get into it. If you thought FMA was pretentious then Psycho Pass is going to give you an aneurysm.

 

[Kieli]

What was that show that had people in space a la LOGH, but had people dramatically falling into a bed of flowers and having sword fights on the outside of ships in vacuum?

 

[cardinalmind]

snip.

Kimikiss is a romance story about two boys choosing their own partners without the harem part. Choices are made, some will get heartbroken, and it feels like the love stories I usually see my mother watch. It has the drama (sometimes unnecessary) but it not used that much. I really think the characters made this show more worthwhile.

Ai yori Aoshi meanwhile is the standard harem trope BUT it was created ages ago and thus actually has a good story. It's the typical boy meets girl, falls in love and another 4 girls do the same. However, the story develops around the two main characters. The male lead isn't an asshole nor an idiot (a rare occurence in nowadays harem animes) and that makes him a likable character. The female lead is...Hhm, how do I put it? Interesting? She doesn't know anything else besides her love for the protagonist and it's interesting to see how the story develops around her. IMHO,The attention to detail and the general art of this anime is beautiful.
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If Ai yori aoshi and / or kimikiss isn't clicking, try Natsuyuki Rendevous. Shame it was a short anime. And no its not a harem, moe, comedy show.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Serial Experiments Lain
Ergo Proxy
Flowers of Evil
RahXephon
BECK

 

[ShinRPGamer]

So it exists because there is fun in seeing chaos and madness be at work?

That and seeing what would happen to the story if you took one major character out of the equation entirely.

Also another show I could recommend if you haven't seen it, is The Vision of Escaflowne.

 

[omlet]

Oh, sorry. I guess that's what I thought of when I looked at all the screenshots. And it's not uncommon for people to regard something like that as a plus.
And the mid-part is about that which I'm having problems with (which I already mentioned, TTGL). I don't get why comic relief is necessary or even there? Do they think people can't watch serious movies/series/anime without it? I think it's one of the most illogical things to do. It undermines the point which one is making. At least that's how I see it.

Like I said, not everyone likes that kind of mixture, and in fact it doesn't always work for me, either, but it does in this show. I'll list some of the things dealt with directly by the story (which is heavily influenced by--but not based on--the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad) basically start to finish and then you tell me whether or not you can see why the director may have wanted something there to lighten the mood now and then:

Spoiler

fate, free will, sins of parents, parental abandonment, death (dead parents, dead siblings, dead-if-you-don't-hurry crisis), obsessive personalities and obsessive identity crises, parental favoritism and abuse, divorce, manipulation and betrayal by family, terrorism, social stratification, unrequited love, and societal pressures eroding and devaluing individualism.

 

[massoluk]

Hello there,

since there is no proper general anime/manga recommendations thread, I thought I would just create my own, as other people have done so before. Considering the diversity of the users on this forum, I'm sure you will be able to help me out.

So, what I'm not looking for:

- Moe
- Harem
- Ecchi
- Slice of Life
- RomCom (proper romance is fine but not this childish one)
- terrible CGI

What I like:

- story and characters with depth
- thought-provoking anime

How old the anime is doesn't matter, I can deal with older animation without problems.

Hee, I was going to suggest My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU or "OreGairu", for though provoking and character with depth, but it hit most of the red flags lol. Moe, check. Harem, check. Slice of Life, check. RomCom, check.

But animegaf will attest, it has one of the best main anime character with very thought provoking action.

 

[Lucumo]

Psycho Pass really looked like a show I would love, the premise seemed great, the art style was fine, the director had an anti-moe stance, but damn I just couldn't get into it. If you thought FMA was pretentious then Psycho Pass is going to give you an aneurysm.

Ouch. But maybe it's worth it to give it a try. At least I'm hoping that.

Kimikiss is a romance story about two boys choosing their own partners without the harem part. Choices are made, some will get heartbroken, and it feels like the love stories I usually see my mother watch. It has the drama (sometimes unnecessary) but it not used that much. I really think the characters made this show more worthwhile.

Ai yori Aoshi meanwhile is the standard harem trope BUT it was created ages ago and thus actually has a good story. It's the typical boy meets girl, falls in love and another 4 girls do the same. However, the story develops around the two main characters. The male lead isn't an asshole nor an idiot (a rare occurence in nowadays harem animes) and that makes him a likable character. The female lead is...Hhm, how do I put it? Interesting? She doesn't know anything else besides her love for the protagonist and it's interesting to see how the story develops around her. IMHO,The attention to detail and the general art of this anime is beautiful.
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If Ai yori aoshi and / or kimikiss isn't clicking, try Natsuyuki Rendevous. Shame it was a short anime. And no its not a harem, moe, comedy show.

If the characters are good, I guess I can live with it? I really need to see how I respond to it first. Something like that can be done right...but also horribly wrong.

A rare occurence indeed. Still, it features several points I would rather not like to see (what's up with all those crooked teeth all the time, it looks stupid). Apart from that, the design is fine though. Nevertheless, the other anime seems to be more like something I would watch.

Love polygon, eh? Reading the synopsis, it seems far-fetched but I assume something like that can work? It's funny how there are barely any normal, proper romance anime between two people out there. Just a guy and girl loving each other, getting slowly together without any moe or comedy, a realistic portrayal of the up and downs without overemphasizing them.

Serial Experiments Lain
Ergo Proxy
Flowers of Evil
RahXephon
BECK

Seen, will see, seen(it's a mess), want to see actually. Beck is probably one of the few music anime that might be worth it.

That and seeing what would happen to the story if you took one major character out of the equation entirely.

Also another show I could recommend if you haven't seen it, is The Vision of Escaflowne.

So it's like a service to all the fans.

Watched it back in the days. It was one of the anime actually shown on TV (even saw some episodes of it last week because a friend of mine is rewatching it).

Like I said, not everyone likes that kind of mixture, and in fact it doesn't always work for me, either, but it does in this show. I'll list some of the things dealt with directly by the story (which is heavily influenced by--but not based on--the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad) basically start to finish and then you tell me whether or not you can see why the director may have wanted something there to lighten the mood now and then:

Spoiler

fate, free will, sins of parents, parental abandonment, death (dead parents, dead siblings, dead-if-you-don't-hurry crisis), obsessive personalities and obsessive identity crises, parental favoritism and abuse, divorce, manipulation and betrayal by family, terrorism, social stratification, unrequited love, and societal pressures eroding and devaluing individualism.

I can't see it because I'm very stubborn in that regard. I like to take things on as they come, no sugar-coating. If it's sad, it's fine. If it hurts, it's fine. My guess is that he did it because of the younger viewers who might prefer it that way. I'm in the category 18-25, so I'm probably the wrong demographic?

Have you seen Bokurano?

During a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with 15 giant robots defending Earth from alien invaders and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also for the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the game.

Kids dealing with the fact that they are going to die, no matter what. They either die after they win or they die together with the planet earth.

Hee, I was going to suggest My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU or "OreGairu", for though provoking and character with depth, but it hit most of the red flags lol. Moe, check. Harem, check. Slice of Life, check. RomCom, check.

But animegaf will attest, it has one of the best main anime character with very thought provoking action.

Never been there, considering I don't watch current shows or read manga which are still being published (long running series being the exception).

 

[omlet]

Have you seen Bokurano?

Some of it, a long time ago. I didn't finish it and I can't remember why.

 

[BGBW]

Today's BGBW recommendation is...

Astro Fighter Sunred

 

[Lucumo]

Some of it, a long time ago. I didn't finish it and I can't remember why.

It's worth watching for sure and also deals with the problems how I like it, straight up. There is only one reality and one has to face it.

Today's BGBW recommendation is...

Astro Fighter Sunred

It looks rather weird, but the style is interesting. Hm...

 

[Transhuman]

What alternate universe am I living in that not a single person has mentioned Cowboy Bebop yet?

 

[omlet]

What alternate universe am I living in that not a single person has mentioned Cowboy Bebop yet?

The one where we actually read the OP.

 

[Aureon]

Am I a monster if I didn't like Monster?

After episode 10 or so I stopped watching the anime, was tedious to watch for me o;
When they kidnap some girl or something.

I found it really boring until ep 15 or so, when it's still in the THING OF THE WEEK phase.
It gets better.

 

[Transhuman]

The one where we actually read the OP.

I don't want to live there.

Black Lagoon (I see you've watched S1 and S2, but have you watched Roberta's Blood Trail?)
Fullmetal Alchemist (I hear Brotherhood follows the manga more closely and is better than the original, but the original is definitely worth watching too)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise
Outlaw Star
Paranoia Agent
Space Dandy
Trigun

 

[KingKiller]

Not a huge anime guy but I really enjoyed Baccano.

 

[Transhuman]

Not a huge anime guy but I really enjoyed Baccano.

Anytime someone describes a show as "Boardwalk Empire meets Highlander meets non-linear narrative" I have to watch it.

 

[Mr. Wedgewood]

Boogiepop Phantom, supernatural, mystery, horror.

Megazone 23, matrix-style story, but the anime was made in the 80s.

 

[KrellRell]

I started watching The Devil is a Part-Timer. I'm really enjoying it, plus it's on Netflix.

It's about the devil working at McGronalds, hahahaha.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Patlabor is tight

 

[Lucumo]

I don't want to live there.

Black Lagoon (I see you've watched S1 and S2, but have you watched Roberta's Blood Trail?)
Fullmetal Alchemist (I hear Brotherhood follows the manga more closely and is better than the original, but the original is definitely worth watching too)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise
Outlaw Star
Paranoia Agent
Space Dandy
Trigun

Yep, have to watch that eventually. Really need to add it so that I don't forget it.
Dropped the original series after 26 episodes since I couldn't stand it.
Had that stated earlier in the thread. Is there any actual good reason to watch it? Motoko looks just so wrong.
Includes ecchi apparently, bad.
Seen Paranoia Agent/Mousou Dairinin.
Tried watching Trigun actually, but the humor put me off. Is there anything to gain past that?

Not a huge anime guy but I really enjoyed Baccano.

Seen it. Pretty good series.

Boogiepop Phantom, supernatural, mystery, horror.

Megazone 23, matrix-style story, but the anime was made in the 80s.

Have that one actually. I've not come around to watching it yet though (been struggling with Blue Gender for a while since the main character is a complete idiot and I usually watch only one series at a time).

Not the ideal genres but it's short, so I will be able to live with it. Age of the anime doesn't matter.

I started watching The Devil is a Part-Timer. I'm really enjoying it, plus it's on Netflix.

It's about the devil working at McGronalds, hahahaha.

Doesn't look like my cup of tea at all. Character design is meh/they seem really generic. Also, a devil is supposed to rip humans apart and torture them, not work part-time somewhere, putting up with little, annoying girls (at least that's what it looks like from the screenshots).

Patlabor is tight

Yup, it was mentioned before.

 

[KrellRell]

Doesn't look like my cup of tea at all. Character design is meh/they seem really generic. Also, a devil is supposed to rip humans apart and torture them, not work part-time somewhere, putting up with little, annoying girls (at least that's what it looks like from the screenshots)

I thought you asked for a story and characters with depth, criticizing based on character design is quite shallow. Also criticizing based on what the devil should be doing makes no sense when you are talking about character depth.

 

[keffri]

+1 for Psycho-Pass. I thought it was great.

 

[Lucumo]

I thought you asked for a story and characters with depth, criticizing based on character design is quite shallow. Also criticizing based on what the devil should be doing makes no sense when you are talking about character depth.

I've found it to work pretty much all the time, Elfen Lied (and apparently Madoka) being the only exception so far.
I did also state that I dislike romance/comedy and slice of life what this series is. Having generic character design with generic scenes don't exactly help that case.

I also looked up the ratings and reviews, which seem to agree with my first impression:

That being said, with the exception of maybe one member of supporting cast (Ashiya <3), none of these characters are what anyone can really call original. And pretty much all of them are static, to the point of deserving to be called cardboard.
[...]
The character work in this show deserves a 3/10 for the variety and basic execution, but characters with so many completely pointless characters and this little development for the important ones, i find it hard to give higher marks than that.

Need as much information as possible about the anime, so gathering those is important. Otherwise, I might have added that one anime a user recommended earlier, which is probably one of the worst ever.

+1 for Psycho-Pass. I thought it was great.

Okay, let's hope it doesn't end up like FMA which one person suggested earlier.

 

[teruterubozu]

I stopped watching Psycho-Pass after about 10 episodes. Does anything happen?

 

[BadWolf]

What you are looking for is Noein.

Trust me.

 

[dark_inferno]

Welcome to NHK.

Underrated as fuck and one of the best animes i watched.


Also :
Cowboy Bebop
Parasyte

 

[midramble]

Ping Pong: The Animation
Steins;Gate
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (or rather, the whole franchise)
Ashita no Joe (thanks Saizen <3)
Madoka Magica (I'll try eventually)
Dennou Coil
Patlabor (all, need subs)

Definitely going to have to second these. Especially Ashita no Joe since you have ippo on your list. Ashita no Joe is a super classic. Manga was amazing.

Includes ecchi apparently, bad.

Maybe I'm reading wrong or have a bad memory, but I disagree if this is about Outlaw Star. It's a great action adventure scifi piece. The closest to ecchi you really get is the single (traditional) onsen episode near the very end. (which if I remember right didn't air in the US) I mention this because it seems to be one of the few 90's US aired anime you don't have listed.

On Trigun, if you can't enjoy the humor than it probably wont be for you. That said, it, and it's amazingly well done maximum manga, eventually deal pretty heavy messages of the responsibility of power, the sustainability of idealism, and peace at all costs.

 

[Jex]

Never fear, there's plenty of help available. Namely here:


NeoGAF Top Anime List --RESULTS--

The retro, classic, nostalgic, unmissable anime list thread

Lesser known Anime from the 2000's: Because they still make great anime


but to a lesser extent here:


Good anime on Netflix?

I'm 32 and just watched my first anime. Need more plz

Help me pick an anime to watch next

Anime recommendations for a girl who doesn't like anime

Hulu Plus - What newer anime should I be watching?

Anime "Masterpieces"

What is your favourite anime? (and your favourite anime ost?)

Recommend me some anime from the 80's

Please reccomend samurai anime (and movies!)

Anime GAF, need suggestions on fighting anime

What was your "Gateway" Anime?

Any anime similar to Eureka Seven?

Anime Recommendation

Help me Anime fans!

best anime series for young and old

Need Anime related help

Anime with recurring cute animals?

I want more gritty 80's non fan service noncomedic anime

anime with real impressive animation?

recommend me a badass anime movie

New to Anime, where to start?

Getting back into anime

Non-furry-catgirl-loli-kawaii-teardrops anime recommendations?

LTTP: Cowboy Bebop ( AKA BEST ANIME EVAR!!)

What is your top 10 anime?

Anime is overwhelming, where to start?

I adore Howls Moving Castle! Recommend me other Anime Movies

Recommend Adult Anime TV Shows

That should cover most queries.

So, what I'm not looking for:

- Moe
- Harem
- Ecchi
- Slice of Life
- RomCom (proper romance is fine but not this childish one)
- terrible CGI

Are you sure that's right OP, I mean:

Fate/stay night - 8
Elfin Lied - 9

The facts, they speak for themselves.

 

[Transhuman]

Yep, have to watch that eventually. Really need to add it so that I don't forget it.
Dropped the original series after 26 episodes since I couldn't stand it.
Had that stated earlier in the thread. Is there any actual good reason to watch it? Motoko looks just so wrong.
Includes ecchi apparently, bad.
Seen Paranoia Agent/Mousou Dairinin.
Tried watching Trigun actually, but the humor put me off. Is there anything to gain past that?

Arise is worth watching. Maybe not as much as SAC, but I see it more as an origins story and the new design definitely fits Motoko's younger personality more than the old one could.
That's a shame, episode 28 of FMA is probably my favourite. Watch 2 more episodes then stop watching
I've only seen the first 12 eps of Outlaw Star so I can't say, so far the only nudity has been relevant to the plot and isn't revealing or gratuitous.
The whole "Vash is girl-crazy" shtick in Trigun stops pretty much immediately after episode 2 and the series slowly gets more serious as it goes on.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I've found it to work pretty much all the time, Elfen Lied (and apparently Madoka) being the only exception so far.

Oh dear, you think Elfen Lied had "depth"? Well, you deserve whatever poor recommendations you get.

 

[Lucumo]

What you are looking for is Noein.

Trust me.

Seen that already.

Welcome to NHK.

Underrated as fuck and one of the best animes i watched.


Also :
Cowboy Bebop
Parasyte

Was mentioned earlier. The screenshots put me off but I can always at least give it a try.

Seen that as well.
I don't watch series that haven't finished airing yet (long-running ones being the exception) but as the name was dropped a few times already, I will keep it in mind.

Ping Pong: The Animation
Steins;Gate
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (or rather, the whole franchise)
Ashita no Joe (thanks Saizen <3)
Madoka Magica (I'll try eventually)
Dennou Coil
Patlabor (all, need subs)

Definitely going to have to second these. Especially Ashita no Joe since you have ippo on your list. Ashita no Joe is a super classic. Manga was amazing.



Maybe I'm reading wrong or have a bad memory, but I disagree if this is about Outlaw Star. It's a great action adventure scifi piece. The closest to ecchi you really get is the single (traditional) onsen episode near the very end. (which if I remember right didn't air in the US) I mention this because it seems to be one of the few 90's US aired anime you don't have listed.

On Trigun, if you can't enjoy the humor than it probably wont be for you. That said, it, and it's amazingly well done maximum manga, eventually deal pretty heavy messages of the responsibility of power, the sustainability of idealism, and peace at all costs.

I have to say though, the original Hajime no Ippo anime was awesome. Didn't like the newer one as much and will see how Rising is gonna be. Have no doubts about Ashita no Joe at all.

Hm, it's listed under ecchi but then again, the site I usually use doesn't have the tag system anymore (which was extremely reliable) and I don't know how this one fares. If you say it's worth it, the least I can do is give it a chance.

That doesn't sound too bad but the "eventually" might be what breaks it for me. The humor, at first glance, wasn't for me. If it's like that all the time, I don't think I will be able to make it through.

Never fear, there's plenty of help available. Namely here:

~snip~

That should cover most queries.

Are you sure that's right OP, I mean:

Fate/stay night - 8
Elfin Lied - 9

The facts, they speak for themselves.

Will check all those threads out.

I've been watching anime for quite some time. So there might, obviously, be anime in there that differ from my norm which I eventually established. FS/N isn't about the harem for instance. I read the VN later and it's so much better. If I watched it again, it probably wouldn't fare as well anymore. But I won't ever do that since rewatching a series is something I pretty much never do. Same can be said about Elfen Lied.

Arise is worth watching. Maybe not as much as SAC, but I see it more as an origins story and the new design definitely fits Motoko's younger personality more than the old one could.
That's a shame, episode 28 of FMA is probably my favourite. Watch 2 more episodes then stop watching
I've only seen the first 12 eps of Outlaw Star so I can't say, so far the only nudity has been relevant to the plot and isn't revealing or gratuitous.
The whole "Vash is girl-crazy" shtick in Trigun stops pretty much immediately after episode 2 and the series slowly gets more serious as it goes on.

You think so? Personally, I loved the design of the first movie, then first series. Didn't like the one from the second series. Well, it's not that long. So that would lessen the effect if it's actually bad.
Ha ha, I tried watching episode 27 years later. The problem was, it was subbed and I couldn't stand it because I watched the 26 episodes before dubbed. But I can't go back to that anymore. It's a separate dilemma.
Another one for Outlaw Star. Giving it a chance is settled then, I guess.
So I should watch more than the one episode that I did? Interesting that they opened with this, considering anime usually give (or want to give) a good impression on what the series is gonna be like.

Oh dear, you think Elfen Lied had "depth"? Well, you deserve whatever poor recommendations you get.

If you can look past the violence and nudity, yes. Though, it's one of the anime people either really like or hate. If I was to watch it at this point, I would maybe give it a lower score because certain elements would probably annoy me more. Can't say anything for certain though.
Still, it's funny how you condemn me for one anime. I mean, it's not like it's the best rated one there. And another problem is, a 9 doesn't tell you whether it's 8.5 or 9.4 (which I dislike about MAL). Haibane Renmei, for instance, was a 6.4.
(By the way, Elfen Lied was the first series of the top 8 that I watched, with Death Note being the second.)


Watched the first episode of Hunter x Hunter in the meantime...actually of both series, the old and new (by accident) one. The old series gave a way better first impression, with the beginning being a lot more fleshed out. So can I go with that?

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Didn't know it was regarded that well since usually people talk about the big three + Fairy Tale with someone sometimes mentioning Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (which apparently already ended...four years ago).

It smokes those. It really is that good.

 

[Transhuman]

You think so? Personally, I loved the design of the first movie, then first series. Didn't like the one from the second series. Well, it's not that long. So that would lessen the effect if it's actually bad.

I just meant that the redesign fits the kind of "coming-into-her-own" vibe that Motoko has in Arise. I definitely prefer the original design. The dub version is still a ways off so maybe wait for that if you prefer dubs (as I do).

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

The first one actually doesn't seem to be bad. At a quick glance, I found nothing wrong with it. Gonna try that one for sure.
How come a 16 year old girl, which seems to be a Tsundere, who looks like three years younger is part of such a group? Also, she has twin tails and pink hair. Any reason for her being there? I mean, is it like Gunslinger Girls (first season, haven't seen the second one) where they have a reason and the tone for it fits? I forgot to mention that I dislike the tsundere, yandere, bla type of categorization. It didn't use to be like that...

People say Tokyo Ghoul is an awful anime adapation. That's also the reason why the score is so bad. Apart from that, the idea of the manga was stolen from the World of Darkness universe...
Not sure how I feel about that.

It's explained why each of the members are in the group, but I can see why you wouldn't like a character like that for sure. All of the members serve some purpose though. I can't compare it to Gunslinger girls because I haven't seen that. She's definitely Tsundere though...

I wan't sure if you'd rather read a manga. Read Tokyo Ghoul. If you don't want to read it, wait for an uncensored version to release. Censorship is bad and they skip many parts.

 

[teruterubozu]

I started watching The Devil is a Part-Timer. I'm really enjoying it, plus it's on Netflix.

It's about the devil working at McGronalds, hahahaha.

I totally did not expect to like The Devil is a Part-Timer, but I ended up loving it. It's hilarious and charmingly self-aware. Is there any more anime like this?

 

[The Silver]

Watched the first episode of Hunter x Hunter in the meantime...actually of both series, the old and new (by accident) one. The old series gave a way better first impression, with the beginning being a lot more fleshed out. So can I go with that?

The old one has a quite a bit of filler in the first arc and the new one has some annoying censorship in the first arc.

Personally I liked the old one better for the 1st arc(Hunter Exam) and the new one is way better afterwards as it drops the censorship and the higher production values take effect for the big fights.

The first arc is a lot longer in the old version and it isn't very good in general compared to the rest of the series when it gets a lot darker, it's up to you.