Most of my exposure with anime was whatever was on Toonami and Adult Swim in the 2000s. I’ve not watched stuff like, Ghost In The Shell, Cowboy Bebop (only disjointed episodes out of order), Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I know are highly regarded.
I’ve seen just about every Miyazaki movie at this point. I’ve seen Akeria.
I’m sure there’s more mainstream shows and non mainstream shows that I’m missing and would enjoy.
Thoughts?
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Legend of galactic heroes. Think game of thrones done right (but in space)
Azumanga Daioh is on youtube in its entirety and might be my favorite anime. Watch it.
Akiba Maid War is a fun “what if the Yakuza was made up of maid cafes?” show
If you like ecchi stuff Ganbare Douki-Chan is a very cute romance anime about office workers, all free on youtube, only about 45 minutes in total
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mob psycho 100 is a delight.
Sazae-san is still going from 1969 to today.
I will literally only recommend you anime that has spanned across decades.
Sazae was a very liberated woman, and many of the early plotlines revolved around Sazae bossing around her husband, to the consternation of her neighbors, who believed that a man should be the head of his household. Later, Sazae became a feminist and was involved in many comical situations regarding her affiliation with her local women’s lib group.
-Wikipedia
Dear god do I even have enough time left to watch it all?
Legend of galactic heroes
Galaxy express 999
Gundam the original one.
Hajime no Ippo (english name: Fighting Spirit) is probably my favorite anime of all time. It’s about a kid who becomes a pro boxer, and while it is a pretty stereotypical sports show, every single element of the show is absolutely top quality. The manga is still ongoing (I think?) but there’s no filler because whenever they caught up to it they stopped producing episodes and waited however many years it took for a couple more story arcs to build up - which means that the anime was released in 2000, 2009 and 2013, meaning it actually spans over a decade.
Can confirm Ippo is still going. There’s been some really good chapters in the past 6 months.
Ranma 1/2
It’s about a Karate guy who turns into a girl, but really just the vibes of the age it was made in are magical
I’ve always heard good things about Ranma 1/2!
Grab a big box of tissues and watch Grave of Fireflies. Hard pressed to name a piece of cinema that’s made me a bigger anti-war guy.
For lighter stuff - Full Metal Alchemist (I’m partial to Brotherhood over the original, but they’re both good). Avatar: the Last Airbender is Amerime and a bit young, but a genuinely great story. I’ve got a special place in my heart for “Scraped Princess” and “Escaflowne” as well.
Two of my favorite new anime, Delicious in Dungeon and Frieren, also great stuff. They’re just not finished yet, so you can’t binge them.
I just caught up on Delicious in Dungeon, it is such a fun anime. I’ve never bought a magna before, but I just had to get started on DinD so I bought the first two Volumes from a local book store.
I’ve heard of Grave of the Fireflies. I’ll put it on the list but having two young kids makes watching stuff like that very hard. You become very sensitive to kid stuff once you have a kid heh.
FMA is definitely something I’d like, caught random episodes over the years. We just finished watching ATLA for the dozenth time, this time with our kiddo, she liked it, but definitely over her head at this age.
I’ll look up the others you mentioned! Thanks Comrade!
Gotta watch Full Metal, far and away my favorite of all time.
The original came out while the Manga was still being written so it suffered the same way Game of Thrones did, to a much lesser extent but the ending is just waaaay out there. Brotherhood doesn’t tell all them same backstory, but it starts and never slows down.
For first time viewing I always recommend Brotherhood. There is a fan made viewing order that starts with the original then switches to Brotherhood, but it would be kinda confusing as some plots that weren’t from the Manga get laid down that just get dropped after the switch.
I’ve never bought a magna before, but I just had to get started on DinD so I bought the first two Volumes from a local book store.
The Mimic scene was a meme that was running around a year or two back. Once I recognized the show from that, I was hooked.
We just finished watching ATLA for the dozenth time, this time with our kiddo, she liked it, but definitely over her head at this age.
Oh sure, but that’s what’s good. It hits on multiple levels.
Thanks Comrade!
I third? fourth? Brotherhood! I actually have a tradition of every few years watching A:TLA and then watching Brotherhood because it was how I introduced a late friend of mine to anime. They’re both really good stories about leaving your life behind and finding yourself on a journey.
Scrapped princess mentioned!
Samurai Champloo, Gintama, Odd Taxi, Made in Abyss, Ouran High School Host Club, Soul Eater, Assassination Classroom, Chainsaw Man, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Baki, Cromartie High School, Azumanga Daioh, um…that’s all I can think of without googling
Thanks comrade! Chainsaw Man and Samurai Champloo are the only ones I recognize lol, definitely will give a look at the others.
I like these threads, I always add things to my watch list too
Made in Abyss
I came here to suggest that as a joke, with a link to my breathless rant about why Made in Abyss is the worst thing ever made. It’s a revolting show with terrible pacing, worse themes, and absolutely nothing going for it except the background surreal fantasy aesthetic, written by a pedophile who includes loli porn in the manga version.
It is wild that the art is soo good but the show is so bad. The production value is amazing. The world building is really intresting as well. It was one of the first dungeon cultivation shows to get big. It is just amazing that there are multiple story arcs about extreme and sexual violence being used on children and people signed off on it.
One of the songs was super popular on tiktok a while back. It was jarring.
It is wild that the art is soo good but the show is so bad.
Yeah, like those soft surreal fantasy landscapes are absolutely on point, and then it’s like the story does everything it can to just skip past it so it can revel in this consequence-free torture and exploitation of Riko, or get hyper focused on revolting ancap frenworld monsters for an entire season. The basic concept isn’t unsalvageable, but imo it would have required fixing the pacing, aging up all the characters, giving the characters actual progression both good and bad, and cutting a lot of the grossest and most clearly-the-author-is-getting-off-on-this shit.
Although even aesthetically I can’t shake the feeling that it’s really derivative and generic, but I can’t point to what it’s drawing on. Maybe just the general sort of surreal fantasy art that would make it into stuff like Heavy Metal or get used as pulp covers in the 70s and 80s.
I think it is encapsulating the early ps2 era vibes pretty perfectly. There is a specific era of cozy adventure type stuff I am picturing.
I still have avoided that show thanks to your post.
Ouran shows un_mask_me has good taste though (it’s a cute classic)
Fair enough
Have you seen Ping Pong the Animation?
I have not. Just watched the trailer, looks really cool!
Paranoia Agent just cause I don’t see it listed here yet.
Ninja Scroll (the movie is much better than series imo).
Wow I didn’t think I’d get such an active post! Thanks to all the comrades who have contributed, and will continue to contribute. Lots of great suggestions in here! Going to bookmark this thread and then possibly compile it into a organized list when I have time.
check out future boy conan for a classic miyazaki adventure series. late 70s, incredible animation, kinda establishes a lot of the standard miyazaki tropes in a post-apocalyptic agrarian vs doom tech world. available on yewchube last i checked
MegaloBox is an under rated personal favorite of mine. It is a bit overlooked but it is supposed to be a spiritual successor to ashita no Joe. Only it kidna has cowboy bebop type vibes. There is a seccond season. They both have strong leftist themes which is kinda out of nowhere for the modern anime industry.
