Are there any animes or TV shows you can’t stop recommending?
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Death Note
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Ranking of Kings
All of these animes have a fantastic story that even people who don’t regularly watch anime’s will love.
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Because the ending to the original is so unsatisfactory?
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Brotherhood intentionally skipped over a bit in the start, since people most likely had seen it. Not enough for me to recommend watching the entire older anime though. Maybe up to a certain rain moment.
I see what you mean. The original used 25 episodes to cover the part of the manga Brotherhood did in like 12. Still, season 1 of Brotherhood is my least favorite so I don’t recommend the original myself.
This is what I did, would also recommend. I don’t even think Brotherhood is better, the original has some really strong points.
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Dai-guard, a somewhat obscure mecha anime. It’s a comedy about what would realistically happen if you had a giant mecha fighting monsters from another dimension: bureaucracy, lawsuits, government interference, and physics.
Patriot, on Amazon streaming. I’ve been telling people for years—it’s the BEST show that NO ONE watched.
A depressed deep-cover operative sings bleak folk songs about his job at open mics. Stylistic elements (both visual and writing) from the Cohen brothers and Wes Anderson. Incredible cast. Funny. Sad. Two seasons, and both are great. 10/10
I have recommended this show more than anything else in recent years.
it is absolutely a 10 out of 10.
the comedy, the obligations, drama, creativity, every element is heightened by every other element of the show.
I think you are the first other person I’ve heard of who has watched it, and that is a crime.
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
The Leftovers. Still think of some scenes all the time.
I’ll throw in my most recent guilty pleasure is Space Battleship Yamato. I didn’t grow up with the original so I’m currently re-watching the 2012 remake. But for fun at the start I watched episode one of the original Yamato, Star Blazers (70s American localization) and the remake in the same day just to compare, which was a cooler experience than I expected it to be.
Great show if you think One Punch Man would be better if Saitama was a spaceship
Apothecary Diaries
The original Legend of the Galactic Heroes. This is top tier sci fi, politics, and mitary drama that is more impactful today than when the original novel was written.
Macross 7 sounds incredibly stupid if you try and summarize it, but it’s legitimately one of the best shows there is in my opinion.
Summary: Aliens attack a human colony fleet, and they fight back with a rock band flying into battle to sing at the aliens.
That sounds fucking awesome
Anime - Cromartie High
Hell yes.
Oh man so many. Most of which others are already mentioning. And I’m sure I’m forgetting many that have been constants througj the years. But these stand out.
Anime: Your Lie in April, Mushi-Shi, Scavenger’s Reign, Violet Evergarden, One Punch Man
Anime but it’s more of my selfish mention than a masterpiece: Tomo-chan is a Girl, The Wrong Way to use Healing Magic (English dub is really well done and I can be a sub snob most of the time), Bartender: Glass of God, Mashle:Magic and Muscles, Goblinslayer
Live Action:The Expanse, Midnight Diner, Midnight Diner:Tokyo Stories, The Goes Wrong Show, Blood Machines, How It’s Made (I know, not likely what is being asked for but I thoroughly enjoy the show)
I have a really hard time getting into Live Action shows because too many of them either drag on, or they are just too predictable or forumlaic, or too samey, or it’s all about people being horrible to each other. And there is also a severe lack of laid back story telling or unique story options. Hollywood is berift of interest for me 99% of thr time.
Erased is my favorite anime of all time. I’m a sucker for both time travel and “big damn heroes” stuff.
Just watched it based on this comment. This anime is seriously good, definitely in my top 5s.
Have you watched Steins;Gate? It definitely has some parallels.
Yep, I love Steins;Gate. I rank Erased higher because it’s “all killer no filler”, while SG has a bit of a slow start. They’re very close though.
Yea I get that - although I kinda like the slow start, it makes the hook all the better. I also wouldn’t have minded Erased going on for a bit longer, I think Steins;Gate is like the perfect length.
You’re not wrong, but I was about to drop it due to how slow it was. I decided to give it one more episode, and that was the one that got interesting. xD
You’re getting a recency bias, but I watched Akudama Drive about a month ago and really loved it.
Monster. One of the best anime series I’ve ever seen.
I go it recommended and watched it all. I kept waiting for it to become good. 🤷
I go it recommended and watched it all. I kept waiting for it to become good. 🤷
I tried. I tried so hard. Attempted 3x to watch this. First time I got 5 episodes in. Second time I got 12 episodes in. Third time I got 16 episodes in.
Each time, I tried so hard to continue going. I’m sure it was great when it was released, but holy shit it was such a SLOG.
I’m with you. I watched it all though. They really needed to speed things up.
IMO, it’s not that great.
It’s a seinen. If you’re more into shonen, then it’s not going to be as action-packed as you might be used to.
I don’t normally watch the same thing more than once, but I’ve seen this one three times (first time in college; then some years later I wasn’t sure I finished it the first time, so I rewatched the whole thing again; then more years later I watched with friends from work on our weekly anime night)
I’ve watched plenty of sienen that weren’t as bad as this.
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Frieren was awesome but it’s so fresh I’m not absolutely sure it’ll keep being that
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Severance season 1 (follow-up seasons upcoming, not sure if they can keep up with the extremely high quality of S1)
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True Detective season 1
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Madoka was great, thanks to tight storytelling and the best soundtrack I’ve ever heard
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Kino’s Journey – somewhat similar to Frieren but 20 years prior
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Chernobyl (2019)
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Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
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Firefly
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Twin Peaks, especially seasons 1 and 3, but season 2 and the movie might be needed to fully appreciate
Having pushed past season 2, I think the rest of True Detective is worth watching, although they’re still very different from the first.
- Frieren was awesome but it’s so fresh I’m not absolutely sure it’ll keep being that.
Oh but it does (imo), I mainly read but I think Frieren and Atelier Witch Hat is the strongest running fantasy series currently.
Thats only because bookworm just ended. Idk if you’re into light novels but its the best piece of media i might have even consumed three and a half times.
Are you referring to Ascendance of a Bookworm? If so, would you recommend I keep watching the anime whenever a new season comes out, or jump into the manga?
You are right on the series, but its not the manga. The manga(s) are covering the first 3 parts, but none of them are complete. The anime is going in order but its only decent. Read the bookworm books, i personally have read over a 1000 books. This will be the best you ever read if you pick it up
For a different recommendation, im currently on book 11 of wheel of time and its also a masterpiece with plenty of flaws.
Twin peaks has a third season?
I struggled to watch season 2 & 3. Fortunately, I had a buddy who watched with me because some scenes, you really question the choices.
As a whole ride on Mr Lynch’s crazy train, I enjoyed it.
Yes and it’s awesome.
Yup, the season’s called the return. If you liked the first two seasons you should watch it
I’ve been wanting to re-watch firefly lately. It’s short but there’s just so much in it. It’s one of two shows I’ve watched start-to-finish more than once.
And since we’re here for recommendations…the other show I’ve watched more than once is Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Based on a book by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) it’s charming and insane in ways you might expect if you’re familiar with Hitchhiker’s Guide but it’s absolutely not predictable either. So much fun. (Available on Netflix (in Canada…last I checked))
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Yeah that’s a good one. Especially the first season, but the second ain’t bad either.
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The Magicians- the musical episodes are amazing.
I love musical episodes, I was so happy when everyone started singing in the magicians.
I still sometimes go back and watch The Buffy musical episode, too.
spontaneous breaks for musical nimbers are so great.
