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Ikuhara's Trinity: Utena  Penguindrum  Yurikuma  superLINUS posted:So my friend REALLY likes Yu-Gi-Oh and I think she’d be stoked if I watched some. But is there any decent Yu-Gi-Oh? Or am I a snob/idiot for even asking?
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Wark Say posted:Ikuhara's Trinity: this might mean something maybe also where is sailor moon s and the sailor moon r movie
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AnoHito posted:Yeah, it's good. And also super dark. I think there was an anime made out of it at some point, but I've never actually seen it. Definitely worth a read if you're into the series as a whole, though, since it does some cool things, especially with how it goves Kaiba a motivation for hating Yugi besides "rich rear end in a top hat" yeah there's a two cour anime some by Toei. role hadn't been kind to the video/audio but it existing at all is really interesting to me and it's definitely worth a look if you have any interest/affection for that early manga material
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The Colonel posted:this might mean something maybe I used to feel strongly about Sailor Moon but nowadays I think my favorite Sailor Moon thing is the OG Manga. 
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AnoHito posted:Consensus here is skewed mainly because the ADTRW thread for it may actually have been the worst thread that SA has ever seen. Thank you
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This thread has been dead for a while, but I still need recommendations since Im still just basically dipping my toes into this. I finished FMA Brotherhood, Cowboy Bebop, Konosuba, and Mob Psycho 100. I also just got caught up on My Hero Academia, which is pretty awesome, so now Im looking for something else to watch in between episodes. I know its a weird cross section of shows but Im hoping its enough to at least point me in another direction.
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Sounds like you're really into shouen Maybe give hunter x hunter a go
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You'll almost definitely like One Punch Man. It's pretty much Mob Psycho, but with superheroes. Re:Zero might also be a good choice. It's the same trapped in a fantasy world setup as KonoSuba, but played seriously and with a lot more grim things happening.
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ninjewtsu posted:Sounds like you're really into shouen I think someone mentioned this to me once before and I totally forgot about it but yeah this looks right up my alley, thanks! AnoHito posted:You'll almost definitely like One Punch Man. It's pretty much Mob Psycho, but with superheroes. I watched the first 2 episodes of OPM but got distracted (by FMA). It didnt seem terrible or anything but the pace felt awkward and I just kind of drifted away from it. Is that normal or did I just not get far enough into it? Re:Zero is unavailable in my region due to licencing issues.  e: If Im looking for something a little more grown up/bloody would Hellsing or Parasyte be worth a go? Furnaceface fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Aug 13, 2018 |
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Furnaceface posted:This thread has been dead for a while, but I still need recommendations since Im still just basically dipping my toes into this. Chaika's also kind of a goofy fantasy thing, like Konosuba, though it's way less of a parody and more just a fantasy adventure thing with some good gags but still has a plot and action and such, it takes itself way more seriously than Konosuba even with it having some gags and goofiness. Still, you might enjoy it as a middle-ground between Konosuba and shonen adventure stuff, since it doesn't take itself completely seriously. Furnaceface posted:e: If Im looking for something a little more grown up/bloody would Hellsing or Parasyte be worth a go?
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The parasyte manga is quite good, I'm not sure about the anime though.
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Michiko and Hatchin would be a good one too, sort of in the same vein as Cowboy Bebop where it's a stylish drama with some good action/crime-doing in there
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Samurai Champloo gave me the vibe of having an everyday grimness undercurrent to it, with stuff like decent people getting hosed over or the main three characters not really liking each other at all. It just kept rubbing me the wrong way, so I dropped it after nine episodes. I didn't really get the same impression with Cowboy Bebop which I watched all the way through aside from a couple episodes. It might be the more fantastical elements in the latter that help smooth over that aspect in my head though.
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Furnaceface posted:
hellsing is really good if you go into it with a mindset of "this is unabashedly what edgy teenagers think is cool." if you try to take the story at face value i dunno how you'll end up, but if you don't it's loving ridiculous, stylish, and extremely bloody. parastye is very good, would highly recommend. have you seen attack on titan? if you're looking for darker shounen that's a pretty good one. i'll also second the baccano recommendation, with the caveat that if the first episode leaves you feeling extremely confused, just watch the second one before deciding it's too much for you. wrt OPM, i'd say give it another 2 episodes so you can see one of the best animated fight scenes in existence, and if you're still not feeling it it's not really going to change substantially beyond that point.
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An advantage of Baccano is that if you like it then there is another anime done by the same author in a similar style called Durarara.
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What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for Mob Psycho 100 is by the same dude as One Punch Man. Very different tone, but has some of the same elements. If you want to watch the main character(s) just clown on their opponents, wish-fulfillment style, No Game No Life might be up your alley. It's got some pretty gross bits in it, so be warned, but if that's something you're willing to look past it's a really good time with some really incredible direction (it shares a lot of key staff with A Place Further Than The Universe In fact, the entire Isekai genre that Overlord is part of is worth looking into. Overpowered main characters running rampant is kind of the thing.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for Akagi: The Genius Who Descended into Darkness is awesome. There's also Problem Children from Another World which is good, though the novel is much better.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for Riki-Oh is a manga that fits this
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Eela6 posted:Mob Psycho 100 is by the same dude as One Punch Man. Very different tone, but has some of the same elements. Yeah, this is the best way of describing what I'm looking for. Mob Psycho looks interesting, No Game ...  I'll check out the other recs
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Yeah, this is the best way of describing what I'm looking for. Mob Psycho looks interesting, No Game ... I just read I Was A Sword When I Reincarnated! and you might like it. Guy dies in the traditional isekai fashion(getting hit by a car/truck), reincarnates in a fantasy world as a legendary sword. An enslaved beastgirl finds him stuck in the ground in a forest, and their adventure begins. Lots of clowning on deserving people and/or monsters, for sure, and the world itself is pretty good as far as typical fantasy isekai series go. Series is nicknamed "sword dad manga" because he basically takes care of the beastgirl as his daughter and they are very cute together. Really my only complaint is like 3 bad fanservice pages. 
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What are more series in the vein of Overlord or One Punch Man where the main character(s) is hilariously OP compared to everyone else? Tonally they're kinda different, but both have what I''m looking for
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Just want to update and thank everyone for their suggestions. Going back to finish OPM was totally worth it, that show is hilarious and very well done. Hellsing did end up being a little too edgy for me so I dropped it, but Parasyte is pretty good so far. As for Baccano, I think I just have zero interest in that time period because it just fell flat right off the bat and never went anywhere afterwards for me. Black Lagoon seems okay after 3 episodes, but I will probably put it on hold until Im done Hunter x Hunter and Parasyte since those 2 are grabbing most of my time.
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Endorph posted:the unlimited hyoubu kyousuke? it's basically about anime magneto, a guy with broken superpowers who wants to create a society for people with superpowers where they can live free of oppression/fear from people without powers. it's a spinoff of zettai karen children but it works fine as its own thing, don't worry about watching zkr before it or anything. Hey, I'd never heard of either of these shows and I started up Zettai Karen Children and it's surprisingly rad? It's half comedy, half the-horrors-of-being-governmentally-owned-psychic-children, complete with the handler of the three main characters in the first episode referring to them as animals and having their governmentally-mandated limiters be in the shape of collars. (The fourth main character, the new handler, immediately gets it cleared so he can give them fashionable accessories instead. ... It's still unsettling.) 
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Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar. What we liked: FMA: Brotherhood (well paced, cool, and weirdly serious and political at times), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Parts 3 and 4 (loving insane, gay as poo poo, and incredibly funny/dumb show that becomes loving Twin Peaks for some reason), Baccano (cool characters, good atmosphere and interesting story). Whet we didn't like: One Punch Man and Mob Psycho (while funny at times, sometimes it felt like they're using the same joke over and over), My Hero Academia (weirdly enough, school stuff was more interesting than actual story, as actual fights weren't really interesting. Also gently caress Mineta forever, I can't ignore poo poo like that), JoJo Parts 1-2 (I mean, we liked them enough to keep going, but overall, hamon and samey villains were kinda dull). Obviously we've heard about super famous animes, but for now we're looking for something with a good, gripping story/funny (that doesn't rely on boobs and weird humor that only people from Japan, or who are into Anime, can understand). Maybe something unique and eccentric.
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Vookatos posted:Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar. If you want more shonen Hunter X Hunter is pretty good and for the most part doesn’t have a lot of boobs or quirky humor. Yu Yu Hakusho is also pretty good and by the same author so plays by the same rules.
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Vookatos posted:Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar. Durarara (by the Baccano author), Simoun (one of my favorite animes for being a nuanced look at war/religion/human relationships), ACCA 13 (smart spy drama featuring good food), Gunbuster (short and really, really good) and most of the recs here are solid.
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You sound like you would enjoy Assassination Classroom. It's an action-comedy that's pretty accessible without just repeating the same Shonen beats as the stuff you've seen already. If you want to try a pure comedy, maybe Hinamatsuri? Konosuba is normally my go-to rec for anime comedy but there are a lot of boob jokes in that show. Like, a lot. Eela6 fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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StrixNebulosa posted:Hey, I'd never heard of either of these shows and I started up Zettai Karen Children and it's surprisingly rad? It's half comedy, half the-horrors-of-being-governmentally-owned-psychic-children, complete with the handler of the three main characters in the first episode referring to them as animals and having their governmentally-mandated limiters be in the shape of collars. (The fourth main character, the new handler, immediately gets it cleared so he can give them fashionable accessories instead. ... It's still unsettling.)
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:five minutes into zettai karen children they start joking about how much better it would be if the explicitly pre-teen characters had bigger tits so it'd be hotter when they're molested by snakes
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:five minutes into zettai karen children they start joking about how much better it would be if the explicitly pre-teen characters had bigger tits so it'd be hotter when they're molested by snakes It 100% sucks but despite my early misgivings, it doesn't sexualize the characters visually - no panty shots, etc - and there's an entire episode about another pre-teen esper discovering that the reason she has trouble controlling her powers is because her handler is a pervert, and she realizes she really wants to punch him and gets to do so at the end of the episode. (It sucks that she doesn't get to get a new handler, but he's constantly getting beaten up for being a pervert, so...) So it's like. When it's not being gross it's being interesting and/or funny. I guess what I'm getting at is that anime can be very very frustrating, see also Brigadoon: Marin & Melan.
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Vookatos posted:Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar. Moribito-a lady bodyguard adopts a prince Spice and Wolf-romance and economic theory in a 16th century setting Kino's Beautiful World-episodic series about a traveler going to different types of societies. Kind of like Gulliver's Travels If you're up for movies: Sword of a Stranger-a samurai movie with amazing fights Tokyo Godfathers-homeless people find a baby on christmas eve edit: Silver Spoon is a series about a kid who goes to a farming highschool. It's a slice of life and pretty japanese, but it's by the author of FMA and inspired by her growing up in rural Hokkaido. Galvanik fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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Vookatos posted:Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar.
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I'm looking for shows similar to Liar Game or anything that deals with conspiracy theories.
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Kaiji/Akagi if you haven't already seen them. For conspiracy theories, Steins;Gate goes into a good amount of that.
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