Favorite Animes

So, weirdly, I never watch anime when I was younger and only picked up watching them about a year ago. I feel kinda dumb for picking up anime as an adult but w/e, I like them, to include some of their absurdity. So I'm going to put some of the ones I liked and I'm looking for ones others enjoy for reference also a little of where you can find them.

Comedy:
Devil is a Part-Timer (Netflix)
One-punch man (Netflix)

Action:
Attack on Titan (Netflix)
Fairy Tail (kissanime.com)
Hunter X Hunter (Netflix)
Full Metal Alchemist (kissanime.com)
Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix)
Sword Art Online (Netflix)
Bleach (Netflix)
Rurouni Kenshin (Netflix)

Some that I liked. Obviously I don't do the drama type ones. Mostly action with also some comedy/action. The Devil is a Part-Timer is pretty funny, the entire premise is ridiculous, and I like it. I think kissanime has pretty much everyone ever made.

If anyone has any sites/sources they prefer to watch on that would be cool too.

I'll list my top 5 favorite:

1. Code Geass
2. Ouran High School Host Club (the first anime I ever watched)
3. Durarara!!
4. K-On
5. Attack on Titan

1. UC timeline Mobile Suit Gundam.
2. Space Battleship Yamato 2199
3.Dragon Ball
4.One Piece
5.Trigun

TheGoverness said:

I'll list my top 5 favorite:

1. Code Geass
2. Ouran High School Host Club (the first anime I ever watched)
3. Durarara!!
4. K-On
5. Attack on Titan

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One frustrating thing that I've discovered, as I've been picking this up, is that there are a lot of only 1 seasons. I'd like to see more of Attack on Titan.

cpgrad08 said:

1. UC timeline Mobile Suit Gundam.
2. Space Battleship Yamato 2199
3.Dragon Ball
4.One Piece
5.Trigun

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I'm a bit of the way through One Piece. Took me a little to warm up to it because it's a little strange and they drag out some parts of the story.

Fishking said:

One frustrating thing that I've discovered, as I've been picking this up, is that there are a lot of only 1 seasons. I'd like to see more of Attack on Titan.

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Season 2 starting next month. I will get you the date it starts in a few minutes, got to do a couple things before typing way to long posts in this thread...

1.) Samurai Champloo
2.) Attack on Titan
3.) Heroic Age
4.) Deathnote

Fishking said:

One frustrating thing that I've discovered, as I've been picking this up, is that there are a lot of only 1 seasons. I'd like to see more of Attack on Titan.

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Lots of anime don't get past the 1st season. They just don't have the support.

However, this isn't the case for Attack on Titan. Season 2 is scheduled to air on April 1st.

Fishking said:

I'm a bit of the way through One Piece. Took me a little to warm up to it because it's a little strange and they drag out some parts of the story.

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One thing anime is known for, is tons of filler.

Redress said:

Season 2 starting next month. I will get you the date it starts in a few minutes, got to do a couple things before typing way to long posts in this thread...

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Cool, thanks.

Fishking said:

One frustrating thing that I've discovered, as I've been picking this up, is that there are a lot of only 1 seasons. I'd like to see more of Attack on Titan.

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Tomorrow in fact it is starting.

Useful links: AniChart <~Note they use the Japanese form of the titles, so Attack on Titan is Shingeki no Kyojin
https://anilist.co/anime/20958

TheGoverness said:

One thing anime is known for, is tons of filler.

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And internal monologues, I'm finding, lol.

TheGoverness said:

Lots of anime don't get past the 1st season. They just don't have the support.

However, this isn't the case for Attack on Titan. Season 2 is scheduled to air on April 1st.

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It is usually not the lack of support that does it. For original anime, the story might just be contained all in one season, for anime based on manga or light novels, there might be a lack of material to adapt.

What do ya'll usually use to watch on?

I'll add in:

Fate Stay Night (Netflix)

Redress said:

It is usually not the lack of support that does it. For original anime, the story might just be contained all in one season, for anime based on manga or light novels, there might be a lack of material to adapt.

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What's wrong with these people? Don't they like making money? Write more, lol.

TheGoverness said:

One thing anime is known for, is tons of filler.

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Naruto is the king of filler.

Fishking said:

What do ya'll usually use to watch on?

I'll add in:

Fate Stay Night (Netflix)

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Crunchyroll, on a roku. Amazon has licensed some stuff to watch as well, and Netflix is pissing me off when they license current anime, which they then do not put up until who knows when. Netflix got Little Witch Academia this season, and have yet to put a single episode up...

Crunchyroll is the way to go though. 70 $ for a year, they are slowly acquiring all of Funimation's catalog(they made a deal so as to stop competing and driving costs up), legal, supports the industry(right now US license fees are what make anime profitable, and have led to increased production standards). Huge catalog, most currently showing anime simulcast. Well worth the money.

Fishking said:

What's wrong with these people? Don't they like making money? Write more, lol.

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Here's a short video that explains it better than I could:

Anime fills a huge void in American programming. Seeing netflix back anime projects and that its got its own genre, etc., it's simply become more and more mainstream over time.
I watched them from the beginning, dropped out for a while, then picked it back up.

One day you could consider watching the big classics like:
akira
ninja scrolls
fist of the north star
D the Vampire Slayer

This stuff was so incredible at the time because they were some of the first, and there was simply nothing like it in western unless you looked at fantasy books. They influenced so many things for a decade. I think all of those were mature themed too, at least not kids in school stuff!

I think they used some of the Akira music as background to the new movie with Scarlett Johansson, life action of Ghost in the Shell. You may watch those too, although they were never my favorite, their production value was good, and they did have kind of a unique pacing/feel (disjointed and hard to get into at the same time).

Some you may have access to on netflix I think, but that you didn't list. I watch most of the non-kids in school/slice of life stuff. But some that were entirely watchable IMO:

Gargantia wasn't bad, very watchable, some OK action and interesting plot.
Xam'd: Lost Memories was pretty good. It had some slow spots and definitely some really clunky plot reveals, but overall it was high production and felt fairly unique.
7 deadly sins the first season was kind of interesting, that's netflix.
Berserk, the original anime (not the newer one), is a classic too. The music in it is classic as well, just out of this world. That's a more modern cultural touchstone for this generation. The dubbing on it was really good too, I think it was flim students and they did a bang up job. One of the few I felt was better than subtitles for an English speaker to watch.The newer one loses a lot of the charm of the first one IMO.

Chrome shelled Regios wasn't bad either. It had a bit of the "students trying hard" theme heavy in it, but it also had some interesting plot stuff.
Tokyo Ghoul is a must watch IMO. It was exciting enough and had some interesting stuff going on that I'd rate it pretty high relatively to the rest of those.
Basilisk: Another version of Ninja Scroll, it's the two ninja clans again, each fighter with some outrageous ability. Highly recommended. Adult.

You know, for a pure sci-drama (think mainstream like xfiles type of show), I thought:
Stein's Gate
Was superb as a story. Now, keep in mind its not action, but it had such a charming character approach that it really stuck with me, and it had that sort of old fashioned sci-fi feel.
Not sure, that might just be view-able free online somewhere. It is confusing for the first bit, just hang in there.

I wish I could watch all those again for the first time.

Absolute Favorites:
Neon Genesis Evangelion (original, End of, Rebuild 1.11 & 2.22, haven't seen 3.33 yet)
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (original is kinda meh)
Cowboy Bebop
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Record of Lodoss War
Akira (production values amazing, still abridges story too much, manga is better)

Saw recentish and I really liked:
Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
Psycho-Pass
Fate: Zero
Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
One Punch Man

Berserk is mainly recommended in manga form, though the recent Golden Age films were alright.

I'm still in the middle of this one, but it is AMAZING so far: Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Space opera, dramatic, great characterization, so many episodes and so many characters and depth.


PS NEXT FRIDAY, Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) is getting a US theatrical release. It's good.

Not the biggest Anime fan as a matter of course.

But I dated a chick once who was massively into it and so have seen a few in my day I really did enjoy:

Death Note (Of course)
Full Metal Alchemist
Evangelion
Attack on Titan

I watched a few others but those for me are just the gold ****ing standard.

OK, now to begin.

Classics
Note: these are anything more than a few years old, as the style and presentation have changed a tremendous amount just these last few years.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya -Despite the name, it is anything but sad or melancholy. At times hilariously funny, it mixes genres, adds in mystery, multiple possible interpretations of events, a narrator who is unreliable as a narrator, and incredibly snarky. Season 2 had the biggest troll ever in anime(a story line called Endless 8, that lasted 8 episodes, all almost exactly the same), but it made up for it with the movie, which is one of the best anime movies ever.

Minami-Ke -my avatar is a character from there. Slice of life goodness, made great by the over the top humor.

Wagnaria/Working -one of the funniest anime ever to my mind. Follows the antics of the crew at a family restaurant. Every single one of them is more odd than the last.

Cowboy Beebop - has its issues, but it knows how to tell a story

Great Teacher Onizuki(GTO) - street thug/gangster decides to become a schoolteacher because, well, high school girls. Somehow he becomes a great teacher, usually in the most hilarious ways.

Azumanga Diaoh - Seinfeld with high school girls. Funny, kinda weird, and just one of the very best comedies ever. Hugely influential, probably one of the most influential.

Gundam Stuff - There is a ****load, some good, some bad, but mostly worth watching. My favorite is Turn A Gundum.

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood - Holy **** there is a whole lot of thematic elements in this show. Mostly faithful to the source manga by one of the better writers of manga.

Lum the Invader(Urusei Yatsura) and Ranma 1/2 - both based on manga by the same author. Lum is about an alien girl who comes to Earth, falls for a guy there, and ends up making his life hell. Ranma is about a guy trained by his father in martial arts, coming to marry one of the daughters of his fathers friend so he can take over the friends dojo when he retires. The twist, due to a curse, whenever he is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl. Hot water turns him back into a guy.

School Rumble - Kenji has a crush on Tenma, but she has a crush on Oji, who really is only interested in food. Both Tenma's sister Yakamo, and another girl, Eri, have some interest in Kenji. Haruki has a crush on Yakamo, and that is just scratching the surface. Big cast, all with crushes on people who have crushes on some one else, and no one is able to tell the object of their crush their feelings. But somehow it is hilarious, bigger than life, over the top humor.

Kodocha - The first shojo to make the list, this one is actually aimed at girls about 10 to 16 years old, but it has massive cross appeal. Hyper 6th grade girl takes on troublemaking classmate, ends up becoming friends. Totally over the top, totally hilarious.

Genshiken - College club with anime/manga/game fans. Hilarity ensues.

Full Metal Panic - Comedy, action, giant fighting robots. Series has it all, and a new season(finally), coming soon!

To be continued since I ran into character limit.

Newer
Note: Not classics, but not current

Steins;Gate - 2 shows in 1. First half is a lighthearted comedy about trying to invent time travel. The second half is putting the characters through hell. One of my absolute favs.

The Devil Is A Part Timer - Devil king from fantasy realm ends up in modern day Japan, plans to take over by starting from the bottom, a part timer at McDonalds. Hilarity ensues.

My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As Expected - slice of life meets realism. The story of two loners forced to be in a club together. Not much romance, but some hilarious moments. Probably my favorite show anywhere on this list.

Mysterious Girlfriend X - a boy, a girl, a drool fetish. Odd, but interesting and worth watching.

To Love Ru - Panties. Boobs. More boobs. Oh look, panties. Not high art, but it does not have any pretensions to be. It shows panties and boobs, with a nice helping of actually funny humor and actually likable characters.

A Certain Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun - 2 series, set in the same universe with some of the same characters. One of my favorite action based series.

Dusk Maidens of Amnesia - horror anime done well

Parasyte - body horror, really really good.

K On - girls join a band in high school, they hand out, eat cake, drink tea, and occasionally play their instruments.

Log Horizon - players of an MMO are transported into their game. There are many series with that premise, but this one differs in focusing on world building. Also, really cool characters.

Re: Zero - Another of the genre of regular, modern day people trapped in a fantasy/gamelike world. This one is a deconstruction of the genre. One of the best shows of the last couple years.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Speaking of deconstructions, this series deconstructed the magical girl genre(Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Lyrical Nanoha). Visually fascinating, plot is well done, and episode 10 is one of the most emotionally intense episodes of anime, ever.

Girls Und Panzer - Ummm...it is girls, driving tanks, duh. Hilarious, exciting story of girls taking part in sensha do(the art of the tank) as an intramural sport. The tanks are WW2 vintage and lovingly modeled, more historical references than you can shake a stick at, and just plain fun.

Shirobako - An anime about making anime. No high school girls, lots of reality, and lots and lots of characters based on real people. It was a huge, surprise hit, and deservedly so. Really worth watching. One of the best on the list.

Current
Note: Within the last year or so. Just quickly since I spent too much time on this.

Interviews with Monster Girls
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Konosuba
March Comes In Like A Lion
Girlish Number <~watch this one
Keijo

JayDubya said:

Record of Lodoss War

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Ah, another classic for anyone that liked D&D setting fantasy, I almost forgot about it. Great stuff.

TheGoverness said:

Here's a short video that explains it better than I could:

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I will get into this more after I eat some dinner, but holy **** that video is wrong about a whole lot of things.