Feed Me Your Wretched Anime Suggestions

[Deceived3596]

Casshern Sins is a pretty interesting series I remember watching back in the day. I can't say much about it given the amount of time has passed, so I don't remember much about it. I do remember the actual world itself being well developed and visually appealing, especially to those who enjoy more post-apocalyptic landscapes. It's also animated by Madhouse, so the actual animation quality is really nice.

Another series I remember really enjoying was Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. If I recall correctly, it's a series about two assassins who have forgotten their past, and through their interactions, recall what occurred back then. I definitely didn't do justice to the series with this explanation, so I made sure to link the MyAnimeList synopsis of it since that'll explain what the series is better than I could right now.

 

[Maitreya12]

Casshern Sins is a pretty interesting series I remember watching back in the day

What a goddamn throwback that show is, you a real one for that.

 

[GarrixianXD]

Link Click

https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GP5HJ8E81/link-click

 

[Pepsiman25th]

Highschool Dxd. Got about 48 episodes and a total of 4 seasons. They're all adapted for a very extensive light novel series. Decent plot and characters. Though, many watch for... other reasons.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Highschool Dxd. Got about 48 episodes and a total of 4 seasons. They're all adapted for a very extensive light novel series. Decent plot and characters. Though, many watch for... other reasons.

abso-*******-lutely not

 

[TWILIGHT-OP]

anime then Talentless nana might be of ur interest.

I still am waiting for it's new season.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Shall tell y'all now, I consider these to be the most promising:

Devilman Crybaby, Pluto, Frieren, Stein's Gate, Dungeon Meshi, and Welcome to the NHK. Others caught my eye, good suggestions, but from the current list, I've boiled it down to here.

 

[Deagonx]

Devilman Crybaby, Pluto, Frieren, Stein's Gate, Dungeon Meshi, and Welcome to the NHK. Others caught my eye, good suggestions, but from the current list, I've boiled it down to here.

I have no experience with Devilman Crybaby or Welcome to the NHK, but I'll give my input on the others, and give each a rating of "Weeb bullshit" that is within it, with regard to cringey sexual stuff coming up or campy overly-expressive characters.

Pluto: New anime, old school vibes. Very good writing with a compelling sci-fi Noir vibe, largely a murder mystery. Explores the humanity of robots. It is set in the "Astro-Boy" universe, more or less. 0/10 Weeb Bullshit

Frieren: Refreshingly competent fantasy writing. A bit of a relaxed pace, but very good action scenes when they occur, interesting world-building, and interesting characters. 1/10 Weeb Bullshit

Stein's Gate: Relatively grounded time-travel based sci-fi story. Relatively slow build up for the first 12 episodes, extremely compelling and climactic second 12 episodes. The character exploration of the protagonist is very compelling, but the development of the relationships between the ensemble cast is top notch. The sense of mystery built up throughout is also very good. 4/10 weeb bullshit

Dungeon Meshi: I only watched the first couple episodes of this. I thought it was terrible. It's not a poorly produced anime, but the subject material is of no interest to me. The basic premise regards a party of adventurers deciding to ignore the taboo of "eating" dungeon monsters. From there it devolves into essentially a fictional cooking show. It revolves around them learning how to prepare, cook, and eat, various monsters in the dungeon. If that is of any interest to you, you may like it. 3/10 weeb bullshit

I think Pluto is likely the most natural fit for you (as you could watch it without even necessarily realizing it's an anime. It feels much like just a normal American animated series, both in storytelling and art style) but I am strongly partial to Frieren, it has been an amazing experience and I hope to share it with you.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Dungeon Meshi: I only watched the first couple episodes of this. I thought it was terrible. It's not a poorly produced anime, but the subject material is of no interest to me. The basic premise regards a party of adventurers deciding to ignore the taboo of "eating" dungeon monsters. From there it devolves into essentially a fictional cooking show. It revolves around them learning how to prepare, cook, and eat, various monsters in the dungeon. If that is of any interest to you, you may like it. 3/10 weeb bullshit

I don't outright hate the premise, and the existence of familiar D&D-derivative stuff is notable as a result. That's more or less the same reason I watched Overlord- admittedly, a weeb might not understand that the premise of an Isekai is equally as not-attractive to me, but it really is. The premise of Overlord is not interesting to me, but I enjoyed it regardless. Figure that's enough to put this on the list.

 

[Deagonx]

Fair, it is pretty bog-standard fantasy world-building.

 

[Dereck03]

Shokugeki no Sōma

The last seasons were not liked by many but meh, it started very well but ended weak but i still like it.

 

[GarrixianXD]

If it has to be something Japanese then I’m gonna go with Scarlet Nexus. Storyline’s pretty good, the video game has a longer story but the anime is only slightly more shortened. Quite some powerful characters there as well, iirc no ecchi shit is involved.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

I don't really care if you suggest Japanese anime or something from somewhere else, though I'm not watching RWBY if that's your thought process.

 

[GarrixianXD]

I don't really care if you suggest Japanese anime or something from somewhere else, though I'm not watching RWBY if that's your thought process.

Link Click

https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GP5HJ8E81/link-click

You ignored this lol

 

[Dereck03]

If it has to be something Japanese then I’m gonna go with Scarlet Nexus. Storyline’s pretty good, the video game has a longer story but the anime is only slightly more shortened. Quite some powerful characters there as well, iirc no ecchi shit is involved.

Scarlet Nexus eh? I recently played the game again and wanted a sequel, it's good tho.

 

[Rikimarox2]

I got another suggestion (Although it's kind of not considered anime by quite a bit of people), but the Castlevania series on Netflix is pretty damn fire. Idk jack shit about the game, but that series was quite good.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

You ignored this lol

I did, because I thought you were just saying to click the link. I now realize that Link Click is literally the name of the piece of media, and not a request.

 

[GarrixianXD]

I did, because I thought you were just saying to click the link. I now realize that Link Click is literally the name of the piece of media, and not a request.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

I got another suggestion (Although it's kind of not considered anime by quite a bit of people), but the Castlevania series on Netflix is pretty damn fire. Idk jack shit about the game, but that series was quite good.

Castlevania looked alright. I'd consider it anime-adjacent-enough.

 

[GarrixianXD]

Scarlet Nexus eh? I recently played the game again and wanted a sequel, it's good tho.

Ye, it’s hella of an underrated franchise. Better than Maou

 

[Pepsiman25th]

Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle​

 

[Dereck03]

Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle​

The premise was very good but the ending ruined everything and even more being a story adapted from a game it leaves a lot of loopholes open, so it is not recommended if you are easy to upset.

 

[DaReaperMan]

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha,

Okay for a real suggestion do Afro Samurai, that seems up your alley

 

[Dereck03]

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha,

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Fair, it is pretty bog-standard fantasy world-building.

This is somehow the worst take I've seen from you yet.

I've read further into the manga and later chapters have a fascinating dialogue on humanity's place in the ecosystem, why we consider some foods taboo but not others, and how we cannot remove ourselves from the "eat or be eaten" cycle of nature despite our best attempts to distance ourselves from the discomfort inherently tied to what we eat. Laios confronting Chilchuck on why everything they've eaten so far is fine, but demi-humans aren't, is a phenomenal scene given Chilchuck's response of "it just FEELS wrong".

Later chapters also have very nuanced takes on things like body dysphoria and fantasy racism (one of the only series I've seen do this well in recent memory). There's also some interesting subtext regarding the corruption of the fantasy world they live in, especially in regards to resurrection services.

Also the world building is good and I love how each fight scene is built on the foundation of taking advantage of the environment and each monster's unique physiology. Feels an actual D&D campaign at times, and it's pretty much the only series where I can remember every fight scene because of it.

So yeah it is mostly fantasy worldbuilding wrapped into a slice of life package, but it actually does something interesting with that worldbuilding. Maybe I'm just massively autistic and l appreciate all the tiny little worldbuilding details more than any human reasonably should.

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[Deagonx]

This is somehow the worst take I've seen from you yet.

Keep in mind that I am basing it on the first two episodes that I watched. What I meant in terms of "bog standard fantasy world building" was that it characterizes the world largely in terms of derivative Tolkien fantasy tropes, not that the ecosystem stuff was dull or uninteresting. This was in the context of Bambu saying it had D&D esque elements.

 

[Crabwhale]

This is somehow the worst take I've seen from you yet.

I've read further into the manga and later chapters have a fascinating dialogue on humanity's place in the ecosystem, why we consider some foods taboo but not others, and how we cannot remove ourselves from the "eat or be eaten" cycle of nature despite our best attempts to distance ourselves from the discomfort inherently tied to what we eat. Laios confronting Chilchuck on why everything they've eaten so far is fine, but demi-humans aren't, is a phenomenal scene given Chilchuck's response of "it just FEELS wrong".

Later chapters also have very nuanced takes on things like body dysphoria and fantasy racism (one of the only series I've seen do this well in recent memory). There's also some interesting subtext regarding the corruption of the fantasy world they live in, especially in regards to resurrection services.

Also the world building is good and I love how each fight scene is built on the foundation of taking advantage of the environment and each monster's unique physiology. Feels an actual D&D campaign at times, and it's pretty much the only series where I can remember every fight scene because of it.

So yeah it is mostly fantasy worldbuilding wrapped into a slice of life package, but it actually does something interesting with that worldbuilding. Maybe I'm just massively autistic and l appreciate all the tiny little worldbuilding details more than any human reasonably should.

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I'm a VS Battles wiki user, I can't read anything longer than 10 words smh

i recommend watching boku no pico
peak fiction

This joke was made yesteryear.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

I'm a VS Battles wiki user, I can't read anything longer than 10 words smh

dude reads Warhammer novels saying "In the grim dark future" 9000 times a book

 

[Crabwhale]

dude reads Warhammer novels saying "In the grim dark future" 9000 times a book

The same five words repeated 9000 times are still just five words.

 

[DivineAura44]

Shokugeki no Sōma

The last seasons were not liked by many but meh, it started very well but ended weak but i still like it.

CHAD ALERT!
CHAD ALERT!

 

[Tanin_iver]

Shall tell y'all now, I consider these to be the most promising:

Devilman Crybaby, Pluto, Frieren, Stein's Gate, Dungeon Meshi, and Welcome to the NHK. Others caught my eye, good suggestions, but from the current list, I've boiled it down to here.

Just curious, how do u filter out the picks. Like do u just watch trailers of them or read a synopsis or something else?

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Just curious, how do u filter out the picks. Like do u just watch trailers of them or read a synopsis or something else?

Not synopsis, but I read the concept, concept art/promotional stuff/what have you, get a vibe from it. I've known Devilman Crybaby was going to be a strong contender since last year, since it was the runner-up after Hellsing.

 

[DigDig09]

I suggest Drifters if you have not watch it yet. It has 12 episodes so I think that good.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

I suggest Drifters if you have not watch it yet. It has 12 episodes so I think that good.

I've seen Death Note. Death Note was excellent, definitely the next best after Neon Genesis.

For the record of the thread: I've seen Death Note, Mekakucity Actors, Bleach (like four seasons of it, worst suggestion I've ever received, holy ****), Sword Art Online, Overlord, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hellsing Ultimate, and Neon Genesis: Evangelion. One a year for many years. I've also caught a lot of a handful that my sister watched when we were a bit younger- Fruit's Basket and another one whose name escapes me right now.

This post detailed what I've seen since like... 2015, ish.

 

[First_Witch]

The same five words repeated 9000 times are still just five words.

Reps of 9000, 1 set a book, keep the grind up king

 

[Vzearr]

Probably

Spoiler: ...

Probably.

 

[azontr]

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (@azontr) (never a good idea to take the suggestion everyone makes fun of, sorry)

I am cooked.

I don't have much else to recommend, but you could check out Ragna Crimson. Since you'd be an anime only you'll probably find (hopefully find) more enjoyment than I do in it since I am a manga fan.

Synopsis is a kid named Ragna loses everything he has to Dragons, and goes on a rage-filled quest for revenge. After becoming the strongest human ever, he realizes he has already lost everything he could've protected with his ultimate power, and that he has nothing. He then sends his power back to his past self (who is the protagonist we follow in the story) so that he can protect everything he'd lost, and annihilate the Dragons, before the grim future happens.

There are a lot of things I think are wrong with the anime in comparison to the manga, but again you won't be reading the manga, so you will again likely enjoy it more than I. Only a few of the episodes are currently dubbed.

 

[KingNanaya]

Synopsis is a kid named Ragna loses everything he has to Dragons, and goes on a rage-filled quest for revenge. After becoming the strongest human ever, he realizes he has already lost everything he could've protected with his ultimate power, and that he has nothing. He then sends his power back to his past self (who is the protagonist we follow in the story) so that he can protect everything he'd lost, and annihilate the Dragons, before the grim future happens.

 

[azontr]

"Shatter."

 

[DaMonkeMan]

• Cowboy Bebop (@DivineAura44) (banned list)

No offense but you were definitely on something while writing this lmao